I did this in 1988 - very little has changed. The trainasium, I read many years back, was developed by psychologists to be as scary as possible. It is not so much a test of whether one can handle heights, it is more - as one of the DS says - the ability to carry out orders. The two things which seemed to freak people out the most were the shuffle bars (5:56) and the illusion jump (6:39). I had done a lot of mountaineering before I went to Depot Para, but even so found the illusion jump weird. The log race! 😲 Absolute f*cking nightmare. The speed of it is beserk There were often people who tripped, or fell from exhaustion and were just dragged along the gravel because their hands were trapped in the toggle rope loops as the juggernaut careered on. If I ever go to hell I'll be doing a P Coy log race every day.
At 15:54 you can see there’s only 1 Joe left on the log and the instructors have taken the others place to assist him, that’s what it’s all about, working as a team.
My uncle (now aged 95) was in the parachute regiment. He joined the regiment near the end of WW2. The paras trained in those days at Manchester Ringway Aerodrome. He ended up as a trainer. His job was to be the first man in the training stick to jump, then all the trainees would follow him. He did 48 jumps during his career before demob in 1947. Supplementary ... he said that one of the hardest physical test they used to have was 10 mile off-road running through deeply ploughed furrows in fields on the Lancashire plain in Northern England. A few years ago one of his daughters bought him a new red beret to which he attached his original badges.
I think this was filmed in November and it’s Movember time where guys grow a moustache. Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide.
Its funny how so many people think it would be easy running with a log and 5 other people helping you but its surprising how much that one little log absolutely destroys the hardest of men and turns them into jelly at the end
Massive respect to anyone who gets through P Company. My Grandad did it in the 70s and until his death he still talked about how horrendous the log race was. I think the thing you almost can’t see in videos is how fast the pace is and also how uneven the terrain you are running on is
The Log Race is horrendous. One thing that many people dont realise is that it is presented as a 'team event' and that the instructors are looking for each individual's rope to be pulling forward (positive confirmation that that person is pulling significantly). If the rope is 'vertical' during the race it is deemed that the recruit is 'coasting', if it is angled back that bodes very badly for the recruit (lazy/slacking). However, even with 9 of the fastest men in history it would be physically impossible to have all 9 ropes slanted forwards at all times across undulating terrain (constant acceleration for 18mins!) That target of 'rope forward' at all times makes this a simple but devastating test no matter what your fitness level. In many ways , the strengths of the individuals are pitted against other, they just dont know it. PS loving the videos, keep up the good work, airborne!
time 15.30 into the film, (your time not the original) when they carry the log, it looks like a recruit is carrying the log with two instructors ?? those in red shirts who do not wear a helmet? Could it be that his comrades have dropped off and the log is too heavy to carry yourself? So the instructors jump in so that the guy has a chance to get to the finish line? if so, it's a great expression of leadership.
Thats exactly what happens, if there are not enough recruits to carry the log to the finish but still recruits on the log trying instructors jump on to make up the numbers. It really is a great show of comradeship/leadership.
Re The red light :- In flight virtually no one can hear anything, .especially with the door open there is virtually no way you can hear a voice . Lots of orders etc are given by hand signals and shouting directly into your ear. Stand up, check gear (it's actually the chap in fronts 'chute as you can't really tell how yours is) hook up etc There are two lights at the door a red one meaning' be ready to jump' and a green one meaning 'GO' . Troops are dropped as a unit (called a stick ;after a stick of bombs ) the only two who can not jump are the first (hard but not impossible) and the last man in a stick all those in the middle virtually have to jump, as the 'stick' all stand together (really together as in your knee is in the back of the knee of the guy in front of you) and once the stick starts shuffling to the door the middle people have to go as the momentum of the stick acts on the stick. These are operational jumps, in training everything is much more relaxed. Civvy jumping is much more civilised. The jump master will shout instructions such as "5 LEFT" " 5 RIGHT" etc Then just before he gets the jumpers to GO he shouts "CUT" and the pilot will throttle back. I remember one jump were the jump master went to put a womans chest strap above her breasts, she slapped his hands as if he was sexually assualting her, so he said fine and after the 'feet in the door' order he said "GO" but she hesitated so he let the aircraft go really deep and said "GO" again, he almost pushed her out the door and shouted "f***ing rubbish" as she fell down the slipstream .
