Marine reacts to German Special Forces Hell Week (Kommando Spezialkräfte) 

Well with all of these jokes in the comments, at least i know how to say "comments section" in German now hahaha

Germans seeing "German" in the title Dieser Kommentarbereich ist jetzt Teil der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Nach den Erzählungen meiner Mutter war das ihr täglicher Schulweg....

Me: *reading subtitles to understand what they are saying* Also me: "wait I am german"

Das wusste ich nicht, dass die bei der Kreissparkasse so ein krasses Assessment Center haben.

The most german thing said in this video: "Bei den Anderen gings ja auch."

Krass was mit 2Bough passiert ist.

What gets lost in the translation is the fact that when the guy passed, the examinator switches from the formal address "Sie" in German to the informal "Du", which is normally used beteween colleagues (especially in Germany, especially in the military). So there's an early sign he passed ;-)

Bereiche gesichert!!! Vorrücken zum nächsten Video mit „german“ im Titel!💪

I am really impressed in the difference in demeanour. There is no yelling, no screaming, everyone is calm and collected. Impressive

„Are you physically and mentally prepared for this?“ RU-vidr: „Man, if they ask you that, you really know what‘s coming is going to be hard! Mental mindgames!“ Me, a german: Nah, standard Question before any kind of test. Even Teachers ask their Students that before an exam. That‘s just the formalities. 😂

Once i got in the Military Hospital here in Germany. My Roommate was a mid 60 year old KSK Instructor. He had some issues in his back and had old scars from operations. He was a really nice Dude. Each morning he started his workout at 5:30 am. When he left, i asked him what he is going to do after hospital and he said: Vacation in Southeast Asia. I said: Nice, and you go by car from town to town? He: No no, i will be living in the jungle and hunt for food and walk from vietnam to thailand and so on. 6 Months. This is going to be great! Nice Dude. And absolute tough. Hope his back problems are less bad.

Mein Körper: Ich will nichts essen Ich: Esse trotzdem Körper besiegt

Actually the question if somebody feels physically and mentally able to do a certain examination is pretty standard in Germany. I was asked that before pretty much any exam since school. It marks your last chance to call in sick and do the exam another time.

American makes a video about the Germany military Germans: lasst uns ein Blitzkrieg in seinen Kommentaren starten

Hallo hier die Nachhut. Alles sicher im Kommentarbereich, weiter machen!

Nobody: Not even Mexicans: Germans when they read "German" in a video title: Hippity, Hoppity, this Kommentarspalte is now my property!

Die Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD

You should check out the "Kampfschwimmer " ( Frogmen ) of the German Marine ( Navy branch ) they often train with SEALs and other elite units . Salute from Germany .

Ex German soldier here. The question at the beginning of the hell week about the physical and mental stability of the soldiers is not a psycho trick. It's cause every soldier has to agree that he is mental and physical fit before a hard training so the army cannot be sued from a soldier in case that he was forced to do hard things in a bad health condition. The same question will be asked before every shooting training too.

Hello Sir :) I have been in the KSK for 8 years. The points that you mention are totally right especially with motivation during the stress tests. You basically see people that did the same in front of you that are your instructors. They dont need yelling they dont need anything to motivate you. They look at you. You know they did it and then you know you can do it. To be fair there are certain parts that they did not show in this documentary for the public to see. And it is not always quiet. You know what I mean. Love your professional point of view. And Thank you for your service. When we needed you in Afgahnistan you were always there. Especially with your Helicopters. I remember a few close calls that we would not have gotten out of with way more casualties. Awesome partners in combat.

What might be of interest to you - in the final assessment scene, the man with the moustache speaking is a general. While talking to the staff seargeant he uses the informal, more personal version of "you" ('du' instead of the formal 'Sie'). A general speaking on the same level to a seargeant like theyre some old friends is something you'll only find in this unit

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As a former KSK officer i can tell that the video material seen here is really just a small picture (the kindergarten stuff) of the whole procedure. But for some good reasons they aren’t allowed to film the hard stuff. It’s not fun at all not even fun to watch. Edit: And don’t underestimate the mental tests I’m definitely not a stupid person but i almost failed at them. I guess it’s unnecessary to say but when you’ve survived the hell week you aren’t a KSK it’s just means the training to become a KSK begins you can still fail at any time and can be classified as unqualified.

We get asked the "physically and mentally prepared" question before our A-levels xD

3:30 That's not a mind games or hyping up kind of thing. I don't know how it is in the US, but in Germany we take legal formalities pretty seriously. They are, in all likelyhood, legally required to ask that question so that they can transfer accountability for serious injury to the participants. If the participants affirm, they are now consciously participating in a test that might cause them serious injury "auf eigene Gefahr" (at one's own risk). Even people in university are asked if they feel physically and mentally fit to take an exam. Pretty sure that there's a general rule that you have to ask that question, otherwise people can claim that they weren't given a proper chance to succeed.

