Are More British Troops Going To Belize? 🇧🇿
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2021
- It has been 40 years since Belize - formerly 'British Honduras' - gained its independence from Britain.
However, the UK military's presence in the small Central American country could be set to increase.
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11 years in the British Army. I went to Belize in 2007 for jungle training. It was probably the best thing I’ve ever done. I still think about it now. Loved my time there and would love to go back. Amazing country.
Much love to the Brits us Belizeans really appreciate you guys 🇧🇿x🇬🇧x🖤
The British are coming back
❤🇬🇧🇧🇿❤
Glad to have you by our side brother 💪🏼
Belikin beer, diving, sailing and partying on the Cayes. Best place I went to in my career. May-Nov 2000. Would love to go back one day. Did they sell off the adventurous training centre on St George's Caye? Shame if they did.
They didn't sell the centre it's still there chief 🇧🇿🇬🇧
Good to be appreciated we have your backs .
We appreciate you All plz come back 🇧🇿💕
A good relationship that provides Belize with security and excellent jungle training for us. If you don't know have a read up of when Buccaneers were flown over Belize in 1972 from Ark Royal to stop an invasion 🤚
Phoenix Squadron by Rowland White. I read it. I still try and buy my bananas from Belize... except the UK's (and EU) trade terms with former colonies was determind, by the USA, to be restrictive practices and the UK had to abide by WTO open market rules. All this meant we now buy from places that have banana plantations more likely to be owned by US companies.
So when certain people were saying we could trade on WTO rules recently, I knew it wasn't going to be as good as they claimed.
@니들 다 빨아 Another troll with no channel content 😴
@니들 다 빨아 Preventing a military state taking over another nation is usually accepted as a pretty good thing. Probably saved a lot of people from getting killed.
My daddy was a British soldier. We love you England.
Visited twice in my Royal Navy days, both times to upset Guatemala, happy days.
Cheers DITs 😘
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I appreciate it 🙏🏾🙌🏾
Hope you visit again mate. Greetings from Belize
Thank you nothing makes me happier than a upset Guatemalan
Honeymooned in Belize! Fabulous country. Fabulous people. They love the British and want us there!
I spent a long time, on and off, in Belize in the '90's. Loved the country. Bumped into British soldiers on R&R on Caye Caulker and had a ball with these guys. Good they're going back.
Spent 7 months there in all the camps. Loved it. A week on hunting quay was heaven. What a country for a 19yr old lad to work in. Came back super fit and switched on.
I was there in 1980 I think it was, camp a couple of miles outside of Punta Gorda. Three month tour.
Mate that was Rideau camp when i was there in 89. Salamanca right at the bottom, holdfast camp at the top and Airport camp if memory serves me right 😕
Ah, the wonders of JB's Western Highway, best burger in Belize, and the Coracle Farm for something else!
As an American, I'm happy to have a few more Brits around helping to secure Belize and Central America.
Happy to hear of your support. I did my bit there in 1978. Patrolling the borders and keeping the Guats at bay. :)
@@martinramsey114 Thanks for your service to the UK and, indirectly to the US.
Yeah but the Brits won't be training the locals on torture, mayhem and defecting to the cartels.
Went there in 1981, 4 miles out to sea, due to the shallow water, the mosquitoes flew all of that way out to eat me.
Unbelizeable.
😂😂😂
You must be strawberry flavoured. Mosquitos love that.
@@tsubadaikhan6332 was on the upper deck, really hot day, so had to cool down the containers for Exocet missiles, afterwards I looked like a pizza, 6 weeks on Paladin, elephant sizes pills, at least they were not French style.
That's why Belize is mosquito free now. They all died of cholesterol poisoning.
Great news! Belize is a fantastic place to be posted. Fantastic, realistic training and a real tester. Fantastic adventure training as well which feeds into the local economy. This is good news 👍
As a Belizean who grew up with the British Army and trained with them in two countries. Thank you, and as always shoulder to shoulder forever.
Good to see the British going back to Belize for the people and the training. I was never a keen jungle person but after a few visits and much time yomping around it sort of grew on me. Many happy memories and good friendships forged.
all love to our fellow British brothers! 🇧🇿🇬🇧❤️
I have been to Belize twice ( Ambergris Caye .) Americans and Canadians are frequent visitors to Ambergris Caye. It is a marvelous place to vacation.
