Pash top bloke. Really good boxer he used to train me on pads and bag at 42 in the early 2000’s.

Man I just respect the humilty of this guy. Thank you.

"If he got me over there I could've been on the wrong side, in flip-flops chasing you guys" 😂😂😂 brilliant humour. Brilliant watch, brilliant man🇬🇧👊🏻

Pash, what a character. Good to see he has not changed. Top lad.

My chemistry teacher at school was in the SBS and served in the Falklands. I remember my mind being blown when he told me about this because he was just such an ordinary, boring (to me at the time anyway, being a teenager) middle-aged guy and he was such a badass. Taught me something important about the humanity of soldiers which has stuck with me ever since.

Served with Pash, awesome guy who lights up the room, all the best mate MMM.

The British SBS and SAS are some hard core players.. Thank you for your service Pash.

I love his honesty about himself

For anyone who is interested in the selection process for the Royal Marines Mountain Leaders (Arctic Warfare SF) there's a superb documentary on KZfaq called 'Behind the Lines'.

“MCT” has to be the hardest SF role going.The water is a cruel mistress & very unforgiving.I served in the RN for 28 years & 18 as a Mine Clearance diver with 6 years attached to the SBS in a combat diver/ IEDD role.very hard training & dangerous.We supported the Poole lads in all MCT ops & we were very proficient in all insertion methods from para to long swims & ladder climbs to underways from fast ribs to get on target….scary shit but awesome experience & very much missed…..Our team ( FDU-1) very rarely gets mentioned .🐸

Top bloke, very down to earth and a cracking record.

Typically very humble guy. Obviously tough as woodpecker lips. To stick at it and accomplish so much for a slight frame. ❤

A True silent professional. No war stories but they happened

This has been the most interesting programme I have ever watched a top man and a credit to his family and country I wish him well for the future one of our true heroes

Pasha ,solid humble guy ..

Joining the Royal Marines at 52 kilos is a bloody brilliant achievement in itself.

An amazing achivement, people dont relise you are already a 1%er by being in the Royal Marines to take the next steps and go SF is just another level In the mind set. When I did my All Arms Commando course(AACC) for 29CDO R.A you do the full Royal Marines training condensed into 13 week with roughly 2/4 weeks beat-up training we had in house at the regiment, for me 2 weeks at the Citadel in pylmouth home of 29cdo and i was on the winter course at (CTCRM), Lympstone. On our course even the slightest bit of attitude and you was gone off the course plenty more where that came from. i was only 18 and the youngest with zero tours under my belt when I did my course, 127 started and only 26 of us finished. From our Army Commando unit we have 148 Battery (NGSFO), specialist Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation based with the BSB in Pool. Mind set, stay wavey brothers 🤙

Give this guy a medal for saying as it were in every single sentence

Sbs. Elite british special forces. Pasha, what a guy. Respect

Served with Pash he’s a gent and a top guy also. Great to see him doing well. Have a funny story with him and Vinny Manley on a certain border 😅

Absolutely brilliant, such wisdom for life. Thank you Pasha❤💚🙏💫💫

Pash is a legend, and even at 50, he’s fit as a fiddle! I never made it to SB, despite dreaming of it from the age of 6, after watching Cockleshell Heroes, and the later reading books on Roger Courtney and Blondie Hasler.. I take my hat off to anyone who makes the grade, and have been lucky as a MoD contractor, to have worked with some of these most humble of men!

Pash epitomises what's great about UKSF; quietly spoken but hard as nails.

Top lad! Proud to call him a friend.

impressive operator, great interview techniques. Respect to Pasha and kudos to the two people conducting this interview. Thank you for your service Pasha ...

Total respect pasha great interview with a great fella thanks for your service a true gentleman.

Awesome interview my Brothers in arms 👍🏻🇦🇺

Pasha being a mountain leader and even an instructor the SBS would of wanted his skills, so that is likely why the SBS gave him a 3rd go at selection. I believe it is the ML that actually train the SBS on their mountain skills. Good on him for being necky and asking to go go again!!

What a nice bloke, a credit

It's amazing that many of the SAS / SBS members had a tough childhood.

He seems so freaking nice.

The SAS also have their own Boat Troops, probably not trained to the exact standards of the SBS, but they're still highly qualified in maritime missions. The Brits are very good at hearts and minds. that's what made the difference during the Malaya and Borneo campaigns vs the Vietnam war.

I had the same experience in boot camp. I showed up as an 18 year old in great shape at 175 pounds. 8 weeks later I weighed 150 pounds and felt very weak. Lack of food is rough.

Mountain leaders course would have helped him suceed for selection both mentally and skills. At 33 , mature, with solid background in the marines, he be perfect for SF.

