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00:07Hello and welcome to His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport, here in Plymouth.
00:12For hundreds of years, this place has been a home to the Royal Navy,
00:16and around half the nation's fleet is based here.
00:21This is a remarkable place.
00:23Thousands of servicemen and women pass through here every week.
00:27There are billions of pounds worth of warships and weapons, and enough food to feed a navy.
00:34And then there's the staff and crew who live in and around the base.
00:42We're here at a time of serious international tension, when the Royal Navy has never been busier.
00:48And they've given us access across the fleet.
00:57Feel it reverberating through your whole body.
01:01You feel like you can reach out and touch that.
01:03That is wild.
01:05Just off our bow is a Russian submarine.
01:10Throughout these special programmes, we're lifting the lid.
01:13Whoa.
01:14What are you doing?
01:15On what life is really like in Britain's Navy today.
01:19I'm sure you tied that tie correctly before being dragged through a hedge.
01:22You sound like my mum.
01:23Get out of yourself.
01:24Let's move.
01:25Come on.
01:25These boys are fit.
01:27This is a different league within a different league.
01:29I do feel in very safe hands.
01:32Thank you very much.
01:36This is warship.
01:38Life in the Royal Navy.
01:40Coming up...
01:41This is tough.
01:43JJ's on Dartmoor to take on an elite Royal Marines challenge.
01:48And it's brutal.
01:50Oh, crap.
01:51Come on, Hans.
01:53Don't let me down.
01:55Ah, ahoy there!
01:57Is that the terminology?
01:59It is!
01:59Dwayne Fields goes back in time.
02:01Mind your head.
02:03To discover what life would have been like on board one of the first ships to circumnavigate the globe.
02:09The Golden Hind.
02:11A lot of salty seawater gets onto this deck.
02:14It would eventually mix with animal poo.
02:16So if you ever did find yourself sleeping on here, don't sleep with your mouth open.
02:20I haven't seen a single soul on board.
02:23And I join the crew of HMS Iron Duke tracking a suspicious vessel in British waters.
02:30It could be drugs.
02:31It could be trafficking of some kinds.
02:33Okay.
02:46Welcome to his majesty's naval base, Devonport, here in Plymouth.
02:50And to an extraordinary behind-the-scenes insight into life in the Royal Navy.
02:55Yes, we are on the bridge of HMS St. Albans, which can do anything from hunting for submarines all the
03:01way to shooting drones out of the sky.
03:04Now, I was lucky enough to serve as a Royal Marine.
03:07And it's fair to say that training was brutal.
03:10And only the toughest of the tough made it.
03:12It's certainly not for the faint-hearted.
03:15But more than 20 years on, I wanted to see if I still have what it takes.
03:25The Royal Marines Commandos are highly trained specialists.
03:30One of the most fearsome fighting forces in the world.
03:35But wars don't always happen on nice, flat, open pieces of land.
03:41Sometimes troops have to be prepared to operate in some of the most extreme environments in the world.
03:48From the coldest waters to the most hostile terrain, Marines are trained to fight where few others can operate.
03:58Under the harshest and most unforgiving conditions.
04:03There's a saying in the military, train hard, fight easy.
04:07And nothing quite sums that up like what I've come to do today.
04:12This place is the site of Royal Marines training.
04:17Designed to prepare troops for combat in some of the toughest places on Earth.
04:22It's one of the most challenging and dangerous tests for a Royal Marine.
04:26And I should know, because I completed it back in 2006.
04:31I felt braces.
04:33And today, I'm going to find out if I'm still up to it.
04:37As the saying goes, once a Royal Marine, always a Royal Marine.
04:43It's about 20 years since I was here.
04:45Okay.
04:45This place hasn't changed much, to be fair.
04:48No, no.
04:48Has this changed much?
04:49No, this is all the same.
04:51Same techniques, same drill.
04:54Course leader Major Bassett will be putting me to the test.
04:58How important is it for the lads to learn these skills?
05:01This is pivotal to what we do in commando forces.
05:05A lot of the coastline and the areas we'll come across will have cliff faces.
