0:00:44 > 0:00:48They're going to be very worried about life.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52They're going from civilian street or from university, college, school
0:00:52 > 0:00:54into a military environment.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58If they're not worried, they ought to be.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Mr...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Trotman.Minster.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Corps commission, yeah? Yes,ColourSergeant. Timpson.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Ainsworth. What sort of jacket's that, Mr Ainsworth?
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Don't know, sir.Have you joined the Royal Marines or the Air Force?
0:01:18 > 0:01:22RoyalMarines,sir.You were told to wear a jacket like that?No,sir.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Colour Sergeant.ColourSergeant. Pick your kit up and follow me.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28'There will be moments
0:01:28 > 0:01:31'when the strongest will wish they'd never come.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35'They have 12 months to prove worthy of commanding 30 Royal Marines
0:01:35 > 0:01:37'on active service.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41'It is why their training will be without remorse.'
0:01:43 > 0:01:48MUSIC: "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big"
0:01:53 > 0:01:56'The band plays This Could Be The Start Of Something Big.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59'Indeed, it could.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02'They've been chosen from hundreds of unsuccessful candidates
0:02:02 > 0:02:06'and commissioned with a £2,000 uniform allowance
0:02:06 > 0:02:08'and £600 a month.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13'But their goal is the green beret of the Commandos, price £5.80.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17'That has to be earned and the true cost, they say,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19'is six tons of sweat.'
0:02:25 > 0:02:27I'm sure you've seen it before.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29That's the front door of the officers' mess.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35We're going to go through the front door of the officer's mess.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38That will be the last time, until you finish training.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Do you understand? ALL: Yes, Colour Sergeant.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44There is a back door you will use at all times.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48There's also stairs going up to your accommodation.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Next to the stairs is a lift - out of bounds to you.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55You use the stairs at all times. Do you understand?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57ALL: Yes, Colour Sergeant.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Good. Now, we're going to go in the front door,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03go downstairs and start your documentation
0:03:03 > 0:03:06for you to join the Royal Marines.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Wait there for Mr Ainsworth.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16You can only get better, Mr Ainsworth.Yes,ColourSergeant.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19'The commandant of training is Colonel Ian Moore.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22'What qualities does he look for?'
0:03:22 > 0:03:25If I was to select one, I think, er...
0:03:25 > 0:03:28it would be that quality
0:03:28 > 0:03:32which John Kennedy was said to have possessed,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34which is grace under pressure.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Because there will be pressure. There will be danger.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43There will be discomfort, hunger, fatigue, sometimes exhaustion.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47But there must also be
0:03:47 > 0:03:51that ability to control, to go on thinking, to go on leading,
0:03:51 > 0:03:56to go on being an inspiration when times are very difficult.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59I'd have thought that is the real quality
0:03:59 > 0:04:03that is central to so many others.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10You worked around London doing what? Iworkedinasupermarket.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I worked for a removal company. Then I went to a travel agent.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Just sort of filling in time.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22All right. I've got my work cut out with you.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31If you've got a degree in zoology, what made you want to join us?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I studied zoology because I have an interest in bird watching.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38You're into bird watching?Iam.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41You'll be all right under cover, then?
0:04:41 > 0:04:46One of the main paragraphs that you should note in the, er...
0:04:46 > 0:04:50mess rules and by-laws, is that on dress.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55The first paragraph is the most important. That's paragraph 51.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58If you always remember this, if you remember nothing else,
0:04:58 > 0:05:03that members in the mess are to maintain a standard of dress
0:05:03 > 0:05:06appropriate to the dignity of the mess,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10and are to ensure that their guests conform to that standard,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12you won't go wrong.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15A fine array we've got here! A fine array.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Stand easy.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Mr Jackman, you look immaculate. That shirt is something else.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28It's a corker!
0:05:28 > 0:05:31What's this tie made out of? What does it mean?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Barbadian Beach Boys Club? No,ColourSergeant.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37This is my school tie.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Notshootingpooltie? No, Colour Sergeant.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43What's going to happen now is
0:05:43 > 0:05:48the Batch Officer will come forward and have a look at your suits,
0:05:48 > 0:05:53then give you a little spiel on what's expected of you in the mess
0:05:53 > 0:05:55at your piss-up...cocktail party!
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Evening, Mr Cunnings. Good evening, sir.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01<Mr Porter, you wearing that tie for a bet?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Simmonds, I don't think this is really the thing.ColourSergeant.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Not really for the mess.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Don't know what... You've spoken about that one, sir?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Yeah. You've got a grandmother you can give this to?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17ColourSergeant.Good.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Drop your shoulders, Mr Crocket. Relax.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23They are relaxed? You're deformed, then?
