Meet the Long Range Reconnaissance Group | British Army 

Well I'm not. These men are fighting on behalf of a corrupt leadership who only care about war mongering and posturing. They are fodder.

@Haku Yuki Yet you all continue to fight each other, breach human rights and threaten neighbouring countries. If you can't sort out your own problems we will for you. I agree with us doing all this stuff internationally, but even I don't want us to have to do this but I accept it's necessity for global stability and peace from tyranny.

I am very proud to be a soldier myself and respect everyone who defends their country or protects people in need with their lives. RESPECT brothers & sisters 💯

@@gizmodud7267it’s human nature. Since the beginning.

Thanks 🇬🇧 , don’t let nations ever doubt our support for each other

God it warms may heart to see US guys and gals appreciating what we can do, For freedom and Glory, US and UK allies for ever.

Good jopb we have the SRR, and the SBS then, If you haven't heard of them that's because they are the very best in the world. Delta are effectively Royal marines who have done the shortened couse for anyone in the British forces, DEVGRU (seal team 6) are effectively Commachio company Royal marines, they have the same jobs to do. In order of the best it is SRR SAS, SBS. With the SBS being the best, and brightest.

@Big Stu How so? Commachio company do exactly the same job a DEVGRU (seal team 6), as I said. The SBS because of what they do actually have a higher overall general IQ than the SAS, are better educated than any other special forces unit in the world. Then, the ONLY special forces unit to have transited direct from the second world war to today (without a break, or being formed after WW2) are the SBS. No special forces unit that you can join straight from civvy street is ever going to be as good as one that you as a person already in the British Forces have to fight with your superiors to get into just the pre selection tests, as in the SAS, SBS, and SRR. To do the All Arms Commando course for myself as a Lieutenant with then 6 years under my belt took two years of fighting my direct bosses, and their superiors, despite being told by someone higher up the food chain that I should go for the job. Plus the US fortces green beret comes from doing the all arms commando course (a much shortened 15 weeks of training) to become technically a commando, such as Delta. Thus NO US special forces unit matches any UK SF unit. Just to be a general dogs body Royal marine (not musician though) they have to go through the worlds longest hardest, and most physical basic training starting at the level expected of the US Marine corps final battle fitness test, which here in the UK is undertaken in week one of the basic 36 week course, and they have to pass that to carry on.

@Big Stu CorrectCommachio Company has been expanded, and is now called 43 Fleet Protection Group Royal marines. Nice try no cigar though. Seal team 6 has exactly the same reasons to exist, they both do exactly the same jobs. Delta are just a normal Royal marines unit to be brutal here. Total operatot training for a delta operator is just 6 months, LOL. You expect that to match total training time for the SRR, SAS, or SBS? Not the slightest chance at all. Just to do the all arms commando course, and Royal Marine secondary training took 9 months. Specialisation training can also take up to 6 months in the Royal Marines, plus they still have a course that to die ensures failure in the Royal marines, even surviving doesn't guarantee passing. I didn't say less than 43 FPGRM as they are now called, are better, I do claim they are the same because their roles are the same. Commachio company was/and is for 43FPGRM by selction within the RM, as are most positions like it, mountain leaders, cold weather survival teachers, etc. The edited bit. Just as an aside it was a group when was in the Royal Navy, and then expanded to a company because of their expanding roles. The Paras are SFG as you call them in the US, SF, and SFG are not really Britsh terms. in fact the MOST elite unit in the British army is the Grenadier guards.

So long as they stay in their boxes. What grates, is when a fat 45 year old TA lance-jack starts gobbing off at full-time professional soldiers. We had a load of them with us on Telic. One was test-jig designer for CAT, and he knew everything there was to know about engines and pumps. He utterly revolutionised our UBREs, and commanded respect from people WAY above his rank because he offered expert knowledge to those who were struggling, and listened in to good advice when he lacked experience in other areas. Another was a fat, ginger woman with a GUNT that would make a submariner boke. She didn't appear to have any special skill, other than whinging about noise, heat and the chairs. The amount of running around we all had to do to accomodate her was outrageous. Between the gopping state of her kit and the muzzle waving she did on the few occassions she failed to shinf out of a patrol, she did more to reduce confidence than anyone ever has. Meanwhile, she would dick professionals with menial tasks such as emtying HER bin (the one in the office she was provided - the air conditioned office with ergonomic chair). There was a sizable sweepstake on whether she'd step on a mine or have a heart attack by the end of the tour. Horses for courses.

True.....but only on weekends 😅

@@yankee23a I served in both the regular and the reserve infantry units. The reserves I served with were some of the most decorated military people you could ever meet in terms of operational front line tours. You couldn't be more wrong even if you are joking.

@SimDeck The fact that we have career and reservist soldiers is why we have an amazing military. They are both effectively voluntary. Andd help keep our military culture and knowledge the best in the world. I'm not sure why reservists get such a bad name. In countries where there are conscription, reservists are actually the most experienced and respected of the soldiers.

@@yankee23aReserves work 7 days a week, weekly day job weekend soldier. I don’t think others be too happy about giving up their weekends. Including regs.

A lot of the early LRDG were New Zealanders.

