impressive operator, great interview techniques. Respect to Pasha and kudos to the two people conducting this interview. Thank you for your service Pasha ...
What’s the line in Apocalypse Now when reviewing the Colonel’s military record - “this training almost killed me when I was 20 and he volunteered at 30…”. Something along those lines…
Pasha being a mountain leader and even an instructor the SBS would of wanted his skills, so that is likely why the SBS gave him a 3rd go at selection. I believe it is the ML that actually train the SBS on their mountain skills. Good on him for being necky and asking to go go again!!
Pash Diamond 💎 GEEZER Was a great Ride with you mate 91, 630 Troop. You short ass Cheeky little man. Ha Ha blooming takes me back to the point. Good Man.
Mountain leaders course would have helped him suceed for selection both mentally and skills. At 33 , mature, with solid background in the marines, he be perfect for SF.
When I joined in 77,I was 8st 11lbs lol. So many SF lads came from broken homes and rough towns. You should try and get Cmdr Howard Leedham RN on the show. He was a SF officer led a covert unit on the Afghan border for the U.S. government.
Pasha talking about being on the other side chasing you guys made me laugh! We also measure height in Imperial units here in the UK 😅 He’s a credit to my country 🇬🇧
It's good to know Pasha is from a town I know well, although im from Glasgow, and he's from Lincolnshire in the central eastern part of England in the U.K.🇬🇧
Most I frantrymen are from rough council estates from rough towns and cities. It's no wonder they do well in SF because they have had to fight for everything in their lives from day one, not had it handed on a plate like the officer class. Hardship is nothing new to them.
Two classic examples are Phil Campion and Colin McLaughlin, both ex-SAS, the latter had just about the worst childhood you can imagine (and talks about it now publicly). The NSPCC looked after him when he needed it most and he went on to become one of the most highly decorated boys in the regiment, which is precisely why donate to them every Christmas. He said the abuse he got through as a young lad helped him to be the ‘gatekeeper of his own emotions’ and equipped him to keep his head and get him and another more junior guy through their brief stint as hostages where they nearly got bumped of on camera in Iraq
I thought it was well known, that British special forces deliberately keep an eye out for recruits that come from broken homes, or who have had a very tough childhood. Why? It's very physiological. Without doubt, they want an individual, that has been mentality scared from the childhood trauma of NOT having a mum or dad, NOT having dinner on the table, NOT having anyone to talk to, or love them, etc. One of the many things they are looking for is for a volunteer, that throughout their life has ALWAYS (& themselves) looking for to be loved/a family unit. Well guess what????? We (as in the SAS/SBS) can be & if you're good enough will be your family. That's one of the main physiological aspects of selection they're looking for. In turn, that individual/volunteer that does come from that kind of background is always going to go that extra mile for.them, will be extra loyal to them, will fight to the death for them etc. Though, it is a classless brotherhood, if an individual is telling them that they come from an unloved environment/broken home(s), that's when SAS/SBS start getting excited about YOU. Hence why it is not a coincidence why so many people in British SF's come from that type of background.
@@vedantmehra6970 so you know all the SAS guys from that era? Cool. You should historically document that. I don't know anyone that knows all the SAS guys that served during the Malayan Emergency, but I know one that served there, and I grew up with him
@@craigcrawford6749SBS and SAS, never use to get along SAS use to get all the ops and they also did different selections go listen to Duncan falcon on Chris thrall’s podcast.
It would be nice to hear in future interviews on how Spec Ops operators reintegrate into society and if they have challenges doing so, especially from all the different nationalities being interviewed.
Everyone over the age of 40 in the UK uses inches for height and stones for weight. Military guys and young people are likely to also/instead know cm and kg for weight.
Theres a new documentary called commando: Britains ocean warriors on bbc iplayer. Episode 2 is all about ml2 course (mountain leader). I know loads of lads in the marines, theres loads of courses that are mega hard snipes and PTI come to mind, but the ML2 course is different gravy from what I understand. Just the selection week to get on the course is insane. As Pasha said, the ML2 course was actually more difficult than selection and from what ive been told ML's are basically special forces anyway so might be worth getting a mountain leader on here. The selection culminates with a 10 day field exercise in Norway in -25 degrees, its for the mental lads!
I wonder with this dudes ethnicity and body type if the SBS ever used him for more low viz work or close target surveillance? If you ran into this guy wearing local clothing in North Africa, the Middle East or Central/South Asia, you wouldn’t even notice him.
Of course they would have used that to gain the upper hand just like they would with a white team member in a country like Romania or Latvia. Great question tho…
They do that a lot from what I’ve heard. They train a lot of personnel surveillance and undercover during selection at the end I think. There’s many people in tier 1 militaries like DEVGRU, CAG, SBS etc. that are from different backgrounds that do a lot of that work. I’ve watched the show Seal team and although it’s obviously just TV it showed a lot of that undercover work with agencies.
@@dylanjohns8409 Or they’re training and using host nation folks to do the actual surveillance. You can’t beat a local that speaks the language and knows the community or area. That’s what US and UK SOF did with the Mohawk program in Iraq and Syria and later the Omega program in Afghanistan/Pakistan as well as North Africa.
