Welcome to the jungle: The British Army's brutal Belize jungle training
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2023
- The UK Armed Forces must be ready to adapt and take on all environments, be that the deserts of Oman or the Arctic terrains of Norway.
One hundred and twenty soldiers from the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment, also known as the Vikings, have put this to the test, taking on the unforgiving Belizean jungle.
The Central American jungle is relentless, from humidity to hurricanes and the animals found in between, in this environment everything works against the soldiers.
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Note: Sergeant Ryan McAleese is from Reconnaissance Platoon, D Company, 1 Royal Anglian not B Company as shown in this video.
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You will never stop pouring with sweat and everything but everything is trying to bite you scratch you, sting you or bury itself into you. The Green Hell.
Beef worms, Bot Flies SAS trained ants and Mud like a thousand Glastonbury's.
Green inferno
He'll wants no part in this from 🇬🇧
@@WilliamEvans-kh1gjhell*
This is like a modest afternoon in upper Congo tbh
I was in the US army. We did our jungle training in Panama. It was the worst experience ever. It rained constantly, the heat and humidity kept you sweating like a pig. Then there was all the insects like the gigantic Bullet ants. Because if you get stung by one, it feels just like a gunshot wound. You will be screaming like a little girl. If that wasn't enough, then there were all the flies and the big scary snakes. There was the Bushmaster and the notorious Fur-de-lance. Both could cause necrosis to the flesh, extreme pain and swelling apon being bitten. It was a miserable place.
Don't know the origin of "sweating like a pig" as they don't sweat, no sweat glands, hence the wallowing in mud to cool down and it acts as a sunscreen, they burn the same as we do.
@@tonys1636 It goes back to iron-making. Cast lumps of iron were called 'pigs', and when they cooled, water would condense on them, resembling sweat; hence, 'sweating like a pig'.
Still, you get David's point. I call it 'sweating like a race horse'.
@@petesheppard1709Knowledge is power
BRO WILL NOT SURVIVE WORLD WAR THREE
@petesheppard1709 good historical ingot of knowledge thank you 👍🇬🇧
I used to practically live on the base out there - growing up with all the army kids! Not many boys from England can say they went to school in the jungle! Great to see that these guys are still at it! The officers living out there full time were the absolute best (used to bring all of us on an excursion to hop onto the navy warships when they were stationed, and they'd bring in massive boa constrictor snakes for show and tell!). It was great for them to get some relief from training the next cohort because boy was it intense - seeing the young soldiers come back was a sight to see! Oh I miss it like crazy!
My Dad was a Royal Marine served in Malaya and then Borneo with Iban tribe he always said it was the best time of his life. He loved the jungle even when your mate would remove the leeches from your back with a cigarette.
Tq so much ,love from north borneo.
Iban Tribe,The Great Head Hunter, And Senoi Praaq The Silent Killer Both Tribe From Malaysia Are The Best Jungle Fighter
Yes, UK soldiers are always familiar in the jungle during the Malayan emergency they can destroy the PKM.
@@sayfolman7752 they iban warrior not very the best because they always lose with other tribe
But I'm admitted they more brave and ready to die always! .and they also patient and willing to work ,to do job more better than other tribe,we always love our brother ibanik tribe Love from north borneo tribe man.
Tq for your dad service - Malaysian
As you can see, as you can imagine.
Listened well during training. Nice one mate 💪🏻
Normal place for me. From Indonesian 🇮🇩.
British Army training is highly respected.
agreed although this is just a normal day for the Aussies.