Pasha talking about being on the other side chasing you guys made me laugh! We also measure height in Imperial units here in the UK 😅 He’s a credit to my country 🇬🇧

When I joined in 77,I was 8st 11lbs lol. So many SF lads came from broken homes and rough towns. You should try and get Cmdr Howard Leedham RN on the show. He was a SF officer led a covert unit on the Afghan border for the U.S. government.

What’s the line in Apocalypse Now when reviewing the Colonel’s military record - “this training almost killed me when I was 20 and he volunteered at 30…”. Something along those lines…

Top guy.

4:40 the real football (not the yank one😃) . BTW It's great to hear that a Northerner made it into the SBS, I was expecting southern public school boys (more or less posh private schools here in the UK) or Scottish psychos (no disrespect meant but you know what I mean) - thanks for the upload, subbed.

What a lovely bloke and hopefully a role model to other immigrants to do their bit. A real hero.

Pash Diamond 💎 GEEZER Was a great Ride with you mate 91, 630 Troop. You short ass Cheeky little man. Ha Ha blooming takes me back to the point. Good Man.

Thank you sir for your service

Thank you for your service. Was quite hard seeing the emotion on his face when talking about losing dogs.

My dad was Gordon Highlander, served in Malaya. Talked about the SBS guys a lot. Heard some good stories growing up

A great down to Earth video...

Yes… “You are trying to blend in” - apart from the out-of-place sun-tan in Poole (or Hereford) in the British winter :)

thanks to all how serve to keep the rest of us safe much respect

Very interesting interview. Within the r.m the ml branch is held in very high esteem .

I know him from a civilian point of view and he’s a great guy

Great episode!

It would be nice to hear in future interviews on how Spec Ops operators reintegrate into society and if they have challenges doing so, especially from all the different nationalities being interviewed.

aim high and never give up ,too true ,well done

Amazing that he did selection at 33 years old, as his body would have been slower to recover from the exercises, than if he had been younger.

SBU! This was great. Best one yet!

just like a top athlete peak at the end ,bloody fantastic advice sir

RM ML . Absolute quality.

A Good man & good luck with black box global✌

Wow, ML and SBS, courses in thebstates and 12 years RM. Mans active lol. Bravo

I wonder with this dudes ethnicity and body type if the SBS ever used him for more low viz work or close target surveillance? If you ran into this guy wearing local clothing in North Africa, the Middle East or Central/South Asia, you wouldn’t even notice him.

Good program.

Pasha keeps his cards close to his chest. 😂

Let's not forget British Special Forces is the longest serving special forces in the world, started with the British Army Commandos during WW2 , then SAS & SBS etc , The US Army Rangers where the first US Special Forces who where actually trained by the instructors at the Commando Schoool in Ayrshire Scotland. My late Grandfather was in First Special Service Brigade SOE Commando they later became 1 Commando. All Commando and Special Forces around the world can trace there roots back to the British Commandos of WW2 what a legacy those Brave Commandos have left the World. RIPGrandfather and to all Commandos and Special Forces who have passed away.

Pasha looks like he would have been quite an asset in Afghanistan during the years the UK was operating there. I have no idea what his language skills are, but he looks the part for a few of the ethnic groups.

In Ukraine we have the SJS - the "Special Jetski Service" !🙃

Theres a new documentary called commando: Britains ocean warriors on bbc iplayer. Episode 2 is all about ml2 course (mountain leader). I know loads of lads in the marines, theres loads of courses that are mega hard snipes and PTI come to mind, but the ML2 course is different gravy from what I understand. Just the selection week to get on the course is insane. As Pasha said, the ML2 course was actually more difficult than selection and from what ive been told ML's are basically special forces anyway so might be worth getting a mountain leader on here. The selection culminates with a 10 day field exercise in Norway in -25 degrees, its for the mental lads!

Everyone over the age of 40 in the UK uses inches for height and stones for weight. Military guys and young people are likely to also/instead know cm and kg for weight.

A great guy- yea, they always give you the piss😆👊🏼

Pash...hoofing bloke ❤

These lovely Americans don’t get Pashas humour, it’s a good watch…great watch guys, keep up the good work, total REspect…you probably wouldn’t get that too but thank you for your content💯😉👍🏻🇬🇧

0:16 respect❤️🇬🇧💯 0:24

Kind of guy you would want as a neighbour👍👍💯

I think the guys interviewing him might think that the Royal Marines are like the USMC where the USMC are basically there own army and u can join as a cook or a driver etc the Royal Marines are more like a army battalion where everyone is a infantryman and u then get given specialist roles like mortars or MG platoon but it is strange to go from basic to mortars normally u go to a rifle platoon for a couple of years first

Humble guy. But he has nothing too prove

What a guy

I was Airman Master Sergeant First Class Loadmasting Enlisted Subsea Brigadier 3 Star Special Operating Sniper Scuba Battle Surgeon Piloting the YH6 on special Presidential Five Eyes Ghost Detachment under Rubicon 6 Clearance while on detachment to the Majestic 13 Nuclear Lunar Cave Security Forces disguised as an African peasant speaking 13 separate dialects of ancient Sanskrit during the unofficial campaign around the Ring of Uranus hunting the intergalactic Bigfoot set free by the Grey Alien Nation. So I too can confirm he is a soldier.

