Bullying in the royal marines

[AJtothemax]

No drama.

[eagleeye]

Can i ask, how many questions about histroy of the corps and VC's did you get asked at your interveiw and is it a set number each time?

[Artist]

Rearrange your priorities, worry about hacking PRMC, running for miles, carrying what seems like a ton on your back, keeping your kit clean, etc, etc.

This can be made easier with training and is the job but being bullied day in a day out, this is something i wounldn't be able to take even for the green beret.

Just what are you going on about? Who the hells going to bully you everyday then?

Artist

[eagleeye]

How do i know, but this happens i've spoken to many servicemen saying it happens, so i just wanted to know if anybody has been throught it and what the procedure is for bullying.

[Artist]

i was just wondering if some one could just tell me the truth.

I thought I did!

I was in Corp for 18 years so I think I know what I'm talking about eagleeye. I still have mates in as well. And from what they tell me it's still pretty much the same. As in bullying is not tolerated in any way shape or form.

Artist

[Chas]

Well said Artist. Bullying is certainly not tolerated within the Corps.
Don't believe all the nonsense which is spouted on this subject.

[euro_andrew]

eagle do you have problems with bullys at your school or something?..

You seem to be scared of your own shadow boy.

:S

[Mitch]

I think what eagleeye is trying to say, and was a concern for me at one point, is does bullying actually happen in the royal marines? From looking at the videos of the roll mat fighting and reading steven preece's book amongst the marines i got concerned so i can understand why he is saying what he is saying but i came to the conclusion that its generally not bullying just the way things go down.

O, and euro andrew, of course he has the choice whether or not to go and get the green beret , that's what it's all about, and if there is rumour about bullying, which there is a lot of in the press at the moment, then he's not going to want to even think about the green beret.

Mitch

[Macca]

quite honestly mate i think you should accept the fact that bullying is something that happens in all walks of life, wether in the military or in civvy st. im sure there is bullying happening in the forces but how often i dont know and how severe well i havnt a clue either , but you will have the piss taken out of you and jokes like that but in my eyes people who get bullied are people who are weak in the mind and dont know how to react to strong characters (or people who are just cocky mouthy, buggers). So suck it up fella and be your own man and see where it gets you and deal with what gets thrown at you because thats life mate. lifes to short to worry!!!

all the best

macca

[mitch_boxing]

bit of bullying no problem. Besides bullys are weak, you beat them up in front of their friends and they will feel WAHAHAHAHAHA.

Bullying is nothing in life you just have to let it go over your head, how about this bloke......

http://www.panteraboxing.com/profile/profile.asp

abandoned by his mother as a baby and then went to find his mother as an older child and was told to fu*k off. He then looked after himself on the tough streets of colombia (on his own). What I am trying to say here lads is that bullying is nothing in life, I was bullied throughout my whole school life, I dont really give a sh*t to be honest because I know other people have had it MUCH harder than me.

Mitch

[phenom]

This post triggered a memory of something that i seen on the news a while back. I don't know which division amongst our armed forces that these guys belonged to but there was footage of men fighting completely naked in a field, with a group of men circling them jeering them on. One got KTFO pretty badly.

Does anyone know what I'm on about and can you provide more info?

With regards to the topic most of the guys who are applying to join the marines from what I've read on here appear to be top blokes and as long your around people like these I'm sure you'll be ok. No one wants a bad atmosphere around them.

[tkdvipers]

In foundation it was drummed into us that bullying is UNACCEPTABLE, infact two of that lads were having a mess about and that got flagged as bullying. Once it had been explained it was fine, but I believe this shows that the training team are on the look out for the welfare if the troop.

egaleeye:- You probably will get a bit of a ribbing if you keep asking questions phrased the way you did.

Right i probably speak for a few lads here but can any one tell me if this happens like what happened to private pile in full metal jacket (i fink) kind of thing

It would have been better to phrase it this way.

Has anybody had any experience of bullying in the Royal Marines as I have heard a lot of stories but would like some clarification

You could also use the SEARCH button because there is tons of threads on almost every subject.

When you are in RT I can tell you its bloody hard, different people find different bits hard. Some find the admin hard to grasp, drill, PT, time keeping, homesickness. Usually a combo of them all.( For me personally I hated being punished for someone else's bone idleness and inability to keep their fingers still when gripping a rope.)

But there is an excellent support structure there and the people involved are there to help. Its not bullying everyday but its bloody hard work, not something you can truly comprehend until you have fully experienced it.

I would get as much information as I can about the Royals through this forum and AFCO and other resources. Enjoy life a bit, then join up and enjoy life a whole lot more.

Good Luck to you.

[Frank S.]

good points, tkdvipers. I'd only add to this, eagleeye, that you should consider waiting a few more years before trying to join.
That isn't a put down. It's often best to wait until your 20's.

[tkdvipers]

I agree with Frank S about waiting until your around 20 to join. I went in when I was 22 throughly enjoyed it but found I got irritated with other lads because they couldn't get their act togeather fast enough.

THree of use were made section commanders at week 4 in my troop, I was one of them and it grated me that a couple of bods in my section couldn't get themselves changed from PT rig fast enough, leaving them rest of us in front support place until they decided to grace us with their presence.

I came out at week 11 due to a medical thing, which has been cleared up now. I was lying in bed about 8 months ago and found myself on the RM website at 2:00 am full of excitement. SO went through the rejoin process only to find out that due to the medical problem I have to wait until feb 2008. But wait I will and this year can't go fast enough.

I feel that going in a bit older I will be able to relax and accept the things that got me wound up so bad last time. Thus making training a better experince.

I hope this shows you that bullying was not present when I was in and I loved it so much I can't wait to get back. But the experiences I have had throughout the last few years in between will certainly help me.

[Sully]

Sorry you got shouted down a bit eagleeye. As long as your motives are good you should never be scared to ask questions. I think your question was well intentioned and is a fair one. You would get a better reception if you spent a bit more time checking your spelling and looking around the forum before asking - it shows a bit more consideration for people you're asking for help.

You won't hear the 'truth' here at all, you will hear a collection of experiences (the more recent probably being the more valid) and I don't like seeing some here who aren't even nods yet giving you grief. My experience is different to what most have said. I have seen good lads hounded out of the Corps in recruit training because their face didn't fit. The Corps was up to strength when I joined and because of the timing CTC seemed like PTSD city.

You have to work as a team and you do have to fit in to a point but I never liked the herd, yes-man mentality that you came across, especially at CTC (and here). It's less apparent when you leave training and I never saw bullying beyond training. It takes a while to get accepted after training but that's different. It's a great life and it's well worth putting up with. The great thing about the Corps is that it takes all sorts.

Join when you want mate, lads do join at 16 and do pass out but the younger lads in my troop didn't do well.