US Marine Reacts to the Paras "P Company"
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You seem like a real genuine and cool dude, hats off to you bro. You mentioned the US ego, you definitely left that at the door when looking at the British military training. You got another subscriber!
This guy gets it and kudos for him for taking an objective view of his Brothers from our little Island.
Cheers, glad I can keep it real for you all
@@CombatArmsChannel loved the video mate but there was a lot that you didn't really portray what actually happens for future vids you could try to talk to those who are actually serving with who ever your doing a video on
@@CombatArmsChannel would you say this training equivalent to SEALS & Rangers instead of USMC & 82nd, some of our marines & paras would say so but I thought they were just boasting,
@@JordanCarr44 I once met a bootneck Commachio with an American accent, turned out he quit USMC in training then joined royal from scratch even he said it was more like special forces. Arent they wasted as conventional forces?
Every British kid knows school prepares us for cold weather training specially in shorts and a t shirt 😂
Enit and the pe teachers standing there in a big fluffy coat saying it's not cold 😂😂
From the Falklands mate, don’t feel cold 😂
hahah so true. My school made you play rugby in just socks in the snow if someone else in your class forgot their rubgy boots. Also anyone found wearing underwear underneath their sports shorts was thrown into the nearest muddy puddle of water!
fuck right! PE in the snow lol
Yeah that and the D of E 55 miles over 3 days when you're broke as a joke as kid and doing it £20 trainers lol
I'm a former para and I salute you sir you seem to be a very humble and nice guy. Thank you
I respect and I’m very grateful for your service
Thank you for your service Sir.
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Always a pleasure to see your respectful and experience-fed opinions on our military training. You're a credit to your country and military, sir.
Cheers 👍
Thank you CAC for your respect. As an Englishman I would like to say I have nothing but respect for, and would like to thank all members of the US armed forces for their service over the last century, that have stood alongside the UK and our armed services as allies in conflicts worldwide. Brothers, Sisters and Cousins all.
Thanks for your support! Always a pleasure to deal with my brothers from across the pond
Young man, you are respectful and intelligent. A credit to your country and service.
And a credit to the American flag.
That’s for being honest and neutral. You’re the best unbiased TH-camr I have seen. A+
Zarate102 yeah that’s what I was thinking
I appreciate that
As ex British Army I find there’s a lot of similarities between British & American training methods. Equally there’s also differences but either way both Armies churn out brilliantly trained soldiers with superb discipline.
` A little bit of competition between the Para`s and the Marine`s` just a little bit of an understatement....
A bastard fucking rivalry I've heard it called haha
This is awesome, you're so respectful and knowledgeable - big props man, makes me respect US marines more seeing the way you conduct yourself
Cheers brother
The Paras are without a doubt the hardest "normal" soldiery in the world. Leaving aside special forces these guys are THE asset you want to get a job done
What about the Guards? It's not all red coats and furry hats. Guards training is nuts. I'm ex Guards Para so got experience of both.
This is Bar B Que weather in the UK.
Ikr
For real 😂
Sure
He talks tooooooooo much
This stuff can't be that difficult to achieve. That assault course looks easy,actually.
Great channel. When I did the stretcher I was already dead but what got me through the barrier was imagining that it was my mum or dad on the stretcher and that their life was on the line. Helped me dig even deaper and go beyond pain. A few years later it was one of my mates on that stretcher and the "pain" of getting him out for medvac just didn't exist anymore.
the log is the worst thing i've ever experienced in my 23 years of existence
Ever work a full-time job on a farm when you were 9 or 10 years old?
I would take the log over the stretcher any day of the week.
That thing was a total bastard ... 23 years later and I still hate it ... good point he made on the event being a “short temper” identifier
Alright mate, we’ve all done stuff!
Respect
As a retired Parachute Regiment rifleman I thank you for the respect you have shown.
Hats off to you blokes doing this sort of stuff and at 60 yrs of age, I have been so lucky at not having to fight any wars in my lifetime. Thank you so much and my upmost respect for keeping me and my family safe over all these years.
Blokes and women. Just saying
The more I watch this channel the more I like it. Keep it up mate it’s a great watch.
