I’m former Scots Guards myself, we had a company from the Welsh Guards attached to our Battalion in Northern Ireland and honestly have to say we could wait for them to leave as they had caused so many problems on both sides of the divide. Typical bloody Rupert giving one of his guys a Bollocking yet silhouetting them both on the hill, perfect for the gunman. 💂♂️🔵🔴🔵💂♂️
I'm ex Jock guards and we had quite a few Welsh guards attached to us in Germany two in my platoon and they were good lads I'd say. That young officer is a proper knob like pissing the blokes off on patrol.
Maybe he was thinking that IRA was not a regular army and volunteers had only a soviet-style training, so it was unlikely that som "provo" could spot those men standìding and even more unlikely that he could take a hit. British Army was prepared to fight against the National Volksarmee, the heir of Wehrmacht, so IRA, withe the due respect, was not the same
Is incredible how time goes by. I remember watching this series when it came out in 1995. I was living in Australia at that time. I was surprised by the lack of military bearing of the new officer and how long his hair was. The guardsmen did not look very fit either. Obviously, the standards of excellence were dropping fast in the British army even then.
At the beginning when he says something about not just leading through your rank, you lead with your personality.. he doesn't seem to have one to be honest. His stutter is quite bad as well.
Young officers are managed by the Platoon Sgts,give them their head and they will only fuck things up..most look to the NCOs and learn quickly when to fuck off and leave the troops alone..Back in the UK you don’t see your officers much,they are always out and about in London.
Take away all the tradition and gusto and you still have but a man like everyone else, being told he must be slightly more than just that. It's difficult for anyone to become a leader of men and sometimes we don't get it right from the beginning. Even as an elistedwoman I still feel a bit sad for young officers who don''t fully ''get it'' from jump street. It's still a person trying to fit in, to juggle the job and being themselves, only from such a young age they must lead men. Thats asking alot of anyone.
Fuck being babysitted like this so glad we have evolved. It was like this when I started but completely 180 (when they say it was harder back in the day lol)
Its hard being.an officer and joining. A battalion so to speak . The new crow officer will always get shit from the lads but thats part of the training and development .
Ruperts god love them! I had to tell a captain before going on patrol in N.I. To put boots on instead of his slippers he was wearing at the loading bay. Platoon sgt should inspect weapons not platoon commander.
@@Horizon344 probably for the best he’s the sort of Rupert that would get good men killed due to his arrogance he landed in NI fresh from sandhurt and would not listen to the men who’d been there and done it
Yes for anyone seeing them leave the base. You wouldn’t want to be sat at traffic lights in a civilian car dressed in army uniform in Northern Ireland.
We had 2nd lewy in ni and he was as green as grass but after 5 months his confidence grew and I believe he went on to achieve great things in the intelligence. This guy is a total knob from day one and the guys pick up on it. The ncos run the army at platoon level and he should listen instead of trying to stamp his authority. Big mistake just pisses everyone off. Lewy
And where do you think we are sir,no sir,I wouldn’t do that,if I was you......ect,just like new gremlins ,all new offices are useless.,oh and you don’t stop people coming out of a church..