I’m an ex para and you can get court martialled for refusing to jump once in a battalion, in all my years I never once seen someone refuse to jump, the Parachute Regiment, the clues in the name
I used to enjoy a drink in the Pegasus in Aldershot I don't think you paras were too happy having a crap hat in their bar though 😂 I used to bring a few ghurka bodyguards with me lmao
@@RossNaylor-nh5uv mucker I never used to the term “hat”, to me we were all one army with our own specialities, anyone can earn a maroon beret and the scots who pass p company don’t wear a maroon beret they wear wings with their tam o shanter so to me it never mattered what Regiment others were from because when it comes to war I know all the regiments would die trying to save me
The trainasium used to be in the woods in Aldershot and at that time had no safety nets.We used to play on it as kids so it wasn’t a problem for P company, and P company was over three days then. The green light is technically to inform the jumpmasters that the aircraft is trimmed for parachuting, ive been in the door for a minute before being told to go 😅
If you think the trainasium is decrepit, you should see Blackpool Pleasure Beach , you can get some serious injuries in the name of fun, especially on the mad mouse 😂.
Prior to conducting a British military parachute jump . You would be given a briefing . Words to the effect of . You are about to carry out a parachute jump , when the green light is shown or when the the green light fails the PJI will give the signal to jump . Failure to jump constitutes disobeying a direct order .
PCoy 96. Trainsium hasn’t changed. Practice a couple of times at the miniature one in Litchfield before heading and completing it at depot. All guys stayed on my log although the route looked different, maybe my age. Biggest difference is the gear. Their boots for one look cushy compared to the plastic crap we had especially having trenhfoot and blisters after day 2
It's not dissimilar to the confidence course at the Guards Depot, Pirbright, when I was there in 1983. That was all pretty high up in the trees and was almost exclusively built with ropes, which are a lot less stable when you're traversing them. No safety nets, either. In some perverse way, I thought it was quite good fun!
Did P company in 84 at Aldershot and since then the trainasium moved to Catterick so it might look ancient but probably all new scaffolding and boards on each change. Looks fairly sketchy when on it and yes it plays with your mind as all the gaps look huge to cross when that high up although most are a short jump/long step. Might be my imagination but i thought the Aldershot one was higher ....probably just felt like that at the time as i was and still am shit at heights despite parachuting and paragliding over the years. What the other lads say about the log race is so true. Run on all flats and downhill, fast walk or run up the hills and just try like hell to stay with your wrist in the loop even if you trip or stumble as you really dont want to do it again
Did you pass the trainasium? I have a big problem with heights so ruled myself out of the paras, I tried to train myself on heights by labouring at a scaffold firm and would climb up 5 storeys to get the ladders down in the morning easy, I would get them to hold me out verticle on the 8 meter ladders, I coudnt get over the fear of it, second week they nicknamed me "shakin stevans"
@@mikehunt8823 Yes i passed it as its one of the straight pass/fail parts of P coy whereas other parts are points based so you can fail them and make up on other parts. I kept telling myself i wouldnt fall and looked down as little as possible focusing ahead. The whole thing is set up to mess with your head and once you sort the head out you can get through it ;)
In case you didn't know this, The Paras are the supporting force for SAS when large assault is needed in battle. Also the Paras is the route into the SAS
@@fullenglishbreakfast3289 well, they are not... The paras are the spearhead of the global response force and have a longer and far more demanding selection and training than any other Infantry regiment
@@Dd-fb2tj apart from P company they do exactly the same training as the other infantry regiments. You could say that the junior leaders have tough training as they are in training for a year. 1 para are part of SFSG and obviously do specialised training for the role. But as I said they do exactly the same training as the other infantry regiments in the british army, then once in the regiment they do the specialist training plus P Coy
I know a guy who, after gobbing off about someone being too slow on the top bars, said he could do it faster on his hands. Up he went, handstand on the very top bars and walked across on his hands. Hardcore.
