Netherlands Marine Corps - "Black Devils" (US Marine Reacts)

[@stenplayz4468]

when youre dutch and get this recomended cuz theres netherlands in the title

[@pascalmoll4834]

ReLaTeBle

[@agentmilton8709]

Ik ben ook nederlands

[@cobalfrostwyrm]

same. this is SO far outside of my interest sphere it should have been filtered out. with apologies to the person who posted this vid I thumbed this down in hopes that youtube doesn't suggest me this topic again.

[@magieclan6325]

@@cobalfrostwyrm You know that you don't actually need to dislike this vid bc you can mark it as uninteresting.

[@cobalfrostwyrm]

@@magieclan6325 ah, didn't know that. Cheers.

[@predjee]

I once asked my sarge why there isn’t so much yelling in the Dutch army and he said: ‘no one ever became a better soldier by yelling at them’

[@IcarusNadir]

I see it as a form of mental abuse almost. The Dutch way is a lot better

[@mielvanvelzen5967]

I mean it's a bit more aggressive then shown here as far as i know. But the dutch basicly have a two part training similar to a short basic training, and then they take it slower for the more specialized training like the house raids etc shown.

[@gabmaz1418]

@@IcarusNadir Its the literal military version of: "I'm not mad, I'm dissapointed"

[@joostvanderlee9569]

It happens... sometimes

[@theothertonydutch]

@@gabmaz1418 People fear the angry sergeant with a chip on his shoulder, but they respect the disappointed sergeant who is basically your dad. Off course it's different strokes for different folks, and it helps to have someone to sort of antagonize a little bit. My brother was a drill sergeant for a while in the regular dutch army.

[@kaaskaas9955]

as the son of a dutch marine i only know because my dad told me they carry the weapons left or right because of quicker drawing of the gun depends if you are a lefty or a righty

[@groenpm]

Also guard left and right from your patrol...

[@preacherrks-3879]

Iedereen word rechtshandig in het begin opgeleid

[@mathijsw3743]

@@preacherrks-3879 fout!

[@jktmoto669]

@@preacherrks-3879 is bullshit ligt aan welk oog je dominante oog is

[@jktmoto669]

U choose left or right by witch eye is the dominant eye

[@DarthNoox]

As a Dutchman, it is my duty to declare that in the name of his majesty, King Willem-Alexander, this video has hereby officially been colonized by the Kingdom of the Netherlands!

[@gewoony2972]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@MrFlatage]

Kingdoms ... It's plural?

[@some_dude_lolidk8338]

😂

[@flum91]

@Conexus X18 And where may you be hailing from?

[@MrFlatage]

@Maxi Delevingne Haha nope it consists of several Kingdoms. You cannot turn several Kingdoms into one by deny trolling and talk out your rear end remember? Gonna follow me around now? Awh little stalker ...

[@Sobelix]

Good to point out... it's the Dutch who invented the "Mariner" thanks to our highly celebrated Admiral de Ruyter. He first used them on the raid in Chatham where the Mariners destroyed nearly the complete British fleet at anchor there. this was way before the USA was any world power.

[@Erik-iy1ev]

Ja en nee, de engelsen zijn net een jaar ouder. Teven is het gewoon marines ipv mariners. QPO

[@wros93]

@@Erik-iy1ev onze mariniers zijn als vijfde opgericht, maar waren als eerste gespecialiseerd op amphibieuze taken. En ze zijn door de verovering van frankrijk o.a. ook niet altijd actief geweest. Dat terzijde hebben we het op 4 na oudste korps. En het eerste speciaal getrainde korps

[@DreadX10]

@@wros93 Dacht ik ook maar deze zin op de pagina van Van Ghent: "Een tegenslag hierbij was ook dat schout-bij-nacht Stachouwer, die in Deense dienst veel ervaring had opgedaan met landingen, was gesneuveld op de tweede dag." suggereert dat de Denen al gespecialiseerd waren (niet vreemd met zoveel eilandjes). Als wij zo gespecialiseerd waren, was het missen van Deense ervaring toch geen tegenslag?

[@Erik-iy1ev]

@Von Huyzen Lol no, not at all. I doubt your knowledge about Dutch history.

[@ruudjes8]

We also invented the donut 😊

[@Gamekanaal-net]

I like how he keeps assuming what they say. And its wrong quite a few times.

[@babagd]

Yo aaron

[@Gamekanaal-net]

@@babagd yo

[@iceavalan]

@Epoxygleu ja terwijl hij zegt dat hij al 90 uur wakker is 😂😂

[@lizrdmaple]

Yeah kinda annoyed me not gonna lie LOL

[@whatintheabrahamlincolnisg9567]

Its actually pretty correct what he was assuming

[@YurikoKataoka]

I'm in the Dutch infantry, the Dutch Korps Mariniers is one of the hardest trainings in the Netherlands, sadly you didn't understand much of what they were saying. Also they showed the most "easy" parts of the training, sadly.

[@joeleuropeancrusader]

tuurlijk is een promotiefilmpje om te rekruteren, nieuwelingen gaan het snel overslagen als ze dat allemaal zien

[@YurikoKataoka]

@@joeleuropeancrusader Ja, maar kijk eens de Uitverkorenen

[@adolfgaming1761]

Ik probeerde luchtmobiel, kwam door de 4 daagse selectie. Rugtas te groot sneeén in mijn heupen door de gordel. Kreeg het formulier, zei “fuck jullie waardeloze bedoeling” ben op de bus gestapt en heb net zolang gewacht tot hij vertrok, met de trein terug naar huis gegaan.

[@Mixmasterted2024]

Proud you serve my country ❤️ sou much he doesn't get in the info

[@pimlaeven8561]

Korps commando troepen en NLMARSOF

[@wouternijenhuis3829]

Hey I'm the guy in the chair who was injured, I broke my foot during a rucksak march and was basically ordered to stay in that chair lol I wasn't allowed to help

[@krm3825]

is het nog goedgekomen met je voet?

[@wouternijenhuis3829]

@@krm3825 ja man hij is goed genezen duurde wel lang

[@stijn4062]

@@wouternijenhuis3829 heb je de opleiding afgerond?

[@wouternijenhuis3829]

@@stijn4062 Nee helaas niet

[@stijn4062]

@@wouternijenhuis3829 ah kut man veel succes met wat je nu gaat doen👍

[@leonvvd]

These guys are fresh recruits. Its funny to see him make observations about fresh recruits thinking they are the real marines in the very beginning of the video.

[@codyschurmans1848]

Exactly what i thought

[@Thynomad-B]

Probably could've turned subtitles on

[@Memeshollanda]

You should watch: the uitverkorenen. Its a way better look inside of the education. The one u are watching rn is a family friendly documentairy which only shows the "fun" parts instead of the realistic education

[@TheKickboxingCommunity]

Is dat die ene waar ze steeds " fucking nitwits " worden genoemd? Die was echt geniaal 🤣

[@JorGaming]

@@TheKickboxingCommunity Yup and they have to rebuild their tents over and over again cause one nitwit doesn't do it properly so everyone has to redo it over and over again xD

[@AKARazorback]

Agreed!

[@Nameofuser555]

@@JorGaming and they have to spend an entire night digging a grave and holding a fake funeral because someone had an accidental discharge.

[@MartijndeRondeDesigner]

@@Nameofuser555 thats sound more like our military hahaha

[@ruben7420]

Dutch people are more think than act thats why our training is less drilling and more learning.

[@sebastiaan1646]

That's incorrect they just shout less. Drills is 90% of the education in the military and repeating it over and over.

[@ezomomonga321]

Great thinkers! The Dutch. Great country and great people!

[@mikapeiler5281]

@Kenzita welk onderzoek heb je dit uit?

[@lucahofman445]

@Kenzita dan wil ik wel weten wat voor onderzoek

[@jaimyjaimy969]

It's wrong they don't shout because they want to see self motivated people. Shouting gives external motivation and on a tour there isn't someone to do that so it's picking out the weak.

[@BigMisterApple]

The dutch special forces are unironically one of the best in the world.

