Royal Marines Commando School
Discussion
Steve H said:
AdeTuono said:
dirty boy said:
Steve H said:
I think theres a few on here that are pretending they have been a RM........what colour is the Boathouse at Lympstone?????
What boathouse at Lympstone?
jimbop1 said:
Steve H said:
I think theres a few on here that are pretending they have been a RM........what colour is the Boathouse at Lympstone?????
Why would anyone want to do that?For the record, closest i've been to being in the Royal Marines standing next to one, oh, and I once had a toy gun.
dirty boy said:
Cool innit.
For the record, closest i've been to being in the Royal Marines standing next to one, oh, and I once had a toy gun.
My brother was a Marine, left in 95? His best mate was also in. For the record, closest i've been to being in the Royal Marines standing next to one, oh, and I once had a toy gun.
When on leave they'd go out to the local pubs dressed as dorks, big collar, glasses and order a Babysham and just wind the locals up until they had a fight!
It seemed they trained them to dislike civvies.
He never went to NI but did go to Lockerbie to help the search and rescue for the black box due to the terrain.
Edited by GTIR on Tuesday 15th July 18:32
Closest I've been was when I met a Lieutenant while skydiving. I nearly bought his rig, but he warned me that I'd get loads of grief as his main was in RM colours. Couldn't be arsed with that! He was nice enough, I would imagine he went straight in with a comission (if such a thing is possible within the RM. I have no idea.)
Legacywr said:
"Look! You're letting a jock get in front o'yer. A Jock! We built a wall to keep them out."Tonsko said:
Legacywr said:
"Look! You're letting a jock get in front o'yer. A Jock! We built a wall to keep them out."With heavy editing they all seemed so very polite and no swearing! It sounded all jolly wonderful.
Massive distortion of what really happened I am sure.
Edited by Morningside on Tuesday 15th July 19:31
Morningside said:
Tonsko said:
Legacywr said:
"Look! You're letting a jock get in front o'yer. A Jock! We built a wall to keep them out."With heavy editing they all seemed so very polite and no swearing! It sounded all jolly wonderful.
Massive distortion of what really happened I am sure.
Edited by Morningside on Tuesday 15th July 19:31
Morningside said:
What a difference time has made in documentary reporting.
With heavy editing they all seemed so very polite and no swearing! It sounded all jolly wonderful.
Massive distortion of what really happened I am sure.
When I did my basic army training, kit inspection resulted in your whole locker being thrown across the room! Couldn't believe my eyes when he was just dropping the dirty t-shirts on the floor. They should show it how it is, very hard training.With heavy editing they all seemed so very polite and no swearing! It sounded all jolly wonderful.
Massive distortion of what really happened I am sure.
Edited by Morningside on Tuesday 15th July 19:31
Mr Taxpayer said:
FourWheelDrift said:
el stovey said:
I'm a bit surprised by the caliber of individuals joining. The guys I know who joined the RMs were all super fit, well educated high achievers before they became marines, these recruits look a complete rabble.
It's just another selectively edited modern show like all the others. Done in an Apprentice style, so I'm treating it the same way I treat the Apprentice.There was one on a few years ago, BBC I think that was much better. I think it was this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK9e-bUZq14 but without watching all 4 parts it could be another, there have been a few.
As almost always with these things the wrecked lives, physical and mental, are largely bypassed. The legacy from Afghanistan will be with us for decades. Even when the young guys out there now are then well past their middle age.
Beati Dogu said:
When my friend was doing basic training in the Navy (in the 80s), the lights went out at night for a few minutes, then they had to get up again to clean their kit for hours. That's why they didn't get much sleep.
I joined in 82. You could get a reasonable amount of sleep if you were sensible. You got most evenings to yourself as such, which is when you did kit prep. Boots where what took the time, shirts etc can be done in a few minutes. Boots took hours. Once sorted you needed to sleep.Scheduled training started reasonably early 8ish , but we were generally kicked out of bed at around 5 or 5:30 for extra physical training by the classes above us. This would generally be harder than the normal PT, things like running around the base perimeter carrying your mattress on your head.
There were times in the breacon beacons (week long exercises) where you operated with very little sleep, but there was no kit prep, and you were not expected to shave etc.
I was 16 at the time and it wasn't that hard, and I've done harder stuff in my 40's (or maybe it just feels harder now)
The first time I went to the Marine Training Camp was when I was a kid. They used to have an open day (maybe still do?) where they let you go on their assault course and aerial runway, and I remember later on helping skin a squirrel and eat it! The Marine gave me the squirrel's paw, which I carried around with me for days until it went manky and my mother made me chuck it. Probably around 1979/1980.
My cousin married an RM Officer, and they held the reception in the camp. I was walking back to my table with a tray loaded with nosh, in front of all my extended family and these marines, when my heel slipped on the polished wooden floor and I tipped the lot over me!
I still wince thinking about it. Probably about 1988?
My cousin married an RM Officer, and they held the reception in the camp. I was walking back to my table with a tray loaded with nosh, in front of all my extended family and these marines, when my heel slipped on the polished wooden floor and I tipped the lot over me!
I still wince thinking about it. Probably about 1988?Dr Jekyll said:
chad valley said:
Thing that struck me was the corporal's gratuitous, almost desperate multiple use of the "F" word. These day's absolutely no one is shocked by the use of the "F" word in these circumstances. Even old ladies like Helen Mirren use it on TV.
I remember during my basic training a sergeant who almost never swore. He didn't need to but when he did you knew to take cover.
It does seem a military convention to use 'F' words as punctuation rather than an adjective. You'd think they would want to leave some words in reserve for when they are really annoyed.I remember during my basic training a sergeant who almost never swore. He didn't need to but when he did you knew to take cover.
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