10 Questions with: First Female Soldier to Pass P-Company | British Army
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- "It's a once in a lifetime experience." LCpl Addy Carter 🗣️
Addy talks about her experiences, from being the first female soldier to pass Pegasus Company, to being part of the commemorative jump for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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Love some of the comments
She is a front line medic willing to put her life at risk to save others doing the same
Thank you
Congratulations
Failing P company, but coming back to do it again takes a great amount of courage and perseverance. To me, that's far more impressive than actually passing it.
Well done, very inspiring. Many fail P-Company but you pushed through. Excellent work!
They lower the standards for women the fact she failed the easy test no harder then basic training in the regulars is a insultvto the men who really earned it and a danger to the country
@@CeltPatriot That's not true. P-Company does not have different standards for women.
And she dropped out of P-Company the first time due to a foot injury.
You're insulting all of the people that have attempted P-Company by making up stories to put down someone who achieved a goal most could not. Someone who has worked hard and made sacrifices to be there.
@@bakersmileyface sorry kid all women do softer tests in the forces front line is a joke obviously you are a fan not a vet as you get basic info wrong
@@CeltPatriot Fine. Show me evidence.
You're the one making the claim, tell me what the requirements are for passing P-Company. And tell me where you got your information from.
@@machian5485 No shame in it. At least you tried.
From a 32 year served veteran Warrant Officer, I think that you are a credit and inspiration to the service. Well done - the sky is your limit (literally)
Huge kudos and well done. As someone who’s also graduated from the British Armies toughest challenges I only have admiration for what she’s achieved. You will serve, and serve well, values we all believe in!!
With an ever shrinking British military, well done her for stepping up…twice and giving it 100%. A great example to others to stand up and represent Great Britain. Utrinque Paratus
Good on ya, girl...All the best, Andrew, 2Para 1979 ~ '82 👍
Did you fight in the falklands?
I did, Maxwell; copped a packet on Goose Green.
Did you come across Tony Cork? I'm not sure which company he was in.
@@andrewtongue7084 thanks for you're service. May I ask what caused you to leave the same year?
Cheers. It may have been because my lower legs were blown off from a Mortar assault - I was fortunate - my immediate oppo & two others in my company lost their lives...unfortunately, you don't get to repay that gratitude. I was medivacc'd out.
Fantastic and congratulations. My old Dad was an RSM in the Paras, he described it as the Best thing he ever did. Look forward to you making WO1 and onward
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Who did she fight in the milling? I can't imagine any of the lads I went through P company with would have fought her, in fact they would have cringed at the thought, it was unheard of but that was a totally different era. I saw a utube video of women in a milling bout involving British soldiers and they did not stand a cat in hells chance, and that is truly honest, though they did try, and showed some aggression, women have to remember that this is a mens field. and each soldier is expected to win his bout, It is not like running a race.
Cheers dits, lucky winning/losing milling doesn’t determine your place on the course
Mate she passed and she is not the best at tabbing it was a easy course no Beat up or exercise and its a joke now eny way can only mill if they have passed and you can only mill someone the same size and now p coy staff who haven't even passed p coy don't even do the trainnazeam just the top of it the rest has been stopped and now para depo is getting stopped to go woke go broke
You could fail the milling and still get a course pass
You do understand the purpose of the milling event right?
@@24840961paulYh but it’s the penultimate event and has a stated purpose
Well done Addy, good on you. Best of luck for the rest of your career. Ex 1 Para, Red Devils and Pathfinders, 1988 - 2014.
I'm dubious that she wasn't given help, or the rules were altered to suit her. The MOD are under enormous pressure from the Govt for woman to 'succeed' I suspect that bar was lowered for her....
doubt it
Actually she passed fair and square.
@@Steve-gx1qyno she didn’t
@kmac8854 wow bizarre, as I was in Bde HQ when she did pass. She achieved the required standards for each of the tests. Some of the old and bold wanted to beast everyone until she PVRd but got reinged in by the Bde Comd
Go away muppet
Todays proof of lower standards, sorry but she could never carry a 6ft man more than 100yrds in full kit, she could not yomp across the falklands in full battle kit with extra ammo !! Sorry just facts !
And which branch of the military were you in? Girl guides doesn't count!
@@robinwatters572 No Robin, I think you are missing the point. There is no question that females can show remarkable skills & perseverance but standards in the military have dropped to such low levels, for both sexes, that HM Armed Forces are totally unfit for purpose. Moreover it demotivates men. We all know Queen Boudicca was brave.