[@kv4851]

Dominus Providebit well they have managed to prevent some catastrophes before they occured

[@BigMisterApple]

@Dominus Providebit Yeah they are, I'm sorry. Their training is on par with the english, the gear that from the american, they train in Russia and the middle-east and receive their tech from China and Japan. Not just that but they have a smaller groups of 'experts' that are a fuckload deadlier. I'm not saying the dutch special forces are the number 1 in the world, but we're pretty high up there for a country with only a handfull of soldiers.

[@GamesForTheWlN]

@@BigMisterApple on what kind of measurements do you draw that conclusion? And on basis of that measurement what is the top 10 by country basis?

[@BigMisterApple]

@@GamesForTheWlN I dunno I didnt make the list?

[@ishitrealbad3039]

press X to doubt!

[@Ouwkackemann]

Generally the Dutch are the most relaxed people I know in Europe.

[@oxidatie]

Thank you!

[@Ouwkackemann]

@@oxidatie I´m German and have contact over my sport to people all over Europe. That wasn´t a complinent, just a fact.

[@oxidatie]

Ouwkackemann ich weiß das, wir sind Open minded haha ;)

[@metalpool5703]

Thanks 🙂 also proud to served my country 🇳🇱

[@thomasdayomayo4263]

All the dope they smokin

[@gasmask7064]

I have a welding teacher who was in the military, and he’s exactly like you. Best teacher I’ve had in my life.

[@akirakatsumoto307]

Hey, before I start: My apologies, english is not my native language. That would be dutch followed by german. So if there is some weird grammer and strange typo's down the line you'll know why that is. The dude in the beginning (recruit Zonneveld) getting a talking to was probably put in charge of a march. He's getting asked why their unit fell behind the other one, while they were on point in the morning. (He has no excuse "we had a bad march seargant") The guy in the woods (sitting on the chair with what I believe to be a twisted ankle) says he doesnt know what happend and will check into the field hospital. His DI on the other hand tells us that no, not just that, he'll go recover and then also be re-assinged out of the marines. (Because he basically is not making any effort to be otherwise useful to the unit) The patrole at 21:39 is training to power through sleep deprivation. And the guy at 22:23 has been awake for aprox 90+ hours. And this continues a while, the recruits digging the bunker are also extremely sleep deprived. (That is also what they talk about) The DI tell's us after that scene that once you are in a state of extreme sleep depriviation it is of upmost importance to still check up on your buddies and mention things/problems you notice and to help each other out in every circumstance. 23:35 "I want a honest answer, what the hell were you doing?" He fell asleep, together with his buddy. The DI adresses the other recruits with "Yeah, you can laugh it up that these two (morons) are lazy. But it is as much your fault, as you did not check up on them" After the ambush, which I assume they did good on, they get rewarded with 4 hours of shuteye. 25:43 Yeah, that is indeed the point of the exercise. Get the blood pumping, adrenaline flowing and hands a bit shaky before firing. (The guy talking before and after that scene tells us he has a problem with shaky hands when doing this exercise but is gradually getting better) 28:29 He's getting chewed out for what I assume was a bad performance. Slacking off, maybe complaining that it's too tough? Instructor: "This is your core buisness! This right here! This is what you have to love! You gotta do better!" As for the guys with the weird outfits on, could be that this was filmed around the dutch "carnival". If I remember correctly a lot of training happens in the province of North Brabant where that is a big thing. Might be confusing that with the Corps Commando Troepen though. One of them got their training facility in Roosendaal. Or maybe just a weird party tradition. The final march is 25km (15.53 miles) in full gear. (Personal gear + specialised/group gear) In conclusion: The video you watched scratches only the surface of their ordeal to become a marine and is actually pretty tame. This is a recruiting tool kind of vid you'd see shown in orientation at recruitment offices and highschools. They are not to keen on showing off most of their training. And from what I saw here, this is just the basic. After receiving their barret they get send all around the world to train in all kinds of conditions. (As stated in their motto "Qua Patet Orbis" - "As Far as the World Extends") Anyway, loved the video and your thoughts on it. Keep doing what you do! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@JuniorJuni070]

I'm highly offended that you aren't able to speak English for a Dutchman.. but you can talk German.. its almost emberassing

[@akirakatsumoto307]

Sorry, I´ll try to work on that xD

[@michielderuyter6011]

Goed vertaald.

[@zorbat5]

Je engels is prima..

[@JustMaria2024]

I’m crying in a corner While i count my money, so you are offended: the explanation in English was good enough. We as Dutch peoples are able to talk in English, German and even French, but are you able to talk in Dutch? So I would say count your money and don’t judge!!!! Greetings from a Dutch woman

[@pascalvannielen6794]

"de uitverkorenen" is a very good documentary on youtube about the dutch marines.

[@nacho2494]

Don't forget "dagboek van Mali"

[@michaelwhittman1956]

That seems odd I just don't see why anybody would make a documentary about the Dutch Marines and KZbin. just seems like it would be a broad film

[@jankaas4504]

@@michaelwhittman1956 look the docu up, give it a try.

[@pietvelkens219]

It really shows the marine corps is for the mentally challenged.

[@antonj.melein8794]

The documentary ’De Uitverkorenen’ is funny to watch, “a bit” of jelling of the Corporal (son of a great Dutch Marine father) against marine Schol is great ... however, almost only filmed in the dark. It gives some ideas of the ‘not romantic side’ of the training courses ... but personally I do not think you see all aspects of the training properly! But okay, it is fun to watch. A great day! QPO

[@SuperDaxos]

Dutchie here. NL Marines are indeed trained to do literally anything. We have to. Like you said, we are a smaller marine corps. If we get a call that we are needed in the arctic, we have to be ready. If we get the same call in the desert, we need to be ready. This need for diverse training and broad knowledge and experience is incorporated in all our infantry units. Even the regular infantry here gets mountaintraining and arctictraining. Our active duty is around 60k personnel right now. That is not a lot, but we are still highly respected and asked for in the world due to our need to adapt to literally anything. Great video man. Thank you for honouring our heroes

[@yonahcostongs6653]

Haha hoe weet je dan, ben jij jan maat dan?

[@SuperDaxos]

@@yonahcostongs6653 jan maat? Ik ben reservist met vrienden bij de mariniers en collega's die van de pantserinfanterie komen. Dit is wat ik hoor

[@Bert-jw7rv]

yonah costongs of Jan Kaas 😜

[@rjm6020]

@@Bert-jw7rv Jan kaas

[@corneliusantonius3108]

En als ze niks te doen hebben bouwen ze een weg of een schooltje of een brug of alle drie 👀

[@annekedebruyn7797]

Civilians: "oh nice holiday on the island of Texel!" Military: *TEXEL FLASHBACKS*

[@rtyuioP9000]

11:25 The Dutch military has a mindset where they differentiate between external motivation and internal motivation. If you do an obstacle course too slow and slack you get told to motivate yourself and give a 100% If you cant do that and need someone to externally motivate you you are not fit to serve the military. A person who needs external motivation requires others to look out for him to function and only cleans his kit to not get screamed at by a sergeant. Aperson who has internal motivation cleans his kit because he himself wants his kit to be clean. Not saying its the best way to train but they do scream at points to ramp up tge stress but it gets less trough out the training.

[@MrFlatage]

If you believe in some Dutchland or a Dutch military? Yea all you can do is scream cos your delusional. They do not take those into any military. But yes in the military teams are specifically selected to motivate each other and look out for each other. This is standard training in most militaries. And you are part of none of them obviously?

[@jankaas4504]

@@MrFlatage hahaha welk punt wil je maken

[@DusMaxGames]

@@jankaas4504 ik ben ook een beetje verward door onze Michel haha

[@MrFlatage]

@@DusMaxGames Military training confuses you? Well go enlist and find out then. ;-)

[@MrFlatage]

@@jankaas4504 Again one uses points to end sentences. The reason why they do not enlist people who cannot pass the written exam? Cos they are idiots? lol!

[@margpoes]

As for the last section: Left-handed people are allowed, So yeah, thats the reason why one wears left, other right, but would recommend to watch with subtitles, as you missed alot, or mis-interpurated points as they were in dutch. ( Yes, English is almost a second language for us Dutchies, but US people dropped the dutch language quite fast, though our history :P

[@hendrikdependrik1891]

I actually like his view on this video. Good laugh sometimes like with the scenes in which they entered a house with pistol and rotjes.

