You will never stop pouring with sweat and everything but everything is trying to bite you scratch you, sting you or bury itself into you. The Green Hell.

I was in the US army. We did our jungle training in Panama. It was the worst experience ever. It rained constantly, the heat and humidity kept you sweating like a pig. Then there was all the insects like the gigantic Bullet ants. Because if you get stung by one, it feels just like a gunshot wound. You will be screaming like a little girl. If that wasn't enough, then there were all the flies and the big scary snakes. There was the Bushmaster and the notorious Fur-de-lance. Both could cause necrosis to the flesh, extreme pain and swelling apon being bitten. It was a miserable place.

I used to practically live on the base out there - growing up with all the army kids! Not many boys from England can say they went to school in the jungle! Great to see that these guys are still at it! The officers living out there full time were the absolute best (used to bring all of us on an excursion to hop onto the navy warships when they were stationed, and they'd bring in massive boa constrictor snakes for show and tell!). It was great for them to get some relief from training the next cohort because boy was it intense - seeing the young soldiers come back was a sight to see! Oh I miss it like crazy!

My Dad was a Royal Marine served in Malaya and then Borneo with Iban tribe he always said it was the best time of his life. He loved the jungle even when your mate would remove the leeches from your back with a cigarette.

As you can see, as you can imagine. Listened well during training. Nice one mate 💪🏻

Was in Belize with 2nd Bn Queens Regiment in 1976 and went through the jungle warfare school which was then located in Sibun. Posts were Salamanca (in the jungle), Holdfast Camp just over the bridge from San Ignacio, Cayo District and Pueblo de Viejo (sp) the end of the "road" on the way to Guatemala. Finally got smart, emigrated, and enlisted in the U.S Army and now retired in the desert SW.

British Army training is highly respected.

I did Belize back in the late 70's without the jungle training. Malaya back in 1970 was my jungle training ground. I was young and enjoyed the Singapore posting.

Brings back fond memories of jungle training in Panama. I loved it so much, I now live in Costa Rica. I developed a love for the jungle and rain forest environment. In order to survive, you must function on your primal instincts!

did this in the 90s.....hard, but one of the best training areas ive ever been too

Looks like its mainly secondary jungle in the training area they are in, hence, the density of jungle growth. In primary jungle, like those in Malaysia, the trees block the light and there's not much jungle growth beneath the trees. When we fought the Communist Terrorists ("CT") in the First and Second Emergencies (1948-1989), one giveaway of a CT if they went into the urban areas was that they tended to be more light skinned than those who had spent most of their time under the sun. Further, we would avoid any deet or put on camouflage cream unless really necessary. In the clear air of primary jungles, anything that had a scent could warn an enemy who were used to the jungle environment. We used to be able to smell out Western soldiers who trained with us as they used to sweat more, and smelled very strongly. The parang is the Malay word for machete, and the British adopted that as a part of their kit from their time fighting the First Emergency (1948-1960) and Confrontation (1963-1966) in Malaysia - Former Malaysian jungle warfare officer.

I was Infantry in Panama (US) from 87-91 and yep, its not like the fields of Europe. Desert, easy, Forest easiest, Arctic harder and you have to change a lot of book tactics, Jungle, by far the hardest in my experience. EDIT: Salute cousins! GREAT STORY! I live in Colombia now. There was a plane crash where the sole survivors (in the Amazon) were 4 young girls. Age 13, 9, 7 and 1 years old. After 40 days of searching for them, they found them. All alive. Google it.

I was in Belize in 1988, as an In Depth OPAC, I was assigned to a regiment that was deployed there after finishing I was sent to Norway and was recalled after four months to do another Belize deployment as their assigned SOPAC broke his leg. The first time was bad and the second time was worse.

I was in the British army and went to Belize in the 70's patrolling the jungle along the Guatemalan border. I loved it.

6 months in the jungle...nothing compared to spending one night in the Rose Garden.

Nice work. Keep the press on.

And we are heading to Belize and doing a 4 day excursion here voluntary! Going in with literally nothing to survive and learn as we go. This is an eye opener!

