Billy Bellingham gets smoked by Fat SAS Operator

Billy Billingham of 22 SAS talks about his introduction to B Squadron.

[@qqqsfdf1232]

"..turns out the bloke was an interior decorator"

[@jackfrank932]

His house looked like shit.

[@broadband1820]

Ah,the Pine Barrons. Brilliant episode.

[@delaniasliamus7115]

God Damn czechoslovakians

[@tomb7497]

You’re not gonna believe this…

[@shadow-Sun]

@qqqsfdf1232 mate that really , really made me laugh your humour is spot on and the cultural reference to that fanatstic episode of the Sopranos was so on point . Thanks

[@sarahlamb2333]

Never over estimate yourself & under estimate someone else based on perceptions.. it's dangerous

[@jamiebruce7837]

Needed to read this

[@CheeseMonger60]

very wise

[@dynamo1796]

The people who make selection are a different breed - it ain’t all perfect Venice Beach bodies and snazzy Marine Corps haircuts. It’s people who the fucking hardest bunch of lads you’ll ever meet. They’re smart, they think on their feet and they’re loyal to their colleagues. Ain’t no fucking beauty contest in war

[@sarahlamb2333]

@@dynamo1796 exactly don't know why people think they are supposed to look like Chippendales .. they just need look intimidating & be able back it up... nobody looks good coming back from war..stress does that

[@vanlifenomad]

Yes. ASSUMPTION is the mother of all fook ups

[@ned_1963]

You can copy their training, but you can't copy the British mentality & sense of humour! 🇬🇧👌🇬🇧

[@edwardhudson9851]

"We dont hunt our fox in public"Sir David Stirling Special Air Service

[@YARROWS9]

The Boss.

[@NSGrendel]

@@YARROWS9 Denaro was pretty chill and pretty hilarious. Don't know what it was like to serve under him, but he seemed like he had his head screwed on.

[@philiplewis7252]

​@NSGrendel I hunted with General Denaro on many occasions. He is a fearless rider across country,and was also a thoroughly nice chap, and a pleasure to speak with. Kindest regards.

[@james505ism]

@@philiplewis7252what’s he supposed to be scared off? One fox getting chased by 40 dogs and horses

[@philiplewis7252]

@james505ism Thank you for your comment, however, I was referring to his attitude and ability as a horseman,and nothing else. Kindest regards.

[@Hazza32]

Never served in the forces but I'll never forget my lorry driver rugby coach who was about 5ft 9 and 25 stone. I was 17 and fit as a butchers dog, played for my town and Yorkshire One day I was gobbing off and he said if you carry on I'm chucking you in the biggest puddle I can find, so I did and then set off running at full tilt with a 20m head start, I ran for about 50 meters and he caught me. I was an outside centre and pretty quick. The way he caught up to me and grabbed me blew my mind, he ran like he was a winger not a fat bloke.

[@sirhoon87]

Never mess with coach they'll always put you to shame XD

[@craigdobson9068]

I live in the rural depths of Cumbria and my next-door neighbour was the most average looking feller you'd ever see, 5'10 skinny, beard and short hair and you'd see him being picked up by a helicopter every now and then and it was only years later after he'd retired from the army that I discovered he was in the army let alone was in the SAS.

[@agauld3212]

Soldier once told me the sas is about your mentality not your physicality

[@kyleB061]

@@agauld3212 Yeah its more mental, you need to be tapped.

[@kyleB061]

@@agauld3212 My uncle is a bodyguard in Iraq very high rank in the military. At a family funeral he was pumping his umbrella like a shotgun lol...

[@hangedups2608]

😂

[@georgemorley1029]

I’m in the Royal Navy and the first time I saw SAS when I was about 27, on an aircraft carrier, I thought there’d been a mistake. They looked like lost sports students. Like a bunch of lads who were just a Sunday football team who’d dressed up in fatigues and had odd looking rifles (later I discovered they were C8s). Their bosses were just codger looking guys, totally unassuming, and they blew our minds. Destroyed illusions and were total realists.

[@ajinman3642]

After spending almost ten years in the Marine Corps I learned appearance doesn’t mean anything! Some of the fittest guys didn’t make it through boot camp and dudes that were chubby looking, including my drill instructor, could run for DAYS!!!

[@paralogregt]

Its even more of a shock when as an attached person you get sent on your first job with them, and you find you are among these guys.

[@mikedawe692]

Love this bloke. He’s straight up, tells it how it is with no BS.

[@radekseky4571]

I love this about the SAS, and it's quite prevalent in some other non-US countries as well. You could see the most jolly dad figure at a mall with his children and later find out he was a Czech/Polish special forces all along. I like that, and it benefits these units' more covert nature. The US Seals or Deltas are mostly big, burly mean looking dudes with long hair and beards, and there's a purpose for that. They are the ultimate killing machines, and they use their strength wisely. It's just more appealing to me that that dad looking dude could have the same body count and you'd just never have guessed.

