Absolutely spot on advice. Only other thing I would have added. Is make sure you can navigate day and night on your own. Without holding hands with your mates that go selection at same time. It's all individual effort.
Hi Phil. I am a civvy. But I've done 3 F/D's with Ken Jones & AEE. 2 in blistering heat during summer, & 1 they call the High Moon at night in midwinter. Came in under the cut off each time, not by a huge amount but still very happy. So I asked KJ if he'd let me volunteer & join the team. I was assigned to base camp registering people in, I had a 2 way radio during the events so I could pass messages, cross out those that were pulled or VW'd, etc. Between events, all DS & MST's gathered in the base camp marquee. And what a great bunch of people they all were. But my funniest memory was when they ordered 30 large pizza's from Merthyr Tydfil. I was given a bin bag of goodies after the weekend was finished & it's something I will always be proud of. Especially as I was over 50 when I did my 1st event. And this is just a small part of "The Hills." I have the upmost respect for anyone that gets through the whole thing. Absolutely amazing, all of you. I'll just stick with my cloth finishing patches. Oh, almost forgot, I too fell on my face & got retinal shock, blind in 1 eye for 14 hours.
I was selection clerk when you did Selection. I was the one going around the accommodation telling guys they needed to go see the Trg Offr (Merv) and get a yellow warning or if they already had one, they were off the course. Two officers from that course are now Lt Generals I remember having a pint with you after you finished the Hills and you telling the story of your map disintegrating and you still managed to navigate without it.
What a great insight for someone to prep themselves. I didn't realize 264 Sig Sqn, did "part" of their selection course with the main 22 selection process. I knew they did a separate escape and invasion phase as I was involved with a hunter force from another Signals unit and had to go on an anti integration course before hand.
I love these stories. Also it's great how you and your mates , have a kind of code. The military language is hilarious, I don't really understand it, but I think I get the jist of it. Quality. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🇬🇧
how the fek does somebody go to selction and not be capable of passing a BFT!? I could still pass it now an i'm 57!🤣 when i was a kid and in the RAF we spent loads of time in brecon beacons and the black mountains. We were training for ten tors on dartmmor. The beacons were hard work. We did it in winter as well. We weren't carrying much weight but i do remeber seeing thes guys who i assumed were on selection at the time. It looked horrific for them, loads of weight and knackered..
Phil, from the first minute of selection, untill you got your beret, is there one test or moment where you always think back as the absolute hardest,when you were absolutly hanging..??
Can’t speak for the big fella but I hear the jungle is the big shake out. The climate really doesn’t suit some people. Know a chap who tapped out twice in the jungle phase and a mate who mate it but was told he was on thin ice in the jungle. Massive guy. Just found it unbearable.
Always makes me smile hearing the English lads butcher the Welsh place-names 😂😂😂 Cracking videos though and big respect to Phil and anyone else who gave this a go
Two guys went to Hereford....and on day one failed THE BLOODY BFT??!! That really is hilarious. I had to rewind there because I thought I must have mis-heard you 🤣I mean, wow. And yet they had put themselves up for selection. Unbelievable. That really is astonishing. I mean, on what planet? What a pair of delusional plant pots.
More so about mental fitness! Coming in after a 26k march and the DS telling you your "next grid ref" when you thought you were done, and you see the next rv is up on top of a mountain, when your legs are buckling underneath you, do you go up, or quit..
It’s for the calories, nothing to do with cheap food - easiest way to get 2000 calories into someone at breakfast is to make it taste good! Enter the full English!
Thanks for the insight! I wanted to join 23 SAS and then apply for 22 SAS but I spent my years talking myself out of it. I’m 44 now and so I’m too old to join. It’s one of the biggest regrets of my life not joining…..
You must be about the same age has myself I would love for yourself to run across the Sahara Desert with me that’s a challenge marathon de sables name a charity. Ex SAS vs ex homeless guy. I’m wondering if your mindset is that strong So big fella ready when you are 👍
How on earth can you go for selection and fail something as basic as a BFT, pre course must have been garbage, time wasters, I'll bet the Co of their parent unit got ripped a new one lol..
I do get it though, it must tremendously frustrating to have experienced these things and not be able to talk about them! I was a scaley back and all my family treated me like I was John Rambo (well I’m not going to spoil their fantasy, am I😂) loved the mark billingham interview!😊
That’s because the MOD probably f@cked them over after getting out. The transition to civvy street is awful at best. If it’s not CP or training inadequate forces on some arse hole of the earth there’s probable Merc work or self medding/drink. The Veterans strategy and the Mental Health guidelines are a joke. Good luck to Phil and the lads for making some money for their families. They don’t need the fame and talking their experiences is the best therapy. Plus there’s never a drop of Opsec stuff mentioned which must be difficult on a life feed. Spot on Phil 👌
Op Nimrod, 1980 fucked up the regiment. But the mystique? If you talk to nine battalions of former SAS in the pubs of this beautiful island of ours. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I went to Sennybridge for adventure training before we completed basic training (Army). Saw lots of lads there for selection, huge respect for them… I was hanging out my hoop caving, let alone tabbing over them howling “hills”. REspect 🫡
Absolutely spot on advice. Only other thing I would have added. Is make sure you can navigate day and night on your own. Without holding hands with your mates that go selection at same time. It's all individual effort.