"We have to fight in a more dispersed manner" Just say it mate. Cuts

My dad was in the RAF Regiment and served here for quite some time in the late 70's or possibly could have been in the early 80's (whenever Guatamala was becoming an increasing threat) and went out on patrols along the Belize/Guatamalan border. He told me a funny story of getting hit in the chest by a flying fruit bat once on patrol and it was so big that he got winded and thought he had been shot until everyone realised what actually happened. There's a few more fond memories he has of that place and some not so fond memories too. Proud of him though.

Thank You so much

Loved every minute- Salamanca 1986 😎

Good lads keep it up.

Wonderful to see my Nephew doing so well and doing himself, the British Armed Forces and his family proud! BZ young man!

Great training in Latin country of Belize!! Great job UK forces

Lived and trained in the jungle I love it it's a playground for me I miss the jungle so much

I believe the Aussies did well in the jungles of Vietnam after their experiences in the Kokoda, Malayan Emergency, and jungle training in Nth Queensland. Tough stuff.

I was in 2 Troop, 84 Survey Squadron, Royal Engineers in 1966/1967, we lived in the Ulu during Confrontation with Indonesia and survived without any training whatsoever.

I was in the British army i did 4 wks in Belize jungle best time of my army career loved it.

JOTC Ft.Sherman panama! Was the craziest experience. I was proud to have graduated it. I was assigned 3/502nd inf 84-86. Ended up TDY in Panama. Big shout out to the moatengators 1/508th you guys were great! When i was in panama 86-88. Cheers

Nice to see rare footage of the Catachan Jungle Fighters in training.

Loved it 85/86 40 cdo Belize op tour 6 months , and Done a Attap Hurdel in Brunei 🇧🇳 honking

Good video

Great video god bless the troops

Did Belize in 85....hot sticky place..did 6 months there...liked it

Showing respect, and being at peace w/ the environment, two elements that are indisputable...enjoy, learn, and be proud of yourselves...as we are proud of you...I'm NY Toms very British/Brazilian future wife MD, Veteran, Middle E. & Cont. of Africa

I spent 3 week's down there in Belize jungle 4:45 back in 81 absolutely soul destroying

This is where British Gurkha comes handy for jungle warfare

- Fantastic !!! ... however ... sad that we have far too few troops !!!

I was born and raised in Belize and I always loved seeing any British soldiers

West Soldiers: "Jungle exercise is the worst experience ever" South East Asian soldiers: "Jungle exercise is like camping ground in paradise"

Spent 6 months in Belize 88-89, Holdfast Camp. After a few months all the lads would say they can't wait to go home. After a few weeks back home it was 'I wish I was back in Belize.' There and Berlin best postings ever.

1984 chuffing loved it (O; Best 6 month tour ever.

God Bless you all

I loved belize 2 months in Jungle

i’m belizean! these guys should take notes from how our ancestors did just living on our homeland!

My 80 year old granny would haul 15kg of cacao and maize on her back up and down volcanos day and night in the jungles of Central America, never complained a day in her life : D

It looks like the south Louisiana swamp we played in while growing up. No ration packs, we ate the alligators, catfish, and crawfish we caught. Good times!

Belize is beautiful. It's definitely not bad!

Super proud Brit. Well done everyone.

Having undertaken winter deployments in Northern Norway and jungle warfare training in Brunei I believe the train and fight anywhere tag applies to the arctic.

1:59 Are those boots made by Wellco Peruana? Any comments by British servicemen about its comfort/properties? Here in Singapore, the WP boots are universally hated as the worst of the issued boots, with troops preferring the Altama PX and Magnum Spartan XTB whilst the WP is primarily used as admin/parade boots..

BATSUB still closed then? I saw heart breaking pics of that place rotting away.

It’s brutal .. I was there in 2013 great course

I remember my days in the military ❤

For the War vs Venezuela... In 5 years!! Nice!!

These guys deserve a cold beer.