In the 1980s when we asked for advice, "If you fall off, grab the grass so you don't bounce and hit the ground twice" 🤪 In the 80s during P Company, you only displayed a number and not your name so that the examing staff could not be influenced by training staff.
I did a working holiday with the school at Browning Barracks, we were not allowed to do some of the things like the Trainasium or other activities because insurance would not cover it but got to see what the original P Company was like, and I ended up working there for a short while too.. Sadly Browning is gone now but it was the place where the Royal Engineer Balloon Corps was based and which later turned into the Royal Flying Corps then into the Royal Force
When training in Catterick I made the mistake of laughing at trainee paras on that godawful thing. For me with a fear of heights it was more laughing like 'fuck that noise you'd never get me up there'. Well the Paras that saw us laughing had another perspective and I soon found myself up there, scariest shit I've ever had the misfortune of being forced to do. Honestly I'd have just noped the fuck out but I knew if I did my own training staff would have made my life hell for embarrassing them and my future regiment had I not done it.
The Green light goees on when the aircraft is over the drop zone, then the stick starts to jump, the jump master will be at the door way making sure there is the right gap between jumpers, he just yells "go" and you go Once in Battalion a refusal to jump is a court martial offence The trainasium was originally at Browning Barracks until it closed in 1993 and the depot moved to Catterick, dont know if the old trainasium was dismantled and mover or if a new one was built but the one in the video is Catterick and probably dates back to 1994.
So just watched the vids love them btw. The 20 weeks before p coy is standard infantry training going out into the field conducting section attacks etc. they just get it harder. I believe the full course is 30 weeks in which the conduct intro ex 1-2 & 3 aswell as attack week, urban ex, defence ex, final ex and lftt and of course one of the weeks is the arduous Pegasus company Every infantry soldier will do the same training in that aspect. Standard infantry will do 26 weeks total, guards do 28 weeks. Hope this cleared up a few things. Also you don’t have to join as a para to get the maroon beret majority of regiments allow you to do p company with the added aspect of something called beat down
So there is a trainasium at the infantry training centre in catterick garrison however it is currently out of action so these joes are doing it on the OG one in aldershot and is very old
With the trainasium it is also nothing to do with how well you can complete the course, I know joes who have fallen off the trainasium multiple times and still passed it’s just to do with responding to commands
Fun fact, well not for my uncle Ivor, During WW2 he was paratrooper and jumping from a decoter , ( in preparation for operation market garden ) his shute got caught on the little wheel which was at the rear of the plane . He was stranded there for quite a while , eventually they manage to get him onto another plane which flew alongside , result for was a broken back 🙄. End of the war for him . 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦
We did it in junior leaders too but we also had beer kegs and Jerry cans to carry. That was a brutal day that and that's probably why my body is fooked 😂
I did mine in Aldershot in the trees & was in instructor at ITC in 98. It looks the same as when l was there. Just added a few safety nets which l suppose is moving with the times
I am confused about what you said. You would have to react to the green light, but that's what they were looking for. Maybe I missed your point that you see the jump it more psychological kind of jump look than what it is. The paras used to do a balloon jump, which squeaky bum time!
Done a few log runs, but never as a pass or fail event and never at p coy pace, We had an assault course right outside our camp gates so pretty much every PT session ended with trip over it, nightmare with the log.
I reckon it's 1970's like most of the UK infrastructure. The military is seriously neglected in the UK by the government. Consistently. I think Thatcher was the last PM to actually care. Good vids tho fella.
