Henry240:
With 2015 about to come to an end, with over 1325 photos posted at an average of 5 photos a day, I thought it'll be nice to have a 2015 Top Ten of the 1325 photos shared so far.

7#- At number 7, A South-African special forces soldier jumping off a C-130 with his kit. Beautiful shot and an amazing capture. Also controversial after frumentius made a series of poorly-informed comments when this photo was originally posted in this thread. Still a beautiful image which deserves the #7 spot in my countdown.

frumentius:


Like the Bourbons, you learned nothing and forgot nothing. That is a Pathfinder not SF.

gottfried21:
With the "Rocket man" himself
He appreciates good food
But he's still the best fighter pilot Namibia has

Henry240:
#2- NNS Thunder Captain and Crew. Originally posted in this thread. This all inspiring image of the captain and his crew in a group photograph on NNS Thunder is nothing short of overwhelming in it's awe and grandeur. This photo is so beautiful a Nigerian mainstream newspaper (Nationalhelm.com), posted it on it's daily and on her website. Simply beautiful and Angelic!

It's only good for #2.





#1- My top pic for my number 1 photo of 2015 goes to Uganda. This photo of Ugandan Special forces hunting Joseph kony left the competition in the dust.


It's a message to kony, "we would chase you to the gates of hell, we would take you and you would face justice for your crimes!


My very best image of 2015.

Henry240:


Intentional..... Just the exact response I was expecting. You delivered right on time. It stays SF.

Henry240:


Intentional..... Just the exact response I was expecting. You delivered right on time. It stays SF.

MikeCZAR:
SA SF fall under JOPS not the army. The Pathfinders are part of army's paratroopers.

They are trained to certain SF standards and can take on any SF in sub-Saharan.

Henry240:


Surely not the units from Nigeria.

Henry240:


Surely not the units from Nigeria.

Henry240:

Surely not the units from Nigeria.

MikeCZAR:
SA SF fall under JOPS not the army. The Pathfinders are part of the army's paratroopers.
They are trained to certain SF standards and can take on any SF in sub-Saharan.

MikeCZAR:
SA SF fall under JOPS not the army. The Pathfinders are part of the army's paratroopers.

They are trained to certain SF standards and can take on any SF in sub-Saharan.

patches689:


Technically Nigeria does not have any SF

Or at least none that we know of.

Remeber that a big part of SF is that they are "trainers" and that they are capable of conducting irregular warfare

Example: WW2
Technically the SAS in WW2 were SOF and not SF.... same with the Commandoes

BUUT "Popskys Private Army" (i forget the guys name) and elements of Merylls Marauders and the Chindits were SF (operated behind enemy lines on a near permanent basis, trained local insurgents, focused on irregular warfare, deep reconisance etc) - but the last two are not true blue SF in themselves.

And then you get elements like the LRDPG who sat in the gray area between SF and SOF because they did deep reconisance behind enemy lines and operated allmost permanently behind enemy lines.

Basically, there is nothing which you guys have that falls under the spectrum of SF

This is not a big deal though because there is a global shift away from SF towards SOF - the only true blue SF unit left in the world is Delta with most countries moving those operations away from the military and into their Intelligence Agencies. Units like the Recces, Green Berets and SAS will still have *some* SF training and capacity but it is no longer their job or focus.

Now, you could say that this argument is semantics, and yes with a normal person it is. But on this forum the use of yhe correct language is very important.

patches689:


Technically Nigeria does not have any SF

Or at least none that we know of.

Remeber that a big part of SF is that they are "trainers" and that they are capable of conducting irregular warfare

Example: WW2
Technically the SAS in WW2 were SOF and not SF.... same with the Commandoes

BUUT "Popskys Private Army" (i forget the guys name) and elements of Merylls Marauders and the Chindits were SF (operated behind enemy lines on a near permanent basis, trained local insurgents, focused on irregular warfare, deep reconisance etc) - but the last two are not true blue SF in themselves.

And then you get elements like the LRDPG who sat in the gray area between SF and SOF because they did deep reconisance behind enemy lines and operated allmost permanently behind enemy lines.

Basically, there is nothing which you guys have that falls under the spectrum of SF

This is not a big deal though because there is a global shift away from SF towards SOF - the only true blue SF unit left in the world is Delta with most countries moving those operations away from the military and into their Intelligence Agencies. Units like the Recces, Green Berets and SAS will still have *some* SF training and capacity but it is no longer their job or focus.

Now, you could say that this argument is semantics, and yes with a normal person it is. But on this forum the use of yhe correct language is very important.

lionel4power:

your SF havent seen combat for MANY years.
how will you take on the best of the best in Africa who has been fighting intensely for the last 2-3 years non-sto

Ignorance is becoming the dearth of you my friend.

lionel4power:

stillchris:


You are wrong patches.

Good thing you agree you could be ignorant of this fact

Nigeria had it's first SF during the civil war. (3rd marine commando).

Look up 72 special forces battalion based in makurdi

What's new in our army is SOF of which men where selected from different special forces units

You south Africans should stop spewing ignoramus trash about something you don't know of. It's not funny

And yes. Your SF have not been in combat since inception of SANDF so it's wrong to rate them above any other.

MikeCZAR:

lionel4power:

your SF havent seen combat for MANY years.
how will you take on the best of the best in Africa who has been fighting intensely for the last 2-3 years non-sto

Ignorance is becoming the dearth of you my friend.

Patchesagain:


1. Really? The 3rd Marine Commando spent the war behind enemy lines training insurgents and doing deep reconnisance? NO - since they are based on the ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOES they did raiding which makes them SOF

2. I dont care what YOU call them, the differentiation comes through usage... so if they spent the war grabbing HVTs then they are doing SOF or if they are spending the war doing what I outlined above then they are SF

3. Whats new is that you have another SOF unit that has been trained to modern standards.

4. If you wish to claim SF then provide info about your SF doing SF shit... doint point me at what is effectivly a military swat team and try to tell me that they are SF
.

rugged7:
Coming to the end of the year...

Yet, the more things change, the more other things remain the same.

South africans and their usual ignorant rants and arguments...

It's just sooo nauseating.

Is there a reason why you myopic Boers and Boer slaves can't take ur rubbish to the other thread?

jln115:

Why don't you check who started this argument mate, before calling us ignorent.

stillchris:


You ignorant comrade @patches claimed Nigeria never had SF and anyone will find it annoying when a wrong info is peddled by an ignoramus who doesn't even have a clue of what he's saying