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Hey Everyone,

Dont miss tonight at 8pm on BBC1 that D-Day Training Programme.
The guys there are spending a week with the Marines and it look pretty good! Its on for an hour!

Cheers
James_m

Do you know whether it is with the recruits or with the marines ?

I was just about to post this. I think its at CTC with the young civi lads getting beasted etc by the PTIs.

The recruits are doing like a phase 2 of d-day with the royal marines, it says the following in the tv guide,

"24 People continue there D-DAY Training this wekk and are pushed to there limits by the royal marines"

Should be good

I saw it being filmed while I was done there. They had just completed a mud run and were being hosed down by one of the PTI's.

It Should be intresting.

Bugger! Why did I just read this thread now, at 20.57!!

EDIT: Just checked listings mag, it wasn't even on up here anyway, footie was! Its repeated at 2.35am tomorow morning.

SHIT

Missed it .

Time: 21.03

Just finished watching it and I've got to say it was a very interesting programme. I can't believe what wimps some of them were, especially on the river crossing.
Also, that boy is no way 18, looks about 10.
In the river crossing, I can't believe that five 20-somethings whimped out, when 13-year-old boys and girls at my ATC squadron have to do that on their recruit exercise.
The abseiling looked well fun aswell. And respect to the guy that wanted to do the river crossing with his bergan.

I can't wait until I'm doing my training now!!!!!!!!!! (touch wood I get that far)

AM

PS. do you know if they are alternating between Army and Marines? As they are going back to the Army next week.

Just watched it.
Quite interesting and they got to do a lot of fun stuff. Those lads are a bunch of complete f**ing wimps though. In front of a veteran who had done if for their country 60 years earlier, 5 of them refused to go on the cold water swim.
Has anyone who's done RM training ever seen a real recruit fail for wimping out rather than fitness?

Amazing!! Endurance course "mud, mud, some more mud then some cold muddy water"!! Sounds like fun!

The tarzan assault course looked interesting

Oh yeah, that kid did look about 10 lol

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The part where they were jumping off cliffs and being stopped by the MLs looked bloody brilliant!

It's cold, it's wet, but it's bloody hilarious at times. Some of them have a decent enough attitude and are giving it a go, but others need reaming.
The attitude and perseverance of the instructors differs from other arms. They will you to use your own self discipline and will power to complete tasks. You are not doing it for them, but for the team and your own self-esteem.

Good programe

How about the 18 year old who looks 10, he wants to be a RM, I wonder if that taster has wet his apatigh for more. Buy the looks of it he's got some hard training ahead if he serious about it.