The selection phase has three main sections:
● Physical endurance
● Combat
● Survival and evading capture.
- Selections are held twice a year regardless of weather conditions. A candidate must be male, not to have exceeded the age of 32 years. He must have been a regular member of the Armed Forces for at least a three year period.
- Candidates are allowed only two attempts at selection, after which they may never reapply and some are not even allowed a second chance.
- Over the period of four weeks, candidates will perform long runs and hikes that progressively get longer. Weights are carried in the process to make it more difficult. The final stage of this phase of selection is known as "Test Week." It concludes with an "Endurance" test of a forty mile march across the Brecon Beacons that must be completed in less than twenty hours with a load in excess of fifty-five pounds plus water, food and rifle.
-The combat phase is held in the jungles of Brunei or Malaysia.
-The SAS, unlike most regiments, uses live ammunition on their combat phase. 'You only get one chance'.
-If candidates have managed to pass through the combat phase, they then go through survival, escape and evasion training. In this phase candidates undergo a survival trial in the jungle, in which they only have a small 'survival kit'. They must survive for a week while evading a hunter force.
-After this week, the candidates must give themselves up at an agreed meeting point. They will then be taken back to the enemy HQ and interrogated. They must undergo physical and mental torture as well as aggressive interrogation.
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