"The selection phase alone lasts about a week. It is carefully and specifically designed so as to be impossible for a human being to complete on finite physical resources alone. In order to be able to complete selection, one has to draw on the infinite resources of the mind, as well as resources of will and spirit.
During this week, candidates do not ordinarily sleep, eat, or rest.
Those who wish to quit on their own accord, have to simply sit down
The purpose of the selection is to simulate the most extreme physically and mentally stressful conditions that could ever possibly be experienced by a human being operationally, in order to see how the candidates cope.
Many of those who pass are physically small or weak in appearance and many who fail are physically strong.
Once the subtle barrier to the mind has been passed, the candidates are able to control all feelings of fear, anxiety, stress, exhaustion or any other aspect, and are able to will their bodies to continue indefinitely under any circumstances, while undergoing physical conditions and demands that would otherwise be humanly impossible to achieve.
Once a candidate reaches this stage, the concept of something being ‘impossible` is broken forever."
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Only about 8% of recruits who undergo South African Special Forces "Recce" training pass the course.
In some years, no-one has managed to pass Selection, and there are other cases where only 1 or 2 out of an entire Selection group of approximately 120 have passed. #recce #sa #tia #zerofoxtrot #stayzero