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Subject: S.A.S Troops
lacon22    10/17/2007 8:59:11 AM
im pretty new on this so,i just thought i'd start with this.I think that the air troop propably has the more dodgy job within the regiment(although mountain troop can be quite dangerous)because when they insert via HAHO they usually end up seperated and have to meet at a rendevouz point pre-arranged then carry on with the mission.
 
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bob the brit       10/17/2007 1:28:36 PM

im pretty new on this so,i just thought i'd start with this.I think that the air troop propably has the more dodgy job within the regiment(although mountain troop can be quite dangerous)because when they insert via HAHO they usually end up seperated and have to meet at a rendevouz point pre-arranged then carry on with the mission.
every troop has a considerable work load. having to rendevouz after a haho landing isn't tough. a man ustilises simple map/compass skills to arrive at a pre-arranged point within a pre-arranged time slot. the only thing worrying to initial troopers in airtroop is whether or not they'll become strawberry jam on the runway, once you get a lot of jumps in, the nerves disappear. as i said before, the different troops are only a means by which to conduct oppos. at the end of the day, all troops carry out similar tasks with similar degrees of danger.
 
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lacon22       10/17/2007 1:47:11 PM
cheers mate.listen,you seem to know a lot about this any military background.
 
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lacon22       10/17/2007 1:50:04 PM
are you really a former trooper in the S.A.S.
 
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lacon22       10/17/2007 2:42:48 PM
Are you really ex-SAS.
 
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bob the brit       10/17/2007 3:01:38 PM

Are you really ex-SAS.

oui monsieur
pour quois?
 
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rock9322       10/18/2007 11:22:16 AM
Question:if i joined the (lets say) paras as an officer,ok,and i passed selection for uksf,and at th same time a normal para soldiers gets in aswell,i read somewhere tha officers can only serve for a limited time(i think t was 3yrs) then has to go back to their parent unit to share experience or summthin,if anyone knowtheaswer pls reply
 
regards rock9322
 
much appreciated.
 
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mough       10/18/2007 11:32:56 AM

Question:if i joined the (lets say) paras as an officer,ok,and i passed selection for uksf,and at th same time a normal para soldiers gets in aswell,i read somewhere tha officers can only serve for a limited time(i think t was 3yrs) then has to go back to their parent unit to share experience or summthin,if anyone knowtheaswer pls reply

 

regards rock9322

 

much appreciated.

Yes, officers do a 3 year tour, intially as a troop commander, he can then come back for subsequent ones as Squadron commander, some have been troop commanders or SQN commanders more then once, then he maybe selected later on in his career for CO of the SAS and then again later on as DSF, SBS officers are similar except they can not become DSF only the Deputy DSF, how the SRR the "3rd" SF unit affects all this has yet to be figured out
 
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rock9322       10/18/2007 11:39:27 AM
cheers very much mate.
 
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bob the brit       10/18/2007 11:41:19 AM

Question:if i joined the (lets say) paras as an officer,ok,and i passed selection for uksf,and at th same time a normal para soldiers gets in aswell,i read somewhere tha officers can only serve for a limited time(i think t was 3yrs) then has to go back to their parent unit to share experience or summthin,if anyone knowtheaswer pls reply

 

regards rock9322

 

much appreciated.


tis true (i'm not sure what the time limit is today) but there are ways to 'bypass' that rule, i have known a couple of decent ruperts invited to serve another term. the main thing is that the regiment doesn't want to be seen stealing other regiments hard earned officers, thus their terms aren't the same as NCOs. it's easier to find replacements for good NCOs than it is officers just because of numbers.
 
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mough       10/18/2007 11:48:13 AM




Question:if i joined the (lets say) paras as an officer,ok,and i passed selection for uksf,and at th same time a normal para soldiers gets in aswell,i read somewhere tha officers can only serve for a limited time(i think t was 3yrs) then has to go back to their parent unit to share experience or summthin,if anyone knowtheaswer pls reply



 



regards rock9322



 



much appreciated.




tis true (i'm not sure what the time limit is today) but there are ways to 'bypass' that rule, i have known a couple of decent ruperts invited to serve another term. the main thing is that the regiment doesn't want to be seen stealing other regiments hard earned officers, thus their terms aren't the same as NCOs. it's easier to find replacements for good NCOs than it is officers just because of numbers.

Indeed, many a decent ossifer would have liked to have done more then 3 years, it probably goes by fast for them, selection training service gone and alot of them can never really fit into regiments they go to, it's not too bad in the Paras elite fast moving ect, but I can only imagine the tedium of a Guards regiment or whatever after a tour with the Hooligans, no wonder so many of them leave service if they don't get called back for OC of a SQN
 
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rock9322       10/18/2007 11:48:17 AM
So basically join as a soldier if you want to pursue a career in the uksf.
 
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mough       10/18/2007 11:52:51 AM

So basically join as a soldier if you want to pursue a career in the uksf.

Yes, NCO's run SF units, officers are there to sign the paperwork, many men have done 15-20+ years in the SAS, very rewarding times in service, now thats not to say by a long shot that the soldiers in regular units are not good, many men who would have been fantastic SF soldiers never went for it, it was just not their thing
 
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dirtykraut       10/18/2007 10:06:47 PM
Go enlisted, or whatever you call it in the British army. Do you want to work for a living or not?
 
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bob the brit       10/19/2007 12:16:31 AM

Go enlisted, or whatever you call it in the British army. Do you want to work for a living or not?


...yeah but when it comes to pensions
well i know my stint was more than rewarding, would be nice to have that healthy monthly through the mail though
 
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