Right, lads. Finally back in the jungle.
This is my baby. I've got a lot of experience here.
I'll take the lead on this.
Happy? Yeah, all good. Good. Let's do it.
Come on! Let's keep it moving!
In this series...
an elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers...
Let's go!
..are putting 20 civilians
through the toughest stage of SAS selection.
The Vietnamese jungle isn't some gap year holiday destination.
It will kill you if you underestimate it.
These recruits are in for a baptism of fire.
SHOUTING
Operating in one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth...
The jungle phase of selection was the hardest part
of my military career.
I can't do this any more.
I've never felt so relieved for something to be over.
Let's go!
Each task based on the real process...
..the recruits must go beyond the physical...
Come on, let's go!
..to come face to face with their true character.
Come on!
Go, go, go!
If I tell you one more time, I'll take that armband off you!
No other test asks as much...
Believe in yourself.
I ain't shown my best.
..or means as much
to the few who make it through.
Pleased to be a winner!
The butterflies have started kicking in.
I don't like those emotions that make me feel a bit nervous.
Deep in the Vietnamese jungle,
20 ordinary men and women
are about to embark on a condensed version
of SAS selection.
A snake's swimming on top of the water.
What?! I just seen a snake.
The jungle is a brutal environment to operate in.
Everything wants to have a pop,
whether it's a plant, an animal, an insect.
It all wants to make sure that your life is shit.
Oh, my God.
I hate all the stuff at the bottom when it touches your body.
I hate that.
Even before you add the enemy in, the place wants to kill you.
Don't you just feel like you're waiting for something to happen?
You don't even know what to expect.
It's always humid.
Your feet rot if you don't look after them.
There's other parts of your body can rot.
Armpits, crotch.
You're covered in bites, stings, leeches.
It's grim. It is grim.
Oh, my God!
Special Forces use it as the benchmark.
If you can operate as a soldier in the jungle,
then you can operate anywhere, and that is a fact.
You feeling nervous? Incredibly.
Sit and be calm. OK, OK.
People say that I'm very loud, very energetic,
but they also kind of go, you know,
"You're a bit exhausting sometimes"
because I just don't really stop.
It's like, everything looks so calm, and I am not calm.
I do push myself right to the limits of what I'm physically capable of.
I want to last all the way to the end.
I'm not a quitter.
This is crazy.
If we were on a rowing boat, we'd be killing it!
Whoa, whoa.
My worst character trait is probably my ego.
It shows itself pretty much in every situation.
I'm just really competitive.
Arms on the railings, look at my tries.
I'm really forward thinking and I'm really ambitious,
so it'll be interesting to find out - am I as legit as I say I am?
It's easy for me to sit here and say, I'm this and I'm that,
but am I really?
Oh, aye. Look up there.
Where? Oh, my gosh!
They're up there!
Oh, my gosh.
Get down in the water!
GIRL GROANS
Move with purpose!
Let's go!
Look after your weak swimmers!
Let's go! Let's go, let's go!
I like doing things where there's a big adrenaline rush
and that are hard,
and that hurt a little bit.
And it gives me this massive sense of achievement.
Some of you look like you're having the rest!
I'm physically quite fit.
I know that I can just keep going and going and going,
but I think I might struggle with the more psychological elements.
Push it over there! There you go. Push!
Start crawling! Start crawling!
Now!
You in the pink, get your arse down!
Stop grunting! You sound like a pig!
Shut up!
99% of this course is a mental game.
It's not a physical.
It's not about the size of your body that gets you through.
You know, it's how much do you want something?
What's driving you?
You know, I feel I've got that mental resilience.
I believe I'm going to win it, to be honest.
Are you taking the piss?
What a shower of shit!
Right, listen in.
When I say "Go!", what I want you to do
is fully submerge under the water.
Go!
Now!
Let's go!
Right.
Again, under!