[@sargeanthammer1011]

THANK YOU M d P, I wish I could Speak Dutch, I would watch it again. and YES you are Right, You didn't get a fair Review, especially from Me.

[@margpoes]

Sargeant Hammer still you were on point a fair amount of times. 😄

[@sargeanthammer1011]

@@margpoes Thanks Buddy, Think you could spread that around a little ? I have made More Enemies on this site in the last week than eight years of the Marine Corps. I really hope No one in their Right would believe That "I" would ever take up Arms against ANY Marine of another Country. I haven't lived these past 70 years by being Stupid.

[@sargeanthammer1011]

M d P, The South-Paws (Left Handers) in the U.S. Marines must learn to shoot Right Handed and the Hand Grenade is held Upside Down in the Left Hand by a Left Handed Marine because if held upright, the Pin would be on the wrong side. The Japanese had it Right Just hit the Grenade head against the top of your helmet (and Pray it doesn't go off.

[@bakasheru]

Dutch training is from what I understand always diverse, one day your crawling in mud with a light rain, the next month your making an igloo near the north pole, the month after that your buddy hands you a Tarantula while enjoying a view on the panama canal. (this all happened to a nephew of mine)

[@--yt7483]

goei weer vandaaaagggg XD hehehe If you are not dutch "good weather today!!!!! " its like a song from here! What you are saying in your comment is so true!

[@anaruwatson9737]

Usually the case with smaller army’s “ Quality over quantity “

[@rbvdho4831]

No not in the netherlands. The netherlands doesn't spend much money for the army so low salary etc. Nobody wants that

[@Nameofuser555]

@@rbvdho4831 you have no fucking idea what you're talking about. First of all the training is incredibly hard. Much harder than the training for the usmc for example. And second of all dutch marines actually make a decent amount of money.

[@andrewdu5629]

Laurens Van Der Veen there is zero chance that the training for the Dutch marine corps is harder than usmc

[@JipSlinger]

@@andrewdu5629 it is harder. The dutch marines are one of the best in the world.

[@bananenschil14]

@@andrewdu5629 lol, I think alot of those US marines won't make the dutch marines training

[@RobFeldkamp]

he said: ''i think i have not slept for 90 hours. yeah... yes, about 90 hours''. But i bet he thought ''digging a trench sucks''.

[@DreadX10]

I think so too. Jameson interprets his body-language correctly when he 'translated' it. If the guy had been partying for over 90 hours on some tropical island paradise, his face would look different, I think.

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

I've visited the Dutch Marine museum. Very impressive. They have supported the USA in several conflicts throughout history. Proud to call them my brothers.

[@davidbrown-no6md]

The name korps mariniers might suggest that it's similar to the usmc. Many Americans think that. But in reality the korps mariniers are special forces which makes them more similar to the navy seals than the usmc. This was just the basic training and after this those guys train all over the world in different climates. My unit had different encounters with those guys and they were always very professional.

[@benanders4412]

Dutch, can confirm.

[@sam.k542]

my nephew is a ''marinier'' and I can also confirm that this is true the korps mariniers are the dutch equivalent of the navy seals

[@dionmoldovan3093]

All wrong, the only "Special Forces" in the Netherlands are the Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces (NL MARSOF) (yes they are a part of the Korps Mariniers, But not all mariniers are Special Forces.), Korps Comando troepen (KCT) (Army) or the Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten (BSB) (Marachaussee / Military police)

[@peterpan-oz6cc]

@@dionmoldovan3093 true. But dutch marns are way better trained then us marines. They're on the same lvl as SF. But they are trained as infantry.

[@wolfie7382]

Its the netherlands whatcha expect. We raised our country out of the ocean.

[@thax321]

I like how there is an absense of cadaver techniques that are commonly used in the USMC, with drill instructors yelling and screaming and tearing. Whereas these guys are a bit more relaxed, but still manage to produce very excellent young Marines, ready to walk through fire for each other.

[@JamesonsTravels]

I 100% agree they all get the job done just get there in different fashion

[@ishitrealbad3039]

dutch military makes good soldiers, american military makes badass soldiers ;)

[@Dionysus4776]

@@ishitrealbad3039 with the amount of training you pay them to do they'd better be ;)

[@pascalheijmerink6005]

Old Dutch Marine here, I can remember the landings at Texel/North sea in February, during wintertime. It was so bloody cold that I had problems with my legs muscles for over 15 years later. Always had pain. Good times. I love the Dutch Marines. May be, we are not the best in the world, but for sure, the most purest ones, we have history. Marines and the Netherlands are a monument. I also love the USMC, Semper Fi!

[@gewoonmafia1816]

Kkkkrrrr mietje

[@patrickpasson7247]

Hooha altijd trouw !!

[@fd_ogmghost9205]

so you know they use rubber guns because in the first 3 weeks most of them already fall out. and lessons in guns still take time, that is why they use rubber guns at the beginning, but this is really a great channel.

[@JamesonsTravels]

good idea. weed out the weak ones with the rubber guns. reduce cleaning hours and focus on training. i can see that making sense. if they cannot do the basics why have them cleaning for hours a day. i like it.

[@tom02061997]

@@JamesonsTravels false. They only use rubber guns when conducting those amphibious exercises because they dont want to have to recover real weapons from the bottom of the sea.

[@equaliser2265]

No, it's because they will rust like fuck.

[@tom02061997]

@G V how

[@ls200076]

@G V what

[@rutgervanvliet910]

He you should really check out the other docu about the Dutch Marine Corp the chosen ones (de uitverkoren). This docu doesnt really show the worst moments that one does. Really enjoy your channel man. Greets from Holland 💪🏻

[@JamesonsTravels]

I'll check it out!

[@01Bouwhuis]

The Netherlands....

[@sargeanthammer1011]

Thank you Rutger. I Swear to God Almighty, I WISH I had something in my bag of tricks that would Automatically give you guy's the Budget. How about this, We The United States of America Now have 150 Million Dollars Available, Have Your King or President who ever runs your Government, make a treaty with President Trump to back us in any Future Wars for the Next 30 Years at $300 Million Dollars a Year ?

[@thechickenmaster6543]

@@sargeanthammer1011 whats the point of a massive army when your country internally is fricked. Im happy my country (the netherlands) focusses more on spending the money on our country instead of a military we dont use

[@01Bouwhuis]

@@thechickenmaster6543 we do....only no major deployment. Please check the website.

[@Coprionix]

i love how he is critisizing the dutch marine but hasnt got a clue on what and why their doing it....and btw, these are rookies, not trained marines....

[@istoppedcaring6209]

he is giving you attention, he is aware that he doesn't have the whole picture, so chill

[@Coprionix]

@@istoppedcaring6209 how is he giving us attention? not like we need it lol. and you say he doesnt have the whole picture? well he is not even holding the right fucking picture

[@BlindingGlow]

@@Coprionix You actually do need it, because you're irrelevant.

[@Coprionix]

@@BlindingGlow oh nooo, wat a burn, some random bloke on the internet says im irrelevant, im torn...

[@dylannix4289]

@@BlindingGlow If you’re referring to our navy, that includes all of its branches, you’re dead wrong. Even our DSI units get better training and gear than most of your fresh E SEALS, and they’re basically doing the same job your SWAT does lmao

[@Twirlyhead]

The thing everyone seems to be missing in the link between the RM and the Netherlands KM is that the old history of them both as elite soldiers is important, yes, but the _modern_ history is that the RM became commandos during and post WW2 and the modern Netherlands KM are closely based on those Royal Marines Commandos. The relationship between the Brit and Dutch marines today is very close and one of mutual respect.

[@dennesgerkens2475]

royal marines for me as a dutch man is really number 1 dutch they super in every brance of the army but royal marine SAS RAF love the mentality and no doubt they give there live for anyone any race ore any freedoms mission respect never the aggressor but we dutch for a smal country we do have good strong fast forces are airforce are great to

[@pieterveenders9793]

Actually the Dutch Koninklijke Mariniers are indeed modelled after the British Royal Marines, but the British Royal Marines are modelled after Dutch guerilla's in South Africa called Boers. During his time in South Africa, Churchill was so impressed by their tactics and succes that it became that on which the British modelled their own forces. And so it becomes full circle...

