Real Life - Commando (Royal Marines) 2000 - Part 4

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'.

[@hutch1111111]

Old school Sgt, new school recruits. I feel for all of them, I went through Basic and Battle School in '88 in the Artillery. The exact way I felt 7 years later when I instructed. Felt lost.

[@thecrossfirecasualty]

Did anyone else inwardly cheer at 03:02 when he got onto the rope? I was rooting for him so much!

[@BootneckAlphaKilo]

Regains were the only test I didn’t pass at first attempt. It really is all technique and hip flexor strength. I tried again the next day after some coaching from the troop PTI and nailed it. I was so glad to get that right heel hooked over the rope, 17 years later I still remember the sheer relief.

[@AmericanWarrior1776]

The more you sweet in peace the less you bleed in war.... Well said brother!

[@000121m]

05:54 "Ab-b-b-isnible that is"

[@ScreaminModelKits]

5:55 "abysdnimal" lol, He couldn't interpret the Sgt's use of the word abysmal.

[@sixlotties]

As you correctly said both units are very good, and are recognised as one of the finest units in the world. The training is very similar between the Royal Marines and Paras. But ive gotta say the Royal Marines training is longer and slightly harder than the Paras RM training is 32 weeks Paras is 28 weeks i think. But nobody can argue the fact that both these units are among the worlds finest. Hope this helps!

[@hello123456789101]

"In this era of peacekeeping and safe havens there's less call...". I certainly wish I could still say that.

[@bighands69]

Beasting is part of the psychological training. Being a Royal Marine commando requires a psychological state. If an individual cannot handle beasting they are not of standard required to be Royal marine commando. If they cannot complete commando tests they are not of the standard. They may make it in other military roles but not as a Commando.

[@musicmusic6595]

I have alot of respect for how this lt col lindley think's, any man that see's common sense that battering and beastings constantly are not the answer. What one needs to think of is, those individual's that improve with beasting's, would also improve without them.The fear of being binned is enough, some people do not meet the mark regardless of beastings, it's an old method simply way outdated. The man will either be up to the standard or he won't, beasting people constantly, will not change that.

[@maximisatwat]

Nicely nicely lets all hold hands and rub each other's shoulders isn't going to prepare them for war, where things are chaos and where they stand a reasonable chance of being captured and held by the enemy. You are meant to realize that it isn't fair and you are being made to do stuff, but it is just stuff. And no-one is going to come and give you a Gold Star for good behavior. IT's preparing you for War.

[@liamphillips2967]

I'm still up for it and I'm still gonna get the job done.

[@chazzrobbo]

Liam Phillips Have you applied? what stage you at?

[@riddler442]

@Jammydodger58 It was made in 2000. It wasn't uploaded until 2008 because KZbin wasn't created until 2005.

[@il0veY0u941]

Awww.:( I feel do bad for them. That's tough.. Tough stuff man..:/

[@Bleakunending]

Sgt. Thomson creates real warriors.

[@fransjeclevers]

Now I understand why the dutch army loves to work together with the British.. a lot of respect from the Netherlands!

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

I mean, physical proximity, cultural/linguistic proximity also play a part. Both are rainy, maritime, diverse, laid-back but disciplined trading nations. French are too bureaucratic. Germans literally invaded in living memory.

[@BootneckAlphaKilo]

Much respect to our brothers in the Netherlands marine Corps.

[@mard420]

superman, lol thanks. i just like to smoke and keep in shape lol. my family always challenges me about the smoking and fitness

[@paultheshiv]

the pti in this video is a hoofin guy was in 833 and we had him on our test week got me thru the endurance cant remember his name tho.........

[@freddiesnotdead]

@JamieN1690 of course its not 'selection' , is for special forces therefore is going to be harder

[@defaultpanic]

In the bar hanging Sgt tries to salvage defeat by turning it into a moral lesson. The recruits would have seen through it, counter productive in the end.

[@dappadan22]

is it still the same m16 that theyve used since the 1st gulf war? wiv the m203 or do they use the colt commando?

[@crouchtrac]

@JamieN1690 ever guessed why SAS selection is 'a thousand times harder' ? as I said, it boils down to self discipline. In the Commando brigade and parachute regiment you aren't allowed to give up by your superiors in SAS/SBS selection wether or not you stop moving is entirely down to you.

[@jackfrost81]

I wonder if Jaimie returned? Does anyone know?

[@jammydodger998877]

Fair play to the Royals.

[@pjw85]

that water must be freezing!

[@jimbobhk2009]

9:43 cameraman gets scared

[@crouchtrac]

@JamieN1690 how do you know? are you in the special forces? I was talking to Marines in Bristol for my acquaint day who have just come off SBS selection who would back up my claims.

[@Chumphrys4]

like when?

[@norsw]

i think since the design faults have been fixed the sa80 is a reliable weapon.

[@freddiesnotdead]

@soldierside365 of course 'selection' is going to be harder. Its meant for candidates for SF. loL!

[@kaliastro]

does any one know what has happened to most of these guys?

[@TheSoundzUK]

@crouchtrac I know somebody in SFSG who i will not name,he was a sgt in the royal marines and said the training for sas is 10x harder and worse.

[@Maxim0W0lf]

I think you've misinterpreted what I meant i was talking about the claims of bullying from superiors not the physical tasks or discipline methods they use which i am more than willing to comply with.