0:06:23 > 0:06:27You happy with this, sir? This suit? Doesn'tfitverywell.>
0:06:27 > 0:06:29I mean the colour.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It's a bit bright, don't you think?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37When we've got a rock 'n' roll night, can I borrow it?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Yes, Colour Sergeant. Great.You'lldoforme.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Good evening. Good evening, sir.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Do the top button up on your jacket.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48When you're getting very casual late at night
0:06:48 > 0:06:51you might venture to undo it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54For this evening, you will all have jackets done up.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56He means when you crap.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Are you bow-legged? Slightly sir.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03You have the same problem as I do. Keep your knees close together.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09You have decided to become officers, and there are certain standards
0:07:09 > 0:07:13that you must adhere to in your dress.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Don't get too worried if I'm being hard on your tie
0:07:17 > 0:07:19or your shoes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24You will soon learn that is the life that you are going into, gentlemen,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27especially the three members who are corps commission,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31who have chosen to come from the other ranks to become officers.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It will be harder for them than the rest of you.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Anyone got any problems?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Areyouallhappy? ALL: Yes, Colour Sergeant.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Are you all going to get pissed? ALL:No,ColourSergeant.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47HUM OF CONVERSATION
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I think that you begin to feel military
0:07:50 > 0:07:52when you've got the uniform on.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54I'm feeling like a civilian
0:07:54 > 0:07:58standing in a military establishment with military things around me,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01as opposed to being one of those military things.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I'm 22, the old man of the group.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I spent four years at the bank, which I went into after school.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12I enjoyed my time with the bank, the people I worked with, the customers.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16The job wasn't that good. I wouldn't be here now if I enjoyed that.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20It's been an ambition to get here and I've made it - so far!
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Well, coming straight from school,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I think that I'm not quite mature enough yet.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30This following year will tell whether I am mature enough
0:08:31 > 0:08:34or whether I'm becoming mature enough.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39I think that that is perhaps my biggest fault at the moment.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I'm straight from school and I'm still in the school way of thinking.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I do think it's simply the best around.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51My father was in the corps, but that's not why I'm joining.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I've looked at other opportunities. Didn't want to go to university.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Wanted to do something active.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I thought, this is it. Commando, green beret.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05A lot of...pride, I think, the day you get your green beret.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09The reason I joined the Marines was because of the training,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13the hard work, the adventure and the challenge of physical exertion.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I decided to become an officer
0:09:15 > 0:09:18because I was frustrated with being a marine.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I wasn't a thinking soldier. I was a doing soldier.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Being told to dig that hole, do this, do that.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26It was extremely frustrating.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31I thought I'm going to be here nine years and not achieve anything,
0:09:31 > 0:09:35so I decided to try and get to a position where I could use my brain.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42SHOUTING
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Wake up! Wakey wakey!
0:09:47 > 0:09:51'This gentle early morning call is given, not by the instructors,
0:09:51 > 0:09:56'but by trainees already three months into the course -
0:09:56 > 0:10:00'the start of an initiation rite that's been going on for years.'
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It's now five past five.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Front and support, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Move yourselves. Not quick enough. On your feet.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11When I say move, gentlemen, I want you down there.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Front and support, please!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19How many more to come?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21RESPONSE UNCLEAR
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Move it!
0:10:23 > 0:10:26These men have been waiting for you because you were late.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28<27, sir.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30OK.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Gentlemen, one thing you'll learn over the next few weeks,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39is when you're told to parade at a certain time, you will be there!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41If not, you will suffer.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Arms bend!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46And stretch. Bend.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49And stretch. Bend.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51And stretch.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Across the railway track, form a single line.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Come on! Quickly! Move!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02'Some may interpret what comes next,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05'the sort of beauty treatment society ladies
0:11:05 > 0:11:08'pay through the nose for, as bullying.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10'It's hardly that,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14'since any young officer may ask, or be asked, to resign at any time.'
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Tough shit! Two forward rolls. Go!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20SLOSHING
0:11:20 > 0:11:23On your feet in a single line when you've finished.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Why are your faces still clean? Lookateachother.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30You're all clean! Head stand. Go!
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Get them heads down there!
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Get your heads down! Go! Headsdownthere!
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Get your feet up, man!
0:11:44 > 0:11:47On your feet. Go on! On your feet!
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Pick up your kit. Follow me!
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Starting at the far end,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55do backward somersaults.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58SPLASHING Go!
0:11:59 > 0:12:02SPLASHING Go!
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Go! SPLASHING
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Go!
