Young soldiers 1 - The shock of capture

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2016
  • With hundreds of British soldiers killed fighting in Afghanistan, why do young men want to join the army?
    This documentary series follows new recruits as they start a 26 week course at Catterick Infantry Training Centre, from day one basic training, through to frontline combat in Helmand.
    Shown in September 2011: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014grxm
    Second episode: • Young soldiers 2 - Sho...

Комментарии • 822

  • @captainhindsight8779
    @captainhindsight8779 Год назад +68

    I joined up in 2008, ended up on Herrick 16. I came from a very deprived background where the alternative to joining the army was a life of crime that most of my schoolmates went down the line of.
    It boils my piss when I see middle class Uni students tar all squaddies as blood thirsty murderers when in reality we didn’t have the opportunity that they do, I couldn’t go to university or live off mummy and daddy, I had no choice. I knew I could die but I’d rather die an honest man than live a criminal in my local estate.
    Now I have a degree, my own business and a couple of medals, all thanks to the British Army. The lads I went to school with are in and out of prison and contribute nothing to society so to all the army bashers, think twice before chucking your deluded views around,

    • @finlaymartins272
      @finlaymartins272 Год назад +5

      Massive respect mate couldn't have put it better myself.

    • @tammacinnes2945
      @tammacinnes2945 Год назад +5

      Well said mate ! Too many priviliged assholes out there who have no idea of what the Army can offer. I had a good upbringing but the military was always in my blood. I didnt make the best start to my career by getting involved in a fatal incident which had the potential to send me to prison, but thanks to the witnesses who came forward, I was exonerated. I never looked back from that, and grasped every opportunity. I had a successful 12 years culminating in achieving the rank of sergeant, before I left the Army and joined the Oil and Gas Industry, where I had a fantastic career which I only achieved through the training and experience I gained in the army. I am now semi retired at 66 years old and living in West Africa after a great career with oil and gas, which I am still consulted on to this day, hence my being semi retired. Nobody should ever knock what the military offers by way of Leadership, Man management and a burning desire to succeed.

    • @BigKingNasty
      @BigKingNasty Год назад +1

      Salt of the earth the lads are

    • @alexwilliams888
      @alexwilliams888 10 месяцев назад

      Fair play 👏🏻

    • @al1356
      @al1356 6 дней назад

      “Boils my piss” 😂 not heard that since 2001. Proper forces phrase, well done mate. Always remember that you are part of a very exclusive and very special group of people.

  • @HTCN-ki3on
    @HTCN-ki3on 5 лет назад +235

    The main reason people join the army, It's the thrill of bonding with your fellow brothers, Always being by each others side, Never giving up, And the pride that comes with it.

    • @shanaosborne7078
      @shanaosborne7078 5 лет назад +8

      Respect to all the brothers and sisters in the army, love it :D

    • @joshuasimpson5374
      @joshuasimpson5374 4 года назад +1

      its true

    • @redsunn21
      @redsunn21 3 года назад +8

      and not to be a burger flipper your entire life.....

    • @tightcamper
      @tightcamper 3 года назад +4

      I joined for excitement, to be in a war, drive trucks, fly in helicopters and work with the best equipment in the world. I loved every minute and in 4 years never took a days leave. Left as a Sgt.

    • @jermaine___
      @jermaine___ 2 года назад +3

      @@tightcamper became sergeant after serving for 4 years??

  • @barontheinfidel4276
    @barontheinfidel4276 5 лет назад +86

    Respect lads. Served 2002-2019 Yorkshire Regiment. Mad couple of decades.

    • @cockroachbuddy8886
      @cockroachbuddy8886 4 года назад +1

      start on sunday for 2 yorks how's the regiment ?

    • @harrywilcock5410
      @harrywilcock5410 4 года назад +1

      Good man, thanks for your service

    • @laurenevelyn880
      @laurenevelyn880 3 года назад

      @@cockroachbuddy8886 how’s Yorkshire treating you? Big respect for that one mate! I’ve just applied for an officer role, hopefully with the AGC. Currently in BUOTC while at uni but I graduate in a year. Can’t wait to get stuck in

    • @thoraneh7365
      @thoraneh7365 3 года назад

      Wow that's awesome, closest i ever got to the Yorkshire regiment was almost being squashed by a squaddie truck as it was coming out of my campus in west Yorkshire aha

    • @joeythomo5494
      @joeythomo5494 3 года назад

      Week 7 at catterick just put yorks at top of my triple p. Few weeks and I get told my cap badge 👍🏼 can’t wait

  • @neil7994
    @neil7994 5 лет назад +107

    All of these young men - soldiers, sailors or airmen - deserve our eternal respect.

    • @VanceRefrigeration
      @VanceRefrigeration 2 года назад

      They’re all chavs

    • @Ben_2761
      @Ben_2761 2 года назад

      Yeah

    • @viveksapphire
      @viveksapphire 11 месяцев назад +2

      Hi guys, I'm an applicant in the process of joining the RAF.
      I'll be covering the entire application process on my channel and I recently posted a video about the DAA and Selection Interview recently, which I think may interest some of you.
      I'd love to hear your feedback, thank you!

