American Reacts to British Special Forces Training
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As Americans we take a lot of pride in our military and special forces, so today I am very excited to learn about how incredibly difficult British special forces training is. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Most of their work you will never know about and neither will their families. It is the ultimate unit and we are very proud of them 🇬🇧
Yes very proud to be a Brit cos of these guys.
I know my great uncle was in the sas (or so I have been told by some family) but he died way before I was born, I know nothing about him at all.
@@urbanshadow777 shame mate, I bet if he did want to talk about some of the stuff he got to would of been well interesting. Sorry you never got to know him.
@@BoBnotThat1agree, I had a friend who's brother was in the sas. She had a boyfriend who's family were Irish once. He told her afterwards they'd checked him out to make sure he was OK soon as she started dating him. I had a Muslim boyfriend who was proud of having learned Arabic. My friends bro was from UK but had to learn many languages fluently. He wiped the floor with my boyfriends language abilities! She was a calm therapist and he had a joke of phoning her from combat zones, whenever he was cleaning his gun down. Used to freak her out a bit at times but, I guess you develop a v dark sense of humour when you do that kind of thing for a living!
I wanted to do become sas but first sniper regiment but couldn't because of asthma which sucked and the evasion and capture phase I heard a story from a retired sas vet. He was on the team responsible for hunting the person and for 3 days they couldn't find him went back to base and found him in the barracks eating lunch lmfao. How true the story is is unknown but it's typical of the thinking of someone like me where won't they be looking a place full of soldiers lol and we are very proud of our military.
My dad was a member of 6 Commando in WW2. This was the forerunner of what the SAS became. You could only volunteer and could not be asked too join as the missions where so dangerous it was often considered suicidal. They would only accept single men because of this. The Commandos were so feared by the Germans that Hitler gave an edict that none would be taken as prisoners of war but executed on capture instead. I'm extremely proud of what my dad did for us all. ❤
My dad was a Royal Naval Commando in WW2. Is it the same thing?
I believe so as there were water-borne divisions too, though my dad was an army man. All the Commandos were extremely brave men. They were usually the first to any "fight" and opened the way for other troops to follow behind. If you Google the Commando Veteran Association you will find fascinating information about what your dad and others did. There are photos and pictures of the special commando dagger they used. I hope you've found this useful. Tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday and a special day to give thanks to our brave dads. You have every right to be proud of your dad. 🥰👏👏
@@joheaven360, thank you.
@@joheaven360my dad was in the Royal Marine commandos in WW2 as well, in Burma. Training was with live bullets and many died that way. They had to climb mountains and March with heavy weights for many miles and then when they got to the jungle they had to fight in unbearable heat on mountainsides with snakes and leeches and mosquitoes. My father had scars all over his neck from all the leeches and survived malaria twice. The older I am, the more I realize what he went through.
@@joheaven360SBS, Special Boat Squadron is the naval version of the SAS. It's gone through a few name changes from its inception, from Special Boat Section to Special Boat Company to Special Boat Squadron.
I have a friend who was SBS and served all over the World, from the Falklands onwards with the SBS. A very unobtrusive quiet man, who knows a 101 ways to kill.😂
My wife had a cousin in the SAS ( no one ever spoke to him about it), he was so outwardly normal you would never guess. That was the point.
Yeah average joes, but people who could kill you in a second these guys are tougher than anyone else on this planet the British SAS are the best.
I've met some of these guys and you could walk past them in Sainsburys and not give them a second glance. Being the Grey Man is what they're about.
I was trained by x2 former Royal Marine Commandos and led by an ex Gurkha SBS soldier. Invited by my former boxing coach, who was a former Welsh Guard 💂♂️ 6 weeks training with them, I felt invincible. The unorthodox training was surreal. I reached a new physical mental toughness. They were all physically fit, real good guys, friendly, well-mannered, well groomed, and real gentlemen.
@williamtraep2984 alright Jay from imbetweeners calm down.
It’s crazy how different countries breed and creates soldiers that are capable of so much. If they go rogue or lose their minds, the can take us all out
It is incredible what they do. I wouldn't even dream of putting myself in those positions, but mad respect for those who do.
You’ve never heard of the SAS? Wow.
Most Americans haven't
Bet he hasn't heard of mossad either 😂
@@dib000😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@c_n_bNot true 🙄
Most Americans think everything os American and history started in 1776.
Check out Christian Craighead and the Nairobi siege to see what one SAS guy did by himself on his day off!
Guys a badass went in kicked ass and left wasn’t even deployed fuck messing with someone like that they have celebrations for him every year supposedly
Obi one Nairobi. Beleave, that's his nickname now
To be fair, he was not 100% alone. there was, i believe, military with him and joined them in their efford to rescue ppl, he was just more effective, for obvious reasons
A lot of their families never know what they do not know what they do they know that they are in the army but not what they do for Owen safety
@@KaySan666 Yeah, he was brave a did a great thing for an advisor but he wasn't alone. Local police and military (largely poorly armed) did a good job as well.
We are proud of our men & women whom have served & serving
As a british citizen myself I'm so proud of our forces, all of them but the SAS are so secret and awesome at the same time. They say to be in the SAS you have to be the "grey man", this means someone who looks average (not macho or massive muscular) but the average joe in the street who you would walk past but actually they are highly trained, organised, self sufficient, can work alone or as part of a team in conditions most humans wouldn't entertain, oh and a complete bad ass. Go research the Iranian Embassy siege, this was the first time anyone (including us Brits) saw them in action.
