We lived in Scotland for several years as American expats. It is one of the highlights of our lives. Love the Scots, the pipes and drums….am also a Vietnam veteran, so I almost cried watching this..thank you
More than 10 000 homeless veterans in this winter in UK .... I met one of yours on these 2018 times . MARINES can to survive but IT IS NOT fair for these fearless Heroes
Quote: "A government and some people or better most do not value their soldiers one little bit, all this hypocritical posturing. All these beautiful speeches, how brave it is to fight for the nation, blablablabla, i can't listen to this disgusting hypocrisy anymore! I have been injured in battle, for Nothing. You could be a burden to the state and the people they think while they give their great speeches. It is a shame, shame on you. I will never fight for you again, Never! Granted I can't do that anymore either, but if I still had the strength, I wouldn't. So if you care at all about the soldiers, those who stand in front of you when they have to, then stop your babbling. DO SOMETHING! That would be the right kind of appreciation. Don't look away, small gestures help too, real respect. Maybe even real help if you can. But hey it's all right. I'm just an old man with bad memories" -I did not write this, so these are not my words, this was once written to me by a veteran, a few years ago. There are no better words for it than these. So I use them in memory of George Brewster. He was a U.S. Soldier in Vietnam. R.I.P Man, i will never forget you.
@@JumpingFlapjack I met your destinymate ,marine from SCOTLAND on Malaga airport. . RUMOR MILL NEWS BREAKING STORIES is the BEST source now ..Austrian highborn US admiral What kind of tropical island will be your Liberia. .US IS full of homeless solders too .... Good luck to survive
The US govt, the current one, couldnt give a rats ass about veterans or any Americans! They are all heroes! Our near future is going to have ALOT of soldiers in it IMO. Lets see what happens after...
@@queenbee3647 surname and the first one are very rare ... RUMOR MILL NEWS BREAKING STORIES US retired admiral from Google have lots of trustable information to share ..and met by me persons with rewards and ranks have the same opinions
My old man served in the Black Watch during the Second World War. As a 21 year old he never really got over the nightmare he witnessed in the work camps when sent over to Germany after the war ended. Never really spoke about it but a proud and brave soldier bless him.
@@silverstar4289 My great-uncle also served in WW2 and he would get visibly upset whenever he smelled a rotting animal carcass. He never talked about it to me (I was just a kid). Later after he'd passed, older relatives told me it was because the rotting animal smell triggered memories of camp survivors who had the same smell, even though they were still alive. The nazis were monsters.
Blessings for all my Brother and Sister Warriors no matter what branch or Country in which they served in. From a United States Marine who is no longer on Active Duty.💑
Your father truly a great man one of the greatest generation sir. As an Englishman we have admiration for the Scot’s such tough people but proud people 🏴🏴 god bless Scotland and its good people
@Salty Heathen snp , say no more, is Mel gibson your hero.🤣🤣 All those glorious Scottish regiments will be disbanded if krankie has her way. WAKE UP MEL . 🇬🇧🏴💪
Great to see how the locals show respect. Showing yourself as an army and that you stand for peace is something you should cherish. The Pipes & Drums are a joy to listen to. It is time for you to quickly rejoin one Europe.
I'm not Scottish but having lived in Kinross for a couple of years in my youth whilst I was in my "travelling years", I love Scotland & her proud people & to this day sing Flower of Scotland when I watch Scotland play rugby. This takes me back to those wonderful times in Scotland! Much love & respect from Zimbabwe🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
Awesome! The Scots are a tough bunch for sure but they also have the best sense of humour out of the nations that make Britain. Great to hear some applause for these guys.
Of all 45 countries visited for Holidays across the globe over 45 years, only Scotland the Brave gave me goosebumps of joy. Crossed the country twice from S to N and from E to W. ❤️🏴
My travel has been limited to a half dozen foreign countries and some 36 States. But the most emotionally compelling were my 3 weeks in Scotland. As a teenager I saw the massed band and pipers of the Black Watch in concert in Columbus, Ohio one week to the day that they marched in Pres. John Kennedy's funeral. One of the most memorable parts of the performance was the Pipers dancing over crossed swords on the tanbark covered arena to torchlight. The skirling of the pipes, the dust filled air, the blackness of the arena and the sole light of 8 torches was positively primeval. That was 60 years ago!