[@breddary]

@TheCrazySweed Lmaooo! For real!

[@MrQuackism]

@mohamheadz agreed.

[@CaptHowdy999]

That Sgt is a tool. Check out the Sgt from the 1983 BBC series on the Paras. Now he was a good leader.

[@musicmusic6595]

i agree, total fucking idiot.

[@dappadan22]

i thought i'd ask a few opinions on sumthin completely unrelated. what do u guys think of the SA80 a2 rifle? i read sumwhere the other day that thay were thinkin of gettin rid if it but i thought that all of the kinks had been ironed out? eg it doesnt jam anymore and is pretty good in all weathers. i know most of the older gus ive spoken 2 reckon its 10 times better than the first SA 80. what does any1 else think?

[@d283jdsk2]

Now replaced with the A3

[@RigsbyUK]

No its cuz i respect my dad so much and yeh he was a marine, so he is tough. He fought in the Falklands war and to be honest i respect him for it. Hopefully i just wana do the same thing he did and if it takes loosing both my legs in Afghanistan or where ever then so be it. Im not that sort of person who goes around thinking he's hard, but people who say shit about people who do amazing things deserve abuse!

[@Aurileus5]

... I'm not saying you don't need training. I'm saying at a certain point training can only help you so much. A lot of times in combat people die for really random reasons.

[@freddiesnotdead]

@TheSoundzUK once again thats because its for special forces, how old are you 10? everyone knows someone who knows someone lol

[@peterpetersbng]

i can understand when people just explode after being here

[@soldierside365]

i wouldnt say 99% of SF are Marines or paras. most of them/ the ones the SAS prefer to have are Engineers since they have broader skills. HOWEVER i do agree with you since most of these engineers do all arms courses as a sort of 'tester' to see how they could possibley handle. one bloke called Tommy Tobin who was at the battle of mirbat was from the catering corps. (just proff to say that anyone can do it with the right frame of mind) no disrespect intended btw. (if you felt it)

[@user-fv5tt8zi2w]

이런 것은 사나이의 특권이지요. 사나이.

[@EIREriddick13]

Well said A+

[@ScreaminModelKits]

5:54 "abysmable" lol sgt needs a dictionary

[@h7283]

It's abysmal

[@assasin006]

If this is This hard! i wonder how hard it is for the SAS training?

[@gooner72]

Brutal, same as Pathfinders and SBS. RM basic training however, is the toughest basic in the World. Their officers have to pass this course before they can train as a Rupert, the process takes a mind boggling 16 months.

[@slafkec]

they are getting rick rolled at 7:52 :)

[@zimbozw]

corpral should re do his training

[@8G00SE8]

The SA80s as good as any supposedly, especialyl after the upgrade, it was made for use in England and N.Ireland though, not sandy places. I dont know about these things really, but im guessing someone in the MOD is switched on enough to know why we are still using it....i hope!

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

The SA80 is a comically bad firearm...its main advantage is that it's better than nothing.

[@ScreaminModelKits]

sorry, actually yes you can. But the bigger IED's are usually wired by the taliban, who time the explosion on a convoy by detonator or cellphone etc...

[@edcarson3113]

👍🏼

[@RigsbyUK]

go say that to a Marines face!! Actually go say it to my dad he would fuckin show you what tough means!

[@herefordlegend007]

I'm not 100% sure on all this but the special forces don't bother with it they use the M16

[@lou4brew]

glad meagher passed. Would be kinda lame that the most squared away guy got recycled because he can't do a silly rope trick

[@hutch1111111]

The magazine trick by the instructors was a cockmeat sandwich. Never trust an instructor when they say you don't need something...we got it like that once, totally sucked!

[@crouchtrac]

@assasin006 not much harder mate honestly, you would think it is because they are special forces the only difference is they need ten times mores SELF discipline

[@gRAVYFTW]

tht's bcos the british founded the dutch marines in ww2

[@Bishop1664]

easier

[@renzloiuse22]

RPM mortel hari ng rhyad saudi puyat

[@caseymeager6039]

That's my dad that is Neil meager

[@georgewashington92]

great!

[@ianmacbeth5874]

all changed since I was there in 85 , it's all got a bit soft

[@herefordlegend007]

i dunno mate im no expert on the subject

[@mard420]

lol people are right out of shape. Out of 80 people, most of them were 19-21, I was to 10 of the 20 that passed physical stress test, flexibility, grip strength, eye-hand coordination. I pissed off the test administrator, cause i smoke a pack a day too

[@ScreaminModelKits]

you can't set off in IED by stepping on it, your thinking of a landmine.

[@Aurileus5]

At a certain point there has got to be a point of diminishing returns. How much is training going to help you when you accidentally step on an IED and get your whole body blow to bits. At a certain point this sort of character building exercise is useless.

[@soldierside365]

@TheCrazySweed stop playing cod and get outside!!! this is real. i know this was posted 3 months ago, but even so, its pathetic when people come on proper military websites and start throwing videogame references.. you can be as immature as you like in your response, it will only back up my argument..

[@Maxim0W0lf]

Well i hope they have, going to join in 2010 and im not going to be taking any shit from corporals or anyone like they do in some of these vids.

[@thejc5350]

Let me guess...you wrapped in training?