The American army's elite Delta Force is directly based on the SAS, after Green Beret Charles Beckwith spent some time with the SAS on an exchange programme in the 1960s. He was extremely impressed and realised the USA didn't have anything like it so he founded Delta Force.
Yep Delta not Seals as many think
And delta force are no mugs either
But s a s is a hell of a lot better
@@alandixon7948 Hello Alan. The Tier 1 JSOC style units (world wide) never judge any other Tier 1 unit
(It’s too easy to be proven wrong mate :)
@@b.bruster1462 Though there is the tale of Delta putting up a sign on their Barracks that said "Delta Force, Second to None", so the SAS put a sign on their Barracks opposite which said "None".
Friendly rivalry is healthy. XD
You should watch a video about the SAS and the Iranian Embassy when many Brits first learned of that the SAS existed! Or the Kenya terror attacks stopped by a British sas guy. These guys are the toughest of the tough not just physically but mentally as well.
you beat me too it 😁😁
"Obi wan Nairobi" would be a good one to cover
I think i knew they existed i just think it was prob one of the few times the public got to see them do their thing.
People had heard of them. But I'm sure that was the first time they had been seen. As it was happening live, the news reporter actually thought it was terrorists abseiling down the building because of their full face balaclavas. Until they stormed in and wasted all the kidnappers.@@Stand663
I came here to say this. Remember watching it on tv as it happened when I was little
You hit the nail on the head with some of your comments. Its not about muscle bound monsters, its about being smart and ultra fit. Average size guys that are like pro sports guys. The term often used is "Racing snakes" lighter guys that can just walk for days if needed, any terrain, any weather.
My Grandad served. His parent company was Royal corps signals and later SAS! He sadly passed last year and we received his service records and some declassified from his SAS service. We also have his campaign medals and I have his SAS wings and Dagger arm patch. He was maybe 5ft 6inches at a push and stocky build with a wickedly funny, dark sense of humour. He also went on to be an Army cadets instructor on the southcoast uk. Camping trips with him when we were kids were hilarious and taught us loads. ( now I understand why....skills! Thankyou Grandad!)
If someone tells you without being asked that he was in the SAS then it's almost certain he wasn't. Chatting with a neighbour of mine soon after they moved in we realised we'd both served. It was only months later I went into his house and saw a photo of him being presented with an award wearing an SAS beret. Apart from the secrecy, for most of those who serve with the SAS it's just another part of their time in the army and not a biggie.
While I was in hospital a chap was brought in following an accident with some mortars in which he'd lost a hand and part of his arm. When asked if he wanted any special attatchments for his prosthetic he asked for something so he could fire a rifle.
In the UK this weekend is dedicated to Remembrance, with 2 minutes silence tomorrow at 11 O'Cclock, and services on Sunday, including the National one, led by the King at the Cenotaph, its the perfect time to remember and give thanks for not just the SAS but all those who have served to create and keep peace in the world. May the Dead Rest in peace, and may all service personel feel the depth of our gratitude.
The SAS was formed in North Africa in WW2, by Colonle David Sterling, he envisaged a force that could work deep inside enemy lines, sabotaging and gathering intelligence, they were therefore trained to withstand the worst the SAS could throw at them, don't forget these are the fanatical Nazis' who ran the concentration camps, hence the need for thorough training. They assisted and often led resistance groups, since world WW2 they have been involved in many campaigns being renowned for competence and courage
I find it hard to believe that you hadn't heard of the SAS. (Also the SBS - Special Boat Squadron) To join you have to be TOUGH, physically and mentally. Unlike some countries, they are not recruited straight from civilian life but have to be serving soldiers. Unfortunately, there have been a few deaths during training but their main objective is to work 'under the radar'. When they operate behind enemy lines they have to poo into bags and bring it away with them so no trace of their presence exists. When the Falklands War 1982 (Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands) was about to kick off, and the British Army was sailing to the south Atlantic, the SAS were on the islands, observing, a fortnight before the British arrived. They had parachuted into the sea and made their way ashore - the Argies never knew they were there! They provide training for several different armies around the world. You should try reading any of the several books about their origins in the African desert during WW2. These men were, and are, SPECIAL. We don't need 2000 SAS. What we have is quite enough!
Don't forget the SRR either 😮 they always get overlooked (although I guess that's a good thing given what they do 😅)
Even having someone who wipes their ass when they as such poop lol.
Tyler is the man who admitted that he did not know the British Empire was as huge as it was, or indeed of its existence, so I quite believe he had never heard of the SAS!
Quality beats quantity.
Has he got a passport
The SAS is not the oldest. That honour falls to the Royal Navy's special forces unit, the Special Boat Service (SBS) , the forerunner of which was formed in 1940. After a number of name changes, the unit became the Special Boat Squadron of the Royal Marines, but in 1987 the Royal Navy took over full responsibility for the unit and its name was changed to the Special Boat Service.
George jellicoe SBS
@@martindean612 George Jellicoe was the first commander of what became the SBS. But he essentially got that role because his father was Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet at the time of The Battle of Jutland in 1916. Sir John was subsequently promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet upon his appointment as First Sea Lord, Head of the Royal Navy. But the man who actually created the forerunner of the SBS was Royal Marine officer Roger Courtney in 1940, one year before David Stirling of the Scots Guards formed the SAS.
