UK: SAS top brass want to recruit super-fit 'GI Janes' to fight as special project launched

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'SAS commanders have revealed that they will need to recruit super fit female troops if the black-clad force is to fight in future wars.

The women will be recruited through Project Artemis, a programme aimed at bringing women into not only the SAS but also the SBS. Under the project female candidates, with at least two years’ service, get nine months’ mentoring to get them in shape to face selection.

It is hoped mental, physical and skill-based training under Project Artemis will help prepare the SAS selection course known to produce one of the world's most famous fighting forces.

Only one in ten male applicants pass the test. Combat roles were opened to women only in 2018.'