I heard some idiot at my school say it was horrible and devastating what they were doing in interrogating training.

My response was what the hell would a 17 High School Student know about SF Training or Combat. Those blokes in the Sand Coloured Beret know what they're doing.

That kid's probably one of those bloody stupid hippie socialist types.... "Oh how aweful, oh how terrible, oh i want to cry, oh oh oh... bad things don't exist, it's all kittens and bunny rabbits, maybe they should pet rabbits instead of shooting guns.... maybe that would end the terrorism."

What a tool.

Rich.

Not sure about Britain, but we've only got the Special Forces and the SAS here in Oz, cause i guess we don't have enough armed forces to have a dozen different special forces like some other countries.

We don't have a group called the "Special forces".
We've got the SAS and the Commandos. They are, as a group known as the "Australian Special Forces".
Aus SF is made up of SASR and 4RAR (Including 1 & 2 Commando)

It all depends on what the nation labels them. Just because a nation has various different groups under the "special forces" guise, doesn't mean they are that good. We could call 3RAR, or Norforce, or any other Inf battalion special forces, but it's not required. They are good enough to be considered "special forces" by many other countries.



As for the original topic. Who cares. You join the SAS and you expect this. The media loves to beat up a military "abuse" story. They absolutely love them.

I just used the term "special forces" for our non-oz friends out there, because i thought commando was too general... and nobody would have known what i was talking about if i had just said 4RAR. Sorry for the misunderstanding dude.

Rich.

SORRY instead of editing this it put in another post

I dont think that what they are doing is workign to its full effect. I mean I'm sure some of the SAS trainies are just counting down the minutes until thier 3 hours are up and walk out.

Dude, they are dragged out in the cold, in the middle of the night, blindfolded, in front of barking dogs whose breath that can probably feel on their naked genitals because they have been stripped - they are teased by female officers. They're tired, they're cold, they're threatened - what the newspaper doesn't tell you is that they are actually hit, they can't see what's going on so they can't brace themselves for a strike that's coming at them.

Nobody, but nobody, would just be standing there yawning and humming waiting for their time to end. It's easy to assume that, but it's also easy to type on a keyboard. Sure, you know ur not gonna get killed, but it hurts all the same - and it's invasive.

Rich.

Originally Posted by ozmilman

Nobody, but nobody, would just be standing there yawning and humming waiting for their time to end. It's easy to assume that, but it's also easy to type on a keyboard. Sure, you know ur not gonna get killed, but it hurts all the same - and it's invasive.

Rich.

If the training is done properly, you don't know for certain if you will survive or not. It's the whole point of the training.

Yeah, well tnat's right mate, my bad, sorry.

Rich.

I didnt say that they were out humming, talking to eachother, and guessing when tea time is, but what i meant is that in the back of thier minds they ARE trying to tell themselves that they wont kill me, they wont kill me, they wont kill me. If they got captured by lets say the Iraqis they would bind them and let those dogs have a feeding frenzy on their . I do think that the training is useful TO A CERTAIN EXTENT , but that type is torture is something you basicly cant prepare for.

I FIND TYPING ON A KEYBOARD VERY HARD!!!!!!!!