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- What does it take to be a frontline solider in the British Army? At Britain’s biggest garrison, Private South is being pushed to the limit - physically and mentally - alongside young men and women as they begin the transformation from fresh-faced civilians to infantry soldiers. Only the very best will make it. #Soldier #iPlayer
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Who has what it takes to be a frontline soldier? At Britain's biggest garrison, fresh recruits are pushed to the limit - physically and mentally.
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This guy should be proud of himself, he is a credit to the army
Gives us back Gibraltar
@@blackhawkedu1you spanish?
@@dave_hedgehog4738 yes and Gibraltar was stolen from Spain. UK MUST GIVE IT BACK
Yeah in those virgin specs shows he has self confidence
Pain doesn't make me weep, army salary does!
Decent once you start moving up the ranks which can be quick in the infantry.
if you join the army for salary you're in the wrong place
@@warmachine0962It's a career option at the end of the day. There's a huge drop in recruitment just across the pond. The youth of today aren't interested in fighting wars on behalf of corrupt politicians and big corporations. People want to get paid well and eat well.
you join for service and pride for your nation, not money, hell you'll hardly have time to spend it 😂
its actually quite good bc everything is paid for meaning no bills and most expenses apart from taxes but taxes are slightly reduced and u dont really spend it much plus it gets better when u move up meaning its better than being a civilian for context averge soldier earns 23000 a year average salary foor any brit is 36000 but they have all the expenses plus holidays
These keyboard warriors need to remember that behind the camera the training team are a very different beast
the army is still a disgrace
Spoken like someone who has been there like myself
What does it take to be a British soldier? A pulse and a willingness to sign up… the pulse is negotiable.
Clearly never tried to join, the prosses is so bad. If your feet are the wrong shape you cant get in haha. At the moment you are lucky to get in after a year of paperwork and medicals.
@@NA-gf1zy🤣🤣🤣 no it’s not where are you all getting this from , I can name 50 units worldwide that’s harder then this
@@NA-gf1zy harder then USMC 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
How long did you serve?
You must be oblivious of medical requirements of having massive bollocks and lungs like Garth!
Respect to any man who fights for our country,
Whats there to fight for? Britain is broken.
whatrs so broken about it?
@@AFCTV204
fight for sharia law, your daughter will wear hijabs
@@AFCTV204 be a different situation when it’s on your front door and you will do anything to protect your family.
@@MortivationNationThe average name for a male in your country is Mohammad, none of you have done anything
2493.... In from 93-97...I've seen better, worse and much worse in the uniformed service in which I currently serve. Fair play to this lad, he had the wherewithal to join, the gumption to stay and the qualities to accept responsibility. There are millions out there who can't or won't dare to achieve what he has done and might yet have to do for this country.
And if anyone wants a straightener I'll be in the gym from 1700hrs.
In your 4 years 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@5732noel 16 years in total crowbag!
@@5732noel In your 0 years.
Probably the only reasonable comment ever posted on this video.
Ooooo your hardddd😂
"You have done the course and not been the worst." Modest dude ☺
Is this what happens when you don’t get your letter from hogwarts?
I joined up in 78. GPMG still going strong. Says it all.
It was relegated to a support weapon but the FN Minimi that replaced it at a section level wasn't effective enough so they brought the GPMG (FN MAG) back.
ITC catterick line infantry is pretty much an attendance course.
Respect to our British fellows from the US. I'm likely joining the US Army in the future, I'd love to train along with these guys. Absolute badasses.
❤🇬🇧🇺🇸
Army gay
cannot imagine looking at the US government and deciding youd die for them
@@mevolander8478 lol true
He is just an slave to the western power. I don't respect anyone man who willing know government is enslaving him but still joins the army
Loved this show on bbc iplayer & loved that Jack o'connel narrated it. I thought the recruits had really funny and sweet personalities, they did amazing. Also the corporal's were really supportive and just wanted all of them to do their best. Please make series 2! 🙂🤗
Good to see they have new kit in depot. I trained with Iraq era kit, showed up to my batallion and got thrown kit I'd never even seen and a rifle with a sight I never knew existed.
To be fair their life experience up to joining is not naturally connected to the training. A year or so they will change. In the 70s everyone around me seemed mature and different in many ways had outdoors cope yourself experiences and discipline in the their childhood .They will he ok in time.