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Change direction, left. Left wheel.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Forward!
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Change direction, right. Right wheel.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Don't kick the bollard. Hasn't done you any harm.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Fine. Well, we'll start. Welcome. That's the first thing to say.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34We have discussion periods.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41And if nothing else, we're good for a cup of coffee and some biccies.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46One of the things we shall be talking about
0:12:46 > 0:12:49is the "just war" concept.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52We'll be talking about things like pacifism
0:12:52 > 0:12:57and whether the profession of arms
0:12:57 > 0:13:00is compatible with Christianity.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I suppose I rather, um...
0:13:03 > 0:13:07answer the question by standing here in this training rig,
0:13:08 > 0:13:15when I talk about things like pacifism and the profession of arms.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Your function, basically, is to kill.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23There is no other reason for your being here,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27other than that one day, you might have to kill an enemy.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32All your training is arduous. You're going to get cruddy.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35You're going to get stinking. You're going to get rotten.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39What happens when you come in from your day's work,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43you get yourself stripped off into your rig you're in now,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46flip-flops, PT rig.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50You do the following things. You wash your shirt.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55You wash your socks. You wash your knicks that you've worn that day.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Before you do anything, you wash those items.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02They're the ones that are gonna stink the most. OK?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I'm going to show you how to wash your kit
0:14:05 > 0:14:08cos some of you, I'm sure, have not done it.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Mummy's done it in the washing machine. We've got washing machines.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16You're not going to use them until I tell you you can.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19What gets really smelly on shirts? ALL: Armpits.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Armpits! Clever boys.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Get some dust in the armpits.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Rub it in.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Make sure you spend plenty of time on there.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Not much point in putting your clean shirt on,
0:14:33 > 0:14:37then finding it's honking as soon as you've got it on.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39In front of your troop,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41you salute and they all fall over. LAUGHTER
0:14:41 > 0:14:45That's the routine for washing your kit every night.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Any problems?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52The second thing I want to go through is the shower routine.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Very important.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Mr James, come and speak to me.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00ColourSergeant. Come and speak to me, Mr James.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Come and speak to me over here.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12We've just finished training for the day. Smelling slightly.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Which he is, of course. All day, running around with kit.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20In the shower, make sure the hair is washed every day.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24None of this nonsense about not washing your hair every day.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29OK? Make sure, obviously, under your arms are washed properly,
0:15:29 > 0:15:34round your crutch and your feet are washed correctly.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Stacks of soap, stacks of lather.
0:15:36 > 0:15:42We're going to have a quick demo from Mr James. Strip off.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44LAUGHTER
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Mr James, being a corps commission, knows the routine.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Hope he's got a fairly well sized willy...
0:15:50 > 0:15:52LAUGHTER
0:15:53 > 0:15:55It's like a cock, only smaller.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Exactly.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59LAUGHTER
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Showers around the corner there.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Get yourself lathered up properly and show them the routine.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09SHOWER RUNS
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Let Mr James get through there.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Don't be there all day!
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Routine - stacks of soap all over your body
0:16:19 > 0:16:22and get the grime and dirt off.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Fine. OK.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28LAUGHTER
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Let's see you, Mr Jackman.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Let's see if it's true, eh? LAUGHTER
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Right, any problems on that? Showering?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40You WILL shower every night.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45'It's about now they begin to wonder whether they're elite or off their heads.'
0:16:45 > 0:16:49I'm always rather concerned when I hear the word "elite".
0:16:49 > 0:16:55It always assumes something, and that assumption can never be made.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59You have to go on keeping yourself good day after day,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01year after year.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05As soon as an organisation starts calling itself good,
0:17:05 > 0:17:09it almost always starts to go downhill.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13'We must be constantly striving to be competent.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16'We must be confident in that confidence,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19'but we can never afford to be complacent.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22'Day after day, I hope that officers, young officers,
0:17:22 > 0:17:27'leaders at every level, are giving themselves their own audit board
0:17:27 > 0:17:31'as to whether they have measured up that day
0:17:31 > 0:17:33'and how they can do better next.'
0:17:33 > 0:17:38If we go around the camp and get the salute from the men,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40"Is someone walking behind us?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43"God! I've got a pip on my shoulder!"