There is a fine line between genius and madness, these guys walk with one foot either side of the line, they are absolute.y the best of their type
You need to check out the Iranian Embassy Seige Tyler, your compatriots watched a live stream as we did over the 6 days. The SAS stormed the building while we watched in amazement...amazed because this was the ONLY time we would ever see these brave men in action ! The SAS was praised all over the world after this 🎉
Almost right except sas is 3x tougher than your marine recon or seals. Seals can't last as long undetected in enemy territory
You also need to research the Royal Navy's equivalent of the SAS, which is the Special Boat Service (SBS). It is even more highly trained than the SAS.
Interestingly though, if you listen to the stories from some of the sas soldiers that were involved in the embassy raid it was very messy and a lot of things went wrong, but ultimately they completed the mission which is what matters in the end.
@@djannyuk Don't you think things go wrong on US SEALs or Delta Force actions as well? They do.
@djannyuk my comments still stand & each of those soldiers will have a different point of view
The SAS motto is "Who dares, Wins".
A civilian can't apply to join the SAS (unlike many other Special Forces units), only serving and experienced members of the British Army can apply and even then their washout rate is huge.
The identity of the serving members of the SAS is a closely guarded secret, sometimes even their own families don't know.
You can get in via the SAS reserves and it's any seving member of the armed forces, not jusr army
@@bam-skater
I did a search before posting and it said that the SAS drew from the British Army.
It seemed that the Navy personel would join the SBS rather than SAS.
But knowing the problem of getting accurate info on the web, I will assume you're correct.
Anyone from any service of the UK military can apply to join UK Special Forces.
SAS and SBS do the exact same selection. Only after passing do you then choose to go to one or the other. If you choose SBS you then go onto amphibious training.
@@simonoleary9264 Any serving member of the UK armed forces can apply to join either inc. RAF as long as they're
I'm crap with names sorry but ex SAS lad on yt other day saying, on training day 2, 80 (eighty) dropped out
When I was a student (many years ago) a group of us walked up Mt. Snowdon in Wales. We were passed by a group of Army types with large and obviously heavy packs. They had a leisurely lunch on top and then passed us on the way down. Were were almost running, they were running! No sign of any military insignia, no sign of who was in charge. They were HARD. Often wondered if they were SAS on a day out.
Mount Snowden?
Yes.@@colin...101
Yeah, the Regiment lads don't do Snowden. They tend to train down in the Brecon Beacons. The "40 mile hike" they mentioned in the video is often referred to as the "Fan Dance" as the tab (Tactical advance to battle) takes place on a range called Pen Y Fan.@@jonathanwetherell3609
SAS - even officers - do not wear any rank or other insignia......
Snowdon always has military drills and training going on around. When I last went we had a chinook circling overhead
There's plenty of known cases where applicants wanting to get into the SAS have actually died during the different phases of training and tests.
That's how tough it is!
My friend from the US served in the famous 101st airborne. Whilst he was in Iraq, through operations, he came to have contact with some SAS and my friend couldn't believe, even as part of the US 101st, how tough the SAS is.
Around 3 to 4 die each year undergoing SAS selection..... A number of Special forces units from around the World send their Special Forces personnel for training by the SAS...... The SAS earn a good deal of extra funding this way, over and above the funding from the UK Ministry of Defense.....
You say that as if the 101st is in any way comparable to a special forces unit. It isn't. I was in the parachute regiment, the British airborne infantry, and I am fiercely proud of paratroopers from the global airborne family. I would happily service with any paratrooper from any nation over any normal infantry unit. However, we are not comparable to units like the SAS or delta. They are in a completely different category.
My cousin married an SAS man in the 1980s. I remember when he came home from duty I asked him what he had been doing but he couldn't tell me. All he said was he was doing what others couldn't do so we left it at that.
Probably a builder working abroad 😭 lol
He was either Scottish and legit or filling yous full of shit😂🥲
The quality of British servicepeople remains among the best in the world, and the SAS remains the most elite unit in the world. Which is just as well as we really don't have a lot else to shout about.
Actually THE most elite special forces unit in the world isn't the British Army's Special Air Service, but the Royal Navy's special forces unit, the Special Boat Service (SBS). Read about it. It was founded by Royal Marines officer Roger Courtney in 1940, a year before Scots Guards officer David Stirling created the Special Air Service.
When I was in the British Army they had what was called the Junior Army you signed up straight out of school. Back then you finished school at 15 1/2 - 16 years old. I was 15 1/2 and it was 2 years to train you to be a soldier, after which you joined a proper unit. in those two years we also done survival training. A week in a hut the Welsh mountains in groups of three and were given our rations and had to cook for our selfs. Running water was a small stream running by. We also did The Lyke Wake Walk a 42 mile hike across the Yorkshire moors in 24 hours, and many other things. I really can't imagine 16 year olds doing that today, non of them know how to cook for one thing. You can't get a pizza delivered on top of a mountain.
Still is, both my boys joined at 16.
@@angelabushby1891 I joined in 1967 and after doing 12 years in a regular unit I stayed in Germany thats over 50 years ago now.
@@knightwish1623 you must have been in Germany same time as us 1969 to 1972,my husband was in the Coldstream Guards and my youngest was born there,Munster.
One of the guys in my old church was ex SAS. His group were captured and tortured during the first gulf war. One of the soldiers wrote a book about the experience, he wasn't allowed to give the names of his unit so he gave them nicknames, when it came to the guy we knew he was called preacher as whilst they were being tortured he was witnessing to the torturers
Bravo Two Zero is one of the worst works of fiction since the Bible!
