At Delta, everything we do adds up to a more connected world. That’s why we help nearly 200 million travelers fly to 300 destinations in 50 countries, with up to 15,000 daily departures, including flights operated by our partners. Delta Force Origin, Recruitment and Structure - Delta Force origins can be traced back to its creation in 1977. Find out why Delta Force was created and learn how the Delta Force team is structured.
There is a new Special Forces / Special Operations fitness test making its way around the Team areas and creating a fun and competitive event for many of our Army, Navy, Air Force, USMC Special Operators. It is called the Upper body Round Robin (UBRR). The test consists of seven upper body exercises, a speed and long distance run. The UBRR provides a minimum standard for passing which are reasonable scores as you see below, BUT if you want to be competitive with the best of the best you have to push yourself far above the minimums. See events and grading scale below:The UBRR (Upper Body Round Robin) Events.
StandardGrading Scale for Min. Plus1 Minute of Pushups402 Pts Each Rep Above Min1 Minute of Situps403 Pts Each Rep Above MinPullups6 - Not Timed3 Pts Each Rep Above MinDips6 - Not Timed2 Pts Each Rep Above MinBench Press 80% Body Weight6 - Not Timed3 Pts Each Rep Above Min20 ft. Rope Climb in Body Armor or Weight Vest - 25#1Pass / Fail1 Minute Kip-ups62 Pts Every Rep Above Min4 x 25 M Shuttle RunMax 24 Secs2 Pts Every 1/10 of a Sec Under5 Mile Run or 5 Mile Ruck March w/ 45# Dry WeightRun - Max 40 Mins, Ruck - 75 Min2 Pts Every Full 15 Sec from 35 to 30 Min. Minimal rest in between events.
Pushups - Regular pushups. Do not lift your hands / feet off the floor. Once the time runs out or your knee touches the floor the event is over.Situps - Place your hands interlocked behind your head.
The up position is when your elbows touch your knees and down position is when your forearms touch the floor next to your head.Pullups - Regular grip with palms facing away from you. Chin must go over the bar and arms must be straight in the down position. These are dead hang pullups - no kipping / cheating with lower body movement.Dips - Elbows must form a 90 degree angle for each repetition to count in the down position and arm locked / straight in the up position.Bench Press - 80% of your body weight for max reps. No bridging with your hips. Keep feet flat on the floor. Bar much touch your chest in the down position and elbows must be fully straightened in the up position.Rope Climb - Climb a rope in body armor / weight vest of 25#.
If you do not have a rope available, try doing a rope pull-up by hanging a piece of rope over a pull-up bar and performing six rope pullups to simulate the rope climb.The Kip Up (not a kipping pullup) - This is a grip and ab exercise. The individual will position himself underneath the pull-up bar as if he were doing a regular pull-up. Do a left or right facing movement so the pull-up bar is now perpendicular to the individual. Grasp the bar with palms facing each other, no more than 5' apart, arms fully extended and body hanging without touching the ground.
Bring your ankles over the bar with the bar being in between your ankles in the UP position.4 x 25m shuttle run can be done with blocks to pick up at the 25m marks. Pick up and drop blocks at each change of direction as you run four - 25m sprints in a shuttle run method. Every 1/10 of a second counts!5 mile run under 40 minutes is not a horribly fast pace but if you are not prepared for a 5 mile run it can be tough and potentially injurious so build up to get 5 miles of running at sub 8 min mile pace.Or you can opt for the 5 mile ruck with 45#.
Get it done in less than 75 minutes and you are good to go.Whether you are a future Special Operator or looking for a fun and challenging workout plan that ranks your counterparts, the UBRR is a tool to put in your backpack. Enjoy adding this to your fitness maintenance / testing program.
Interested in Joining the Military?We can put you in touch with recruiters from the different military branches. Petvillefacebook. Learn about the benefits of serving your country, paying for school, military career paths, and more: and hear from a recruiter near you.
Like all soldiers, SF candidates begin their career with nine weeks of Basic Combat Training (BCT). Upon completion of Basic Training you will attend Advanced Individual Training. For Special Forces, you will go to Infantry School to learn to use small arms, anti-armor, and weapons such as howitzers and heavy mortars. Before you can advance to the special operation career selection path, Special Forces candidates much also complete the Basic Airborne Course. For a complete timeline for the quickest an 18 XRAY candidate will attend SF training. Basic Combat Training lasts 9 weeks. AIT lasts four weeks.
