1998 A Current Affair Australian SAS feature. Includes the only publicly released footage of Australian and New Zealand SAS deployed to Kuwait in 1998 as part of Operation Desert Thunder.
I worked with British Regiment guys when I was in the reserves and in my Civvy job for the MOD. Total professionalism and certainly no egos or big heads amongst them. And they never looked down on us lesser mortals. They just say everyone in the Army has a job to do and theirs is just another job that they do very well.
One reason cited at the time was the Government wanted them to look "Australian", (as they wore US styled DCUs). Taking the F88 was a boon though as the deployment (and the F88s shortcomings on the deployment) was a catalyst for the introduction of the M4 later that year begin replacing the ageing and varied M16/CAR rifles in the armoury.
@ the 1:01 mark, we had to do that, but put the wooden plugs in as we went up and then back down, i wonder why they are not doing it, i know why, its a TV interview we cant show how good these blokes are, love watching older SASR training uploads, lol :)
I worked with British Regiment guys when I was in the reserves and in my Civvy job for the MOD. Total professionalism and certainly no egos or big heads amongst them. And they never looked down on us lesser mortals. They just say everyone in the Army has a job to do and theirs is just another job that they do very well.
Two months training. They have a lot more than that!
They are talking about pass out. You then go on another 12 months continuance. Can be RTU at any time in that period.
Tell me the trooper on the right at 3:35 isn't carrying an Austeyr F88.
There was a political requirement during the deployment to take them.
ALPHAFIVETWOFIVE Interesting. I wonder why that would have been.
One reason cited at the time was the Government wanted them to look "Australian", (as they wore US styled DCUs). Taking the F88 was a boon though as the deployment (and the F88s shortcomings on the deployment) was a catalyst for the introduction of the M4 later that year begin replacing the ageing and varied M16/CAR rifles in the armoury.
@ the 1:01 mark, we had to do that, but put the wooden plugs in as we went up and then back down, i wonder why they are not doing it, i know why, its a TV interview we cant show how good these blokes are, love watching older SASR training uploads, lol :)
Do we have here an anonymous coward, who is attempting to steal valour by confabulation?
Here and now
What?
How can they even get the SAS wrong, its SASR not SAS or NZSAS, only the Poms have the SAS ?
Yeah, the originals and the best. If you weren't criminals you could have been one of us 😉
@@TDD-xf9ij so how is your empire?
The Australians say SAS
@@G4x5da We actually say SAS -R (as in SAAAS-R)
@@MrAndrewDowns You are responding to an anonymous coward.
This looks so old
Well it is sort of...as it's 1998 but a lot of the footage used is from several years earlier.
Hello Kennedy your are truly a wombat lol
Lately SASR and what used to be 4RAR are turning up in the media like a bunch of drunken wanks. Stop it.
pull your head in fuck head...when you are good enough to mix it with these guys you can hang shit...and I am ex 2/4 RAR...fucking idiot
You ever served or just going off the news ? Shut up
Says the anonymous infantile frightened coward.