Real Life - Commando (Royal Marines) 2000 - Part 3

Real Life - Commando. This one-hour documentary follows a troop of Royal Marines recruits through some of the toughest military training in the world. Shows a less PC picture than 2003's 'Green Beret' and 2007's 'On The Front Line'.

[@lateapex9420]

0:59 sums up recruit training perfectly. I generally enjoyed Lympstone but receiving conflicting orders and then being made to accept some form of blame for it pissed me off on many occasions.

[@Prodaz2]

Was in this video, passed out as an original and had the best time of my life for almost 9 years . Living the dream x

[@highstakes1235]

Did you do the 03 invasion?

[@edwindude9893]

Why did you leave ?

[@djsmiley1965]

Thanks for your service Darren. You have my respect.

[@EdGeyy]

''You show me disdain like that again sunshine, I'll give you a day you won't forget''

[@squasheddreams9401]

Doing the mud run with rifle and webbing is fucking savage

[@edwindude9893]

Oh diddums ! I knew one of the blokes on this he ended up a sniper at 42 recce. My troop. He was a good lad. Didn’t do that long in the Corps though.

[@gooner72]

Training is hard and the training team beast the lads for a reason...... it drums into them that being lazy, making mistakes, general sloppiness etc.... gets people killed in combat. If you get soft on recruits, they won't do as they're told and discipline will break down causing chaos.

[@teddy1066]

5:48 Major Walls. Excellent climber as an ML. Was a Captain in the M&AW Cadre.

[@djeq721]

The thing is though, even if your personal kit and weapon was spotless they will STILL pull you up on something, utterly wrong but it's the way it is

[@andii194]

haha yeah, the banter would be great, thanks mate and yeah yeah stick to a regime and you'll be good in no time, i got time to wait though because i want to go uni first :(

[@johnny65]

I remember SGT Thompson from 92, very professional with high standards. Very good Junior and Seniot.

[@fyaworx]

@Mike Foxtrotter what makes him a monster lol

[@fyaworx]

@Mike Foxtrotter yea but it's task specific right. It's going to help them get fit lol. I remember getting made to do a river run with our day bags full of gravel so about 10-15 kgs. I was up the front and when I crossed the river I swam across, the guys behind me hadn't seen me swim and ran in, down to the bottom they went🤣🤣 It's normal to get thrashed, that instance was because the guys rooms weren't clean during an inspection. Ps I'm not a royal either...just a dirty old antipodean grunt

[@fyaworx]

@Mike Foxtrotter dudes firm but fair 🤣

[@fyaworx]

@Mike Foxtrotter if they don't do a good enough job it is, it's the military way...don't like it don't join

[@fyaworx]

@Mike Foxtrotter there's worse things that could happen to them....but yea...I get what you are saying. I've seen it happen tons in the military, it upsets some people...you just have to get over it when it happens 🤣🤣

[@viewty87]

well it does say in a marine info book that a good sense of humour is def needed.....well gd luck when u do go in.... im currently training at home waitin to go in......

[@kmisa73]

The weather alone seems to be a challenge in itself. The "big heat tab in the sky" or "Bob" never seems to visit that place.

[@Novech22]

I cant wait for this shit!!

[@ramsayross]

The problem is not that the royal marines are loosing people, it is that they are loosing people like Jamie. It's an old school, new skool thing. We were taught (back in 81) that if the officer got zapped, then the strippy could fill his place, and if the strippy got zappped, then the corporal could fill his place,and if the corporal got zapped, then the marine could fill his place. The Royal Marine was taught to think for himself, within the unit, as part of the unit

[@crouchtrac]

@SeeYouNextFall there is a 3 day course prior to the 32 weeks training known as the Potential Royal Marines Course (PRMC), it consists of various physical assessment and tests. If you are successful on completion of the course you will be given a date on which you can start Recruit Training which is the 32 week course. The aim of the course is obviously to route out the people unsuitable for Recruit Training.

[@swayzie24]

I start my training feb 01, left after 4 years! This is what i remember but for a year, not ten min intervals!ha

[@BARTON943]

6:55....."slowly this places whittles you down.." they "whittle" you down to bring you back up stronger, thats what i learned on my RM training.

