Top 3 reasons for failure in British Army Basic training
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- The top reasons for Basic training failure in the British Army is what this video is all about. Please be aware everyone's experiences can differ, these are just the main reasons I seen during my time as a Basic training instructor. I've designed this video to be informative and a source of information for people who could be potentially looking at starting basic training or already there, for either the British Army or you could relate this to basic training for most military service. Not just the British Army.
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This was really useful considering I'm going to my basic in less than 3 weeks
Good luck bro. I hope to see you In the army some day. Im joining in just under 3 years. 😀
@@smudge6420i’m going in 2 years ayee
As someone who has recently passed out and is onto phase 2 its 100% worth it. It will be hard and there will be some awful moments but if you grit your teeth and get through it the pride in yourself and felt by your friends and loved ones will make it all worth it. good luck dude
Good luck, I start in July
@@toxicheart1027 yes 100% bring a good one not a cheap one of both it will serve you well. Practice aswell
Cracking video wish I had this when I was in basic.
Cheers mate, Appreciate this video since I start basic on the 23rd 👍
Awesome video and page! Got my interview for Reserves Infantry upcoming and watching these videos has helped alot. Thanks man 🤙🏻
Another great video Luke mate can’t wait for more
Thanks mate! I’ve a good few lined up but about to head on a course so hopping to get them tided up this weekend to keep the consistency for you all.
Cracking video, good to see the quality of videos only getting better💪
Thanks mate appreciated 👍
Thanks for the advice man. Can't wait to get into it! Hopefully I'm going into the royal engineers. Looking forward to basic training
Me too bro, REME. where wpuld you be based?
Thanks for your videos
Don't be afraid to quit if it's not for you.
I was 17 when I joined in 2006. I realised a few weeks in that it wasn't for me, but not wanting to be judged or feel as though I'd let my Dad down, I stuck it out.
I volunteered on interest day to go 29 Commando (artillery), got through all my training, got onto my Commando course, completed it, by which point I was 18 & would be stuck in until I was 22.
I absolutely HATED my life. Hated being in camp, hated being on exercise, hated being deployed, heated wearing the uniform, shaving every day, etc. it just made me so miserable & I craved my freedom & to feel as though I belonged to myself again.
Felt incredible when I eventually did get out, that was 10 years ago.
The point I'm trying to make is if you do go in & find out it just really isn't for you, don't brave it out & risk losing several years of your youth being miserable, just get out.
I agree 100% mate. I managed 6 years, out of the 10 1/2 you are conned into, after joining at sixteen.
I came out, bought a motorbike, grew my hair, and caught up on my teens, early twenties.
Treated worse than shit by the system. Never forget the form I filled in for a social housing flat.
One question: Have you recently left the armed forces, or come out of prison? Made me chuckle!!
The first bike groups were formed by ex squaddies. I wonder why?
@T Lynam Cheers pal.
I have my assessment in a week. Super pumped for it. Thanks for all your content
good luck , what role you wanna do ?
@@globalnews6748 thank you. I'm torn between dog handling or the rifles infantry. Probably join the rifles for 4 years then go off to do the dog handling
How'd it go
WhenIi joined up in the mid 70s we had one lad who left after 1 night. He was homesick and didn't like sleeping in a room with loads of other blokes who snored.
I start basic training next month, your videos are a god send. You’ve helped me out so much, thank you!
Good luck, I start basic training in July
@@toxicheart1027 how'd it go?
The biggest issue I have is pretty much what you said for your 1st point. I'm a 34 year old family man and the support I'm getting from my nearest and dearest isn't ideal. Whenever the Army comes up in a discussion, it usually ends with the other half saying "do what you want". My application has been prolonged because I've had to go back to school to get the grades to join the Royal Engineers, so I've already put a lot of effort in so far just to even be considered for my preferred job role. I'm fully focussed now on getting into the military, I just hope the missus comes round sooner rather than later.
Yes the process is most definitely a lot more difficult for families that are already established and not used to a military lifestyle as it’s definitely different. Best of luck on your journey mate
Get rid.
