How Hard is US Army Special Forces Training?

I tapped out. Physically I was fine. Mentally I broke down. Mind couldn't handle sleep stress. Have utmost respect for all grads.

Everyday is hard, but never quit.

I went through the "Q" Course in 1985. Graduated in July. One thing a lot of candidates don't understand it that the course is designed to elicit failure in some areas. How you handle and respond to that failure is very important. You are not expected to be perfect.

How hard is it? "Yes."

The Q-Course sounds like a physical and mental rollercoaster. The most scary part is the end of the selection in my opinion because you can get through EVERYTHING and not get selected. It's not only based on your performance but what your peers and your instructors think of you. Still even if don't get selected you completed one the most hardest military training course in the US and all the more stronger for it.

The truth: They haven't coined a word/phrase yet that accurately describes how hard training is.

As the SEAL community would say, "the only easy day was yesterday"

Went through in 79 recycled twice but hung in there and graduated. Most amazing thing I’ve ever done spent 25 years in and out of SF. If your thinking about trying out don’t quit

He is not exaggerating when he talked about 82 pushups and situps in two minutes being just average. We had a guy that could do around 120/118. I never did better than 92/94 , but I could run forever. Most people lose weight and I actually gained close to 8 lbs. Still to this day I never slept over four hours and I been out around to 26 years 😂

Your push ups, sit ups, pull ups and 1 mile run are insane. No wonder you got into SF

I was in the Army and had an opportunity to train with SF 19th Group guys for 30 days. These guys are bad asses!

Just graduated Ranger school and I now already have my eyes set on the Q course in a couple years!

My class starts in April, your videos have helped immensely.

My business partner was a 18B with 5th Group. His whole analogy of SF training was it sucked. That being said, he pretty much has a mindset that there is nothing he cannot accomplish. He doesn’t always succeed in everything but he always steps up and goes again and again.

Why put yourself through training like this? Simple. You will end up in units with others who have made it. Who do you want covering your back?

SFAS there is a military psychologist watching and assessing. Point is not necessarily the physical aspect of the occupation rather how the applicant responds to psychological pressures they will face during the occupation. For example, how do you respond to resistance, to setback, to a “no,” and to a fear/phobia when a task needs to be accomplished? If the answer is you give up, you are unwilling to take the hard option when no other option is available, flee or freeze rather than work through the problem you are confronted with than you need to work on your mental health. Sports psychology plays a huge role in the lives of special forces soldiers in all branches, more than they realize. All soldiers are athletes, asked to preform under pressure to achieve an objective and the pressures and problems can be tremendous. PS. Keep in mind having a fear or phobia is not a weakness rather in this profession having one that you are not willing to let dictate the measure of your success is!!! Read that again.

been following all your prep tips for getting physically fit for the course. can't wait to drop the packet and actually get into the pipeline.

I'm "special" too. But more of a, rode the short bus to school everyday, kinda "special."

Yeah the trash talkers are always the first ones to fail in any Special Forces Unit. The reason you can't work with a trash talker because nobody likes them and they put a massive strain on the team.

Respect to those who make it through