Airborne last 3 weeksAll of these schools take place at Fort Benning, Georgia. Once you are an Airborne graduate, you will be authorized a permanent change of station (PCS) move to Fort Bragg North Carolina. Here is where the Special Forces Pipeline begins and ends for those seeking the Green Beret and special operations careers. Special Forces Phase 1Special Force Qualification Course Phase 1A is the preparation course where soldiers will check in, collect gear, and start advanced level physical training, and land navigation.
This phase is 4 weeks long. (formerly known as SOPC I – Special Operations Prep Course.Special Forces Qualification Course Phase 1B is the assessment and selection phase for Army Special Forces.
Your motivation and desire will be challenged to see if you are suitable for advanced Special Forces training. You will be tested and evaluated with psychological tests, fitness and swim tests, obstacle courses, long ruck marches, and land navigation. At the end of the 4 weeks, soldiers will find out if they are selected to attend the full Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) – also known as the Q Course. Cow clickers. This phase 1B is formerly known as SFAS – Special Forces Assessment and Selection.There is a short two week course prior to advancing to Phase 2. The Special Forces Prep Course (SFPC) focuses on Small Unit Tactics and learn how to conduct raids, ambushes, recon, and patrolling. This course gets all selected soldiers up to speed with many of the advanced level tactics used in the Q Course.
This prep course is formerly known of SOPC 2. Special Forces Phase 2Phase 2 combines Small Unit Tactics (SUT) and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training.
Soldiers will begin with more small unit tactics on both the squad and platoon levels, and be tested in weapons marksmanship. The learning curve is steep in this 5 week phase. After SUT, the next 3 weeks will focus on survival training, avoid capture, resisting enemy interrogations and exploitations, and escaping captivity.
Phase 3Depending upon the MOS the soldier is selected to do, the following jobs within the twelve-man team known as the Special Forces Operations Detachment Alpha (ODA). The process of completing these schools can take 14-18 months.You will receive MOS training for your Special Forces MOS which includes SF critical tasks required for award of a Career Management Field 18 Military Occupational Specialty, and Interagency Operations.18B - SF Weapons Sergeant – 13 weeks. Students learn a large variety of American and Foreign weapons systems from hand guns, rifles, anti-tank weapons, crewed served weapons, and mortars.18C - SF Engineer Sergeant – 13 weeks. Students who are engineer qualified become experts in building techniques, defensive fortifications, as well as explosives, booby traps, and land mines.18D - SF Medical Sergeant – 46 weeks. The 18D education is arguably the best combat medic training in the world and creates experts in medical, surgical, dental, veterinary, and pharmaceutical subjects. This course is called the Special Forces Medical Sergeants Course (SFMS) which consists of the 24 week Special Operations Combat Medic Course (SOCM) as well as an additional 22 week training cycle to complete the 18D training pipeline.
Complete with trauma care, physiology, anatomy, and advanced paramedic training.18E - SF Communications Sergeant – 13 weeks. Students become experts not only in highly technical and advanced communication systems, but also the most basic forms of communications that are found in other countries. The entire bandwidth of communications is taught as well as cryptography and construction and repair of communications systems and antennas for all types of ground to ground and ground to air communications capabilities. Phase 4Language Training - Based your language skills, you will advance through language and culture training to get ready to serve in the SF. Additionally, while receiving language training you will be trained in warrior skills, such as Combatives. This phase may take up to 18 - 24 weeks.
The language opportunities of all Special Forces operators are Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Indonesian, Czech, Persian-Farsi, Polish, Russian, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Arabic, and Korean, and Japanese. Phase 5The final phase is a culmination exercise known as Robin Sage which is 5 weeks long and where students will form their own SFODA and put their training and experience of the last several months to the test. This is a realistic training setting dealing with indigenous personnel, counterinsurgency, and tested in the mission (Foreign Internal Defense) of training a mock guerrilla force in a hostile environment.After Robin Sage, the students are now members of the Special Forces community and have earned the Green Beret and the Oppresso De Libre (“Free the Oppressed”) pin.The new Special Forces soldiers will be soon shipped to their new duty stations – Special Forces Groups (SFG). The options are the following:1 st SFG – Ft. Lewis Washington3 rd SFG – Ft. Bragg North Carolina5 th SFG – Ft.
Campbell Kentucky7 th SFG – Ft. Bragg North Carolina10 th SFG – Ft. Carson Colorado19 th and 20 th SFG are National Guard Groups.The twelve man ODA is comprised of the following members:18A – Commander (Captain)180A – Executive Officer (Warrant Officer)18Z – Operations NCO / Team Sergeant18F – Intelligence Sergeant18B – Two Weapons sergeants18C – Two Engineer sergeants18D – Two Combat Medic sergeants18E – Two Communications sergeants.