Thread: Book Review...Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls

Originally Posted by scottrods

I've already read it, and I found it a light read.

I accept that the territorial SAS are a different bunch from the full timers but those guys have to still go to work and achieve the same tests and pass rates at the weekend afterwards. They still do jobs in theatres around the world as much as a reg SAS. I'd find it hard to say they are any less elite.

I dont doubt his soldiering qualities but, it is to me, annoying with the way his short time in a reserve unit is thrived upon. I know a couple of ex 22 regs that feel the same.
How can the standards and criteria be the same from fulltime to part-time? Impossible when you only serve a month or 2 total out of a year and some modules are 3-6 months long for regular troopers.
So therefore the standards required have to be different. Would you take your rifle to a full or part-time smith?

Aussie SAS got removed from the same status as 22 and 1 SAS for similar paradeing. I deal with an Aussie reserve SAS member everyday, that is a complete knob so maybe I am biased. He wears a peak cap with the wings and dagger on it everywhere. Most regulars I know, never showpony their membership in the unit. Only people close to them know what they do and sometimes they dont.