I won',t be too critical. Canada is my country's greatest - and staunchest ally. When they came across the Atlantic in WW1 and WW2, their drill was the last thing anyone was worried about. They did the job they came to do in no uncertain terms and did it well. Thank you Canada.
Arthur Scrote Never let your side down , strive collectively to be the best in the world..but they all, that's all , need the proverbial, Size 9 up there jacksies.... Canadians good fighting men English Mik
I love this video, as an ex light infantryman (Brit) I will state that the double march is very hard to keep in step without loads of practice, especially while eyes left or right, I'd suggest sticking to quick march next time, and even that's hard as I got older and slower. Huge respect..
Great effort! Little bit of fine tuning. But hey ho it's not the easiest of marches. Great to see our Canadian brothers keeping up tradition .. love the Canadians
Need a few instructors from the UK British Army RIFLES to be send there to get that parade sorted out and into shape before the next one. A Rifles RSM & a few Warrant Officers and Sergeants should do the trick. Well meant but needs improvement.
To be honest they likely only did a quick practice the weekend before and thats about it. Parades like this just are not done in Canada. They are just a reserve regiment that supplies a few people to the RCRs at times. Considering with how often these people do parades, they did not do that bad. It is surprising they even had the dress uniforms of the light infantry. They likely had to order them special for the few in the regiment that had them, or took them out of a store room somewhere, where they sat for a few decades, picking men that fit them to wear them.
@Liverpool 11 I "only" served 20yrs and stand by my statement. The lovers of flash and pomp are why recruiting and retention are such a mess. Drill and ceremony DO serve an important function, but the true purpose of any military force is to fight for their country
Mat Boonstra. Members of my own unit the QOR served in Afghanistan. One of whom jumped into the back of a burning apc pulled out wounded and off loaded live ammo in the middle of a village to prevent civilian casualties. Thanks Mat. When it comes to combat Canadian soldiers reg or reserve are second to none ! So Big Black Guy have another Tim Hortons.
@@SuperVarunan Some of the reg forces still do this sort of thing, maybe not this exact drill as this is a drill for light infantry only, of which Canada only has a few regiments. Most regiments will do a public parade on special events like royal visits, vice regal visits, remembrance day, new commanding officers, visiting Colonel-in-Chief or Colonel of The Regiment, new regimental colours, and tattoos. Once in a while a Canadian regiment does a deployment as guards at Buckingham palace and look sharp doing so. When I was a kid in the Toronto area such parades were more common. Toronto used to have a yearly tattoo back then too. Every town would their own yearly parade and would have their local regiment taking part. In Brampton where the Lorne Scots are, they would have a Santa Claus parade every summer and every marching band in southern Canada and Northern US seemed to show up, military, police, fire departments, schools. Was great fun.
There is coverage of parades on UA-cam of when The QOR were a regular unit - worth searching for as the drill was top notch in good "rifle regiment" style. Respect to The CAF & QOR. Ffrom ex RGJ, Celer st Audax.
I was only a member of the German Bundeswehr which does not do any parades, so I might not be the right person to comment this video. Still, im not sure if the „parading“ soldiers really are to be blamed for this obvious mess. There is a single base drum about minimum 100 meters from the band itself. Band and drum cannot be synchronous due to the distance between them - due to the speed of sound. So the soldiers pass the drum and might be aligned to its rhythm. But somewhere between drum and band they need to suddenly adjust themselves to a slightly different rythm. I can easily imagine that this causes some irregularities in their marching order. Which causes the fact that they seem to parade like being drunk. Or Italians, or whatever…
@MendingMedia I think what really killed it, was the placement of the bass drum and the starting beats coupled with the acoustics. Also, Moneymusk isn't the best march to try and double past without lots of rehearsing. "Keel Row" or "Road to the Isles" would probably have made it slightly easier.