Problem solved.
i would try and explain the benefits to her and they will far outway the negatives,, that way she will be on board and you will be good to go.
You wanna join the army at 34? That's nuts! Join the reserves!
You are able to join, however it's best when your younger, because you adjust, I joined aged 19
In 1984,left 2002 aged 38,seen the world.... Killed most of it..... Do I miss it?, fk yeah, I'd drop everything, wouldn't even shut the flat door,,, just to be back with my mob
Good video Luke mate!
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.
great video 🇬🇧
Thanks mate 💪
Great vide once again
Thanks a lot mate appreciated 💪
Great video it helped me a lot but I am very interested in special forces and how to get in . Specifically the SAS if you could please make a video about that .
Don’t need a video. It’s pretty simple.
Serve for two years in the army at least unless you’re godly in soldiering and you get told you’re going.
Do All Arms Commando Course or P company to get a taste of what it’s really like.
Times those courses by 3x in terms of difficulty in your head to get a feel for what it’s like.
Persuade your CO or RSM for a form to register your interest to your preferred corp and get grilled and humiliated.
Then Visit either Sterling lines or Hamworthy.
In your case Sterling lines For the briefing course too see whether you’re basic fitness is even suitable and then some basic hill climbs with gas masks and heavy weight etc
If you’re selected for selection well done! 😂
Phase 1 of training
A constant week of timed mountain marathons (and more at the end) with up to 70ibs on your back with a FAL and 4ib more round your waist whilst navigating to meeting points with handwritten maps and memory whilst also completing pointless seemingly impossible tasks. Starting at 6am everyday and ending around late evening. Be prepared for fatigue and sleep deprivation.
Phase 2:
A Jungle in either Belize, Malaysia or Brunei.
Be prepared to learn Sf tactics in terrain that make your previous terrain in Welsh mountains look like paradise. Hard routine is tested in this phase which means no talking,eating and some cases sleeping for days on end. You get one strike for error. After one you’re off the course. It’s also not uncommon for candidates to get tropical leeches and tics on their bodies including their balls and penis. Tropical disease and parasites such as Ringworm and Leechinitus are also common from drinking dirty water if you don’t purify it right which means immediate chemotherapy in some cases. SAS legend Billy Billingham had to have chemo to kill off the leeches hatching in his blood and heart. If you pass this you’re on to
Phase 3
Resistance to interrogation:
Go on the run with a survival kit and a trench coat. Prepare to hallucinate and hallucinate abit more for this five days.
Then Get “captured” by SFSG personnel and effectively tortured for 36 hours. Stress positions. Water boarding. Everything you’ll expect to get done with to break you by the real enemy. Sexual humiliation by men and women. They use to be able to drive vans at you up runways whilst you were tied to chairs but I don’t think that’s aloud anymore. Anything they can think of to damage your mind without physically hurting you they will do; they analyse you on CCTV and find your weaknesses. You can’t give anything but your cover story you were given before this started btw and when they break you and that story goes to shit then you’re only aloud to give your name rank and military number. Any show of emotion including eye movements and hand movements will result in total failure.
So good luck. enjoy yourself and don’t die.
😂 worry about joining the Army first before thinking about SF. Once you’ve done a few weeks under a poncho in Brecon in January you may well decide that actually it’s not for you.
SF really isn’t as glamorous as you might think it is.
I did two years as a junior soldier/apprentice at Harrogate followed by another three months at Catterick, in the early 80s, before even geing posted. We were severely beaten and bullied during our first year. Yet only one person quit! He ended up in a psychatric hospital! The army didnt give a shit about us. It was brutal. I hope to god things have changed.
Great video thank you. My son has his heart set on joining the military next year when he turns 16, but can’t decide whether to join the Paras or Royal Marines.
Apart from the obvious one will jump out of a plane and one will be stuck on boats are their daily once trained similar or does one have a more varied role , better kit, better accommodation etc or is it all much of a muchness?
I appreciate you’re not in either but I’m sure you’ve come across both especially paras.
Cheers 👍
Great video once again. Could I ask,, is it common for people to fail training because they are simply not good enough? Thanks.
