Which is the most elite special forces in the military?

[Timmy D for MVP]

The 501st.

[LuppersGB]

I thought it was universally recognized that the British SAS was the top military force in the world

It is, it came first and still provides the foundation of all other SF units worldwide. Though I think op was only talking about the USandA

[LuppersGB]

Aha Ok I stand corrected

I hope you read into the italics and very much implied inverted commas

[po3try]

Delta Force

[Musty-Elbow]

lil b taskforce

[po3try]

[po3try]

Ninjas from the Oda Nobunga era

Minamoto Samurai clan from the Heian and Kamakura Era >>>

Hattori Hanzo and his Samurais & Ninjas from the Sengoku Era >>>

[rufuspaul]

The Unsullied.

[KevinNYC]

Yes, their missions are appropriate. SEALs have no problem with doing these missions. It's just the public solution part...which I meant in terms of public credibility. The SEALs don't want to be named as a unit. What I mean by that is that they want to be kept "top secret" and not as a unit that the government or media can use/visit/exploit for their own gains (such as w/ Stars Earn Stripes). Individual names are irrelevant.

Another concern is that if there is too much public credentialing of the SEALs, enemies such as terrorists or pirates will start wising up to SEAL attacks.

Here's an article from the same website I listed slightly regarding the topic of SEALs and politicians.

http://sofrep.com/10565/are-navy-sea...l-pawns-opsec/

That link doesn't seem to support what you are saying. Perhaps, you put in the wrong URL? In the link you posted, the author explicitly talks about the misuse of the SEALS in a political manner, he's not saying the existence of Seal Team Six or DEVGURU needs to be top secret. In fact, the author of that link wrote a book on his days as a SEAL


and he goes on to say

"What personally bothers these days is how certain media outlets, in the U.S. and abroad, are attempting to piggyback on the popularity of Navy SEALs, and trying to use SEALs as pawns in an effort to paint a false portrait depicting US Navy SEALs as not supporting Obama.

The post seems to be against the same political group I mentioned and the media outlets that promote them. Specifically, this article in a British tabloid.

[KevinNYC]

Also a member of the Bin Laden raid who is now retired has written a book about the raid. It's coming out in September and is written under a pseudonym.
He was on the helicopter that crashed

A detailed first-person account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, written by a member of the Navy SEALs who participated in the mission and was present at Bin Laden’s death, will be released next month, the publisher said on Wednesday.

A closely held secret within Penguin, the publishing house that is planning to release it on Sept. 11, the book promises to be one of the biggest titles of the year, with the potential to rattle the presidential campaign in the final weeks before the Nov. 6 election.

Titled “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden,” the book was written by a member of the SEALs who is using the pseudonym Mark Owen. Dutton, the imprint of Penguin that acquired the book, said he used a pen name and changed the names of other SEAL members for security reasons.


The author, a former member of SEAL Team 6, was a leader in the operation that resulted in the death of Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011. According to a description of the book provided by the publisher, the author gives a “blow-by-blow narrative of the assault, beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended Owen’s life straight through to the radio call confirming Bin Laden’s death.” It describes the book as “an essential piece of modern history.”.....


“No Easy Day” joins a crop of books by other former members of the Navy SEALs who have turned their experiences into literary drama and landed coveted spots on best-seller lists. Last year, Chuck Pfarrer, a former SEAL commander, wrote “SEAL Target Geronimo,” an account of the Bin Laden raid based on interviews with members of the Navy SEALs.

[KevinNYC]

There's an excerpt from his book in Maxim. It includes this gem for the "9/11 was an Inside Job Crowd."

[QUOTE]Those first few hours going deep into the caves and tunnels were intense. We had no idea what we’d find in there. Fortunately we did not encounter a single person—but we were stunned at how much we found in the way of mat

[Joshumitsu]

That link doesn't seem to support what you are saying. Perhaps, you put in the wrong URL?
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Well, the article was meant to deviate from the "Conservative approach" of one group of SEALS by showing a different perspective. Sorry if I didn't make that clear, but I'm just trying to point out the diversity of opinions/different perspectives within the SEAL community (and generally, the rest of the military) and the different conclusions they draw from them. Some actually do feel slighted by the Obama adminstration. Others don't think it's that much of an issue. Like Webb, most don't want to be used as political instruments, except different SEALs draw different conclusions from that same belief....which, then, may or may not get used for political gains depending on who they vote/work for this November.

[Godzuki]

Navy SEAL to release book on Osama raid now

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/us/nav...html?hpt=hp_t3


really hope its not one of the SEALS that were criticizing Obama either...

[Timmy D for MVP]

The MIB.

They take the best of the best of the best. Sir!

Although they technically aren't a military force. They straight don't exist, no names and no fingerprints.

[po3try]

Who else could assault close combat a Predator?