    • @justsain3236
      @justsain3236 6 месяцев назад

      Why? I wanted to jojn the RAF to fly F-35.
      I gave them my resume and even a presentation as well as footage of me piloting the aircraft in BF4 and getting air-toait as well as ground kills.....but they still said no.

  • @bigmartin
    @bigmartin 3 года назад +187

    I'm glad I've stumbled across this, I'm in Ireland so obviously it wasn't aired on Irish TV.. As an Irish soldier with 36 years service (and counting) I've always had the height of respect for the abilities of the British soldier.. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series and seeing how the lads got on and where they ended up. Good show.

    • @Matt-Durham
      @Matt-Durham 2 года назад +3

      How do you feel about how some British soldiers acted during the Troubles and where responsible for some of the worst atrocities such as Bloody Sunday or some of the other most heinous murders?

    • @davidhumphreys7035
      @davidhumphreys7035 2 года назад +1

      @@Matt-Durham Republican terrorists were responsible for some of the worst atrocities of "The Troubles" and for 80% of the casualties.

    • @bigmartin
      @bigmartin 2 года назад +36

      @@Matt-Durham the same as I feel about other murderers. I think we should have had a South African style Truth & Reconciliation commission as part of the Good Friday Agreement. All that aside, for context I believe the British soldier to be one of the worlds best fighters

    • @evankeating3742
      @evankeating3742 2 года назад +9

      Hey, I’m from cork, right now I’m considering joining the British army rather then the irish army since I’ve heard they’re basically better in terms of satisfaction. What was your experience with the defense forces.

    • @bigmartin
      @bigmartin 2 года назад +4

      @@evankeating3742 my experience has been a very positive one tbh. There’s lots of opportunities now for overseas service, unlike years back promotions courses are encouraged and you’ll get a fair chance, this wasn’t always the way. There’s also opportunities to improve your education with the trainee technician schemes (ie IT degrees or apprenticeships). The pay isn’t great but you’ll have lots of job satisfaction if you apply yourself. If you go to the British army I hope it works out good, there’s no doubting it’s a great organisation

  • @1616jaime
    @1616jaime 2 года назад +68

    I watched this back in 2013 just before I went off to join the Rifles.
    Almost 10 years on, I have now completed a book on my experience called "Basic Training in the British Army".
    To this day, those 6 months were the best of my life.

    • @1616jaime
      @1616jaime 2 года назад +4

      @Mike Foxtrotter Personally, no. It was great on exercise or away on tour (not a fighting tour). But mostly, we were stuck on camp pissing our money up the wall and arguing amongst each other. Don't get me wrong, it had its moments, but that's not why I joined.

    • @1616jaime
      @1616jaime 2 года назад +1

      @Mike Foxtrotter What week are you in?

    • @brunow.3395
      @brunow.3395 2 года назад

      Respect.

    • @Spacebadger
      @Spacebadger 2 года назад

      I joined in 1994 and I agree it was more fun in training, regiment got a bit boring until Bosnia I enjoyed it there .

    • @Stinksbed
      @Stinksbed 2 года назад

      i cant seem to find youre book could i get the link to it

  • @robertcnesbitt3783
    @robertcnesbitt3783 6 лет назад +74

    I have never been in the army or anything but i appreciate them greatly . I walk past a war memorial every night with my dogs and I stand and salute say God bless every one of you and thankyou for everything you men have done for the UK. I hope you are all in paradise or a better place God bless .

    • @MoAdan28
      @MoAdan28 6 лет назад +7

      Yup, I would shake each of these lads hands for what they done to this country and made their queen and honour proud.

    • @Ben_2761
      @Ben_2761 2 года назад +4

      Make sure to salute correctly tho

  • @fettywap9857
    @fettywap9857 7 лет назад +298

    Me:dad im going to afghanistan for 8 months.
    Dad:bout time you grew a pair of balls

    • @mygransdead6531
      @mygransdead6531 6 лет назад +3

      Ben McInerney I love a good army pun

    • @kristofsikorski5486
      @kristofsikorski5486 6 лет назад +2

      Ben McInerney true fact

    • @cbecks2051
      @cbecks2051 5 лет назад +9

      1, british army only serve a max of 6 months abroad. 2, you work in mcdonalds

    • @lake5520
      @lake5520 5 лет назад

      chris becks he isnt old enough to work

    • @Zsquad-cp6dz
      @Zsquad-cp6dz 4 года назад

      That's probably something my dad would say lol

  • @SMC01ful
    @SMC01ful 6 лет назад +58

    I'm getting back into my fitness once again after a lay off; hence, I can't tell you how motivating it is watching these lads go through their paces.

  • @MW-xx4cc
    @MW-xx4cc 2 года назад +29

    14:20 As a mum of two boys myself (even though they are only 8 and 6 now) I think she is a really strong woman. And such a wise thing to say. I wish her and her boys all the best!

  • @Ham-pb7pb
    @Ham-pb7pb 6 лет назад +307

    These people lay down their lives as a job but barely get paid and celebrities who just sit around and sing get paid more and get much more respect i think soldiers should get paid millions and celebs shoud get aid thousands it should be the other way around you people need to open your eyes

    • @BlackRose-vi2yg
      @BlackRose-vi2yg 5 лет назад +58

      Celebrities get lots of money because they generate money, it's a business!! How the hell does a soldier become a money making business.. They sign up, they know the contract, so you get paid what you get paid like every other government employee..

