UK Troops Prepare For UN's Most Dangerous Operation

⚠️Warning⚠️ This video contains simulated injury.
Troops from 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards have been training in Cyprus, ahead of deploying to Mali later this year on the most dangerous United Nations operation in the world.
The west African country has been on the brink of chaos, having seen a coup that overthrew both its president and prime minister, ongoing struggles against Islamic extremism and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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[@purplemonkeyelephant]

Imagine joining the Army and actually getting deployed to Timbuktu

[@nectarromeokilo4509]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Trve_Kvlt]

Timbuktu part 2

[@scottbuckley6578]

I thought that place was just a joke

[@scottbuckley6578]

@John Covington yea that's another one

[@MrKeithblair]

@@matro2 That's why you failed your geography A level!

[@Scott-tw2jn]

A friend of mine was deployed in Mali with the Royal Netherlands army all he wanted to say was the weather was nice stay safe North Sea neighbours

[@para7843]

North sea neighbors haha funny that. Soldiers it's what we do no point being bored. Afghan is not a fighting tour anymore and the British army like a good scrap

[@para7843]

@@donnyrogers1445 aye mucha I am

[@para7843]

@@donnyrogers1445 apply for what

[@para7843]

@@donnyrogers1445 the British army doesn't recruit from the Netherlands. Commonwealth countries when the MoD say so. I have only ever come across a Dutch lad that was on exchange

[@para7843]

@@donnyrogers1445 I am British I thought u was from Dutch land haha

[@maxe4820]

Dangerous operations then: secret. Dangerous operations now: KZbin.

[@robdee81]

UN peacekeeping missions have never been secret.

[@jaykaygxd8497]

@@robdee81 because UN Peacekeeping missions are notorious for saving people aren’t they

[@robdee81]

@@jaykaygxd8497 wtf are you talking about , i never made any comment on wether they are good or bad just that they are not secret.

[@robdee81]

@Jonathan J. UN peacekeeping missions are always humanitarian in nature and are NEVER classified.

[@begovicibro2370]

U are a kid , you should been here . This is a part of the war

[@hitmanVCL]

The Welsh men back in Africa again. Well stay safe lads and if you brake into song please record it

[@yahligowans9853]

Zulu reference?

[@Dan-zc7ut]

@@yahligowans9853 yup

[@robharris8844U]

Except at the time of Rorkes drift they were not Welsh.

[@paulbarsi6251]

@@robharris8844U how??

[@paulbarsi6251]

@@robharris8844U 32 welsh men fought at Rorkes drift

[@stevenhenry7862]

I miss this so much! From an injured British War Veteran

[@wildadventure5101]

Sorry to hear that. How bad was the injury? Much respect.

[@bobthebomb1596]

Respect and thanks for helping keep us safe.

[@justhilly4252]

Roger

[@stevenhenry7862]

@@wildadventure5101 I look at it this way pal: "At least I came back" I never failed at anything once I joined up, as I had nothing left to go home to. The Army was my Family. I Miss having the laughs, sharing Hexi burners, sharing scoff, stories etc... P.S. Thank you for the recognition. I feel proud to have Served you. All the best 👍 From an injured British War Veteran

[@wildadventure5101]

@@stevenhenry7862 yeah good job. Thanks for your service and thank the military. No man left behind. 👍

[@williamjohnsen6877]

Best of luck lads, from a soldier in the New Zealand Army!

[@pierevojzola9737]

Kia kaha.

[@sam8742]

Don't you kiwi's like don't really have much of a military?

[@shejsiva32]

@@sam8742 ye its a small island country that is geographically safe with a small population and good relations with most countries. Their miltiary reflects that, so it's quite small.

[@yeetjones927]

@@shejsiva32 they mostly rely on Australia for help with their military the 2 have had good relations ever since they were both colonised together and the aussies have a bigger population to field a bigger military

[@lesleydavies2988]

Good luck boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@ethanverdersa2520]

Good luck Brits! Love from the U.S.

[@d11.66]

Returning that love m8

[@outdooradventureHungary]

good luck and kick asses there

[@Bob-Horse]

May God bless you and protect you all guys, we are so proud of you.

[@TamimLB]

I'd rather have the British helping us in Africa than the French, the French just hurt us. The British have truly been helping.