@@terryharris1291 absolutely right buddy, which makes complete sense - hardy, robust farmers, agricultural mechanics, outdoors men etc.. who can live off the land, adapt & overcome. I salute them all 💪 All the best, Gus

Yeah, very cool to see a unit like that again, the LRDG should never have been disbanded after the war, but at least someone had the bright idea to bring them back in the form of the LRRG and i think they will be very effective in the future, as long as the politicians don't mess them about with more cuts

@Haku Yuki I think that's why they are helping them, mate, think about it, 3rd world country can't help themselves need help in security and medical,

@Haku Yuki how do u expect them to help us if they can't help themselves, we are over their anyway doing peace keeping and training, why would our army doctors and nurses not give aid to local people in the area?

The Foxhound is far better than the Defender, it transports six driver commander and four dismounts, it also has excellent blast ballistic, IED survivability. It’s an all round great bit of kit.

@@mac2626 definitely a more special operations role right? It’s bad ass looking!

@@MZ-bl6wg Not really special operations, just a newer vehicle that does the job better

I'll 🎣 .... this isn't the LRDG!

Surprising given there are only 75,000 (and falling)

Not an Army anymore,in spite of Government saying otherwise,drastically reduced in numbers,more like a Defence Force,increasingly dependent on Reservists to maintain operational capabilities Deployment after deployment nowadays

@@DigitalMan6627 Yes and government allowing in an invading army of enemies that outnumber our armed forces and police, i call the betrayal by the PM and Home Sec in deliberately failing in their primary duty to the UK to protect and secure the safety and security of the UK and its people ......TREASON.

@@DigitalMan6627 you got the inside scoop huh?

@@kiwi36O what’s ice cream got to do with it ?????

that's a good thing they need beating down and to keep their influence away from our children

what

It's good

Here as part of the UN Minusma Peacekeeping mission,

Telic / Granby veteran spotted.

They surrendered.

@@biddyboy1570 😭🤣

Yeah yeah but i think they withdrawn

@@planetxstudios6080They did the French thing and surrendered😆😆

It’s a stabilisation operation. A peace keeping role. The LRRG operates as the eyes and ears for the United Nations with capabilities to extend further than all the other nations. They get to the isolated areas of the country and are the catalyst for projects and rebuilding operations.

So just bumbling about basically

They have had islamic insurgency there, the French Foreign Legion were deployed...not sure if they are still out there.

Hes a typical young annoying officer him 😂

It’s certainly well shaped…

It steals away all his credibility.

Better the Rupert looking a right tool than you mate

@@paulheald3099 dead on.!

SAS Mobile Troop are pretty much LRDG

@@V.B.Squire But it's still SAS. Always thought the LRDG was the better outfit and would love to see their traditions and lineage continued.

@@formwiz7096 Trade secret, (until now) When they are at ceremonies in public SAS guys wear a Red Scorpion Tie to stay low Key, They know what it means, they know each other, and they know bs a mile off but yes in a way yes they preserve the colours & traditions themselves

Finally a Boris we can be proud of

Shame hes gone let down by he's own party. But hopefully he will be back. I actually think that he would make a better PM now After the hardest of years for anyone especially leading the country through a Pandemic and a war in Ukraine. We Thank you Boris please lead this country again against Sir Keir Starmer. They would ruin this country.

@@ENGBriseB millions would disagree

You missed nothing. They talk without actually saying anything.

No one cares the day after you leave, especially as your PSTD was caused by a career of peeling potatoes

Beard lad! 🧔‍♀️

Pathfinder platoon prepare a landing zome for airborne troops, not really similar to this at all

That's a big fat no.

I don't think these people put their lives on the line and brave out dangerous scenario's just so cretins like you can scoff at their vocabulary.

Not very camouflaged is it

Bloody turkey shooting in the UN ? Mate, thats not how the world works - your army is corrupt

Great joke clown,Lol.

Relax dude, you’re gripping too tight 👍 Look for the positives in life. You’re watching brave young men conducting operations at behest of politicians who represent UK citizens. The troops serve their country’s people and defend democracy. As for the RSM, I suspect he’s seen more operational deployments than you’ve had girlfriends. Peace ❤️

@@garethmcindoe751 Your reply to my comment is also made up of a series of clichéd statements. Are any of us real humans that can have original thoughts anymore? 🤔 Second thoughts about the RSM: he's probably angling for an extension of service to make it to 55, so has his Branch Commission in mind, in order to become a Commissioned Officer. Hence not saying anything remotely interesting. That's a fair one, though: the priority of anyone who chooses a career in the military is to survive it in one piece in order to get the pension. A lot of the good work one does is thrown away by the politicians when it suits them, so you might as well look after Number One in life. 😜 And I'll stand by my dig about the UK's medical services: they might be 'superheroes,' but being in two places at once, in this case Mali and a UK hospital, isn't one of their superpowers. 🤪

Is their a source that NHS medical staff are in Mali?

@@robertkenny7490 My dig at the UK's civil and military medical services was based on the fact that some NHS doctors and nurses are also military reserve personnel, so volunteer for military operations. This gives them experience they won't get at home, they serve their country overseas, picks up the white man's burden, helps the poor benighted heathen races of the third world etc etc. Great stuff! 🇬🇧👍 Except when the military becomes reliant upon volunteers filling what were once full-time positions in the order of battle. This state of affairs also leaves the NHS short of staff: even Marvel or DC Comics haven't created a superhero character who can be in two places at the same time, tho' I remember 2000AD did a spoof superhero story where one of the characters had that power. She ended up being overworked and demanded a double paycheck after being asked by the boss superhero to divide again into four versions of herself. 😂

@@jamesbussey2911 good point that but that's because of government budget cuts on the public services