As I have suggested elsewhere, if you don't like running don't join the Foreign Legion. Being super fit is just a part of the SAS requirement. You then have to be able to function under extreme stress at a very high standard. & then some.
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Selection and initial training is around 6 months although further parachute and speciality training is done on assignment to a troop.
The SBS are the navy's equivalent of the army's SAS (special air service regiment)they undergo exactly the same scheme of selection as the SAS, but continue long after with maritime training until they are accepted into the SBS.In my opinion this would make them better trained.The SBS also tend to have a higher level of fitness. How fit do you have to be to burst into a room and rescue hostages (SAS) compared to swimming a mile in rough seas at night to climb up an oil rig and rescue hostages (SBS)?In my opinion the SBS are better, but that doesn't mean I'm calling the SAS crap.
The closesest thing the US has to the SAS is Delta Force
Well, its pretty hard but maybe not as hard as you might think, as long as you do a good few hikes and aren't afraid of the sea you'll do just fine. Much easier then the SAS selection
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