@@nomadcompany Yes and wet cold weather mountain training is a normal day for the British, both countries specialise in their own environments and landscapes
@@nomadcompanyAustralia is a magnificent country full of heroes , thank you for fighting with us without even waiting to be asked , you helped to keep my country free and we will always be grateful. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@gordonisamorongod bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
you don't need to train for conquest, you can just move to your country and have babies, london is majority non white and most of your higher ups are indian or pakistani
Was in Belize with 2nd Bn Queens Regiment in 1976 and went through the jungle warfare school which was then located in Sibun. Posts were Salamanca (in the jungle), Holdfast Camp just over the bridge from San Ignacio, Cayo District and Pueblo de Viejo (sp) the end of the "road" on the way to Guatemala. Finally got smart, emigrated, and enlisted in the U.S Army and now retired in the desert SW.
yep they flew my battn out when the guats were threatening to invade, was a shock to me never been out the uk flew out in winter then sweating me balls off as soon as we got of the plane.hard but so glad i went through it..
I was there 78-79. I was REME attached to 3 Bty, 47 Fld Regt RA. We did infantry jungle training and a couple patrols along the border.
@@clivemortimore8203 yep so did we 1st staffords. bbc did a xmas special out there its on yt i'm in it...19 yr old young lad first time out the uk...
Was there too attached 22SAS. Hated the damn place. Live in the USA gulf coast now
Enjoy your retirement Old Boy. UK is lost beyond belief. You made a good move👍
did this in the 90s.....hard, but one of the best training areas ive ever been too
Normal place for me. From Indonesian 🇮🇩. is just forest
@@carkawalakhatulistiwauga buga
Was out there 3 weeks ago, it's very beautiful.
Looks like its mainly secondary jungle in the training area they are in, hence, the density of jungle growth. In primary jungle, like those in Malaysia, the trees block the light and there's not much jungle growth beneath the trees. When we fought the Communist Terrorists ("CT") in the First and Second Emergencies (1948-1989), one giveaway of a CT if they went into the urban areas was that they tended to be more light skinned than those who had spent most of their time under the sun. Further, we would avoid any deet or put on camouflage cream unless really necessary. In the clear air of primary jungles, anything that had a scent could warn an enemy who were used to the jungle environment. We used to be able to smell out Western soldiers who trained with us as they used to sweat more, and smelled very strongly. The parang is the Malay word for machete, and the British adopted that as a part of their kit from their time fighting the First Emergency (1948-1960) and Confrontation (1963-1966) in Malaysia - Former Malaysian jungle warfare officer.
Thank you for your service sir
I recall being allowed out of Malayan jungle ops 4 days monthly… senior officers disappearing to Penang for most weekends! Long ones !
I did Belize back in the late 70's without the jungle training. Malaya back in 1970 was my jungle training ground. I was young and enjoyed the Singapore posting.
I was in Belize in 1988, as an In Depth OPAC, I was assigned to a regiment that was deployed there after finishing I was sent to Norway and was recalled after four months to do another Belize deployment as their assigned SOPAC broke his leg. The first time was bad and the second time was worse.
6 months in the jungle...nothing compared to spending one night in the Rose Garden.
😂😂😂😂 never went there 😅
Can 1RA survive a cold rainy night in Stoke
Yes I was in Belize 1984twice I managed to go to rose garden
@@Chips-Dubbo😂😂😂😂
What happens in the Garden stays in the Garden ;) ;) ;)
I was Infantry in Panama (US) from 87-91 and yep, its not like the fields of Europe. Desert, easy, Forest easiest, Arctic harder and you have to change a lot of book tactics, Jungle, by far the hardest in my experience. EDIT: Salute cousins! GREAT STORY! I live in Colombia now. There was a plane crash where the sole survivors (in the Amazon) were 4 young girls. Age 13, 9, 7 and 1 years old. After 40 days of searching for them, they found them. All alive. Google it.
Yeah, that was a massive story the weekend before last.
Walt’s always divert away from the nonsense they speak,are you currently on ops looking for a sub off the coast of Canada ,google it
@@amhuman5138Normal place for me. From Indonesian 🇮🇩. is just forest
Mountain warfare though is pretty close to jungle fighting in terms of difficulty and intensity. Just ask any poor fella who had to fight in the Korean War or the Italian Campaign of World War II.