I did a log race when I was attending a joint services training centre when still a schoolboy and we were watched and inspected by a visiting general from the Parachute Regiment. From memory it was only just over a mile but included crossing a canal and was pretty tiring as we did it immediately after completing 36 miles dragging a stretcher and weighted wet suit over the mountains. Happy days.
A log race was part of the course at JSMTC Wales in the 70s. Our ropes weren't fixed to the log as they seem to be in the clip but were climbing slings - just loops of rope - so as you ran they gradually worked their way off the log. You then had to run ahead to get your sling back on the log. We wore a belaying glove on our rope hand to stop burns but when we swan the log through the canal it filled with water.
@@bill8784 Yes July 1976 - in the middle of the drought so slogging over the Welsh hills was interesting. Still got my course badge with the rucksack and climbing axe on it somewhere.
It's so great to see in the comments that things haven't changed much since the 80's at least . So much of Britain has sadly become ' dumbed down ' or ' snowflaked ' since then . Glad to see these demanding standards exist and people prepared to strive for that iconic beret 👍🇬🇧🇺🇲
As you can see you don't need to scream and shout every few seconds..... My section commander used to say " if I have to raise my voice you are not motivated enough that means I am not doing MY job". I have a feeling JOE Duncan will go far he is the youngster with the deep voice.
Curious as to the standards here. If you "come off the log" because it slips or you fall, can you catch back up and get back on it or are you out of the race and you receive less points based on why/where you came off the log? Thanks guys. Very very tough event.
I served in the RAF Regiment in the 1990's, our infantry trading took place at raf honington It was very similar to some of the para training, but it took 26-30 week I forget to be honest. But we had a week of pass or fail and other tests which I'd forgotten until seeing this, you forget what a battering tge human body can take when the mind is strong . Brilliant vid
Don’t u talk about anything else except military stuff it’s getting boring try expanding ur horizon we get that ur a marine but there’s more to life than the military it’s boring
I did this in 1988 - very little has changed.
The trainasium, I read many years back, was developed by psychologists to be as scary as possible. It is not so much a test of whether one can handle heights, it is more - as one of the DS says - the ability to carry out orders. The two things which seemed to freak people out the most were the shuffle bars (5:56) and the illusion jump (6:39). I had done a lot of mountaineering before I went to Depot Para, but even so found the illusion jump weird.
The log race! 😲 Absolute f*cking nightmare. The speed of it is beserk There were often people who tripped, or fell from exhaustion and were just dragged along the gravel because their hands were trapped in the toggle rope loops as the juggernaut careered on. If I ever go to hell I'll be doing a P Coy log race every day.
At 15:54 you can see there’s only 1 Joe left on the log and the instructors have taken the others place to assist him, that’s what it’s all about, working as a team.
My uncle (now aged 95) was in the parachute regiment. He joined the regiment near the end of WW2. The paras trained in those days at Manchester Ringway Aerodrome. He ended up as a trainer. His job was to be the first man in the training stick to jump, then all the trainees would follow him. He did 48 jumps during his career before demob in 1947. Supplementary ... he said that one of the hardest physical test they used to have was 10 mile off-road running through deeply ploughed furrows in fields on the Lancashire plain in Northern England. A few years ago one of his daughters bought him a new red beret to which he attached his original badges.
I think this was filmed in November and it’s Movember time where guys grow a moustache. Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide.
Its funny how so many people think it would be easy running with a log and 5 other people helping you but its surprising how much that one little log absolutely destroys the hardest of men and turns them into jelly at the end
Massive respect to anyone who gets through P Company. My Grandad did it in the 70s and until his death he still talked about how horrendous the log race was. I think the thing you almost can’t see in videos is how fast the pace is and also how uneven the terrain you are running on is
P Company in July ‘84 and it hasn’t changed a bit. Great work Theo!