Thank you for your service
Cpl Potts, hope you are keeping well mate. Smashing it out it in Catterick good job 💪🏻
Awesome effort from that lad ,not cocky or gung ho , just with the determination to keep going , try harder and focus , I too had glasses and contact lenses , my contact lenses gave me HD long distance vision but were itchy in the field , being only 55 ish kilos wet through I wanted to prove myself , I always wanted to be at the front of route marches carry the Bren or the Gimp , now 40 years later my hearing is bad , my eyes not fantastic , but I would do all it all again tomorrow even today , where do I sign?
When you said BREN I thought you must be very old to be honest, like ww2 vet, only to discover it remained in service much longer than I thought it did.
This guy is my inspiration, I wear glasses and contacts too, but i’m looking to get Lasik surgery before joining the army.
Seems well alright, nice stuff lad keep up the good work!
Step 1: Somehow get past medical
Trying to get into the Navy atm, the medical checks through Capita seems endless.
I wouldn't let my son join none of the armed forces.. If he got wounded once healed your thrown to one side.. These hero's should be guaranteed help when suffering any harm.. They put there lives on the line so we can be free.. Respect all round.. 🇬🇧👏👏👏👏👏
Same problem in USA. So many homeless veterans, some disabled, and Veterans Affairs doesn't help. It's disgusting.
You don't know what you are talking about
@@ashleyhewitt4894 Talk to a homeless veteran living rough... doughnut..🤔
@bampitony6108 There are so many groups and charities that help veterans. If the soldier wants help or wants to take the easy option and blame everyone else
@bampitony6108 I would like you to take into account I did 22 years in the Army
Putting a space drum as the background instrumental to an army vid. I've seen it all.
This might seem odd but I live in the states but I rather join the British military before my own(except Air Force).Seems like British are leve headed and treat everyone with respect. I can fight for a country like that.
We’ve had a lot of practice and experience to get it right
Brits are for service mate, we're professionals who know/want to fight. USA recruit anyone despite their morals as cannon fodder unfortunately
Aye, professional army
@@yorkmanngaming5888 Funny you thinking that the UK is any different.
Was in from 88, we used to have boots thrown through windows then billed for them. Loads of failures. Happy days!!
Indeed, boots and most of our lockers and 11 57. I joined in 88 as well.
I joined in 1986 guards depot, show parade take your bed locker and all your kit on the drill square at 1800 hours, happy days. If you got jailed you got rifted to guardroom in two dress with your back pack and blankets on your back, effing brutal. 😢
Ft Benning makes this place look like a daycare
0:08 I'm pretty sure the main character of "Full Metal Jacket" has em mate.. ;)
“Or as I like to call it, the GMG-P!”
bro clearly has not watched full metal jacket
It takes not having cystitis on your medical record. You’ll get discharged after 8 months of training with a “thank you very much but we can’t have you” when admin finally finds out. Speaking from personal experience.
How'd they find out
@@CheGuevara110100 they do health record checks. It’s like asthma, the military thinks you’d just be a liability even if you’re fit, willing and able.
@@breathe3146 There's lads that are colour blind or asthmatic that are in the army though they never declared on the medical how'd you get discharged after 8 months
@@CheGuevara110100 it was recorded by my GP years before I joined the military.
@@breathe3146I'm in the process of joining the US Air Force, and they're forcing me to put togethet a bunch of records and letters of recommendation. All that because they found ADHD medication in my record when i was in high school, i wasnt even diagnosed i just took the pills for a bit.
I am an Egyptian who lives in the United Kingdom and I hope one day to obtain British citizenship. I will never hesitate to take up arms to defend the land of Great Britain. I love the UK 🇬🇧
Meaning no disrespects but isn't it a problem for having soldiers on the front line wearing glases as wouldn't their glases reflect light etc and show where they are and also what happens if they lose their glasses and need them. ? I genuinely would like to know .
contacts.
@@Lambondoya Oh yeah of course. I wear glasses myself and never once worn them, but I keep hearing that they fall out easily , unless that's not true?
BBC can you please add this back or is it already still on there also If one is being made one if the RAF
Good lad. Stick with it, work hard.
i tried to sign up and got failed the medical because of hay fever, the whole process is a joke, had to wait 6 month to even get to AC glencorse
I know what you mean son. In sweden they only accept 5% every hear from 100 000 candidates (everyone is forced to answer questions according to law). But point is hay fever lactose intolerance, sensetive skin instantly excludes. Crazy selective times for military.
