And the beauty of the Paras is you have tough lads from every village,town and City and from all the countries in the UK ,Scotland,England,Wales and Northern Ireland and with the exception of a few other countries from the commonwealth countries.This is what makes the Paras the regiment they are.
@@scotthendry6298 But the Paras recruit lads frrom every village,town and city,that's what's different,whereas local regiments recruit from a local area within a certain mile radius,that's the difference,that's why their local regiments,and thats what makes the Paeas different.All British regiments are tough,but the Paras are a differnt breed again.
That "stick" he was carrying is the pendant given to the recruit who the screws decide came top in each event the materials made from it where salvaged from ww2 the wood being from Malaysia the cloth from curtains in Normandy and brass melted down from shells from Arnhem
Re: the 20 weeks thing, this is for (enlisted) Parachute Regiment recruits, P Company is integral to their phase 2 training. There is also a standalone all arms P Company with the same tests for both officers and trained soldiers from various corps wishing to serve in say airborne engineer, signals, artillery units etc.. and newly minted officers who wish to serve in the Parachute Regiment.
Full training is 28 weeks, with p company included in that for joes going straight to regiment. For everyone else, p company is like a separate thing they can go on..
With regard to your question at about 5:00mins, following the DS' statement that "paratroopers are made in Depot": The general view in my day was that Depot is harder than P Coy (apart from the psychological element of taking a test). We were even allowed to sit on our beds during test week (snowflakes :-D ). One of the the comments often heard for people transferring in to the Parachute Regiment after passing All-Arms P Coy was "yeah, but you didn't go through Depot". A bit unfair perhaps, but not without some truth. Good review BTW. The episodes are every Saturday night.
The instructors carry the same weight as the joes except for the rifle. As for the snidey comments, the Paras have a complex about the Royal Marines. 😂
Head dress is a cap comforter. A woollen tube that can be rolled up and worn as a hat, used as a scarf or to tie something together. When rolled up as a hat, the top can be left long, folded over and then tucked in the side. Foliage can then be stuck in at all angles for camoflage.
Original commando headware. Royal marine recruits also wear the cap comforter when they enter their commando phase of training. Which is about the last 2 months of training. Not just for test week.
When did Para recruits start wearing the head gear like this? When I was at Para Depot in the 80's, if we wore this kit like the Marines we would get our bollocks kicked into our throat.
1st Get in there Theo! one of the hardest courses for the regular infantry. P.S going "RED" means to go hard on a target, used to refer to it as using hand grenades and small arms on the target and then assaulting. You can only get into the Para's after passing P Company, the first 20 weeks is the basic infantry course that all infantry have to go through before they progress any further with specialist training.
Love you to do P'coy, I doubt you could complete it. Paras are a different league all together. Different soldier, different breed, different mentality, Unique brootherhood! Airborne warriors, The red devils of warfare! Salute!
Hey mate. Greetings from Australia. The grate on the road is a cattle grid. Designed to allow cars and trucks free access but cattle can't go over them. The cattle stop when they see the hole inbetween the steel bars. We have Them everywhere in rural Australia. You'll see them on highways here. Best wishes love your channel and the fact that you have respect and admiration for other soldiers and their training and procedures. Hope you get to visit our country one day. I think you'd enjoy yourself.
There are some amazing documentaries on what the para JOEs have to go through to get a spot on this elite force. They aren’t American - we play stuff down here in the UK because that’s the way, but OMG these blokes are tough as nails and make you proud to be British. #readyforanything #paras 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Primosole platoon - named after the action in Sicily 1943. The Primosole Bridge. Bit of a cock up but the learning curve was steep. And the men were brave.
Brings back memories. I did this many years ago when I was in the Territorial Army (TA). We did it over a weekend but the tab was done separately, before the rest of it. You have to pass P Company before you can do your parachute training. The log race was the hardest bit , closely followed by the stretcher race. Milling was the easiest.
That was nice, and what you said about the grid mishap, reminded me of a similar incident, when I was serving in the Greek army. We were on an exercise, doing a one day 70Km (43.5 miles) march, over a mountain top down to the other side and back. Some time in the afternoon, we were to ambush a convoy in a road near by. After hitting the first and last vehicles we assaulted the rest of the trucks, charging down from the side of the mountain to the road. Suddenly there was a scream and a soldier about 5 meters to my left disappeared, just as we were next to the road. All along the road, there were open drainage holes about 1 x 1.5 meters and two meters deep, leading to a drain pipe under the road to the other side. As this guy was looking at the trucks we were charging against, he did not see the hole in front of him and fell in. Luckily, only his pride was hurt after we pulled him out, but it was the funniest event of an otherwise very tiring day.
