SAS - Selection

[GlenHookway]

Hi, Could somebody tell me how would i go about appliying for the SAS? ... Are there any writen tests you have to do? (etc)

-Glen

[dan]

I think you have to run a bit with a heavy pack on your back too. I've heard you also get to visit Wales at one point. Don't think about Selection unless you've got a big black-out for your eyes (when in public, obviously), or a major book deal in the pipeline. Good luck!

[goreD.]

I know someone who thinks he might have been in the SAS once.

I'll get in touch with him and he can tell you all about it.

The trouble is though he will have to kill you after.

Gore.

[Dave.Mil]

First thing you need is to join the forces and get some experience. You can't just tip up at a recruiting office and say "I want to join the SAS" you could, it would give the staff a good laugh(unless you mean TA SAS). There is plenty of information on the net about selection just do a search. Be aware most of it is crap but it will give you an idea.

[Padre]

Dont forget a prerequirement for joining is having a ronnie,its probably more important than passing selection,best of luck with selection.

[minimac]

What the hell is a ronnie?

Must be the dumbness of youth.

MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!

[Padre]

A moustache,

Commiserations to Munster yesterday-beaten by an excellent wasps` side,
and Manchester United ,we`ll be back next year.

[El Prez]

SAS
Three guys, one Navy, one Army and one Royal Marine are taking the test to join the SAS. They have all passed the mental and physical sectinos and are down to the final interview.

Guy from the Navy walks in to be confronted by the SAS Head Shed who gives him a gun and says, "There are 6 bullets in that, your wife is upstairs, go up and kill her".

The guy disappears but comes back 2 minutes later to say,

"Sorry I really want to be in the SAS but she's my wife and I love her"

"Sorry" says Head Shed,"But if you can't take orders, we don't want you"

Guy from Army walks in and the same thing happens, he gets the gun and is told to go upstairs and kill his wife, but also can't do it, so is told to thin out.

The Marine walks in and is given the gun. Off he goes and suddenly 6 shots ring out from upstairs, followed by an almighty commotion, and 10 minutes later he walks back into the room drenched in sweat.

He looks at the Head Shed and chucks the gun at him saying, "You bastard, they were blanks, I had to strangle the bitch!!!"

[judy29]

Quote from 264 SAS sgt;
A good start would be the ability to run a marathon in under 3 hours
But have the strength to carry 120 lbs for 12 miles
And have the mental robustness to push yourself to self destruction if
Need be.
Oh, and be a tight arse git who never buys rounds

[sneaky beaky]

To go back to the original post.
If there were written tests, then there wouldn't be an SAS!!
OK - I'm ducking and diving again!!
Sneaky

[Rover]

Sneaky,

I do think this is a slur on the SAS.

After all I understand that part of selection is concerned with "How to Write the Best Seller", so would not this be a written test in itself.

Rover

[sneaky beaky]

Sorry Rover,
I'd forgotten that bit.
Only Frederick Forsyth and Alistair McLean (Did Andy McNab really pass selection?), need apply!
Sneaky

[CAMTECH]

Alright mate, If you wanna join the Special Air Service then you need to be a good nav and tough as titanium and as mentally dead as a an ant eater. Try this, I was told by my mate in the ATC, about 3 marches which will nail you to the ground! Pipeline(I think) 23km 50lbs no time limit. Fandance 25km 50lbs no time limit. Last but by no means least, Endurance,long drag/haul 40MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 55lbs Bergen, Time limit 20 Hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you can finish the second march you are tough but still no tough enough. Because you got another 2 months in Junlge and hereford! Good luck, join RAF regiment I just got info they ar eth only reg in the forces which are doing Jungle warfare specialist qualification. Try it and if you succeed you are one tough bastard!

[Seven]

Fan dance actually has a time limit of 4 hrs. At least according to "Fighting Fit".