Rudy Sas Who Dares Wins?

What happened to Rudy on SAS: Who Dares Wins

Rudy Reyes replaced Ant Middleton in SAS: Who Dares Wins, and was the new Chief Instructor during last year’s series. This year, he has stepped down to become a regular DS. However, his return left some Channel 4 viewers baffled as they admitted they don’t ‘recognise him’ due to a major change to his appearance.

Was Rudy from SAS in Special Forces?

20 January 2023 Rudy was born in 1971 on Richard’s Gebauer Air Base in Missouri while his father, a US Marine, was fighting in Vietnam. After his parents’ divorce, Rudy and his three brothers were raised by his grandparents, and later by the Omaha Home for Boys.

• Aged 26, a decorated martial artist, Rudy joined the United States Marine Corps and, after impressing in the recruitment phase, went on to become an elite Recon Marine.
• Rudy became a highly decorated Special Forces operator, leading over 50 patrols behind enemy lines.
• He served one tour in Afghanistan and two tours in Iraq as a Recon Marine Team Leader and Scout Sniper.

After leaving the Marines, Rudy worked as a counter-terror contractor for the Department of Defence. After leaving the military, Rudy spent time in Africa where he trained wildlife preserve rangers in anti-poaching tactics and later went on to found ‘Force Blue’ a Veteran Non Profit which pairs former Special Operators with Marine Scientists to work rebuilding and restoring coral reefs, saving turtles, and working within the conservation community.

He also competes and trains people for Adventure Racing and Martial Arts. In 2008, Rudy appeared as himself on the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. He has worked on many survival shows, Apocalypse Man and Ultimate Survivor Alaska. He was also one of the main contributors for multiple BAFTA nominated documentary series Once Upon a Time in Iraq.

This is your second year on SAS: Who Dares Wins, how different are you going to be, now you are an SAS: Who Dares Wins veteran, and what are you looking forward to most? I continue to take charge in every challenge and lean on the wealth of experience and knowledge of each of the DS.

• This series is about self-improvement and I am blessed to grow as the series grows.
• I look forward to many missions in the toughest environments with the best teammates in the world.
• What can we expect from the new series? JUNGLE HELL! The harsh terrain and climate of jungle operations and the toll it takes on the recruits will be brutal.

Are you going to be even tougher on the recruits this year? I uphold the standards and traditions of the Reconnaissance Community as well as the United States Marine Corps. How brutal are you planning to make the course? The first enemy on this course is the jungle itself.

• I simply follow Mother Nature’s lead! These recruits are being taken to JUNGLE HELL! In stark contrast to the previous series, you are filming in the Vietnam jungle.
• How do you think the recruits will cope with that? Recruits being from the Northern Hemisphere will suffer in the equatorial environment in ways they cannot prepare for Welcome to Vietnam! How does it feel to return to Vietnam to film the series – a place where your own father fought as a US Marine? Going to Vietnam for the first time was an emotional homecoming for me.

My father was a US Marine, who did multiple tours of duty in the Vietnam War, and because of those scars inside and out I never knew him while he was alive. I was born after he came home but he never really came home. I never met him but I was born with his passion and energy to be a Warrior and to go to the edge to find out if I have what it takes.

I pursued my father’s heroic ideals – it’s in my blood – and I used my innate love of warrior manhood to change the karma of my father, as well as my own. It was truly a humble honor to tread the harsh but beautiful jungles and rivers that my father did and in a sense meeting him in a warrior way spiritually.

How will you be adapting the course to create a Vietnam jungle warfare experience? I will bring combat mindset and extreme action from my own wars to make it real for the recruits. What will make this course and the jungle more punishing than ever before? The passion and experience of Billy’s experience as SAS Jungle Chief Instructor will give the recruits the most realistic and dynamic challenge ever on this show.