Wo sind die deutschen Kommentarsektion Eroberer?

Maybe you missed it, but the guy saying "I imangined it beeing harder." was the one that nearly didn't make the log carrying in the end and lagged behind. That is why they were so harsh on him.

if u are german but read the subs

That question "Are you physically and mentally ready for that selection" is something they do that nobody can complain while that selection. It's a question before a lot of tests in the german army.

this was worthwhile to watch. Thank you for your honest and respectful commentary on our german elites. Take my sub and keep up the good work. And to all the attendants out there: hang on!!

in Austria, long time ago, we had something similar just for sub officer training, 120km within 2 days and 3 days of combat exercise before that. it was called internally the psycho march. it is gone now for decades, but this was similar, not in every aspect, but in a lot of them. no sleep, task, marching with heavy equipment, etc. a few things your learned during this time: in a team you can walk and sleep at the same time, your body can take more than you have imagine, discipline, willpower and even in the worsed case, teamplay to the end. even i had to undergo this training 3 times, one time i failed because of sickness, one time because of injury and at the 3rd time, we all gave us a promise, all or none. That promise kept us going, from long training nights, over many different task, river crossing and marching back into the military installation with a song. well after this trip, i slept nearly 2 days without a break ;)

Nobody: Germans: *this commentsection has officially been claimed*

This funny Officer with a moustache is a Brigadier General, lol nice

In Finland at Uusimaa brigade (Uudenmaan prikaati) we have this thing called the beret march, it is about 80km split in 2 days, and there are several tasks to do, for example to cross a body of water, a running march of about 6-7 km, cbrn threats etc. If one completes this he/she gets to carry Uusimaa brigade`s green beret if all the other requirements are met. The green beret for us is the symbol of coastal jaegers.

Like you said, you play a mental war with yourself in these situations but you can get through almost anything if you have enough determination. That's one of the most important things I learned in the military

The officer at 8:58 Loks like the German Version of Captain Price

Our professors ask us before every exam if we are physically and mentally prepared and we just have to sit at a table for 2 hours and write stuff on paper, so that question alone doesn't really seem menacing to me xD

highest level of respect to people who get through stuff like this i am just a regular IT guy and only could imagine how hard it would be

thank you for your video its interesting to see how people see our units from outside and there reaction to it i am from germany love your videos

I Live in Calw, next to the barrack😂 Most of the time i Hear shots, helicopters and explosions haha

Hiermit erkläre ich den Kommentarbereich für eingenommen

Thx for this video 👍and your explanation

It was interesting to see/hear your comments. You seem to be a smart and professional person. Thanks for this interesting video. Greets from Bavaria, Germany

Too bad they weren't allowed to film the hardest and most interesting part.

The question "are you mentally and physically capable and ready to do xyz" is actually pretty common in the Bundeswehr. I think there's a rule stating that you have to ask that before any major exercise. Not everybody does it that formal but you hear it every now and then.

What is between fear and sex? FÜNF!

I like how modest you organize your background set. Love it. Also liking your react vid. Keep on the good show!

I think you are wrong about the comment to „mental games“ at 3:50. In my opinion it is more a legal thing as we also ask the exactly same questions to people for their final exam after their apprenticeship - just to make they cant take legal steps if they fail. If they don’t feel in the position to go for this, it does not count as a fail, but you will not participate this time of course.

Thanks for sharing your solution in hard situations. A lot of people where in this situation and now it’s my turn. Mindgame vs mindgame. I really like it and hope I will remember at the right time.

Man I really like how you commented on the different situations in that video. You are a sympathetic guy. 👍

Interesting to see you reacting to that. Very cool. I am not at all into military stuff, but that perspective is interesting.

Greatings from Germany! That was a pretty good reaction to our special forces, thank you!

Damn, I'm glad these guys are on our side. Absolute hardcore. Respect from the UK.

Germans place quality and efficiency in everything they do from manufacturing, science, business, and military.

Great Comments - You know what you are talking about! Thanks from an old Fernspäher ;)

Chuck Norris still does this tour twice a day...backwards on his knees..

The question if you feel mentally and physically good enough to take part, is also asked before every test a german university.

very nice video from you. Im also german but its interesting for me to hear your perspective of thing we do in germany

Thanks for the Video. Interesting to listen to your opinion on it.

