Sandhurst weeks 1-5

[johnjoeba]

hopefully i get in fingers crossed lol

[MrGrenade2011]

well know I know how to piss my friends off in Sandhurst, take their chin strap!

[DaveWBedford]

Why the music!? We just want to hear the video's sound if there is any. I'll never understand why people ruin perfectly good videos this way.

[neversurreder793]

Another potentially good video killed by the wrong soundtrack.

[MeinDeutsch1]

@neversurreder793 I think it's a brilliant track for this video

[MeinDeutsch1]

Woah, Sandhurst most painful, mentally challenging and physically demanding 44 weeks of my whole Army career!

[starzscream614]

i was talking to a WO2 a while ago and he said that he has been working with a new officer that has just joined the regiment and he said he is fucking useless and dosent know anything about what he shud be doing as an officer and his job and there you have a an officer who has made his way up through the ranks from scratch thats what you need not these bunch of posh wankers

[PcGamerPaul]

Wow 2011 first time USA won Sandhurst, Good job though Canada and United Kingdom.

[razerGoliathNeo]

0:48, LMAO!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

[dierken456]

The real question is did partridge find his chin strap?

[B1gBassa]

hehe its good to laugh at some of the officers..in the fly of course i would never do it to there face :)))))) :D

[somethingmemorable1]

I know this is a really broad question but, what's it like?

[dannyjp13]

your mom is a blade runner

[bmwgangsta]

got officer selection in 6 weeks 3 days...not like im counting ;)

[jackhedger]

what kind of fitness levels would you reccomend mate? just out of interest

[PlasmidLad]

Any chance of a foolproof guide to AOSB?

Shitting myself about it and I haven't even started the application process yet!

[chaddow75]

Great Video :)

Ive applied to be an officer in army any advice on what i should expect on my selection board briefing, im pretty sure ill be ok fitness wise,i played rugby for a while and atm im at the gym alot and run 3 and a half miles each night but i still have no idea really on what they will throw at me on selection any advice would help me greatly :)

[FunnyBugga1]

Nice vid rogadodga, i go to the ASE in 2 weeks and RMAS in Jan', i've no experience of the Army and had no idea what to expect - i'm definately going to be one of the lads that screws drill up and everything else, i've never done anything like it and until i saw the Sergeant pissing himself i thought the halt was fine if not a little funny lookingt, but if i knew it all i wouldn't need to go to RMAS hahaha can't wait

[MeinDeutsch1]

Best time of my life! I was dreading Sandhurst. Once in training the first five weeks are hectic. But the course gets better and more demanding. I commissioned last year. Good luck to anybody going to Sandhurst next month.

[ryko26]

0.47 - fuck me, we're fucked.

The saddest thing is that in the past, new entrants to Sandhurst fresh from school had already mastered the rudiments of drill. No chance of that now - just a load of fat Playstation idiots.

[Slayer877]

Cool video. Any advise for someone going to the two day briefing? If you don't mind me asking.

[rogadodga]

Your on the briefing, that means your in. Only advice is its a tuff year. The people who tell you they loved it are lying! hahah no its cool man. Just play the game! always keep your head up, and just take any shit on the chin. If you want to be a "blade runner" be top 3rd of your platoon and volenteer for evrything! or the wise way is keep your head down, graft hard and youl be fine. Oh and join the Signals! have a good one mate.

[EgolandTed]

@rogadodga

I'm applying for Sigs. Whats a "blade Runner"?

[rogadodga]

@EgolandTed Blade Runner is a Cadet who is contending for the sword of honour. Given to the "best" cadet of the intake.

[hynesa02]

@rogadodga

no. Briefing is far from being into Sandhurst.

[rogadodga]

@hynesa02 depends crack head. If you go to the Sandhurst briefing, you have done your boards!!

[hynesa02]

@rogadodga

No, you have to do Main Board...Briefing weeds out the complete idiots so they can really assess people on MB...

[Gamersguru123]

@rogadodga Reckon he meant AOSB mate, so has the Main Board to look forward to!

[hynesa02]

@rogadodga

Apologies you obviously meant PCCBC, I was meant the Pre-RCB course now referred to as Briefing

[JinRenegade]

@rogadodga A question: How do you actually get into Sandhurst? Do you have to do Duke of Edinburgh/Cadets and/or go to University and get a degree in a subject such as Geography/History/English/Math­s or something to make yourself recognised as having potential?

