Born Hunter 17,910 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQX8maabntQ Found this a good watch for anybody with similar interest. Officers speaking frankly and a few realities of life as Pathfinders. For those that don't know the Pathfinders are a platoon withing the Paras that speacialise in intelligence gathering deep into enemy territory, originally intended to find LZs and drop zones for the rest of the main Para assault force. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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unlacedgecko 1,467 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQX8maabntQ Found this a good watch for anybody with similar interest. Officers speaking frankly and a few realities of life as Pathfinders. For those that don't know the Pathfinders are a platoon withing the Paras that speacialise in intelligence gathering deep into enemy territory, originally intended to find LZs and drop zones for the rest of the main Para assault force. They are all ranks, not just Officers. Officers and men are taken from across the Army, not just from Para Reg. During the HERRICK 8 deployment (which this documentary is talking about) the Ops Officer of PF was originally Royal Regiment of Scotland. After a 2 year tour officers will normally return to their parent unit. Other ranks may stay for longer but will eventually return to their parent unit. It is often used as a staging post to Special Forces. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,910 Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQX8maabntQ Found this a good watch for anybody with similar interest. Officers speaking frankly and a few realities of life as Pathfinders. For those that don't know the Pathfinders are a platoon withing the Paras that speacialise in intelligence gathering deep into enemy territory, originally intended to find LZs and drop zones for the rest of the main Para assault force. They are all ranks, not just Officers. Officers and men are taken from across the Army, not just from Para Reg. During the HERRICK 8 deployment (which this documentary is talking about) the Ops Officer of PF was originally Royal Regiment of Scotland. After a 2 year tour officers will normally return to their parent unit. Other ranks may stay for longer but will eventually return to their parent unit. It is often used as a staging post to Special Forces. Fair enough pal, I was led to believe the Pathfinders were specifically Paras. And I know they are not just officers, I was just saying that the doc shows a couple of high ranking officers speaking openly about British involvment in Helmand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 I broke down near thurso, called the AA, sent a recovery guy out. It wasn't the AA guy, they don't come up that way, just a local recovery guy. Anyhow, me the mate in the back of the wagon talking pish as usual, guy never made much conversation. I asks him about his job, he had only been doing it for a year but liked the accidents more than general breakdowns. Thought, f***ing weirdo. Turns out he used to be a pathfinder. The mate fell asleep but I was rivoted. Until then I thought a pathfinder was a f***ing satnav he talked constantly about it, answered all my questions, told me about the training etc. part of the training was jumping out a plane flying low over the water without a parachute. They'd all done it and it was on there second shot and was close to there dinner break. He said they never waited till they were safe to go, all just ran together and jumped out but the water was too shallow, f***ing nuts. Can't mind the exact heights but they got launched out of a plane higher than most and had to free fall till they were something like 500 feet to the ground to avoid detection. I'm sure he mentioned he was at Helmand but again, I thought that was a brand of salad cream till I met him he'd killed loads of folk. Mentioned he'd got spotted in some jungle watching the enemy and had to take 3 of them out. He was in the Falklands too. His pal played a prank on him, put a breeze block in the bottom of his kit, 3 days he carried it before he noticed it. Said he got him back by putting a pair of an Argentinian soldiers boots in the bottom of his backpack sole up, one still had the guys foot in it. He never noticed it till the security at the airport found it since he left the paras he was into paint ball a big way, bought super strength guns, travelled everywhere doing it. f****d if I'd want to meet him doing that lol. Dunno how many the story's were made up but it was the most interesting breakdown I've ever been recovered from he had loads more Quote Link to post Share on other sites
desertbred 5,490 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 most on special ops dont talk about it unless like Chris Ryan or Andy Mcnab want to make money out of it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 I broke down near thurso, called the AA, sent a recovery guy out. It wasn't the AA guy, they don't come up that way, just a local recovery guy. Anyhow, me the mate in the back of the wagon talking pish as usual, guy never made much conversation. I asks him about his job, he had only been doing it for a year but liked the accidents more than general breakdowns. Thought, f*****g weirdo. Turns out he used to be a pathfinder. The mate fell asleep but I was rivoted. Until then I thought a pathfinder was a f*****g satnav he talked constantly about it, answered all my questions, told me about the training etc. part of the training was jumping out a plane flying low over the water without a parachute. They'd all done it and it was on there second shot and was close to there dinner break. He said they never waited till they were safe to go, all just ran together and jumped out but the water was too shallow, f*****g nuts. Can't mind the exact heights but they got launched out of a plane higher than most and had to free fall till they were something like 500 feet to the ground to avoid detection. I'm sure he mentioned he was at Helmand but again, I thought that was a brand of salad cream till I met him he'd killed loads of folk. Mentioned he'd got spotted in some jungle watching the enemy and had to take 3 of them out. He was in the Falklands too. His pal played a prank on him, put a breeze block in the bottom of his kit, 3 days he carried it before he noticed it. Said he got him back by putting a pair of an Argentinian soldiers boots in the bottom of his backpack sole up, one still had the guys foot in it. He never noticed it till the security at the airport found it since he left the paras he was into paint ball a big way, bought super strength guns, travelled everywhere doing it. f****d if I'd want to meet him doing that lol. Dunno how many the story's were made up but it was the most interesting breakdown I've ever been recovered from he had loads more blokes been watching far to much Hollywood the breeze block thing is from bravo two zero, jungle wouldd be Belize, a big no,no shooting Guatemalans the rest is John Wayne shite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bwfc 164 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 I broke down near thurso, called the AA, sent a recovery guy out. It wasn't the AA guy, they don't come up that way, just a local recovery guy. Anyhow, me the mate in the back of the wagon talking pish as usual, guy never made much conversation. I asks him about his job, he had only been doing it for a year but liked the accidents more than general breakdowns. Thought, f*****g weirdo. Turns out he used to be a pathfinder. The mate fell asleep but I was rivoted. Until then I thought a pathfinder was a f*****g satnav he talked constantly about it, answered all my questions, told me about the training etc. part of the training was jumping out a plane flying low over the water without a parachute. They'd all done it and it was on there second shot and was close to there dinner break. He said they never waited till they were safe to go, all just ran together and jumped out but the water was too shallow, f*****g nuts. Can't mind the exact heights but they got launched out of a plane higher than most and had to free fall till they were something like 500 feet to the ground to avoid detection. I'm sure he mentioned he was at Helmand but again, I thought that was a brand of salad cream till I met him he'd killed loads of folk. Mentioned he'd got spotted in some jungle watching the enemy and had to take 3 of them out. He was in the Falklands too. His pal played a prank on him, put a breeze block in the bottom of his kit, 3 days he carried it before he noticed it. Said he got him back by putting a pair of an Argentinian soldiers boots in the bottom of his backpack sole up, one still had the guys foot in it. He never noticed it till the security at the airport found it since he left the paras he was into paint ball a big way, bought super strength guns, travelled everywhere doing it. f****d if I'd want to meet him doing that lol. Dunno how many the story's were made up but it was the most interesting breakdown I've ever been recovered from he had loads more blokes been watching far to much Hollywood the breeze block thing is from bravo two zero, jungle wouldd be Belize, a big no,no shooting Guatemalans the rest is John Wayne shite Well thats pissed on someones bonfire,just as it was getting interesting lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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