I know somebody who said, when he was in Afghanistan that the U.S. troops were given instructions _NOT TO_ piss the British soldiers off.

@@timmason7430 american soldiers on joint ops with brits used to get a letter from their superiors "dont fight the british dont gamble with the british dont try and outdrink the british you will lose"

😂

That so rings true 🤣

@@bt9762 That sounds like it. lol

Whats the video fella

Yeah were dying to know for real. What is it??

FYI you don’t sneak through a window it’s a vunerable point normally with booby trap you make an entrance it’s not the same as the police who’s mission statement is to capture and cause minimal damage military room clearance is about defeating the enemy by any means necessary with minimal casualties ie you blow a hole in a wall you throw in grenades then you storm with your BP clearing your arc’s fyi then you leave and let the Royal engineers search team clear it and make it safe with ato’s assistance if needed ie booby traps or rcied’s or cwied’s or timed ied’s all of which the breaching team is not responsible or trained for

@@redrb26dett didn’t the hole world see the SAS in action when they had to free hostages held in a embassy in London they went straight through the windows 2 minutes later it was game over no hostages hurt

@@michaelwhite9677 Yep, Iranian Embassy. I have a book on the history of the SAS. Funnily enough, things did go wrong in that mission, including one SAS soldier getting a bit stuck on his rappel line. Still though, reading the pages, with personal accounts from the soldiers involved... You can tell they're trained killing machines of the highest tier. There is no hesitation in their actions, they just do it subconsciously. From targeting to shooting.

Yes i think we should hmm im from the UK but have huge respect for the USA armed forces.

But are they OUR Warriors or are they governmental contractors against foreign or domestic 🤔

There's always one 👆👆👆 😂😂😂

I'm from the UK and I am also a big admirer of the United States military. I sleep better knowing our two nations are friends

But other countries also have their equivalent such as the Russian Spetsnaz

How did they miss her? Proper planning of the operation would've been to take her out and prove it was her fault as she moved.

She was the only person in the room. not to look scared

Maggie. Only PM with balls. Ironic really.

Brilliant story

Thatcher and her sheepish bodyguard were huddled into a room, sat at a table flanked by cardboard targets and were then left there in total darkness. A few minutes later a SAS operative kicked down the door, hurled a flashbang grenade through the hole, fired two rounds into every target, then hit the lights. It is also reported she told her bodyguard off for embarrassing her because when the lights came on she was sat like nothing was happening but George the bodyguard was under the table cowering in a fetal position 😂

I was in all the special forces. All of them. In every country. They actually all decided to revamp their services because I was that good. Some countries approached me to basically just be my own special force. I'm that good.

Then again ,maybe they are just pissed off and they were!

@William Stewart I bet we do yes. Did you fight in them all as well?

Unless they are. They may not brag, but it isn't a secret. What they did at work today may well be a secret, though.

That's because the identity of sas soldiers are kept anonymous. If anyone ever tells you they are in the sas then they are most likely lying. These guys train for years to be able to resist torture and all kinds of stuff to stop enemies from getting such personal information. Do you really think they would just go around telling people they are in the secret service?

👍😎

Proud!! Cheers 🇬🇧

Same mate!

I’ve worked in any countries ... and no, they don’t often laugh at the UK 🇬🇧

Same for Australia. the Desert Fox himself, Erwin Rommel, after he list Tobruk in WWII, that if he were ever to ordered to take Hell, he would use Australians to take it, Kiwi's to hold it. After battle of Long Tan in Vietnam, The NVA, VC, never again dared risk engaging Australians in a fight, we were hated, called white ghosts s we made no sound, left no evidence of where we had been or our paths in and out, they said we always were where they truly never wanted us to be

or considdering it was 40c up on pen y fan that day and those recruits diddnt bring enough water, burgins are weighed not kit checked. they wouldnt have fared well in afghanistan tours

