Talk:Special Air Service

Were you thinking of doing this under UKSF?

Interesting parallel to United States Special Operations Command if so. The rough counterpart of SAS (very deliberately modeled after it by a U.S. officer who had an exchange tour) is 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment (Delta), generally called "Delta Force".

There are actually quite a few parallels between UKSF and USSOCOM, and a lot of real-world cooperation, joint training, personnel exchange, etc. Not every unit has an exact counterpart. SBS, for example, is probably closest to U.S. Navy SEALs, but with a bit of the Marine Force Recon companies now attached to USSOC. UK Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) has a lot of similarity to 75th Ranger Regiment.

I'm sure both countries have classified units as well. What used to be called "the Det" in the UK has some parallel to a U.S. organization that was originally called the Intelligence Support Activity; the US unit changes official names every two years and code names every six months. Howard C. Berkowitz 22:21, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Generally, I think it's not a bad principle to have it so that articles on specific military units and divisions, links should be provided to their equivalents in other militaries. I'm planning to write a few more UK military articles and clean them up where I see them. My late maternal grandmother once told me that one of her relatives was part of the Imperial Camel Corps during World War I. I walked past the Camel Corps memorial the other day and might, if I can find the time, do a little library research on them and write up whatever I find on here. --Tom Morris 22:42, 2 November 2008 (UTC)