Love the program but just found out it was ripped off from the Brits

Which one? and what year did it come out..

The Unit was based on Eric Haney's Book, [u] Inside Delta Force [/u]

You thought it was going to turn into a pissing match so you decided....to go for it? What a hypocrite. What do you actually know about SAS or Delta to even make a comparison? If you knew even one iota you wouldn't be comparing them. If you had an idea about Delta and you had read Haney's book you wouldn't be mentioning traditional roles of Army SF ODA Sergeants. So either you didn't read the book or you read the book and didn't have a clue as to what you were reading which is it?

I am a US Army Officer and far from a SF fanboy. In my eyes what makes a unit the best is experience. US Army SF simply can't all be lumped together as one in the same. Some SF have deployed more than others, some have seen far more combat than others, some haven't seen combat at all. Same goes for the 22 SAS. You can't lump all SAS together. 21 and 23 SAS have very little experience at all and about zero combat outside of Northern Ireland. 22 SAS same can be said as that of US Army SF. Would I say Army SF or 22 SAS is better than the other? Nope. I do have a preference of whom I would rather employ as a Senior Officer and that would be US Army SF. Organizationally they are better equipped, funded and supplied. There are several options present with US Army SF that simply aren't with 22 SAS.

There is almost no correlation between Delta, Haney's Book, The Unit and seeing traditional roles of Army SF ODA Sergeants. Delta does not contain anything even recognizable to a ODA. Different mission, different organization, just plain totally different. Comparing Delta to SAS is as bad as comparing Delta to Army SF.

I've read Haney's book and the show has absolutely nothing to do with it. The book is about Haney's time in Delta, the show is fictional.

The Unit copies a story element from Ultimate Force, the wife and superior officer affair, only Ultimate Force handles it much better. Aside from that, the shows cannot be compared, though I think The Unit went way over the top with the hole conspiracy theory, wifes as undercover spies and especially the mystical bullcrap like The Spear of Destiny.

I thought the Unit was a more balanced show than U.F.(which was very good in parts )The problem comes from the fact that Military service be it `green` or `black` is real life and as such deals with the effects simply participating has on real people.The reality is that for most it is something you are very lucky to survive without some degree of loss and often very unentertaining anecdotes to go with the few whiz bang war stories.Perhaps it's best to simply let the T.V. shows stick to the thrills and the Documentaries tell the truth to those who want to hear it warts and all..