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- Reaction To How to Join the Australian SASR
This is my reaction to How to Join the Australian SASR
In this video I react to the Australian military, in particular the Australian Special Forces by looking at the Australian SASR unit and how to join it (it's entry requirements and training).
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Most SASR soldiers would not say how hard it was or how good they are. It is against their culture to highlight these things publicly. The Australian public generally only find out about their accomplishments from other countries. If you met one, they have a quiet confidence, and they know how well they compare to other tier 1 outfits. WRT selection, it has the lowest pass rate of any Tier 1 course that I am aware of. Intakes can vary from 5 to 17 successful candidates out of thousands of applicants. 17 was a record 25 years ago. Things may have changed in the last 10 years, but I doubt it.
They have held selections where nobody passed.
Generally it's the "Right" person, not the best on paper, once your apart of the culture and the community it's a completely different world, people who are not apart of that can never relate to it,
@@michaellembo1006 Well yeah. I can't relate, never been, never will be. I've just read heaps about it, over decades, because it's really interesting. I might still pass the push up test, but that's it.
Can confirm- on average 12 candidates out of the original 150 on a course will be selected. From that number another 3-4 will drop off during the reinforcement cycle which last around 18 months (including selection). On the documentary Search for Warriors the SI sat all the directive staff and asked how many people had been awarded the beret since the units inception (as a regiment since 1964). Our answers were well in excess of the truth -as of 2010, only 1500 people had been awarded the beret. Now that number when averaged out is about 32 per year. For quite some time the unit allowed for what was called Cat C passes which meant people from other corps could get or do selection, para course and patrol to be awarded the beret as a trade pass and then go back to therefore employment like signals, catering, Q stores, transport or medic. This pass was removed- from memory - back in the 90s. Now when you do selection you have to do the whole reo cycle to get bereted and employed as a 353-2 into a squadron.
Unsure if they’re the best, but they are amazing people.
I know many of them, one who did five tours in Vietnam, with others who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They’re composed, adaptable, reasonable, rational, resilient….etc. Dependable friends, but don’t compromise them.
They have done this country proud for a great many years, but are now the victims of a bureaucratic, leadership and MSM witch hunt. They deserve better.
Love your coverage and interest in Australia. 🇦🇺
brutal. and as they say once you get your sandy beret, its harder to keep than it was to earn. ultimate respect for sas. these guys are true warriors. your head needs to be stronger than your body.
As said to me when presented my beret - you will earn it every day you are here. One of the truest statements I heard and experienced whilst there
@@markdavies8296 stop the cap bro you aint SAS
@@vegetaz1532 yep
@@vegetaz1532😂 love it when keyboard warriors try to join in and remind people they exist
@@valorath6797 you say it like being called keyboard warriors is an insult. Lol the future of defence lies in cyber and drones aka keyboard warriors. Cheers for the compliment brother
I did the 1/86 cadre course. It's not easy. But you can find some enjoyment in it. We'll I did. I did the 20 km forced march in 3hrs and 2 minutes.
good to see some positive coverage of the regiment. its been far between of recent.
World's longest job interview. 2 years to get in and you can be cut at any time.
That video made it sound so much easier than it is.
If you want to get a better insight and have the time, watch the series, "SAS the search for warriors"
Yes, GOOD series...........
@@highcountrydelatiteWith all due respect, the SAS would run rings around Z force. Each generation, or every 10-15 years sees an increase in the standards of special forces soldiers.
hahaha no ! 3 sasr are the best operators in the world@@highcountrydelatite
@@highcountrydelatiteZ force did exist, it was British operating in Burma.
Z Special was a predominantly Australian force.
I’m exhausted thinking about it 😵💫
I would recommend the Life on the Line podcast that has interviews with a lot of ex SASR veterans who often speak about their selection experiences. One guy spoke about pulling off his sock and all the skin from the bottom of his foot coming off with it! Obviously he went on to pass but gives an indication of the level of suffering these guys can tolerate. Unbelievable really.
There's a tv show that followed a intake of soldiers a few years ago. Called SAS search for warriors. Get to see it all. Brutal stuff.
When I was younger I really wanted to be either commando or sasr/navy clearance divers. But when I did my JOES day in Perth which is an assessment day prior to enlistment. I got assessed highly into fighter pilot or submarines based on my tests. I ended up getting into submarines and warfare naval warfar officer instructor.