Would it come into question of suspicion, that if youve done over four years, and are quite good at your job, have done a couple of op. tours, That you dont get offered a promotion? This is why the Army is crumbling in this day and age , Was in the shitty Scots bastard gay guard's, between 2004,-2008, did operation Herrick 7 Afghanistan in 2007, Cant wait to get the all clear in The RAF REGIMENT reserves, but hey that's life! Xgdsm, Mark Christopher Pirie 25191819,
At the 4 year point you should be looking at promotion. However it is not automatic. You need to earn it. First, having done tours has little bearing on promotion. Most of your Regiment will have done the same tours, and infantry regiments were doing one every 18-24 months at that time. You usually have no choice about going. Your actual performance on the tour is taken into account. Second, being good at your job is expected regardless. It is not a reason for promotion. Yes you do need to be good at what you do, however it is the extra stuff like initiative, maturity, leadership potential etc that get you promoted. What did you do that demonstrated these? Were you helping the new Toms when they were struggling? Were you de-facto section 2IC when the LCpl was not around? Did you do any regimental sports or other activities where leadership potential and teamwork were evident? Third, were you consistently top 3rd in your appraisals? Promotion is a competition. There are only so many LCpl slots each year, and you need to be sticking out from your peers. Were people at your stage or below getting picked up? If so then you need to take a look at yourself and question what they are doing that you aren't. Fourth, did you ever speak to your Platoon Commander about why you were not recommended? Did you ask for development points to gain one next year? Did you improve on the points raised in your midyear reports? It's your career so you have to take responsibility for it. Taking a look at your service history it paints a picture of someone who felt entitled to a promotion and stamped their feet and signed off when they didn't get one instead of knuckling down and earning that recommendation.
@@paulritchie5868 Tell me about it. I was a LCpl in the R Irish HSPT. I left and reenlisted full time general service as a Ranger (pte) and had to work for my 1st tape all over again.
2.24. Douglas Adams stuttering like a love , aw... why are squaddies not in touch with their female side in the eighties ? No female side . No Fleetwood Mac .
ruperts get a lot of flack but you can tell he's just trying to do what he think he should with how he's been trained to do it, adn i'm sure he feels as just as much of an idiot at times as the squaddies see him as. He's in same boat as as any new soldier but he's just having to play a different game. I knew some people who are ruperts and they're right good lads but some lads, when their families are a bit posh, are pressured by their dads into going to sandhurst instead of just being a soldier even if they don't want to do it. Bloody hell I'm working class and even my dad wanted me to go to RMAS, but I'm going regs instead after being in the reserves for a bit over a year. Cannot see myself as an officer at all and even if I did I'd want to be a reg for a good few years before I went into it.
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Young solder with his LSW walking casually out of the SF base, and completely ignoring this Rupert 🤣 memories 🤣🤣🤣
I’m former Scots Guards myself, we had a company from the Welsh Guards attached to our Battalion in Northern Ireland and honestly have to say we could wait for them to leave as they had caused so many problems on both sides of the divide. Typical bloody Rupert giving one of his guys a Bollocking yet silhouetting them both on the hill, perfect for the gunman. 💂♂️🔵🔴🔵💂♂️
Well Colin the Welsh were much nicer soldiers to engage with that any of the Scottish regiments. Right nasty b******s at checkpoints the Jocks were.
I'm ex Jock guards and we had quite a few Welsh guards attached to us in Germany two in my platoon and they were good lads I'd say. That young officer is a proper knob like pissing the blokes off on patrol.
Maybe he was thinking that IRA was not a regular army and volunteers had only a soviet-style training, so it was unlikely that som "provo" could spot those men standìding and even more unlikely that he could take a hit. British Army was prepared to fight against the National Volksarmee, the heir of Wehrmacht, so IRA, withe the due respect, was not the same
@@simonecanepa721
hahaha.... you are an idiot. The IRA had snipers too.
@@kevinadamson5768
I´m guessing Hohne in the 80s. I remember the Welsh Guards utter bell-ends.
No worries...still got more old docos from the 'Soldiers' series plus others to put up.
Man I love the videos you upload. keep it coming,
"Don't answer back......You'll be on report"......Way to go,new boy!
fucking Sgt should have got a grip of that wanker!!!!
Plt Sgt will be in another multiple.
I love a good officer laying down the law whilst silhouetting himself in an operational area.
& shouting all the while, drawing the attention of everyone within earshot
Is incredible how time goes by. I remember watching this series when it came out in 1995. I was living in Australia at that time. I was surprised by the lack of military bearing of the new officer and how long his hair was. The guardsmen did not look very fit either. Obviously, the standards of excellence were dropping fast in the British army even then.