This can happen yes but I wouldn’t say it’s a common one. Due to the amount of instruction and mentorship in the training establishments this makes it difficult to fail for that reason. It does still happen but less likely than the ones I mention in the video.
I can't speak for the British Army but in the Irish Army you can get backclassed. Which for some people works out better as they have more experience repeating everything again and do much better
I have only ever known 1 person be booted because he was rubbish. And they kept him at catterick for 2 years trying to get him through, but in the end they accepted he was just not cut out for it. He was a very special case.
Unless you are absolutely solid you will pass out
I was in basic and had to leave due to family issues but I'll be back in the new year to smash it out
Luke can I ask how do you manage different headspaces? Like when you're soldiering it's one and then when you're being creative it's a very different headspace for me... One's more emotional and one's like tougher or whatever how do you manage them? Thanks dude
Some great advice hear mate! Pre-Hab so you don’t go ReHAb 😂 appreciate it man 👊
💯 learnt this the hard way Over the years but Pre-Hab will help you stay strong and keep you efficient 🤙
@@Rangermedia definitely! Im really enjoying the content pal, it’s great having this platform,finding all the little tips and knowledge to help me pass it’s so helpful
Glad your enjoying it mate. We are in an age where information is easily accessible and not held in one place so we can get what we need to succeed.! I basically taught myself photography, videographer and editing just from CZcams as well. Such a great platform 💪
@@Rangermedia yeah! That’s awesome man, your editing and video shots are class! From looking back at old videos I can really see the progression
@@FM-wj2jd the key is consistency! Yeah that’s what I like about their platform you can see from the start to the current date
Amazing video bro , after basic training if you want to be a pti do you have to go to a special collage or like a course ??
Yeah mate it’s an external course. It’s last for 3 months and is called “All Arms PTI”,
I will warn you it's not transferable to outside the military as it doesn't hold any accredited certification past maybe a basic pt course. Afterwards you will realistically need at least a bsc or ms in S&C or Sports or Exercise Science to be employable after the military.
I’m really thinking about joining but still have some bits I’m not sure/confused about is the first part of training the 6months or 14week depending on what you role you pick. Also is this time you will be completely away from home. Thank you
I did 14 weeks, started in November. Got 2 weeks off over Xmas, but only because it was Xmas. You get a long weekend off in the middle regardless. Nearer the end of training you're let out at the weekends to go into town.
Starting basic on the 16th getting a bit nervous now 😂
u got this bro💪🏼
Happy days mate getting a date is great news and nerves are just normal, especially these kind of ones. It means you actually want it! So embrace them, you’ll be fine mate 💪
Which capbadge?
@@JammyDodger45 Signals mate
@@charliereddington8905 - a decent Corps, loads of different roles and they go on literally every single operation/deployment/exercise going.
A good Sports set up too, they're into everything.
Most importantly they have Commando billets too so you can join the Master Race if you're up to it ... or go Airborne if you're not
🤣
I got a knee injury during basic, jumped off a wall on the March and shoot and felt something pop in my knee, finished the day and went to the med centre, got the standard brufen🙄🙄🙄 and just got on with things, fortunately all that was left before pass out was drill and more drill so managed to get through that and pass out by being high as a kite on painkillers. Knee went completely 3 weeks later on a BFT, more brufen and some crutches was all the ‘treatment’ I got and 26 years later I still get twinges from it.
I was lucky others guys got binned with injuries they got earlier in basic, some got backsquadded after physio, some just got binned.
Most people who drop out are either homesick, have family issues or just realise the army isn’t for them.
I eventually left after 5 years for the sake of the relationship with my now wife, we just about survived me being in NI for 6 months and I was supposed to go to Bosnia almost immediately after getting back, in the end I didn’t go but she was doing Law at university and it was obvious she was never going to be an army wife working at the NAAFI so I got out.
Hi mate! Been watching your vids and I love what you do. I want to join the armed forces after a do my A-Levels but I’m a really skinny lad. I’ve been doing exercises for years and I’m only about 8 stone. If you have any advice or would be really appreciated.