Joining the DS
is ex-Special Boat Service Operator, Chris Oliver.
Let's go!
I spent nine years in the Royal Marines
conducting military operations,
including Northern Ireland, Africa and Afghanistan.
When I say "Go!", file out of the water
and onto the road in two ranks.
Go!
Go on, then, hurry up!
I served seven years in the Special Forces,
specialising in mountain troop.
Get a move on! Closing in!
Get a move on!
Coming in as the new DS, there is a chance
that some of the recruits might think I'm a soft touch.
All the way! Let's get on with it!
It'll become apparent quite quickly
that they'll know that I'm not here to fuck about.
Go! Come on then, hurry up!
Start moving with some purpose!
Stand perfectly still.
I am your chief instructor.
We are the DS.
At all times, you will address us as "Staff".
Do you understand? ALL: Yes, Staff.
Welcome to the jungle.
This place will chew you up.
It's claustrophobic.
It's dangerous.
You are surrounded by it - you ain't getting away from it.
Spinning through your tiny minds
and coursing through your veins is fear.
Fear sometimes manifests itself
in a little brown liquid that runs down the back of your legs.
You're shitting yourself.
Soon you will get an armband.
If at any time you wish to leave,
take that armband off,
hand it to the DS,
and say, "I want to voluntarily withdraw, Staff".
Do you understand? ALL: Yes, Staff.
OK. Foxy...
When I call your number, you're going to come down in front of me,
I'm going to spray you down.
Number one!
Sprint.
As you come to me, I'll give you your armband.
Pick up your Bergen...
Yes, Staff.
I think my emotional weak point is
if someone's telling me I can't do it,
if someone's telling me I'm not good enough.
Go.
Number two!
Bergen. Bergen!
Oi, you fucking idiot!
That part of me that thinks that myself will want to give in and go,
"Yeah, you're right. I'll stop now."
Fucking Elvis Presley.
I've felt like a drifter my whole life.
Turn around.
There's never been a time where I feel like I belong here.
If I can pull myself through this course,
it would help me battle a lot of demons in my head.
If I can get through this,
I think it would really help me later on in life.
You're going to change out of your personal clothes
and we're going to change into the working dress.
Let's make that happen. Go!
Strip!
Hurry up! Let's go!
All the shit behind you - get it in the bag, get dressed.
'The only way you can prepare for this course'
is to go up into the Welsh hills and live in a puddle for a week.
Let's get on with it! Let's go!
'And then do burpees in it every morning.'
Move! Hurry up!
Some of yous are taking the piss.
Right, once you've got your kit on,
get them arm bands on your left arm.
'I could sit here and say,
'we look for someone that is physically robust,
'psychologically robust,
'driven, stubborn,'
comfortable in the uncomfortable.
Come on, hurry up. This is taking too long.
'They're the fundamental building blocks of the people
'we're looking for, but when you're in that course,
'you have to enjoy it.'
If you do not enjoy being on course, you will not pass.
Let's hurry up! Let's have a bit of a sense of urgency.
Right? This is your accommodation.
This will be kept as tidy as possible because you genuinely
do not want bugs living in here because they will piss you off.
Everyone's Bergens will weigh 15kg dead.
Is everyone happy? ALL: Yes, Staff.
Right, time's your own now.
So I suggest you get the right weight in then Bergens
because we will check it.
Yes, Staff
SHE SIGHS Jesus Christ.
Fucking hell.
Bit scary, isn't it? Babe, I didn't know...
First time for you? It's OK.
On the dot. Literally spot on.
So...
LAUGHTER
Throughout the selection process, chief instructor Billy and his DS
will assess the performances of the recruits, earmarking
those who are standing out, and decide who to apply
extra pressure to.
Number one. I tell you what she always looks
like she's petrified.
Um... Deer in the headlights.
Right. OK.
Yeah. See how she gets on? She might calm down.
It's obviously shock of capture at the minute.