Pasha looks like he would have been quite an asset in Afghanistan during the years the UK was operating there. I have no idea what his language skills are, but he looks the part for a few of the ethnic groups.
These are the people the government would send after you, When society breaks down. They are not your friends. They are trained rottweilers happy to serve their master. As long as a few crumbs are thrown from the table.
Let's not forget British Special Forces is the longest serving special forces in the world, started with the British Army Commandos during WW2 , then SAS & SBS etc , The US Army Rangers where the first US Special Forces who where actually trained by the instructors at the Commando Schoool in Ayrshire Scotland. My late Grandfather was in First Special Service Brigade SOE Commando they later became 1 Commando. All Commando and Special Forces around the world can trace there roots back to the British Commandos of WW2 what a legacy those Brave Commandos have left the World. RIPGrandfather and to all Commandos and Special Forces who have passed away.
There are literally thousands of very advanced Rebreather divers world wide but cold water separates them ….doing a 100 mtr dive in Caribbean water is totally different to doing it in a 3 knot current up the sound of mull in Scotland …hands numb with cold …Viz down to 3 mtrs …lions mane jellyfish everywhere and still another hour of deco to do ……
Pash is a legend, and even at 50, he’s fit as a fiddle! I never made it to SB, despite dreaming of it from the age of 6, after watching Cockleshell Heroes, and the later reading books on Roger Courtney and Blondie Hasler.. I take my hat off to anyone who makes the grade, and have been lucky as a MoD contractor, to have worked with some of these most humble of men!
It’s very hard to be kicked out the British military but like he said if u really go to town on some civilian u might but one thing in the military that will get u thrown out is by stealing that shit they won’t put up with at all and I can agree with the interviewer in that in mortars u have to carry a lot of heavy shit (I was mortars I carried the barrel)
I think the guys interviewing him might think that the Royal Marines are like the USMC where the USMC are basically there own army and u can join as a cook or a driver etc the Royal Marines are more like a army battalion where everyone is a infantryman and u then get given specialist roles like mortars or MG platoon but it is strange to go from basic to mortars normally u go to a rifle platoon for a couple of years first
I hope so because their baby is stuck in the bath. Sxx bravo Juliett j9f experimentation of astrophysics computing quantum and the art's 1960s mk no flipping strings in a bit of a fix sxx bravo Juliett
4:40 the real football (not the yank one😃) . BTW It's great to hear that a Northerner made it into the SBS, I was expecting southern public school boys (more or less posh private schools here in the UK) or Scottish psychos (no disrespect meant but you know what I mean) - thanks for the upload, subbed.
An amazing achivement, people dont relise you are already a 1%er by being in the Royal Marines to take the next steps and go SF is just another level In the mind set. When I did my All Arms Commando course(AACC) for 29CDO R.A you do the full Royal Marines training condensed into 13 week with roughly 2/4 weeks beat-up training we had in house at the regiment, for me 2 weeks at the Citadel in pylmouth home of 29cdo and i was on the winter course at (CTCRM), Lympstone. On our course even the slightest bit of attitude and you was gone off the course plenty more where that came from. i was only 18 and the youngest with zero tours under my belt when I did my course, 127 started and only 26 of us finished. From our Army Commando unit we have 148 Battery (NGSFO), specialist Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation based with the BSB in Pool. Mind set, stay wavey brothers 🤙
For anyone who is interested in the selection process for the Royal Marines Mountain Leaders (Arctic Warfare SF) there's a superb documentary on TH-cam called 'Behind the Lines'.
My chemistry teacher at school was in the SBS and served in the Falklands. I remember my mind being blown when he told me about this because he was just such an ordinary, boring (to me at the time anyway, being a teenager) middle-aged guy and he was such a badass. Taught me something important about the humanity of soldiers which has stuck with me ever since.
I remember a teacher who was ex-Paras. You could tell, though. Carried himself really well and had highly polished shoes, unlike the rest of the scruffs that passed as teachers. Mr Ash, his name was.
I worked with a guy for 3 years, and one night on a drive back from Devenport, I was talking about SF, he said very humbly, “I did a bit of that, back in the day”, Turned out he was ex RM, and then SAS until an injury cut short his career.. These guys are always humble, non assuming types, they know what they’ve done, and don’t need to shout about it. Unfortunately though the millennials coming through the SF ranks now, do seem to like to let everyone know what they’ve done.. I guess the human psyche is very different now to generations past?
Im surprised they let him in at that weight knowing how much weight you lose in training! Lad must have been shuffling around lympstone looking on deaths door
Frustrating listening to this. So many questions were just not answered properly (or were unecessarily vague) and would have been interesting to hear the answers to e.g. "what weapons did the SBS use?" - Answer: "Whatever you wanted". That's not an answer.
This is a common misconception I’ve found with the yanks, where they think that their regular seal teams are the equivalent to our SC’s, when that’s not the case. As this chap stated, the shaky’s are the equivalent to Devgru. The regular seals are probably more akin to say, some of the more elite units within the Royal Marines I.E. SRS, ML’s etc etc. Same goes for the Regiment. I hear a lot of yanks liken the RT to the Green Berets etc, when again, that’s another misconception. Green Berets I’d liken to say, the Pathfinders, or SFSG. Even though the roles are different, and I don’t mean any disrespect by this because I’ve worked with them, but the expertise isn’t there. The Regiment are more akin to Delta. Obviously the latter were based on 22 Reg, so I hope that’s cleared up a lot of bs that’s spoken about the various elements of UKSF.