Currently in the army cadets and in two years I’ll be signing up for Harrogate and on my way to join either the armoured divisions,the infantry or if I can get there the marines
Stop pulling yourself, that will help
@@richardnixon4345 what do you mean pulling myself
I did cadets between 12-18 and spent 2 of those years teaching a detachment after completing JCIC AND SCIC training. Keep your head up and the army will praise your motivation to find your own roll and do your own research on the roll at hand. You have the spirit and that other guy smacks me as someone who hasnt done anything military. Soldiers dont shit on each other like that, ignore him youll find him flipping burgers telling the boss that he's doing 'the most' hahaha. Huge respect Cadet.@@user-go6mh2oc1s
Don’t got to Harrogate lad, Go to college or do an apprenticeship first, every bod that dose Harrogate regrets its + Phase one adult entry is half the time of junior entry
I went to Harrogate when it was AAC in 87 and back there as an instructor 94 and 95 when it closed down. Like everything you get from it what you put in. If your are committed it will make you for life and well beyond your military career. For me Harrogate was the best decision ever made. My life and career since my service have been great and taken me around the world. I say go for it lad and the best of luck 👍
Klaus and George thank you for your “service” 😂
I think rule 1 is that you cannot under any circumstances throw crates of tea into water, even if you are brewing it for the whole platoon.
He’s got all my respect 🫡
I am curous as to what is the primary motivator to join the RA, RN, RAF or RAMC. In the US, most of us joined because of the GI bill and the desire to go university debt free. Is it the same in the UK? Do they have a GI bill? (for the record, worked for me, used mine to get my BA and then got a scholarship for my MA)
Don’t think there’s something like that there . And don’t mean to sound rude but when you say RA and RAMC do you mean the British army and the Royal Marines commando?
@@snowyowl7413 yup, sorry i didnt get the abbreviations rigth (as former USAF, knew RAF thanks to bases in the UK). But my question is, what is the primary motivator for enlistment in the UK armed forces? The GI bill is a big motivator for us here in the states
To do something more with their lives, to see the world to be the best in the world if you are planning on joining the marines. I want to join up hopefully as a Merlin pilot if not that then the marines or Royal engineers and the reason I want to join is because I want to do something useful with my life instead of doing a nine to five job at a desk for years on end
@@snowyowl7413 If that is your motivation, its a good one! Assuming the UK military is much like the US, you have the chance to do things every day that is different and only happen in the military. No lie , some will be bad. Some will be amazing, but i guarantee, its not a 9 to 5. I was a USAF medic myself.
My advice? listen to every vet you can. Some will tell you its awful. Some will tell you they had good experiences. Probably both are true, but the most important thing is to go in with eyes open.
Travel, chance to learn a trade
Hold on... did this guy never see full metal jacket with pvt joker.. he had glasses
bro not seen full metal jacket 0:09
Yo honestly I wouldn't want to be the gunner, you have the carry the damn thing everywhere
Point man is now "point person" 🙄
actual?
What does it take? Well at the time the iron will to get past Capita, then there was phase one.
I wanna join the army, I have no discipline in my life, I have no friends or family and I think these guys could be my new family
Don't ever lose that Tokken!
people sell them all the time, good money, medals used to be a form of compensation for lack of cash money for a soldiers service, not uncommon throughout history
@@earthcitizen7245 I'm aware of this, its just that its really sad to hear or see former soldiers doing this just to survive.
I worked with that guy wow
British Army absolutely TOP TOP TOP ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐♥️ and absolutely 💎 diamond ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Bro that MG is what we nearly used in Cadets 🤣
What’s your point?
Well i cant be one as i have anemia and dyspraxia also i have a past bone injury.
I only have 1 mate who is currently serving in the army and I can't speak for anything because I'm not him. All I know is he's happily engaged and enjoys it.
I am sure my Grandad who was an ex Major would say something different about today's forces, but at the same time probably doesn't care.
Suprised at the sheet amount of idiots in the comments. Wonder if you all tried to join but weren't allowed in because you didn't get your GCSE's.
or just accept our country is falling
@@DirtyBlackBastard1Give Sunak time. His policies will make Britain a fun place to live in. I love his way of working. We finally have a prime minister who cares about the common man.