[@Twirlyhead]

​@@pieterveenders9793 The Britrish did take many very valuable lessons from fighting the Boers including the word _Kommandos_ itself of course. But you are stretching the _circle_ somewhat taking credit for the exploits of Afrikaner farmers.

[@MasthaX]

One of the reasons why military goes into the streets here is that our entire country fits 3 times in NY state... we don't have that much space. The military does allot of training in Norway, Germany, Belgium and other close proximity nations.

[@valentino-yv4vw]

🇪🇺

[@NickyHendriks]

Not only that. The Dutch Department of Defense does this to be visible to the people, to show that the military is here. Since a few years it is also re-allowed to wear your uniform off-duty, for example when you are traveling to or from base. The government wants to show the human side of being a soldier/marine/whatever but it's also to set an example of yourself as you are wearing the uniform, people will be watching you so you better behave. It's also to make the military more approachable, for questions from civilians for example. Lot's of reasons to do marching-training in the streets, one of them is indeed the lack of space, however there are plenty of area's in the Netherlands where you could do it but the feeling to march into base and seeing your family, knowing that you've finished the training, that is also a feeling that you wouldn't get by marching through the Veluwe after which you step on a bus to go back to Rotterdam.

[@SSoulDiamond]

Just doing my job here G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@twanveldman3736]

Warom moet dat nou weer g e k o l o n e s e e r d

[@farriebever8985]

met hun Angelsaksisch gebrabbel

[@MartijnvanderHage]

Ja wat bedoel je daarmee. ?

[@Steven-pb3zu]

@@MartijnvanderHage Omdat sommige mensen erbij willen horen door trendy woorden te gebruiken ;) zoeken naar validatie

[@QoraxAudio]

Good job.

[@frankpierco8826]

21:30 : 90 hrs of sleep deprivation training.... 24:30 : allowed 4 hrs of sleep. 30:20 : you can see by the trees that it's probably early winter: temperatures would be between 5°C and 10°C. Freezing during the night. Not the best of times to get wet.

[@maozedong44]

50% to 70% drop out rate.....the guys that make it arent idiots.

[@exhoost_fume4646]

@@maozedong44 dutch sf drop out rates are even worse with a 96%, the few who make it are truely the tip of the spear

[@rickpetersson3371]

So when you said digging a trench sucks, add him stating he didnt sleep for the last 90* hours. Edit: im tired of editing this.. imma say 90, deal with it 🤣

[@maartenvanr9478]

19 hours

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

@@maartenvanr9478 lol, that's a common Dutchy mistake. 30 or 13? 90 or 19? 16 or 60? Cus it sounds the same to them. Also brought forth a joke. "My wife is dirty and I am dirty-two."

[@PooLLy09]

Hihiiii kippies.

[@rickpetersson3371]

@@maartenvanr9478 eh, in all fairness. Youre right just relistenend to that part. My bad

[@rickpetersson3371]

@@Vikingr4Jesus5919 also, im from the West dutch Indies...

[@GibbonLord]

The Dutch invented the marines, something the be proud of as Dutchmen.

[@Casloveskim]

Haha.. de Engelsen waren een jaar eerder.

[@GibbonLord]

@@Casloveskim Michael de Ruyter hadbde marines uitgevonden

[@chickensheet6582]

M. Stam nee Portugal, Engeland, Spanje en Frankrijk waren eerder

[@amsterdamdave7069]

Imagen, joining at 17 for 7 yearthen leaving, going to France for 5 and the rest to uk.

[@kutpax1390]

@@Casloveskim nee. Die hadden gewoon een marine, Nederlanders kwamen met het idee, maar vgm had Spanje ze ook eerder.

[@urspaghetti1600]

As a dutch sergeant in the Dutch special forces (nlmarsof), these colleagues did a great job in their basic training. For an awnser to your question about holding their firearms, they can choose which way is the most comfortable, and the marines don’t have to wear a cover during marching, but that is the choice of the supervisor of the men.

[@keanovanzonneveld3702]

Lekker napraten he domme 8 jarige

[@unknownip6741]

Dutch military has had severe budget cuts.. There was a point where even training with blank rounds was a problem. The Dutch marines are quite specialized and the requirements to join are higher then for example the US marines. But people have to understand a major difference. The Dutch marines are part of the Navy branch, they are with only around 2000 guys i believe. Compare that to a US Marines which is a branch on its own with tanks and a fucking air force. If you only have 2000 slots to fill you make sure those 2000 count and while im not impressed by the videos put out by the Dutch military I am sure these guys are up to the task.

[@rijkemans5114]

Long ago, even the Dutch marines had tanks. They had some units equipped with M4 105mm Shermans. :) But you're right, the budget cuts were disastrous. No ammo, no tanks, no Orions, barely any howitzers or frigates and indirectly caused the bankrupcy of the Netherlands' last submarine builder. With elections coming next year (and some parties already letting us know their opinion of the armed forces), I'm pessimistic about the future.

[@veertienveertien8205]

@@rijkemans5114 rechts gaat winnen let maar op

[@rijkemans5114]

@@veertienveertien8205 ik hoop het. Maar dan nog, zo vaak al op een partij gestemd die zei niet verder te willen bezuinigen..

[@rickpetersson3371]

@@rijkemans5114 met de huidige crisis die eraan komt zijn we toch wel weer de lul.

[@sargeanthammer1011]

REALLY !!! Hey Dip-Shit, For Your information The United States Marine Corps has been a Department of the NAVY for 245 years, That's longer than your "Holland" has been a Country. What Special Qualifications did these guy's have ? Blood in their Veins ? They couldn't even square away their Cover's. They looked like Slobs to me. You can NOT compare them Even Close to Royal British Marines. "Higher Requirements" than U.S. MARINES ? WTF !!! Pal I don't know what you have been Smoking, But you better Join the U.S. Marines before you give your Opinion of US or before you say something you don't have a Fucking Clue about. WE Do Not have an Air Force, We have a MARINE AIR WING, you know "AIR, LAND and SEA". Your FUCKING Dutch Marines wouldn't even make Good Targets on the rifle range. You Think, Your Sure, But you Don't KNOW ? Your a Fucking SLUG, Too Scared to use a Real Name (Unknown IP) Be Safe Slug and stay that way.

[@sanderknol]

02:00 I can only imagining marines using rubber rifles before they have had their weapons instructions. And during some sporting tests and self-defence training. I can't say for sure though. I was in the army and not the marines, but I can't imagine them doing it differently. 07:22 Them not wearing covers was very surprising to me too. In general, that's only allowed if it's very hot. But they also aren't wearing their covers at night... 08:00 I hated that foregrip. I wasn't allowed to even hold my rifle wrapping most of my fingers around the rifle as if the foregrip was one of those fancy short slanted ones. I don't know why they were so dogmatic about things like that at our unit at least. 09:45 Rotate on the bar an x number of times? I don't know but it looks like something from a schoolyard playground XD Just to get them tired. "First person to be finished: press-up position!" 11:15 All instructors on obstacle courses I've seen were focussed on technique and proper form. Encouragement to those who need it. And in the end your goal is to get over an obstacle course within a set time limit. I've only seen people who fail to meet the requirements being chased over the course by their own instructors over and over again. XD 12:50 Facial hair after basic training is allowed if you ask for permission. The standards are fairly loose, but it has to be tidy. 19:00 He got rolled back. First spent a bit of time with a rehabilitation unit. 22:00 Those swamps are actually "Heide" or Heath in English. In the Netherlands, they are generally pretty dry. They have some ponds in them or swampy areas. But we have a lot of dry heide. After that the guys aren't complaining about digging trenches, they are complaining about sleep deprivation (which the instructors have just started using as a tool) 24:55 hey have "self-inflatable" (you have to inflate them yourself most of the time XD ) mattresses under them. 28:33 "Dit is je fucking core business! Dit moet jij gaaf vinden! [... short silence to think...] Dat moet beter." "This is your fucking core business! You have to like this/think this is cool/awesome! [...] It has to get better" He probably didn't like shooting as much as the other parts of being a marine. 30:11 "Uitsteigen! [...] Kom op! [...] Bam bam bam!" and American DI would have probably said something: "Come on! Get out of the f***ing boat!" * slowly shuffling forward to avoid the just ever so slightly deeper water while disembarking *. Most certainly the sense of urgency is missing in that shot. 35:30 He's a lefty. In general, in the Dutch Army, they try to teach as many lefties to shoot as a righty as possible. Some people just can't do it and they will be allowed to shoot left-handed. Ceremonial drill in the Netherlands has been completely health and safetied and drained from its beauty in general. As someone who was part of a colour guard... that always bugged me a lot XD I hope it helped someone somewhat. For any translations or questions about this documentary, feel free to ask.