13:57 for me it´s the opposite. When there are many people giving up, it gives me extra motivation because I feel like I can be even prouder when succeeding

one thing what inspired me all the time back in my army days is, that our dudes wich commands us, went trough the same shit like us. Testing your mental health was a key everytime when you did a an "education" military wise. Mental health was and is still the most important thing. I had some dude in our company which wasnt strong enough, he flipped out after he got a weapon with ammunition... thats one thing i hoefully will never see again

Got that week(EFV II) in 2009. Big memorys! Thx!!!

Cool video man, I like your insights and the comparison to the USMC. Greetings from Germany

Nice Video! Greetings from Austria, we have the Jagdkommando here as our specialforces, and they also have something like a hell week if I'm not wrong!

Nice video dude, as a german it's interesting to see a marine react to this

Thanks for your Video :)

Very interesting and honest Video. Ich mochte es, danke 👍

So, I'm a german reading the english subtitles from a video that is in german. What the heck is wrong with me?

Can confirm that asking „Are you physically and mentally prepared for this?“ is very common here in Germany. I got asked this on my wedding from the Priest.

Du bist ein verdammt sympathischer Typ. 👍🏻

Danke schön. Good reaction. Interesting. Thanks for upload.

They don't say any details on 'prisoner' bit, but I'm pretty sure the interrogations will involve waterboarding, at the least. 18:35 The guy says before his 'capture' it's wasn't too bad, BUT he hadn't counted on the 'prisoner' (last) phase. Great content again!

As an ex soldier of 17 years, and also one who did the British Commando training, I can absolutely confirm that 80% of this is mind over matter, as long as you‘re fit from the get go 💪

Nice to hear people are still playing "Kim's Game" - a highly recommendable training exercise for both observation and memory, named after Rudyard Kipling's novel "Kim" which features the exercise. Also a highly recommendable read.

Thanks, I did enjoy the video although I'm not military minded at all. Great job

Man reminds me of when i was in the Kings Royal guard in Sweden Got extremly sick just a few days before our own hell week final test so i was disqualified, but was still a very interesting time

I was really surprised when they said "Back to the barracks in Calw". That's actually my hometown. I know someone there who's been through all this and all of this is very accurate. There were some practices they didn't show in there which are even more demanding than what was shown. Really intense.

Its nice to See, that all Spec Teams the same mindgame beat it

As a swede ( with 3 years in service, 1 year abroad) working alot in Germany this was great!

The question for the healthy constitution is pretty normal before tests in germany. Im a german student and were asks literaly the same question before my exam yesterday ^^

Title: German Germans in the comment section: ZUGRIFF!

Seeing you channel name brings back many damn old memories of a damn bad game that I loved very much xD

I was a supporter from the KSK in Calw near stuttgart. And i saw this Training a lot of times where Big as a mountain gave up. There is 1-20 / 100 who survives the First week there. And then the Training Starts. In the End there are 1-3 soldiers That can call himselves „Commando“

"what a mustache" ... brigadier general Ammon, former commander of the KSK... loads of respect to the KSK, I do live about 20min outside their base. However, they did never invite me for a cup of coffee, or even a beer.... semper paratus

Cool, RU-vid suggested this ... strange. But interesting... thanks for the vid 🇩🇪 👍

That general at the end was shocked because it was just the entry test. 2 years of training ahead of that recruit so he was right to call the recruit out on his big mouth.

I have bad anxiety. My best motivation always was that I didn't want to go through the confrontation while giving up.

Männer wir müssen uns auf eine lange Belagerung einstellen, 2027 wird eine große Armee durch den RU-vidalgorithmus einfallen.

3:04 the teachers un germany ask you that same exact question when you're about to write finals as well, just sayin.

This question if you are healthy and mentally ready is just complete standard. Every exam in university has this question. I think it is more about avoiding legal discussions than about building pressure.

Nice reaction video! Greetings from Germany

Super interesting! I work in humanitarian aid where we have to go through our own version of hell week. How tough it is depends on the organisation you work for. Of course it's no where near as bad as military training (as humanitarians we need different skill sets than soldiers afterall) but some of the stuff in the video is definitely familiar.

The Bundeswehr has a cool playlist called "SURVIVAL - 7 Offiziere. Eine Mission.". It is very interesting.

the one with the "not hat hard" ..was the one nearly quiting -> the warning to put the log back up :D

This documentary seems to be the only military documentary without any background music. - just factual -

I like that dude just staring at you with that gaze. I remember the docu Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click, where a marine recruit couldn’t go any further and complained about his leg being broken. He got yelled at until his leg fixed it self and he went on. I think it was in that documentary. But yeah, interesting.

"How my parents went to school"

Yorkshire Tea in the background - good choice sir

Great reaction🖒You should check out the Gebirgsjäger (Alpine Jäger).They are tough lads,with a long tradition in the German Army.They served in WW1,WW2 and in the Cold War.