[Aidanownz]

@JinRenegade You can apply for the Sixth Form Scholarship (which I'm going to do, though the competition is really tough, thousands apply and only 100 get picked) or you could do the AOSB (Army Officer Selection Board).

[Slayer877]

Cool video. Any advise for someone going to the two day briefing? If you don't mind me asking.

[ajr1avfc]

Was at sandhurst in mid feb of this year on a potential officers visit, and loved every second of it. The things we did there and sandhurst as a whole is something i want to be a part of. Watching this vid has motivated me alot!

[willwoodhouse]

Haha i swear on the fire and manouver drills youre only meant to be up and running for as long as it takes you to say "I'm up, he's seen me, I'm down"

or is that just RAF Regement?

[rogadodga]

@tomonion87 try it out then big boy

[tennis21000]

I'm glad I didn't apply for this program out of OCS. That's the gayest marching I've ever seen in my life. Reminds me of the Iraqi Army lol!!!!!!!

[Kampfer1445]

The US military can't march, and looks like shit on parade.

[Kampfer1445]

It would look liike Iraqi Army drill; the Iraqi Army, like all the armies of former British possessions, has its drill, organization and insignia based on the British Army.

[Mazgul]

Ahaha ello Duck!

[scottllb]

Ha!! This video brings back some memories.! It seems years ago that we were in Old College!

[Orfling]

Great video, well done. A good resource for POCs and probably a great trip down memory lane for the lads of Imjin.

[robinbanks999]

3.49

Isn't that the chap once known to all as 'Duck'?

[DaLikeMe]

lol great video thanks. Although i would never make some of the mistakes these loony's have! lol, like saluting to the front on the march - what about the propper hault? and confronting and officer - hault, then salute! and some of the manouvers in fieldcraft were a bit hit and miss... but this is up to 5 weeks - your learning fast! lol and i am just an army cadet.... although by the time the passing out parade come around i bet my skills looked like an amature.... good work, hope you all passed

[rogadodga]

Careful with your comments as a Cadet? you are not there yet nor is t garanteed. Those "looneys" are a step further than you and today some of the best officers I know!

[DaLikeMe]

yeah, thats what i ment... with the whole "although by the time the passing out parade come around i bet my skills looked like an amature" setance....

[cookienuts3]

@DaLikeMe

Im an army cadet too mate but Ive been told that sometimes in the army they have diferent drill for diferent aspects of parade. but I know what you mean Ive done my 1 star drill and passed and cant understand how people can make so many mistakes lol.

[chris94kennedy]

@DaLikeMe you spanner, you are a cadet. Fuck off.

[DaLikeMe]

@chris94kennedy.... No thanks..... :L I like the fact this was a year ago... but Cadet's can SOMETIMES do a better job. Hard to believe, it's not the 12 year old ones. But The 17/18 year old Sergeants. yes - they can.

[Aidanownz]

@DaLikeMe You're only a Cadet, and yet you are advising Officers in training how to perform drill.

Hmmmm...

[DaLikeMe]

@Aidanownz I'm sick of this argument.

Problem is. I've been doing drill for 5 years now. So yeah - Think I am better than these. Considering I've completed Rifle, Cane & Banner Drill to the distinction standard and I'm a guards' cadet. We might be 'kids' does't mean we can't outperform the regs. Guesh, you can't critique somebody you've never seen, so leave off. I did say that by now, they will be better than many cadets. But not at the time of filming, so grow a pair & grow up. Kay-Thanks-Bye

[Aidanownz]

@DaLikeMe You may well be better than these, but you showed a lack of respect in what you said, and it sounded quite arrogant. Sorry to break it to you. And I really don't see why I need to 'grow a pair', as you put it.

[LazyScott99]

I suppose being an officer in an infantry regiment is a little like learning to drive in the sense that "you don't start learning until you've passed your test". After you pass out, get posted and end up in Iraq, then your training really begins.

The only way to have a realistic basic training would be to allow anybody and his brother to just stroll through Sandhurst taking pot shots with an AK47 before blowing themselves to bits with a home made hydrogen bomb.

