My troop boss, Lt Cornish in 595 Troop - at the tailor shop being fitted for my lovats… ‘Stewart, you’re fucking deformed!’ He was addressing my massive calves due to years of Dartmoor walking!!!! 👍🏻🤣👍🏻
Sure is one hell of a gentleman's course and a total ass kicker at the same time, but then again the Royal Marines are one of the world's finest fighting forces, much respect to my English cousins across the pond. Semper Fi
CajunMarine33445 it's a lot harder than people think emotional and physically it breaks you into what your soul can become,It's not for everyone I can tell you that right now,but when you do become part of it your will not go back to what it was .
"Good evening. Do the top button up on your jacket. When you're getting very casual late at night, you might venture to undo it." The Brits are just classy. Even their NCOs.
Having been through as a Soldier and having been able to be commissioned yet having not chosen to. The officer route is just the same just more gentlemanly
@@user-dk2ol7pq6r You've misunderstood what I mean. What I am saying is that they showed the bollockings and beastings a lot more in that doc. Whereas in this one, they seemed kind of tame.
I don't think it's anyone's place to judge the different country's units way of training their men. Consider tradition and the culture of said unit. There's more than one way to skin a cat. It's the end result that matters.
I’m a former US Army Medic. I think this style of training is just as, if not more, effective than what we went through. Two different means to the same end. The people in here trying to pretend that because they got yelled at, they’re harder, are delusional.
The Royal Marines actually use the USMC fitness tests on recruit assessment events... that is to say the minimum standard of fitness required for people ASPIRING to join the Royal Marines is held to a higher standard than the USMC have once you've actually joined. Says a lot to me, anyway.
they get treated that way as they're trainee officers. The non com staff call them Sir " There is a lot of screaming and shouting for those training to be privates
Expat here in the US. Also a cop. I wish we had this type of training in the police academy I attended. Calm, considerate, gentlemanly. In the police over here its not military, but they act like it is.... Screaming all the bloody time, on edge constantly, acting like we're going into a war zone etc. Makes poor officers who are ill mannered and not calm on the streets. If they insist on military style training, then I would love to see this approach.... If its good enough for our lads in uniform, its good enough for beat cops over here.
I'm ex RAF living in the USA and all the US armed forces guys both Officer,NCOs and other ranks have been the nicest people I have come across.Doesn't matter which country you fight for as you are all part of a brotherhood'
Well said m8 I've found that nearly all soldiers respect each other even the enemy but especially UK and the U.S. As we work so closely and more importantly we work well together.
Paul Boulter my grandad was RAF during WWll. I don't think people realise the different jobs the RAF do most think it's just about pilots and mechanics.
The Colour Sergeant's encouragement for the 3 men who'd come up from the ranks is quite touching. He knows that they're made of the same stuff as he (they're qualified Commandos) and wants them to succeed.
Eighty Afghan civilians may have been summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told . Eighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public inquiry. One of the elite soldiers is believed to have “personally killed” 35 Afghans on a single six-month tour of duty as part of an alleged policy to terminate “all fighting-age males” in homes raided, “regardless of the threat they posed”.
Even after I finished basic training in US Air Force I never understood why all the yelling was felt necessary. Even ti's told me it was just tradition, really could not explain it.
@williamsheppard3219 Idea is to get you used to performing under stress and chaos. Even when artillery is dropping around you, your friends have been shot, and you're exhausted from heat; you'll still follow orders through it. We still use such methods of training in the UK, but this is officer training. Officers are expected to perform differently and maintain a level of civility rather than start yelling and screaming like a belligerent drunken fool. They're supposed to be intelligent enough that the expectations of themselves are already known and that conditioning them for harsher environments isn't necessary.
By the way, this is exactly how they should train soldiers everywhere. If you train young officers without raising your voice, they will keep calm all the time and probably calm their soldiers aswell.
@M J I had my Sgt grab me by the throat lift me- only for the other NCOs to stop it and then a Cpt walked in. RMP was not involved or the country we were in at the time-field visit. This was early 2000s. Looked him up on FB- ad got talking to a few folk in his area. He is a well-known dick. Just I should have hammered him and allowed the RMP to arrest. A full room of us- inc the accommodation staff. In basic training this was (army)
I served in the army in the late 1980s and basic training every night one of our section commanders would come back from the NAAFI pissed up...line us all up and punch and drop kick us in the chest until he got bored..
"It pays to be a winner!" Cannot count the times I've heard that! Worked as a carpenter for my father in Florida. Gets over 100° Farenheit in the summer. He would yell "I love it when it sucks!" and everyone else would start to repeat it. We'd start to believe it the more we would yell it and the day would get to be much easier! When I joined the Army I began to do the same and my fellow soldiers followed suit. My Drill Sergeant loved it and our platoon outperformed the others. Physical condition and mental toughness from the Army and 20+ yrs of martial arts got me through Thyroid Cancer and Brain Cancer twice. Bullet wound, knife wounds and others. Faith in God, mental + physical conditioning and belief that I WILL survive anything has worked for myself and countless others. Apologies for getting off topic. GOD Bless you all. SGT Carlton Lee Smith US Army RET
The Colour Sergeant is badass, he commands respect without yelling at them. I really felt for Michael being unable to adjust to the cold climate, he gave it his best shot.
@@sr.cosmos4543 I was there just prior to this , mate. I know several of the seniors in this prog. They went as far as they could to keep the BDF lad on course, but he simply could not cope with an English winter. It was suggested he joined the MET for a year or two, to acclimatise and then do a re-try. There was no racism that I ever saw. If men were good enough to be recruits any ideas of superiority on whatever basis, was soon removed. After passing out we are all Royal Marines. This is the Corps by the way , it`s not the army.
Because they have a Queens commission, they have to call them Sir or Mr. It's not the person you salute, it's the rank. Once they pass the incredibly hard basic training, they go straight off to command a platoon or troop of, quite frequently actually, combat experienced Marines. You can't be a twat and let yourself and your Marines down.
@@gooner72 It's interesting that they address them as Sir before they've passed out. I know in Naval officer training they do not address the recruits as Sir until they pass out.
I can recall my senior NCO Dad in the RAf shouting at officer cadets in the 60s. had he known us kids were hiding and wathing him drill them he would have killed us.. lol... he shouted.. being Irish. you are a bleddy ejit Sir, what are you> i am a bleddy ejit Sgt. YES YOU ARE, SIR. lol.
On my first day at Sandhurst, the Company Sergeant Major said " Gentlemen, I will address you as Sir, you will address me as Sir, the difference is you will mean it! " He was a true gentleman!