20 weeks is a build up phase to prepare for test week (P-Company), the idea being that P-Company is the minimum "fitness" entry requirement for British Airborne Forces. Keep in mind that many recruits come straight from the civilian world, so build up is essential to minimise injury. One of todays phenomena, as described by Ex-Para PTI Mike Chadwick on Mentors for Military Podcast EP220, that our youngest generation of recruits can have such a sedentary lifestyle before enlisting that they have to train to stand and walk for long periods of time never mind run 10miles with kit. JOE is an acronym for Joined-On-Enlistment who signed up to the Para's directly as opposed to those attempting to transfer from another unit to do P-Company, referred to as All Arms P-Company. I went through all this in the late 90's. Fond Memories. I hope you review the 3 following episodes.
Apparently the big issue is cartilage and tendons - kids don't run around outdoors, climb trees or play football on concrete - the connective tissues aren't up to the punishment.
The head dress is what you wear until you have passed P-Company and earned your maroon beret. The Royal Marines do the same until you have earned your cap badge / beret. Its actually an issue headover, like a tubular piece of warm kit, like a snood.
16:30 if you didn't know these are cattle grates. You can put them on a road, and cows won't walk over them, so you don't need a fence you have to open.
Being placed behind enemy lines with only the weapons, supplies and ammunition you can carry takes a certain state of mind. Being dropped out of a plane also. Similar thing.
One of the RM commando test, is the 9 mile speed march, with 30lb, but it's a slight quicker pace of 90mims. Over the paras 110mins for 10 miles with 35lb. So very similar. But it is the easiest of the tests. Speed marching is like bread and butter to RM and Paras. But this stage you have covered 100s upon 100s of miles speed march. The hardest part of doing your commando tests, and I imagine P coy, is not that you can't do it, you've already done it all, it's keeping your body injury free, or rather managing your injuries. I can only speak for RM, but it's impossible to be injury free. Also after 28 weeks of hard graft, your body is broken and your mentally shattered. In RM your test week starts straight after 2 weeks in the field. Final ex, it's a brutal but amazing fun combination of everything you have learned putting it together in one hard exercise. Lots and loads of load carry in the dark, mock battle drill, assaults ambushes and ambushed. Helos fast roads the lot. Yes UK marines call chopas helos. We always banter on which is harder, but if you're in the marines you don't need to do P company to get your wings, you just go stair to the jump school stage. But if you're a paras you do have to do the 10 week all arms commando course (29 CMD iirc) and also the 4 commando tests to get your flashes. We do some high ropes stuff in the RM (now there is softly nets below I've seen! Makes it pointless), but I wouldn't like to do the paras version in p coy. It may sound strange, but your stood up on the paras course, where are your on mostly a road course at CTCRM. Because we do so much rope work, I'm felt safe under, on top, sliding down while on top of the rope, and sliding like a zip line, also crawling across two ropes a knew on each. (I'm struggle to remember them all), then zero safety nets, the fear was the actual obstacle, with the nets I fail to see the point today. But from what I've seen of p coy, youre stood up running, for some reason that freaks me out more when I see the paras doing that. I suppose it's what your acclimatised to.
As a ex RM the most bad ass head ware is the cap comforter. Gaining the green lid is the goal, but once you enter the commando stage of training and you get to wear the cap comfort, it's the first time you feel special. You feel linked to the original commandos from Achnacarry from 1940. In the RM the down side to the cap comforter is once it's on your head you can't stand still or walk. Double time even in the spot the whole time it's on your head. We would never wear headgear inside, unless addressing an officer in uniform. RM commando phase is about 8 weeks long. I'm my day (mid 90s) week 22-30. Not sure what it is today.
Two separate courses - all arms p-company is for support arms - you do a brigade prep course and if you pass then go on to do p-company culminating in test week The parachute regiment have it built in to there training as in your video
I did all-arms P coy in the early 80s. It's a bit different to what you see here. Attached arms (Engineers, Signals, Artillery etc.) carry out a pre-para selection at the sponsor unit within the brigade. Which was 3 weeks of intense physical exercises similar to what you see here. Those that survived that then went to the depot for Parachute Regiment run course which is also 3 weeks. 2 weeks beat up and then test week. Which is what you are seeing here (test week), as these lads have had their build up as part of their basic training to date, whereas all-arms are already trained soldiers who've volunteered for parachute duties from their various corps and regiments. It's evolved over the years. We did the milling on the Monday morning, followed by the 10 miler in the afternoon, until it was discovered that guys were starting the 10 miler with concussion, so milling was moved to the Friday of the week before. But it's largely the same. We lost 2 guys on the ranarium. Instant fail, RTU. We had a 2 guys pass out on the final endurance march pushing themselves to the max. One was a mate of mine, his third attempt at P coy, I saw him at the end and he had tears running down his face. I asked him what was wrong and the DS said "He your mate?" "Yes" "He passed out, look after him". He still passed the course. Sadly he refused the balloon jump on our jumps course. No way back from that. My hardest event was the log, I almost passed out at the end, I just remember screaming to keep myself going the last 50 - 100 yards. As I write this I remember, the guy I just spoke about grabbed me and held me upright until my head cleared. I got 10 points on both endurance marches, So, I took a chance and went into town that evening and bought my leather banded Victor's beret. We didn't wear the issue beret back then. The thing to remember about the DS is, they want you to pass.
