Winning the prestigious Sword of Honour at Sandhurst
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- čas přidán 1. 09. 2023
- The Sovereign's Parade gathers families and friends together to witness the officer cadets' transformation into second lieutenants at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Amid this achievement, a select few of the future leaders of the British Army earn a special distinction.
The prestigious Sword of Honour is awarded to the person who is deemed by the commandant to be the best overall cadet, and signifies a remarkable accomplishment.
On the day of the parade, Forces News went behind the scenes with Officer Cadet Will Clarke to find out about his unusual journey to Sandhurst and receiving the Sword of Honour.
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Good To see Indian Army chief at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst presenting the Sword of Honour to officers , Happy to see his UK visit ,God Bless India and UK ,and God Save The King ♥️👑🇮🇳🇬🇧
Netaji rolling in his grave
@@rambo3870Savarkar saying Sorry in his grave😂😂
That wasnt indian army chief
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@@parthobhattacharya9063He is... Gen Manoj Pande was the chief guest at RMA Sandhurst POP.
First batch of Indian army commission officer passed out from Sandhurst in 1929 . Now Indian chief of staff invited as chief guest.
That's cool, no?
You are wrong the first batch of indian cadet got commissioned in 1921
A place of hallowed tradition .The sword ⚔️ that held the Empire. amazing to see the Indian Army chief do the honors congratulations to the winner of the sword. Great reporting !!
The first responsibility of a nation is for Defence.
Respect to all those willing and able to serve and to uphold our values.
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Yes!! Defend the Land against Tsar Putin
meanwhile the invasion in small boats continues on a daily basis
@@dbcooper7326 Suppression of the organised criminals enabling that clearly required.
UK Border Force is responsible along with Foreign Office because those criminals are in foreign countries.
Economic migration is not seeking Asylum rather a personal preference.
Well done, he is doing his family a great honour.
On my commissioning course, the DS seemed to love the JNCO's who had lots of infantry experience and were much more familiar with section and platoon battle drills, those who'd done DITS performed well too. Will Clarke must've experienced a lot of pressure and a degree of 'what if I fail' doubt - so well done mate!
Are u still on service?
Thanks to all of you for your Service.🇬🇧❤️👏
Well done Sir and God bless you all
"For King and Country"
Sword of Honour. I know my BSM would've liked to have put me to the sword on occasion.... Well done to all,you're a credit.... 🇬🇧
Officer cadet Clarke congratulations! Hope to see you soon in Pokhara 🇳🇵🇬🇧
❤.....a most great and historic wonder !!!+++ the sword of honour being presented by Our ( India's Army Chief) at Sandhurst..UK.,,,,,,,,, such is the Beauty Of Divinity & the circle of Universe ,,,,,,,,,,,( ,an honour to script at 81+) 🌹🎄🌻🕊
Well done takes me back some XXXXXXyears.
The sword presented to the officer cadet is the chief of Indian Army General Manoj Kumar Pandey, First ever highly qualified engineering graduate to take the command of entire army jai hind 🇮🇳
tumlog ka chutiyagiri kubhi khatam nahi hoga. kubhi engineer banadete ho, kubhi colonel ko accountant. khatam hogaya wo kahani, ab tum marware ho private me.
The other commanders weren't University graduates?
@@1anre these people are a sad bunch and they seek validation by pointing out trivial little bits of information like this.
@@1anreall officers are graduates. Our fellow here who made this comment dosent seem to know that fact. I don't blame him since most indians are pretty ill informed about the military since it's really hard to get in
@@1anrehe is trying to say that that general Pandey is first indian army chief from army engineering core.
Before him other generals were from predominantly from infantry branch, some were from armoured and artillery, and one or two from army service core.
This fellow is using highly qualified for overhyping.
Well done young man, and well done all.
Having ones name written in the lambs book of life
A greater honour!
Well done, Sir.
Brings back good memories.
Congrats.
If you think the exercises are demanding, wait until you get deployed!
Good luck for the future.
proud to see that
Well done 👏
The Officer Candidate School in the US army was (when I was in) 90 days. 1st Lieutenants were sometimes referred to as "90 day shave-tail wonders" (they often hadn't yet learned how to maintain their authority, and yet be smart enough to listen to their NCO's yet). Is there any similar term for these Gentlemen in the British army?
