Irish Army Recruits at Boot Camp (US Marine Reacts)
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Nothing but respect for the irish. Had the priviledge of serving among them in the balkans. Cheers from Finland
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All of us GOTTA stick together
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We Americans love you Fins and the Irish 🙏❤️
I went to Lapland at the end of November during my birthday. Loved it!
Both Irish and US service here. There's always something which can be learned from any military, no matter how big or small. I had my American troops adopt a couple of the tactics I learned when in Irish uniform. My troops would go "ooooh.. .that makes sense, why didn't we think of that?" and instantly adopt it. I also still occasionally salute long way up short way down, but nobody seems to have called me on it yet. My big issue was the M240. Clearing it is different in the two armies. (FN-MAG in Ireland, of course). You wouldn't think there were multiple approved ways of clearing a machinegun, but what passed me in Ireland failed me in the US testing.
To answer the questions:
1. Yes, it's highly selective. The demand is such that there aren't 'recruiters' in the same manner as there are in the US (Though some officers did do a presentation in my secondary (high) school). In my case, I just looked up "Defence Forces" in the white pages, telephoned the DFHQ public affairs office for a reserve slot, but more normally, there is an advert placed in the national newspapers. I seem to recall a ratio of 16 applicants to every slot, there are exams and interviews before being accepted into the PDF. Admission to the Cadets (Officer training) is even more selective.
2. As others have mentioned, the 'strings' behind the headgear are the ribbons on a "Gengarry". The wearer is either in or slated to be posted to a cavalry unit. Yes, technically the cover is actually a caubeen, but it is known as, and likely always shall be known as, a "Glengarry" or "Glen". As a sidenote, the rank titles can be dependent on branch. A private in the cavalry (such as I was) is addressed as "Trooper". In the artillery, "Gunner", "Signalman" in the signal corps. There may be others. I would address my E4s and below as "Trooper" in the US, nobody seemed to mind, and I think it adds a little esprit de corps.
3. Accents can be tough. There were folks living a couple miles from me I would have difficulty understanding. Of course, I was D14, and they'd be D1 or some such. (zip codes). Went to a funeral in Kerry, was about 20 minutes into the service before I copped that the priest was actually conducting the service in English, not Latin.
4. Yes, it is possible to join the British Army. It is worth noting that Irish people may also join the US Military, if they obtain a green card. I have encountered a few Irishmen in my 20 years of US service.
5. Never was a fan of the head-shaving, truth be told. Made it impossible to tell who was who in PT gear.
6. With respect to quitting: It's not the DF's job to fix people and 'give them a nudge'. There are more than enough applicants that they can avoid the 'sunk cost fallacy', and focus on people who have the drive to be there from the beginning.
Feel free to hit me up for some observations on cultural differences between the two if you're curious.
hey man i was wondering can you join the usa army if your an irish citizen
furcas wolfbane pretty sure u need to be a citizen but idk
furcas wolfbane There are many non-citizens serving in the US Military. When I was in, a Jamaican subordinate became a citizen while serving. Non-citizens in the military are fast-tracked to become because of their selfless service to our nation.
Nice to see you here
#6 Exactly! When i was in the Marines i discovered that once you made it to boot camp there was only 2 ways out. Refuse to train and end up in the brig ... or tell your drill instructors that you're suicidal....(being in a body bag is not grounds for dismissal)
You all the time hear about people who got injured in training and were released from boot camp as a result.... but if someone is released from Marine corps boot camp and tells you it was because of medical reasons... If their not in a wheelchair or a casket... don't believe a word their telling you.
The Marine Corps has the MRP (Medical Rehabilitation Platoon) where if you get injured and can no longer train they will send you there until you get better. Once you do you go back to the training platoons and pick up where you left off.
They also have PCP (Physical Conditioning Platoon) for those who's physical fitness isn't good enough to train, these days you'll find a lot of people join the Marines to improve themselves and rely on the military to get themselves in shape.
This has been a feature of the Marines that i've always disagreed with, If you're injured in training the to point you're out of it for a month or more you should be sent home... maybe come back and try it again when you've recovered.
Also if you're too out of shape when you arrive, then you didn't have the commitment to get yourself into the minimum standards prior to arrival... you don't deserve to be there.
@Jamesons Travels The green beret with the two ribbons hanging down is actually called a "Glengarry". The glengarry is only worn by members of the armoured cavalry units in the Irish Defence Forces. The normal soldier wears a black beret. The two hanging ribbons are there as a remembrance for the death of our General Michael Collins during the Irish War of Independence. The Armoured Cavalry blame themselves for his death because they were supposed to be protecting him. So, the two ribbons are a mark of respect for his death.
i always find it weird when people outside of ireland watch our shows it’s gas
Haha I'm from the North, I love the southern expression "gas" it's good craic 😄
“It’s a gas” is a phrase that has been used in the US since my adolescence, (the 60’s), lol.
@@tallwalls76 And it means the same as just gas rite?
@@chrismatthews180 From Dublin, and love your “wee buns”. It’s gas. :-)
Especially when they don't understand 😂😂
Hi Jameson, thank you for this review. I spent 32 years in The Irish Army and 7 in the reserve. We are actually referred to as The Defence Forces. The headdress is called a Glengarry, anyone who says different is just wrong, I wore it for 7 years attached to a Cavalry Unit while in the reserve. All others wear a Black Beret, the only exception being The Ranger Wing who wear Green Berets and Military Police who wear Red Berets. There are lots of different thoughts about what the two Black ribbons are for, some say they were used to tie up ponytails when soldiers had them in the past, others think they were once used to adjust the size of the cap, I have even been told they are worn to commemorate the first Chief of Staff, Michael Collins, who was killed in an ambush during Irelands war of independence. We are a small Army, but have consistently punched above our weight when it comes to overseas deployments. During my service the Irish Army were deployed to Lebanon, Kosovo, East Timor, Iraq, Kuwait, Liberia, Eritrea ,Chad, Western Sahara, Syria (Golan Heights),Congo,Mali,Afghanistan. If you can, it would be worth while looking at our Special Forces Group called The Army Ranger Wing. It will be hard to find anything other than promotional videos by the Department of Defence on those Guys as they do NOT allow made for TV documentaries access to any of their training or deployments.
Would love to see Jameson review the Irish ARW! And Jameson, when researching... check out their success in Sniper comps in Fort Benning!