Worked at Brinks Mat,Loads of these Guys came on board.

Legend has it he propelled himself with his own ears

Yeah the navy seal's have there own separate boat crews as well, "SWCC" they all go through BUD's but like pasha said the seal's get to decide weather you want seal infantry or boat crew

Ah man. I laughed so hard at 3:08

Good interview... any work in West Wales, mate?!

Yes your right Royal Marines do have the longest basic training in the world.

Reference the point of not wearing Uniform in Public. British Forces would quite often wear Uniform going on Leave on trains etc fairly common until the 70s. Then what we call "The troubles" occurred in Northern Ireland a Terrorist Campaign involving the IRA. As a result of the capture and Murder of a Off duty Soldier and other events the order was given no more wearing Uniforms in Public in the UK. To put this in context for younger readers here such things as planting bombs under Prison officers cars Police and Military were common. We had attacks including blowing up a Hotel in England at a Political conference narrowly missing the Prime Minister. Soldiers on Parade with horses blown up etc. So in England not even Northern Ireland you were a target. Now regarding the SAS and SBS i don't have definitive knowledge but I think it's always been the case of being very low key and secretive not wearing Uniform off camp since their inception in WW2. They touch on differences here in culture I served in a Ordinary Unit nothing Special however we had one guy go for SAS selection word got back that he passed but no one saw him again. I did serve in a Conflict anti Terrorist situation in a defence capacity. I saw the SAS go out by Helicopter do their thing and come back. I occasionally saw guys on camp who you guessed were but never any Uniform . Like the guy said they all do the same job but just differences. It's worth noting that from inception during WW2 our SAS and SBS were constantly somewhere around mostly covert dealing with terrorists and being involved in the last I call it Colonial Countries. This gentleman was a Royal Marine Commando before SBS most applicants are ex Marines all Marines are Commandos.The training for them is 9 months to get there Green beret before specialist training so I think all capable of going forward to volunteer for SBS if they wish. Respect to these guys I did my bit but just basic soldering but to do what they do it's got to be a full mental will and commitment. Cheers 🇬🇧

What Pasha said about going straight into mortars from basic training isn't normal, I did the same thing in the Scots guards in the 80,s. Straight from the depot weekend leave then flown straight to Northern Ireland to join mortar platoon. You usually had to do a couple of years in a rifle company before being selected for support company but because it was short manned at the time I was sent straight there.

110:30 😅💪🍻❤ RIP Doggo 🐶🫡🙏

The Gray Man!!! You'll never know. So overt, he is covert.

Get Jason Fox on next.

It’s very hard to be kicked out the British military but like he said if u really go to town on some civilian u might but one thing in the military that will get u thrown out is by stealing that shit they won’t put up with at all and I can agree with the interviewer in that in mortars u have to carry a lot of heavy shit (I was mortars I carried the barrel)

Proper professional, skirting around the actual training and contact specifics whilst giving enough for us. I heard SBS stands for slightly better soldier whilst SAS stands for slightly average soldier 😂

British military were targeted in the UK as he mentioned. Terrorism in UK was a thing. Certain parts of central London had bins removed as the IRA used them to plant bombs. Pubs frequented by military were bombed. The Marines band were blown up. More recent years have seen religious extremists taking knives out to kill people- most famously Lee Rigby was killed because he was a squaddie. So Brit military tend to be a little more cautious and were banned from travelling in uniform on public transport at one stage. Pash answered all questions but didn’t elaborate on stories probably cos 12 years SBS trained him to be a little more tight lipped.

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Did you *intentionally* get the fish tank for when you interviewed an SBS man?? lol

A guy named rob I worked with sbs, rob hope ur well, demo worker he was

Looking at those ears, I knew there was a martial arts connection there. (Not mentioning trunks hanging in the background)

He's an awful nice lad

41:10 - "If Your Ship Doesn't Come in Swim Out To It" (Jonathan Winters)

Hey pash do u remember jonny beaver from sunny scuny and the leeds lads that used to come over

I’m not sure what defence cuts the person asking the question is on about the military has seen a defence increase not cut ?

Jeez they all doing videos now

Wow, the SBS likes to keep it secret, imagine that! How about we learn something from the Brits! Keep our mouths shut and practice silent professionalism!

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