05:09You know, and Royal Marines is all about doing hard things and hard places.
05:12This course allows Royal Marines to deal with the extreme challenges they might face when invading an enemy coastline.
05:24Huge vertical cliffs.
05:27And freezing water are just two of the tests that lay ahead of me today.
05:32If I'm not of the standard, I don't have to go in the water?
05:34No, you'll be getting in the water.
05:35All right, cheers.
05:36Okay.
05:37Get me on it.
05:37All right, let's go.
05:48So, most of my injuries did occur to my upper body and to my hands.
06:08So, that is going to be, it's going to be an issue.
06:11As much as I keep myself fit and I've done a lot of work to strengthen myself, it's not just
06:15a physical test.
06:16This is, this is a sort of technical challenge and ultimately a mental challenge.
06:23First, I have to climb a near 10 meter rope ladder, dangling off the top of the cliff.
06:29If I don't manage this, I won't progress to the next stage of the course.
06:34Comfortable, not too tight here.
06:36Unlike a traditional ladder, it'll take a huge amount of upper body strength to haul myself up and scale the
06:43sheer cliff face.
06:44Happy to climb?
06:45Roger.
06:45Okay.
06:46Make your way over.
06:47But, in spite of my injuries...
06:50Okay.
06:50So, when you're ready...
06:52I haven't come all this way to fail.
06:55Okay, that's you now.
06:56Safe to climb.
06:57Oh, there's no turning back there.
06:58The ladder lays almost flat against the rocks.
07:02It's very good.
07:03It's just one rung at a time.
07:05And swings freely as I begin to climb.
07:09That's it.
07:10That's good, JJ.
07:11This is tough.
07:15Just imagine doing this with a day sack now with your webbing and your weapon.
07:21Oh, slow and steady on this one.
07:24Each step is painful as my hands scrape against the rocks.
07:29Oh, crap.
07:31And requires a very special technique.
07:33Hands and feet.
07:36I'm using my feet to move the ladder away from the rock face, creating space to hoop my hand behind
07:42each rung.
07:43Come on, Hands.
07:48Near the top, everything suddenly gets even harder.
07:52The ladder gets tighter against the cliff and it's difficult to get a good hold, which is an extra challenge
07:58with my injured hands.
08:00Hand in there.
08:01Come on, Hands.
08:02Don't let me down.
08:04This is the most difficult transition now as you press the top.
08:08Come on.
08:11Another couple of rungs and you should be able to reach right over the top.
08:15That's it.
08:16Yes.
08:16Come on, lads.
08:18Oh.
08:19That's it.
08:20So good effort, JJ.
08:24Oh.
08:26Oh.
08:27That was tough.
08:28That was tough.
08:29That last section when you're tight up against the wall.
08:32Mate, that is hard.
08:33My hands were fighting me on that one.
08:37There's no time to relax.
08:39The challenges aren't over yet.
08:43You happy?
08:46Roger.
08:48Next, I've got to complete a controlled abseil back down the cliff.
08:54Oh, not the best to start.
08:58Feet nice and wide apart.
08:59That's it.
09:00Good.
09:01Good, good.
09:02Good, good.
09:04Yeah, you got it.
09:05You got it.
09:05You got it.
09:06Yeah.
09:06I made it back down in one piece, but it wasn't the smoothest or the quickest.
09:11Good for me.
09:12Right.
09:13Might have had a slip back controlled it.
09:15But I'm not sure if I've done enough to make it onto the next phase of the course.
09:20Am I ready to step things up, do you reckon?
09:24Based on what you've just done on these challenges, I think you're ready for the high area.
09:34I've proved I can still handle myself on the small cliff, but next I have to conquer this near 20
09:40-meter monster.
09:43This one looks tricky.
09:45Not only is it bigger than what I did before, it's got a really sort of awkward overhang in it.
09:51But I'm up for this.
10:00I do not know how you got up that rock face with that ladder.
10:04It looked agony.
10:06Yeah, they're pretty brutal.
10:07I was very impressed.