How will the environment in Vietnam compare to last year’s harsh Jordanian desert? It is the Alpha and Omega of Combat. Punishing yet completely opposite battlefield environments that are equally dangerous and deadly. This is JUNGLE HELL! What advice would you give the new recruits? My advice is to absorb every bit of knowledge from the DS as possible and no matter the pain, misery and suffering, never give up on yourself or give up on your team! What training do you recommend the recruits do to prepare for your selection course? I recommend endurance on land, water and harsh terrain.

Loaded bergens on hard hikes and runs. What will you be looking for from the recruits in order for them to pass Selection? I’m looking for a combination of mental, physical and emotional fortitude and all round passion for success, no matter what!

Why does Rudy look different?

SAS: Who Dares Wins fans were completely shocked after Rudy Reyes looked “completely unrecognisable” in the show’s new series. The hit Channel 4 survival show was back on screens on Monday (January 23) as viewers tuned in for another series of more physical and mental trials placed upon a new group of contestants. New Chief Instructor Rudy Reyes looks completely different While last year he donned longer tresses and a big, thick and bushy beard, his hair has since been trimmed back, and his facial hair seems much more groomed. Many took to Twitter to share their reaction to his appearance. Rudy Reyes once had longer and darker tresses (Image: Channel 4/Pete Dadds) For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here. A third stated: “Much preferred Rudy with his long hair #SASWhoDaresWins,” as a fourth added: “Rudy got a haircut #SASWhoDaresWins.” Rudy – who was a highly decorated Special Forces operator with multiple military awards to his name – joined Foxy (Jason Fox) and Billy (Mark Billingham) on the hit Channel 4 show last year. Rudy was a part of the US Marine Corps (Image: Pete Dadds/Channel 4) Speaking on his new role on the show, Rudy shared: “To be part of SAS: Who Dares Wins – the hardest selection course on television – is one the greatest privileges of my life. “And to be named Chief Instructor is a huge honour – made even more rewarding working alongside Billy, Foxy and Remi – heroes on and off screen.” READ NEXT:

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Who is Rudy from Celebrity SAS?

A brand new season of SAS: Who Dares Wins kicks off on Monday with another line-up of civilians being put through the toughest challenge on TV for our entertainment. The 2023 season, titled SAS Who Dares Wins: Jungle Hell, will see the SAS instructors take 20 contestants to Vietnam, where they’ll be pushed to their physical and mental limits. Channel 4 Age: 50 Instagram: @realrudyreyes Rudy – full name Rodolfo Reyes is a conservationist, martial arts instructor, actor and former active duty United States Marine. Reyes served in Afghanistan and took part in the Iraq war. He also served on the USS Dubuque and often led platoon PT sessions on ship.

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3. After leaving the military in 2005, he became a gym instructor and went on to forge his TV career.
4. He is best known for HBO’s mini series Generational Kill, which he worked on as a military advisor and also starred in.

Other TV appearances include: Apocalypse Man, Ultimate Survival Alaska, and Spartan Race. He joined SAS: Who Dares Wins and its celebrity spin-off as the new Chief Instructor last year, replacing Ant Middleton. However, he’ll be stepping down and become a member of the Directing Staff for the upcoming season due to its new jungle location.

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What did Rudy Reyes do?

At the age of 17, Rudy Reyes emancipated himself, left an orphanage with his two brothers and raised them in Kansas City, MO. He excelled at Martial Arts and MMA, and as a champion he was able to provide for his family. At the age of 26, he was seeking a higher calling and joined the United States Marine Corp., where he was selected straight out of boot camp to try out for the elite Marine First Reconnaissance Battalion (special forces). Rudy served our nation and was a member of the lead combat force that entered both Afghanistan and Iraq. His unit was depicted best-selling nonfiction book by Iraq War embedded Rolling Stone correspondent Evan Wright, which later became a 7-part miniseries on HBO titled Generation Kill. Rudy Reyes was hired originally as a consultant on the production, but soon after became the only Recon Marine to play himself in the award-winning series. Rudy has gone on to work in both film and TV, all while working for the U.S. Department of State on counter-terror operations across the world. Rudy has retired from active service and is focused exclusively on his career as an actor, spokesperson and role model for fitness and issues affecting Veterans. While working and on his days off, Rudy is dedicated to physical fitness and constantly pushing himself to new heights. Rudy Reyes is currently has both TV and film productions deals in development, and is available for casting. Skills: Advanced Martial Arts, MMA, weapons, stunts, survival, combat tactics and modeling. – IMDb Mini Biography By: Adam Handelsman

