My wee Scots mum would have had great tears in her eyes......she was a Balneaves, sept of the clan Murray of Athol.....the only private army in the UK by royal decree......I was named Scott to forever remind me of my Scots heritage.....!
When I served in the British Army in the 70s I had the pleasure and pride to serve alongside two Scots. Two finest men you could ever wish to meet, they had my back and I had theirs. I was born in England but my heart belongs to Scotland. God bless you all.
Sadly, as a military man, I met my English wife in Sweden where she was a teacher. Married in Alva, Scotland. We had 3 sons born in England & 1 in N.Ireland. After 27 years active service emigrated to Canada with all family & our big dog ! Wife hates the pipes, the kilt, Scotland, all Scots (inc. me) & managed to translate that hate to 2 of the boys. Yet my boys (two of whom still wear the kilt & align themselves as Scottish, born in England only because of my military duty. ) Three of my sons visit me here in Canada & they are always welcome at my family homes in Scotland. However the reverse is not true 2 of us are not welcome in wife's home. We are still married but separated for over 20 yrs, will not divorce as she is entitled to my military pension on my death, so she is hanging on to me for that purpose, she is 10 years younger than me ! Calculating just like the Meghan Markle Duchess ! Hope to outlive her but no hatred from me. I still have many friends (salt of the earth) including, ex-in-laws in England.
Let's not turn to hate! We Scots, Welsh, Northern Irish joined with the Engish to defeat the Naxisl let us stick together! God bless all true Irish, Welsh Scots and Engish. The Lord bless and keep you, the Lord lift up His Coutenence apon you and you peace! ☺ ))))))
At 05:15, "Thank You" Oh no, *Thank YOU!* For uploading this! As a *United States born citizen,* of *African extraction,* I was *amazed and very touched,* to see *Black Men proudly serving in a Scottish Regiment!* *Makes me wish I was Forty Years younger! With two good legs to walk with!*
@@rmac8378 If they are not Scots, then why is the regiment referred to as 2nd Battalion The Regiment of Scotland and why are they marching through the streets of Glasgow? If they were Brits, wouldn't they be marching through the streets of London? //es//A Veteran US Navy and US Army, Viet Nam Era and 1st Gulf War
@@ShellyAnn1a Anyone from any country can join the so called “Scottish regiments”. Stuff like this is just to make the BritScots feel like they’re scottish and to indoctrinate young people. Some might be from Scotland but scottish is an identity, not a legal standing nationality. People that join the british army are british minded, not scottish. Also brits have been marching through scottish cities for centuries now
@@ShellyAnn1a The Scottish regiments are in the British Army ! Which inturn is all British Army regiments & forces are trained & paid & part of the British army !!! Which is all part of United kingdom armed forces !! The Royal Marines have a base in Scotland they march through & other British troops march fhrough parts of Scotland as well as Scottish regiments !!! The Royal navy patrol the north sea & chase off Russian warships & submarines trying to enter Britains territory waters & airspace with the Royal airforce escourting them out ... That guy (@ R Mac) complaining who they are is really pathetic anti British/English
You should see/hear the Royal Marines parade. For my money the best in the world - bands, pipes, drums uniforms, and marching. They do pompous circumstances the best of anyone.
bessie1854, Marine, let me rephrase that for you! You are first and foremost “A FORMER ACTIVE DUTY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MARINE “! You earned that title and the right to wear it as have your Fellow Brother and Sister Marines since the beginning of OUR proud and esteemed Elite Fighting Force! Now let’s raise a proper tankard of great American Whiskey and SAY IT PROUD AND SAY IT LOUD SEMPER FIDELIS TO ONE AND ALL TILL THE END OF TIME! (or at least until we all fall of our stools)!!! I Know I’m Proud of my fellow Marines as well as I am to have earned the right and distinction to wear the title “UNITED STATES MARINE”! As a patch on my pilot’s nylon flight jacket proudly proclaims “I’m sure to go to Heaven because I’ve done my time in Hell”. That statement is as accurate today as it was during the Vietnam War! And Korea, WW II, WW I and down to OUR inception! Playing it Forward! The Entire Middle East! In the Future, GOD HIMSELF will only know what SHIT HOLE BATTLEGROUND HE’LL THROW AT US!!! My active duty stint in our Beloved Corps began when I had the honor of graduating from MCRD San Diego along with the rest of my Brother Marines holding our platoon standard high proclaiming to one and all that THE UNITED STATES MARINES OF PLATOON 347 were leaving Our Mark on the World! While I went on to numerous”Boot Camps” becoming a NAVAL AVIATOR and F4 Phantom Pilot, I was no more nor any less than my platoon mates of Platoon 347. Sure I added some more platoons to that list, Aviation Officers Candidate 2nd Lieutenant, Radar Intercept Officer I. The rear cockpit of an F4. But before that! Some asshole admin clerk made sure that I was properly indoctrinated as a first and foremost 0300 Marine Corps infantry Officer! PLATOON LEADERS COURSE here I was! After all that, I could finally hold my head high and shoulders back, knowing that I was finally an “OFFICER OF MARINES”. So Brothers and Sisters just remember you’re not the only Marine that shed Blood, Sweat and Tears to eRn that illustrious title of UNITED STATES MARINE! I swear that the penning of this motivational tirade, I could Actually Hear The Entire Marine Corps Hymn playing in my mind! I do have an proper explanation for it, In this writing I did consume two bottles of Baileys Irish Cream Liquor! It’s a Marine Corps Naval Aviator thing! As an Air Force Major once stated at the officers mess at DaNang airbase in 1966, “All You Are is a Rowdy bunch of drunken College Fraternity brothers wearing pilots wings” me, being our squadron official “Wise Ass” reminded said Major that there was a very good reason that Naval Aviators both Navy And Marine earned the distinction of wearing Gold Wings while Army and Air Force pilots only got to wear Silver Wings. That being WE BOTH TAKE OFF AND LAND ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN ROUGH SEAS. IT TAKED SKILL AND TOTAL INSANITY TO LAND ON A WET, PITCHING AND YAWING FLIGHT DECK ON A SHIP THAT ISDOING ITS ABSOLUTE BEST TO KICK YOUR ASS AND KEEL HAUL YOU! Ladies and Gentlemen, at that point, you could have heard a pin drop! Then, said Major raised his glass and uttered “One and All, A toast to ALL Naval Aviators They Are A Breed Above Us Mere Mortals” arhat Sumbitch brought a tear to everyone’s eyes that was there! This was a TRUE STORY! Now, back to you Marine, you carry that title proudly to your grave and NEVER tarnish or sully the title! SEMPER - FI!!! Former Active Duty Captain and proud fighter/attack pilot USMC Arthur R. Tafil USMC! I’m 72+ years young now and I still hold my head high and my shoulders squared away “ Just Remember These Words, NOT AS LEAN, JUST AS MEAN, HERE STANDS A FORMER ACTIVE DUTY MARINE”!