Woah thats a lot of deployments,
Respect 🇮🇪
Johnny Jones if that’s what they wish to do then good luck to them, I hope it’s a great experience for them.
@Johnny Jones i personaly wouldn't due to events that such as Bloody Sunday, troubles and the black and tans and experiencing sectarian abuse in the North
But at the end of the day i don't judge anyone who joins, its up to them but alot of Irish people would lose respect for other Irish people joining it.
@Bluepurgatory1 how? I stated why I wouldn't join, doesn't mean I hate them or judge people who do. When I mentioned the history it's just the reasons I wouldnt join it, doesn't mean I hate them
To any of my Irish brothers and sisters in arms out there! Don’t worry about the total number of your Forces, your tough as hell and very professional on your drill dress and deportment make up for the numbers! As a Canadian Army vet, proud to have y’all as allies!
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I'm an Irish citizen and recently became a Canadian proud to be both 💪🏽
@@rosscobosco What do you mean?
@@urma7713 they're obviously referring to citizenship 🤦♀️
Thank you from Northern Ireland/Ireland 🇬🇧/🇮🇪🤝🇨🇦
An early question in your video you ask is "Is it that selective?" Yes, yes it is. Even the Gardai (The Irish Police force) is harder to get in than people think. A cousin of mine initially tried for the army (She is above average fitness/health wise) and was declined. I think other countries have this belief army, navy, AF, police, etc. is a walk but when a country is as small as Ireland you need qualified people at it. Thanks
The Gardai hire based on family and political connections. Merit is not a consideration.
I wouldn't join the EIRDF due to the absolute shite pay, manpower levels and kit they have now. If I had known Ireland had its own military years ago, I'd have joined up.
Come join the US military. There’s stacks of cash to be had, good training.
Can Irish join the British Army or do they need to get British citizenship first?
@gamehengeful Yes, any Irish person can join the British army, once they have passed all the different stages. No UK citizenship required. There's an army recruitment office in Northern Ireland, called Hollywood Barracks. 😉
My training was totally different than that, what you just witness was a Sunday stroll....plus just because we have a small army doesn't make us any less of a soldier individual , if you want to see our mentality look up the Siege of Jadotville....
Your right
Watched that last week absolutely brilliant movie
@@sodsy7864 I watched that movie also: overated!
@@goalltheway-pm8xs that's your opinion but ok
They were a different breed from the ponces that join now... if we were ever invaded were fucked cause most of our army are on sick leave at any one time
"The seige at Jadotville " view and tells the skill.
Yes Irish people can join the UK army...
The movie is worth a watch and what happened to the men upon return was a tragedy.
@@99Michael They were treated like shit by their OWN government. Absolutely disgraceful! Even Vietnam vets weren't subject to that sort of garbage.
Yes, the Siege of Jadotville, I read about that some years before the film came out. Those Irish soldiers held the line against the odds and ran out of ammunition in the end. They held back large numbers of ex Belgian soldiers and also French Foreign Legion soldiers which together with the other hordes outnumbered the company plus from the Irish Army by several times over. When they got back to Ireland, there was a torchlight parade of the troops in the town that they were based in and the local population all came out at night to greet them as their heroes (which they were for certain). It was not just the politicians that let those soldiers down, their own top brass let them down not only when they got back to Ireland but also during the siege but what the politicians did was truly a disgrace. If you are a government minister of any country and your fighting men have done what you asked them to do, to then try to tarnish the reputation of those same soldiers is unforgiveable. Those who attacked the Irish company at Jadotville got a good kicking, it taught them a lesson they never forgot.
Yes, of course the door is open to Irish joining our forces and that will not change any day soon.
@L.1875 1878 You get Southern lads too. I served with two South Irish guys in the Parachute Regiment. Yes you wouldn't believe it would you?
No we cant
The cap with the ribbons is called a Glengarry. It's standard issue for Cavalry units. The ribbons are black and meant a mark of respect for Michael Collins
Michael Collins was a g
Glengarry is worn by the Scots as well, plus many pipe band swear the Glengarry. And I don't think Michael Collins comes into it, outside of Ireland anyway, but the two ribbons are always black. Wire one myself for years.
Thanks for the information, always happy to learn this stuff.
No one bothered to ask or learn. Weird.
No its Scottish
I joined the Irish Army in 1978 when I was 17. Back they, if you happened to be walking down the street past a Military Base, they would almost drag you in through the gate. Little or no money was spent on the Army and the equipment we had was obscenely obsolete. Not like it is now. Great video and good to see how things have progressed. I did 10 years including two trips to Lebannon (49th Inf Batt and 61st Inf Batt), and wore a Glengarry. Wish I’d kept it and my blue UN beret. JB
Lad wars have been started over irish people being forced into the British army just dont go there😂😂
All were volunteers. The only forced conscripts were among the English. Wellington has at least 40% Irish volunteers unlike many English who were conscripted to his regiments.
@@mikeat53 conscription was introduced in Ireland during ww1even though the British promised us earlier in the war that it would never happen and was one of the reasons for the start of the Irish war of independence
@@thedoreman8537 it was passed as law but never enforced due to opposition from most political parties, unions and the church. Don't forget, Ireland was "one" back then. In England conscription was introduced in 1916, 2yrs before it was tried (and failed) in Ireland. So as I've previously said, we were aways volunteers. As to the Great War, that's a another issue. The reasons why so many Irish did volunteer is still the subject of many historical /political /social discussions, even today. But one thing is for sure :wherever there was a scrap to be fought in a British uniform, the Irish were front and ready.
Basic training is much harder than which they're showing.
I have no doubt they show what they want people to see and help recruiting
Lol they don't want to frighten the mothers
@@darylmcdermott4165 irish mothers would freak the fuck out
Our sgt over training was an ex ranger .... he was a firm man 🤣🤣🤣
Lol please tell me what else they do in basic training, I’ll probably find it interesting
we had an ex Irish soldier at my basic training in Australian Army in 2004. He was gonged up to the teeth. He wanted to be one of the lads but the staff wanted him to wearing his medals on march out.
@hozza9901 - could you translate "gonged to the teeth?"
@@johnlozauskas778 lots of medals
Brother I appreciate you
For sharing your thoughts and knowledge.
Bearing in mind, this is a tv program, so they can't show what their really like
I served with them in the Balkans, respect guy's. Also fun people to be with.
Thank you
What were you doing in the balkans?
@@BohemianDoor where are you from?