Served 1 tour in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom, and 2 tours in Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Completes Basic Reconnissance School, becoming a Recon Marine. Enters Marine Corps Recruit Training in 1998. Father served in Vietnam in the United States Marine Corps. Becomes 1994 Midwest Kung Fu champion.

If I can be more in my body, I can be more in my life.

Does Rudy finally get his kiss

The Book Thief Death, the narrator of this book, first meets Liesel Meminger in 1939 as she, her little brother and her mother travel on a train. Death has come to take the soul of her sick brother. Although few humans interest him enough to stay nearby once his task is done, 9-year-old Liesel intrigues him.

He watches as she mourns at her brother’s graveside and steals a book that falls from a gravedigger’s pocket. It is through Death’s words that we become voyeurs into Liesel’s life over the next four years. Liesel’s mother accompanies her to a foster home in Molching, Germany, where she gives the girl into the care of Hans Hubermann, a housepainter, and his wife, Rosa.

Grieving the death of her brother and the loss of her mother, Liesel takes time to adapt to her new surroundings. It is Hans’ gentle care and accordion playing that eventually softens the girl’s heart. She ultimately comes to call Hans and Rosa Papa and Mama,

Hans discovers Liesel’s first literary theft, The Gravedigger’s Handbook, under her mattress. He uses it to help her improve her reading. Liesel’s days are spent struggling to catch up in school, playing soccer with Rudy Steiner (her best friend) and the other children in her neighborhood, helping Rosa deliver laundry to her customers throughout Molching and reading with Hans at night when recurring nightmares wake her.

Two years later, when the local Nazi party sponsors a book burning, Liesel steals her second book from the smoldering pile of banned stories. When Hans discovers the book, he doesn’t punish her. Instead he promises to keep her secret if she promises to keep his secrets.

Their quiet life is altered when Max Vandenburg arrives and asks if Hans still plays the accordion. Max is the son of Erik Vandenburg, who served in the same company as Hans during Word War I. Erik was a Jewish musician who brought an accordion with him and taught Hans how to play. Erik also volunteered Hans to stay behind from battle one day in order to help a captain write some letters.

The rest of the platoon was killed. The only reminder Hans has of his friend is the accordion he left behind. After the war, Hans visited Erik’s widow and vowed to help her if ever she needed anything. Years later, Erik’s son Max, weary and tired from months of hiding from the Nazi party, arrives at Hans’ door to see if Hans will keep his word.

Despite the danger, Hans and Rosa take in Max, arranging a hiding place for him in their basement behind paint cans. The only time Hans speaks harshly to Liesel is when he explains the need for her absolute silence regarding their houseguest. She may not tell anyone, not even her best friend, Rudy, about Max, or her foster parents will be taken away and she would have to live with a new family.

Liesel agrees. At first she is frightened of the young man who only comes out of the basement at night; but eventually Liesel learns that she and Max have much in common. Both have lost their families, both owe their lives to the Hubermanns and both suffer recurring nightmares.

1. As a thank you for Liesel’s kindness, Max takes the pages of Mein Kampf, ironically the book in which he hid the train tickets that brought him to Molching, and paints the pages.
2. He uses paint to tell his story, a story of a frightened man who finds friendship and acceptance from a young girl.
3. He gives the book to Liesel as a belated birthday present.

Liesel continues to keep their Jewish houseguest a secret from her friends. She also keeps aspects of her “outside” life secret from her family. She and Rudy have gone with some older boys to steal fruit from a local orchard. The act of thievery not only alleviates their hunger, but also gives a sense of control in a world that seems to be spinning into chaos.