@@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns are you on smack
You don't need GCSEs for the infantry
@@RaffieFaffieu do
I see Cpl Jones and Cpl Dean
Training, commitment and patriotism
VOTE REFORM
I done 13 years in the military. I came across hundreds of people wearing glasses.
Only thing I'm gonna ask is does the glass shine give away your position?
Glasses don’t shine that much tbh
guy on the pic looks like he should stick to call of duty 🤣🤣🤣🤣
done more for this country than you have
Where's Waldo?
The question every potential recruit should ask themselves is. Why are there so many veterans homeless and on the streets.?
I wear glasses for reading and driving at night times
It's mostly bullies who do well in the Army and get promoted
ok
"Fk these sh1tty rifles, I want the gun" 😆
Where was the rain? 😂
What does it take? The inability to find another job.
too much swearing
😂
Friday 4th January 2024.
00.28am.
"Dear Sir/Madam. Good-morning. How are you? I trust you are all well and in good spirits." 🙂
"I love the British Army. You Guy's, are amazing. When the time comes, I will be there. Trust me. I apologise, for the past. I live a lonely life, and I get stressed, quick. Everything, I ever had is for the British Army. Keep up the good work Men."
Yours Faithfully.
The Bull of Lewisham.
Mr Francesca Al Kray.
God Save The King: King Charles (Third). 🇬🇧🏴.
The willingness not to wash
As someone who was in, I can tell you this, not much. Should’ve seen the state of some of the people I came through with.
Hello mate just wondering in 4 years is there really any actually threat or is it all training ?
Would England fight war if ppl applied for soldiers were only engineers or doctors or social worker
Well for all the exercise that you will go through Id reckon that you would definitely require a good *Bo'ohw'o'wo'er* !
How old is this young looking bloke
No way, its Terance Sweetwater.
What regiment is this?
@@roughwalkers Thanks
Training Centre Catterick
Oh Jesus. This is grim. I am
Embarrassed. The is very worrying.
You go then lmao
What it takes is definitely not watching this video from the BBC
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
I don't know how any of them pass all their eyes was literally touching the scope of there guns, black eye central
You can get in the army unless you have medical conditions or any type of physical condition that might set your part or if you're not the right hight
point person 🤣
you can tell this is a BBC doc
What I love ❤ the most is how the staff are caring and compassionate towards the young lads. Equality, diversity and compassion before anything! Love it❤😀 I hope they pay the lads good money too.
theyre only doing it for the telly
@@bobbob-jy4wt I doubt it.
No, it shouldn't be before anything, defence of the nation should be before anything. Wtf has diversity and equality got to do with the military? And if by diversity you mean blocking white people from joining but letting any other person in then may I remind you that that is racist.
Breeding ground for weak soldiers
First of all, you gotta call yourself a "bri'ish soljah"
Secondly, you gotta sip at least 10 cuppa tea daily
A PULSE
I'm a soldier in battlefield, the ea's battlefield, I know what these guys are going thru.
A willingness to accept years of budget constraints leading to poor equipment and an increased likelihood of dying in a high intensity war
11 EOD Regt RLC ….Didcot……Oxon. They have a transgender Warrant Officer class 2. I’ve met it once as well, at a recruiting fair. The teenagers it was talking to were all laughing and sneering at it.
Honestly? A room temp IQ
Not good eye sight by the looks of it. They call me the Punisher. Get it?
bros dont sound ready to face anything russian
You couldn’t join the infantry, when I joined 1979. If you wore glasses. Probably for a good reason.
The government should spend more on it, our army is a joke
Normally a gap in Defence Spending reviews.
13th November 2023
It mainly takes stupidity. I'm not signing up to be possible fodder for some rich people or signing my life away.
Are they still serving beans on toast for breakfast?
nah the scoff isnt too bad although the chef will rip your hands off if you try and take more than 2 sausages in basic.
"private joker!"
My goodness, hmm British army seems nice
An inbox full of denied job applications, maybe a trip or two to the job centre.
42 inch waist or larger
22 years service would of carried on and done more time but they didnt give a shit about my family and wouldnt let me see my son on camp even though he was allowed for the first 7 years of his life. A 2 bob FTRS idiot put the stop to me seeing my boy on camp! now i have a job that pays over double i was getting!
I thought it was a parody at first 🤓😂
As a neo not see will i be welcome
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