You want to know who the best in the world is?  Here they are.  They are the best of the best who have been culled from the best.  You can't get much more elite than that.

 

The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division of the Central Intelligence Agency...'s National Clandestine Service..., responsible for covert action paramilitary... operations, the collection of intelligence in hostile and/or denied areas and all high threat military and/or intelligence operations when the U.S. Government... does not wish to be overtly associated with such activities.

The National Clandestine Service's action arm is SAD, which conducts direct action... such as raids, ambush, sabotage, targeted assassinations, unconventional warfare... (e.g. training and leading guerrilla and military units of other countries in combat), and deniable psychological operations..., the latter also known as black propaganda... or "Covert Influence". Special reconnaissance... is another area that can be under either military or intelligence, but is usually carried out by SAD officers when in denied areas.^[4]...

The unit's existence became better understood in the autumn of 2001, when U.S. special operations... forces arrived in Afghanistan... to hunt down Al Qaeda leaders and aid the Northern Alliance... against the ruling Taliban. SAD units also defeated Al Qaeda in Northern Iraq prior to the invasion and trained, equipped, organized and led the Kurdish forces to defeat Saddam's Army in the North.

Conflict occasionally arises between Special Operations Command... (SOCOM) units and SAD as to who will be the primary mission force for these types of operations. This is usually confined to the civilian/political heads of the respective Department/Agency and is largely a result of those individuals seeking credit. When SAD is combined with the U.S. military's Joint Special Operations Comma... (JSOC) and/or other SOCOM units, many consider it the most lethal and effective special operations force in the world.^[9]... SAD selects its operators from the most elite units in the U.S. military such as the Navy...'s Special Warfare Development Gr... (especially, but not limited to, SEAL Team 6...), the Army's... 1st Special Forces Operational... (Delta Force, CAG), Special Forces... (Green Berets), Rangers..., and the Quote    Reply

Why thank you so much for clarifying the issue for us with a wonderful Wikipedia cut and paste job.  We are forever in your debt, we can now safely consign this most insightful discussion to the annals of history. 

 

Its that time of year folks......Schools out for christmas!!!!!!!

SAD selects its operators from the most elite units in the U.S. military such as the Navy...'s Special Warfare Development Gr... (especially, but not limited to, SEAL Team 6...), the Army's... 1st Special Forces Operational... (Delta Force, CAG), Special Forces... (Green Berets), Rangers..., and the Marine Corps...' Force Reconnaissance... detachments and MARSOC....

Its not just Force Reconnaissance & MARSOC Marines that SAD recruits fr/.  They actively recruit fr/ all Marine Unrestricted Ground Combat Arms & MAGTF Intelligence Officer Fields.

 

Most notably of a 'unknown' Field was Marine Capt. Johnny Micheal Spann who was an Artillery Officer & JTAC.  Who I believe, I'll have to check, served in ANGLICO before leaving the Marine Corps.

I WILL GO FOR THE NAVY..

Its not who is the best thats the real question - its about effectiveness - getting the job done.

Imagine if these Yanks did the Iranian embassy hostage thing.

Guarantee that there would be no Hostages left alive.

Probably shot most of the people on the street and some of their own as well.

Collateral damage or just trigger happy?

Then would have been on Oprah as heroes.

Mission Acomplished ??

All the Gear , no idea.

When have they ever won anything?

Best weapon they have is the self loading automatic mouth and they certainly know how to shoot that off.