To be a Royal Marines officer you need to be equally happy at a wine and Stilton cheese evening and being outnumbered 20 to 1 on a battlefield, while not appearing to your men, all exceptional soldiers, to be too concerned by either. Courage, in the British Armed Forces, is always assumed to start with, because British fighting men never lack that.
@@kincaidwolf5184 The Royal Marines is separate from the Army, and is technically part of HM's Naval Service. Officer trainees are largely recruited straight off civvy street. They're commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants on day one (rather than Officer Cadets, like in the Army) due to a weird technicality. The Royal Navy's officer trainee rank of Midshipman is technically equivalent to the first commissioned rank in the other services. Being part of the same Naval Service, potential Royal Marines officers receive the same rank on their first day, and apparently also get appointed to Lieutenant (in-line with a Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant) when they graduate and go to their first unit. It's a little weird, but would make more sense if they didn't use Army-style ranks.
@@stephensmith4480 My lead DI when I went through Basic never yelled at us....but the man was a master at using a calm voice and a specific dismissive tone to make you feel like crap when you fouled up.
Tony Kennedy - I’m a serving officer in a Hellenic Army infantry unit 🇬🇷 - frontal negotiation of a standard width doorway is problematic due to my moustache.
This documentary offers a mere glimpse at the actual training. Until you've experienced it for yourself, you can't possibly begin to fathom the entirety of what these men endure. They're not joking when they say 99.9% don't succeed. Since its formation, the Royal Marines has always consisted of the cream of the crop of physically and mentally strong men. It's never wise to form opinions based on a documentary watched in the comfort of your home.
Very true I’ve read letters from my father and it’s clear so much was emitted even in personal letters. Royal Marines are a different breed, much respect to our present and veterans.
very interesting, I was serving to the Sri lankan Army as an officer, when we were train as an officer cadets in the military academy in Sri lanka , we had to under go similar kind of a training almost similar yes of course we are following British syllabus so all of these made me to memorize all the fun we had there at the military academy, thanks
Aye, same. It'd be like me (I live in Scotland) coming to Australia. I just wouldn't be able to handle the heat. It's even too hot here for me sometimes.
@MrTecsom69 I'm sure everyone would prefer "Office-hours Combat"! My comment was based on a little experience, working with British infantrymen with brown skin.
"Instructors in my country's Armed Forces shout more at our recruits therefore our soldiers are better than yours!" Said every veteran keyboard warrior ever.
Razvratnik Some sadly. Depends if they can recivilianise. Its better nowadays but still happens. PTSD is a terrible thing. But war is necessary to prepare for.
I served in the Royal Navy and the sergeant of "one section" was the RM detachment sergeant on the Leander class frigate I was serving on at the time. He was always a fair and decent chap, thanks for this video it brought back some memories.
This is what I love about the Royal Marines: their training not only instills combat and combat leadership excellence, but also the mindset of a gentleman/gentlewoman. I feel the training of our own Marines here in the U.S., while outstanding, misses this critical element.
@@emodrmmr007 Matty 100% agree with your comment Except one word "absolute" Read above from William , quote "This is what I love about the Royal Marines: their training not only instills combat and combat leadership excellence, but also the mindset of a gentleman/gentlewoman" Still waiting to meet either a Man or Woman who are "absolute" ...................................................;)
i like how this was the method of training back then, and how the sergeant was saying that their was no point bullying them, or shouting at them for no reason, which is literally what they seem to do now...
My scout master was an ex marine, believed he was in Korea, he knew I had a lot of problems at home and took me under his wing, 54 now and I still think of him
39:27 I like this lad. He's got Brigadier written all over him, but he's got a decent sense of humour and a good degree of composure. I wonder how far he went.
This is what im wondering. Is it still like this. The old docs like this look so much more raw and brutal. The kids seem nicer yet also more mature..the officers seem older and funnier.. standards still the same as this doesn't look easy thankfully..
In ww2 during operation market garden, several thousand paras were at arnhem, surrounded and cut off from communication because they had been supplied with the wrong crystals for their radios. They kept fighting, hoping to be relieved, not knowing that the ground forces would never get to them, all because some twit in the communications section didn’t checked that the radios worked before they jumped. So you can see why they are drilling in attention to detail. It must be damned hard to look after details when you are cold, wet, tired and scared but they have to.
Bearing in mind this is nearly 25 years ago. Nevertheless, less than 10 years after 3 Cdo brigade marched 90 km with full fighting order in rugged conditions and then fought a battle, and then won at the end of it. Say what you like about an hour long documentary but their training is tried and tested in battles now and in the past. A wet is a cup of tea, a brew in the army,
I had the pleasure of working with that Colour Sergeant Peter ++++++, when he was a my Deputy Security Manager at a large site in West London, he was a true gent who cared for the people in our command, the client and the people in the headquarters of the major international companies we looked after
It hasn't changed that much at all. Slightly more 'scientific' in its approach to PT and, of course, more technology is involved in the actual soldiering but other than that ... The one true test of how effective training has been is on the battlefield and in that arena there has been no drop in RM standards.
"It pays to be a winner"......... Where have I heard that one before??? Along with the others.. "The ball's in your court" " You're in your own time now" "NCO's get amongst them"!!! The ageless classic clichés.
As a newly commissioned 2nd lieutenant I often felt that it would be easier negotiating a minefield than the officer's mess during a formal mess dinner.
@@JC-xz2gv Sandhurst was a bit of a culture shock for me at the start,however,like most circumstances in which one finds oneself,you adapt relatively quickly,some aspects were enjoyable,some less so,it seemed to last forever at times,especially during the 3rd phase during intense field exercises and the regimental interview is quite daunting!.
+sam “ImJetixz” williams During my co-op tour at RM Poole I saw Royal Marines yell more in 3 months than I have seen US Marines in my whole 20 year career. While serving on HMS Ocean there was the Squadron Colour Sgt. who yelled so much he was always yelling. He had the coarsest voice I have ever heard. In my honest and professional opinion, there is little difference between Royal Marines and Jarhead Grunts. The USMC may be over 200k strong as an organization, but the grunt type units makeup maybe a quarter of that if even that much. Grunts are Grunts no matter which flag is flying. They are loud, proud, cockstrong, overbearing, overzealous, horn dogged, full of piss and vinegar.
+Frank Watson Some SAS guy? You have been Googling again haven't you? Nah I am going to venture out on a limb and say you pulled that out of your As........ston Martin. The bullshit flag has gone up and you have been called to the carpet. Pony up or shut up!
