People claiming to be ex Royal Marine/Para

[PugwasHDJ80]

iambeowulf said:

Isn't Sandhurst just for officer training?

yes, but you can be sponsored by a regiment before you even get to intermediate term

[Asterix]

Countdown said:

My uncle (ex-REME) serviced the Toyota Landcruisers used by the LRDG (predecessors to the SAS). He saw some awful things which he keeps telling us that he doesnt like to talk about.

[jogon]

iphonedyou said:

Maybe they do selection there, too? As they'd have the facilities etc. Like RAFC Cranwell (or like it used to, anyway - don't know about now.)

Was down in Wiltshire for both rounds of Sandhurst selection. First stage was only 3 days of fitness, simple tests and interviews. Second stage was 5 days with medical, further fitness, group leading exercises, assault course and planning tasks. I flunked the speed/time/distance test where someone gets bitten by a snake and you have to organise safe evacuation looking at the map and tools you have to hand.

[Tuvra]

I know someone who was in the SAS, he never, ever speaks about his time in the military though unless you get him on to 4x4's, he will then mention using certain one's "when he was serving".

I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a tattoo either, at least I have never seen any.

[mrtwisty]

22rgt, your thread has arrived.

[Nezquick]

Countdown said:

I seem to recall that PH'er eharding is ex-RM? There was a thread on here a few years ago where he challenged another poster who was claiming to be RM and (IIRC) exposed as a Walt by EH

It was embarrassingly funny...

Also isn't there a another poster who's a "low level covert insertion sniper specialist"? Which begs the question "Are there any high level overt insertion sniper specialists"? ......

I like these old threads - do you have a link?

[Tony Starks]

Guy I used to work with used to pack the ration kit things for the army, reckons it was his favourite job after being a butcher. But I thought special forces guys drank their own wee and only ate rotten carcasses?

My wife also went to school with someone in the Red Arrows, something 'Froggy' Ray.

[Tony 1234]

Er... I was in the scouts so not to far off special forces

[krunchkin]

Tuvra said:

I know someone who was in the SAS, he never, ever speaks about his time in the military though unless you get him on to 4x4's, he will then mention using certain one's "when he was serving".

I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a tattoo either, at least I have never seen any.

How do you know he was in the SAS then?

[iambeowulf]

Tony Starks said:

Guy I used to work with used to pack the ration kit things for the army, reckons it was his favourite job after being a butcher. But I thought special forces guys drank their own wee and only ate rotten carcasses?
.

No, that's Bear(ly) Believable Grylls.

Or Chris I was a cook Ryan.

[Tony Starks]

iambeowulf said:

Tony Starks said:

Guy I used to work with used to pack the ration kit things for the army, reckons it was his favourite job after being a butcher. But I thought special forces guys drank their own wee and only ate rotten carcasses?
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No, that's Bear(ly) Believable Grylls.

Or Chris I was a cook Ryan.

you've ruined the mystique now

[anonymous-user]

iambeowulf said:

No, that's Bear(ly) Believable Grylls.

Or Chris I was a cook Ryan.

I met one of these best selling ex SAS authors a while ago, he was going out with a work colleague. A Geordie bloke I think, (I know it's a bit vague) is he a fantasist then?

[Thankyou4calling]

el stovey said:

I met one of these best selling ex SAS authors a while ago, he was going out with a work colleague. A Geordie bloke I think, (I know it's a bit vague) is he a fantasist then?

Didn't he work as a porter at the Linton travel tavern?

The one Alan Partridge stayed at?

[markcoznottz]

HTP99 said:

A couple of weeks ago we had an old boy in work; really interesting, as people of that generation are, he was chatting to our Director for ages as he is massively into past conflicts, particularly WWII.

He was chatting about WWII and what he got up to; bomber pilot in whatever squadron and a particularly well known mission and so on.

That evening my Director did a bit of research on the internet to try and find the guy, he found the mission, the plane and names of all who took part, this guys name wasn't on it and he couldn't find any reference to him anywhere.

I find older blokes and occasionally women are the worst bullstters around, it's painful in most cases, most just aren't intelligent enough to pull it off. Possibly a wasted life (in their eyes) gives them a chance to concoct a story, also with their contempories passed away not so easy to corroborate.

[easytiger123]

markcoznottz said:

HTP99 said:

A couple of weeks ago we had an old boy in work; really interesting, as people of that generation are, he was chatting to our Director for ages as he is massively into past conflicts, particularly WWII.

He was chatting about WWII and what he got up to; bomber pilot in whatever squadron and a particularly well known mission and so on.

That evening my Director did a bit of research on the internet to try and find the guy, he found the mission, the plane and names of all who took part, this guys name wasn't on it and he couldn't find any reference to him anywhere.

I find older blokes and occasionally women are the worst bullstters around, it's painful in most cases, most just aren't intelligent enough to pull it off. Possibly a wasted life (in their eyes) gives them a chance to concoct a story, also with their contempories passed away not so easy to corroborate.

You are apparently spot on. In the wake of Sir Christopher Lee's recent death and subsequent scrutiny into some of the claims he made about his war record, The Spectator published this interesting piece:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9583572/sir-ch...

[Tuvra]

krunchkin said:

Tuvra said:

I know someone who was in the SAS, he never, ever speaks about his time in the military though unless you get him on to 4x4's, he will then mention using certain one's "when he was serving".

I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a tattoo either, at least I have never seen any.

How do you know he was in the SAS then?

I was friendly with his brother who would show off certain things when I was over his house.

There's no doubt he's ex-SF's as he seems to have made an absolute fortune since leaving in the close protection game (and hes not even 40 yet), I believe he set up and sold one company and has now been assigned the head of security for one of the worlds biggest oil companies in one particularly lairy part of the world

[DMN]

jogon said:

iphonedyou said:

Maybe they do selection there, too? As they'd have the facilities etc. Like RAFC Cranwell (or like it used to, anyway - don't know about now.)

Was down in Wiltshire for both rounds of Sandhurst selection. First stage was only 3 days of fitness, simple tests and interviews. Second stage was 5 days with medical, further fitness, group leading exercises, assault course and planning tasks. I flunked the speed/time/distance test where someone gets bitten by a snake and you have to organise safe evacuation looking at the map and tools you have to hand.

Held in Westbury if I recall. I did phase one (the three days) and was given a B score +12 months. Where A meant you could do phase 2 straight away, B meant you needed to go away and work on somethings, C meant you really shouldn't waste peoples time unless you work really hard and D means bye bye no phase 2 for you.

I never went back also. University happened.

Where do I claim my medals from?

[soad]

mrtwisty said:

22rgt, your thread has arrived.

[Kaelic]

At airsoft, especially Milsim's we get all sorts of Walts wandering around pretending to have served etc...

We have links to former serving and current serving guys as our team and company was actually set-up by John Mac back in the day (before my time). So we have always had links with SF sorts.

Lots of memorable occasions when people turning up have been asked to remove para wings, SAS badges, Marine globes etc... Some remove them without a word, a couple have argued they have "earned" them, couple of questions (boathouse colour!) soon sort the chaff from the wheat.

Usually the guys who have earned the right to wear the Para/Marine badges are the ones who don't wear them when running around with toy guys!

[soad]

iambeowulf said:

Why!

To "impress" wimmin?