0:00:45 > 0:00:49'It was in terrain like this that the great armies of Napoleon and Hitler
0:00:49 > 0:00:52'were beaten by the savagery of northern winter.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54'For the next three months,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58'the Royal Marines will train here, simply learning how to stay alive.'
0:00:58 > 0:01:03OK, there's plastic bags here.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Just empty the contents of your pockets.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10You can keep any survival items that you'd normally carry in your pockets.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Any food, anything else that you've got in your pockets,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16stick in the bags and put your name on with the white tape.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21'The initiation, by their standards, is relatively gentle.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25'Later, temperatures will fall to -40, but for now a mere ten below
0:01:25 > 0:01:27'is considered severe enough
0:01:27 > 0:01:32'to turn them out bereft of tent, sleeping bag or even topcoat.'
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Well, we're not completely taking everything off.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37It's a progression now.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39They've had a night in snow holes,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42which is a semi-survival situation,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44or you can dig a snow hole tactically.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46We're throwing them now into a situation
0:01:46 > 0:01:49where they've lost their kit for one reason or another.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Perhaps it was being ported by helicopter, BV or what-have-you.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And they find themselves in a situation, in the tree line,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00where they don't have anything but their belt order
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and what they're rigged in.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08Normally, erm...they would have to then make improvised shelters.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12We'll let them keep their survival kit which they normally carry on them
0:02:12 > 0:02:14but all the luxuries, such as duvets,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17sleeping bags, et cetera, et cetera, we'll take off them.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Yeah.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36It makes you wonder if we're going to be As at the end of this or MLs.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39'Electing to spend their lives in those parts of the world
0:02:39 > 0:02:43'which other tourists never reach, not to mention the ubiquitous absence
0:02:43 > 0:02:45'of discos, bars or flush lavatories,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47'has not entirely dulled their critical faculties.'
0:02:47 > 0:02:51You get told that you've got to have survival this, survival that.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55"Right, you're now doing a survival exercise, take all your survival kit
0:02:55 > 0:02:58"out of your pockets, put it in a black plastic bag."
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- I think it's good for the... basically, for the experience.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04If the worst comes to the worst, you could lose your jacket,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07you could lose anything, and you're going to be stuck there,
0:03:08 > 0:03:09on your tod, with nothing.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11So it's handy to be able to, you know,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14hack it, really, because let's face it, if it came to that,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16tactics would go out the window.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19You'd be there to survive and only to survive.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20If you didn't find shelter,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23you wouldn't have much alternative but to surrender.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24It's one of these things.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27If you don't get into shelter out here, you're going to die.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29It's as simple as that.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34So it's handy to muck in and be able to crack it with no kit.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Leave that on? - Yeah, why not?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's all good character-building stuff, but it is a risky business,
0:03:40 > 0:03:45which is why we're one of the best troops in the world, of course.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49'Hopefully, it will be a lasting playtime,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52'but in the event of conventional ground attack,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56'these men will be the first to face the Russians.'
0:03:56 > 0:04:01I think it's vitally important to always know your enemy, no matter
0:04:01 > 0:04:04where you are, no matter what the scale of the conflict.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07If I was going to have a punch-up with anyone,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10the first thing I'd want to know is how big he is, how good he is,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13whether he's a black belt in karate, what weapons he's carrying.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17And it's exactly the same here, so I've made a point myself,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21most of us have, of actually doing a lot of work to find out, er...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24how good our enemy's going to be and where his weaknesses lie.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26And without any names or pack drill,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29we all know who our enemy is going to be
0:04:29 > 0:04:31in the event of the balloon going up.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37The popular concept of a Russian soldier
0:04:37 > 0:04:41is either an Arctic superman or a semi-literate Mongolian oaf,
0:04:41 > 0:04:46and in fact the truth lies somewhere between the two.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Some of them are very well equipped indeed, very well equipped -
0:04:50 > 0:04:52in certain areas, and in other areas
0:04:52 > 0:04:56they seem to have neglected it quite considerably.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58For instance, their personal clothing
0:04:58 > 0:05:02will vary a lot according to what units they belong to,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06but what the Russian soldier is very pleased with at the moment is
0:05:06 > 0:05:10a quilted undersuit, quite similar, in fact, to the one that we use.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12They consider it the best thing since sliced bread,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14which is very, very good.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18But their overgarments can vary from a one-piece coverall,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21which is reversible, camouflage reversible,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23to a greatcoat.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And, obviously, I wouldn't like to ski very far with a greatcoat on,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28for ventilation purposes.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Furthermore, as far as is known, the average Russian soldier
0:05:32 > 0:05:35doesn't get issued with a sleeping bag, even in these conditions.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38He must do his best there.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I wouldn't fancy it myself, to be quite honest.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45'Their grasp of Soviet resources, from weaponry to thermal underwear,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48'implies that British intelligence
0:05:48 > 0:05:50'isn't quite as bad as it's cracked down to be.'