It's the monty pythons first regiment of foot and mouth on parade Omfg having seen the uk rifles doing the double these lot need some serious drill training
In fairness, I was in another Toronto Reserve unit and parades with bands down those streets surrounded by skyscrapers are full of echoes and very hard to follow the step unless you are right behind the band. That's why they had the bass drum midway. Just have to keep hitting the beat with the left foot.
it's supposed to be messy guys! the rifles were traditionally slack at drill, because they were potshot taking skirmishers rather than the rest of the infantry who would need to maintain strict formation on the battlefield in the time of musket volleys
It's a running joke to make fun of the reservists' marching. They only do 1-2 days a week to train and obviously more of it is combat-oriented than marching. If you want real marching from the Reserves check out the Governor-General's Guards, they're unreal.
cause there is no Combat aspect in cadets so there main focus is drill, while the Army needs an effective Fighting Force...also the Army is much much more strict in anything than cadets...much much much stricter in everything
The Army is stricter and they also have ALOT more punishment...In Cadets they aren't really aloud to punish you except for like 5 push-ups if you talk to much.
Iv just watched again and fills me with pride to see our Canadian cousins giving it there best, but shame on the tight bastards in charge of uniform, none of the officers have traditional light infantry parade head dress, and as for the poor riflemen, their mostly wearing god awful American style "floppy ball bag" berets, would it really break the bank to provide proper service caps!!!
They need a Gurkha RSM to sort them out. I provided an unauthorised march past by 10 GR over the Man Kam To road in HK when they were going to be disbanded, this was prior to 1997. They marched the whole Regiment the length of the British-Sino Border without incident. The next day the PRC authorities (the Peoples's Armed Police) sent a signal back to the HK Government saying, in English, "Ho lah!" meaning "Great"!! I was later bollocked for allowing the Parade!
For those making fun of their drill...yes it is not up to British standards but this really isn't an active regiment like British regiments. If they deploy, they deploy a small group with an active regiment like the RCRs. They likely spent a weekend practicing this and thats about it, they likely don't drill much at all otherwise. All things considered they did better then I expected. Now if they had been the RCRs, PPCLI or the Vandoos I would expect better. This really isn't something done often in Canada.
@@Peorhum There is only one Royal Canadian Regiment, that is the RCR. RCRs would be the Royal Canadian Regiments. Pats, Picclies, Strats, Hasty Peas and Vandoos are all nicknames so we may use them as we please.
The trouble is: once a unit has fallen apart and things have deteriorated into something like this during a parade - you can't just rewind, go back and start all over again: you just have to keep going. Apart from that, some of the NCOs are so visibly out of shape that they wouldn't last a second run anyway.... Unfortunately the band is of not much help either. And why is that drummer strutting about like a little lad who just got a drum from Santa (at 1:24)?
In all my years in the Canadian Military...I have never seen this doubling on parade in my life!!!....In dress uniforms?...looks ridiculous. Maybe in combats never in DEUs and dress boots...medals would be hitting the ground... And, from what I have seen, the step is much shorter.
When on a parade, of any sort, do it right - or not at all. On this occasion I'm afraid 'best effort' failed somewhat. Having said that, much respect for your service.
Absolute Chaos! Out of step , no rank discipline, no dressing by the right. Very bad parade. In my day they would be hitting that parade ground every day until they got it RIGHT!!
I won',t be too critical. Canada is my country's greatest - and staunchest ally. When they came across the Atlantic in WW1 and WW2, their drill was the last thing anyone was worried about. They did the job they came to do in no uncertain terms and did it well. Thank you Canada.
Arthur Scrote
Never let your side down , strive collectively to be the best in the world..but they all, that's all , need the proverbial, Size 9 up there jacksies.... Canadians good fighting men
English Mik
Armies that can march spend more time marching. Armies that can fight spend more time training.
I love this video, as an ex light infantryman (Brit) I will state that the double march is very hard to keep in step without loads of practice, especially while eyes left or right, I'd suggest sticking to quick march next time, and even that's hard as I got older and slower. Huge respect..
Great effort! Little bit of fine tuning. But hey ho it's not the easiest of marches. Great to see our Canadian brothers keeping up tradition .. love the Canadians
Need a few instructors from the UK British Army RIFLES to be send there to get that parade sorted out and into shape before the next one. A Rifles RSM & a few Warrant Officers and Sergeants should do the trick. Well meant but needs improvement.
Walter McFarlane Well said that man.