    • @witwoo1825
      @witwoo1825 4 года назад +35

      @@BlackRose-vi2yg but you have to agree they get paid too little for what they do

    • @reddevil2927
      @reddevil2927 4 года назад +9

      The army doesn't have enough money to pay all of its soldiers. Even the highest ranked soldiers don't have a huge salary in millions

    • @joshuasimpson8491
      @joshuasimpson8491 4 года назад +6

      If they got paid millions for their job then everyone would join yes it's a good thing but then who's going to do all the other jobs

    • @directdec8224
      @directdec8224 4 года назад +1

      @Empire Entertainment £20,000 for a private, 21,000 for l/cpl £25,000 cpl when going to Afghanistan you get paid £ 1000 and peace keeping like £700

  • @Ppp-kk6hw
    @Ppp-kk6hw 7 лет назад +440

    these guys deserve footballers wages .top guys.

    • @weedting2895
      @weedting2895 7 лет назад +2

      Ppp Chips trus

    • @bentownend5635
      @bentownend5635 7 лет назад +2

      Ppp Chips agreed

    • @kyalebrooks
      @kyalebrooks 6 лет назад +4

      Hahahaha they really don't... no ones paying £75 to watch me run around a field 😂

    • @573gwills3
      @573gwills3 6 лет назад +2

      Fucken right and footballers deserve their pay rates,

    • @jackbagnall9851
      @jackbagnall9851 6 лет назад +6

      573 Gwills do they fuck

  • @garystanley6097
    @garystanley6097 2 года назад +10

    These boys and girls in our armed forces are the real superstars. Not a movie star or a sportsman or a singer. These are the real superstars.

  • @alfiedawe9429
    @alfiedawe9429 4 года назад +15

    The lads older brother was so proud of him you could see it in his face

  • @spitfire451
    @spitfire451 3 года назад +16

    When I joined up back in the late 90,s I earned 450 pounds a month. Through basic and technical training, nearly 18months. However, after leaving technical training and joining the real world of the British Military it was all worth it.... People and places are something you can remember for life. If I had my time again I would do exactly the same...... Proud to serve and proud to of served.......

    • @davidhumphreys7035
      @davidhumphreys7035 2 года назад

      I was in 91 to 01 and earned a damned sight more than 450 a month by the late 90's and i was equivalent to a Private.

  • @yes2day100
    @yes2day100 2 года назад +8

    Such beautiful and capable young men. UK should be proud. (Yank here). I hope for those who went to a combat zone, that they all came home safe.

  • @petebishop6287
    @petebishop6287 Год назад +12

    As a veteran served with two regiments one being RRF and 2PARA from 1967 to 1981, Let me say I only went into the army for somewhere to live, but as you see by the amount of time i was in i must have liked it , There were hard times as in everything, but believe me there are more good than bad times and Comradeship you can't buy that ,

  • @barneythedinosaur8647
    @barneythedinosaur8647 6 лет назад +22

    The dad is a pretty chill guy

  • @lazurus8237
    @lazurus8237 6 лет назад +125

    I hate the way theres a negative vibe throughout this whole documentary, what they say and the music, I MEAN THEY EVEN PUT A GREY TINIT OVER ALL THE EPISODES, its not always gloomy, sometimes people choose infantry because they know they’ll be the best role.

    • @callin141
      @callin141 4 года назад +23

      100%, my basic training to begin my infantry training then paras at the end has been cancelled because of this virus but im giving up a good paying job that got me, girlfriend and our child a house. I dont class myself as an idiot or underskilled, i just know this is what i want to be doing as a job

    • @dandaze4345
      @dandaze4345 4 года назад +4

      @@callin141 i start basic training on the 3rd of may mate hopefully dont get cancelled.

    • @dylanhutchinson9209
      @dylanhutchinson9209 4 года назад +3

      I've got army infantry training next summer

    • @eggwitheyez
      @eggwitheyez 3 года назад +3

      @@callin141 I'd think again 🤣

    • @thoraneh7365
      @thoraneh7365 3 года назад +5

      I wouldn't say its nessecarily negative, it's just a reflection of when it was made. BBC3 in the 00s produced more gritty and hard hitting stuff

  • @theferryyman
    @theferryyman 8 лет назад +11

    Thanks for putting this back up!

    • @freemanoYT
      @freemanoYT  8 лет назад +5

      No problem. This is a brilliant series that really shows the extent to which our soldiers really work.
      I've uploaded a 720 version, although BBC3 was not transmitted in HD at the time, so this is upsampled from the slightly lower definition (576) version I had recorded.

    • @theferryyman
      @theferryyman 8 лет назад +3

      +Freemaño YT yeah, I remember finding this a couple of years back but it was taken down :( it is important to have this stuff publicly available so that potential soldiers can see some of the stuff they might be expected to do

  • @ContraryClipsHub
    @ContraryClipsHub 4 года назад +16

    Sgt cooney, he is the best!!
    He was my sgt at Catterick for the rifles, rifles 9, 2009 winter course what an absolute legend this man is mass respect

  • @liam7787
    @liam7787 6 месяцев назад +5

    13 years later, The people who dropped out were the lucky ones.