The Log Race is horrendous. One thing that many people dont realise is that it is presented as a 'team event' and that the instructors are looking for each individual's rope to be pulling forward (positive confirmation that that person is pulling significantly). If the rope is 'vertical' during the race it is deemed that the recruit is 'coasting', if it is angled back that bodes very badly for the recruit (lazy/slacking). However, even with 9 of the fastest men in history it would be physically impossible to have all 9 ropes slanted forwards at all times across undulating terrain (constant acceleration for 18mins!) That target of 'rope forward' at all times makes this a simple but devastating test no matter what your fitness level. In many ways , the strengths of the individuals are pitted against other, they just dont know it. PS loving the videos, keep up the good work, airborne!
as always, love the respect you show to other forces. Keep up the great work and showcasing of all units and countries (from a brit)
If you like this I think you'll enjoy the quest for the maroon beret it covers the 3 day selection for the south African army's 44 parachute regiment
time 15.30 into the film, (your time not the original) when they carry the log, it looks like a recruit is carrying the log with two instructors ?? those in red shirts who do not wear a helmet? Could it be that his comrades have dropped off and the log is too heavy to carry yourself? So the instructors jump in so that the guy has a chance to get to the finish line? if so, it's a great expression of leadership.
That is exactly what happened.
Thats exactly what happens, if there are not enough recruits to carry the log to the finish but still recruits on the log trying instructors jump on to make up the numbers. It really is a great show of comradeship/leadership.
I've done that "log race" there were so many people that fell off, so we ended up with only 4 people on our log 😂
the feeling after a log run is great nackered but achieved something hard as a team
Re The red light :-
In flight virtually no one can hear anything, .especially with the door open there is virtually no way you can hear a voice .
Lots of orders etc are given by hand signals and shouting directly into your ear.
Stand up, check gear (it's actually the chap in fronts 'chute as you can't really tell how yours is) hook up etc
There are two lights at the door a red one meaning' be ready to jump' and a green one meaning 'GO' .
Troops are dropped as a unit (called a stick ;after a stick of bombs ) the only two who can not jump are the first
(hard but not impossible) and the last man in a stick all those in the middle virtually have to jump, as the 'stick'
all stand together (really together as in your knee is in the back of the knee of the guy in front of you) and once
the stick starts shuffling to the door the middle people have to go as the momentum of the stick acts on the stick.
These are operational jumps, in training everything is much more relaxed.
Civvy jumping is much more civilised.
The jump master will shout instructions such as "5 LEFT" " 5 RIGHT" etc
Then just before he gets the jumpers to GO he shouts "CUT" and the pilot will throttle back.
I remember one jump were the jump master went to put a womans chest strap above her breasts,
she slapped his hands as if he was sexually assualting her, so he said fine and after the 'feet in the door' order he said
"GO" but she hesitated so he let the aircraft go really deep and said "GO" again, he almost pushed her out the door and shouted
"f***ing rubbish" as she fell down the slipstream .
I’m an ex para and you can get court martialled for refusing to jump once in a battalion, in all my years I never once seen someone refuse to jump, the Parachute Regiment, the clues in the name
Shame they’re not as strict when it comes to shooting unarmed civilians 🤷🏻♂️
@@freshyyd2584 up the paras and this from an ex fusilier OAFAAF 🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@freshyyd2584 and you still came here to watch 😂 😂 😂
I used to enjoy a drink in the Pegasus in Aldershot I don't think you paras were too happy having a crap hat in their bar though 😂 I used to bring a few ghurka bodyguards with me lmao
@@RossNaylor-nh5uv mucker I never used to the term “hat”, to me we were all one army with our own specialities, anyone can earn a maroon beret and the scots who pass p company don’t wear a maroon beret they wear wings with their tam o shanter so to me it never mattered what Regiment others were from because when it comes to war I know all the regiments would die trying to save me
I did this on P Company back early 2000's and it wasn't any better then.