Cheers brother
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat, 'nuff said!
Facts
I'm an old boy now and served in the Para Reg in in 1962 for six years at that time the training took place in Aldershot at Maida barracks long gone now and Long valley it's was tough and reading this it still is, I was in 3 para, I remember it with great fondness and still have my beret, belt, and the wings I was presented with when I completed the para course ..good memories
The shot 1 Para 1984-1990.
Long valley now there's a memory. Rushmoor 😁
@Larry O'Connor 🤣🇬🇧
I expect most of your training staff were hard as nails WWII veterans?
I past p company way back in 1970s it was hell nothing on earth can ever reveal the wonderful feeling of passing and then moving on to the next phase of training happy memories of day's past
I have to ask because I was watching a bunch of things in the PARAS and the staff affording to an ex Para filled their heads with distain for the rest of the military and the civilian population is this true?
I did All Arms P Company back in the 70s. It was a two week stint back then, but the second week ( Selection Week ) was pretty much the same as in the video, except that the Stretcher Race was in Wales and was immediately followed by a run up Pen y Fan, overnight bivouac, then a run down the mountain the next morning to the waiting trucks, urns of tea, and ENDEX. Never been so relieved in all my born days.
@@samuel10125 no can't say that is true we had a good working relationship with other services groups but there's always a healthy we are better than you that's just the military way
@@ken-u3n happy days
@@pastorflaps6819 because I was watching a video done by a guy who was an ex PARA who served in Iraq and according him they were conditioned to hate the other branches of the military nicknaming them crap hats and to kinda hate civilians because they didn't have the balls to join then infact in a recent show a recruit couldn't hack it and requested to be transferred to one of the rifle's regiments and they physically laughed in his face Infront of the other recruit on staff actually called the PARAs a cultbi really don't want to think this is the mindset of one of our regiments.
Thoroughly enjoy your stuff..respectful and humble. keep it coming.
Very intelligent comments in between the clips, dude. You know what you're talking about from experience. Much respect!
Passed this course in 1983. So glad that a young and very intelligent American has actually analysed their training. It’s not changed since WW2 for a reason.
Thank you Sir for your very eloquent assessment. You are a credit to the USMC.
Thank you for that. And thanks for serving 💪
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to you speak, succint and humble mate. Much respect, keep on doing what you do :)
Cheers dude, glad you enjoyed
Yet another fantastic non biased video, massive doff of the cap to you sir, really like how you see the different training styles of regiments & never ever favour one over the other - truly respectful 👏. please keep up the good work my friend 👍
What a brilliant , honest and entertaining video and the Appraisal was genuine and worthy of respect .
Great vid, mate. Unbiased and respectful commentary on the way we do things in the UK military. Appreciated ( and subscribed 😁 ).
Cheers brother
It's all good stuff. Our PTI's had a great sense of humour: they made us do the trainasium when the scaffolding was icy and our hands almost stuck to the metal. Logging sounded as if it would be fun. Then we found out that the "logs" were telegraph poles painted red, green, blue and yellow. After running two miles around the perimeter in teams with the logs, we had to put them up against a 20 foot wall and shin up and over the wall. It did not pay to be in the losing team. 105mm howitzer shell cases filled with sand was another fun exercise. As for our version of milling, we all warned not to use martial arts prior to getting stuck in.
A quality video. 'P' Comp isn't for the faint hearted nor should it be. What I found was, ( The whole training ) that it delivers something you didn't realise you had, asinasmuch the inner strength and self belief and the platoon/squad ethos where you are really one entity to which yourself feels that you are a vital cog in the machine...it's very hard to describe to those who have not gone through it and this goes for every member of the military throughout the World, as you'll know what I'm trying to say....it was also interesting to watch these trainees going through it all, knowing I had done it, and sitting at a computer with a large G + T, ice and lemon...languishing in their misery!
Huge respect to every military person throughout the World, from the past, now and the future.
Also to Combat Arms Channel respect to you too, for showing respect and dignity in your comments in the video.
