Military Training Exercises that don't make sense

As every rookie well knows, training exercises are the bread and butter of the military, designed to simulate what it’s like in specific scenarios both combat and non-combat related.

The key word here is ‘simulate’, because sometimes these mock-operations can get so crazy, and so dangerous, it seems the instructor’s aim is to kill or maim rather than to actually train.


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Further Reading:

20 Soldiers Have Died Training For SAS In Wales Since 1984. Lad Bible. Accessed 28/06/2024.
https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-20...

Chinese Soldiers Play Hot Potato. Youtube. Accessed 27/06/2024.
   • Chinese Soldiers Play Hot Potato  

Civvies Face The Royal Marines' 'Sheep Dip' | Forces TV. Youtube. Accessed 28/06/2024.
   • Civvies Face The Royal Marines' 'Sheep Dip...  

George S. PAtton. AZ Quotes. Accessed 27/06/2024.
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1416663

How The SAS Trains Potential Recruits To Withstand Torture. Lad Bible.
https://www.ladbible.com/news/interes...

INSANE Russian Counter Terror Confidence Drill. Youtube. Accessed 27/06/2024.
   • INSANE Russian Counter Terror Confidence D...  

Marines Used to Drink Cobra Blood During Military Exercises. Not Anymore. Yahoo. Accessed 27/06/2024.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/marines-us...

New Gurkhas pass rigorous tests to join the British Army. British Army. Accessed 28/06/2024.
https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-even...

Royal Marines: Get Fit to Apply. Royal Navy. Accessed 28/06/2024.
http://c69011.r11.cf3.rackcdn.com/0ca...

The Doko Challenge Returns. The Gurkha Welfare Trust. Accessed 28/06/2024.
https://www.gwt.org.uk/doko2024/

Timestamps:
Intro: (00:00)
Russian Shot to the Chest (00:05)
Drinking Cobra Blood (01:19)
Belarus Fire Walk (02:51)
Sheep Dip (03:57)
SAS 36-hour interrogation (05:09)
Chinese Hot Potato (06:40)
Gurkha Doko Race (07:43)

Credit:
Simple History Creator: Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Video Directors: Anthony Barrett, Denis Blinov
Script: Tash Martell
Script Review: Denis Blinov
Narrator: Chris Kane (https://vocalforge.com)
Artists: ShyShelly, Arya Ahumada Lydisma
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