There is no feeling better than when you all get it together! At first you're a shambles. You always have those that were TA or army cadets who could already march. After a few weeks when it finally clicks is a fantastic feeling.
I can't express my delight everytime I see the Royal British Army match. I live close to their barracks here in Kenya and its amazing to Watch one of best armies in the world on a drill. BATUK in Nanyuki long live.
The ALL Arms Drill Wing at the former guards Depot in Pirbright , Surrey was the place for all Sergeants and above where one would see even warrant officers getting marched off to the Guard Room and show parades , even had Met Police on the course from their school at Hendon , and of course lots of foreign students, my favourite part of the course was the military funeral part , and an excuse for a wake in the Drill wing Sgts/WO Mess afterwards, the bad part of the course was the bar (mess bill) bill at the end of it ...
First drilll session RAF basic training (1978) the instructor had me drilling most of the group while he dealt with those who couldn’t coordinate their limbs.
Yep, it was the Guards Depot in those days. Big difference in drill standards between then and now, unfortunately. Even Guards drill has suffered over the years since Depot Pirbright closed and moved to Guards Training Company at Catterick.
@@ken-u3n I was at Pirbright in 1963 when I joined the Coldstream Guards, the Army was very different in those days. I always remember the click click of our drill boots when marching on the square, happy days (well most of them anyway).
I was in a boot camp in thorn Cross prison and every other day we either done drills or mandatory training, we had to complete circuit training and the next day we had do drills in the yard at 6 in the morning. The drills were easy compared to the 4 mile runs in shorts and vest in the middle of winter pitch black freezing 🥶 cold! The governor would inspect us on drill days we had to have razor-sharp creases ironed into the the front of our trousers and down the sides of our sleeves. We had to have the toecap of our shoes 👞 polished and gleaming otherwise we would lose points therefore lose our television and radio.
In my day it was called the All Arms Drill instructors Course and was only opened to Senior senior NCO (Sgt & above) who were being groomed for promotion beyond s/sgt. The guards will have their work cut out taking Nico’s with less experience and getting them to a high enough standard to convince their potential recruits. But best of luck!!!
The regulation pauses between movements has almost disappeared in the Army, mainly because some genius decided to confuse everything by doing it by numbers eg 1-2,3-1 instead of keeping the old L, L R L. Using L & R keeps a mental marching pace to all drill movements & required pauses. That's all gone to pot now with the 1-1, 2 etc stuff and even drill instructors often don't do it correctly now. Just look at vids of timings of British Army static turnings, virtually no pause at all. Sorry to say but the RAF are by far the best at drill, not least for these reasons. 👍
@@holdmybleach2651 My Parents were very Proud, to see me Pass off the Square after 16 Weeks Parade Training. I then went on to Amphibious Assault, Infantry Training, another 16 weeks, and then completed The Commando Course, 6 weeks. Buy Hey, that was over 60 odd years ago now. Per Mare Per Terram.
It is the new age of soldiering. Check out pre-1985 back to 1947 Trooping of the colour to observe the present degradation of foot drill. Certainly needed a better equipped and educated Army in 2022 and precise drill may not necessary with Russians at the gates of Buckingham palace. Noted by Former 1960s 💂♂️
The marching looks stiff and awkward, like they're trying to hard! Arms should be shoulder height, not as they used to call, catching pigeons. No2's don't seem to fit like they once did, just an observation.
All very valid comments. To me, they look sloppy. It's generational. I joined in the early 80s and it was pretty shap back then. that said, there were probably guys from the 60's who thoguht we looked shocking. Perosnally, I think drill , dress and deportment remains a sign of a disciplined force which is absolutely necessary given that the military of any nation is the only organization in society mandated to conduct violence on the citizens' behalf.
For the old timers. Back in your day, from the 50's to about the 80's the drill instructers where allowed by todays standard to be quite abit more harsh, and exacting. These days from personal experience and hearsay i'd say drill is not asmuch done as combat training.