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I think you salute the commission. You don't salute the person.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51You salute the rank. They're saluting the Queen's commission.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Putting on this uniform for the first time is...nice.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Very nice.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01You may have noticed at the moment we only wear
0:18:01 > 0:18:04what I think is called the crap hat.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10We don't deserve the green beret yet so we get this black training beret,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13which is very, VERY noticeable.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15It's only till the green beret
0:18:15 > 0:18:19that I think you feel as though you've made it.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22<You need some more shirts before very long.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25<Get some nice new crisp ones.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26OK.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30<I suggest that you look around for a suitable sports jacket.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Make sure it's a properly cut,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36tailored sports jacket with vents in the back.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Yes, sir. >
0:18:40 > 0:18:46The game we're in now is the officer game. Right?Yes, Colour Sergeant.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50You've come from one sort of life into another.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52All right?Yes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Smile at me.Yes,ColourSergeant.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I've just finished school.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Father owns his own garden centre.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04We're not that well off a family.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07My dad's put his money back into his garden centre.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10I have to buy all my own clothes.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15This is a bit different. I usually wear jeans, T-shirt when I'm out.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Suits, jacket and tie all the time is a bit different.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21<All right. That's all satisfactory.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Good. Thank you, sir.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Don't panic!
0:19:35 > 0:19:37No, Colour Sergeant.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Put your stuff away. Get yourself sorted out.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51'At the moment, a little bit shaky under pressure, I feel myself.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55'I'm confident that I can do it with training.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58'It'll take a lot of work. Hopefully, they'll iron that out.'
0:19:58 > 0:20:03I was told at my interview boards that I was not flexible enough,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07but they believed that could be trained into me,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10although I don't agree with that view.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14I think they only saw a few sides of me at the interview board.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19I think I have the flexibility. I'm entering training with an open mind.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21They make what they want of me.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Change direction. Right. Right wheel. Forward!
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Now slow the pace down.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Change direction, left. Left wheel!
0:20:46 > 0:20:49You're like a handcuffed crab!
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Two paces, step back.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53March!
0:20:53 > 0:20:55One, one-two.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Keep the legs straight as you go back.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01You will find
0:21:01 > 0:21:04that I will nit-pick.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07There are certain things that I will pick up
0:21:07 > 0:21:10and you will think to yourself,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12"Bloody hell!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17"Why is he picking up that little thing?"
0:21:17 > 0:21:21It is to train you to pay attention to detail.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26So that later on in your careers, when you've got your troop of men,
0:21:26 > 0:21:32and your company commander gives you a mission
0:21:32 > 0:21:34to accomplish with your men,
0:21:35 > 0:21:39you carry out that mission to the finest detail.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45That way, you'll probably stay alive and keep your men alive.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50The centre and rear ranks, stand at ease!
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Where's your name tag?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58I'myettopickitup... I told you yesterday to pick it up.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01I do not expect to tell you more than once to do things.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Do you understand that, Mr Sear? Yes,ColourSergeant.Good.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08What'sonyourstar? Three ships, Colour Sergeant.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11What'sthewriting? "Three In One", Colour Sergeant.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15What's it say in Latin? TriaJuncta...
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I've forgotten the third word, Colour Sergeant.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23What does it mean?ThreeInOne. What's that? What's Three In One?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Signifies England, Scotland and Wales...What does it also mean?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30It's illegal, isn't it? Yes, Colour Sergeant.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Mr Ainsworth, what happened?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37You got dressed last night and slept in it.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Tell me.No,ColourSergeant. What's your excuse, then?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Don't know, Colour Sergeant.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I'm going to have problems with you, aren't I, Mr Ainsworth?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Don't look so worried.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Put your shoulders back.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Open your toes up slightly.
0:22:53 > 0:22:5730 degrees between the toe caps when stood to attention.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Right.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Down!
0:23:01 > 0:23:05'There is shrewd strategy afoot. In years to come,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08'the lives of the sergeant instructors
0:23:08 > 0:23:11'could be in the hands of the young men they're training.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16'Sergeant-ocracy rules, demanding almost unobtainable perfection.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18'The system is proven.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21'Sergeant Mick Eccles survived the Falklands War
0:23:21 > 0:23:25'and won the Military Medal in the fight for Mount Harriet.'
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Stand by... Ready!
0:23:27 > 0:23:31'There's another unique aspect of the officer's course.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35'From time to time, they train with men they're learning to command.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38'The men are blind if they don't see
0:23:38 > 0:23:43'that, if anything, their future officers get an even tougher time.'
0:23:43 > 0:23:46We have got a gentleman from Eton here
0:23:46 > 0:23:48who decided we do barrel changes
0:23:49 > 0:23:52after 200 rounds on the LSW. CHUCKLING
0:23:52 > 0:23:57Sir, could you please get down and show us how to do a barrel change?
0:23:57 > 0:24:01On the LSW. And talk us through it, sir.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Have you got your repair kit, sergeant?Ihaven't.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Demonstrate it by explanation, please.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12I'm afraid I can't, Sergeant. ButyouattendedEton.That's right.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15What do you know, if you attended Eton?