In submarines people have now idea on the scope of intel gathering that our sub group undertakes with the multiple decade outlooks to defend Australia's potential interests for the long term. People have no idea why nations are willing to spend over a billion per vessel.
No people don’t have any idea. And that is how it needs to be. But maybe they could let our population know how aggressive a certain northern neighbour has become.
As a thin fella I can hike 25km a day for 14 days with a 20kg pac through west Australian bush. Australians are tough. Don't mess with us!
I knew of a lot of guys that did the SASR cadre course, not many of them got through.
There is a documentary on the australian sas preselection course amd most dont even pass that,Then once you get through that there is a selection course after that if you are selected comes the training ,each stage harder than the one before.
The defining characteristic of SASR is that they are trained for long term ops and recon.
Seals get in, complete an objective and exfil. SASR remain in the field for weeks, gathering Intel, spotting for coordination of other resources, complete their objective and then exfil.
They are hardcore survivalists.
my best mate made selection for 2comm in sydney but snapped his knee during training off a helicopter, was pretty gruesome
My uncle was 25 years in the ADF and 12 years in the SASR. Never talked about it but his mind was a sharp as a tack and he was one tough guy you wouldn't mess with.
Yes he had problems and drank them away but never a stronger minded person have I met yet. He died of cancer from agent orange and never whinged or moaned about the pain.
On his last few days in hospital they wheeled him up to the roof and gave him a packet of cigarettes and a six pack and we sat around and joked with him.
The last thing he said to us was see you on the other side.
Brains and brawn and more brains
I was in the Australian navy, I was unfit when I joined and it destroyed any thoughts of me being able to do SF work. I was fit by the time I deployed and got even fitter during the course of it but I still wouldn’t have considered myself capable of performing that kinda work
I deployed with a clearance diver (navy SF that can apply for SAS selection) and he was a unit, I’d work out at the same time for equally as long and he just performed like an animal while I just kept myself together. He wasn’t close to SAS level
I had civilian mates that talked about getting into that branch and I would laugh openly at them, it’s not only the physical strain it the parallel mental pressure they apply
You have to live perfection, you have to be a special type of psycho, but total respect to the lads that do that work, they kill it
Theres 2 things watching the Aus special forces selection documentary was when they had to run 20km in 3 hours with all their gear (i think it was total 20kg)
And a 150km hike in 5 days with 30-40kgs of gear
Thats just insane, on top of that all the training they did prior to that
Hard as nails man
the SAS was started by a British army officer called David Sterling
"Stirling"
Don’t know if they’re the best, but they are amazing people who’ve done this country proud for many years. Currently, they’re the victims of a bureaucratic, media and ineptocracy witch hunt. They deserve better.
More have died in training than in action. Lest we forget.
I’m lucky to say I’ve many friends who are ex-Regiment, one who did five tours of Vietnam. Unless damaged, they’re relaxed, contemplative, resilient, resourceful, reasonable, measure, adaptable…etc. They dangerous creatures wrapped in the package of a gentleman. Good friends, but don’t cross them.
Nzsas are damn elite, the 10 day selection is nasty on a very few make it this far.
The cycle after that goes on for 9 months , after that you then go on ct role and continuation training
Only then will you go n your first operation
My brother was a commander in intelligence gathering in Cyprus and also in East Timor for the peace keeping forces. He worked with various world wide police forces and world wide special ops. My brother has said that the best special forces in the world are the British SAS, Australian SASR and those country boys from the Deep South in the USA. These forces often work together and therefore share training ideas. There is not a lot of difference between them in how they operate.
Yes I have heard this often also. Texans make up the bulk of US Special forces apparently. SAS and SASR are hugely respected,
The regiment supposed to be secretive ! It's incredible what you can learn or gain intell from all these sites ! So much for secretive operations .
@@user-zh9ew2bi2l I’m not sure what you’re talking about? Everyone has heard of these special forces and the operations mentioned have been over for many years. They’re now a matter of public record.
This is a bit of a mash up. Generally, soldiers are expected to serve at least 2 to 3 years to attend SASR selection.
The pipeline he mentions here is direct entry to 2cdo.
The British SAS go through brecon beacons. The last march is 64 kilometres over 20 hours.
I find it pretty disrespectful to be trying to rank the various tier 1 forces. They are all elite and each have different areas where they are possibly better than other forces but this our force is the best rubbish when it is nearly all classified anyway is so annoying. I am Australian with several family members in service and I am proud of them & our military in general.