[@derwerbungindiekommentares7751]

Nice to see our brothers from overseas joining the fight. Greetings from Germany

[@MrLeeleeeeeeee]

Happy St David day. The patron saint of Wales

[@para7843]

Wary helmets boys, good Comms and the PLT sgt nice and calm doing the job. Skills lads

[@TheReal_DJ]

If it. wasn't a UN deployment i'd have said it was a good one

[@dannycostello]

They'll probably get lumbered with useless UN gear

[@aidenrobertson947]

Good luck come back safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@Dan-zc7ut]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧♥️

[@ShanksNLMB]

love the Brits

[@RJM1011]

Thank you. :)

[@mephistophelescountcaglios1489]

Why?

[@anonymoushunter9808]

Appreciate it 😂

[@mephistophelescountcaglios1489]

@@Drazhoath1 Why do you love the British

[@biddyboy1570]

@@mephistophelescountcaglios1489 why? Don't you?

[@oliversparks1459]

Impressive Lads

[@multiversalman4270]

>looks at title >sees UK preparing for dangerous operation What did the Germans do this time?

[@fijiarc2090]

Ha. Ha.

[@temakong595]

They disrespect our tea mate lol

[@multiversalman4270]

Yes I did watch the video okay but I'm leaving this here because I thought what I wrote was quite funny so any smarty pants here be warned

[@mariusbohm9023]

@@temakong595 ur tea is actually nice

[@fijiarc2090]

@@multiversalman4270 it's just not very funny to be honest pal.

[@andrewheaton7021]

May god bless our UK allies and guide them home under his blanket of safety. Good luck out there boys.

[@jimjefftube]

I love the people of the UK 🇬🇧 that actually make huge efforts and sacrifice to assist troubled areas in the world. May God continue to bless you and keep you strong and safe. I would be inclined to pull all troops out of Mali as it seems they are always fighting one another?

[@w.s.2102]

I don’t miss this much From a wounded Canadian war veteran

[@vegetation1]

Came back from Mali last year, I miss it everyday. Life sucks back home

[@danwhyte3524]

Haywain thanks for serving get well!

[@yurisako3914]

What are your thoughts on the British troops compared to the Canadian?

[@w.s.2102]

@@yurisako3914 i had the pleasure of serving alongside the British Royal Marines for a brief time overseas and they were top notch.....the problem is that this "woke" horeshit has infected both the Canadian and British militaries now and the Chinese are taking us down without firing a shot...."The Art of War" on full display

[@RJM1011]

WELL DONE and THANK YOU to ALL of them after being laid off from my aircraft work thanks to the Corona problem and losing nearly £10,000.00 so far I wish I could be back in the army.

[@sgt2lipton]

Sending our boys to protect the gold i'm guessing ...stay safe

[@cierangray9528]

3:13 when you tell your teammate to stop shouting on search and destroy.

[@lucadoyle6944]

hahaha

[@jaypeighton9548]

God speed and good luck guys. Have a successful deployment and return home safe 👊🏻👍🏻

[@lahuresapana8353]

Thanks for every updates ❤️👍

[@845SiM]

Best of luck for a swift and safe deployment. Hope the gear situation is better than previous operations.

[@markettechniques]

Liked this video purely on the fact the ballet dancer lad has turned solider what a lad

[@paulefc1971]

Good luck lads & lasses 👍👍

[@meancheeto]

I've worked along side recce and fuseliers, i love the Brits🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@NUFC975]

My uncle was a fuslier from 2nd battalion he served in bosnia Northern Ireland and afphanistan

[@andrewcoltzt1563]

Dedicate your hearts! Marley won't stand a chance. SHINZOU WO SASAGEYO!

[@lukedelport8231]

I see what you did there little AOT reference nice😂

[@masonbrennan9667]

when i heard marley i was confused i didnt know there was a real place called marley

[@masonbrennan9667]

nvm its mali i knew they existed

[@jakeh799]

😂😂😂 was thinking the same thing

[@originalname2457]

SUSUME!!

[@jordanleigh6481]

For queen and country boys. You know the drill. Get the job done and get home

[@npickle54]

For international finance and globalism you mean. If only it were for Queen and country

[@jwdavies4314]

@@npickle54 wrong

[@npickle54]

@@jwdavies4314 how? Its a UN mission. What business have British soldiers ever had in Mali, wasn't it a French colony?