@@thunderbird1921 Interesting. I did 8yrs active duty then 19 in the NG in a Mountain Infantry unit. I am far from an expert on the Mountain stuff and was a horrible climber. Our first mission was with the Italian Alpini and I got to go there 3 times. Everyone makes fun of the Italians, but I tell you, they are a good military. I later worked with them very closely in Iraq and the excelled. If you are interested, google an article from Infantry magazine by CPT Capelli and 3 major battles. TAKE CARE THUNDERBIRD!
Brings back fond memories of jungle training in Panama. I loved it so much, I now live in Costa Rica. I developed a love for the jungle and rain forest environment. In order to survive, you must function on your primal instincts!
I feel the same way about Malaya/Malaysia
My dad was in the RAF Regiment and served here for quite some time in the late 70's or possibly could have been in the early 80's (whenever Guatamala was becoming an increasing threat) and went out on patrols along the Belize/Guatamalan border. He told me a funny story of getting hit in the chest by a flying fruit bat once on patrol and it was so big that he got winded and thought he had been shot until everyone realised what actually happened. There's a few more fond memories he has of that place and some not so fond memories too. Proud of him though.
...did your dad shoot another member of the regiment?
Normal place for me. From Indonesian 🇮🇩
Did he complete the 5 miler of death though??
@@tisFrancesfault No, that would be stupid and unprofessional, his posting to Belize was after many years in the regiment which he had been in since he left school so he was not new to this.
Not familiar with this is this a new thing? It's certainly not something he has shared with me. 5 miles seems not very far at all so I'm not sure why it would be death and from the stories he has shared with me he seemed to not be limited to 5 mile distances, forgive me if I'm not understanding as I'm not in the military myself.
I was in the British army and went to Belize in the 70's patrolling the jungle along the Guatemalan border. I loved it.
For what? Keeping the guatemalans out?
"We have to fight in a more dispersed manner"
Just say it mate. Cuts
What cuts are those then mate?
We are spending more now than we have ever done on defence. massive amounts of new kit is the result.
We are learning to fight smart rather than fight hard. That is progress not 'cuts'.
@@1chish "We are spending more now than we have ever done on defence."
- Interesting, now lets see defence spending as a percentage of GDP since the Cold War. It seems we are paying so much for so little.
"massive amounts of new kit is the result."
- Same rifle since 1985 and no new armoured vehicles for 30 years.m
"We are learning to fight smart rather than fight hard. That is progress not 'cuts'."
Usual Whitehall BS. Give me an infantry corps of over 3000 commandos any day of the year. There are around 15,000 infantrymen serving in the British Army, which just makes up an infantry division. To put this into perspective, over 19 1900 British soldiers were killed in action on July 1st 1916 alone.
"Agile, FuTuRe SoLdIer, RaPiDlY DePloYaBle, RaNgErS, CyBeR CoMmAnDo"
Its all lies to fool us into thinking we are stronger than we actually are, wake up mate.
@@1chish LOL !
@@1chish our uk is a joke militarily, as an island we need the best of everything and more of it.we owe it the the men and women who wear that uniform and are ready...we can't even defend our uk from the invasion/infestation being encouraged and allowed by our govt every f..n day.
@@babep3592 And what makes the Yanks the experts? And lets remember we have 'Irish' Joe Biden as president so they are all following his 'Hate Britain' policies.
They are even campaigning against Ben Wallace as next SecGen of NATO merely because he is British
Wise up dude.
So when was the last war they won on their own? Against Dominica in 1916.
Last time they tried it was in Vietnam when they ignored our advice to a) never follow France into a war and b) follow our massive jungle fighting experience and tactics. They had their arses handed to them.
The Yanks may be the biggest but they are NOT the best. Just look at the difference between USMC recruit training and the RM recruit training. Most US Marines would never pass out RM basic training let alone Bottom Field.
Who has Ukraine valued above all others? The UK because they have been trained by the British Army since 2015. And remind me who is winning that war?