You need to react to the special forces operator Christian Craighead or as he’s now known ‘Obe-1-Nirobi’. Absolute legend. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
They didn't confirm the existence of the SAS until it was used openly in the 1980's on TV against a terrorist siege of an Embassy in London, it's a bit hard to deny that they exist when everybody saw them live on the News.
If this is what we are told about imagine what is hidden now, you never know the full capability, part of strength is what they don't know about... Secrecy and reserves are key to success...
The SAS & the SBS go through the same selection process and then those who choose the SBS have yet more specialist training for diving, covert landing, boat handling, canoeing etc etc.
Special mention to the New Zealand SAS and the Australian SAS who have their own equally intense selection, training and history.
The Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Pathfinder Platoon along with Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) and 18 (UKSF) Signals Regiment are all Special Forces units within the UK armed forces.
There is also the 14 INT, who served in Northern Ireland with distinction......They are - I believe - the only UK Special Forces unit with female operatives...... The book - The Operators - by James Rennie, gives a fascinating insight into this unit. It's an excellent read.
I remember reading a book by an ex-SAS guy once that briefly touched on the selection process. He made the interesting point that he couldn't understand why some candidates cracked during the final interrogation, after having successfully made it that far. After all, he reasoned - you *know* it's not real. There's no danger of being horrifically tortured, raped or killed - there's a limit to how far they can go and you're not in any real danger. But I guess the instructors know what they're doing, since some people do actually fail at that stage.
You can literally die during selection.
I've seen interviews with former SAS and they say that you are so sleep deprived that you start to think its real
It’s easy for any of us to say that when fully rested, fed and warm. What’s really impressive is retaining that perspective when heavily sleep deprived, starving and freezing cold.
How many times do people snap at their families over something or nothing when they’re hangry or haven’t slept well? Extrapolate that out and it becomes pretty understandable why even resilient characters might say “fuck this and fuck you”, even at that late stage.
@@leonrussell9607I would imagine with lack of sleep it would be like one long never ending nightmare, your mind is definitely playing tricks on you imagine trying to bring yourself down for rest after being stuck in the jungle suffering. It’s crazy
There's also the fact the interrogators are fantastic at getting information from people
My late father did train for the SAS in the late 50's but didn't last more than a week. In the early stages he slipped,landed awkwardly and broke his ankle. He was told that because of that break ,even when it had healed,he would not be able rejoin the course and could not be considered again for it.
They have eased slightly since then. In the mid 19703 my best friend broke his ankle on selection and was allowed another try and wound up in 21 SAS. He was given permission to tell me as I was the one who had persuaded him to join.
The SAS. The best psychopaths that money can buy
😂
Psychopaths would not be accepted in the 'Regiment '
Agreed not what this about
@robintasker9078 that's what they want you to think lol 🤔
@@nicholaslawlor8623paddy mayne and Andy mcnabb
The difference in size between SAS and SEALs is not just down to the size of the military, they're not the same thing. The SAS/SBS are not comparable to Navy Seals, they're Tier 1 regiments whereas the majority of SEALs are Tier 2. The SBS are more of a direct equivalent to specifically SEAL Team 6, which is the SEALs' Tier 1 unit, and the SAS are the equivalent of America's Tier 1 unit Delta Force. Also, in order to join the SAS (not the reserves) you HAVE to have served already in the British military for 2 or 3 years, whereas SEALs can apply for selection without any military training. At least, that is how it is explained to me.
The first time I was ever aware of the SAS, was as a child watching Blue Peter, for non brits that was a childrens TV programme.
I remember watching a man named Lofty Wiseman, who was speaking about survival and living off the land.
I may be wrong, but I believe he taught SAS candidates how to survive in extreme places.
He seemed very soft spoken but left quite an impression.
Soldiers have died during the SAS recruitment process and I can see why, it’s only for a very elite, select group of soldiers.
If you want something done well, you get the sas, all special forces around the world are based on them.
SAS would most likely loose to the Norwegian special forces, in Norwegian terrain. Norwegian SFs would most likely loose to ghurkas in a jungle fight. Ghurkas would most likely loose to SAS in combat, in a UK environment.
There are many special forces, around the globe, and most of them are badasses in their own game.
I believe everyone in the SAS is still a volunteer. They will likely already be in the forces and even more likely in an elite unit such as the paratroopers or marines. They still volunteer themselves for the brutality of SAS training and testing. Soldiers withdrawn from training are RTU (Returned to Unit). In WW2, particularly the early days in North Africa this was considered to be the harshest punishment.
They are all volunteers, they first are recommended by senior NCOs to go for selection and are given time to prepare.
SAS have their own Royal Signal Squadron, and while I was in training in the Royal Signals, they would come and try to recruit for it. (Every 4th man in an SAS brick was the coms expert). I found them amazingly non descript, quite and almost invisible. Wiry, not the big muscled types. But tough. Their training seemed so much more about mental strength than physical. You can train, force fitness and muscles and stamina even into couch potatoes like me - but how do you train, or force, the mental toughness to just keep going. I remember one telling me that they had a 20 mile cross country, rained soaked, heavy load and a timed march - where a lorry was waiting to pick them up. As they staggered in, one by one, the staff looked them in the eye and said "Change of plan, turn around and go back to the start". Your reaction alone could be a pass/fail moment. Mental toughness. Iranian Embassy, Operation Barras and "Obi Wan Nairobi" would be good further viewing.