0:05:50 > 0:05:57The ZSU-23-4, which is an anti-aircraft...weapon system,
0:05:57 > 0:06:02is built with heated handbars and footpads for the operator.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Again, it shows how seriously they take the winter side of things.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09'It's a formidable enemy.'
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I think so, yeah. Mm. Not unbeatable,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16but I think it's a mistake to underestimate them, definitely.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21'Since their primary function is to relay back information from
0:06:21 > 0:06:25'the enemy's front garden, coding must be mastered.'
0:06:25 > 0:06:28OK! Next week, you're going to embark on the beginning of your
0:06:28 > 0:06:31tactical exercises in Norway, your first exercise.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34On that exercise, you will be required to communicate.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38In fact, one of your prime functions will be to communicate and to report.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41The information that you will be reporting on
0:06:41 > 0:06:44will be of a classified nature for the first time,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46and to report that information back,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49obviously, we're not going to be able to send it in clear.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52We are going to have to send it in a code of some description.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56The code I'm going to talk about today is for sending information
0:06:56 > 0:06:59of a confidential nature, and it has a limited...
0:06:59 > 0:07:03a limited security on it, a limited time it is secure for.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I'll be going into how long it is secure for
0:07:05 > 0:07:07when I get into the lecture.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14'Temporarily, this bland stretch of Norwegian snowscape
0:07:14 > 0:07:16'is home-from-home for four Marines,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18'yet without knowing where to look,
0:07:18 > 0:07:22'you've more chance of running into Father Christmas than spotting them.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27'For survival in time of war, concealment must mean invisibility.'
0:07:27 > 0:07:28MORSE CODE
0:07:36 > 0:07:40'This is no academic introduction to the twilight zones of warfare.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43'Most of them, operating in teams of four,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46'did precisely this for real in the Falklands War,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49'so how close is close to an enemy position?'
0:07:49 > 0:07:54We were 35 metres from an Argentinian position down south.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57We were just lying on a little ridge, a rock ridge.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01We could hear them talking, cooking, singing and dancing basically.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05And we estimated them to be about 35 metres, give or take a metre or two.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09We moved in at night, and it was all quiet, you know,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12and come the morning, they were all getting up and making breakfast,
0:08:12 > 0:08:16we couldn't believe we were there. Almost sitting in amongst them.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19But we just sat still. It was only a two-day OP, anyway.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22It could be a day, it could be a month.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24It could be two months. It could be a long time.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Tango, Mike... - Yeah.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Charlie, Bravo. - Is that it, is it?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- That's it, yeah. - OK, then.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38'However accomplished their concealment,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42'there remains one nerve-testing aspect of the job which leaves them
0:08:42 > 0:08:44'constantly vulnerable to discovery.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47'The moment they begin to transmit a signal,
0:08:47 > 0:08:51'enemy radio direction finders can establish a fix on their position.'
0:08:51 > 0:08:55With today's modern equipment, they can trace back.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59It's a little like the old detector van, all right, for the television.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00They can do the same thing with us
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and find out where you've been transmitting from.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Of course, we have measures to minimise
0:09:05 > 0:09:08or to make this very difficult for them, but it can happen
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and does happen, and it has happened.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Erm, as I say, it's very nice to be out there on your own
0:09:15 > 0:09:17if you remain undetected.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20But the more information you're transmitting, the more likely
0:09:20 > 0:09:24or the bigger the probability is that you will be detected
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and get some kind of direction-finding device on you.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35'Even when you can hear them, it's still difficult to see them.'
