1.
You haven’t truly deployed with 7th Group until your mission turns into a quinceañera… and the Team Sergeant ends up dancing with the mayor’s aunt.
2.
7th Group: where Spanish is spoken fluently, but only when ordering cervezas and talking to informants.
3.
*ODA SOP in Latin America:
- Infiltrate
- Train locals
- Eat everything
- Catch parasites
- Marry someone*
4.
Only in 7th Group does a firefight pause for siesta.
5.
Team Leader: “This is a FID mission.”
18B: “Cool. What’s the ROE if they offer us homemade aguardiente?”
6.
7th Group’s real mission: win hearts and minds—starting with your interpreter’s cousin.
7.
*Every jungle op ends with three things:
- A machete fight with vines
- A mystery rash
- And a chicken that somehow joins the team*
8.
7th Group: Only unit where a drug lord’s bodyguard and your CI contact went to the same school… and now they’re both in your partner force.