The SAS and SBS are more of Jack of all trades, so they are roughly equivalent to both. I would also like to see someone go up to a Green Beret medical sergeant with 15 years in, who can shoot, move communicate, take care of an entire village’s medical needs, yank someone’s infected tooth out, and give birth to their live stock that he is not among the best and not worthy of comparison in any way with the SAS because he is not a part of JSOC. In fact, both Brit and Aussie sas send men on exchange programs with the Green Berets (as well as jsoc smus). They have no problem having a guy spend a year or two in the (God forbid) so called “vanilla” SF groups for a little cross pollination. There is a reason they do that. It’s not always a strict hierarchy.
@@jackh4996 yes it’s so your green kids can learn something from the RT. The Reg and the Shakeys are tier 1. Your tier ones are Delta and Devgru. Fact. So stop ya bitchin…… You’ve been reading too many books mate. I served in UKSF for over 10 years and I don’t remember going on one single exchange program to the states, to hang out with the green lids. We worked alongside them, but then we worked alongside regular infantry sometimes too. The only guys we exchanged with were delta. And Devgru went to Poole.
@@jackh4996 and no, your green lid medical Sgt wouldn’t compare. He’d know it too. Fact is all troopers have to attain that level of BCDT. For a green lid to get to do that, he has to request special training. Now I’m talkin from real world experience friend, not from playing COD and reading mcnab books. I don’t wank off over who’s better, Devgru or Shakeys. 🤦🏻♂️😂 god I hate you Walter Mitty twats
Forgive me, I’ll have to defer to your extensive experience and ignore folks like Pat Macnamara and Josh Johnson. I can’t for the life of me understand why a man who served 10 years in UKSF would ever refer to the tier system when speaking of one of their own units. It is a US designation that refers to funding and organization, not “eliteness”.
This has been the most interesting programme I have ever watched a top man and a credit to his family and country I wish him well for the future one of our true heroes
“MCT” has to be the hardest SF role going.The water is a cruel mistress & very unforgiving.I served in the RN for 28 years & 18 as a Mine Clearance diver with 6 years attached to the SBS in a combat diver/ IEDD role.very hard training & dangerous.We supported the Poole lads in all MCT ops & we were very proficient in all insertion methods from para to long swims & ladder climbs to underways from fast ribs to get on target….scary shit but awesome experience & very much missed…..Our team ( FDU-1) very rarely gets mentioned .🐸
What Pasha said about going straight into mortars from basic training isn't normal, I did the same thing in the Scots guards in the 80,s. Straight from the depot weekend leave then flown straight to Northern Ireland to join mortar platoon. You usually had to do a couple of years in a rifle company before being selected for support company but because it was short manned at the time I was sent straight there.
It's very normal in the RM. From Lympstone straight to a unit and the draft could be Mortars/Anti-Tank, MT, or a GD Marine. Very normal. Loads of mates who did that (i'm a former Bootneck)
I was Airman Master Sergeant First Class Loadmasting Enlisted Subsea Brigadier 3 Star Special Operating Sniper Scuba Battle Surgeon Piloting the YH6 on special Presidential Five Eyes Ghost Detachment under Rubicon 6 Clearance while on detachment to the Majestic 13 Nuclear Lunar Cave Security Forces disguised as an African peasant speaking 13 separate dialects of ancient Sanskrit during the unofficial campaign around the Ring of Uranus hunting the intergalactic Bigfoot set free by the Grey Alien Nation. So I too can confirm he is a soldier.
Yeah the navy seal's have there own separate boat crews as well, "SWCC" they all go through BUD's but like pasha said the seal's get to decide weather you want seal infantry or boat crew
I had the same experience in boot camp. I showed up as an 18 year old in great shape at 175 pounds. 8 weeks later I weighed 150 pounds and felt very weak. Lack of food is rough.
Reference the point of not wearing Uniform in Public. British Forces would quite often wear Uniform going on Leave on trains etc fairly common until the 70s. Then what we call "The troubles" occurred in Northern Ireland a Terrorist Campaign involving the IRA. As a result of the capture and Murder of a Off duty Soldier and other events the order was given no more wearing Uniforms in Public in the UK. To put this in context for younger readers here such things as planting bombs under Prison officers cars Police and Military were common. We had attacks including blowing up a Hotel in England at a Political conference narrowly missing the Prime Minister. Soldiers on Parade with horses blown up etc. So in England not even Northern Ireland you were a target. Now regarding the SAS and SBS i don't have definitive knowledge but I think it's always been the case of being very low key and secretive not wearing Uniform off camp since their inception in WW2. They touch on differences here in culture I served in a Ordinary Unit nothing Special however we had one guy go for SAS selection word got back that he passed but no one saw him again. I did serve in a Conflict anti Terrorist situation in a defence capacity. I saw the SAS go out by Helicopter do their thing and come back. I occasionally saw guys on camp who you guessed were but never any Uniform . Like the guy said they all do the same job but just differences. It's worth noting that from inception during WW2 our SAS and SBS were constantly somewhere around mostly covert dealing with terrorists and being involved in the last I call it Colonial Countries. This gentleman was a Royal Marine Commando before SBS most applicants are ex Marines all Marines are Commandos.The training for them is 9 months to get there Green beret before specialist training so I think all capable of going forward to volunteer for SBS if they wish. Respect to these guys I did my bit but just basic soldering but to do what they do it's got to be a full mental will and commitment. Cheers 🇬🇧
As long as he hadn't destroyed his body in his twenties he'd be more than capable. In your thirties you also have way more experience that counts for a lot.