0:10:04 > 0:10:07'Their constant predilection for stripping off
0:10:08 > 0:10:09'should not be misconstrued.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13'The unromantic explanation is that they'll sweat while digging snow,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17'and later a soaking vest would swiftly freeze into a straitjacket.'
0:10:38 > 0:10:42The architecture of their temporary homes is considerably more attractive
0:10:42 > 0:10:45than you'll see in many urban conurbations.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48They've tunnelled 50 ft into a snow slope
0:10:48 > 0:10:50at a depth of eight feet below the surface.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54The biggest problem we've got with the soft snow on top
0:10:54 > 0:10:57is that it does tend to shrink and every night it'll shrink
0:10:57 > 0:10:59a little bit more until eventually it collapses.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03We've got so much snow beneath us we could counteract the sinking
0:11:03 > 0:11:06by digging down every day and I'm sure the other lads will agree,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09virtually indefinitely you can stay in something like this.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13'Others live above ground in two-man tents.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16'But above or below, the unrelenting enemy is the cold.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18'Rules must be obeyed.'
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Tactically possible, we want to get in our bags.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23We want to get the cold, wet kit off.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26And start getting some of this snow off the boots.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30And get the boots stowed away in the bottom of the sleeping bag.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33The reason for stowing them in the bottom of the bag,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36if you leave them out, and it freezes at night
0:11:36 > 0:11:40as the temperature goes down as it gets dark, the boots freeze up
0:11:40 > 0:11:43and you end up with a pair of refrigerators in the morning.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47You go sticking them on your feet and the next thing you know,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49you're going down with frostbitten toes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Simply to burn one candle in here will keep the temperature
0:11:53 > 0:11:54at about 0 to -1
0:11:54 > 0:11:58which is a comfortable temperature for out here, basically.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00You don't need any form of heat, that's it.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02The kit you've got keeps you warm.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06As long as you've got a candle going, you know you've got enough oxygen.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It starts to dim, you realise you're getting a bit short on the old air,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12so you poke a hole through the roof with a ski pole.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Get the jacket in, stow it in the bag.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19OK, that's nice, stowed away.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Next thing we want is the gloves. The gloves are always wet,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28they're always either near the snow or in the snow,
0:12:28 > 0:12:29or you've been sweating.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Get the inners out,
0:12:31 > 0:12:32fluff them up.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Same with the other one.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And we can stow these against the body.
0:12:39 > 0:12:46The easiest way I find is to stick the inner down the trousers like so.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50That way, next to the body, your own body heat starts to dry them out
0:12:50 > 0:12:51and they're nice and warm.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57It comes in... the main meal comes in a plastic packet
0:12:57 > 0:12:59and in there you've got a sachet of beef granules
0:12:59 > 0:13:02which are dehydrated, which require water added to them.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04You've also got...
0:13:04 > 0:13:08a packet of dried apple flakes which you can mix into a dessert.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11To carry all those bits of paper around with you adds to the weight,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13when you're carrying quite enough kit as it is.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16So what a lot of the lads tend to do, and in this case,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Digger's done, is mix it all ready. You can see in there,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23there's a lot less weight in that than there is in that.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28And in there, he's got his beef granules, his quick-dried peas
0:13:28 > 0:13:30and his apple flakes.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34'More scoff than Escoffier but at least it's hot.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37'Indeed, there are many reasons why the Whitehall mandarins
0:13:37 > 0:13:40'don't venture this far too often.'
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Right, next thing, we've got the old socks. Socks are always wet.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Your feet are always sweating.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Get the socks off.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Boots back on. Keep the feet warm.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Just open them out.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The best place to put these is near the armpits.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Somewhere where it's going to be really warm. Tuck them in there.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05It's a bit uncomfortable cos they're damp at first
0:14:05 > 0:14:08but as they warm up, you don't notice them.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Especially when you get in your bag.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15It's a bit of a cramp at first cos you've got your of boots
0:14:15 > 0:14:19in the bottom, your gaiters and your jacket here at the side
0:14:19 > 0:14:22but once you're in your bag, you start warming up.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25The next thing you're going to start thinking about is food.
