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SAS Survival Secrets Sabre Sqn Pt 5

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All members of the United Kingdom armed forces can be considered for special forces selection, but historically the majority of candidates have an airborne forces background. All instructors are full members of the Special Air Service Regiment. Selections are held twice yearly, in summer and winter, in Sennybridge in the Brecon Beacons. Selection lasts for five weeks and normally starts with about 200 potential candidates. On arrival candidates first complete a Personal Fitness Test (PFT) and a Combat Fitness Test (CFT). They then march cross country against the clock, increasing the distances covered each day, culminating in what is known as the Fan dance: a 14 miles (23 km) march with full equipment scaling and descending Pen y Fan in four hours. By the end of the hill phase candidates must be able to run 4 miles in 30 minutes and swim two miles in 90 minutes.

Following the hill phase is the jungle phase, taking place in Belize, Brunei, or Malaysia.[75] Candidates are taught navigation, patrol formation and movement, and jungle survival skills.[76] Candidates returning to Hereford finish training in battle plans and foreign weapons and take part in combat survival exercises,[77] the final one being the week-long escape and evasion. Candidates are formed into patrols and, carrying nothing more than a tin can filled with survival equipment, are dressed in old Second World War uniforms and told to head for a point by first light. The final selection test is arguably the most gruelling: resistance to interrogation (RTI), lasting for 36 hours.[78]

Typically, 15--20% of candidates make it through the hill phase selection process. From the approximately 200 candidates, most will drop out within the first few days, and by the end about 30 will remain. Those who complete all phases of selection are rewarded with a transfer to an operational squadron.[

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  • I'm from the U.S. and I think the Brittish should make a movie about the SAS or America well

  • condoms are also use to fuck the locals

  • But i don't understand... How did the guy at 23:43 NOT hit anyone?

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