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GIFs of Our Football Season...

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I knew what was coming before it happened! Haha! Still funny though!
 
Right on. Colonel Charlie Beckwith is my favorite UGA FB player of all time. Born in ATL. Played OG and chose the US Army instead of the Green Bay Packers in 1951. He went on to establish SFOD-D for counter terrorism operations on the backside of the Vietnam war. He identified counter terrorism as an evolving need and we sent Charging Charlie to train with the British SAS for best practices.

He came back with a 200 page report outlining how to start recruitment, selection, qualifications, training ... everything he thought that we would need. His commanding officer in the Pentagon slid the report to the side of the desk and said, "Ok that's great. I need your ass in Saigon next week."

They say the brass didn't want to open a new unit while managing the entanglements of that era. We were bogged down in Vietnam, but Charlie served and kept submitting the report, rewritten, outlining our vulnerability and need for the unit.

Eventually, we had Munich and the need to start Delta was imminent, so they green lit the project. First mission was a massive failure under Jimmy Carter. Charlie wrote a memoir and it's one of my favorite quick books.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Alvin_Beckwith
Fascinating! I definitely need to read Delta Force. Thank you so much for sharing.
 
Holy cow! That dog will never become domesticated after his service is over. That is crazy.

I know, it's difficult to believe but, the Malinois (Belgian Shepherd), in the clip, was already highly trained, domesticated, broken whatever term you feel comfortable with, prior to receiving the protection training (schutzhund). You can not train a dog to protect, like that, until the dog is willing to die for you and that only comes about after years of training and trust ... on both sides. They will protect infant children as if they are their own pups. Unbelievably gentle!

Although, most professionally trained Schutzhunds are not of the quality of the shepherd in the clip, you can not possibly over exaggerate what these animals are capable of learning. The man in the padded outfit, is referred to as a Certified Decoy. Re-certification is required annually and believe me, these are very 'special' people. Navy Seals with dogs, instead of guns, would be a fair comparison.

These ain't American Show Line dogs
and never say "FASS!!!" (Fahs)
 
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