I absolutely hated the defensive phase with digging in with ETs, sitting in a pit full of water and little sleep. I always thought we were training for previous wars like Vietnam rather than modern day conflicts. This was in the 1990s so l imagine things changed after East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Omg , WO1 Keefe well done mate , awesome soldier and a top bloke served with him at LCBS Canungra. 95-2000, the best thing about ex Hardcore is the Sally man at the end . 30+ yrs ago and still remember it as it was yesterday
I thought it way back when and I still think it now, while I get the screaming aspect of the bayonet fight is to instill confidence and shock the enemy it is more detrimental than beneficial when two men meet to actually fight. It is hard enough already during a close combat fight without wasting precious oxygen screaming..
Looks like the training our ADF gets is pretty comprehensive, not to mention fun. I wish i did it as a young bloke, instead i stuck it out doing martial arts getting my black belt and enjoying civilian life, but in the ADF you get so much more range of training that you won't in civ life and for that i'm both happy for those who get to do it and jealous too, on top of all that you pretty much get set for life with a decent annual wage, enough for a down payment on a house at least, minimal overheads, reduced tax, reduced medical expenses.. all in all, the sacrifice you make to be part of it for a bunch of years is actually quite minimal compared to what you get out, unless of course you're the unfortunate one who takes home severe PTSD, loss of limb/s or loss of life etc.. never-the-less the fantasy of joining stays with me still to this day, partly thanks to my enduring spirit i cultivate at the gym and with my martial arts training, and partly due to my ambition to be better at survival, but largely the incentive for me is to be part of a team just like I am in EA's BF4. It just sucks that I'm too free spirited to join, whereas the military for good reason appears strictly and inorganically regimented (it's got to be streamlined like a KFC kitchen to be efficient), I've worked real hard and paid top dollar for my own training and my own medical and all that to feel like my own boss and with all of that I act with integrity and determination and all those good things, sure I'm not likely to be anywhere close to a down payment on a house in my immediate future and I accept that that's the trade off, but to have someone 'overlording' me as I imagine you would have in the military, that would be an extreme thing for me to adjust to and that's the block I hit every time I go to enlist. I wish there was someone from the service who could reach out with a unique placement for me as someone who's done a lot of self-work because I do feel what I have would be valuable, but correct me if I'm wrong, to be "jar-headed" seems a waste of all who I am.. a 34yr old with 3 jobs just to survive a life of ironically limited 'freedom'.
Man I wish they would just have an advertisement saying the ADF is accepting anyone with any tattoos hands are now fine I’d be in the mud in a heart beat 😂
@@titaniumquarrion9838 The ADF is voluntary and the men and women who chose that path are generally to be commended for it. The biggest challenge a lot of veterans face is having to deal with Veterans Affairs who are notorious for screwing people over. There's also the way Ben Roberts-Smith VC has been treated by both the Australian Govt and the media. The wokeness that has seeped into the upper echelons of the ADF is an absolute embarrassment.
Probably man. Im in Singo atm. Theres a high % of guys with hip fractures etc. There was a 35 yr old crossfit maniac at kapooka who was advised he was too old for infantry. Not because of fitness but what it does to bones and joints. Get a good check up by some doctors first to make sure your body is able to cope with the hard training.
Not too old to join up, but consider a different job than infantry. Plenty of better jobs out there that are just as rewarding but aren't taxing on the body
Grunts. Only way to soldier. If your not a grunt, you just aren't. Hope Hardcore is still 30km else it's been watered down. Don't drop the standard. Zig out. BB1 💙💙 2CDO 🔷🔷
Australia's military is far too small to achieve the task required of it as it is vastly dwarfed in terms of numbers of personnel and equipment by all of its neighbours. This is the result of decades of underfunding and neglect by its politicians who prefer to focus on quality of lifestyle type issues at the expense of fundamental matters of existence. Enabling this strategic apathy and negligence is the misguided belief that US military power is nearly unlimited and globally dominant and that it would automatically come to the defence of Australia should any of her neighbours attack it. The US is not obligated under the ANZUS Alliance to send troops or equipment to our aid in the event of an attack on us. They are only obligated to engage in talks with us and nothing more. However, what is clear is that no one would risk attacking us if we were nuclear-armed. Better to prevent war than to try to prosecute one inflicted upon us.
Exactly, the only area the ADF can compete with the rest of the world is our special forces units. Our navy, airforce and Army is embarrassingly underpowered and underfunded and would not be able to defend Australia against any invading force without extensive support from the US and our allies in Europe. Still plan to enlist but I’m not naive, we’d completely fold going up against almost any opposing military force. And like you said, we aren’t part of nato and nobody is really obligated to support us. Our government is outright incompetent in making decisions concerning our national security and is completely responsible for our blatantly apparent lack of defence. That being said, sign me up. I’m in it for the experience, qualifications and perks. The pay is enough for me to make a living and support a family but the second our incredibly overbearing government oversteps and strips us of the rest of our individual rights and freedoms. I’m happily leaving this island and taking my acquired skills elsewhere in the world.
