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Special Air Service

Special Air Service
Special Air Service badge

Active 1 July 1941 8 October 1945

1 January 1947 present

Country United Kingdom

Branch British Army

Type Special Forces

Role Special Operations

Size Three regiments:

21 S.A.S
22 S.A.S
[1]
23 S.A.S

Partof United Kingdom Special Forces

Garrison/HQ Regimental headquarters: Hereford

21 S.A.S: London
22 S.A.S: Credenhill
23 S.A.S: Birmingham

Nickname [2]
The Regiment

Motto Who Dares Wins

Colours Pompadour blue

March Quick: Marche des Parachutistes Belges

Slow: Lili Marlene

Engagements World War II

Malayan Emergency
IndonesiaMalaysia confrontation
Dhofar Rebellion
Aden Emergency
Northern Irish Troubles
Falklands War
Gulf War
NATO intervention in Bosnia
Operation Barras
War In Afghanistan
Iraq War
Operation Ellamy

Commanders
Colonel-Commandant Field Marshal The Lord GuthrieWikipedia:Link rot

Notable Colonel David Stirling

commanders Lieutenant-Colonel Paddy Mayne
Brigadier Mike Calvert
Major-General Anthony Deane-Drummond
General Peter de la Billire
General Michael Rose
Lieutenant-General Cedric Delves
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The Special Air Service or SAS is a regiment of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. It is part of the
United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) and has served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all
over the world.[][3] The SAS together with the Special Boat Service (SBS), Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR),
Special Forces Support Group (SFSG), 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment and the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing
form the UKSF under the command of the Director Special Forces.
The SAS traces its origins to 1941 and the Second World War, and was reformed as part of the Territorial Army in
1947, and named the 21st Battalion, SAS Regiment, (Artists Rifles). The Regular Army 22 SAS later gained fame
and recognition worldwide after successfully assaulting the Iranian Embassy in London and rescuing hostages during
the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege, lifting the regiment from obscurity outside the military establishment.[4]
The Special Air Service presently comprises 22 Special Air Service Regiment of the Regular Army, 21 Special Air
Service Regiment and 23 Special Air Service Regiment from the Territorial Army. It is tasked primarily with
counter-terrorism in peacetime and special operations in wartime.

History
The Special Air Service was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War, formed in July 1941 by David
Stirling and originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade the "L" designation and Air Service
name being a tie-in to a British disinformation campaign, trying to deceive the Axis into thinking there was a
paratrooper regiment with numerous units operating in the area (the real SAS would 'prove' to the Axis that the fake
one existed).[][5] It was conceived as a commando force to operate behind enemy lines in the North African
Campaign[6] and initially consisted of five officers and 60 other ranks.[7] Its first mission, in November 1941, was a
parachute drop in support of the Operation Crusader offensive. Due to German resistance and adverse weather
conditions, the mission was a disaster: 22 men, a third of the unit, were killed or captured.[8] Its second mission was
a success: transported by the Long Range Desert Group, it attacked three airfields in Libya, destroying 60 aircraft
without loss. In September 1942 it was renamed 1st SAS, consisting at that time of four British squadrons, one Free
French, one Greek, and the Folboat Section.[9]
In January 1943, Stirling was captured in Tunisia and Paddy Mayne
replaced him as commander.[10] In April 1943, the 1st SAS was
reorganised into the Special Raiding Squadron under Mayne's
command and the Special Boat Squadron was placed under the
command of George Jellicoe.[11] The Special Raiding Squadron fought
in Sicily and Italy along with the 2nd SAS, which had been formed in
North Africa in 1943 in part by the renaming of the Small Scale
Raiding Force. The Special Boat Squadron fought in the Aegean
Islands and Dodecanese until the end of the war.[12] In 1944 the SAS
Brigade was formed from the British 1st and 2nd SAS, the French 3rd
and 4th SAS and the Belgian 5th SAS. It was tasked with parachute SAS patrol in North Africa during WW2.
operations behind the German lines in France[] and carried out
operations supporting the Allied advance through Belgium, the Netherlands (Operation Pegasus), and eventually into
Germany (Operation Archway).[]
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Post war
At the end of the war the British Government saw no further need for the force and disbanded it on 8 October 1945.
The following year it was decided there was a need for a long-term deep-penetration commando unit, and a new SAS
regiment was to be raised as part of the Territorial Army.[13] Ultimately, the Artists Rifles, raised in 1860 and
headquartered at Dukes Road, Euston, took on the SAS mantle as 21st SAS Regiment (V) on 1 January 1947.[]
In 1950, a 21 SAS squadron was raised to fight in the Korean War. After three
months of training in England, it was informed that the squadron would no
longer be required in Korea and so it instead volunteered to fight in the Malayan
Emergency. Upon arrival in Malaya, it came under the command of Mike Calvert
who was forming a new unit called the Malayan Scouts (SAS). Calvert had
already formed one squadron from 100 volunteers in the Far East, which became
A Squadronthe 21 SAS squadron then became B Squadron; and after a
recruitment visit to Rhodesia by Calvert, C Squadron was formed from 1,000
Rhodesian volunteers.[14] The Rhodesians returned home after three years service
and were replaced by a New Zealand squadron.[15] By this time, the need for a
regular army SAS regiment had been recognised; 22 SAS Regiment was
21 SAS soldier after a night
formally added to the army list in 1952 and has been based at Hereford since parachute drop exercise in Denmark,
1960.[] In 1959 the third regiment, 23 SAS Regiment, was formed by renaming 1955
the Reserve Reconnaissance Unit, which had succeeded MI9 and whose
members were experts in escape and evasion.