RM starts out quite light, 22lb and webbing, about 25lb in a day sack is about 5 miles the first speed march back to camp. Load carries go up to 22lb and weapon and upto 100lb burgan load out. Both Royal Marines and Paras in the Falklands was carrying webbing rifle and 150lb and up for 80 miles fighting as they went. The gaurds got tasted with a similar load out and distance, but they are not trained for that and forund it impossible, they turned back and sadly it was decided they would catch as ship around the coast and it was sank with a lot of life.
Walking with weight is one of the best exercises for endurance. Pick a set distance then go from no pack and gradually increase the weight on your back
Your initial questions at the beginning, P company is a course within a course, not an entry course. I think it's 28 weeks training prior to p company, then if you pass p company you then head to RAF Brize Norton to carry out parachute training. I am sure it's not unknown for a recruit to get through the whole of training, and then fail at the door. I would be interested to hear anyone's stories regarding that.
P company is a 5days of 3tests a day. Each test is a score out of 10 for each recruit. Minimum to pass is 40. Your instructor will give you a 10 for endurance comitmant not giving up etc. My son is a para i was an ex coldstream guard
Selection to the Swedish "Parachute Rangers" including a three-day pre-selection and three test weeks. If selected the candidate starts the basic Parachute Ranger course which is roughly three months long with an attrition rate at over 50%. Towards the end of the course candidates are put through an 8 day long range reconnaissance test which is pass or fail, it later culminates in the “Eagle March”. The Eagle March is preceded by a number of squad tasks after which the units are deployed via parachute and set out to complete a 60-70 km march with a 30 kg combat pack in rough terrain followed by a 10 km individual navigation test-course carrying combat gear and weapons. The march and navigation test must be completed within 24 hours in order to be badged and be considered for further service with the unit. ”Will, Courage and Perseverance"
I lived in aldershot for years,home of the British army then,the paras were everywhere,they even had a pub,the pegasus,you did not mess with them,take soldiers,train them to kill during the week,then let them drink out of their faces at the weekend,its scary!but,I still love and respect them
For American military: Showing up to boot camp being able to easily run 2 or 3 miles, 40/50 push ups and sit ups, a few pull ups and hike 3 or 4 miles with 20 pounds on you back would put you in a good position to have a relatively easy (Physical) time in bootcamp. The drill staff, along the way, will no doubt increase your level of fitness. One thing I've noticed and I think is rather well established is the Brits spend much more time basically training the individual Para and Marine than we do here in the US. I THINK the RMC spend 30 weeks basically training their people and the Para spent 20 to 23 weeks(?). I would think the graduate of these pipelines show up to their individual units well prepared. As an Army guy I lean more towards the Paras, but obviously both forces are extremely competent and mission focused.
Those gratings in the road are to stop animals to enter, lot of places they are so animals wont enter a bridge, or though opening of fence, for a highway or such.
P company is not just for the parachute regiment, but for any soldiers involved in parachute training such as the Guards parachute platoon(used to be company before cuts), 9 parachute squadron Royal Engineers, as well as the Royal Artillery, REME, RAMC and Royal military police.
Funny thing happened to me on the way to the Royal Artillery...I was so young/nieve that i forgt to put down the regiment in the RA that i wanted to join, so after basic training me and a few others were posted to 7 Royal Horse Artillery (PARA) To say i was in shock is an understatement. And yea we did P Comp.
My cousin's partner is a para, one of the nicest lads, can't even imagine him ever being angry but part of joining is to fist fight each other in pairs 😅 it used to be bare knuckle fighting when my uncle was in but id hope these days it's more like boxing with face/head protection and gloves 🙈
yeh you mentioned rubbing, any time i have carried a pack over 40 lb, making sure my straps don't rub and my socks are dry and boots tight, i do a better job, preparation for a hike is thee most important part of hiking.