their own fault actually, tried to leave out the water to save weight, stupid

@Gareth Tucker No, no force would knowingly accept that. Dehydration has a massive impact on physical and mental performance. Even I, as a lowly civillian have learned to take the easy route back to civilization before dehydration properly sets in. On a hot day you can use a lot of water very quickly, and for the Yanks who think we live on a cool and damp island all the time, temperatures can climb over 100F over most of the UK in the summer, it doesn't happen often, but it can, and usually when least convenient. Also our "mountains" .. the best way I've heard it put is that the UK mountains are as treacherous as the Alps, or even more so. We basically have the top 800m of the Alps, we just disregard the 2000m of Alp below that. And because our peaks are lower they seem more attainable, which makes them very dangerous. I persolnally have been through many a white-out, but two stand out. One because it was an 18C (65f) day, but on the tops there were gale force winds, sub-zero temperatures with snow raining from above and ice being picked up from the floor and pelted at my face. The second because it was just low cloud, no immediate danger. But there were also magnetic rocks in the region so compasses were utterly useless. No idea how long the cloud would take to lift (could be a week) or which direction the cliffs were with 1m visibility, superb. It is shockingly easy to be killed by the UK landscape.

Ive spoken too a few folks who died during SAS selection on my ouija board that claim it's proper tough going because you'll be exhausted and thirsty and the 21 mile hike over the brecon beacons takes you past several pubs 'with folks sat outside drinking pints of Hoffmeister lager' shouting "come & have a beer with us" to tempt you.

@@andrewisotope8146 tool.

Init bro. Research shows only 3.5% of us seals can make it into sas

So is the training for sas and the marines at the same level?

@@lolsaXx no, the sas selection from what I understand is alot more challenging. There's a great documentary about a load of new marine recruits as they go through training. It's on here

@@Bossman-kb8vo not true at all. navy seal training is 30+ months while SAS is only six months.

@@zlbi1227 sas you have to have already of serverd in the uk militay on top of that 6 months. and also sas training is extreme compared to navy seals

That's not quite true. The SAS and the SEALs do train together a lot and have a lot of tactics in common, but the SEALs have had their own independent training programs for decades. Hell, even SAS training is much different now than it was when they were set up. If you meant British Special Forces *founded* US Special Forces, then yes that is quite correct.

@@jolantru3085 yeah they do now but previously when the seals were established they were trained by SAS on espionage and hostage tactics

@@jordanmiles5477 Yeah, that's true. The foundations were built by the SAS, but I think it does a disservice to the US personnel (who have more than established their capabilities since at least the early 1980s) by not mentioning the hard work and research they put into developing their own tactics and requirements.

@@jolantru3085 they are still trained specifically on hostage rescue and espionage but everything else is pretty much their own hard work which is widely respected amongst armed forces

I think you have your'e wires crossed and thinking of Delta....

No you go from your unit to do selection process. You should have the inbuilt drive to push on.

@Gareth Tucker yup but the physical bit of the training is the least of it... anyone whos physically fit can walk a few miles with heavy gear...but its when they put you through the torture and testing your mental strength is when the real things come into play... its like 1 out of 10 people pass the training, all phases

@@Bookofwords you clearly know nothing of sas selection. It's not a few miles with gear on. The fan dance or point to point is not just a few miles. The sickener is not just a few miles. Try scaling a mountain with about 40kg of gear on your back . Then turn around go back down and scale the one on the opposite side . Then turn around and repeat it again and again and again. Most people drop out on pre selection. So no not anyone who's fit can ' walk a few miles with gear on'

@@walterwhite1123 I know every single phase of the training thanks, my point was the physical isn't the hardest part, the mental attack is. The thing is, I didn't even say it was just whoever can walk a few miles with gear, the "few miles" is called oversimplification, doesn't mean i don't actually know the full extent. Phase 1 = endurance phase 2 = jungle training phase 4 = escape & evasion & TQ phase 5 = technically not a phase but once given the baret, you aren't out of the woods, it's essentially probation and can still be RTU'ed

Damn straight mate

We did invent special forces after all!

its true alot of countrys follow our standards

Yes they are

I'm gonna either gonna be in the SO19 armed response unit, British armed police, MI5 or MI6

dude! I'm crying, I will steal that off you.

😂😂😂😂👍🏼

Mint 😆👍

Sarge: 'Who said that?'

@@obsidiandwarf Perfect!