Easy to do when you only have 60,000 in the Army, of which maybe not even 15,000 of them are infantry... Just for a frame of reference, the Singaporean Army has 45,000 soldiers and they only have to defend a country that is 45km from east to west...
In my corps training we had to do 100 kilometres in under 24 hours and still be combat effective at the end of it it in the middle of winter with a foot of snow on the ground
Dear Sir Chief of Army Major General John Boswell will give you Chief of Army Major General Richard Burr the report of truth for decoding and coding of unknown messages for you know where.
Proudest day of my life when I was awarded the "Skippy" badge. Wore it with pride for 20 years.
Thanks mate!
Every time I see you lads I’m filled with nothing but national pride. Thank you so much for everything you do.
Lol bootlicker. Settle down
Hardcorps itself wasn't that tough, it was the 8 day defensive exercise before hand that hurt. Still remember it 20 years on.
Now days it’s a week of urban simulated combat and then a 3 hour push off on the last night then straight into ex hardcore.
It was the Singo inch ants that hurt the most.
I absolutely hated the defensive phase with digging in with ETs, sitting in a pit full of water and little sleep. I always thought we were training for previous wars like Vietnam rather than modern day conflicts. This was in the 1990s so l imagine things changed after East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
poor Count katsalis hands
What did the 8 days involve? My son has 5 weeks to go at Singleton. They’re currently out in the field for ~ 12 days/nights.
Good on you lads very few people will ever know the work you put in
civvies will Never understand.
So very proud of you all .stay safe.
Omg , WO1 Keefe well done mate , awesome soldier and a top bloke served with him at LCBS Canungra. 95-2000, the best thing about ex Hardcore is the Sally man at the end . 30+ yrs ago and still remember it as it was yesterday
God bless the Aussies
Beyond me, well done
I thought it way back when and I still think it now, while I get the screaming aspect of the bayonet fight is to instill confidence and shock the enemy it is more detrimental than beneficial when two men meet to actually fight. It is hard enough already during a close combat fight without wasting precious oxygen screaming..
You might be the dumbest person alive if you think someone actually screams 'ENGUARD' 'LEFT PARRY' if they ever found themselves in this situation.
Thank you for your service. There have been times where I wanted to join the ADF. If I was good enough.
You still can be a reservist
You can if you believe in yourself….no medical exclusions though
I remember my Hardcorps. 18 January 2004. I remember the date because it was also my 21st birthday. What a day that was 🤣
Keefey :-) Good to see you making up to the dizzy heights brother. Well done.
i was thinkn the same thing.
I sighed up for this, as a women and seeing no females concerns me that I physically couldn’t be capable
I'm female and wanting to join infantry as well, if your already in service hope it goes well and best of luck.
So meet the standards or be quiet.
Women are a liability in combat anyway.
Looks like the training our ADF gets is pretty comprehensive, not to mention fun. I wish i did it as a young bloke, instead i stuck it out doing martial arts getting my black belt and enjoying civilian life, but in the ADF you get so much more range of training that you won't in civ life and for that i'm both happy for those who get to do it and jealous too, on top of all that you pretty much get set for life with a decent annual wage, enough for a down payment on a house at least, minimal overheads, reduced tax, reduced medical expenses.. all in all, the sacrifice you make to be part of it for a bunch of years is actually quite minimal compared to what you get out, unless of course you're the unfortunate one who takes home severe PTSD, loss of limb/s or loss of life etc.. never-the-less the fantasy of joining stays with me still to this day, partly thanks to my enduring spirit i cultivate at the gym and with my martial arts training, and partly due to my ambition to be better at survival, but largely the incentive for me is to be part of a team just like I am in EA's BF4. It just sucks that I'm too free spirited to join, whereas the military for good reason appears strictly and inorganically regimented (it's got to be streamlined like a KFC kitchen to be efficient), I've worked real hard and paid top dollar for my own training and my own medical and all that to feel like my own boss and with all of that I act with integrity and determination and all those good things, sure I'm not likely to be anywhere close to a down payment on a house in my immediate future and I accept that that's the trade off, but to have someone 'overlording' me as I imagine you would have in the military, that would be an extreme thing for me to adjust to and that's the block I hit every time I go to enlist. I wish there was someone from the service who could reach out with a unique placement for me as someone who's done a lot of self-work because I do feel what I have would be valuable, but correct me if I'm wrong, to be "jar-headed" seems a waste of all who I am.. a 34yr old with 3 jobs just to survive a life of ironically limited 'freedom'.
Join the Reserves mate, the best of both worlds, you won't regret it if you do.
Good on ya lads!
And Ladies
10 days , 2.5 sleep. Dig dig.
50% pass .
The most resilient training is when your waiting on a VA helpline to get a claim application .
It takes a special person wanting to do infantry.
That’s gonna be me💯
Man I wish they would just have an advertisement saying the ADF is accepting anyone with any tattoos hands are now fine I’d be in the mud in a heart beat 😂
Tattoos on the hands are fine mate. Now get going.