Check the Royal Marines forum I saw some stuff on there a while ago
@@josephporcheron195 thank you very much!
@@illilllliiii8398 wish you the best
Just eat everything. Drink your calories in a shake - get a blender. Ice cream, protein power, full fat milk and peanut butter. Can drink 1000kcal right there for breakfast. If it's too much have half, have some Cereal, then have half at say 10 clock. Calorie dense foods are your friends.
Also to point out, those who want to join the army, but their partner is not 100% happy, could always join the reserves. That's what I've done. I'm currently waiting to get issued my kit and the dates for my alpha and bravo.
Good luck with your journey mate 💪
How long does it take to get into basic training once applied and passed medical? Does it depend on what you wanna do? I want to get into the paras next year but want to travel to USA for a few months before getting into the military but I am not sure if I should apply before I go traveling or after I come back. Very hard to time it right because I don't really wanna get into a normal job after I come back.
Your application will go fast if you let it, if you leave everything it will go slowly. However, if you run into any problems such as injury, this can delay your application. Another thing is the medical forms, the doctor can sometimes take the piss and it can sometimes even require a phone call from the careers office to get the doctor to send them to the medical team. However you can make your application fit around your life, so if you want to travel you can just say that and you can work things out with your recruiter.
Im 26 and been with my girlfriend for 6 and a half years i aoplied at 21 when i was cleared of asthma and met thr requirements for that but she didnt want me to go in the army but as we arent together now im looking to apply again
Got mine soon but for the Navy instead so a bit different 😂
Whats good to stop shin splints?
What evening exercises are recommended for the ‘core exercises’ ?
CZcams something called “magil big three” that will bring an excellent core routine up visually.
Hey,I want to join the rifles in the army but I feel like I won’t make it
When It was 2020 I tried to kill myslef because of bullying and I had a very short time self harming I went to cams (mental health council) and my report says that I’m not mentally ill and I just didn’t know how to react and I don’t have any thoughts of doing it again I didn’t know how to express my emotions but I can express them and know I know how too
I really wanna join since the age of 6 and there’s no other job I’m attached to o
When in the army can you get a car loan from the army and they take ot from your pay ?
Hello Luke I hope you’re well, I’m catholic but Ive really wanted to join the royal Irish for years, is religion a big thing within the regiment? I know it traces back to the UDR and stuff so just curious, thanks.
Hey Sara I’m all good thanks for asking. No not at all, religion brings no problems at all especially with in the Royal Irish. It really doesn’t matter what your background is, all that matters is that when people come they work to be a valuable team member. Your background is most definitely something not to worry about at all.
@@Rangermedia okay brilliant thanks very much, you’re smashing it here keep it up!
No problems at all, anytime and thanks a lot appreciated.
Can you apply to the RIR if from the South of Ireland
Yes, you can join any part of the British Military from ROI.
I remember walking into the block for the first time and the guy next to me said "my mum still makes my bed" - he didn't make it.
Damn good job i do mine haha 😄
Cracking video with some really good advice pertaining to prehab > rehab and definitely the mindset when suffering from one of the off days.
In terms of being back-trooped, is it as bad as people make it out to be?
If your unfortunate to get back squaded , it is what it is! Honestly when you arrive at your unit after basic, that period were you where back squaded means nothing. It’s just such a small blip in the grand scheme of things.
(before u read ik I sound like a wannabee 12 yo) so im 12 and im not fit at all I can hardly do 2 pushups should I get into an exsersice routine of i wanna pass?
I recommend Working on your upper body strength over anything and then focus your cardio
cadets
use the Armyfit app. Take Sport in options / public services if they do it, and a language. Join Cadets (doesn't matter which one, get into the most prestigious or largest unit in the area - I'm an air cadet for example). Get into a running routine etc. If you want to go Soldier have a go at different things (like working on cars/bikes, or languages snd stuff like that so you know what you want to do as a job). If you want to be an Officer try your hand at Leadership and helping people solve disagreements.
this advice is coming from a 15yo who's training like hell for an Army officer scholarship and was in a similar situation to you 3 years ago. Just work your arse off and you'll have an easier time at Basic :)
The medical in the armed forces needs massively updating that’s for sure
Crow leaving for a girl are the worst. They want to be in the army but the girl calls them crying at night so they leave. In all the blokes I’ve seen leave the army for a girl, NONE of them are still with them.
