I recognise the parade ground as its where I had my passing out parade in 1970. Takes me back, good times .Congrats guys you've joined the best family in the world,stay safe 👍
What a blast from the past I remember passing out in 1996 as an Irish guardsman and then going to my battalion and on from there good luck to all future guardsman and God bless you all 🙏
British military bands' repertoires have been traditionally the same over the years. The Royal Marines do a great job of it, especially their drummers fancy sticking.You can bet the unit's sergeant major will have some "kind" words with the lads after this parade. I enjoyed standing a formation while assigned in what was to West Germany with the officers and men of the British Army On the Rhine (BAOR). I also enjoyed attending a dining in with the units' officers and senior NCOs.
@tacfoley I was there in the seventies ,I just knew as on the Rhine in my ignorance ,I checked after my comment was made and I owe you an apology , you of course are correct
My word as an ex Welsh Guardsmen I’m so embarrassed by this and to think it’s been shared on social media. I’m going to copy this link and send to the adjutant and garrison Sgt Major Stokes at Wellington barracks so he knows what crap is coming through training 😡😡
@@petshopboy827 totally agree and yes you are bang on as regards the Marines and Paras (still the best of the best). I guess standards have dropped so much because recruitment is a massive problem these days. Sorry not heard of WG Pollard.
Absolutely disgraceful. One wonders how these guardsmen have been able to pass out? Guardsmen swinging their arms during the slow march, can it get any worse?
The competition for the right to wear the critics crown has been very keen. The winner is FB. "That woman stuck out like a sore thumb" was the grain of rice that tipped the scale in FB's direction. Well done.
that is some awful drill... just go watch some passing out parades from the 80s to see the difference. they're not even pointing their feet forward during the slow march. appalling
It's a shrinking army now and because of that regiments training depots have been amalgamated to itc at Catterick. I passed out 1986 at the guards depot and the drill was shit hot. We got hammered from day one and disciple and drill was to become second nature. The times are changing and not for the best in my opinion, they even got rid of the recruiting offices staffed with experienced soldiers who had been there and done it and replaced them with civilian recruitment agencies which from what I've heard are useless.
@thecurlew7403 Thanks for pointing it out, I thought I was the only one who saw this. He is stepping, not "shooting and gliding." I'm a cadet and I'm pretty sure I can drill better than that Sgt.
Did my training there in 1963, then posted to 1st Battalion Welsh Guards at Chelsea Barracks London. Remember at least 5 platoons on my march out parade.
@@peterwilliams8051 I joined the Coldstream in 1963 and did my basic training at Pirbright, our drill was spot on, I’m embarrassed to see the sloppy drill nowadays and to see females in Infantry Regiments is just ridiculous. Gender equality and political correctness doesn’t win battles, never has and never will.
There is a series of videos on RU-vid entitled "Guards". It showed the various guards regiments in the early 1960s. Very smart looking and disciplined. There is footage about training in Pirbright. There must have been at least 8 guards infantry battalions then, apart from the The Life Guards and The Blues (before amalgation with the Royal Dragoons).
@@rashidahmad7830Hi Rashid, you are correct there were 8 Guards Infantry battalions back then, I’ve watched those early Pirbright videos, they bring back a lot of memories. It saddens me to see that standards have slipped so much because of gender equality etc., and recruitment problems, the Guards Regiments are not what they used to be, in fact the British Army is not what it used to be unfortunately.
Having watched the Trooping of the Colour for Decades, this was awful. I understand that this was a passout parade and perhaps they'll get better at it, but their heads were everywhere, missing steps, watching others. Make them repeat the entire course.
When the guards were trained at the guards depot Pirbright there would be about four or five platoons passing out on the same day. I know the army is shrinking but this is taking the piss. If a war broke out we would really struggle to muster a fighting force today.
Having just watch the Chilean Female Troops parade marching in heels & skirts 19 abreast in line you begin to realise how utterly useless at anything the British Armed Forces have become. It's tragic. Trimmed to the bone by repetitive defence cuts and the pink & fluffy rubbish now endemic in our society. How did we get to this? ЖЕНСКИЕ ВОЙСКА ЧИЛИ ★ Военный парад в День славы чилийской армии ★ WOMEN'S TROOPS OF CHILE - RU-vid
Oops get her, I've got your number but you couldn't afford me dear..2,3....I'll scratch your eyes out. Don't come the brigadier bit with us dear, we all know where you've been you military fairy! Woops, don't look now girls, the major's just minced in with that dolly colour sergeant...2,3...woooh!
