While we are on that thought, has anyone watched "Act of Valor"? All the main characters are active-duty Navy SEALs. I haven't got a chance to see yet, but have heard good words about it.
The 'active duty SEALs' bit put me right off.
Having active duty guys take time out of active duty to make a film means the DoD is going to be pulling the strings on this film, and they might as well hand you an enlistment form along with your cinema ticket.
From the tailer, it just looks like the film is going to be a feature length recruitment ad where the SEALs kill an improbable number of dutifully incompetent 'bad guys' with the token heroic death to 'keep it real'.
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Tone down the aggression man..
I was just wondering if anyone knew more than me since I have been unable to find any information on pla spec ops other than their formation dates. There is hardly any records of real operations.
So I was asking whether the training routines that we are seeing are comparable to international standards.
But that's not what and how you asked now was it? Surely I do not need to quote what you wrote back to you for you to see the difference.
The South Korean special forces did not see much if any real action until their recent rescue bid, were they more or less amateurish in your eyes before they mounted their raid?
Chinese special forces have not been confirmed to have seen real action recently because, surprise surprise, China is not at war with anyone.
Besides, the gold standard for special forces is to be in and out without anyone any the wiser. For covert missions to be leaked or even footage/evidence that special forces were deployed would mean someone somewhere screwed up.