Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers

When the SOF operate on their own, they're pretty well identicle through out the world, at least the good ones. They rely on their own personal training, observations, determination, and skill to get the job done. However, there's only so much a single human body can do.

When SOF operate as part of a team, ie the reconaisance, then they're expected to guide the main force onto the enemy be that force a tank battalion or a B52 bombing run. That's where the differences between the various countries are really noticeable. NATO SOF were trained to guide B52s onto tank columns. The Israelis did not ... and do not.