Any SAS Programmers on here?

jdvtr

14/01/2008 at 19:45

I used to be a contractor, but I've not done it now for 4 years. I need to spruce up my cv a bit as I've been away from the market all this time, so I was wondering whether anyone knew of a cheapish way of getting an SAS accreditation certificate. I've looked on the SAS website, but they are asking 2k+ for a five day fast track(!)

And if anyone knows of a decent SAS web forum that would be a bonus too!

Cheers!

You have the right to free speech.........provided your not dumb enough to actually try it

falcorob

14/01/2008 at 20:07

Everyone's been in the SAS at some point in the past. Just ask at the local pub and someone will know someone.

Oh, it's not about that is it?

98% of the time I'm right. Why worry about the other 3%.

icarus1859

14/01/2008 at 23:26

So far to date I've met about four thousand people who claim to have been on the Iranian embassy roof. Some of them are hilarious.

Op Nimrod would appear to be one of the most heavily manned jobs in the history of special forces.

I met a bloke recently who claimed to have done selection, he told me it was very good stuff and he particularly liked the bit where they taught him to cut peoples heads off properly. I bought the old fucker a drink, best laugh I've had in ages.

Dilligat

15/01/2008 at 00:56

SAS biggest gang in the world.

Every squaddie I've met claim to have been in it although I do know one who was actually in it and one who still is but I only found out by accident and they don't talk about it.

Nice blokes both of them but....

New job/new career? www.isabont.com

"Where there's doubt there is no doubt"

Edited: 15/01/2008 at 00:57

El Gordo

15/01/2008 at 02:46

What do SAS accredited people do? Put on some make up, lob a flashbang through the window then make you surrender with some devastating coding?

EXCLUSIVE!!!

Shocking spy shots of GP superstar Valentino Rossi practicing for his new career in Covent Garden!

Only in your Super Soaraway Sun!

jdvtr

15/01/2008 at 13:09

No it's far more glamourous than all of the above!

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Edited: 15/01/2008 at 13:10

str0nach

15/01/2008 at 13:58

Any use?

http://support.sas.com/forums/index.jspa

Edited: 15/01/2008 at 13:58

Strappy

15/01/2008 at 21:35

Face it - with what you can pull in per day on SAS you won't be getting a cheap course otherwise every wally would be on it, a bit like MCSE...

I've only ever done a basic intro course, so that I could talk to the SAS team who were part of a project I was managing for a while and I still get plenty of keyword hits on my CV from agents so unless you've spent the last four years with your hand up your bum I'd say stick your CV out there and see what happens.

If you have spent the last four years with your hand up your bum, apply to be a windsock instead.

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If at first you don't succeed, tell everyone you did anyway.

Edited: 15/01/2008 at 21:36

jdvtr

17/01/2008 at 16:18

The SAS forums have been very helpful thanks....

but I nearly posted something offensive about spelling and punctuation to a poor nerk on one thread.

I am obviously spending too much time on here!

You have the right to free speech.........provided your not dumb enough to actually try it

Yambo

17/01/2008 at 16:29

str0nach wrote (see)

Any use?
http://support.sas.com/forums/index.jspa

I had a look at that SAS forum thingy and I still couldn't see what SAS stands for.

BTW I did 2 years with the REAL SAS as an instructor, so there.

(That's the TA by the way - Saturdays and Sundays)

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

Edited: 17/01/2008 at 16:31

FoggyVisor

07/09/2009 at 13:32

A large group of Taliban soldiers are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a sand-dune.

"One British SAS soldier is better than ten Taliban".

The Taliban commander quickly sends 10 of his best soldiers over the dune whereupon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice then calls out "One British SAS soldier is better than one hundred Taliban".

Furious, the Taliban commander sends his next best 100 troops over the dune and instantly a huge gunfight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again silence. The voice calls out again "One British SAS soldier is better than one thousand Taliban".

The enraged Taliban Commander musters one thousand fighters and sends them across the dune. Cannon, rocket and machine gun fire ring out as a huge battle is fought. Then silence. Eventually one wounded Taliban fighter crawls back over the dune and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men, it's a trap, ...there's actually two of them."

ink ink

07/09/2009 at 14:20

First time I heard that joke, Rolf Harris told it in the late 1960s, about Welsh fighting English.

FoggyVisor

07/09/2009 at 14:37

being the only male person at my local pub who after three pints, has not been in the SAS, (army or geek versions)I wasn't aware the joke had been making the rounds for so long.

sorry

Edited: 07/09/2009 at 14:48

ink ink

07/09/2009 at 15:49

Didn't say it was a bad thing. What if people who weren't born then never heard it!

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