Tyler Grey: The Most Unlikely MOS To Make It Through Delta Selection

About this video

Ritland’s guest, a former Delta Force operator, recounts his experience going through Delta’s selection and Operator Training Course (OTC). He describes the secretive 32-day selection process conducted in isolation, the grueling year-long OTC that starts all trainees from zero regardless of background, and his initial integration into a Delta team. The guest emphasizes the mental challenge of selection and shares anecdotes including meeting an exceptional former Navy hard-hat diver teammate and enduring an elaborate prank during deployment.

Key takeaways

• Delta selection is highly secretive with standards known only to one or two cadre members; the guest describes 32 days of solo land navigation where candidates operate in isolation and roughly 4-5 out of 50 pass
• The guest explains that OTC rebuilds every skill from scratch regardless of prior training, creating a common foundation across operators from diverse backgrounds including unconventional specialties like Navy divers
• Integration into Delta teams involves proving oneself all over again; the guest describes feeling inadequate despite passing selection when first working alongside experienced operators

Episode details: published July 6, 2026 · 144.8K views · 22:07 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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