    • @SenorTucano
      @SenorTucano 3 месяца назад

      It’s a disgrace to find out that everything the government told them was a lie.

  • @yt_mujyplayzufc8226
    @yt_mujyplayzufc8226 4 года назад +111

    These soldiers should get payed more like if u agree

    • @askhowiknow5527
      @askhowiknow5527 4 года назад +5

      YT_mujyplayz ufc It’d be better if they were paid more, not just payed more

    • @The_Mighty_Chicken_Man
      @The_Mighty_Chicken_Man 9 месяцев назад +2

      When there is a conflict and british soldiers get involved I'm pretty sure there's a pay rise but I'm not 100% sure and if someone dies at war then I'm pretty sure the family get money from it but idk how much

    • @Meggy_S.
      @Meggy_S. 8 месяцев назад

      Just depends on how much money they have

  • @robthornton6288
    @robthornton6288 2 года назад +6

    Even just 3 weeks in you can see the improvement in their fitness and attitudes. Respect. 👍

  • @adam3rdcanvey
    @adam3rdcanvey Год назад +3

    Good lads. My brother was injured in Afghanistan and so i joined the Royal Navy. Done my 22 years safe im glad to say but heroes one and all ❤

  • @johnh5350
    @johnh5350 4 года назад +8

    96/2004 I served with 1RRF...best years my life..made lifelong friends who are there no matter what!!! OAFAAF

    • @joe7d321
      @joe7d321 4 года назад

      John H why did you leave mate ?

    • @JamesMcgann-ql5ey
      @JamesMcgann-ql5ey 3 месяца назад

      Thank you for your service mate
      Any chance u remember another member of the RRF called Chris McGann

  • @olympusxi8436
    @olympusxi8436 4 года назад +43

    Oh I miss that old DPM camo so much

    • @directdec8224
      @directdec8224 4 года назад +6

      On a training exercise Dpm wouldn’t camouflage us at all. I prefer the mtp

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 4 года назад +2

      @@directdec8224 DPM was designed for NW Europe i.e. North Germany, UK including Northern Ireland, it was ideal for those terrrains. Furthermore back in the day there wasn't just one style of camo like now with MTP which is designed for a variety of terrains, there was DPM, tropical, desert and arctic.

    • @thoraneh7365
      @thoraneh7365 3 года назад +2

      I work in manufacturing military equipment and honestly the MTP just looks more versatile and modern to me

  • @Aaron-gj6qx
    @Aaron-gj6qx 4 года назад +13

    25:23 met that scottish guy at selection in glencorse the guys a serious rank now

  • @dianascott605
    @dianascott605 Год назад +5

    Basic training in Canada 1988 was very difficult and intense, instructors were brutal……one in your face frothing at the mouth and another behind you screaming into your ear….good times 🇨🇦⚓️❤️

  • @cambs0181
    @cambs0181 Год назад +4

    25.17 That jock Cpl, we need him to address the entire youth of the UK.

  • @darrensmith3681
    @darrensmith3681 Год назад +1

    Wow! This brings back so many memories. Good times

  • @spookerredmenace3950
    @spookerredmenace3950 5 месяцев назад +1

    God bless those boys, just watched a NZ video about the start of their soldiers, no idea how i found this channel, hello from Peterborough Ontario Canada

  • @tinyred4512
    @tinyred4512 6 лет назад +32

    Can’t wait to join the army.

    • @_paradox_fifaclan2901
      @_paradox_fifaclan2901 5 лет назад +1

      Prim UoU how’s it going

    • @joe7d321
      @joe7d321 4 года назад +3

      _ParadoX_ Fifa Clan I bet he never did

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 2 года назад

      @@joe7d321 best wait till your 18-22

    • @joe7d321
      @joe7d321 2 года назад

      @@freshfrozen3035 I pass that age long ago mate 😂

  • @nicholasdavies6264
    @nicholasdavies6264 2 года назад +7

    I sincerely hope that these soldiers did ( and still are) doing well .... 👍💪

  • @johnnydiamondsmusic1673
    @johnnydiamondsmusic1673 6 лет назад +13

    I joined up late aged 27. So maybe it was different for me. I never bothered myself about home. I used to totally switch off home life from my head whilst away on courses deployment etc. Used to bury myself in the job. I found that easyer.

  • @layzrepair
    @layzrepair 2 года назад +3

    No one talks today about these brave lads and lasses. soul destroying!

  • @toddmiller5884
    @toddmiller5884 Год назад +5

    I think that a lot of these teens don't yet understand that what they're going through is what the corporals and sergeants went through themselves. Also, when I went through basic training and the drill sergeant called LEFT, FACE and you turned to the right, they would get in your face and yell NO, YOUR MILITARY LEFT!
    Precious memories.

  • @Danny-gb2kj
    @Danny-gb2kj 3 года назад +9

    Corporal at 25:35 is an RSM now. Spoke to him during my selection last year . Top bloke

    • @gav6808
      @gav6808 2 года назад +4

      RSM Regimental Sandwich Maker😆

  • @AnonAnonAnon
    @AnonAnonAnon 2 года назад +6

    I did my basic training at the Light Division Depot in Sir John Moore Barracks Winchester in the 1980s. The Royal Green Jackets and Light Infantry was a great bunch of lads to work with.