Thankyou for your service, put ur feet up and enjoy, 100% respect
had the pleasure of meeting one of the Para's that jumped into Arnhem, he was teaching my parents ballroom dancing
Like Everyone in the Uk I appreciate your kind words and respect for our boys, Have you ever considered watching the SAS selection i think you will find that really interesting, God bless you and your friends in the US Marine Corps keep up the good work.
What a brilliant artist.
No criticism, just total understanding from an obvious ex soldier, total respect for him and his like .
Meanwhile back in aldershot thay still getting over the fact they can now have wooden tables and chairs back in the pubs now the paras have gone lol
Lol True.
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I am from round the corner from Aldershot, When the paras were in town no one misbehaved ish, they run the streets. Atleast Aldershot is coming back from the brink.
Even in the Rat pit.... 🤣
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Respect to you my friend for your honest opinion on the regiment that i was proud to have served back in the 80s and 90s.
i still remember tabing across the falklands it was fecking brutal, wind and rain cutting through you carrying a pack that felt like a tank and at the end of it having to fix bayonets and charge a dug in enemy, we must have looked terrifying, a point about the milling you are not allowed to block or defend yourself it is pure attack, good video nice to hear the respect in your voice, best years of my life 2 para.
Certainly an admirable feat. Cheers and thanks for serving
How many did you lose to broken ankles? I heard that the ground was evil, big tussocks of ground with ankle busting cracks in between.
@@SvenTviking no breaks as i remember but a few sprains, and yes it was very poor and rough terrain but the worst was the wind it blew straight through you
Thank you 🇬🇧👊🏼
@@alanlawz respect mate we reenacted the battle of goose green on exercise in the Falklands in 2008 went to a few old positions and flew over some argy planes still sticking out the ground when we was in chinooks
The tabs in training for Paras and Royal Marines predate the Falklands war this is the reason those 2 units could reach their objectives and fight due to the intense training and attention to physical fitness great vid respect from the UK
Yeah you are right there - but this guy wasnt even born then -so I think we can cut the lad a bit of slack. I think he showed genuine respect for the British army & the Paras in particular
The tv show the paras was aired while the war was ongoing in 82 well worth a watch as well as task force south was good too
The Royal Marines brought the 30 mile 'yomp' back from the Falklands and introduced it as the final test before they got their beret in basic training.
Hi
In the seventies did 26 weeks training to become a royal engineer in the British army. After 3 year did p company and became engineer support for parachute regiment. We where called 9 para royal engineers. A few years later did the Royal Marines course at Lymstone to become a 59 commando RE royal engineers supporting Royal Marines and navy.
The difference between the two courses as l remember p company lots tabbing where as with the Marines a lot more rope work. But both bloody gruelling and tough on every part of the body. Long time ago, but one thing that sticks out in my mind, is how much food you consume.
Great channel by the way.
Basically .... you're a massive pest 😂😂
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REspect !
@Horacio Nelson nice one mate. those career paths will be open to you in time.
Horacio Nelson Hi H/N Did my training for the RE in Farnborough Hampshire. Believe they built new training barracks near Camberely in the 80,s Vived memories of training, we started with 114, and passed out with 19. So at the time the RE course was reasonable tough. Anyway best of luck. In my 60,s now but they were the best times of my life. Good luck.
Mate, even the introduction showed that you are respectful and more than a bit gobsmacked... All that you have done is make people respect YOU. Hats off to you Sir.
US Marine love the Channel keep the good work up love from the United Kingdom great job mate !!!!
Cheers brother! Thanks for watching
Love your content mate. Always respectful to all armed personnel, always positive. You are a credit to your training, folks and country.
I passed the all arms P Company early 80's , Ex 9 Para Sqn RE. Great feeling.
Ex sapper respect to 9 sqn. Unique!
At 47 but fit as a fiddle I'd love to have a go at P company. At this age you could probably get through it but will spend a month recovering!!!!