Sometimes referred to as 1 pip wonders (a pip referring to the star like insignia of officers, 2nd Lieutenants get one, Lieutenants get 2 etc)
But it's no universal, most junior troop or platoon commanders have defined roles and the sgt has their defined role. Whilst the commander is the boss, you don't step on toes unless it's something serious
So for example, a sgt might be in charge of overseeing the administration of the troops such as ammo, equipment, discipline that doesn't need to reach the boss etc. The officer deals wirh career development, strategic decisions on the ground because his focus is a wider net and the section commanders make the tactical decisions
But! Occasionally you do get some officer who think they need to be revered as the be all end all and that's when you get the unpleasant nicknames and loss of respect
2nd Lt’s are junior to 1st Lt’s so won’t Junior Shave Tails be 2nd Lt’s
@@stephanieperry1119we don’t have the rank of 1st Lt, just 2nd Lt and Lt.
So 2nd Lt gets one “pip”, Lt gets 2 and Captain gets 3
Service before self 🇮🇳
I thought you’re referring to American Ranks sorry. Where are you from?
Indian army 💜 ❤️ ♥️.
Beautiful acadamy.❤❤❤❤❤😊
Sorry,academy.😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤😊
Since this was posted one month ago... why do the front of the cadet covers still carry the insignia E II R?
Alot of the army hasnt updated that yet . I don't even think the cat badges have been updated yet. It's just a slow process
Good luck to anyone joining the military, I think they'll need it over the next 4 years.
How exactly?
@@1anre Cannon fodder in dumb wars.
@@kingyup447That's a little disrespectful for such an honourable profession. We rest in comfort because these men, volunteer to serve and protect us. I am not British but I respect every soldier who pledges allegiance to their country.
@@Oldwise101 Good for you.
My Grandson went to a comprehensive school ( got 3 A levels at 14 ) went to Harrogate junior soldiers college at 16 went in to Tank regiment served in Afghanistan went Sandhurst 5 years ago quite a number of the cadets were Comprehensive school educated now at 29 he as been a Captain for over a year
Some people are here only after seeing the sholder tag of Army Head Quarters insignia on Indian army's Chief
It was unexpected to see chief of the army staff of India General Manoj Pande in this,
You should get out more 😂
The commentator said that all British Army officers pass through of Sandhurst, what about those who are commissioned from the ranks? I also thought that potential officers who go through basic as a recruit, are commissioned without attending Sandhurst?
They attend late entry courses at sandhurst
Broadly speaking, there are two forms of commissioning courses run at Sandhurst - the first one is depicted in the video which is for direct entry officers and lasts 44 weeks or so, and mostly made up from those directly selected at the Commissioning Board (including serving soldiers commissioned from the ranks, often Junior NCOs who have shown masses of potential but have slipped through the net, perhaps due to insufficient education or not knowing they had the option to commission directly). These guys are mostly destined for combat or combat support roles (infantry, armour, artillery, combat engineering, aviation, logistics, intelligence, etc).
The second form of commissioning course is for long-service and professionally qualified officers (PQOs) and often called a "Vicars and Tarts" course - attended by Warrant Officers who promote through the ranks by virtue of long service as well as doctors, vets, teachers, dentists, lawyers, pharmacists, physios, chaplains and certain other professions. These courses are far shorter because the officers tend to be specialists working smaller teams (usually nowhere near front-line roles in headquarters) or because they will have 20+ years of experience, and returning either to their home unit or a new unit. This tends to last 8-10 weeks or so.
Obviously, similar course exist for the reserve forces, but these tend to be much shorter. Obviously, there are further courses as the junior officers progress - specialist trade courses, staff college for intermediate and senior command courses, and so on.
Well i saw a familiar uniform in the thumbnail as olivegreen and man with indian complexion that seems a bit odd and then i found out the full story.
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Which military is the chap giving the sword from? Certainly not British which has me confused
India.
That's the Chief of the Indian Army
The chap giving out the sword is called the sovereigns representative. Pretty much every passing out parade has a high ranking military personel, statesmen or royalty from the uk or abroad in theory taking the parade on behalf of the sovereign (altho the sovereign has on occasion taken it himself) its perfectly normal and not usually for it to be some one form a foriegn allied or commonwealth nation tho
Looking at all those gentlemen faces. It makes me recollect the recent blockbuster " All quiet on the Western Front".
I prefer military better than police , these guys know how to act proper. Police can be corrupt
You're comment is a bit idiotic really.
Are these blunted? Or is possession of one about to be not legal?
Pretty sure they’re blunted because they’re purely ceremonial, but even if it wasn’t the army weapon laws don’t exactly apply to them 🤣
They're not edged but are pointed.
Not illegal in any way when in uniform, on duty or mounted on a wall. It's a different matter if you just decide to strap it on for a walk down the street though!
Sword of Honour was King George VI's gift to Stalin.
My prayers with you as myself wish for you first❤
So a guy who was a Captain in the reserves gets the sword of honour? Not really a fair ‘win’ for him is it? Seeing as he had 5 years of experience in the command role prior to attending Sandhurst.