0:24:15 > 0:24:18That I wouldn't be able to change a barrel.Basically,sir,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21thousands of pounds spent on your education.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Whathappens? I reckon I can change a barrel.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28And you can't, can you? You'll give us a good demonstration on this one.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Can you tell me please what that is?
0:24:35 > 0:24:40When you release the bolt, you use the bolt release. Thank you.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Mutton.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Place entire contents in quarter a pint of water.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Simmer for five, ten minutes. I can cope with that.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52'The experience of centuries
0:24:52 > 0:24:55'is distilled into the Royal Marines' obsession
0:24:55 > 0:24:59'with self-sufficiency in uncomfortable places.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03'The food may bear uncanny resemblance to a dog's dinner,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05'but it is nourishing and hot.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09'Combat strategy is useless if officers and marines are under par.
0:25:09 > 0:25:14'They spend ten weeks learning to survive in alien conditions.'
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Right, that's the boring bit.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20You've got to wait while this hubbles and bubbles.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Just done the entire Scout course
0:25:22 > 0:25:24in about two hours!
0:25:25 > 0:25:28We're fully trained Adventure Scouts now, I think.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Seems a bit too relaxed. Sure it's going to change.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34They have to teach us these basics.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Probably better at a relaxed pace so we take it in.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45If somebody drops a goolie, everybody goes and does a beasting.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49It's not that one bloke. Everybody does a beasting.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52It's drilled into you. You work for each other.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56After a while, you don't think about it, you just pull together.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Don't you, you bastard?Yeah. BOTH LAUGH
0:25:59 > 0:26:03You should have your rifles slung across your chest
0:26:03 > 0:26:06not carried like some handbag.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17You're making a right cock-up of this, aren't you, sir? Eh?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20No. It's going to be all right.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23You want to try to get it finished before it goes dark.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28You been camping before?
0:26:31 > 0:26:36I've seen Wimpey's build a block of flats quicker than this!
0:26:44 > 0:26:48You're looking so you can put an officer in front of 30 marines
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and he's not going to make a fool of himself.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Also, that he's got the ability to lead, to take charge,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58his man management's good.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02And he can understand the marine.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05We also try to make him streetwise,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08so he doesn't get messed around.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Cos if he's not up to scratch, the marine will find out.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17'You've got to break them in gently.'
0:27:17 > 0:27:20It's no good shouting at them.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23What's the point in bullying somebody? He doesn't learn nothing.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27You don't achieve nothing. You'll find times when WE shout at him.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32But to shout for no reason? You're there to help him through.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36The pressure gets greater in each stage of training.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39By the time you get to the end of training,
0:27:39 > 0:27:43you don't have to bully them so much cos the pressure's on THEM.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48You don't have to shout. They know if they're in the wrong or right.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Do you like them? Are they a good bunch? Have you got time for them?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56LAUGHS You have to have time for them!
0:27:56 > 0:27:58But "like them"?
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Yeah, you respect them, providing they turn out the goods.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05If they don't and they're not giving 100%,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08then respect, I'm afraid, declines.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12The only thing that's missing is a big campfire, funny hats
0:28:12 > 0:28:14and people saying Akela.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19It's a holiday at the moment. I'm sure it'll change for the worse.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I am November Oscar 28007, acting Lieutenant Cameron.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31The batch has fallen in in three ranks at your disposal, sir.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Good morning, Mr Cameron. Stand the batch at ease.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Batch, stand at ease!
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Let's use the voice a little more, Mr Cameron. It's a bit pathetic.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Give it as an order, not as a whisper or whimper.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Attention, NCOs. Please carry on.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Section TWO!
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Join that section, sir.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Why were you adrift? Get up to attention!
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Why were you late? Why were you late?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Why? No excuse, Sergeant!
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Front support position. Down.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22Five minutes! Five minutes early! You should have been here.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25I don't want my section ever again
0:29:25 > 0:29:28shamed by Two Section being here on time,
0:29:28 > 0:29:32and Three Section being here before you.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36And One Section being last.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Get your knees straight, sir.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Make sure your straps are tight.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47That will bang you on the head. Won't it, sir?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Yes, Sergeant.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Make sure your equipment is done up, otherwise that happens.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Have a look through there.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Sergeant.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10What'sinit?Bits of dirt. Why didn't you pull it through?
0:30:10 > 0:30:15Ididpullitthrough,Sergeant. Youdidn'tpullitthroughenough.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Just push that.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Dirty weapon, sir. Get on the flank. Get it together.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Why haven't you used your soap, sir? RESPONSEUNCLEAR
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Why carry it, then? Which soap have you used?
