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In 1998, the SASR made its first squadron-strength deployment since Vietnam when 1 Squadron, with an attached New Zealand SAS troop, was deployed to Kuwait in February as part of the American-led Operation Desert Thunder. The force, known as Anzac Special Operations Force (ANZAC SOF), was fully integrated, with the New Zealanders providing the ...
[4] All three squadrons of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) were deployed to Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. The dates of these deployments were: [5] 1 Squadron Group, SASR: (October 2001 – April 2002) 3 Squadron Group, SASR: (April 2002 – August 2002) 2 Squadron Group, SASR: (August 2002 – November 2002)
Locke was subsequently posted to 2 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). [1] In 2004/2005 he was assigned as one of the bodyguards for Major General Jim Molan , who was then Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the new Headquarters Multinational Force in Iraq .
By the end of this phase, candidates must then be able to run 4 miles (6.4 km) in 30 minutes or less and swim 2 miles (3.2 km) in 90 minutes or less. [153] After completing aptitude phase, officer candidates are required to spend a week assessing their ability to carry out planning for UKSF operations while fatigued and stressed.
[3] [4] Delta Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Awarded 31 March 2010; Citation states: For acts of extraordinary gallantry in action at the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam on 18 August 1966. [5] HMAS Yarra. Awarded 4 March 2014; Citation states: acts of extraordinary gallantry in action in 1942. [6] 1st Australian Task Force.
Seizure of H-2 and H-3 Air Bases, 18 and 25 March 2003, after infiltrating Iraq at full strength, a combined force consisting of B and D squadron of British Special Air Service and 1 squadron of Australian Special Air Service Regiment set up observation posts around H-2 and H-3 air base and called in airstrikes that defeated the Iraqi defenders ...
Specialist roles in the Corps include: Communication System Operator (known in the Corps as "Operators"), [2] Telecommunications Technician (known as "Techs" or "Techies"), [3] Electronic Warfare Operator (known as "Bears" from being primarily posted to a base near Cabarlah (Koala), Queensland) [4] and Information Systems Technician (known as ...
The Battle of Aidabasalala (16 October 1999) was a small but hard-fought action during the 1999 East Timorese crisis between pro-Indonesian militia and a six-man Australian covert reconnaissance patrol from the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) operating as part of the United Nations-mandated International Force for East Timor (INTERFET).