@Anthony Sawyer indeed

@Anthony Sawyer they're still pretty good. The elite units have been left untouched and I believe they still do the same training as back in the day. The full curriculum for training is on the Wikipedia for "1 Parachute Battalion" if you're interested. The battle of Bangui in 2013 showed they can still fight.

Hope you're staying safe down there fella.

@@angusmcguinness7015 )

Except when they shoot unarmed civilians 🙄

A very much appreciated comment 👌🇬🇧⚔️🇺🇸👍

Murderers

@@thebaseballfan5912 freedom fighters that targeted kids yeah right, that's called terrorism mate.

@john knusson 4 if you include 4PARA

@john knusson 4 para, like the other three battalions, is infantry only. Other attached arms (artillery, engineers, etc) are part of 16 Air Assault Brigade but not The Parachute Regiment itself.

@@olliegrigg6752 bore off you clown

Watch the Indians do it. You'll be pretty amazed.

@@justrohit-uc7pn where do you think the Indians learnt it from

Me too.

I was in Montgomery Barracks with 27Regt RCT. We were your ground support ‘cause we weren’t daft enough to jump out of planes!! That’s why we were the Troggs and you were the elite! Remember the block invasions well, much fun was had with broomsticks only they weren’t used for flying 😆 Massive respect for the Parachute Regiment and proud to be British.

you chose well

Did he cry when you told him 😂

I have a couple of friends who are Ex/current para and myself are current REME

@@alton8558 do your full time, go for the pension.

@@snowflakemelter1172 no, I got away with it. :-)

Good luck to you, I tried to get in 3 Coy (North Finchley) in ‘83 but failed the run.

@@petersone6172 Thanks, 3 was my first unit before I moved to 16 Ind Coy, 10 was the only unit with numbered rather than lettered companies. Always regret not going for a full career

@@johnallen7807 I lived on the East London Essex border, so it wasn’t exactly local. I didn’t continue with my application for regular army. I’m glad you have good memories of your time with the para’s.

@@johnallen7807 the old site at Finchley, Blocks of flats now

@@petersone6172 Blimey! I was in Loughton when I joined, you were virtually next door lol

That is interesting, thank you.

Yes I had no idea, thanks for that info!

Really? That’s fascinating.

I never knew this interesting fact.

Pull the other one! Yea, in the old days when we came back from the Canal Zone and each company had their own “Charwala” and we had bodies to spare to make things from scratch. These days they were lucky to find a second hand smock to give to the HRH. Charles’s first jump over water was nearly his last, he always was one for sticking his feet in the wrong places. Mind you we preferred him to Margret! Cheers mate. Harera

Once a hairy ass Para, always a Para! Cheers mate. Harera

To be fair, you can't get posher than heir to the throne.

Some people pretend to be posh. He actually is.

England? Don’t think my Scottish son who is a serving Para would welcome your comment. It’s the British Army if you’re unsure 🤷‍♂️

@@handsomepiper5761 well said!!

I wanted to join the paras but i developed anaphylaxis round the time of actually applying to join

I ended up on a path of jail in my teens then had kids then changed my ways.

Priceless alright, his original one was only loaned to him by my CQMS and was returned (it was washed by his own valet) and re issued to a bloke from a new intake as good as new! Mind you, the price of the same smock now on e-bay would have paid for a new set of my No.2’s! Cheers mate and Harera.

How many battles are on them? 3? 4? Could put em on a postage stamp! Faugh a Ballagh

Very Good Mam - Motto At Now “ In Faith Once Again -?As Dust Again “ Into The Wind🗡

Yep something that changes over time and fashion and presently looks a little odd

Right eye? French are you?

Eh whit? They're paras not hats! Between the left eye and the temple, beret shaped forwards for maximum allyness!

@@charliekilo8944 must be 😁

Time moves on, leave the officers to wear them like the old days.

Keep dreaming, my dear

The marines are on hand to rescue the parachutists. In a rapid raider.

The guy was making a humorous remark to Paras who will know exactly how that can happen and probably has. It was a way of linking his experiences to theirs. Charles is full of self deprecating humour. Its why people like him. Apart from which he has been there and done it, earned the beret, got the wings as a pilot and served as a Skipper in the Navy. He has nothing to apologise for.

Hi John, your only problem was in being on attachment to 2 Para when you could have followed in the footsteps of the officers and senior sergeants from the USA Army that served in 3 Para. I served under two American Officers Commanding my C Company 3 Para in the sixties. The first officer was from the Screaming Eagles and the second from the Rangers. Three things they could not get use to, smaller parachutes, bigger gear to carry in the field and the use of boots instead of vehicles to move from a to b! Cheers mate. Harera

Missed the fly pass but my friends a Teacher and they went out to see fly pass !

Our school chaplain in the 1950s had been padre to the paras and had parachuted with them into Arnhem.

@@softcollar I would have loved to have been in your shoes talking with him about Market Garden etc.

Really?

He’s a beast

Not exactly the the queen's guards. They do jump out of planes 😂

@@user-wi3yx4ot1x still drill practise is key

You do the drilling. Paras do the killing

Our enemy is currently sitting in the Houses of Parliament

Honneur et Fidélité, Merci pour vos sentiments. J'espère que vous pourrez survivre jusqu'à un âge avancé parmi vos amis. C Coy. 3 Para.