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The Video of the Week: What’s it like to be a support guy on a SOF unit?

Special Operations units aren’t comprised of just shooters and pipehitters. Each SOF unit has a large number of support personnel — in Tier 1 Special Mission Units (SMU), such Delta Force and SEAL Team Six, support folks outnumber shooters. Support troops and enablers are crucial to mission success, but they often go unheeded. This video offers a glimpse of what’s like to be a support Soldier in the 75th Ranger Regiment, the military’s premier light infantry Special Operations force.

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Special Operations units aren’t comprised of just shooters and pipehitters. Each SOF unit has a large number of support personnel — in Tier 1 Special Mission Units (SMU), such Delta Force and SEAL Team Six, support folks outnumber shooters. Support troops and enablers are crucial to mission success, but they often go unheeded. This video offers a glimpse of what’s like to be a support Soldier in the 75th Ranger Regiment, the military’s premier light infantry Special Operations force.

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