As an “Old timer” who served in the 80’s , I still believe what we were told in basic to be true, that sharp electric responses on the parade ground projects into the field, a slovenly approach to taking cover, moving into a firing position could cost you your life!, or someone else’s! Old fashioned soldering maybe, but it worked, it certainly wasn’t broken.
Some deletions on comments? Replies not available on some, my comment of a day ago vanished into thin air. Come on, a lot of experience out there, both serving and retired. Maybe something could be learned?
Why does the Army allow berets to be worn in such sloppy ways - ? The para sergeant looks as though he's wearing a red tea cosy - ! Even the Americans have a much better standard of beret wearing - !
Just a Gen Up - No Para Sgt there! There’s a REME & a Signals Sgt and 2 Cpls wearing Maroon Lids, (One having completed His BPC/Basic Parachute Cse due to him having his Wings up).
Why do the Red Berets wear their berets like a tea cosy, looks stupid. The Cap Badge should be above the left eye and the Beret shaped properly, Army standards have slipped a lot since I joined in 1963 can’t even dress themselves properly. Bah humbug and all that.
@@simongee8928 Yes you’re right, it’s good that Regiments etc., have pride in their units, my brother in law served in 45 Commando and we had some good times together, he could out drink me but I could do more press ups and out run him, he was a fit guy but so was I. 45 Commando served together with us in Aden in 1964 - 65 and I have the utmost respect for them, great lads, happy days.
Someone should tell them. The Beret cap badge should be one inch above the left eye. Measured with the thumb joint to its end. The only people with this exemption are Tank Corps. For head phones.
I mean the P Company lads get the right to peak it after a while at reg, and as for the int. corps they can do what they want if it means we get the right info in
@@R3RLEE sorry Lee ex REME. Army Apprentice College at Arborfield, Vehicle Mechanic. Joined at 15 yrs of age.The permanent staff in those days were serious about discipline. Mostly older single men from the Guards Brigade.Brilliant on dress discipline. The father figure type. It was the regulation way and every morning a parade to the workshop clean boots oily overalls. Head dress correct.Went to 16 Para Wks for a month. Turn the Course down and get a posting just about anywhere in the world everyone has a car lorry etc went to Aden with 9/12 th Royal Lancers. On the last troop ship to leave Uk down the Suez canal. Last posting Malaya . Australian Lad when Vietnam was on.
Massively important! Drill inspires 3 key elements in soldiering. First is obeying the word of command and team work. As part of a regimented squad you need precision, concentration and also to be able to listen to the word of command. You need to develop 180 degree vision looking to the man or woman to your left or right. It also builds hand eye coordination and understanding distancing which can be very crucial when looking at elements of field craft. The second reason is esprit de Corps - pride in ones unit. Drill forms a massive part of the formation of a solider, sailor, marine or airman as it brings together the hundreds of years of military service that men and women of our country and our former commonwealth have fought and died for in pursuit of the freedoms we now enjoy (be that through positive or negative actions) and also harks back to the customs and traditions built up by those men and women’s service. The third reason is it also builds resilience. It’s hard square bashing! If it ain’t raining it ain’t training and you will do drill in all weathers, climes and conditions and it helps you learn to get through discomfort and even pain to achieve and objective. Try doing with a massive blister after a very long field training exercise. The people in this video are instructors at the army training centres, selected from the whole of the army to train and mould the next generation of soldiers and prepare them to represent themselves on behalf of her majesty, Great Britain and her allies on the world stage. The British soldier is a thing to be feared by our enemies and celebrated by our allies. We may be a poxy little island in the North Atlantic. But it is because of men and women like these - who are prepared to make the sacrifices they are willing to make - that we keep those wishing to us harm at bay.
Drill turns slack bodied, slovenly civilians into a disciplined, coordinated body of men. The IDF and the British Army are two very different forces for two different purposes.
