Army Foundation College Harrogate - What to Expect: WEEK 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- The Army Foundation College (AFC) is located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It is the only British Army establishment that delivers initial military training (Phase 1 training) to Junior Soldiers (aged between 16 years and 17 years, 5 months).
But what is the first week of basic training in AFC Harrogate like?
Hope you enjoy!!
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When I first joined the army I couldn't understand when the staff were so harsh and so unfair.... until I was actually deployed for the first-time and then it all became clear...wars are not fair and not nice...all youngsters should remember that when the lance-jacks are throwing your bedding out of the window.
Graeme I'll remember that mate👍
venusvibetrap - just remember no matter how stupid or unfair the things they make you do seem, they're nowhere near as stupid or unfair as the things you'll be asked to do on deployment... it's all to condition you to follow orders unquestioningly.... never forget that and you'll do fine.
I will I'm looking forward to it can't wait thanks for the advice
venusvibetrap - what regiment are you joining?
Graeme that I never took in mind. Thank you for that.
As a sailor who maintains helos in the US it's interesting to see how our NATO brothers do things. I have to say your drill is much more impressive than ours.
Good lad I like your comment mucker. British army drill is meant to be aggressive, control aggression reacting to words of command. This then coalilate over to fieldcraft, reaction to effective enemy fire location of the enemy winning the fire fight etc. The British army is based on 400 years of traditions and skills and drills. Hence y we are bang on when it comes to killing the fucking enemy who ever them fuckers are
@Para your comment makes me proud as fuck to be British im going to pirbright in June for 4/73 sphinx battery can't wait
This has only made me want to confirmed my choice of studying at Harrogate.
Same
Paige Dennis nah cba
What you mean
Same
Hey did you get in ?
31 days to go and this video has just made me even more exited, class vid mate.
Same hear in going in to infantry
Hey Matsimus, I’m so sorry man, I’m pretty sure I know what is happening, but I will ask privately on Patreon. Unfortunately, many will experience this as have I. I can’t even think about that for myself. I can hear it in your voice. Not the same Matsimus. Just know I’m thinking of your family. It’s hard and nothing helps, but you did everything right. Just take care of yourself. We don’t need videos all the time. Take a break if need be. We will be patiently waiting for your return. Your content is always phenomenal. People will always watch. Please take care.
Greetings from america, Im honestly happy you could do these videos, really shows me the perspective on the British side along with your other videos. Wish the best for you !
Haha that was my platoon at pass out at the beginning
Daniel Gallagher Much Respect 😄
Thanks mate!
How's Tidworth
Your drill was much better than my division's if I do say so.
Tidworth is wank lad
Hopefully gonna go AFC Harrogate in a year and a bit, better get my fitness up now.
I went to the afc Harrogate opening evening I am definitely sure I want to join the army as a para, I have my army assessment on 27th-29th June
Eldog Eldog Id wait for adult entry I’m here at the moment
Haha, good luck mate. Queens Royal Hussars for me!
Cat Man good man
Cat Man Queens royal hussars here too mate
Nice make sure you think of 2 other armoured corps regiments as when you get to Phase 2 you'll need to fill in a form and choose 3 armoured corps regiments you want to join
cheers mate, this is gonna help so much when i go in
I’m going off to assessment center in a few weeks and this has just made me want to do it even more. Thank you mate
Good luck mate! I'm going to Harrogate next month in Intake 67. Let me know how your AC goes. 🙂
@@smudgerbugg how's the training going
You need to stop your going to give me a hart attack with all this excitement
Edit: and with all of this nervousness
I know right☺☺
Did you do it?
Sorry to hear about the issues in your private life. Hope they resolve themselves soon. :)
I love all of the personal stories! I'm a recently Retired US Army 19K (operated the M1 Abrams in all 4 stations). I love seeing people's journey into the Military! My most favorite story of my life.
This video has really helped me to know what to expect after passing my selection stage. Thank you for talking about AFC Harragate.
Cameron G glad it helped!
Going to AFC Harrogate in 25 days. This video has become a drug lol. The music, the informativeness and it makes me excited every time.
Update: Had my passing in parade on Thursday, now On my 10 day leave. Off to Normandy in roughly two weeks. Loving it so far.
im going on the 18 of sept next month month as para, cant wait!
@@sbedders8785 i should be following your steps next year, Green On mate
Going in September can’t wait
Good on you mate I did mine in the 1950s, but then it was an army apprentice school so nearly all training technicians and craftsmen for Royal Engineers and REME. Later in service did a 3yr tour with the newly formed Army Air Corps. Most of the drill staf were from the guards regiments.
@@sbedders8785do you do p company at 16? Joining as a para but I need to put 3kg on
i was on guard there when 9/11 happened i was alamein company
We are here for you mate. We get that you can't share, but we are still here for you.
Really enjoy this format of video. Perhaps do one on what you experienced and felt stepping off the plane for the first time in Afghanistan?
i passed out there in 1991 lightening troop bradley squadron when it was royal signals .
I just finished my 1 year it's fucking grate
Royal Marines training is 32 weeks, factor in holidays works out at about 10 months
This has helped me thank you
Joseph Seed daddy
Anakin what are you doing here go back to obiwan
Earned a solid sub, I quite enjoy your videos that dive in depth about various topics/equipment of the armed forces of the world! Thank you for your service. ~Fellow Canadian
Planning to get in during the September intake this year, this video is really getting me excited, it's daunting but exciting
Hopefully going to Harrogate in September can’t wait
Spicy memes good luck
Same I might see u there lol
Spicy memes what reg you going mate?
Cheers Bois I’m going for the signals get some qualifications then transfer to rifles over like years of course
Same here hopefully 😊
Thank you for the video
Now I need to lose weight/get fitter (gym)
Learn how to swim
And learn how to tie shoe laces
Dont need to learn to swim if u cant swim they will teach you. Training is to meet u up to the standards not for you to already be able to do
@@tomas6326 are they harsh on you if you genuinely struggle swimming? Or say u can’t float urself/ doggy paddle and sryuff
@@callyleslie5515 u need to be able to float. Its to make sure if u fall in water u dont drown. If u dont meet requirement they help u
Matsimus
What's the background music pal. Sounds like you have a similar taste to me when i comes down to something to relax the brain. Trust me, as a bi polar sufferer, anything is helpful on that front and I can't imagine there are any military rules saying you can't reveal that source at least:) I have loads of questions but it's knowing what you are allowed and not allowed to say. Don't want to get you in trouble obviously as you're doing great work. Hope it's warming up a bit for you out there in Canada too. Gather Winter clung on late this year some places there.
Ive been looking for Videos like this to see what the army (college) like, thanks mate. As i say alot, great vid
sorry to hear that, hope it resolves itself, great video :)
I’m going to harrogate in a about 4-5 months this video has made me feel less uneasy about it and I can’t wait to go
same
How is it
This helped so much, thank you
Train hard, fight easy. Its as simple as that folks. It make a HUGE difference when you deploy on operations if you are actually prepared for what you will face.
I had my army assessment last month and have been booked for AFC Harrogate in September
parisa leila congrats!!! Hope you do well
Same, I'm nervous as
How's it going?
I attended the Army Apprentice College Harrogate from 1970 until 1973. In those days technician training for junior soldiers was 3 years! When I left as a Regular Army L/Cpl I was un prepared for the animosity that I experienced in my first posting from Adult entry soldiers we were mixed with. Militarily my 3 years in AAC came to the fore very quickly. I loved every minute of it and reckon the new regime should go back to. It produces better soldiers than we currently have!!!
Waiting for my Harrogate intake dates and stumbled upon this goldmine of a video. I think I'll be able to comfortably walk through through the doors comfortably knowing what's going to happen on the first day now that I've got it all written down in my note book. Cheers pal!
When you joining?
@@Ano608 hopefully sometime in September. I did my selection last year November at Litchfield so I'm with the lot who are going to get into Harrogate when the intakes open up again
@@PhillmcCrakin I did my assessment centre in June last year😂😂 I just haven't been on the September or March intake because I had medical stuff to sort out but I have now, just waiting on 1 peice of paperwork so I should go this year
@@PhillmcCrakin Have you been told about the September Intake at all and if they are postponing it?
@@Ano608 I'm not sure. I got a call from my recruiter the other day and he said that I should "just be ready, ready as in if I get a call for me to leave in the next week kind of ready" so that kind if got my hopes up.
Thank you for the video, just passed the assessment centre with an A grade for infantry, my start date is march 10th
I was the first ever intake in Sseptember 1998 and it looked nothing like that! Plus we got thrashed every day and certainly didn't have carpets and quilts! Bed blocks and had to polish and buff the floors, looking back it was horrendous but still loved it, Cambria coy 7 platoon, the originals 👍
I'm Alamain coy platoon 28 1 section intake 58 fuckin loving it at my 3rd month
22 Platoon Burma Company 2001, Jan intake here. I loved but hated every second of being here. It took mental and physical torment, sweat and a bunch of tears, but I finished up Champion Platoon Year 2001 thanks to an amazing NCO CPL McConville from the Fusiliers. I said above I hated but loved it... I'm now 37 Years old, and wish I could go back. It was the defining moment of my entire life, and I will NEVER forget... Never..
Thank you I've just turned 15 and I am thinking about joining at 16 and this has definitely helped with my decision.
same! i’m gonna complete my gcses then go hopefully. september 2022 hopefully !! good luck to you !
You got an Instagram or anything? I was looking to join up aswell, maybe we could do it together?
Goodluck I'm going in six days! So scared and excited
@@tailaoakham5504 omg same im gonna finish my gcse's this year and join in september 2022 hopfully :) i have my own self doubts tho
Did any of you do it
Thanks for the vid mat I’m planning on joining the paras at 16 this video has helped me understand some of the info
Morning bud. Been to Ripon but not Harrogate myself. Did my bronze D of E there too.
Don't know if you saw yesterday or just can't answer but wondered what happens with your rank if you switch service? Have you kept yours or do you go through a re assessment of some form?
Will Wilson did he ever reply?
Im going in on the 11th September this year, 8 days, excited but also scared.
Thanks for the advice I’m planning on being in the army
Great video Matsimus. Sorry to hear about your personal problems, hope everything resolves itself.
this is so helpful as i’m joining harrogate
Hey Matsimus this video really help me and given me more of an insight for when I go in September
23rd?
This was really helpful cheers it’s really nice to have a understanding about what happens / for a laugh can u re act to Vice Kids with gun documentary on the army cadet force
I enjoyed watching the Video. I watched the Channel 5 Series that went behind the scenes of the Army Foundation College 😊
Can't wait 😊 (Sept 2018)
T-Rex What regiment you going for? I'm going in September too
Dylan Wilson RAMC hopefully. What about you?
T-Rex Queens Royal Hussars mate, hoping to be tank crew
Dylan Wilson holy shit, me too!
Cat Man underrated regiment
Hope everything sorts it self for the best Matt
I am 15 I can not wait to join the army I have heard so much about it xx
@Kodiax Gaming I’m 16 in April and hopefully going to Harrogate in September
@Kodiax Gaming i’m 16 in september but hopefully joining next year as i want to complete gcses first. any idea what job role you want? i’m thinking HR specialist
@Kodiax Gaming ah that sounds nice. best of luck to you !
@@andrewbankier1562 same!!
@@andrewbankier1562 I’ve applied to go this sep
very useful info bud my son is off to AFC Harrogate this september
NDA, India is 3 years of Military training for 16 years old.
should be joining September 2021! so excited these videos are really helping can’t wait to join
i may be too.
what are you gonna join as?
@@koko-ld8pn a junior soldier, I want to go into medical.
@@elisevalentinanapodano9617 oh really thattss good. im gonna join the royal army veterinary corps as a dog handler. doubt it but maybe we will meet in the future,, good luck with everything tho!
That’s crazy, the year you joined harrogate, I was born, and now, almost 16 years later, I’m joining myself 😂
coreyG you going september
Fionn ennis yes are you?
@@coreyg670 see ya there boys
I went there when I first left school in 1999 absolutely hated it. Bored the life out of me. Left after three months and went in the Marines. Best choice I made during my military career. It was shite. Didn't even go on proper excercises because of the foot and mouth. Sent most of the time In a classroom doing basic maths and IT. Not what i signed up for, I was basically bribed to go to Harrogate and not given a choice to go to phase one as an adult as I wanted to be in the paras. Glad I went with my heart.
Wigan Gaz So was the marines successful?
Very informative video, hoping to join
i loved AFC Harrogate, it was a lick but a fucking good laugh, cheers for the video buddy. I hope your okay mate, keep your chin up!
I am going this September and can’t wait I have to travel from South Wales and it’s long
I’m hoping to go this September too
@@Michael-bz5mw what is the fitness requirements to get in please it would be much appreciated
@@albiebarnett8069 Just got done at selection centre couple days ago, if you’re going infantry you need to run an 8.5 on the beep test, (I ran an 8.7 because of nerves) be able to throw a medicine ball 2.7m. (I threw it 3.1m) and pull either 54 or 76kg on the mid thigh pull. I’m rather weak in upper body and still breezed the fitness requirements because they aren’t that hard. Just be polite and know all you can about why you’re joining and what you’re joining.
@@fynnla.e thanks well done
@@fynnla.e and how did you train for the beep test because I haven’t done one in ages
Got my AC in 2 weeks and if I pass will be joining in march long course, watched this video around 5x only making me more adiment this is the path I wanna go down
This was actually a lot of help. My boyfriend is going to Harrogate soon and I wanted to know more about what he will be doing so I can try and be there for him if he needs me to. We live in a small town in South Wales which is quite a distance to travel so I can't see him while he is training. One question I have is: is there good signal or a WiFi connection so I can stay in contact with him?
Lleuci Hill all the accommodation has WiFi 👍🏻
Where to in South Wales is in if you don’t mind me asking because I’m from there too
Going 10th of March can't fucking wait, I went for my interview at my careers office a year ago and just went to assessment just a testament to how good capita is 😂
I'm interested in a military career. I was told that they provide housing and what not if you live nowhere near Harrogate. There were people from different military cores that came down to a community centre in my home town. They said that you had to be 15 an 7 months to join, with parental permission. I hope what I was told is true,
You only get housing if you are married. Otherwise you live in the block.
Enjoyed this video very informative, would be appreciated if you could do another ?
My eldest son wanted to go in the forces he can't get in due to Asperger's it's such a shame because he's high functioning and very intelligent he was devastated and a big blow when he found out.
Wisewarna Nazara it's a condition boadering autism or at least on the spectrum of it. But it's not actually true autism it's complicated.
The Infidel don’t think you can join the military at all with any autistic spectrum disorders, I’ve got ADHD and Mild Autism and I can’t join anything to do with the military
Gaz Bertram Just curious but why can't he join with autism? And was he officially diagnosed?
This is the way to sort out British youth! Makes me proud to be from Yorkshire. Seriously. Good luck with your personal stuff, old boy. Remember Stalingrad!
@@evangelosperry changed your tone didn’t ya fella lol. Ya mug.
I'm 14 now but when I finish my GCSEs I'll be old enough to join the army foundation collage I think it would be better if people who are looking to join the army should go there so when I comes to u doing your fitness test you will be at the right fitness level which should make it less challenging or less hard for you also you will have the necessary knowledge to get through basic training so if anyone is joining the army foundation collage well good luck to you 😁😁👍👍👍
Going to harrogate is very good for your career because they give you the qualifications you need for all promotions
Great video, i start this September and it has helped, thank you
I hope to god i get in, i dont know what ill do for my career if i dont
My brother went here and it was very nice seeing the camp
Hi if your still active I'm going to Harrogate this October 4 so I'm looking forward till then
Have you got insta or Snapchat?
