Gurkha warriors' tough journey to become British Army sappers comes to an end
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มี.ค. 2024
- More than 30 Nepalese men, some of them teenagers, left home to join the British Army and one year later, their journey is at an end.
Despite joining the Armed Forces at a dangerous time in terms of global security, the 32 men from Nepal strived to become Gurkha Combat Engineers, earning the respect of their commanders twice over.
"It was hard, but we got it done anyway," recounted one Gurkha soldier.
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British officer: "You have come into the army at a dangerous time."
Gurkhas: "Yes please!"
Respect to the Gurkhas. Top troops. Glad they are part of the Brirish Army. 👊🏼
We gurkhas are also proud to be a part of british army brother long live 🇳🇵 and 🇬🇧 brotherhood
He said “It was hard, but we got it done anyway,”. That sums up the Gurkhas perfectly.
1000% Respect to the Gurkha's
The Gurkhas, the best jungle soldiers in the world 🌎
And amazing combat engineers to boot 💪🏼
Onwards & Upwards Men!
Ubique
😂😂😂😂
they are proud, skilled and driven. Excellent soldiers.
"My one rule is just attack" A Gurkha through and through. All fine men
Will never forget the smell of the north yorkshire woods on a frosty morning. Catterick was an amazing experience. 15 years on and I'll never forget it.
Youre right but I dont think Apocalypse now would have had the same impact if the line was "I love the smell of dewy moss in the morning" lol
I live in that neck of the woods, well close enough -- not far from RAF Leeming. Feel blessed to live in this corner of the world with two national parks in bicycling distance.
We are so lucky to have these brave men on our side
God bless the Gurkhas
Well done! Great respect to the Gurkhas.
Top soliders Gurkhas have great discipline and follow all instructions that's why they always get the job done respect to the Gurkha's
it was hard but we got it done anyway..... yup. that is the attitude needed
Gurkhas are the ultimate warriors
Worked with the Gurkha's in HK. Great guys. Still wear my handmade silver cufflinks with pride.
All power to Gurkha Royal Engineers. Tremendous history
I was wondering how they fitted into the army structure - are they principally Gurkha or RE?
Mostly Gurkha Royal Engineers are part of 36 regiment royal engineers. Generally Gurkhas stay in majority Gurkha units but the unit will provide the same role as any other army unit.
What makes them good is a heart, discipline and generational pride of being a Gurkha. So proud of these young men. Proud to be a son/grandson of a Gurkha. Forever in their debt.
Well done fellow Sappers
I've always heard great things about the Gurkhas, thank you for sharing.
Loved watching this! Thank you U.K.!!!
Justice for Gurkha veterans. They deserve a full pension just like their brother in arms.
I would like to know more about this topic. They aren't treated the same?
@@isaymymind1727 Unfortunately not, Gurkha veterans have been on hunger strikes to fight for equal pension. The British government only pays them a third compared to their British counterparts.
Utmost respect to this awesome soldiers 🇬🇧
Go with the flow, Fair play 🇬🇧These guys should be given instant British Citizenship
This forest is near me. I often see them out whilst I'm walking my dogs, they use the area for film making too, you never know what you are going to see on a dog walk! I always give the guys an appreciative nod whilst I'm out and make sure they don't have to crawl through my dogs poo!
Good effort. Well done.
Best of best fighters in the world.
Support from pacific islands
Hamal le garda gako hai
Proud of you brother
I love watching the pride with which these men operate. They have a reputation and they're all committed to being worthy of that reputation. It's inspiring. Respect and admiration from the US.
Great job, lads. Respect!
Brilliant, great to see how pleased they were at the end
Drone are changing warfare my brother 🇳🇵
Kukuri le hane Ra jarne ho ni dost
Namaste and dhanyabād 🙏🏻
Respect
Sappers lead the way! Well done lads!!
I hope that the establishment looks after these selfless heroes. But I fear that the establishment won't.
Congrats curragh troop, great working with you guys.
Bravo! Well done
Great stuff
Bravo
REspect.
Justice for Gurkha Vetrans equal Right Equal Pension ✊
Top Notch Warriors.
Something, something, something Gurkhas, something, something
Crazy idea. Hire a higher percentage of Gurkhas. Put them in separate brigades. We can do with all the talent we can have right now. This isn't the 70s. Oh and we need to be spending more time using fpvs for a start. None of this stuff costs money which seems to be a priority because beta politicians aren't wired to have protective instincts or something... Your guess is as good as mine.
