US Marine Reacts to the Paras "P Company"
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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
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?
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 👍
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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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.
Young man, you are respectful and intelligent. A credit to your country and service.
And a credit to the American flag.
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
That’s for being honest and neutral. You’re the best unbiased UA-camr I have seen. A+
Zarate102 yeah that’s what I was thinking
I appreciate that
` 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
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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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.
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat, 'nuff said!
Facts
Have you ever considered contacting one of the units you cover and asking if you could take part?
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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 more I watch this channel the more I like it. Keep it up mate it’s a great watch.
Cheers brother
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'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.
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.
Check out the video where a few royal marines strapped themselves to an apache to retrieve a fallen brother.
this is it: ua-cam.com/video/x6qHcd4imKk/v-deo.html
Mgkernowek wow....balls of steel!
dustisdeadbodies85 Humbling....
Paras would of strapped the helicopter to them and flown it to save their brother🤣
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
Great vid, mate. Unbiased and respectful commentary on the way we do things in the UK military. Appreciated ( and subscribed 😁 ).
Cheers brother
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.
US Marine love the Channel keep the good work up love from the United Kingdom great job mate !!!!
Cheers brother! Thanks for watching
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?
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!!!!
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.
Are are you sure you're not British lol you have a great understanding of the mentality of the Paras you would do well in the British Army
Cant compare the paras with us army they are a borderline special force. Many sas will have come from the paras. The paras are more comparable to army airborne
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.
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.
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.
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to you speak, succint and humble mate. Much respect, keep on doing what you do :)
Cheers dude, glad you enjoyed
As a retired Parachute Regiment rifleman I thank you for the respect you have shown.
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.
Very intelligent comments in between the clips, dude. You know what you're talking about from experience. Much respect!
I’m going to Harrogate AFC, Yorkshire in October to join the paras
Good luck dude 👏🏽
How's it going?
As always sweet review mate! Keep it up and cheers for the content🤙🏻 regards, from England
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!
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
Thoroughly enjoy your stuff..respectful and humble. keep it coming.
Fun fact: Paras means Best in finnish
"The Para's seem to have a pretty solid Training regime..."
P-Company; "Hold my Beer....."
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Have a look at the 2 part doco "Search for warriors" about the Aussie SASR selection
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
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
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!
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.
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
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 👍
"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 had to fight my brother in the milling , we were the main atraction :)
Green on!
I bet you was. Milling gets full attention anyhow but two brothers at it!!
mick ambler.. I don't have a Brother (3 Sisters), but me and my old man got into a (restrained) fight once.
I can imagine that I'd be pissed off enough with a Brother to fight him though. Thanks for your Service.
As in Mick from WF4?
mick ambler did you win?
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).
I love how you notice and comment on the weather! lol
Yes, it's cold, wet and miserable - welcome to England! haha!!
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
Loved your military respect. Regards from ex RE.
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
Everyone always asks " did you stay on the log and did you win your milling?" I got a draw and stayed on the log
Ryan 81 warrior
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,
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!
What a brilliant , honest and entertaining video and the Appraisal was genuine and worthy of respect .
You need to check out the pathfinders of the British army
matt keay nah, SAS selection and the subsequent SBS process after that is insane.
I think in the Falklands they carried 80lb packs.
Wild. Once you get that heavy, it becomes weight that hurts just standing lol
Combat Arms Channel its the terrain as well, very rocky and hilly.
Argentinian officers actually ruled out an attack from across the Island as they thought no troops would make it tabbing across such terrible terrain without injuring themselves and losing combat effectiveness.
Max Power II Though it did prove to the powers that be the DMS was every bit as crap a boot as everyone else knew it was!
our troops are now carrying 110lbs! personal best was about 120lbs, but medics, shiny stuff, gotta have it...
@@CombatArmsChannel Want to know what is more wild? My father served in the Falklands, the British took a few Scorpions and Scimitars with them, part of the FV100 series. Those tanks actually had lower ground pressure than the infantry. Now while I myself am not ex military I have worked several winters with the British Antarctic Survey, and one of those winters was at Kind Edwards point in South Georgia, so I have visited the Falklands, and I have seen some of that terrain. It was not only rocky, much of it was boggy as hell, as in sink up to the mid shins boggy. And they Yomped (marines)/Tabbed(Paras) across that terrain carrying 80lb + of gear (the gunners and some others are going to be carrying more), then fought battles at the end of those marches, utterly exhausted, at night, with worse night vision equipment and equivilant infantry equipment compared to the Argentinians, usually with fewer numbers than the Argentinians.... Standard military doctrine even today states that the attackers need 3 - 1 advantage....
I always felt kind of sorry for the Argentinian troops, they were conscripts, while their kit was good their training was abysmal, but the British certainly learned a lot from that war, not only when it came to infantry, but also when it came to their navy, those lessons are starting to come to fruition Navy wise, as the RN is back in the large Carrier game.....
Britain has never had a big military, except in times of large Wars.
Even at the peak of Empire.
But its an elite military, and we have Commonwealth troops.
Quality over quantity.
And let's face it, Britain or America aren't going to be invaded. If it comes to that point, then we're all fucked(excuse the French.)
BRIAN WILSON we have the SAS😊
That's not true of the Navy which was massive and the biggest for a good 200 years.
Drew Peacock no but between us and our sister country United States we normally sort things
@Drew Peacock I don't think he was saying they couldn't.
He was just mentioning the SAS.
And stop demeaning ur own Country.
We are still a World power in spite of all the cuts and shit that successive Governments have done to this Country.
Be bloody Proud like Americans are.