I'm really appreciating your insights and thoughts on what you're seeing. You're very thoughtful and you make fine distinctions and are not superficial. Hats off! All the best, Rob in Switzerland
That is an objective and sanguine analysis, Combat Arms Channel. Thank you. I passed P Company in 1981. It's changed. No cross members on the parallel bars on the 'Confidence Course', just a couple of scaffold bolts, so you couldn't shuffle; you had to lift your feet. If you fell, you fell. It was about 70 feet up. Candidates must have been killed. The milling was different, too. No head guards and no shouting, and no option over who to fight. I got battered and thought I might have failed, but was told I had done well by an instructor. Only after my bout did I notice what they were looking for: the instant stop, as you observe, and feet going forward. All the instructors were watching the candidates' feet!
I honestly respect this man so much taking the time out of his day to talk about the paras this regiment will always have a special place in my heart as I’ve lost my dad as he was Kia but I respect you
As always sweet review mate! Keep it up and cheers for the content🤙🏻 regards, from England
So glad to see yet another video from you fella. Your honest, humble and approachable manner is a genuine pleasure to behold. I hope your unit appreciate what a decent guy they have flying the flag, you're a true credit to your nation, your training and your family. "Respect" feels like too small a word for my admiration at the solid human being you are. The fact your opinion comes from your own life experiences in the military really gives an ordinary guy like me a unique perspective, and one I could never arrive at by myself. Thank you for sharing your views and your input into the training of other units. I hope your sub count continues to rise, I want everyone to be so fortunate as I feel, to have discovered your content and to know you.
I really appreciate the kind words, brother. I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe 👍
I find you channel quite interesting, I am not military in the slightest, but this channel allows me to learn about both US and UK military and I appreciate your input and commentary on it all really cool
I did P Company in 1979 and all this stuff was in place back then. I think that what the Falklands campaign illustrated was how relevant all this training actually is. The stretcher race though, that was a test of character. Love your channel and your outlook. Subbed.
A "little" rivalry between Paras & Booties? Yeah, and then some! The fact is that they're considered the best amphibious infantry in the world and we're (IMHO) the best airborne infantry. We have distinctly different roles. Utrinque Paratus!
Derek Young from what I have seen once you become civilians you become the best of friends. I recruit ex military for a day job when we have paras and marines on out internships they always seem to stick together.
An open and honest review,well done I did p company 20 years ago,tough then,tough now.
How do you Compensate for Less Numbers?? By creating an Army of "Spartan's" Thank you for your Service from an Ex British Soldier ..We Love our American Cousins... semper Fi Marine!!
The UK could have numbers if there was not so much money spent on the welfare state. The media and politicians care more about the welfare state than they do the protection of the state.
The UK used to be able to produce cutting edge aircraft and naval ships now it is reduced to nothing at the expense of a 400 billion welfare state that promotes fatherless families. This is all going in one direction.
Even the spartans of the British defence forces are being cut back in numbers and in the next generation they will not exist at all.
I did P Company in the late '70s and as an 18-year-old it was tough, and i hated the log run..Plus i was not in the Paras but Royal Artillery .
7 para?
Your a very humble guy which makes you fun to watch 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Haha cheers
Loved your humble opinions and views. You got yourself a subscriber from the UK
When he say's log race weekly, all the para's wide eye and trying to find the sign off sheet.
MattyR 1 hideous crate for the bloke who suggests that
Matt are you still serving mate.
"The Para's seem to have a pretty solid Training regime..."
P-Company; "Hold my Beer....."
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Every British Infantry regiment would have an assault course phase to their training, even after basic. I remember I hated the Trinasium - 60ft of hell and our assault course was time judged. the Paras log race is thier unique exercise and is absolutely brutal.
Mike George all infantry training is brutal but the paras more so, I did my training at Pirbright with the Scots Guards and some of the pti, s were paras and we did the para humps and trainasium. But the difference being we had shit loads of bullshit drill and constant inspections which fucked a lot of lads off. Big respect to the paras though because its tough and p company was something else.
My brother was 2 Para and the rivalry between the Paras and us Marines is legendary. The Falklands conflict is a good example with both sets of troops trying to get to battle fronts before the other, using beating each other as motivation. Both regiments are very highly trained shock troops. Of both sets, Paras tend to the more brutal of the two with some entertaining stories coming from recent conflicts!
@Chris Collins Commando raiders
All being said both paras and royals have each other's back when it counts .
Utirnque Paratus
Quint Essential us not US!