No more of this "coulda woulda shoulda" hand tattoos are allowed, let's see you "get in the mud" champ
They'll definitely need the resilience to cope with how the government will treat them later.
Sadly true. Their biggest challenge may be the Australian Govt
@@silentdogfart4892 How so? Can you elaborate on that?
@@titaniumquarrion9838 The ADF is voluntary and the men and women who chose that path are generally to be commended for it. The biggest challenge a lot of veterans face is having to deal with Veterans Affairs who are notorious for screwing people over. There's also the way Ben Roberts-Smith VC has been treated by both the Australian Govt and the media. The wokeness that has seeped into the upper echelons of the ADF is an absolute embarrassment.
How would this help me get a civilian job ?
Great video! The MMTs who put this one together deserve an early knock
343 for life
Yeah lads earning that skippy badge
im a fit and healthy 41 year old, would you say its to late for me to join??
talk to recruitment. I'm sure they make exceptions for exceptional people :)
Probably man. Im in Singo atm. Theres a high % of guys with hip fractures etc. There was a 35 yr old crossfit maniac at kapooka who was advised he was too old for infantry. Not because of fitness but what it does to bones and joints. Get a good check up by some doctors first to make sure your body is able to cope with the hard training.
Not too old to join up, but consider a different job than infantry. Plenty of better jobs out there that are just as rewarding but aren't taxing on the body
Loved hardcore!
Grunts. Only way to soldier. If your not a grunt, you just aren't. Hope Hardcore is still 30km else it's been watered down. Don't drop the standard. Zig out.
BB1 💙💙
2CDO 🔷🔷
Wish you'd know how to use your/you're correctly - it really makes your point irrelevant when you can't even use proper grammar.
It's 20km
I'm just waiting for someone even more hardcore to say 40km because that's just pure wardog right there...right?
@@regregan6852 you'll be banging out 40 clickers in the bns. Sections comps, pl comps, Tully & nunga trips. A sterile 20k won't get ya far in a bn.
@@Paul_Zernick 😂😂😂
You could hunt Emus again
That didn’t go so well last time…
How’s the soundtracks
Australia's military is far too small to achieve the task required of it as it is vastly dwarfed in terms of numbers of personnel and equipment by all of its neighbours. This is the result of decades of underfunding and neglect by its politicians who prefer to focus on quality of lifestyle type issues at the expense of fundamental matters of existence. Enabling this strategic apathy and negligence is the misguided belief that US military power is nearly unlimited and globally dominant and that it would automatically come to the defence of Australia should any of her neighbours attack it.
The US is not obligated under the ANZUS Alliance to send troops or equipment to our aid in the event of an attack on us. They are only obligated to engage in talks with us and nothing more.
However, what is clear is that no one would risk attacking us if we were nuclear-armed. Better to prevent war than to try to prosecute one inflicted upon us.
Have you enlisted?
Wrong 😅
Exactly, the only area the ADF can compete with the rest of the world is our special forces units. Our navy, airforce and Army is embarrassingly underpowered and underfunded and would not be able to defend Australia against any invading force without extensive support from the US and our allies in Europe. Still plan to enlist but I’m not naive, we’d completely fold going up against almost any opposing military force. And like you said, we aren’t part of nato and nobody is really obligated to support us. Our government is outright incompetent in making decisions concerning our national security and is completely responsible for our blatantly apparent lack of defence. That being said, sign me up. I’m in it for the experience, qualifications and perks. The pay is enough for me to make a living and support a family but the second our incredibly overbearing government oversteps and strips us of the rest of our individual rights and freedoms. I’m happily leaving this island and taking my acquired skills elsewhere in the world.
clearly,you have forgotten about our Aussie Fighting Spirit.
🙏
Hey that guy stole my name
Damn they get some gucci ass gear for being trainees 😂
Easy to do when you only have 60,000 in the Army, of which maybe not even 15,000 of them are infantry... Just for a frame of reference, the Singaporean Army has 45,000 soldiers and they only have to defend a country that is 45km from east to west...
@@Funkteon I believe the rar is like 2.5k lol not near 15
@@WarDog955 The RAR aren't the only entities with grunts in them.
In my corps training we had to do 100 kilometres in under 24 hours and still be combat effective at the end of it it in the middle of winter with a foot of snow on the ground
when
Dear Sir
Chief of Army Major General John Boswell will give you Chief of Army Major General Richard Burr the report of truth for decoding and coding of unknown messages for you know where.
Lay off the meds champ….
Take the fight to china and russia! god bless, stay safe, fight strong!
watching ukraine war videos shows the reality of modern infantry combat..... para bellum? i hope these men never get their wish.
KKEEFFEEYYYYY
The Electric Cowboy
@@tomthomas7101 ?
I'm so confused. Why wasn't ever single person in the video a female?
females exist in infantry, just theres barely any. theyre tough mfs, tougher then your average bloke on civie street at least