And she’ll need to do that as a medic will she?
@@camlynfx Mmmmm...yes. That's exactly the kind of thing she would be expected to do.
@@camlynfx yes she will have to drag someone under cover to carry out first aid. You dont carry it out in full site of the eneny.
Jesus some throbbers in these comments.
I'm sure everyone reading who has gone through P-Company can agree that it is a very achievable feat as long as you prepare well and put in work on the roads, trails, hills, and in the gym.
Women are faced with the genetic fact of usually having less muscle mass than men. This just means Addy here probably trained even harder than most blokes that have gone through and earned their maroon machine.
P-Coy staff simply just wouldn't have passed her if she wasn't up to standard. There are no quotas.
As for the comments on the milling - by the time this event came for her she will have trained for months, come off a course, trained for months again, come back, and then smashed all of beat up and test week. I'm sure she happily milled for 60 seconds and showed plenty of (controlled haha) aggression to join the club.
"She did an easy version she wouldn't be able to take the weight and speed" - craphat 2024
Whatever cap badge or rank its a tough course. Fair play to her. If she didn’t get stuck in she would have been binned.
Everyone needs a success story to help recruitment......politics has entered the military thank god not sf
Hmmmm....
Same as when the AACC was strategically ‘altered’ to allow the first female to pass.
They even placed a Whitehall female assessor on the AACC training team full time to make sure of success (little known fact).
And don’t mention the fabled mound of earth on the 6ft wall (gen dit)!
She’s standing up and representing us all be proud she’s one of ours
she didnt do the same as the blokes ,,, end of ,, and she knows she didnt ,, army needs pr ,, thats it
I passed P company in 1983 and it’s no where near the toughest part of training in depot para.
It’s a holiday in the middle of Depot.
Well done young lass!
I’m amazed she actually got on a jumps course these days ?
Bro....13 years I waited....nothing.....
Of course she did she would of been "fast tracked" so the woke machine could show her off!!!! She would never of been airborne in my day. She has passed it and done it, but I bet she doesn't stay with airborne forces!!!!
@@kruger-3522 Each Regiment in the Bde is allocated a different number of spaces on each Jumps course, so if she was "Fast tracked" she only took one of the other medics places. As the medics generally struggle to get anyone past P-Company, then its highly likely she didnt actually take anyones place....
@@s.wvazim6517, you passed P-coy, became a Para and never got a jumps course? If so, that’s simply wrong.
I doubt it to be honest, just ticking boxes. She's done beat up and P Company, the standards must be incredibly low now.. In my 22 years I've never met any female who could handle the weight, the speed and distance, they're not built for it.
😂😂😂 cheers Dits!
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@@markshaw797 I had mate who's dad was the co's dog and he said that she holds the course record on the log run! Robo gen!
@@markshaw797 Tired mate? Been stagging on?
Did she pass the 'other' training too? My brother joined the paras back in 87. The additional training involved being made to stand on a table holding weights up all night until you basically cried. Amongst other things. He also did the RM commando course after he left and got enough points to pass but injury prevented him doing anymore.
So he failed the Commando course then?
@greenpig4075 He accumulated enough points to pass, despite his injury, that's what he was told. His motivation for not accepting that gets complicated. He had alot of personal friends in the RM. Passing wasn't enough, you know.
Sounds like bullying 😅 but credit to your brother for Passing 💪
Congratulations. You must be made of some strong stuff. 👊
Next? SAS selection?
Women. Bravely going where 1000s of men have gone before. If a woman can pass its clearly not that hard. Its no secret she was given special care and consideration to get her over the line.
Nice one medic ... All the best in your career , 2para 1994-06
Read all the comments. Well done lass on your achievement and for all those that don't believe that women are as equal to men try researching history of women in war. It might just might make you realise just how tough women can be. I doubt that most adding inane comments have ever served in the forces.
But could she handle 2 Sqn RAF Reg selection..?
She didn't even do the real p company test they lower the standards for women
Course she could ..as its all full of girls anyway. She'd fit right in...
Loads of lasses in the RAF Reg now, it’s seen as them taking the easy route into the RAF.
@@Noname47122 🤣 the easy route that would be going in the raf as a cook or desk worker. what are you on about ?
@@CeltPatriot are you a raf cook? Fair play for not taking the easy option like the RAF Reg ladies. 👍🏻
Respect fellow airborne warrior. I did it the All Arms the once in 96 how I got through it I don't know, to go back and do it again when you know what's coming round the corner on every event. Don't think I could have done it twice.
