Sandhurst In The Jungle: Officer Training Brit-Style

In the jungles of Central America, a specialist unit of the British Army is teaching the fine art of being a military officer.
A team from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is taking cadets from Belize through a course that could transform them.🌴
Instructors from the world-famous Royal Military Academy Sandhurst have travelled all the way there to train 25 cadets in the art of being an officer. 🇧🇿
@FTVHan went to have a look!
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[@JosephStealin]

“SQMs where are the training manuals etc.?” “Err we left them behind at Sandhurst sir. “Right what did you bring?” “Just some blank rounds sir”

[@vtbmwbiker]

Brilliant. What a fantastic idea on how to level up and learn from allies.

[@britishempireno1fan851]

Level up what exactly if they actually cared about the U.K. they’d be stopping the dinghys not fighting pointless wars.

[@andersonnurse4746]

True

[@vanpallandt5799]

​@@britishempireno1fan851 for the staff investment the benefits far outweigh the costs and anyway, stopping dinghies is not the army's role..what would the role of DS from Sandhurst be in that? They are from the army..you would want troops deployed on every beach and inlet of the south coast - plus by the time they would see the people, they are not going to be in dinghies

[@britishempireno1fan851]

@@vanpallandt5799 I just don’t like seeing swathes of illegals arriving on rubber dinghys

[@arnavm.9529]

@@britishempireno1fan851 So you'll shift the blame onto the marines who are aren't responsible for working immigration?

[@trevorlopez6395]

God bless British 🙌 🙏 there always here for us

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

❤🇬🇧🇧🇿❤ God bless you

[@williamcobbett4943]

God Bless my Belzean Brothers and sisters. We are all subjects to the Crown

[@pilot_howie237]

Amazing to see countries love, look up to and respect training given by UK troops.

[@josgroot6786]

Brits do in fighting. Germans in cars.

[@vanpallandt5799]

as someone who worked in Spanish speaking South and Central America (but had some limited dealings with Belize), this was great to see

[@johnkrivokapic7527]

Good soldiers aren’t born,they’re made,🇦🇺🇬🇧🇧🇿.

[@1220b]

Rubbish. Working class men were thrown into the trenches of WW1 and proved to be heroic and resourceful soliders within a matter of hours... All the training in the world doesn't make a soldier, it's up to the individual.........

[@richardthornton3775]

Fantastic news! Let’s hope this continues and grows. We have a lot to offer each other. Great effort👍

[@lawrencemartin1113]

Let's hope it does take place again and again and again. Fantastic work all round.

[@davereid-daly2205]

Well done the Brits !!!!

[@rolandolucasochoa-nah1369]

I like it a lot...wish I was dat young...all d best our boys n girls...mek we proud...good move Batsub

[@whya2ndaccount]

Wow! Shows how under resourced they are if its BYO blank ammunition and Pyro.

[@royalberkshire]

Smashing. Well done everyone.👍

[@det1mark777]

Brilliant!

[@normandy1140]

I did a few church mission trips to Belize. As a former soldier, I can see how that sort of country can pose as a challenging training area. The marshes and then the triple canopy are just unbelievable to try to negotiate through. And there are all sorts of wildlife you need education on before you go out there. One summer it rained. And rained. I remember getting eaten alive out there. Best of luck to those young Belizean recruits.

[@df0016]

LOL if you're so afraid of your weapon that you turn your head and close your eyes before firing a blank, you're probably in the wrong line of work.

[@paulatradies1942]

Lol I know I thought I was watching a monty python sketch.

[@paulthurman5517]

We’ll done Belize ❤️

[@RJM1011]

WELL DONE to ALL of them. :)

[@auwz66]

3:51 that jacked up rear sight is exactly what i would expect of an officers rifle.

[@2865016]

Looks like a reality tv show.

[@adamwoodford7629]

0:05 - nice aimed shot there..

[@MalumZeth]

We have all done it when hanging out on a section attack lol

[@adamwoodford7629]

@@MalumZeth blanks anyway. I defy any bod that says they aim using blank rounds..😆

[@SNOWDONTRYFAN]

Belize is now firming up to be a bigger ! major overseas Garrison , which makes the join the Army and visit exotic places slogan sound a bit more truthful ?

[@joerenwick5018]

Better be better then the one in the sand

[@adamatch9624]

?

[@joerenwick5018]

@@adamatch9624 sandhurst in the sand was the military academy for afghan army officers

[@UMAKEMESMILESWACKIN]

imagine an oversesas army training you in your own jungle

[@ianmills9266]

Considering we train our own troops in that jungle I doubt it was an issue.

[@stoufer2000]

Gonna need different colour uniform in Iraq next..

[@vanpallandt5799]

the DS are going to Iraq?

[@stoufer2000]

@@vanpallandt5799 Maybe not. Safer to control operations from a drone control centre

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@stoufer2000 but this is about training the BDF and other agencies? Not sure what your point is? Drones have a very limited role

[@babyface965]

naisu

[@forresttree1684]

And yet another British colony rebranded as an overseas territory.

[@louicoleman2910]

Belize is as much a sovereign nation as the UK is. Our continued cooperation is beneficial for both of us and it’s what Belize wants. I seriously doubt the people of Belize sees this as rebranded colonialism.

[@vanpallandt5799]

that's a bit patronising - where are you from, friend?

[@forresttree1684]

@@louicoleman2910 British slaves flee south into Guatemalan territory where there is no black slavery. Britain agrees to build road to connect Guatemala to the Atlantic in return for the southern land and fails to build road. Britain then proceeds to give the land it doesn't own to it's former slaves. Britain has caused problems worldwide such as the Transatlantic Slave Trade , South Africa - Boers concentration camps, India - Starvations and Deaths by Famines, Australia - Murders of Aboriginal and Torres People, Kenya - Murders of Kikuyu people, Chinese opium war, etc. Hopefully one day the monroe doctrine will be enforced to kick Britain out of central America and the ICJ will expose this rebranded colonial attempt of an overseas territory in occupied Guatemalan territory.

[@louicoleman2910]

Dude, this is not a matter of decades or centuries-old history, it’s a matter of self-determination and democratic will. The people of Belize identify as Belizean, not Guatemalan; they are entirely self-governing and have no constitutional ties with the UK (besides the Queen of the UK being the Queen of Belize [though in separate capacity as the Belizean Crown]); and the Belizean government and people are happy to have British military presence and training in Belize. It’s not about history, it’s about people’s democratic wants and needs today only!

[@kutter_ttl6786]

I figured this guy was Guatemalan. They're the only ones bitter that the Brits are there to help Belize from being invaded by them.