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alexdust
these are what sf officers and those who formed sf in the early days refer to as "the sof truths". they are:
1) humans are more important than hardware. people, not equipment ,make the critical difference. the right people, highly trained and working as a team will accomplish the mission with the equipment available. on the other hand, the best equipment in the world connot compensate for a lack of the right people.
2) quality is better than quanity. a small number of people, carefully selected,well trained, and well led, are preferavle to largr numbers of troops, most of whom would not be up to the task.
3) special operations forces cannot be mass produced! it takes years to train operatonal units to the level of proficiency needed to accomplish difficult and specialized sof missions. intense training-in both sof schooll and units --is required to integrate competant individuals into fully capable units. this process cannot be hastened without degrading ultimate capability.
4) competent special operations forces cannot be created after emergencies arise! creation of comptent, fully mission capable units takes time. employment of a fully capable special operations capcity on short notice requires highly trained and constantly available sof units in peacetime!