Well Colin the Welsh were much nicer soldiers to engage with that any of the Scottish regiments. Right nasty b******s at checkpoints the Jocks were.

I'm ex Jock guards and we had quite a few Welsh guards attached to us in Germany two in my platoon and they were good lads I'd say. That young officer is a proper knob like pissing the blokes off on patrol.

Maybe he was thinking that IRA was not a regular army and volunteers had only a soviet-style training, so it was unlikely that som "provo" could spot those men standìding and even more unlikely that he could take a hit. British Army was prepared to fight against the National Volksarmee, the heir of Wehrmacht, so IRA, withe the due respect, was not the same

@@simonecanepa721 hahaha.... you are an idiot. The IRA had snipers too.

@@kevinadamson5768 I´m guessing Hohne in the 80s. I remember the Welsh Guards utter bell-ends.

& shouting all the while, drawing the attention of everyone within earshot

Young officers are managed by the Platoon Sgts,give them their head and they will only fuck things up..most look to the NCOs and learn quickly when to fuck off and leave the troops alone..Back in the UK you don’t see your officers much,they are always out and about in London.

Odd a stutter kept me out of us army

fucking Sgt should have got a grip of that wanker!!!!

Plt Sgt will be in another multiple.

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Borucki sangar XMG also known as the smack booth 😂😂😂

@@exarmy4418 what was that about Crossmaglen, can you explain

It’s been a while but I still have the firing pin in my attic.

AWESOME

Yup.....seen a ND in the unloading bay at at Bessbrook by a 10 day rupert

4 years. It was signed in 1998. I was in palace barracks at the time

Daddy will have sorted him out

McInnes left the Army soon after this was filmed for career in corporate finance in the City

@@Horizon344 probably for the best he’s the sort of Rupert that would get good men killed due to his arrogance he landed in NI fresh from sandhurt and would not listen to the men who’d been there and done it

He is a wino out side Tescos !!

Yeah but he is a LCpl, they wear 2 stripes in the guards.

cpls run the british army.

We had 2nd lewy in ni and he was as green as grass but after 5 months his confidence grew and I believe he went on to achieve great things in the intelligence. This guy is a total knob from day one and the guys pick up on it. The ncos run the army at platoon level and he should listen instead of trying to stamp his authority. Big mistake just pisses everyone off. Lewy

Corporals know ten times what leftenants know

And where do you think we are sir,no sir,I wouldn’t do that,if I was you......ect,just like new gremlins ,all new offices are useless.,oh and you don’t stop people coming out of a church..

Yeah very bad fieldcraft, never silhouette yourself.

Yes for anyone seeing them leave the base. You wouldn’t want to be sat at traffic lights in a civilian car dressed in army uniform in Northern Ireland.

typical rupert scream n shout in that plummy accent😮

I used to do it as a Captain and then I would ask my sgt to check mine

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You sound a bitter man..

At the 4 year point you should be looking at promotion. However it is not automatic. You need to earn it. First, having done tours has little bearing on promotion. Most of your Regiment will have done the same tours, and infantry regiments were doing one every 18-24 months at that time. You usually have no choice about going. Your actual performance on the tour is taken into account. Second, being good at your job is expected regardless. It is not a reason for promotion. Yes you do need to be good at what you do, however it is the extra stuff like initiative, maturity, leadership potential etc that get you promoted. What did you do that demonstrated these? Were you helping the new Toms when they were struggling? Were you de-facto section 2IC when the LCpl was not around? Did you do any regimental sports or other activities where leadership potential and teamwork were evident? Third, were you consistently top 3rd in your appraisals? Promotion is a competition. There are only so many LCpl slots each year, and you need to be sticking out from your peers. Were people at your stage or below getting picked up? If so then you need to take a look at yourself and question what they are doing that you aren't. Fourth, did you ever speak to your Platoon Commander about why you were not recommended? Did you ask for development points to gain one next year? Did you improve on the points raised in your midyear reports? It's your career so you have to take responsibility for it. Taking a look at your service history it paints a picture of someone who felt entitled to a promotion and stamped their feet and signed off when they didn't get one instead of knuckling down and earning that recommendation.

Groucho hardest rank to get and easy to lose is lance corporals.....

@@paulritchie5868 Tell me about it. I was a LCpl in the R Irish HSPT. I left and reenlisted full time general service as a Ranger (pte) and had to work for my 1st tape all over again.

Groucho amazing the number of guys that got out only to reappear some time later...

Or stop one