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Repost from Vault of Secrets - Unpopular History
A page detailing some of the necessary chores needed to be performed before an Inspection, the South African Defense Force. Basic Training, D Coy, 3 SAI, January 1984.
grahamlesliemccallum (2013). SADF – Military Service – through the eyes and pencil of an 18 year old – No. 3 of 16 BASIC TRAINING. [online] Graham Leslie McCallum. Available at: https://grahamlesliemccallum.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/242/
🇿🇦 South Africa's Forgotten Air Wars
📎 Australian Military Aviation History
"The Dirty Dozen" - South Africa's first special forces unit in 1970.
In the back left to right: John More, Fires van Vuuren, Trevor Floyd, Kenaas Conradie, Jan Breytenbach, FC van Zyl, Dan Lamprecht.
Front: Yogi Potgieter, Dewald de Beer, Hoppie Fourie.
RIP Colonel (Ret) Jan Dirk Breytenbach (14 July 1932 - 16 June 2024)
Best known as the first commander of 1 Reconnaissance Commando, South Africa's first special forces unit. In his long career, he served in the Suez Crisis, the Biafran War, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement.
