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Armed SAS troops have reportedly been deployed to key positions in busy streets across the UK, with hopes that the tactic will have soldiers poised for any unfolding terror attacks.
One source told The Mirror: "The view is there are so many homeless people out there undercover operators will remain safe and anonymous.
[...] Another source claimed to the paper that the operation had been ongoing for "some time", with soldiers stationed around transport hubs and shopping centres.
Soldiers from the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Wing have reportedly been drafted for the operation.
Source: The Sun
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @11:46PM (4 children)
posting anon for obvious reasons
I served in the Parachute Regiment starting in 1987. I went on to pass selection for a unit called 14 Intelligence Company(AKA The Det).
We did all the information gathering clouding photographic(still, video and audio) for the SAS to then go and take action on.
My Regiment supplies, both then and now, by far the most amount of soldiers to the SAS. Not me though, 14 Int which thgen became the Special Reconnaissance Regiment was plenty enough action for me.
I served with many SAS soldiers and their roles are many. This is something the SAS are quite suited to and have done similar roles in the past.
The SAS are ARMY .. soldiers and the "Air" applies to them the way "Airborne" applied to me and the rest of my Regiment and they also started life as an Army Commando unit. Also the SAS.. I'd put them up against the Seals 5 times a day, every day of the week and 40 times on Sunday.
And yes I say that from having served , both on exercise and in live theatres of warfare with seals.
As for the Sun, Mirror etc... well if you used them for toilet roll, more shit would come off the paper than your arse however the Independent(a quality broadsheet) also reports on it HERE [independent.co.uk] quoting the Mirror's and it's article is 2 days old and comes up top of the google search
Wow.. you do realise that.....The SAS are perfect for this role, also there's rather a lot more than you think.. there's 21 reserve (Artists Rifles - an old historical titles they ad but really they were outstanding forgers and outstanding soldiers), 22 who you will have heard of as it's the main unit and of course 23 SAS Reserves(based in Birmingham but has little satellite locations all round the UK. The SAS are also being given an extra 1500 men.. which will happen when the poor fuckjers can pass the course and I can tell you I have seen some hard as fuck, solid soldiers get minced by that course and come back somewhat more humble than they were before going on selection.
to sum up.. again the SAS are perfect for this role and have done it many times in many locations and much more besides while I served in direct support of their roles on a few those occasions... however it is a general rule of thumb that an active clandestine.operation would not be announced. I joined in 87(first three of my number 247(which can date entry ) and got out in 1999 as a Sgt(it's a lot harder in the British army than the yank army to get promoted, certainly in my day for sure. The Sceptic Tanks (yanks) get badges of rank thrown at them all over the place and having served alongside in support of the SAS in a fair few varying ways but mostly observational capability I can safely say what I have said confident that what I say is all present and correct on the "been there, done that, served alongside the regularly" stakes
want specifics?? dial 0800 get fucked. while my reserve service is now done, I also know that the Official secrets act most certainly isn't in regards to duties perfomed. broad strokes.. yeah.. easy but specifics.. nah.. can't help you
(Score: 2) by Kell on Monday June 19 2017, @12:48AM
You sound like an interesting person to share a pint with. Good stuff.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @05:32AM (1 child)
That's the point, you can't just magically give them an extra 1500 men..
If, as they say, less that 10% of the current candidates (and they're already a 'pre-filtered' group) pass, then to get this figure you'll have to put well over 15,000 through the course, now, as there's only between 70,000-113,100 soldiers currently in the forces one wonders how this'll pan out.
Of course, the could 'lower the bar'....somehow, I think not.
Ah, an RE colleague once referred to such things ('Operational' USian military decorations and the suchlike) as 'Muttley medals'..
I don't know why I've never heard that one before, but thank you for it, made my morning...
(Score: 1) by Pax on Monday June 19 2017, @01:39PM
maybe you have never run out of toilet roll!
(Score: 2) by turgid on Monday June 19 2017, @07:11PM
Are you the session who played lead for Ritchie Blackmore on Smoke on the water? :-)
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