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  • mate no problem with Americans I prefer them to my own alot of my friends are US citizens and I`ve stuck my neck out more than once in defence of America ,you see alot of Brits bad mouth Americans America and never met or been there all I can say the world would be a empty place without YOU!!!!!! ps Even got my own Stars and stripes from my friends in the USA and if I was a rude bugger my deepest apologise you are OUR MATES (BUDDIES):-)

  • i cant agree with this white heats.....

  • EXCELLENT

  • RM the best!!!!

  • 0:20 right side, what are you doing?!

  • The way they move thier arms is soo funny!

  • @Invicta1298 You mean so perfect... riiiight?

  • @Koza727

    So perfect and funny!

    Must of taken so much practice!

  • @Invicta1298 I wonder how many years they are preparing for it? Anyway, I know one thing: Even after 500 years of hard training I didn't reach their skill level.

  • my dad was torpedoed by a u boat in the russian convoys ww2 on the HMS Edinburgh He was a Marine and spent 6months in russia the uboat commander says it was a lucky strike as they aimed for a merchant but with a low hull and hit a cruiser the tin fish went below it and hit my dads boat.I cannot thank them blokes enough for what they did as britain has turned into a nation of jerrymies people thank for the ones with guts and faith and courage and did not flinch LARNE N.IRELAND

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  • Whats the name of the beat they do in a Pass In review?

  • These guys must of have had to have done lots and lots of "marching up and down the squiareeee!"

  • Always stirs my heart and soul

    Per Mare Per Terram

  • RM and their grandsons the USMC...Finest in the World.

  • @timryan80 Tooo right there a proud heritage with you 100%

  • dude shut up im trying to listen

  • Reluctantly I must agree that RM Band is THE band. Nevertheless they are still "crap ats" keep it up lads.

  • Fantastic display. God Bless all Our Troops in whatever theatre of war they are deployed. We are simply the best. Am Freichan Dhu.

  • still wondering where i can find those bugels in holland.

  • If anybody missed a beat did the Queen yell "OFF WITH HIS HEAD"?

  • @FlierFrank172 no, she didnt have to.... the poor bugger that made an error before the final's ended up in the tower... :P

    

  • @FlierFrank172 no but you would have every part removednot just the head , she never misses a trick ole Liz she make be old but eyes like a bloody hawk and she lets her displeasure know and then you know

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  • @rascalferret only fat lips in this world are owned by the Americans goes with their fat wmouths which they can never keep shut amazing for a nation not even 300 years old but what do you expect of kids ?????

  • @creccy,

    rascalferret recalled his comment, and I don't know what it is. And while I can't speak for all the Americans that I know, up here in Boston I can speak for probably most of us: We're proud to be your ally. We're proud to be your friend... sorry if there is ANY confusion about that.

  • Retreat Retreat to africa

  • Beautiful!

  • good drummers second rate buglers light division were far more flashy buglers! especialy light infantry and especialy 1 light infantry!!

  • Join the Royal Marine Band Facebook page!

    Simply just type in the search bar

    'The Band of HM Royal Marine's'

  • Great to know my Grandpa was a Royal Marine in WWII and now I am a US Marine. Motivating!

  • if there not at the opening of the Olympics then wtf is up with this country!!1

  • @itzjake96 probably not, even the red arrows aren't allowed to fly over

  • wow, that was amazing!

  • fantastic! what a magnificent performance1

  • How the armed forces conduct themselves when not at war shows a lot to the world about how they work together during times of conflict. Thsi display is more than just an excellent drum display but it is about how these men conduct themselves when times become serious.

  • it is things like this that make you proud to be British! We may not be the wealthiest or the largest or most important nation on earth. But if we do something we do it properly! Great job lads a fantastic display!

  • His Majesty The Kings Guard Of Norway <3

  • GOD loves a ROYAL MARINE Drummer XD

    

  • Can someone verify for me. I was told back in 1990 when I watched this being drilled in Portsmouth (yes I'm an American, 30 year retired sailor now) that the Zulu trappings on the bass drummers are real? They wear them in the same fashion as their foes did (out of utmost respect) and they are authentic trophies from the Zulu Wars? I have nothing but the upmost respect for the way the British Honor their past.

  • @mgwilliams1000

    I left the RM band in 91 and frequently wore the Tiger and leopard skin when playing either bass drum or tenor drum. The ones we had then were the genuine article and the Tiger skin had been shot by Lord Mountbatten sometime in the 1930's. About the time I left they were starting to look a bit worn around the edges and some artifical ones were bought in as being more eco friendly but did look a bit like a skinned teddy bear!