[@philstatham4762]

He'll regret that for the rest of his life...I do

[@BootneckAlphaKilo]

If he was knackered by week 13 he had no chance. It gets harder and harder. He was obviously not made of the right stuff.

[@haleyraven.lilrocket9241]

I'm a proud army medic vet served 4tours got sick with cancer had to come home when I was active I wouldn't have traded it for nothing in the world God bless all my fellow men and woman who I served with with honor and pride 🕯️🕯️🕯️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@isaacharkton6169]

the Corp is yet to pass out a female

[@haleyraven.lilrocket9241]

@@isaacharkton6169 I never said I'm a marine .I'm a army vet

[@ualuuanie]

U know a thought comes to mind. If everybody feels that the training is too tough and gives up then there is no more soldiers and therefore no more armies and hence no more war :)

[@Benjamite]

Ahh, how I miss the Flank...

[@bdaravens]

no problem!

[@CumDiva]

Thubert, you show me disdain like that again, sunshine, I'll give you a day you won't forget.

[@LionheartNh]

I joined the corps in 78...nowadays you have lost the madness

[@VIPERITE16]

@MovieMad007 Commando: On the frontline by chris terrell which was 2007 so this video here is much much earlier by 8 years according to the guy in it.

[@mhia4]

Flanked means you have enemy in front and on one side, the next step is getting surrounded.

[@Aurileus5]

US basic training has changed a lot to stress more understanding of counter insurgency type of operations.

[@lizarddennis2381]

Look at training back then to training now. Nowadays its like a holiday camp...these lads got thrashed

[@jimmybaldwin737]

lizard Dennis are you in training now ? I did my training in 2009/2010

[@bris0126]

Training is still like this trust me

[@Skie29]

@Skie29 sweet, will do in future :)

[@mebecallum]

@jackhedger Yeah i held it very briefly once, and it seems fine but after a while it really does kill your arms.

[@soldierside365]

@partyhat3 he has sgt maj written all over his perfectly treated moustache lol

[@BassettAlmighty]

@Molseh SRR don't do the SF briefing course, they run it all in house.

[@KaikkiPuhuuNorjaa]

@lvrpatriot01 apparently he was in the marines before joining the SAS

[@Ghost42C]

totally agree, if peope think that standing up to rights in the marines would make their life any easier or the instructors to appear any lenient, then i guess they're in the wrong profession.

[@8r00ny]

also there is the regiment of scotland and the prince of wales regiment(something like that)

[@mard420]

people take it too personal, just keep grinding, don't quit, die or come out the other side. Thats it.

[@defaultpanic]

Everyone has a weakness, some more than others, part of training is to expose that and reduce it assisted by peer pressure and teamwork. Tip-toeing around this weakens the machine, all recruits understand this.

[@Prodaz2]

Cumdiva, were you there ?

[@MovieMad007]

Ahhh - right you are!!!

[@infrared567]

yea but i notice he says week 30.but now it is 32

[@pafcsouthcoast]

flanked means ataked from the side

[@Rapist87]

So is it possible for a UK citizen to enlist in the American military?

[@ryanwilliams1800]

these boys look so sorry for themselves when they get punished. What do they expect? Its the Royal Marines, its tough, its even tougher when they go to war. These boys need to learn to take their punishment when they do wrong or they will be no use for the RM

[@user-kb9xc3jr8v]

Says you who’s most likely never been thrashed in your life.

[@bricktop9527]

Can just tell you never had the bottle to join up Ryan

[@ryanwilliams1800]

@@bricktop9527 and did you? i can just tell you didn't so STFU

[@bricktop9527]

@@ryanwilliams1800 no id never have the balls to complete commando training

[@ryushahkola]

@ditdatdot thats pretty coll mate, my frind which is a gunnery seargent got kicked out for threatning the major. pretty insane right? but he was sent back in and went for a second run in afghanistan. I believe he was spec. forces in the U.S army, not the Rangers.

[@Skie29]

@TheDrummerboi94 im saying army in regard to all different military sections...

[@johnny65]

if you pass the full 32 weeks why would you w3ant to opt out ??

[@johnny65]

Not sure mate but right at the end of training during king's squad one member of the troop was kicked out a week before passing out for bad admin. What a pisser, just finished all his tests aswell eh.

[@tfsahaodj]

Is it naive to say that you should expect something between the jollity of "Commando: on the Front Line" and the misery of this?