    • @elliottg.1954
      @elliottg.1954 7 месяцев назад

      Ex 1LI in the Province and Berlin during late 1980s here (17 years in). Was on Op Banner and other postings, years before and would do it all again. Younger people went through the grinder in sandy places much later on, and the old n bold are proud of them. The armed forces generally turn out excellent people.

  • @francischant3266
    @francischant3266 9 месяцев назад

    Great disclosure 😊

  • @dogwithwigwamz.7320
    @dogwithwigwamz.7320 Год назад +3

    A locker inspection would usually follow The Change Parade - which I hated, since it was more or less designed impossible to pass. I loved the gymn, which was so physically punishing it made me laugh, which would make the PT Instructor laugh, which would make the Sergeant laugh.... Back then I was as fit as an athlete, but the gymn was still as hard as hell.

  • @filmneek
    @filmneek 6 лет назад +8

    I really started to well up when they met with their families again

  • @PredatorMammal9
    @PredatorMammal9 7 лет назад +13

    My PDA is next week and after that I've got my assessment centre coming up in a couple of months time. Really hope it all goes well.

  • @Fijian_Brit24
    @Fijian_Brit24 3 года назад +5

    Can’t wait join hopefully be going in catterick for my basic summer time as a 17 year old nervous 🇬🇧

    • @connork9058
      @connork9058 3 года назад +1

      Good luck I’ve got my start date for the Royal Marines on the 10th of may can’t wait 😁

    • @TheRugbyClubHQ
      @TheRugbyClubHQ 2 года назад

      How's it going

  • @RottiDog100
    @RottiDog100 7 лет назад +4

    Salute.

  • @vxscarr
    @vxscarr 6 лет назад +1

    the song at 45:26 is "Royksopp - Forever" if your wondering

  • @tay5580
    @tay5580 7 лет назад +14

    Lees mum is very considering of his choice to be in the army

  • @lukkyreptile
    @lukkyreptile Год назад +2

    it is nice to see at 36:10 that the good old sa80 lives up to its name and jams

  • @paulboulter7823
    @paulboulter7823 Год назад +2

    Respect to the lad from the TA who did a tour in Afghanistan.

  • @glennvs802
    @glennvs802 7 лет назад +13

    Thanks a lot man! Long time ago and nowhere to be found anymore, let alone in decent quality. Will you be putting the other episodes online too?

    • @freemanoYT
      @freemanoYT  7 лет назад +1

      They're not all already online?

    • @glennvs802
      @glennvs802 7 лет назад +1

      Freemaño YT Well, I can't seem to find ep. 2 and 3 in decent quality

    • @freemanoYT
      @freemanoYT  7 лет назад +2

      Now fixed :)

    • @glennvs802
      @glennvs802 7 лет назад +1

      U sir, are a lifesaver ;p thanks!

  • @downtuned9000
    @downtuned9000 5 лет назад +47

    I was at ITC when this was getting filmed I think this intake was a 2-3 months after we started a couple of this lads ended up in the same company as me when they got to regiment.
    Our NCO's did not have a camera crew to worry about so it was pure unfiltered make you or break you probably the best and worst experience of my life if I could do it again I would....
    I finished training less of a dickhead and with a stronger chin happy days lol
    I have spoken with a few lads who are now training new recruits its totally different new recruits get nowhere near the same training less beastings and a more hand holding approach which personally I think is wrong you are training fighting men you need to have something about you or find it in training otherwise you are in for a bad ride.

    • @cockroachbuddy8886
      @cockroachbuddy8886 4 года назад +1

      In your time there was a Frontline you had to prepare for so it must've been quite a bit harder I start ITC soon and know it's gonna be quite a bit easier then you had it

    • @marvinlewis2144
      @marvinlewis2144 4 года назад

      Totally agree

    • @callin141
      @callin141 4 года назад +1

      Completely agree mate, my basic has been cancelled cuz of this virus but the requirements are too easy now and they were saying please and thankyou to us lot...

    • @empire-classfirenationbatt2691
      @empire-classfirenationbatt2691 3 года назад

      Do all Infantry roles go to ITC for their Infantry training? Would a Para go there before P company or is Para training done only with the regiment including basic Infantry training?

    • @downtuned9000
      @downtuned9000 3 года назад

      @@empire-classfirenationbatt2691 adult entry all infantry go to ITC there is 2 sites vimy barracks and helles barracks the paras and guards go to helles and the rest go to vimy... not too sure if gukhas are still training at vimy or at helles now.
      Paras basic is more intense and has variation that the standard CIC builds up to P Company at week 21 i believe the serving and ex para guys will be best answering that or the blokes at the recruitment office

  • @exarmy4418
    @exarmy4418 3 года назад +3

    Served 1998-2011, best time of my life, swift and bold.

    • @RoninxDD
      @RoninxDD 3 года назад

      Why'd you get out?

    • @exarmy4418
      @exarmy4418 3 года назад +1

      Left before my units second tour of afghan in 2011, did herrick 9 in 2008 and lost one of my best friends, my daughter was born in 2010 and I didn't want to be selfish to my Mrs and daughter by going on another tour, in hindsight I regret it now but there's no point crying over spilt milk, loved my time in the army.

