remembering that he had recently seen a memo on the bulletin board saying if you are fed up with life , come and join us , you may not live long but you will certainly enjoy it while it lasts ( perhaps not a literal translation , but close enough ) , he grabbed his beret and marched smartly into the adjutants office , requesting a transfer to the sas , and apparently the sas had , at that time , priority when it came to the allocation of available resources , and he was an available resource .