I'm an old POS VIETNAM VET ! But to this day every time i hear those pipes i miss my scott brothers that died in that war. Sorry i cant text due to the tears coming out my eyes and my soul hurts for them. Lord bless them not me but them . SEMPER FI !
May they rest in a place beyond pain where no shadows fall and may the lord bless you, too. Thank you for remembering them and reminding us of the true cost of war: lives.
This is how you should welcome brave soldiers home with pride, passion and respect. I'm English and it makes my blood boil that protesters are allowed to call the defenders of this country murderers and baby killers on their return home. This was a joy to watch and England sort your priorities out.
captain caveman: You mean like the the Scots/Brits who ended widow-burning in India? ...and outlawed the slavery Africans had been selling each other into? ...and built infrastructure all over India? ...and taught the natives of India how to be engineers and architects? ...and made productive farms in South Africa, where natives had failed? ...and turned a vast expanse of frozen howling wilderness into a thriving wealthy nation called Canada, which third-worlders (lacking the Scots/Brit industriousness and innovation) now invade in vast numbers to leech from? Those Scots?
Never has Scotland the Brave made me cry before! But I know that no matter how much it moves me (as a Canadian) to hear it, it means something very special for everyone in this video when they hear it. A very proud moment captured here, in a long proud & illustrious history of the Scots people. Alba gu bràth!
I'm English god bless you scotland greatest fighters on this earth, when the enemy wherever heard the Pipes, you was about to be slaughtered by the scots, great Fighting nation !
Gallipoli veteran..an old man when I knew him...had an operation in '69 to remopve a bit of shrapnel...poor as curch-mice, honest as the day is long...I have his medals and diary....bloody fine man, my grandad.
and God Bless him i know he was a Hell of a man! my hope and thought is he was watching from above ribbing his buddies saying " have a look at the Lads down there" be proud my friend. i love the pomp in the parades you folks have over there, the Confidence just dripping off the troops as they march the drone of the pipes and the thump and staccato of the drums. its my fervent hope that one day when my country decides to grow up we will have similar parades to welcome our lad's back from deployment.until then, i'm pouring a "wee dram" ( i hope thats what you consider a shot) in your Grandfathers honor as i type this. (American Bourbon, best i can do today) to your health and his memory, may they both hold out for all time.
I didn't think I liked the sound of pipes - but I love them, when Scots play with such emotion and heart. And the precise marching, they look like 1 long caterpillar wending down the street! So handsome, and tough. Welcome to your home! From US.
My grandfather always said if you wanted a position taken in a battle you let the Scots or the Canadians loose on it. If you wanted the whole battle put the two of them together. Proud to be Canadian and proud of my heritage. "There is nothing older, unless the hills, MacArthur and the devil."
I remember reading a quote from an Aussie officer in WW1 where he said that he always wanted to be posted next to a Highland battalion because they were the most merciless killers he'd ever seen, and that's who you want on your flank in combat. I've seen this kind of spirit among the many ex-pat Scots I've known out in California. No combat here I'm happy to say, but certainly I've seen my share of discussions get heated in a hurry and the distance between "No, just a moment here, it wasn't like that!" and "Ah'm gonna rip yer face off!" was pretty short. :-D
Well your dad was right. Because my dad fought in Sicily with 48 th Highlanders of Canada which me and my brother did. My dad told me 1thing Germans fear the most was any highland regiments from Canada or Scotland because they didn't back down
@@stuartandrews2808 read a memoir of a German soldier a few years ago, his take on the pipes was that when you heard them you knew it was going to be a bad day.
Dammit, the pipes make me wanna cry, hug a soldier and kicks someone’s ass all at the same time. When you hear the pipes ...either help or trouble is on the way.
I'm english but i'm proud when i see the scottish warriors we have in our ranks. Imagine hearing this in the distance back in the day if you were an enemy solider the sound of bagpipes meant you were about to die!
As an American, I wish we welcomed our soldiers home like this. They deserve and have earned every ounce of pomp and circumstance. What a better country we would be if we did that. Love it 🍻
Here is the funny thing years ago when I young I met Japanese family they said they visited Scotland and amazed at the culture they said it seemed very unique and fancy. This coming from a family that has a really cool culture. Europe a many wonderful cultures.
I served on this tour with 2 SCOTS. By far one of the saddest things I've witnessed was watching an OC Company tell his guys that their mates had been killed in that infamous Mastiff IED strike. I'll never forget the silence. Great battalion.
We have protestors waiting at the airports causing all kinds of problems. This was awesome to see. This is how soldiers should be welcomed home. I'm an American but just found out that my father's side of the family is from Scotland. Very proud of my heritage.
>We have protestors waiting at the airports causing all kinds of problems. Really? where and what problems exactly? let me clue you in here; in a DEMOCRACY people have a right to express their views, even if they dont fit with yours. Once you start restrciting those, then you're on difficult grouns. As an example, I'd like to restric Donald Trump from ever opening his mouth ever again...