@@johnnyryall3966 Scandinavia and you?
@@BohemianDoor Irish. So do you not know what happened in the balkan wars? The british vs the argentines
The 'beret' is known as a Glengarry and is the headdress of the Cavalry Corps. It is also worn by Reserve Officers. The wearing of the Glengarry originates from the early years where peaked caps worn by regular units were to large and impractical for Cavalry troopers who were in and out of armour regularly. They black ribbon is believed to be a symbol of remembrance of Michael Collins who was killed in an ambush in the civil war while in a Cav escort. This however is myth and the ribbon is merely for design :)
What? You must be a crap hat. British Para soldiers wear a maroon beret....
@@rockymcallister4258 who said anything about British Paras?
It's not a glengarry. It's a caubeen.
@Bluepurgatory1 agreed however within the DF it is known as a Glengarry :)
@Bluepurgatory1 The Scottish glengarry headdress and Irish glengarry are two completely different things, the caubeen is worn by Royal Irish regiment in the British army.
What I enjoy most about your channel, and combat arms channel, is that you’re respectful of others different training. All that matters is the final product and that seems to be a rare attitude.
Respect for the Irish served with them in Lebanon good people .
I saw more action in Dundalk in the 80s than the whole Irish army in the Leb did
@@kevb6597 well say that to the 47 people that died in the Lebanon
@@kevb6597 you clearly dont have the discipline of a soldier to disrespect others who have died in the line of duty.
Wow man, the Irish military basic looks legit though. Kudos to the Irish!! I’ve always longed to visit Ireland 🇮🇪. Such history too
Great soldiers shite equipment
@@bingbonk7125 shite funding too. We have amazing soldiers, i reckon we could scare off anyone if we had enough soldier
@@ben-iz6or no doubt
What you witness is a recreational day,training was way tougher than that
The ribbons the headpiece is called The Glengarry
I urge you to watch a movie called "The seige at Jadotville ", based upon a true story about 200 Irish "UN Peacekeepers who were defending their encampment against 2500 former Legionaires (Mercs) .They didn't lose a single man. They were forced to surrender but only because they were completely out of ammunition. They did very well against their enemy.
That was a great movie. Didnt think it was based on a true story until the pic at the end of the unit
Cameron Castleman it was very heavily dramatised according to actual accounts.
One of my favorite movies....loved it.
@Iamdmonah 322 Ah, the sound of a true legionaire.
Sad that for decades the Irish government was ashamed of their surrender! We only recognized their heroism officially recently. Fair play to those lads that fought so hard.
Brilliant review, well done.
I went to school with that female corpral trainer, she is a born soldier as tough as nails and a real leader. I personally no alot of irish soldiers, they may play the role of peacekeepers but I'd put our soldiers up against any front line troops in the world and I have no doubt they would serve our country well. They really are very well trained, dicaplined and ready for anything.
This was awesome. Thank you for doing this reaction to the Irish army. It was brilliant. Well done. 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Check out the Liberia operation for a real take on the Irish skill set. A group of Irish rangers raided a camp of 40+ tangos in Liberia, a night raid, captured the leaders and freed all hostages, no shots fired. All with blue caps on.
Post note- Ive had the honour of serving with Irish brigades in balkans-
Very well drilled professional men-
And great guys and girls to be around during RNR-
Respect 🙌🏽
Boy scouts, would certainly prepare you, for being attacked from the rear.
I laughed thank you
Absolutely golden.
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I enjoy these videos, because gives an ideal how the other marines and sailors and soldiers trained, one day as allies might be in combat together, love other countries cultures, keep up the good work sir
Just FYI they toned this down a huge amount for TV. They also made training a bit easier around the time this aired. Did my basic in 09(ish) in Gormanstown, we had corporals fucking lockers out windows and screaming at us more like Marine DIs, they just can't show that shit on our broadcast TV because our public (very liberal) would be fucking mortified lol. Our corporals were big mean bald fuckers too lmao, not pint sized culchees. I think if you make training longer and dangle civilian life in front of recruits all the time you only get the people who really want to be there. We also had to buy a lot of our equipment ourselves. It was all our own boot polish and brushes. So you either were making an effort or you left pretty quickly. Our phones for the first while were taken away but most of us just didn't own or bring a smartphone. No one would've been stupid enough to do that back then cause they'd have had it fucked out the window and smashed. This was well before people became pussies about shit like that. All of this means a lot of the platoon of 40 drop off pretty quickly.
We had hand to hand training, bloody noses, concussions, they considered putting us through escape and evasion training (with some torture) but they opted not to thankfully. We fought with the NCOs and put all that stuff to the test. We had a crucible too (scratch i think it was called). By the end of it we had I think 13 left standing (17 passing out, 4 literally couldn't stand) out of 40. It was suitably brutal, inner thighs bleeding from the chafing, uniforms caked in dried mud, one or two fractures here and there. Would've been about as bad as Marine training but we suffered an extra 3 weeks I think. We didn't get a passing out ceremony either or even our berets (we should have). We just went straight on to advanced training. We had our units picked out before we got word back that we wouldn't get berets because they didn't have enough of them made for us. Kinda sucked but by that point you just lived in a perpetual state of suck, a day without a loaded combat march was a good day. (fyi full gear, ammo, rifle plus a GPMG for a mile or two will fuck up anyone)
I quit after I successfully completed basic. I was 19 yrs old (youngest there was 17), 5'8 and maybe 160 pounds tops (at 31 now I weigh maybe 170-180 pounds, same height and a just a little more muscle since 25 onwards). At that age I was just was not designed to carry a 11-13kg GPMG (FN) (you don't know how lucky you are to be carrying the SAWs) but I loved shooting it. I wished my platoon well and my NCOs well, there were no hard feelings and the NCOS just said to me "look come back when you're a bit older and have filled out a bit more". I think they knew that as much as I put my best into training, it wasn't what I was about. I wanted to see a deployment. They knew that training for me was kind of a means to an end in my head. For those guys, training was what they wanted as a lifestyle. Two very different things really.
I just realized at the end of it the army life here was gonna be about 90-95% training and marches and 5-10% actual deployment to a peacekeeping role. I wanted to fight. I was never going to see combat and we had no involvement in Iraq or Afghanistan. Personally I always thought we let the other armed forces down not helping out there (I would say most other people in my country didn't see an issue with that sadly). I think we did send a very small amount to Afghanistan in the end but it was v small.