[@maxdraper6462]

@@npickle54 well if you listen to the video to what they have to say you'll know "what business" the UN have there

[@npickle54]

@@maxdraper6462 lol yes very good listen to what they tell you good human

[@dash1890]

All the best lads

[@PencilProper]

Protecting civilians from a peaceful religion yet again.

[@khalidjaan973]

doesn't make sense what you say, since you got muslims fighting against extremists also

[@fieldmarshallrommel4695]

Mali is a Muslim country, the French are fighting the Malians because they want to live under Islam. Your so called 'peacekeepers' are nothing but colonial forces to subjugate the Malian people.

[@finn8210]

@@fieldmarshallrommel4695 nipping terrorism in the bud, they want to shoot at un, better be prepared for the full force of our "COloNiAl fORcEs"

[@fieldmarshallrommel4695]

@@finn8210 The Mujahideen are nipping your Capitalist forces in the bud, one IED at a time, one thing is for sure the French will be defeated in the same way they were defeated in Indochina. Mali will not become a vassel state of Capitalism.

[@Marcusjnmc]

@@fieldmarshallrommel4695 do you know anything about what's happened to Mali's islam? the foriegn islamists that invaded Mali destroyed their Qurans, killed their holy men, forced their Mosques to be abandoned and trashed them, because from their perspective Mali's Islam wasn't a proper enough form of Islam

[@playz452]

Good luck lads be safe and stay alert

[@bigk4968]

Best of luck, from Canada!

[@aviationiceman9549]

Good luck lads 🇦🇺

[@glt3376]

Anyone else see 2Lt Carter as Bear Grylls? (Or is it just me) Some top-notch stuff here intrigued me just that tad bit more to join up for the Commandoes. 5:30

[@malcolmanon4762]

Good luck and keep safe lads and lasses, I just hope that the Government have given you everything you need and not tried to cheapskate like they did in Iraq and the 'stan.

[@markstevens1237]

Happy Days. Here we go again.

[@therevster9828]

Go on Lads keep safe.

[@glassystudio]

God be with you, stay safe

[@0_Dallas_0]

I pray for there safety!

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Good luck lads, you heros!

[@NonEditedVidz]

Bravo-6....... Goin Dark.....

[@B-Durry]

Go well lads, good luck

[@raulgaraycochea4883]

Very well U K. Troops, duros contra el enemigo 👏👏👏🇬🇧🌟🚁🚁

[@raulgaraycochea4883]

Thank you ,Friends ,y que Dios os bendiga ✋🇬🇧👍🌟

[@raulgaraycochea4883]

Congrats ,and Good lucky ☺⭐⭐⭐👏👏🇬🇧

[@commanderbastard1993]

All the best to our proud warriors.

[@plantainman7664]

Good luck to the troops

[@Marston687]

good luck lads!

[@Yungsmunk]

Good luck boys💪🏽

[@winterwolf9797]

Stay safe boys 🇬🇧 good luck!

[@traumateamunit2742]

very impressed with how professional the british army looks

[@mufferm5980]

Knew this would kick off soon in Mali

[@markbenn1907]

Stay safe and get the job done💪🏼💪🏼

[@lovin5721]

The regiment im aspiring to join will be present during the operation, and my training should be completed end of this year/first month of next year so hopefully i get to take part in this operation.

[@luckymcdowall]

God blss an touch each of uu

[@peterjones3557]

Hope the thugs are watching this! You've got it coming!

[@Rockit-]

Best of luck lads - stay frosty.

[@I_Packed_tots_Messi]

Good Luck lads

[@mikeparkinson6859]

Stay safe and be confident that you are members of the finest military in the world.

[@sovereignyt6314]

*One of the finest mate . But cheers to you guys

[@ghostreconbreakpoint-topic1009]

That’s why the fort I live next too there’s been so many drills

[@nosamsemaj9150]

Nope that has nothing to do with it

[@ghostreconbreakpoint-topic1009]

@@nosamsemaj9150 how would u know mate , I’m the one who lives next to a base 🤦‍♂️

[@nosamsemaj9150]

@@ghostreconbreakpoint-topic1009 because I’m in the infantry and I know for a fact they don’t do “drills” wherever you live (unless you live in Kenya) in preparation for Mali. The pre deployment training they do is in Kenya to acclimatise to the hot weather.