Why were the standards lowered to accommodate females
It became more gender neutral. It gives women a better chance at passing tests which were near impossible before.
Well done L/Cpl Carter, fantastic achievement.
Fair play as long as there is no special treatment or erosion of standards
Well done her, good luck to her.
bloody good going. a very formidable achievement indeed
She only passed because it was the softer touch version she wouldn’t ever pass a male version
She passed the version that all males pass. If you mean the old p coy where they continued to "raise" the bar until the female quit, then no. But then again, lots of males failed those courses also that would have passed a normal p coy
@@Steve-gx1qyThey lowered the standards for her, no way she is passing the men's standard
Congratulations from an old para to the latest generation go on and make us proud.
😂 bs, woke , army has gone woke omg. Enough said
If I can arrange you to do P Company and we film it, would you stand by your view?
What a great story. Good on Ms Carter. What an inspiration to not only women but everyone and also to have the courage to stand against your own fears. For a Brigade that is all about how much you can bench press whilst sculling several pints, glad to see that 16th Brigade can be open minded enough that courageous people do come in all shapes and sizes and from different backgrounds. Mind you the army is forced now to not be so narrow minded if they want an effective army.
UK IS PROPER COOKED OUT 😂
Fantastic Achievement. You should be very proud.
Id love to see actual footage of her doing the P coy tests, milling, log etc.
Fair play if she has maneged to do it at 2nd attempt.
But it also smacks of numbers game as we all know. Its never far away.
Cannot see the DS letting her have an easy time no matter what the head shed tell them so give her credit where credit is due. Its a different world out there.
Well done.
Well done on your achievement. 'P' Coy is a nightmare. Only the best get through - now it's you!
Doesn't count unless she has to meet the same requirements as males, which she doesn't
How come?
@@24840961paul precisely
She didn't meet the same requirements. The first time. She failed.
Bro expand pleas you can't just honey dick us with that comment we need to know more
Sorry she’s not the 1st to pass there was a woman a pti to past it a few years ago
The first was a Cross Fit champion, Triathlete and Ultra Marathon Runner.
She did not pass the p company test she passed the soft womens version of it a unfit man could pass it
Brilliant, well done
So obviously, they have dual standards, or someone was carrying her weight on the log run.
You can't carry dead weight in combat.
The fact the RSM said that mesns he'd been told you were going to pass.
B0ll0x, ive seen chicks clearing Taliban tranches in Afghan in 09, she passed and now she is in the brotherhood.
@@superflyguy4488 No mate you didnt see that
To be fair, if you had a bloke on the log run that’s much shorter than the rest, he’s not got it on the shoulder, so he’s less effective.
@@johnnunn8688 Any small Man is worth 100 normal sized women.
Also You carry the log with ropes around your wrists. Each man takes a grip with one hand he has to remain there for the duration of the test. Its actually harder on the small guy because he has to hold it up with his arm flexed, not locked out. So as as not to make it harder on the taller guys who would have to bend down while doing it.
@@The_Comedian556 yes, you’re right. I disagree with any man being 100 X stronger/more able. Maybe up to 10% stronger.
Well done! from an ex ABF
Well done.👏👏👏👏👏
Well done Cpl Addy - inspirational. Ad Unum Omnes!
God bless you and Para regiment brigade
May be you success and become the first female 22 regiment 😊
Is she not 23rd Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC.
Para trained.
@@johnnunn8688 I am ex 23 PFA and we do P Company.
@@truthmediarebel5816 OK but I’m not seeing your point.
I passed P Company in 1986 quite a few fit guys failed so good luck to her and if she is a medic and saves someone’s life they will be glad she passed. 👍
Good Morning and Congratulations LCpl Addy Carter on being the First Female Soldier to Pass P-Company, British Army, Alister Ian Hoult, Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada.
Congratulations ! :)
Thank you !
She's a credit to the nation.
No she's a diversity hire who passed a softer version of p company
WELL DONE LOVE, YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL😊 A REAL ...GI JANE..❤
It's a major acheivment for anyone! Pre Para/P Company is more than likely the most challenging military training course in the British military outside of UKSF Selection! Very well done indeed!👍😁
Ex RAF
Assuming they passed on merit but is that really the case? Falling standards as ex have seen in the police. List count how many times I have seen over weight police and in some cases a female officer with delicate long nails did not look she had the physical attributes to climb a wall in a chase let alone whether she would want to with such long nails.
@@_RabbitLeaderHave you ever known a soldier keeping a secret!? If she didn't pass through merit we'd all know by now! Especially with how many mysoginists exist in the army!