One day we saw a platoon of 3 stars privates (e2s) getting beasted (punished) on the square one day, and we knew they weren't in training (they were older guys). Our corporal just said to us, "hey it never ends, it's always gonna be that way". As private 2 star (e1) I just didn't see the point anymore in getting yelled at for the rest of my life if I wasn't going to deploy. Our corporals did tell us stories of peacekeeping patrols where 200 rounds were "misfired" but generally speaking most Irish troops just never see combat at all. You're lucky if you get to take part in a peacekeeping role at all honestly. Most of us just ended up watching Afghanistan and Iraq pass on by for better or worse. I know some guys who did the taboo thing and joined the British Army. I know one of my NCOs saw a tiny engagement in Chad (africa) and that's about all i heard.
Most of the guys that were in my platoon gave it a few years and got out because like most countries the pay ain't great to say the least. We had a few lifers. One of them who I believe is a SGT now was a guy I convinced to stay when he was dead set on quitting during basic because he was too heavy. Overall though of the 40 I think maybe 1 or 2 are still in. Sometimes life just works in weird ways for people. I'm in a good place now, good job with good pay and I pretty much have the army from 17-19 to thank for that. Taught me more than the 6 years of school before and the 4 years of college after did.
I think most people know by now that these documentaries are watered down tbh
Was in the reserves early 90s they were fairly hard on us untill the women were let join got a bit soft after that
Bring back the good ole days! Did my basic in 2000 and I can't believe that this video represents current training. I'm reentering the MOD next year and will be undertaking 3 month basic training. . . I am expecting to be dissapointed with the softness of it :)
@@joebrennan.4389 Ministry of Defence - The branch of the government responsible for the UK's military and defence
I heard it was in every soldiers 5 year contract to serve overseas?
The Irish Rangers are a lot different to the Irish army....tougher, basically like a Marine/SAS....as a matter of fact they beat The US Marine Corp, the FBI, teams from Germany, Denmark and Canada to take home first place Snipers 2015 i think!!! They are probably the best trained army in the world, if you get a chance watch the Movie Siege of Jadotville, or read the summary of what happened at the very least.
The guy across the road from me was in Jadotville. Lovely man
lad no offense im irish born and bred in westmeath but i dont think we are the best we are good tho
@@oisinredington9026 ARW are elite, one of the best in the world regarding SF. however Army wise we are not.
@@stpatrick7643 They want the number of ARW raised to about 1000 I heard. Many say it will lower the standard, I'm not so sure.
@@christophermuran9487 Not trying to contradict you whatsoever but do you have any idea where you heard that? Just a question apologies if I’m coming off wrong.
I live 5 mins from this base, so I recognise quite a few of them in this vid. Good job 🇮🇪
Part 2 please because part 1 is introduction weeks and the rest of the show is when boot camp starts
4:47 I’m English and I have a hard time “translating” what they say. I once did a motorcycle tour around Ireland and you couldn’t want to meet a nicer bunch of people.
Good on you Mike, nice to hear a fair comment
I'm Irish and I have a have a hard time "translating" what they say!
English? Not my fault mate, nothing to do with me: stick with it you'll get through it....
The last thing the woman says is keep your head down and get on with it if you need anymore translations u can ask me 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
I don’t blame you for not understanding. us Irish talk 90 mile an hour in a different accent for every town.
Much love and respect to the IRISH military and the UK military. I had the pleasure of serving w/ some British Marines when I was in the Corps. Great guys - all of them.
Don’t call it military we don’t have the requirements
Don’t compare us to brits, only good soldiers in the British army are the Scot’s
Fair play jamesons travels
The tassels on the back of the beret actually don't denote gender but instead, as they said in orientation the recruits are training in the 1st armoured cavalry squadron and the beret with the tails is the unit beret for the cavalry corps.
Im from Ireland did 7 years in the Irish Naval Service. At the time when this was aired we watched it on TV while out on patrol on Fisheries protection. There was huge upset because the public thought it was too hard on the young recruits. Let me tell you...that recurit class was a joke, thats it. From the get go, they were allowed home after 2 weeks!! The full series is on RUclips look it up.
When I was in recruit training we got our shit fucked up...royally. The nails that stuck out got hammered. We had to earn our shore leave with good merit. And we most certainly didnt get it after 2 weeks of playing touch butt in the Curragh.
Dont let this short clip form your oppion of the Irish Army or the Defence Forces as a whole. I was lucky enough to work with the Army on a few exercises and all the men and women were top class soldiers, professional to the fullest.
To answer your question about the black sash hanging from the berets, its to signify that your a member Cavalry Corps (CAV)
Much love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Interesting to know how tough the naval service is compared to the Army service there. Stay motivated - U.S. Marine PFC Sullivan.
The fact that you guys get to go home during training is ridiculous.
@@kricket5363 this was for TV, of course it's gonna be watered down. Actual recruit training in the Irish army is many times worse, no going home for weekends until at least the end of the second month, it's not uncommon for recurits to be told they're getting home for the weekend only to be marched to the gate then told to turn around and march back to the barracks.
PT done in gas masks regularly and constant pressure for 4 months, 5 hours sleep per night on average. At the end of recruit training there's a 2 week long field exercise, 3 nights of which you get no sleep after digging a trench and living in it for the 3 dayd getting hit up regularly and on the last day of that you march 25km with full gear at a brisk pace.
After that there's a 2 month advanced infantry course that is even harder and every soldier has to complete it before going on to unit specific training such as Artillery or Cavalry which is another 2 months of beasting. As an example, an Artillery soldier in the Irish Defence Forces will go through at least 8 months of recruit type intensity training before getting to their unit.
oglaigh na heireann ❤
@@alternativevieweurope5725 this is all true
I’m from ireland and I’m really happy you did this video because the irish army is relatively small
Bunch of amateur clowns.
@@gazzanorth4373 they're incredibly well trained for a country with a population of 5 million that just got independence from another nation 100 years ago
@@FTGouldey Owned and run by Brussels. Very independent 🤣
@@gazzanorth4373 ireland is ruled by Belgium is it? cool fact didn't know that fron the pov of an irish person. ur a twat if u think you are right.