I can’t understand how people say 30+ is like old .. I mean as a younger guy you might have „the power „ but no experience or knowledge about some certain things it’s more the brain then the muscles … 30-35 is prime
UK OPSEC means we aren’t getting sh*t for missions. Good for them, bad for TH-cam. TeamHouse Podcast on the losing end of this one unfortunately. I was looking for some SBS good stuff and was disappointed.
These lovely Americans don’t get Pashas humour, it’s a good watch…great watch guys, keep up the good work, total REspect…you probably wouldn’t get that too but thank you for your content💯😉👍🏻🇬🇧
Proper professional, skirting around the actual training and contact specifics whilst giving enough for us. I heard SBS stands for slightly better soldier whilst SAS stands for slightly average soldier 😂
British military were targeted in the UK as he mentioned. Terrorism in UK was a thing. Certain parts of central London had bins removed as the IRA used them to plant bombs. Pubs frequented by military were bombed. The Marines band were blown up. More recent years have seen religious extremists taking knives out to kill people- most famously Lee Rigby was killed because he was a squaddie. So Brit military tend to be a little more cautious and were banned from travelling in uniform on public transport at one stage. Pash answered all questions but didn’t elaborate on stories probably cos 12 years SBS trained him to be a little more tight lipped.
Pash top bloke. Really good boxer he used to train me on pads and bag at 42 in the early 2000’s.
Are you on the forum ARRSE, please?
Nice.
Pash, what a character. Good to see he has not changed. Top lad.
Man I just respect the humilty of this guy. Thank you.
impressive operator, great interview techniques. Respect to Pasha and kudos to the two people conducting this interview. Thank you for your service Pasha ...
"If he got me over there I could've been on the wrong side, in flip-flops chasing you guys" 😂😂😂 brilliant humour. Brilliant watch, brilliant man🇬🇧👊🏻
That bit made me laugh too! Ex British Army here, so I appreciate the humour.
Brit humour, love it.
Top bloke, very down to earth and a cracking record.
Typically very humble guy. Obviously tough as woodpecker lips. To stick at it and accomplish so much for a slight frame. ❤
What’s the line in Apocalypse Now when reviewing the Colonel’s military record - “this training almost killed me when I was 20 and he volunteered at 30…”. Something along those lines…
Pasha being a mountain leader and even an instructor the SBS would of wanted his skills, so that is likely why the SBS gave him a 3rd go at selection. I believe it is the ML that actually train the SBS on their mountain skills. Good on him for being necky and asking to go go again!!
Awesome interview my Brothers in arms 👍🏻🇦🇺
Pash Diamond 💎 GEEZER Was a great Ride with you mate 91, 630 Troop. You short ass Cheeky little man. Ha Ha blooming takes me back to the point. Good Man.
Pasha ,solid humble guy ..
Mountain leaders course would have helped him suceed for selection both mentally and skills. At 33 , mature, with solid background in the marines, he be perfect for SF.
Sbs. Elite british special forces. Pasha, what a guy. Respect
When I joined in 77,I was 8st 11lbs lol. So many SF lads came from broken homes and rough towns. You should try and get Cmdr Howard Leedham RN on the show. He was a SF officer led a covert unit on the Afghan border for the U.S. government.
Top lad! Proud to call him a friend.
I love his honesty about himself
Served with Pash he’s a gent and a top guy also. Great to see him doing well. Have a funny story with him and Vinny Manley on a certain border 😅
So are you SBS also
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Pasha talking about being on the other side chasing you guys made me laugh!
We also measure height in Imperial units here in the UK 😅
He’s a credit to my country 🇬🇧
What a lovely bloke and hopefully a role model to other immigrants to do their bit. A real hero.
He’s a U.K. national. Born the U.K.
He seems so freaking nice.
It's good to know Pasha is from a town I know well, although im from Glasgow, and he's from Lincolnshire in the central eastern part of England in the U.K.🇬🇧
What a nice bloke, a credit
It's amazing that many of the SAS / SBS members had a tough childhood.
Not that amazing. It makes sense. We don't have the same sense of serving our country as you do so the motivations to become a warrior are different.
Most I frantrymen are from rough council estates from rough towns and cities. It's no wonder they do well in SF because they have had to fight for everything in their lives from day one, not had it handed on a plate like the officer class. Hardship is nothing new to them.
Two classic examples are Phil Campion and Colin McLaughlin, both ex-SAS, the latter had just about the worst childhood you can imagine (and talks about it now publicly). The NSPCC looked after him when he needed it most and he went on to become one of the most highly decorated boys in the regiment, which is precisely why donate to them every Christmas. He said the abuse he got through as a young lad helped him to be the ‘gatekeeper of his own emotions’ and equipped him to keep his head and get him and another more junior guy through their brief stint as hostages where they nearly got bumped of on camera in Iraq
I thought it was well known, that British special forces deliberately keep an eye out for recruits that come from broken homes, or who have had a very tough childhood.
