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You are correct.
The selection criteria are not exactly high end either though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_Royal_Marine_Course
Arguably the US Navy selection process is a bit more demanding. It takes 12 weeks compared to the RN 4 days for a start.
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Not sure why I'm posting on this, I'm not particularly invested in it, but selection is still not passing training:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Marines_selection_and_trainingAnecdotally I had a colleague who was monstrously fit and struggled to become a reserve royal marine, and was a thoroughly broken man every time he came back from training/exercise weekends.
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On the news front: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-state-tv-says-iran-thwarts-us-attempt-steal-oil-sea-oman-2021-11-03/
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I also don’t want to get into an argument about which side is better, but on the difference between marines, (deleted)ed.: it seems I conflated Royal Marines with RM Commandos, who have a 32 week selection process.
Adding to why soldiers feel their side is the best, basic training is also known as military indoctrination. And US jarheads are notoriously gung-ho.
What could be an inappropriate comment about wine gums that could lead to drunken fighting?
Any amount of booze + soldiers, and especially young US Marines, has a high chance of leading to drunken fighting.
yoshy
Eseman
Being eligible =/= passing training surely