Any Aussies know anything about the AUS special forces...

Any Aussies know anything about the AUS special forces? I want to train to join but can't decide on SASR or 2nd Commandos

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If you're not even a defense force member yet, there's not much point in planning to join an elite group. At minimum you'll want to graduate year 12 and join the Army before you even think about training for the SASR or 2nd commando.

Yeah ok mate, how many years have you been in the ADF?

Kek

>I want to train to join but can't decide on...

Thats not how it works bruh

You can't just get straight in at the start of your military career with no experience, that's laughable, I don't care how much crossfit you do.

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My brothers mate was a CD in the RAN for 5 years, then he moved over to TAG East

lol I was just watching this earlier

I wouldn't last the first night when they slept at 12 and got up at 2am, I would of been fuck this shit I'm sleeping and rolled over

go through normal army first then go SF if you still want to after that

Everyone wants to play cod until their feet get wet and they have to eat a cold meal at 3am

Yeah i didn't word my first post well at all. I will obviously join the ADF and all that but i'm basically just wondering if anyone with experience could give some advice on the different groups. Sorry for sounding like a complete faggot in my first post

fuck cod I play arma

>that dickhead who wrote an allegorical story instead of an essay
>that young SAS interviewer trying to burn a hole through his head with his eyes whilst the guy tries to explain himself

If you intend on joining regualr army first why don't you wait until are in and then decide from there

Australia is not real.

Work on joining the army first and find out if you even like it or not. Most people don't even end up wanting to do do more than one term, let alone staying long enough to qualify for selection to a special forces unit.

SAS mainly deals in long range recon, operating behind enemy lines, gathering intelligence and counter-terrorism

Commandos are terminators whose main job is to come in fast, hard and fuck shit up.

>mfw a schoolmate was on that

As for your question OP, here's a few tips:-

1. You'll need 2 years minimum Infantry experience before you can even consider SASR/Commando Regiment

2. You'll basically need to be one of the top of your Battalion when it comes to Weapons Handling, Fieldcraft, and all the other shit that's involved with being Infantry

3. You'll essentially be headhunted by both Regiments, hence why you'll need to be one of the best in your Battalion, so you get noticed. Skill wise that is, not the shitcunt that goes around talking yourself up

3. If you do somehow manage to get selected to go on to the Selection Course, make sure you do as much PT as you can, without over doing it. And when you get tired as fuck, do more. Having said that, its more mental than physical. The physical side of it they can train you up for, but you still need to be able to hit times that are better than Reg units, obviously. But the mental side of things can't be trained to a degree. That leads to the next point....

4. Know that if you do somehow get headhunted by them, IT IS 90% MENTAL. They're looking for the blokes that can operate on little to no sleep, under intense pressure, while still being able to make rational, intelligent decisions in quick times.

From what I know, the best way to look at it is this way - when doing Selection, DON'T. EVER. GIVE. UP.

When your at your lowest, keep going, if you thought you failed, keep going, if you want to quit, keep fucking going. Do it hour by hour. Push yourself to make the next hour. And when you make that hour, push yourself to make the next hour.

And always remember, the Selection Instructors are always going to be trying to get you to quit. Unless you are injured enough to have to stop, if the SIs ask if you want to quit, NOPE, keep going.

5. Always do as the SIs instruct you. Nothing more, nothing less. Follow instructions, don't try to be the standout, and at the same time, don't be the shitcunt.

Heh, there's the old saying - SASR are the ones you send in when you want to take out 1 guy, and leave the enemy wondering what the fuck just happened, and the Commando Regiment are the ones you send in when you want to flatten the whole town.

>mfw I forgot mfw

Oh, and the most important thing, you are ALWAYS being watched and evaluated. You won't notice it, but you're always seen. The reason for this is the Instructors want to see how capable you are, how you handle and carry yourself under extreme stress, fatigue, loneliness, and mental anguish.

Like I said earlier, it's the whole mental attitude. They want to know that you can handle the most intense situations, and know that you won't crack under the burden of a high workload and high tempo of work.

It's true. I'm not military or government but here a fair amount of great stories. My current favourite is what Ben Roberts-Smith actually did for the VC. But more bloodthirsty than the official story

AUS army is just a bunch of shitposting bogan cunts, you're better off joining the Emus, kiddo.

Hahaha yeah. Guy was beast mode.

If you have the chance, read Mark Donaldsons book. One of the best books I have ever read. And after you've read it, you'll realise why he's such a hardarse, just because of the adversity he went through as a young bloke, before he even got into the Army.

One thing I took from it also, was how he was a bit of a natural loner, even though he had a few awesome mates. And that's what helped him in whilst being in the SASR, knowing that he'd been through some tough shit as a young bloke, and also having the ability of being happy when alone, or in small teams, the way the SASR operates. He was happy either way, whether he was with all the lads, or just with 3-5 other blokes out on patrol.

I'll have to buy it. He seemed like a decent bloke. But like most SASR they need to be able to go into literal cold blood killer mode. And he did.

I'd add if you guys want some patriotism read Monash: The Outsider Who Won the War. A bit of Aussie supremacy