@@redcardinalist I’ll give you that, that restriction sets a precedent. However, just because you can express your views doesn’t mean you should. Especially when those troops have seems unimaginable horrors; the last thing they want is to be demonized by their own countrymen
@@alexrastall1868 You actually both do have good points. Because "in a DEMOCRACY people have a right to express their views, even if they dont fit with yours" and "just because you can express your views doesn’t mean you should" are equally true - it's the job of democracy to maintain a stable balance between such views, and the job of armies of democratic countries to defend them.
Thank you 2nd Battalion The Regiment of Scotland (2 Scots). You deserve this day and parade and you did yourselves proud. It was an excellent show. Us Aussies will always share a trench with you because we know what good soldiers you are. Of course we'll take the piss, but you would too :)
> Of course we'll take the piss, but you would too :) As an old soldier myself (former Austrian Army NCO, now Austrian TA), I say taking the piss out of each other in a friendly manner is an equally honorable and obligatory military tradition as is always having each others backs when it is necessary. :-)
I served on active duty attached to the Royal Scots A SQDN Op Granby when I here Highland Cathedral played by the pipes and drums takes me back to those days in the `desert
this march is so powerful and majestic!so,if you are a true patriot, no matter where do you live on this planet , you'll like it for sure.cheers from Hungary!
Nothing quite like the soldiers from the British Isles! And this is coming from a proud niece of a US Marine! And some of the best uniforms in the world!
You could cut me in half and find English written inside like a stick of rock , but credit where credit is due the Scots are magnificent thank God they are part of the British Army.
Nothing more impressive, smarter, or formidable than Highlanders on the march with the P & D's at their head. Awesome sight and sound. God Bless the Scots- finest infantry soldiers in the world. *RESPECT* from England!
SAOR ALBA GU BRAH Here's to the men of the Scottish Division From the time the world began. And here's to the Pipes and Drums as they march Each man to serve his Clan. Remember the Seaforths, the Camerons, the Argylls, The Black Watch, the Gordons with their cocky wee smiles, The Cameronians, The Royal Scots and the KOSB, The HLI, the Greys and the Bold Fusilier with a glint in his eee'. Think of their honours, in battles they have won, Think of the fathers, the brothers, the sons, Think of the scars that we cannot see, And the lands far away, that they have set free. Now Honour these men from the present to the past, With great pride in your heart and thoughts that will last.
@David Millar He wasn't talking about the kilt when he said dress...... he was talking about what the liberals are focused on, not referring to the kilt at all.
Hark when the night is falling Hear! hear the pipes are calling, Loudly and proudly calling, Down through the glen. There where the hills are sleeping, Now feel the blood a-leaping, High as the spirits of the old Highland men. Towering in gallant fame, Scotland my mountain hame, High may your proud standards, Gloriously wave, Land of my high endeavour, Land of the shining rivers, Land of my heart for ever, Scotland the brave.
So proud of you! 😊🙌 Used to live right there and could never get the sound of bagpipes out of my head lol, even when sleeping, always marches and bagpipes playing..,.and I loved it, miss it.
The Great Scotland, brave and proud,, firmly anchored ont it’s traditions and way of living should continue to resist to preserve them from the English domination . Support from French friend
Proud to be by your side. Though we may have had our differences. England and scotland will stand strong! Overwhelming sense of pride no matter what parade im watching
My father was RSM in 2nd battalion,his father before him. Served 25+ year.s and he would have been so proud of this. I am biased but the 2nd battalion are a force to be reckoned with 12.9.1923 - 1.9.1975 RIP
This makes me so proud to be Scottish- I'm not but I wish I was when I see this. We English are not allowed to celebrate our nationality- if we do we are labled as racist, jingoistic or zenophobic or all three!!
No wonder I had no friends, I'm english Irish Welch Scottish German Hungarian Jew. The Jewish called me a nazi and the Germans called me a Jew. But as a kid I drove only English cars.and can repair them from top to bottom. Bagpipes makes me want to dance.
Join the club brother... I'm a yank. To those of that mindset, I say PISS OFF! What makes America exceptional is not that we're better, it's that we believe that our rights are God given, NOT government granted.
Great to see and hear the Pipe Band and 2nd Bn Royal Regiment of Scotland being welcomed home, there is only one thing better than marching behind a Pipe Band and that is marching with the Pipe Band as a Piper. I’m a British Army veteran and also a Piper and I miss the sound of the click click of the hob nailed Drill boots when we marched along.
Beautiful! Tradition, honor and discipline. We have to be proud of our armies and everything they have done and still do for us! The world has to stop supporting the useless SJWs and the politically correct! Let's go back to the original beauty of our Nations!
I grew up singing this and the Skye Boat Song, accompanied by my Nan on the piano. I was born in England. So was my mum and my nan. My great-nan used to go to Edinbourgh every summer.
here we have no colour code, when you bleed ,its red, Scotland is Scotland, not England, we welcome every one in. we all worship one god, whether Muslim, Jew or Christian , I don't give a damn about the colour of your skin, just a friendly hello, and come join in.
Except not everyone thinks like that. Great if some do, but it's silly to just say well anyone can just walk into Scotland. Funnily enough I'm from New Zealand too, no terror attacks here though, just saying.
Yes he is very funny, but at some point you have to stop making a laugh out of it. The Northern hemisphere has had so much immigration lately. You can't deny attacks like the one spoken about are closely related to the amount and of what kind of immigration you have had, so yes, its terror attacks I'm worried about. In New Zealand we have had far less immigration of the kind had in Europe and the Americas and we have had no terror attacks. I love my country and I love New Zealanders; I don't want my country or our people to be attacked and killed for our charity. Yes, we should help people but perhaps we should be helping them in their own countries instead of taking a non-nonsensical approach to immigration and assuming everybody thinks like us.
