NEW Oz Special Forces photos

[n4292936]

A candidate for Special Forces grimaces during the pain of the endurance test during the entry test at SFTC at Singleton.
http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1097/images/16sfetmay20.jpg

Soldiers who join under the SFDRS are doing well so far during their accelerated training.
http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1097/images/16sfdrsmay20.jpg

A commando recon team scan the shoreline before moving their klepper to a hide.
http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1097/images/17commandos1may20.jpg

1 Cdo Regt meets the challenge
http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1097/images/17commandomay20%20copy.jpg


A Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) trooper scales a ladder up the side of HMAS Kanimbla during exercises as part of Exercise Mercury in the seas north of Darwin.
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/mar/260304/JPAU21MAR04DH003_lo.jpg

http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/mar/260304/JPAU21MAR04DH090_lo.jpg

http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/mar/260304/JPAU21MAR04DH097_lo.jpg

Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) troopers conduct fast roping exercises from a 5 Aviation Regiment Black Hawk helicopter aboard HMAS Kanimbla as part of ongoing training for Exercise Mercury in the seas north of Australia.
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/mar/260304/JPAU22MAR04DH066_lo.jpg

Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) troopers in a rigid hull inflatable boat along side HMAS Kanimbla conduct water operations as part of Exercise Mercury in the seas north of Darwin.
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/mar/260304/JPAU22MAR04DH154_lo.jpg


The in-exercise response to a terrorist incident by Special Forces Commandos form 4RAR conducted in Tasmania as part of Exercise Mercury. Its purpose is to showcase the capability of having proven command structures, procedures and techniques within our national resources to deal with threats or acts of terrorism in Australia. The ex was kicked off with the code phrase "Luke, I am your father" rofl
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/mar/260304/JPAU25MAR04NR06_lo.jpg

Commando TAG group during the same exercise
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/may/110504/Counter%20Terrorism/JPAU25MAR04NR02_lo.jpg

Black Hawk helicopters unload troops from 4RAR during Commando recruiting demonstration.
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/may/110504/Counter%20Terrorism/NIUE20030624-10_lo.jpg

Get Some!! woot
sorry if some of these are reposts. suffer in silence if they are
www.AusSpecialForces.com woot

[DownTown1]

Great pics.

Thanks for the link.

[Hawaii_Light]

awsome, those ship to ship transfer look like a hell of a lot of fun :D

[n4292936]

The Ship Underway Recovery capability has been with the SASR for a while now. Because Commandos are relatively new (the complete development of the entire range of their SF taskings didnt take place until mid 2000 - after their Timor deployment) and because up until these last two years they have been undermanned, the capability has only been integrated into the Commandos recently. When we (we being team Australia) took down to DPRK heroin smuggling vessel in the Coral Sea in 2003 the SAS went in by boat using the same skills diplayed here. Thanks to persistent training and plenty of personell swaps, both Commandos and the SASR have the SUR capability now.


Great pics.

Thanks for the link.

No problem, if you have any commentary to offer about the site I'd be grateful. I've recently got official support for it from the SF Training Centre at Singleton and hope to make some improvements in the coming months.

[Hawaii_Light]

Thats your site?

its pretty awsome

[SOG]

well if i havnt seen it, its new to me! fun pics woot

[Philbert]

Ive seen some guys trying for SASR being tested at singleton last year.
was there on cadet bivouac and they were doing nav ex right near us
gee some of them are big buggers.

[n4292936]

Im surprised to hear that given that if they have been doing their training properly they should look more like endurance athletes ie thin and lean. You must have caught them during the begining of selection - typical weight loss hovers around the 10-15 Kilos mark

[Philbert]

Yeah what i mean by big buggers was tall and broad, not like really big, thats what i meant

[n4292936]

Here's a couple more for your voyeuristic enjoyment
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/may/110504/Counter%20Terrorism/JPAU22MAR04DH144_lo.jpg
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/may/110504/Counter%20Terrorism/JPAU24MAR04DH017_lo.jpg