[@chrissheppard5068]

I will not name the country but I walked into bar and there are these guys sat there all with trim beards mountain type civilian shirts all looked like they pumped iron. I said you must be US SF they beamed with pride and said yes, I replied you might as well wear uniforms.

[@radekseky4571]

@@chrissheppard5068 Hah yeah that's a funny little story. When talking about this I often think of the quote "the most dangerous man in the room doesn't want to look like the most dangerous man in the room". Don't know who said it first or where I've heard it, but I think it has some merit.

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

They aren't the ultimate killing machines, being tall and muscular has fuck all to do with operating a weapon system etc.

[@radekseky4571]

@@bobbobertbobberton1073 That's kind of exactly what I said? The "ultimate" mainly stems from the fact that hardly "per capita" you'd find SFs that are more fit. And there is plenty more to killing than just operating a weapon system, as I'm sure you know.

[@DazDc]

Not true

[@simonrobson2293]

I served infantry british army,met a few SAS,some came back to my regiment after a few years with them.Believe me this was late seventies early eighties they do not look like how civilians imagine,they are very unassuming,i found quite laid back,never bragged,genuinely good people.

[@Fighting_Fatigue_117]

This is a hilarious story! 😂 I'm so glad "Billy" shared this with us!

[@Wabbit_Hunta]

There's a story from a good number of years ago and whether it's true or not is debatable. This person was an average looking man, with a 9-5 job after the war, who used to regale people in his local pub with stories of what he had a hand in during the latter stages of WW2 and Korea etc, as he spoke about various military operations without saying what part he actually played in them. The regulars in his local pub all used to laugh at him, thinking he was telling tall tales, a sort of "war story and chips" type of thing. However their perception of him changed completely when he passed away and his family held a funeral for him and some of the people he knew from the pub attended his funeral too. It turned out that his funeral was a military one and their jaws dropped when a variety of very high ranking military officers and members of HM Government along with a number of top Whitehall civil servants attended his funeral. Turns out he was highly respected, and well known in the upper echeclons of Government as he had a major role behind the scenes. As they say, never judge a book by its cover.

[@jakesolo2872]

Would a bloke like that really tell folk down the pub all about it? 🤔

[@neilfoddering921]

Around 30-odd years ago, when we lived in Suffolk, I had a pal in the shooting club who was a registered firearms dealer and gunmaker, and apart from a large collection of hunting and big game rifles, he had a number of machine guns. He invited me to accompany him to the military ranges at Lydd, where he was going to spend the day demonstrating to British soldiers the type of foreign machine gun they might face in battle, and which they would need to know how to operate if they needed to use one they had picked up on the battlefield, having lost their own weapon. After the shooting was finished, some of the soldiers were picking up the brass, and I noticed a pair of unimpressive-looking soldiers. One was quite thin-looking, with longish, lank blond hair and a very pale, unhealthy-looking complexion. The other looked plumpish, with dark, very short hair. They were using their berets to hold the brass, and when they came over to add the brass to the pile, I saw that their berets were sand-coloured, with the winged dagger badge. Talk about not judging a book by its cover…

[@brokencarbuilders1957]

Curious who the RFD is! I'm in Suffolk and in the Big Game/Sec5 business!

[@neilfoddering921]

@@brokencarbuilders1957 Giles Whittome.

[@neilfoddering921]

@@brokencarbuilders1957 I don’t know whether he’s still an RFD. This was 30 years ago. We lost touch when I moved away from the area in 1998. He used to write for Guns and Ammo magazine from time to time. Really interesting guy.

[@neilfoddering921]

@@brokencarbuilders1957 He was (is?) also a gunmaker. I have photos of me holding his .700 “Mammoth” rifle. Look him up online if you don’t already know him.

[@gtd65]

Had me laughing there but in all seriousness, one of the many things you learn in the army, is never to judge a book by its cover!

[@goldilocks913]

Excellent 😂 Bizarrely the next video in my stream was’ whispering grass’ from it ain’t half hot mom…😂

[@DeborahDonnellan]

You never know who you’re talking too ,or what their capable of… That’s the magic if you will of the SAS .

[@gregormacleod36]

The fuck is he wearing a Batman suit 😂😂😂😂😂

[@herbertjohnston4608]

If Billy was set up, it was brilliant. 😂😂😂😂

[@champagnestupernova7428]

Forget the films, men who get near impossible shit done often look like...men

[@adamvellins]

its Billingham.

[@jakesolo2872]

SAS can’t afford to look like special forces. They need to be able to pass as Mr Average to do the job. These pumped up, no-neck beefy types would stick out like a sore thumb when out and about almost everywhere in the world and be compromised immediately.

[@marcuskingstanley9522]

But as he says there are no stereotypes and there probably are lots that do look like that

[@mickeycrilly1839]

I was that big bloke in our squadron nearly 15 st muscle ,don’t drink, don’t smoke could jog along for hours had a thick waist am now a rotund biff having been med discharged due to my injuries never underestimate your enemy or your friends

[@jkasaunder228]

During selection for the ADSC they were probably a bit softer than joining later on, But they did not hold back. And hour PT session. The hall was baking hot. We were told to put our water bottles down and run. Got commands here and there, Sit ups, Pushups, run. After about 15 laps one lad ran over picked up his water bottle had a drink, PT leader running the show saw this but waited. next lap, 3 lads have seen oh that dudes drinking water, I think i'll do the same. All 4 kids were out there and then. I had never heard such a grilling. I saw the look on a few other lads faces which basically said "I don't want to be here, I shouldn't be here" Coming to the final interview i'm told the doc had noticed a small heart murmur, which is likely not a problem but they wanted it checked out. Turns out it was a problem, Not life threatening, but not something they wanted to have to deal with.

[@Ash_Hudson]

This title took me out 😂

[@mucy2807]

He told a good tale 😂

[@AC-wq7fo]

My dad's unit was on exercise - the fat bloke at the back told him he'd spotted a flash in the German woods. Dad (CSM) laid out a plan to circle waaaay around, and close in. They caught an SAS guy that had been in position for days. My dad said the SAS guy fought all of them, all the time, non-stop and it was a job in itself, for all of them to keep the guy 'prisoner'. Later some Lieutenant guy turned up and asked/ ordered for 'My man' to be released. That order was refused, until pops got word from his CO. My dad was fit as fuck (as was all our family), and he said he'd never met anyone with the strength - and the equipment - and the tenacity, of this guy. When they eventually handed him over, my dad said he'd either ruined some guys potential career, or they'd made someone the laughing stock of the SAS for a while. "SAS - My Story....caught by the fucking RAOC". Personal (naughty-boy) note: I still have ""Dieu est mon droit"" imprinted on my arse.

[@brandnewdan]

That Sgt Maj with the rollie sounds like a dude I knew called Grizz, RIP Jeff Lad. you were a good'un!

[@MartinMacquire-sr9po]

I'd have bet any money that 'D' squadron was the Mountain crew, the ice cream boys. Well blow me down, it's ''B'. I must be getting old!

[@Fester_]

The same thing happened to my brother, his friend and our cousin. And his brother, bloke down pub, pub landlord and to mad hatchet Mike. I was just serving tea.

[@Harrkin]

I've heard Mad Hatchet Mike before? Why does that ring bells? (UK)

[@bourbon9986]

@@Harrkin Because you're thinking of Hatchet Harry from Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking barrels

[@user-rb1ps8yy1b]

I just want ur jacket 😂😂.

[@Scousestrongmanfan]

Perfect example of this is eddie stone, proper unassuming looking bloke !1

[@ian1patterson]

A mate of mine ex squaddie in British army had another mate who I'd knocked around with with my pal for years (only ever new him as Dave) , turns out he was special forces.....didn't have a bloody clue , never said a thing about it and to this day I no fuck all about him! That's just the way these boys are.

[@jkasaunder228]

Is Billy talking about Big Phil here?

[@numbnutz7832]

Nope. Skinny as fuck big Phil back then

[@kirk3077]

F****** 🎉😂❤❤❤❤ KLASS!! BRILLIANT...SO PROUD OF YOU ALL❤

[@bygon1984s]

Yeah being sas or any special forces is good but aint got nothing on my dad his superman

[@WizardOfCheese]

the military takes all kinds of people, there are a lot who don't 'look the part' but will surprise you, never judge a book by its cover...

[@rankinspurff3431]

Went through the same when I was sent to the Snatch Squad in the S..alvation Army.😂😂

[@vanlifenomad]

ASSUMPTION is the mother of all fook ups. ALF

[@richardbuxton7285]

Brilliant Bill 😂

[@cheezycatnip8352]

All I remember about every trooper I met (21 and 22) was them calling everyone else a hat. It left the impression that they totally under estimated and under valued everyone that wasn't regiment.

[@grahamscarr6862]

Hat is a term used by the parachute regiment not sas

[@cheezycatnip8352]

@@grahamscarr6862 Err yes, hat was a term utilised by the blokes I came cross. sorry chum, unless every regiment guy I came across in Hereford, DSL and beyond were badged para's...unlikely but possible.

