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Airborne Aircrew
Aggressive patrolling, (which is what Regiment field squadrons do), is quite specialized and more challenging that one might think. It's actually quite easy for a small force to infiltrate any given area so it takes a high level of skill from what is, after all, a very small force to locate the enemy.
Quite.
On exercise my daughter led a team that discovered a SAS hide. It was empty at the time but after 2 days of Welsh mist the SAS gave up and asked for their kit back. On a US exercise, as an SAC, she was patrol leader of a mix US/UK group. They were over
run in defence but got a 3:1 kill ratio. The US, and indeed the Army, can't get their heads around the SAC rank.