The trainasium used to be in the woods in Aldershot and at that time had no safety nets.We used to play on it as kids so it wasn’t a problem for P company, and P company was over three days then. The green light is technically to inform the jumpmasters that the aircraft is trimmed for parachuting, ive been in the door for a minute before being told to go 😅
If you think the trainasium is decrepit, you should see Blackpool Pleasure Beach , you can get some serious injuries in the name of fun, especially on the mad mouse 😂.
What's the mad mouse?
@@ryand900 it's a short violent rollercoaster.
Prior to conducting a British military parachute jump . You would be given a briefing . Words to the effect of . You are about to carry out a parachute jump , when the green light is shown or when the the green light fails the PJI will give the signal to jump . Failure to jump constitutes disobeying a direct order .
The very first shot of the guy up on that platform my stomach turned over any I was like NOPE !
PCoy 96. Trainsium hasn’t changed. Practice a couple of times at the miniature one in Litchfield before heading and completing it at depot. All guys stayed on my log although the route looked different, maybe my age. Biggest difference is the gear. Their boots for one look cushy compared to the plastic crap we had especially having trenhfoot and blisters after day 2
The 1992 P company channel 4 documentary is also worth a watch
It's not dissimilar to the confidence course at the Guards Depot, Pirbright, when I was there in 1983. That was all pretty high up in the trees and was almost exclusively built with ropes, which are a lot less stable when you're traversing them. No safety nets, either. In some perverse way, I thought it was quite good fun!
Did P company in 84 at Aldershot and since then the trainasium moved to Catterick so it might look ancient but probably all new scaffolding and boards on each change. Looks fairly sketchy when on it and yes it plays with your mind as all the gaps look huge to cross when that high up although most are a short jump/long step. Might be my imagination but i thought the Aldershot one was higher ....probably just felt like that at the time as i was and still am shit at heights despite parachuting and paragliding over the years.
What the other lads say about the log race is so true. Run on all flats and downhill, fast walk or run up the hills and just try like hell to stay with your wrist in the loop even if you trip or stumble as you really dont want to do it again
Did you pass the trainasium? I have a big problem with heights so ruled myself out of the paras, I tried to train myself on heights by labouring at a scaffold firm and would climb up 5 storeys to get the ladders down in the morning easy, I would get them to hold me out verticle on the 8 meter ladders, I coudnt get over the fear of it, second week they nicknamed me "shakin stevans"
@@mikehunt8823 Yes i passed it as its one of the straight pass/fail parts of P coy whereas other parts are points based so you can fail them and make up on other parts. I kept telling myself i wouldnt fall and looked down as little as possible focusing ahead. The whole thing is set up to mess with your head and once you sort the head out you can get through it ;)
I did it for work experience. At aldershot for a week and if anyone wanted to give it a go then we could.
In case you didn't know this, The Paras are the supporting force for SAS when large assault is needed in battle. Also the Paras is the route into the SAS
Yes 1 Para is part of SFSG made up of paras and other branches. But any serving solider can apply for special forces not just the para regiment.
Every regiment in the british army is as good as each other
@@fullenglishbreakfast3289 well, they are not... The paras are the spearhead of the global response force and have a longer and far more demanding selection and training than any other Infantry regiment
@@Dd-fb2tj apart from P company they do exactly the same training as the other infantry regiments. You could say that the junior leaders have tough training as they are in training for a year. 1 para are part of SFSG and obviously do specialised training for the role. But as I said they do exactly the same training as the other infantry regiments in the british army, then once in the regiment they do the specialist training plus P Coy
Fucked without us Royal Enginners
The trainasium is just a fancy scaffolding tower it will last forever
Really enjoyed these mate, looking forward to three and four 👍🏼
I know a guy who, after gobbing off about someone being too slow on the top bars, said he could do it faster on his hands. Up he went, handstand on the very top bars and walked across on his hands. Hardcore.
In the 1980s when we asked for advice, "If you fall off, grab the grass so you don't bounce and hit the ground twice" 🤪
In the 80s during P Company, you only displayed a number and not your name so that the examing staff could not be influenced by training staff.