0:14:25 > 0:14:31There are some people who can be very good soldiers in a normal environment
0:14:31 > 0:14:33but out here, they just don't click.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37You've got to have a lot of will power to keep yourself going.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41You get very cold. It's very easy to wrap your hand in and say,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43to hell with it, and sit down and that's a recipe
0:14:43 > 0:14:45to work your way into a wooden coffin.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48You've got to have willpower to keep yourself going,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50even when things get really very uncomfortable.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53OK, we've got here another visual demonstration
0:14:53 > 0:14:57of what can happen if you don't maintain your kit properly
0:14:57 > 0:15:00and don't carry out the correct drills. As you saw earlier,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04the guy always put away his mittens inside his sleeping bag.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06This glove's been left outside in the cold.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09He's now going to try and throw this smoke grenade
0:15:10 > 0:15:11with the freezing mitt on.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15But as you can see, he can't...
0:15:15 > 0:15:18There's no way he can get rid of it.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Oh, he has done. He has done then.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24But in the first instance, the grenade went off,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26and as you can see, it's melted...
0:15:26 > 0:15:29if you can turn it so the light can show it.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31It's melted onto his glove.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Now, if that was a white phosphorus grenade, or even worse,
0:15:35 > 0:15:40a high-explosive grenade, he'd have wiped out himself
0:15:40 > 0:15:44and whoever was in close range of him.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48So again, another very serious lesson to be learnt there.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07'To the birthplace of Nordic skiing,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10'they introduce a handicap which would do much to enliven
0:16:10 > 0:16:11'the Winter Olympic Games.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14'Back packs weighing almost 100 weight.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18'Home base has that every modern comfort but they rarely see it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22'Life is mostly lived in sub Jack London conditions and bivouacs.'
0:16:24 > 0:16:26That's a bit of a surprise, it works.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31'The hazards of merely living here are such
0:16:31 > 0:16:35'that mostly there's medical assistance within shouting reach.'
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Well, this sort of climate, you're talking
0:16:38 > 0:16:44basically about your hyperthermia, your frost nip, and your frostbite.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47They're the basic injuries but then entailed with the skiing,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51you've got your fractures and then things like this tent,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54high carbon monoxide poisoning, just goes on and on.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Constipation.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59They're all quite common injuries.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Constipation being the best one.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06'From time to time, however, problems considerably more exotic
0:17:06 > 0:17:09'than constipation occur.'
0:17:09 > 0:17:12This happened in one of the commando units
0:17:12 > 0:17:15that they were having a piss-up in the navvy
0:17:15 > 0:17:19and one of the blokes goes outside to have a swamp
0:17:19 > 0:17:24and there was a galvanised bin outside...
0:17:25 > 0:17:29..and I think it would have been about...
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I think it was about -15 to -20 outside.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35So he goes his quick swamp and as he's shaking his jake,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38it slaps against the side of the galvanised bin.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40So the next thing he's shouting for help
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and they had to get an ambulance down and the next thing you know,
0:17:43 > 0:17:47he's picking him up with a galvanised bin into the back of the ambulance
0:17:47 > 0:17:49and taking him to the sick bay to warm him up
0:17:49 > 0:17:51to peel his jake off the bin.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54LAUGHTER
0:17:59 > 0:18:02'The emphasis on survival is now such that I wonder what would happen
0:18:02 > 0:18:04'if you suddenly transported these men
0:18:04 > 0:18:07'to a five-star hotel suite in Monte Carlo.'
0:18:07 > 0:18:09We'd probably set fire to all the chairs.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Eat the food with your fingers.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Nah, I wouldn't mind it, I wouldn't turn it down.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21'To prevent the cerebral processes from freezing up,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25'each man is required to prepare and deliver a lecture.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28'Some reveal an articulacy and clarity of thought
0:18:28 > 0:18:31'which could well lead to a lucrative career in television criticism.'
