Talk:Special Air Service

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 Definition:  Special operations regular and Territorial Army regiments of the British Army, part of U.K. Special Forces [d] [e]
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Were you thinking of doing this under UKSF?

Interesting parallel to United States Special Operations Command if so. The rough counterpart of SAS (very deliberately modeled after it by a U.S. officer who had an exchange tour) is 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment (Delta), generally called "Delta Force".

There are actually quite a few parallels between UKSF and USSOCOM, and a lot of real-world cooperation, joint training, personnel exchange, etc. Not every unit has an exact counterpart. SBS, for example, is probably closest to U.S. Navy SEALs, but with a bit of the Marine Force Recon companies now attached to USSOC. UK Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) has a lot of similarity to 75th Ranger Regiment.

I'm sure both countries have classified units as well. What used to be called "the Det" in the UK has some parallel to a U.S. organization that was originally called the Intelligence Support Activity; the US unit changes official names every two years and code names every six months. Howard C. Berkowitz 22:21, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

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