What about number 11? Mate, I know it's him from the beginning.
He keeps looking at us.
I'm not sure if he fancies us.
But he's definitely very animated.
Wow. Bite into mine.
Bite. He's got his head on a swivel.
Give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
But I mean, I'd keep an eye on him.
18 - big unit.
All right, love? That's got to last us 11 days, you know?
This ain't Magic Mike!
LAUGHTER
He's bouncing around, getting stuck in one.
He is. He's big, isn't he? Yeah. He is big.
The three of you happy? Yeah. All right, let's roll on
because we've all got stuff to do.
Recruits, meet me at the gate!
Let's go!
Double time.
What? What did he say?
He said meet him at the gate.
Let's go!
Let's go as fast as you can!
The mark of a Special Forces operator...
Keep it tight! Shoulder to shoulder.
Squeeze it in.
..is that operator can negotiate any terrain in a timely fashion
tactically so that they can get their guns into the fight.
Eyeballs on me, quickly, fall in. Let's go!
Any bit of fear that you let creep in only
slows you down.
Move!
So there's no time to quake in your boots.
There's no time to be afraid or be paralysed by fear.
You got to get on with it.
Fall in behind!
Right behind you, too.
100% commitment is what it takes for these recruits to make it.
So we'll see if they've got it.
Don those harnesses.
Special operations are often conducted in extreme heights.
Parachute missions, helicopter insertion extractions.
To overcome your fear of heights, calm your mind and execute.
Standby!
Oh, my gosh.
INSTRUCTOR SHOUTS
In this task, known as the trainasium...
..the recruits must traverse two parallel bars suspended 50 feet
above the ground.
Oh, my God, this is crazy.
During the crossing, they will be required
to complete multiple manoeuvres.
Hold the position.
Touch your toes.
Stand up.
Advance.
Petrified.
I'm sure there's people here that don't particularly like heights.
This is your opportunity to conquer that fear.
These recruits are at the beginning of jungle warfare training.
They're about to attempt the first task, the trainasium.
Number 11, go. Get a move on!
First up... Keep it going!
..it's recruit number 11, Zac.
My greatest fear would probably be not being good enough.
The self doubt.
You know, that's always kind of there, isn't it?
Let's move. Come on, then!
Fuck me.
Just get on with it! There's always that little bit of you
that's like, "Are you good enough?
"Will you make it?"
Right, Number 11. Looking to me.
You're going to receive some very simple commands.
Just listen, do, execute and you'll be fine.
My strategy for the course would be don't let my mouth get
the better of me and just try not to be
maybe as much as me as I am.
Are you scared of heights? Yeah, fucking petrified.
Go on. Get on with it, you fucking bellend.
Shut up, you muppet!
Off to a bad start already.
I'd like to think the DS would like me.
But I don't think they're going to like my cocky attitude.
Advance!
Advance means move.
Bring your legs.
Stand up straight.
Do not touch that fucking rope.
Keep coming. Advance.
Fuck me, it's wobbly.
Shut up and do as you're told.
Stand up.
Fucking hell. Shut up.
That's good. Stand up. Argh.
Hey! Stand up!
Stand up!
Get up, get up, get up.
Get up.
Touch your toes.
Your leg straight. Stand up.
Well done.
Arms out. Advance.
Once you commit, go for it. Yes, staff.
Go for it. Go! And the next one. Go!
Oh! Miserable. Fail.
Get the fuck off.
Oh, shit.
Fail.
HE EXHALES
Fuck! Number 18.
Let's go!
Next to attempt the crossing...
Just get on with it! Hurry up. Yes, staff.
..is recruit number 18, Levi.
I believe everything is stacked against me.
I've always been the underdog, you know, always been the one
that people, they don't bet on.
Good to go. Yeah, I'm ready.
But I like to be the underdog
because the underdog always comes out on top.
But I could say I'm going to do this and I'll be the best,
or I could just crumble.