The river crossing bought back memories, especially when the safety boat that was there to shoot the crocs broke down and sailed off down river when i was halfway across, it made me swim a bit quicker! Good times tho, JWS Belize. Holdfast camp and into San Ignacio for a bit of night life, interesting to say the least!

Guacamallo bridge... Most relaxing bath I ever had...

Only for the best. Nature attack at it's best. Something you'll never forget ✌👍👏👏✊

My Brothers old regiment ❤

Brutal, but valuable.

The parang is really cool

I would say if you can survive in the arctic area, you can survive anywhere. To find food, water, shelter and not freeze to death is more of a challenge.

Good to see some old skills being maintained.

Went to Belize in early 70's part of 10Fld SQN went by ship Sir Galahad which unfortunately got sunk later during the Falkands war stopped off en route in Jamaica to resupply.......we were living in tents in San Ignacio whilst we built the more permanent nissan huts for future troops to stay in.....all in all a good and enjoyable 6 months deployment.

How u take rectal temperature without thermometer bro??

Here's a trick for you mix deet with camo paint. Works quite well.

Hows this c9mpared to what the legion do in the jungle ? Genuine question

Well, is Brunei now out as a training ground for similar purposes?

I also did 2 tours, now if I could invent cammy insect repellent I’d be made for life. 😂😂😂

4:12 What Kind of Baypack is it? Does anybody knows that? I guess Mystery Ranch or Crossfire, but I’m not sure😅

1:20 kit 2:51 basic tactics 4:08 medical cear 5:10 traping for food

Regards from First Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment..

I was in a LID a Light Infantry Division the 25th Infantry Division and most of us after 2-3 years had at least 2 different jungle schools under our belt some of us had as many as 4 different jungle schools after 3-4 years with that division. The division stressed combat in a jungle environment so there is the reason for so much jungle training.

Did our training here in 1973. Hate it then and still do.

Do they still use Brunei as well?

Visited Belize in 1981whilst in theRN. Still waiting for the onyx chess set I bought in the NAFFI to be forwarded on to me.

0:42 A good British measurement. One SPTA. What's that measured in Wales's?

Hateful place unless you're on the coast. Woke up, lifted up my roll mat to find I had been sleeping on top of a small coral snake. Still have scars from leishmaniasis, a souvenir from being there in '92. One of our lieutenants nearly lost his leg from being bitten multiple times by a small feur de lance that had decided to cosy up to him in his sleeping bag. Apparently (I wasn't on that particular patrol)was only saved by an SAS patrol medic making a deep cut right down the length of his thigh. Helivac out but had to be discharged as a result poor bloke.

Well done men

Which is more extreme, Belize or Brunei?

Coming from the southern hemisphere, I have to say that Arctic conditions are far tougher for me.

Stay safe Vikings.

Loved it here… The trick is get yourself comfortable being uncomfortable

Gurkha soldier 💪🇳🇵🇳🇵

It’s great to see our pommy comrades training in conditions which could potentially become a battleground elsewhere. I hope some come to train with the ADF in Australia.

It is possible to get an idea in this small grove...

Is taking the scope of the SA80 standard in the Jungle / Dense areas?

I doubt I can pass basic training let alone doing a few hours in Belize 😱😱😱😱

I'm ex 1st Royal Anglian. Good to see.

On of the things I hated most in my service, was the camo paint, I just absolutely hated the feeling of my face being covered in it

I still have knots in my achilles tendons from tying off my jungle boots 25 years later.

Been there/living hellT800Aust

FULL respect for all this lot....

Bring a bag of KCLnosalt & don't lose it

I do remember some years back one unfortunate soldier awoke to find a snake had swallowed his arm up to the elbow, the only issue was where to cut the snake in half but, avoid the soldiers fingers.

I was a raf pilot and can relate . When we went to some location the AC in hotel stopped working. Made for a tough nights sleep

Did jungle training in sibun & salamanca one thing you get plenty of sleep no stagging on because its pitch black at night....

Its alarming that my Rectal temperature May be taken in the jungle !!

Wet wet wet wet , one set of dry kit one set you wear , same boots we wore in the 1980's because they work. We used m16's . Great times then off on R&R