Real Life - Commando (Royal Marines) 2000 - Part 1 

“Your mind is a weapon. It can beat heat, overcome hunger, eradicate pain, turn soft flesh into hard muscle. Want to know what it takes to earn the green beret? Start with what’s under it.” Good advice not just for Royal Marines, but life in general.

THIS IS THE ONLY ACCURATE ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN. THIS IS EXACTLY AS ACCURATE AS COULD POSSIBLY BE MADE.

Sgt Thompson is sharp as a knife....proper old school

Watching this on itv (and recording it to watch again and again) was one of my motivations to join. I did and passed out as an original, 17 out of 63.

The officer here is extremely wise, debating that punishments for mistakes in stressful situations aren't always the correct way to go and i agree with him.

It's the TV cameras that make the NCOs go easy on the recruits. I can assure you that when there are no cameras there the reality is a whole lot different!

that sergeant isn't that bad really he's educating the young lads.

Brings back memories. We had Sgt Thomson on our Training Team when we went to CTCRM a few years later than this in 2002 as RMR recruits. Having recognised him from watching this programme before we joined, we were shitting it! 😆 To be fair he had mellowed somewhat, but needless to say we were still beasted to hell!!

this was more like it i passed out with 760 troop in 1999 and yes we loved a beasting Royal always

He says physical retribution is not helpful. The flank worked for me and I'll never forget it, 16 years later.

The most accurate documentary of RM Recruit training.

Sgt Thompson is a fucking legend.

Royal Marines top lads ,one of the few British Units that truely deserve the "ELITE" tag

4:10 Freddie Mercury's a real hardass

In this course, you will experience pain. If you really want to pass, don't give up, no matter how much it hurts. Your muscles say "for facks shake, pleashe shtop! I can't take this shit any longa!" But you have to resist the urge to give up and say: "NO! Fuck off body instincts! This shit is for both of us!"

The most realistic depiction of CTCRM

First Norway trip I did in 1993, four people tragically died.

lol 'Don't break your legs!' that sgt. is a badass

@ninjakid6 former us army soldier here just want to point out we are not all idiots some of us are capable of respecting our allies and their soldiers who work just as hard for their country as we do for ours.

3:54 "Unbelievable" 😂😆 Sgt Thomson and Lt Col Lindley are such excellent examples of the archetypal NCO vs CO.

Your defintely right in saying that. Having said that, they go hand in hand. Training may never give you the experience of real combat, but your not likely to make it through combat without that training.

the dude with the mustache looks like captain price from modern warfare

Lindley reminds me of Michael Mcintyre for some reason.

What you're seeing here is the tip of the iceberg, this is what they're prepared to show the camera and what has been allowed to be released. But think what service the training team are providing here, they're physically and mentally changing people and the way they live their lives and will forever live their lives.

Sometimes it scares me that they are just giving a personality to a bunch of kids that don't have them. Molding them into overly militaristic and harsh human beings.Yet I think I still think such heavy training is necessary. Its truly an achievement to become a Royal Marine.

correctional PT i love that phrase:P

It's kind of weird to think some of these guys could be in the SAS or SBS now

The Royal Marines have an outstanding reputation, and it is not a bad thing that their training is harsh, physically and mentally demanding. When the chips are down in small unit tactics with relatively light weapons, the only thing that you have to rely upon is your training and your comrades.

I'm joining the royal marines next year :) cant fucking wait !!! Wish me luck nd good luck to anyone else who is looking forward to a future career in the military :)

I wish my moustache looked that epic when I grew one.

Royal Marines=Quality over quantity. These blokes are commandos with the toughest non-SF training in the world. If they were American they would be called SF

this documentary seems recent until you remember it is 12 years old :O!!!

If you noticed Commando is a very Commonwealth term. The Americans don't use it. What they do is they call everyone non-conventional unit Special Forces but little known to most people is that there is a division, Tier 1 and Tier 2. Tier 1 SF is the real deal like Delta Force and Navy SEALs. Tier 2 is Green Berets, Rangers, etc., all the light infantry like the Paras, Royal Marines and former British Dominion Commandos.