To hire more the standard has to decrease. Also, the Royal Gurkha Rifles are already separate from the Rifles.
God save the king!
Pip Pip fella's!!!
I'm not making any kind of point, just interested. The titles said Queens Gurkha Engineers. Is there a reason why they are not now Kings? Nothing but respect. My dad had stories of India and Burma with them in WW2. Everyone who has served with Gurkhas seem to have great fondness.
Rupert using "Monumentous"... yes, it is a word, but excessive in the circumstances. 😆 Congratulations to all these humble and excellent young Gurkhas for passing the course. 👍
I'm sure the young Gurkhas' language training included "monumentous"!
So quiet…
there using Iron sights, my god is that the default on deployment for the service rifle?
Prey you don't get sent to Ukraine where you'll have to fight your Nepalese brothers fighting for Russia 🙏
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"Mom... see you soon... !!".... This is why... they are trained... Trained to disarm only... and not to kill...... Cos how could you do that to your mother ? .... (And she just saw your training as well and flew back home, and then you attack.) lol...
They had stationed in Hong Kong before 1997. They helped to patrol the border in order to prevent the I.I. from the mainland.
Were they the gurkhas though? The ones before were from India.. British Indias, is who I thought they were.... and these gurkhas are from Nepal though. Different areas.
@@MeiinUK those are the Gurkhas/Nepali ethnic people who migrated and are living in current Indian controlled regions like Sikkim, Darjeeling, Uttarakhand which were parts of Nepal before Anglo-Nepal war in 1814
@@aa6eheia156 : I didn't know that Britain was so big... or the Anglo part is so extensive..... Goodness....
British ninja 🐢
UBIQUE
With what Ghurkas, U.S. navy seals, U.S. marines, Canadian top commandos, Japanese top commandos all go through; The least their countries can do, is give them a good living (including no taxes).
why no gurkha in SAS
there is Gurkha's in the SAS and they are fine troopers.
Some Ghurkas have passed special forces selection.
There have been a few.
You need to do more research before posting. There's an article from The Mirror 'Gurkhas join the SAS as Nepalese fighters pass selection for Britain's elite special forces' from 2015 that talks exactly about that.
Those british uniforms are way too bright for european terrain...
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Not everyone is happy about this. Take a guess?
If they can get $2K salary jobs in Nepal, they won’t risk their life in British Army.
Iron sights? WTF?
What's the problem?
I can’t stand the acceptance of global danger as normal and inevitable. Sappers, I used to be one, should learn to defuse the world led to the brink by the cast of Spitting Image.
How do you propose they do that?
We dont need Gurkhad amy more we have the first battalion the civil servants, the second battalion the gay gordons and the third battalion the muslim army.
Not to mention the woke brigade.
UK People don't want to join army? Why they hiring for a job someone from outside
This has been a long standing tradition
And Gurkhas are well respected by the British defence forces
@@hondomclean6759 thanks for the reply!
The Gurkhas have been part of the Brirish Army for quite a time, they fought against them and were so impressed with their fighting prowess the Brits incorporated them into the British Army. They actually celebrated their 200th anniversary in 2015.
@@kutter_ttl6786 Historical association isn't much of an answer. The post-war rationale for the continuation of Gurkhas in the British Army was for colonial duties east of Suez; with the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, they were left without a strategic role.
With all the developments regarding Gurkha pay and pension equality, it would make sense for the bean-counters of the MoD to consider the extra expense and language difficulties that recruiting in Nepal brings. I know the Gurkhas are great soldiers, but do they deliver more than a British soldier to justify that extra expense?
Or is there some diplomatic advantage or a role suited to non-British troops to justify it? There's far more to it than tradition.
@@nemo6686there is no extra cost.
they did not seen the Turkish soldiers yet :)))
I've had the pleasure to watch gurkhas one off the best if not the best in the British army are they aloud to try for the sas
For Christ sake, spell the name write !
1 Gurkha is worth more than 2 British soldiers
Don’t make insults because they have their techniques in jungle warfare which was the benefit in the Korean and Malaysian wars but not air combat etc
@@Then.72 thats insulting our weak brits not the strong Gurkhas who make a joke of the british armed forces who need to see a therapist half way through an operation because of their PTSD and their gender problems
@@user-lr3uu7qd3x😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They ARE British soldiers.
@@skepticalbadgerBritish soldiers who are from Nepal