No CSM and his very large pace stick for hitting the twats that fuck u
To be honest they likely only did a quick practice the weekend before and thats about it. Parades like this just are not done in Canada. They are just a reserve regiment that supplies a few people to the RCRs at times. Considering with how often these people do parades, they did not do that bad. It is surprising they even had the dress uniforms of the light infantry. They likely had to order them special for the few in the regiment that had them, or took them out of a store room somewhere, where they sat for a few decades, picking men that fit them to wear them.
Can the fight? All else is publicity
@Liverpool 11 I "only" served 20yrs and stand by my statement. The lovers of flash and pomp are why recruiting and retention are such a mess. Drill and ceremony DO serve an important function, but the true purpose of any military force is to fight for their country
Mat Boonstra. Members of my own unit the QOR served in Afghanistan. One of whom jumped into the back of a burning apc pulled out wounded and off loaded live ammo in the middle of a village to prevent civilian casualties. Thanks Mat. When it comes to combat Canadian soldiers reg or reserve are second to none ! So Big Black Guy have another Tim Hortons.
The double past is pretty average but what impresses me is the numbers they have for a reserve unit! Hats off must be a great Regiment to serve in 👍
I so needed this belly laugh. The timing of this film...the rising expectation....then the sweet delivery. Genius.
Reservists...when you train one weeknight per week and one weekend per month, you can only get so much rehearsal time in. Unfortunate, but reality.
hawky225 FINALLY, SOMEONE WITH COMMON SENSE, GOD BLESS THIS MAN!!!
may I assume this wasn't practised very often?
I think you're right
More like not at all, except for the weekend before the event. Reserve regiment.
@@PeorhumEven RegF (full time) doesn't do this very often, this is the first time I've seen it done in Canada.
@@SuperVarunan Some of the reg forces still do this sort of thing, maybe not this exact drill as this is a drill for light infantry only, of which Canada only has a few regiments. Most regiments will do a public parade on special events like royal visits, vice regal visits, remembrance day, new commanding officers, visiting Colonel-in-Chief or Colonel of The Regiment, new regimental colours, and tattoos. Once in a while a Canadian regiment does a deployment as guards at Buckingham palace and look sharp doing so. When I was a kid in the Toronto area such parades were more common. Toronto used to have a yearly tattoo back then too. Every town would their own yearly parade and would have their local regiment taking part. In Brampton where the Lorne Scots are, they would have a Santa Claus parade every summer and every marching band in southern Canada and Northern US seemed to show up, military, police, fire departments, schools. Was great fun.
@@Peorhum oh my how the time has changed
There is coverage of parades on UA-cam of when The QOR were a regular unit - worth searching for as the drill was top notch in good "rifle regiment" style. Respect to The CAF & QOR. Ffrom ex RGJ, Celer st Audax.
I was only a member of the German Bundeswehr which does not do any parades, so I might not be the right person to comment this video. Still, im not sure if the „parading“ soldiers really are to be blamed for this obvious mess. There is a single base drum about minimum 100 meters from the band itself. Band and drum cannot be synchronous due to the distance between them - due to the speed of sound. So the soldiers pass the drum and might be aligned to its rhythm. But somewhere between drum and band they need to suddenly adjust themselves to a slightly different rythm. I can easily imagine that this causes some irregularities in their marching order. Which causes the fact that they seem to parade like being drunk. Or Italians, or whatever…
@MendingMedia I think what really killed it, was the placement of the bass drum and the starting beats coupled with the acoustics.
Also, Moneymusk isn't the best march to try and double past without lots of rehearsing.
"Keel Row" or "Road to the Isles" would probably have made it slightly easier.
The only time you will see officers run.
not too bad as a ex brit light infantryman we do the double pass at 140 steps to the minute all day long
+lorraine robinson Ditto to you. Double isn't that easy at all.
This is disgraceful.
+LordWellington15 I can't understand why you would think that!?
Donovan Roossien Its the foot drill. They just do it terribly.
+LordWellington15 I agree with you on that
i agree bcoz this is a regular army and yet the marching was terrible
They’re a reserve regiment I’d be shocked if they drilled more than twice a month
"WE FEEL LIKE TARDS: every guy in the regiment
gang de poule pas tete
It's the monty pythons first regiment of foot and mouth on parade
Omfg having seen the uk rifles doing the double these lot need some serious drill training
They’re a reserve regiment I’d be shocked if they drilled more than twice a month
To my comrades at the QOR, remember, tragedy plus time equals comedy.
what regiment? whats ur rank as well? or are you still new to the forces
skillet2331 the regiment in the video are the "Queens own Rifles of Canada".