[@mrfanlogan]

at 7:20 he asks why. well to be the best in the world. to experience things few men have experienced and if you cant see that then you shouldn't of joined up in the first place.

[@callypee]

haha nice!

[@dkr56]

@The1stPoster no i wouldnt and havent done so in the past

[@clementjd]

American Marines learn all of the tactical and combat stuff at their follow-on schools. An Infantry Marine will spend 13 weeks at recruit training (boot camp), 8 weeks in the Infantry Training Battalion (ITB) and then more time training for their specific job (called an MOS), followed by on the job training. For other specialties (non-infantry), there is 13 weeks of recruit training, 4 weeks of MCT, followed by as many as 24 weeks of specific training for their job (41 weeks total).

[@soldierside365]

joining the SAS will give you the chills because brecon is fucking wet and cold!!

[@CrapSignal]

2000

[@JG-wu7nx]

2021

[@SilvaG17]

a royal marine recruit (allways nodding of 2 sleep because of being so tired)

[@bdaravens]

Yes, the USMC and RMC are different. The USMC is, overall, like the Army, but can operate from air, land and sea. If you want an equivalent to the RMC it would be the USMC Recon Force or MARSOC. Don't insult the USMC, I'm sure they could beat any other Army in the world at Physical Training. That being said, I have great respect for all US Armed Forces and all its allies' armed forces.

[@GhilliedUp]

English is actually from Germany mainly, amonst many other countries and cultures that developed it over time.

[@LionheartNh]

The SA80 is a tad easier than the SLR to hold.

[@djsmiley1965]

The SA80 is like a paper weight compared to SLR. SA80 is a complete bag ah washing absolute garbage. No matter how clean you kept it the thing would always jam at some point.

[@Joshmcfee]

You get a limited time in a training team;chances are he's in a unit or even retired.

[@zimbozw]

that poor sod did not understand the corpral he drilled him because jamie was a leader and had all the qualitys if ur instructor drills u harder than the rest that is the main reason cause u have leadership quality do not be discouraged by it embrace it work hard and strive

[@old45marine]

Hi Para oppo I love u to :)

[@MadamKouassi]

@jackhedger The rifle weighs ten pounds, mate...

[@old45marine]

There you go I knew I would get a bite from that LOL Ask your Father or MENTOR about The Marines sence of humour :) Have a nice day

[@rlc5317]

i been through training myself some of the training staff are ok. but some of them are just bullys

[@ProbablyCoolerThanU]

@toppaz79 I dont do youtube comment arguments on the British army, so you can change your attitude right now. All I am doing is giving my opinion on the recruits in this video, the are kids, if you watch the para documentary when they recruited before the falklands, they were young but they just looked... different, tougher, the generation today is just different and in a war situation I dont think these kids could mentally handle it. E. Gabriel, 29th Commando reg Royal Artillery

[@rob8493]

Says the bloke from the Royal artillery 😂

[@Alexroxproductions12]

Blimey we don't get treated as bad as that. Peace out.

[@johnlangdon7576]

The standard of recruit might have dropped, but also the standard of instructor has too

[@DAPYDAN]

Yer, the a been made a little easier, as some people have died on the course.

[@kmisa73]

What part of England is this filmed?

[@thejc5350]

Lympstone in Devon.

[@MrSuperdude121]

right i've been a royal marine for 3 years and trust me don't say that the royal marines is in the army to anyone in my section it won't be pretty

[@alloutdoors1]

the reason all the corprals seem harsh is because they have the right there the ones with the green beret not the recruits . and its being harsh like this what seperates the RM from the rest of the worlds armed forces once the ones that pass out actualy pass out they'll be the same .. and thats how it will always be . to get the green beret they'll make sure you earn it nothings handed to you on a plate .

[@liam1666]

surely the training team would realise that since the new corparal come into the picture the moral of certain recruits has gone and some others have "developted" attitudes , would make them think. hay this corporal must be doing something wronge with his methods of instruction

[@johnny65]

Teachin a Para to wash!!! nothin hard!!! it's probably one of the gardest courses you ever did then mate, all in all do you remember an aussie named straughan, Left the Paras in 86 and joined the Legion, came to 2 Rep in 87, he was down south with 3 Para in 82.