Stand by. Relax.
Yeah. Advance.
Let's go, Hands out in front. Let's go.
Ignore the wobbles. Keep the momentum.
That's good so far. Don't go too fast.
Keep it controlled. Don't screw it up!
Careful! Oi, oi, oi!
John Travolta, slow down.
You've got some nice dance moves there.
That's good. That's good.
Shuffle now. Let's go.
Hold it there, stand still. Stand still.
Compose now.
When I say go, touch your toes, come back up. Yes.
Go.
Right, there's your confidence. Fear's gone. Let's smash it.
Yes, staff. Let's go.
Let's go. Come on. That's good.
Whoa. Relax, focus.
Breathe.
Relax. Yes, staff. You've got this, right?
Yeah.
Oh!
Yeah, yeah. That's good. Yeah!
Stand.
Fuck's sake! Oi! Away you go.
Let's go, disco chicken.
THEY LAUGH
Take a breath.
Relax.
Stand by.
Advance.
Shuffle forward.
That's good. That's good.
Like a baby walking to his mother for the first time.
That's all you have to think about.
Trainasium tests a recruit's ability to compartmentalise
fear and environment.
Stop thinking about grabbing the line!
Stand up! Ah!
There is a lot of outside noise in the trainasium.
Pathetic.
Height, exposure...
Hold it. Hold it. Get your hand off the rope!
..detail from DS. and you need to work out
which is important, which isn't.
That's good.
Good body position.
You've got this. Let's go.
Head up. You got it!
Let's go! Let's go!
Get off! Fucking move!
You need a new apparatus.
To pass the trainasium, you don't have to overthink it.
Good effort, number 8!
It's about having a stoic mind-set and embracing fear.
That's good. You're nailing it now. Let's go.
Well done.
Not allowing it to take charge of you.
Go. Good effort!
How did that feel? Um, scary.
Well, you nailed it. Thank you, sir.
Number one, the bottom of the ladder.
Up next is recruit number one, Amelia.
You're on deck one. Let's go.
I definitely think going through this course
could really help my confidence.
Those voices in my head that I've got from my previous
relationships and from being bullied the whole way through school.
Stop looking so petrified. Are you scared of heights? Yes, staff.
Why?
I don't know, staff. You don't know?
If I can go and do this, then that will go a long way
to believe in myself again and have that confidence in myself.
All right. Yes, staff. OK. Advance.
It's something that terrifies me is heights.
I've just got this fear of just, like, losing control of my body
and not being able to move.
Oh!
Advance.
Advance!
Lock forward.
Relax, breathe.
Breathe! Ah! Get up!
Ooh! No.
Listen to me. Calm yourself down.
Take a breath.
Advance.
Argh! Get up!
That's your last warning. Get up. Oh!
Get up.
Get your hands off that rope! If you're going to go, go.
Do not grab the apparatus. Get up!
Relax.
Lock your body out.
Control it.
Staff, I'm losing control of my legs. No, you haven't.
Right, start to shuffle now.
Focus on what you see ahead.
Stop panicking.
Control your fear.
Argh!
Miserable fail.
Gutted!
Oh, man.
Fail. SHE WEEPS
Hey, man, we got up there and we tried it, yeah?
That's literally it, you know?
You gave it your best shot. For us, that's massive. Yeah?
Yeah.
I was just so...
All right, everybody up!
All right, let's go.
Speed up, as quick as you can. Get up there, number six.
Close the gaps.
Hey, Amelia. Yeah, are you OK? Just having a real wobble.
Come here, give us a cuddle.
I just find it hard. Come on.
AMELIA SOBS
Come on.
OK, then, this afternoon, the trainasium.
At the end of each day,
the DS meet to discuss the recruits' progress.
I mean, the overall result was 12 of the recruits failed it.
But I'll tell you what, I was
impressed with number 18's dance moves.
THEY CHUCKLE
Mate, they were brilliant.
