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Originally Posted by johndallman
The recruitment process is very selective. Apparently there are around 25,000 applicants each year for 200-300 places. |
Although some of them apparently join the Indian Gurkha regiments instead, I think. Even so, they are units with the lowest ratio of soldiers to applicants in the world and they start very specific training at a very young age. Gurkhas are kind of ridiculous.