I met some SAS guys when I took them on a rescue mission in South America. I asked one of the guys that when they have photos taken they have their eyes blanked out. I said " Does the black tape hurt you when you take it off afterwards ".
He looked at me and laughed when he realised I was taking the micky.
If you want to see how it all began you should watch 'The Greatest Raid of All' narrated by Jeremy Clarkson. It's about fifty minutes and I realise you don't like to react to long videos, but you could break it up, or you might like to watch it anyway. It's a real eye opener and better than any war film.
Hi JJ, It was an amazing feat but the SAS grew in Cairo using new tactics and using some from the Long Range Desert Force.
Ben Macintyres book SAS Rogue Heroes is a good place to start.
There is a tv series now too, some "poetic" licence taken for the character development.
I have watched the Greatest Raid of all 5 times, an unbelievable feat of heroism..
@@debbiehealy1783 But that concerned the Commandos, which had entirely different ethos to the Special Air Service. Brave men,of course, but the Commandos were not a Tier 1 special forces unit like the SAS, fighting a clandestine war behind enemy lines, destroying German fighter planes in their desert airfields. The Greatest Raid of All" certainly illustrates that the Commandos were a fearsome fighting force, but their role was still rather more conventional than the SAS.
You are referring to the St Nazaire raid by RN Commandos which has absolutely NOTHING to do with how David Stirling and Paddy Mayne started what became the SAS. It was started in N African to disrupt Germany’s war effort there.
One of my favourite documentarys I've ever watched RULE BRITANNIA 🇬🇧
The SAS are diffrent, they think and do not take rubbish, threy are amazing. I used to live in a small town in England and the SAS had a place there, but no one talked about it. The UK is very proud of the amazing SAS. You should look into there history its impresive.
That's the only way you know something is up isn't it, when the town empties, but you rarely find out what. ❤
Hereford? Or s****?
Even more impressive than the SAS is the Royal Navy's special forces unit, the Special Boat Service (SBS). Look them up.
@@user-gr8zn1yp5land parts of the south coast.
I Nursed an SAS Soldier from an accident a really nice character , BUT very solitary (I would be if I had to cope with his life style )personality and visited by a bunch of his fellow male comrades for me it was and interesting encounter and they have my full respect 👏👍🤷♀️
Would this be just after Iranian Embassy sige ?
As far as it goes, the standards most special forces in the world train to are either met or surpassed by the Royal Marines or the Paras. These are the people who the SAS and SBS recruit from and a very small percentage of applicants are accepted. I would hazard that the SAS does not include all the same duties as the likes of the Navy Seals as the SAS are usually on land based duty. The SBS (Special Boat Squadron) would probably be more of a match but I believe that there are even fewer of those guys than there are SAS members.
Entry into the SBS is largely only through the SAS, hence why it is a smaller, yet more highly trained & distilled force.
@@razor1uk610not true, the selection process is the exact same, SBS is navy, SAS is army
@@razor1uk610not true, the selection process is the exact same, SBS is navy, SAS is army
your Navy Seals are more like the Royal Marines than the SAS
13:19 they have a slogan. Who dares wins. It's literally on their coat of arms. Also people have been known to die of exposure from this kind of training. It's brutal.
If you ever met one of the SAS soldiers you would never know they are actually in the SAS. You might even think his job is as a bank manager or just some normal guy that just keeps fit and works in some office. They are extremely intelligent guys who have to think on the fly and be able to work without orders and just work on the mission set. But the variety of soldiers in the SAS means they can mix with normal people in any situation and just fit in as well as be able to kill you with a paper straw.. The training is physical but the main thing is mentally being strong enough and be able to solve problems on the go. One of my old school teachers was an instructor at the SAS station in Hereford and although he was no SAS (or not that we knew) he told us about one of the commanding officers who just for a laugh would break into the base or break in and steal vehicles or cause mayhem for the regular soldiers who were also stationed there that would be looking after the base too. He was about 5 foot 5 inches and not what you expect to climb over a 12 foot high security fence with barbed wire. He would break in and reprimand the guys on duty for allowing someone to break in and move vehicles around. The sad thing is the soldiers on duty would have zero chance of catching him unless it was sheer luck. One of the tests which may have been an urban myth was being chained or handcuffed to a railway track and a rail car set off towards you. You would have very little time to think, less time to react and have to find a way to not get your hand or arm run over by a rail car. It was a way to make you think clearly and logically even under the highest stress..
Sadly applicants have died during selection and it is going to weed out those who are not suitable very quickly. The physical side is only half of being in the SAS selection process.
my older Cousin did his National service and joined the Army (and sadly passed away) after 40 years of service in many regiments twice with the Commandos once with the Paras and once with the SAS also serving all over the world 4 years in the USA training your troops, i will remember 2 of his stories 1 was getting told off in the commandos for pushing a trainee (from a different unit in the army) for failing to complete a jump from a wall 10 feet down on to a flag pole (he had tried 3 times and couldnt do it so my Cousin (a regimental colour Sargent pushed him off) during the investigation all he said he is going to risk others lives and was let off,2nd was while in SAS training in Norway they had to stay concealed in a freezing cellar for 3 days after that they were allowed out and he and a fellow went to a pub theyed been before and the pub had been taken over by American soldiers who promptly told my Cousin this is American only? one of the Americans asked my cousin what regiment they were from my Cousin just replied SAS and they were welcomed with open arms
You should watch 6 Days about the SAS ending the siege of the Iranian embassy in London
Hey Tyler, you need to check out a series called "Rogue Heroes". It's the true story of how the SAS was formed and their first missions. Very interesting and so entertaining with a bit of humour thrown in also. Can't wait for second season. We also have the SAS in Australia.