NEVER leave the army for anyone unless YOU truly want to leave. You will regret it unless you are 100% sure you are leaving for yourself and the right reasons.
going in this september and my mrs knows she has no choice it’s the army or the army whether she waits or not😂
Guys, wtb we get him to 1k likes????
Please I want to Join the British army from commonwealth but I don't have family and friends in uk to host me
Think this vid is about the guys that binned it that should of and could of been great soldiers and sacked it for something silly. But the system also weeds out the ones that can't. Or haven't got it.. I agree with the words of support you are giving. Don't give in or up etc. But people pass out for a reason and people don't for a reason.
100%
Honestly I wish I'd seen this when I was doing my own training, would have gone such a long way xD
hi open question to all im thinking of join and im dyslexic will that be a problem?
No not at all I’m also dyslexic, you’ll just have to do a little more work when doing theory stuff to grasp it
Ranger has nailed it there.
The military has modernised it's approach to training in the last decade and is more than used to assisting recruits with dyslexia.
Depending on how your particular dyslexia presents itself and whether there are 'coping strategies' you might never even need to mention it in your daily work.
Good luck with whichever path you choose.
@@Rangermedia thanks mate for getting back to me and is good to hear
@@JammyDodger45 thanks mate
🤙🏼🤙🏼
Great stuff. The hardest men are definitely the Royal Irish Regiment 😉
I have my briefing tomorrow what date do you thing they will give me to start bacic training
I’m not 100% sure mate but I think you get your date for basic once you’ve completed your assessment centre.
Good luck for basic!
@@dynamicfunvideos1234 thank you 😊
@@dylanbarker6400 dw let me know the rifle results if u think its reliable!
@@dynamicfunvideos1234 what do you mean?
During basic do you get leave?
Yes, although the exact amount and when it falls is dependant on when you start recruit training.
Did anyone here leave school with no qualifications abs join the army because If anyone did would you recommend it or just finish school?
Yeah I left school with nothing from me if you can, finish School and smash out your GCSEs. As you promote now up the ranks you need education along with the promotional course. So if you have GCSEs already that’s a lot of time saved.
@@Rangermedia since I live in Ireland I won’t finish school till I’m 19 it’s a long time to wait for something I really want to do but if it’s worth it I’ll stick it out
Don't overthink it Aiden, joining at 19/20 will give you a much greater level of maturity than if you join earlier.
This will help you to cope much better with both initial training and the transition into looking after yourself, both professionally and practically (finances, health, car, housing etc). Even more importantly a couple of extra years of physical development and fitness will make training so much less difficult.
The army offers the opportunity for a very long career, there's no need to rush into it mate.
I left school with nothing whatsoever. Served 18 years and in UKSF im 36 and studying a Masters Degree in computer science. All because of the army
Just dont give in
I didn't get in due to 'medical' and it's a bit of a shame as I think I would be a good soldier.
Basic training is a piece of piss compared to 10 or 15 years ago. There’s no excuses for not being able to pass it
Don't join the army if you can't take the pain.
All I got during basic training in March year 2000, was constant put downs by NCOS ie Military police and officers. I did the Army foundation scheme 4 weeks, then CMSR 3 weeks. Constant put down for 7 weeks no praise what's so ever. Plus an ankle injury playing football after a month in training. I thought the Army would treatment like that forever even if I did the 22 years. So that's why I left then. But now after 20 years life experience I am stronger mentally than I was then. But with age physically now less fit as back then I'd trained with an ex royal marine for a year and a half when signing up back then. Just wasn't to be. 👍🏻 🙂 🇬🇧. As I am 46 now. If an NCo treated me that way now. I would physically kill him. 👊Even if I went to Colchester I would not care.
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