0:30:34 > 0:30:38You didn't use that soap either. Which would you use?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Pardon?Which would you prefer? Which is better?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44It's not me, sir! Imperial Leather is perfumed.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49Start using perfumed soap in the field, start smelling like a posy
0:30:49 > 0:30:52and you can be smelled for miles!
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Have you shaved this morning, sir? No,Sergeant.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Whynot,sir? I don't ever shave, actually.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02You don't ever shave?No,Sergeant.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11What do you use, sir? A "delapatry" cream?Pardon?
0:31:11 > 0:31:15There's a hair, sir. You'll shave in future. Hair!
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Yes,Sergeant.You'll shave, sir.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Get out your water bottle. Get out your mess tin and shave now.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Look down there. It'sshit,Sergeant.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30You haven't even looked down it. Ihavelookeddownit.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34You haven't bothered to pull it through?Didn'thavetime.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38You've been up since six o'clock. Quarter to eight, you parade.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42That gives you an hour and three quarters to get your act together.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Start learning quick, sir, otherwise you're active in civvy street.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48PANTING
0:31:59 > 0:32:03'Michael Jackman is on attachment from the Barbados Defence Force.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05'He's homesick and feels the cold,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08'but he wants the green beret desperately.'
0:32:10 > 0:32:14As soon as you've got your equipment on, front support position place.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19You're waiting for the slower members of the section
0:32:19 > 0:32:22who can't get their act together.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Dirty faces, dirty razors, dirty rifles, dirty soap.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Equipment stowed in polythene bags so it goes mouldy.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Just a few of the things wrong with you after one night.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47One night out in the field, where you were finished by eight o'clock
0:32:47 > 0:32:49and had nothing to do!
0:32:49 > 0:32:54We will have immaculate kit and rifles, and you will be clean.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Stand up.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58GROANING AND PANTING
0:32:58 > 0:33:00That way, turn.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02You see the knoll?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Go!
0:33:07 > 0:33:09It pays to be the winner!
0:33:09 > 0:33:12The first two back don't go again!
0:33:16 > 0:33:18PUFFING AND PANTING
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Mr Porter. Mr Porter!
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Pays to be a winner. Back you go.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37PANTING About turn. Back you go.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41About turn, sir.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Pays to be a winner, sir.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51About turn. Back you go.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Firstthree,thistime. Let's move it, sir.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Back you go, sir.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Back you go. Sorry,Sergeant?Back you go.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19More effort's required, sir.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Back you go, sir. Sorry,Sergeant?Back you go.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35More effort's required, sir.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41We know what to do tomorrow, what standards we have to achieve.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46ALL:Yes,Sergeant. You'll expect it of your troop.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47ALL: Yes, Sergeant.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49PUFFING AND PANTING
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Why was you walking, Mr Morris?
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Whywasyouwalking,MrMorris? ToletMrTimpson past,Sergeant.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07That's very kind of you. Get fell in.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Thatisyours,isn'tit? Yes,Sergeant.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18That could have been any bit of kit what could have been important.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23It could have been a map. It could have been an orders book.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27But you would have dropped it, wouldn't you?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Yes,Sergeant. Take charge of your kit, sir.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Fall in.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37One Section, attention!
0:35:39 > 0:35:43You let me down three times. You let me down last night...
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Stand still, sir!
0:35:45 > 0:35:48You let me down last night by having a banyan in that bivvy position.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51You let me down this morning by being adrift.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54You let me down by your turnout.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I don't enjoy doing that, but I'd do it again
0:35:57 > 0:36:00if you ever come and let me down again.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Understand me, One Section? ALL:Yes,Sergeant!
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Good. Stand at ease.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Take off your kit.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15You're all thinking, "I wish I was back on the parade now."
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I'm thinking I wish I was back doing drill work with Sergeant Williams.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22And you're all probably not working on Saturday.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25You ain't bonking the old...young horsey birds.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27LAUGHTER
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Eh? Trying to find a little wife for the future.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34<A nice little Sloane, I'm looking for.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Never with hair like that!
0:36:36 > 0:36:38'A relaxed atmosphere,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41'but the pressure's growing on the younger men.'
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I find things difficult to start off with.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Problem is, that's when your name gets picked up.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Other people make mistakes and get away with them.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54They've got my name in their heads. "He's making a mess here!"