The ones that were really nervous,
that was 1 and... 11.
1 and 11 put themselves straight in the spotlight.
I'm just wondering whether 11 is really an attention seeker.
Cos he came up there, you know, he had to fucking be...
Verbally let me know, "fucking hell," shit himself.
That's it. He was a bit too gobby. Yeah, I remember now. Just too gobby.
OK, let's keep going, then.
Number 1 was definitely petrified.
When she got to the floor, I noticed she broke into a cry.
She's weak.
Yeah.
Let's see what she does when we start putting a bit
of pressure on, start turning up the heat.
Let's get her in tonight. Yeah, definitely.
Happy? Happy days. Let's do it. Let's do it.
I want to wash my nuts.
Wise idea. Quick fucking rinse.
Number 1!
1. Number 1? Yes.
Done down there?
Concerned about her extreme reaction after the Trainasium,
the DS want to find out more about recruit number 1,
Amelia.
Step up.
Stand still, your hands by your side.
Why do you always look so scared?
I'm not very good at hiding how I'm feeling, Staff.
So you're just constantly petrified?
I have been, Staff.
Petrified of what?
Doing things wrong.
Not being good enough.
How did you find today?
Today was really tough for me. Tough.
Immediately, I was just thinking, "You're a failure. You failed.
"You can't do it." Yeah. Ballsed it right up.
But you're worrying about stuff that hasn't even happened.
And then, when it's happened, it's too late to worry about it.
That's what I'm like a lot of the time, Staff.
But why?
Where does that come from?
A situation that happened, I think, just completely
knocked my confidence.
Do you mind sharing that with us?
Yeah, I was in a relationship
and my ex left me for another girl.
Just said he didn't love me and just left, and that was it.
And I think him leaving me for another girl just told me
I wasn't good enough, and that was it.
And I think I kept a lot of those feelings
of not being good enough.
And that was just what I think all the time.
There's not a person on the planet that hasn't had to deal
with some sort of adversity in their life.
And me and the DS sat here can vouch for that.
But when I look at you, I expect more.
How about when you think to yourself, "I'm not good enough,"
why don't you think to yourself, "I'm going to show all those fuckers that I am"?
Yes, Staff. But don't say it.
You've got to do it. Yes, Staff.
Guard!
DOOR OPENS
Walk.
If I could speak to myself back then,
I'd just tell myself to get out.
You know, there were so many times that I was like, "This isn't right.
"This isn't OK. I shouldn't be treated like this."
OK, away you go. Thank you, Staff. Go on.
Now, I know I deserve so much more than people treating me like that,
and I wish I'd learned that a lot sooner,
but I won't ever settle for that again.
You all right?
Sure? So-so.
I don't let myself get close to people.
I'm not in a position where I can open myself up
like that because I'm scared.
Guys, check your bags.
I don't know why they want to weigh their bags.
I just put a shovel in, like, an extra thing, which I know
is going to be more than what it needs to be.
Just to be safe.
20 men and women are taking part in a unique version
of Special Forces' jungle selection.
Recruits, upright!
Count. Let's go.
OK. Hurry up!
What's he doing?
Do you need the midwife in there to help you deliver that?
Come on, muscle man.
Two ranks in front of me.
Further back - you fucking stink.
Buddy up. Coming, Staff.
Cover off behind people.
Let's go. Yes, Staff.
Join the rear rank.
Take your Bergens off.
I'm going to hand the scales to you.
I'm then going to hook your Bergen to the scales
so I can read it. Yes, Staff.
The recruits have been instructed to keep their Bergens weighing
15kg at all times.
What did I say?
15 kilos.
Why is it sat at 14? Put the Bergen down.
Don't check it, prick.
We're constantly testing them.
We call them spot inspections, which means they can happen
at any time, usually when they're least expecting it.
Fucking 13kg.
Don't question me, it's 13kg.
