US Marine reacts to Britain's Defense 

As a British Army veteran, I am humbled at how respectful you are towards our Armed forces. Thank you

This guy drinks Yorkshire tea? He clearly is a man of taste.

This guy is cool, he doesn't take the piss, I'm glad people like this exist

I just wanted to say that my uncle was a queen's guard 💂‍♂️ he recently lost his life to cancer, but my god the respect he earned by doing this job is unbelievable 🥰 so sad that covid stopped him from having his full royal army funeral ... it was an incredibly difficult job and he had to work so so hard to get to this post ... such a proud niece over here! 😭 😇

Never underestimate the UK military. They are a massively diverse, well trained and committed group of individuals. All respect.

UK is the small guy on the block that can literally spark anyone out clean with a single hit.

For a fella who talks funny he seems to be very well stocked up in the brew department.

They do get issued live ammunition, especially when the Queen is residence in Buckingham Palace, although she is living at Windsor Castle currently.

I belive the queen's guard are issued live ammunition. They aren't just for show, they are there to guard the Palace and the Queen!

"I don't really know much about Britain" This dude is American yet literally owns a kettle and Yorkshire tea in the background wtf?? I'm so confused but also impressed.

I'm ex British Army and I can tell you that they do have live ammunition every time you are on guard whether its the queens guard or just at your barracks. Hope that clears it up for you.

I went to Arlington cemetery and watched the ceremony - I cried - Im English but was moved by how much respect is given there - I will never forget it.

Why do you think we let tourists mock the Queens Guard all day long - that's how you make a true machine, with the pent up rage of 50 men.

Yorkshire tea with PG as back up! You're an honorary Brit mate. 😎👍🏻🇬🇧

I spent 30 years in the 1st & 2nd Battalions Scots Guards, everyone including Americans service personnel were shocked that the 2nd Battalion where on London Guards Duties and four weeks late on their way to the Falklands and took on the Elite Argentine 5th Marine Division on Mount Toumbledown. All Her Majesty’s Guards Regiments have fought in every major conflict our country has been involved in. The guards also have our own Airborne unit attached to 3Para and has a dedicated Squadron within 22 SAS Regiment G Squadron.

It’s the British Armys ability to get a brew on during a contact that sets them apart from any adversary, Keep calm fix bayonets and drink tea😆🇬🇧

in the UK large standing armies were basically dissolved in the 70s with the arrival of the trident nuclear subs. nor did we have the empire to patrol/protect anymore.

Absolutely love this guy. His rhetoric is forthright and yet gentle. The fact he's got a box of Yorkshire Tea behind him tells a great deal of taste! More importantly, everything on show here is what the British Government is comfortable for everyone to see. This is all important. Anything that we (The Brits), are proud of is precisely the things that we would never, ever expose. Intelligence, IT, hacking, the sheer brilliance of our intelligence worldwide is the key, and we'll never expose that. Again, love this guy, great vid. x

I love how most the comments here are more humbled by the fact he has Yorkshire Tea and PG Tips in the background.

I've binged on a few of your brit vids and I'm impressed that you've ben exposed to a good few of our accents and you don't appear to have struggled. Nice

Gotta remember 200,000 doesn’t seem like a lot but quality over quantity boys. Best fighters in the world

Bomb disposal personnel are very busy in the UK. There are still a lot of UXO in the UK from WW2. I lived next door to a RAF EOD and he attended over 300 incidents in one year, the majority of them German bombs that hadn't exploded when dropped by the Luftwaffe in WW2.

White teeth, gun t-shirt. But a kettle, Yorkshire tea and PG tips. This man is the perfect mix of American and British

Serious respect for this big man. 🇬🇧

The thing most people forget is we are a TINY island, seriously look at the size of GB compared to anywhere else, everyone mocks but we are tiny

Does anyone remember the time the vulcan simulated a nuclear strike on new York City with ease then the US said come and try again and successfully carried it out for the second time haha

The uk has never really had a huge military force. Since we're an island our focus has always been on the navy and technological equipment rather than real manpower, our navy remains one of the only blue water navies. Despite that our manpower has been getting smaller lately and it does need more funding and more men

I subbed after the first couple seconds because he is American and has pg tips and Yorkshire tea in the background

Random viewer here, immediately spotting both Yorkshire AND PG Tips. That conflict is the only thing that really matters.