  • @crumpledforskin Thank you Sir. And I'm humbled by your service. The FINEST marching band in the world. I hope they they good care of those artifacts. The history of your arms in service is vital for generations to come.

  • @mgwilliams1000 Join the Royal Marine Band Facebook page!

    Simply just type in the search bar

    'The Band of HM Royal Marine's'

  • @kenhol44 This was not a statement of who's is better than whos, simply a defence that the British army may be small, but elite, and answering the inital question he had, if you care to read the comments?

  • these guys almost conquered the world....? wtf...

  • @joshkkv Well Britain is the best fighting force in the world, maybe not the largest, but the skill and honour far exceeds any other country. And it was mainly other devisions which took part in our expansion, such as Grenadier Guards, Black watch etc.

  • @80AlexShaw08 uh no. haha very far from the best. 1: USA. 2: china 3: russia 4: north korea. 5: UK. and your forgetting they were supposedly the best fighting force in the world back in the 1700's. yet farmers and militia men beat them :P so if farmers can beat them im fairly sure nearly anyone can.

  • @joshkkv Idon't know how old you ar, and if you simply just guess countries that eem big...but actually the correct ranking order for military spending goes, USA, China, France and then the UK. Follwed by Russia. North Korea isn't in the top 5..... And you can say that we may not be the "best" however as proved in WW1 and WW2 it doesn't matter abou size, it matters about skill, we may have a small army, but it's skill, as I said "the best fighting force" not the largest....So learn your facts

  • @80AlexShaw08 im 15, but dont group me in with the stereotypical teenager. and no im not just saying which i think are, for a fact i know north korea has the 4th largest military on the planet. and i find it very hard to believe france is in the top 20... i still find it hard to believe china is even in the top 10. china has 7,500,000 troops. which what napoleon said was true, an army marches on its stomach. ha, no way do they have enough money to fuel a war and feed over 7 million soldiers.

  • @joshkkv They may have large numbers of troops, however their spending is relatively lower than ours is, except for china. The reason being, is although North Korea may spend more it doesn't have the technoogy that we have developed. And a large army is obviously, as quoted below, not always better. We have a small, proffessional army, than can take on far more than it's own size. That is why, "these guys almost conqured the world...." :p

  • STOP TALKING I'M LISTENING TO THE FANFARE!

  • top stuff all the best from RobotRuss

  • Wouldn't you just have to be one mindless little twat to "not like" this vid.

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  • moustache!!!!!!!!

  • ssoooo bloody proud. The Royal Marines band are the best by far :)

  • As an ex commando I just want to say my boys bloody rock. Per Mare Per Terram.

  • Good old bloody British! I served just under thirty years and I would do every single day of it again. Nothing in the world can compare when you belong to such an 'elite' I never used the word elite when I was in, but by God, I can see it now!

  • Its things like this that make you feel very proud be to be British Great Job Lads!!

  • And to think, these guys threw axes at people going back 200 years on the boats. The uniform is awesome, I just wish our country would just grow some nads and invade some place of value. With these guys leading the navy we'd be once again unstoppable. For God, Queen and Country !! :P

  • My old man was a navy rating in WW2 and he always said marching behind the RM band put 2 inches on your chest.

  • trained soldiers and forced musicians, now that must take some skill and beaten backs

  • Good job, very precise.

  • This wonderful display of military drumming stems from the 1999 parade in honour of HRH Prince Phillip's birthday. Not!! Listen to the commentary it stems from way before HRH Prince Phillip's birthday

  • Swiss Army Drummers come close but hey aren't 'army' per se from what i read elsewhere here...

  • Just add the USMC Silent Drill Platoon and I don't see how anything could be better.

  • @mgwilliams1000 USMC doesn't come close to the Royal Marines. The Royal Marines were throwing hatchets at French and Spanish Soldiers whilst the U.S was still in a soiled nappy.

  • @LolFishFail Yep...... and ask veteran German soldiers who were kicking all the British and French ASS in 1918 how they made out at Belleau Woods in France against a small USMC force when THEY nicknamed them the Devil Dogs. But, they are all gone now. Still can't believe us "Colonists" brought your world down... do you? My comments on the Royal Marine Band were out of respect for a great military tradition of Honor............