Soldiers certainly learn discipline all right. I've watched the video for the song "White China" by Ultravox. Those Chinese soldiers are also very disciplined.
DO not mix british and Scottish ..... Thats something that will spark anger. They are trianed together but they are different because they are different countries.
Thank you Scotland for being a haven for Queen Elizabeth to cross into heaven. May your memories of your Queen be full of admiration and love. God bless Scotland and all its people!
Shame these traditions are dying out all over the uk. It’s not fascist or old fashioned! It’s pride in the people that have protected us for centuries.
The Scottish tunes were an "easy score" for the main part of the parade we saw, but the magnificent tune of glory played echoing in some narrow street before they even came into sight (whose name escapes me) was "the real deal". How many times have I shivered in anticipation at such a sound, knowing that a band will shortly be appearing? May that childlike wonder never cease!
Dzięki za taką pieśń i WSPANIAŁE WYKONANIE dla ŚWIATA to jest bardzo wskazane i mądre aby móc komentować oceniać się cieszę i gratuluję KOMPOZYTOROWI o czym świadczą te wszystkie wpisy ale i zachowanie LUDZI w interesie Polski i Europy spasiba spasiba dla ludzi senk JU dlatego że bardzo wskazane i mądre
My wee Scots mum would have had great tears in her eyes......she was a Balneaves, sept of the clan Murray of Athol.....the only private army in the UK by royal decree......I was named Scott to forever remind me of my Scots heritage.....!
mum would have tears in her eyes --just enough to SAY --GREAT MOST OF THEM ARE HOME !!--tue rollf
When I served in the British Army in the 70s I had the pleasure and pride to serve alongside two Scots. Two finest men you could ever wish to meet, they had my back and I had theirs. I was born in England but my heart belongs to Scotland. God bless you all.
Sadly, as a military man, I met my English wife in Sweden where she was a teacher. Married in Alva, Scotland. We had 3 sons born in England & 1 in N.Ireland. After 27 years active service emigrated to Canada with all family & our big dog ! Wife hates the pipes, the kilt, Scotland, all Scots (inc. me) & managed to translate that hate to 2 of the boys. Yet my boys (two of whom still wear the kilt & align themselves as Scottish, born in England only because of my military duty. ) Three of my sons visit me here in Canada & they are always welcome at my family homes in Scotland. However the reverse is not true 2 of us are not welcome in wife's home. We are still married but separated for over 20 yrs, will not divorce as she is entitled to my military pension on my death, so she is hanging on to me for that purpose, she is 10 years younger than me ! Calculating just like the Meghan Markle Duchess ! Hope to outlive her but no hatred from me. I still have many friends (salt of the earth) including, ex-in-laws in England.
Alba
@@johnvivatrex poison the bitch make sure she goes first lol
Bonita declaração
thank u for the service sir! < ex-german ranger ! (JÄGER-sgt)
Let's not turn to hate! We Scots, Welsh, Northern Irish joined with the Engish to defeat the Naxisl let us stick together! God bless all true Irish, Welsh Scots and Engish. The Lord bless and keep you, the Lord lift up His Coutenence apon you and you peace! ☺
))))))
Aye,,,they damn naxis where a nuisance eh! LOL
At 05:15, "Thank You"
Oh no, *Thank YOU!* For uploading this!
As a *United States born citizen,* of *African extraction,* I was *amazed and very touched,* to see *Black Men proudly serving in a Scottish Regiment!*
*Makes me wish I was Forty Years younger! With two good legs to walk with!*
Robert Burns the great Scottish poet said it best... Brothers be the world over, A mans a man for awe that.
Love the pageantry that the Scots put into these parades, have always loved the sounds of the pipes and drums. Veteran, Viet Nam Era & 1st Gulf War.
These aren’t scots, they’re brits.
@@rmac8378 If they are not Scots, then why is the regiment referred to as 2nd Battalion The Regiment of Scotland and why are they marching through the streets of Glasgow? If they were Brits, wouldn't they be marching through the streets of London?
//es//A Veteran US Navy and US Army, Viet Nam Era and 1st Gulf War
@@ShellyAnn1a Anyone from any country can join the so called “Scottish regiments”. Stuff like this is just to make the BritScots feel like they’re scottish and to indoctrinate young people. Some might be from Scotland but scottish is an identity, not a legal standing nationality. People that join the british army are british minded, not scottish. Also brits have been marching through scottish cities for centuries now
@@rmac8378 you have a point but the vast majority of those men are Scottish and very few aren’t.
@@ShellyAnn1a The Scottish regiments are in the British Army ! Which inturn is all British Army regiments & forces are trained & paid & part of the British army !!! Which is all part of United kingdom armed forces !! The Royal Marines have a base in Scotland they march through & other British troops march fhrough parts of Scotland as well as Scottish regiments !!! The Royal navy patrol the north sea & chase off Russian warships & submarines trying to enter Britains territory waters & airspace with the Royal airforce escourting them out ... That guy (@ R Mac) complaining who they are is really pathetic anti British/English
I am a formerly active US Marine: THIS is a proper parade. Well done Soldiers.
You should see/hear the Royal Marines parade. For my money the best in the world - bands, pipes, drums uniforms, and marching. They do pompous circumstances the best of anyone.
Well said, from a fellow Yank and a retired US Air Force vet.
Army here and i 100% agree, Semper Fi Leatherneck, NSDQ
bessie1854, Marine, let me rephrase that for you! You are first and foremost “A FORMER ACTIVE DUTY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MARINE “! You earned that title and the right to wear it as have your Fellow Brother and Sister Marines since the beginning of OUR proud and esteemed Elite Fighting Force! Now let’s raise a proper tankard of great American Whiskey and SAY IT PROUD AND SAY IT LOUD SEMPER FIDELIS TO ONE AND ALL TILL THE END OF TIME! (or at least until we all fall of our stools)!!! I Know I’m Proud of my fellow Marines as well as
I am to have earned the right and distinction to wear the title “UNITED STATES MARINE”! As a patch on my pilot’s nylon flight jacket proudly proclaims “I’m sure to go to Heaven because I’ve done my time in Hell”. That statement is as accurate today as it was during the Vietnam War! And Korea, WW II, WW I and down to OUR inception! Playing it Forward! The Entire Middle East! In the Future, GOD HIMSELF will only know what SHIT HOLE BATTLEGROUND HE’LL THROW AT US!!!