Just love watching this video that base drummer gets to me every time his expression is priceless at the end of the March hope they're all still well and they and all the other troops have a wonderful Christmas God bless them all thank you for post this again Jim
@@johntallentire7473 There are four proud countries that whilst separate create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. consider yourself educated.. and yes we are ALL British brothers.. and like all brothers we fight, argue and disagree about almost everything. We always want our own national teams to win when we play each other at sport, but make no mistake we are ALL BRITISH. Now you know. ....P Lonker.
@@YorkshireinManila well they are not proud if they attacked you any place england has like scotland would love to seperate and put your heads on sticks
My grandfather admired the Highlanders. They were the soldiers who put up the best fight at Magersfontein. Called them the bravest of the all he fought against in the Anglo Boer war.
The Highlanders where what was destroyed then watched over by the black watch. They weren't highlanders themselves. My clan McDonald was one of the ones destroyed after the Jacobite rebellion. Fun fact. 4 watch regiments that became the Highland regiments.
@@chrismac2234 Aye, and many of the men who were set against you were fellow Scots, Ayrshire and Lothian men,as well as men from Glasgow and Argyle,Germans,French Hueganot's, Irish ,not all the British Army was English not by a long chaik, as all Highland Regiments Have Proved. My late Uncle was a Lieutenant in The Argyle.s A Captain in The Black Watch no mean feat for a Yorkshireman. I know he was proud to be accepted by the men. His Mother my late Grandmother was Scottish.
@@chrismac2234 You sir are a Scottish Nazi, and as such an affront to all true Scotsman. All who have served in the British Army’s Highland Regiments are Highlanders!! 🇬🇧🏴 “Per Mare, Per Terram”.
Love it when they come home&do this,its emotional 😢 2see.Remember when it happened down south,spoke 2 1ofthe lads he were saying marching ect that he had lose afew lads & they were hurting this guy was a bign gave him a hug& cried that's why I love ❤ our army .Respect 2 all🏴🏴🇨🇮🏴
Great March the snares sound like guns and when they do the role it sounds like machine guns fantastic. When I was a kid I was a mesmerized by marching and bagpipes. That's when my parents told me that Spain had a tradition of bagpipes and Celtic culture.
My Grandpa served with the Black Watch during WW2 - he was stuck on the beaches at Normandy and took a wound from a German plane. Recovered and fought throughout the war.
My grandfather joined the Black Watch in february 1914, just 2 weeks after his 18th birthday and 6 months before the outbreak of the first world war. His brother, my great uncle Daibhidh, joined the Seaforth Highlanders a year before. Neither boy came home. Not a single man in my family survived the great war.
I understand appreciate that nearly all your family served. That war was a tremendously hard slog. My mother's father served coming from Alabama. The family story is he experienced a bad gas attack but other wise came home OK. Very sorry for your losses.
My grandfather served in the Black Watch during WW1. My father served in the 82nd Airborne during WWII. I grew up listening to their stories and their comparisons between the Black Watch and the 82nd Airborne. I opted to go my own way by joining the Marine Corps. Saw 23 months of heavy combat in Vietnam before being wounded. Later developed leukemia linked to the contaminated drinking water at Camp LeJeune and Chronic Sensorimotor Axonal Polyneuropathy linked to dioxin poisoning while in Vietnam. My father and grandfather were proud members of their outfits. I don’t share their pride because I was poisoned by the US military.
The pipes and drums of Scotland the Brave always take me back to when I was young; going to the highland games, competing in the caber toss, chatting with all the old-timers. Those were the days.
You have to respect and be amazed how other countries treat their soldiers. In germany this would be unthinkable. People would throw garbage and call out insults. Well, they learned this from their politicians. Well, the music and the mascot alone are reason for envy ! Keep calm and carry on !
Huge respect for all the senior who came out to show respect to the pipers and soldiers . But were are the young people , tells a lot about the loyalty of the young today.
I was thinking the same. My son just said today the young just don't know about, or choose not, the sacrifice made for them to speak freely. They even disrespect that gift as seen in the present so called protesters!! UK regiments, air and navy services deserve respect. Hope the young wake up before they suddenly need to protect their homes.
@@MG-bs5mr SILLY BOY not school kids . people of the age of 25-40 did not show up for the most part . Mostly seniors . Maybe you should think a little , entitled little one .