22 SAS Regiment
Since serving in Malaya, men from the regular army 22 SAS Regiment have taken part in covert reconnaissance and
surveillance by patrols and some larger scale raiding missions in Borneo.[16] An operation against communist
guerillas included the Battle of Mirbat in the Oman.[17] They have also taken part in operations in the Aden
Emergency,[18] Northern Ireland,[19] and Gambia. Their Special projects team assisted the West German
counter-terrorism group GSG 9 at Mogadishu. The SAS counter terrorist wing famously took part in a hostage
rescue operation during the Iranian Embassy Siege in London.[20] During the Falklands War B squadron were
prepared for Operation Mikado before it was subsequently cancelled whilst D and G squadrons were deployed and
participated in the raid on Pebble Island.[21] Operation Flavius was a controversial operation in Gibraltar against the
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). 22 SAS also directed NATO aircraft onto Serb positions and hunted war
criminals in Bosnia.
The Gulf War, in which A, B and D squadrons deployed, was the largest SAS mobilisation since the Second World
War, also notable for the failure of the Bravo Two Zero mission.[22] In Sierra Leone it took part in Operation Barras,
a hostage rescue operation, to extract members of the Royal Irish Regiment. In the Iraq War, it formed part of Task
Force Black and Task Force Knight, with A Squadron 22 SAS being singled out for exceptional service by General
Stanley McChrystal, the American commander of NATO forces: during a six-month tour it carried out 175 combat
missions. In 2006 members of the SAS were involved in the rescue of peace activists Norman Kember, James Loney
and Harmeet Singh Sooden. The three men had been held hostage in Iraq for 118 days during the Christian
Peacemaker hostage crisis. Operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan involved soldiers from 21 and 23 SAS
Regiments.
Various British newspapers have speculated on the SAS involvement in Operation Ellamy and the 2011 Libyan civil
war, the Daily Telegraph reports that "defence sources have confirmed that the SAS has been in Libya for several
weeks, and played a key role in coordinating the fall of Tripoli." While The Guardian reports "They have been
acting as forward air controllers directing pilots to targets and communicating with Nato operational
commanders. They have also been advising rebels on tactics."
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In recent years SAS officers have risen to the highest ranks in the British Army. General Peter de la Billire was the
Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the 1990 Gulf War. General Michael Rose became commander of the
United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia in 1994. In 1997 General Charles Guthrie became Chief of the Defence
Staff the head of the British Armed Forces. Lieutenant-General Cedric Delves was appointed Commander of the
Field Army and Deputy Commander in Chief NATO Regional Headquarters Allied Forces North in 20022003.

