As far as I know, these two units are tagged for different mission roles. I think it would be more appropriate to compare SASR to SFOD-D when it comes to CT operations.mysterious said:What abt the Delta Force? Are the OZ commando units at par with them?
No units specifically tasked as a "Marine" unit, however 2 RAR train extensively for Amphibious warfare operations and if Australia seemed likely to conduct an Amphibious warfare op, it'd probably be 2RAR tasked to do it. It was 5/7RAR that conducted that type of Op in Timor though so go figure...pepsi said:Does Australia have anything similar to the US Marines? I was wondering about that for awhile but i can't find anything we have that is similar
The 75th Ranger Regiment —also known as the United States Army Rangers— is a Special Operations Force of the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC); with headquarters in Fort Benning, Georgia. The Regiment is a flexible, highly trained and rapidly deployable light infantry force with specialized skills that enables it to be employed against a variety of conventional and special operations targets.
The force specializes in Airborne, Air Assault, light-infantry and Direct Action operations, conducting raids, infiltration and exfiltration by air, land or sea, airfield seizure, recovery of personnel and special equipment, and support of general purpose forces (GPF) among others. Each Ranger Battalion can deploy anywhere in the world with 18 hours notice.
It kind of makes me wonder why they dont seperate them into different regiments or something, it seems they are doing a lot of things, could it be a lack of population thing maybe?4RAR has conducted operations similar to those normally carried out by Navy SEAL (earlier this year for instance they boarded an escaping drug trafficking ship with a North Korean Flag and took control using airborne and waterborne insertion methods) and now, given its CT role is also performing roles similar to Delta Force and SEAL Team 6. Its recon unit can be compared to Force Recon (US Marines) and the regular Commando regiments are similar in tasking to US Army Rangers, though they are subjected to a more arduous selection process (suffering a greater failure rate) and a longer period of training. Many Commandos are Sniper, and HALO/HAHO qualified.
Wooki said:The main difference is that young Oz Commando officers drive their soldiers to dangerous fatigue levels and wonder why their unit has a 90+% inoperabilty rate during training.
If this is the case how are the Oz Commando's able to train? No military unit, especially a specialised one at that can sustain effective training with less then 10% of it's personel available?
I'm curious as to where you came up with those attrition numbers, they're certainly way way way beyond any I've seen.Wooki said:The main difference is that young Oz Commando officers drive their soldiers to dangerous fatigue levels and wonder why their unit has a 90+% inoperabilty rate during training.
I am deeply disappointed in how young bucks come in and want to hospitalize their outfit with excessive barrier training (doubling up or even trying to treble levels that US Rangers go through) in order to gain brownie points.
It happens time and again and is a rot that should be drummed out.
It descreases Australia's readiness level as a nation. It is not leadership. It is stupid.
My figures come from the horses mouth with 100% credibility.gf0012-aust said:I'm curious as to where you came up with those attrition numbers, they're certainly way way way beyond any I've seen.
Where abouts have you trained with 3 or 4 Commando? I'm curious as to what Ranger figures you're using as well, as certainly my awareness of how US Rangers have performed in distressed country training in the "north" of Aust has resulted in a high degree of extractions by NORFORCE (who aren't Regs let alone Commandos.)
The drop out rate for Commando entry (which I'd need verified by someone like Aussie Digger) has typically been at 10% attrition.
Thanks for the detail in your response. I've sent out some feelers to a few who have been regs to get some feedback. ADF training changed somewhat after East Timor so I'm trying to find out from some of the older troopers I've known.Wooki said:My figures come from the horses mouth with 100% credibility.
I'm not talking about drop out rates, but if one is using say 40men to assault a position, you don't deprive them of sleep (as in zero hours of sleep) for 6 to 7 days (thats 144+ hours continuous exercise) and then wonder why only 4 members of your team actually manage to move forward for the assault.
That is not the only area where I have heard of this going on.
1997, Townsville, After routine exercises, a young Lieutenant ordered a force march of over 100Km back to base in the middle of the day.
I was staying with the NCO, who tried his level best to keep his troops fit, but as it was nearly the whole platoon reported sick the next day.
I met said junior officer in a mall and questioned him on it and he was proud of it (???). If he was under me I would have busted him so far down the ladder he wouldn't know what was up from down.
It is dumb to use your troops up like that and if anyone on this board has the connections, I encourage you to dig a little and get some answers.
I for one, suspect "Bronze Wallaby Syndrome" is becoming, or has become a prevalent attitude amongst young Australian officers and it gives me serious pause as to what future ADF leaders will be like.
Scratch an Aussie soldier, or Australian for that matter, and you will find gold, but abusing your men achieves nothing.
I'm sorry to hear you had to quit like that AD. That is what my two buddies did as well. Although the one in 4 RAR quit after East Timor.Aussie Digger said:... as a result I discharged from ARES, almost immediately after this exercise finished. ...