Should we invite NATO and US Special Operations to work together more for the sake of interoperability and best use of forces?

Agree with MSG Chavaree....US Special Operations Forces already work very closely with NATO and other allied special forces, in training, planning and execution of special operations missions. (In my former life I helped provide intell support to some of them.) In fact, our SOF folks generally interoperate more with their allied counterparts than our conventional forces do.

Regards, Hugh

MAJ Hugh Blanchard - Sir you are correct, without violating too much OPSEC, we are already working with them fellas.

We have trained International Spec Ops and SF since the 1960's. Shout out to Colombia 1985 Lanceros.

CPT Pedro Meza - as pedro Remembers our NATO SF and mountain troops at our FOB were there but they did not do much and they outnumbered us and they did not pull guard duty. They were smart, some spoke Spanish with me, but their govts. did not want them to help in combat opearations. Our MARSOF next door did not talk with them either it seemed. What do you say, Pedro Meza?

There isn't anybody that smart, though there are many who think they are. Life itself is a school to learn from. You never stop learning about life in general and about yourself in particular. When you stop learning about life, you cease to exist. You are dead.

Amen!

PO2 David Allender - Being an Officer does not make you immune to not knowing. I get excellent information here from civilians and enlisted alike and I get great information from retirees and serving Officers too. I find out, from my posting, that I am wrong on a hypothesis but that is ok!. Me or my buddies have ideas and we lay it out for you to approve, disapprove or to clarify things that we ask or present. I like this forum!

My reply to 1LT(P) was meant as an affirmation to what he wrote. I have run across several of these thyp of people in my life (74 years old). They won't listen top reason. I guess that they will be ignorant the rest of their natural life. Unfortunately they know just enough on many subjects to get them selves in trouble if they have a good conversation with an educated person in that field.