***** No, there was a TV show on British TV this year, where contestants had to try to complete a weeks worth of training with different special forces around the world. The last and hardest one was British SAS.
it would be instead of hartman goin off and beating the shit out of recruits who cant get their act in order (there is a specific reason why this is done), the brits would prolly offer doughnuts and tea, have them sit in a chair, and write sentences like in school
@@keithwatson1384 yes and parts of it were shot on the Norfolk broads as well as Cambridgeshire and the Isle of dogs in East London. Wonder why they never filmed it in the states?
I know how those blisters feel. I went from wearing trainers daily to boots, my heels where constantly raw. It's physically impossible to keep step, your body just won' let you after a certain point. You just have to find a way to make it work. I opted for the side hobble.
The attitude displayed by the instructors is similar to that shown by the RAF instructors during the BBC 'Fighter pilot' series. And indeed that shown towards the naval officer cadets in a newer series. There is less shouting and more expectation that mistakes will quickly be self corrected. Most officer cadets have been through a rigorous selection process and will be well above average ability. I am not in the armed forces but am close friends with two current serving officers.
The contrast with the US Drill Sergeants is absolute. As was demonstrated at 26:45 - 28:08 pushing men into the fight-or-flight zone (Cortisol) reduces the ability to really think.
if this was American marine bootcamp they would yell and swear at you and treat you like shit. but british marines are treated more humanly than us marines. you do not need to shout or swear to make disciplined recruits.
+CallMeBain The Royal Marines are an elite light infantry brigade from an organization of about 8,400 including reserves. The USMC is an expeditionary force of 243,000 with reserves which includes it's own air force. Comparing an RM commando with a Marine rifle battalion indicates the Marines are a heavier medium weight force. Indeed, a reinforced Marine rifle battalion is probably the most powerful general purpose infantry battalion in the world. Note "infantry" not mechanized. One could argue the individual RM is marginally better and that in some specific situations would perform better. If this is true it's beside the point given the two organizations are entirely different in size and scope. Moreover, it's worth noting the 3 USMC battalions within the Marine Raiders assigned to SOCOM and the re-activated Marine Force Recon units which one can also argue are much better than the average RM. So there are, at minimum, 3000+ Marines with more training than all Royal Marines Also, consider that SOI is only a basic infantry course. Their real Infantry training is at the fleet. So comparing course length is pointless. Indeed, the USMC is the largest Marine Corp. in the world. There a plenty of Marines ( POGs*) that aren't on the same level as the Royal Marines. Most US Marines are support Marines. But to say the US doesn't have the same quality is very ignorant. They have the same quality. At least the Marines who have the same job as the RM. *People Other than Grunts Have a nice day mate
+CallMeBain Literally we have bled the same blood in the same mud. Never has this been more true than recently in history. The majority of you that are making comments treating this like is a sports match comparing one club to the next like a fan, have never been in the mud to begin with. If you never served than shut the fuck up, you don't have the right to comment in the first place.
47:37 That Doctor is the poshest bloke on earth I think. Bet he was a top class field Doc though. Got a green lid so he must be worth his posh breathe.
this is why army recruiting no longer works. they are having real problems getting suitable people. their low IQ range is making the army dysfunctional..@Paul-nj5xh
Phew, I know all those guys won't make it through the course to become officers, but what you are watching here are the absolute cream of Her Majesty's Armed Services. Cadet and Officer alike, absolute quality material!
Riiight, but the point is, they are not already commissioned officers, yes? They are called 'Sir' because they are officer cadets; they are becoming officers.
Nowadays anyone can use Lympstone Commando station and there is a well maintained public footpath/cycle path following the perimeter of the base. That wasn't the case until quite recently.
the Royals have a fucking hilarious demo of an officers ration pack, there was baguettes and candle sticks coming out of it, legendary sense of humour.
Oh I remember that talk on one's dress in the Mess. The Colour picked on my shoes. I guessed it was just the same as the Gunny in "Officer and a Gentlemen" where as soon as one intake finished, another one got the same "joke" names.
@@BM-lw6gnis it? 9 years in I was a full screw, had a number of interesting takings under belt and leadership in tough situations. I'd disagree. Maybe his view - his experience of his time at that time -was that. But not mine.
A English teacher I had put himself through Duntroon before becoming a school teacher. We were the proudest class in the grade. Taught by a army officer junior albeit. Special breed already all soldiers.
For the American trolls in here saying USMC is harder, here are the recruitment tests *USMC* 1.5 Miles 13 Min 30 Seconds *Royal Marines* 1.5 Miles in 12 min 30 seconds + *another* 1.5 Miles straight after in 10 mins!
***** Here is USMC website www.military.com/military-fitness/marine-corps-fitness-requirements/marine-corps-fitness-test. It says USMC do only 1.5 Mile in 13.5 mins, but even if it was 3 miles in 28 mins, I just told you Royal Marine test to be considered is to do 3 miles in under 22.5 mins. Thanks for proving my point.
+Frackrats Fenorki I think you would find if you looked at the fitness poster for the Royal Marines you do in fact run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes and 30 seconds, you will then take a one minutes rest to then complete the next 1.5 mile run in 10 minutes. This is all done on treadmill, set on a 2 degree incline. This also bearing in mind this is only the Royal Navy Fitness Test (RNFT), all before the Potential Royal Marines Course (PRMC).
+SGT Sandwich PLAYS It really doesn't matter though. The point was to attack the 'My Team is better than your Team' trolling bullshit. Some people would attack the treadmill thing, Im not even gonna go there. Marine and Royal Marine grunts are as fit and capable as they need to be as proven time and again by recent combat performance. Ive done 2 exchange tours with the RM. One at Poole and one on the HMS Ocean. I have nothing bad to say about Royal Marines. This who is tougher than who thing is mostly an Armchair General thing and its totally ignorant.
The Brits have been training a Professional Army for Centuries. They don't have the luxury of numbers and must rely on top notch well disciplined troops. We Americans have an amazing Army but are relative newcomers to this
Seen some Royal Marine Commando promotional videos on Tik Tok and it reminded me of this 2 part series. At 14:50 giving the tutorial for washing yourself in the shower is actually my dad!
I have every sympathy for these glorious young men who are willing to lay down their lives for Queen and Country, in their arduous training which continues whatever the weather. Royal Marine candidates have it especially hard in that most of the time during their training they are wet and cold. My heart bleeds for them.
5AM=4.55AM OR FEEL THE PAIN PRESS UP POSITION DOWN UP DOWN HALF WAY UP ETC, I went NAAFI when I got back my whole platoon was doing press ups the cpl said do you know why there doing press ups NO, WEL i told everybody no NAAFI tonight, he then told me to stand there calling out UP DOWN UP DOWN the cpl then said carry on till i get back,my platoon was raging with me i got my sweets stood there eating caling out the timing,every one got punished but me,my whole platoon was agry, REMEMBER ONE THING ITS A TEST OF TEAM WORK AND THE ONE WHO GETS ANGRY IS NOT A GOOD TEAM PLAYER,TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND CARRY ON YOUR DAY WILL COME.
