2007-07-20 06:53:21 · 29 answers · asked by kruella 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Special Air Service
2007-07-20 06:56:37 · answer #1 · answered by Hippie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Special Air Services
2007-07-20 15:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Special Air Service
2007-07-20 14:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by DonaldDuck 39 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Special Air Service.
2007-07-20 14:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Special Air Service. And they're not secret service, they're Special Forces. And in the case of the SAS, a lot more special than anyone else.
And they're a very small force, because they don't just take the best, they take the best and then set the bar a little higher.
When you consider the Royal Marines say 99.9% need not apply, the SAS could reasonably say that 99.99999% won't get asked.
Because you don't apply, you get picked.
2007-07-24 13:52:29 · answer #5 · answered by Beastie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SAS stands for Special Air Service. Tey are not secret service, just a very highly trained branch of the army.
2007-07-21 09:00:20 · answer #6 · answered by Mike T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As many others have all ready answered , SAS stands for Special Air Service and is the armies premier and most well known Special Forces unit.
However many have also mentioned the SBS (the Royal Marines Special Forces unit) however SBS stands for Special Boat Squadron, not service as many have said.
2007-07-21 05:49:48 · answer #7 · answered by Wren M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As others have already answered, 'Special Air Service'.
The regiment was a offsoot of the LRDG - 'Long Range Dessert Group' active in the WWIII western dessert theatre starting in 1941.
Whilst the LRDG was essentially a reconnaissance unit The SAS was primarily tasked with attacking enemy airfields and the destruction of axis aircraft on the ground, it is from this role that the name originates.
Although early raids met with only limited success, lessons were learned and techniques improved making the unit a very effective force in the dessert environment.
Since then the role of the SAS has largely reverted to reconnaissance and surveillance, a role it fulfilled with much success during the troubles in Northern Ireland.
Men of the regiment did take part in an attack on a airstrip on East Falkland during the action to expel the Argentine invaders in 1982. This attack reprised the regiments original role of attacking aircraft on the ground. Several Argentine aircraft were destroyed in this attack during which the attacking troops lost no casualties, a text book commando operation.
Nowadays the SAS (sometimes referred to as the 22nd regiment) is more famous for clandestine anti-terrorist operations. It is difficult to say how effective they are as this information is, quite correctly, not in the public domain.
2007-07-20 15:01:37 · answer #8 · answered by GRP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. While a small and secretive institution, it sometimes attracts a disproportionate amount of media coverage.
The SAS forms the core of the United Kingdom Special Forces, alongside the Special Boat Service (SBS), the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR), and the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). The SAS, ranked by many as one of the best special forces units in the world, today serves as a model for similar units fielded by other countries.
The SAS can trace its existence back to 1941, when British Army volunteers conducted raids behind enemy lines in the North African Campaign of WWII. The Regiment's motto is "Who Dares Wins....
2007-07-20 14:02:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Special Air Service=SAS
Special Boat Service+ SBS
2007-07-20 13:57:38 · answer #10 · answered by theunknownstuntman 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