Posted on 09/23/2014 5:58:07 PM PDT by naturalman1975
JUST when the families of the secretive soldiers in the Special Air Service Regiment thought they could relax, here they go again. Over the last week the quiet men from Australia’s special forces have returned to Frontierland, where Wild West meets murderous Middle East. As if 10 years of Afghanistan wasn’t enough.
The good thing about having served in Afghanistan is that they know what to expect in Iraq, Syria or anywhere else they’re ordered to put themselves in harm’s way.
They’re back where every pedestrian (especially kids) or car could be a suicide bomb primed to kill them. Where everyone in uniform carries guns everywhere they go — service pistols strapped to hip or thigh, assault rifles slung as nonchalantly as public servants and politicians carry briefcases in Canberra. Once again, they will have a gun at hand when they eat and when they go to the shower huts and next to their bunks at night.
Every other country fancies it has the best special forces troops, which is no surprise. But as our elite force returns to the killing grounds, it seems clear they really are among the best in the world — and that’s not just Aussie bravado. Even the Americans say so and no one argues.
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What they are is world class athletes that will kill you. :)
It is good to have friends who generally share your world view and are also very good at what they do.
i remember seeing a documentary once about either the AU-SAS or the NZ-SAS selection course where some kind of cud-chewer was shot and hung on a pole till it was maggot infested, the trainees would have to look at and smell it for 4 or 5 days while being denied food then it boiled up in a stew and served to hungry selection members, it was fine if only cooked ONCE as all the bacteria was killed, if reheated however it would cause deadly bacteria to form which would result in botulism which will kill you
same thing the Selous Scouts did in Rhodesia with baboons
tough mothers every one
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