From my understanding, the 18X program isn’t quite the snake eater factory that was hoped for & of the top of my head, I’d guess has a much higher attrition rate than “regular” MOSs (hence the SOF Truth- You can’t mass produce SOF troops.) Dudes who go through SFAS are typically older, more mature & have already been through the Army 101 “break em down, build em back up” program. Plus, the dudes who end up in tier 1or 2 units are just wired differently than the rest of us.
I was 18 & I gotta admit, all the yelling & aggression freaked me TF out, but I figured it out & did what needed done. That said, a lot of the demeaning crap is unnecessary. You don’t have to curse at someone or put them down to put the fear of God into them.
Just my thoughts & experiences on the matter. The Army was already becoming kinder & gentler by the time I retired. Then Obama began purging the meat eater senior officers & here we are. It’s a shame, the military saved my life & set me up for success & I used to wholeheartedly recommend enlisting to any young person who expressed an interest or just wasn’t sure what they wanted to do with their life. Not any more, not in good faith. One of my kid cousins had been chomping at the bit to follow in my footsteps, to exit aircraft while in flight & go see the world. I am relieved beyond measure that his then girlfriend caught preggers & threw a monkey wrench into those plans.