It's the P Coy pennant. The platoon that's on P Coy at the time carries it at the front of the squad, and the Joe who is deemed to have performed above themselves on a particular event is given the privilege of carrying it back to the block from the event.
When I did my p company in July 84 it was outregous but if your fit enough in mind and body and you are still switched on like getting a brew on when your chin straped etc
We could lie on our beds and listen to music during pcompany its different staff at pcoy I fought an Australian from 664plt I was 663plt it was good fight draw hills on the 20 miler were huge too trig points then a Marsh and a speed march to the wagons
The first time I ever heard ‘joined on enlistment’ was during the ‘Paras: Men of War’ series. When I joined in 93 it was rhyming slang for crow as in ‘joe crow’. I’m guessing that the crow term may have been seen as a bit non PC (don’t know why) and changed for the show?
Could you maybe react to "The Brave Man Wins - Special Forces selection in Latvia"? It can be found on the NATO channel: th-cam.com/video/F8uxdqo_EoA/w-d-xo.html I think that some parts might be interesting for you to see since some of the tasks in the selection are a bit unorthodox
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These legends are among the best of the best. Man I love our Airborne warriors
High prise comming from a Royal Marine but even the Red Devils will be proud to hear that from you Gen Dit Commando!
And the beauty of the Paras is you have tough lads from every village,town and City and from all the countries in the UK ,Scotland,England,Wales and Northern Ireland and with the exception of a few other countries from the commonwealth countries.This is what makes the Paras the regiment they are.
That's the same as every regiment in the British army
@@scotthendry6298 But the Paras recruit lads frrom every village,town and city,that's what's different,whereas local regiments recruit from a local area within a certain mile radius,that's the difference,that's why their local regiments,and thats what makes the Paeas different.All British regiments are tough,but the Paras are a differnt breed again.
@@barryhamilton7845yeah, you're completely right.
1 country, 1people, not different countries, different regions
@@StuartHanson-fo7iw Well,it is different countries,but I'd agree,we're pritty much the one people.
That "stick" he was carrying is the pendant given to the recruit who the screws decide came top in each event the materials made from it where salvaged from ww2 the wood being from Malaysia the cloth from curtains in Normandy and brass melted down from shells from Arnhem
Re: the 20 weeks thing, this is for (enlisted) Parachute Regiment recruits, P Company is integral to their phase 2 training. There is also a standalone all arms P Company with the same tests for both officers and trained soldiers from various corps wishing to serve in say airborne engineer, signals, artillery units etc.. and newly minted officers who wish to serve in the Parachute Regiment.
Full training is 28 weeks, with p company included in that for joes going straight to regiment.
For everyone else, p company is like a separate thing they can go on..
Awesome! I passed P Company back in 2009 - thanks for covering this!
When he says "Red zone" he's referring to heart rate.
The anearobic zone
With regard to your question at about 5:00mins, following the DS' statement that "paratroopers are made in Depot": The general view in my day was that Depot is harder than P Coy (apart from the psychological element of taking a test). We were even allowed to sit on our beds during test week (snowflakes :-D ).
One of the the comments often heard for people transferring in to the Parachute Regiment after passing All-Arms P Coy was "yeah, but you didn't go through Depot". A bit unfair perhaps, but not without some truth.
Good review BTW. The episodes are every Saturday night.
The instructors carry the same weight as the joes except for the rifle. As for the snidey comments, the Paras have a complex about the Royal Marines. 😂
Head dress is a cap comforter. A woollen tube that can be rolled up and worn as a hat, used as a scarf or to tie something together. When rolled up as a hat, the top can be left long, folded over and then tucked in the side. Foliage can then be stuck in at all angles for camoflage.
Original commando headware. Royal marine recruits also wear the cap comforter when they enter their commando phase of training. Which is about the last 2 months of training. Not just for test week.
When did Para recruits start wearing the head gear like this?
When I was at Para Depot in the 80's, if we wore this kit like the Marines we would get our bollocks kicked into our throat.
16:15 In the UK we use them to stop sheep escaping farms, Sheeps legs get stuck in it and farmers go and collect them when found missing
Oh snap hahaha
You got sheeped bro 😂
@@keilo90 🤣
@@CombatArmsChannel you’re bloody lucky us Welshmen weren’t there, we may have had some funny ideas
yeh there’s a bit of rivalry between the royals and paras. well the paras see it as rivalry.
Paras need heroes too
Nah there’s no rivalry. The paras are just grunts soldiers. Whereas the marines are super duper samurai special ninja forces.
Same with the SEALs and Army SF.