It’s always good to know that you have powerful friends on your side no matter what the circumstances are. At least us Brits seem to be good at something these days.
I think one thing that wasn't emphasised is that the candidates are taken from the ranks, so know a lot more about what to expect and how fit, both physically and mentally. Also, there's some who are so obviously good prospects, they might be pushed to apply.
Absolutely. I don't think there's any shame in not getting through any of those sections of training - it's damn tough, but at least they try, or are made to feel they are good enough - the rest is down to the individual levels of physical and mental toughness - if they're not tough enough, at least they TRIED.
Tyler if you are enjoying learning about the S.A.S.
Please do a reaction to ‘Obi one Nairobi’……
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Due to the sas taking part in real life war games with other countries it's said that the sas can defeat a force 20 to 30 times larger than them 👍
There’s a very popular TV series here in the UK called SAS: Who Dares Wins
It gives you a taste of the training but condensed into 10 days.
It’s worth checking out
And, for those who aren't aware, 'Who Dares Wins' is the SAS motto. There was also a film of the same name made back in the 80's based on the SAS, I can't vouch for its accuracy though!
It's crap nothing like selection
I love the way they all wear those black woolly hats all the time - even on covert op's - so we can tell who's "In The Regiment"!@@waynemcdermott4941
Soldiers have to be virtually superhuman and unbreakable to get into the SAS. Psychologically tough as well and i think most of them have a different mindset to the ordinary man. I have personal experience of a close relative doing and failing SAS selection at least twice. Not a pleasant experience.
Check out the Iranian Embassey seige in London in 1980, where the SAS stormed the building to rescue the hostages.
Also theres a brilliant TV dramstisation of how the SAS came into being: check out SAS: Rogue Heroes
I grew up with a friend of our family who became a member of this group of men. He actually failed the British Army Basic Training Course. Gave up - but then decided to give it another go.... and ended up in Her ( then, as was ) Majesty`s SAS. Rob was a bit odd. Even when coming home on leave from the Army he`d sleep under the hedges in the dead of Winter, 20 yards away from the home he`d grown up in and in which his parents still lived.
I remember one evening (it must have been Winter - because it was dark very early in the evening ) he came out with a rope and grappling hook, threw it over a building in front of us youths and climbed the building - as you do.
His brother wasn`t so diferent : Climbing sheare cliff - faces with no harnesses for fun. 100 ft in 5 minutes....
I remember listening to a serviceman who was involved in the recovery of the Iranian Embassy in London - after it was captured by Terrorists in early 1980. The SAS Troops preparing for that mission were hoping that negotiations would come to nothing, so that those troops could exercise those skills they were trained to exercise.
I once ( well, actually three times ) did a 42 mile walk over the North Yorkshire Moors in cold and foggy Autumn - in a 12 hour time limit. Back then I was as fit as a fiddle, but it wasn`t easy.
I remember having a cup of tea with two retired SAS service men commenting on Delta operators they had worked with... after a couple of weeks they could make passable tea. John Mac's dry sense of humour will be with me forever. He was such a nice chap to have a sit down with a mug of tea and natter and oh my days did he love his cars... the day he took my tweaked Subaru WRX out... I thought we were going to die... his reaction "wish I was young enough to own one but the misses would kill me".
British have 2 special force units, The Special Air Service + The Special Boat Service, the latter are focused on water based operations.
Not necessarily the SAS, but a lot of champion olympians started off as members of the armed forces and it’s partly what helped to make them champions. SAS are next level.
People that make it into most special services around the world are incredible humans, standard military is tough enough for most
I attended a SAS presentation when I was in the army, it was very interesting but I was doubting my fitness level, then the person running the presentation said "everyone who isn't top in their trade stand up" about 80% of us stood up, then he said " we only accept the best so fuck off" also I believe 1 or 2 guys die from time to time (apart from that bad Brecon Beacons incident a while back) where 20 died I think.
Just a little extra bit for you to read. The entire Royal Family have their own little bit of SAS training since the 1974 kidnap attempt on Princess Anne. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_House
You're right, that the training is suppose to simulate the worst case scenarios. Being captured, your job is to give as little information away as possible, while trying to survive. Trying to be your capturers best fried, but still trying to not give any information away apart from your name and rank. One of the craziest things about SAS is that you could be sat next to one on the train, you'd never know. That's aprt of the selection, it's not all about fitness it's who can blend into normal life without it being obvious. I think that's one of the main differences between SAS/SBS and Delta too, i think Delta are proud to be Delta and are openly proud whereas an SAS soldier would never show it, there has been serving SAS soldiers that don't even tell their own family. There is Navy seals that have been in interviews that have said the SAS/SBS are on a different level. But that isn't to take anything away from the Navy Seals because they're obviously on such a high level too. There a guy called Billy Billingham, he is one of the baddest people you could ever encounter, he grew up on a council estate which you would call a ghetto, he was in the SAS for 17 years, he was ranked Warrant Officer Class 1 - the highest position possible. There is delta force/navy seals that talk about working with him and there is plenty of videos on him on youtube if you want to look deeper.
To volunteer for the training you had to have at least 7 years service in another unit first, unless like Bear Grylls you are in the TA (Territorial Army, part timers a bit like your National guard and for them SAS stands for "Saturdays And Sundays")
"Saturdays And Sundays" lol that's good. I only ever heard "Saturday Afternoon Soldiers".