  • @mgwilliams1000 you use dots alot. Btw, the only why the "Colonists" got loose was because of the french. If America hadn't have been freed, Britain wouldn't have advanced the colonies in India, NZ, Africa, Austrailia, China and central asia. And wouldn't have became the Greatest Superpower in Earth's History. That's why you speak english. ;)

  • @LolFishFail You use acronyms "alot". But, fair enough, you made your point well. That said, the world is what it is today. And.............. I can speak the King's English as well. ;)

  • @mgwilliams1000 :P !

  • @mgwilliams1000 Btw you do know that the USMC Called themselves the "Devil Dogs"? Go talk to the German veterans from Dunkirk, saying they never wanted to see another British soldier again. (P.S we were winning in 1918)

    Btw USMC isn't as good as the Royal Marines Commandos because they're different - the USMC are just Marines, the Royal Marines are Commandos - there's a big difference. USMC Training is 17 weeks - RMC training is 32... that isn't to say the USMC aren't good because they are.

  • @Redheadfury the war was really won in 1917

  • @mgwilliams1000 I speak some German and know of no comparison for the word 'Devil dogs' in German. I think it might have been 'Schwein hunds' which has the same implications! The only way you may have brought our world down was waiting three years and more just watching us almost bleed to death and then charge us massive interest payments in both wars. We only finished paying you off some eight years ago. No other nation paid you a penny back, especially the French and Russians.

  • Yes, this IS the greatest military band there is.

  • 2nd best you must be on drugs my friend they are the best of the best ,hardest fighting force anywere in the world ,the yanks cud not even do the training that they do

  • @craigpaul69

    I'm a yank and I love this. Forget my countrymen that want to forget the origin. I REALLY hate it when people say that yanks dont appreciate this.... because I do!

  • If think this is good, you should recent videos of The Royal Marines Corps of drums!!

  • Between this, The Royal Navy Band and the USMC Silent Drill Platoon, I can't see how it get's any better. You'll never see these band members getting "mocked" at like high school band members here in the U.S. by jocks and so on.

  • how come the tenor drummer at 0:16 is carring drum sticks aswell?

  • God help any who would dare even take these Royal Marines musicians!

    Don't let the pomp and polish fool you.

    Under the crisp uniform is a battle-ready fighting man backed by centuries of kicking ass and taking names.

    Let's hope these men are out of pencils!

    I say let these men take care of the radical Muslim problem in their midst. Those undesirables contaminate British soil and mock our great ally!

    Thank you HMRM! It's an honor to share a cultural heritage with you!

  • @GideonsTrump Absolutely right.

  • fuckin hoofin thats how good

  • thank god for us being comonwealth styled military

  • God bless our British brothers in arms

  • absolute rubbish. They should be killing some raghead.

  • i would love to see to look on the american haters who say the british military is undisciplined if they see this

  • @wallabingbangbo

    I'm an American and words cannot convey how proud I am to have you as an ally. Even if I don't agree with the auspices of all of these wars either. So lets ignore the antiphilosphers and enjoy this great talent together. Those americans (small 'a') -to which you refer- are not worth the steam off our piss.

  • @shadownor good to hear people like you with an unbiased approach. Thanks a lot mate.

  • The best in the world

    Thank you all

    God save the queen

  • Super-talented people! Could anyone tell me about the tiger-skinned (my guess) bass drummer at 3:11? I'm just curious if that particular uniform has a special historical significance within Her Majesties' Marines? It just looks too great to not ask. I appoligize if this is basic.

  • @shadownor As far as I know it started with bass-drummers wearing a hide over their uniforms to protect them from wear from the drum, prevent drum-fittings getting hooked up on buttons, etc. Snazzy-looking tiger and leopard skins were adopted when they became available (in the 18th Century), and became traditional. But I bet you'll find a better story out there somewhere.

  • @Agemegos, thank you for the answer!

  • My late father was a Royal Marine, god bless him, my Grand Father a submariner. I was a D&D...God save the Queen.

  • This makes american DCI drumlines look like crap

  • @sirnathanael no they don't because they are not commandos (you will not see a bandy in a green beret [also women can join]). But with all due respect to them they all have to master (as you can see in the video) at least 2 instruments, and there drill is flawless. I would say that RM bandies are some of the most talented musicians out there. They also have to be of some use to the armed forces so they train as medics / first aid and stuff like that

  • @sirnathanael  yes they have to

  • drums part was soooo COOL!

