What It Takes To Become A Royal Marines Commando 

Amazing bro! Go for it mate perfect age! Be great to have you on board! 🙌

Thanks bro

Amazing mate! Thanks for the feedback! Absolutely go for it bro!

@@CompleteCommando when you talk about phrases that kept you going I was told one by an ex-royal. It goes ‘are you hurt, or are you injured?’ When the muscles are burning and that voice in your mind is telling you to stop I always think of that phrase and keep pushing.

@@realmealdeal1999 Love that mate!

Class mate go for it! Great career, you won't regret it.

Was just wondering do you have to complete every DAA assessment or is there a set few?

Nope it's just easier and less committment

How you getting on with the application for reserves mate?

You get allocated a role for the first 2 years then there’s a large range of roles you can specialise in

@@sammortimer582 or get pinged into 🤦🏻

Don’t overtrain yourself, the only tests you’ll face for the first phase are all body weight tests; pull ups, press ups and sit-ups etc. as far as running goes don’t bother running with weight, you’ll risk injury before you even get there, just do regular runs every other day 10km ideally but feel free to run a bit further once a week

Of course you can call home. I suggest after you've done your admin, revision, block jobs to the required standard etc. Then, if you've not passed out in your pit, give them a bell. I tried not to for a few weeks, to avoid feeling homesick. Once that sets in early doors it's game over. You don't get much free time at all, maybe the odd day at weekends these days? Not sure. Or unless you've got leave.

give yourself the last 2 days off to rest before hand

If you have any issues with any of the movements add extra work on those movements. Sounds like you're all over it though mate.

dont rest on your laurels , keep getting fitter between now and PRMC and PRMC to training . always push to be fitter than you have to be .

@@ChillT157 yeah thanks mate. Was going to take the gas off for a day or two for after I complete it for recovery. But other than that press onto CPC with the same intensity as i'm carrying myself with now.

@@marblerun5149 good luck

What would you like to know mate?

@@CompleteCommando How would accommodation work as i would be leaving home

you can earn your wings as a royal marine (so yes you can do airborne training)

There's cuntiness everywhere in the mil mate. But being a Royal far exceeds any other reg. Especially the Pongo's.

The Future Commando Force concept will see us forward based in potential hot spots around the world, we aren't part of the Infantry Arms Plot so we don't do the dross tours that army infantry do on rotation. I cracked +30 countries in my 20ish yrs service although clearly lots of them were 💩 holes! 😁 Getting your Wings isn't too difficult in the Corps, you can get them from Recce Troop, SFSG, Cdo Air Support, SB Support, Mountain Leader etc. although it's very competitive it's often down to how you manage your own career. My son is on 2 Para, he absolutely loves it and has had an incredible 4yrs. They do get treated waaaaaay different to how we do (they're all treated like utter idiots by their SNCO) and their Battalion Admin is shockingly bad (he's been on Sennybridge with no transport booked to get them back to Colchester and Otterburn ranges with no live ammo ordered!) but ... that evacuation they did in Afghanistan shows you exactly how professional and together they are. It's all down to personal choice, try getting on a 'look at life' session for both of them and go for what suits you mate.

Thank you for your reply, very detailed and a lot to take away. I definitely will try to visit both. I’m almost certain Royal Marines are for me as they are smarter than a lot of infantry units and I’m extremely interested in the anti piracy work and travel. Thanks again!

@@aaronhughes7573 our entry education requirements are marginally above average infantry levels and our blokes tend to join a couple of years later (time needed to built up fitness etc) so we tend to be a bit more mature which makes things a lot better when you first join. Don't get me wrong, it's brutal and it stays that way throughout your career but it's worth it. When you go on Ops with NATO partners and they all know who and what you are it's a real buzz and you wouldn't get that level of respect in any other unit, that prestige spurs you on every day, always pushing to be better. There's a new program, Commando, on this Sun at 20.00 on bbc2, give it a watch to fire up your enthusiasm 😁

Me and many of my friends are doing very well having been RM but thanks for your concern.

@@CompleteCommando RMs is still a 2nd rate military job though, just like the knuckle head paras

@@jjsmallpiece9234 My brother is a RAF officer and he disagrees with you. All the best

Or you could be a Royal Marine Pilot, best of both worlds…

Not at all. Great time for entry .

It's not a great time but it's an acceptable time. All the standards are on the RN/RM site. If you're only hitting them after a nice night's sleep in your own bed and your mum making you breakfast then you need a bit more work. But don't stress it, the standards are high not unachievable. Tens of thousands of lads have made the standard and passed. Just set out a structured approach to consistent training, nutrition and sleep and positive progress will happen.

Wrong service.

3s & 4s

None . But in training you'll get made do maths and English classes if you don't have a certain level of qualification. Cant remember what level .

No, we really aren't. We're a specialised light infantry force. Not SF.