@@iustitia-sama2268 STABS was another one.
Its 3 years
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I have great respect for both SAS and SBS since the beginning when David Stirling and the long range desert group was formed , a very secretive branch of British Military they are always there when needed way to go .
"Who dares wins" is the SAS slogan, much more appropriate.
British forces ARE the best in the world ! No competition !
The name 'Special Air Service' was I believe devised to be misleading and confusing, to keep their activities secret.
The SAS are based in Hereford, not too far from me, and they have traditionally trained in the Brecon Beacons in South Wales.. I have been told that they are permitted to say which regiment they're in, but they don't, because they don't want bother from wannabes, etc. I'm told, that in the best British tradition, they are very self-effacing, and difficult to tell apart from the crowd, although you might notice the fitness. So, be careful about that man sitting quietly in a Hereford pub...
That reminds me of a story I heard about the SAS along time ago a group of soldiers were out on some exercise,when it finished they popped into a pub hardley enybody in just a couple of travelesr's (tramps), the Officer came in looked around walked up to the bar and with a very low voice told his men to get OUT NOW,out side was some more looking tramps and they beat the hell out of those soldiers THEY WERE SAS,the Officer said it did not feel or look right,he had his suspicions,
You must react to the rescue of Jessica Buchanan, a American who was saved by a SAS member, its a fantastic story.
She was actually rescued by American navy seals
Look up the "Combat Team Conference". It is basically a "Olympia for special forces" happening every four years.
There are A LOT of great special force units (police and military alike) in Europe.
I, of course, have to shout out Cobra (police) and our Jagdkommando (military). Always in the top performers at the CTC. Very proud.
Greetings from Austria.
Its mental torture everytime Tyler stops and starts the bloody video.
It’s how he reacts. It’s in the title ‘American Reacts’
@suebingley5209 Yeah, well. The British don't react in such an annoying way. He can't speak properly.
Actually the SBS is a year older than the SAS
yea weird mistake for narrator to make
Both originating from the Scots Guards, which is much older.
@@Mark-Haddow they were just your standard infantry units right? So doesn't count for special forces, which wasn't a concept back at the time you are taking it back to
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Both founded by Scots Guards. The sand coloured beret is an inside joke; aimed at the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. The Grey Berets, synonymous with the RSDG being the Senior Regiment (the only Scots calvary regiment) of Scotland, considered second to none by their battle honors. The rivalry between Scots regiments was legendary. The RSDG's Scots Greys were initially formed in 1707, the birth year of the UK. The Coldstream (Scotland's border town) Guards are the oldest and were formed to be the Royal bodyguard of the King (a Scot) during the English Civil War.
Glad these guys are on our side,my cousin was a Sargent in 42 commando,never knew where he was in the world or doing! Tough guys ,not to be messed with..best wishes from Wales 🏴
In a six-year period the Australian and New Zealand SAS in Vietnam conducted nearly 1,200 patrols and inflicted heavy casualties on the Viet Cong, including 492 killed, 106 possibly killed, 47 wounded, 10 possibly wounded and 11 prisoners captured. Their own losses totalled one killed in action, one died of wounds, three accidentally killed, one missing and one death from illness. Twenty-eight men were wounded. During the period of its deployment 580 men served in the SASR in Vietnam.
The SAS isnt the only SF unit either there is also the SBS & SRR(Special Reconaissance Regiment)
The US Armys Delta force was created and based on the SAS as Charlie Beckwith its founder had been so impressed by it during his secondment to them
And the rangers are based in the Commandos.
Seals, sbs.
As to not knowing about the SAS, no one did know not until the Iranian Embassy siege in the middle of London did anyone really know what they did. It was on the British TV news for about two or three day or whatever how long until it got real. The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, then on the Saturday I think, we were all sat down having a cup of tea and a biscuit when out of nowhere a helicopter hovered above the building and some black clothed Ninja types dropped down on ropes. Mind you they had more pouches and guns on straps more than the TV Ninja types. The TV announcer type was talking, shocked trying to keep his voice slow, steady and confident as we ALL saw the story unfold. That was when we knew the SAS was real and so well trained it wasn’t an ad hoc bunch of grunts just ordered to do something. There are plenty of You tube reports about it so just look!!
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I don't remember it that well. From the dates, I was more excited about my 8th birthday and sad about the fact we were moving house a week or so after my birthday party.
one of the famous members of the SAS during world war 2 was Sir Christopher Lee, he was attached to the Long Range Desert Group which was a precursor to SAS i suppose in North Africa and did plenty of sabotage and reconassaince.
Don't forget the British Special Boat Service. The naval equivalent to the Special Air Service.
According to Ant Middleton, ex SBS, the selection course has a 97% fail rate.
The SAS are an elite troop that can and do do everything. From Assault, Guerrilla, Rescue, Intelligence and are pretty much the unit of monsters that goes Bump in the Night.
You don’t have anyone telling you what to do, so you really have no idea just how well or bad you are going and will not know till the very end of each phase.
Just when you think you were going great, you found out you failed miserably. Mainly because you had no one pushing you along and yelling at you.
SAS travel both alone and as a group.
Usually going in solo and meeting up with everyone later.
They are terrifying to the enemy because they are never seen. Most are usually dead before they know it or wake up tied up like a spit roast.
And one man is just as deadly and fully capable as the entire group hitting a base.