@@garagenigelLOL…”misogyny”…a trope 0:02 word used by moany socialists. We are talking about life and death, going to places like Afghanistan. Take a look at Ukraine. This is not about “misogyny”.
@@_RabbitLeader and look how many female combat medics were on patrol and got stuck in in Afghanistan, loads of them. She failed P company first time and went back and did it again, absolutely passed on merit.
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Well done i did P Coy 1985... bloody hard and FAILED... Great acivement
Well done! Hoofin effort!
This is not an old P company.
Most modern Paras couldn't take the physical beatings .
@@michaeldoolan7595 sure thing bud, I guess you deployed to Ireland a few times in your time unlike most modern paras that did multiple tours of multiple kinetic theatres...but yeah...your time was tougher 🤣
@@OMT988
It was harder then she'd not pass normal infantry training never mind P Company
@@OMT988 oh thank you....yes they were different times... it was open range on recruits by the depot instructors...
Awesome! Thank you for your service.
Wow, good for her!
BZ! well done to you!
Well done 👍
So that makes here a 'para" - medic
WELL DONE. 👍
How woke has the British Army become!! The rest must of got easy now !! Disgusting and embarrassing
Really?
Well done
And then comes war and hand to hand combat, then you’re nothing but a liability to yourself and everyone else. A weak army is the losing army.
Tell that to the israelis
@@jackdoyle7453 Women don’t fare well in hand to hand combat, it’s biology. While Israel has overwhelming fire power they’ll survive but, when US aid runs out…
Medics aren’t usually engaged in hand to hand combat.
She’s a medic. Would only get engaged with the enema in exstremis.
That is a clear demonstration of a bigot with no experience. I served for 32 years, leaving as a WORSSM and I would gladly have her working alongside me
Well done to the lady but I hope the standards were not diluted. Thats the ruination of everything.
well done from a veteran
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My great, great congratulations 🎉 ...
Well done lass, ex CRAB & RE Sapper.
Very good job
Fair play young lady, there was a young lady trying in the late eighties early nineties. Iirc Michelle was her name.
Wait! Are you telling me that the British Army didn´t have any jump-qualified women so far?
One previously, a Captain from circa 25 years ago. Her name is mentioned in about the first sentence the L/Cpl says.
@@johnnunn8688 Yes, I should´ve been more precise.
Still.... WHAT`?
What is "p" company?
Can anyone with real knowledge here say for certain she had to do exactly the same as the men who passed?
Congratulations!👏👏👏
So is she a Para Medic?
Funny
Ridiculous
No chance she passed the full P company without some sort of help or concessions.Just never happened
it must be really tough for you being so delusional. even when you are presented with cold hard facts, your tiny brain cannot help but deny the truth. I'd strongly advise seeing a mental health professional.
Why put the woman down she passed because she had motivation good luck to her .
How many trainees dose the CSM or RSM take aside and tell them they really want you to pass P Coy ? 😂😂😂
What is her CFT time?
@@GeronimoSpears I can't even do that now without the rucksack but then again I am an OLD para. LOL
35 mins on one leg. Hopping😂😂😂😂
@@GeronimoSpearsBFT 1970! 7 mins 45 secs. Whippersnapper😂😂😂😂😂😂
Raceing snake 😅@@numbnutz7832
Well done lass
Cringe
Watch out, Spetsnaz!
Really ? P Company,,, or just jumping ,, no video footage of anything ... She carry the same weight and same times ???? doubt it
Wtaf 😱
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Congratulations 💎♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
This is an absolute embarrassment.. for tradition for the British military past and present..
How? She achieved what was required to pass. This is not an embarrassment, this is success.
Bla bla bla
Someone’s jealous
how
Oh God females achieving goals in the military oh the horror.
GRIT AND DETERMINATION DICTATE YOUR SUCCESS NOT YOUR GENITALIA. At least she has the balls to serve you clearly haven't.
She’s a medic not infantry 😂😂😂😂
She isnt the first female to pass P Coy. 2 others have, one at least 5 years ago. She may be the first to pass the jumps course though.
Regardless, good effort Addy
I bet she makes a great house wife 😎
Wait, she joined the Army? But who will do the washing up and ironing at home? They will be allowed in pubs next 🙄
Congratulations for "breaking the Parra's glass celling"
She didn't pass the men's standards, they give her the easy option
😂😂😂 this is so wrong ! I bet she had lower standards 🔥 🔥 🔥