As a member of the BATSUB club during the period when the Brits left a 6 personnel crew, have lots of great memories. SanCas, Sgt. Major Camera, Bob, Etienne, SWCC and U.S. SEALs, respect! ⚓🇸🇻
Love my country 🇧🇿 belize and British 🇬🇧
Good too see is keeping in touch with our real friends
The commonwealths and Her Majesties other realms
Cheers from Australia.
I enjoy the new format of forces news.It's very interesting an each segment is not too long so peaks the interest.I hadn't realised that we had left Belize so long ago.I never managed to get there myself but would have liked to.Keep up the good work.
'Piqued'. You're welcome.
As I age my attention span is vwaning so I appreciate shorter bursts of
@@VanderlyndenJengold :)
It's unbelizeable that time has gone so fast.
Belize and Britain = strength through friendship
Best tour of my service by far, beautiful country, awesome people
5:31 DPM still far superior to MTP in that environment, it just can't be beaten for jungle and the terrain of northern Europe.
Fantastic to see the British back in Belize i was there in the 70s and loved to place
Bring back the empire days that what I feel like is happening which I'm all for 🇬🇧👍
Long live the commonwealth
Not the only one 🇦🇺
Get real we're a joke!
No thanks
@@stabilis8895 what's your problem
Thank you for your SERVICE GOD BLESS YOU 🙏
This story is kinda touching 😅 hope for good friendship 😊
Really enjoyed my time there, especially being an ex tankie and taking scimitar there for the first time in years
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Ironic that it’s an Irish Guardsman in charge, as back in the seventies myself and 2 Coy Irish Guards were the first unit into the then brand new camp at Punta Gorda with its crystal road when Guatemala coughed.
Scots Guards are heading out in a couple of weeks!
I always wanted to go here when I was in the army. :)
I had my 21st birthday party in Belize City NAAFI 1976. Exciting times early on in that year but it all settled down when the Harriers arrived.
No NAAFI in BC mate, do you mean Airport Camp?
@@johnnunn8688 Yeah, 7 Fld Sqn RE
"If you can fight in the jungle you can fight anywhere"
(Smiles in NVA)
love Belize from the UK!
'93 Jungle training, 6 weeks. Nice ppl, awesome area.
I know colonialism is quite rightly looked down upon. But as a result, we've ended up with so many historical ties to absolutely amazing countries and people, like Belize. It's a genuine honour to know that today's generation of Brits is out there helping and giving their time to them.
Its a pity that England didn't administer more of the America's. The Westminister system is better than the Spanish one
Why "quite rightly"? The old Empire became the Commonwealth and spawned more stable democracies than anyone else. Colonisation, like Invasion isn't always a bad thing.
@@JohnJ469 Colonialism "not always being a bad thing" still means that it is quite rightly looked down upon.
@@Randomstuffs261 Very very few were Colonized.
South Africa, Rhodesia, Nz, Australia Ns sorta Kenya. Typically the whites couldn't live in the tropics for longer than 6 months with out getting sick. The other countries were administered rather than settled. Colonization implies that the country is settled.
If its such a bad thing, then maybe the non Anglo saxons in England should leave? Isnt modern immigration a form of colonialism?
@@mattyallen3396 I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill with my comment. Admitting colonisation has moral flaws doesn't equate to immigration being bad.
I knew LTC Nichols when he was a Major he was my partner in a spur ride and when he did his tour in Egypt in 2018. He's a fantastic officer and it was cool to meet him and a pleasure to know him
@Grant it's a peacekeeping operation that has been around since the late 1970s. It's called the MFO
Nice to see dpm again
Britain has a duty to protect the Commonwealth. I'd say every Commonwealth member who can protect other members should do so, but Britain's duty is much stronger.
Yeah, they need to protect such countries as Pakistan and Bangladesh. Long live the commonwealth.
@@ppppugh7892 Neither of those two countries are part of the Commonwealth.
@@JeffLeChefski both of those countries are members of the Commonwealth.
The wealth ain't common at all!
Loved going for a night out on the beer in Dan Ignacio in 1986 😊🍺🍺🍺🍺
From Albion island my uncle used to go to the military sales at the base all the villagers had land rovers and Bufords
1988, 6 months in Punta Gorda,
Loved Belize.
