Comments by "" (@davidlauder-qi5zv) on "Marine reacts to the UK's Most Secretive SF Unit (E Squadron)" video.
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@stedevo3812 No, they are not exactly the same. They are separate special forces units. 22 SAS is an army regiment primarily tasked with land-based operations, whereas the Special Boat Service is the Royal Navy's special forces unit. Until a few years ago they had separate selection courses. But now both SAS and SBS candidates go through "Special Forces" selection, which lasts 6 months. At the end of that period, successful SAS candidates are "badged". But SBS candidates who have passed this SF course, still have a further few months of training to complete, this time in amphibious warfare, before they can be "badged" as "swimmer/canoeists " in the SBS. Given that in the first 6 months of training, however, the SBS have undergone the same selection process as the SAS, they are sometimes sent on land-based operations alongside their their SAS colleagues. That is why the SBS were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan alongside the SAS.
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