That came within s hairsbreadth of happening back in the 1970s when Cyprus was invaded by Turkey. An SAS exercise was cancelled with 20 minutes to the drop zones in Cyprus. Or so I have been told.

Unmentioned in the video: You must be able to craft a working and stable firearm with extremely limited materials. Make a radio/signal transmitter,IED and SBD (submersible breathing device)

True across most of the British army

It is not such a bad thing, to not get everything you want, if your a soldier, if you get every weapon you want ,when you don't have that weapon CAN you adjust ?

@Gareth Tucker Actually, there is one thing everyone knows about the SBS: don't fuck with them.

@Gareth Tucker I remember the storming of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1981. Until then hardly anyone had heard of the SAS. Suddenly there were all these men dressed completely in black abseiling down the outside of the Embassy and crash bang wallop, it was all over.

A comparison would be SBS and DEVGRU (Seal team 6) not standard Seals.

@@gilgameshofuruk4060 yep, the government had to get special permission to use and 'out' them, but even now, you won't know who is in the SAS until they retire or die

@@gilgameshofuruk4060 i watched that on the tv & by hell they took no prisoners that day

Don't want to seem pedantic but the LRDG were the 1st special forces, they were around well before the SAS and they actually transported the SAS to and from targets in the desert in the beginning as the first air incursion was a total failure

@@jjcustard6378 The Commandos did their first raid (Operation Collar, 24-25 June 1940) a few days before the LRDG was set up (3 July 1940).

Thats not true at all , the New Zealand Long Range Desert Patrol of ww2 .....The Australian Z special force, they pre dated the SAS!

I hear SBS training is even harder than SAS training. To be in the SBS they're even more selective and it's a smaller force than the SAS which is bad enough to get in to.

@Christopher Cressey Possibly Alexanders special forces pre dated these as well....I seem to be missing your point though? Can you educate me?

For God's sake make sure someone tells them we've changed ends.

Like the 51st Highland Div. flash as your Avatar. My Grandad served in “Monty’s Bodyguard” from May 1944 to 1946 as a transport officer.

@@gtaylor331, might explain much of the blue on blue arty strikes... 😂😂

Or just leave half way through like they did in the Middle East and Vietnam 😂

@@iamphoenix3564 Didn't leave the middle east. Didn't go to Vietnam even though we offered jungle training but it was refused.

I've heard of these stashes of sweets beers and chocolates also 🤣🤣

Us Welsh have a soft spot for squaddies. I live in Port Talbot, and when I gig in the Brecon area, I often see squads of soldiers yomping over the hills and mountains (as I understand it, it's not just special forces who train there). I always give them a beep on the horn as I'm going past, and I'm not surprised the locals hide things for them. Brecon has a long history with the British army.

I also worked with one, he was a smallish wiry guy who saw three of us struggling to move the office safe to it's new place (about 20 feet away) after seeing we could not move it at all he came over, picked it up and carried it.

many ex sas and sbs, would say that is the actual point, but hay.

@@jaynedavies2757 it was a joke so lighten up. And 'hay?'

@@TheCornishCockney I realised and replied with a joke in return. it's known has sarcasm btw. lol

What you didn't realise is they were not behind your settee while you watched this video.

@@daidesign121 Or so you think.

Cant wait for the"who can swim the pond training.

And the SRS Special Reconnaissance Service

Let’s not forget the Paras and the Royal Marines👍😂 the list goes on!!!

@@clivenewton7609 and the gurkhas

@@adriansheldon2296 Special Reconnaissance Regiment**

@@nathan11 I stand corrected 👍🏻.

The Gurkhas kick everyone’s ass

My grandad served attached to the gurkas in WW2, he had such respect for them, he always said their strength fed his strength to carry on no matter what

The Gurkhas well what the right word for them fearless fits the bill there nuts

Yeah, the gurkhas make the SAS look like girl guides!

We were always taught to tie our boot laces a certain way as Gurkhas would sneak around at night feeling the laces, if tied wrong you would not wake up, your throat was slit.

Yep, they'll be bandaging wounds and counting their dead asking, what the fuck just happened?!

@@madmaxsdog8040 I assume so, as we were up by Pen Y Fan :)

My father trained with the RAF in the place now used by the SAS. He finds it hilarious that he, as a teenager, lived in barracks that had to be rebuilt more comfortably for the more delicate SAS blokes.