My active duty stint in our Beloved Corps began when I had the honor of graduating from MCRD San Diego along with the rest of my Brother Marines holding our platoon standard high proclaiming to one and all that THE UNITED STATES MARINES OF PLATOON 347 were leaving Our Mark on the World! While I went on to numerous”Boot Camps” becoming a NAVAL AVIATOR and F4 Phantom Pilot, I was no more nor any less than my platoon mates of Platoon 347. Sure I added some more platoons to that list, Aviation Officers Candidate 2nd Lieutenant, Radar Intercept Officer I. The rear cockpit of an F4. But before that! Some asshole admin clerk made sure that I was properly indoctrinated as a first and foremost 0300 Marine Corps infantry Officer! PLATOON LEADERS COURSE here I was! After all that, I could finally hold my head high and shoulders back, knowing that I was finally an “OFFICER OF MARINES”. So Brothers and Sisters just remember you’re not the only Marine that shed Blood, Sweat and Tears to eRn that illustrious title of UNITED STATES MARINE! I swear that the penning of this motivational tirade, I could Actually Hear The Entire Marine Corps Hymn playing in my mind! I do have an proper explanation for it, In this writing I did consume two bottles of Baileys Irish Cream Liquor! It’s a Marine Corps Naval Aviator thing! As an Air Force Major once stated at the officers mess at DaNang airbase in 1966, “All You Are is a Rowdy bunch of drunken College Fraternity brothers wearing pilots wings” me, being our squadron official “Wise Ass” reminded said Major that there was a very good reason that Naval Aviators both Navy And Marine earned the distinction of wearing Gold Wings while Army and Air Force pilots only got to wear Silver Wings. That being WE BOTH TAKE OFF AND LAND ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN ROUGH SEAS. IT TAKED SKILL AND TOTAL INSANITY TO LAND ON A WET, PITCHING AND YAWING FLIGHT DECK ON A SHIP THAT ISDOING ITS ABSOLUTE BEST TO KICK YOUR ASS AND KEEL HAUL YOU! Ladies and Gentlemen, at that point, you could have heard a pin drop! Then, said Major raised his glass and uttered “One and All, A toast to ALL Naval Aviators They Are A Breed Above Us Mere Mortals” arhat Sumbitch brought a tear to everyone’s eyes that was there! This was a TRUE STORY!
Now, back to you Marine, you carry that title proudly to your grave and NEVER tarnish or sully the title! SEMPER - FI!!! Former Active Duty Captain and proud fighter/attack pilot USMC Arthur R. Tafil USMC! I’m 72+ years young now and I still hold my head high and my shoulders squared away “ Just Remember These Words, NOT AS LEAN, JUST AS MEAN, HERE STANDS A FORMER ACTIVE DUTY MARINE”!
bessie1854, I really gotta lay off of that damn Baileys! That Stuff is stealthy! Before you know it, you’re pulling a wheels-up landing!
I'm an old POS VIETNAM VET ! But to this day every time i hear those pipes i miss my scott brothers that died in that war. Sorry i cant text due to the tears coming out my eyes and my soul hurts for them. Lord bless them not me but them . SEMPER FI !
May they rest in a place beyond pain where no shadows fall and may the lord bless you, too.
Thank you for remembering them and reminding us of the true cost of war: lives.
@@leandrobravo3319 Mr.Brabo ; Th a nk you for tthe acknowledgment ;;; Merry XMAS . And" Live long And proper" .
@@iggymoyanojr7145 Merry christmas to you, too and thank you.
much sorrow to the way the Vvets were treated. It was so not right over there and over here. Thank you for remembering and sharing.
Welcome home, Iggy.
This is how you should welcome brave soldiers home with pride, passion and respect.
I'm English and it makes my blood boil that protesters are allowed to call the defenders of this country murderers and baby killers on their return home. This was a joy to watch and England sort your priorities out.
they are cowards, they live on the brave acts and service of others willing to fight for freedom.
Steve someone: What you said! ✔️
Scots dancing the sworddance
captain caveman: It’s what the “religion of peace” does in peacetime - which is why we need soldiers to keep them at bay.
captain caveman: You mean like the the Scots/Brits who ended widow-burning in India? ...and outlawed the slavery Africans had been selling each other into? ...and built infrastructure all over India? ...and taught the natives of India how to be engineers and architects? ...and made productive farms in South Africa, where natives had failed? ...and turned a vast expanse of frozen howling wilderness into a thriving wealthy nation called Canada, which third-worlders (lacking the Scots/Brit industriousness and innovation) now invade in vast numbers to leech from? Those Scots?
I'm from "across the pond", but find my hair standing up and goose bumps watching these brave men!
Buckaroo543 And WOMEN
@@bigcno1 to be fair it is hard to tell if everyone is wearing a skirt ;) just kidding
I love this parade troops as much i hate cancel culture (from France with respect) to all the Vets thanks for service You re in our hearts for
ever.
Stirring stuff and im not even scottish...welsh and proud of all our service men and women,black and white etc...Best in the World.
Never has Scotland the Brave made me cry before!
But I know that no matter how much it moves me (as a Canadian) to hear it, it means something very special for everyone in this video when they hear it. A very proud moment captured here, in a long proud & illustrious history of the Scots people. Alba gu bràth!
Brought tears of pride to my eyes. Wonderful solders. Brave Scottish men and women.
Great respect from 🇵🇱🕊️
I'm English god bless you scotland greatest fighters on this earth, when the enemy wherever heard the Pipes, you was about to be slaughtered by the scots, great Fighting nation !