1. Liesel also has developed a friendship, of sorts, with the mayor’s wife, Mrs. Hermann.
2. She is a silent woman, who still grieves the loss of her only child.
3. When Liesel goes to the mayor’s house to pick up and deliver the laundry, his wife allows the girl to visit their library and read their books.
4. After the mayor fires Rosa, Liesel and Rudy decide to break into the house and steal from them.

Rudy wants Liesel to steal food and cigarettes, but Liesel only takes a book from the library, falsely claiming that she heard someone coming down the stairs before she could steal more. They visit the house several more times, and Liesel comes to realize the mayor’s wife knows of their thievery, to the point that she actually aids them by leaving the library window open and cookies on the mayor’s desk.

One day, as Liesel is outside playing soccer with the neighborhood children, she sees Nazi officers knocking on doors and entering houses. They are searching basements, looking for possible air raid shelters because the Allied bombings are coming closer. Liesel fears if they go into her basement, they will find Max.

She makes a spectacular save as goalie so that she can fall and cut her knee, giving her an excuse to go home and warn her family. But even with her bravery, there is no time to hide Max. As the officers measure the basement, the family waits in terror.

To their astonishment, their simple wall of old paint cans and a tarp keep Max hidden from view. Their basement is deemed too shallow for an air raid shelter, and the Nazis move on. As the war nears Molching, air raid sirens often wake the family. Unable to bring Max to safety, they have to leave him behind while they go down the street to a neighbor’s basement to wait out the bombing.

Liesel brings her collection of books with her: the three she stole and the few that were gifts. She calms the children’s fears by reading aloud while the bombs explode. Max takes the opportunity to leave the relative safety of the basement and look out the open kitchen windows while the rest of the neighborhood hides.

• It is his only chance to see the sky.
• One day, a caravan carrying Jews to a nearby concentration camp decides to have their “cargo” walk to the camp rather than ride the rest of the way, hoping that a few of the starving men will die on the way.
• As the prisoners are marched through town, Hans is overwhelmed with compassion for the emaciated men.

He offers a piece of bread to one old man who falls to Hans’ feet in gratitude. But before he can eat the food, a Nazi officer whips him and Hans. As Liesel helps him home, they realize that the Nazis will probably return to further punish Hans. Fearing that Max will be discovered because of Hans’ actions, they give their friend some extra food and blankets and tell him to wait on the edge of town for four days.

By then, any Nazi retribution should have been paid and Hans, if he’s not been sent away, will bring Max home. When Hans returns for Max, all he finds is an unaddressed, unsigned note saying that he’s done enough. Hans grieves the loss of Max and wonders what will happen to him. He longs for some kind of punishment, and it eventually arrives.

He’s been inducted into the Nazi Party and called up to serve in the army. Rudy’s father is also called up as punishment for refusing to send Rudy to a special Nazi school where his athletic abilities and intelligence could be exploited by the government.

• Rosa and Liesel mourn Hans’ absence.
• When another group of Jews is forced to march through town, Rudy convinces Liesel to help him defy the Nazis as Hans had done.
• They take a bag of bread and bike ahead to place pieces on the road.
• Before the Nazis realize what has happened, the prisoners snatch up the bread.

Liesel watches the Jews’ faces, both afraid and hopeful that she will see Max, but he is not there. Hans is assigned to a patrol whose primary duty is to clean up debris and bodies after Allied air raids. The sights he sees are haunting and devastating.

• He is saved from death when another soldier, angry because Hans beat him at cards, insists on taking Hans’ seat on the patrol truck.
• When a tire blows and the truck overturns, the other soldier is killed.
• Hans survives the accident with only a broken leg.
• He is sent home to Molching.
• Another group of Jews is paraded through town.

This time, Liesel sees Max. She weaves her way toward him, and they fall into each other’s arms. A soldier tears her away, but Liesel reenters the crowd. She calls out to Max, reciting words to the book he’d written for her. Both Liesel and Max are whipped for their actions.

