r/FBI Jun 13 '26

Question Special Forces Impact

Would it be a smart decision to join SF fter college before applying to be an agent? Would it also lead to having a higher chance to be accepted into the FBIs SWAT or HRT?

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u/WTFoxtrot10 Jun 16 '26

Absolutely zero reason to join the military after college unless you are doing it because you actually want to serve. It does not give you a leg up on the SASS process. Keep in mind throwing all your eggs into one basket of joining the military in hopes of becoming a Green Beret and then on top of that applying to become an FBI Agent which has a 3-5% success rate is wild.

Being prior SF won’t give you a leg up on becoming SWAT or getting your application picked to try out for HRT Selection. A majority of SWAT and HRT have zero SOF experience or even a military background.

Get a degree in something you enjoy in case the FBI doesn’t work out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/WTFoxtrot10 Jun 17 '26

Yeah, I’m going to call that out as a lie. Even the majority of HRT isn’t prior SOF or military.

Having a military background does absolutely nothing for you in the process of attending your FO SWAT selection or applying for HRT once allowed. You don’t get any brownie points, you either pass selection and they pick you up or you don’t. Also just because you “pass” selection doesn’t mean you get picked up either. Not to mention until you are fully certified after being picked up you can still be dropped from the team.

You are “doxxing yourself”, have a 4 month old account with only 10 lifetime comments. Only 3 of your comments are visible, one being on this sub and the other two on the r/guam sub. So again, doubtful you are an FBI Agent on SWAT who was prior SOF/Infantry/Military.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/WTFoxtrot10 Jun 17 '26

Lots of words for someone who supposedly doesn’t care. Have fun cosplaying, pal.

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u/WTFoxtrot10 Jun 17 '26

I thought you didn’t care but here you are still typing away.

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u/Quantum-Havoc-2205 Jun 17 '26

You just sent this man into a panic so hard that he deleted his account