That Barbadian gave it his all. I've spent nearly three years in the tropics and never really got used to the heat. Drop me in a snowy forest then once I get moving I'm fine, even wet. I might grumble about it but I can manage heat loss much better than excess heating. Just different physiology.
Their softer approach but still harsh consequences of failing is fantastic soldier's would much significantly learn more than just the regular being screamed at and sworn by every word under the sun 😂😂
Believe me its not softer - the calm approach is to train officers to remain calm - no matter what crap is happening around you. The training was hell, the mess was polite at all times, the runs ashore were legendary.
The most cold blooded and brutal “More effort is required, sir” I have ever heard.
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So calm ... smelling like a posy sir 🤣
That Colour Sergeant is my dad, and he's still a Legend. 😁
His comment about the jacket killed me. haha!
Convey my salute to him
he seems a very nice guy indeed
No he isnt you fucking bullshitter
awesome
"relax your shoulders", "what they are relaxed", "you must be deformed then" class
My Karate instructor is always saying things like that about my "tense" looking shoulders!
Alex L i lol mout loud at that too
You need to relax your shoulders so you can put your hands in the air properly.
fockin banter
My troop boss, Lt Cornish in 595 Troop - at the tailor shop being fitted for my lovats… ‘Stewart, you’re fucking deformed!’ He was addressing my massive calves due to years of Dartmoor walking!!!! 👍🏻🤣👍🏻
Sure is one hell of a gentleman's course and a total ass kicker at the same time, but then again the Royal Marines are one of the world's finest fighting forces, much respect to my English cousins across the pond.
Semper Fi
CajunMarine33445 British
CajunMarine33445 British
Per mare per terram my friend
CajunMarine33445 it's a lot harder than people think emotional and physically it breaks you into what your soul can become,It's not for everyone I can tell you that right now,but when you do become part of it your will not go back to what it was .
Easy Tiger.Inaccurate certainly but no offence was intended (from a Glaswegian).
"Good evening. Do the top button up on your jacket. When you're getting very casual late at night, you might venture to undo it."
The Brits are just classy. Even their NCOs.
Not always and that's why we're the masters of the banter
That's actually an LT I believe
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read this as he said it
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It's really strange to see them receiving a beasting without the yelling and screaming. They're getting hit hard, but in a gentlemanly way.
Having been through as a Soldier and having been able to be commissioned yet having not chosen to. The officer route is just the same just more gentlemanly
@@hardcoresoldier08 Bollocks. They just didn't show it. Watch the Sandhurst documentary.
@@user-dk2ol7pq6r You've misunderstood what I mean. What I am saying is that they showed the bollockings and beastings a lot more in that doc. Whereas in this one, they seemed kind of tame.
Yeh, watched some USMC training vids.
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I don't think it's anyone's place to judge the different country's units way of training their men. Consider tradition and the culture of said unit. There's more than one way to skin a cat. It's the end result that matters.
I’m a former US Army Medic. I think this style of training is just as, if not more, effective than what we went through. Two different means to the same end. The people in here trying to pretend that because they got yelled at, they’re harder, are delusional.
Trust me the standard of the rm officer is far higher than us army.
The Royal Marines actually use the USMC fitness tests on recruit assessment events... that is to say the minimum standard of fitness required for people ASPIRING to join the Royal Marines is held to a higher standard than the USMC have once you've actually joined.
Says a lot to me, anyway.
they get treated that way as they're trainee officers. The non com staff call them Sir " There is a lot of screaming and shouting for those training to be privates
25:27 days exactly this
@@alanbstard4 they don't have Privates in the Royal Marines, their basic rank is Marine.
Expat here in the US. Also a cop.
I wish we had this type of training in the police academy I attended. Calm, considerate, gentlemanly.
In the police over here its not military, but they act like it is.... Screaming all the bloody time, on edge constantly, acting like we're going into a war zone etc.
Makes poor officers who are ill mannered and not calm on the streets.
If they insist on military style training, then I would love to see this approach.... If its good enough for our lads in uniform, its good enough for beat cops over here.
I'm ex RAF living in the USA and all the US armed forces guys both Officer,NCOs and other ranks have been the nicest people I have come across.Doesn't matter which country you fight for as you are all part of a brotherhood'
Well said m8 I've found that nearly all soldiers respect each other even the enemy but especially UK and the U.S. As we work so closely and more importantly we work well together.
You get it man. There is a bond shared between Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines througtout all the countries in the world.
Inspadave definitely mate. It's that mutual respect what's already been earned by getting through the training.
Paul Boulter my grandad was RAF during WWll. I don't think people realise the different jobs the RAF do most think it's just about pilots and mechanics.
BigFeet Gamer haha
I am completely taken back at how incredibly polite everyone is from recruit to instructor.
Well, these are officers, so the recruits will most likely be upper class.
@@memegod4433 Don't perpetuate tripe !!
@@richardgrant7055 he's not wrong tho most officers are posh
That's for the camera
@@samsantos4523 Rupert brigade
The Colour Sergeant's encouragement for the 3 men who'd come up from the ranks is quite touching. He knows that they're made of the same stuff as he (they're qualified Commandos) and wants them to succeed.
So true
Eighty Afghan civilians may have been summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told . Eighty Afghans may have been victim of summary killings by three separate British SAS units operating in the country between 2010 and 2013, lawyers representing the bereaved families have told a public inquiry.
One of the elite soldiers is believed to have “personally killed” 35 Afghans on a single six-month tour of duty as part of an alleged policy to terminate “all fighting-age males” in homes raided, “regardless of the threat they posed”.
@@freegedankenzurbaukunst5613 cowards
@@freegedankenzurbaukunst5613wut?
@@AB0VETHALAW The Truth , your honour . Only the Truth
I admit even though I'm an American war veteran I prefer their method of training over all
Well no matter what. Any one who makes it passed the test in any country ends up being a hardcore fucker.
Even after I finished basic training in US Air Force I never understood why all the yelling was felt necessary. Even ti's told me it was just tradition, really could not explain it.
@williamsheppard3219 Idea is to get you used to performing under stress and chaos. Even when artillery is dropping around you, your friends have been shot, and you're exhausted from heat; you'll still follow orders through it. We still use such methods of training in the UK, but this is officer training. Officers are expected to perform differently and maintain a level of civility rather than start yelling and screaming like a belligerent drunken fool. They're supposed to be intelligent enough that the expectations of themselves are already known and that conditioning them for harsher environments isn't necessary.