Max manages to get up and continue on his march. Liesel runs after him again, but Rudy knocks her down before the soldiers return to beat her. In her anger, Liesel attacks Rudy. He takes her abuse, knowing that there is something more going on. Several days later, Liesel swears Rudy to secrecy and tells him about her friendship with Max and how he’d lived in her family’s basement.

Liesel is distraught from her encounter with Max. She realizes that words have caused this hatred and the war around her. Hitler’s words inspired the people of Germany to annihilate the Jews. His words cast them into the war. In a fit of rage, she sneaks into the mayor’s house and tears apart several books, shredding the pages, the words, into pieces.

Her anger spent, she writes a note to Mrs. Hermann, explaining her actions and apologizing. As punishment, she will never return to the library to steal or even read books. Several days later, Mrs. Hermann knocks on Liesel’s door. Instead of being angry, she gives Liesel a journal. The mayor’s wife tells her not to punish herself, but if she isn’t going to read anymore, she should write, because she is gifted.

Mrs. Hermann’s gift saves Liesel’s life. The girl takes the book into the basement at night to write the story of her life. She titles it, The Book Thief, Liesel finishes it within a month and is in the basement re-reading her work when the bombs fall on Molching.

Due to human error, the air raid sirens don’t sound. The world as Liesel knows it is blown apart. In a twist of fate, she survives in a basement the Nazis have said was too shallow. After soldiers dig her out, Liesel scours the street for those she loves. She finds Rudy’s body and finally gives him the kiss he always begged her for.

Stumbling back toward her house, she finds the bodies of Rosa and Hans. The soldiers take her to the police station where Mrs. Hermann picks her up. The mayor and his wife become her new guardians. It is that night that Death rescues Liesel’s journal, The Book Thief, from a pile of garbage and comes to know more about the soul that has so intrigued him over the years.

• In the final chapter, Death explains that he collected Liesel’s soul the previous day, many years after the events in Molching.
• She lived to be an old woman with a loving family.
• In her last visions, she saw not only them and the people in Molching, but also a few memories of the past that Death had not seen before, including her reunion with Max after the liberation of Dachau.

Death takes Liesel’s soul back to Molching so he can sit with her a moment and show her the book he’s carried all these years. She asks if he ever read it, and he admits he’s read it several times. When she asks if he understood it, he confesses there’s only thing he knows for sure about human beings: They haunt him.

What huge spoiler does death reveal about Rudy?

Summary and Analysis Part 5: The Whistler: The Floating Book (Part I) – Summary Death skips ahead in the story’s timeline to a moment when Rudy jumps into the freezing Amper River in order to retrieve a floating book for Liesel: The Whistler, He asks for a kiss, and Liesel still won’t give it to him.

• Death then reveals that, in two years, Rudy will die and that he won’t deserve to die the way he does, during a bombing.
• Liesel will be there to weep over his body, which, Death thinks, Rudy would have liked.
• Analysis Death uses this chapter to foreshadow two events: Rudy’s jumping in the river to save one of Liesel’s books, and, afterwards, his asking her for a kiss.

Even Rudy knows how important Liesel’s books are to her. The second event is Rudy’s death. This chapter also shows us how Death is affected by his work, how he has a heart.

Do SAS celebrities get paid?

Are the celebrities on SAS: Who Dares Wins paid to go on the show? – With the harsh conditions and exhausting tasks, many viewers of Celebrity SAS have been questioning whether the stars get paid a fee to appear on the show. Unfortunately, it is currently unconfirmed how much or even if they get paid by Channel 4 to take part. Katie Price reportedly got paid £120,000 to appear on the series. Picture: Channel 4 The previous series of Celebrity SAS was for Stand Up To Cancer, and so the celebrities were not paid. However, this series is not for charity, meaning there is a chance the stars have pocketed something for their time. READ MORE: Where is Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins set?

