SAS Operators Explain Selection - How to Survive | Chris Craighead, Billy Billingham, & More
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The interviewers biggest strength, unlike Rogan and other people - is that he remains quiet. Never interrupt. A good interviewer will ask 1 or 2 questions then listen for 15-20 mins. Bravo
I’m a former Paratrooper and later in life I was on support staff with 23 SAS, I’ve seen some real wannabes in my time but it was always great to see the odd nugget get through. We had one ex reg’ ready to jack it in and I’m glad to say I got him to stick it out as he was so close. He did get badged and went on to do well
I was in British Army from 2011 to 2023 (October) - Paras first, then IC. Chris is right. Of course, you have to be physically fit, but there will come a time when the only thing you have left is your mind and willpower, and these can't be taught.
It’s robustness. And it’s not something that is ‘oh I’ll just tough it out’ you don’t think of it you just go with it. I remember in training. There was a horrendous day of weather, cold, wet, totally demoralising. 6 people quit within hours.
@Vinny86100 i went through the same, mate.
You always deliver the best interviews. But guys, forget what it takes to be IN the SAS. Tell the story of what it’s like to live with PTSD for 50+ years AFTER you survive (IF you survive) the SAS. What it’s like having them as family members. Much love from a SAS Military survivor family member in New Zealand ❤❤❤
The good thing is that they take only the best of the best, which means that they also only take the people with the most optimal mindset. The guys who are less likely to get PTSD after what they do.
@@chakko007I’ve never met anyone that comes out of SAS detail without PTSD. They are only human, and torture is one of their training tactics.
There are some mindfulness techniques you can employ but you had better be really good at it, cause EVERYONE is human and every mind has a tipping point. I know a lot of military, police, secret service…they ALL have PTSD in some form.
That was my point…the real story is in their survival afterwards, not in the lean muscle mass ratio or high performance fitness regime.
We buried the last of our 28th Maori battalion yesterday at age 100, he fought in Japan WW2 with my grandfather.
Before he died he said if he had had his way no one would haven gone to war. So many innocent lives were lost, broken families, mothers left without their sons for the rest of their lives.
Grief and trauma is something our society does treat properly because it invokes uncomfortable feelings. But feels are dangerous when left unprocessed in the body.
Trigger warning: I myself was tortured by an ex SAS officer until I pretended to be dead in a pool of my own blood. I was found catatonic, hospitalised in a mental institution, and tranquilliser for 6 weeks. When I got my ability to speak back NO ONE believed my story of being tortured and I was diagnosed falsely with Bipolar disorder.
20 years later I’m fine, but it literally DID take 25 years to heal. There’s no hero’s…just innocent victims and justifiably angry people.
If you want to talk me…I’ll easy enough to find on LinkedIn Teena Ngapo-French
@@chakko007 Unfortunately that is Incredibly untrue. Thats the fantasy version.
@@chakko007human minds can only delay traumatic experiences. My grandad used to cry out every night and he was tough as nails
@@igotsome4526yep no matter how well trained and how well conditioned you are to the aspects of PTSD nothing prepares your mind for the loss of life and hardship you endure everyone is susceptible to the condition all you can do is try to manage the symptoms as a person who has gone through the military and experienced it myself it's more luck than anything if you end up with the condition some of us just cope better it's a hard life dealing with PTSD and I hope one day we can help people with such brain related problems I am also unlucky enough to have a traumatic brain injury so civilian life is never easy for me all the best to everyone going through these conditions ❤
The best story about SAS selection is the Para who passed the mountain phase, passed the jungle phase, got through Evade & Capture, endured the beatings and torture without breaking, only to be told to strip naked by a female soldier whose job it was then to laugh at his cold, shrivelled up willy and humiliate him. He couldn't take it, launched himself at her, had to be held down by her bodyguards and failed selection right at the very end. To me, that says everything about being SAS/SBS. You must be UNBREAKABLE.
Ollie Ollwrtons is worse, accepted a lift to be grassed up by a farmer, he'd passed hills n jungle the lot. He had to pass selection again, first person to do old selection then newer selection as they amalgamated course with SBS. He went SBS. That would be a killer
There's are lot of rubbish written about selection..... you can get to the end of the course .... and still not pass ...
@@MrStevemarc even after your beret, lads have been RTUd rapidly
@TJMcKenna-c9h Thats fucked up lol.
@@MrStevemarcTrue. Literally they could just say you're not the right fit. After 6months of breaking your mind and body.
Great stuff to listen to whilst in prep phase. Top blokes, all of them!
amazing video mate, applying to royal marines next year ill be 17 cant wait
Good luck hope you make it
Good luck bud, hope you make it. Train hard before
Good luck! My uncle was in Royal Marines / Navy for 27 years and absolutely loved it.
Good luck kid.
Some very true early words by Christian. I remember when the rest of lads were going for a "sports afternoon" I used to pretend I was going swimming and get a taxi from camp with a Bergen and go running up hills for the afternoon. Before meeting in the bar on a Friday afternoon I'd come an our later because I'd run 2 BFT's back to back before joining them. Definitely made a difference
Same attitude I aspiring paras before getting soaked up into Battalion life. In fact it's probably rife in most units
Damn thats some graft.
Excellent interview. Great honest direct blokes who say it how it is
WOW many thanks for putting this video together.