By the way, this is exactly how they should train soldiers everywhere. If you train young officers without raising your voice, they will keep calm all the time and probably calm their soldiers aswell.
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@M J I had my Sgt grab me by the throat lift me- only for the other NCOs to stop it and then a Cpt walked in. RMP was not involved or the country we were in at the time-field visit. This was early 2000s. Looked him up on FB- ad got talking to a few folk in his area. He is a well-known dick. Just I should have hammered him and allowed the RMP to arrest. A full room of us- inc the accommodation staff. In basic training this was (army)
I served in the army in the late 1980s and basic training every night one of our section commanders would come back from the NAAFI pissed up...line us all up and punch and drop kick us in the chest until he got bored..
@@cityboy9301 Which regiment was that?
@@eddie4324RCT. ( Royal corps of transport ) Buller barracks Aldershot.
"It pays to be a winner!" Cannot count the times I've heard that!
Worked as a carpenter for my father in Florida. Gets over 100° Farenheit in the summer. He would yell "I love it when it sucks!" and everyone else would start to repeat it. We'd start to believe it the more we would yell it and the day would get to be much easier! When I joined the Army I began to do the same and my fellow soldiers followed suit. My Drill Sergeant loved it and our platoon outperformed the others.
Physical condition and mental toughness from the Army and 20+ yrs of martial arts got me through Thyroid Cancer and Brain Cancer twice. Bullet wound, knife wounds and others. Faith in God, mental + physical conditioning and belief that I WILL survive anything has worked for myself and countless others. Apologies for getting off topic.
GOD Bless you all.
SGT Carlton Lee Smith
US Army RET
Colonial propaganda lies
The Colour Sergeant is badass, he commands respect without yelling at them. I really felt for Michael being unable to adjust to the cold climate, he gave it his best shot.
Generally,the end result of not resorting to shouting and petty name calling, is a unit who will do anything to not dissapoint their instructor.
also this was filmed in the 80s and I bet the racism was horrendous
@@beastlyfitzy grow a pair
@@sr.cosmos4543 I was there just prior to this , mate. I know several of the seniors in this prog. They went as far as they could to keep the BDF lad on course, but he simply could not cope with an English winter. It was suggested he joined the MET for a year or two, to acclimatise and then do a re-try. There was no racism that I ever saw. If men were good enough to be recruits any ideas of superiority on whatever basis, was soon removed. After passing out we are all Royal Marines. This is the Corps by the way , it`s not the army.
@@beastlyfitzy by that you mean not anti-white?
Fascinating hearing the training sergeants give orders, still calling them "sir". Cool series to discover.
Because they have a Queens commission, they have to call them Sir or Mr. It's not the person you salute, it's the rank. Once they pass the incredibly hard basic training, they go straight off to command a platoon or troop of, quite frequently actually, combat experienced Marines. You can't be a twat and let yourself and your Marines down.
@@gooner72 It's interesting that they address them as Sir before they've passed out. I know in Naval officer training they do not address the recruits as Sir until they pass out.
its just about teaching respect for your boys
I can recall my senior NCO Dad in the RAf shouting at officer cadets in the 60s. had he known us kids were hiding and wathing him drill them he would have killed us.. lol... he shouted.. being Irish. you are a bleddy ejit Sir, what are you> i am a bleddy ejit Sgt. YES YOU ARE, SIR. lol.
On my first day at Sandhurst, the Company Sergeant Major said " Gentlemen, I will address you as Sir, you will address me as Sir, the difference is you will mean it! " He was a true gentleman!
To be a Royal Marines officer you need to be equally happy at a wine and Stilton cheese evening and being outnumbered 20 to 1 on a battlefield, while not appearing to your men, all exceptional soldiers, to be too concerned by either. Courage, in the British Armed Forces, is always assumed to start with, because British fighting men never lack that.
A Russian General - retired said recently "Europe has lots of Armies, but only the British have Soldiers". That's a nice compliment.
Utrinque Paratus-Me /"Per Mare, Per Terram"-Them
Good comment.
What an excellent summary ! (I am an ex Regular Officer).
I'm a British fighting man and I'm as terrified of stilton cheese evenings as I am of being shot at.
Just thought I should mention that.
Keep in mind, when the man quotes the price as "six tonnes of sweat," he's referring to Imperial units. This is equivalent to 6.72 US tons of sweat.
Wrong.
Tonnes is the Metric term and the US use the imperial system, ie. tons.
When the colour sergeant can make a recruit shake just by looking at them you know that shouting isn't necessary
My jrotc instructor was more intimidating than that guy
You do not need to shout and scream to be intimidating, sometimes the uniform and just being yourself is enough. The rest speaks for itself .
@@kincaidwolf5184 The Royal Marines is separate from the Army, and is technically part of HM's Naval Service.
Officer trainees are largely recruited straight off civvy street. They're commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants on day one (rather than Officer Cadets, like in the Army) due to a weird technicality. The Royal Navy's officer trainee rank of Midshipman is technically equivalent to the first commissioned rank in the other services.
Being part of the same Naval Service, potential Royal Marines officers receive the same rank on their first day, and apparently also get appointed to Lieutenant (in-line with a Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant) when they graduate and go to their first unit. It's a little weird, but would make more sense if they didn't use Army-style ranks.
@@stephensmith4480 My lead DI when I went through Basic never yelled at us....but the man was a master at using a calm voice and a specific dismissive tone to make you feel like crap when you fouled up.
Wonder if the staff are like this in home life
Looks at jacket. ''Have you come to join the Royal Marines or the Air Force?'' Classic.
all the dry pisstaking at the beginning is 10/10
Only 3 peoples can pull off the full moustache. Iraqis, Polish and British soldiers.
Brilliant
Have you seen Rajputs in India, if you had you would never make that comment
Pat Aherne Actually Hitlers
You definitely haven’t seen men from the Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh)
Tony Kennedy - I’m a serving officer in a Hellenic Army infantry unit 🇬🇷 - frontal negotiation of a standard width doorway is problematic due to my moustache.
This documentary offers a mere glimpse at the actual training. Until you've experienced it for yourself, you can't possibly begin to fathom the entirety of what these men endure. They're not joking when they say 99.9% don't succeed. Since its formation, the Royal Marines has always consisted of the cream of the crop of physically and mentally strong men. It's never wise to form opinions based on a documentary watched in the comfort of your home.
Very true I’ve read letters from my father and it’s clear so much was emitted even in personal letters. Royal Marines are a different breed, much respect to our present and veterans.
Sgt: If you have a degree in zoology, why id you join up?