Where is Rudy SAS from?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rodolfo “Rudy” Reyes (born December 3, 1971, in Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Kansas City, Missouri ) is an American conservationist, martial arts instructor, actor, and former active duty United States Marine, He is best known for portraying himself in the HBO TV miniseries Generation Kill,

Who was the youngest man to pass SAS selection?

Life and works – In 1959, at the age of eighteen, Wiseman became the youngest person ever to pass selection for the SAS, joining from the, which he had joined a year earlier. He went on to serve in the SAS for 26 years, rising to the rank of, Wiseman was also Head of Operational Research 22 SAS, set up a counter hijack team known as SP Team and founded the SAS Counter-Terrorist Team (who are well known for their involvement in the ).

Before his retirement Wiseman was also involved in selection courses where he helped decide who was able to join the SAS. When he retired in 1985 the commanding officer of the 22nd SAS said that “Lofty is a legend in this regiment.” After leaving the SAS in 1985, his first book was (published in 1986).

Wiseman has since become a survival author and consultant, as well as appearing on television. When he provided survival training to the cast of the 1990 film, his ability to make food out of unlikely materials inspired cast member to write the song,

Who quit SAS?

John Barrowman blasts cancel culture and sexual harassment claims – John Barrowman has spoken out following claims he left the Channel 4 show 30 minutes into filming. With reports stating the 56-year-old quit on the first day, he responded to an article on Twitter slamming the suggestion. John reportedly quit the Channel 4 show after half an hour (Image: GETTY) “I would have thought better of a Glasgow publication speaking of one of its own. The cast of our series stand by each other. @Channel4 #saswhodareswins,” One of John’s followers rushed to his defence, replying: “And no doubt they have you on an NDA that prevents you from speaking your truth whilst the papers can carry on for months spouting whatever they like. Celeb: SAS Who Dares Win will feature 14 stars (Image: CHANNEL 4) Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.

You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The upcoming series, which is set in New Zealand, pushes the star’s minds and bodies to the limit in the ultimate test. Speaking about John’s supposed exit, the source said: “Most of the stars were shocked when after 30 minutes John said he did not want to take part any longer.

“He left pretty much then and there, it was all a bit strange. “Naturally, the producers who make the show weren’t best impressed to see one of their biggest stars turning on their heel and quitting before an hour was up.” John has spoken out about the claims he left the show after 30 minutes (Image: GETTY) Other stars set to take part in the series include the likes of Rachel Johnson, Bianca Gascoigne, Marnie Simpson, Bobby Norris and Pete Wicks. Pete appeared in the show back in 2021 but was forced to pull out after he broke his ribs during a challenge.

What does DS stand for SAS

SAS: Who Dares Wins S5: Interview with Jay Morton #4 6 January 2020 Jay joins the series as recruit number ‘4′, ‘Jamie’. He is tasked with working undercover for the Directing Staff (DS), before joining them as ‘Jay’ – the fifth member of the team. Here he reveals what life was like both as the DS’s secret informer and also as the new member of Ant Middleton’s DS team and how the recruits reacted to his secret identity being revealed.

• Tell me about your experience on SAS: Who Dares Wins in your own words? I went into SAS: Who Dares Wins initially as a mole or an informant for the DS.
• This was for six days, then I became a new member of the DS team.
• Did you enjoy the experience of being our secret mole? Would you do it again? Yes I enjoyed it.

It adds a bit of fun to the ordeal and gives me something to occupy my mind with, other than getting thrashed. Plus sneaking around pretending to be someone else then feeding back intelligence under the other recruits’ noses is exciting. Did you make friends with any of the recruits or were you just focused on doing your job for the DS? Making friends is all part of it.

I’d stand out and potentially blow my cover if I didn’t gain any one’s trust and befriend people. Making friends was all part of doing my job for my fellow DS. Did you feel disloyal to the other recruits, reporting back to the DS about recruits who considered you to be their friend? Not really. The recruits have entered the selection process knowing full well that they will be exposed in every way possible.