Influence on other special forces

Following the post-war reconstitution of the Special Air Service, other countries in the Commonwealth recognised
their need for similar units. The New Zealand Special Air Service squadron was formed in 1954 to serve with the
British SAS in Malaya. Australia formed the 1st SAS Company in July 1957, which became a full regiment of the
Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) in August 1964. On its return from Malaya, the C (Rhodesian)
Squadron formed the basis for creation of the Rhodesian Special Air Service in 1961.[] It retained the name "C
Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air Service" within the Rhodesian Security Forces until 1978, when it became 1
(Rhodesian) Special Air Service Regiment.[23]
Non-commonwealth countries have also formed units based on the SAS. The French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute
Regiment (1er RPIMa) can trace its origins to the Second World War 3rd and 4th SAS, adopting its "who dares
wins" motto. The American unit, Delta Force, was formed by Colonel Charles Alvin Beckwith, who served with 22
SAS as an exchange officer, and recognised the need for a similar type of unit in the United States Army.

Organisation
Little publicly verifiable information exists on the SAS, as the United Kingdom Government does not usually
comment on special forces matters due to the nature of their work. The Special Air Service comprises three units:
one Regular and two reserve Territorial Army (TA) units. The regular army unit is 22 SAS Regiment and territorial
army units are 21 SAS Regiment (Artists) and 23 SAS Regiment.

Squadrons
22 SAS Regiment has four operational squadrons: A, B, D and G. Each squadron consists of approximately 60 men
commanded by a major, divided into four troops (each troop being commanded by a captain) and a small
headquarters section.[24] Troops usually consist of 15 men, and each patrol within a troop consists of four men, with
each man possessing a particular skill: signals, demolition, medic or linguist in addition to basic skills learned during
the course of his training. The four troops specialise in four different areas:
Boat troop are specialists in maritime skills using scuba diving, kayaks and Rigid-hulled inflatable boats and
often train with the Special Boat Service.
Air troop are experts in free fall parachuting, High Altitude-Low Opening (HALO) and High Altitude-High
Opening (HAHO) techniques.[]
Mobility troop are specialists in using vehicles and are experts in desert warfare;[25] they are also trained in an
advanced level of motor mechanics to field-repair any vehicular breakdown.[26]
Mountain troop are specialists in Arctic combat and survival, using specialist equipment such as skis,
snowshoes and mountain climbing techniques.
In 1980 R Squadron (which has since been renamed L Detachment) was formed; its members are all ex-regular SAS
regiment soldiers who have a commitment to reserve service.[27]</ref>
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22 Special Air Service Regiment 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) 23 Special Air Service Regiment

'A' Squadron (Hereford) 'A' Squadron (Regent's Park) 'B' Squadron (Leeds)

[28] 'C' Squadron (Bramley)Wikipedia:Link rot 'D' Squadron (Scotland)Wikipedia:Link rot

'B' Squadron

[29] 'E' Squadron (Wales) Wikipedia:Link rot 'G' Squadron (Manchester) Wikipedia:Link rot
'D' Squadron G' Squadron

Special projects team

The special projects team is the official name for the Special Air Service antihijacking counterterrorism team. It is
trained in Close Quarter Battle (CQB) and sniper techniques and specialises in hostage rescue in buildings or on
public transport.[30] The team was formed in 1975 after Prime Minister Edward Heath asked the Ministry of Defence
to prepare for any possible terrorist attack similar to the massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics and ordered that the
SAS Counter Revolutionary Warfare (CRW) wing be raised.[31]
Once the wing had been established, each squadron rotated on a continual basis through counterterrorist training
including hostage rescue, siege breaking, and live firing exercisesit has been reported that during CRW training
each soldier expends as many as 100,000 pistol rounds. Squadrons refresh their training every 16 months, on
average. The CRW wing's first deployment was during the Balcombe Street Siege. The Metropolitan Police had
trapped a PIRA unit; it surrendered when it heard on the BBC that the SAS were being sent in.
The first documented action abroad by the CRW wing was assisting the West German counter-terrorism group GSG
9 at Mogadishu. In 1980 the SAS were involved in a hostage rescue during the Iranian Embassy Siege.