Recruit: Because I heard the Marines are real animals.
very interesting, I was serving to the Sri lankan Army as an officer, when we were train as an officer cadets in the military academy in Sri lanka , we had to under go similar kind of a training almost similar yes of course we are following British syllabus so all of these made me to memorize all the fun we had there at the military academy, thanks
Respect to our brothers across the Atlantic, from a Corpsman
Feeling for that Barbadian lad! Coming from Australia I totally stuggled with the UK cold the whole time
Aye, same. It'd be like me (I live in Scotland) coming to Australia. I just wouldn't be able to handle the heat. It's even too hot here for me sometimes.
Indeed, he looked very determined and would have finished the course surely. A pity.
He should've received a little more support, in terms of cautioning about the cold (plus kit): leather fingerless gloves, creams for his skin etc??
@MrTecsom69 I'm sure everyone would prefer "Office-hours Combat"! My comment was based on a little experience, working with British infantrymen with brown skin.
@@danielw5850 👁️👄👁️
"Instructors in my country's Armed Forces shout more at our recruits therefore our soldiers are better than yours!" Said every veteran keyboard warrior ever.
I served in the great keyboard war of '76. I saw terrible things in my time. Poor men with their fingers blown off because they typed too fast.
Sad to hear, I was part of 8th Airborn finger brigade back in '85, saw some bloody things I did, thnaks for your service.
Razvratnik Some sadly. Depends if they can recivilianise. Its better nowadays but still happens. PTSD is a terrible thing. But war is necessary to prepare for.
primeribeye lol still got a problem with that mouth do you ? let's sub do you to some sphycologicol recorrection
Ok
Brilliant documentary. The late Ian Wooldridge narrating is excellent. These young officers included some notable and eventful careers.
I served in the Royal Navy and the sergeant of "one section" was the RM detachment sergeant on the Leander class frigate I was serving on at the time. He was always a fair and decent chap, thanks for this video it brought back some memories.
This is what I love about the Royal Marines: their training not only instills combat and combat leadership excellence, but also the mindset of a gentleman/gentlewoman. I feel the training of our own Marines here in the U.S., while outstanding, misses this critical element.
I agree. That is why the US military is having problems with rape, and racism cases
@Honour 2018 I mean both women and men are allowed to serve in all branches of the military. Crucially withouth the standards being lowered.
because we dont have time for bullshit. we train our people hard because they must be that way to command absolute authority
@@emodrmmr007 Matty 100% agree with your comment
Except one word "absolute"
Read above from William , quote
"This is what I love about the Royal Marines: their training not only instills combat and combat leadership excellence, but also the mindset of a gentleman/gentlewoman"
Still waiting to meet either a Man or Woman who are
"absolute"
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@@emodrmmr007 The time it takes to say "do better" and yell "do better" is the same.
i like how this was the method of training back then, and how the sergeant was saying that their was no point bullying them, or shouting at them for no reason, which is literally what they seem to do now...
It's really not like that trust me.
My scout master was an ex marine, believed he was in Korea, he knew I had a lot of problems at home and took me under his wing, 54 now and I still think of him
Where did you train if you don’t mind me asking? Looking for comrades of my late father, RMC40 around 1983/1984
39:27 I like this lad. He's got Brigadier written all over him, but he's got a decent sense of humour and a good degree of composure. I wonder how far he went.
And Michael Jackman went on to become the Deputy Commissioner of the Barbados Defence Force.
amazing , isn't it? how a civilised start leads to the best soldiers in the world?
RM win every exercise, every time.
This is like another world after watching Royal Marines Commando School. No mobiles, wheeled suitcases, internet or computers.
This is what im wondering. Is it still like this. The old docs like this look so much more raw and brutal. The kids seem nicer yet also more mature..the officers seem older and funnier.. standards still the same as this doesn't look easy thankfully..
I’ve been told I wouldn’t recognise CTC, these days… no bed blocks… they’re issued with duvets 🤣🤣🤣
In ww2 during operation market garden, several thousand paras were at arnhem, surrounded and cut off from communication because they had been supplied with the wrong crystals for their radios. They kept fighting, hoping to be relieved, not knowing that the ground forces would never get to them, all because some twit in the communications section didn’t checked that the radios worked before they jumped. So you can see why they are drilling in attention to detail. It must be damned hard to look after details when you are cold, wet, tired and scared but they have to.
Was they all killed..?
Bearing in mind this is nearly 25 years ago. Nevertheless, less than 10 years after 3 Cdo brigade marched 90 km with full fighting order in rugged conditions and then fought a battle, and then won at the end of it. Say what you like about an hour long documentary but their training is tried and tested in battles now and in the past. A wet is a cup of tea, a brew in the army,
The colour Sargent is excellent
I had the pleasure of working with that Colour Sergeant Peter ++++++, when he was a my Deputy Security Manager at a large site in West London, he was a true gent who cared for the people in our command, the client and the people in the headquarters of the major international companies we looked after
It would be great to see a documentary about how current officers are trained.
I was thinking the same. I suspect it would be a joke
youtr best bet is the sandhurst docos, 2012 is recent enough id say
It hasn't changed that much at all.
Slightly more 'scientific' in its approach to PT and, of course, more technology is involved in the actual soldiering but other than that ...
The one true test of how effective training has been is on the battlefield and in that arena there has been no drop in RM standards.
@@tubefreakmuva 2012 might as well have been a lifetime ago. A LOT has changed, at least in the US
@@caseymichel1113 it's true
"It pays to be a winner"......... Where have I heard that one before???
Along with the others..
"The ball's in your court"
" You're in your own time now"
"NCO's get amongst them"!!!
The ageless classic clichés.
FrankieM1974 lol. My history teacher was a marine and he says that all the time.
look lively!!
my tea's a salad.
It pays to be a winner. Oh man tough times
these guys would quit within 30 minutes if they tried to become SEALs
"It's not that cold... in fact it's not cold, it's freezing"
So proud and respect to be US Marine and Royal Marine,thanks for sharing this video clip .Thanks.(RCL Veterans)🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷🇦🇺🇩🇪🇮🇹🇹🇼
The Colour Sergeant is the best one in this. Tough as old boots but with a touch of humour. 👍
As a newly commissioned 2nd lieutenant I often felt that it would be easier negotiating a minefield than the officer's mess during a formal mess dinner.
How was sand hurst
@@JC-xz2gv Sandhurst was a bit of a culture shock for me at the start,however,like most circumstances in which one finds oneself,you adapt relatively quickly,some aspects were enjoyable,some less so,it seemed to last forever at times,especially during the 3rd phase during intense field exercises and the regimental interview is quite daunting!.
@@darkknight1340thank you for your service for our nation madam 🇬🇧❤
The real value of these vids, is, imho, the experience of the SNCOs in handling these, raw, young, officer recruits.