Cheers for that McNab!
@@keithpringle3940😂😂😂
Thanks Captain Price
I actually think that is sound advice.
Anyone who has not been to a high standard , would not appreciate the brief.
Probably the coolest bloke I've ever listened too from the Special Forces
Hi Phil. I am a civvy. But I've done 3 F/D's with Ken Jones & AEE. 2 in blistering heat during summer, & 1 they call the High Moon at night in midwinter. Came in under the cut off each time, not by a huge amount but still very happy. So I asked KJ if he'd let me volunteer & join the team. I was assigned to base camp registering people in, I had a 2 way radio during the events so I could pass messages, cross out those that were pulled or VW'd, etc. Between events, all DS & MST's gathered in the base camp marquee. And what a great bunch of people they all were. But my funniest memory was when they ordered 30 large pizza's from Merthyr Tydfil. I was given a bin bag of goodies after the weekend was finished & it's something I will always be proud of. Especially as I was over 50 when I did my 1st event. And this is just a small part of "The Hills." I have the upmost respect for anyone that gets through the whole thing. Absolutely amazing, all of you. I'll just stick with my cloth finishing patches. Oh, almost forgot, I too fell on my face & got retinal shock, blind in 1 eye for 14 hours.
Wow, it seems like you have done very little in life apart from this! Have you considered branching out at some point, ever?
I was selection clerk when you did Selection. I was the one going around the accommodation telling guys they needed to go see the Trg Offr (Merv) and get a yellow warning or if they already had one, they were off the course. Two officers from that course are now Lt Generals I remember having a pint with you after you finished the Hills and you telling the story of your map disintegrating and you still managed to navigate without it.
I’ve just relayed your story to Phil and he said to get in comms with you, drop us a DM on any of our social media channels!
There is a certain quality that Phil has which just makes me laugh; I can't put a finger on it, but he just cracks me up. 🙂
It’s the way he throws slang in and humour hed be boss to have a bevy with
really enjoyed that phil respect to anyone who gets through selection
We started from Talybont at 11pm. Made it back 18 hours later, and I thought that was quick. 16 hours is next level.
maybe you could do a video of the ethos of the SAS
What a great insight for someone to prep themselves. I didn't realize 264 Sig Sqn, did "part" of their selection course with the main 22 selection process. I knew they did a separate escape and invasion phase as I was involved with a hunter force from another Signals unit and had to go on an anti integration course before hand.
Thanks for watching!
Good listening to Phil I respect guys who have worked hard for what they’ve got.Be good to see Phil doing more tv work.
Thank you for your support 💪🏻🇬🇧 We'd love it if you helped us spread the word!
I love these stories. Also it's great how you and your mates , have a kind of code. The military language is hilarious, I don't really understand it, but I think I get the jist of it. Quality. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🇬🇧
Should we make a video on military language? 😎
@ForceRadioHQ Yeah , that would be cool.👍👍👍
great talk !
Thanks for watching
Enjoyed that, Phil 👍
16 hours for a test march, amazing :)
Great video
Thanks for your support! ⚔️
how the fek does somebody go to selction and not be capable of passing a BFT!? I could still pass it now an i'm 57!🤣 when i was a kid and in the RAF we spent loads of time in brecon beacons and the black mountains. We were training for ten tors on dartmmor. The beacons were hard work. We did it in winter as well. We weren't carrying much weight but i do remeber seeing thes guys who i assumed were on selection at the time. It looked horrific for them, loads of weight and knackered..
Phil, from the first minute of selection, untill you got your beret, is there one test or moment where you always think back as the absolute hardest,when you were absolutly hanging..??
Finger up the bum.
Can’t speak for the big fella but I hear the jungle is the big shake out. The climate really doesn’t suit some people. Know a chap who tapped out twice in the jungle phase and a mate who mate it but was told he was on thin ice in the jungle. Massive guy. Just found it unbearable.
I wonder whether the end of the Course, differs to each Rotation ?
Really interesting - I'm sure young hopefuls will find this really useful.
We hope so 💪🏻
Amazing.. Thank you.
CHEERS MATE....
Thanks for watching!