So go place your 'ever so clever' ignorance and place it where the sun will never shine.
have a very safe week.
Nice work. Keep the press on.
Thank You so much
And we are heading to Belize and doing a 4 day excursion here voluntary! Going in with literally nothing to survive and learn as we go. This is an eye opener!
Lived and trained in the jungle I love it it's a playground for me I miss the jungle so much
Nice to see rare footage of the Catachan Jungle Fighters in training.
Great training in Latin country of Belize!! Great job UK forces
Belize is not Latin. It’s a Central American commonwealth nation. 🇧🇿
@@nunosantos485 sorry but geographically it’s located in Latin America 🤷♂️
@evanguillen6805 geographically, it is located in Central America. And Belize is not part of Latin America cuz we are more culturally similar to the English-speaking Caribbean
@@ElmoG001 not apart of Hispanic America. Still apart of Latin America geographically regardless. And aren’t in Caribbean
@@evanguillen6805 Belize is part of Caricom
Good lads keep it up.
Wonderful to see my Nephew doing so well and doing himself, the British Armed Forces and his family proud! BZ young man!
I was in 2 Troop, 84 Survey Squadron, Royal Engineers in 1966/1967, we lived in the Ulu during Confrontation with Indonesia and survived without any training whatsoever.
Thanks for your service in Malaysia
UBIQUE
I believe the Aussies did well in the jungles of Vietnam after their experiences in the Kokoda, Malayan Emergency, and jungle training in Nth Queensland.
Tough stuff.
I was in the British army i did 4 wks in Belize jungle best time of my army career loved it.
Loved every minute- Salamanca 1986 😎
This is where British Gurkha comes handy for jungle warfare
Served alongside the Gurkhas in Malaya. There is nothing special about the Gurkhas’, they do not come from a jungle environment they are from a mountainess country. They receive the same training as we do. They are dedicated to their Regiment and most go on to serve their full 22 years.
I loved belize 2 months in Jungle
Great video god bless the troops
Loved it 85/86 40 cdo Belize op tour 6 months , and Done a Attap Hurdel in Brunei 🇧🇳 honking
Belize seems like paradise compared to other jungles. Mud and mosquitoes all day with heavy rain and blistering sun day and night is the standard of a tropical jungle.
These guys deserve a cold beer.
Did Belize in 85....hot sticky place..did 6 months there...liked it
JOTC Ft.Sherman panama! Was the craziest experience. I was proud to have graduated it. I was assigned 3/502nd inf 84-86. Ended up TDY in Panama. Big shout out to the moatengators 1/508th you guys were great! When i was in panama 86-88.
Cheers
I was born and raised in Belize and I always loved seeing any British soldiers
Showing respect, and being at peace w/ the environment, two elements that are indisputable...enjoy, learn, and be proud of yourselves...as we are proud of you...I'm NY Toms very British/Brazilian future wife MD, Veteran, Middle E. & Cont. of Africa
It looks like the south Louisiana swamp we played in while growing up. No ration packs, we ate the alligators, catfish, and crawfish we caught. Good times!
I spent 3 week's down there in Belize jungle 4:45 back in 81 absolutely soul destroying
Good video
- Fantastic !!!
... however ...
sad that we have far too few troops !!!
i would rather have 150 well trained highly motivated troops then 5000 Russians.
Spent 6 months in Belize 88-89, Holdfast Camp. After a few months all the lads would say they can't wait to go home. After a few weeks back home it was 'I wish I was back in Belize.' There and Berlin best postings ever.
We could have been there same time💂
@@glennhosick1514 were u 6plt
I was indeed mate.💂
@@glennhosick1514 I was 4plt
@@MrScall35 Awh well mate.
Some of ya's had to make up the
4 platoon!!😁
Belize upon reflection later in life.
Was an excellent posting mate.
Be interesting to see
the lay of the land now mind.
Outta the D.P.M.