@@gazzanorth4373 shut up wa dirty bastard
The Irish Defence Forces originated as the Irish Volunteers which was founded in 1913. Their official title in the Irish Language is Óglaigh na hÉireann, Irish Volunteers. Defence Forces cap badges and the buttons on their officers uniforms also carry the insignia Óglaigh na hÉireann. The Defence Forces buttons on other uniforms still show the letters I V for Irish Volunteers. The Irish Volunteers, led by Patrick Pearse, took part in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Hey thanks for featuring our defence forces éireannacht agus broduil as
The rangers are Ireland elite.
yes sir - jamesonstravels.com/irish-army-ranger-wing/
Celtic are Scotlands elite 😉
Sweaty70 ? Lmao foot ball teams
@@JamesonsTravels Ex rangers have a selection course style TV programme , 2 series so far , 3 season will be made soon. they run it for civilians.
It's called "ultimate hell week " , on channel RTE2 .
True they are stone cold men i worked in a slaughterhouse killing cattle and pigs hundreds every day pigs blood burns your skin they have blue eyes poor fuckers knew exactly what was going on the cattle were easy to dispatch but the poor pigs best you could do was give them a shower to calm them down i grew up on a farm the cattle trust you click your fingers your the last man they see but the pigs screaming and fighting is something you have to see
Used to see the poor lads, and lasses, running past where I used to live, though they were in full uniform with packs and weapons, not shorts and t-shirts. The recruits would look half dead while the lassie who was one of those I charge would effortlessly run from the front to the back then back to the front yelling at the recruits all the time. She makes it look so easy. The camp is the one on the Meath/Dublin border in Gormanston. .
And a neighbour in Tallaght from years ago joined the UK army so it's possible.
The Irish Army held the world record for the most bare-bottoms ever filmed. This happened on the set of Braveheart.
@@jamesvaughan152 Go look up Braveheart (behind the scenes). The Irish army actually marched onto the set in proper formation. Mel Gibson mentioned how easy it was to work with people that understood discipline. There were reports at the time that the lads got carried away with themselves and were swinging punches at each other.
The Irish army has 1 tank but he’s currently in hospital with type 1 diabetes
Tullow tank? 😅
What's her name?
Where the fuck are you from
Is that the shit tank to soak up the muck your talking ?
Tommy the tank 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Watch "Siege of Jadotville" on Netflix. Irish Army defense of their outpost in the Congo under the UN.
That is one of my favourite films, my favourite scene is the No Surrender one, where despite running out of ammo, the Micks wanted to fight to the death. That brought a tear to my eye.
My brothers in arms, Italian, were butchered in Kindu (1961) Soon after was our turn to go... Katanga. 185th Folgore
I’m from the South in the US and I can understand them with little issues. 😂👍🏼
Hi Great Video! Great Host! I am from New Zealand served in the Grenadier Guards and 17/21st Lancers I met many Soldiers in the British Army from the Irish Republic Northern Ireland the West Indies(Trinidad etc) Canada Australia South Africa even Fiji they pretty much take everyone! If you can get through training! our platoon started with 61 16 weeks later there were only 16 left! Great Army!
In terms of joining the UK armed forces, the short answer is yes we can join UK forces. But unlike Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the republic of ireland is not part of the United kingdom and therefore we are not British citizens. Despite this I know of people who go to Northern Ireland in order to join the British Army as for a long time (I'm not sure about currently) the pay, pension and benefits in the UK forces were much better.
Henry Murphy I am Ex British Army I am from Birr Co Offaly did 14 years in the British Army I know a guy in Para Regt from cork I know a Royal (Royal Marines Commando) from Dublin there were three 3 guys in my unit from the south as well as myself (we were not a Irish Regiment)
Lots of the Irish lads that joined the British army did so because there were just so few spots every year in the Irish army and if your family was not an army family already or you werent FCA you were at a disadvantage trying to get one of the places. There was much more chances to get in to the British army.
The other reason I have been told is more chance of being deployed with the British army.
There's no nepotism in the British Army (so it's not who you know who gets you in). It's free, fair and open competition for entry (plus there's a lot more positions available, the pay is better and the opportunity to progress is better).
Yes there are very few vacancies in the irish df. And maybe those that cant join the british army.. these guys are warrior's. Want to serve and fight. The flag they do it under doesn't mater. However southern Irishmen that serve now and historically in the British army dont get the respect they deserve. Its actually frowned upon. Which makes me sick. Served with many true Irishmen. Ferocious fighters!! That should get the respect they deserve!!
@@bigjohn697791 aye fair enough although I am a bit shocked Irish people would join the Paras. They didn't cover themselves in glory in the north
The guys with the long ribbons on their breaths are troopers
I don’t know if anyone has posted about this, so here goes. The green headgear seen in the video with the ribbon is called a Glengarry some call it a Caubeen it’s worn by Cavalry units in the Irish Defense Forces. The ribbon is just to finish what was originally a woolen cap, the part of the ribbon that hangs at the rear is in fact two swallow tails angled at 45%. The standard headgear is the black beret for all members of the PDF permanent Defense Force.
You should do a continuation of this video.
As an American, just watch some Father Ted Mr. jameson. you'll pick up the accent and lingo in no time
You still won't be able to grow potatoes right though.
@@dotdashdotdash lol fuck you wigga im a pro
Jake Curtis I thought the Irish didn’t get it right? They gave up after a quarter of the population died or paused of to the states if my memory serves me right.
@Abe Froman they had to leave thanks to the british
@@jaegerbomb4142 what do you mean didn't get it right?
That show was a joke, it doesn't represent what it was like at all. they softened everything for the cameras, they had to be nice to the recruits haha nothing like reality . Even then the public complained that they were too tough on them. i would love to see your thoughts on our ranger wing though. Also there was another show on irish tv (RTE) called Special forces ultimate hell week. That brought civilians through army training and was closer to reality.
Irish Rangers are solid lads. I never worked with the outfit, but when I worked on the private side, I worked with a couple lads who had been in the Rangers. Very solid lads and a real blast to work with.
Best part was, we had three Brits along with two Irish, plus me, another American and one Gurkha. The Gurkha had been in the British Army for quite a while and he was non-stop stirring the pot between the Irish and British. It was hilarious.
Fact. Recruit training is way way fucking harder than that show they thrown together. Recruit training and 2 star training is 6 months long too where as most boot camps for other army’s are usually only like 10 weeks
@@Anthony.462 I think this goes for many of these shows and shows about militaries in general. No matter what, they always show the 'sanitized' version of the military to the populace.