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Everyone else gets away with it a bit better.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01When we're doing it in practice, I can do everything OK.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05When we get out there, like on those ranges, I thought about everything.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07I got picked up again.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I was thinking about things, running along and firing.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14I wasn't thinking about the targets, my drills and things.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19It's more difficult. I'll get there. Just takes a matter of time.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Have you felt any changes in yourself?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25I don't think you can tell when you're here.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29But when I go home, everybody will say, "You've changed."
0:37:29 > 0:37:31You don't sort of realise you're changing.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34But must be.That's very true.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I went home this weekend and went out with my brother.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42Had a few wets. He said I'd changed, got louder and rowdier.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46It was really good to get home, to see your friends and stuff,
0:37:46 > 0:37:52and know that you're away from the pressure for a short moment.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Whoisit?Mr Trotman, Sergeant.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Howfarawaywasyouwhenyoufired? About 80metres,Sergeant.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Aboutwhat?80 metres, Sergeant.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Look where Sergeant Ashby is and you was way behind him!
0:38:08 > 0:38:12I was only two metres behind him. He's120,30metresaway.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16He said, "If you think you're 75 metres..."
0:38:16 > 0:38:20You've got to think for yourself. Ihadalook,Sergeant.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24You didn't look far enough, sir. That's nowhere near 80 metres.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Yes,Sergeant.I'll show you where you've got to go now.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33You see that hill?Yes,Sergeant. I want you to shout from the top,
0:38:33 > 0:38:37"Sergeant Eccles, I apologise for not listening to your orders."
0:38:37 > 0:38:40I'll acknowledge and you can come back.Yes,Sergeant.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44'Does Jim Trotman feel confident?' Yes,Ido.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46It ebbs and flows, shall we say?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50At six in the morning, you want to write the letter of resignation
0:38:50 > 0:38:53when you're scrubbing the floor.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56But that soon goes. Yeah, I think I'll crack it.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00These guys, a few of them have a little experience,
0:39:00 > 0:39:03so they make it a little easier for you.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07They help you along when you fall short, like this morning.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12The guys had to pull things together for me because my fingers were numb.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16I couldn't use them at all. You're going to see it through?
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Well, Sergeant Ashby was telling me
0:39:18 > 0:39:23that he's going to get me through, whether I like it or not!
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Alive or dead, I'm going to come through with a green beret.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31In the field, you pair off into the buddy system immediately.
0:39:31 > 0:39:36You share a bivvy with somebody, so you have to put that up together.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40When you get up in the morning, you wash individually,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42then you check the other person
0:39:42 > 0:39:46to see he's got all the cam cream off and that he's clean.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Cos he can't see himself.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53You mentioned this morning, we ought to have Desmond Morris over
0:39:53 > 0:39:56to be a commentator, if you like.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01It's very much like hamadryas baboons playing with each other,
0:40:01 > 0:40:05picking nits out of each other's backs and things like that.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08You see a little clump of troops under trees.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12And in the same way that hamadryas baboons go in troops,
0:40:12 > 0:40:15we move in troops as well. LAUGHTER>
0:40:15 > 0:40:18What a simply marvellous analogy!
0:40:27 > 0:40:29EXPLOSIONS
0:40:30 > 0:40:32GUNFIRE
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Let's move! Let's move!
0:40:36 > 0:40:40'Now they're not even allowed to sleep at night.'
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Get yourself off the floor!
0:40:54 > 0:40:57COMMANDS SHOUTED
0:40:59 > 0:41:02HEAVY RAIN FALLS
0:41:07 > 0:41:09'Some are on the verge of breaking point.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13'Even if there's an air of menace, marine standards are so high,
0:41:13 > 0:41:17'it's essential to test their fortitude to the limit of endurance.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21'Men's lives will be in their hands.'
0:41:25 > 0:41:28How are you finding this? It's getting chilly now.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33LAUGHING: Chilly? You mean devastatingly cold!
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Ah! It's...manageable, I think, for now.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43My hands I can't feel at all, but... Really?They'recompletelynumb.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Right, the kit people have lost,
0:41:48 > 0:41:52or the kit we've picked up in the positions this morning.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59Waterproof. Come and claim it, Mr Ken.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Take charge of it, sir.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Three Section, one heaving sock.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10Who's going to claim that? Who's got the balls to claim it?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13<Put it down. It might return to its owner.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Stand at ease.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Listen in, the rest of Two Section.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23Not a bad effort. Lesson's been learned. Make sure it's remembered.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29One, two, three, four.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32One, two, three, four.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35One, two, three, four.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Change direction.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43One, two, three, four.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46CONTINUE CHANTING
0:42:46 > 0:42:51If you keep closed up, keep the step, it's no problem, is it?
0:42:51 > 0:42:56MEN: No, Sergeant. Well done. Any problems, anybody?
