Ant Middleton: Candid reflections on war & combat 

Im ex uk forces and found this extremely inspirational. Made me look at some things I need to address in myself....Just watched it yesterday and today I hear he's been hit by the cancel culture for offending a bunch of nasty so and so's who where breaking the law and being anti social...that's what happens when you let snow flakes run the world....Ant your a legend brother and this was a great show! Thanks!

channel 4 have just sacked him for his views i will never watch the show again without him on it

It was lovely to meet Ant at Pompey FC One dark tuesday night.I'm ex Navy with SF family and Ant is on the money. I was fired by the Military. No help, just "go. You are not fit to serve". Ant is growing like the rest of us... People will judge Ant... but he is totally honest. We all make mistakes.. loving his words .. My boss asked the team on a daily teams meeting what me and another 2 guys had done in the military.. have to say I did explain my week in Bosnia puttng women n children on trucks to go to Zenica refugee center. No men of fighting age.. was asked if I'd been shot at.. yes but they didn't really mean it... good to talk.. and Ant is so honest... emotions... thank you Ant! Fancy a wet sometime. A quiet one and a smile or two ?

Massive respect for Ant Middleton, one of the most inspiring interviews I've listened to in a long while. I feel like Ant is a very wise man who has cracked the code on life, this mindset is what sets him apart from many others. Smart questions too that really seemed to bring out his insight and lessons learned from past experiences. Kudos from Sweden!

The mental power of Ant is just inspiring. Especially how he comes across so humble. That’s him learning and adapting and becoming something alien to himself. His psychology of himself and others around him in unreal 🤯

Total respect to Ant and all our wonderful armed forces.

Respect to you man..it’s fckn difficult to adjust and play this act

I absolutely loved this interview I’ve seen a complete different side to Ant Middleton which I’d never seen before

As Ant Middleton gets older he reminds me more and more of Brian Blessed

Ant and Colin were the best on the Show. They came across as the real deal.

Awesome interview, cheers Ant and interviewers did a great job

Great interview, thanks very much

Brilliant interview and questions.

What a legend ,The most Beautiful Thing About This Brave Man is His Humility ,OUTSTANDING.

Great interview. Ant is very inspirational.

Great interview, I completely can relate being ex military. Perfect mindset he is in right now, it’s hard not to enjoy civi life when the struggles cannot compare to military. I think it’s the military struggles that make you appreciate the simple things in civi street. Also the fact in civi street the knowledge and the opportunity is endless, hence why I think we’re seeing this Ant. Great podcast guys thank you.

One of my favourite chats! Awesome podcast 👏🏽

Really enjoyed this interview, good questions and some good positive feedback from Ant. Done me good 👍

Thank you so much for interviewing Ant in this respectful and open way. I am German and 20 yrs. older than Ant but I feel a lot of truth in what he says. I have just read his book „ the fear bubble“. Read it! It is a non professional but very intelligent approach to encounter difficulties in life general and under pressure . As a „side effect“ - i love the English language. It is direct and fits perfectly well with Ant ´s character.

Awesome interview, awesome interviewee!

Good interviewers here, respectful with great questions

Great interview , good questions really well done👍

Ant is a very powerful communicator. Best of luck to him.

Listening to Ant talk he has leadership running all the way through him people would follow him to hell and back. Respect to all the armed forces too God bless them all

Good luck to you Ant. Great interview 👍

Great interview good questions kept me captivated throughout I can't believe how few subscribers

I love hearing him speak

Real man Absolute legend

great guy. superb, level-headed, honest bloke.

Top guy is Ant really positive person great interview guys...

Absolutely brilliant 🤩

Great interview love this bloke xden

I could listen to Ant speak all day long and not feel a flicker of boredom, I'd love to share a pint and a natter with the Man, he's a legend. 🍻

Really enjoyable podcast. Great questions, Ant as expected was totally engaging and inspiring as usual. 👍🏻😊

Ant I will die never shaking your hand , please accept my remark as my respect and handshake

Profound, thank you.

