Dan B2431B aol.com wrote:

John Doe wrote:
"Keith W"keithnospoofsplease demon.co.uk wrote:

Special forces are required to be tough and brave but not
suicidal.

Ever hear of "Japan"?

There's a huge difference between kamikaze missions and special
operations missions.

Whether you think Japan's kamikazes were "special forces" or not
is semantics. In my opinion, a kamikaze mission is a special force
mission. It requires the same sort of extreme discipline. Maybe
you are more familiar with World War II Japanese terminology, and
whether they considered kamikazes to be special forces or not. Not
that it matters with respect to the subject, but it might be
interesting off-topic trivia to you.

Special operators plan to return, kamikazes don't. Kamikazes
don't need to be trained beyond the requirements needed to
operate their suicide weapons, special operators are trained to
do any mission asked of them etc.

Including flight school? Sounds naïve to me.

But you probably knew all this and just want to be difficult.

Here you are arguing the semantics of "special forces", acting
like you've never seen or dished out difficulties before, in a
group that is full of difficulties.

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Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired