I'm 38... my back is alright (for now). Its my knees though! I can barely jog a half mile now. So glad I did not reenlist when I was thinking about it 😫
I saw a clip of a South African (Afrikaner or Boer) military challenge when the participant got had to be buried alive in the sand after a grueling run
2:49 Cobras and other snakes are still being hunted widespread in northeastern thailand since their meat would be stir-fried and serve like a normal lunch. My friend from there once commented "tastes like chicken"
I think the first drill, the Russian shot, is extremely useful. I would really hope there are some safety controls to it, like an oversized vest and low pressure ammo, but in theory its great. Getting hit in the vest, especially the first time, is going to disorient the heck out of you. Slow and confused is not ideal in a firefight. So if you can safely train to overcome that situation, it should increase your life expectancy
Just because it's available as a street food doesn't mean it isn't strange and weird to most of the world. Even within those countries, eating anything with an exoskeleton is seen as a speciality or an oddity.
@@infin1ty850 I saw all sorts of people eating the scorpion on a stick. Most people eat crab, shrimp, or crayfish. Eating a snake is actually not weird at all. Several times I had crocodile soup, or turtle. I saw snakes in some restaurants near the other live food, such as fish and lobster. At one food court that I would go to (in a different city) had a booth with spiders, centipede, an other bugs. But there weren't many people at that booth.
No “the street food vendors in Beijing” don’t. It’s only in certain touristic streets (local tourists included). But yes, I agree that it’s not that strange. I’ve tried it and the meat just tastes like chicken with crispy bits.
The Russians shooting you with a vest on actually does make sense, it gets you used to being shot so if you're in active combat and get hit then you can fight through it and keep going
In Indoesia, they sometimes make soldiers to just crawl forward in a mud pool, but the drill instructors will be shouting commands on when you can move and when you must stop. Simple enough, right? But those same instructors will also be shooting at you (with live rounds ofc bcs that only make sense, right?). They will be shooting at everywhere all around you according to their movement instructions, so you move even a second too late forward and you can kiss your left ankle goodbye since it just got hit with a 7.62 projectile 😅
Michael Jackson: You shoulda stayed in the army dude! Shamone! Even Tito looks better than you! Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor! Freddie Mercury: You think I haven’t heard of things before? You’ve just a bully who’s too scared to go to war. Julius Caesar: I heard you had poison spit, where was it in this cipher?
You're right about Russian one, but Cobra Gold also aimed at long term survival when you go MIA but still alive, ran out of MRE and ration, and raiding for enemies' supply is out of question, so When Life Gives You Scorpion, Make BBQ Scorpion.
I was not expecting the snake blood thing to come from US Marine Corps and Naval personnel. If anyone, I would have expected it to come from US Army Special Forces since the Green Berets have called “snake eaters”.
Actually I'd argue the first one makes a lot of sense, if you're going to use body armor it's understandable to know what it feels like to be shot in one so that if it happens in a real gunfight you won't panic.
Just as unarmed combat and melee weapons training. It is still used to make troops more agressive. Average city dweller is much more gentle than old farmer guys who were used as main infantry supply. Modern life conditions trained us to be polite, reasonable and agreable. Avoiding conflict is most recomended way to act for civilians. Opposite of war in all ways. So instilling some ancient savagery with onto soldiers makes sense. Most of such things can look like some tribal initiation rituals in a way.
1:20 I ain't seen anything like this to dehumanize the enemy . It's no wonder some of the Navy Seals say today's serial killers are popping up in the Navy Seals and Green Berets.
It's not about how long you have to go, but it's about how you react to tight and narrow space. It was never designed for physical conditioning, rather mental conditioning.
@@Rebellion90s I disagree. If you know it's 100% safe, there is no risk or challenge. They have to set up a course where it's difficult, and have elements of risk. Having them just dunk down underwater is nothing... but having the risk of not passing, and/or getting injured, that is a test of endurance, winning over fear, and mental toughness.
If it's don't make sense but it's worked, then it's makes sense, right? As a Thai citizen myself, I dare to say that none of those exercises could match some method used by some twisted sadistic drill sergeants in term of making any sense. The recruits or conscripts were instructed to bend themselves down forward headfirst into the concrete floor outdoor during scorching noon. The worst part is the instructors never give a damn about what goal do they wanted to achieve, and when the event caught vultures' attention that come in form of reporters from multiple mass media organizations, they just come up with some bullshit reasons and tell the media something along the line of "it's normal routine exercise training"
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😑 . . . Honestly, what the SAS & the Russians had to go through is, in my experiences, are pathetic. And I’m typing out of personal experiences in my training as a [hired gun] (best description) for the United Nations’ Security Council. These exercises are so ludicrous & insane that you’d have to be the offspring of _My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic: Equestrian Girls_ ’s Pinkie Pie & Marvel Comics’ Deadpool to actually pass & such (FYI, its their 4th wall breaking abilities, among other things 😏)…
i did the cobra gold in 2018 i have pictures of wearing the skin of the cobra around my head like it was a headband hahaha
I've drank it too I don't know why it's seen as such a tough thing it's just food
Would you fight against Russia, your old WW2 ally?
You a recon marine?
As thai i think i cant drink cobra blood too😂😂😂
Did it help with energy or dehydration?
Sitting here with a destroyed lower back regretting ever becoming 11-Bravo Infantry back in 1990.
Blame your parents for letting you.
@@PROVOCATEURSK I was 21 when I went in. It was all me.
I'm 38... my back is alright (for now). Its my knees though! I can barely jog a half mile now. So glad I did not reenlist when I was thinking about it 😫
same with my right knee
@ Yup. 4 was plenty for me. Then a lot of hiking in the Smokies after.
I saw a clip of a South African (Afrikaner or Boer) military challenge when the participant got had to be buried alive in the sand after a grueling run
2:49 Cobras and other snakes are still being hunted widespread in northeastern thailand since their meat would be stir-fried and serve like a normal lunch. My friend from there once commented "tastes like chicken"
I’ve eaten frog as an infant and it also tasted like chicken.
I think the first drill, the Russian shot, is extremely useful. I would really hope there are some safety controls to it, like an oversized vest and low pressure ammo, but in theory its great. Getting hit in the vest, especially the first time, is going to disorient the heck out of you. Slow and confused is not ideal in a firefight. So if you can safely train to overcome that situation, it should increase your life expectancy
*watches Russia's performance in Ukraine*
I have my doubts about the exercise's usefulness...
@@wuebboltcwell the video states that is the security force’s training not the regular army training
@@wuebboltc
They are not the one voluntold and kidnapped people on the street to be thrown on the battlefield.
@@wuebboltcthe federal security service undergo the exercise, not regular military personnel. You wont see FSB on the battlefield
The street food vendors in Beijing sell bar-b-q-ed scorpions on a stick.
A lot of the "survival food" isn't as strange as you might think.
Just because it's available as a street food doesn't mean it isn't strange and weird to most of the world. Even within those countries, eating anything with an exoskeleton is seen as a speciality or an oddity.
@@infin1ty850
I saw all sorts of people eating the scorpion on a stick.
Most people eat crab, shrimp, or crayfish.
Eating a snake is actually not weird at all. Several times I had crocodile soup, or turtle. I saw snakes in some restaurants near the other live food, such as fish and lobster.
At one food court that I would go to (in a different city) had a booth with spiders, centipede, an other bugs. But there weren't many people at that booth.
No “the street food vendors in Beijing” don’t. It’s only in certain touristic streets (local tourists included). But yes, I agree that it’s not that strange. I’ve tried it and the meat just tastes like chicken with crispy bits.
Tarantula are a prized snack in Cambodia, and snakes really do taste like chicken :)
The Russians shooting you with a vest on actually does make sense, it gets you used to being shot so if you're in active combat and get hit then you can fight through it and keep going
You will never get used to getting shot
Yes,better use airsoft(Some airsoft are actually more expensive than some real guns on some occasions) and paintballs
@@creepquest Said the zoomer from the couch. You sure know better than some special forces major. 😂😂
@@Савушкино55 you must be reading топор a lot. Who else says "Zoomer"?
@@creepquest Not топор. I'm reading “Pozdnyakov 3.0.”
In Indoesia, they sometimes make soldiers to just crawl forward in a mud pool, but the drill instructors will be shouting commands on when you can move and when you must stop. Simple enough, right? But those same instructors will also be shooting at you (with live rounds ofc bcs that only make sense, right?). They will be shooting at everywhere all around you according to their movement instructions, so you move even a second too late forward and you can kiss your left ankle goodbye since it just got hit with a 7.62 projectile 😅
3:15 and a challenge coin for the event. Along with other exclusive prints and merchandise.
Dude, why does that seem like something for the US Marines?
I did Cobra Gold in early 90s and we all drank the Cobra blood.
Anything to avoid fighting the soviets...
How was it? Did it give you energy or help with dehydration?
Great video, that are some crazy exercises.
How did the 6ft tunnel make this list thats in abt every basic training
I think the training exercise for D-DAY was worse as they got killed by there own side
Michael Jackson: You shoulda stayed in the army dude! Shamone! Even Tito looks better than you!
Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!
Freddie Mercury: You think I haven’t heard of things before? You’ve just a bully who’s too scared to go to war.
Julius Caesar: I heard you had poison spit, where was it in this cipher?
Wow amazing video
that are some crazy exercises
Could you do a video on Mogadishu/black hawk down
Russian crazy training exercises: training real life situations you will encounter in battle
American training: eating random animals.
Russian training: training for the most fictional scenes ever and training to die early
American training: standing still and going insane
You're right about Russian one, but Cobra Gold also aimed at long term survival when you go MIA but still alive, ran out of MRE and ration, and raiding for enemies' supply is out of question, so When Life Gives You Scorpion, Make BBQ Scorpion.
I was not expecting the snake blood thing to come from US Marine Corps and Naval personnel. If anyone, I would have expected it to come from US Army Special Forces since the Green Berets have called “snake eaters”.
SNAKE EATEEEEER sorry couldnt hold myself
"War is a bloody killing business. You've got to spill their blood or they will spill yours" - (Legendary American General George S. Patton)
Man this some crazy stuff
Not just Marines. Was part of Cobra Gold in Thailand and Philippines in 2019 but it was the Army
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Marine: you're joking right?
PETA is unhappy with our troops' survival, noted.
Have you seen the video by Angry Cops on the subject??
@@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat nope
Please do a video on CSM Mike Vining
Kaibiles special forces should be on the list.
Actually I'd argue the first one makes a lot of sense, if you're going to use body armor it's understandable to know what it feels like to be shot in one so that if it happens in a real gunfight you won't panic.
Para SF have a glass eating ceremony after completion of training
Surprisingly both the US Marine Corps and Philippine Marine Corps were actually trained to drink a Cobra blood during the Balikatan.
It is my understanding that the French GIGN unit also shoot recruits in the chest(with armor).
I seen some of the Chinese hot potato instructions it's still used today depending on the commander in charge of the base
Have you ever heard about indonesian special force training to prone and crawl under fire with live ammo? Small mistakes can cost your life
It's pretty common
Pretty sure US special forces do the same in training.
FSB is quite specialized unit, where it makes sense.
Just as unarmed combat and melee weapons training.
It is still used to make troops more agressive. Average city dweller is much more gentle than old farmer guys who were used as main infantry supply. Modern life conditions trained us to be polite, reasonable and agreable. Avoiding conflict is most recomended way to act for civilians.
Opposite of war in all ways.
So instilling some ancient savagery with onto soldiers makes sense. Most of such things can look like some tribal initiation rituals in a way.
Jungle training in the Panama zone before 1980 quite interesting
1:20
I ain't seen anything like this to dehumanize the enemy .
It's no wonder some of the Navy Seals say today's serial killers are popping up in the Navy Seals and Green Berets.
These military exercises are crazy and that's putting it mildly.
The doko race must be crazy
I did Cobra Gold in 2023, the snake blood is still a thing lol
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Dead internet theory
2:28 "😬"
The gulag?
Awesome 😎
4:58 Gordon Ramsay was first to experience the Sheep Dip I don't how that make him finish that but tue instructors always help them and drag em out
It’s always not make sense for weak civy. Strong civy mostly understands it.
Somehow, I like how Russia's exercise in this video makes more sense. Which compells me to have more favor over it than the rest that follow.
Lol as a Nepali I think doko race is a funny Nepali miltary training
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Remember when simple history was about simple history?
"You're still in a dream Snake Eaterrrrr!"
im sitting here laughing bout the sas female interrogator with ma brain in the gutter
So 4 and a half miles with 30lb for the doka😊
You forgot one thing: high altitude! That will make you even more exhausted!
Plz do more SAS content
A 6 feet tunnel is supposed to be hard?!?! I would've thought maybe a 60 feet tunnel might be a challenge. A 60 meter tunnel would be a challenge.
Yeah ngl 6ft is nothing, i would expect at least 10m to be somewhat more “scary”
It's not about how long you have to go, but it's about how you react to tight and narrow space. It was never designed for physical conditioning, rather mental conditioning.
@@Rebellion90s I disagree. If you know it's 100% safe, there is no risk or challenge. They have to set up a course where it's difficult, and have elements of risk. Having them just dunk down underwater is nothing... but having the risk of not passing, and/or getting injured, that is a test of endurance, winning over fear, and mental toughness.
@ How much do you know about Phobia?
The PRMC is 3hrs long not 90 minutes
6:31 "andd that's how I met your mother....."
thats why you hear about ptsd in usa
If it's don't make sense but it's worked, then it's makes sense, right? As a Thai citizen myself, I dare to say that none of those exercises could match some method used by some twisted sadistic drill sergeants in term of making any sense. The recruits or conscripts were instructed to bend themselves down forward headfirst into the concrete floor outdoor during scorching noon. The worst part is the instructors never give a damn about what goal do they wanted to achieve, and when the event caught vultures' attention that come in form of reporters from multiple mass media organizations, they just come up with some bullshit reasons and tell the media something along the line of "it's normal routine exercise training"
They have to draw recruits somehow, so of course the military has stupid stuff in it.
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Very crazy 😂😂😂
Getting shot by a handgun in a vest shouldnt hurt or knock you back like in the movies. It's just stupid
mmm talk to vets about how their country treats them.
Eating glass
I'm from India 🇮🇳 and I used to drink COBRA blood 🩸 during our commando training back in 2021. And sadly I'm not fit for commando anymore in 2024 but compared to other solider I'm very fit. JAI HIND 🇮🇳
Dopper??
6th!
04:10
Correction: The Royal Marines were under the Royal Navy not the British Army!
Correction-ish the Royal marine commando's are there own separate entity)
@@nigelgoodwinful
I know.
Pls pin ive been watching simple history since 2021
Royal Marines aren’t the British army
big boss
It's why I work in IT and didn't join the military.
some of those are crazy but as usual the russians were the most insane!
Royal Marines are navy not army
Sure, wink wink, they stopped the practice. Wink wink
Haiiiiiiiii
Belarusian army is more of a circus than an army.
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For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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"Russian shot to the chest" - there is a stupidity. We don't do that.
Lol. Know much much worse rituals. Lucky for me we never had to do but one and there was a very good reasion for it.
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😑 . . . Honestly, what the SAS & the Russians had to go through is, in my experiences, are pathetic. And I’m typing out of personal experiences in my training as a [hired gun] (best description) for the United Nations’ Security Council. These exercises are so ludicrous & insane that you’d have to be the offspring of _My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic: Equestrian Girls_ ’s Pinkie Pie & Marvel Comics’ Deadpool to actually pass & such (FYI, its their 4th wall breaking abilities, among other things 😏)…
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You can use Ai he doesn't add them.
Eh... what about veteran care?
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