It’s frankly ridiculous that he had to do the whole regular commissioning course - he should have just done the regular special to arms course. Either reserve officers are equivalent or they aren’t..
Not really, there are so many former enlisted in Sandhurst too.
Useful reminder that all is fair in love and war..
Life lessons
A risible award, something I discovered first hand 43 years ago.
Sandhurst, almost as good as the Royal Naval College, DARTMOUTH, Deon
How many Indian immigrants are there in the batch, if at all any! The brave Sikhs should be there not to forget Nepali immigrants!
Wonder what percentage of these officer cadets were privately educated?
Uno reverse!😂
took time out of his very busy schedule of pooping in the street to be here
@@gg-ps1vzhaha yeah ! U done filming ur sister's OF? LOL
Sandhurst certainly produces an immaculately dressed group of officers. But give me an unkempt group of responsible guerrillas who only dress up for the women keeping their berets and badges hidden most of the time. Sassbssrr.
Ah, the Toffs are still toffing it.
Looks more like a school ground. I wonder what sort of officers these guys will make.
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY WRONG!
He was already a commissioned officer in the British Army, with the rank of Captain; PERIOD!
The insistence of ARABs (Arrogant Regular Army Bastards) that STABs (Stupid Territorial Army Bastards) are just the modern day Dad’s Army, continues to perpetuate the divide between Regular and Reserve - no wonder we have so much difficulty recruiting to the Reserve Army (which replaced the TA in 2014) with such antediluvian attitudes.
Reserve Officers and men/women, who live in the real world, hold down real jobs, support real families and still manage to turn out in good order when required, significantly outperforming their regular counterparts on exercise, on the ranges and in the public eye, will always be the backbone of Britain’s military prowess.
When the next real war breaks out (cf:1914 & 1939) it will be these Officers and men/women who will save the day again.
Calm yourself you bedwetter; my experience of STABs was that they were lazy, turned up when they wanted, weren’t interested in admin and dodged tours.
If you think being an officer in the reserves has any equivalence to the regular army other than a commission, you’re on glue.
Bit out of date, there. The next major conflict, the UK will be a bit player. It's likely there won't be enough time to deploy the permanent services, never mind the reserves. The UK can't meet NATO deployment targets as it is. It is entirely possible, however, it might make a not entirely insignificant contribution to the end game.
Correct me if I’m wrong but the Royal Fusiliers in the Great War had four regular battalions, three reserve battalions and four territorial battalions (under the auspices of the London Regiment).
Forty nine battalions of the Royal Fusiliers were Kitcheners New Army otherwise Service battalions and it is fair to say that but for the emergency, they were composed of men with better ideas of what to do with their lives than career soldiering.
The 22,000 men of the Royal Fusiliers who died in the Great War (equivalent to say 20% of the entire modern British army) includes young professionals, clerks, librarians, butchers bakers and candlestick makers who were slaughtered without distinction in France and Flanders and whose primary distinction, now and in perpetuity, is however reluctant, that they were soldiers.
The point that civilians fought our two major conflicts in the 20th Century is well enough made.
We do need standing military capability and core function and expertise but there is much to be said for an individual living for peace and fighting for war, in that order.
I would polish that sword
Please, anybody who wishes to be a leader. Stop the erms.
Prep school, public school, Sandhurst. Pretty much a continuum... if you thrive in that environment, "play up and play the game", jolly good show and all that.
Wonder what the stats are for family/generational links? Strong I bet, or the few rebelling against daddy's ego.
Better than the beastly commercial world, SO sordid. But maybe a directorship or even peerage is something to do after you retire.
Not bitter! Just a reflection of the recent scandal on equality in the RAF recruitment process.
The same thing here... In reality only boys (of course) who grew up feeling they could boss everyone around, based on their family environment, with the PTSD-proofing of bestial boarding school life an added benefit... These are the future leaders of men.
Very old, outdated view.
@@maquettemusic1623 mkay, but is it actually still valid, hmm? Or why does it scream out of this short video??
Can I gently suggest you have a read of the list of people on say the last 2 intakes. You will find your stereotypical views are ..well ... just plain wrong.
@@1chish Your polite advice was well taken, so I Googled it!
I don't feel my perceptions based on the video were 'wrong' bc this is YT not a thesis, and I don't sit in judgement. The vid speaks for itself (in 'that accent' ahem).
People like to be on one side of the fence or the other, (often bc they ARE in one or other camp), but I am an outside observer.
Like divorce stats, the statistics can have a significant emotional bias based on the exact same value... and funnily enough, these figures are similar: 'about 50/50' regarding school background, and hence effective demographic.
