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Originally Posted by headquarters
Question for you Anglos/Commonwealthers out there: the AUS/NZ SAS and the GBR SAS - same training etc ? Can Commonwealthers serve in eachothers armies etc ?
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Very similar training but modified to suit local conditions, e.g. the Australian SAS spend more time in desert training than the UK SAS because it's a significant portion of the terrain they have to operate in.
There is lots of cross-training between the three SAS units and a long history of Australian, New Zealand, South African, Canadian, Rhodesian, Fijian and so on military personnel serving either as individuals signing up to serve in British units or entire units serving within the British military structure like a couple of RAAF units that served in Coastal Command and Bomber Command during WW2 who flew RAF planes.
There is also a history of New Zealand units working within the Australian military structure like various infantry and artillery detachments serving within Australian units during the Vietnam War.
The father of one of my friends (Australian Army) was scheduled to serve with BAOR as a part of their Signals unit during the late 1970s but something happened and he wasn't able to go.