United Kingdom Special Forces

The Special Air Service is under the operational command of the Director Special Forces (DSF), a major-general
grade post. Previously ranked as a brigadier, the DSF was promoted from brigadier to major-general in recognition
of the significant expansion of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF). The UKSF originally consisted of the
regular and the reserve units of the SAS and the Special Boat Service, then joined by two new units: the Special
Forces Support Group and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment. They are supported by the 18 (UKSF) Signal
Regiment and the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing, part of which (8 Flight Army Air Corps) is based in Hereford
with the SAS.

Recruitment, selection and training

All members of the United Kingdom armed forces can be considered
for special forces selection,[32]</ref> but historically the majority of
candidates have an airborne forces background.[33] All instructors are
full members of the Special Air Service Regiment. Selections are held
twice yearly, in summer and winter, in Sennybridge in the Brecon
Beacons. Selection lasts for five weeks and normally starts with about
200 potential candidates. On arrival candidates first complete a
Personal Fitness Test (PFT) and an Annual Fitness Test
(AFT).[34]</ref> They then march cross country against the clock,
Pen y Fan 2,907 feet (886m) above sea-level.
increasing the distances covered each day, culminating in what is
The location for the Fan dance.
known as Endurance: a 40 miles (64km) march with full equipment
scaling and descending Pen y Fan in 20 hours. By the end of the hill
phase candidates must be able to run 4 miles in 30 minutes and swim two miles in 90 minutes.
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Following the hill phase is the jungle phase, taking place in Belize, Brunei, or Malaysia.[35] Candidates are taught
navigation, patrol formation and movement, and jungle survival skills.[36] Candidates returning to Hereford finish
training in battle plans and foreign weapons and take part in combat survival exercises,[37] the final one being the
week-long escape and evasion. Candidates are formed into patrols and, carrying nothing more than a tin can filled
with survival equipment, are dressed in old Second World War uniforms and told to head for a point by first light.
The final selection test is arguably the most gruelling: resistance to interrogation (RTI), lasting for 36 hours.[38]
Typically, 1520% of candidates make it through the hill phase selection process. From the approximately 200
candidates, most will drop out within the first few days, and by the end about 30 will remain. Those who complete
all phases of selection are rewarded with a transfer to an operational squadron.[39]

SAS Reserve selection

The Territorial Army Special Air Service (reserve) Regiments undergo a different selection process, as a part-time
programme over a longer period, designed to select volunteers with the right qualities. It is emphasised that to stand
any chance of success volunteers must be physically fit at the start of the course. The qualities required are:
Physically and mentally robust
Self-confident
Self-disciplined
Able to work alone
Able to assimilate information and new skills
This is followed by Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) Training on Special Forces tactics, techniques and
procedures. This is progressive with the emphasis on individuals assimilating new skills while under physical and
mental pressure.
On successful completion of this training, ranks are badged as SAS(R) and deemed operationally deployable. They
enter a probationary period during which they complete final training including a Basic Parachute Course and a
Communications Course to be fit for mobilisation.

Uniform distinctions
Normal barracks headdress is the sand-coloured beret, its cap badge is a downward pointing Excalibur, wreathed in
flames (often incorrectly referred to as a winged dagger) worked into the cloth of a Crusader shield with the motto
Who Dares Wins.[40]</ref> SAS pattern parachute wings, designed by Lieutenant Jock Lewes and based on the
stylised sacred Ibis wings of Isis of Egyptian iconography depicted in the dcor of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo, are
worn on the right shoulder.[41] Its ceremonial No 1 dress uniform is distinguished by a light blue stripe on the
trousers; the commanding officer and officer of the day wear a black leather pouch belt mounted with a silver whistle
chain and the Mars and Minerva badge of the Artists Rifles. Its stable belt is a shade of blue similar to the blue stripe
on the No 1 dress uniform.
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Battle honours
In the British Army, battle honours are awarded to regiments that have seen active service in a significant
engagement or campaign, generally with a victorious outcome.[42] The Special Air Service Regiment has been
awarded the following battle honours:[43]
North-West Europe 1944-45
Tobruk 1941
Benghazi Raid
North Africa 194043
Landing in Sicily
Sicily 1943
Termoli
Valli di Comacchio
Italy 194345
Greece 194445
Adriatic
Middle East 194344
Falkland Islands 1982
Western Iraq
Gulf 1991