[rockymaranzano]

long live the officers from Sandhurst!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[s25007]

would you rather have civi U officers leading you though? at least these guys get some military exposure. some of them are comissioned from the ranks too... very few admittadly, but still.

[umakeiwatch]

Actually they have as to get promoted to lieutenant or captain you have to complete one operational tour of duty

[sebatom]

PatriaOMuerte. You have a ridiculous argument. Ultimately performance on the battlefield shows that the education received at Sandhurst is second to none. After all King Alfonso XII of Spain felt Sandhurst was adequate enough for him to attend.

[boldertits]

Toffs

[umakeiwatch]

and so what?

[robinbanks999]

Chip on your shoulder much?

[boldertits]

no just the truth.

[robinbanks999]

Oh right. Been in the military long then have you? Done many tours?

[boldertits]

As i said before i would never join a army.

How the hell can people fight for a government that lies on reasons for war.

The soldiers have my respect and support the leaders do not.

Like one big boys club the top brass.

[robinbanks999]

... of course you wouldn't.

Men like these 'toffs' have done more for this country than you ever will. Junior officers do a hell of a lot of the fighting and dying; if you think passing out of Sandhurst will make these chaps 'top brass' then you demonstrate remarkable ignorance about how the army works.

[boldertits]

The army kills who the government say. So i do understand.

Doing a great job in Afghanistan the top brass.

[crackawise]

kick ass video, thanks for sharing!

[pyr0tecnick]

did he find the chin strap?

[StephenJamesL]

CASIO ILLUMINATOR BEST WATCH IN THE WORLD !! Good watch=Great officer.

[armycadetsrulez1]

british officers are secound to none!

[82abnoff]

My friend was a grad of Sandhurst. I am an Infantry Officer who was with the 101st in Vietnam.

My friend told me that Officers are different. He was correct and we are.

[82abnoff]

All civilized Officers are different. We will die with our honor.

[PatriaOMuerte]

That's not the way things must be done, so im sorry for insulting England, and if someone felt hurt for what i've said.

But insulting Spain and it's military, is something i can not tolerate. Real men respect each other so as long as you show respect to the spaniards that fought in the past i'll do so to the british.

Un saludo.

[Exocentricity]

Actually the Spanish army was very badly led and pretty useless in the Peninsular war but the English will be eternally grateful for what your women did for them during the Peninsular War. We even have songs about it. I don't doubt it takes 5 years to train a Spanish soldier. After all you haven't had much practice of killing anyone except your own people (unless you include the genocide of the Aztecs). Still at least you're not fascists any longer and you do have pretty uniforms.

[PatriaOMuerte]

About not having much practice in war you'd better search for european history of XVI and XVII centuries. Tercios

[Exocentricity]

I love Spain. It's a beatiful country and has given Europe great cultural treasures. I like Spanish dance, music, literature and art as well as music. But please spare us fantasies about military prowess.  Spanish troops were brutal thugs in the 16th 17th century as everyone remembers. I've met many charming Spanish people but you are obviously not one of them.

[Exocentricity]

Incidentally, if Spain ever needs a military ally, I'll guarantee that the only country that will deliver will be Great Britian or do you think the French or Belgians or the Germans will come to your aid?

[Exocentricity]

Well I apologise too. I'm not in the military you had no right to insult Wellington. Were it not for him and our gallant Portuguese allies, Spain would be a French province. What you obviously forget is that Wellington was not only fighting the French but her allies too and Spain was only one of the theatres of his war.

[82abnoff]

Actually, I did have some adult beverages with Christina. Actually, I do know somethings about Juan and Carla. Actually, I did live with the Maya, for years. Actually, I am a military Officer. Actually I am an Infrantry Officer. Tel me something new.

[PatriaOMuerte]

One year its not enough to become an officer.

It takes five in the spanish army that maybe its too much but you make sure you are well prepared to lead a unit

[L0CP0JAG]

Do U require a degree ?

[PatriaOMuerte]

No, you have to pass various exams and those with the better marks get into the academy but having a degree helps a lot.

The education you receive is both military and scientifical so in Spain you get the degree while you are in the military, not before

Thats my third year to join the naval academy and become a marine officer.

I wish thats my year at last!

