I'm not trying to compare units, but that’s what you keep taking out of it. Can you compare units? No, not as a whole. But you can compare areas where they over lap.
EX:
The Army’s SF have been forming DA companies to take some of the weight off of the SMUs, I believe its 1 per group. When each Co. gets certified to deploy the have to shoot to the same standards as the SMUs or their not Certified to Deploy. Their shooting skills are rated on par with the SMUs. Does that mean that a SF DA plt is on par with DevGru or a Delta Team??? No!!! But their DA skills are. Which mean they can take on select SMU DA missions to free the up.
Why is that important that they have that distinction, and that SOCOM recognizes that? Do you understand that when Info on a HVT comes thru, if an SMU is not available, it has to be cleared to a Tier II SOF unit, the nearest SOF just can’t take the mission. And depending on the HVT that Tier II SOF might not get clearance at all.
So when the SOCOM report states, GOP, that the Det's DA and robust Intel capability is on par with Tier I SOF that means something as far as the missions they are cleared for.
Does that mean that FR and the Intel section is on par Delta or DevGru? No, but they have select capabilities that are which helped determine mission assignment if an Tier I level mission comes down the Pipe and their tied up.
Apply understand to exactly whats being said, and stop doing gloss overs.