Have you ever considered contacting one of the units you cover and asking if you could take part?
Yeah, the cold. 'Alright lads, off to Northumberland for a little walk'. Freeze and soak. 'Okay lads, the ones still with us, we're going to Scotland for a little climbing, it'll be fun'. Freeze, soak, freeze some more. 'Okay boys, big exercise in Canada', 'Will it be cold, Sarge'? 'It's fucking winter, lad, what do you think'?! 'Right, good effort, pat each other on the back, we're off to fucking Norway for Christmas'.
Check out the video where a few royal marines strapped themselves to an apache to retrieve a fallen brother.
this is it: th-cam.com/video/x6qHcd4imKk/w-d-xo.html
Mgkernowek wow....balls of steel!
dustisdeadbodies85 Humbling....
Paras would of strapped the helicopter to them and flown it to save their brother🤣
I just want to say man, I've binged about 7 of your videos tonight. The reason for this is mostly because I really respect your viewpoint. You aren't competitive or elitist in anyway as I've seen in other react videos. You have a very simple and humble respect for what the BAF do (I'm not infantry so I'm in awe of wjat these guys do from the start). Expect that subscriber count to go up by at least one tonight :)
A couple of points mate. Point 1, on things like the 10 miler. 1hr 50 is the time to beat BUT, the PTI`s are very good at pacing you and their aim is to bring you in, in 1 hr 40 mins. Point 2, Milling (no head guards in my day) its all about not giving up. You can get your arse battered all around that ring for sixty seconds but as long as you keep fighting back and dont give in you will pass the event. You may get beaten and lose the fight but you will pass the event. On the other hand, if you are very handy with your fists and you try and box, even if you win the fight you will eventually lose the event because what they used to do if you BOXED and won, apart from bawling you out, they would put you in again with someone fresh (and if need be, again). I never saw that happen though because everyone understood the rules and the aim. 2 Para 74-97.
Did you go through interro? My old man was 2 para and he had a week interrogation
@@Sorbzski99 I think he's talking about getting drunk down the 'Shot and what happens when you get nicked. ;-)
That or he's been talking to "Fat Dave" down the pub who was in 22 regiment WaltenKommando after going down south with 13 PARA.
@@simonsignolet5632 Nah... Daniel has a point - just didn't come over properly. I remember an exercise in I think 1968-ish - it was called Escape and Evasion - due to bad weather we simulated a drop and were taken in sealed vehicles (we didn't know where we were going). Dropped off on some desolate landscape and told to make the best of it. They took our berets and belts (for what reason I've never been able to fathom). It lasted about three days - I was lucky - I didn't get caught - but some of the guys did. We had to evade the local police, Royal Military Police, SIB, and some other infantry regiment - they were all out looking for us. It was also an exerecise for them - to catch and interrogate us! Our group of three were extremely lucky - we found a telephone box - I know - in the middle of nowhere! We were able to figure out where we were by consulting the phone directory. I'll never forget the harrowing accounts from the guys who were caught. Stripped naked, sand bag over their heads, continually dowsed with cold water - forced to kneel in mud (this was at night in the middle of winter) and forced to listen to the drone of a Jewish funeral dirge which played over and over again. Periodicall they were taken into a nice warm large tent (still blind-folded) - where the interrogators tried their hardest to make them crack and reveal what they wanted to know. They even went to the lengths of employing female Military nurses to laugh and insult them while they stood blind-folded and naked in front of all. I remember the debrief afterwards - and the lessons learned - never to waffle, keep mum for as long as you can as it was recognised that any info that an enemy interrogator managed to glean from you would be useless if it was more than two hours old. I wonder if this has any bearing on what Daniel was on about? (Ex 2Para D Coy).
In the Falklands they marched that distance... And went straight into combat, fighting against a foe that outnumbered them and won.
Loved your military respect. Regards from ex RE.
Thank you again for your video and appreciation of the tests for our soldiers.
It is all the more meaningful because you understand the physical efforts in each of tests you are reacting to.
As I said before, you have an open mind and good attitude towards others. You'd be a credit to our forces and certainly you must be to your own.
