Mass murderer to Pilot

[Tankertrashnav]

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[parabellum]

He passed that no problems (and this was in the days when it was still reasonably difficult, unlike today)

Hope you have the evidence to back that up Trim Stab , but if you tell us you'll have to kill us!


I was under the impression that when the Army was told to expand the SAS they insisted that the standard wouldn't drop.

[Davef68]

Originally Posted by chopper2004

if it's the guy I'm thinking of he was a ring knocker from Annapolis - enteeed the TBS then Pensacola and graduated as a Flying Leatherneck backseater in the Phantom.

When the corps retired the rhino he went into civvy life still in aviation got his A & P license and worked on multi engine Beechcraft entered the National Guard albeit in a signals or stuff and rose to SNcO

Guy I'm thinking of was a USN A6 pilot, so there must have been two of them!

[Tinman74]

Originally Posted by Trim Stab

I knew of an RAAF F/A18 pilot who came over to blighty to do UKSF selection. He passed that no problems (and this was in the days when it was still reasonably difficult, unlike today) so could have gone to an SAS squadron. But he then decided to do the additional bits required for non-RM for SBS selection, passed that, and qualified as swimmer-canoeist.

Have you tried either?

[KenV]

Originally Posted by desk wizard

As we all know, the Catering Corps have killed more on their own side through poisoning than the enemy have managed through fire....

Aaaaah! We all know? This yank had never heard about that and the joke sailed right over my head.

[chopper2004]

I also started this thread 5 years back on here as I came across an interesting press release from the California Highway Patrol on three of their new officers being Annapolis grads. One of which was a USMC aviator and the other a Navy helo driver

http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...ay-patrol.html

cheers

[Trim Stab]

Originally Posted by parabellum

Hope you have the evidence to back that up Trim Stab , but if you tell us you'll have to kill us!


I was under the impression that when the Army was told to expand the SAS they insisted that the standard wouldn't drop.

I didn't claim that the standards have dropped - just said that selection is easier now. The army is now smaller than 70s/80s/90s era, and SAS is bigger, so simple sums suggest it is easier to get in now.

On the hills part of selection, I heard they finish now at Fan Dance (three times up and down Pen y Fan) whereas that was only 2/3 point of old course (they don't do the next two walks and Long Drag, which was the old final test march). Also, they now have Gucci boots and Hugo Boss gortex suits, which makes the whole test a lot more comfortable compared to doing it in Boots Cardboard, Shirts Hairy and puttees.

But as I have said before, you would expect selection to be re-tuned to pick out the guys they want for their current roles. There is not really a LRRP role anymore (that is done by drones), so they don't need racing snakes who can run up and down mountains all day and night with their houses on their backs. Their main role is as assault troops with a bit more specialised training than RM/Para. They would not be wanting to turn down guys with serious combat experience just because they are not good at running up and down hills.

[air pig]

Originally Posted by Tankertrashnav

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