Trainee Guardsmen Take On 28 Weeks of Training | The Queen's Guards: A Year In Service | Channel 5

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A Queen's Guard: A Year In Service: Following members of the oldest regiment in the British Army, The Coldstream Guards - the Queen's Guards. Following raw teenage recruits, high-ranking officers and aspiring army leaders as they fulfill their royal duties and their ceremonial roles.
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[@terrywhaley8324]

Certainly something to admire and respect

[@theJuggler07]

Went through ITC catterick guards company in 2010. Was certainly an experience I’ll never forget.

[@crazytanks2001]

Thanks for your service is there a height requirement

[@thecurlew7403]

@@crazytanks2001 Not now theres 4ft Guardsmen a laugh a minute.

[@Stanly-Stud]

sprog

[@romeofoxtrot6877]

“We Have You Hidden In PlainSight.”😊

[@jamessylvestri5392]

As it should be "the best soldiers"❤❤❤❤❤

[@Wodenson]

3:40 i genuinely thought that was slo mo 😮

[@mikeyoung7660]

I don't know who teaches the football drill now but I can tell you it leaves a lot to be desired. It's certainly not up to scratch.

[@yossiallen3316]

I actually enjoyed drill, loved it to be honest. Most hated and dreaded it and the parades.

[@moredistractions]

It would be interesting to know the origin of how their peaked cap visors came to slant near vertically downwards and why the chinstrap of the bearskin is worn in front of the jaw and not under it. Both of these features seem impractical. Were they always worn that way or have they resulted from gradual fashion modifications over time?

[@MyScubasteve]

Apparently it was in front of the jaw because its weight in battle could cause damage to their jaw if hit or something like that. I have since found out it could be used to strangle you.

[@coreywilliams1454]

The chinstrap was never worn under the chin, it was to provide some protection for the face from saber strikes of cavalry.

[@GoProuser44]

To keep their chin held high

[@joshuadixon9052]

Peak cap is to keep the sun out of there eyes as they have to stand on parade for long periods of time and the curb chain it worn on the chin because when the bearskin was worn to battle if it got taken of by a spear it would break there neck and it also used to act as protection to the face

[@alvindurochermtl]

The caps are designed that way so you need to stand straight and keep your chin lifted in order for you to be able to see anything while on parade

[@simonrobson2293]

Guards depot 79when i was in most irish guards from liverpool area,or ireland,coldstream mostly north west and scots scotland,and grenadiers mostly south east and manchester,and welsh ,mostly welsh,nowadays you seem to get people that have real no link at all to certain regiments in any way or form

[@kevinadamson5768]

I'm an Englishman who served in the Scots guards, from Durham, there was quite a few Englishmen in my battalion mainly from the north east and Lancashire. 😊

[@lionsingh18]

Why do the Queens guards wear bearskin hats? ....Answer: The origins are that every gunner in the British military and the French military wore bearskin caps to make them taller and more intimidating because they were the ones that did the hand to hand fighting. In Napoleon's imperial guard everybody wore them, and they were supposed to be his elite troops... Bear pelts that are used are the by-products of a licensed cull by the Canadian authorities to manage the wild bear population... The bearskin hats cost $1,218, and can last 20 to 40 years through wind, rain and sun exposure. The army said bears are not killed expressly for their fur. Each year the army's hat manufacturer buys roughly 100 pelts from an annual cull of tens of thousands of Canadian bears

[@goldbloke]

The Bearskin cap is a battle honour of the GRENADFIERS,for defeating the French at Waterloo,the others in the Household Div wear theirs for uniformaty,or so I had drilled into my head at the ONLY DEPOT CATERHAM 1954

[@AirplaneDoctor_]

Out of date information, bearskins are not procured anymore, haven't been in years, they're fake fur......All proper bearskins are being phased out and are not being surplused, they are destroyed.

[@mikeyoung7660]

The bearskin cap was taken by the British Grenadiers from the French Grenadiers at the battle of Waterloo. They took it and wear it as a battle honour.

[@tonyrobson4681]

@@goldbloke Read the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. The author relates the Battle of Waterloo and the aftermath in great detail.

[@NellLoo]

I see you!

[@edwardreed8862]

A Royal Marine Commando does eight months training

[@mikeyoung7660]

That's because the Maureen's tend to be a bit slow on the uptake

[@edwardreed8862]

Royal Marines are trained to carry out duties that Pongos are incapable of ,they are are called pongos due to their lack of personal Hygiene ,having experience in both Services I can attest to this fact

[@benkelly2190]

@@edwardreed8862how old are you? Eleven!

[@jacobs3031]

​@@edwardreed8862who cares they do the same job in the end anyway!

[@edwardreed8862]

@@jacobs3031 Never saw any cliff climbing

[@alfrp_fin]

Wow, if i never watched this i would of ended up joining, i was only wanting to be a king/queens guard but never wanted to fight in war

[@_aashton]

guards are some top soldiers not just guards

[@alfrp_fin]

@@_aashton Yep i realised that, 3 weeks ago i didn’t want to join, i decided to join

[@MarkJMonaghan]

@@alfrp_finthere infanteers aswell you still gotta fight aswell

[@ImpetusM]

Seems a bit ignorant to think the guards aren’t battle hardened or battle capable

[@BillyTokez]

"LIKE 26 YEAR OLD ROB-CHEESE-BRO"

[@TheBotwithabadname]

They have the cap like that so they Can train to look up for attention ti train them so when the bear skin blocks the view they know where to look

[@BoredSudoku]

As an American… how did we win?

[@LexTheBull]

We didn’t, trust me.

[@ddandymann]

Distance and the French.

[@mhamedshaaban6626]

The British army 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@exex9378]

Is regimental sergeant major the highest you can go??

[@digdougedy]

As non commissioned officer, yes.

[@exex9378]

So where does a warrant officer rank?

[@garagenigel]

​@@exex9378An RSM is a warrant officer!

[@caliente-frio3966]

@@exex9378 There's Warrant Officer II, which would be Company Sergeant Major, and Warrant Officer I, which is the Regimental Sergeant Major.

[@exex9378]

Thanks for clearing that up guys 👍

[@jamesbradley7227]

Always remember Coldstreamers you are 2nd. To the Grenadiers 😊

[@UTVilla]

They seem to forget that don’t they.

[@Iamethereon]

3:42 OI!!! OI!!! OI!!! OI!!! OI!!!

[@Denzkitv]

why only 6 mos? they need to train like a soldier how they can protect the palace and the king in the time of war..

[@alitrolese3079]

Cause the training is really packed in

[@UTVilla]

How much of that have you done

[@Bryan-lj9jn]

I mean I was in the US navy and my boot camp was 8 weeks. Lol Had 6 months of school after but military training was only 8 weeks.

[@ephxiaa]

rob cheesebruh

[@evelinemarquesdasilva6000]

It's very beautiful men guards all. 😁🤪🤪❤❤

[@stewartwilson5518]

Wooden tops

[@DanBlackRacing]

Interesting. In this video O see a lot scratching eye shifting and movement compared to even just BASIC 2nd phase US Marine Corps recruits. What I am saying that's supposed to be upper level training would be UNACCEPTABLE EARLY in US Marine training.

[@MrSapperb3]

Don’t make me laugh 🤣 even your special forces training is weak compared to a lot of other countries basic training 🤣

[@idonthavealoginname]

ZZZZ,USMC is 11 weeks of just shouting.

[@benkelly2190]

Apparently, grammar was missing on USMC entry exam.

[@johncollins8980]

At pirbright in 86, as a random exchange test_ 30 grenadiers & 30 us marines attempted a pre SAS course........21 grenadiers passed, compared to 3 us marines lol Enough said.

[@dirtbikesanddrones677]

All that for a "Make Way" and how to wear you doll hair

[@תלמהאופיר]

Nothing compers to the israelies army scils and training that takes 1.5 year, only then you became a fiter.

[@jarredpickle4916]

Yet if there was a military exercise between the 2 I wonder who would win..

[@garrywynne1218]

User is clear my a “ user” and I reckon you are talking bollox

[@Jackiethemansmith]

@@garrywynne1218what are you going on about

[@garrywynne1218]

My response was to the “ User” poster . And it was a year ago. He was talking bollox about Israeli training .

[@bluewrx04]

no wonder yall couldnt handle mexico !!!! HHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH !!!

[@reinarrhor8101]

spanish did!! 😄

[@bluewrx04]

@@reinarrhor8101 right thats why mexico got its independence by looosing to spain ,.... if thats what you call a loss ... -______-