Former Royal Marine Commando Sam Logan On His Experience As A Green Beret

www.completecommando.com/ is sams website
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0:00 -5:15 intro/giraffes/rothschilds
5:15 - 12:26 Marines: UK vs USA
12:26 - 15:45 Sam's Baptism Of Fire
15:45 - 19:50 Firing Range Stamp
19:50 - 24:43 Army Slang And Scouse Scran
24:43 - 31:10 Sam's Breaking Point
31:10 - 32:36 Can I Be Elite?
32:36 - 40:30 Green Beret Passing Out
40:30 - 45:17 Complete Commando Project
45:17 - 51:36 Afghan Deployment
51:36 -54:20 Going through a new soldiers mind
54:20 -1:20:47 Little To Lose

[@CompleteCommando]

Thanks for having me Rich! It was great to open up some experiences and emotions I had locked away 💪

[@ht-ve9fe]

you were really interesting and funny

[@AryonaSamoto]

Very enlightening. My grandfather was a paratrooper in the WWII. He would run in his sleep and slept with his eyes open but I never felt safer then when I was with him. Hearing this makes me wish I would have listened to him more when he was alive(he passed when I was 14). I have a deeper understanding of what he went through thanks to this video. Thank you both🙏

[@deejay8ch]

What a modest, compassionate, respectful and insightful legend Sam is. Rich as masterful as always, making it all look easy and effortless. Really look forward to the second chat.

[@pkaboo7832]

I have no actual military experience, other than sitting at my father's knee and listening to him talk to other people. This was fabulous!! I truly miss being able to just listen to people having a talk! Unfortunately everything is geared in strange ways so nothing on TV suffices. From start to finish, this was absolutely delightful!

[@trishahunt79]

I agree! Chats like these keep my sanity.

[@MrLukeinthehouse]

Got to week 8 in the royal marines before leaving I can honestly say from experience it is unbelievably tough well done to anyone who passes 🔥

[@gumjuicee6746]

What made you leave bro?

[@MrLukeinthehouse]

@@gumjuicee6746 didn't get along with the guys in my section I was 19 and think I wasn't ready for being with other people 24/7.

[@MrDanielvass]

@@MrLukeinthehouse that’s a big one. Having to live in close proximity with a large group of people with little space/privacy. It drives you mad at times. People don’t realise that it’s an aspect that some people will really struggle with.

[@h7283]

@@MrLukeinthehouseYour honesty,and humility make me envious. I was a junior,16 year old teenager,and would have hated being in training with men that had been in the workplace for a time. I've always said changing the age criteria was a very bad move. My son had the same in the army. At that age we are still too immature,(schoolboys) to get the sense of humour. I found unit life tough going,initially,for the same reason you left. I was 17,and had much to learn. In any apprentice kind of environment,the kid's are going to get a tough time. Never mind an intense military setting.

[@pixinotdust4925]

Good interview👍🏾 and thank you for this realistic, factual, analytical presentation and unfussy assessment of what a person who wants to do this kind of job needs and gets involved in.🙏🏾

[@maryr-b450]

Brilliant sincere interview. You've made some stellar interviewee choices Richard.

[@FiFiBunnes]

Very interesting and very insightful. What a lovely interview. Thank you both!

[@BlueSkyLtd.]

Thank-you for this interview! Thank-you to your guest! You are "first amongst equals" in this arena!!! Praying for Peace on Earth! 🌏🌎🌍

[@devovray]

Two very impressive men! You two have helped me understand more deeply that I suffer now with PTSD because I was protecting my four young. I never made this connection until I heard Sam speak of how he felt it his duty to his fellow soldiers to repeatedly put himself in danger...in other words motherhood with an abusive husband summed up. Thank you gentlemen 😘

[@timsaunders8989]

Great listen. Inspiring and also grounding. Thanks both.

[@catsmeow3478]

Excellent interview. Richard, you are a gifted and wonderful interviewer. Like Russell Brand, my other favorite, your active listening, very intelligent, thoughtful questions and convivial style make your interviews flow like a friendly conversation that we’re permitted to eavesdrop on. This was both enlightening and difficult for me to listen to, somewhat triggering because of my own CPTSD and recent mental torture and trauma from six years of intense litigation against a corrupt powerful corporation and state govt. that tried to protect them instead of me/the public. And, because I met, dated and fell in love with a young Lebanese Army commando nearly twenty years ago when he was in the US for survival training with the Marines, including in the California desert, as Sam and Richard mentioned. Sam reminds me of him. He shared many similar stories past and present, including torture training he’d been put through to test his “metal”, similar to what Sam described with sleep deprivation, mental and physical exhaustion, shaming, etc. Many in his training group were culled and he helped a number of them through, including a few I met who were very grateful and raved to me about him. We are still close today. He is still the most remarkable human being I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing and loving and ours was the healthiest and most deeply connected relationship I’ve ever had. I haven’t had a boyfriend since because no one has come close to treating me, ‘getting’ me or appreciating me the way he did. In fact, he taught me to see and love myself the way he did. As Sam described himself also, this young man was incredibly physically fit and strong, disciplined, mentally and emotionally tough as nails, but had a very gentle and kind heart, the rarest and most precious combination. He is the top elite athlete in Lebanon and will soon be their youngest general in history, his childhood dream. Sam, you guys are indeed a breed apart. Much respect and appreciation and thanks for giving us a glimpse into the life of a special forces officer. 🙏

[@janept9639]

Great interview. Personal minor military experience and this is in a different league. Respect

[@myobacctsgirl]

Wow great interview thanks.

