lINKY TO A NEW TV PROGRAME STARTING THE 30 JAN 2012
http://www.radiotimes.com/programme/pb4fc/royal-marines-mission-afghanistan
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Royal Marines or Ex Royal Marines
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rugby training is ideal as it also increases robustness and determination
This. I never played rugby as a lad and really wished I had. Just gets you used to taking knocks and picking yourself up again. Infantry training is basically one long process of finding out exactly what your mind and body are capable of.
I was Army infantry and loved it but to be honest if I had my time again I would go RM. Really is a huge difference in the calibre of the average soldier in my experience. Our guys were great but were basically a huge gang of lads from the rough side of the tracks. Most Marines I know have a bit of a hinterland of their own, are into climbing or mtb or canoeing and are generally a lot brighter.
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mcboo, you say most Marines are into mtb'ing, check this out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QKyUDFVGn8&feature=g-hist&context=G2107b05AHTyHqZAACAA
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I think the programme in Project's link is made by the same guy as made the ITV one I saw. I'll be watching it.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ejr4fJxRJY
The harbour at Poole!
How things change; we had no safety jackets, no safety line, no safety diver, had to backflip into the oggin and wear webbing!
Doing this in January is not good for morale.Posted 4 months ago # -
3:09 PM, 24 January 2012
Radio Times would like to apologise for a picture that has inadvertently been published in the new issue of the magazine.It has come to our attention that an apparently innocent photo of the Royal Marines’ 42 Commando unit – printed by Radio Times in good faith and issued by Channel 5’s publicity department to promote the documentary Royal Marines: Mission Afghanistan – contains the sight of one of the marines playing a prank.
"I know that British soldiers serving in Afghanistan are well equipped, but seeing the roll call of Royal Marines gives the expression a whole new meaning,” wrote one reader in a letter to RT this morning.
The unnamed marine is, like the rest of his unit, posing for the photograph dressed only in shorts. What we took to be the marine’s finger proved, on closer inspection, to be another part of his anatomy.
We have redacted the picture above, but the 28 January issue of Radio Times magazine – on sale today, priced £1.40 – went to press before the mistake was noticed.
"We apologise for any upset caused to readers by the rogue member of 42 Commando,” said Radio Times editor Ben Preston.
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Ha! PMSL at the Radio Times anecdote.
Make sure your son gets some practice in at naked roll-mat wrestling.
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i remember my brother tried to get into the marines way back in 1982. dad took him down, my brother goes into interview dad waits outside, 15 minutes later my brother comes out , head down.
my father was asked into the interview room, he basically told my dad that your boy was too 'nice' and wouldnt hack it.
when pressed he went on to say they prefered kids from rough backgrounds.
i still wind him up to this day as he cried all the way home in the car
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Make sure your son gets some practice in at naked roll-mat wrestling.
It's normally more like an attempt at boxing. Certainly more whacking than grabbing. He will have to update his wardrobe with plenty of female attire......you wait and see.
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Had a couple of mates who were Marines, went to one of their stag do's.
Local pub 7pm start; i walk in the door to find them already on the table dancing with flaming toilet role hanging from their arses.
I have no recollection of the rest of the evening.
An evening out was always entertaining!!Posted 4 months ago # -
Dance of the flaming arseholes - a true classic!
Dammit, I miss the green stuff!
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What musical instrument does he play? If you're going to join the Marines you need to be able to play an instrument.
Only kidding, just winding the booties up!
I would question his desire to join up at such a young age. Firstly from a maturity point of view and secondly watching all your course mates getting drunk on a free evening isn't as much fun as joining in with them....
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Some interesting advice being flung around, PM inbound for the 'gen'
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