Just because usmc shout more doesn't mean they're amazing looking scary don't make you tough the strongest don't need to show off.
sam williams These guys become officers, not grunts. Completely different kind of people, so completely different methods.
I remember some SAS guy saying they are *never* shouted at. The soldier already should be able to discipline himself, not by external sources.
+sam “ImJetixz” williams During my co-op tour at RM Poole I saw Royal Marines yell more in 3 months than I have seen US Marines in my whole 20 year career. While serving on HMS Ocean there was the Squadron Colour Sgt. who yelled so much he was always yelling. He had the coarsest voice I have ever heard. In my honest and professional opinion, there is little difference between Royal Marines and Jarhead Grunts. The USMC may be over 200k strong as an organization, but the grunt type units makeup maybe a quarter of that if even that much. Grunts are Grunts no matter which flag is flying. They are loud, proud, cockstrong, overbearing, overzealous, horn dogged, full of piss and vinegar.
+Frank Watson Some SAS guy? You have been Googling again haven't you? Nah I am going to venture out on a limb and say you pulled that out of your As........ston Martin. The bullshit flag has gone up and you have been called to the carpet. Pony up or shut up!
*****
No, there was a TV show on British TV this year, where contestants had to try to complete a weeks worth of training with different special forces around the world. The last and hardest one was British SAS.
I kind of want to see a British adaptation of full metal jacket...
T0n3ma PLS the entire movie was filmed in Buckinghamshire, a Vietnam war epic filmed in southern England!
@M J Bassinbourne barracks Hertfordshire was the training depot.
Lol
it would be instead of hartman goin off and beating the shit out of recruits who cant get their act in order (there is a specific reason why this is done), the brits would prolly offer doughnuts and tea, have them sit in a chair, and write sentences like in school
@@keithwatson1384 yes and parts of it were shot on the Norfolk broads as well as Cambridgeshire and the Isle of dogs in East London. Wonder why they never filmed it in the states?
I know how those blisters feel. I went from wearing trainers daily to boots, my heels where constantly raw. It's physically impossible to keep step, your body just won' let you after a certain point. You just have to find a way to make it work. I opted for the side hobble.
God bless our brothers in the Royal Marine Commandos! Ooh Rah.. United States Marine Corps..🇬🇧🇺🇸
This is just a class of people you do not get anymore
Unfortunately
heaven knows what the standards are like now. A distant relative is going out with a royal marine and he didn't look to me to be in great shape.
The attitude displayed by the instructors is similar to that shown by the RAF instructors during the BBC 'Fighter pilot' series. And indeed that shown towards the naval officer cadets in a newer series. There is less shouting and more expectation that mistakes will quickly be self corrected. Most officer cadets have been through a rigorous selection process and will be well above average ability. I am not in the armed forces but am close friends with two current serving officers.
That Sergeant is just wholesome!
The contrast with the US Drill Sergeants is absolute. As was demonstrated at 26:45 - 28:08 pushing men into the fight-or-flight zone (Cortisol) reduces the ability to really think.
47:37 he is basically a Jacob Rees-Mogg of the Royal Navy
... Just more intimidating and less smiley 😊
Lmfao 🤣 yes 👍
Don't confuse a Victoria age nostalgic for a genuine person
if this was American marine bootcamp they would yell and swear at you and treat you like shit. but british marines are treated more humanly than us marines. you do not need to shout or swear to make disciplined recruits.
Exactly, learning is also far far better in a more reasonable environment.
Yep. When I was in training in the Army, the concepts are training that I, still, remember the most, were when it was taught in a calm manner.
“Talk softly but carry a big stick”....👍🏻
Let's face it. The UK has quality, the US has quantity.
CallMeBain and Australia has both but hey we are allies and brothers in arms
jozeph miles Australia doesn't have quantity, but it does have quality.
+CallMeBain Bang on, in most ways too, not just military
+CallMeBain The Royal Marines are an elite light infantry brigade from an organization of about 8,400 including reserves. The USMC is an expeditionary force of 243,000 with reserves which includes it's own air force.
Comparing an RM commando with a Marine rifle battalion indicates the Marines are a heavier medium weight force. Indeed, a reinforced Marine rifle battalion is probably the most powerful general purpose infantry battalion in the world. Note "infantry" not mechanized. One could argue the individual RM is marginally better and that in some specific situations would perform better. If this is true it's beside the point given the two organizations are entirely different in size and scope. Moreover, it's worth noting the 3 USMC battalions within the Marine Raiders assigned to SOCOM and the re-activated Marine Force Recon units which one can also argue are much better than the average RM. So there are, at minimum, 3000+ Marines with more training than all Royal Marines
Also, consider that SOI is only a basic infantry course. Their real Infantry training is at the fleet. So comparing course length is pointless.
Indeed, the USMC is the largest Marine Corp. in the world. There a plenty of Marines ( POGs*) that aren't on the same level as the Royal Marines. Most US Marines are support Marines. But to say the US doesn't have the same quality is very ignorant. They have the same quality. At least the Marines who have the same job as the RM.
*People Other than Grunts
Have a nice day mate
+CallMeBain Literally we have bled the same blood in the same mud. Never has this been more true than recently in history. The majority of you that are making comments treating this like is a sports match comparing one club to the next like a fan, have never been in the mud to begin with. If you never served than shut the fuck up, you don't have the right to comment in the first place.
47:37 That Doctor is the poshest bloke on earth I think. Bet he was a top class field Doc though. Got a green lid so he must be worth his posh breathe.
What’s green lid?
@@bnap3221 Green beret. The head dress Royal Marines earn upon completion of the Commando course.
a bit of the habsburg jaw going on there too haha
Such a great show. The armed forces at their finest.
The Colour Sergeant is the quintessential NCO; keeping his officers calm and grounded.
this was back in the day when the men had homes to fight for.
this is why army recruiting no longer works. they are having real problems getting suitable people. their low IQ range is making the army dysfunctional..@Paul-nj5xh
Glad these Marines are on our side.
Can i just say how impresive Surgeon Commander Riddle is? A typical top gent and bloke. His mannerism and way of talking os brilliant.
"It pays to be a winner" .... Sheer class remark from a Trg SNCO!
Phew, I know all those guys won't make it through the course to become officers, but what you are watching here are the absolute cream of Her Majesty's Armed Services. Cadet and Officer alike, absolute quality material!
You sure? because it sounded like half of them were straight out of Eton.
But the RM is part of the RN, quite separate to the Army, especially in the 80s. ...and they're not a regiment.
Riiight, but the point is, they are not already commissioned officers, yes? They are called 'Sir' because they are officer cadets; they are becoming officers.
@@kincaidwolf5184 These were civilians, aside from the three corps commission candidates.