[@ghostreconbreakpoint-topic1009]

@@nosamsemaj9150 I’m still confused how’s you know when I’m in a different place when you probably don’t get told everything whilst being in the infantry

[@nosamsemaj9150]

@@ghostreconbreakpoint-topic1009 what’s your nearest base and what battalion is based there. If you tell me that I can educate you. But I’ll say it again pre deployment training for Mali takes place over 6 months on exercises in Kenya or sometimes Cyprus. It’s unlikely you even have an infantry battalion as your local camp and even more unlikely that it’s one of the few infantry battalions being deployed to Mali this year. The odds just aren’t in favour of your assumption. But tell me your local camp I could be wrong.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

Good luck lads go and show them how hard the british fight !

[@lampzteewiizteerose8416]

Me grandsons doing his tour now in Mali hope he bsck soon make it back home safely John ♥️

[@freddiepiras391]

Best of luck to him and you should be proud . We salute him

[@lampzteewiizteerose8416]

@@freddiepiras391 his dad my son sadly passed in the arm due to missing in action thank u we come from Family of army staff

[@freddiepiras391]

@@lampzteewiizteerose8416 I'm very sorry to hear that sir ... may God protect your grandson and the rest of your family

[@jonniebyford]

Adverts in the middle of Forces News - that did it for me

[@rabindrapageni163]

a lot of respect and love from nepal

[@artiew8718]

Bring stability. lol

[@irvsstella]

Please pass on my best wishes to these brave warriors. God's speed guys. Keep your heads down and your powder dry. Shoot straight, but most of all, come home safe Brothers.

[@para7843]

Looking good lads crack on

[@bambihall169]

"most dangerous operation", Congo, Iraq; "Am I a joke to you?"

[@movieviewing]

So a Calvary regiment reduced to being light infantry that says it all to the state of the British military as a whole. Dragoon regiments historically were the heavy Calvary of the British army.

[@bullet-catcherhohoho250]

Lets hope all the expected deaths will make a difference, we have not been efficient in may years of actually helping anyone. UN has been useless. Being ex military myself, would be jumping for joy to get involved though and would want to go there. But we never seem to actually help anyone, and as we know have only made things worse for the people living there.

[@kalp78]

WHO & UN all sounds like joke now a days. Sometimes feel they just get tax payers money to do nothing but sit and watch

[@Haneix1]

A wise man once said, the UN is a joke and Saudi Arabia is the punchline.

[@stonewolf5613]

If it weren't for french intervention in Mali some years ago, Mali would probably be under rule of the islamists. Preventing them from that is a pretty good win if you ask me.

[@ZillyCatboi]

welsh troops hell yeah!!! show em what we are made of lads!

[@metocvideo]

I can hear the day and night training going on Salisbury Plain for several weeks. Like someone slamming a door in hell every few minutes. When it goes quiet again, We will find out where they have deployed to. Good luck lads.

[@fishsayhelo9872]

very gud

[@RottingFarmsTV]

SAS on standby...

[@davereid-daly2205]

Mali is in Africa not Afghanistan, it requires a completely different strategy.

[@sharkwithmanners1734]

Is your opinion based on experience or just ignorance?

[@jama6885]

Logical thinking isn't welcome here sir

[@davereid-daly2205]

@@sharkwithmanners1734 Google Reid-Daly, Selous Scouts Special Forces then ask yourself that question.......

[@davereid-daly2205]

@Jonathan J. Google Reid-Daly, Selous Scouts Special Forces then ask yourself that question.......

[@sharkwithmanners1734]

@@davereid-daly2205 you’re talking about your father, I’m guessing? If so my original question still stands.

[@quicksense]

The end of the video “They’ll be heading to Louisiana for the US Army exercise” Any other US troops here besides me? We know what they’re about to get themselves into at good old Ft. Polk 😂 God bless these men.

[@enigmasadrenaline6]

they about to get their asses whooped? sounds brutal

[@somerandomsimpilot8451]

@@enigmasadrenaline6 no ft folk just sucks ass according to E-4 zach who was a gunsmith? Or armorer in it for a stint check his and his friend’s vids out a the channel mikeburnfire

[@MD_Films]

@@enigmasadrenaline6 nah not that, I’m sure they’ll do fine in the exercise, just Ft. Polk sucks ass according to many vets.