Night out on the piss and a new video, happy days.
I did a working holiday with the school at Browning Barracks, we were not allowed to do some of the things like the Trainasium or other activities because insurance would not cover it but got to see what the original P Company was like, and I ended up working there for a short while too.. Sadly Browning is gone now but it was the place where the Royal Engineer Balloon Corps was based and which later turned into the Royal Flying Corps then into the Royal Force
When training in Catterick I made the mistake of laughing at trainee paras on that godawful thing. For me with a fear of heights it was more laughing like 'fuck that noise you'd never get me up there'. Well the Paras that saw us laughing had another perspective and I soon found myself up there, scariest shit I've ever had the misfortune of being forced to do. Honestly I'd have just noped the fuck out but I knew if I did my own training staff would have made my life hell for embarrassing them and my future regiment had I not done it.
The Green light goees on when the aircraft is over the drop zone, then the stick starts to jump, the jump master will be at the door way making sure there is the right gap between jumpers, he just yells "go" and you go
Once in Battalion a refusal to jump is a court martial offence
The trainasium was originally at Browning Barracks until it closed in 1993 and the depot moved to Catterick, dont know if the old trainasium was dismantled and mover or if a new one was built but the one in the video is Catterick and probably dates back to 1994.
So just watched the vids love them btw. The 20 weeks before p coy is standard infantry training going out into the field conducting section attacks etc. they just get it harder. I believe the full course is 30 weeks in which the conduct intro ex 1-2 & 3 aswell as attack week, urban ex, defence ex, final ex and lftt and of course one of the weeks is the arduous Pegasus company
Every infantry soldier will do the same training in that aspect. Standard infantry will do 26 weeks total, guards do 28 weeks. Hope this cleared up a few things.
Also you don’t have to join as a para to get the maroon beret majority of regiments allow you to do p company with the added aspect of something called beat down
The key word is Aggression. Attack the Trainasium
after several weeks of this carnage the lucky lads are rewarded with a job that pays the princely sum of 20k a year
So there is a trainasium at the infantry training centre in catterick garrison however it is currently out of action so these joes are doing it on the OG one in aldershot and is very old
Never done P Coy, but apparently the events are alright on their own. It's the combination of all the events in one week that does you in.
coming of the log should be an instant fail
With the trainasium it is also nothing to do with how well you can complete the course, I know joes who have fallen off the trainasium multiple times and still passed it’s just to do with responding to commands
Fun fact, well not for my uncle Ivor, During WW2 he was paratrooper and jumping from a decoter , ( in preparation for operation market garden ) his shute got caught on the little wheel which was at the rear of the plane . He was stranded there for quite a while , eventually they manage to get him onto another plane which flew alongside , result for was a broken back 🙄. End of the war for him . 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦
We did a log race in the Royal Armoured Corps back in the 70s but we had to carry it on our shoulders. No ropes.
We did it in junior leaders too but we also had beer kegs and Jerry cans to carry. That was a brutal day that and that's probably why my body is fooked 😂
Generally speaking, if you meet a serving man with a beard or moustache... Don't piss them off.
I did mine in Aldershot in the trees & was in instructor at ITC in 98. It looks the same as when l was there. Just added a few safety nets which l suppose is moving with the times
15.46 he has no helmet as he's one of the depot instructors helping as only 2 on a log is hard
I did p company in 2000. I shit myself on the trimnasium. But did it. I was with a lot of good lads who passed.
Log PT itself was a right royal pain in the 'arris, let alone the rest!
We always had to put the Logs on the shoulders - no good if tall people were either side of you as it bounced on your bones.
I am confused about what you said. You would have to react to the green light, but that's what they were looking for. Maybe I missed your point that you see the jump it more psychological kind of jump look than what it is. The paras used to do a balloon jump, which squeaky bum time!
I'm sure there was a P company on UK TV back in the early 80's! It might be on UA-cam if you really wanted to compare!