How does a Royal Marine salute? Both hands in the air! Utrinque Paratus!
Marines aren't very good at sailing the little boats in a desert. The clue is in the name ffs.
Joe= Joined on enlistment... Tom = tommy, = Britt squaddie.
1st Get in there Theo! one of the hardest courses for the regular infantry. P.S going "RED" means to go hard on a target, used to refer to it as using hand grenades and small arms on the target and then assaulting.
You can only get into the Para's after passing P Company, the first 20 weeks is the basic infantry course that all infantry have to go through before they progress any further with specialist training.
Love you to do P'coy, I doubt you could complete it. Paras are a different league all together. Different soldier, different breed, different mentality, Unique brootherhood! Airborne warriors, The red devils of warfare! Salute!
Of course he could compete it! Lads pass it all the time. Theo is a US Marine! Built like a steam stain!
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@@RyanForrest1664 lads also fail it l... All the time
nearly as good as royal marine commandos
Hey mate. Greetings from Australia. The grate on the road is a cattle grid. Designed to allow cars and trucks free access but cattle can't go over them. The cattle stop when they see the hole inbetween the steel bars. We have Them everywhere in rural Australia. You'll see them on highways here. Best wishes love your channel and the fact that you have respect and admiration for other soldiers and their training and procedures. Hope you get to visit our country one day. I think you'd enjoy yourself.
There are some amazing documentaries on what the para JOEs have to go through to get a spot on this elite force. They aren’t American - we play stuff down here in the UK because that’s the way, but OMG these blokes are tough as nails and make you proud to be British. #readyforanything #paras 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
When it comes to the infantry these are the only guys who can challenge the commandos and hence why there is a rivalry between the two regs
Primosole platoon - named after the action in Sicily 1943. The Primosole Bridge. Bit of a cock up but the learning curve was steep.
And the men were brave.
Brings back memories. I did this many years ago when I was in the Territorial Army (TA). We did it over a weekend but the tab was done separately, before the rest of it. You have to pass P Company before you can do your parachute training. The log race was the hardest bit , closely followed by the stretcher race. Milling was the easiest.
This series is very accurate , very well made
That was nice, and what you said about the grid mishap, reminded me of a similar incident, when I was serving in the Greek army. We were on an exercise, doing a one day 70Km (43.5 miles) march, over a mountain top down to the other side and back. Some time in the afternoon, we were to ambush a convoy in a road near by. After hitting the first and last vehicles we assaulted the rest of the trucks, charging down from the side of the mountain to the road. Suddenly there was a scream and a soldier about 5 meters to my left disappeared, just as we were next to the road. All along the road, there were open drainage holes about 1 x 1.5 meters and two meters deep, leading to a drain pipe under the road to the other side. As this guy was looking at the trucks we were charging against, he did not see the hole in front of him and fell in. Luckily, only his pride was hurt after we pulled him out, but it was the funniest event of an otherwise very tiring day.
Hurt his pride and perhaps a change of skivies (underwear) haha. Good story 👍
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20 weeks is a build up phase to prepare for test week (P-Company), the idea being that P-Company is the minimum "fitness" entry requirement for British Airborne Forces. Keep in mind that many recruits come straight from the civilian world, so build up is essential to minimise injury. One of todays phenomena, as described by Ex-Para PTI Mike Chadwick on Mentors for Military Podcast EP220, that our youngest generation of recruits can have such a sedentary lifestyle before enlisting that they have to train to stand and walk for long periods of time never mind run 10miles with kit. JOE is an acronym for Joined-On-Enlistment who signed up to the Para's directly as opposed to those attempting to transfer from another unit to do P-Company, referred to as All Arms P-Company. I went through all this in the late 90's. Fond Memories. I hope you review the 3 following episodes.
Apparently the big issue is cartilage and tendons - kids don't run around outdoors, climb trees or play football on concrete - the connective tissues aren't up to the punishment.
The head dress is what you wear until you have passed P-Company and earned your maroon beret. The Royal Marines do the same until you have earned your cap badge / beret. Its actually an issue headover, like a tubular piece of warm kit, like a snood.
16:30 if you didn't know these are cattle grates. You can put them on a road, and cows won't walk over them, so you don't need a fence you have to open.
Being placed behind enemy lines with only the weapons, supplies and ammunition you can carry takes a certain state of mind.
Being dropped out of a plane also. Similar thing.
Please show the rest of the series.
It's on TH-cam
@@fraserovgy I know, but I like the reaction.
@@terenceballands3321 ahhh Roger, thought you meant you was looking for the series. Sorry bud 👍
Lol the bit stick he was carrying is an regimental seargent majors pace stick, most senior non commissioned solide.