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Both the backs of my heels are rubbed raw.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Are they?Yes,Sergeant. We'll get it fixed.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06It happens. You won't be the first. You're not the last.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09A few problems? OK. Sit on the desk.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Put your feet up.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Right, OK. Are your boots too tight?
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Not too tight. I think, probably, just badly fitting at the back.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29There's no problem in comfort.
0:43:29 > 0:43:34You'll have to go down to sick bay and get them to look at those.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39What should I wear? I've got problems getting my boots back on.
0:43:39 > 0:43:44Put your training rig on and put your training shoes on.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46<Yes, sir.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49I kept being done for being out of step.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Every time I went for a full step it really hurt.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55"Get in step!" I couldn't keep in step.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58But I kept going. There was no way I was giving up.
0:43:58 > 0:44:03Is that the philosophy for the rest of the course?
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Yeah. You just have to ignore pain.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26<Sir, don't worry. We're going to let you go for a swim as well.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29You're happy with that, are you?
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Off you go, then.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Keep it to the right-hand side.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39Don't mess around, sir. Get straight in. It's not that cold.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42It's not cold. It's freezing.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49That's it, sir. Good effort.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Keep the rope to the right.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54That's it, sir. Well done.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Nice! Tepid!
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Temperate climate, sir, isn't it?
0:45:16 > 0:45:20Terrified! I really was.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24I kind of got in the water and almost panicked.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27I really thought I was going to go under.
0:45:27 > 0:45:32The sergeant had to pull the rope up to keep me out of the water.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36My pack was fine. Everything was bone dry. It was me!
0:45:36 > 0:45:39I just don't like to cross the water like that.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Frightens me like anything.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53'Barbados is hardly the ideal background
0:45:53 > 0:45:55'for a man training for Arctic warfare.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59'It's no longer whether Jackman completes the course,
0:45:59 > 0:46:01'but how long he can survive.'
0:46:01 > 0:46:06It's been a constant struggle. The cold has been extremely difficult.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08The training has been manageable.
0:46:08 > 0:46:13It's the training coupled with the cold that has made my life a horror.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21You're very cold, very wet.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26Just can't get dry, which is the most miserable thing about it.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Once you're wet, you get cold more easily.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31Freezing!
0:46:31 > 0:46:35Could you describe to me in 50 words a hot bath?
0:46:35 > 0:46:37LAUGHTER >
0:46:37 > 0:46:39One word - heaven!
0:46:45 > 0:46:48Nobody else is wearing a towel, sir.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51You won't, either.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55It's not raining. It's perfectly nice weather, sir.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Make sure this is tucked up tidily. Yes,Sergeant.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Keep still, sir. Keep still.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08You've got every item of clothing on known to man, haven't you, sir?
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Yes, indeed, Sergeant. Yes, indeed.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15The best thing you can do, sir, is start taking it off.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19I want you to drop that pack, take this off, take this off,
0:47:19 > 0:47:24take your gloves off, sir, and shout out when you've done it.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32'No doubting his determination,
0:47:32 > 0:47:35'circulation problems have been confirmed
0:47:35 > 0:47:37'by Surgeon Commander Ian Riddle.'
0:47:37 > 0:47:40If he were a Royal Marine young officer
0:47:40 > 0:47:44who we were expecting to serve in the Arctic at some stage,
0:47:44 > 0:47:47we would not be able to allow him to continue training.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50Under his particular circumstances,
0:47:50 > 0:47:53he should be returning to a warmer climate
0:47:53 > 0:47:57and it should not give him future problems.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02But you're going to monitor him very closely?Verycloselyindeed.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Very closely indeed.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08Unfortunately, he will suffer considerable pain
0:48:08 > 0:48:10after every cold exposure.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14He has made the decision that he wishes to continue,
0:48:14 > 0:48:16and I respect that decision.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18What would your reaction be
0:48:18 > 0:48:22if you were forced, due to cold weather injuries, to leave training?
0:48:22 > 0:48:24I wouldn't like that very much.
0:48:24 > 0:48:29You've got the additional pressure of leaving Barbados, coming so far,
0:48:29 > 0:48:33everybody knowing that you are here to get the green beret,
0:48:33 > 0:48:36to go back home as one of the elite.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40For me to leave at such an early stage in training,
0:48:40 > 0:48:45we still have 30-odd weeks to go, it would be heart-breaking.
0:48:45 > 0:48:49'Michael Jackman was incapable of carrying on
0:48:49 > 0:48:51'and returned to Barbados.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54'One in three of these men is to discover
0:48:54 > 0:48:58'that the Royal Marines are not for him.'