At the beginning when he says something about not just leading through your rank, you lead with your personality.. he doesn't seem to have one to be honest. His stutter is quite bad as well.
Young officers are managed by the Platoon Sgts,give them their head and they will only fuck things up..most look to the NCOs and learn quickly when to fuck off and leave the troops alone..Back in the UK you don’t see your officers much,they are always out and about in London.
Odd a stutter kept me out of us army
Great job enjoyed this doc
I reckon some serious hand to sausage combat went on in those sangers. Ex-RRF
🤣🤣🤣👍
Borucki sangar XMG also known as the smack booth 😂😂😂
@@exarmy4418 what was that about Crossmaglen, can you explain
11:50 did he leave his weapon in bits on his bed to do weapons inspections? Imagine if he came back to no cocking handle, or firing pin.
It’s been a while but I still have the firing pin in my attic.
Nice bit of silhouetting at 7:28
Back to Sandhurst Rupert.
Take away all the tradition and gusto and you still have but a man like everyone else, being told he must be slightly more than just that. It's difficult for anyone to become a leader of men and sometimes we don't get it right from the beginning. Even as an elistedwoman I still feel a bit sad for young officers who don''t fully ''get it'' from jump street. It's still a person trying to fit in, to juggle the job and being themselves, only from such a young age they must lead men. Thats asking alot of anyone.
Fuck being babysitted like this so glad we have evolved. It was like this when I started but completely 180 (when they say it was harder back in the day lol)
If you were liked as an officer the men would do anything for you.He was your typical public schoolboy.
6:38 screaming about spacing while stood up right waiting to get shot …
Its hard being.an officer and joining. A battalion so to speak . The new crow officer will always get shit from the lads but thats part of the training and development .
Ruperts god love them! I had to tell a captain before going on patrol in N.I. To put boots on instead of his slippers he was wearing at the loading bay. Platoon sgt should inspect weapons not platoon commander.
Yup.....seen a ND in the unloading bay at at Bessbrook by a 10 day rupert
This was around 1994 . Old mk2 cavalier and fiesta. 2years before the good Friday agreement.
4 years. It was signed in 1998. I was in palace barracks at the time
98 it was signed.
Rupert giving a man a debrief on patrol……wow
I wouldn’t follow that new Rupert into Tesco’s let alone into battle.
AWESOME
I guess they had to ditch the covert car after showing off the number plate.
72 should have told him to f... off!
7:25 man alive, they may has well waved a flag to say please attack us.
He’s no Mark Evison that’s for sure, still different times back then I guess
My officers never went on like that what a pillock
Fuck me. That Rupert couldn't survive in Tesco.
New officers, they love to micromanage
All of them, absolute screamers! So unprofessional
That crow bag Subby needs a bit of an education. I hope he improved from this inauspicious start to his career. Really bad !
I wonder what boy blunder aka Bruce is doing now 😂 Edwards 90 seems a good lad and a good soldier
Daddy will have sorted him out
McInnes left the Army soon after this was filmed for career in corporate finance in the City
@@Horizon344 probably for the best he’s the sort of Rupert that would get good men killed due to his arrogance he landed in NI fresh from sandhurt and would not listen to the men who’d been there and done it
He is a wino out side Tescos !!
What's the March at the beginning
sargents allways the way to go! comming through ranks,got there shit together,they tell most ruperts what to do!
Wouldnt a sharpshooter know which man to hit when the lad is getting given off to on the hill?
Yeah very bad fieldcraft, never silhouette yourself.
ruclips.net/video/fa1bp1Rkhdk/видео.html - Bruce MacInnes now
Serious question why civilian clothes they know where there coming from
Yes for anyone seeing them leave the base. You wouldn’t want to be sat at traffic lights in a civilian car dressed in army uniform in Northern Ireland.
That guy is such a Rupert! When I was a Corporal I wouldn't even acknowledge a 2nd Lieutenant.