Israel don't do it, they also have beards and long hair, bad army? I think not...they also don't use the term Sir...they are just professional soldiers...not as General Sir Percy Hobart once said "Uselessly practicing the battlefield formations of Wellesley in the Peninsular campaign..."
The British army adopted the longer jacket and matching pants/skirts in the fifties. In that time the American Army has gone through 3 major over hauls and dozens of minor ones (to include dress uniform......and really really dress up dress uniform). The present iteration is I must admit not bad but I don't see why it will last any longer than the other ones. For a country that does so much military stuff right I gotta ask what is up with the poo color outfits? I mean just a couple jots on the color scale in any direction might be advisable.......seriously.
The standard everyday uniform used when not wearing combat gear by the British Army is I agree a disgusting colour. British Army uniforms have traditionally been based on the the previous generations combat clothing. Which should mean that the brown colour used in the Second World War should have been replaced by a version of the olive green combat gear used after the war. I've seen senior officers wearing a summer uniform that is a pale beige colour, a true khaki colour which means 'dust' in Hindi. That looks quite smart. The Royal Marines' version of the standard everyday uniform is a dark green colour which looks much smarter. I don't think the US military's uniforms are anything to boast about. For example the US Marines dress uniform of dark blue jackets with pale blue trousers with red piping looks ridiculous and the current set of US combat gear looks like a set of baggy pyjamas! The all grey camouflage pattern I think worn by the US Air Force does look good though.
@@stevebarlow3154 Blashemy! I think everyone in and around the military thinks American Marines are pretty much dressed to the nines. On top of that the dress outfit has some continuity. Depending on the type of duty the trousers are white which along with the white cap is about all you can do (the officers still do gloves and the little horse whip thing). Any more bright colors and ur going into high school marching band territory. If u thought the red piping on blue pants is a hoot u would have loved the Army dress blues. My god it was just awful. Sort of 19th century throw back cut for the 1960's. It looked like something a doorman wears and before it became de rigor for enlisted there were in fact stories of officers getting tipped while waiting for luggage (true story). The grey camo is the Navy and it sort of typifies the over engineering the Navy has become famous for. Obviously the idea is they blend with the haze grey of US ships which was a real necessity because no sailor has been sniped at since Vietnam (and they kinda expected it). At some point ya gotta ask what is gained and what is lost by being smarter than half with uniform clothing. If ur interested the current Army dress (and I hope to dear god they dumped the blues all together) is pretty much identical to the ww2 dark brown jacket and tan slacks (kinda Patton in first scene minus the boots and riding breaches). The cut is a bit different but it doesn't look bad at all. As for khaki I go back that far as well. Everyone was pretty happy w/ it which meant it had to change. I know every Army has to have a standard dress but I always thought half the fun of the British army was the different outfits. The Scottish regiments all look very cool, like wise gurkhas and marines. I think you might be right about khaki or at least a distinctly lighter brown. The French and Pols are tan I think it's pretty common (the German sky blue is very gay.......punishment I suppose), cheers
Square Bashing, never harmed anyone, great days, a short sharp shock that would do todays teenagers the world of good some would try to run back to mommy that's if you can get past the Guard House.
Drill is important for discipline there was nothing wrong with a good rifting ask any ex GUARDSMAN PIRBRIGHT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME MANY HAPPY DAYS FROM THE 70S
Good to see the Grenadier Colour Sergeant putting them through their paces and improving their drill. (Ex Coldstreamer 1963).
He was my section commander in Catterick, he's a really great bloke.
Memories..memories...ulster defence regt..10 years..71 - 81...when you get it..you,ve got it for life..we are all brothers and sisters in arms
Everyone who’s ever been in uniform is an expert in the comment section it seems. I bet the security guard from Asda is lurking here too.
Lmfaooo
There is no feeling better than when you all get it together! At first you're a shambles. You always have those that were TA or army cadets who could already march. After a few weeks when it finally clicks is a fantastic feeling.