[@dionbridger5944]

Never been in any kind of military but this much seems obvious: if training relies on breaking the recruit's ego apart, and the recruit is determined NOT to have his ego broken apart, the whole training process is unfortunately fucked from the start. Maybe they need to find out how to get recruits to first WANT to have their own egos broken down. That comment about how "this place chips away at you" says it all really...the recruits feel like the training is taking something ( pieces of themselves ) away from them that they actually value, so they drop out, instead of chipping away at pieces of the ego that the recruit himself feels/understands to be faulty or that has no value.

[@andii194]

When i do my training and i'm getting bollocked i'm just goin to make it comical in my head later on, get through it with a bit of ease and just keep the simple fact in mind that they are treating you like shit for a good reason, to pull the weak members of the group from the strong and not just for the sake of it.

[@MovieMad007]

Wasn't this the original series called "Commando"? When one guy was back-trooped? Think he was a black guy...he had some kind of injury on his knee or leg or something which he was being constantly plagued by?

[@bobfrost2843]

Jafta ? I thought this was late 80s 90s tbf

[@karatepirus]

Corporal made him use the radio for emergencies only? I respect them, but i just dont see the logic in that. Anyways, god bless you men.

[@ryushahkola]

@ditdatdot to right, S.A.S retired, bored. these royal marines are TRAINED.

[@MarineAqua45]

English comes from a mixture of French, and German,considering the fact the Saxons and later the Normans invaded us.Also the Romans did too,before this.I think you'll find that the native English lanuage is Gaelic,spoken by the Celts in England,Scotland and in Ireland.Why is it that in the West Country,the accents have a similar twang to the Irish?The real English accents.

[@Dravensdmf]

genrqal paton i think. stand to be corrected though.

[@hutch1111111]

Cpls like that would get a total fucking knock out in the Regiment. I am all for discipline and thrashing when deserved but when they start knocking out the ones they should keep, that is fucked.

[@mountainfreedom9000]

was'nt a marine but joined the royal navy in 1992 and the amount of people who were unfit and could not look after themselves was terrible and now with the PC shit the armed forces are softer.

[@kord127]

VDV

[@arriviste2020]

Just give the instructors what they want and everything is relatively straight forward. The lad bitterly complaining about "standing up for rights" should not be in the unit. Not once did he mention that others of his peers would be counting on his conduct and support. It's a bit late in a 'fire-fight' to take the individual route, as opposed to being a fully functioning member in a cohesive unit. Difficult to inform combatants , that their back-up will consist of under achievers. ::(

[@jimdeacon100and1]

@Jammydodger58 no,no if anything im more grunge but less dirty...

[@trus93]

really 2? thats nothing

[@cycleSCUBA]

I just hope that guy was asked in strict confidence exactly why he wanted out. Such a f waste of a good guy when the instructors were hastling him needlessly.

[@reemlsilkworm]

Fannies thats what!!

[@daynerpotter9514]

This was a real documentary of training standards, attention to detail and uniformity, not like the 2012 Commando School rubbish, too much messing around...

[@chrisholland7367]

I thought that soap opera RMC commando school was absolutely shocking. I'm not military but have had family and friends that have served . I've read many accounts on military (British) history and I don't claim to be an expert but RMC school was an embarrassment to the Marines.

[@BootneckAlphaKilo]

100% I watched this documentary a few years before joining in 2004. It’s by far the most representative documentary on RM training there is. Commando on the frontline and commando school were both absolute dross. We had ‘Hollywood troop’ a few month behind us in training and they were spoon fed through the whole course. I ended up as one of 12 originals out of 57. Hollywood troop passed out 40 odd originals, an almost unheard of low attrition rate.

[@daynerpotter9514]

@@BootneckAlphaKilo It's a shame that elite forces have been cornered into making basic training easier simply to boost numbers. Not the personnel they were back in the late 70's early 80's because of this, if the Falklands ever kicked off again, it would be a different war 💪

[@NeroAngelo616]

Thoughts on Royal Marines: Mission Afghanistan and Commando: Britain's Ocean Warriors?

[@daynerpotter9514]

@@NeroAngelo616 They showed the Marines in operation leading on from training, some soon after some not, forces personnel are trained according to their roles. Navy, RAF, Para Etc.. They do different roles obviously hence the difference, physical intensity and technically of each basic training.. Are they ready for conflict straight out of basic training? I don't think they are..

