Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
I always thought that the US army regulars were not all that good because they were allways being outshone by the other parts of your military, kinda hard to compete when the rest of the millitary is obsessed with being "best of the best".
THAT is what I mean!!
I know enough from training in martial arts to know that the guys who come in and really want to be the best and train the hardest and give more than everyone else DO become the best!
Marines DO want to be the best. SEALs want and need to be the best. Simply from the Americans I have known, the Euros I have know, the American military men I know, the Euro military men I know, I have seen a LOT more of that drive to be the best amongst the Americans. Also, I think certain aspects of American society (including that horrible American exceptionalism) really foster that competitive drive.