BLESS UP BELZE we shouldn't let them leave from the first time we realy need them so people can get JOB because alot of people nead a JOB RIGHT NOW WAY TO GO BELIZE
The rule of law is what counts what we must uphold.
Send the Gurkhas. They trained in Brunei with similar climate and they can adjust lives in Belize also. Fearsome warriors from Nepal. Dare to step forward.
Should get them toughen up. They look so pampered
Can't even sort infra on UK bases so might as well get based out there, looks nice.
1:14 he isn't going to hit anything with his rear sight not fully in position.
Unfortunately Belize has been used as a spring board too many times. It’s a lovely place with lots of good and kind people and a great place to retire 💕💕
Visited in 81 while in the RN. Still waiting for the onyx chess set from the NAFFI at Airport Camp, that they promised to send on to me. Would like to have a holiday there now I'm retired. Lovely country.
Show up with the receipt and ask if the order has come in yet. 🤣🤣🤣
Come to Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹😩😩 we need y’all
I did four tours in Belize, from 1978 to 1986. It's a completely different world that I wouldn't have missed for anything.
Nice to see the UK reaching out to our old friends around the world.
Guatemala should think twice about invading Belize. Hurt our friends and see what happens...
Perhaps they (Guatemala) should confer with the Argentines about British resolve.
Afghanistan
So much better than the BBC. God bless you all 🙏
2:19 "If you can fight in the jungle, you can fight anywhere"
The Himalayas..." hold my beer "
my first posting as a junior officer ,fond memories and never did visit Rosie's..😉😂🤣
Your Rosies closed down some years back.🤣🤣🤣 but hey still free to visit. Greetings from Belize
Yessir.
Never went in my time, got to "enjoy" Brunei instead 🌴🇧🇳
Britain should be looking to get more personnel then if they want to be a global force instead of cutting the number
With the rights numbers Britain could put an army of 20,000 in the country. The British army needs to be 150,000 maybe 200,000.
You got British on your side but Guatemala got Mexico and Israel.
On Mann my beautiful country
Bless them and I am going home to belize just in case the guatemalans try I'll be there along my country men
MTP here really stands out like a sore thumb, compared to even the temperate DPM. Jungle DPM would be better, ideal would be jungle Multicam.
I think with the MTP they were trying to go for something that was "OK" in the woods, but also "OK" in the desert, so it doesn't really excel at either
@@dragondynastywarrior506
Exactly this. I do believe it came from Afghanistan when troops were moving in and out of the green zone. They needed something that was adequate in different environments rather than perfect in one
@@dragondynastywarrior506 MTP was designed with Afghanistan and arid environments in-mind as opposed to jungle environments like this. So it does genuinely well in Britain and Afghanistan, but has a severe blind spot in this environment. You would be better off wearing Olive Green fatigues in this environment.
We respect the British for their are the parent's that Jehovah our God put to faught for this parcel of land which now name Belize love you all bless
Very interesting info. I lived in Belize in the mid-70s when there was a substantial British military presence. We also enjoyed tipping a few pints with the soldiers.
That’s kool and all but how can I join ??
Badass ❤🇬🇧🇧🇿
So why cut numbers ?? Increasing commitments against countries with armies over 10 times the size of ours. Where’s the logic??
You've got your timeline wrong. This is a response to cutting numbers the Army has to justify their existence (as do the other forces constantly) and this is a good step in that direction.
@@emmy9345 going to have to disagree there pal China’s army including reserves is over 3 million. Not to mention increasing personel deployed to Belize.
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Was there mid eighties anyone remember raoul rose garden
@baileyboy73 baileyboy73 thanks im nearly 60 now not that young squaddie anymore😂
Do Brunei.
MTP uniform looks different from normal.
always nice supporting the under dog.
Fighting in the jungle definitely doesn't prepare you for fighting in the African bush, but you right, jungle is a harsh place.
I once had a punch up in a bush and I am certain that no amount jungle warfare training would have prepared me for fighting in that hedgerow.
Isn’t weird a country that surrounded by Spanish speaking countries while speaking English. Also, the population is predominantly black. How did the Brits make that happen.
We were one of the First Nations to counter slavery despite what the liberals say, we gave freedom to thousands of black people, that’s why we have pockets of English speaking majority black countries.
Colonialism, and slavery.
