SAS Doco

[Steam]

...I bet its a fabulous tool for getting young lads in through the recruitment office door.

That's the whole point of the documentaries, isn't it? A 6-part prime-time ad for the NZ armed services?

It makes me want to join up, but not the SAS! I'd last about ten minutes. Maybe in the Navy. Too old now though.

[Dave Lobster]

That's the whole point of the documentaries, isn't it? A 6-part prime-time ad for the NZ armed services?

Hope so. Similar thing happened in the UK when the Andy McObvious books out in the early 90s. We were swamped with useless sprogs..

[nudemetalz]

Next week's one looks good. Training for overseas deployment.

[Swoop]

Hope so. Similar thing happened in the UK when the Andy McObvious books out in the early 90s. We were swamped with useless sprogs..

Exactly the same after Princes' Gate.

[Sniper]

Thanks god for timer recording.

And you lot, stop ruining it for those of us who havent seen it

[Hitcher]

And you lot, stop ruining it for those of us who havent seen it

What's to ruin? Everybody knows how it ends. The programme is American Chopper without the bikes.

It's just a bunch of hard-arsed guys being trained so that their arses are even harder. If this was a "scratch-and-sniff" programme, it would smell of wet wool and testosterone.

[Storm]

You jealous Mr H?

[Hitcher]

You jealous Mr H?

There's little point of being jealous of something one could never do. I console myself with the thought that at least I earn more than your average SAS trooper.

[Storm]

Indeed. How many of them know how to post in a grammatically accurate fashion and ride big touring bikes either, I wonder?

[Delerium]

Seeing as they come from all sorts of trades in all services I beleive that they are generally pretty switched on.

[Steam]

How much does a SAS trooper get paid per year? I reckon they should be paid about $110,000 per year. At least $80,000. Sounds reasonable. Reckon it's less than half that eh?
Oh, here's the figures for the regulars


These scales are the minimum starting salaries for each rank and will vary depending on which trade an individual belongs to.
Warrant Officer Class One $58,800
Warrant Officer Class Two $57,600
Staff Sergeant $51,600
Sergeant $46,800
Corporal / Bombardier $39,600
Lance Corporal / Bombardier $35,400
Private $25,800

Officers Colonel $111,600
Lieutenant Colonel $90,000
Major $72,600
Captain $56,400
Lieutenant $43,200
Second Lieutenant $34,200

[Chisanga]

Maybe in the Navy. Too old now though.

You can join up to at least age 45.

[Steam]

You can join up to at least age 45.

Whaa?! Maybe it was the army I was thinking of... I should do some more research.

[doc]

How much does a SAS trooper get paid per year? I reckon they should be paid about $110,000 per year. At least $80,000. Sounds reasonable. Reckon it's less than half that eh?
Oh, here's the figures for the regulars


These scales are the minimum starting salaries for each rank and will vary depending on which trade an individual belongs to.
Warrant Officer Class One $58,800
Warrant Officer Class Two $57,600
Staff Sergeant $51,600
Sergeant $46,800
Corporal / Bombardier $39,600
Lance Corporal / Bombardier $35,400
Private $25,800

Officers Colonel $111,600
Lieutenant Colonel $90,000
Major $72,600
Captain $56,400
Lieutenant $43,200
Second Lieutenant $34,200

Exactly the reason for anyone thinking of enlisting. Do a Rosbe, and start as a rupert. Once your time is up you have the BS to get into good paying employment without having to do the securtiy circuit. The money is in management nowdays. Military experience looks good on a CV but thats about all. The pompas pricks with pips (ruperts) alway look after each other in the next life.Trust me I know what I'm saying combat pay sounds good but doesn't last.

[Dave Lobster]

Exactly the reason for anyone thinking of enlisting. Do a Rosbe, and start as a rupert. Once your time is up you have the BS to get into good paying employment without having to do the securtiy circuit. The money is in management nowdays. Military experience looks good on a CV but thats about all. The pompas pricks with pips (ruperts) alway look after each other in the next life.Trust me I know what I'm saying combat pay sounds good but doesn't last.

Managers don't last very long with no real man management skill though, do they? It might be different in the army here, but most of the ones I met in the brit army couldn't organise themselves out of a paper bag.
Example - One in our Sqn forgot to take his weapon when he went on operations.
Example - A different one - left his bergan outside the guard room, assuming someone else would put it on the transport when they went to Norway for a six week ex. It stayed there for six weeks.
Example - a captain drove his Jaguar from one hangar to another for a meeting. He walked back. An hour later reported his car stolen, because he'd lost it.

I don't know of a single ex rupert that has left the army and got a proper job that pays as much as my last one. Not one..

This is no slur against ruperts I've never met. I'm sure some of them are real human beings..