It's that 13kg? It's 13, DS.
But the fucking Bergen down. Pass it along.
Discipline has to start at the lowest level.
You have to turn up in the right equipment.
That's 13 as well.
You have to have water bottles filled up to the brim.
The Bergens have to be the right weight with the right kit in.
1kg under. Put it down.
If the recruits can't get the basic levels of discipline right,
there is no hope for them.
Right.
You can stand by for what just happened there.
All right, everybody put your Bergens on.
Listen! One straight line facing that way. Go!
Let's make it happen.
Due to their lack of discipline, the recruits will now be beasted.
Get in that water.
Quickly! Go!
Get in further! Get in!
Move it! Come on, then!
Making a mistake is natural. Repeating it is a problem.
Just move!
Beasting will remind you
you don't want to make the same mistake twice.
Come on, let's get out a bit.
Come on, let's go.
STRAINING
Come, stop staggering!
When I did SAS selection for jungle phase,
it was the most demanding thing I'd ever done.
Ten squat jumps, go.
I couldn't control my mind initially.
The noise, the feelings, the sound, the fear.
Pick up your partner in a cradle carry.
I was getting drained from the word go because of the lack of control
of my mind.
Don't be last, don't be last.
You have to have self-motivation.
You have got to want to be there.
You're a strong motherfucking woman. Come on.
If you have any doubt in your mind, you will break down, you will fail,
and you will be going home pretty quickly.
Does anybody not want to be here?
ALL: No, Staff.
Now is the time.
20, come here.
Just breathe. Slow everything down.
STAMMERS: I... I can't do it.
Well, what are you going to do, then?
Are you sure you want to do this?
WHISPERS: I don't think I can do it. What? I don't think I can do it.
Number 20, Charlotte, is the first recruit to leave the course.
Come on, hurry up. This is too slow.
Straight into fireman's carry.
STRAINING Shut up!
The remaining recruits will continue to be punished, giving the DS
the opportunity to assess their fitness levels.
No-one said stop - get up!
Leading the pack is recruit number 1, Amelia.
That's it. Good effort, number 1.
Chin! Let's go. Let's go.
Get him up. Get him up now!
Struggling at the back is recruit number 6, Stevie.
I'm watching you, number 6.
Like, I'm not going to be the fastest, I'm not going
to be the fittest,
I'm not going to be winning any races.
Let's go, number 6. Let's go. Let's go.
Get a move on!
But as long as I can push myself as hard as I can and not give up,
then I'll be proud of myself.
Get him up! Get him on the shoulder.
Push through it. Push through it.
That's a big lump to carry. But let's get him off.
Let's get him down there. Let's go. All the way.
Lean in. Lean in.
Also struggling is recruit number 11, Zac.
Fireman's carry - back.
Yes, staff.
Weighing 18st and 12 pounds,
Zac's partner, number 13, Pete,
is the heaviest recruit on the course.
Stop grunting like a wild pig.
I'm really cut between like two completely different mind-sets.
One of me is like, I want to please everyone and be a good person.
Everyone's just like, I don't give a fuck about what people think
or how I act.
In the fucking way.
Yeah, it just comes out in strange ways.
It comes out in energy, so it comes out in saying the wrong things
at the wrong times to the wrong people.
Get him on your fucking shoulders.
You don't get one second, let's go!
You do it fucking...
It's like a fire in your belly that just doesn't stop burning,
and it's just a consistent energy source.
Can you not fucking crab, fucking sidestepping?
Get back there and start again.
Are you taking the piss?
Shower of shit.
I think that's going to help me loads when I'm absolutely shattered.
Stand up. Through there. Yes, Staff.
Also, it's going to get me in trouble, I think.
Right. We're going to move down this road and then to camp.
Let's go. Follow me.
I am battered.
Wait, did we lose someone?
Yeah, Charlotte.
We're just not going to stop sweating. No, I know.