This is our island, we will defend it no matter the cost ✌🇬🇧☕

Is there a better more non biased straight punching genuine lad making videos on you tube.100 percent top fella and you no the lad is just 1 of the lads aswell

“Those computers look super old........like they’re from the late 90s”. Such a youngster.

The Queen’s Guards do have loaded weapons but will never shoot unless there’s a imminent threat

The guards have 10 round in their magazine fitted the the rifle, and a further two full magazines of 30 rounds on them

As a member of the Irish Guards , we do not have live ammunition whilst on the box (Guard) we do have ammunition in the guardroom where we stay but the police is the priority protection.

Nice reaction - my father was a Sergeant in the Coldstream Guards from 1943 to 1946 fighting the Nazis in Italy.

At 7.33 stamped on the end of the tank barrel it has its NG number, Reminds me of the Royal Ordinance factory in Nottingham. My friend had an ex drugs sniffer dog, the boys in the park loved him as he would always run to them and sit wagging his tail furiously, they didn't realise this was his signal that he'd found drugs!

The British are experts in warfare... If you feel like your going to pass out while on guard/parade, you are not allowed to stop yourself from smashing your face in!

I've been here since you smashed the prmc and you're still hands down a proper fuckin legend! Thanks for the content and stay safe mucker, from England 😉

There was a law passed recently, making it a crime to injure a service dog or horse doing its duty. Nicknamed Finn's law, after a service dog called Finn who was stabbed, his handler campaigned for it. Previously, if a service animal was harmed, it could be classed as self defense or not face charges, or just criminal damage, but now a specific crime.

Ex Grenadier Guard here. ( we're like the Coldstream Guards, but better 😁) Each Palace has an armed police presence as well as a Quick Reaction Force from the regiment that mounted guard. If the alert state goes high enough, then Ceremonial Sentry will be canned and replace with Tactical sentries. However many moons back the alert state did go up and the Ceremonial sentries did carry live rounds. Why it didn't just go to tactical sentry is beyond me. Hope this helps.

7:13 That’s a Border Collie, they’re incredibly intelligent dogs. My Border Collie is the best friend I ever had.

I was in the army cadets in Preston for 4 years and I loved it. So many once in a lifetime experiences. I learnt how to strip and reassemble an L98A2 and fired live rounds down the range and after a few years more training I got to fire a machine gun with live rounds down a drain. We did field craft at camps and we slept under a thin waterproof sheet. We had to take turns to guard our post and I was literally in a ditch and it was pouring down with rain and I had to stay there with this guy for hours. We went walking through waterfalls, rock climbing and going through underground caves. I also transferred to the musical cadets called Corp of Drums and I learnt the flute. We went to Malta Military Tattoo to represent the country there as the North West. It was amazing. We had a 5 star hotel with a swimming pool and all you can eat. We went to a swimming resort and had a pool party and it was only 50 pounds. But there was a lot of discipline involved too like uniform checks every night including boots and if you couldn't see your reflection in your boots you were in trouble. We had room inspection at least twice a day on camps and have to march everywhere and if someone in your squad has been messing around you have to walk all the way back and start again. So it could take up to an hour to finally have a break or food

My Welsh father's sister flew Spitfire's in ww2 with the ATA she died in 2015 she flew them to young airmen , by the way I'm a real American native American and I'm proud of her and what she did

Video: 200,000 men and women Me: that's loads! This guy: that's not that many! Me: yeah that's not that many..