Thanks brother really helped me out
It I pass my ac test in two weeks I should be starting the college next year in March can not wait hope to join the welsh guards
Ima going in 7th of March :) what u going in aspiring to be?
I might see you there I'll either be going in March if my application gets done quickly if not I'll be going in the summer
Goood luck :D
@@hannahbasra6143 thank youuuuu what are you wanting to be?
What day is ur selection?12 of January?
I like your video this video is very informative…my daughter will be joining September
I’m going in on September 23rd 2018 infantry royal fusiliers and I can’t wait to go
Declan Sherriff me too! Congratulations! 💪🏼☺️
Me too💪🏼 royal regiment of Scotland
See you there then bud, Queens royal hussars
im going march as junior para let me know how it goes mate
got Snapchat bud?
Hope you are doing well m8. You deserve the best
What ever is challenging your soul, I hope ypu are going to be ok.
Thanks for your time ,my 16 year old son is joining up when he leaves school in June
Tell him to sign up now! He will be out of school before his course will start and it takes ages to get through all the recruitment process (it took me a FUCKING year)
Graduated at AFC 2003, served proud for our nation and now have health complications - nowadays reality, think before you commit
Be a sponge is the best instruction I have ever been given
It’s changed a fair bit since I went
Even though your not in the British army anymore do you still shave daily?
Loving my time at AFC !
BRAVO[CPM] just curious, but are you in the September or march intake?
Did my training JS at Bassingbourn bks Hertfordshire 77-78 some of the things he mentioned still ring true dont remember having to ram my grub down my neck although in the battalion you eat fast never knew when you would be crashed out😮 .never forgot my basic training my cpls and plt sgt miller were excellent he was queen's regiment what a man immaculate and a good bloke
Do you have to do the classroom work even if you’ve passed your exams
Kaiden Dickson yeah, but not maths and English, you do a BTEC in public services. But trust me it’s piss easy you can mong it most of the time
@@drgnxence2596 How did you find Harrogate?
My brother passed out on August 9th joining the Royal engineers so proud of him he is now on phase 2
It’s there a second part coming soon?
Joining March 10th for the short course as a tec elec in reme.
Anybody starting 2021
Yeah I am
Yeah march 14th
I went here when it was the army apprentice college....royal signals....I left there in 94...many yr ago now!...lol..
I'm applying on November 13th, when I'm 15 and 7 months .
hey if you get in for the september 2021 when your 16 we’ll be in the same year 😂
@@elisevalentinanapodano9617 wats ur snap
My brother joined recently he loves it so I’m watching this video to see what it’s like
Lol I'm ADHD(non medicated) but I'm freaking out about my concentration 😔😤
This might sound like a stupid question but what happens to your A levels, do you not get to do them?
Your going to afc Harrogate instead of normal college ,so yes
Going there in September
I’m waiting for my med records to go through hopefully sep intake
@@cj_sings2089 Maybe we’ll see each other there
What's ur snap
What date
It is really good I encourage people to join if ya wanna go into the army
This is her son and I went there
@@victoriadexter9338 when did you go?
I passed out last week
@Drive pretty sure he means he ‘graduated’, the pass out parade lol
Would you say AFC is better than pirbright/catterick
I don't know much but if I am wishing to join the royal marines at 16 will I get sent there
Thanks I appreciate the reply
Royal marines are part of the navy mate, they have a separate training area for them
What Matsimus perhaps didn't explain here is why AFC exists. After all why go for a year of training if you can simply join up at 17 1/2 18 months later and do 14 weeks?
Well the answer is that the Army is recognising there might be an education / life skills gap for many potential standard applicants, especially those from troubled homes (I am making no implication about Matsimus who I am sure has a wonderful family). That's why the longer AFC Harrogate courses are more well rounded and focus on literacy and maths, communication and presentation skills etc. as well as the usual tsunami of drill, weapons, field skills, phys and so on. It sure does make for better soldiers.