Have our guys(parasf, marcos, garud) trained alongside US TIER1 SFs ? (DELTA, DEVGRU, TACP etc.)
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No JSOC unit has crossed trained with us. 1 JSOC unit + Rangers have gone through CIJWS in the early days of the WOT
But in all fairness even if a JSOC unit did cross train with us we would never know as the Amreekans wouldn't allow it for OPSEC
There have been slips here and then that indicate that Delta has trained in India. No idea with what unit(s) though.
never heard of DEVGRU training alongside any Indian unit though- not sure this would be publicised if to did happen but considering that MARCOs take part in VBSS units and regular marine infantry during joint exercises I don’t have much hope for this.
Also never heard of the Rangers or MARSOC ever coming to India
Green berets are the most common unit given their FID emphasis, the US effectively treats India as a partner nation like Iraq or Afghanistan that needs their local units to be beefed up but that’s not that surprising given the fact that India is a non-NATO state and there aren’t any formal arrangements
That said India could do a LOT better in using its SFs to enhance cooperation or place more emphasis on SF-SF relations but as of now these things are handled at a level where the people making the decisions couldn’t care less. They think a joint ex is a joint ex, they just want something to put in their end of year presentation. So it’s not relevant to them whether a SF ex happens or a infantry one does
Ideally India should have something like Vajra Prahar with every major Western nation and India could even expand this into a multilateral event, why not host something like Jordan’s annual warrior competition?
as usual SFs are treated like the forgotten stepchild, unwanted and irrelevant to the people making the decisions. Once again until INSOCOM is stood up and hence the SF community given their own equal voice at the highest levels it’s impossible to consider these things changing
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