One of the RM commando test, is the 9 mile speed march, with 30lb, but it's a slight quicker pace of 90mims. Over the paras 110mins for 10 miles with 35lb.
So very similar. But it is the easiest of the tests. Speed marching is like bread and butter to RM and Paras. But this stage you have covered 100s upon 100s of miles speed march.
The hardest part of doing your commando tests, and I imagine P coy, is not that you can't do it, you've already done it all, it's keeping your body injury free, or rather managing your injuries. I can only speak for RM, but it's impossible to be injury free. Also after 28 weeks of hard graft, your body is broken and your mentally shattered.
In RM your test week starts straight after 2 weeks in the field. Final ex, it's a brutal but amazing fun combination of everything you have learned putting it together in one hard exercise. Lots and loads of load carry in the dark, mock battle drill, assaults ambushes and ambushed. Helos fast roads the lot. Yes UK marines call chopas helos.
We always banter on which is harder, but if you're in the marines you don't need to do P company to get your wings, you just go stair to the jump school stage. But if you're a paras you do have to do the 10 week all arms commando course (29 CMD iirc) and also the 4 commando tests to get your flashes.
We do some high ropes stuff in the RM (now there is softly nets below I've seen! Makes it pointless), but I wouldn't like to do the paras version in p coy. It may sound strange, but your stood up on the paras course, where are your on mostly a road course at CTCRM. Because we do so much rope work, I'm felt safe under, on top, sliding down while on top of the rope, and sliding like a zip line, also crawling across two ropes a knew on each. (I'm struggle to remember them all), then zero safety nets, the fear was the actual obstacle, with the nets I fail to see the point today. But from what I've seen of p coy, youre stood up running, for some reason that freaks me out more when I see the paras doing that. I suppose it's what your acclimatised to.
great video ass always hope you react to them all!
I will!
As a ex RM the most bad ass head ware is the cap comforter. Gaining the green lid is the goal, but once you enter the commando stage of training and you get to wear the cap comfort, it's the first time you feel special. You feel linked to the original commandos from Achnacarry from 1940.
In the RM the down side to the cap comforter is once it's on your head you can't stand still or walk. Double time even in the spot the whole time it's on your head. We would never wear headgear inside, unless addressing an officer in uniform.
RM commando phase is about 8 weeks long. I'm my day (mid 90s) week 22-30. Not sure what it is today.
Two separate courses - all arms p-company is for support arms - you do a brigade prep course and if you pass then go on to do p-company culminating in test week
The parachute regiment have it built in to there training as in your video
I did all-arms P coy in the early 80s. It's a bit different to what you see here. Attached arms (Engineers, Signals, Artillery etc.) carry out a pre-para selection at the sponsor unit within the brigade. Which was 3 weeks of intense physical exercises similar to what you see here. Those that survived that then went to the depot for Parachute Regiment run course which is also 3 weeks. 2 weeks beat up and then test week. Which is what you are seeing here (test week), as these lads have had their build up as part of their basic training to date, whereas all-arms are already trained soldiers who've volunteered for parachute duties from their various corps and regiments.
It's evolved over the years. We did the milling on the Monday morning, followed by the 10 miler in the afternoon, until it was discovered that guys were starting the 10 miler with concussion, so milling was moved to the Friday of the week before. But it's largely the same. We lost 2 guys on the ranarium. Instant fail, RTU. We had a 2 guys pass out on the final endurance march pushing themselves to the max. One was a mate of mine, his third attempt at P coy, I saw him at the end and he had tears running down his face. I asked him what was wrong and the DS said "He your mate?" "Yes" "He passed out, look after him". He still passed the course. Sadly he refused the balloon jump on our jumps course. No way back from that. My hardest event was the log, I almost passed out at the end, I just remember screaming to keep myself going the last 50 - 100 yards. As I write this I remember, the guy I just spoke about grabbed me and held me upright until my head cleared. I got 10 points on both endurance marches, So, I took a chance and went into town that evening and bought my leather banded Victor's beret. We didn't wear the issue beret back then.
The thing to remember about the DS is, they want you to pass.
That grate in the road is a cattle grid. It's so vehicles can drive through farmland, without a gate or means through which the livestock could escape
What a coincidence, I started watching this series(?) today and then you react to it. 🤙
RM starts out quite light, 22lb and webbing, about 25lb in a day sack is about 5 miles the first speed march back to camp. Load carries go up to 22lb and weapon and upto 100lb burgan load out.
Both Royal Marines and Paras in the Falklands was carrying webbing rifle and 150lb and up for 80 miles fighting as they went.