Fact is, unless you lived it, it's hard to wrap your head around the reality. If you had told me 15 years ago what lay ahead, I am not 100% sure that my 18 year old self would have gone through with it. Now, I have no regrets (even if I did, regrets are largely pointless), but that's looking back conditioned by 15 years in the business. These shows are meant to generate interest, I think. They get the kids in the door and the lifestyle decides which ones stay and which ones go.
That sounds about right. Soften everything for the public to see. Public complains it’s too tough. People who actually know what it’s like just chuckle.
@Adam G I find it funny, since boot camp honestly isn't that hard anyway.
Young Irishman who wants to join the Army here
I 100% agree with your no phone rule. Phones are way too distracting for the people who are training to serve the country.
Ireland isnt part of the UK.
Noone in this video said it was
UK lives in your head rent free
@@Mo-hc9lc me? Of course it does i live in the UK
@@franciswaters7043 I know I dont get why the irish bring it up like chill bud no one said that
Some other sources would agree with you, if it was "Great Britain" instead of the "UK."
To your comment about the blacktails on the Sgt's headdress. The Glengarry, which is specific to Cavalry troops in Ireland, is taken from the Scottish Headdress from I think the 17th century also called the Glengarry. The color black is in memory of our first Chief Of Staff Michael Collins, who was killed in an ambush,, but the length of the 'tail' is the 17th century need to tie up the ponytails of the soldiers hair to keep them above the neck line.
The Irish Army, very interesting. I like it!
Liked that you mentioned the boy scouts. I was wondering, what you are thinking about them. When was a kid, I was part of one boy scouts unit, that was toughest in our city, maybe in country. Cause our directors were also milsim guys, our hiking trip and Sommer camp was, let say light military bootcamp. 😁 Can remember, that I wanted to quit many times, but when got home, forgot the pain, and next week went again. 😊
In my day recruitment was across all the different commands and battalions, so at any one time several hundred could be training. Yes, many Irish people travel to the UK to join the army, navy or airforce. The British army has a very long and proud history of Irish in the ranks, there still is Irish regiments in the British army.
The beret with the sting is the beret for people in the cavalry corps
It’s called a glengarry the black ribbons behind it are men’t to be a mark of shame as the cavalry was men’t to be guarding Micheal Collins in an ambush from what I’ve been told any way
The officers cap badge is bronze brown symbolic of being covered in Michael collens blood@@colmspillane2826
Daryl Mcdermott thanks for the information i didn’t know that always love finding out more about the defence forces
@@colmspillane2826 there wasn't a Cavalry corps until 1924 so the headdress legend is wrong. The Irish Glengarry is used to identify the Cav while the other corps use black berets
Oh yeah
There are some Irish accents I need subtitles for and I'm Irish
Lol 😂
@michael browne Ireland is like 40 miles length though
Lol fuckin true was thinkin the same they must be midlanders
@LETSDOTHIS You're both wrong, it's called Coleraine😂
@Abe Froman free Derry tal32
Yep, very hard to get in, for the Aer corps ( Air Force) you go trough a interview and around 5 or more assessments before going to the curragh for basic training
Hi there! Only getting into your stuff recently and am really enjoying it - very unique to see honest, no frills, no ego commentary on all things military.
This going to be a somewhat lengthy comment and hopefully interesting for you and your followers. So here goes...
Today is, in fact, the 5th anniversary of our father's passing. He was 42 years in the barracks (McKey Barracks) that was featured at the beginning of this video, most of which was in the rank of Company Quarter Master Sergent.
I know the whole barracks like the back of my hand because I spent quite a bit of time there as a kid/teenager.
The old man was actually a young soldier in 1961 in the Congo - this was the movie on Netflix "The Siege of Jadoville". I have two brothers who served during the 1980s and 1990s: one a 3-star private and the other finished a captain - all three served in Lebanon.
This coming Tuesday, I am bringing one of my brother's daughters to the barracks for the final preparations before beginning her Irish Defence Force career - i.e. her training!
In terms of getting into the Defence Forces here in Ireland, no, it is not easy. There was a guy in our neighbourhood who failed twice to get in here, went over to England and got into the British Army! Sorry British friends ;)
On a weird sidenote, I have to also add this in...
On the first anniversary mass held in the barracks, Mel Gibson was living on the barracks as he was shooting the film "The Professor and the Madman". This movie was based on the true story of the development of the first Oxford English Dictionary which was largely helped by an American, Dr. William Chester Minor, who was an inmate of a British prison. As the barracks was from the same period and resembled the prison, it was made there.
I knew this because I was lecturing in Linguistics in a Dublin university and was teaching the history of the Oxford English Dictionary to my students.
You see, we are, to some degree or another, connected.
Lastly, about "subtitles for the Irish accent", I fully understand. I've studied languages for over 15 years and am currently a Spanish and English teacher. My international students and I know EXACTLY how the Irish accentS (plural) are difficult - for such a tiny nation, we have a huge variety of "speech styles".
I really hope you enjoy these words - they are all completely true, as mad as they may appear.
Take care and regards from Dublin, Ireland ("slán leat" = "goodbye" in Irish/Gaelic).
While our army is small, we have had over 60 consecutive years of extremely positive peacekeeping missions which are are very well respected by many countries and the UN itself. We have a very famous story from our peackeeping troops in Africa, there's a film on Netflix about it (Siege of Jadotsville) very well worth the watch. Our elite special forces are also one of the world finest. They are extremely secretive, so much in fact that most Irish citizens probably don't even know they exist. They even beat the US Navy SEALS in international sniping competitions
You're fine with not understanding the accent. Ireland is tiny and has many accents. Some of us speak really quickly
I’m from Dublin and can’t understand a Kerry accent lol
Will there be any thing else Mr. Bungle?
England can be just as bad if not worse. It's a reason why I can't take them seriously when they try telling me how to pronounce a word.
@@Adamlol642 same😂 dublins accent is very different to people live in the county sides
Also just a point on what they're doing at night, it's not free time that's just the time they get to clean all their clothes and uniforms etc. Hoping to be in the army in a few months time myself
The black ribbons on the head dress is for the cavalry squadron and to commentate our late great commander and chief Michael Collins.
The beret with the “strings” is a glen Garry. Given to cavalry to honour michael Collins . Also the Irish can join the british army
4:49 Even I can't understand what some of the Irish are saying man, and I'm Irish myself.