@@helenwood8482 I assume that you are joking with the "more delicate" line.

I"m not far from the Brecon"s & often see soldiers on the selection course ............

I live close to the brecon beacons. I see them all the time . They are so unassuming. They will say hello when passing. Huge packs on their backs probably weighing as much as them. A minute later you turn around and they're gone !

Its a difference in ethos. The SAS focus more on physical endurance and the ability to blend in while US forces tend to concentrate more on physical strength. Consider that during Gulf War 1 the SAS spent weeks inside Iraq hunting for the Iraqi Scud missile launchers. On foot moving long distances.

Bob, although I never met any SEALS, they had to cut short our NCO's training exercise, back in '82 at Moreton on Lug, due to SAS training on the same site. Playing with big trains! From what I saw, you would be right in saying they were pretty nondescript? They would blend in perfectly, Ideal for their task. Greetings from one ex plumber to another.

The British Special forces refer to the SEALS etc as Hermans. As in Herman Munster. Large and squared jawed.

Go read Richard Marcinko's book about setting up seal team six.

The grey man

We also had the SRR which was Special reconnaissance regiment, those guys often operated alone.

@@derbymet and sfsg and a new unit called rangers

Note: anyone from any service can join either the SAS or SBS and as another comment said, the country also has the SFSG that mostly supports special forces but also occasionally works directly along side them. And the rangers who are yet to prove themselves.

As far as I'm aware, one of the things about them is that they saw a lot of 'loud mouth six pack types' at the start of selection, and those who got past that tended to get replacing a need to impress with the will to finish.

U know no one

That's because they're the real thing and don't have anything to prove.

Those I know as well. The Danish "Jægerkorpset", which are basically the SAS' buddies and train together all the time, has the motto; "Plus esse, quam simultatur"; "To be rather than to seem".

U have "Known"...how have u known them...?

The only man who could probably give the SAS a run for their money 😆👍 he was a British legend. RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore 🇬🇧

.....or was he? :)

he was still a bad ass, RIP you bloody legend

@@KissMyFatAxe Give over. He was a toffee made to look good

I think it takes balls to say things like that, especially with your picture on display (you haven't been drinking by any chance)? Seriously though, good on ya!

You MELT

wow. If English is your first and only language, and you represent British education, someone has failed you.

They thought our relationship was so special and even thou they were our ally. They sat back and watched us nearly lose ww2 after years of fighting and only got involved when they were attacked. Bought in fresh resources right at the end and then try to claim they won the war… screw the US of A

SAS 'uniform' in the '80s was jeans and a bomber jacket.

@@graemepeters5717 or black boiler suits with the army uniform underneath

Actually he was sfsg still uk special forces

@@graemepeters5717 still is!

It was a section of us marines, no UK infantry there apart from the sfsg

They did take a prisoner 🤔🤔??

@@marcbrownlees390 Apart from the one that the hostages wouldn't allow the SAS team to kill. He's still living in a hotel in the UK following his release from prison. Ironically, one of the the SAS team members from that day is homeless.

Absolutely disgusting

There's no equivalent to 22. S.A.S

I agree they the seals are the equivalent to the SBS. I think that the SAS are the equivalent of the US Army Rangers.

The seal equivalent would be the Royal marines. Seal team 6 would be the equivalent to the SBS.

@@dnastudios9836 Army rangers? hahahahahahaa

paul delta is probably close .

I was SCS, now who needs a carpet

@@carjones2417 🤦‍♂️

A lot of ex-SAS and ex-SBS do go on to teach at Coronado an other global special forces, but the SAS themselves don't train other special forces directly. The US trains it's own special forces, even if they do have some cross-training programs. Pick some random US Army Ranger or SEAL operative and they will likely never have met anyone from the SAS until after their training has concluded.

Utter bollocks. As a Brit myself, I find all this "The SAS are the best" bullshit, embarrassing. Special forces of pretty much all developed nations are just as capable as the SAS. It's just Britain's role in the world gives the SAS more opportunity to be put to actual use.