Thanks again for your reaction and thoughts
Damn man, you sure love the British military 😂
Hats off, hoorah!
From what I heard he respects the training we go through which is really good to hear as an ex p company soldier I passed this course in 2007 and I still have nightmares lol
You Sir are a credit to the military ethos. Yes the UK are nothing in size to the United States but we pack a punch. We also have the SAS and SBS plus the Irish Rangers as our spearheads. You have the SEALS, DELTA FORCE and the FIRM. We are lucky to be your special friend however, you have gained expertise and knowledge from us. You should be given the chance and time to improvise certain aspects of your military. Thanks and respect
I love how you notice and comment on the weather! lol
Yes, it's cold, wet and miserable - welcome to England! haha!!
I've done the Para Confidence Course (as it was called in the 1980's when I served and it was in Aldershot). Shit my pants, but did it!
"Paras " the parachute regiment.There is a level of professional rivalry between the paras and the marines.
Cabbage hats and Cherry Berrries
The most successful applicants for the SAS are Royal Marines and Paras.
Alastair Archibald Royal Marines usually go SBS
TheHypernaught I thought Paras were the Maroon Machine?
Yeah but unlike PARAs the Royal Marines don't have a toxic ego against the rest of the military and civilians.
I belong to a running club in the UK and we had a guy join us who was an ex officer from the parachute regiment. He was incredibly fit, but a lovely young man. He actually became a teacher at my Daughter's (2 of them) school. They were impressed I knew him and had said hello and had a quick chat with him at one of our parents evenings :)
Fun fact: Paras means Best in finnish
Appreciate your Objective and Unbiased opinons dude....Only just Subscribed. Keep Ém coming. Regards from UK !
I've got p company this year. Bricking it🙈
Big Phil good luck, I never got the chance to try. I let my chain of command know I was interested in the all arms commando course started the paperwork etc in Afghanistan in 09, a week later and two days away from taking over as second in command of my EOD team and getting promoted I got blown up. I too often saw people get to the end of their 22 and complain that they never gave it ago.
@@mweston25 cheers pal. Sorry to hear that mate 😔
You're be alright. just do as much preparation as you can before you attempt and do your research, know what you are getting into. remember the 5 P's.
@@MrLeighman yeah I know them mate and thanks for the encouragement. Even pushed myself to get out running in this weather. It's not till September so I've no excuses 👍🏻
Hi Phil. Keep your eye on the prize. Those wings open doors & not only in the UK. I had the pleasure once, during what they called a transition, of drinking in a shebeen with Soviet, Cuban,Angolan Rhodesian, Brit and South Africans troops. Common denominator? We all wore wings except the two guys in civies. The dark glasses gave them away.
Best of luck mate.
My husband was in the parachute regiment he loves showing our kids the videos of his training we are all proud of him, psst he does all the sewing in our home he was taught a lot of much needed necessary to take care of himself ……. 🇬🇧♥️🙏 he did say that if you didn’t do something properly you’d get a punch to the stomach though their not going to show it on tv,
Have a look at the 2 part doco "Search for warriors" about the Aussie SASR selection
Yes mate my younger brother was in the British Army paras - 8th Para to be precise and I am very proud of him for what he did. But all kudos to you for recognising what and who they are and I am sure that you in the US marines did much the same thing.
You aught to watch the field gun
race, if you haven't already.
RevanFlashman Thats just for,fun, but when you see a sailor lose his thumb to a crushing injury but say nothing because he doesn’t want to b take off the team, and then see him cry when they did can him because of the injury, you know that these guys are not playing.
yea , but it has to be the old style race not the modern cut down version
Grew up close to Portsmouth and got to see gun races a lot. Utterly fucking hardcore.
@dustisdeadbodies85 Field gun was never run at Edinburgh Tattoo. Always run at Earl's court.
I enjoy your content and commentary. You seem like a fine, intelligent young man. Respect from the UK. Best wishes. Chris
lol cold weather- North of England we don't even know what a coat is. I went to Benidorm with my school during the 'cold' Spanich winter. We hiked a large mountain with Norwegians, French, Croatians and the Spanish and most had coats except us and the Norwegians who were ready to take our tops off. We couldn't believe it, we genuinely were confused and most were sweating because of the heat (not off hiking as we were all experienced in hiking.) I find it bizarre what people define as cold.