As for if you can join the British Military if you're Irish - I had a friend who did it. I didn't think you could but next time I see him ill ask how he went about it. Its VERY frowned upon for an Irishman to join the British Army considering our history.
I disagree. Many have done and still do join the British services. Our involvement in the British army goes back hundreds of years. We still join up and share in training missions to Sandhurst and Hereford.
@@mikeat53 First "British" army soldier killed in Basra in the 2nd Iraq war was a Dublin man - Cpl Ian Malone. For his funeral in Dublin, the Irish government allowed comrades to carry his coffin - first time there'd been UK soldiers in uniform on the streets of Dublin, since they marched out of Dublin Castle in 1922.
The last few years I've discovered our Newfoundland connection with Ireland. I could understand that South East accent. It's similar to places here!
I agree it would be frowned upon but it depends on your background.
Although most people would share this sentiment (including myself) there are still many people who see no issue with serving in the British army.
Some families have a long history of doing so but generally speaking it's all kept quiet.
Not many if anyone would boast or speak out of their own circle about that because of, as u said our history.
In every country the British colonised local inhabitants were either pressed into service, forced to do so out of financial necessity or joined willingly.
The Irish (in my opinion much to their shame) are no different.
My Aunt walked out on her nursing training. When she returned home immediately her Dad took her back. She completed her training and years later was awarded a medal for her services to nursing. The discipline learned carries throughout life: He had served as lieutenant colonel in the British Army.
WE NEED PART 2
Hell yeah, I'm from Ireland. This is great to see.
Do they keep trying to get your lucky charms?
@@GiDD504 They got your moms lucky charms ;)
Hell ya
Hell yeah says you aren't.
@@craigross9921 32 counties 4 provinces 6 counties in the north, HSE, Garda siochana, Dáil, taoiseach, i am irish yes
from being the reserves, the gap is there for the nco or officer to inspect the body of troops, so they can walk in between the rows of troops
Respect for them !
Where them guys are training is where I live. The curragh barracks is the main training centre for the Irish. I’m hopefully heading in just waiting on a starting date. Family in it for centuries
The reason it’s only looks like basic PT is because they can’t show parts of the actual training for security or something
Roger Tavarez yes but it’s exactly the same as most country’s , they will have their tactics they don’t want to be on RUclips 😂
No it's just that Ireland's so liberal that if you showed them what actually happens the public would flip
@Roger Tavarez a little yes
@Roger Tavarez where are you from lad?
@Roger Tavarez dead right "dude"
Irish Canadian here, Officer in the Canadian forces and an Irish citizen. You do know that the Republic of Ireland is not apart of the UK, Scotland is apart of the UK and so is the North of Ireland. However this is about the Republic of Ireland's army. The UK has somewhat similar recruiting to the US allowing non citizens to sometimes join. You have Filipino Marines all the time who might be on a visa or different conditions to be legal in the US. usually training as a NCO (M)
It Northern Ireland, not north of Ireland, as that would be county Donegal.
Paul Moor well done you know a county, do you want a pat on the back?
@@jordanelder321 gwan with ya...I didnt read it as bragging, just factual. Many people do no understand Northern Ireland (thanks Llyod George n Winston) and Irish norhern Counties.
Mike Porter fucking simpletons don’t understand the North and south, UK/Ireland simple as that
Don’t even compare the English to the United States. England is 6-12 in wars since the late 1760’s. Plus four of those victories came at the hand of allied help.
On our first mission overseas (1960s) the irish army fought in 3 key battles. The Battle of the Tunnel, Siege of Jadotville and operation grand slam. On the congo mission one 26 Irish soldiers were killed. 9 of whom were killed in the niemba ambush.
After the congo the Irish army proceded to serve on countless NATO, EU and UN missions. Example of these are Bosnia, Kosovo, Syria, Lebanon , Liberia, East Timor, afghan and Mali. The Irish had the highest casualty rate out of all the other countries Lebanon with 46 soldiers being killed.
Irish troops were also the first foreign peacekeeping force to directly engage al qaeda when they helped rescue 81 UN soliders who were captured.
And constantly protecting the brits at the border.
In answer to one of your questions, yes Irish nationals can enlist in the British Army and they have done so for centuries, in significant numbers. The general who led British forces into Kuwait during the First Gulf War was born in Donegal.
The Beret with the strands at the back is known as a “Glengarry” and it is worn by members of the Cavalry Corps as well as by the officers in the Army Reserve.
I’m in the Scottish Pipe Band, we wear the glengarrys too. Look up Scottish pipe band glengarry
NotEven Good plenty of Pipe bands wear them aswell. It’s a nice headdress
Apart from the pipers, do any units wear the Caubeen?
SparkyHayes95 Yeah, it is! I’ve worn it plenty of times in my time in the pipe band, for competitions you have to wear them!
likeitout not just pipers, Pipe bands.
You spoke of Scots serving in the British armed forces. It’s THEIR armed forces. The British military is just that. Not the “English” armed forces. England and Scotland (and other nations) are in a union of countries or “states” collectively known as Britain and the Scots, english, Welsh, Manx, Northern (Ulster) Irish, Cornish and channel islanders, all together are known as “the British”. The best example to explain this is your own nation. Before the civil war, the term to describe the union was was always “THESE United States ARE” in the plural. For example, Robert Lee had been an officer in the “federal” armed forces but on the eve of the war when making the decision to accept or reject Lincoln’s offer of command, he said right as the union may be, he “couldn’t take up arms and go against his own country” and that “country” was Virginia. That’s how people thought then.
After the civil war, things changed the term became “THE United States IS” in the singular. One nation rather than a federal union of different nations.
The United Kingdom’s armed forces is like the union army. To say that “Scottish soldiers are allowed to serve” would be like saying Illinois soldiers are allowed to serve in the USMC.
In answer to your question, yes, Irish citizens can serve without reservation. When Ireland south of the northern six counties became the Irish free state in 1922, the Irish head of state was still the British monarch and Ireland obtained “dominion status”. That is a relationship similar to the Channel Islands and the isle of Mann. They had their own government, laws and taxes, (like individual states today in the USA) and it was agreed that the British armed forces would incorporate Ireland into its defensive sphere if Ireland and the U.K. were to be attacked. The Irish free state army was line the equivalent of a permanent state national guard in the USA. Although Erie never contributed to the British defence budget. The fledgling free state army was officered and NCO’d by many Irish who had served in Irish regiments in the British army. You’ll notice in the video that some of the drill is very similar to British army drill and that’s the legacy from these times.