[cgburdett]

While it never hurts to have more training (American and Canadian officer cadets must do a degree whilst at their respective academies) British officers have been receiving 'only' a years training for 200 years. And they go on to fight and win wars. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. When was the last time Spanish officers were proven in battle? Tell me of a conflict where your 5 Spanish years have succeeded where 1 British year has failed. Then you can say that it is not enough.

[PatriaOMuerte]

Your right, why 5 years instead of 1 when americans are going to save your ass every time you are in war? Dont need but a year to know how to ask for help when germans are beating you.

now i understand, go have some beer and let the americans do the job as usual

[cgburdett]

Just like the time Spain had to rely on Portugal and Wellington to save your asses from the French? Now I understand, go have some jamon and let the British do the job. In your own country too. It wasn't the British soldier's fault their naive political masters failed to fund and arm them properly whilst Germany was testing its new toys in Spain with Franco. American help would not have achieved much if it went to fight-shy incompetents like American-backed South Vietnam or Germany-backed Italy.

[PatriaOMuerte]

The spaniards were the first to defeat the french army at Bailen, and thanks to guerrilla Napoleon had to keep over 300.000 men in Spain, the third part of the whole Armee just to keep a single country. Wellington was a coward bitch that left Spain when he knew that Napoleon was coming to the penninsula

Before the americans helped you, the gernans screwed you at dunkerque and you fled back home and the japs did the same to you in singapur

[ShakeyMacShake]

You think the Americans won us any war? not by manpower they haven't. All the Americans have done is to big themselves up after the Russians won the Allies World War 2. I mean self-heating socks, seriously? When you first said 5 years of training, the first thought that entered my head was: That's pretty hardcore! But then you went on to say that you did a degree within that 5 years. How is that the same as doing a single concentrated year of military learning?

[ShakeyMacShake]

If somebody couldn't handle the pressure of doing so, then they wouldn't deserve to be in the Army, especially as an Officer. Also, may I just add that the Americans are very much hated throughout the middle and far east, whilst the British are treated like the Russians were: with respect.

[Will762]

While I may agree that we Brits don't have such a bad rap as the Yanks, your idea that the Russians were treated 'with respect' is completely wrong.

The Afghans waged a massive insurgency against the Russians (much greater than the current insurgency the Mujahideen were several million by some estimates). There was some support for the communist regime among the Afghan military and bourgeois, but the Russian invasion sapped it.

Sorry to go on, it's just I've written a thesis on this. :)

[Kampfer1445]

I have attended a U.S. Service Academy and am heading towards Sandhurst now. The difference with the longer military academies is simply that they are focused on the academic degree and training is actually minimal. Sandhurst is the ideal officer training system; it is entirely military, and 1 year there makes far superior officers to four years at West Point or Annapolis, which really produce graduates, not officers. It is really an issue of quality time over quantity of time.

[Kampfer1445]

Actually one year is enough to produce an officer if the time is well used. The selection process to Sandhurst selects those who display natural leadership abilities, so they are working with superb raw material. British officers are perhaps the finest in the world. I went to a U.S. Service Academy and I can tell you that militarily those are four wasted years. You effectively study for a degree; training is almost nil. Many of the graduates I have known their were simply not leaders anyway.

[DefconBravo]

What if you're from another country but you get a british citizenship(after living here for 5 years)?

[L0CP0JAG]

Ask the Army careers office

[cgburdett]

Then you can apply. You must hold either a British, Commonwealth, or Irish passport AND must have lived here for at least 5 years.

[radon52]

If you have a college degree and are from another country is it hard to get into

[livyphoenix]

is the other country a commonwealth country?

[louise1015]

Its's always hard to get into, this is some of the toughest military training in the world! you need to be physically fit, have your head screwed on, and be really determined! Not sure if non-commonwealth can go to sandhurst though.

[indigodingobongo]

Republic of Ireland is the only non-commonwealth country who's citizens may join.

[WinstonChurchill]

There is something called the Commonwealth Act or something which i believe gives all people from Commonwealth nations the ability to enter.

[mbb05jb]

my mate bobby is there at the mo!

[crowman131]

the halt at 1:10 had me in stiches hahahahahaha

[762full]

love the song

[arthurdent3]

Odd choice of song but great footage :]

Can't wait to go.

[livyphoenix]

around .54sec in the guy in the middle reminds me of the fat guy from Full Metal Jacket... no offense.

[rod5058]

Good Video ;)