    • @RoninxDD
      @RoninxDD 3 года назад

      @@exarmy4418 If you don't mind me asking, did you acquire a degree prior to your service, and once you got out, what did you do to put bread on the table?

    • @jimbobhk2009
      @jimbobhk2009 3 года назад

      Ronin why don’t you ask him what he had for breakfast? 🤣

  • @fluffyfirehydrant
    @fluffyfirehydrant 7 лет назад +53

    7:34 that voice break

    • @Real-Ruby-Red
      @Real-Ruby-Red 6 лет назад +5

      Yeah i feel sorry for him, can tell he doesnt wanna be there.

    • @Andyb2379
      @Andyb2379 5 лет назад +4

      Just a young lad barely shaving. That said, twice the man I am for giving it a go.

  • @24934637
    @24934637 Год назад +3

    I really wish it had been like this when I joined! Obviously I signed up to be a soldier, not a glorified security guard, but the timings were against me. At the point when I joined it was the quietest period of history that the British Army has experienced for probably 200 years. There was literally NOTHING going on anywhere that the British were involved in. Even the Northern Ireland situation had calmed down significantly. At least these lads actually get to do the job that they joined for at the end of training. In retrospect I honestly don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for me. No one knows how they'll react to being in a war zone until they come under fire, and not everyone is lucky enough to come back home in one piece. No one comes home the same person that they were when they went out there, that's for sure! Respect to them joining, knowing that they WOULD be going to war.

    • @gerrycan3067
      @gerrycan3067 Год назад +2

      I joined the Marines in 2000 and ended up going to Afghanistan in 2002 and then Iraq in 2003 as SFSG. I found both deployments good, but wasn't involved in any close quarters firefights. After an extremely boring Northern Ireland tour in late 2003 early 2004 I put my chit in and left in 2006. My unit ,45 Commando, then redeployed to Afghanistan in late 2006 and it kicked off. I went travelling in early 2007 and whilst waiting in the airport a news story came on the TV and my roommate in Ireland, Gaz Wright had been killed in a roadside bomb explosion. He was top cover in a snatch. My section Corporal from Iraq Ian Bishop lost both his legs from an IED. I remember meeting a mate who went and he said the first parade after returning from that tour was like a scene from the walking dead. I always wonder what it would have been like if I'd gone on that tour. I'm so torn as to whether I missed out or had a lucky escape.

    • @24934637
      @24934637 Год назад +1

      @@gerrycan3067 It really is an impossible question to answer. A friend of mine was in the Grenadier Guards, and got sent to Iraq as soon as he finished basic training. Came back a totally different person, and not really in a good way. I've known others people really messed up mentally from the Falklands, and one guy who took an Argie round in the guts, which split him open. You just never know if you are going to be the lucky one or if you are going to die. I suspect that NOT seeing close up combat is probably a good thing, although the disappointment at never having had to do the job properly is always there.

    • @Michael-qx3is
      @Michael-qx3is Год назад

      @@gerrycan3067 There are two different ways to look at it as another poster said. Me personally, joined the Army in 1990, and first posting was to LondonDerry ,Northern Ireland for a two year residential battalion posting with my Regiment who had just arrived there. Unfortunately it was a grim posting,we lost nine lads on that tour. Many injured too. It affected me mentally ,and broke me. I was discharged a year after that tour ended suffering with ptsd. There was very little support back then and I ended up homeless,and alcohol dependent. It cost me my marriage and relationship with my Children. Ten years later,i managed to get a home,stop drinking, and got back to having a relationship with my Children. However, I still suffer with ptsd symptoms, though not as bad, im still medicated, and under NHS mental health treatment services. I guess I will never know how I would have turned out without that posting.

  • @uncleshome3315
    @uncleshome3315 6 лет назад +9

    God bless the men willing to risk it all for Queen and country.

    • @BlackRose-vi2yg
      @BlackRose-vi2yg 5 лет назад

      why not doctor's and nurses??

    • @DanP221
      @DanP221 4 года назад +4

      Black Rose cos they ain’t fighting...

  • @ospreyphil8995
    @ospreyphil8995 6 лет назад +9

    39:23 did he say "alright sir"? 😂😂

  • @Sharpvessel
    @Sharpvessel Год назад +3

    Ashley’s mates are never gonna get off him about the dancing award and video his dad showed a national tv program 💀

  • @czr7j9
    @czr7j9 6 лет назад +4

    feel sorry for donna. I am surprised his brother joined up.

  • @benonlamarcus3904
    @benonlamarcus3904 6 лет назад +3

    Best army around the world always have had adesire to join it hope my dream will become areality 🙏🏻

  • @anthonykennedy8043
    @anthonykennedy8043 4 года назад +1

    Meades is a good lad. And his Mother is very admirable

  • @LukePrice-fp5kz
    @LukePrice-fp5kz 7 лет назад +123

    I respect the British army

  • @peterwhitaker4038
    @peterwhitaker4038 3 месяца назад +1

    as rough and tough it may seem, and officers go through similar hard training, it is why the British army overcame the Argentine army in 1982 some 8,000 miles from home

  • @Saidoromo2024
    @Saidoromo2024 4 года назад +1

    Awesome kudo's to all👍

  • @ricocaswell3030
    @ricocaswell3030 6 лет назад +8

    What I learned when I was in infantry training was. You only get screamed at when you fuck up. I watched an American video and the instructors were breaking a sweat doing a kit check, screaming and running around.