The best thing is that we’re one of the smallest yet most powerful countries in the world, were so small yet still have one of the best armies on the planet 🌍

We don’t need a lot of people when we have the best

The British Army is one of best trained armies in the world. However swinging cuts made by the government has ruined it and put there is a lot of strain on it. However with a bigger budget the UK definitely capable of a much bigger army, navy etc.

The UK may have a small army, but we fight just as hard as our American brothers and sisters! Love you guys!

If you look at the populations of U.S.A and the UK, they actually have a similar percentage of their total population in the military.

the gaurds get amunition if the threat level of terrorism or anything raises at all

UK is an equal opportunities employer, all dog species are welcome in the army 💪

We tend to use the Belgian malinois more than the German Shepherd in the uk

If you cross the line the queens guard will stop you by any means necessary.

Sir. PG tips and Yorkshire tea in the background?, well done. We will make a Brit out of you yet!.

Not me randomly clicking on this video in my recommendations and then seeing an old childhood friend in the video during the dog handling section.

Re: The Russians; Didn't the Brits send divers and kit to save Russian sailors from two different Submsrines that had sunk in the last 40 years or so?

The police guard the queen, in London, there is the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Group, they're responsible for guarding key figures and sites, they are all armed officers with counter-terrorism and are stationed on-site, as well as around London. On rare occasions, the military will fill in for those officers when they're needed (Notably the 2017 Manchester Arena Attack when the terror level was raised to critical.

I like you your respectful and level headed and really cool :D

I love how you smile everytime you hear one of our soldiers speak, its sweet

we may act or look like twats, but when it comes to the actual fight, we give it everything and don’t back down

My Dad use to be in the RAF. He was a engineer for the planes and my family ( before my parents had me) use to live in Cyprus.

The first thing I noticed was the brew kit. I'm well impressed you have PG tips and Yorkshire tea 👍👍👍

PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea in the background... My two favourite brands of tea 😁

In the early 2000s I was in the Grenadiers and we got issues 10 rounds when on guard.

We traditionally use the Border Collie in the UK as sheep dogs, they are super intelligent.

Mate of mine joined the paras, I remember him saying, when he was in training, they even had to paint part of a hedge that had died green for a visit of the Queen.

I have never been in the military and I know we are a small nation but ….man for man I believe us to be the measure of anyone in the world ! Our forces make me so proud !

Have you ever seen the British movie “Dog Soldiers”? I think you’d get a kick out of it. A bit of purposefully corny humour and fun. You should check it out.

I bloody love this channel Quality content and a quality dude :) Love from NZ

Things like this makes me really proud of my country and respect for those protecting us

This guy is a lot more intelligent and curious than some of the other reactions videos I've seen.

Yeah, can't imagine a documentary crew strolling around GCHQ having a chat with some MI5 personnel.

The Royal guards are issued live ammunition if their is a high risk of an attack. That could include a recent terrorist attack or going to war. But generally they are carrying empty weapons. However if the need arises they can be equipped with ammunition within 10 minutes.

Cyprus was a British colony with a Greek Cypriot and Turkish population. On the conclusion of a prolonged terrorist campaign the British agreed to hand over the island to a Cypriot government, representing both communities, in 1960. The UK retained two large Sovereign Base Areas (British Overseas Territories) with access to over twenty military installations across the island. In 1963 trouble erupted as Turks protested against oppression by the majority Greek population and the British had to intervene. In 1974 the Greek military staged a coup with the intention of handing Cyprus over to Greece, in response Turkey invaded taking just under half the island. After the cease fire a buffer zone between Greek and Turkish zones was policed by UN forces including British.

Anyone that drinks Yorkshire tea is automatically a friend of the uk, very respectful and if you ever want anything British I’ll be happy to send you something 🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧

I thought the Tornados were retired last year. Can remember being out hiking in various parts of the the Highlands, and the squadron operating out of Leuchars or Lossiemouth would be practicing low flying; you'd just hear this noise, and then they'd rocket past you - sometimes, you could look down on them, because when they said low, they meant it.

Never forget on the dday landings there were more British than any other nation . And from that day the British never took a step backwards (fact ) 🇬🇧

The Russian navy must be the safest navy in peacetime, they get escorted everywhere.

The Queen's Guard are issued with live ammo, but most of the time they have the blank mags in the rifle.

The Queen's Guards are issues live ammunition. Even with fixed bayonets on rifles, you are still able to fire - however, if a problem was to ever arise, it would most likely be resolved by plain clothes CTSFOs who linger around observing all that happens (they tend to get issues MP7s I believe). Additionally, the horse guard (the ones with the big sabres) are authorised to resolve any issue with their sword. Although shown as ceremonial units when operating domestically in London as such, they are certainly not just for show and will not hesitate to use any force required upon them as they are given the resources and clearance to do so.

I really loved this, even though I’m late to the gate. I’m from a long line of soldiers, grew up on base, and now live in a garrison town (Britain’s oldest (colchester)) I’ve also dated a marine and I felt you were logical respectful and I adore that. Hope you’re well x

The Navy signal: Please have a nice day, ELSEWHERE.

11:24 hey there, history student in UK here, on the queen’s birthday, when the redcoats do the huge parade, none of them have loaded rifles, not even blanks I don’t think, but there are snipers and other soldiers everywhere, and there is more than likely live ammo not too far from the parade ground - hope this helps 👍

They are the Queens guard, they carry live ammunition when on guard, not sure when on ceremonial duties like depicted here, hopefully a guard can answer this.

Watched a lot of your videos I love how you flip most things into a positive. For example our size of the army compared to the us most would laugh or come up with comments and remarks you see it from another angle completely

19:02 - Boarder Collies and Golden Retrievers tend to have a better sense of smell for explosives than German Shepherds; Shepherds are a little to unpredictable and more aggressive on the whole. :)

I joined the army 5 years ago now but I DAOR'd (discharged as of own right), decided it wasn't for me back then, 21 I was. 6 years on though I rejoin again next Sunday and I cannot fucking wait 🔥

"with less people you can buy better equipment and train them a bit better"... I don't think the UK Government ever got this memo.

I've done the UN duty on Cyprus & got the medal to prove it. Cyprus was a British colony until 59ish.The population is Greek & Turkish & they hate each other. In 74 the Turkish army invaded the North of the island & got to within yards of the British bases we had on the island. Fortunately they stopped when challenged by British sentries but it was a close thing. If you do 90 days plus on UN duty they give you a medal for your collection. We called it the "water skiing tour."

The queen's guards arnt just for show. They are there to guard.

Thank you for your service :) no matter how long ago or if you are still in the services, you deserve at least a thank you for risking your lives to keep others safe so thank you!

My brother has done the changing of the gaurds for buckingham palace many times and yes live ammunition is handed out to a sertain few. All the police guarding the palace have live ammo 24/7 aswell

The S.A.S All hands down are badass And Im a Proud British person to say that

If it wasn’t for England we wouldn’t have tanks

There was an Army exercise to test guard reactions. The 'invading force' was the catering corps. Nothing happened during the night - until the 'guards' noticed, emblazoned on the ground in white paint, was 'Cooks and bottle washers rule OK'.

18:55 yes, every dog is specially selected out of hundreds to do very specific tasks. Not all have to be aggressive dogs.

Yes, they do get given live ammunition, but only when there is a certain threat level. The armed policemen which also do guard duty are there as the deterrent. The guards are ceremonial. But are all active soldiers whom are given live ammunition when the threat level is high. But for most dull days, they are given no ammunition for their weapons. Edit - Though any ammunition is kept close in situations when the threat level is low; just in case.

What on earth is a American doing with with PG TIPS and YORKSHIRE TEA BAGS ....in the background! I thought you just drank COFFEE!

I think the reason for all the different dog breeds is they’re not being used for intimidation or protection, they’re purely for sniffing so all they need is a good nose and they can do that at any size