So one key attribute in a special services operator is the ability to pick up and apply new technologies. I want to share where I am coming from on this.
Modern FPS games such as Call of Duty have taken a futuristic tangent in which you are in command of crazy technologies such as ability to walk along walls, jump extremely high, become invisible etc. I like to watch 'game movies' of these, where someone goes through the game and records it for YouTube. What I have seen is that people tend to go back to basics: enter into battle with guns blazing, kill enemies through brute force, move on. It is very rare that someone is able to onboard new technologies and apply them in the heat of battle.
With the above in mind, my question is: how good are our SSG operators in adopting such new technologies and then applying them in the heat of battle? The mind plays a big role in this. You have to have superior intellect and presence of mind in order to be able to achieve this. I know SSG are recruited and trained based on superior strength, but what about superior intellect?