Though i really liked the jungle Combats.
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I hope you're well my friend.
Life is treating you within kindness.
Positivity. Q.S.💂
1984 chuffing loved it (O; Best 6 month tour ever.
God Bless you all
I remember my days in the military ❤
West Soldiers: "Jungle exercise is the worst experience ever"
South East Asian soldiers: "Jungle exercise is like camping ground in paradise"
My Brothers old regiment ❤
Super proud Brit. Well done everyone.
Guacamallo bridge... Most relaxing bath I ever had...
Come back for a visit we were doing a exercise a couple weeks back in the area
Having undertaken winter deployments in Northern Norway and jungle warfare training in Brunei I believe the train and fight anywhere tag applies to the arctic.
i’m belizean! these guys should take notes from how our ancestors did just living on our homeland!
Couldn't agree with you more. In my 10 years in Central America I learned so much from the Indigenous peoples and the peoples that lived in country. You work with the jungle, not against her. Fruit is available every month of the year. Many plants are edible. Many small animals and snakes. Garobo we know as iguanas are abundant. Carry salt and learn to use a slingshot. "Hondia" or "tiradora". Kids today are Pussies 😂
We are going on a 4 day excursion with nothing. I should watch this carefully!
No such thing as Belzian. That’s Guatemalan/Mayans territory and if your not a indigenous Mayan your not from here.
My 80 year old granny would haul 15kg of cacao and maize on her back up and down volcanos day and night in the jungles of Central America, never complained a day in her life : D
You could of helped her.
Sort of like the Grand Old Duke of York
I’m sure she did mate
Sounds like my parents walk to school
You had a granny. "Lucky"
It’s brutal .. I was there in 2013 great course
1:59 Are those boots made by Wellco Peruana? Any comments by British servicemen about its comfort/properties?
Here in Singapore, the WP boots are universally hated as the worst of the issued boots, with troops preferring the Altama PX and Magnum Spartan XTB whilst the WP is primarily used as admin/parade boots..
These are standard issue military boots. I don't know if it still is but it was in the US. They are very similiar to the Vietnam era Jungle boots. Also desert version exist used especially in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are not bad but not good either. Heavy and durable but restricts comfort especially for long walks. I personally love Lowa boots especially Zephyr, they feel like sneakers on your feet and you can walk and run hundreds of miles without getting any problems!
The parang is really cool
Good to see some old skills being maintained.
Brutal, but valuable.
Belize is beautiful. It's definitely not bad!
BATSUB still closed then? I saw heart breaking pics of that place rotting away.
The river crossing bought back memories, especially when the safety boat that was there to shoot the crocs broke down and sailed off down river when i was halfway across, it made me swim a bit quicker! Good times tho, JWS Belize. Holdfast camp and into San Ignacio for a bit of night life, interesting to say the least!
Only for the best. Nature attack at it's best. Something you'll never forget ✌👍👏👏✊
Regards from First Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment..
Went to Belize in early 70's part of 10Fld SQN went by ship Sir Galahad which unfortunately got sunk later during the Falkands war stopped off en route in Jamaica to resupply.......we were living in tents in San Ignacio whilst we built the more permanent nissan huts for future troops to stay in.....all in all a good and enjoyable 6 months deployment.
Respect David.
That was the Ship!
Some of my Depot Instructor's
were on!! (legends)@💯%
The Sir Galahad!!
Falklands War.
For the War vs Venezuela... In 5 years!! Nice!!
Did our training here in 1973. Hate it then and still do.
Girl
Here's a trick for you mix deet with camo paint. Works quite well.
I would say if you can survive in the arctic area, you can survive anywhere. To find food, water, shelter and not freeze to death is more of a challenge.
It’s great to see our pommy comrades training in conditions which could potentially become a battleground elsewhere. I hope some come to train with the ADF in Australia.
Probaly see u convicts arguing with the kiwi's about who's gonna rase who's flag on the poll 🤣🤣
🦘🇦🇺👍
What, no Tarzan?