It’s all part of figuring out which recruits the DS want to remain until the end. How did the recruits react when they discovered your true identity? I believe they were shocked. There was some paranoia from the start about there being a mole. Most of the recruits were expecting there to be one, mainly because there had been moles in previous series but once selection started and the group started to gel, most of that paranoia went away and the recruits just focused on their job.

There was a select few who would bring it up now and then but they were suspicious about a few people. Having got to know them and built relationships with the recruits, was it difficult to change the way you acted around them once you were officially a DS? A little. I had semi warmed to a few of the recruits and knew that they were strong enough, mentally and physically to be there at the end.

But I have been a Special Forces Operator for 10 years, I know how to flick back into that roll regardless of whether I liked that person or had built some kind of relationship. Ultimately we the DS are there to test these recruits in every way possible and not to be their friends.

• Did the recruits show the same respect to you as they do the other DS? Yes of course.
• I actually believe that they enjoyed or felt proud that they had worked alongside me.
• In fact one of them said this to me when I took her to the mirror room.
• They probably respected me even more as they knew what I was like as a recruit.

How does the SAS Who Dares Wins experience compare to real-life Special Forces? Have we managed to create the true essence of the SAS selection experience? Was it tough? It was way tougher than I was expecting it to be. Respect to the recruits who get through it or who even get far in it.

It’s impossible to replicate selection in such a short time but what they have done is take all the aspects of Special Forces selection and compressed them down to a very intense 11 days. We’ve brought the series home to Scotland, to the birthplace of David Stirling – the founder of the SAS. Was there something special about filming the series back home in Scotland? Yes for that reason, being the birth place of the SAS, but it has also been a proving ground for the Special Forces for years.

There has been a great deal of training carried out in Scotland by the Special Forces. There aren’t many places like it in the world, its cold, dark and miserable, which makes it a very hard place to operate. Just the kind of place you want to put people through selection.

1. What did you think of our DS? Were they as tough as the DS you reported to in the SAS? We all came from the same place, went through the same courses and fought in the same battlegrounds.
2. Because of this, there is a mutual respect between us all.
3. The DS are some of the hardest people I’ve ever worked with, just like every other SF operator I’ve ever worked with.

They are some of the greatest people on this earth. There is a reason 95% of people don’t pass real selection. Are they as scary in real life as they appear on the programme? Yes Was it hard to join such a solid group who have worked together for so many years? Did they make you feel welcome? Like I said, there is a mutual respect between us.

We have all done similar things and we all come from the same backgrounds. We all find it easy to work in teams – we’ve done it for most of our lives. The rest of the DS were very welcoming and I have respect for them all. Did you think it worked, having male and female recruits together? In all aspects in life, there are some men who are better than women and there are some women who are better than men.

Why not give both genders the chance to prove this in this kind of environment. Do you think our female recruits managed to keep up with the men? First of all, they are recruits. A recruit is not denoted by their gender. Some of the women on the course were very strong so were some of the men but it’s the course that decides who is still standing there at the end.

1. Do you think our recruits could survive real selection? Why? There are many many more aspects that go into producing someone in the Special Forces.
2. They firstly have to be a very experienced soldier in their respective unit before coming on selection.
3. There are more skills that take more than 10 days to test and learn but what I will say is that the recruit/s that get to the end do have the qualities that we look for in the Special Forces and if they had chosen a different path in life and ended up in real selection, they would stand in good chance.

Do you think a woman can win the series? Explain why? I don’t see what not. There are some seriously strong women out there. Were you surprised by who lasted the distance and who didn’t? Not really. You can spot very early on who will make it to the end and who will not.

• You can see it in how they compose themselves, you can see if someone really wants something or if they are just doing it for the wrong reasons.
• You can also tell when someone has had enough.
• I’ve seen this hundreds of times, it’s easy to spot.
• I was happy for the finisher or finishers – they showed true grit, determination and the intelligence to get to the end.

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