[@AstrumG2V]

9:45 is probably toes to bar, and it'll make your abs scream like a little girl in seconds.

[@willemc3411]

Heb je insta man? Zou die graag volgen en eventueel wat vragen stellen.

[@sanderknol]

@@willemc3411 Stuur me op insta maar een DM. utagai kan is de naam van mijn insta.

[@thesativajoint7829]

Just screaming isnt a motivation, we fight for silence and peace. And with the right words whispered in total silence you will achieve more, than any scream would.

[@sb-fn3pg]

The foregrip has a bipod in it, it's actually pretty smart. Takes half a second to use. I personally liked it.

[@joostdriesens3984]

Nederlanders moeten natuurlijk ook een beetje zuinigjes doen 'nee foregrip is te duur' 'maar dan hoef je geen bipods meer te kopen!' 'hmmmm, ok vooruit'

[@tdh2044]

Thanks for spotlighting our country! I love all our allies and the benefits each military brings, not just one, we are allies and we shouldn’t really be comparing. I’m half British and it’s sad to see how many of us view ourself as “superior”.

[@shwwoooosshh9228]

At 10:00 you asked about what the guys flipping off on the pull up bars was. I'm not in the army but I'm a callisthenics athlete. That move is a beginner move called 'skin the cat' once you learn that you can progress to both 'front levers' and 'back levers' which are very good ways to train your core and shoulders with your bodyweight.

[@MartinIrma]

The way the men hold their rifles depends on if they're right- or lefthanded.

[@JamesonsTravels]

I noticed that. Interesting if you are not used to seeing it.

[@terrorhoofd]

Dont know where you got that info from, but when i did my basic training in the Dutch army every one had to hold there weapon the same way

[@hugiebessie4513]

The way you hold your weapon is irrelevant. Use it right! This not a parade

[@marvinamann4969]

I like that Putting practicality over optics

[@qno-oj3py]

Could be that he had an injury on the left shoulder and was permitted to carry the weapon on the other side.

[@dolunaykoc8818]

Lmao all dutch people watching this: why does he sound belgian

[@lennerttemmerman]

Waarschijnlijk komt hij uit een grens stad

[@nationsquess9209]

Vlamish belgium is dutch ....

[@dolunaykoc8818]

nations quess ja maar het klinkt gwn kut met hun zachte g enz

[@joostvanderlee9569]

Klinkt amerikaans imo

[@TBL-thunder-6]

@@nationsquess9209 hou je bek zak

[@Savage_Viking]

Definitely the smaller the unit the more diverse training options. Stationed with the smaller airborne units in the US Army we trained jungle, artic and desert all the time because of our anywhere in the world in 18 hours mission sets. The smaller and more elite the units get of course the more training dollars you receive, and the more deployments also. Rarely stayed home more than 5 months every year and lived the deployment life. Looks like these pups are all newbies and are doing initial training. Respect for all those that serve and live the lifestyle. Great respect for our NATO partners, they are doing their part and some are superb.

[@roverman3724]

I just wanna thank you for reacting to this, this inspired me to join the dutch marine corps!

[@ferry2024]

This is realy interesting. I myself never joined the military, but all you guys deserve te respect and Honor you get a 1000 %.

[@exhoost_fume4646]

The ds aren't screaming at the recruits, because the focus is on self motivation, it's alot harder (also basic training is 3x longer than the U.S. marines)

[@MrFlatage]

@Maxi Delevingne Dutchland? Where is that? Source please? Royal Marines copied from the Netherlands yes. The Brits knew full well their power when they sailed up the Thames. Took out the RN fleet and captured the RN flagship. Still in display at which museum? ;-) Yea we don't wait around sorry. Don't make us sail up the Thames again.

[@mmtv71]

@Maxi Delevingne Good thing The dutch invented Marines, so who is copying who?

[@limafive]

where's the popcorn ?

[@Faire_Uneuf]

@Maxi Delevingne Whahahaha, the Dutch are in all those countries. Australia was first explored by the Dutch, New Zealand is called after Zeeland a Dutch province, Canada is filled with Dutch decendants, mostly farmers and the U.S. Big Apple is a Dutch founded city with the original name of New Amsterdam. Those Nations you call British are pretty Dutch too and there are more of those on the list. You were just as saved in WW2 by the U.S. and Russia as we were by you. The Netherlands never begged, it's a proud country that thaught you Brits a lot. It even bested you guys for a century while having a quarter of your population, even less of a portion of the land and landborders with all bigger nations. So please piss of with your boasting an look at a video of the Royal Marines if you like them so much. Kusje uit Nederland

[@Faire_Uneuf]

@Maxi Delevingne Whahaha, you're so cute with your empire. newsflash: It doesn't exist any more. Just like the Dutch empire doesn't exist any more. That family of yours everywhere isn't full british at all. Surprise: there are more German decendants in "your empire's" Canada and the U.S. than British. That blood of yours should run to your brain and read some history books. And yes everyone speaks English, it was the easy to learn language available at the right time. That's why the English of today are, in general, so inept to speak other languages . That other people speak British doesn't mean you rule the world though. I would never claim I rule the world or any of the places formaly conolized by the Dutch. Like Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US, Brazil, South Afrika, India, Indonesia enz. These places are their own now and not part of some empire. Not a Dutch empire and not an English empire. Now you can go watch a nice video of your Royal Marines

[@sevenprovinces]

Interesting to see an outsider's perspective - though it is fair to point out, like others said, this video shows fresh recruits on their 3 months of training, wash-outs and all. What you might find interesting that around 20 minutes into your video they're showing images of a bivouac in Oirschot, an area around the city of Eindhoven where the US's 101st fought during Operation Market Garden in WWII. Thank you for posting this and your perspective and input.

[@larskeizer]

Dutch marines are free to carry their weapon lefthanded or righthanded; only during ceremonies a certain way is mandated

[@JamesonsTravels]

Interesting.

[@inaaa7980]

@@JamesonsTravels as a belgian navy member i can also confirm that here we carry our weapon left or right, depends on which is your strong hand. Only duringg parades we carry it all the same way

[@nightfly4664]

Now I'm just going to throw out some educated guesses in regards to a few questions you had. The entire course is more geared towards individual responsibility as opposed to drilling things. One of the guys said things are explained one time, and then you have to know it, no questions. That's pretty much spot on for the starting phase. To drive this home more, you have to earn the right to carry a real weapon, show that you know how to properly take care of one. And I'm pretty sure a side reason is a budget that isn't sufficient (goes for our entire military). The reason behind the pull up bars is, I think, because our Marines get deployed on anti-piracy missions quite a lot, and having that type of coordination can come in handy. Then again, we already did it 17 years ago so maybe it's just one of those things! You are correct that it covers a much broader spectrum of training in a shorter period of time compared to what I know of (limited) the US Marine training. The training is build up in two stages. EMV (individual with buddy) and EVO (operating within a unit), both are currently around 15 weeks. Then you also get the specialties training such as (scout) sniper or frogman. The entire course used to be 24 weeks, it's been upped to 30 I think a few years ago. The Marines also have Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces (NLMARSOF) which are their SF. There isn't much out there on them as even here in the Netherlands most people have no idea they fought alongside our Commando's in Afghanistan and Mali. And I'd like to reiterate that I could be wrong on some, most, if not all of the things I tried to answer. It's been forever ago for me and I never wondered why we had to do the things we had to do. Also, I switched to the Army after my 4-year stint and that's where I spent the rest of my 11 year career.

[@casparbakker6403]

Im not sure (not a marine myself) but i think you're right. Most of the "drilling" is done after basic training with the unit they were assigned to

[@meetcemm]

You're pretty much spot on.

