The Endurance Course 

Good luck mate.

Alex Rich thank you bud

reece bennett nice bro, what course are you doing? when i get to college i’m going to do the uniform service course

Thank you for ur future service good luck my friend stay safe

reece bennett good luck

When was that

​@@ianmooresguard1721 1956 - 1957 :) I take it you meant the Suez Crisis?

@@specialunit0428 yeah, thanks,had no idea there was even a war there

@@ianmooresguard1721 :)

My dad was on the Bulwark. He joined in 1945 and served through to 1968. Just missed the Far East campaign ( most of his NCOs were veterans of The Arakan campaign; the rest were D-Day and Walcheren survivors). His first action was in Palestine, stuck in a foxhole between Jewish Haganah and Arab positions, and taking fire from both.😲

Late Apex any advice to prepare for joining up?

@@matthewj1997 I was 19 years old. I basically ran 4-6 cross country miles 5-6 times a week. And I could do 14 wide-arm pull ups, 60 press-ups, and 85 sit-ups by the day I joined up. I practiced the USMC (as it was in my day) every day by just doing my max effort at least once a day. You'll read all sorts of clever get fit methods but for the early stages of the CTC, you just need good basics - 8ish minute miles, and upper body around the numbers I was doing. Being fit when you join will make your life so much easier. The course is designed to get you fit if you've got the determination to stick it out. Good luck.

Late Apex how’d you find the 30miler then?

@@matthewj1997 Most lads that reach the Commando Tests are, barring injuries, easily fit enough to pass the tests. The tests feel no different to the kind of thing you're put through on Final Ex. I found the 30miler easy. I'd rank them as follows, hardest to easiest - 9 miler, Endurance Course, Tarzan, 30 miler.

Late Apex oh wow, i’d expect the 30 miler to be the hardest of them all, so i guess all of your training is led up to the 30miler so therefore you’d be fit as fuck prepared for it?

D101 Oh yes. Show these kids what they can aspire to. Great idea! 🍻

@@cm-pr2ys its 100% inspired me. Im 13 and im hoping to join 42 commando

@@kingjeremy1278 good luck lad only 2 more years till you can apply 👍

UK is best because majority of your army are Asians

@@Alpha-ev5xf not what i saw 😂

@@-lightningwill-6014 ha ha ha ha just watch closely your army and parliament

@@Alpha-ev5xf do you live in the UK?

@@-lightningwill-6014 no we watch UK from asia

Don't make your life too painful kiddo, make sure you have plenty of fun along the way or you'll forget what it's all for.

The fact that you tried and gave it your all means no regrets. One of my few regrets in life is trying, not giving it my all and quitting. I've learned a lot since then, but unfortunately my epiphany came too late for me to try again.

Same I’m 13 years old and I’m following a book that tells how to get fit for the Marines. I’m going to be a Royal marine too

@@benhoward4107 see you there

María Badillo 15 and i got the same ambitions, gonna try specialise as aircrew maybe.

I hope it all went well for you Leo. I joined the Royal marines back in 1978 and I was the same age as you are now at 17. I bet some things have changed but the pain is still just as painful lol. Hope you give us an update.

Well?

🤣 did mine in 78. Can't say I enjoyed the water tunnel, can't say I enjoyed any of it. 🤣🤣

I can't wait to join

@@glenscott8367 I know right

It's the most special and best club you will ever have the privilege to join (if you meet the requirements) and not everyone who applies for membership gets accepted I'm afraid.

Bootneck they do if they have mental and physical ability

I think that's what I just said "if you meet the requirements"

From an old Royal Marine...good luck.

well you still need to be fit to even get there, it's finishing that you need to be mentally tough for.

You need to able to do Atleast a sub 6 minute mile. 3 Pull ups. 60 situps. 40 pushups. Like that's minimum lol

@@EcsMurphy I know, I'm saying it's beyond just mental, in order to get to the place to face the actual mental tests, you have to get their physically, I'm aware of the minimums.

Fas Unio bollocks😂😂 the standard entry for mile run in royal marines is 9minutes not 6

chris becks well you’re looking at 3 miles in sub 20 minutes for a solid chance of passing so you want to be aiming for a 6 minute mile for 3 miles, not sure where you got 9 from

You can make it - just believe no matter how much it hurts and that your at your ending point that your mind can drive you on. Human will to succeed is a powerful thing. If you wish to join, it’s not physical - mostly mental

You and me both

I went through in 1997 and we had 2 South africans in my troop. Just apply.

@@feolender2938 spoke to a recruiter for the army, they said that they are not taking in commonwealth countries till 2022. I dont know if it is the same for the navy.

Sechaba Mokoena epic mate

@@feolender2938 this whole Covid thing is preventing me from going.

Dale Unser that’s when I start training hopefully 😂

I'm SA too, using this coming year to prepare ! Good luck to you, I'll be going hopefully late 2021

Of course they will allow the SAs . The UK is running severe shortage of whites.

I served in 42Cdo in Bornio in the 1960 .good luck to you .one day you will be a BOOTNECK.

"The Mayalian Emergency " from 1947 to 1960 Have tried to access information on this almost forgotten conflict which was the first anti comunist war of the 20th century and was successful . The Korean War was a stalemate and Vietnam was a loss for the Americans.

Not if you're a Spam you're not buddy.

Well a year has passed. So ... ?

@@JammyDodger45your all over these fools talking 💩😅

I'm on a sun lounger in Zadar so I've got plenty of time on my hands.

Scoot Jockey Me to 129A. Troop

@@scottScottMechanics 148 meiktila.

Me too 126A troop passed out August 79 great memories 👍

@@gerrylea121 212 Tp Juniors (16 year olds) Pass out March 76 !

The Scatman sound man, and yeah you’re probably right😂😂 watch this vid every night before bed thou, gets me more hyped for it ahaha

The Scatman yeah man phase 2 it’s where all the fun stuff starts lmao

@@louiewalker3109 hows it going

It is hard mate, but you don't do this on day one, they mould and train you over six months, it's the best feeling putting on a green beret at the end of it, even better for wearing one for 22 years.

No. Assault rifle-type weapons are totally banned in UK. Because of the Hungerford Massacre in 1987. But everyone who joins the Armed Forces in the UK is in the same boat; no experience, learn from scratch.

You go home

Where are you originally from?

How'd it go?

He binned it at week 4. He missed his mum too much.

@@JammyDodger45 Shame

A commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force using dedicated operation techniques.

Particularly if the Git who runs the armoury oversleeps, so your speedmarch to the start point ends up being a sprint...just to get you warmed up, of course!

You must have done a different route to me. There was feck all sedate about it when I did it, I was balls to the wall all the way

It was 21lb in the late 80s when I did it and also when I took recruits through in the mid 90s. It was 35lb for the 30 miler though.

Not at all

Aye Aye Sir🗡

Do they even have a Navy

that's perfect spelling.....luckily for you spelling is not a requirement for a RM!!!!

Ha Ha. Former British Infantry (Jock) 24 Years. You Hit the Nail on the Head m8

GREAT VIDIEO

@ Mandatory 😂