Why? It's very physiological. Without doubt, they want an individual, that has been mentality scared from the childhood trauma of NOT having a mum or dad, NOT having dinner on the table, NOT having anyone to talk to, or love them, etc. One of the many things they are looking for is for a volunteer, that throughout their life has ALWAYS (& themselves) looking for to be loved/a family unit. Well guess what????? We (as in the SAS/SBS) can be & if you're good enough will be your family.
That's one of the main physiological aspects of selection they're looking for. In turn, that individual/volunteer that does come from that kind of background is always going to go that extra mile for.them, will be extra loyal to them, will fight to the death for them etc.
Though, it is a classless brotherhood, if an individual is telling them that they come from an unloved environment/broken home(s), that's when SAS/SBS start getting excited about YOU.
Hence why it is not a coincidence why so many people in British SF's come from that type of background.
My dad was Gordon Highlander, served in Malaya. Talked about the SBS guys a lot. Heard some good stories growing up
No SAS guy from that era says anything good about the SBS...this is strange
@@vedantmehra6970 so you know all the SAS guys from that era? Cool. You should historically document that. I don't know anyone that knows all the SAS guys that served during the Malayan Emergency, but I know one that served there, and I grew up with him
@@vedantmehra6970I’m not sure what your point is? The OP said that his father was a Gordon Highlander, not SAS.
@@craigcrawford6749SBS and SAS, never use to get along SAS use to get all the ops and they also did different selections go listen to Duncan falcon on Chris thrall’s podcast.
Great episode!
It would be nice to hear in future interviews on how Spec Ops operators reintegrate into society and if they have challenges doing so, especially from all the different nationalities being interviewed.
Isn't that covered in every podcast lately?
A great down to Earth video...
Everyone over the age of 40 in the UK uses inches for height and stones for weight. Military guys and young people are likely to also/instead know cm and kg for weight.
Theres a new documentary called commando: Britains ocean warriors on bbc iplayer. Episode 2 is all about ml2 course (mountain leader). I know loads of lads in the marines, theres loads of courses that are mega hard snipes and PTI come to mind, but the ML2 course is different gravy from what I understand. Just the selection week to get on the course is insane. As Pasha said, the ML2 course was actually more difficult than selection and from what ive been told ML's are basically special forces anyway so might be worth getting a mountain leader on here. The selection culminates with a 10 day field exercise in Norway in -25 degrees, its for the mental lads!
I wonder with this dudes ethnicity and body type if the SBS ever used him for more low viz work or close target surveillance? If you ran into this guy wearing local clothing in North Africa, the Middle East or Central/South Asia, you wouldn’t even notice him.
Oh yes.. There, were a number of Gurkas in the SAS SBS running round in Afghanistan, as they could speak Urdu 👍😉
Of course they would have used that to gain the upper hand just like they would with a white team member in a country like Romania or Latvia. Great question tho…
You wouldnt ,they might
They do that a lot from what I’ve heard. They train a lot of personnel surveillance and undercover during selection at the end I think. There’s many people in tier 1 militaries like DEVGRU, CAG, SBS etc. that are from different backgrounds that do a lot of that work. I’ve watched the show Seal team and although it’s obviously just TV it showed a lot of that undercover work with agencies.
@@dylanjohns8409 Or they’re training and using host nation folks to do the actual surveillance. You can’t beat a local that speaks the language and knows the community or area. That’s what US and UK SOF did with the Mohawk program in Iraq and Syria and later the Omega program in Afghanistan/Pakistan as well as North Africa.
Pasha looks like he would have been quite an asset in Afghanistan during the years the UK was operating there. I have no idea what his language skills are, but he looks the part for a few of the ethnic groups.
These are the people the government would send after you, When society breaks down. They are not your friends. They are trained rottweilers happy to serve their master. As long as a few crumbs are thrown from the table.
Let's not forget British Special Forces is the longest serving special forces in the world, started with the British Army Commandos during WW2 , then SAS & SBS etc , The US Army Rangers where the first US Special Forces who where actually trained by the instructors at the Commando Schoool in Ayrshire Scotland. My late Grandfather was in First Special Service Brigade SOE Commando they later became 1 Commando. All Commando and Special Forces around the world can trace there roots back to the British Commandos of WW2 what a legacy those Brave Commandos have left the World. RIPGrandfather and to all Commandos and Special Forces who have passed away.
IF we speak about underwater specialwarfare i would mention italian frogmen sank Austrohungarian battleship „Viribus Unitis” in WW1
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Served with Pash, awesome guy who lights up the room, all the best mate MMM.
There are literally thousands of very advanced Rebreather divers world wide but cold water separates them ….doing a 100 mtr dive in Caribbean water is totally different to doing it in a 3 knot current up the sound of mull in Scotland …hands numb with cold …Viz down to 3 mtrs …lions mane jellyfish everywhere and still another hour of deco to do ……
Pash is a legend, and even at 50, he’s fit as a fiddle! I never made it to SB, despite dreaming of it from the age of 6, after watching Cockleshell Heroes, and the later reading books on Roger Courtney and Blondie Hasler.. I take my hat off to anyone who makes the grade, and have been lucky as a MoD contractor, to have worked with some of these most humble of men!
