The public has always been fascinated by the training that US Special Operations Forces receive. What goes in to making an elite warrior? What skill sets are cultivated and polished in these young men?
It is called Live Tissue Training (LTT), or more often known as the “Goat Lab.” Rumors have persisted in the public sphere about the goat lab for decades. Journalists like Jon Ronson heard bits of information about it, but had no idea what live tissue training was actually about. This led him to come up with some completely absurd conclusions about why Special Forces medics maintain a stock of live goats on Ft. Bragg.
The reality is that these goats are used by the SOCM (Special Operations Combat Medic) course to help train our Special Operations medics to work on casualties under the most realistic conditions possible in a simulated environment; training them as we fight. SOCM does not just train Special Forces medics, but also Navy SEAL and Ranger medics as well. These are the very best combat medics in the world. I’ve seen them in action myself, and have 100% confidence in the product that comes out of the SOCM course at Ft. Bragg.
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PETA is another loud group with strange and extreme values. They’re smart enough to present themselves to the public as something similar to the Humane Society but I’ve read some of their real goals e.g. getting shoe leather banned. This is another verification that members care more about animals than they do humans. We have amazing medics in the armed forces and 18Ds are well known for their knowledge and skills at saving lives. A huge part of this is the Live Tissue Training which is carefully managed and only military and state department people are allowed to take it. Sad that our medics have gotten that group’s attention.