We worked with SAS in Afghanistan and they hit three HVT’s in one night in like 6 hours. There intel was unreal and the way they moved and operated was unlike anything I’ve ever seen down range. That year we also worked with American Rangers and SF, but the SAS operates in a completely different world.
@@pabloortiz5621 The Brits literally wrote the book on Special Forces. Delta was formed to mimic the SAS, who are so widely renowned globally that the special forces of 7 other nations share their motto.
I worked with sas one time at jrtc they low crawled like 2 miles and eliminated a group of 40+ opfor with just 6 men. It was jaw dropping and the best thing I’ve ever seen in my military career. I was pulling security for them when they low crawled passed and one of the operators looked up at me put his finger over his mouth like he was saying shhhhhhhhhh. Bro coolest shit ever
Lfmso that some movie shit when ur looking for him but u don't seem until you hear the shhhh. Ok that not exactly how it happened but it's how I pictured it😂😂
Back in the 80s I was in Corsica having recently joined my Legion regiment 2eme REI up in the mountains at Corte doing my Tire D'e'lite course (Sniper) We did a training opp with the SAS , them acting as the enemy. We got intel that they were at a small shepherds shelter & surrounded it digging in looking down from the hills. The next morning they were gone.
Never worked with SAS never heard of thembefore, but met and worked with plenty of Seals, the way they spin the ball, clap their fins and swallow an entire cod fish was just insane.
Because now they are allowed to talk which may be an indication they already have something better higher level like SSAS super secret aviation service.
I've not seen SAS, but I was fortunate enough to be a crewmember aboard ships that delivered Marine Recon (now MARSOC), SEAL Teams, and Delta and know a little about them. The contrast between them was visible. The Marines were hard charging and confident, but the SEALs and Delta were like competence incarnate. They just moved differently, like the most efficient people you'd ever meet. Scary, even. I imagine that's how SAS and SBS are: Just exuding that calm assurance and level of competence that tells anybody who is even remotely aware that it's just not worth it to bother them. That level of Zen.
Navy seals was copied of the sbs and delta force was copied of sas the delta force commander trained with the sas and went back to the usa and formed delta force on the style of the sas
Not to be nit-picky. But, Recon did not become MARSOC. Marine Recon was never SF and didn't transition. MARSOC (now Raiders) came about in the 2000s and IS actually SF and operates within SOCOM. Recon still exists separately. Furthermore, the Raiders trace their history back two decades before the SEALs became a thing, in 1942.
@@xB1ackbirdx Well, I'm glad to hear that Recon is still around because those were the Marines we transported in the ARG. Thanks for the correction, because I'm just a few decades out from active service.
@@MarkPollard-yx8qg Navy SEALs developed from the World War 2 UDT "Frogmen" and probably with some knowledge from Marine Raiders. My grandfather was a Frogman and my uncle was LRRP in Vietnam, so their recollections provide some validity to this assertion. Yes, the SBS (Special Boat Section that developed into the Special Boat Service) started in 1940, but all indications are that the US Navy's Special Warfare Boat Operator (SB) rating has its origins in the SBS and that SEALs are of American origin.
I agree with you but the thing is they are probably the least likely people in the world to need to be looked after, these guys aren’t just units on the battlefield they have to have extreme discipline in every day life. Most of them are married to high value women who know exactly what kind of champ she is looking after. These guys are the definition of Alphas. You don’t make it that far if you have even the slightest hint of beta in you
Yes I can ,did and will continue to do so ...The truth hurts some people but if you had worked with them you would agree... They were the first special force and have been a name all other forces wish they could be as good as ...Many are close ..But not as good and definitely not better...Sorry if your not of the same opinion,
I had an SAS buy me dinner once. Didn't have an accent he was so undercover and he ate 40 chicken wings himself he must have been getting ready for a hike or something.
I think the only reason some might think seals and others are the best is because you hear about them more. But that’s the thing the SAS don’t want people to know what there doing
Only patriotic Americans who have never even been in the military will say Navy seals are the best. But even the Navy seals know they have to admit British SAS are the superior military force in the world!
Navy Seals are not Tier One operators. They are most similar to UK Royal Marines. SAS/SBS are Tier One operators. The similar Special Forces in US are DEVGRU (Seal Team 6) and Delta Force
@@willmitchell255I thought all seals were the same. I’ve learnt something today. But yeah Royal Marines are like special forces lite as they’re special forces ready and do go on missions with SBS if they’re needed. Paras obviously exactly the same as Royal Marines in terms of tier. They’re like tier 1.5 lol
What? Although the SAS selection process was an initial key for producing a tight knit and highly motivated group of man, that does not mean that the U.S. would be in disarray without our the Brits. The U.S. had also stood up units that are still alive today or that were brought back into service. SAS WW2, so was the U.S.'s Air Force PJ's, Marine raiders, some specialized army units and the UDT's who because of the office of strategic services which I heard became the CIA in modern times, they were the reason why the U.S. was able to carry out highly specialized missions and hitting targets in a unconventional way, that being said, Germany also stood up a specialized units of unconventional warfare.