Those are the exact type of dreams that I have after 4 tours. I will be somehow transported back to a combat zone and my weapon won't work or I won't have ammo for it. Often I dream that my equipment is somewhere and I have to escape and evade to get to my equipment. I never find it, I never figure out why my weapons won't work, or all the magazines are empty. I don't get sweaty or wake up in terror or anything. I simply wake up and think "thank god it was just a dream" and then lay awake until the alarm goes off.

You expect the best because you are the best.

How wonderful to see tough masculine real men. Long may they prosper. Wonderful specimens of the males of this world. Better than any mamby pamby weak pathetic sad specimens that are around today. Go, real men. Love you all.

Wow, I can relate, I have become so positive since the pandemic, for ten years I had a constant chronic pain condition too, like the man say, you HAVE to make yourself positive, I couldn't get it for decades, I was depressed, but like attracts like, you need shear bloody mindedness, no de respect to real soldiers but. I. Do that, I tell myself it's a test and I am a soldier everyday.

This is really good

Great podcast. Any comes across as a great guy all round.

I was UK forces for 9 years, similar background to Ant, and worked in an elite field as a submariner (Some may laugh but it is elite and we received special service pay just as the SAS/SBS). I dived and jumped from planes and often worked with SBS operatives and later SAS Operatives. Ant and his mates have my full respect and I wish I had taken his path and explored my full potential.

What a lovely down to earth guy.

Much respect!

Ant i have been out now for 30yrs and listening to you today was like listening to my self but can never explain it to any one.16yrs 10 of which with SF and of always felt alone and find civie street so had i'm and old man now and still try to challenge myself to keep life interesting. i'm lucky to have had a great family and a good mate apart from him being a bootneck we help each othere. thank you my Brother.

Great chap.

Love this guy. 🇬🇧

awesome understanding of ones self which would be so beneficial for someone suffering from how they fit back into society after they leave what they have experienced,you are a councillor,

Soooo great. I Love Ant talking. I totally understand when you know if you will live or die. What it means you can simplify life to black or white. On the 3 front lines in BiH vitez/travnik/Novi Travnik i understood that. Other nearby villages devoid of life e.g. Turbe

so glad channel 4 doesn't want to work with him anymore. ant is free and I can't wait to see his next project. LONG LIVE THE UK ARMED FORCES 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Huge respect

He’s not SAS he’s bloody SBS it’s not hard to get it right

It was a shock to me because my focus in the military was to please my boss yet in civilian life it's every man for himself

Good podcast all good, been there for along time ,my testimony and many others way back in 1998-2001 enabled the courts to decide PDSD was in fact a serious condition. Ant was very lucky as in my day you could NOT speak of anything you did in ops ,after leaving ,good luck and be safe.

Most of the men i worked with in my 9 years, Not one was over 5ft 11, only one he was 6ft 6 skinny inverted chest from bristol ,we called him garden rake .but he was so strong very good at what he did. Id have him with me any day . . im retired now .

I'm loving how Ant went up Everest and came down Brian Blessed!

Ant is such a inspiration💪💪💪

Part of the dieing breed of real men. That have morals, are respectful and stand for something

Gona be there and feel it.

Ant you are the man period

Revisiting fearful situations is the key . So much easier said than done. I can think of a few. CBT.

The mans a legend and a hero' enough said''

Ant , i had a coffee with Jason Stathem in 2012 in a day center. He was making a film."Hummingbird" about a ex soldier that fell on hard times.He thought i was Special Forces. Just a regular Soldier. Veterans Aid put him on to me.

What a bloody good egg.

Hey Boris. Release the 'grooming gangs' report(un-redacted) NOW!!

FAIR PLAY TO ANT MIDDLETON , RESPECT MAN . HARDER THAN A LEATHER BAEBERS STROP ,

Good stuff, How do I apply for your course ? Anybody help 🙏👍🥊

Great. Btw *soldier in opening captions.