Story over lol
This is what a coat is: www.dictionary.com/browse/coat?s=t
I grew up near Aldershot where the Paras used to be based.
You couldn’t miss them, 4ft 5, scrawny, spotty little scroats that would fight anyone and were in general “maniacs”.
There are no chisel jawed tanned Adonis’s here,
TAB, Tactical Advance to Battle.
Got it, thanks!
A friend of mine who had served in the regiment once described it, hoist your Bergen, head down, thumb up yer arse and tab. A man of spare movement, few words and a sky diving logbook with more entries than just about anybody. The sort of guy who never needs to ask someone to get out of the way, even though he was only 5’6” tall.
Also known as a FLW
I've watched a few of your videos now. Great content and from an honest point of view. You've earned yourself a subscriber.
Also, mad respect from your cousin across the pond!
Paras are killing machines hard as coffin nails.
Hand in hand with Royal Marines
@@M17_Max toe to toe in any bar with the raf regt
Mick M 🤣
Mick M you can’t compare the RAF and the paras 😂 that’s like comparing the cub scouts to the TA
@@LM-dl7do Hahaha
Former UK SBS Jason Fox once said that the British weather gave the British soldier an advantage. I recall 4 tours of Banner in absolutely honking weather. I do not wish to disparage against US forces, but we had an exchange with US Rangers visiting. Their trip coincided with a battalion training for a deployment to South Armagh. Our CO devised a night navex in appalling weather in Wales. 35lbs webbing and personal weapon. There were checkpoints every 5kms with hot tea and a 4-tonner for crocks. That was because of the weather and the risk of injury and death. I recall going through the pain barrier -or whatever it is - when you suddenly really ‘get off’ on the hardship of adrenaline becomes a mildly disorienting drug. Not one US Army Ranger completed the course. They all got on board the 4-tonner. November. Horizontal rain. It was rough. Wind chill to minus-5°C. But I was surprised by the Ranger 100% drop out rate. Literally 100%, about 15-20 Rangers on our Rifle Company. Weather in Northern Ireland can be appalling. I lost more mates through climate (frostbite, hypothermia, trenchfoot, &c) in NI then under contact. Careers ended through appalling weather conditions. I stress I don’t judge Army Rangers for failing that navex. It was very specific to the British Army infantry and its primary area of operational responsibility. I was hallucinating during that tab. Tea stops were like sex. But in theatre you draw on all that. Full credit to British Parachute Regiment. Nails. And these could be 17 year olds. I understand that Brits can struggle a Ft. Polk. Thanks for the review. And I intend no disrespect. Horses for courses.
Have you looked at the Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre of the Royal Marines?
That's a brilliant series of videos.
The cadre does not exist now.the ml2 course is generally regarded as the toughest training course for the british armed forces. They then go on to become mountain leaders or serve in a brigade reconnaissance unit potentially within 30 commandos s r s.
Good call, it's a very old series made in the late 80s I think but then again so was the original series about the Parachute Regiment.
@@guywilloughby3383 yes many units re organize and change names for security and to confuse potential belligerents.
A good series, the follow up was good as well.
Your very honest with your views and its genuine... keep up the good work m8.. Being a british soldier myself, its nice to see what other nations see what others may not 👍
I’m going to Harrogate AFC, Yorkshire in October to join the paras
Good luck dude 👏🏽
How's it going?
The Famous Falkland Yomp!
Royal Marines and Parachute Regiment lost their helicopters that were on the Atlantic Conveyer Ship which was sunk near the Falklands. This necessitated a March with kit across the Falklands for
56 miles carrying 36Kg in 3 days.
You don't get to come off the log! You are meant to grab that rope and stay on it till the end!
Also, TAB means Tactical Advance to Battle!
You also get marked as someone who coasts through fitness too! You can fail if your the fittest guy in the platoon if you don't put maximum effort or look to put everything in! You are then labeled a bluffer!
The Para's literally don't want anyone to pass! But they definitely want everyone to at least give it a go!