I was looking to attach to this regiment after this summer as I will be going to school there but the RSM talked me out of it lol
We Rifles in Britain do something almost identical........ but it's better.
Thats because its ours! The double past by The Rifles 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Does the British Army Rifle Reg. salute on the double too?
My old RSM would have called this a "shower" what you see here would have meant many sleepless nights, double guard duties.
Respect to Canada, a loyal ally through thick and thin. Pulled more than their weight. Your contribution is very appreciated.
Forgive them...they are Reserves
nolan cummings Will do!
No excuse ffs disrespectfull to us real LIGHT INFANTRY MEN.
In fairness, I was in another Toronto Reserve unit and parades with bands down those streets surrounded by skyscrapers are full of echoes and very hard to follow the step unless you are right behind the band. That's why they had the bass drum midway. Just have to keep hitting the beat with the left foot.
Maybe they do not much gracefully; but they fight ferociously and fiercely !!!
You ain't the Bersaglieri, lads.
How absolutely awful Start practicing now for the next time!
I'm retired and Ex 1RGJ - This is embarrassing a shambles. Clearly no rehearsal what so ever!
Did John Cleese show them how to walk???
bollingercrownroyal because the Canadian Army salutes like the septics
Are ANY of them in step?
The ONLY ones in step are the Riflemen in the 1800's Uniform and that's it
coles bob One bloke at the back is.
@@annoyingbstard9407 Yes, you may see him at 1:40 or so.
whats this ???
was the front line carrying baker rifles?
Not Baker Rifles they look like later rifle-muskets as used around the 1850's.
Officers are even more embarrassing.
it's supposed to be messy guys! the rifles were traditionally slack at drill, because they were potshot taking skirmishers rather than the rest of the infantry who would need to maintain strict formation on the battlefield in the time of musket volleys
there sloppy then there is this.... watch the British rifles do this and then come back and see just how bad it is
Most of the people who hated this were ALMOST military lmao can't believe this was from 9 years ago wow good old military traditions we have
It's just like me when I pretend to run while crossing the crosswalk!
All up and down like a trumpeters fingers! At the double but Still only going the same speed as a Green Jackets normal marching pace..Swift and Bold
Now you all are very sharp lads, but, my good mate CPL Harry Miller (Ret) of QOR can double past backwards, on one leg.
What a shambles. Lock em up!
Glad I was in a Guards Regiment where we marched properly.
It's a running joke to make fun of the reservists' marching. They only do 1-2 days a week to train and obviously more of it is combat-oriented than marching. If you want real marching from the Reserves check out the Governor-General's Guards, they're unreal.
Awwww they did their best!
I guess Canadian Army focuses on combat more than drill
Eh, I'm not sure about the actual army but in cadets we're really strict with drill.
cause there is no Combat aspect in cadets so there main focus is drill, while the Army needs an effective Fighting Force...also the Army is much much more strict in anything than cadets...much much much stricter in everything
Lol you're that same guy from the other video.
In Army or Cadets?
The Army is stricter and they also have ALOT more punishment...In Cadets they aren't really aloud to punish you except for like 5 push-ups if you talk to much.
I thought only the Italians did that running thing.
I think the Bersaglieri are better ;-) mamma mia what a mistaka to maka
Very sloppy.
Looks as if they are trying desperately to avoid rolling logs. Wilderness lockstep?
the Gurka's also so do double time as well
can anyone name that reel/tune?
Ta
Money musk. This version is army. The ones you will find on youtube are civilian tunes that don't sound anything like this one.
Quickest Out of Ridgeway.
Need to get their drill sorted out at the double.
"About that crack company, my Lord...?"
I feel like the person taking the video was having a seisure while filming.
I highly agree.
Damn we are awesome!!!
Iv just watched again and fills me with pride to see our Canadian cousins giving it there best, but shame on the tight bastards in charge of uniform, none of the officers have traditional light infantry parade head dress, and as for the poor riflemen, their mostly wearing god awful American style "floppy ball bag" berets, would it really break the bank to provide proper service caps!!!