@moorevayne quite alot of the troops get backtrooped, i know that on commando on the front line, 9 out of the 50 passed out as originals, where as 25 from the original troop eventually passed out, some were injured and some just needed more instruction at various tasks and were backtroopered

When you die on training,although very sad,there is a certain tough aura that surrounds a unit and recruits seem to flock to these units.

in all honesty this isnt that bad not the training cuz i bet its hard as fuck but the instructor yelling. It honestly wasnt bad he wasnt belittling them he wasnt screaming at the top of his lungs he is just trying to instill some pride in taking care of your shit. he gets props from this US soldier

Damn. I can't imagine how many "beastings" I'd go through if I were in this training.

8:50 Problem? Problem? Problem? Haha, class.

Nothing like a good old fucking beasting

@Dogmeat1950 Kingfisher Battle near Con Thien - In 1967, "Operation Kingfisher" was launched to destroy NVA forces just south of the DMZ. On Sept. 21st, the 2nd battalion, 4th Marines began a "search and destroy" mission and quickly encountered the entrenched 90th NVA regiment. After a day-long battle, the Marines had suffered at least 16 dead and 118 wounded while trying to break out of the enemy's kill zone. The battalion withdrew at dusk, 15 dead Marines were left behind.

im in the middle of training for the PRMC and i put myself through lots of pain in my runs by doin a sprint for about 200m after a 4 and a half mile run, aswell as pain in upper body strenght but although i do that its nothing when i get to the stage these guys are at, its always gunna hurt

Army beasting........ unpleasant, hard etc, I've had it. Royal Marines beasting........ savage, just the way it should be.

It is a training and SELECTION process. If you are not tough enough, it is not where you need to be! Part of that team took me through training… it was hard, very hard, but fair and done for a reason. Do the country a favour and leave things as they are regarding the Royal Marines.

I was a sniper in the U.S.M.C., though i never had the honor of training with any Royal Marines, i did run into a fire team of the crazy fuckers at a bar in jacksonville florida. Being a Marine myself, just sharing the name is an honor, but drinking with the these dudes was a fucking blast. No different from American Marines, and just as fuckin hard. Two other Marines and I sat with these guys, shared stories, laughed our asses off and drank ourselfs stupid. Much respect to my brothers in arms.

I think they our both very professional soldiers, in my experience i know of top USMC guys failing RM courses and i'm sure vice versa. at the end of the day they both do the same job to the best of there ability.

That sergeant scares me just watching this got prmc soon enough

Tough or not the USMC is still is a force that strikes fear into people.

I don't know if this has aready been said but Royal marines training is adleast as hard as SEAL training. and the sergent really looks the part.

This Troop is well known in the Corps. When they passed out they were called Hollywood Troop by everyone else. I'll let you work out why!

@sevenoneight7 This film was made in 1999 so perhaps it has changed since then...

Its funny when they fall over :) "Get up you lunatic... Don't break your legs"

@UnitedProviences by the way if "beastings" mean beatings, ya, you get those too in bootcamp, the DI's aren't suppose to hit you, but they do on a regular basis anyway

The swedish coast ranger training is 14 months with this kind of training.

No pain No Gain Train Hard Fight Easy "Attention to Detail Counts" Its too Easy to Give up ....Take one more step Walk more Mile Run Ten Miles Yomp 30 Miles ...Easy If what you are Taught is Easy, What you are Taught Saves your Life , Simle and Never Give Up You can do anything if you Want To TO get the Green Beret one Day at Time and give 110%

Love that post we can't do it all by our self we need our Allies !!!

considering i am joining the army i will learn these lessons at there expense

"Problem?" lmao

@TheGunner1324 They fought until they ran out of ammo, they didn't surrender by choice but were forced into it.

I said 'up to a point'. The US Army Rangers (along with Belgian, French and Dutch special forces) were heavily influenced the British Commandos of WW2, who in turn became the SAS, SBS, Parachute Regiment and Royal Marine Commandos of today (40, 42 and 45 Commando are the surviving units).

British Royal marine commandos do 32 weeks of training and people are saying they do 13 weeks

Nice video!

@UnitedProviences by the way the whole point of USMC bootcamp is one big "beasting", and its hopefully the point of any military's training

hey so... can I just say we are friends we work together and both organisations' exemplary combat record is second to none. I love my pals in the RMC we trained at 29 palms cali. and I wish them all the best when they return to Plymouth England. But it is comparing Shock troop assault Marines (USMC) to Surgical strike commando the only real similarities are we are usually both delivered from the sea. We owe each other pints so it really doesn't matter friends to the end

besides the SAS, these guys make the best ground forces

@TheNobby1991 i do too but this training did even get my blood simmering. And to top that they had such little recruits to start with because it was so "tough." I wouldnt mess with ANY Marine whether they be US, Royal, Korean, ect. And they must be doing something right. They help us in the battlefield.

Problem...? Problem...? Problem...? Haha

@UnitedProviences you obviously don't really know what the crucible is. Its not a race, and what do you think is in those 42 miles? nothing? so it takes USMC recruits around 4 days to get 42 miles? no, those 42 miles aren't just a straight shot with like a couple walls. its constant barriers, barb wire, machine guns fire and explosions. its not a quick run through everything half-ass. like i said before, huge difference.

@EllisFitz1995 Good luck mate! yeah after my A-levels im applying, ive neen training for this since as long as i can remember, best wishes to you!

yes it is

@guy42294 yeah but you have to be in the UK for around 5-7 years Good Luck!

@tcrock89 im just saying! longer training does not always mean better soldier/troop. if thats what your hinting at...

I was talking about USMC not RMC. it was a reply to another comment about how USMC are better than RMC i have nothing but the utmost respect for RMC and i have a friend whos joining after he goes through uni to be an officer. it was youtube not putting my previous comment where it was supposed to go. a tad of missunderstanding lol

9 SAS soldiers fought off 200 enemy soldiers in oman and won. we sent one regiment of SAS soldiers to oman and they won that war with any support

@UnitedProviences there two different races, ya the crucible is kinda a race i guess, but their two different races that you cant compare. Its like comparing push-ups and sit-ups, their just two different things with two completely different objectives. but then ok, we'll drop this point.

Correct Dave I cracked up at this post,and found it hard to believe. What 's next hang on lads the RSM is on his way to tuck you in. I guess this was pre PRMC and in my day it was 39 weeks ah so long ago

well when you run your core temperature getts realy high...if you push it too far you get a stroke

@Dogmeat1950 Dogmeat - I'm not anti US - but the USA DID lose many battles during Vietnam. In fact - I can name them if you like.

@thegreenishcrab ofc it doesn't but look how the units handle in reality, the USMC make a lot of unproffesional mistakes (all make mistakes ofc) because of their sheer numbers in comparison. tcrock89 is quite right, in his statement

only a handful of these 50 odd recruits made it...but does that mean the rest FAILED or just got backtracked and eventually passed?

Problem?

boy in the back: "SWEET JESUS, GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!"

@ECCappo At 1:47 it says "every fortnight..." so every two weeks.

when the instructer or teacher recieves his new batch they keep them tight for 1 or 2 days

there all marines and great fighters

Real smart idea posting up that your friend was in the SBS on a public website....there is a reason that you aren't ment to tell people you know...keep it to yourself.

@Sturmmann No the reason why you get all the hot areas in afganistan is because you have 90,000 + troops there while we have 9500 so it makes more sense for you to take over the hot areas due to you having more troops deployed there, also look up royal marine torture training and the so called pain barrier, Im joining the royal marines this year as a officer and i know for a fact the american marines are no match for royal marines i have friends in the UMSC and they agree.

Im South African, you have to be part of the Commonwealth to serve in the British Armed Forces. Im at a point where Im deciding whether or not to come to the UK or head to France and join the Legion.

@TheAngelofvengance nice one mate ;)

Nice posters on the walls...

@thegreenishcrab just when i thought you'd stopped

Is it just me or dose the guy who's adressing the problem of people leaving look a lot like Michael Mactnier [however you spell it]

@thegreenishcrab If you read my comment, I said everyone makes mistakes, but the USMC are very fault prone due to their numbers.

@UnitedProviences it does work, look. 8 hours as opposed to 72 hours are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT time frames. you have to admit. your comparing two completely different things as far training goes. 30 miles in 8 hours is a race to beat the clock, the crucible isn't a race to beat the clock. they have things like that in USMC bootcamp, but those two things aren't even comparable because they have two totally different objectives

30 weeks wow Im going to become an RCM in a year and a half.

Your allowed " the women " on ya walls. Gives your room a bit of personality ;)

Completely Right ... can't wait till I go in for RM training in a few years time

Rip Nathaniel Burton.

@crouchtrac thanks for agreeing.

i wanna Be like A Marine Commmando but i cant Coz M a Nepalese Boy. Anyways A Great Saalut To U allz Royal Marines Commando.

"Pays to be a winner". Im in week 6 of training, and theres nothing more I hate than hearing that.haha