One of the most demanding physical and mental challenges there is, the SAS selection process is designed to weed out unsuitable candidates and to push the successful applicants to the very limits. This book takes a soldier's view of the process, describing the build-up to the test, the grueling endurance march, and continuation training, during which the candidates surviving selection are taught all the basics they need to become good SAS soldiers.
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This review is from: SAS Training Manual (Paperback)
This book has a number of faults, but the most glaring fault is the title. Some people will be lured into purchasing the book thinking that it's a "how-to" manual, which the title implies. The title should instead be "SAS: The Unofficial Cursory Overview". There are a few token "how-tos" thrown in like the diagrams for building snares in the wild that look like they were dreamed up as part of a Saturday afternoon Cub Scout project, or the ambush formation that would have allied troops shooting toward each other across a road. You can also learn about other highly strategic and clandestine maneuvers and survival techniques like how to do a push-up and how to build an igloo. Even the pictures are very generic and do little to support the text...
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This book gives a marvellous insight to the challenges, both physical and mental, that are presented to the soldiers undergoing the SAS selection process. The photographs and drawings accompanying the text illustrate every aspect of SAS training, giving the reader an excellent introduction to the whole training process. A good read.
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Colonel Charles Beckwith, founder of the US Army's elite counter-terrorist unit 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force), once commented about the Special Air Service: 'There is the SAS and there is everyone else'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
combat survival training, survival navigation, endurance march, parachute deployment, jungle training, patrol members, stun grenades, test week, parachute training Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Continuation Training, Special Air Service, Brecon Beacons, Gulf War, Princes Gate, Killing House, Land Rover, North Africa, Boat Troop, Mountain Troop, Air Troop, Mobility Troop, Royal Marines, Iranian Embassy, Total Body Fitness, World War, Northern Ireland, David Stirling, Falklands War, The Parachute Regiment, Bravo Two Zero, German Army, Malayan Scouts, Services Interrogation Unit, Stirling Lines New!
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Colonel Charles Beckwith, founder of the US Army's elite counter-terrorist unit 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force), once commented about the Special Air Service: 'There is the SAS and there is everyone else'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
combat survival training, survival navigation, endurance march, parachute deployment, jungle training, patrol members, stun grenades, test week, parachute training Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Continuation Training, Special Air Service, Brecon Beacons, Gulf War, Princes Gate, Killing House, Land Rover, North Africa, Boat Troop, Mountain Troop, Air Troop, Mobility Troop, Royal Marines, Iranian Embassy, Total Body Fitness, World War, Northern Ireland, David Stirling, Falklands War, The Parachute Regiment, Bravo Two Zero, German Army, Malayan Scouts, Services Interrogation Unit, Stirling Lines New!
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- The One that Got Away by Chris Ryan on page 23
- Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by Charlie A. Beckwith on page 2
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