[@richardtenhave4897]

The changed organization (from up high, down to individual fire teams) has had an impact on the course as well... For the rest you are spot on.

[@meh8099]

There is no such thing as a sniper in the dutch marine core. I've been there, asked for it when I applied, they told me: no such thing only SLA (long distance shooter) which is fundamentally different. I turned around and walked straight out the door and never came back, also never completed the sign up phase. Edit: I checked again and it seems to be there now but not sure if it's identical to the USMC snipers, seems that there is a difference but from what I've read the core tasks are the same. I took the easy route: sports shooting.

[@nightfly4664]

@@meh8099 Back when I came up, the Marines did not have full on snipers, only sharpshooters (SLA). Only the KCT had snipers. But that has changed, the Marines now do have fully fledged snipers and even some of our Army infantry units now have them. I also never said sniper, I said (scout) sniper. ;-) And people confuse words, a "sluipschutter" is often seen as a sniper, just like with "sharpshooter" in English, when the two are completely different. Pretty strange you walked out of the door, as becoming a "SLA" is the best way to eventually become a sniper. You can't just enter the sniper training course, that isn't how it works. You need to proof yourself first.

[@waltz10121665]

A couple of things that we commented/asked for. Weapons carried; WE (the RNLMC) carry our weapons the way we want, other than on parade obviously. the wearing of cover (head gear) is probably due to ventilation. When it is hot and you are jomping (marching tactically) you need to get rid of heat, that is how you do it. Your question as to the use of flash bangs, well when you are training your troops in the first instances, it is wise you go through the motions first, then you repeat repeat repeat. When they are Marines you can go to the next levels. Your question as to DI's standing there screaming their heads of in a rather demented fashion, well that really does not do it for us. Talk normally when you want to explain things, shout when they are loofing, but the US DI stuff of screaming the way they do, really is something that is rather demented and would not impress a great deal. The group punishment when guys are slow is what you see on the racks. They need to do pushups until the last bugger has done his flip. the weapons (rifles) are the Canadian C5 and C7 Dimaco with the crap .223 rounds. (I seriously dislike this calibre and can not wait to see this changed to the 6.5mm in due course) I think (and that is of years of experience as an SF Recon Marine, working with a great deal of US and other SF guys) is that the overall level of the "man" is better than a US recruit. His level of education is much higher and they are trained up to be deployable everywhere in the world, Arctic, Desert, Jungle and everywhere in between. Our cooperation has always been great with the USMC but indeed there are many differences to the man and their training. (I write the answers on my own title).

[@timmaas007]

The reason why we dutch dont use life rounds or real flashbangs is that our goverment doesnt put enough money in our army, so we dont have that much ammo. 1 time they had to say pam pam cause we didnt have rounds for training

[@rhysk5127]

That's 70 years ago but sure

[@timmaas007]

@@rhysk5127 nope, like 2 years ago, it was on our news

[@rhysk5127]

@@timmaas007 ow well thats nice

[@sweetlord5099]

We have to know every part of the rifle, to order a broeken part. A new hun needs to be sighted in again, so a new part is better. The marines work with small platoons. The different chaotic view, means they are free. One forgot his hat, so nobody van wear one. Unity, Unity, Unity. In the cold war, the Dutch were often the best. Better then professional armies. The north of the Netherlands Will be the warzone. A pistool on a ladder goes when Intel says a child is in the room. A possible threat gets a grenade first. We can clean streets too. Cleaning a house we do from above, throwing granedes down is better then throwing Them up.

[@sweetlord5099]

Not digging sucks... Het said no sleep for 90 hours , and 9 hours to go. Sleep deprivation., 100 hours , to test the mind. The food sucks. As soon I der the usa, i surrender for a good meal. We are ruled by the enemy, who hateu is and give dirty voor.

[@thomnaarding5824]

The finex finishes on the " van ghent kazerne" wich is a symbolic base from world war 2. The dutch marines in Rotterdam (from the "van ghent kazerne") held the Germans off until they had to surrender. After the second world war the "base" became a symbolic location for training the marines or any specializations training, but that is why a few kilometres of the finex go trough the city.

[@MrFlatage]

@Dick Fageroni Find untill the end? What were you looking for? Look some people find fake history. Throughout proven fact history? People have tried to change it. They never had to surrender. But even then? They still bombed Rotterdam even though German kids in school are taught ... that never happened? Everyone who has ever tried to take Zeeland? Turned up pretty darn dead. So when they were told to surrender? They gave the goverment the finger and fought on. Lasted for 3 weeks.

[@thomnaarding5824]

@Dick Fageroni so the marines who held their positions were supposed to ignore the order from their superiors? I'am talking about the marines HAVING to surrender

[@martijndenburger-green5267]

@Dick Fageroni - The city centre of Rotterdam was bombed to hell, almost nothing left standing. The threat of this happening to Amsterdam and The Hague is what finally convinced the Dutch government to surrender. Remember that the Dutch were very unwilling to get involved in the war - they would have prefered to remain neutral like they did in WW1

[@tompeck5495]

@Dick Fageroni You know the Germans would have firebombed everything if they actually did that, right?

[@owningkoning]

@Dick Fageroni we share a border with germany on the entire lenght of our country, we had zero tanks was not much wat we coulddo

[@NLTops]

Sir, I would like to point out that the part of the video with the marines in the water with the rubber rifles was titled "Amphibian Introduction". It was their initial dip in the water. It is not indicative of the rest of the training regiment. The monkey bar exercise, they have to do the exercise x number of times and anyone who finishes has to start doing pushups until the last person finishes. It's basically a mixture of a competition to finish first and the slower guys feeling bad if they take too long. It's an exercise representative of a group only being as strong as its weakest members. The weaker the weakest member, the more the rest has to compensate for it. There's not a lot of shouting in the Dutch marines because it's considered a matter of personal and group responsibility. That particular guy might be slow across the balancing beam but he's keeping pace along the course. I agree with you in terms of practice equipment. It's better to use actual equipment. Unfortunately the Dutch military is criminally underfunded. The result is as you can tell, not as impressive as it used to be. The guys do the best they can but our military has a lot wrong with it. It's a good thing we get along so well with our fellow Europeans nowadays. But I still think we should prepare for possible issues along the bigger picture. The guy in the chair got injured. But looks like at worst he got a sprained ankle so you're kinda right about him dragging everyone down. The part where you said "When they let you patrol there should be a take-away" and "He just said digging trenches sucks" is all about sleep deprivation training. Where you said "I don't know how they're keeping track of what they're hitting", it was a live-fire practice. The guy being yelled at at the end of it was told "This is the part you should be excited about! This should be why you're here for!" And it kinda annoyed me the entire platoon didn't salute.

[@reznovvazileski3193]

22:21 So this is a sleep deprivation exercise and the guy says he hasn't slept for 90 hours here. So digging a trench does probably suck, but I think his mind is going more toward the faster this trench is dug the faster it functions as a bed :') Also fun fact about trenches, we call them "loopgraven" here which translates to walking graves because in WW2 that's exactly what they ended up being.

[@chatmanstef5098]

That's gotta be bs. Singular is "loopgraaf" not "loopgraf". "Graf" means grave, "graaf" means to dig. "Loopgraven" probably just comes from our word for digging.

[@reznovvazileski3193]

​@@chatmanstef5098 Yes that is how the word was derived originally. Yet that doesn't change the meaning people gave it during WW2 according to my great grandparents which I still had the honors to know as a kid. The way words are created and the way words are used don't always match up. Play of words is a concept as old as language itself.

[@NickyHendriks]

I think you meant World War 1, this was literally trench warfare as that was the way of going to war during the time. Evolved from the old battles where you'd see lots and lots of people standing in line next to the enemies' troops, also standing in line and firing metal balls.

[@reznovvazileski3193]

@@NickyHendriks Oh yea sorry I strangely enough don't have any direct sources I spoke to from WW1 though so I can't really say I've personally heard the stories on that one.

[@reznovvazileski3193]

@@NickyHendriks Not to mention the Dutch didn't really participate in WW1 so from a Dutch words point of view that'd be a weird argument I think.