11:30 Actually, in Full Metal Jacket, the quote is "The marine core does not want robots. The marine core wants killers. The marine core wants indestructable men; men without fear."

16:50 good explanation

Channel 4 said Ant was too full of testosterone in his conduct (whatever that's meant to mean 🤯)

@42:20 saying he’s in full control and ‘you can take whatever from me...and I’m fine’ contradicts what he said earlier.

Holy days are coming

as a German ... this is about Complexity and fast Phase transitions. Even the best trained , best equipped Navy Seals fail in Action - as they are overwhelmed with fast changes. Excellent training , may paradoxxically fuel ignorance - as we assume - we can handle the situation... It is the constant reminder to STOP - as I may overlook an emerging situation. This is the Biology of “Honesty” - a Tool to survive sudden confrontations....

A lot of ex forces used to be able to get in the Police , Fire Service or Prison Service because of the experiences and discipline , doesn’t seem to be the case now days, experience doesn’t seem to be taken in to account much these days, people with degrees seems to be favoured more so, What are your thoughts ?

Ants got dior b22’s on and a dior T-shirt on this guy 🤣

GONEGONEGONEGONEGONE...I DONT NEED TO WAIT

Don't break glass only when war Sorry once you break the glass reap the whirlwind Total respect to Ant four two mighty munch

" onward Christin Soldier's marching off to war 🙏 remind your children because children matter time to wake people 👊🙏

Ant is good

Ant what a question? They dont live in the real world.They see news and films. You. Were a trained soldier.

I've never faced that situation ... you're after a 'bad guy', who's been firing at you who then retreated into cover ... he comes out, weapon down, you've got a clear shot but don't take it ... he goes back into cover but then comes out firing ... maybe takes out one or more of your mates or maybe later takes the lives of others ... the morality of not taking a life just because you can is to be lauded ... but how do you deal with that ?

Civilian street. Ant you are doing good.write a book.The worlds your oyster. Never mind opinion. Just do your thing.You served Special Forces. Ive worked with Film star's and drank with them.Some had mental issues and hopefully gave good advice. Your a professional. Xx

ALL OF THEM MARK ALL OF THEM

Ant would put a glass eye to sleep.

Would be so good to see Ant with Jocko on his podcast. Thanks for your time Ant

Love the interview and a great in site into Ants views and thoughts, however, about the incident where he says he held off from taking the shot at a known combatant, he said I held off from pulling the trigger and saved they guys life. Quite commendable but how many lives may he have cost by not taking that shot? Did that guy go on to kill many more people?? Not really giving an opinion as I can see what he means but just a thought from my side 🤔

Ant Middleton is ex-SBS (Special Boat Service), not SAS.

Ant was in the sbs not the sas

I've heard on the grape vine that Ant Middleton was actually in the Scouts and not the military.

Curve or curb way of thinking?

I wonder if he watched the rest of lone survivor

Great interview, Terrible audio

This guy is certainly worth his weight. Nations are won and lost in battles fought by his type and his fellow soldiers. Many don’t know that, acknowledge it, and so can’t respect it. They think that we can all just play nice and sing Kym by ya and everything will be rosy with the world. That ignorance is the other tragedy of war.

Ant Middleton for PM. Go on Ant kick some political ass.

You can tell how nice of a person he actually is. Even though he has been fighting Muslims still respect him as a person.

Miss Ant of SAS, loving the new set up also. Im sure iv heard the scittish guys voice somewhere ? 😡

I think I know what your dream means: In the military you have been use to facing threats head on, picking up your weapon and defending or attacking, in civi street that is not an optio, this means your old way of thinking is no longer affective or accepted, you can't deal with the civilian life in the same way and these are your frustrations coming out. Sorry if you already new this.

When someone feels the need to say: "I'm honest with myself, I'm completely honest with myself" lol lol