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July 19, Getty Images In hot spots around the globe, the Green Berets are often the first in and the last out. Experts in direct action and masters of unconventional warfare, Special Forces soldiers infiltrate foreign countries, provide humanitarian aid, raise armies, and train them for combat effectiveness. Here are a few things you might not know about them.

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Share this article Share The first phase, which has been unchanged since the Fifties, is a series of timed marches — an individual effort over demanding terrain in the Brecon Beacons carrying a 45lb rucksack with a rifle and water bottle. A file picture of SAS recruits taking part in the incredibly arduous ‘selection’ training course over the Brecon Beacons in Wales Next comes a three-week map-reading tour of the hills and then Test Week, during which the most gruelling marches are undertaken.

These become increasingly challenging as the loads get steadily heavier until the final march: This is 40 miles long and has to be completed without stopping, within a certain time and while carrying a 60lb rucksack, a rifle and a full water bottle. By the end, the whole process will have discovered those who have what it takes to wear the winged dagger of the SAS.

On my test, in , a summer selection beginning in August, we started with 24 officers and men. By the end of Test Week, we were down to 12 officers and 50 soldiers. By the end, just three officers and 21 men of the original received the coveted sandy coloured beret and winged dagger badge. That was a remarkably high score rate — particularly for officers. On the previous Test, only one passed.

On the next two, there were no officers selected.