@@loungejay8555 Balls

@@loungejay8555 Then how do you explain the fact that other countries ask for their help?

@@helenwood8482 Our boys are always "match fit" 💪🇬🇧👍

cool story kid

DAVID,,,,DAVID,,,DAVID..that is just not true!

Its pretty easy mate. Tier 1 special forces vs Tier 2?

My mate phil hoban and his late son(rip) was on it.

+Charlie Yeah, but it's reality TV. I'm not convinced it's as authentic as they make out. Too much posing.

@@RuddsReels Why not sign up for it then.

@@baylessnow I probably wouldn't be any good. I haven't done any running for over year. But my point still stands. - If you think a piece of artwork is bad, but you can't do any better. That doesn't mean the artwork is good.

that is absolutely watered down training lol.

100% agree - we'll be your best friend but your worst enemy if that's how you want it

Lol

Hahaha! Yes!

Brillllllliant!

It’s the hat.

Bang on my friend lol

Self-pity is your worst enemy. I have trained with their Danish equivalents and know a few still as well as a few ex-Legion. The moment you pity yourself, you are dead.

my next door neighbour was an ex SAS and he said they Navy Seal always asked for British help.

Sas are far superior its not even close that's how far they are apart

SEALs were not mirrored on the SAS. That would be Delta. SEALs stemmed from UDT and the Scouts and Raiders from WW2. Their mission type changed when Vietnam broke out. The SEALs literally modeled nothing after the SAS.

@@broflo3875 the udt was inspired by the British commandos who went through the same training as the sas during ww2. Plus after ww2 the SAS and SBS were essentially the only modern special forces in the world, and many were deployed to the USA to train American soldiers when they were looking for their own elite regiments, and a lot of the training methods used by the UK were shared to help establish what was seal training and selection at the time. After several years and gaining their own experience and veterans, the British methods had a less direct impact on American methods as they could learn from their own experiences now not just British experience. Training continued to be shared but didn't become as direct again until delta was formed and then only for a few years until delta became self sufficient too. Now it passive influence, learning from each others successes and failures. The SF seed was sown though by the British. As churchill was the first major political leader in the world to fully support the concept as there had been severe opposition to the idea from old school generals etc. Who couldn't see the potential, when the British commandos, etc. Proved so useful in occupied Europe, and behind enemy lines in north Africa that is when America and others began looking for their own version. How the British caused havoc in occupied Europe and Africa blowing up ships, trains, even the Atlantic dry dock that the tirpitz needed. This is a subject that we generally read about 50 years after the events though, so to the public, rumours and myths had been taken as fact by the public for generations and still linger today. The SAS training American soldiers was part of the trade for information on the H bomb (which only the Americans had) alongside VX (which only the British had at the time). As Britain beating the USSR to develop the second H Bomb was a priority for NATO, and after failing to beat the Soviets, Britain was hell bent on beating everyone else to maintain its position as still a global superpower, still trying to lead the cold war in partnership with America not behind America, until the Suez crisis when America humiliated Britain, quite foolishly in hindsight as it was a big propaganda coup for the Soviets against Britain and France, weakening NATO's reputation. So increasing inter cooperation was encouraged by both Britain and America to repair this damage in the eyes of the Soviets.

@@theant9821 Yea....eh. The vast majority of what you said is true, indeed, but there are some falsities. UDT were not inspired by British Commandos. They did go through some Commando training, but they, nor the birth of the SEALs, had anything to do with the SAS or SBS. The US SOFs have their own unique history and origin and haven't really taken much "inspiration" from outside forces. The exception being Delta. The SEALs evolved into their specialty throughout the Vietnam War. They stemmed from UDT who stemmed from Naval Scouts and Raiders. MARSOC probably was more "inspired" by the British Commandos than UDT teams were. US Army SF (Green Berets) have their own as well (none that are British). There can always be some sort of connection to the British as at the time of WW2 you did have an empire and the US did train with multiple militaries and "specialized" units across the Anglosphere. I think some of these US SF units at their inception cherry picked what they liked from a multitude of outside units, and learned how they could implement these things into their unit's scope of operation.