0:18:31 > 0:18:34On 11th December, Major Vidkun Quisling
0:18:34 > 0:18:37was introduced to Raeder.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Quisling was the leader of the Norwegian fascist party
0:18:41 > 0:18:44and also held the post of war minister.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48He assured Raeder that no British intervention could be resisted
0:18:48 > 0:18:49by the Norwegian government.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52And after this meeting, Raeder took Quisling to Hitler
0:18:53 > 0:18:56but the Fuhrer, occupied with the planning of the spring offensive,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59showed little interest.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02He listened in virtual silence to Quisling's projects
0:19:02 > 0:19:06and after the interview told Raeder to handle the affair with discretion.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Good afternoon, gentlemen. My name is Corporal Craig.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14The normal principles of camouflage and concealment, shape, shine,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18shadow, surface, space and the rest are as well...
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Let's start again. They rattled me cos they're here.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Just carry on.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Good afternoon, gents. My name is Corporal Craig.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31The principles of movement and concealment
0:19:31 > 0:19:34in snow-covered terrain apply as firmly as they do
0:19:34 > 0:19:36in any theatre of operations.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40It's still a matter of common sense and good soldiering.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44However, there are many problems peculiar to the Arctic...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48..conditions that considering...
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Good afternoon, gentlemen. My name's Corporal Craig.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59The normal principles of, camouflage and concealment, shape, shadow,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02surface, space and silhouette, movement and aircraft...
0:20:02 > 0:20:04'Others find this terrain more difficult.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07'Our old friend, Corporal Craig, hero, you may recall,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10'of two classic night climbs on an earlier programme,
0:20:10 > 0:20:16'stumbles around now in the very foothills of syntax.'
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Therefore, this afternoon, it is mine and Corporal Morris' aim,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23in the next 30 minutes, to show you how difficult concealment can be
0:20:23 > 0:20:27and in the same context, show you how easy concealment can be.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I want you to close your eyes and just try to listen
0:20:29 > 0:20:32and recognise the following sounds.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37'Craig had the splendidly creative idea of setting up
0:20:37 > 0:20:42'a kind of panel game which requires his examiners with their eyes shut
0:20:42 > 0:20:44'to identify a number of sounds.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47'Quite what sounds never becomes apparent because there aren't any.'
0:20:47 > 0:20:49OK, we'll try the next sound.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57OK, we'll try that one again.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01I want you to listen carefully and try to listen in to the next sounds,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05that are quite common to us when we're working in the field.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16'As the deafening silence of a failed experiment continues,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18'the corporal in front of Craig's name
0:21:18 > 0:21:20'becomes increasingly jeopardised.'
0:21:21 > 0:21:24OK, get your act together, listen in.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34OK, can I have a quick word? A couple of things.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37A lot of therefores at the beginning.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Therefore, therefore, therefore, therefore.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43I think you could have weighed off your actual lecture plan
0:21:43 > 0:21:45and put it a bit tighter together.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I don't know how much you rehearsed it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51You can't stand up in front of a class and start three or four times.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I know they're here but that doesn't make any difference.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57It shouldn't do. If you're going to be an instructor,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59you should be able to get up and do it straightaway.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02What are the principles of camouflage and concealment?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04A basic principle.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Keeping out of sight.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09What are the basics? Shape, shine, shadow, silhouette.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- He said that at the start. - What did you just come out with?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- If you are going to reiterate... - I was just summing up.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17When you sum up, if you're talking to a novice
0:22:17 > 0:22:20and you come up with five and he comes up with seven,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22you've always got to be the same.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Shape, shine, shadow, silhouette, movement, noise and light.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29They're all there, all part and parcel.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I think it could have been a bit more professional.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36You two working together a bit more would have made it more professional.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38If you're going to have noises and you want is people
0:22:38 > 0:22:41to stand with their eyes shut, make sure the noises happen.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I felt a real goon standing here with the cameras rolling
0:22:44 > 0:22:46and my eyes shut, hearing nothing.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Pardon? - No problem.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55'Back in their Norwegian headquarters,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58'relieved of the day-to-day action most of us would hate,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00'they reveal a curious change of character.'
