Reaction To Australian Special Forces

As an American, I can say with certainty that Australia is a more capable and dependable ally than Canada.

Far from special forces but I am an active serving member of the Australian Army. While our special forces (particularly the SASR) do not have the greatest reputation following the war on terror, I have had the opportunity to participate in training exercises with 2CDO and SOER. Those lads are incredibly professional, and very good at what they do. It takes an incredible amount of physical and mental toughness to make it through selection and the training cycle to become a qualified SF member. For the 41 soldiers that Australia lost in Afghanistan (a large number of which were special operations), your sacrifice will never be forgotten. And a special tribute to LCPL Jack Fitzgibbon (2CDO) who we recently lost in a parachuting incident. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

Fun fact: we Aussies were the first to defeat Germany and Japan land forces in WWII in battles. We turned Rommel around in El Alamein and Japan in Milne Bay. Of course we were allied with the mighty Kiwi, British, and US fighting forces, but we were there both times at the front of the fight.

A mates dad died a few years ago so he contacted the RSL for info on his dads military service for his eulogy...He found out his father was a member of Z special forces during ww2 he had no idea his father never told him about anything he just said he was in the army RIP Frank A Girdwood

My grandfather was a member of Australia's Zed Force in WW2. Zed Force was the original Aus commando Special force.

Our military is very small, but our alliance with USA, UK, EU etc, makes us just as strong as the collective group. AUS has fought along side USA in every international conflict. The only other country to do so I think.

SASR were inserted by road vehicle from Jordan and US helicopters and captured the Al Asad airbase in Western Iraq in 2003. They have worked alongside allied Special Forces, including the British SAS. My old man was attaché to the US MACV-SOG and coordinated between US Command and SASR. The Viet Cong called them "Ma Rung"..."Phantoms of the Jungle". These chaps do not muck about.

I used to work with a whole bunch of ex SAS guys. Incredibly smart, resourceful, and driven. The selection and training are a kind of brain washing, and I think whatever is done, there will always be a risk of something going wrong in the culture on longer deployments. They're charged with doing things that are beyond anything that we can image, and the kinds of ethical decisions they have to make every day are completely outside the parameters of anything any normal person outside the military would ever face. I think it's inevitable that there are risks, but we send teenagers overseas with weapons, so there are all sorts of risks of bad behaviour and tragic accidents in our overseas deployments. The abilities of our SAS, and their competence and focus inevitably leads to a saving of lives amongst civilians and others in achieving strategic goals on the battlefield. Even just the fact they're much better shots reduces collateral deaths. I'm sure even they realise they're a necessary evil, and we should all be proud of the jobs they do - outside of any incidents of killing or torturing the unarmed on purpose.

Australians & New Zealanders were part of the Long Range Desert Patrol Group in WW2 that eventually became part of the SAS. An Australian branch of the SOE was set up in parallel with & with the assistance of the British SOE, forming Z & M force & later the AIB.

Watching this on ANZAC day here in Australia. Great video and a new sub. Cheers.

These members of Commando are the bravest fighters in our ADF alongside the SAS We are proud of them all

Thanks for watching one of our videos man ❤ we appreciate it

Stand strong and proud Aus and UK, Islaamists are trying to make us feel ashamed of our strength when in unity and disgrace our hero’s. Never be ashamed 🇦🇺 from an Aussie/Aboriginal

there is a video on YouTube by 'the Natasha and Debbie show' reacting to Australia's Z special unit explained that you might enjoy which explains some of the most noteworthy accomplishments of that unit that includes 1 member surviving against 1,000 enemy.

They are trained to kill....then, those who sit in high places, well away from any action nor have ever seen action...judge these brave young men!!!! Ben Robert Smith, I thank you for your service Sir. LEST WE FORGET

Successive Australian governments are guilty of overusing special forces units in Afghanistan. The number of tours those men undertook, relative to the overall size of Australia's special forces, is unconscionable. The burden on these men, especially their mental, health will long be felt. Decisions by the gutless politicians to keep committing special forces rather than regular army units to Afghanistan were based on their hope that the elite and highly trained capabilities of the special forces would mean less boys coming home in body bags. It wouldn't have 'looked good' for the governments of the day if the casualty rate was too high. 41 made the ultimate sacrifice. Lest We Forget 🌺😪

Thank you for making this video my brother served in the army here in Western Australia.

Heard many stories from Older ex military people & sons of , talk about just how Elite / Insane our Aussie special forces are. they all mentioned we had to have the best because we lack in Numbers which actually makes sense. No one needs the Australian Army to help them win a war but Any country would bend over backwards to have our special forces on their side. I guess that’s our bargaining chip. No point having a tiny army and being fodder on the frontline for Allies when you could be a total Asset to Allies & in turn their Army will protect you.

A chosen family member, SASR, someone I love so very dearly, survived the Townsville Black Hawk disaster in 1996. He is missing some body parts thanks to the crash but fark me, he's a still deadset legend. I could not have more respect and admiration for these blokes. Most of us wouldn't survive the first 5 minutes of training, much less a deployment somewhere..... 🙏🏻🥰🩷

Unfortunately, we’ve had a number of politicians who despise them.