Yeah but he is a LCpl, they wear 2 stripes in the guards.
cpls run the british army.
We had 2nd lewy in ni and he was as green as grass but after 5 months his confidence grew and I believe he went on to achieve great things in the intelligence. This guy is a total knob from day one and the guys pick up on it. The ncos run the army at platoon level and he should listen instead of trying to stamp his authority. Big mistake just pisses everyone off.
Lewy
Corporals know ten times what leftenants know
And where do you think we are sir,no sir,I wouldn’t do that,if I was you......ect,just like new gremlins ,all new offices are useless.,oh and you don’t stop people coming out of a church..
Da iawn WELSH GUARDS! Daliwch ati
Officer inspecting weapons? Cpl or Sgts job that.
I used to do it as a Captain and then I would ask my sgt to check mine
Couldn't make the marines
Would it come into question of suspicion, that if youve done over four years, and are quite good at your job, have done a couple of op. tours,
That you dont get offered a promotion?
This is why the Army is crumbling in this day and age ,
Was in the shitty Scots bastard gay guard's, between 2004,-2008, did operation Herrick 7 Afghanistan in 2007,
Cant wait to get the all clear in The RAF REGIMENT reserves, but hey that's life!
Xgdsm, Mark Christopher Pirie 25191819,
You sound a bitter man..
At the 4 year point you should be looking at promotion. However it is not automatic. You need to earn it.
First, having done tours has little bearing on promotion. Most of your Regiment will have done the same tours, and infantry regiments were doing one every 18-24 months at that time. You usually have no choice about going. Your actual performance on the tour is taken into account.
Second, being good at your job is expected regardless. It is not a reason for promotion. Yes you do need to be good at what you do, however it is the extra stuff like initiative, maturity, leadership potential etc that get you promoted. What did you do that demonstrated these? Were you helping the new Toms when they were struggling? Were you de-facto section 2IC when the LCpl was not around? Did you do any regimental sports or other activities where leadership potential and teamwork were evident?
Third, were you consistently top 3rd in your appraisals? Promotion is a competition. There are only so many LCpl slots each year, and you need to be sticking out from your peers. Were people at your stage or below getting picked up? If so then you need to take a look at yourself and question what they are doing that you aren't.
Fourth, did you ever speak to your Platoon Commander about why you were not recommended? Did you ask for development points to gain one next year? Did you improve on the points raised in your midyear reports? It's your career so you have to take responsibility for it.
Taking a look at your service history it paints a picture of someone who felt entitled to a promotion and stamped their feet and signed off when they didn't get one instead of knuckling down and earning that recommendation.
Groucho hardest rank to get and easy to lose is lance corporals.....
@@paulritchie5868 Tell me about it. I was a LCpl in the R Irish HSPT. I left and reenlisted full time general service as a Ranger (pte) and had to work for my 1st tape all over again.
Groucho amazing the number of guys that got out only to reappear some time later...
2.24. Douglas Adams stuttering like a love , aw... why are squaddies not in touch with their female side in the eighties ? No female side . No Fleetwood Mac .
Is there any problem with cockroach and rats .? No the cockroach just taste like chochen
Bruce couldn’t run a bath
Or stop one
He is not a good officer.
typical rupert scream n shout in that plummy accent😮
Oh ew....they have those horrible A1s
Man these guys are awful
ruperts get a lot of flack but you can tell he's just trying to do what he think he should with how he's been trained to do it, adn i'm sure he feels as just as much of an idiot at times as the squaddies see him as. He's in same boat as as any new soldier but he's just having to play a different game. I knew some people who are ruperts and they're right good lads but some lads, when their families are a bit posh, are pressured by their dads into going to sandhurst instead of just being a soldier even if they don't want to do it. Bloody hell I'm working class and even my dad wanted me to go to RMAS, but I'm going regs instead after being in the reserves for a bit over a year. Cannot see myself as an officer at all and even if I did I'd want to be a reg for a good few years before I went into it.