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Personally i thought the recruits were very weak,mainly in the mental department,still that's what the trainings for to toughen them up mentally... can't imagine the RM's in 1982 being anything like that,just as in many areas of life today, some standards have slipped a little.

Those that can walk the walk as well as talking the talk will stay,seems to0 many talkers at this stage,be cranking up the discipline in the next instalment,no doubt,i liked that,good viewing..

Fair play to him,and nice...

Tourette's aside that is a fine fare avatar there Bn9....

cheers,switched over:bigwave:

:thumbsup: i'll check it out

No problem,i wish not to get too involved in bickery..or should that be binfestery.

Is that part statistical? after all the Para's are a smaller unit,not wishing to belittle anything that the Marines do,or for that matter what you say... Example-no British challenger 2 tank has been lost to enemy gunfire,but the american abrams has,however only some 400 odd challengers have...

Recently,say within the last 10 years,not very well reported the UK sent the SAS into a African county to rescue some UK hostages,Lynx helicopters were used to drop Paras in to support the SAS and Cobras to provide top cover. I saw it on a documentary and if was the case,it was the Paras who...

And i was in agreement with you,stating an example,both have..

42 commando? 1982.... The marines have seen action.

Ok,i will ask you,allowing for horses for courses,would a marine find para training easier than marine training or vice versa? Perhaps i am missing the point too,as others have pointed out,marines seem more "thinkers" too? But surely paras are,they can't get lost? or is map reading etc just...

:lolol: and i await the replies,you must sway towards the Paras like me then...

That's fine,pssst just don't show them this thread or else they will all be after me,and then i would have to call upon my Gurkha friends :lolol:

Thanks for the replies,i am proud to have both units and as a nation,although small in number,our troops have historically been very well trained,disciplined and professional,of a personal choice if i was fit enough i would be a Paratrooper,this perhaps stems somewhat from my admiration of all...

Yes-sorry edna,technically i am wrong...

Well perhaps not,but i've always wondered right from the Falklands war as each unit has always been considered the best.

Could any ex or current army members of NSC or anybody with an understanding tell me,what unit has the hardest physical testing to get in,which unit is considered the most elite and so forth.. The Marines date from the 1700's and have history,but the more recent airbourne could be argued were...