Im an american I agree here fully, god damnit quartermasters are tight lipped were ever you go.
The salute is that of the Royal Navy and not the Army with the palms of the hand open
Most of them are out of step! Best laugh all day down here in Australia!
@George Job lol.Have a great day mate! I know they are fierce and much respect to our Brothers in Arms!
How can they call themselves Riflemen after this?
..I have some recommendations..
Paul Martin, for the love of St. Andrew...save us!
A few fast floggings will get them in step
They need a Gurkha RSM to sort them out.
I provided an unauthorised march past by 10 GR over the Man Kam To road in HK when they were going to be disbanded, this was prior to 1997. They marched the whole Regiment the length of the British-Sino Border without incident. The next day the PRC authorities (the Peoples's Armed Police) sent a signal back to the HK Government saying, in English, "Ho lah!" meaning "Great"!!
I was later bollocked for allowing the Parade!
This was the comedy interlude and,as such, was very funny....
Muppets are all out of Step.
Lift those knees up lads!
Ziet er toch niet uit. Als ze het niet kunnen om identiek en gelijk te rennen, doe het dan niet.....belachelijk!
For those making fun of their drill...yes it is not up to British standards but this really isn't an active regiment like British regiments. If they deploy, they deploy a small group with an active regiment like the RCRs. They likely spent a weekend practicing this and thats about it, they likely don't drill much at all otherwise. All things considered they did better then I expected. Now if they had been the RCRs, PPCLI or the Vandoos I would expect better. This really isn't something done often in Canada.
It is the RCR. Not, NOT the RCRs!
@@dtwade6820 RCRS, Pats, Vandoos
@@Peorhum There is only one Royal Canadian Regiment, that is the RCR. RCRs would be the Royal Canadian Regiments. Pats, Picclies, Strats, Hasty Peas and Vandoos are all nicknames so we may use them as we please.
0:31 does anybody know that march
Monymusk
@Freepepsi42 No excuses.
Utterly ridiculous and disappointed
Next time ask the rifles
Why do they salute like the Americans or navy?
BUT can they fight?????
Ouch..Glad I was a Patricia.
I must assume that this was the first time that these soldiers have met. Please do some practise.
What the hack was that?
well that didn't work - RSM more drill practice please
They all out of step I’m an ex 2nd battalion light infantry. So I did the double past quite a lot of times in my career. But not easy.
Wow impressive
Filmed using the finest Jersey Royal Potato
Not too sharp were they? Could have almost been Airforce...
All you critics couldn’t even Join the ForeskinFuslieers or Mother’s Own Fireside Brigade.
These men are Green Jackets on double... part of their tradition.
Where is Major Sharpe
Soldiers of all lands unite.
Good try lads.....wonder what the R.S.M said to them after this....eeerrr looking for a word for it....anyway " Good try lads"
Strange deportment indeed !
The trouble is: once a unit has fallen apart and things have deteriorated into something like this during a parade - you can't just rewind, go back and start all over again: you just have to keep going. Apart from that, some of the NCOs are so visibly out of shape that they wouldn't last a second run anyway.... Unfortunately the band is of not much help either. And why is that drummer strutting about like a little lad who just got a drum from Santa (at 1:24)?
Pork, Bean, and Hardtack.
Better than a "Goose step" anyday. Take not Vlad.
Killers not drillers!
You be wrong fool.
alex puppy Yes!!
In all my years in the Canadian Military...I have never seen this doubling on parade in my life!!!....In dress uniforms?...looks ridiculous. Maybe in combats never in DEUs and dress boots...medals would be hitting the ground... And, from what I have seen, the step is much shorter.
When on a parade, of any sort, do it right - or not at all.
On this occasion I'm afraid 'best effort' failed somewhat.
Having said that, much respect for your service.
It was an attempt, but a sad one. Work on it boys!
Ask the British for some training and advice
If youv'e ever wanted to see horrible british drill with an american twist..
Monty pyton race 2020
Absolute Chaos! Out of step , no rank discipline, no dressing by the right. Very bad parade. In my day they would be hitting that parade ground every day until they got it RIGHT!!