Good thing for kids to learn though.
Have never drunk or been fined so many bottles of port all my life....
Where are you in the squad?
@@meme4one Did the All Arms Drill Course a few years ago ..l
Hahaha
I can't express my delight everytime I see the Royal British Army match.
I live close to their barracks here in Kenya and its amazing to Watch one of best armies in the world on a drill. BATUK in Nanyuki long live.
FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE GOD BLESS EVERYONE.
The ALL Arms Drill Wing at the former guards Depot in Pirbright , Surrey was the place for all Sergeants and above where one would see even warrant officers getting marched off to the Guard Room and show parades , even had Met Police on the course from their school at Hendon , and of course lots of foreign students, my favourite part of the course was the military funeral part , and an excuse for a wake in the Drill wing Sgts/WO Mess afterwards, the bad part of the course was the bar (mess bill) bill at the end of it ...
First drilll session RAF basic training (1978) the instructor had me drilling most of the group while he dealt with those who couldn’t coordinate their limbs.
Heels,arms,neck in the back of your coller and look up!The Beastings in Pirbright remember like they was yesterday Blue red blue through and through👍
All I want is for them to suddenly start doing the camp military drill from Monty Python.
A very tranquil Pirbright from what I remember from my days of basic training there in 71! 😂
Yep, it was the Guards Depot in those days. Big difference in drill standards between then and now, unfortunately. Even Guards drill has suffered over the years since Depot Pirbright closed and moved to Guards Training Company at Catterick.
@@ken-u3n I was at Pirbright in 1963 when I joined the Coldstream Guards, the Army was very different in those days. I always remember the click click of our drill boots when marching on the square, happy days (well most of them anyway).
I was in a boot camp in thorn Cross prison and every other day we either done drills or mandatory training, we had to complete circuit training and the next day we had do drills in the yard at 6 in the morning. The drills were easy compared to the 4 mile runs in shorts and vest in the middle of winter pitch black freezing 🥶 cold! The governor would inspect us on drill days we had to have razor-sharp creases ironed into the the front of our trousers and down the sides of our sleeves. We had to have the toecap of our shoes 👞 polished and gleaming otherwise we would lose points therefore lose our television and radio.
@lukehowie6643 Can't do the time? Then don't do the crime. Simple.
Remember that parade square well. great times.
RMP NCO has his armband on the wrong arm....!!!! Standards..! 👎🏻
Worst course I ever did, loads of bulls**t and the DS were not interested.
In my day it was called the All Arms Drill instructors Course and was only opened to Senior senior NCO (Sgt & above) who were being groomed for promotion beyond s/sgt. The guards will have their work cut out taking Nico’s with less experience and getting them to a high enough standard to convince their potential recruits. But best of luck!!!
Thousands of hours of my life doing this that I won't get back!
SQUAD! CAMP it... UP!
Awful arm positions - arms do not rise higher than horizontal on forward position. Arms should be forced back at reverse of body.
great times
Why is there a cpl from the rifles on the course as they do light division drill ??
Why has he got his medals on display, I thought they were only for official parades, not just training…..
The regulation pauses between movements has almost disappeared in the Army, mainly because some genius decided to confuse everything by doing it by numbers eg 1-2,3-1 instead of keeping the old L, L R L. Using L & R keeps a mental marching pace to all drill movements & required pauses. That's all gone to pot now with the 1-1, 2 etc stuff and even drill instructors often don't do it correctly now. Just look at vids of timings of British Army static turnings, virtually no pause at all. Sorry to say but the RAF are by far the best at drill, not least for these reasons. 👍
Also the drill instructions hat isn't fitted correctly
Are YOU gonna tell him?
Some of the junior NCOs there looked terrible - get em beasted get em sorted …. SAHHH! 💂
The poor rifleman having to do standard drill and not rifle drill
WTF is going on with the DI’s peak!
Left-Incline 45 degrees to your left.
All guards nco, s do the drill course on the nco, s cadre in their respective battalions, just saying.
We were better than them after the first 6 weeks of Basic Training.
Please tell us all about winning "best fancy walker" and how proud your parents were.
@@holdmybleach2651 My Parents were very Proud, to see me Pass off the Square after 16 Weeks Parade Training. I then went on to Amphibious Assault, Infantry Training, another 16 weeks, and then completed The Commando Course, 6 weeks. Buy Hey, that was over 60 odd years ago now. Per Mare Per Terram.
@@robertscollick3382 still living the dream I see.
It is the new age of soldiering. Check out pre-1985 back to 1947 Trooping of the colour to observe the present degradation of foot drill. Certainly needed a better equipped and educated Army in 2022 and precise drill may not necessary with Russians at the gates of Buckingham palace. Noted by Former 1960s 💂♂️
Some are over swinging.....get a grip.
Wdym get a grip they were taught by qualified instructors that didn’t tell them any different what else are they meant to do
Sssh Sue.
@@chad6080 Hope my memory is not playing tricks but, I am sure we were taught to swing waist high.Maybe peculiar to LI?
The marching looks stiff and awkward, like they're trying to hard! Arms should be shoulder height, not as they used to call, catching pigeons. No2's don't seem to fit like they once did, just an observation.
All very valid comments. To me, they look sloppy. It's generational. I joined in the early 80s and it was pretty shap back then. that said, there were probably guys from the 60's who thoguht we looked shocking. Perosnally, I think drill , dress and deportment remains a sign of a disciplined force which is absolutely necessary given that the military of any nation is the only organization in society mandated to conduct violence on the citizens' behalf.
For the old timers. Back in your day, from the 50's to about the 80's the drill instructers where allowed by todays standard to be quite abit more harsh, and exacting. These days from personal experience and hearsay i'd say drill is not asmuch done as combat training.
As an “Old timer” who served in the 80’s , I still believe what we were told in basic to be true, that sharp electric responses on the parade ground projects into the field, a slovenly approach to taking cover, moving into a firing position could cost you your life!, or someone else’s! Old fashioned soldering maybe, but it worked, it certainly wasn’t broken.
since when did the cap badge go over the side of the head
Was there 1993 godz land
Some deletions on comments? Replies not available on some, my comment of a day ago vanished into thin air. Come on, a lot of experience out there, both serving and retired. Maybe something could be learned?
Boots look like gardening boots, can’t March, can’t iron uniforms, what is the army putting out nowadays
Why would you want to learn how to do ceromonies
@Major yeah but why, ever soldier hates ceromonies
@@G4x5da ceremonies and drill are massively important
Been and done it
RMP with brassard on the wrong arm !
What types Drill Course?, and how many weeks we need to through? If to get qualification as a British Army Drill Instructor?
ATR instructors tend to do the two week All Arms course. The Advanced course is six weeks. No thanks.
No.................... go back and start again.
One of my section commanders is there ahaj
Two of mine are. Who was urs
have seen this on monty python , today we will mostly be marching up and down the square ...................
Squared me away lmaooooo
Yeah my favourite bit! There’s nothing like being squared away! 😂😂
Just here for the old and bold to quote.....we had it harder.....the slr......I shot the bren gun etc
Why does the Army allow berets to be worn in such sloppy ways - ? The para sergeant looks as though he's wearing a red tea cosy - ! Even the Americans have a much better standard of beret wearing - !
Just a Gen Up - No Para Sgt there! There’s a REME & a Signals Sgt and 2 Cpls wearing Maroon Lids, (One having completed His BPC/Basic Parachute Cse due to him having his Wings up).
Why do the Red Berets wear their berets like a tea cosy, looks stupid. The Cap Badge should be above the left eye and the Beret shaped properly, Army standards have slipped a lot since I joined in 1963 can’t even dress themselves properly. Bah humbug and all that.
@@alexweatherburn4390 Appears to be an 'elite unit' thing. The same thing can be seen in the Royal Marines.
@@simongee8928 Yes you’re right, it’s good that Regiments etc., have pride in their units, my brother in law served in 45 Commando and we had some good times together, he could out drink me but I could do more press ups and out run him, he was a fit guy but so was I. 45 Commando served together with us in Aden in 1964 - 65 and I have the utmost respect for them, great lads, happy days.
Their arms arnt even straight
They aren't meant to be?
Everyone holted wrong. Even the instructor. Arm comes down with leg
Correcting soldiers on their drill yet you can’t even spell halt right
cant spell halt right?
Someone should tell them. The Beret cap badge should be one inch above the left eye. Measured with the thumb joint to its end. The only people with this exemption are Tank Corps. For head phones.
I mean the P Company lads get the right to peak it after a while at reg, and as for the int. corps they can do what they want if it means we get the right info in
Then your obviously not ex para lol
@@R3RLEE sorry Lee ex REME. Army Apprentice College at Arborfield, Vehicle Mechanic. Joined at 15 yrs of age.The permanent staff in those days were serious about discipline. Mostly older single men from the Guards Brigade.Brilliant on dress discipline. The father figure type. It was the regulation way and every morning a parade to the workshop clean boots oily overalls. Head dress correct.Went to 16 Para Wks for a month. Turn the Course down and get a posting just about anywhere in the world everyone has a car lorry etc went to Aden with 9/12 th Royal Lancers. On the last troop ship to leave Uk down the Suez canal. Last posting Malaya . Australian Lad when Vietnam was on.
Nice.
The guy kinda looks like the guy from Forrest Gump
Life is like a box of chocolates
Good
The British Army has more men or women?🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧sorry for the question
Men
Bonus fact- women were only allowed in combat roles from 2019
You've already asked that question before lol
It benefits to be a woman
Theyre all women, look at them theyre so fat and unhealthy the men have breasts
Sorry for what I did.
I stand corrected on i.d., but my comment on sloppy wearing of berets still stands - !
👍👏
Ello poppet!
Paras are the sexiest
British drill is X10 harder than American Army drill....
not necessarily true but ok
Mind has show parade show sqeek removed from door big tip write sqeek on a bit paper
That must be the Worst job in the Army, Boredom level 10/10 .
I never see the IDF doing this? Please explain it's relevance in the 21st century...
It isn't
Drill is getting from A to B in a uniformed manner
Massively important! Drill inspires 3 key elements in soldiering. First is obeying the word of command and team work. As part of a regimented squad you need precision, concentration and also to be able to listen to the word of command. You need to develop 180 degree vision looking to the man or woman to your left or right. It also builds hand eye coordination and understanding distancing which can be very crucial when looking at elements of field craft.
The second reason is esprit de Corps - pride in ones unit. Drill forms a massive part of the formation of a solider, sailor, marine or airman as it brings together the hundreds of years of military service that men and women of our country and our former commonwealth have fought and died for in pursuit of the freedoms we now enjoy (be that through positive or negative actions) and also harks back to the customs and traditions built up by those men and women’s service.
The third reason is it also builds resilience. It’s hard square bashing! If it ain’t raining it ain’t training and you will do drill in all weathers, climes and conditions and it helps you learn to get through discomfort and even pain to achieve and objective. Try doing with a massive blister after a very long field training exercise.
The people in this video are instructors at the army training centres, selected from the whole of the army to train and mould the next generation of soldiers and prepare them to represent themselves on behalf of her majesty, Great Britain and her allies on the world stage. The British soldier is a thing to be feared by our enemies and celebrated by our allies. We may be a poxy little island in the North Atlantic. But it is because of men and women like these - who are prepared to make the sacrifices they are willing to make - that we keep those wishing to us harm at bay.