During the period of the free state, Irish citizens in the U.K. had the same rights of residency as British citizens and can even vote in UK elections as long as they were resident in the U.K.. They could joint the British armed forces or the U.K. police. During the Second World War, when Canada, New Zealand and Australia opted to join the motherland in the struggle, Ireland chose neutrality however tens of thousands of Irish citizens flocked to the U.K. to join up.
In 1949 after the Second World War, the Irish free state declared itself a republic. The monarch was no longer their head of state and was replaced with a presidency acting in the same role as the monarch (hence why the present day Irish presidents or Uachtarán na hÉireann to give him/her the proper title, is more a ceremonial role as opposed to the US president who has executive powers).
But many of the treaty agreements recognising the Irish having the same rights weren’t repealed in the U.K. hence why a citizen of the now Irish republic, can still join the British armed forces and retain their Irish citizenship. An interesting sub note is that there have been many more Irish citizens who have chosen to fight for the British crown than had fought against it and more numbers than have joined the Irish defence forces. I know of four guardsmen from the Irish guards alone, who came from the republic and one who was killed in Afghanistan was given a full British army ceremonial funeral in Dublin. Another interesting sub note to add, is that during the troubles, members of PIRA from Northern Ireland, technically British citizens with British passports, would have been operating against British army soldiers in British uniforms who were from the Republic of Ireland and carried Irish passports.
"An interesting sub note is that there have been many more Irish citizens who have chosen to fight for the British crown than had fought against it and more numbers than have joined the Irish defence forces."
BULLSHIT , to take the kings shilling is an INSULT TO EVERY citizen
The Full Irish GK It’s a fact if history. Tally up the numbers over the. centuries and more Irishmen have fought in British uniforms than had ever joined rebellions, from Wolftone to the war of independence. To many, the choice was poverty, starvation or the kings shilling. I’m not passing judgement. I’m not advocating one or the other. I’m merely the messenger of what is an undeniable fact.
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@@likeitoutYou talk shite. 4000 irish currently serving in British army and numbers have gone up dramatically since good Friday agreement. To suggest there was a large number of Irish fighting the IRA in British uniform during the troubles is bull shit. Around 30,000 IRA members from '69 - '97. Far more than however many Irish joined the British army in that time frame.
The IRA had 100,000 enrolled members during the 1916 up rising! Do you actually think the British army has had numbers of Irish recruits anywhere near that? Obviously not! You are clueless on Irish history so feck off.
@@likeitout You talk shite. 4000 irish currently serving in British army and numbers have gone up dramatically since good Friday agreement. To suggest there was a large number of Irish fighting the IRA in British uniform during the troubles is bull shit. Around 30,000 IRA members from '69 - '97. Far more than however many Irish joined the British army in that time frame.
The IRA had 100,000 enrolled members during the 1916 up rising! Do you actually think the British army has had numbers of Irish recruits anywhere near that? Obviously not! You are clueless on Irish history so feck off
For the selection, it can be competitive when the economy is good. They do have a massive retention issue at the minute so turnover is a lot higher. The strings on the beret are because its a Glengarry, it's the Calavry Corps headdress. And yes it is possible to join British forces as an Irish citizens and is quite common
The guys with long things hanging out of their Berets as you say, its a cavalry corps beret, and the black ribbons is a sign of mourning (Michael Collins)
Not of mourning. It's a symbol of shame. Know what you are talking about beforefor posting nonsense.
😂😂I love been Irish your man eating the plain white bread
Nothing better than a slice of Brennans bread 😂
@@CraggyIsland123 yuppa
I honestly love plain white bread
@@CraggyIsland123 yup
@@CraggyIsland123 Only Pat's Pan for me! I was amazed at how good the white bread was the first time I had it.
'There' s a bus back there you can go and get on it! ' LOL
An Irish sentence 😂😂😂
I lived in Newbridge Co. Kildare when I was younger, right across the department of defence building and now finishing secondary school in the west of Ireland I hope to join the Air Corps reserve in a few years. It was just funny to hear that the training grounds that I might be going to soon is 5 minutes away from where I grew up and dindn't even realise or think about it.
I was watching along intending to post the question ... how many Americans probably need subtitles ... Respect @Jameson, picked that up before a quarter in.
This was filmed back in 2014 back then it was a lot harder to join cause people weren't leaving in record numbers, compared to now where all you have to do is pass the fitness test and don't completely fuck up the interview and you're basically in
I am a Irish Soldier and the phones were used as incentives by my NCOs they would take them away if we played games. The berets are Glengarry berets. I never saw combat but have talked to many men who went to Syria. PS don't worry Jamesons Travels we need subtitles for some places.
I gained about 20 lbs in boot camp but that was in 1967 and Camp Nimitz at NTC SD had a brand new chow hall and it was all you could mow down. They had some damn good chow.
3:10 it is one of the hardest militarys to get into about 1500 apply and only a handful get in. Comming from an Irishman.
Co founder of the British SAS was from Northern Ireland, Blair "Paddy" Mayne.
i was Scottish division brit army our head dress ceremonial head dress is the glengarry what you see pipers wear the long ribbons at back of hat is to represent the days when soldiers had long hair tied up in a ribbon our battle bonnet is the TOS tam o shanter which has a ribbon on the back khaki colour
Please watch The Siege of Jadotville Mr. Jameson and review it. Thanks a million.
WE NEED PART 2?!!!!
I enjoy Mr. Jameson's reaction videos. You can definitely tell he was a "move or get moved" kind of bad ass. Probably still is. Definitely Chuck Norris tier.
Do a video on the Irish Rangers (Ireland SF) please Jamerso. 💯
Question: I'd like your opinion on the siege of jadotville 6 day battle, where 155 Irish troops were attacked by app 2500 of an enemy . The battalion was the 35th. After the 6 days 6 irish were wounded & over 700 of the enemy dead & twice as many wounded. It was a historical battle where the troops were treated as traitors by the irish government after there return due to politics. There is a film brought out a few years back called the siege of jadotville that can give you basic information on what happened. All parts of the film when making was confirmed by what survivors are left.
The headgear was derived from the traditional Balmoral bonnet of Scottish highland dress. Throughout Great Britain it has deep roots in the military after it was adopted. It also influenced the American barret for green/black. The alternative traditional Scottish headgear called a Glengarry is where we get the Garrison Piss Cutter.