The gaurds got tasted with a similar load out and distance, but they are not trained for that and forund it impossible, they turned back and sadly it was decided they would catch as ship around the coast and it was sank with a lot of life.
Ah fantastic!! Been waiting for you to watch these
Called a cattle grid, does away with opening or closing a gate
Walking with weight is one of the best exercises for endurance.
Pick a set distance then go from no pack and gradually increase the weight on your back
The grates in the road are to stop cattle leaving but allowing vehicles to do so at the same time, gaps too big for hooves.
It's about cracking on and getting on with it or your binned
Your initial questions at the beginning, P company is a course within a course, not an entry course. I think it's 28 weeks training prior to p company, then if you pass p company you then head to RAF Brize Norton to carry out parachute training. I am sure it's not unknown for a recruit to get through the whole of training, and then fail at the door. I would be interested to hear anyone's stories regarding that.
Man I love you vids I’m British and I’m joining the paras when I’m 16 so only 7 months to go and you brake the videos down so we’ll so thanks
Chill out mate. Go to school.
The 20 weeks prior to p company is them learning to be elite infantry soldiers and building their fitness up to the elite level
they do the same combat infantry training as any other infantry regiment but do more miles tabbing
Those metal cattle grids are pretty common in the UK
Red zone means what you suggested. On the log, you're going to be working max effort for the entire 2 miles which is far harder than it might sound.
Not sure but have you done one on the pathfinder platoon really good unit
P company is a 5days of 3tests a day. Each test is a score out of 10 for each recruit. Minimum to pass is 40. Your instructor will give you a 10 for endurance comitmant not giving up etc. My son is a para i was an ex coldstream guard
Selection to the Swedish "Parachute Rangers" including a three-day pre-selection and three test weeks. If selected the candidate starts the basic Parachute Ranger course which is roughly three months long with an attrition rate at over 50%.
Towards the end of the course candidates are put through an 8 day long range reconnaissance test which is pass or fail, it later culminates in the “Eagle March”. The Eagle March is preceded by a number of squad tasks after which the units are deployed via parachute and set out to complete a 60-70 km march with a 30 kg combat pack in rough terrain followed by a 10 km individual navigation test-course carrying combat gear and weapons. The march and navigation test must be completed within 24 hours in order to be badged and be considered for further service with the unit.
”Will, Courage and Perseverance"
Used to call them Penguins in the Marines as that's how well they fly.
Yes Tidey is a tad older than the majority.He was the one that had a job but during lockdown he trained for the PARAs
These boys would be NATOs spearhead against Russia in the event of a conflict.
Mums dad was a para at least during the Suez Canal crisis wish I knew more, never the less love the vid as always : )
Last episode (4) was uploaded last night, been following it for weeks, filmed by a Para Major
I think Red Zone refers to an engine that is about to pop. He is saying if you are knackered, will you keep going and still make good decisions.
Red zone is the max cardio output, when you have to dig deep and fight through exhaustion.
I lived in aldershot for years,home of the British army then,the paras were everywhere,they even had a pub,the pegasus,you did not mess with them,take soldiers,train them to kill during the week,then let them drink out of their faces at the weekend,its scary!but,I still love and respect them
16:44 cattle grids are brutal
Brilliant series of films
For American military: Showing up to boot camp being able to easily run 2 or 3 miles, 40/50 push ups and sit ups, a few pull ups and hike 3 or 4 miles with 20 pounds on you back would put you in a good position to have a relatively easy (Physical) time in bootcamp. The drill staff, along the way, will no doubt increase your level of fitness. One thing I've noticed and I think is rather well established is the Brits spend much more time basically training the individual Para and Marine than we do here in the US. I THINK the RMC spend 30 weeks basically training their people and the Para spent 20 to 23 weeks(?). I would think the graduate of these pipelines show up to their individual units well prepared. As an Army guy I lean more towards the Paras, but obviously both forces are extremely competent and mission focused.
Parachute regiment basic training is 28 weeks. P company is week 20. After you pass you have the final 8 weeks to get through.
Headgear is the itchiest thing known to man.. aka The Cap "comforter" lol
what they didnt tell you is that the guys have 14 weeks phase 1 training and then 20 week phase 2 training, and then P Company
God willing I get back in, this time the paras.
Those gratings in the road are to stop animals to enter, lot of places they are so animals wont enter a bridge, or though opening of fence, for a highway or such.
Well Done!
there called cattle grids there to stop farm animals from escaping
P company is not just for the parachute regiment, but for any soldiers involved in parachute training such as the Guards parachute platoon(used to be company before cuts), 9 parachute squadron Royal Engineers, as well as the Royal Artillery, REME, RAMC and Royal military police.
