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Originally Posted by Brian McIlmoyle
All the members of this unit are trained to elite status .. this cerimonial duty is a fraction of the work done by this unit at the vatican.
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This is often claimed, but is only partly true. These guys are chosen based on their proficiency yes, but even more important is that they are Catholic and that they are presentable (good looking). Further, the training for their ceremonial duties takes a lot of their time. They train with halberds for instance, when they could be training in actual modern TTPs.
They're pretty good at what they do, and this is a pretty big generalization, of course. They have their own division like any military/LE organization, but looking at their LCD, I wouldn't say that they are as tactically proficient as a Tier-2 SOF unit or LE body like the USSS or Shabak.
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