When you heard the pipes. It was either help or death.
My grandfather was a Royal Scots Fusilier....died in 1973....he'd have been proud to see this...
Gallipoli veteran..an old man when I knew him...had an operation in '69 to remopve a bit of shrapnel...poor as curch-mice, honest as the day is long...I have his medals and diary....bloody fine man, my grandad.
and God Bless him i know he was a Hell of a man! my hope and thought is he was watching from above ribbing his buddies saying " have a look at the Lads down there" be proud my friend. i love the pomp in the parades you folks have over there, the Confidence just dripping off the troops as they march the drone of the pipes and the thump and staccato of the drums. its my fervent hope that one day when my country decides to grow up we will have similar parades to welcome our lad's back from deployment.until then, i'm pouring a "wee dram" ( i hope thats what you consider a shot) in your Grandfathers honor as i type this. (American Bourbon, best i can do today) to your health and his memory, may they both hold out for all time.
If this don't bring a proper tear to yer eyes, You're DEAD!!
...and lasses.
I didn't think I liked the sound of pipes - but I love them, when Scots play with such emotion and heart. And the precise marching, they look like 1 long caterpillar wending down the street! So handsome, and tough. Welcome to your home! From US.
My grandfather always said if you wanted a position taken in a battle you let the Scots or the Canadians loose on it. If you wanted the whole battle put the two of them together. Proud to be Canadian and proud of my heritage. "There is nothing older, unless the hills, MacArthur and the devil."
I remember reading a quote from an Aussie officer in WW1 where he said that he always wanted to be posted next to a Highland battalion because they were the most merciless killers he'd ever seen, and that's who you want on your flank in combat. I've seen this kind of spirit among the many ex-pat Scots I've known out in California. No combat here I'm happy to say, but certainly I've seen my share of discussions get heated in a hurry and the distance between "No, just a moment here, it wasn't like that!" and "Ah'm gonna rip yer face off!" was pretty short. :-D
Well your dad was right. Because my dad fought in Sicily with 48 th Highlanders of Canada which me and my brother did. My dad told me 1thing Germans fear the most was any highland regiments from Canada or Scotland because they didn't back down
@@stuartandrews2808 read a memoir of a German soldier a few years ago, his take on the pipes was that when you heard them you knew it was going to be a bad day.
@@dennism5731: he was right . My dad told me they always had 1 piper with them when they fought in WW2 in Sicily
Dammit, the pipes make me wanna cry, hug a soldier and kicks someone’s ass all at the same time. When you hear the pipes ...either help or trouble is on the way.
Have to say...if the pipes dont't get your blood going, you're probably clinically dead...
good one spot on !
Bagpipe, dress, and Tartan dress
America loves you! Dont forget you sacfriced nothing but what it takes for freedom! Highest salute!!! Love it!
WALKING PROUD ONLY WAY A SCOT IS TO WALK.. FINE FINE MEN !!!! THUMBS UP FROM PHILADELPHIA PA. USA
These aren’t scots, they’re brits. To join the british army you’re definitely of a british identity.
I'm english but i'm proud when i see the scottish warriors we have in our ranks. Imagine hearing this in the distance back in the day if you were an enemy solider the sound of bagpipes meant you were about to die!
@@bdi8541 lol
Too right mate
Scottish warriors? They’re british troops. Only from the outside are they scottish. To us they’re BRITS
@@rmac8378 theyare still Scottish ethnics and nation
@@pekom88 they might be physically scottish but mentally and culturally they’re british minded
So proud to be Scottish seeing this video, my two grandfathers served with The Black Watch which I believe is 3 SCOTS now
As an American, I wish we welcomed our soldiers home like this. They deserve and have earned every ounce of pomp and circumstance. What a better country we would be if we did that. Love it 🍻
We used to, before a vocal minority decided it was "promoting militarism".
Absolutely fabulous!!! Can't watch without crying. Brave young men!!
A magnificent sight. Both my grandfathers served in WW1. Both made it home. Their brothers didn't.
We love the Scots here in the US!
Here is the funny thing years ago when I young I met Japanese family they said they visited Scotland and amazed at the culture they said it seemed very unique and fancy. This coming from a family that has a really cool culture. Europe a many wonderful cultures.
Really impressive! you wouldn't want to try and mess with any of that lot.
Brilliant marching, great show!
I served on this tour with 2 SCOTS. By far one of the saddest things I've witnessed was watching an OC Company tell his guys that their mates had been killed in that infamous Mastiff IED strike. I'll never forget the silence. Great battalion.
Brilliant from Glasgow 🇬🇧👍
We have protestors waiting at the airports causing all kinds of problems. This was awesome to see. This is how soldiers should be welcomed home. I'm an American but just found out that my father's side of the family is from Scotland. Very proud of my heritage.
>We have protestors waiting at the airports causing all kinds of problems.
Really? where and what problems exactly? let me clue you in here; in a DEMOCRACY people have a right to express their views, even if they dont fit with yours. Once you start restrciting those, then you're on difficult grouns. As an example, I'd like to restric Donald Trump from ever opening his mouth ever again...
@@redcardinalist I’ll give you that, that restriction sets a precedent. However, just because you can express your views doesn’t mean you should. Especially when those troops have seems unimaginable horrors; the last thing they want is to be demonized by their own countrymen
@@alexrastall1868 You actually both do have good points.
Because "in a DEMOCRACY people have a right to express their views, even if they dont fit with yours" and "just because you can express your views doesn’t mean you should" are equally true - it's the job of democracy to maintain a stable balance between such views, and the job of armies of democratic countries to defend them.
I fully agree!! We must be very, very proud of our troops and our traditions. We must make this clear to new generations!
Well don't vote SNP, because those kunts will put Scottish traditions on the bonfire
Thank you 2nd Battalion The Regiment of Scotland (2 Scots). You deserve this day and parade and you did yourselves proud. It was an excellent show. Us Aussies will always share a trench with you because we know what good soldiers you are. Of course we'll take the piss, but you would too :)
Yes, even in our modern age I'd stand by my Commonwealth brothers. You know this.