It's really anyone who's assigned to 16AA BCT who fancies a crack at it.
Yes, it's called All Arms P Company. The easy version
The above approx 16.34 Is a Cattle grid to stop Local Farmers Cattle to stray from their fields...
Thanks for the review 🇬🇧🆎️👊
The grid looks like a cattle grid that farmers often use to stop cows etc from leaving the farm or area
Funny thing happened to me on the way to the Royal Artillery...I was so young/nieve that i forgt to put down the regiment in the RA that i wanted to join, so after basic training me and a few others were posted to 7 Royal Horse Artillery (PARA) To say i was in shock is an understatement. And yea we did P Comp.
29 commando and 7 rha are voluntary or they certainly was in the 80s.
@@grahamarnhem8659 This was mid 70's and we just saw our names next to the regiment we were posted to.
@@mikedignum1868 that's harsh.i wouldn't like to have gone through woolwich in the 70s the 80s was hard enough.
My cousin's partner is a para, one of the nicest lads, can't even imagine him ever being angry but part of joining is to fist fight each other in pairs 😅 it used to be bare knuckle fighting when my uncle was in but id hope these days it's more like boxing with face/head protection and gloves 🙈
I got two goes at the milling, the guy I fought wasn't great so the made him go again.
big stick is the regimental Flag.
nvm it's not!! It actually is " pendant given to the recruit who the screws decide came top in each event " my bad
yeh you mentioned rubbing, any time i have carried a pack over 40 lb, making sure my straps don't rub and my socks are dry and boots tight, i do a better job, preparation for a hike is thee most important part of hiking.
I served in 13AA (air assault) and 47 Air dispatch alongside the parachute regiment. Best years of my life.
I'm ex army and served in 13 AA 👍
Can I ask you what year you was in 13 air assault?
@@matttaylor4815 2007-2011, I was in the old camp opposite MCTC as a tracksuit soldier in 13AA boxing team for 2yrs
@@blakeyoung1859 oh I'd left by then originally I was in mcmunn barracks then moved to roman barracks was 2002 - 2005 time period
I was in Roman barracks 63sqn
you should do a reaction on the french canadian soldier leo major that liberated the town of zwolle all by himself in ww2
kings reg now op
I think the big stick as you called it is in fact their colours.
It's the P Coy pennant. The platoon that's on P Coy at the time carries it at the front of the squad, and the Joe who is deemed to have performed above themselves on a particular event is given the privilege of carrying it back to the block from the event.
When I did my p company in July 84 it was outregous but if your fit enough in mind and body and you are still switched on like getting a brew on when your chin straped etc
20 week point then P company. 8 weeks after then to basic para and into battalion
Joe is the name for every recruit.
The PT staff have no rucks on ,
The Training staff all have packs on same weight.
American's can do jump school after basic. No screening or P-Coy. Paras and like Rangers.
I think the red zone refers to the pain factor.
Are you gonna add a maroon beret to your collection there? Great video mate
The big stack is a flag...
We could lie on our beds and listen to music during pcompany its different staff at pcoy I fought an Australian from 664plt I was 663plt it was good fight draw hills on the 20 miler were huge too trig points then a Marsh and a speed march to the wagons
So proud to have these lads on our side 🇬🇧
Watch the 1983 p coy video made just after the Falklands
The name "Joe" is a holdover acronym rom ww2 that stands for "joined on enlistment".
The first time I ever heard ‘joined on enlistment’ was during the ‘Paras: Men of War’ series. When I joined in 93 it was rhyming slang for crow as in ‘joe crow’. I’m guessing that the crow term may have been seen as a bit non PC (don’t know why) and changed for the show?
@@tonyhaitch8385you are still a crow when you get to battalion. But in training you aren't even a crow yet, you are just joe.
Can’t believe you can fail the ten miler or log race and still pass p company, wasn’t like that back in the day
Those grates aren’t for humans they are for cattle 😂
DS= Directing Staff.
You do the 10 miler every Friday at Regiment
Could you maybe react to "The Brave Man Wins - Special Forces selection in Latvia"?
It can be found on the NATO channel: th-cam.com/video/F8uxdqo_EoA/w-d-xo.html
I think that some parts might be interesting for you to see since some of the tasks in the selection are a bit unorthodox
I'm English, but must have been away too long, I was having to read the subtitles at times.
Mate the log run your lungs just can't get enough air in. Sucking the trees in.
Airborne mate
You should react to commando on the front line it's about the royal marine commandos