  • en verdad que se ven bien parejitos

    y el ritmo que llevan es muy bueno

    me gusta esta banda

  • Beating Retreat?! How about beating attack? Good video though.

  • Mt Father served from early 1930 to 1946 in the Royal Marines. After basic training he was a Captain in the Commandos (41 and 42 commando), and was in almost every theatre of the war, including North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Middle East, Burma, and the relief of Hong Kong after the Japanese Surrender. He even ran the Commando Training School in Devon for 6 months. He was scarred for life from what he experienced, but was always so proud of the Royals.

    Per Mare, Per Terram!

  • For the majority of my Royal Navy career I was lucky enough to be drafted to ships and establishments that had RM bands and I got to play with them on odd occasions - God how I miss those days.

  • Very impressive. Being a former U.S. Marine I have alot of respect for the Royal Marines... very disciplined and tough! God save the Queen and may God move Obama out of office QUICKLY!! yeah thats right.. I said that!

  • GOOD OLD BRITS GIVE 'EM HELL!

  • the best military band of them all.from a 27 yr vet of the RN........damn bootnecks.....lol

  • Hehe 1:11 all have grown out of their helmet straps!haha Jk Nice vid :D

  • BEAT THAT YANKS

  • @RetardedPickle

    u just mad cuz you got raped by some farmers w/ old muskets and tattered uniforms

    -japan

    inb4 hiroshima/nagasaki

  • @greyvulc  You are so ignorant aren't you! Must we explain about the guerilla warfare, the outnumbering odds, the lack of supplies oh and the French intervening etc.. And many of those farmers would be experienced soldiers due training by the British when fighting France for the land. Go eat some rice you souless fucking clone.

  • @RetardedPickle

    Cool story, bro

  • To our brothers across the sea -- God save the Queen.

  • @armydude08

    every one of them

  • @armydude08 god save the Queen and the guys at war :)

  • @armydude08 Not God save the Queen, God save our Men! Give the Queen a Gun give her Military Training and send her off to Afghanistan! Won't last a Day!

  • @gangstarsonny I'm not sure any grandmother in her 80s would last long in Afghanistan!

  • @Stoozer loool

  • @armydude08 Fuck the Queen, God save the troops

  • @Eyepice Say that in a garrison and God help you.(twat)

  • @devonlongbow 1st of, there is no god just life and death. 2nd, hahaha a net punk, i dear you to say that to my face

  • I love the thought that every one of those dressed up drummers has passed the gruelling commando course!

  • me too!

  • see the anchor they form took me a while too notice :D!

  • This is what more people should watch.Makes you feel proud to be British-GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @JW1690 but briitsh lost the war to japan.lost the war to the german.

    and lost her empire.what you have to say about that?

    if not the U.S army, can the british won?if not for the china national army help, during the burma's war, alot of british officials would have not been saved.lookup history and get the fact right.british army is good only becos they look good during parade.but actual war, dont think so.If not for the USSR, you british guys will be shouting hail hitler till now!

  • @mindawareness your saying the british army no good in war.well thats original.never heard that before,can,t work out if your blinded by hate, a moron, or escaped from your ward and using the hospital computer. i,ll be kind and put it down to ignorance,

  • @mindawareness When your on about facts Burma, Germany and Japan was Burma. They were all battles during world war 2 and we did win the war. Do the Falklands ring a bell to you probly not. Well we won that one to, both sides had same tec and we only sent the RMC and paras and kicked their arse. What about vietnam US lost and they where fighting not very advanced people as far as tec goes. So maybe you are the one who should look up their history and get the facts right.

  • @mindawareness

    As far as shortsighted answers go, you just won the world championship. The british lost, at the most, a number of battles and campaigns, but as far as history can be consulted, they indeed won the war against both Germany and Japan alongside their allies.

    Name two European capitals of the countries participating in WW2, which were never during the war conquered by the opposite faction.

  • @mindawareness All I say is if you had been ruled by the French, Dutch, Germans, or Americans, you'd be living in a shack right now and not one of the worlds top cities. fact.

  • @drunkest100 ya i agree.the british founded singapore.i dont deny it.

    i admire and respect the british law and culture and i do respect the british queen.i am proud to be under the british union jack before.but fact is, the british also left us during the most important time.that is the surrending to the japs!!!this is a fact too.