@Drew Peacock OK. So having 2 of the biggest aircraft carriers in the World, some of the Best fighter and bomber planes, the most advanced nukes, being the second biggest arms manufacturer, the 6th richest country, having the Commonwealth behind us....... Makes us What.
A fucking banana boat Nation!
Shut up.
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!
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 💪
Cross country marches. Paras "Tab": Royal Marines "Yomp".
They're very similar but yomping is just a bit quicker...
Your a very humble guy which makes you fun to watch 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Haha cheers
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.
Hey love ur vids fair play !
USA n British army brothers in arms
Kudos for an american to recognise how good the British army actually are. The best of the best.
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
I have at least 5 ex paratrooper mates and all brilliant guys.. but once you flick that switch becareful..
“Pretty cold pretty miserable” yeh pretty much
That's called "T-shirt weather" in Yorkshire. 😜
PageMonster lol defo. I honestly think our weather defo helps our training. if You can operate on Dartmoor/Brecon then you are a force to be reckoned with.
@@ChrisPage68 In Newcastle they call that a naturist beach.
Raj Maj ha ha ha brilliant. Never experienced it thank god. Up norf yeah?
Raj Maj lol 100% this!
On my log race we dragged a bloke for 100m on his face over gravel after he passed out staff thought he was jacking and we just cracked on 😂😂 log is the biggest killer when your down to 3 guys. 2 is buckshee.
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
Love your content mate. Always respectful to all armed personnel, always positive. You are a credit to your training, folks and country.
Really enjoy your reaction videos. Have you checked out the Royal Marine documentary made up of 6 episodes Behind the lines. It's the Mountain leader cadre training, it was made by the BBC in the 80s.
Nice review and unbiased having just found your channel. All forces have their own specialities and regimes obviously, but at the end of the day if you can get a job done effectively and achieve the outcome, then that's the key. I've worked with the US Marines as well, as a few others here have commented and the gung ho ego definitely comes through, but if that fires them up to get a job done then thats their thing. I would not agree that US troops across the board are the best in the world, but they are very solid and in some areas, i.e. sheer combined arms fire power, there is no equal. My observation has always been that the British Army, like the Australian Army as another example, train soldiers to multi-task, if someone goes down, someone else can pick up the slack. Seems in the US, there are many spec positions or skills that are task specific, so each soldier may not be proficient at being a radio operator, acting as a medic, putting through an all arms call for fire, or sending a basic grid, from the time they finish basic training. Lose the specialist and it creates a gap. We train to do all those things, so a PTE can call an artillery strike if he needs to for example, we also earn rank from PTE onward through promotion courses, not time served and over longer periods. That said though we are all brothers in arms and fight a common enemy these days and much respect to the Marines and the US forces in general. Ego's get you killed so if someone else wants to say they are the best doesn't bother me at all....thanks for neutral review.
I seem to recall, the SAS tend to draw most of their recruits from the Paras and Marines.
Marines normally end up in the SBS
Actually most SAS troopers come from the RAF
@@user-zy9yg2eu5t Beg to differ on that one . Not sure where you got that from. Most SAS troopers come from Airborne Forces, IE Parachute Regiment (ARMY)
@@JoePeddie Special AIR service are part of the AIR force. Well done dummy
@@user-zy9yg2eu5t
Sometimes its best not to call people names like dummy, when you are showing your self up to be the biggest dummy of all. THE SAS Is a regiment of the British Army..
If you are going to play like that, at least have an once of a clue to what you are talking about
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Service
No one has any beef with anyone in the British military, we like to motivate our mates.
Often before events such as the Stretcher Race, a veteran addresses the group before the start, perhaps a badly wounded soldier who survived because he was carried out on a stretcher. This helps enormously to bring some focus to the task.
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.
Well done, no America fuck yeah, but an honest respectful review,You have my respect as an ex soldier, Much different than most us marines I have worked with, Nice friday night kit you have on the wall :)
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 guess in the Falklands. 50 miles was supercharged with adrenalin. So, a hell of a lot easier!
No.
Those that were in the march were already serving members that mean they were already screened and capable of doing the march. There was no weakness allowed back then.
KAJAKI is a powerful film about the men of 3 Para in Afghanistan and the Americans who aided them on one memorable day. War is a messy business. I did P Company and served as a young Para in the Falklands war. I loved soldiering, but we soldier on as civilians. Imagine if British and American forces blew the whistle on the craphat warmongers that are the architects of these foreign wars. They need to be isolated. We will do that.
hey man nice video! I’ve got an idea for a reaction. Maybe you could react to the guards( grenadier guards, Irish guards, Coldstream guards, Scot guards and welsh guards) These regiments are some of the oldest in the British army and it would be super cool to see what you think of the guards. Again great video mate!
I'll see what I can find!
@Raj Maj haha very well
marines like cold water yeah paras castles in v sky . mix them both together and you got a machine
Something I'm interested in - Both the Royal Marines and the Paras are elite forces in the British Army - so their tests are for already trained soldiers, the tests are therefore more physically demanding than standard army fitness tests, but in your videos you're comparing them to US Army standard tests, do the Rangers, Airborne etc have higher physical tests as this might be a more appropriate standard? Love your videos great to get such a valid and insightful commentary. So much respect for you!
Royal Marines and Paras are both direct entry regiments - they are not for trained soldiers. However, it is also the case that if an Army Soldier wants to work with the Royal Marines in a support role he must also pass the All Arms commando course. Other than that, it is actually relevant to compare the US Marines ; Army with the Royal Marines and Paras, though the RM are much more like US Rangers, than US Marines.
@@pigswineherder Thanks!
It can get pretty cold in GB.. (Finns smileand open new bottle Koskenkorva)
Haha too right )) Though Scotland is up there, or down there I should say temp wise