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Freeman my advice to you is to look up this info on a US info board, not a British one as there is little knowledge of Us training and tactics, anti americanism, biased-we the british are the best and all that nonsense.

neil1955 wrote:Not in the S Siddens it was sawdust on the floor to soak up the blood and other bodily fluids deposited theron, ah the good old days.

Not to mention the bucket to swamp in at the bottom of that rickety set of stairs The ladies bog was a bit more up market....it was on the same level as the bar (no ramshackled steps to negotiate in high heeled wellies )and there was occasionally a sheet of newspaper torn into hand size pieces and stuck on a nail....certainly better than drip drying

I've still never worked out why the door in the ginnel had a different name to the door in the High Street...still, it made a handy exit out to the wheatsheaf

I remember those stairs well my head came into close contact on more than one occasion, that could explain a few things nice to see you are aquainted with the up market places, big fred ran the place in my day long time ago now .

Would that be the same "Big Fred" ex-Para.......Jock bloke???

Thats him he was driver for Col Walters Co depot para in 1971 when I was a sprog.

Bloody hell fire!!!
I know Big Fred well.....not seen or heard of him for years though.
He was my main stop off for skiving and drinking tea and just generally bumming around
I'd make sure I'd drop in on him at least twice a week and we'd sit and natter for ages.
Cracking auld bloke!!!
He'd never be seen without his maroon flat cap on
Fond memories

If you see him again ask him about the BULL, it was a young bull but it was one hell of a punch. as they say pull up a sandbag and swing that light

I vaguely remember something but the way Fred told it, it wasn't him who did it....thats Fred for you I suppose.....modest to the last
Doubt if I'll ever see the auld bugger again

Are you two engaged or summat

Harry Hackers wrote:Are you two engaged or summat

not yet, but I'm working on it

Engaged to Big Fred
now there's a horrible thought a nice guy but no oil painting HUGE HUMBLE quick on his feet capable of extreme violence but never unneccary violence as for Cliodna no idea never met her.

shemulie wrote:
As far as their SF, Green Berets, I'm sure you can join right after finishing whatever specialty school as enlisted. Quite disturbing.

This site lists the steps needed to become an American "Green Beret".

http://www.goarmy.com/special_forces/training.jsp

Seven wrote:"Hell Week" is actually week 6, I think. After that there's still ground combat and survival training. Hell week is definetely not graduation. Check out www.thesealteams.com

Yeah, your absolutely right. I was thinking "graduation" in the sense of the "hump" being passed over...as few SEALS flunk out after passing hell week.

It`s off topic but does anyone (ex special forces personnel) on what went wrong with the situation in russia ? supposedly the troops that went in wer`nt trained for the situation , Alfa the CT unit were not involved because they could`nt mobilise from Moscow?

GOD rest the souls of the deceased.

I just read "Inside Delta Force" by Eric Haney, one of the founding members of Delta Force. Apparantly selection is a series of marches over hilly train, individual with a bergen. They march from one RV to another, not knowing when it will end or what the time limit is. It ends with a 40-mile march. Rings a bell doesn't it?
The time limits for the marches are not made public, so it's difficult to say wether it's just as though as the SAS. The original instructors were advised by SAS instructors, and it all sounds very similar.
Good book by the way.