[@celladoor_uk]

Manchester and Rochdale have the word scran too. Awesome video guys. :)

[@winstonk400]

Nice one Royal!

[@heatherm498]

Nice.. Grannon and team. Bringing the newer perspective and understanding. This is truly an alignment between parental PTSD as a child vs. the same as with military servants. LOVE to all. 💜

[@mirandabrunskill7755]

Good interview

[@francescole4086]

I listen to Richard Grannon when I can’t sleep.

[@AndrewScott1337]

When it comes to paratroopers I’m pretty sure the most elite unit in the United States military is the 101st airborne, they saw a ton of action in World War II and I’m pretty sure there’s still a division to this day. Super cool hearing about the British Armed Forces, I watch a ton of content made by veterans that fight for the US so it’s cool to hear some perspective on what’s going on in Britain!

[@gman232]

great podcast!! great host actually listens and tries to put himself in the guest's shoes or perspective 👍👍

[@RichardGrannonFriends]

www.completecommando.com/ is sams website instagram.com/samloganfitness/ 0:00 -5:15 intro/giraffes/rothschilds 5:15 - 12:26 Marines: UK vs USA 12:26 - 15:45 Sam's Baptism Of Fire 15:45 - 19:50 Firing Range Stamp 19:50 - 24:43 Army Slang And Scouse Scran 24:43 - 31:10 Sam's Breaking Point 31:10 - 32:36 Can I Be Elite? 32:36 - 40:30 Green Beret Passing Out 40:30 - 45:17 Complete Commando Project 45:17 - 51:36 Afghan Deployment 51:36 -54:20 Going through a new soldiers mind 54:20 -1:20:47 Little To Lose

[@BlueSkyLtd.]

Thank-you!🌺

[@peaceserenity940]

Amazing interview 👏 ,thanks for this we don't support our forces enough in England and our service men and women .

[@martefact]

Amazing interview. Oh My God - This was my childhood ! And not in a good way.

[@katiestanley93]

We have scran in Ireland 🇮🇪

[@geraldineskinner5941]

That’s why we call them the best of us.

[@vmax42dave]

SCRAN - HMS Navy Slang for, Sultanas Currents Raisons and Nuts ! 😵‍💫 (Former RM 75 - 86)

[@ajwhalen2]

I was in the military to not ever deployed anywhere so I wasn’t anything special but I wanted to say Thankyou for pointing out the eating disorders thing. That hit me hard it explains a lot for me now I have a better understanding of my eating habits Thankyou something for me to explore and heal up.

[@Jake-pm3pz]

US Marine Force Recon is the closest US comparison, both ranked as “Special Operations-Capable” but not part of SF.

[@johnnypickles5256]

Scram also used in yorks

[@stischer47]

A difference is there are about 200,000 US Marines, 40X the number of Royal Marines. So the Marines can have specialists in only one or two skills.

[@ellen-aau]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nickmiller21]

CS gas to test respirator seal

[@Shaun-cf8mz]

Are armed forces best in the world bar none

[@tonykey6453]

fascinating insight and what a great bloke. Massive respect for soldiers. Yet I have none at all for the arseholes who send them to fight .

[@BlueSkyLtd.]

🕊!

[@mirandabrunskill7755]

Same here

[@nepaliyuva408]

rifles are not 10 kilos..

[@trojanthebarber2688]

He’s WRONG 3 miles is what US Marines have to run on their PT Test, so to say he couldn’t run 3 miles, im calling BS on that BIG TIME

[@regwong9716]

Waaaaaa

[@The_Blueyonder]

Royal Marines Commando, not Marine.

[@juandelarosa4257]

This guy doesn’t really know much when talking about the us to start he comparing a regular USMC vs Royal marines who are two different type of soilders one are conventional bug fighting units vs small less then 5000 soilders who are cammandos. Second point seals and RM aren’t not close or ever Will he seals are way above Royal marines along with rangers dumb comparison ones army and the other is navy and both have different jobs. Second if he wants to compare RM to a USMC compare them to raiders who do a lot more of the job what RM do

[@Dylan-st5ff]

Ur life has got to be sad

[@philbeattie1623]

@@Dylan-st5ff😂