Their ability to survive and even thrive in the most miserable and painfully difficult situations is what sets them apart and what I admire and respect the most about them because even in the prime of my youth when I was in great shape and very athletic I never would have made it through ANY special operations selection because I know that mentally I would have reached a point of "that's enough misery for me!" 😂 I definitely would have believed that I could back then but knowing myself much better now in my sixties I KNOW I wouldn't have made it! 😂 I did go into the Marine Corps though, that would have been my limit
Brilliant men respect
we had a guy who was cut to shuck and muscle on muscle and i remember my plt sgt saying he,s defo got to pass 22 sas selection ...he returned to unit .... another guy came back and spent 6 months as a clerk due to injury .. if you want to pass selection ....work hard ,think hard and,stay hard
All said...besides physique...it was will power...to strive...to serve...and never give in....I salute you guys....SAS and other elites...God Save the King...😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Full RESPECT ❤👍🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🌏
Good luck lad
SAS/SBS-Simply the BEST!! 👍❤️🇬🇧
I would agree with Craig you must be prepared to pay the price many excellent soldiers in the prime of their life seasoned soldiers fail selection.Hard men have cried when failing selection it means everything to them.The important thing I believe is to love soldiering regardless of your regiment be honest and be there for your mates.I don’t understand army bullies picking on people they are a disgrace to their regiment a true soldier will encourage and strengthen the weak link have pride in his profession.
Those guys are badass
Top two inches is the difference between badged and RTU
To be a member of any special forces squad, what he was tryna say at the beginning was, it can't be trained, because you have to have no conscience, is the key, to be natural, but have a brain at the same time. It's quite simply way more mental than physical, mental strength is more powerful than physical strength, but the physicality needs to be there. This is why most people now, would have no chance. Edit= He mentions about wanting to be what it you want. You can't just start, want to earn X amount per month etc, you end up not earning that amount because you need to experience failures, that's all good and true, but the reason why you have to go through failures with things like making money, is because in that world you need to find a customer base, the reason that's hard is because the world of people is really stupid and they want something for nothing and they simply can't.
what a lovely man.iknow what he did in africa.
If only I could do it all over again, I'd choose differently than I did 8years ago at Special Forces school... Biggest Regret of my life😢
seems to me the real price is your soul and your sleep. bless you.. i hope you get you every reward for beng my dog of war. for doing for me what i havent gotvthe bollocks to d for myself.
Need to get billy and Christian
All soldiers of all regiments serve with integrity dedication to duty.The SAS like the Navy Seals Commandos Paras French foreign legion the Special boat service are world class soldiers democratic nations turn to when negotiations fail like the police armed response units we need them to defend our freedoms.We want fair equitable trade sincere diplomacy but we will always need the stick when that carrot fails.War is a awful nasty business I despise stolen valour because these men earn the right to wear their badges of honour.War should always be the final option.I believe men of this calibre need real commitment conditioning.If I was a hostage I would be hoping to be rescued by proffesional operators.
Legionnaires aren't Spec forces, nor paras or Royal marines they're elite. And SEALS except DEVGRU wouldn't be classed as tier 1 in UK. CAG would also be tier 1 here. You can walk in off street and apply to be a SEAL Royal Marine Para Legionnaires etc. SBS SAS DEVGRU and CAG, you can't. Additionally, the US won't deploy military onto its streets, the UK has and does deploy SAS when situation escalates, you wouldn't have had a WACO if DEVGRU CAG SAS or SBS where deployed. You can apply to FFL aged 40 too, much older than the 32 threshold of tier 1. But all great units.
@TJMcKenna-c9hok
@@KamPower-tx4uw enlighten me. I hope it's not 9th air force which is not special forces. Or FFL, they're expeditionary, land, airborne and SOP capable (tier 2) like UK pathfinders or US rangers.
@TJMcKenna-c9h ok
@@KamPower-tx4uw Cease reading, if you know. Alas the tier system is a US.concept, been in Europe 2 years. When Paris was attacked it was the gendarmerie who took charge. SAS/SBS deployed here, op Nimrod, op buckthorn, op banner, barr linnie, Stansted, London attacks and countless others.
When Christian says you're born to be in the SAS, he means it's your upbringing. No one is born an SAS soldier, that's ridiculous.
Exactly
He’s a proper blurt to be fair
He’s referring to your Character, what your born with …..
He’s referring to innate character traits and personality…. There are certain things you can’t teach..you either have it or you don’t
getting in is the easy part of being in the SAS (relatively speaking). Staying in and remaining a Wolf and not getting Rtu'd as a sheep dog is much much tougher.
Sausage
you are a legend brother nothing but respect sir ❤️💪
Why is idres Elba following this shit 😢
Life experience growing up is a big part of being able to do it.
How to pass is get a backpack on your back and start walking a few miles per day then get yourself mentaly fit and you will pass
My Gdad was an original (A sqn 1 SAS) He taught you how to dodge bullets by pulling out his false teeth and flicking the food off of them, violently. 'Who Cares Who Wins' gramps ❤️
Lmao God bless grandad
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Council housing estate , broke family
Sounds easy lol
At last actual Sas not SBS wannabes
You need to have a IQ over 80 and be willing to take orders whitout questioning, Thats why its so insainly hard!
Completely wrong
@@rm9719completely right
@@Mr_Originality average IQ is 100. So you're saying they need below average intelligence? Also, UK special forces soldiers are selected on their ability to think for themselves under immense pressure. So it's not about simply "taking orders without questioning."; even at the most junior (trooper) level, they take part in planning as soon as they join their squadrons.
@@rm9719good comment 👍🏾
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