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Royal Marines Commando Programme

Dazzler21
Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
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Anyone know why they suddenly changed the troop they're following for next week? Seems a bit shit of a plan I'm almost disinterested as I enjoyed following Frykman & Bond etc.

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,822
    Yes, feel the same
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Is a new version of the one they did a few years back?

    Funnily enough, I mentioned that one to my girlfriend last night - was a good show. I remember it becoming routine weekly viewing.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Yeah, that's a shame. My guess is that it enabled them to compress filming into a shorter timescale and therefore save money.
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    Thought exactly the same Dazzler. We were enjoying it as well, seems very random.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Bond was a likeable lad, would of liked to see him progress.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,822
    ValleyGary said:

    Bond was a likeable lad, would of liked to see him progress.

    wouldn't want to put your life in his hands as a partner though.

    Would never want to join the services, but would have loved when i was younger to have done the training to see how i would have coped. Pretty sure in a 16-week period you could positively impact the rest of your life in terms of discipline, maturity, outlook, confidence etc

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,211
    I was shocked that our armed forces swore so much.

    Disgusting behaviour.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Henry Irving said:

    I was shocked that our armed forces swore so much.

    Disgusting behaviour.

    Who do they think they are, footballers?
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,358
    ValleyGary said:

    Bond was a likeable lad, would of liked to see him progress.

    Checked his weapon facing the other men. Thought that was a bit of a school boy error for someone who wants to be the best.
    Likeable for sure and I do not to see a young man fail but joining an army which will have you fighting for real is no place to have people laughing and joking.
    It was good to see he manned up a bit near the end.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    edited July 2014
    charltonkeston said:

    ValleyGary said:

    Bond was a likeable lad, would of liked to see him progress.

    Checked his weapon facing the other men. Thought that was a bit of a school boy error for someone who wants to be the best.
    Likeable for sure and I do not to see a young man fail but joining an army which will have you fighting for real is no place to have people laughing and joking.
    It was good to see he manned up a bit near the end.
    To be honest i think he just lacks a bit of common sense and is very innocent. He had only been there for 5 weeks.

    As it gets more serious, he'll learn and i'd imagine the discipline and soldier mind will kick in.

    If he's not strong enough or they feel he's a liability then they won't pass him. this is why it would have been good if they'd kept the story on him.
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  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    edited July 2014
    try and do "P company" with the Paras and the say what you saw was tough. Not really sure where that programme is going ? Its the "foundation" course which isnt the hardest part ?

    There were parts when im sure many old "boot necks" would be squirming watching it. Last week when one guy could get up a tiny bank and was basically using his rifle as a prop ---o dear. leaving your rifle more than two feet from you was punishable by 100 push ups or press ups during PCompany--yet they often did that during this program and only once did one guy seem to get a brief 10 push ups.

    Opps yes i failed PCompany which i attempted as part of 10 Para TA
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,348
    I wouldn't mind betting he comes out of the other side of training completely changed, fit as a butchers dog and someone you would not want to piss off. You could almost see it happening by the end of the 2nd episode as he met up with his family.
  • iainambler
    iainambler Posts: 963
    ValleyGary said:

    charltonkeston said:

    ValleyGary said:

    Bond was a likeable lad, would of liked to see him progress.

    Checked his weapon facing the other men. Thought that was a bit of a school boy error for someone who wants to be the best.
    Likeable for sure and I do not to see a young man fail but joining an army which will have you fighting for real is no place to have people laughing and joking.
    It was good to see he manned up a bit near the end.
    To be honest i think he just lacks a bit of common sense and is very innocent. He had only been there for 5 weeks.

    As it gets more serious, he'll learn and i'd imagine the discipline and soldier mind will kick in.

    If he's not strong enough or they feel he's a liability then they won't pass him. this is why it would have been good if they'd kept the story on him.
    Having seen his mother on the episode last night, you can see where young Bond is at - he's got to sever the apron strings whilst manning up at the same time. Not easy when you've been a little mollycoddled. Not his fault or a bad criticism of his Mum but more a statement of where it seems to me he's at. I'm sure the NCO's have seen it before - they just have to be hard on him to break him and re-mould him into a fire-breathing Marine! Good luck to him. :-)

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