I met an ex sas fellow once. Scary muthafucka. Trained fucking killers. Grizzled old bastard with that stereotypical 1000 yard stare.
Some Aussie sas guy has become the highest decorated solider in Australian history. He managed to take out 3 Taliban machine gun nests in under ten minutes by himself.
Not all civilian jobs are boring! For instance hopefully one day I'll be an architect and that will be all sunshine and rainbows and happiness and not at all sitting in some drab office deciding where the toilet should go only to have it moved later along the line by someone else.
If I were you I'd forget about the grand concepts of serving your country and focus on the day to day what you'd be doing. Because that's what you'll be stuck with, I'm pretty sure the glamour of it wears off fairly quickly.
My uncle is ex SAS. Did 2 tours of East Timor too, when he was a regular infantryman.
Some Aussie sas guy has become the highest decorated solider in Australian history. He managed to take out 3 Taliban machine gun nests in under ten minutes by himself.
We're up to 2 VC's awarded to SAS blokes for Afghanistan. Wouldn't surprise me to see a few more in the not too distant future.