He still looks fit alright for 50. Be interested to know some of his fitness standards are now?? For example his 2 mile run time? 10k tab time??
I’m not sure what defence cuts the person asking the question is on about the military has seen a defence increase not cut ?
Yes your right Royal Marines do have the longest basic training in the world.
It’s very hard to be kicked out the British military but like he said if u really go to town on some civilian u might but one thing in the military that will get u thrown out is by stealing that shit they won’t put up with at all and I can agree with the interviewer in that in mortars u have to carry a lot of heavy shit (I was mortars I carried the barrel)
I think the guys interviewing him might think that the Royal Marines are like the USMC where the USMC are basically there own army and u can join as a cook or a driver etc the Royal Marines are more like a army battalion where everyone is a infantryman and u then get given specialist roles like mortars or MG platoon but it is strange to go from basic to mortars normally u go to a rifle platoon for a couple of years first
The British SBS and SAS are some hard core players.. Thank you for your service Pash.
Paste you are an inspiration, and come across as really good bloke. Thank you for your military service.
I hope so because their baby is stuck in the bath. Sxx bravo Juliett j9f experimentation of astrophysics computing quantum and the art's 1960s mk no flipping strings in a bit of a fix sxx bravo Juliett
@@sharonwickens6921 WTF are you on about?
Give this guy a medal for saying as it were in every single sentence
He literally said it as i read your comment 😂 Top Bloke though.
As it were
Pash...hoofing bloke ❤
this dude is so hard to listen too, dosent speak very well
4:40 the real football (not the yank one😃) . BTW It's great to hear that a Northerner made it into the SBS, I was expecting southern public school boys (more or less posh private schools here in the UK) or Scottish psychos (no disrespect meant but you know what I mean) - thanks for the upload, subbed.
You realise most southerners are not posh?
@@skepticalbadger said 'posh public school boys' - been north much? Not so many up here.
@@skepticalbadger I imagine to go to a southern public school in the UK you've gotta have pretty well off parents, maybe I'm wrong.
Kind of guy you would want as a neighbour👍👍💯
An amazing achivement, people dont relise you are already a 1%er by being in the Royal Marines to take the next steps and go SF is just another level In the mind set. When I did my All Arms Commando course(AACC) for 29CDO R.A you do the full Royal Marines training condensed into 13 week with roughly 2/4 weeks beat-up training we had in house at the regiment, for me 2 weeks at the Citadel in pylmouth home of 29cdo and i was on the winter course at (CTCRM), Lympstone. On our course even the slightest bit of attitude and you was gone off the course plenty more where that came from. i was only 18 and the youngest with zero tours under my belt when I did my course, 127 started and only 26 of us finished. From our Army Commando unit we have 148 Battery (NGSFO), specialist Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation based with the BSB in Pool.
Mind set, stay wavey brothers 🤙
For anyone who is interested in the selection process for the Royal Marines Mountain Leaders (Arctic Warfare SF) there's a superb documentary on TH-cam called 'Behind the Lines'.
Thanks Brother I’ll check it out 👍🏻🇦🇺
Yep watched it over the last few days very impressed tbh .. tough training tough bunch of lads
1:47:20 too much info Pasha, too much info.
thanks to all how serve to keep the rest of us safe much respect
My chemistry teacher at school was in the SBS and served in the Falklands. I remember my mind being blown when he told me about this because he was just such an ordinary, boring (to me at the time anyway, being a teenager) middle-aged guy and he was such a badass. Taught me something important about the humanity of soldiers which has stuck with me ever since.
I remember a teacher who was ex-Paras. You could tell, though. Carried himself really well and had highly polished shoes, unlike the rest of the scruffs that passed as teachers. Mr Ash, his name was.
I worked with a guy for 3 years, and one night on a drive back from Devenport, I was talking about SF, he said very humbly, “I did a bit of that, back in the day”, Turned out he was ex RM, and then SAS until an injury cut short his career..
These guys are always humble, non assuming types, they know what they’ve done, and don’t need to shout about it. Unfortunately though the millennials coming through the SF ranks now, do seem to like to let everyone know what they’ve done.. I guess the human psyche is very different now to generations past?
@@brashers759 Most are still like that. I've met four or five over the years and all were really nice blokes.
Never judge a book by its cover
Yes… “You are trying to blend in” - apart from the out-of-place sun-tan in Poole (or Hereford) in the British winter :)
Total respect pasha great interview with a great fella thanks for your service a true gentleman.
Joining the Royal Marines at 52 kilos is a bloody brilliant achievement in itself.
Absolutely. I was 55kg when I joined the reserve infantry and they had a huge problem with it even in the TA
@@stunitech I have the same surname as a prominent bad guy. It took me months to get clearence
The thing is back in the 90's things like steroids, testosterone etc weren't available to us.
Im surprised they let him in at that weight knowing how much weight you lose in training! Lad must have been shuffling around lympstone looking on deaths door
you have to be at least 65kg now
Jeez they all doing videos now
Legend has it he propelled himself with his own ears
Pathetic.