> Of course we'll take the piss, but you would too :)
As an old soldier myself (former Austrian Army NCO, now Austrian TA), I say taking the piss out of each other in a friendly manner is an equally honorable and obligatory military tradition as is always having each others backs when it is necessary. :-)
Long time no see. I was in Glasgow from 1983 to 1985 . I remember this is George Square . 🎌🎌🎌
I served on active duty attached to the Royal Scots A SQDN Op Granby when I here Highland Cathedral played by the pipes and drums takes me back to those days in the `desert
this march is so powerful and majestic!so,if you are a true patriot, no matter where do you live on this planet , you'll like it for sure.cheers from Hungary!
Amen
Great video, I love watching these homecoming parades, great to see the older veterans proudly marching along as well
Я из России, гордитесь вашей армией и традициями . мы смотрим на Вас.
Just love that wee girl with the Union Jack in front of the wheel chairs. Hope to God that the louts in the street moved back before the band came.
Thank you for the post and not monetizing this moment with commercial interruptions.
the old guard at the rear was epic, God bless them all.
So sweet to see them.
Excellent! From an old US Marine
Nothing quite like the soldiers from the British Isles! And this is coming from a proud niece of a US Marine! And some of the best uniforms in the world!
I am sure this will get hate but in today’s world this is so great old and young, black and white, men and women all united together
Sends shivers down my spine- and I'm Welsh. Good old Jocks, great lads.
CelticMorning Mom’s Welsh,
You could cut me in half and find English written inside like a stick of rock , but credit where credit is due the Scots are magnificent thank God they are part of the British Army.
Gevulde eieren
Royal Scots Fusiliers and Highland Light Infantry.....years of service and sacrifice...well done lads...welcome home!
Nothing more impressive, smarter, or formidable than Highlanders on the march with the P & D's at their head. Awesome sight and sound. God Bless the Scots- finest infantry soldiers in the world. *RESPECT* from England!
God bless the amazing Solders of The 2nd Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland Their service and families
Goose bumps. Proud to be. British .👍
Most impressive! And deepest respect to those bringing up the rear...once a soldier, always a soldier, salute
I’m an American vet.. USN 92-96..
I love the way the Brits march!.. my Grandma was from England..
SAOR ALBA GU BRAH Here's to the men of the Scottish Division
From the time the world began.
And here's to the Pipes and Drums as they march
Each man to serve his Clan.
Remember the Seaforths, the Camerons, the Argylls,
The Black Watch, the Gordons with their cocky wee smiles,
The Cameronians, The Royal Scots and the KOSB,
The HLI, the Greys and the Bold Fusilier with a glint in his eee'.
Think of their honours, in battles they have won,
Think of the fathers, the brothers, the sons,
Think of the scars that we cannot see,
And the lands far away, that they have set free.
Now Honour these men from the present to the past,
With great pride in your heart and thoughts that will last.
It’s makes my cry as a Scottish Pearson I feel so proud
Heroes coming home. Greetings from Germany!
Greetings from Poland.
Soldiers always together.
There is nothing quite like the music of marching boots to a soldiers ears. Respect from a former US Army guy. That shit is beautiful.
Wish our boys in America could could home to such. We to busy worrying about if a boy can wear a dress dress in school. Welcome home 2 Scots.
@David Millar He wasn't talking about the kilt when he said dress...... he was talking about what the liberals are focused on, not referring to the kilt at all.
@David Millar Don't let an American bigot confuse things with his prejudice. He's confused enough as it is.
Très beau régiment+les anciens bravo from France....
That was powerful , thank you for sharing .. hello from Wichita Falls, Texas
Hark when the night is falling
Hear! hear the pipes are calling,
Loudly and proudly calling,
Down through the glen.
There where the hills are sleeping,
Now feel the blood a-leaping,
High as the spirits
of the old Highland men.
Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud standards, Gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining rivers,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.
Brilliant app. Loved every moment!
So proud of you! 😊🙌
Used to live right there and could never get the sound of bagpipes out of my head lol, even when sleeping, always marches and bagpipes playing..,.and I loved it, miss it.
The Great Scotland, brave and proud,, firmly anchored ont it’s traditions and way of living should continue to resist to preserve them from the English domination . Support from French friend
에딘버러, 글라스 고.. 백 파이프 연주를 듣고 있다보니 이 아름다운 도시를 다시 가고 싶다.. 아름답다 눈물나게
Napoleon: "has wellington got nothing to offer me but these amazons"
Scots: *angry amazon music*
Scots didn’t fight Napoleon, if you join the british army you’re british. They’d tell you that themselves.
Nothing but a overwhelming sense of pride ! Proud to be a Scotsman with thease warriors guarding us
Am sat here crying the now so bloody proud!
Guarding us from what ye fannybaws wanker.?
Mal big from junkies like you.
Proud to be by your side. Though we may have had our differences. England and scotland will stand strong! Overwhelming sense of pride no matter what parade im watching
These guys aren’t guarding Scotland, they’re just pawns for british army
They look so proud. Thank you for sharing. (from Australia.)
I have always admired the Scots, and this is just one reason!
This is wonderful you can welcome your men your men home from war. Sadly the United States had 2 KIA's last week. Remember those still far home
Bring the home to where they belong and thy won't die then!
Magnificent! Proud to have descended from Scots folk.
It's been 45 year's. Born in Thornwood, Partick.
"I'll be back" IanHerries. Blenheim, Ontario. Canada.
I can't imagine Sturgeon founding these regiments if she gets her way.
Respect from USA.
home coming parade rocks! this tradition should continues!
