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Selection
To join the NZSAS, NZ Army, Navy, or Air Force personnel must successfully pass a ten-day (2 days pre-selection, 8 days selection) selection course held in Waiouru. Selection as it is known to service people was described to the Weekend Herald by a participant as "mental and physical torture".
The first day covers all of the fitness tests in the NZ army, completed to the NZSAS standard. This is followed by 3 days of open country navigation while carrying a 35kg pack and rifle, with a minimum of food and sleep metered out.
Among the exercises is the notorious 'Exercise Von Tempsky' which is executed on the fifth day of selection course. Von Tempsky consists of 24 hours of marching in either a swamp or sand dunes while carrying rifles and alternately one or two 20-litre jerrycans and a 35 kg alice pack. The final exercise is a 60-kilometre endurance march, carrying a 35 kg pack, web gear and rifle to be completed in under 20 hours.
Officers undergo an additional 2 days of selection to test for the their suitability to lead NZSAS soldiers.
Even if candidates make it through the selection course, they must pass psychological, medical and academic tests (plus others) to be chosen for the nine-month SAS training course.
Candidates do not receive the coveted SAS beret and Corps belt, until they have successfully completed the 9 month basic cycle of training.
Candidates may be either male or female, which differs from many other parts of the world where there are restrictions on females serving in combat and special operations billets in the armed forces. On average 10-15% of candidates pass both selection and cycle training. |
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