@@captainhindsight8779 and then paid slave owners severance money. Once again, the UK did not pay the slaves, but slave owners for "lost property". That is the true face of the UK.
@@nish663 the true face of slavery was the Ashanti tribes selling their own people in exchange for weapons and the 40 million South Asians and Eastern Europeans currently enslaved around the world today. No one seems to care about them.
@@TommyBahama84 yeah, but we don't live in Africa do we? And this comment wasn't about Africa either. We are talking about the British part in the slave trade. So let's stay on topic. I understand that this brings up feelings of guilt, and is emotional for you. But you need to know that most of Britain was built with the riches obtained from Slavery, and colonialism. What you do with that information is up to you.
I find it very interesting that Guatemala claims Belize (historical reasons)cause Mexico claims Guatemala (historical reasons)!. When i was in all three countries in the eighties i saw British soldiers that even ran off, and met both Japanese and American spies etc. Am very happy that the British soldiers are back as when i was there the Chinese had started to come in. People did anything! contrabend was a way of life going straight up to the banks in Panama. Also people from the Middle East started to come in as well. Both Mexico and Guatemala make the claim because the whole area is chiefly Maya Territory!.
Mexicans don't consider Guatemala a part of the country nor want to.. if they did they would've already taken over .
@@martincuen5519 Hi Martin Cuen! thanks for the comment but think you should check the history of disputed land etc. that Mexico and Guatemala have in question! Historically the Maya Civilization was in both countries with no border line marking different countries! Both Spanish and British Hondurus was also included!.
@@pamelazuill8438 what does anything you mentioned have to do with what I said bro. also I do know the history I'm a first gen mexican american whos lived in Mexico before and trust me we could care less. we relate more to nahual (aztec)
@@martincuen5519 Hi Martin! The Aztecs learned much from other tribes which were older than themselves! in relation to what we were talking about i think YOU NEED TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF YOUR MEXICAN HERITAGE!.
Question! Has the Brigadier General Ortega got a royal crown commission.
I miss seeing the 95 camo on our soldiers.
My online friend lives in belize
Got to send the lads some were becau all the camps in the uk
So no bats nor subs? Gutted.
Please elaborate 🙂
Maybe Belize should claim Guatemala?
I was promised submarines with bats on board......this will go on my google review of the base.... :)
6 months was enough for me.
Getting trained for Asia
You mean snow not jungle. If you can survive snow you can survive on any condition
Ah, Raoul's Rose Garden.... lol
Haha. Legendary. Never crossed the door myself, it was always full of pads guys. If only their wives knew. 🙈🙉🙊
probably closed down now due to lack of income from Airport Camp! Did 6 months in 86 and yes I did frequent Raoul's on occasion
It burned down a few years back actually. I forgot what the owner and his girls did after that though
i can't see a downside to this move. every one going to win.
I admire the Belize people wanting to be free with their own country. As is the norm, everywhere, people get along with each other no matter which side of the border they live on. Trouble is caused by governments not the people. Example, check out Leticia, Colombia. Where three countries come together, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. I've been there so I know.
we will protect the beelize in retuen fo good junglr tarining envoironemnt¬!!!!
And learning to spell mucker!
Join the ARMY and see the world ?
i wonder what the sas and sbs would be doing
Recce and training, mostly
I expect this is all preparation for what may come
I suspect they may have been training there all this time anyway. After all, who would let on if they were. Just my opinion though.
@@Mk1Male correct; British Forces (inc.SAS) have done their Jungle Training in Belize for a long time - but OP is talking about stationed troops, as per the report
@@unbearifiedbear1885 Yeah get that now. They woudn't be classified as stationed troops 👍
French foreign Legion the best jungle training generally speaking
I’m happy Brit’s are protecting us belize :)
The Major in the car really confused me... Then I realised it was cause he had a beard.
Anyone know the rules on beards in the Army and deployments abroad?
@Luke Smith good point
I'm seriously thinking of moving to Belize for good better lifestyle less chance of the Country being Nuked.
The troops should be sent to the South Coast - to combat the invasion taking place
better then afghanistan
Two words….Rose Garden…..I thenk you….
Its gone, no longer there
@@paulradford8859 really?!! Is Rideau Calmp still there?
@@alexwilliamson1486 sorry to say that it burnt down a few years ago