Royal Marines / Para Troopers ?

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Ha! as a former paratrooper, I am sure I can comprehend exactly what role the paras take. Thanks for the lesson though, sometimes I do forget basic details about what it was I did for a living for several years.

You can join directly as a paratrooper, at either officer or tom level. Alternatively you can join other branches like artillery, REME, Engineers and join the brigade after passing P-company and your jumps course, as I did.

They most certainly do not fall under the command of DSFG.

On my pre para there were a few guys from the rifles. I couldnt possibly say how likely it is. Its possible, but depends on how much your seniors are prepared to chase it for you.

. As wiht pay im not sure

Ha! as a former paratrooper, I am sure I can comprehend exactly what role the paras take. Thanks for the lesson though, sometimes I do forget basic details about what it was I did for a living for several years.

You can join directly as a paratrooper, at either officer or tom level. Alternatively you can join other branches like artillery, REME, Engineers and join the brigade after passing P-company and your jumps course, as I did.

They most certainly do not fall under the command of DSFG.

Only 1 Para has restricted selection criterea, 2 and 3 Para are normal units.

But I'm sure Para's has more restriction then the RAF regiment, right?

I am an ex 1 Para soldier and have worked with boot necks and Sas I know a Marine who failed P Coy!! And all my Para mates passed the all arms Marine course so that speaks for itself

I like the fact that everyone is saying para troopers because they supply the SAS with the most soldiers and this only because para troopers are the next best air support unit, but you wont get any of the para troopers in the SBS because only royal marines can enter the SBS, if you read up about the SBS you will find out that it is usually this unit who does most of the major operations nowadays because the SAS have been bigged up by the media and made them less secretive. Also the SBS requires exactly the same training as the SAS but more. But to be honest I don't know why someone would judge what special force they want to go on based on getting in the SAS or SBS because the chances of that happening is extremely slim. Me personally I would go join the royal marines because it is the hardest training which means if you complete it you know you are ready for war.

You are a propper whopper. First off, there is no UKSF selection test that qualifies you for the SAS, so you lie. The SBS do not do the same selection as the SAS, so you are stupid. As for "further" training ? Yeah, right. Theres not enough info on the SBS cock up's because they dont do so many missions/opperations. But they still have them. We could go back to South Georgia or the Falklands ? Where so many RM decided to retreat (hide) rather than charge in and atack certain positions. (Very well noted) Remember the song, "Hands up, baby hands up........) You need to grow up and realise the two are really different. When the SAS went into Sierra Leone to successfully rescue troops, the SAS declined the RM support which was readilly available and insisted on the Paras. The RM would have wanted to go in and set up tents to imunise people and hospital tents etc. The Paras were there to just go in and kill people. Two very different types of troops. If you want a trade, join the marines. If you want to kill trogs, join the paras.