Do you have to be a cubscout to join MI6? Do you have to save up teh coupons from cans of hair mousse before you can join NASA? If you do 200 pressups on your ADSC do you automatically get into the army as a Corporal? :lol: Fair play, there's always a sarky prick on every thread xD Just joking :)

First of you will need to be in the Army to join the SAS and as most of the men from the SAS come from the PARA's I suggest that you get your self fit and join them, but there is no guarantee that you will even pass their selection tests, so take one step at a time. Yeah, Im planning to Join the Pa...

Oh right.

Ares, I know you dont NEED to be a Para to get selection for the SAS but you will have the best chance.

Ive also heard that you cant apply for the SAS, you have to be selected by someone. Is this true?

Would you have to be in 1 Para to have selection with the SAS anyway?

Yeah there is a chance.

Seriously stop worrying though, it's good that you want to be prepared for it but at the end of the day just try your best - I'm looking to follow the same route, except I want to spend time with the PFs before I go for SAS.

Not worrying, just interested and curious

Tab wrote:I have known soldiers go straight into one para from training. Normally they like to have soldiers that have done a tour of duty some where so that they know what it is all about.

So it is possible to go into Para 1 after training but you have to be extremely good during training?

Go into the Para's then go for one Para which is now Special Forces Support Group and you will get a good idea what it is all about. Also about 70% of the SAS are all ex Para the same as most of the SBS are ex RM. It says on The Para website that you have to be in 2 or 3 para for 2/3 years then you...

When I wanted to join the Marines I ordered a recruitment DVD off the website, its on youtube - watch it here: Skip to 01:54 and watch until 02:14.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chc-2pG0maI

Thanks. I didn't think it would be 3 years for selection for SAS, Marines are only 18/24 months.

Hi everyone, I was planning on Joining the Royal Marines then SAS but after researching and thinking I would say that the Paras have more have a chance than the Marines of getting into the SAS because of the obvious parachute training. I know that getting into the SAS is extremely difficult but that...

Thanks Ares. I haven't seen eithier but I'l watch them now

Ive also enjoyed watching a couple of things of the SAS on youtube such as: SAS Black Kit: http://youtu.be/_Ray_6iXhtk SAS Equipment: http://youtu.be/IxG9azm2yqs SAS Weapons: http://youtu.be/UVz6rqpnMBY SAS Snipers: http://youtu.be/6As30v_jhXI Also enjoyed at the moment watching Ultimate Force about...

Just watched it now and is excellent! Definetely worth a watch!

The adverts are annoying but at least there's only a 30 second advert online compared to 5 minute advert on TV

RM and Para Regt have never disliked each other, having spent quite a long time working in mixed Units never saw anything but good healthy banter...sadly for the Para's they struggle to keep up!! :lol: :lol: :lol: I assumed they disliked each other as I read Steven Preece's "Among The Marines&...