@@harveysanchez6993the sas and just the British armed forces has helped the us in so many different ways they simply wouldn’t be where they are today without our help
I thought the point is that the British special forces are THE bar. Special forces around the world, including the US, look to the SAS and SBS to form their training and operations tactics.
@@kohlbarnes Simply not true, although the U.K.'s past special warfare selection did have an impact on U.S.'s special operations selection, that was long ago. Special operations selection and craft has changed significantly due to the needs that was needed for the ongoing battlefield. I hear this a lot primarily is Air Force special warfare for the current entry to Air Force Special warfare as well as entry to their Tier 1 unit of the 24th special tactics squadron, the requirements keep changing and getting harder as well implementing new stuff compared to that past. The main thing I hear that SAS was able to get down was the initial selection process of weeding out weak people while implementing a stronger cohesive unit amongst the remaining people. Yes SAS/SBS had a big impact of U.S. special warfare in the past but things have changed drastically and the past is the past. Currently the U.S. still works with other units around the world to crosstrain and teach/learn new things but the U.S. is definitely not dependent on the SAS/SBS.
Having served as a Royal Marine, from 1980 onwards, my respect for Ant is immense. He is intelligent, most people think we are thick as mince, however, enough about me.
@@jonathanfraser684yeah he is a bit of a bellend and yeah I would say it to his face. I’d also thank him for his service even though that isn’t really a thing we do here in the UK as it’s a bit cringe as he’s not just your average squaddie. He’s top tier and has done things that have put his life on the line time after time.
@@jonathanfraser684i met him once through pure chance and he is totally sound.. i didn't realise it was him til later.. but he was very nice guy to talk with and good hearted.. would be really glad to know him in life
The SAS is always the first In at any conflict sometimes years ahead of a conflict start doing valuable recognisance work always under cover undetected .
You're thinking of the Pathfinders, SAS and SBS usually go in around the same time as the regular military but they do more dangerous and top secret missions, the Pathfinders do what they're called, they go in and do reconnaissance and get Intel on the enemy and how best to attack/move forward and essentially find a path forward
You believe this Hollywood's crap? Nato Gang against taliban with AK's sent them back home tail between their legs... Keep hyping up your LGtvQ to Join the deserted army by these kind of videos...
I have a comment on this personally, i have a cousin who years ago was in the army, he told me of an exercise he did with the sas. there was a group of 8 sas inside a camp and army had to guard them to make sure they stayed there. He told me by morning the army group were surrounded by the sas. no one got discovered and all finished up surrounding the army group. he was in awe.
Having been on a SAS mission myself no one can prepare you for it, we helicoptered out to shipment cargo boat and repelled down from the chopper, we made contact with the enemy through the deck windows and then moved down the stairs taking drunken targets out in which some were also sleeping in there bunks. We then continued the message to find intel inside one of the cargo containers before we were compromised, all hell broke loose and we engaged the enemy from the other side of the catwalk, suddenly a bomb went off in the boat in which water was flooding in we had minutes to sprint back up stairs to the deck before we started to sink at the last minute we scrambled outside and jumped off the edge of the boat into our get away chopper before heading back to base
@@NJD_98Paddy Mayne was Irish and Jock Lewes was born in India to an English father and Australian mother. David Stirling was Scottish. The Commando Brigade which many of its members went on to form the SAS was primarily formed from English regiments. Make of that what you will.
@@peterd4011 Perhaps, but the actual representation of the actual members, a lot of people who knew them have said the representation of Paddy Mayne and David Stirling were ridiculous and far fetched
The second biggest regret in my life was not attempting (no where near it) my Para basic training. I was given a recommendation for Intelligence and Security (5 Para as it used to be known) which included 11 extra weeks training to become a corporal but I had to make the biggest mistake off my life before anything really began and end up in the wrong institution. Blew it.
There are no wrong decisions. Who knows why your life didn’t go that way. You might have ended up somewhere and your life might have ended tragically and prematurely. Everything happens for a reason. Thank you for your service no matter what section of it you were/are in. 💪
British military is nuts. Just the regular soldiers are in for 9 years minimum. I met some of then in Belize (formerly British Honduras). Tough and professional. Almost got beat up by some in a bar for being a long haired American. But most of them were nice enough guys if they weren't drinking. And their accents were much thicker than this guy's. I mean, I literally couldn't understand a lot of what they said.
“Just the regular soldiers are in for 9 years minimum” this is incorrect the minimum serving times for the army and navy are around 4 years sometimes 3 and a half depending on which role you choose
@@reddiver7293 SMH...i said " ..this guy's accent isn't strong at all.." like you intimated. So, perhaps it's who you should read carefully before posting condescension?
Reading comprehension is not your strong point, is it? The accents I mentioned were that of British soldiers in Belize. Not the gentleman's in this video. Show me where that is not the case. Waiting...
I used to admire these guys and dream about being one of these guys... but since I realised they are just pawns for things they don't even know, makes me feel sorry for them... dedicated their whole lives for lies... just sad what they put themselves through for lies and agendas...
@@freddiet8639 😂😂 why you butt hurt about my comment? You are quite far off with your guess there... Don't worry what I do with my life buddy you just focus on yours
I know of a few of these chaps - there is no bullshit with them. They are a very different breed and class. What is often ignored is that they have smarts. They are a handful.