They should always turn off comments on these videos.
Look at all the whoppers talking bollox below 😂😂😂
Get Jason Fox on next.
Frustrating listening to this. So many questions were just not answered properly (or were unecessarily vague) and would have been interesting to hear the answers to e.g. "what weapons did the SBS use?" - Answer: "Whatever you wanted". That's not an answer.
OSA
Very interesting interview. Within the r.m the ml branch is held in very high esteem .
Boring. . . . . .
Don’t watch numbnuts
Clown.
Bald guy on the left looks like he’s had coke- great vid though
This is a common misconception I’ve found with the yanks, where they think that their regular seal teams are the equivalent to our SC’s, when that’s not the case. As this chap stated, the shaky’s are the equivalent to Devgru. The regular seals are probably more akin to say, some of the more elite units within the Royal Marines I.E. SRS, ML’s etc etc. Same goes for the Regiment. I hear a lot of yanks liken the RT to the Green Berets etc, when again, that’s another misconception. Green Berets I’d liken to say, the Pathfinders, or SFSG. Even though the roles are different, and I don’t mean any disrespect by this because I’ve worked with them, but the expertise isn’t there. The Regiment are more akin to Delta. Obviously the latter were based on 22 Reg, so I hope that’s cleared up a lot of bs that’s spoken about the various elements of UKSF.
The SAS and SBS are more of Jack of all trades, so they are roughly equivalent to both.
I would also like to see someone go up to a Green Beret medical sergeant with 15 years in, who can shoot, move communicate, take care of an entire village’s medical needs, yank someone’s infected tooth out, and give birth to their live stock that he is not among the best and not worthy of comparison in any way with the SAS because he is not a part of JSOC.
In fact, both Brit and Aussie sas send men on exchange programs with the Green Berets (as well as jsoc smus). They have no problem having a guy spend a year or two in the (God forbid) so called “vanilla” SF groups for a little cross pollination. There is a reason they do that. It’s not always a strict hierarchy.
@@jackh4996 yes it’s so your green kids can learn something from the RT. The Reg and the Shakeys are tier 1. Your tier ones are Delta and Devgru. Fact. So stop ya bitchin……
You’ve been reading too many books mate. I served in UKSF for over 10 years and I don’t remember going on one single exchange program to the states, to hang out with the green lids. We worked alongside them, but then we worked alongside regular infantry sometimes too. The only guys we exchanged with were delta. And Devgru went to Poole.
@@jackh4996 and no, your green lid medical Sgt wouldn’t compare. He’d know it too. Fact is all troopers have to attain that level of BCDT. For a green lid to get to do that, he has to request special training. Now I’m talkin from real world experience friend, not from playing COD and reading mcnab books. I don’t wank off over who’s better, Devgru or Shakeys. 🤦🏻♂️😂 god I hate you Walter Mitty twats
Forgive me, I’ll have to defer to your extensive experience and ignore folks like Pat Macnamara and Josh Johnson.
I can’t for the life of me understand why a man who served 10 years in UKSF would ever refer to the tier system when speaking of one of their own units. It is a US designation that refers to funding and organization, not “eliteness”.
The new UK Ranger Regiment was based on US Green Beret ODAs and their charter to Foreign Internal Defense and forward deployed crisis response.
What a guy
This has been the most interesting programme I have ever watched a top man and a credit to his family and country I wish him well for the future one of our true heroes
Algorithm.
But the flip flops won lol
“MCT” has to be the hardest SF role going.The water is a cruel mistress & very unforgiving.I served in the RN for 28 years & 18 as a Mine Clearance diver with 6 years attached to the SBS in a combat diver/ IEDD role.very hard training & dangerous.We supported the Poole lads in all MCT ops & we were very proficient in all insertion methods from para to long swims & ladder climbs to underways from fast ribs to get on target….scary shit but awesome experience & very much missed…..Our team ( FDU-1) very rarely gets mentioned .🐸
Proper!
@@lto5270 👊🏼
I did think you lads were going to get a mention at one point when they were talking about the diving aspects but not to be 😢
Brave dudes dealing with the sea . !!!!
@@GoogleStealsData 🧚🏼♀️
Pasha keeps his cards close to his chest. 😂
What Pasha said about going straight into mortars from basic training isn't normal, I did the same thing in the Scots guards in the 80,s. Straight from the depot weekend leave then flown straight to Northern Ireland to join mortar platoon. You usually had to do a couple of years in a rifle company before being selected for support company but because it was short manned at the time I was sent straight there.
It's very normal in the RM. From Lympstone straight to a unit and the draft could be Mortars/Anti-Tank, MT, or a GD Marine. Very normal. Loads of mates who did that (i'm a former Bootneck)
@@MarkLofthouse-ro7ec it's quite rare in infantry or guards battalions though unless a load of lads got out at the same time in support company.
I know him from a civilian point of view and he’s a great guy
I was Airman Master Sergeant First Class Loadmasting Enlisted Subsea Brigadier 3 Star Special Operating Sniper Scuba Battle Surgeon Piloting the YH6 on special Presidential Five Eyes Ghost Detachment under Rubicon 6 Clearance while on detachment to the Majestic 13 Nuclear Lunar Cave Security Forces disguised as an African peasant speaking 13 separate dialects of ancient Sanskrit during the unofficial campaign around the Ring of Uranus hunting the intergalactic Bigfoot set free by the Grey Alien Nation.