My father was RSM in 2nd battalion,his father before him. Served 25+ year.s and he would have been so proud of this. I am biased but the 2nd battalion are a force to be reckoned with 12.9.1923 - 1.9.1975 RIP
This makes me so proud to be Scottish- I'm not but I wish I was when I see this. We English are not allowed to celebrate our nationality- if we do we are labled as racist, jingoistic or zenophobic or all three!!
Same in the usa now
Why re they not packing? Everyone of those cats should be carrying. What if the fit hits the shan? Crazy terrorist? Useless without firearms.
Now imagine being German like me…
No wonder I had no friends, I'm english Irish Welch Scottish German Hungarian Jew. The Jewish called me a nazi and the Germans called me a Jew. But as a kid I drove only English cars.and can repair them from top to bottom. Bagpipes makes me want to dance.
Join the club brother... I'm a yank. To those of that mindset, I say PISS OFF! What makes America exceptional is not that we're better, it's that we believe that our rights are God given, NOT government granted.
i watch this and i say to me........i wish i was a scottish man!! you are so lucky and a proudful past
We have a shameful past. Scotland was divided and ruled and now we’re british bootlickers. It’s disgusting.
Great to see and hear the Pipe Band and 2nd Bn Royal Regiment of Scotland being welcomed home, there is only one thing better than marching behind a Pipe Band and that is marching with the Pipe Band as a Piper. I’m a British Army veteran and also a Piper and I miss the sound of the click click of the hob nailed Drill boots when we marched along.
Great respect 🏴🕊️ It looks really honorable and dignified.
Greetings from 🇵🇱
BOWS !
#Elite ⭐ Army
These guys are a credit to their country and make me feel so proud of my country.
I would be proud to be a scotsman !
They look wonderful as do they all God bless them so proud of every one of them
all your legends all your proud makes me love your country i cant accept that you re living under foreign flag. you are the one
What foreign flag?
Pipes, Drums and Brass sounds so good together when played well
Bisous j'habite dans le nord de la France
Wish our boys and girls could come home to such.
Beautiful! Tradition, honor and discipline. We have to be proud of our armies and everything they have done and still do for us! The world has to stop supporting the useless SJWs and the politically correct! Let's go back to the original beauty of our Nations!
Sorry, but you need the SJWs to prevent the world from descending totally into barbarism.
@@Cryptonymicus No, the SJWs are a driving force towards that!
I grew up singing this and the Skye Boat Song, accompanied by my Nan on the piano. I was born in England. So was my mum and my nan. My great-nan used to go to Edinbourgh every summer.
Großartig was die Schotten können!
Ihr könnt stolz auf euch sein!
Grüße aus Deutschland
I am from New Zealand, it brought tears to my eyes to see dark skin people marching so proud to be a scotsman. There is hope after all.
here we have no colour code, when you bleed ,its red, Scotland is Scotland, not England, we welcome every one in. we all worship one god, whether Muslim, Jew or Christian , I don't give a damn about the colour of your skin, just a friendly hello, and come join in.
Except not everyone thinks like that. Great if some do, but it's silly to just say well anyone can just walk into Scotland. Funnily enough I'm from New Zealand too, no terror attacks here though, just saying.
If its terror attacks , just watch the Billie Connolly patch , 'terrorist attack in Glasgow'
Yes he is very funny, but at some point you have to stop making a laugh out of it. The Northern hemisphere has had so much immigration lately. You can't deny attacks like the one spoken about are closely related to the amount and of what kind of immigration you have had, so yes, its terror attacks I'm worried about. In New Zealand we have had far less immigration of the kind had in Europe and the Americas and we have had no terror attacks. I love my country and I love New Zealanders; I don't want my country or our people to be attacked and killed for our charity. Yes, we should help people but perhaps we should be helping them in their own countries instead of taking a non-nonsensical approach to immigration and assuming everybody thinks like us.
Why would that bring a tear to your eye ? . You lefties are odd ones. Don't see him for his colour mate. You must be in Auckland
I love the British tradition and the discipline that British soldiers present. Absolutely, unparalleled!!!!
Soldiers certainly learn discipline all right. I've watched the video for the song "White China" by Ultravox. Those Chinese soldiers are also very disciplined.
@@brianvincentdoucet4273 They are so-called Scots who dance to English tune. no fukin more. We will be free. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
There Scottish!
Sac jahaa
DO not mix british and Scottish ..... Thats something that will spark anger. They are trianed together but they are different because they are different countries.
Thank you Scotland for being a haven for Queen Elizabeth to cross into heaven. May your memories of your Queen be full of admiration and love. God bless Scotland and all its people!
Thanks for your service guys. Gr from Holland !
Only 4 songs guaranteed to make me tear up. Amazing Grace. The Star Spangled Banner. Dixie. Scotland the Brave. American of Scots Irish decent.
Scotland The Brave is also one of my favourite songs in life and I appreciate the fact that you have the same taste as me
Shame these traditions are dying out all over the uk. It’s not fascist or old fashioned! It’s pride in the people that have protected us for centuries.
The Scottish tunes were an "easy score" for the main part of the parade we saw, but the magnificent tune of glory played echoing in some narrow street before they even came into sight (whose name escapes me) was "the real deal". How many times have I shivered in anticipation at such a sound, knowing that a band will shortly be appearing? May that childlike wonder never cease!
Dzięki za taką pieśń i WSPANIAŁE WYKONANIE dla ŚWIATA to jest bardzo wskazane i mądre aby móc komentować oceniać się cieszę i gratuluję KOMPOZYTOROWI o czym świadczą te wszystkie wpisy ale i zachowanie LUDZI w interesie Polski i Europy spasiba spasiba dla ludzi senk JU dlatego że bardzo wskazane i mądre
scots always have the best parades
Scotland just simply is the greatest country on earth. Having bagpipes, little horses and soldiers in skirts. Man! Freedom for Scotland!
Little horses = wee cuddys in Scotland.
Wonderful. Every thing = Perfection. Thank you. Love xx Guy
This great music and fine marching stirs my heart like nothing else! ✨🇺🇸🏴✨