Once we get over that... I'm used to the sweating.
Yeah. It's having shit in me knickers that I can't get used to right now.
Like, look at them.
They're actually brown inside. Ugh. Ugh.
FARTING
OK.
HE GROANS
Fuck.
Whenever I come out here, there's people on the crappers.
HE LAUGHS
OK, Chris, do the honours.
Goodbye, number 20.
OK, so the jungle circuit... All right.
Almost everybody did really poor,
but number 1 was a standout.
When you say "standout", what do you mean?
Pushed hard, surpassed many of the recruits ahead of the pack.
The only person that highlighted themselves to me
was number 6 for being such a big lad,
but physically not very imposing. He struggled at the back.
Anything else?
I'd say - and we've mentioned him a few times now -
number 11 keeps cropping up.
And to be fair to him, you know, he's in the middle of the pack.
He's getting shit done.
But I can't work out whether there's something missing,
he doesn't quite get it, or it's a delayed reaction
to understanding what we're telling him,
and he just does his own detail.
Mate, he's got ADHD or something.
He must have, or he's just had no discipline.
Let's have a look at him. Yeah.
Number 11! Number 11! 11!
Yes, Staff!
Go ahead. Quick.
Straight down.
That's more like it. Yes, Staff.
Feet there. Arms against there. Yes, Staff.
The reason we bring recruits in to be questioned
is if someone has highlighted themselves,
whether that be positive or negative,
we will probably pull them in to see why they've done something
or come across as cocky
or why they've reacted or said something.
Walking.
We build a personal file on who those people are.
So, up to now, how do you feel that you're doing on the course?
Not sure, Staff, to be fair. OK.
Erm... Stop fidgeting. Sorry, Staff.
I'll tell you where I'm at, number 11. I can't work you out.
You're fidgety. I'm not sure if it's nervous energy.
You're slightly over-familiar with some of the DS.
What are your reasons for being here?
Erm, well, to be fair, my reason...
My main reason for being here is cos, like,
I tried to path my own way through life, but, like,
I didn't really have no direction,
and I feel like I lost myself at such a young age.
I feel like now, as, like, a bit of an older man,
I just don't feel like I know who I actually am any more.
Tell us more about that. You said you lost your way.
Erm...
I was about 17, like, and...
..and...
HE CHUCKLES
Take your time. Yeah.
I was about 17 and I got sexually assaulted by some bloke
and it just sent me off,
like, to a different path, and I just...
I found everything to disguise myself from that
cos I felt like...
I just felt like a waste.
Like, I felt worthless, and was trying to find myself again.
No-one needs to deal with that, but it's not your fault.
No, it's not.
I see a lot of you in me when I was a young boy.
What I'm going to say to you now -
you worry about things you can control, yeah? Yes, Staff.
You've put yourself forward for this course. You're doing well.
The attitude you've got, the humour you bring to it,
use these traits to excel on this course
cos you're going to need that.
We're going to take you to some dark places.
Park that part of your life...
..and let's use this course to move forward.
Yes, Staff.
Guard!
Stand up.
Here. Just walk.
It's all right. Just walk normal.
He's in the right place. Yeah, this is the perfect place.
This is exactly where he needs to be.
OK? Yes, Staff. Go on. Let's go. Thank you, Staff.
HE SOBS
I didn't speak to anyone about it at the time
because my family was already going through enough shit, to be fair.
Once I kind of understood what happened and what was going on,
it just made me feel completely empty and fucking lost.
It sent me on a path of complete self-destruct for many years.
HE SOBS
When I'm alone with my own thoughts is when I really struggle with it,
which is what I'm really interested to see -
that, if I get so far in this,
when I'm in that space, when I'm in that area, that I can
pull it out of the bag and actually get it done.
HE SOBS
Someone got the Suda? Yeah, there's some here.
I'm going to have to plaster it on my ass.
Is it killing?
Oh, my God!