Drill turns slack bodied, slovenly civilians into a disciplined, coordinated body of men.
The IDF and the British Army are two very different forces for two different purposes.
Israel don't do it, they also have beards and long hair, bad army? I think not...they also don't use the term Sir...they are just professional soldiers...not as General Sir Percy Hobart once said "Uselessly practicing the battlefield formations of Wellesley in the Peninsular campaign..."
Israel british heritage
Saddest place on earth.
Without doubt an extraordinary waste of time.
The British army adopted the longer jacket and matching pants/skirts in the fifties. In that time the American Army has gone through 3 major over hauls and dozens of minor ones (to include dress uniform......and really really dress up dress uniform). The present iteration is I must admit not bad but I don't see why it will last any longer than the other ones. For a country that does so much military stuff right I gotta ask what is up with the poo color outfits? I mean just a couple jots on the color scale in any direction might be advisable.......seriously.
The standard everyday uniform used when not wearing combat gear by the British Army is I agree a disgusting colour. British Army uniforms have traditionally been based on the the previous generations combat clothing. Which should mean that the brown colour used in the Second World War should have been replaced by a version of the olive green combat gear used after the war. I've seen senior officers wearing a summer uniform that is a pale beige colour, a true khaki colour which means 'dust' in Hindi. That looks quite smart. The Royal Marines' version of the standard everyday uniform is a dark green colour which looks much smarter.
I don't think the US military's uniforms are anything to boast about. For example the US Marines dress uniform of dark blue jackets with pale blue trousers with red piping looks ridiculous and the current set of US combat gear looks like a set of baggy pyjamas! The all grey camouflage pattern I think worn by the US Air Force does look good though.
@@stevebarlow3154 Blashemy! I think everyone in and around the military thinks American Marines are pretty much dressed to the nines. On top of that the dress outfit has some continuity. Depending on the type of duty the trousers are white which along with the white cap is about all you can do (the officers still do gloves and the little horse whip thing). Any more bright colors and ur going into high school marching band territory. If u thought the red piping on blue pants is a hoot u would have loved the Army dress blues. My god it was just awful. Sort of 19th century throw back cut for the 1960's. It looked like something a doorman wears and before it became de rigor for enlisted there were in fact stories of officers getting tipped while waiting for luggage (true story). The grey camo is the Navy and it sort of typifies the over engineering the Navy has become famous for. Obviously the idea is they blend with the haze grey of US ships which was a real necessity because no sailor has been sniped at since Vietnam (and they kinda expected it). At some point ya gotta ask what is gained and what is lost by being smarter than half with uniform clothing. If ur interested the current Army dress (and I hope to dear god they dumped the blues all together) is pretty much identical to the ww2 dark brown jacket and tan slacks (kinda Patton in first scene minus the boots and riding breaches). The cut is a bit different but it doesn't look bad at all. As for khaki I go back that far as well. Everyone was pretty happy w/ it which meant it had to change. I know every Army has to have a standard dress but I always thought half the fun of the British army was the different outfits. The Scottish regiments all look very cool, like wise gurkhas and marines. I think you might be right about khaki or at least a distinctly lighter brown. The French and Pols are tan I think it's pretty common (the German sky blue is very gay.......punishment I suppose), cheers
Square Bashing, never harmed anyone, great days, a short sharp shock that would do todays teenagers the world of good some would try to run back to mommy that's if you can get past the Guard House.
Inqualab zindabad
Drill is important for discipline there was nothing wrong with a good rifting ask any ex GUARDSMAN PIRBRIGHT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME MANY HAPPY DAYS FROM THE 70S
getting ready to fight Napolean
To be honest? Scrappy. Royal Navy much better.
If the British army were as good at fighting as they are at mincing up and down everywhere they wouldn't have lost in Afghanistan and Iraq
I can do better than them......
All seems very silly!
British army is awful at drill.
Minesweeper@matlock
Sorry for what I did.