[@richardworsley4847]

Could not the officer, at his leaving interview, having said he was someone the Corps wanted to keep, have questioned his reasons for leaving. (without the attendance of NCOs from the training team)? And so received an honest answer, So that perhaps, with time. properly selected trainers might gradually learn how to produce the best results from their recruits. The Colonel stated in his briefing to trainers that humiliation has no place in today's society. A recruit must expect his physical and mental limits to be tested beyond his own imagined extremes, or the green beret at the end of training isn't worth having. It isn't girl guides' training. Anyone aspiring to be a trained Royal Marine has to expect that if he falls below the required standard he will not succeed. Nor should he. His own life and more importantly the lives of others will depend upon his reliability within his team in a Commando unit. This recruit COULD have withstood the personal humiliation given by that sub-standard, bullying, too full of his own piss and self importance, stupid little Corporal. Believe me, conduct such as his in a Commando would very properly have HIS lights punched out - perhaps even a bullet in the back during a convenient firefight. All this recruit really had to say to himself was - 'Am I better than this little bastard? Yes, I f......g am! So balls to you if you think you can ever get the better of me.' As an ex-Royal Marine myself, too long ago now to call it any but a former life I would say this. Leadership is nothing less than example. It says to the trainee, 'You I can respect and listen to.' But only ever if he knows that he too is respected, just so long as he always gives 100% of himself

[@old45marine]

A tad harsh there Baz.We will never know the real facts.

[@teddy1066]

If you can't take proper care of your personal administration (the most basic of skills) then you're in the wrong business. To be a success it takes self-discipline, self-motivation, commitment and courage. If you're not self-reliant and can't deliver the goods then you'll spend weeks on the flank getting thrashed. Harsh, but it's a harsh business. If your kit isn't on the ball then it's obvious to the NCOs that you're a liability not worthy of moving forward.

[@bdaravens]

Obviously, my comment has been misunderstood, I meant the USMC and RMC are different because the USMC is like the Army, because the USMC is its own large fighting force, not commando forces like the RMC. I never intended to say the RMC doesn't operated from air land and sea.

[@Arnelski]

the worst thing is this isn't the worst trainin we offer , if im incorrect isn't the SAS harder ??

[@h7283]

Much

[@dkr56]

@RoyMM46 your missing the point im trying to make, raiding towns in the middle of the night, arresting and questioning people, acceidently killing civilans after mistaking them for enemy will turn the people bitter and toward extreme organisations (IRA/Taliban). It happened it Ireland and already has (continues to do so) in Afghanistan. P.s. IRA fleed to the south only to be picked up by the gardi and british forces gave their last location.

[@numberoneshmeg]

you cant just join the SAS you get asked ! marines most elite soldier

[@CaptainAmerica322]

dude, RMC is NOTHING like USMC! RMC is a commando force, USMC is a full scale war machine. own logistics, own choppers, own bombers, own fighters, own arty, own tanks, own infantry. obviously they are VERY different. RMC is more like the USMC MARSOC

[@JamesHartnell]

If you need a hug from the instructor then you're in the wrong game. You have to be self motivated to survive. It all changes when you get to your unit if you can deal with it. But you will be with professional soldiers, your peers, and there will be far more pressure to keep the standards up. I have to say, as a bloke that went through basic back in the late 80's - this looks like a walk in the park discipline wise.

[@renzloiuse22]

You and Evelyn sariga resurreccion hara to all country

[@EllisFitz1995]

I know the instructors are supposed to be hard and diciplined but i think this is too much, not once have they said "cmon your doing well, keep it up" or "you can do this, its a state of mind" they not showing juch encouragement to the marines

[@dkr56]

@RoyMM46 u c thats the problem, thats why you are losing the war in Afghanistan. You would think your gov and mod would learn for the past. You lost the Irish war 1919-21 due to your tactics and discipline, then guess wat caused a 30year war in ulster 1968-98? same reason yet again. Now you are deploying similar tactics in Afghanistan to that of Ireland. Does anybody in your government study History? "Those who don't remember the past are condemed to repeat it"

[@longforder]

Fuck me trainings different now haha perhaps its the welfare office on camp haha