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Dominique
21 November 1999, 16:26
Does any one know if the Commandos have web site up.
Will
22 November 1999, 01:09
Have a look at 1st Commando Regiment Home Page at: http://www.dod.gov.au/reserves/army/_1cdoregt/default.htm
On this topic, does anyone know of any decent SASR pages. I'm interested in the requirements for commandos and SASR vision wise.
Also does anyone know what the PT program given to applicants for SASR selection is like?
Cheers
Will
Mike
22 November 1999, 11:17
To Will, a few months ago, I went to the Australian Army web site and the covers tory of the Army magazine (if that is what it is called) is on SAS selection (standards, training, etc).
Recently saw a reference to a 3rd Commando Regiment, based in Brisbane..... am looking for info about it existence past, present or future.
No other mention of a 3rd Regiment anywhere else I have looked whilst online
Thanks
akro
bosuns_mate
3 July 2000, 07:31
Umm i think that the 3rd Commando Regiment is ARES(Army Reserve).. apart from that i cant think of anything to help...sorry akro
There is no 3 Cdo Regt.
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About 4RAR: do they now have the counter-terrorist role or is it still with SASR? I read somewhere that they do have some responsibility for the Olympic Games security. Also: do new members of the unit come only from other inf battalions or can they join directly after recruit/mustering training and passing selection? How different is the battalion's establishment from that of a normal inf bn? I would assume it would be a lot " lighter ". Is it more similar to 1 Cdo Regt in organisation? Sorry for all the questions, but the articles I have read on 4RAR do not cover much besides its raiding and CQB exercises.
1 Cdo Regt: I saw one of the plts in 2 Cdo Coy is called Timor. Are they all named after Commando campaigns?
4RAR is based around the same principles as 1 Cdo.
As for what it does, you are better off not asking because the entire thing has degenerated into a complete mess. There has even been some talk of reverting back to light infantry.
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"I am going to eat your children. Praise be to Allah."
Mike Tyson
Why, what has the problem been with 4RAR?
It goes back to the moment it was raised. The Army thought that they could raise a commando battalion without having a selection process, but then started scratching their heads when they came up against a large failure rate during training. One bright spark then thought "Hang on, if we introduce a selection process we can avoid this attrition rate!" The joint Commando/SAS selection was a failure that did nothing but stuff both units around. Then there was the idea that they could raise a full battalion in three years. Funnily enough that has noy worked. There is now talk of the battalion being converted back to light infantry for a deployment to Timor in 2001.
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"I am going to eat your children. Praise be to Allah."
Mike Tyson
baboon
12 July 2000, 18:57
XS- Yes, having a common selection course would seem a bit silly, kind of like P Company and SAS selection being the same thing. ( Is there an equivalent of P Company for 3RAR?)Maybe adding an all-regular company to 1st Cdo Regt would have been a better idea. I assume the main problem, as you said, is with getting the right personnel, not with the commando concept of opertations itself.
XS,
I have a buddy who went through selection for the commandos, then the "joint selection" was introduced, so he was told he had to do that as well. Got messed around, spent a lot of time doing nothing / learning nothing, generally wasting time.
Eventually went to a run-of-the-mill infantry reserve unit. Learning a lot, training a lot, disillusioned with the commandos.
Go figure.
Take Care...
G
XS,
I have a buddy who went through selection for the commandos, then the "joint selection" was introduced, so he was told he had to do that as well. Got messed around, spent a lot of time doing nothing / learning nothing, generally wasting time.
Eventually went to a run-of-the-mill infantry reserve unit. Learning a lot, training a lot, disillusioned with the commandos.
Go figure.
Take Care...
G
Sorry `bout the double post!!
There is no equivelant of P Company or the Pathfinders in 3RAR. It is a standard infantry battalion that has been given para training. Nothing like the British.
As far as Commando's go, I take it your friend was going for 1 Cdo? If he is reserves I recomend he goes for the unit again. Now that Commando's are back on their own a sense of normality has returned. By any standards, especially those of a reserve unit, it is of very high standard. Outside of the Army many of its personnel are police in the tactical response group, one of the cliff assault guys is one of the top 10 climbers in Australia and the regular personnel are mostly from SAS backgrounds, so all of the personnel are of a standard above what you would expect from a reserve unit. Plus the unit is pretty well funded.
Don't let the previous mess put him off because it is a good unit.
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"I am going to eat your children. Praise be to Allah."
Mike Tyson
[This message has been edited by XS (edited 07-12-2000).]
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