@@joshuabirdsall8440 they might as well be an Australian state, they’re even in our constitution! Besides, you lot sent us convicts here for stealing a loaf of bread. Now we’re living in paradise! 🤣🇦🇺
Gurkha soldier 💪🇳🇵🇳🇵
1:20 kit
2:51 basic tactics
4:08 medical cear
5:10 traping for food
Visited Belize in 1981whilst in theRN. Still waiting for the onyx chess set I bought in the NAFFI to be forwarded on to me.
Hateful place unless you're on the coast. Woke up, lifted up my roll mat to find I had been sleeping on top of a small coral snake. Still have scars from leishmaniasis, a souvenir from being there in '92. One of our lieutenants nearly lost his leg from being bitten multiple times by a small feur de lance that had decided to cosy up to him in his sleeping bag. Apparently (I wasn't on that particular patrol)was only saved by an SAS patrol medic making a deep cut right down the length of his thigh. Helivac out but had to be discharged as a result poor bloke.
Well done men
Stay safe Vikings.
Viking = 🐷. 😂
And Poachers
I was in a LID a Light Infantry Division the 25th Infantry Division and most of us after 2-3 years had at least 2 different jungle schools under our belt some of us had as many as 4 different jungle schools after 3-4 years with that division. The division stressed combat in a jungle environment so there is the reason for so much jungle training.
Coming from the southern hemisphere, I have to say that Arctic conditions are far tougher for me.
FULL respect for all this lot....
I also did 2 tours, now if I could invent cammy insect repellent I’d be made for life. 😂😂😂
Just write "insect repellent" on a standard issue camo stick.
It's worked for the MOD.......
British insect repellent was good at getting leaches off. I still managed to get Malayria though. Mepacrin was not that good.
On of the things I hated most in my service, was the camo paint, I just absolutely hated the feeling of my face being covered in it
I still have knots in my achilles tendons from tying off my jungle boots 25 years later.
Which is more extreme, Belize or Brunei?
Belize is what they call ....Secondary Jungle . Meaning a lot of it has been cut down....and regrown. This makes it very ' untidy ' for want of a better word. Brunei, on the other hand is mostly ....Primary Jungle....untouched and pristine. Not so ' untidy ' and overgrown. Brunei jungle tends to be easier to traverse.....relatively speaking. Hope that helps.
0:42 A good British measurement. One SPTA.
What's that measured in Wales's?
Been there/living hellT800Aust
I was a raf pilot and can relate . When we went to some location the AC in hotel stopped working. Made for a tough nights sleep
AC what’s that? all we had was a Punka Walla who kept falling asleep.
@@harrywright261 some never even had a decent buffet breakfast. You need good stick to keep those servants awake
I do remember some years back one unfortunate soldier awoke to find a snake had swallowed his arm up to the elbow, the only issue was where to cut the snake in half but, avoid the soldiers fingers.
Well, is Brunei now out as a training ground for similar purposes?
Loved it here… The trick is get yourself comfortable being uncomfortable
I'm ex 1st Royal Anglian. Good to see.
How u take rectal temperature without thermometer bro??
I doubt I can pass basic training let alone doing a few hours in Belize 😱😱😱😱
Hows this c9mpared to what the legion do in the jungle ? Genuine question
The SAS have been training in the BELIZE JUNGLE for years..
Half of Belize is legally Guatemala since the British failed to honor their deal with Guatemala
Did jungle training in sibun & salamanca one thing you get plenty of sleep no stagging on because its pitch black at night....
Its alarming that my Rectal temperature May be taken in the jungle !!
All of una the craze!!!!!
Wet wet wet wet , one set of dry kit one set you wear , same boots we wore in the 1980's because they work. We used m16's . Great times then off on R&R
4:12 What Kind of Baypack is it? Does anybody knows that? I guess Mystery Ranch or Crossfire, but I’m not sure😅