Lorry mechanic and motorcycle racer Guy Martin did a UK TV Programme to make the 75th anniversary on D-Day He even went through the Para's training. He did have to use a full size replica of the Para's equipment as civilians are forbidden to MOD equipment.
Everyone always asks " did you stay on the log and did you win your milling?" I got a draw and stayed on the log
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I used to live in Aldershot as a kid. The paras used to jump into the field behind my school (Wavell) for their low altitude jump training. Always fun to watch but not always a 'good' jump. There were defo a few ambulences & broken legs in that field.
I went there. Back in the 80's 84/85 I think it was one bloke was completely off course and ended up in the trees at the end of the netball court 🤣
@@champagnesupernova9336 would've been handy for the school to think ahead and teach us sign language in the run up to Farnborough Air Show eh? Then at least we might have had a chance of learning something during that week - haha.
Pre para Selection ( P Company)! Test week is the type of course you know is going to be painful, cold, wet and miserable! You just need to stop thinking! Its a super human physical effort, but i think its mire a mental test as you pick up so many injuries, aches, pains and with next to no sleep, but just need to get on with and switch your brain off! I found the stepple chase the worst I think. I fell on my timed tab, which wasn't great as and everyone just ran over the top of me! I had so much weight that i was like tortouse trying to get up off my back and catch up. I just managed to get in in time, but was absoulutly chin strapped and injured! At least i had the joy of going straight into milling afterwards!! I could harly move that evening once the muscles had cooled down. Just have to get up the next morning slowly warm the muscles to get rid of the aches and pains and get on with it. Seems crazy now, but when i think about it, at the time there is no other way, but forward! All worth it to get that beret!
Walt! Youve not done p coy
Respect to you mate ,always an honest appraisal and thoughtful break down . I feel even more proud of our lads in Britain now . Something I have taken from America and like though is I now thank a service man or woman for there service . It had never occured to me to do so before but we definitely should do ,so thank you for keeping us safe and enjoying our freedoms 👍
Somebody once accused my husband of being afraid of heights (and it was an accusation). The hub look at him like he'd lost his mind and said 'I passed P company'...
(Hub wasn't a para as such, he was cavalry, but his regt didn't have a job for him, so sent him off to do other stuff - like spending time with 2 Para, meaning he had to pass training.)
Haha good stuff
combat arms the thing about P Company is that its at the end of the Para recruits training and if they pass they get presented with their maroon Berets, if they fail they can either be given another shot at it, back trooped right to week one of training or even discharged it all depends on what effort you show the instructors that you've actually put in, and they know if your trying your best or not as they are not stupid, can you imagine getting to the end of training and P company is your final test before passing out and you fail it and you could be sent all he way back to week one all that training done for nothing, and you have to do it all over again, can you imagine how heart broken a soldier feels when he/she fails
I understand the confusion for an American (Royal Navy, Royal Air Force), but it's not the 'Royal Army.' Just the British Army. Enjoying the reactions, by the way.
To be fair, it is the queen's army, as we pledge to her majesty. She is in charge lol
@@tubefreakmuva I think what Klossimike is referring to is the historical aspect in the raising of the regiments. The Army wasn't raised as a singular entity by the Crown. Members of the nobility were required to raise, outfit and provide to the Crown for service a body of armed men for a set period per year. This goes back to feudal times when we had forces along the lines of Duke of X heavy cavalry for example. Only the regiments with titles akin to Queens/Kings Own or Royal Regiment XYZ were actually raised by and supplied by the Crown from Crown holdings if I'm remembering correctly. Later on of course Regiments were raised locally and often named after the region from which they were recruited, be it regional 'Wessex Yeomanry' (A reserve armoured regiment I think now?) or the OXfordshire and BuckinghamShire (Ox and Bucks) Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion of which won Pegasus Bridge fame. So while the British Army is now a singular entity in that respect it holds the historical ties from which it evolved.
All the best, and hope you have a great day.
I'll fix that! Thanks
@@tomcummin6801 thanks for the history! cheers
@@tomcummin6801 Cheers dits.
I think you're a cracking bloke mate. I'll tell you why. No ego. Just honesty. Respect.