You make a good point, these people boasting, without any real knowledge are only chest thumping. As you said, each country has their niche specialty and are just as good as each other in reality.
You are right.i call it a testosterone fueled pissing competition. It’s juvenile
@@petesmith9472nah that’s typically Americans doing that. Apparently they are the best at everything.
The thing is, the sasr is the most elite in the world.
I can guarantee you the units don’t do the bragging rights thing or think they’re better or number 1. They train with each other, admire their efforts, pull the piss etc. but never think they are better. The only time they use the word better is to constantly challenge themselves and each other in order to get better.
@@highcountrydelatiteDelta force would shit all over them. Come on, they have had 70 years of training and equipment advances to draw on.
G'day to me old mate RS
I know that some pass every course and expectation to be told they don't fit the team.
Happy wanderer is due to the low budget of the ADF, we can’t afford the vehicles and fuel required for a modern military.
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03:00 there are no mountains in Western Australia.
03:20 the Brecon and they're not valleys.
150km happy what....damn.
In the middle of BFNW Western Australia too
It seems they were used as the hit squad for the Americans in Afghanistan to undertake a lot of questionable missions and killings that the American units refused to do.
i would say correct
So why did the SAS do them? I'm thinking of Robert Smith.
Please welcome our local CCP little pink to the chat……..remember, ASIO is watching and keeping a record.
@@MrP75213 don’t take cameras or phones that have cameras on ops. People are stupid and having a camera makes it irresistible for them not to take photos
@@highcountrydelatiteit's disgusting the way BRS has been treated for doing the job our country sent him to do in a war zone where anyone can be an enemy and don't play by rules.
Not THAT long ago, in Mindinao, in The Philippines the Philippine scouts were sent to fight the rebels , the Abu Sayyef, but there were a little gun shy, so US Green Berets would go in with them , to force them to fight, BUT the Green Berets were guided in by a force that had gone in and tracked the rebles without them knowing it, the usually operated in 6 man teams,would not eat western food for a whiel before going in so the enemy would not smell them , did not even talk to each other but communicated in other ways , they would track the enemy and stay with them , until a suitable scenario would present itself for an ambush and then bring in the US Green Berets who bought the Philippine scouts in with them, these were Australian SASR men/
@@highcountrydelatite It is SASR and they were operating as such before Vietnam, but IN Vietnam they did forge a legend, if not to the world, certainly to the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong.
@@highcountrydelatite It's a true story and I don't really give a rats arse what you say or think !
My cousin did it, got all the way through to the end, marched into the boss, only to be told "Not Suitable"! (it was only a year or so ogo he was told by someone else who was in, he had actually held the time record till just recently, for the fastest individual cross country nav !! He never knew....) He was saying how some crazy tasks they were just told to do was moving around sections of tank tracks..........
@@highcountrydelatiteThat isn’t the SAS.
3/4 of these blokes commenting can't spell sufficiently to enter Australia's armed forces.
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SASR, 1/2 Commando come under 'SOCOMD/A'. We copied the abbreviation the US special ops use - the SAS were nicknamed "chicken stranglers" by the VC in Vietnam. The kit used by SOCOMD/A is the same/similar to the US - although we stupidly don't have a Marine Corps when there is actually a lineage of 'Marines' going back to the very first years of Australia being colonised by the UK. Even though they were Royal Marines, they 'could' have easily become 'Colonial Marines and eventually Commonwealth Marines. The structure of our army has changed SO many times it is infuriating.
I have NEVER read/heard any US special force operators say anything but 100% positive commentary on our special forces. Australia's Dept of Defence is extremely secretive, it is very hard to get public details of key specs on SOCOMD/A unless you've served, have a family member who's serving/served, or a mate who's serving/served.
The only real difference for SOCOMD/A is we don't have the 'global footprint' and reach of the US. France has a MASSIVE global military/special forces footprint in parts of Africa, the South Pacific and Middle East, an issue that arguably sadly ever is notated. The French I'd argue are FAR better and FAR more strategically placed than UK forces globally. Just my subjective opinion opinion !!
"chicken stranglers"
is actually Aussie slang and not gooks mate!
@@highcountrydelatite yes - correct, their 'lineage' can be traced back to that very small, effective and brilliant unit.