[@murkdurk8961]

The marine digging a hole said: I haven't slept for 90hours

[@JamesonsTravels]

he did not understand exactly but felt his tiered body. universal language

[@bbqreunie984]

Most of the man have short sleeps of a few minutes in between, sometimes 8, 10 minutes. Without these most of them wont make is 4 days without any minute sleep.

[@murkdurk8961]

@@bbqreunie984 were you there?

[@rexboy6]

@@murkdurk8961 i can confirm

[@firstnamenonapplicable5138]

Nice job, almost at 100k. Just wanted to say I first saw your channel when learning about the marines because I want to join them. Your channel didn't do anything to really adjust my decision but it is entertaining none the less

[@JaccovanKoll]

Thanks for your (almost full) spot on assessment of our Marines. The video you used, is an "introduction" video, showing the "road" that people take to turn from a civilian, into a marine (To earn the baret). * Obstacle course: It doesn't matter how fast he is taking the obstacle, as long as he makes the full course within the set time for it. * Hair/shaving by the Sgt, telling stuff (with red-ish beard), that is *allowed* within our military. It is an actual "right", although you have to request it with a "VRA". (Just like ear-rings) * Chow: Is pretty decent. Now it is even better than when I was with the army (1988 - 1994) * The whole training is based upon: Get the group, check the group, and do it as a group. And they actually don't care how you wear your cap/helmet, as long as you get the job done, you are fine. Only one rule: If one is without, all go without. If one goes with, all go with. * All: Jungle, Desert, Artic, is what they do. They get all environments. * Cross-dressing? That is just having some "bullshit-fun". Just to show off, who can be the biggest idiot of all. And yes, food is good! * The base is actually in the centre of Rotterdam City, and that is where they walk towards. So, here, it's not a big deal. * Boots: We get 2 pair of them :-) * Rubber guns: We don't hand out guns to people who don't know what a gun is. Get used to the shape first, and learn what it can do, before you get your personal weapon. (Over here: If you walk around with a gun, pistol, without wearing an uniform, you get shot in the head by the police first, and then they ask you who you are. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY as civilian!) The last exercise is actually taking them hard work and really is the final test. During the building of the "bunker", they are worked, to get sleep-deprived. And learn how to still function. And foremost: They learn how to get the job done. A little like our "pantser-engineers". At 11 PagnCie, we looked like shit, but guess what: We were always the ones getting the job done. And that is why you see the "relaxedness" among them. Efficiency rules within our Marines, our Army and our Airforce. Specifically, thinking, sharing that with the group, doing it, making it happen, is what our military foremost get trained for. Sort of: You can put a monkey into an uniform, and teach it to stand straight. Might look amazing, but can he get the job done? That is why they are allowed to carry the gun the way is comfortable for them. That is why they don't look as exact copies of each other. Unless they have their Dress-Uniform on. Hope you like what I said!

[@AdmSpock]

The guy on the chair: he's injured, leaves the training to get well and fit again, and flows back into training with a later group.

[@daanjacobs317]

he didn't do that though.

[@lazypants9145]

@@daanjacobs317 he leaves training as in leaving the current class and having to join in again in the class of next year or something similar

[@TrifectaMonkey]

So he has to start bootcamp from the beggining?

[@StinkyWinker69]

@@TrifectaMonkey he gets to start where he left off or at least not start all over again

[@Seemsayin]

While I'm glad to see these boys taking the initiative to do something that most won't... they strike me as a bit lax, like they're making it up as they go. I don't see any sense of urgency, as though they don't take it seriously. I'll admit that it takes guts to do what they're doing. After all, they don't have to what they're doing. But being "elite" should garner a most serious attitude, which I'm not feeling from this group. However, I could be gravely mistaken. God bless them. They are there, attempting to embrace "the suck". That's a lot more than most people have the stomach for.

[@abefroman8202]

A very good morning to you Mr Jamison. Any chance of you talking about your military career. I am sure a lot of us would be interested. Respect from Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

[@rickgidney1005]

Maxi Delevingne you still stalking Mr. Jameson? I bet you have a secret crush on the man, it’s ok. You ever think of him and Ant at the same time?

[@hdog2967]

@Maxi Delevingne Ant made a mistake, he served his time in prison and payed the price, I actually think he's a very good representative of the UKSF as he sorta shows the struggles a soldier goes through once they leave the military

[@rickgidney1005]

Maxi Delevingne I think you meant to type “WOMEN”, and the answer is no. But we’re not here to try and debate or argue with someone like you, were trying to keep it real and have genuinely good and humorous exchanges with one another. There are other channels you can mess with where you might be welcomed. Take care now.

[@rickgidney1005]

Maxi Delevingne take care now, bye bye then😚

[@hdog2967]

@Maxi Delevingne He fucked up, we all make fuck ups and you can talk once you've been through the shit he has

[@gjfleen9540]

Yelling has no effects on Dutch marines like also with the Norwegian and the Swedisch troops. They are quiet people.

[@boomingbob1579]

Ja

[@em8452]

Screaming/yelling at recruits has its purpose from time to time. But acting like they never do anything right won't make them better soldiers. Better to scream when they actually do fuck up. Seeing they realised that in a marine corps is progress in my opinion. And maybe you can keep those 10 extra guys who aren't great but also not the worst. And see them become really good marines after some experience. Pretty important for a small corps like the RNLMC.

[@kk4-real79]

You should watch the dutch “marsof” just a tip

[@Rick-hr6rr]

I really like how he is very respectful about what he sees. I half expected him to be saying what they were doing wrong and all but he didn't.

[@Frankvanrijn27]

You should watch another one, it's called "de uitverkorenen" . It's a much more realistic view of training.

[@jaybatty2728]

Check out 1 SAS soldier 2019 in Nairobi running in and out a building and how he killed numerous radicals and literally dragged people out by himself for some time while the Nairobi soldiers where thinking what to do what a legend

[@YeNZeC]

Is that the guy who throws on a plate carrier and balaclava, escorts multiple people out. Saw a few photos, in jeans. Aha

[@jaybatty2728]

@@YeNZeC that's the 1 mate lol

[@sisamusudroka3000]

I heard about that, but couldn't find it again when I wanted to show my friends

[@YeNZeC]

@@sisamusudroka3000 Juts type in "SAS Africa" Come up straight away.

[@Hazzelnot94]

Nairobi is a city, not a country.

[@jacodewolf8374]

Thank you for giving attention to the dutch Marine Corps. I love your commands. but how did you get this film? It is not the real deal, not by far. Is it an enlistingmovie to get guy's to sign-up? Then they are in for a supprise! It is true that the NGO's don't yell. Yes, there are a lot of classes. But fysically you get worn out! The dutch Marine Corps is small. Only 2500 marines. They are very specialised in all kinds of warefare. the training is like the US Navy Seals. You don't see that in this film. A pitty and not comfirm reality. Still; nice to have some attention from the States.

[@jimmievonmarienburg6272]

Dutch Marine training is actually the longest basic training in the world for enlisted personnel, that's a week longer than Royal Marine recruits (UK). Image how skilled the special forces (NLMARSOF) must be.

[@antondegroot6061]

@@jimmievonmarienburg6272 I thought the KCT are the real tough guys of the dutch army ? Is it not a tougher and/or longer traning than the marines ?

[@douwevanboxmeer181]

KCT training is indeed tougher than training to become a marine. NLMARSOF training however is most likely tougher than training for the KCT, you could see NLMARSOF as our equivelant of the US Navy SEALS

[@jcb5782]

31:56 They eat all kinds of stuff. I found a nice article where they held an interview with a cook that makes it all. Think pasta’s, ham-leek stews, noodles, goulash, rice with steak and bell peppers, rice with spicy chicken, different kinds of stew with steak, rice with steak, chicken risotto and various vegetables, and any combination thereof.

[@ervie60]

Don't forget "blauwe hap"

[@Issxcxi]

Your videos are so good man i swear

[@raiqa8544]

22:20 He said "i think i haven't slept for 90 hours" Jameson "He just said digging trenches sucks" xD

[@jelletiegelaar9904]

The Netherlands is known for their way with money, save as much as you can. Same goes for the militairy. The budget is low, even for missions. I spoke to some veterans who talked about it. To much bureaucracy in the Netherlands.