@@roguewarr4662 Firstly: I'm not entitled. Secondly: I'm not a "little one." So pack your condescension away because it's wasted on me. Thirdly, a question: If the kids were in school where do *you* think the majority of the 25-40 years olds were? You know the people of ... *working* *age* Why were there mostly only seniors there? You know people that are mostly no longer of *working* *age*
This parade is interesting in that it's led by a group of soldiers moving as if they were on patrol in an urban setting. After having seen and participated in numerous military parades, that is something I've never seen before.
DECEMBER 2022 Be proud whether it be soldiers from the Black Watch of Scotland, or from Wales, Northern Ireland, or from England they have done their service for us all, but it should be sight to be seen on all our streets in all parts of the UK as standard. We the TAXPAYERS didn't ask them to do the job in hand, the Elites do it without our backing. All our men and women who serve know its part of their duty. All brave knowing that their lives may end. 🇬🇧Ⓜ️🇬🇧👍👍🤗
How reassuring would it be to have these boys n girls patrolling our city streets as the police have lost control. As we're not generally at war with anyone it makes sense. Our British forces are the greatest 👍
One of the old boys at my club has just passed away. He was in the Blackwatch in WW2. He got captured going over the Rhine. Spent his 19th birthday as a POW. Went back to Germany after the war with the Blackwatch for 1 year. God bless them all 🙏
Beyond any shadow of a doubt the best soldiers in the world. Never mind the SAS, SBS, SEALS or whatever, these are the lads that will get the job done, from a Sassenach.
@@cameron8798 Aye still to the tune of wha widnea feckt fur Chairlie , a rose by any other name is still a rose said Burns, doesn’t matter though they’re brilliant lads, brilliant history and they make us proud to be Scottish and that’s all that matters pal !
@@andrewccochrane8052 According to the Scottish archives the well known Scottish song ‘ wha widnae feckt fur Charlie was collected in 1761, according to the Black Watch ‘ wha saw the fourty twa ‘ was first played when the regiment departed for Korea in 1953 , I believe both the Scottish archives and the Black Watch and no matter what lyrics come to mind it’s still pure dead brilliant , Slainte Andra
18k for service when nurses get 35k. Pay rises for soldiers. Soldiers should strike but we won't. Who do they call when nurses and fireman leave the public in the lurch? SOLDIERS. GIVE US A PAY RISE. Brilliant lads remain erect and square to the front.
I haven't met any poor nurses. The ones I know around my town, live in the nicest areas. They get sick pay, good pensions. Meanwhile Ukrainian soldiers are suffering unmanageable circumstances, and our own guys and girls are looking like they will have to step in for strikers during the winter.
@@YARROWS9 yup. The loudest voices are the ones the noisy world hears the most, doesn't make them right. My partner is a nurse, and she agrees. While they should have had pay rises I've the last few years. This action proves they have nothing but contempt for the public.
@@chrismac2234 Spot on mate. I have a couple of friends who are nurses. They do a great job, but they take a good whack of sickies, they earn good money, and will be able to retire early.
Love the way Scotland celebrates is soldiers . In Canada we had the highway of heros , where the fallen from Afghanistan were brought home . Heard many Americans say the wish they had the same
My mother's stepfather Andrew Ross was a member of the Black Watch during WWI. He was killed and is buried in France. My grandmother was left widowed with two toddlers. They lived in Camelon near Falkirk. Sad part is I've never seen a photo of him. I'm hoping to visit their museum soon.
They usually have the tallest to the front and the shortest to the rear. I see here that they have the tallest on one flak and the shortest on the opposite flank.
As a retired US Army Infantry Senior NCO and of Scottish heritage (Broome Family-Clan Donald), i tip my hat to Black Watch, my grandmother would put on a bagpipe album of the Black Watch and turn it up full blast when she did house cleaning every Saturday I wear my tactical kilt now and then to impress the girls, lol. And no, I haven’t woken up in a ditch with a blue ribbon tied around my Johnson. Lol. Charlie Mike Infantrymen, CM.
The Gunners on those lories need to be scanning the upper windows around them, to keep in practice. Good to see the Grunts checking behind now and then too! I bet that sword gets damned heavy after a while! The weight of Command and all! There is something magical about marching men, maybe it's the sense of purpose or of comradeship or even the ballet of it.