[@sam8742]

@@somerandomsimpilot8451 I was just thinking of that

[@gregorzkurz7919]

Fort Polk was very nice according to Indonesian Army Para-Raider troops last November-December

[@Hugeb0110ck5]

ok so if the government see this please stop cutting troops it is extremely dangerous for the future of this country try to increase troops and technology at the same time we need to increase troops to at least 200,000 to defend our great nation from foreign attacks.

[@andrewyarwood5625]

keep safe lads

[@lewishardiman7628]

Are Mercians going to Marli? My mate in the rifles said he could be going too.

[@nosamsemaj9150]

All infantry Battalion will rotate around Mali most likely. Although there is talks of 2 Mercian being disbanded because its a light role battalion. Maybe 1 Mercian will deploy to Mali at some point. Rifles battalions too will most likely deploy in a rotation.

[@lewishardiman7628]

@@nosamsemaj9150 my mate is 1 Mercian and my other 2 mates are 3 rifles and 1 rifles, also got a mate in 3PARA and one in 4 Scots. I just can’t wait to get back in the field.

[@nosamsemaj9150]

@@lewishardiman7628 you rejoining?

[@Crissy_the_wonder]

Best of luck to you

[@papacoconut8845]

Be safe Brothers.

[@kabulpaws3386]

1 british soldier said about the taliban when we face the taliban they fighting to die we fighting to live how the hell can we win a war against this kind of people hope u ain't facing similar kind of people in mali guys

[@danglingdave1787]

not too mention the sneaky and cowardly style of shooting from behind woman and children the Taliban did.

[@kabulpaws3386]

@@danglingdave1787 yea like australian sas shooting afghan children right infront of their parents

[@commanderbastard1993]

Nil Desperandum! 🇬🇧

[@SpiderJerusalem-jb6jx]

Keep your eyes peeled

[@edwindude9893]

That GPMG’s gas setting is to high close it or rebalance the gun.

[@JammyDodger45]

He'll have cranked it up because he's using blanks.

[@tomsoki5738]

Good luck chaps

[@lucidtripping9700]

Good luck 🙌🏻

[@philippdase3626]

The Fig. 11 Army stood no chance. 😂

[@BlameTheLag]

welsh and proud

[@BlameTheLag]

@@LukeFierce 😂😂 can't tell if that's meant to an insult

[@JammyDodger45]

He probably ate a Daffodil instead, leeks aren't in season.

[@robharris8844U]

Isn't this a French responsibility?

[@ColD1970]

Apply that logic and you could argue that Myanmar, Palestine, South Africa (to name a small number of the possibles) and to a degree America are an English responsibility.

[@tomasbokuvka138]

Africa has got a big potencial and will be very important continent in the future. As an European, I’m glad that European countries are active there. Its in our interest.

[@robharris8844U]

@@ColD1970 Yes, but they have all declared independence of UK and we have respected their wishes. France meddling in Mali has not stopped, much like Chad.

[@robharris8844U]

@@tomasbokuvka138 That is much the excuse used by europeans during times of empire.

[@tomasbokuvka138]

@@robharris8844U Okay, so lets just watch how entire Africa falls into Chinese political, economic and power sphere of influence and do nothing. Isolationism for life!!

[@martindl99]

The best of British....

[@dumisanizuma2348]

Good move

[@Randomdude32182]

Stay safe brothers

[@kefk7]

Ahh The "Queens Dancing Girls" as we use to call them...

[@chrismitchell4808]

The Scots guards used to and still get called the Scots girl guides,lol!

[@ZillyCatboi]

pretty good at dancing in war though

[@olivierlauwers4548]

The Belgians ( SFG ) and French ( Foreign Legion ) are there already for several years, so you are in good company. Stay save !!

[@lukeyear5148]

It's not just the foreign legion, it's also the Marine troops, Spahis and many others

[@olivierlauwers4548]

@@lukeyear5148 Offcourse my friend, it's also not just SFG, but Belgian Pathfinders and Para-Commando's aswell in short the light armed battle group is named SOR wich stands for Special Operations Regiment. Anyway hope everybody gets home safe....Belgium ,France , UK, Holland 👊😉

[@johnmelling1693]

Has their mission for Mali changed then? as i thought they were told no engagement and only there to wave at the enemy

[@Andyb2379]

🤔 not to sure about this mission.

[@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967]

Ooooooo interesting docos to come