Order of precedence

Precededby British Army Order of Precedence Succeededby

Line Infantry and Rifles Army Air Corps

Memorials
The names of those members of the SAS who have died on duty are inscribed on the regimental clock tower at
Stirling lines, those whose names are inscribed are said by surviving members to have "failed to beat the clock".
Inscribed on the base of the clock is a verse from The Golden Road to Samarkand by James Elroy Flecker:[44]
We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow
Across that angry or that glimmering sea ...
The other main memorial is the SAS and Airborne Forces memorial in the cloisters at Westminster Abbey. The SAS
Brigade Memorial at Sennecey-le-Grand in France commemorates the wartime dead of the Belgian, British, and
French SAS and recently a memorial plaque was added to the David Stirling Memorial in Scotland. There are other
smaller memorials "scattered throughout Europe and in the Far East".
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Alliances
Australia: Special Air Service Regiment
New Zealand: Special Air Service

References
Footnotes
[1] On 31 July 1947, the 21st regiment, SAS Regiment, (Artists Rifles) (Territorial Army) was formed. This was followed on 16 July 1952, when
the 22 SAS Regiment was formed and the 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial Army) was formed in February 1958.
[2] Ryan, p.216
[3] Adams, p.102
[4] Thompson, p.8
[5] Haskew, p.39
[6] Thompson, p.7
[7] Thompson, p.48
[8] Haskew, p.40
[9] Molinari, p.25
[10] Haskew, p.42
[11] Morgan, p.15
[12] Haskew, pp.5254
[13] Shortt & McBride, p.17
[14] Shortt & McBride, p.19
[15] Shortt & McBride, p.20
[16] Scholey & Forsyth, p.12
[17] Scholey & Forsyth, p.104
[18] Scholey & Forsyth, p.57
[19] Scholey & Forsyth, p.53
[20] Scholey & Forsyth, p.11
[21] Scholey & Forsyth, p.212
[22] Scholey & Forsyth, p.265
[23] Abbott, Peter, "Modern African Wars (I): Rhodesia 196580", Osprey Publishing London, 2001, p.18.
[24] Fremont-Barnes, p.62
[25] Ryan, p.150
[26] Ryan, p.97
[27] The Regular reserve is made up of ex-soldiers who have a mobilisation obligation by virtue of their former service in the regular army. For
the most part, these reservists constitute a standby rather than ready reserve, and are rarely mobilised except in times of national emergency or
incipient war.<ref>
[28] Fremont-Barnes, p.4
[29] Thompson, p.86
[30] Ryan, pp.3839
[31] de B. Taillon, p.38
[32] The regular elements of United Kingdom Special Forces never recruit directly from the general public,<ref name=ry17>Ryan, p.17
[33] Ryan, p.15
[34] PFTa minimum of 50 sit ups in two minutes, and 44 press-ups in two minutes and a 1.5 miles (2.4km) run in 10 minutes 30 seconds.
CFT A march as a squad of 8 miles (13km) in two hours carrying 25 kilograms (55lb) of equipment.<ref>
[35] Ryan, p.19
[36] Ryan, p.21
[37] Ryan, p.23
[38] Ryan, p.24
[39] Ryan, p.25
[40] Designed by Bob Tait in 1941, it is a flaming sword, although it is often known as a winged dagger<ref name=st57>Stevens, p.57
[41] Davis, p.67
[42] Griffin, p.187
[43] Chant, p.265
[44] T ()

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