{"id":82159,"date":"2025-02-26T04:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T10:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=82159"},"modified":"2025-02-26T04:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T10:31:47","slug":"government-gangsters-atfs-poorly-trained-operators-are-a-threat-to-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/government-gangsters-atfs-poorly-trained-operators-are-a-threat-to-public-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Gangsters: ATF\u2019s Poorly Trained \u2018Operators\u2019 Are a Threat to Public Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via: Lee Williams aka ‘The Gun Writer’<\/a><\/h2>\n

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ATF\u2019s Poorly Trained \u2018Operators\u2019 Are a Threat to Public Safety<\/a><\/h1>\n

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*The training course for ATF\u2019s Special Response Team is only two weeks long.<\/em><\/h2>\n

Selection, training and leadership are vital to any special operations team, regardless of their size or mission parameters. The more rigorous the selection process, the more comprehensive the training, the more professional the leadership, the better the unit will perform.<\/h2>\n
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Delta Force\u2019s Operators Training Course, for example, is six months long, and teaches advanced CQB, precision marksmanship, counterterrorism and a host of esoteric skills needed by Delta operators to meet their worldwide mission requirements. OTC is only open to candidates who survive Delta\u2019s arduous Selection and Assessment phase.<\/h2>\n
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DEVGRU\u2019s Green Team selection and training course is also six months long, and only Navy SEALs who have completed BUDS and spent at last five years on an SDV or SEAL team can apply.<\/h2>\n

MARSOC Raider candidates must complete a nine-month course, known as the Marine Special Operations Individual Course, or ITC. MARSOC Officers must also attend a four-week Team Commanders Course after they graduate ITC.<\/h2>\n

Army Special Forces candidates can spend six months to two years training before they earn an SF tab and a Green Beret, and the pipeline for Air Force special operators can take 15 months to two years.<\/h2>\n
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Special Agents who want to join the FBI\u2019s Hostage Rescue Team must pass the New Operator Training School, which is 10 months long and extremely easy to fail.<\/h2>\n

United States Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT) members undergo a two-week selection course and then a seven-week basic training program. Secret Service snipers must pass a one-week selection process and then a 10-week sniper training course.<\/h2>\n

Candidates for Border Patrol\u2019s Tactical Unit (BORTAC) undergo a three-week selection course and then a six-week training course before being assigned to a sector team. After a year, they can apply to join BORTAC\u2019s elite national team.<\/h2>\n
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By comparison, training for ATF\u2019s Special Response Teams takes only two weeks, and ATF agents call themselves \u201coperators\u201d<\/em> after they\u2019ve completed the course.<\/h2>\n

RTWT @ Ammoland<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Via: Lee Williams aka ‘The Gun Writer’     ATF\u2019s Poorly Trained \u2018Operators\u2019 Are a Threat to Public Safety   *The training course for ATF\u2019s Special Response Team is only two weeks long. Selection, training and leadership are vital to any special operations team, regardless of their size or mission parameters. The more rigorous the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5442,3786,16280,5445,18564,5477,74,2086,9806,13991,14643,14588,5594,2045,1405,6097,1928,17808,1635,3553,3986,483,484,4579],"tags":[18565,13804,70,6818,7806,7114,4754,18566,5989,18563],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82162,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82159\/revisions\/82162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}