Lads on council estates with fik all prospects take note,, a well trained and focused team of us can do some OUTLANDISH stuff, all depends on an accurate assessment of those around you, if the armed forces are able to take you from benefits and causing problems to causing problems for OTHERS imagine what you could achieve if you stopped smoking weed and actually TRIED?🤷🏻♂️,, TOO MANY OF US JUST ACCEPT THE PATH SET FOR US BY THOSE WHO DGAF, why not walk another one?
If guys with less experience than others and funding, who can’t own a weapon in their normal life, are the best soldiers, we have a major problem in the west.
We were listening to big Wullie Manson gassing about how his pal was in the SAS .One of the boys had enough and said ....Aye i heard he does a lot of Saturday and Sunday shifts right enough 😅
Members of RAF Regt make up elements of UK Special Forces Support Group without them the SAS & SBS wouldn’t be able to complete a lot of their mission’s … and they’ll tell you that. That’s why it was set up in 2006.
BULLSHIT!! Just because they say they are sas / sbs / navy seal etc 99% of the time they are talking out their arse hole... you're too gullible mate... stolen valor at its finest!
@na-dk9vm LOL I was training with them dipshit. If you knew anything about ft Irwin California damn near every army in the world trains there at some point. I was in 75th ranger regiment training with SAS...Was asked by our 1st Sgt to show them a good time. Not much to do out that way so we ended up at a strip club.
Ye taking the whole country in less than a year except for the remote mountain regions were the taliban hid is a defeat. Occupying a country for 20 years installing a new government is a defeat. Killing over 45 thousand Afghans while losing less than 3 thousand to mostly ieds is a defeat. In august last year the coalition forces totaled 600 and still the taliban didn't show themselves Then when the last plane left they finally came out of the caves and celebrated like they'd won. Haha Get a grip If your country has its government removed and replaced with a coalition led civilian government and they remain there for two decades then you lost big time. The only defeat was trying to train the afghans to run their country and keep the taliban out. If the coalition wanted to stay they could of stayed as long as they wanted The stupidity of your comment is even funnier because in that first decade in Afghanistan they took Iraq and removed saddam tried and executed him installed a coalition government then went to Libya removed gaddafi installed a civilian government and all while still occupying Afghanista That was all done in ten years The taliban are lucky the coalition showed restraint They could of simply removed the boots on the ground and nuked the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They should of
My dad (when he was younger) is a chemical engineer and he told me a story of when he used to work on an oil rig and the SBS were doing training which involved storming the platform and they dropped them out in the sea about 2 miles out and they swam unassisted onto the platform and then stormed it
Ye taking the whole country in less than a year except for the remote mountain regions where the taliban hid is a defeat. Occupying a country for 20 years installing a new government is a defeat. Killing over 45 thousand Afghans while losing less than 3 thousand to mostly ieds is a defeat. In august last year the coalition forces totaled 600 and still the taliban didn't show themselvesThen when the last plane left they finally came out of the caves and celebrated like they'd won. Haha Get a grip If your country has its government removed and replaced with a coalition led civilian government and they remain there for two decades then you lost big time. The only defeat was trying to train the afghans to run their country and keep the taliban out. If the coalition wanted to stay they could of stayed as long as they wanted The stupidity of your comment is even funnier because in that first decade in Afghanistan they took Iraq and removed saddam tried and executed him installed a coalition government then went to Libya removed gaddafi installed a civilian government and all while still occupying Afghanista That was all done in ten years The taliban are lucky the coalition showed restraint They could of simply removed the boots on the ground and nuked the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They should of
Did an Aussie SAS Cadre course in the 1980s. no matter what our rank was when we arrived, we were all addressed as Ranger. I actually enjoyed the selection course and it was not as difficult as these tv shows make out! There is absolutely no shouting like it shows on tv. If SAS have to shout to get you motivated, they don't want you.
Well what can I say. It is not made clear in your comment if you agree with him. For him to be able to properly make a valid, reasoned comparison, he would had to have served with Aussie SAS for some time including on wartime operations, then compare his experience with Brit SAS. His opinion is just one persons opinion and we have a saying here, 'opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one' I am curious Jonathon, are you of the same opinion as Ant? @@jonathanfraser684
@Keithad6845. Ant wasnt just guessing or just speaking out when he said the Aussies are a par below the rest,he said ARE from experience ,the british are the best in the world, ARE. Its not hate,its just FACT
I guess you agree with Ant. That is your opinion and you have your right to your opinion. I don't have an opinion on Aussie v Brit SAS because I am not a position to make an informed opinion - I have no experience with UK SAS beyond working in the UK on film/tv sets with a retired SASR armourer a few years back. Closest I ever got. Though I have visited the Brit SAS cemetery near their old barracks. I see you are set in your opinion and wont be swayed so wont attempt to engage in tet-a-tet with you. Sounds like you have done an in depth study of Brit and Aussie SAS to make an informed opinion, congratulations on your extensive research enabling you to make such a bold opinion. @@jonathanfraser684
