How can one find his/her self worth in today’s world when it seems that if you weren’t SOF, you are just average?

"How can one find his/her self worth in today’s world"
1st by placing very little store/faith in what the news media spews forth..
2nd believing absolutely Nothing that comes out of holly-WEIRD..
The fact that you served honorably in any part of the military puts you leagues ahead of the lions share of the civilian world..

SOF dudes are some of the baddest mofos on Planet Earth...and we need guys like that to defend our country but...once you put them in a regular unit they become some of the most laziest soldiers ever. I guess I can see why..when you go from being the cream of the crop to an average Joe. But still....

I am proud to have been an Infantryman as both enlisted NCO and an officer. SF, Rangers and other SOF have been great to work with and helped me many times over the years. SF and Being a Ranger is not for everyone, except my son and good friends from 2nd Bat.

I never made it to past the Infantry, However I would not want some Hollywood douche telling my story either. I believe if you want to find self worth it begins with getting rid of the idea that you you need to be recognized by people who don't really give two shits. You want your story told cool, but I would rather tell the story than leave it to someone who wasn't there. You're only average if you allow yourself to be.

By being the best you can be in what ever you are doing, always a chance that the spec ops Community will notice you

In my day we called them Mercs (Mercenaries). Times change now it's SOF. My personal thoughts is that anyone who needs to be a SOF has issues with self worth. A real soldier is a patriot who doesn't sell his, or her, skills like a streetwalker or a whore on Saturday night, but rather in the uniform of their country. There will always be those who prefer do die for no one in particular, for no flag or country, for no ideology save the one paying the most money, and no cause save their own. I'm just not one of them. Besides with Democrats, millennials and the liberal media acting the way they do I wont have to wait long to play again. This new enemy of the state will cut and run, unlike real soldiers who go toe to toe with honor and under the banner of their country: this new enemy has no honor, no country, no President.

I retired as a Army Signal Corps SSG running inner-base microwave communications sites. We always kept in mind the saying " Without communications, a commander only commands his desk." In 'Nam we provided the links to the air bases where the air support came from, to the medic-evac choppers to carry out the wounded and the request for needed supplies to be delivered. We understood that our mission was needed 24/7 and vital to the success of the US/ROK/RVN/NATO forces.

We did get a little big headed sometimes like in Vietnam with our air conditioned building with a well stocked refrigerator, a BBQ grill and flushing toilet. Or in Germany where the only time we used our field gear was when we kept our sleeping bags, air mattress & ponchos in the car for when we were sightseeing over the weekend and slept out on the ground at a autobahn rest stop.

There are those who are pure breed operators, the other 99% of us aren't. Keep in mind for every one of them, how many of us are needed to support them? That C-130 doesn't fly itself, that Humvee doesn't get new parts out of the blue, that purple heart wearing soldier didn't heal by divine intervention, unlike Hollywood our rifles do need to be reloaded, so how des that ammo get there? With out the rest of us, they would have a hell of a hard time getting there and back. While I don't speak ill of them as I know they are doing the war fighting, let the rest of us not forget, our skills are here for a reason. We keep the warfighter in the battle.

Be the best you can be... Be the best Tanker, or Cook, or Engineer. That's all that matters. Cream always rises to the top.

Average of what from where? The "average" male is neither physically or mentally qualified to become a member of the armed forces. The very fact you have server honorably puts you above average.