[@grahamscarr6862]

@@cheezycatnip8352 tiz possible think alot of paras join 22

[@DLFL1987]

Chatting shit you lad. Reg call hats hats, because they deserve it. Smash don't call people hats. You're either lying or you hung out with too many ex reg lads.

[@chrissheppard5068]

You just described the Paras (I never heard THEM play that game.) It gets rather boring and if they did but know it actually demeaned them and made them hated by the rest of the army. I found it a group thing individually they resumed normal. Also this fetish with red T shirts.

[@righteousduke2704]

Brilliant

[@dezhull3311]

I went for a artillery special observer course unfortunately I didn't make.the grade due to being a total idiot . But tthe sas guy who taught us called Sgt major healy . He was old as fuck he was a sniper who has his entire body burnt half sas mustache BUT could out run any of us young buck by a Mile . To this day I Still respect that guy even though I was dd

[@davewolfy2906]

A negative vote for rhe bleeps.

[@BigArnieNumeroUno]

Billingham not Bellingham

[@carldowd406]

Ha ha ha ha ha, love it, quickest lesson in the world, I have 2 words 'Percy Thrower', nickname of course, warrior class..!😅😅

[@JoetatoCrisp]

Super Army Soldiers

[@DA-of9sv]

Funny guy billy 🤣

[@sh3riff]

Never happened!

[@ThatLadKev]

What is bleeping going on with yhe bleeping censoring? Some words bleeped and some not. If youre not going to do it properly then jib it off 😂

[@T-N-Gladiator]

Billy Billingham is his name if your going to steal someones podcast for views and subs at least get his name right!

[@AlMcpherson79]

It's not the amount of flab you got, it's what muscle lies underneath and your ability to mentally scream those muscles into moving their arses. ofcourse, physics be physics, so the more non-muscle mass you have, the more muscle mass you need to actually get to a certain point... but it helps if your muscles' efficiency is higher than average.

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

I'm sorry but smelling the seats that women have stood up from is a victimless crime.

[@danielosullivan7940]

Without doubt…. And I’m glad you brought that subject to the table 😂

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

@@danielosullivan7940 BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[@danielosullivan7940]

@MarkJones-gt2qd strange that you should mention it, but for some people that would be absolutely lovely 😂

[@MrJoker.420]

Pffffhahaha poor content.

[@DL-re9bo]

I get the point he’s trying to make but both them stories are complete bullshit

[@user-rm4oz7yq2q]

What makes you think that?

[@mikemike5973]

What benefit of him lying is their and how can you even make such a statement when you wasn't there

[@carldowd406]

And there's me thinking it takes all sorts..!

[@DL-re9bo]

@@mikemike5973clam down Rambo… I’m not questioning the man’s CV or abilities, it speaks for its self….. It doesn’t benefit him lying at all but it does make the story more interesting than just him saying that his squadron was full of every type and that the command took their views on board. …100% he’s exaggerating to make a point but I’m sure he’s glad you cared so much

[@DL-re9bo]

@@carldowd406of course it does, that was the point he was making

[@GK1976A]

Sounds like cobblers to me. No matter how switched on you are upstairs, if you’re fat, you’re not going to outrun a skinny guy. It’s basic human biology. Maybe for a 10 metre sprint you might keep up, but after that, no chance.

[@Kyrelel]

I guess you've never watched Rugby or American Football

[@GK1976A]

@@Kyrelel errr….. rugby players and certainly not American Football players couldn’t run a marathon without having a heart attack.

[@hyperjon3903]

​@@GK1976AI'm with you here. When do you see heavy set runners on the telly?! You can have the strongest mentality ever and that absolutely will take you a long way, but even with a gun pointed at you you'll never beat a conditioned and seasoned athlete.

[@GK1976A]

@@hyperjon3903 my point exactly. @Kyrelel is clearly smoking something strong.

[@marcuskingstanley9522]

You are being misled by his perception of what fat meant to a very slim person.

[@Jay-Niner]

Shame about all the war crimes destroying the force’s public image forever

[@michaelcarney6280]

What war crimes? You do realise when at war people don't play by the rules. All sides commit what you call war crimes!

[@roehector]

Wow that’s unbelievable

[@user-fz7de4cz4w]

Man had been watching too many Bullshit Septic tank Hollywood movies 😂😂😂😂

[@druid799]

And your talking out of you’re arse so you’re point is what ? 🤔

[@user-fz7de4cz4w]

@@druid799 What I’ve said you Clown. Can’t you read 😂😂😂

[@Smonkey66]

This guy has never seen combat and it angers me that he pretends to...

[@mrcoolgary]

Says who?

[@wiggy5209]

He's talking about his time in the recruitment office ... That holds no relevance How has he never seen combat? And there is more to the special forces than just combat ..if you know you know