Also It Col Paddy Mayne. Stirling's second in command. One of the most highly decorated soldiers of the second world war. He was mentioned in dispatches. He was recommend the Victoria Cross for his actions during quite a few skirmishes, but was refused because he hit a a senior officer. He was killed in a car crash in the late 50s and is buried in his home town, Newtownards. Co Down Northern Ireland. Like all WAS great soldiers.

@@NIgirl sadly don't hear enough about the hero's of the wars

Pretty sure they know for a fact that they head into town to get what they can. In survival training the only real rule is "don't get caught". And tbh if you manage to piss off the locals enough to grass on you in the short time you're there for training then it's probably best you don't get in.

Paras supported

Yes there is.

@@JohnnyZenith even the seals admit it. I believe the only people with enough training to be equal are the honor guard and Queens guard. But the SAS have better equipment. A friend of my dad's who was in the Russian special forces still said the SAS are not to be fucked with Edit:spelling

@@b3.rackzz Lol.

@@JohnnyZenith honestly now that I think about there is one equal... Chuck Norris

@@b3.rackzz nah even chuck said fk that

Train hard, fight easy...

yeah, that is if the enemy even gets a chance to hear them coming

They sniff out the 'fish'.

Ah, 14 Int. :)

Yep, read quite a bit about 14 INT. Quite an outfit.....

14 Int as a name doesn’t exist anymore. They became the Special Reconnoissance Regiment.

Arian? Iranian.

The sas were formed during ww2 so much further back

Sykes and faibairn invented the commando knifes for the Second World War they taught the commandos and Americans after the war

All the mentality of an SAS trooper in a wee lil bod. Damn they’re goooood

@@paulcollyer801 They're insanely tough. 1 ghurka =10 english soldiers

He will be surprised lol

🤣 Maybe he’s actually telling us Brits to “peace” off? 🤔

Yea that never happened.

Fifty years ago I had a friend break his ankle on the selection exercise. It was the escape and evasion part. He evaded 160 miles back to the London barracks because he hadn't been given the emergency map reference. When he had healed up her re did selection and passed.

😊😊😊 it’s not going through SAS training 😊 It’s a reality show, tough for the average civvy or celebrity, but nowhere near a reality of the training, it’s a little watered down snippet.

@@Mike-ol7gt I agree it’s a ‘snippet’ of the ACTUAL training that a potential SAS recruit would go through, but it does give us a glimpse into the kind of things that they look for and what is expected of new recruits.

Elizabeth its also the Film of the. Same Name starring the late Lewis Collins

its NOT sas training as their civillians being made to run and expirence some sleep deprevation

I’m pretty sure there is a movie for it on Netflix.

@@nikjoh06 ..Hi i probably never put my comment across properly, my fault ..I actually meant watch the news reel of it taking place live at the time ,and see actual S.A.S in action ...

@@norb0254 Oh cool. I was just adding to it btw, I meant no disrespect.

What's even more mind blowing is all but one of the hostages were rescued and five of the six terrorists were killed. Including one who tried to pass himself off as a hostage, until he pulled out a grenade and was thrown down a flight of stairs and shot dead at the bottom by two SAS soldiers to prevent harm to those being evacuated. The SAS entered the building and ended the raid in 17 minutes. Just incredible.

@@mojokg13 Yeah, it is very fascinating.

The Seal train in Scotland Mull

@@jonathanwheeler4767 Lots of cold water to cool their innards.

It’s literally exactly the same, it’s not a secret. They both literally do selection together apart from the SBS go off and do a deep sea dive course similar to how the paras go off to Brize after P Coy

He wouldn't care.

How would you know he was SAS?

I was in the Royal Marines Commandos. I had a falling out with a SAS Trooper, whilst serving in Brunei. I gave him a good hiding. He actually asked me to wash his socks. Fucking idiot! When he was doing his basic training for some "crap hat pongo unit" I was completing the longest basic training in the world.

@@dendemano aye well said,, BUT you were being 'built' for different things, ask a chippy to lay a wall?

@@timmason7430 I'm not sure whether you're a being sarcastic? We were, and had been working together for around two months. Everyone knows who is who, and where they come from. It would have been impossible to not know which unit he belonged to. He was generally a decent bloke, and we had many discussions relating to varied subjects.