    • @yes2day100
      @yes2day100 2 года назад

      Which screaming and running around replicates the chaos of a military skirmish. People shouting and yelling, distractions, stress...do they have the stuff to still think under all that? It's a training technique that serves the US military well. The Brits have wonderful soldiers, but so does the US. Each country goes about training its young recruits in a way that produces great soldiers. So, not sure what your point is.

    • @Ben_2761
      @Ben_2761 2 года назад +3

      @@yes2day100 screaming and crying in recruits face makes them turn off, not want to be there, hate you with a passion and reluctant to serve with you. It’s a flaw in the us army and why it’s one of the worse trained in the world

  • @inpressedEasly
    @inpressedEasly 7 лет назад +22

    i know this video is about people signing up for the infantry but as im going to Pirbright on the 27th Feb 2017 as a potential combat medical technician i was wondering if anyone is going on the same date as well to Pirbright.

    • @michaeldeesy7715
      @michaeldeesy7715 7 лет назад

      Apply me and do yu know about the ADHD policy ???

    • @seanwoolward3640
      @seanwoolward3640 7 лет назад +1

      Thompson Videozz I'm going as a CMT and joining on 27th of February

    • @montgomerybiggles3169
      @montgomerybiggles3169 7 лет назад +3

      I'm going to Pirbright 6th of Fed 2017 training to be a warehouse manager

    • @notme3249
      @notme3249 7 лет назад

      montgomery Biggles what's a cmt

    • @_HX_
      @_HX_ 7 лет назад

      Thompson Videozz going to itc catterick on the 28th of this month

  • @rosiebull5338
    @rosiebull5338 6 лет назад +7

    Going in September can't wait to be a soldier

    • @rosiebull5338
      @rosiebull5338 6 лет назад +2

      Great grandad fought during ww2 want to make him proud

    • @lazurus8237
      @lazurus8237 5 лет назад +2

      Nice one mate im going in on september 2nd to catterick, wbu? We might be the same intake.

    • @matthewj1997
      @matthewj1997 4 года назад +1

      RosieBull 5 so you’re enlisting purely to make your veteran grandfather proud?

    • @josephbitter7091
      @josephbitter7091 4 года назад

      @@matthewj1997 and

  • @RyanTheHero3
    @RyanTheHero3 7 лет назад +8

    I love how almost all of them want to be in the rifles

    • @Ryco1
      @Ryco1 6 лет назад +4

      Ryan Harte-Stovell it’s a rifles platoon intake, they just chuck in another few regiments to fill spaces

  • @phillipvietri8786
    @phillipvietri8786 2 года назад

    The scene of the kids handling the weapons reminds me of a similar scene in Starship Troopers!

  • @SurajKumar-wr3cz
    @SurajKumar-wr3cz 3 года назад

    Nice video

  • @tennessee_tom6126
    @tennessee_tom6126 Год назад +2

    Ashley’s dad single-handedly sabotaged his sons opportunity

  • @neilorr9685
    @neilorr9685 2 года назад +2

    Miss my days in the infantry

  • @yozza4978
    @yozza4978 Год назад +1

    It looks a lot different to when i joined in the 90s, a lot nicer accommodation and creature comforts now it seems and a lot less shouting it seems, i think every lad should be made to do 3 years though, it makes a man of you.

  • @einzelganger2939
    @einzelganger2939 2 года назад +5

    Must be difficult to have a close family. I can go anywhere I like for as long as I like and not have to worry about anyone. A lonely but easy life.

    • @Max-gc3eq
      @Max-gc3eq 2 года назад

      Do you know the name of the song at 5:40?

    • @einzelganger2939
      @einzelganger2939 Год назад

      @@Max-gc3eq probably copy right free bbc nonsense.

  • @celinemuwangala2210
    @celinemuwangala2210 Год назад +1

    Brave young soliders

  • @jaxxoceans3866
    @jaxxoceans3866 5 лет назад +1

    The guy who's brother was injured by a IED really stands out for being in it for the wrong reasons but worse than that he is weak willed and i imagine hes mates will always have to carry him and help him. Intresting to see if the army kick him out as process continues or if he quits

  • @nathanbrunt390
    @nathanbrunt390 6 лет назад +11

    It is my aspiration to join the army. I am in year 11 of high school and can't wait until graduate so I can bet to harrogate army college

    • @CALSW0RLD
      @CALSW0RLD 6 лет назад

      max-pain-02 gaming so do I! (Expect I have just a little bit more time than you until I can join)

    • @sitdownshutup8813
      @sitdownshutup8813 5 лет назад +3

      Did you go to Harrogate?

    • @eliselawless5410
      @eliselawless5410 3 года назад

      @@sitdownshutup8813 he would be nearly 15 now

    • @mcbusted1985
      @mcbusted1985 3 года назад +3

      @@eliselawless5410 he said year 11, not 11 years old...

    • @David_brent
      @David_brent 26 дней назад

      So did you pursue your dream?