That looks painful. That's bare sore, that, like.
The recruits are just 55 hours into the course...
Fuck me!
..and jungle conditions are already taking their toll.
Do you want to use some of my vaginal cream?
SHE LAUGHS
One minute! Full kit! Let's go!
I need a wee!
And I need to change my Mooncup.
Everyone's bladders filled up, yeah?
Let's go! Let's move!
Keep it moving! Come on, then!
Come on, then, you fucking maggots.
To navigate and to move through the jungle is difficult...
Tighty, tighty! Let's go!
..but we always find the most difficult route
in and out of the target...
Move! Get your arse down there!
..and the reason being is it will give you the element of surprise.
It gives you that better chance of survival.
Right, as Special Forces operators,
we conduct warfare in an unconventional manner.
We have to approach from the route
that no fucker thinks we're going to come from.
The DS - all of us - have been on operations
where we have had to cover terrain that is dangerous.
Just doing that requires a mind-set
that allows you to block out external noise
and internal noise, as well.
Right, take your Bergens off,
place them in front of you and look into the demonstration.
Oh, my God!
When moving over terrain like this, be positive with everything you do.
It might well be scary, but who gives a fuck about that
when you're looking cool as fuck?
In order to pass the waterfall descent,
you need to move quickly, top to the bottom,
in under four minutes, but there's a multitude of dangers.
You could drown, and it does happen.
Right, the way you came down to me, you'll go back up it,
and you'll see the DS at the top onto the track there. Go!
Let's go! Come on, let's move!
We've got to move from here to the top.
Move at my pace. Keep up.
Keep the gaps closed up!
Number 11, let's get on with it.
Calm down.
Yes, Staff. Calm down. Forget the "Staff" for a minute.
Just listen to me. This is serious. OK.
Facing the waterfall descent is recruit number 11, Zac.
Let's go! Keep going. In the water, Staff, yeah? Yes, in the water.
Go!
That's good.
I don't know what my breaking point would be, to be fair.
I'd like to think it wouldn't be physical. I think it'd be mental.
Arrgh! Fucking face-dived. Arrgh!
Get down there! Arrgh! Move!
I'd like to think I've got the mental strength to get through it.
That's going to be the test -
trying to keep composure, keep calm...
Arrgh! Watch where you're going! Come on! Let's go!
..not let things ruin myself in my head.
Just hold on to the fact that I've been in dark situations
and I've pulled myself out, so maybe I can do it there, as well.
Let's go! Keep going!
All the way!
Yes, Staff.
Number 11, Zac, descends the waterfall
in three minutes and 50 seconds.
Come on, you muppet!
You moron.
Who the fuck said dive in?
He didn't.
It's not Baywatch. Yes, Staff.
Right, take your helmet off, take your gloves off.
You made it look like an absolute bag of shit.
Go over there and contemplate trying not to be a bag of shit.
Go on. Fuck off.
Straighten your legs!
Why are you dancing? Get off your knees!
Next to attempt the waterfall descent...
Stop panicking!
..is recruit number 6, Stevie.
Number 6, look at me! Stop panicking.
With wrestling, everything goes to plan all the time.
Cos I've been doing it so long,
if something's going wrong, I know exactly the way
to get out of that mess
because it often turns into a right mess.
Fucking roller boots on! Keep going!
So, I think I'm going to make good decisions under pressure, yeah.
Stand up! Stand up! Stop floundering!
Arrgh! Get up!
Arrgh! Fucking hell!
Arrgh! Stop panicking!
What's going on?
State your problem!
Oh, he's fucked.
Number 6 is having a nightmare.
Get out of there!
Somebody help 6! He's going to kill himself.
Come on! Swing those arms!
The key component to being an SF operator is mind-set.
Let's go!
When the chips are down and everything's going wrong,
that is your last tool that will give you the option of survival.
I think she's having a seizure. Get an ambulance now.
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