The Brecan Beakins
Beacons, I believe 😊
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retard!
That’s ASASR.
th-cam.com/video/4dtIkoJhg_E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EAFstFEBhEit-FIE this is from the early 80s so you can only imagine what it is like in a modern course
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40kg would be tough, 50kg kills me
If anyone says they are badge qualified or work in ASIS or ASIO - they lie.
Why do you say this?
Sadly recently. There has been some not some nice stories coming out from there. Look up Ben Roberts Smith
Please tell me you are joking. This self righteous attitude that has infected our society disgusts me.
04:45 that's BRS
Everything claimed about BRS is alleged. No charges, no eye witnesses, no court case and the accusers are relying on hearsay evidence, wait for it, from the Taliban. Incidentally both the British and US have ongoing inquiries relating to their treatment of prisoners in Afghanistan. Fighting a murderous enemy that relies on blending in with the locals generates all manner of "Grey zone" controversy. The bottom line is if the West hadn't become so stupidly woke these beat up against our finest wouldn't be happening. Our elite forces are the targets of righteous woke senior leadership and national populations addled by a false oppressor/victim narrative.
@@useruseruseruseruser790the SASR were doing some piss weak things over there. Why tarnish the history of the unit by sweeping for some bad eggs? Call it out and move forward with heads held high.
@@tonypepperoni3679 Compared to what the Taliban were doing to civilians ? It’s just to easy to sit back in the comfort of a developed country and criticise. If you had been exposed to what the Taliban had done over years and years I wonder if your perspective would change.
The hardest part is your mentality and temperament
I don't mean this negatively. I think a crucial attribute is you have to be incredibly selfish as once in this is your world, EVERYTHING else takes a back seat to what you want to be/do
Most of this information is pretty inaccurate tbh mate. Sounds like a combination of chatgpt and a summary of the doco they put out.
It’s based on the British SAS. The real best. Just saying. 🇬🇧
Tough guys. No question. I think they lost their way in Afghanistan though. Used as general Infantry, forgot their mission, and sadly murdered some civilians and prisoners. Hopefully they rebuild professional reputation.
allegations only and you have no evidence to say what they did or didn't do. Best to hold unsubstantiated gossip until the facts are on the table.
says who ?
@@bosunmate7301 Brereton report
@@murrayreed2881 Brereton report
@@bosunmate7301 The modern day young and dumb whose standard of proof is 5000 witnesses all filming it on their mobile phones.
Roberts Smith got dobbed in by his ' peers'. Their version of events appears to line up with that of the Afghan witnesses.. so it is highly unlikely they invented a story because they were jealous of him.
Innocent people don't run around concealing potential evidence or subtly intimidating people... because they have nothing to hide to begin with.
Maybe when you get a bit older you will understand they have got the right bloke.
01:55 what we're watching is BS. Made up stuff click bait.
Toughest special forces to enter?
That would be the USA's Delta Force.
I don't think so , Australian SAS is the hardest of all in the world to enter
Here we go… if you were ever in either you wouldn’t enter into this kind of juvenile pissing competition
It’s not juvenile, the issue is Americans think they are the best at everything and god forbid another nation be better than them at something.
The facts remain, the sas is the absolute best and top tier special ops unit in the world.
Stop masturbating ya fool!
@@caveman4598 Tier 2 these days mate!
It would be reassuring to know they are working in plain clothes in society.
The Australian army itself is hard to join, all the red tape and requirements these days.... No wonder there's more armed bikies in Australia than soldiers in its army.
Don't mess with Australia
Laffin my bum off!
SASR can hold their own anywhere in the world... The "Happy Wanderer" through the outback of W.A. is brutal.
They're bloody amazing.
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TH-cam benny johnson just called the Aussie's pussies, & to grow some balls. I beg to disagree!👍
TH-camr benny johnson called the Aussie's pussies, & to grow some balls. I beg to disagree!👍
Just don’t tell any American that, they will argue till death that they have the best special ops in the world. Apparently no other nation can be better 😂😂
@@chrispudd1815 They'll argue they're the best at everything! A youtube channel from the states, in regards to the Musk/Albo controversy, said the Australian's need to stop being pussies, & grow some balls because of Albo (as if biden is any better🤣). Them were fightin' words!!! Australia has some of the best soldiers/fighters in the world if not the BEST!!!👍
@@chrispudd1815 SASR will stay silent and unseen...