Done a few log runs, but never as a pass or fail event and never at p coy pace, We had an assault course right outside our camp gates so pretty much every PT session ended with trip over it, nightmare with the log.
Call to see a cool video and a cool regiment bloody good luck to them all 👍🇬🇧💪💪
I didn’t realise Charlie Bronson had joined 😂 ❤️& Respect the Marroon berries X x x
Have you watched the Trooping of the Colours? Seeing another side of military duty.
I reckon it's 1970's like most of the UK infrastructure. The military is seriously neglected in the UK by the government. Consistently. I think Thatcher was the last PM to actually care. Good vids tho fella.
I did a log race when I was attending a joint services training centre when still a schoolboy and we were watched and inspected by a visiting general from the Parachute Regiment. From memory it was only just over a mile but included crossing a canal and was pretty tiring as we did it immediately after completing 36 miles dragging a stretcher and weighted wet suit over the mountains. Happy days.
A log race was part of the course at JSMTC Wales in the 70s. Our ropes weren't fixed to the log as they seem to be in the clip but were climbing slings - just loops of rope - so as you ran they gradually worked their way off the log. You then had to run ahead to get your sling back on the log. We wore a belaying glove on our rope hand to stop burns but when we swan the log through the canal it filled with water.
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@@bill8784 Yes July 1976 - in the middle of the drought so slogging over the Welsh hills was interesting. Still got my course badge with the rucksack and climbing axe on it somewhere.
See them getting melted outside my block near enough everyday
Where did his helmet go? Two staff helping the log were only one of the team is left. min 15.49. 30-40 years after they'll need new knees and hips.
It's so great to see in the comments that things haven't changed much since the 80's at least . So much of Britain has sadly become ' dumbed down ' or ' snowflaked ' since then . Glad to see these demanding standards exist and people prepared to strive for that iconic beret 👍🇬🇧🇺🇲
I think you need to spend less time on the Internet and the daily mail comment section bud
British Para, 2001. That log run is an absolute killer. The '3 miler' is even worse.
I seriously would love the British Army to reach out to the US Army to get Combat Ames Channel to try P Company
our elements dont help make equipment look new for long it aint in some nice desert area
Good tests!
As you can see you don't need to scream and shout every few seconds.....
My section commander used to say " if I have to raise my voice you are not motivated enough that means I am not doing MY job".
I have a feeling JOE Duncan will go far he is the youngster with the deep voice.
Check out British soldiers paras vs guards stretcher & log race
If the Trainsium is the one from Browning Bks Aldershot. Well i was their in 94 and it was looking dodgy then.
Curious as to the standards here. If you "come off the log" because it slips or you fall, can you catch back up and get back on it or are you out of the race and you receive less points based on why/where you came off the log? Thanks guys. Very very tough event.
You are out. Zero points! It’s horrendous.
Is that the all arms course or are 7 para royal horse artillery on p company staff
So uhh, i guess safety gloves are not their thing
It's current.
Do a video on parachute regiment pathfinders platoon
I’ve seen the trinazium believe me it’s bigger then it looks 🤣 I’m in training
I served in the RAF Regiment in the 1990's, our infantry trading took place at raf honington
It was very similar to some of the para training, but it took 26-30 week I forget to be honest. But we had a week of pass or fail and other tests which I'd forgotten until seeing this, you forget what a battering tge human body can take when the mind is strong . Brilliant vid
All 4 episodes are out. This is the link for 3rd episode ua-cam.com/video/BhRMYrLGX7o/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/BhRMYrLGX7o/v-deo.html Episode 3 mate!
Please react to the marawi raid by liveth for evermore
Strange that you keep laughing about them. Considering how ridiculous the US Marines behave.
Don’t u talk about anything else except military stuff it’s getting boring try expanding ur horizon we get that ur a marine but there’s more to life than the military it’s boring
Couldn’t of been a more Karen comment. Your whinging about someone speaking about military stuff on a military channels watching a military video