0:23:06 > 0:23:10'Suddenly, there's a sullenness and boredom you'd hardly expect of them,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12'a state of dormitory depression,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14'reminiscent of reluctant school boarders.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17'Possibly, as in the case of Corporal Craig, it is nerves.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21'Not about injury but the fact that they can come this far
0:23:21 > 0:23:23'and still fail the course.'
0:23:24 > 0:23:29Every now and again, I have been reminded by certain people
0:23:29 > 0:23:30who are in charge of the course
0:23:30 > 0:23:35that my position isn't that secure and I've got to keep trying hard
0:23:35 > 0:23:38and I keep digging out of the blind and I keep trying.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Sometimes I feel as if it's just not enough because you can't keep those
0:23:42 > 0:23:44certain people happy, no matter what you do.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I was actually the same as Tommo.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51If I come to him in the office and he has failed me,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55apart from probably bouncing off the four walls with rage,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57I'll get outside and leave the corps,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00join the police force or something like that.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05Or some other secure job where there's a bit of a future in it.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06If I pass the course,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10I'll be quite happy to stay and do the job the best I can.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13'There's another factor you rarely associate with fighting men.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17'They have been separated from their families now for all of six months.'
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Sometimes it really gets to me, I try to put it to the back of my mind.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25When I just got out here, I was so depressed about being away from home,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I have pictures of my wife and children up there
0:24:28 > 0:24:30and I didn't put them on the wall.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I put them up at first and because every time I went by them
0:24:33 > 0:24:34and was looking at them,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I was getting depressed so I took them down.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40It might sound soft to a lot of people but I took them down
0:24:40 > 0:24:42and put them away and I tried putting her out of my mind.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46I was getting lots of letters from her but I wasn't writing home
0:24:46 > 0:24:50and the reason why I wasn't writing home was because it was depressing me
0:24:50 > 0:24:52to try and write home and think about it.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56I put her at the back of my mind and tried to concentrate on the job.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Then I settled down and got into the swing of being out here
0:24:59 > 0:25:02and being away and bunged my pictures up and things haven't been too bad.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05'So, beneath the flak jackets and occasional tattoo,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09'there do beat human hearts.'
0:25:09 > 0:25:12When you've got this amount of guys living on top each other,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15privacy is a big thing.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19You need it as well, you do need to escape,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22each person in their own way.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Some people don't need privacy as much as others.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Then you get the individual who needs to be on his own quite a bit.
0:25:30 > 0:25:36They usually find their own ways of doing it, everybody has some ways,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40guys will go for a walk or even go down to the launderette,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43they'll take the hi-fi down there and just sit and read,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45listening to the hi-fi.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50'If Sergeants McClean, taskmaster and mentor,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54'occasionally feels the same, he can't join in the moaning.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58'He takes it out on his racing bike, going absolutely nowhere.'
0:26:04 > 0:26:07'Just occasionally though, even McClean's laconic style
0:26:07 > 0:26:09'gives way to tetchiness.'
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Right, your AWT written.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20If I wanted to, I could turn this into an almighty bollocking.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23But I'm not.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25I want it to go in, what I've got to say.
0:26:27 > 0:26:33The highest mark was Lieutenant Hutton, it doesn't really bother him.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Sergeant Matthews, 249.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Corporal Thompson, 233.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Corporal Mills, 228.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Corporal Clayton.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48TV: Isn't that beautiful?
0:26:54 > 0:26:58'The intellectual distractions are mostly limited to films
0:26:58 > 0:27:00'and the films are mostly limited
0:27:00 > 0:27:02'to the subject closest to their hearts, the Marines.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05'Since there aren't many films about the Royal Marines,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08'they have to put up with the Americans.'
0:27:13 > 0:27:15'At least they have one advantage,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18'last night's fiction can become this morning's fact.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21'Their own helicopter is to lift them out to the start line
0:27:21 > 0:27:24'of a 200-mile forced march.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27'This is what they've come for and it will break or make them.'
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I don't know who's more nervous, them or me.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Let's hope it works.