Nowadays anyone can use Lympstone Commando station and there is a well maintained public footpath/cycle path following the perimeter of the base. That wasn't the case until quite recently.
As a member of YO May 1995 batch, that is a big change. Back in the day, only CTCRM personnel are allowed to exit the train at the bottom field.
the Royals have a fucking hilarious demo of an officers ration pack, there was baguettes and candle sticks coming out of it, legendary sense of humour.
I have seen that
Out team pulled out simply magical ingredients from the ration box… I remember it as if it was yesterday… over 33 years ago! 🤣
Oh I remember that talk on one's dress in the Mess. The Colour picked on my shoes. I guessed it was just the same as the Gunny in "Officer and a Gentlemen" where as soon as one intake finished, another one got the same "joke" names.
‘Shootin pool’ tie....cracks me up EVERY SINGLE TIME
The chap who came from the ranks totally undermined his future men when he said that you spend nine years as a ranker and don’t achieve anything.
However-true. But should have zipped it on that point.
@@BM-lw6gnis it? 9 years in I was a full screw, had a number of interesting takings under belt and leadership in tough situations. I'd disagree. Maybe his view - his experience of his time at that time -was that. But not mine.
Hey, my cousin Vinnie's in the Marines and he had to train every day! Man, that's hard!
A English teacher I had put himself through Duntroon before becoming a school teacher. We were the proudest class in the grade. Taught by a army officer junior albeit. Special breed already all soldiers.
The shower demo is a brilliant tension breaker in a platoon/section
Incredible quality footage for 1987!
Class ! That's what i enjoy the most from the British military schools.
For the American trolls in here saying USMC is harder, here are the recruitment tests
*USMC*
1.5 Miles 13 Min 30 Seconds
*Royal Marines*
1.5 Miles in 12 min 30 seconds + *another* 1.5 Miles straight after in 10 mins!
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Here is USMC website www.military.com/military-fitness/marine-corps-fitness-requirements/marine-corps-fitness-test.
It says USMC do only 1.5 Mile in 13.5 mins, but even if it was 3 miles in 28 mins, I just told you Royal Marine test to be considered is to do 3 miles in under 22.5 mins. Thanks for proving my point.
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According to the website infantry is 12 min 45 sec 1.5 mile (at least it's better than USMC)
It says para reservist is 10 min 30 sec
+Frackrats Fenorki I think you would find if you looked at the fitness poster for the Royal Marines you do in fact run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes and 30 seconds, you will then take a one minutes rest to then complete the next 1.5 mile run in 10 minutes. This is all done on treadmill, set on a 2 degree incline. This also bearing in mind this is only the Royal Navy Fitness Test (RNFT), all before the Potential Royal Marines Course (PRMC).
+SGT Sandwich PLAYS It really doesn't matter though. The point was to attack the 'My Team is better than your Team' trolling bullshit. Some people would attack the treadmill thing, Im not even gonna go there. Marine and Royal Marine grunts are as fit and capable as they need to be as proven time and again by recent combat performance. Ive done 2 exchange tours with the RM. One at Poole and one on the HMS Ocean. I have nothing bad to say about Royal Marines. This who is tougher than who thing is mostly an Armchair General thing and its totally ignorant.
Rodney Johnson
I know, I'm just saying the Royal Marines don't even entertain people who haven't got that level of fitness, yet the USMC would.
The Brits have been training a Professional Army for Centuries. They don't have the luxury of numbers and must rely on top notch well disciplined troops. We Americans have an amazing Army but are relative newcomers to this
Classic line …it’s not cold sir it’s freezing ..
"What a simply marvellous analogy that is "
Seen some Royal Marine Commando promotional videos on Tik Tok and it reminded me of this 2 part series. At 14:50 giving the tutorial for washing yourself in the shower is actually my dad!
I do love how timeless this type of training is. It easily could be from the 2000s (filmed on a shitty video camera!).
Great film, no way would I have the qualities to make it as a marine, terrific training of mind and body.
I have every sympathy for these glorious young men who are willing to lay down their lives for Queen and Country, in their arduous training which continues whatever the weather. Royal Marine candidates have it especially hard in that most of the time during their training they are wet and cold. My heart bleeds for them.
Very proud moment when they reach the passing out parade and are finally allowed to wear the pink, regimental ballet dress with matching silk shoes.
NCO's are the funniest guys on this planet
Ainsworth….With his RAF jacket…. British Army comedy at its best 😂😂😂😂 Hapz21
5AM=4.55AM OR FEEL THE PAIN PRESS UP POSITION DOWN UP DOWN HALF WAY UP ETC, I went NAAFI when I got back my whole platoon was doing press ups the cpl said do you know why there doing press ups NO, WEL i told everybody no NAAFI tonight, he then told me to stand there calling out UP DOWN UP DOWN the cpl then said carry on till i get back,my platoon was raging with me i got my sweets stood there eating caling out the timing,every one got punished but me,my whole platoon was agry, REMEMBER ONE THING ITS A TEST OF TEAM WORK AND THE ONE WHO GETS ANGRY IS NOT A GOOD TEAM PLAYER,TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND CARRY ON YOUR DAY WILL COME.
That Colour Sergeant is - or should be - a TRUE legend!
He is! My father in law 😂
I'm going to U.S Marine Officer candidate school in January. Its really interesting to see the process of our royal marine counterparts
How’s OCS going?
That Barbadian gave it his all.
I've spent nearly three years in the tropics and never really got used to the heat. Drop me in a snowy forest then once I get moving I'm fine, even wet. I might grumble about it but I can manage heat loss much better than excess heating.
Just different physiology.
“If they’re not worried...they ought to be!”
"This Could Be the Start of Something Big" was composed by American tv icon Steve Allen.
It’s amazing how derogatory a career, battle hardened , company Sargent can make the word “sir” sound 😂
These young men are a good example, hard to believe they're all 18-22.
Any ex forces here who now in civvy Street, still get a wave of anxiety when they find a jacket pocket undone when walking down the high street?
Dunno about anxiety, but my hands do an automatic dance around all my pockets at regular intervals.
Their softer approach but still harsh consequences of failing is fantastic soldier's would much significantly learn more than just the regular being screamed at and sworn by every word under the sun 😂😂
Believe me its not softer - the calm approach is to train officers to remain calm - no matter what crap is happening around you. The training was hell, the mess was polite at all times, the runs ashore were legendary.
lol " Back you go sir"
The first sergeant meeting them at the train station would make a brilliant David Brent.
The BANTA is brilliant
tyler leighton something our military is renowned for in general just humour.
Samuel yes, to keep morale up I suppose mate
It's 'BANTER.'