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Green Beret Says Delta Selection Is You Against Yourself Not the Team
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From 82nd Airborne to Delta Force: Kyle Morgan’s Path Through Combat | Ep. 296 | Pt. 2
"It's just you against yourself. Whereas everything else is team-oriented. There's elements, I think, of other selections that it is— they're assessing the man, the whole man, for sure. But the whole thing is you're being scrutinized based on don't be late, light, or out of uniform."
Morgan described Delta Force selection as fundamentally different from all other special operations selections because it isolates the individual completely. There is no team element, no known time standard, and candidates compete only against the terrain and themselves. He emphasized that peaking too early or lacking throttle control causes physically gifted soldiers to fail, and that the assessment is legal, moral, and ethical in all dimensions.
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