So I too can confirm he is a soldier.
Thank you for your service 😂
Yeah the navy seal's have there own separate boat crews as well, "SWCC" they all go through BUD's but like pasha said the seal's get to decide weather you want seal infantry or boat crew
Swcc does not go through BUDS
Pash epitomises what's great about UKSF; quietly spoken but hard as nails.
Looking at those ears, I knew there was a martial arts connection there. (Not mentioning trunks hanging in the background)
Absolutely brilliant, such wisdom for life. Thank you Pasha❤💚🙏💫💫
Please tell me your not drinking Wolfburn Whisky with ice?
Uhhhh, we weren’t? Lol. We ruin everything.
Wow, ML and SBS, courses in thebstates and 12 years RM. Mans active lol. Bravo
I had the same experience in boot camp. I showed up as an 18 year old in great shape at 175 pounds. 8 weeks later I weighed 150 pounds and felt very weak. Lack of food is rough.
Reference the point of not wearing Uniform in Public. British Forces would quite often wear Uniform going on Leave on trains etc fairly common until the 70s. Then what we call "The troubles" occurred in Northern Ireland a Terrorist Campaign involving the IRA. As a result of the capture and Murder of a Off duty Soldier and other events the order was given no more wearing Uniforms in Public in the UK. To put this in context for younger readers here such things as planting bombs under Prison officers cars Police and Military were common. We had attacks including blowing up a Hotel in England at a Political conference narrowly missing the Prime Minister. Soldiers on Parade with horses blown up etc. So in England not even Northern Ireland you were a target. Now regarding the SAS and SBS i don't have definitive knowledge but I think it's always been the case of being very low key and secretive not wearing Uniform off camp since their inception in WW2. They touch on differences here in culture I served in a Ordinary Unit nothing Special however we had one guy go for SAS selection word got back that he passed but no one saw him again. I did serve in a Conflict anti Terrorist situation in a defence capacity. I saw the SAS go out by Helicopter do their thing and come back. I occasionally saw guys on camp who you guessed were but never any Uniform . Like the guy said they all do the same job but just differences. It's worth noting that from inception during WW2 our SAS and SBS were constantly somewhere around mostly covert dealing with terrorists and being involved in the last I call it Colonial Countries. This gentleman was a Royal Marine Commando before SBS most applicants are ex Marines all Marines are Commandos.The training for them is 9 months to get there Green beret before specialist training so I think all capable of going forward to volunteer for SBS if they wish. Respect to these guys I did my bit but just basic soldering but to do what they do it's got to be a full mental will and commitment. Cheers 🇬🇧
Good program.
Amazing that he did selection at 33 years old, as his body would have been slower to recover from the exercises, than if he had been younger.
Lot of guys do JSOC selection in their 30s. Its most peoples prime. 27-33
As long as he hadn't destroyed his body in his twenties he'd be more than capable. In your thirties you also have way more experience that counts for a lot.
I can’t understand how people say 30+ is like old .. I mean as a younger guy you might have „the power „ but no experience or knowledge about some certain things it’s more the brain then the muscles … 30-35 is prime
UK OPSEC means we aren’t getting sh*t for missions. Good for them, bad for TH-cam. TeamHouse Podcast on the losing end of this one unfortunately. I was looking for some SBS good stuff and was disappointed.
30s is prime if you take care of yourself
just like a top athlete peak at the end ,bloody fantastic advice sir
RM ML . Absolute quality.
aim high and never give up ,too true ,well done
Top guy.
SBU! This was great. Best one yet!
These lovely Americans don’t get Pashas humour, it’s a good watch…great watch guys, keep up the good work, total REspect…you probably wouldn’t get that too but thank you for your content💯😉👍🏻🇬🇧
0:16 respect❤️🇬🇧💯 0:24
Good interview... any work in West Wales, mate?!
A great guy- yea, they always give you the piss😆👊🏼
‘Take the piss’ get it right mate! 😉
Proper professional, skirting around the actual training and contact specifics whilst giving enough for us. I heard SBS stands for slightly better soldier whilst SAS stands for slightly average soldier 😂
Slightly bitter soldier more like😂
Less is more. By strength & guile.
How did he qualify when he failed twice and tried again when he was too old?✌️❤️🇬🇧
British military were targeted in the UK as he mentioned. Terrorism in UK was a thing. Certain parts of central London had bins removed as the IRA used them to plant bombs. Pubs frequented by military were bombed. The Marines band were blown up. More recent years have seen religious extremists taking knives out to kill people- most famously Lee Rigby was killed because he was a squaddie. So Brit military tend to be a little more cautious and were banned from travelling in uniform on public transport at one stage. Pash answered all questions but didn’t elaborate on stories probably cos 12 years SBS trained him to be a little more tight lipped.
Humble guy. But he has nothing too prove
In Ukraine we have the SJS - the "Special Jetski Service" !🙃
Did you *intentionally* get the fish tank for when you interviewed an SBS man?? lol