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All members of the United Kingdom armed forces can be considered for special forces selection,[nb 3] but historically the majority of candidates have an airborne forces background.[71] All instructors are full members of the Special Air Service Regiment. Selections are held twice yearly, in summer and winter,[70] in Sennybridge, Powys in the Brecon Beacons. Selection lasts for five weeks and normally starts with about 200 potential candidates.[70] On arrival candidates first complete a Personal Fitness Test (PFT) and a Combat Fitness Test (CFT).[nb 4] 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.[70] By the end of the hill phase candidates must be able to walk four 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.[73] Candidates are taught navigation, patrol formation and movement, and jungle survival skills.[74] Candidates returning to Hereford finish training in battle plans and foreign weapons and take part in combat survival exercises,[75] 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.[76]

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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  • @TechnoManiac2 Don't you remember they carry an emergency umbralla?

  • Hahahaha the Taliban don't stand a chance

  • @TechnoManiac2 you are posting dumb comments, its about time someone tell you to shut your trap

  • @Airbornerock That's a weird reply to a comment.

  • @TechnoManiac2 shut up

  • @Josipac1 a planned Amboose?

  • @kooldude121858 I think you have to have served in the Army for three years then you have to go through a rigorous selection course. I think may i add.

  • @ipsilont7 Beacuse the leader think's that the team are putting enough firepower on the enemy to keep them in cover that makes time for the minister to get dragged into the car and into safety

  • @TechnoManiac2 FRIENDLY AIRSTROYK INBAHND!

  • The driver of the gray car played them l0l!

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