  • @mindawareness We didn't leave, we lost and had to surrender a garrison of some 100,000 men, many of whom died in Japanese captivity, it was probably the greatest defeat in Imperial history, but I think we made some amends, in defeating the communists in Malaya, and the Indonesians in Borneo, which ultimately allowed Singapore to maintain itself as a city state (communist Malaysia or an all powerful Indonesia would never have acquiesed to your will).

  • @mindawareness the surrender of Singapore was the single largest surrender in the British Army's history, so it was pretty sad for us aswell. im pretty sure the British did not leave you out of choice, but out of necessity.

  • @mindawareness the only point where Britain looked like losing the war was at Dunkirk and that was only because the French gave in so we were technically fighting the Germans alone! Hell we even destroyed the French fleet at Oran we were that desperate. You Yanks did nothing to help, it is a well known fact that Roosevelt was planning the defense of USA when Britain fell. He even tried to persuade PM King of Canada to get the whole British fleet to dock in Canada to stop the Germans getting it!

  • @nrjelley Let me get this straight.........The debacle at Dunkirk was OUR fault, is that it? What a warped view of history. The USA lost 300,000 men in Europe during WW2 plus another 300,000 men wounded. I think our sacrifice was sufficient.

  • @SpeedyNeutrino43 Dunkirk only happened because a) France gave in and b) USA couldn't give a shit about Europe at that point in time! If the British Army were to have been destroyed at Dunkirk a Nazified Europe would soon have followed, and after that Hitler would launch an assault on USA! USA should have joined the war long before Dunkirk, even you cannot deny that, but instead you carried on with your stupid isolationist ideology!

  • @nrjelley only the top brass of france gave in ,just rember who got us back on dday

    but i agree the americans late for every war

  • @SpeedyNeutrino43 It was only the British desire and determination not to be defeated at Dunkirk that prevented the Nazis completely dominating Europe and perhaps following that, the world!

  • @SpeedyNeutrino43 you were saving yourselves !! nazi's were sinking boats in new york harbor and along the coast, then came pearl harbor, then you show up. sufficient? besides hitler would have had the bomb long before the Europeans came over to make it for you had the british not stood alone

  • @jibberjabberman agree man!U.S soldiers only show up after the Jap attacked her pearl harbour.If the Jap did not attack pearl harbour, i wonder what will happen to the world???The British will have to fight the Japs alone, the chinese army will be defeated totally by the Japs, nazis will roll over Russia.. the Axis will rule the word!!!

    Maybe by then, the U.S will show up but too late to be!!! hehee...

  • Awesome , no one beats the Royal Marines !

  • now thats bugle playing proud of our armed forces

  • God Save The Queen !!

    God Bless the Queen !!

    Long live Elizabeth II !!!

    Long May She Reign!!!

    ***--E II R--***

  • Brilliant! Such natural precision and finesse would make the Prussians cringe with envy!

  • Remember marching with pride after these guys every Friday morning for Commendants parade at CTCRM in 1977. They were good then, as good now. Cheers.

  • THE BEST!

  • The amazing Marines, seen them so many times.

  • jajaj esos welles son la mamada y ninguna banda d emexico la toca mejor XD

  • In reply to one of the comments theese guys dont fight they work as medics if the do actually see service you getting them mixed up with the royal marine commandos

    Cpl Field

    3 cmdo brigade

    Bravo company

    3 troop xD

  • During Thirty Years infantry service, I Saw many of these ceremonies. I Never saw anything as good as this, Never!

  • dead tiger :(

  • no mames estos se chingan a cuarlquiera en femexbam

  • si nos ponen

    una chinga en femexbam

    jaja

    chido el video pero tamvien me gusto

    mas el de la imdec

  • jajajaja simon taria chido esa modalidad de k las cajas toquen cornetas jajaja sin duda si lo toco mejor imdec..

  • esos weyes estan buenos para FEMEXBAM :D

  • ke chilo se fusilaron ese pedaso pero sin duda lo toco mejor la imdec

  • =) ojojoj saludos a mi amigo Gregory Lords desde mexico no le entiendo mucho lo que platicamos pero bueno

    son lo mejor !! (Y) I(L)Buglers =) lol

  • Real Marines!!!!

  • Knocks socks off everybody else. Love this. Check out the top secret drum corps. Not as good but brilliant.

  • no one does it quite like the British! =)

  • how fucking good are the royal marines

  • @craigpaul69 They are the second best Marine Corps In the world.