P.COMPANY CHANNEL 4 PART 6

[mikefan09]

stir away motherfucker stir away!

[24678903]

@mikefan09 steer away, steer away!

[sappermuz1]

9 sqn is a squadron of 23 engineer reg along with 51 and 12 sqns, when you get posted there you get a maroon beret, after passing the course you can then peak the beret and get a para smpck instead of your original combat jacket, you then go on to do your jumps when you can get your wings

[ELDAN100]

if you pass pcompany do you wear your regiments cap badge on the marroon beret

[linkinpark4eva2k7]

@ELDAN100 Yeah...

[collinsheat4]

@ELDAN100 Yes

[soldierside365]

i just realised thats RAF Weston on the Green. ive done 2 jumps from there.. oh the fun.. ;)

[24554246]

good luck to you, soldierside365.One more thing, if you do end up wearing that maroon beret as a result of your efforts you will be on a high that will last a year

[soldierside365]

im gonna join Royal Engineers when I leave school, and with a bit of luck and a lot of PT, complete this course and wear that maroon beret ;)

[GIProductionz]

@soldierside365 good luck, cherry beret is the way forward! im waiting for a training date atm

[collinsheat4]

@GIProductionz  Cherry beacon RAMC thats what we like

[ravingjunkey]

@soldierside365 Maroon Beret is Paras, not Royal Engineers..

[soldierside365]

@ravingjunkey

Ever heard of 9 Squadron?

[ravingjunkey]

@soldierside365 Yeah, 9 Squadron, RAF. 9 Parachute Squadron Engineers. But do they wear Maroon Berets?

[soldierside365]

@ravingjunkey

yes but they're only allowed to wear a maroon beret on camp with the rest of 9 Squadron i believe, not with other RE regiments, but are allowed to wear wings wherever they are.. (im not entirely sure this is 100% but i heard from some major a couple weeks ago when running 20 miles.. not really the best time to learn new info lol)

[ravingjunkey]

@soldierside365 So have you done P-Company yet? ... I am like ,, looking forward to doing it at some point. Been training hard.

[soldierside365]

@ravingjunkey

oh no im not even in the army yet, havent even had ADSC yet, its taking bloody ages!! but i will hopefully, since my first choice is now paras since RE intake is full.. that 20 mile run was for a marathon im doing in december lol

[khalsasikh]

@soldierside365 Hey, mate, have you ever heard of Americans attending P Company? I have seen some Americans wearing the British Jump Wings.

[soldierside365]

@khalsasikh

its very possible, i know that airborne soldiers can go on foreign jump courses, so its possible.. never seen it myself though.

[Rapist87]

@khalsasikh I don't know about the P Company training, but I know there were several Americans serving in the Paras on a sort of exchange program at the time of the Falklands conflict. Apparantly they got very upset about not being able to go with the task force as the US wanted to remain "Impartial" during the course of the conflict. They are mentioned in several books I think they were on loan to 3Para, so maybe they did the course?

[davevak]

@khalsasikh Exchange programs happen all the time between allied nations. Because the majority taking part in these exchanges are already para-trained, having done their own equivalent jumps courses, all they have to do, to earn british Wings, is complete however many jumps. They don't have to do P-Coy nor do they have to attend a basic jumps course at Brize Norton.

[douglasr3684]

the beret's maroon :S

[vennom212]

Im joining the royal regiment of scotland, but i have the utt most respect for any soldier in the paras ! hope to transfere in a few years once im much fitter and more determined too pass ! good luck to all going straight into the para reg.

[stephen1206]

u can still get para trained m8

[TRAINING4ROYALMARINE]

im going for my barb monday, hoping to join either lancaster regiment or irish guards.

[TRAINING4ROYALMARINE]

thank fuck for that lol

[ryko26]

0.44 lol

[sdubgti]

respect m8, you got it in one. go for it good luck wit the rest of uni course and good luck wit sandhurst when it comes, i hope you enjoy the boiler suits at the begining of it all lol. one day you mite be bossin me around lol, good luck bud

[sdubgti]

cheers mate good luck to you to- good money if you go to sandhurst as a graduate my sister did and she passing out in august. only thing ill say m8 you will have to work fookin hard to gain respect of your soldiers if you ent served in the reg b4 being an officer. i hope to get nco when im in(after couple years obv)

[sdubgti]

fair play to you mate- are you going to do para reg course, then serve for couple years and try n get commisioned? or are you goin straight to sandhurst? im on para reg insight course 31july so hopefully will be startin in sept!

[xav233]

but it seems they have the '58 webbing

[OneTwoMark]

Cant wait till i join the Paras! Joining next year!

[sdubgti]

are you going parachute reg or going through signals or reme and doing p-company same as this? train up son, im training now hard, in process of joining army then going to work the hardest in my life to EARN my maroon beret and wings

[TheRealHiredGun]

I thought this program was from '83. Just after the Falklands war. To many SLRs for me to think anywhere in the 90s.

[BertrumPantyshield]

The signals captain says anyone for the January 1992 course, so must have been end of 1991 considering the poppies. The roman numerals say 1992 as well for the broadcasting date. So most likely 90s. They'll use SLRs as it's a course is my guess.

[nikon005]

1000 , 2000 ,3000 , check canopy , thank fuck 4 that ,lol

[soldierside365]

ha made me lol!!

[chrissiequiverfan]

Hugh McManners is a friend of mine and a very lovely man...!!

[chrissiequiverfan]

Yay...my husband filmed that series - he was so fit then!!!!!

[nylecrane2k7]

Thanks!

[0zimmerman0]

lol. Love it. !!

[1SparkyG]

1000, 200, 3000 chack canopy, thank fuck for that.

[hessy11]

yeh that was funny

[Uncivilization]

@1SparkyG that had to be the best thing I have heard someone shout out on that job :)

[281Harry]

@1SparkyG that made me lol :L

[salomonST60]

@1SparkyG quality british army banter!!!