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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 19:11:45 GMT
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Post by stuart1974 on May 31, 2018 22:22:12 GMT
My Best Man tried for the RM band before I knew him through work, got accepted but changed his mind. Would have been about 1991 or so.
Apparently when doing his assessment his records were lost so he had to repeat the physical tests again on the same day.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 17, 2018 12:50:12 GMT
Thought this would be a bit more lighthearted after recent posts elsewhere. And to think it was even harder in your day 😀
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Post by inee on Jul 18, 2018 12:28:09 GMT
Thought this would be a bit more lighthearted after recent posts elsewhere. And to think it was even harder in your day 😀 Seen that un before ,always made me chuckle ,i think the RM basic training is the hardest the world over because they say every recruit who receives the green beret can fit straight into their unit and are ready to go ,other arms of the services require more training to be combat ready ,i have immense respect for the Royal Marines. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 18, 2018 21:16:15 GMT
First one he failed to complete. Mind you fair play to him for trying and he got a lot closer than I would have.
Agree about the RM, personally I would see a modest increase even if it meant a corresponding reduction in the army. Did you see the Chris Terrill documentary a while ago?
On that note I stumbled across "The Paras" on iPlayer, might still be there if anyone is interested. It was on TV in 1983 just before my brother joined the Guards. Worth watching if only for the memories of life on the early 80s.
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Post by inee on Jul 18, 2018 21:52:54 GMT
that para series i watched on tv if im one bit stuck in my mind all these years was a confidence exercise they did which involved either a short comedy thing etc , one guy simply said i'm hard ,kill swastikas ,then shortly afterwards the commentator said he wasn't so hard after all ,always fancied a pop in the knacker cracker  , i also seem to recall(memories not too good these days) some instructors were not happy as they had to stay behind in 82 instead of joining their mates and doing what they had trained to do ,the main thing is if you watched the series a few years back on the army recruits ,it stands out just how easy they have it now compared to the 80's Real shame how the paras are being slowly phased out to become just another infantry unit ,i think some have not and in future will not get their wings as there is only going to be a few who are taught to jump ,if you've ever seen a mass jump you look up and think thank fook they aren't coming for me. See i think the RM shouldn't be increased in size as they seem to have the correct numbers ,besides if suspect if you added more on the recruit courses more would fail ,which in turn will make it even more difficult to recruit people as it would be seen by those who want to join the forces as too difficult to join(well it already is) , the other thing i like about their methods is the try to hang on to recruits who get injured during training as they invest a lot of time into each recruit. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 18, 2018 22:20:20 GMT
By modest I was only thinking of a few hundred instead of reducing them to fill Navy ranks because government are frightened of negative press headlines about army capbadge reductions.
Anyway, you remember correctly about the train staff wanting to go. One of them was Al Slater who was later killed serving in the SAS.
One recruit left after being medically discharged and went to work for Rumbellows. Those TVs looked dated.
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, i also seem to recall(memories not too good these days) some instructors were not happy as they had to stay behind in 82 instead of joining their mates and doing what they had trained to do ,the main thing is if you watched the series a few years back on the army recruits ,it stands out just how easy they have it now compared to the 80's