Pic of US SF?

[papabear]

U.S. special forces coordinate airstrikes from positions on the outskirts of the town of Khazer, at some 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday April 3, 2003. Iraqi forces withdrew from previous occupied positions near the town of Kalak following sustained bombing by U.S.-led coalition planes. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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U.S. special forces, left and second right, and Kurdish fighters gather behind American guided anti-tank missiles near the town of Khazer, at some 30 kilometers,18 miles, from the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday April 3, 2003. Iraqi forces withdrew from previous occupied positions near the town of Kalak, after sustained bombing by U.S.-led coalition forces. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030403/capt.1049384710.war_us_iraq_northern_front_pdj104.jpg


A handphoto from a segment of a video, screened during a media briefing at Central Command Center, Thursday, April 3, 2003, shows a U.S Special Forces raid in which they captured the Hadithah dam, northwest of Baghdad. (AP Photo/U.S. Central Command)
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030403/capt.1049392061.qatar_iraq_war_lrl112.jpg

And another one of the Polish GROM:
Polish Special Operations Forces (GROM) take a defensive stance during boarding operations in the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday, March 28, 2003. The GROM participated in coalition naval forces efforts to clear southern Iraqi waterways of mines and rogue vessels to make way for the arrival of humanitarian relief shipments. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Photographers Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson/HO)
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030401/capt.1049163031.iraq_war_poland_military_nywd162.jpg

[hood]

way ahead of ya there. :) There's a higher res shot of the GROM in the SEALs and Polish SF section.

[papabear]

Thanks!

[papabear]

A picture of the one in charge of GROM:

Colonel Roman Polko, head commander of the Polish elite commando GROM speaks at a press conference in Warsaw Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Polko returned from Iraq (news - web sites) where he was coordinating actions of his soldiers taking part in the U.S. led war against Iraq. Some 56 GROM soldiers are in Iraq and another group is in Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030402/capt.1049291886.poland_iraq_war_grom_war150.jpg

[hood]

Yeah, I didn't post that one yet because I was lazy. I think it's great that he's got the Ranger tab.

[EliteWolf]

why the hell does that polish soldier have a army rangers patch on his uniform??? woot

[ScopeScene]

I'm glad that man is on our side. Thank you Poland!

[Chris1]

why the hell does that polish soldier have a army rangers patch on his uniform??? woot
Maybe because he earned it?
:)
NATO cross training.

[Merik]

Because he has passed Ranger school.We have many countries send us thier boys to see if they can pass it.

[FiftyCalSal]

Other countries send their guys to Ranger school here, and American outfits like the SEALs will send operators to Ranger school as well.

[Smoothie104]

A lot of Allied Nations cross train their special operations forces. I live in Savannah, Home of Hunter Army Airfield.

There is a Ranger Battalion here, as well as members of the 160th SOAR Nightstalkers. Most of my pals are either Rangers, ex Rangers, ex 160th or civilian contractors working with the units as maintenence. I have 2 friends in Kuwait and 1 in Jordan. He has been there for 5 months, which is funny cause in the News for months and months they said there were no US Troops in Jordan. right........

I have met a lot of SOF guys from other countries that are here training with the Ranger Bat. We see them all the time.

[PSYWAR1-0]

From the angle of the photo it also looks like this guy has a MSM and an ARCOM in addition to the Ranger Tab. May just be the angle?

[Lobo]

Cross training is very common in Europe so you find soldiers from Army X carrying the "parachute wings" from Army Z.

I remember that Portuguese Navy commandos weren't allowed to attend the parachute qualification course. So they came to Spain and attend Spanish Army course. :cantbeli: