Exclusive access: CRTC - the British Army's ultimate insurance policy

[@MrSatyre1]

Of course UK troops are fit to deploy. You just don't have anywhere near enough of them. It's embarrassing. UK gov't needs to make its UK military a priority, not a liability.

[@PoohBear01]

Trainning Ukraine takes priority, UK troops have fallen behind as a result and are not ready to deploy.

[@RaysViolet]

Same with our troops 🇨🇦 we desperately need funding

[@richardsmith5969]

Have you walked around some camps recently? Many are not "fit to fight", or "be ready". Being fully deployable, is not just being fit, it's medical (both dental and medical), mandatory training completed, standards of fitness for role passed. It's unfair, that year after year, the same people get tested, and others don't.

[@grahamconquer8117]

Respect the Scottish

[@jimcy1319]

Been saying it for years, they were cutting us back from the late 70s, we got a bit of funding in the 80s and then it was back to cut backs in the 90s/ 2000s , pitiful UK governments. Traitors the lot of them.

[@scroggins100]

This country needs "Mass". That is more soldiers, sailors and airmen. A lot more. Shiny new kit is one thing.. People to use it is far more important. Currently it is woeful.

[@disposabull]

I didn't see a single drone in the entire video, given what we have been seeing in Ukraine and Gaza we should be adapting to that threat.

[@meme4one]

You also didn't see anyone cooking, directing air support or track bashing.

[@3dom4all-u9f]

​@@disposabullI think it's a heavy subject but totally agree 💯

[@disposabull]

@@meme4one Sure, but what I did see was a group of people, in the middle of a field, out in the open digging a waist deep hole with a few sandbags and pretend to have a battle against tanks. It doesn't matter which active conflict you look at today Ukraine, Israel, Burma, Yemen, Sudan both sides are making massive use of small drones. Doesn't matter if you are fighting insurgents or a major military like Russia drones are everywhere now. Even worse Russia has rendered a lot of our precision weapons useless. For example Ukraine was provided Excaliber GPS guided artillery. Russian EW adapted and the hit rate rapidly dropped to 4%, meaning it was costing $1.9 million to hit a target. Same problem with the GLSDB & JDAM-ER. Russian EW is defeating all of our fairly low cost precision weapons. I can't see any conflict in the future taking place where you can dig a hole in a field with no top cover, no EW and live long enough to talk about it.

[@biscuitcrusader]

what's the point in getting more soldiers in if they're not properly equipped? because what's happening at the moment is that soldiers aren't getting all of the equipment they should be getting, let alone extras like strategic bombers which the UK used to have

[@valisarussell3481]

I can hear the training taking place from where i live

[@meme4one]

Me too 😁

[@richardthornton3775]

Did that soldier directing traffic not have a back plate in their carrier? Genuine question🙏

[@catlee8064]

He did not, well spotted.

[@forwardprogressonly]

How's the hand2 hand and knife course or forgot that part?

[@stuartallen8684]

Served in 80’s. Infantry. Impressive training package to be fair. Kit looks very much improved. Troops performing well, as usual. One problem…they’re too few in number! MOD needs to get a grip…and fast. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@traceyking2584]

Know your enemy, know everything about them, all their activities of daily living, in my opinion of course, read everything you can about them and bless you Yasmin 🙏

[@Jh19999]

Uk has the best soldiers in the world. The training never stops. We have low numbers but the best soldiers. There's no other soliders in the world like ours. It's why we train countless amounts of countries round the world, because we are simply the best 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@tommyboyne8870]

on ly proplem is there enough boots on the ground the army is runing on empty

[@markcooke5270]

We are the best trained military in the world...we have to be due to small numbers and being a small island nation..triple our numbers and no country would even get close...our Royal Marines and Para's are trained to most nations SF standards.... We need to produce more ships ...to secure our interests from around the world.... A bigger dedicated Rapid response Royal Marine brigade with 3 new Amphibious ships... 3 new fleet Auxillary ships ...we need the Astutes in the water ...and more type 31e frigates to police the sea...type 26 and type 45 for carrier strike group... Ajax is finally working and the new contract for the boxters is essential...we're moving in the right direction 👍🙏🇬🇧

[@bcgraham3512]

Brits always say they are the best in the world, at everything. Never provide any evidence. That's because there is none. Get real.

[@guymarcgagne7630]

Well, you lot are in better shape than we are in Canada, successive Govts (both Tory and particularly Liberal) have slashed budgets and reduced the overall strength of the CAF over the last half century, to the point we are barely able to commit to more than one limited intl op. At least you are still reasonably well equipped (material & logistics), and have a Govt that is not willing to lose face completely before its allies. Young Trudeau is far worse than his dad ever was, I used to challenge him as a youth in the riding assn. executive to very little effect back then, but things have taken a darker turn under Justin's stewardship, older and wiser now, I have not even attempted to engage and reason with the kid! Be well and stay safe

[@sealandersoundscapes6403]

So the CBRN specialist is one of the only people that is unable to be tested at CBRN due to the allowed allocation of facial hair in the armed forces, please someone make it make sense? Wasn't allowed in my day for that exact reason.

[@afp0756]

So how many FPV drone attacks did they undergo? Does Recce Plt have Drones Or are we fighting yesterdays battles

[@_Anime_Shortz]

fair point

[@leod-sigefast]

They need drone, especially FPV drone, training and integration. The battlefield has changed. Ukraine has shown that being visible (from above), even in a trench is deadly.

[@cm-pr2ys]

Do the Royal Marines do this too?

[@meme4one]

Yes. The system is called AWES and all close combat troops do it.

[@cm-pr2ys]

@@meme4one Thanks. Yank here, I was just curious. Our Marines will do ITX, but they won't do our Army's JRTC for example, so that's why I was wondering.

[@meme4one]

@@cm-pr2ys ah. Royal marines and army share some facilities. The Royal marines aren't anywhere near the size of the US marines. They do have separate facilities too though but not this one.

[@andrewbantick6311]

Didn’t see a drone 🤔

[@davematthews3534]

Wish we had these guys when i was in, i served with guys who i wouldn't trust with a peashooter, let alone a firearm coveting my 6!!

[@Stanly-Stud]

Obviously you got bullied

[@JosephusAurelius]

Whilst I’m sure these soldiers are tough, reliable good soldiers, we did have an Expeditionary Force at the start of WW2 and they unfortunately got pushed all the way back to Dunkirk

[@jrd69lol]

True fact, hitler couldve bombed the whole beach but refused, winston churchill had all his debts paid off by jews, rothschilds started both wars, the germans tried to save all of europe from the jewish mafia

[@Iamhassentme]

isn't our ultimate insurance policy the larger, more capable forces of our allies like Turkey, Italy, France, and the US? In the event of a war in europe against russia the allies will give us time to raise a large army...that seems to be the plan/insurance policy. Morocco has a bigger army than us.

[@JustAThought916]

you get thrown to the wolves' if you leave no point joining up.

[@johnzajac9849]

To get a very good idea of the terrible stress and danger of combat, read Scott Hartwig's book, 'I Dread the Thought of the Place'. The place? Antietam.

[@meme4one]

I thought it was about Hull.

[@johnzajac9849]

@@meme4one No.

[@him050]

"Guardsman Yasmin" lol

[@IvanPugachev-u6i]

Why are they using the old desert DPM?

[@tomo1912]

Think it’s there chemical suits. But knowing the army they haven’t been changed to the new DPM so probably these are from the first Gulf War….?

[@spartan1701]

It’s their NBC suit. Protects them from the chemical agent. Since it’s training, they use the older suits that are printed with the older patterns. USA forces do the same thing.

[@meme4one]

That's just a chemical warfare suit. Old ones are used in training. Also the enemy might wear desert dpm on those exercises.

[@silverflashwillo123]

Which General is getting an MBE then for re-inventing the wheel?

[@Ben-bf4cx]

UK the best

[@stiffchocolate7546]

might have been one day but not today

[@JamesDobson-c4n]

@@stiffchocolate7546maybe he means per soldier

[@jnairac]

Put that 81mill faster in

[@davenewman4596]

Am I the only one here that yearns for the old style of soldiering?

[@James-fy9mq]

Go poachers

[@benjohnson9595]

Uk UN

[@Nigkhawk]

Your days are over

[@grahamconquer8117]

They royal Anglian will probably fall asleep

[@matt4239]

Concerning that no drone warfare is being conducted? It’s playing such a pivotal role in modern combat, to neglect it is putting the blokes in harms way

[@marko1146]

This is the biggest publicity stunt I've ever seen 😂😂 the army is on its arse no one i no wants to be in it anymore

[@johnspillane2242]

Excellent Documentary.

[@nathanielwhite8769]

Moral is a crucial part of being Combat Ready, thus British Soldiers Pay should be increased to at least equal to, if not greater than the rest of our Bloated and over entitled Public Sector! To my mind, high Moral is ultimately invaluable, when the bullets start flying in the heat of battle.

[@joelangley7974]

Over entitled public sector…NHS nurses and Police officers stretched to the limit. I wouldn’t call them “over entitled”

[@alexander9264]

What about drones? A battle like this will always involve drones, as we have seen in Ukraine.

[@SnakePliskin762]

already testing vehicle mounted lasers down there

[@biscuitcrusader]

what the heck do they need drones for? they've got satellite imagery

[@SnakePliskin762]

@@biscuitcrusader as in defence against them

[@biscuitcrusader]

@@SnakePliskin762 I think people are making too much of a fuss about kamikaze drones, the reality is they're just cheaper and less lethal versions of missiles the UK can already afford

[@markcollins7426]

The crab with the beard won't get a seal around his respirator with that beard😂

[@lmc5955]

Doesn’t matter, he’d be clean shaven if he ever needed to don it

[@synchc]

@@lmc5955 By the looks of him I wouldn't be surprised if he was clean shaven that morning.

