The SAS in WW2: everything you wanted to know
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The History of Parachuting
They had to do parachute training, even when they weren't parachuting for much of the desert contest. They did long marches with very little water in the desert with very heavy packs and anybody who couldn't keep up or tried to steal somebody else's water was out immediately. One man remembers sitting at a table of objects for 30 seconds and trying to remember as many of those objects as he could. It's almost a game show. So there was a great deal of, you know, very distinctive training that went in. A lot of it was weaponry but also initiative and very specific to the role.
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