Always makes me smile hearing the English lads butcher the Welsh place-names 😂😂😂 Cracking videos though and big respect to Phil and anyone else who gave this a go
Two guys went to Hereford....and on day one failed THE BLOODY BFT??!! That really is hilarious. I had to rewind there because I thought I must have mis-heard you 🤣I mean, wow. And yet they had put themselves up for selection. Unbelievable. That really is astonishing. I mean, on what planet? What a pair of delusional plant pots.
Thanks for watching 😎
First BFT for me 1969! 8 min 2 secs. DMS boots, putties lightweights. Utrinque paratus
How much weight is on your back on the fan dance ?
The fan dance
What did the weight start at on Fan Dance and end at at test week?
35, Monday! 40, Tuesday, 45 Weds! 50 Thurs, 55 Friday. 😂
Big phils beret is weapon!! Never seen a smarter lid 😅
Eez funny😂
I have a question.. Why do they go to Brecon? Why don't they go to Scotland? Scotland is much more scenic and vast than anything in Wales
ARMY BASE THERE AND ONLY 40 MINS FROM SAS HQ AND THATS WHERE THEY ALWAYS GO.
I don’t think they go for the scenery
@@neiljones8908 Perfect 🥰
@@thomasedmundrichards 🤣
Brecon is as unforgiving as scotland
Getting so far and being declined would be so over whelming that you wouldnt wan't to live.
I would imagine that is what it would feel.
So basically are you fit?
Can you navigate?
The 2 questions asked of you in hill phase
More so about mental fitness! Coming in after a 26k march and the DS telling you your "next grid ref" when you thought you were done, and you see the next rv is up on top of a mountain, when your legs are buckling underneath you, do you go up, or quit..
Big Phil, you da man. Let's play golf in Pakistan. 😂😂
so the hills are the riddle od steel im lookinhg at about 5 hours for the last march
I love how the military treat their staff...Feed them absolute crap and expect to get the best out of them...Full English everyday... 😂
It’s for the calories, nothing to do with cheap food - easiest way to get 2000 calories into someone at breakfast is to make it taste good! Enter the full English!
@matthewbarratt5166 Really good
How bid they get knackered on a mile and half run. Bloody hell. Love the the up load phil😊
Thanks for the insight! I wanted to join 23 SAS and then apply for 22 SAS but I spent my years talking myself out of it. I’m 44 now and so I’m too old to join.
It’s one of the biggest regrets of my life not joining…..
@@LYSS89 maybe not so much now as I’m 44 but in my 20s sure. But now I feel my endurance has got better even though I feel my speed has not…..
@@LYSS89anyone who got in probably thought they could get in. Who are we to say he couldn't??
@sacredneutral7304 I mean why couldn’t he my dad was SBS, can already tell a lot about you as a person.
my mum doed of cancer last year 5 stone 5 she weighed
im good on the stairmaster knee is a bit iffy though hmmm 600 lb leg presses do that lol 750 is my record for 6 reps
12 17 that the 5 - 6 hours for me mate
Duh
SADF training to become a simple troop
Was insane
You know what
We kakked
Really
Thanks for watching
why is it important to be the gray man here, please could someine explain this? cheers
You must be about the same age has myself I would love for yourself to run across the Sahara Desert with me that’s a challenge marathon de sables name a charity. Ex SAS vs ex homeless guy. I’m wondering if your mindset is that strong So big fella ready when you are 👍
How on earth can you go for selection and fail something as basic as a BFT, pre course must have been garbage, time wasters, I'll bet the Co of their parent unit got ripped a new one lol..
oi no dissing 225 in my day they were as tiugh as yiu guys some were u guys nearly me too
It seems like many former SAS soldiers are more interested in fame and celebrity than anything else. The mystique has faded.
I do get it though, it must tremendously frustrating to have experienced these things and not be able to talk about them! I was a scaley back and all my family treated me like I was John Rambo (well I’m not going to spoil their fantasy, am I😂) loved the mark billingham interview!😊
There not looking for fame there trying to make a living and people want to hear there stories.
That’s because the MOD probably f@cked them over after getting out.
The transition to civvy street is awful at best.
If it’s not CP or training inadequate forces on some arse hole of the earth there’s probable Merc work or self medding/drink.
The Veterans strategy and the Mental Health guidelines are a joke.
Good luck to Phil and the lads for making some money for their families. They don’t need the fame and talking their experiences is the best therapy. Plus there’s never a drop of Opsec stuff mentioned which must be difficult on a life feed. Spot on Phil 👌
Op Nimrod, 1980 fucked up the regiment. But the mystique? If you talk to nine battalions of former SAS in the pubs of this beautiful island of ours. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
yup 300 lb pack
We all know who you are now Phil....😅....JOKE..🫡
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I went to Sennybridge for adventure training before we completed basic training (Army). Saw lots of lads there for selection, huge respect for them… I was hanging out my hoop caving, let alone tabbing over them howling “hills”. REspect 🫡