  • @leebowden738
    @leebowden738 2 года назад

    God Vimy barracks has really changed since back in my days there in 2000 looks like modernized it a lot

  • @FeistyFox82
    @FeistyFox82 8 месяцев назад

    18:10 That's what our Drill Sgnt said at Winchester, 4 Troop were literally the loudest on camp Oct - Dec 02 until we passed out. The whole base knew when we turned up for food at the hall.

  • @JoshJo8
    @JoshJo8 2 года назад +1

    Sjt Cooney… legendary man

  • @farmercorby8281
    @farmercorby8281 6 лет назад +8

    I'm 14 year old girl and in 3 years I'm going to join the infantry. I want to make my mum and family proud and I want to serve my country :)

  • @tonycavanagh1929
    @tonycavanagh1929 2 года назад

    When did they bring the forage cap tback, that was phased out when I joined in 1983.

  • @tonyp011
    @tonyp011 5 лет назад

    one thing ive picked up on in this video and that is that when the recruits were getting their weapons not one of them checked the safety catch whether it was on or off as any one in the armoury could have switched off the safety catches to test the recruits, and thats the golden rule when being issued a weapon from the armoury to check the safety catch as there could be a round in that weapon because you dont know what someone as done to that weapon as it has been known for this to happen as a test so they all failed straight away

    • @scottw0028
      @scottw0028 4 года назад

      @@clcampbell85 he's right tho

    • @JOPEYDOPE
      @JOPEYDOPE 2 года назад

      You get them handed with the working parts to the rear and then you check it yourself outside at a loading bay, that's why they didn't check them at the hatch

  • @tankthepitbull520
    @tankthepitbull520 3 года назад

    Be the Best 💪🇬🇧

  • @paulboulter7823
    @paulboulter7823 Год назад +1

    Show me your war face,Gunny Hartman from Full Metal Jacket 🤣😊

  • @savagegaming4133
    @savagegaming4133 2 года назад

    is the OC different to the CO, cuz I think the CO is the Commanding Officer of the entire RIFLES Regiment whereas the OC is just the CO of a Company? Wouldn't that be the CCO tho, basically who is the OC and what are its roles?

  • @01karmacop
    @01karmacop 2 года назад +2

    I was just boy when l did this a pure adrenaline junkie, the boys soon sorted me out .watching from Scotland peace and love to all

  • @ukraine_tbic
    @ukraine_tbic 2 года назад +2

    Why do they send TA soldiers who’ve had tours to Catterick? Seems a bit redundant…

  • @Charlotte35828
    @Charlotte35828 4 года назад +4

    30:13 "Oh I can take my fanny pads out now" lmfao

  • @nathanielhawkins6959
    @nathanielhawkins6959 6 лет назад +4

    36:11 stoppage drills!

  • @xx_nobel744
    @xx_nobel744 Год назад

    Leaving for catterick in 10 days, cannot wait. Gonna be hell, but no chance I’m quitting.

  • @chrismitchell4808
    @chrismitchell4808 2 года назад +1

    47:09, that's the classrooms and other facilities such as the Medical centre, and other miscellaneous rooms for other use.

  • @anthonykennedy8043
    @anthonykennedy8043 4 года назад +2

    You can just tell the lads who aren't built for it and the lads who are.

  • @MikeJones-xw3te
    @MikeJones-xw3te 2 года назад +1

    Used sanitary towels on commando course, covering chaffing due to the old 58pattén webbing an metal frame Bergan.
    All good fun😜

  • @gripper8072
    @gripper8072 4 года назад

    I'm planning on joining the infantry In September is It strange that I'm excited

    • @kieronoliver812
      @kieronoliver812 4 года назад

      GRIPPER _80 who wouldn’t be that’s a bit weird

    • @jermaine___
      @jermaine___ 4 года назад +1

      GRIPPER _80 are you still able to join amid coronavirus spread

  • @Gogetemscoobie
    @Gogetemscoobie 3 месяца назад

    That poor lad is so haunted by what happened to his brother its really holding him back

  • @Max_m
    @Max_m 2 года назад +3

    That mother (Lee’s) is an incredible women.

  • @lukecarpenter7223
    @lukecarpenter7223 7 месяцев назад

    Where is the theatre of war episode?

  • @ozznik9717
    @ozznik9717 4 года назад +2

    why does a guy who already did a tour in afgahn, still have to do basic? Why it that, can anybody explain please :)?

    • @Samballsachs
      @Samballsachs 4 года назад

      Because he was a reservist and they have to do basic training if they wanna be regulars

  • @realmshd7051
    @realmshd7051 5 лет назад +1

    I’m leaving school In 4 months then in September il be heading to Harrogate army college then through royal engineer training, gonna be quite the ride

    • @dylansheldon9031
      @dylansheldon9031 5 лет назад +1

      Realms HD see you there mate 🇬🇧💪🏼

    • @realmshd7051
      @realmshd7051 5 лет назад +1

      @@dylansheldon9031 sure will.

    • @eclipsegfxable
      @eclipsegfxable 2 года назад

      Do something else mate, not worth the ptsd.

  • @markoneill3622
    @markoneill3622 6 лет назад +1

    Anyone starting phase one on the 11th of march 2018?