[@markcollins7426]

@lmc5955 bit late in the day getting your manscape out when it comes around we used to have someone come around with Cs gas stick and wave it around while in a exercise to test your drills and skills doesn't that happen anymore

[@synchc]

@@markcollins7426 He's the examiner not the examinee. In your anecdote he'd be the one waving the stick about and as such I'd imagine he'd be shaven and masked.

[@markcollins7426]

@@synchc so why is he not masked up oh he left it in the Salisbury hotel

[@petemcphee2]

Let me get this right.... There are less than 23 infantry Battalions left, down from @60. There are less than 100 tanks left that can deploy, but we have a dedicated unit to test if troops are fit to deploy.... How can they deploy? What size would they deploy? In a real war the entire British *army would be killed within 2 months. Thats if they were able to borrow ammunition from other nations. Current ammunition levels would last less than a, week in a near peer conflict with China, Russia or Argentina. But never mind, as long as we can still supply wooden tops for trooping the colour.....

[@garagenigel]

😂😂 Argentina

[@ad_astra5]

Russia gets their ammo from North Korea

[@stiffchocolate7546]

Absolutely shocking

[@jameswells6206]

What is?

[@parky5329]

😂

[@benjohnson9595]

If my mum told me to read, I would already have my PhD. I would already have the iron man suit on me free, education, free, money comes free slaves. They ain’t knocking on your door, making sure you’re a good police officer.

[@SnakePliskin762]

I'm sorry but she's not going to instill fear doing bayonet training

[@Spruce-Bug]

They're training hard so they can fight the facebook posters taking over the democratic island nation.

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

5:05-6 ! NOT regulation hearcut... Today's military are soft on recruits.

[@connorlee5873]

yeah it is, under the beret is your own and the hair outside the beret is the kings it will be short back and sides number 1 or number 2. as they had been out there for 6 weeks most blokes will have longer hair especially me got to get it cut every two weeks as it grows so fast.

[@wayinfront1]

A female ''guardsman''? Makes one despair at the state of the British Army.

[@notmenotme614]

I bet she’s not doing any of the hard work digging the trenches with the pick axe, as soon as the camera is switched off.

[@Stuart-e6y]

My heart bleeds a female infantryman

[@ad_astra5]

Imagine being so fragile that you’re offended by a female soldier

[@wayinfront1]

@@ad_astra5 Nothing at all to do with being ''offended.'' Everything to do with the reality of lower standards which have resulted after the introduction of females into fighting ranks. The U.S. army also discovered this. Having female 'guardsmen' is an utter absurdity. Your woke sensibilities might be offended by that, but it's an absolute reality.

[@pauldrysdale7615]

Imagine you're so fragile that you're offended, someone doesn't have the same point of view as you!​@ad_astra5

[@benjohnson9595]

UN

[@horse.395]

Deployment of UK troops will never happen not with a PM that they have .hes as yellow as a new york taxi.

[@wowmanhaha]

Ah, a troll.

[@benjohnson9595]

The British Africans send them

[@benjohnson9595]

Send the British Indians

[@benjohnson9595]

The British Chinese send them

[@TheMonkeysMagic]

I believe the correct language is now Infantry 'person', not Infantry 'man'. Other acceptable language is 'grunt' 'bullet magnet' or 'sandbag' as these are not gender specific.

[@robertwelsh6878]

It’s Infantryman actually! Also I served in the Infantry for 12 years and never heard anyone called a grunt were not American.

[@iamjames8200]

Your getting angry at something that is not happening.

[@discipleaj]

*Infantryman.* Take your marxist synonyms elsewhere.

[@Tourist1967]

​@@iamjames8200For lack of anything to be angry about, these people are forced to outrage themselves.

[@jameswells6206]

​@Tourist1967 agrees it's pathetic, most of them were the ones who done about 4 years in the 1970's and achieved nothing else for the last 50 years to talk about

[@LoftusRD1882]

Dinghy’s are welcome!

[@garagenigel]

They are in my book! The more the merrier

[@LoftusRD1882]

@@garagenigel Look at the state of every working class town up and down the country and tell me you will fight for it?

[@garagenigel]

@@LoftusRD1882 what am I supposed to be looking at? My town is fine! You shouldn't have believed Farage , Johnson and Lennon over Brexit!

[@LoftusRD1882]

@@garagenigel wait till the cancer comes round your way it’s just a matter of time,you fool wake up🤣

[@LoftusRD1882]

@@garagenigel cancer

[@petermclelland278]

And then they surrendered Singapore to the Japanese without a fight. - Sandhurst BSrs!

[@Jarvo02]

TES is sh*te😂 lads only care about money and leave😂