i was on youtube the other day and i read that the s.a.s had too rescue 150 delta forces troops!!?is this true?and if so,when did it happen??

I wouldn't listen to many of the Brits on youtube. They tend to be the lower forms of life of your country, and some of them join youtube with the intention to spite Americans. This site, however, has the more respectful brits, and is a good place to ask a question. But ask yourself this question: Why would CAG (or Delta Force, as some like to call it) have 150 operators in the same place on the same mission? You do know that the total number of operators in CAG is around 250 right? So why would more than half of the unit be in one place for the same mission? We do not use CAG as an infantry company.

hi ya.must admit i thought it sounded strange.thats why i asked on this site.thanks for answering my question.only 250 delta force!!one more question,why dont navy seals have their beret and badge?? cheers.

Yes, there are only 250-300 CAG (Delta operators). As for the Navy SEALS and berets, I couldn't tell you. By badge do you mean the trident?

the trident,isnt that the badge you get when you become a seal?but its worn on their uniform isnt it??

i asked my uncle who is in the raf about this he said it was an U.S infantry unit that was pinned in a deep valley by an very large amount of suppresing fire the terrain meant that a CAS strike would have been ineffective an sas unit in the area was retasked and they destroyed the taliban rpg/mg position that covered the area which can be interprited as saveing the U.S soldiers though the sas would say nothing about it and the U.S. soldiers would never admit an eight man unit "rescued"them other than that thers a lot of bigmouthed twats on utube

i recall hearing about the sas being asked for advice by the americans on a misson in afganastan.the sas advised a drop of point 30k`s from the target(or there abouts)but this was said too be too far away and the american sf`s were dropped in a hot zone.the sas had too come in their pinkys and get them out.think one sas trooper was killed??cant for the life of me remember where i saw it.will post a link if i find it.

sigh...I also heard the SAS invaded Mars and single handedly killed every martian. It is always these stories that are brought up. My mates uncles frined's dad said that the SAS saved an entire US infantry company. Until there is actual evidence to support such ridiculous claims, I would keep it on the low down. Why is an 8 man team from a unit who usually works in 4 man teams working so close to conventional infantry. And who in the hell would order 8 men to attack a force that has pinned down 100 men?

wrong @ the number of operators you guys think there is

they dont always work in 4-8 man teams.in afganastan for example,whole squadrons have been used in attaks on the enemy.

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Originally posted by toysoldiers7500:
they dont always work in 4-8 man teams.in afganastan for example,whole squadrons have been used in attaks on the enemy.

I think I will have to ask for supporting evidence for that remark.

Post the link where you got this from please

if you go to eliteukforces.info you will find plenty of info on the sas etc.hope this helps.

re: sas squadron-sized attacks

This has happened, albeit rarely.

2 SAS suqadrons combined for an attack on an opium factory in Afghanistan in 2001

source : sas - operation trent

some within the SAS thought that such large scale operations are unwise.

source:
The day the SAS decided 'someone else could do it better'

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Originally posted by freddystir:
re: sas squadron-sized attacks

This has happened, albeit rarely.

2 SAS suqadrons combined for an attack on an opium factory in Afghanistan in 2001

source : sas - operation trent

some within the SAS thought that such large scale operations are unwise.

source:
The day the SAS decided 'someone else could do it better'

I fully take on board what you are saying. Suicide missions have also been put forward for Squadron size units before now (Stanley Airport, Falklands War) however the story this thread is about just smells wrong.

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Originally posted by trench4450:
I fully take on board what you are saying. Suicide missions have also been put forward for Squadron size units before now (Stanley Airport, Falklands War) however the story this thread is about just smells wrong.

Smells wrong to me too. The UK press loves to trumpet exagerated SAS exploits and they've never carried the story. I'd put it down to wishfull thinking on the part of those who have somehow entangled their own self-esteem with the SAS.

It's been my experience, if you are not in the SAS you have NO idea what they are doing, If you are in it, You're not going to say anything anyway.

How many operators are there Ranger?

Most of western country's security intelligence apparatus are intimately linked with the media in ways that are quite "intricate". This story sounds to me like a public airing (to the US govt and/or military?) of the UK's concern about the SAS's "conventional" use on this operation, while at the same time highlighting the heroic performance of the SAS operators during this action. What does the SAS/SBS gain by a public discourse on this matter?. Nothing. The SAS are highly trained a-political professional operators whose work-ethic, stds and reputation would be undiminished regardless of the result.

It was a force of 3000 SAS and SBS fullas rescuing the entire US special operations command who were lost in 10 million acre poppy field in Afghanistan. I know as I was in charge of the entire operation and I was not even there.