[@HeikoHartsuijker1]

8:30 he called out for him on the bad march and the group needs to do push-ups, sergeants calls out why he dindt march right because it went so well. We never punish one person its about the group.

[@knuffelviking]

Love it how you underline the differences between our marines. Dutch Marines have a long and beautiful historie!

[@wekker090]

Same in Dutch Marine core, rubber rifle is just for the first few weeks, then its the real deal. When not ceremonial marching, then you can carry the rifle left or right..

[@JamesonsTravels]

the left or right with the rifle was the first i had seen of that. very unique. no opinion expect watching interestingly.

[@bbqreunie984]

Yep, ceremonial marching right. And otherwise as fits best as we have quite some left handed people in our country but more important who use the left eye as the dominant one. Trying all learning to handle and shoot right arm and eye would mean some will fail and we already have not enough new recruits.

[@rexboy6]

@@JamesonsTravels you are trained to shoot as a rightie though, even if you are a leftie. We got real rifles the first day though.

[@gdsrj924]

To comment to: "You got to train with what you use IRL." With us small NATO countries budget is also a big limiting factor. We don't have huge amounts of budget fundings in the defence departement. So we are very limited in the materials we have in training. Even on real foreign OPS the situation can be critical due to budget cuts... that's the real tragedy

[@maozedong44]

The material problem has been solved. Everyone has new gear and 100s of millions have been invested last few years.

[@gdsrj924]

Mao Zedong lol... Wrong!

[@bignicobignico1944]

Still proud of beeing a " Marinier" (that's how we are called in Dutch) after 40 years.

[@nielswijngaarden6925]

I like this guy, he gives his views on training etc, while staying respectfull of the different country corps. Salut!

[@nightfly4664]

Ah, the MRE's are pretty similar to the US. For us chicken Teriyaki was the one everyone wanted

[@madshad3351]

What is the worst? For us it was "Omelet with ham" or "Tuna casserole " uhgg.

[@Poptart133g]

I always preferred the chicken pesto pasta, but I'd still hunt down whoever got the damn Poptart. I think it was from one of the tuna ones, but could never remember which it came from.

[@vetren23]

@@madshad3351 For us it was 'meat curry.' No shit that was the name.

[@madshad3351]

@cf1001. That sounds disgusting indeed.

[@chorrellpique4057]

I’m actually quite proud of our military forces. Our country is small, but what I understood from one of our Dutch marines, is that they consistently tend to perform much better in lots of drills (worldwide competitions of some sort) and even outperform the Americans, even though you lot tend to be at war a lot more than we are. I believe the marine referred to a sniper challenge of some sorts. I felt oddly proud to know that our country, in spite of our size, continuously achieves so much on the worldwide stage :)

[@trull122]

George Washington's half brother Lawrence Washington was a British Marine. Mount Vernon was named after his commanding Officer Admiral Edward Vernon.

[@michaelgoldman1433]

George Washington was originally an British army Officer but switched sides in the Revolutionary War. Just like Robert E Lee was an U.S. Army officer but came to lead the Confederate Army

[@Menaceblue3]

@Maxi Delevingne You sound like a salty British person! You wanna try for "round 3"? 🇺🇸🆚️🇬🇧

[@trull122]

@Maxi Delevingne its true, if you go into the Rotunda at the Capitol in Washington, there is a huge picture of the British Surrendering to the French. With all the Americans way in the back.

[@jeffm3022]

@Maxi Delevingne Indeed.

[@sleepindragon179]

@@michaelgoldman1433 I didn't know any of that and I'm from the UK thanks for that interesting stuff👍

[@Fuzz82]

The instructor at the range was saying "This is your f*cking business! Here, this is what you're supposed to love doing!" I don't know what he did wrong, but he basically had to do better. And the instructor was kindly reminding him that he was doing the fun part of training.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

The first Dutch Marines were the Batavi who fought with the Romans. Capable of swimming with their horses over the Medway river in a surprise flanking maneuvre against the Cantiaci. This branch is way older. The Roman Invasion of Britain 43AD The Battle of the Medway.

[@KusabeKuruyashiki]

I'm Dutch, in all my years on KZbin this is the first time I got something recommended that's from my language even remotely close.

[@LekkerRekkenYT]

You should watch the documentary “de uitverkorene” or for the english speakers better known as “the chosen ones”. I think it is also available with English subs, all about the marine training course for the Netherlands

[@rinogenidee6922]

Love it when u cant understand a thing but still knows what he's talking about 🤐 huha marine! Greetz from the netherlands.

[@mennis9736]

The thing about the dutch defence is that politics have been cutting off their money supply for year and just lately they've gotten extra funds. That's why they probably don't use realy flash bangs and don't use their real gun for every situation since it'll cost extra money.

[@ApacheNL1]

This unit were new recruits, it was an initiation more relaxed approach than the real thing.

[@madcatgains]

7:22 Answer: They don't wear their helmets or hats in this take because they are allowed to. When out of city or towns or just out of sight of many people its allowed to just take it off, when they come near a place with many people its standard to put it back on if you want it or not.

[@borgmuller69]

Rifle carrying can be done differently depending on which hand you use to shoot and which shoulder you use to shoulder your weapon.

[@JamesonsTravels]

i keep thing how you would get whacked in the face doing it that way.

[@TheLeverOne]

The reason that they arent wearing a cover could be because its to hot outside

[@JamesonsTravels]

I get it. Wished we had that sense but sunburned heads do suck.

[@NLJeffEU]

Don't forget that the Netherlands basicly is a swamp. With a high humidity, its verry normal to have 100% humidity.

[@darrenfenn4749]

It's winter check out the trees lack of foliage

[@Mr.X2]

NLJeff EU yes it is, but we built the forest on building scraps as to make the ground more sturdy. So yes, it’s swampy, but a lot less than it used to be

[@ralphkoreneef4198]

The weapon they use is a colt c7 rifle, the marines here in holland are taught to survive in multiple different environments, jungle, arctic and mountain. The average marine signs a contract for 4 years, after that they can choose to specialise themselves, for example they can choose to become a medic, a sniper, a member of the MARSOF(sf). etc. Fun fact: every marine, no matter his role, goes through a parachute course within the first 4 years, meaning every marine who has spent at least 4 years in the military has his parachute wings.

[@florisde5e]

Dutch Marines hold the world record speed march. Result of hard training.

[@alkemailoon]

and teamwork!

[@eltoroloco81]

This is a video about the frist 3 weeks of training if you got what it needs to join the marines. This are newbees after this real marinecore training begins this is just a selection

[@Wereldburger01]

At 19:40 That guy in the chair was ordered to take that seat. At that moment he was already expelled from the programme, not being a part of that team anymore. His commanding officer (seen at 19:26) made that decision. Send away for physical therapy to heal. Later, after full recovery, he resume the programme in another team. At 22:26 he said (and that's what this was about, doing heavy work while you're almost exhausted) digging trenches when you haven't slept for 90 hours. it was already introduced by the other two the seconds before. The subject 28:21 is that you should like to give in the most difficult circumstances anything without the slightest restraint. The one in the camera said, "three months ago we were not ready for this". And then comes the next scene that goes on about that subject in which the drill sergeant motivates that guy with 28:31 "this is your fucking cold business, you must think this is cool!... that needs to be done better." What this was about is mental training.

[@Tom-hq2cv]

Marine: says hasn't slept in 90 hours American guy: he just said digging a trench sucks

[@loik4440]

Please do a video on either the swiss „isone grenadier“ switzerlands most elite

[@JamesonsTravels]

its you have a good one please send a link. thanks. no in the comment but at my sight

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@JamesonsTravels When I did the "Nijmeegse Vierdaagse" (for 12 years in a row) we always laughed at the american soldiers for trying to prove themselves to much. Get Angry or ask me why.

[@thebull19861]

These guys are tough as nails... My brother was part of the special forces in the NL, called commando's... In the US military you could compare and say he was a member of seal team 6... These guys in the movie are very professional. This is just basic training but after they finish this they go to special training all over the world in different environments...

[@rxck5749]

No one: Not even a single soul: The netherlands: GEKOLONISEERD

[@wouterkabouter2716]

It sucks man its like its the only thing they can come up with