They are first in softening up the enemy for the main force without being seen and move ahead gaining intelligence on the enemy, meet up with others of their unit and then moving into Guerilla Warfare or remaining silent as Spy’s and Assassins.
Everyone remembers the SAS Iranian Embassy siege in 1980. Nobody anywhere in the world had seen such an operation unfold in real time and the efficiency in which it was undertaken. Amazing, clinical and incredible feat. The incredible sorties these men have been a part of will never be known. They were requested to train other units all over the world (including the USA) after the Embassy siege. The identity of these guys is not known, unless they come out, after retirement. The Gurghas are another UK army unit worth looking into.
I don't know if they still do it but the SAS used to do a civilian escape and evasion training where younwould have to evade SAS after being trained. They remove certain elements (such as killing dogs and such) i actually had a chance to take part in it when i was 16. It was intense I still have the training manual they gave us
One of the first very public things the sas did was back in the 80s, the Iranian Embassy siege in London it's quite well documented here on you tube, they don't f about..
Living on the Western edge of the Brecon beacons in Wales, we see the candidates every year. Their trials are extreme and some have died. Broken limbs are common.
I was fortunate enough to do an a medical attachment with 23 sas i was an experience that I will never forget.
Nice reaction my man!..........there has been years where no-one has passed SAS selection and there has been years where selection candidates have died!!
'Doodies' :) there's a T in there (I watched your video about Americanisms last night)
I spotted that too!!!😂
Dew-tea.
Also, there are two Ts in internet.
We were also the first to have a Navy, which was somewhere in the 700s.
No we weren't. The Romans had a Navy as did Athens and several other ancient civilisations.
Hey mate, I think you should check out the rhodesian SAS during the rhodesian bush war. Those guys were soo elite and conducted heaps of crazy missions which are now available to read about. That entire war was extremely interesting too as it changed the landscape of the countries around it politically whose repercussions are still felt today.
What it misses out is that you have to be a member of the military for 3 years before you can apply. Over 20 have died since 2016 in just the endurance training. You have to remember there is also the SBS (Special boat service) who are more to do with water based actions.
The most impersonated regiment in the British Military. I had the privilege of meeting the team that stormed the Iranian Embassy on a couple of occasions. Lovely fellows, don’t piss them off.
If they feel the need to tell you they are SAS, they aren't.
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Hahaha! I was unexpectedly in hospital a couple of months a go, and in my small ward there was a fairly impressionable young man and a guy in his sixties. For two days I listened to the old boy, a screaming alcoholic, tell tall tails, in hushed terms, about his “time in the troop”. He’d seen every documentary on UA-cam and quoted them, with advantages (Henry VII quotation) as personal experience. And it came to its comical crescendo by showing the back of his hands that bore the tattoo “Who dares, wins!” Having the tattoo marks you as someone who may once have been to Hereford, but that’s as close as he ever came to service.
Ha ha, the number of bullshiters I've heard say "I was in the SAS me. And I'm a black belt in karate..." usually some spotty 18 yr old who'd struggle to blow out the candles on a birthday cake.
The other one is guys who tell girls they're a fighter pilot in the RAF.
The second step is incredibly gruelling. We actually lost two men a few years ago at this stage. Look at the Brecon Beacons in Wales .
I remember that story, it was blazing hot.
Yea.. I also keeled over a couple of times doing training in the brecon beacons in the summer.... Once you over heat it's hard to get your body to cool down.. It's serious stuff..... Double vision is an indicator your at that point of keeling over.....
8:00 the training is because you’re that invisible you need to be able to assess situations, infiltrate areas & be part of the team, you need to be a VERY specific type of person & those types are not common
what it didnt mention is there is no rest in between any of these fazes which makes this even more amazing
Tyler you need to watch the video The greatest raid of all by Jeremy Clarkson it shows the SAS on a mission in WW2 that believed to be completely impossible it’s amazing what they did.
Google the Iranian embassy siege to see the only existing footage of these boys in real life action..
Best trained military on planet earth these guys, so proud of them
Like this content mate glad your looking into British military might basically what he ment was it would take 2000 navel seal to take on 240 SAS just over 8/1 of your best good luck
Most people I the UK hadn’t heard of the SAS until April 1980. There was a hostage siege at the Iranian embassy in London and the SAS were sent in. Prime time Sunday evening TV live in all channels we saw them in action, better than any movie, surreal
Plenty of Videos on UA-cam about it
It was may 5th when they went in and was on a bank holiday Monday.Jeze facts dude
@@gazza1196 I stand corrected, keep ya hair on. The seize started on 30 April and Ended 6 days later. It was over 40 years ago and I was only a teenager at the time
The SAS want people to really want to do this!
When I first got with my wife I was in the army when she told me her brother in law was too and lived in Hereford I just laughed I instantly knew what he did, the whole family kept it secret for the first 2 years until I met him and they finally admitted it, he is about 5ft 9 down to earth most normal person you could meet if you saw him in a pub you would never know he is anything special, this is what makes them so amazing there is no boasting, no bravado and the most normal men in the world! Truly amazing at there job though I was lucky enough to play enemy for them on a training exercise once and they was so fast efficient and neat it was a Beauty to watch them operate! Hats off to any man who tries there selection and even more so to the 3 from every hundred who make it!
I always find it weird when people call guys in the military less intelligent, just because they are in the military. They don't know what these guys had to go through to get there, what they have to do in their position and how smart they have to be to complete various tasks.