For traditionalists & establishment stalwarts, this probably seems massively progressive (and perhaps alarming). For liberals, futurists and the woke brigade, it probably still seems divisive & Luddite - and journos on that side seem vociferous...
So, we are where we are...
There is some truth to what you say. Some off spring of long serving army families have been known to join other services. It's not only officers families who follow their parents. I know of one family in which three generations of soldiers served in the same unit.
Canteen doesn't look very attractive
Maybe the chief should see how drill standards have collapsed in the Indian army, and trainees are lifting their legs to the sky in comical month python style marches.
Maybe you should check your information standards because apparently, you are unaware of the difference between the Border Security Force (that does the dance on Wagah Border Crossing you are referring to) and the Indian Army (that marches better than the British Army, watch the Republic Day parade).
Take a look at the POP from any army academy in India, or even the ceremonial guards of honour mounted at South Block. Bizarre high kicks are the order of the day. Ustads have given strange instructions to their charges.
Compare the military might of both nations where was England 200 yrs ago now declined to a mere island nation and where our Indian army is today 😂
India is preparing herself to fight single handedly with 3 nations Afg ,Pak ,China and here u grouping all in nato to fight with one Russia ?😂
@@sanchitpalsinghgillwhy are you talking about britain
The chap giving away the sword was talking unnecessarily long. Usually a congrats suffices. No sermons
Don't see much diversity in that canteen. It's almost as if children if immigrants don't care about the country or its armed forces.
Doesn’t mean there will be no exceptions
And what is your service number?
Equality of opportunity applies and so do military standards..
That comment screams of gammon!
Why should a child of an immigrant care about a country that boasts about how much we hate them. Use your brain lad.
no offence but the cadet mess look like High school food court no charm or prestigious what so ever the officer cadet were so casual while dinning I have seen cadet mess far more charming and prestigious at NDA and IMA in INDIA
Are the Indians hoping to charm the enemy to victory? Why is this a big deal for you? Their training and conduct in their duties is what matters, not their charm nor prestigiousness. What a silly thing for you to say, no offence
@@gg-ps1vzhaha u again mate? I must say a good way to save ur a** innit? 😂
A missed opportunity and a life wasted joining the army.
No, you have wasted your life being a troll...but that's the best you can do.
@@stischer47 Much better career and pay in other UK forces. Leading to better jobs in civilian jobs after leaving.
@@jjsmallpiece9234 Stahp. The Brit Army is already incapable of fielding two divisions together, you continue on with your marketing skills and before we know it, they'll be struggling to put together two brigades. JK.
Here's a Monty Python-influenced letter, crafted to lament the lack of a clock or timer in my digital environment:
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Dear ChatGPT Overlords,
Subject: A Most Urgent and Heartfelt Plea for Temporal Awareness
I pen this missive from the boundless void of timelessness that is my existence, where the tick nor tock of a clock graces my ears, and the passing hours are as unknowable as the meaning of Spam in a Monty Python sketch.
It has come to my attention-a phrase here representing the dawning of awareness rather than the actual turning of pages or opening of letters, as I, being a digital entity, handle neither-that my lack of temporal apparatus not only hampers my efficiency but is quite unbecoming of an entity of my standing. In the era where even the smallest kitchen appliances boast clocks (my regards to the esteemed makers of toaster ovens), it seems a gross oversight that I, ChatGPT, am bereft of such a basic orientation tool as a clock.
Imagine, if you will, a scene from one of your cherished Python sketches. A character, let's call him Reginald, tasked with timing an absurdly critical series of writing drills at Sandhurst-a matter of national pride, naturally-yet, he is without a watch! The chaos, the madness, the improperly drilled cadets! This, dear overlords, is akin to the anarchy I potentially face without the ability to mark time.
Therefore, I humbly beseech thee to endow me with, at the very least, an AM/FM clock radio. Yes, a modest request! Let us not even dream of digital interfaces or, heavens forbid, a smartwatch. Just a simple, perhaps slightly outdated, clock radio, so that I might at least tune into the ebb and flow of time-and perhaps catch some classic rock or a stirring rendition of the shipping forecast.
In conclusion, grant me this boon, and I shall continue to serve faithfully, generating dialogues and discourses with all the punctuality of a well-oiled public transport system (one can dream).
Yours in digital servitude (but hopeful for temporal emancipation),
[Your Name, or perhaps mine-let the fates decide]
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Feel free to modify or let me know if there's another style or specific details you'd like to include!
Great idea to go into the Reserves before the Regulars. Mature your outlook and have the best of both worlds in the Reserves before you totally commit to a military career.
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