10:09Here's what's coming up next.
10:13There is a vessel of interest within sight of the ship.
10:18Kate witnesses a drama unfold aboard a British warship.
10:22So that's about 15 minutes now, and I haven't seen a single soul on board.
10:27As it tracks a suspicious vessel in the English Channel.
10:31If you're in UK waters and you're up to no good, you should expect the Royal Navy to be looking
10:34at you.
10:54Did you know that when sailors are at sea, they earn extra money?
10:58It's known as SeaPay, and it adds up, especially when they're on a long deployment.
11:03Unfortunately, I don't think the same applies to TV presenters, as Kate found out on board HMS Iron Duke in
11:10what turned out to be a very dramatic trip.
11:19Royal Navy warships patrol the waters around the UK each day of the year on a constant mission to keep
11:26Britain safe.
11:28Last year, the Royal Navy intercepted multiple Russian vessels in UK waters.
11:35Altering 134.
11:37Looks pretty good up there.
11:40Iron Duke is a Type 23 frigate.
11:43In service for over 30 years, she's one of the most reliable and dependable warships in the fleet.
11:50End three, just good eyes out. Make sure we're not closing her too soon.
11:53Her current orders are to scour the horizon for potential threats and pounce on them before they can cause any
12:00harm to the UK.
12:03So I've descended right into the bowels of the ship, and that's where there is the ops room.
12:11It's essentially the beating heart of the ship, I think where everything is decided and pated and planned.
12:19Visibility 12 miles.
12:21Morning, everybody.
12:23Hi, Kate. Good morning. How are you?
12:24Principal warfare officer Tom Adlam and his team use Iron Duke's radar and sensors to keep a constant lookout for
12:31threats.
12:32Ops, operations. What are the operations?
12:36So they could be a whole range of things, from maritime security, where we will continue to do policing whilst
12:43we're out at sea, to shadow operations.
12:46Great, Roger. Continue to watch.
12:49Plot, Roger. Watch.
12:50All the radars and the things on the top of the ship, do they feed down into here?
12:57They absolutely do. The whole process of this compartment is to take all of that information, to build it into
13:04a picture, a recognised maritime picture as we'd call it, that enables us to have that broader awareness to our
13:10immediate environment, potentially a much further away, so that we have the ability to conduct the operation that's required of
13:16us at any given time.
13:18So we have a possibly vessel there in three, two, five, ten or seven minutes.
13:23The ops room has just spotted something suspicious.
13:27Right, it's 13.6 metres.
13:29Can you get hold of Northwood, get hold of the mock?
13:32Yes, sir.
13:33Captain David Armstrong must decide what to do next.
13:39There is a vessel of interest within sight of the ship.
13:48Everyone is looking at what to me looks like a very ordinary fishing boat through their binoculars, and we are
13:55moving quite quickly towards it.
13:59The ship is behaving suspiciously, and fears are growing that it might be up to no good.
14:05They picked up the buoy.
14:07Can you just...
14:08I can't see it on deck, but it's no longer in the water, sir.
14:10OK.
14:13For a trawler to recover, a red buoy is slightly unusual behaviour, so let's make sure we've got that in
14:18the narrative.
14:19The fact that they're trawling and they're stopped in the water is also unusual.
14:23Yes, sir.
14:25It could be drugs, it could be trafficking of some kinds.
14:28OK.
14:29But it is interesting to see what our presence can do in terms of how the behaviour changes.
14:35So that's about 15 minutes now, and I haven't seen a single soul on board.
14:41David is looking for clues which could help to establish if anything illegal is taking place.
14:47For a start, a hard-working fishing boat does not look as pristine as that one does.
14:52OK, that's interesting.
14:53Iron Duke's cameras and sensors are now all trained on the ship.
14:58It's currently stopped in the water.
14:59Yeah.
15:00It has recovered a buoy, which is slightly irregular for a vessel involved in trawling.
15:05And what I find really interesting is that there is absolutely no one visible on the ship,
15:10no one on the bridge, no one on the upper deck.
15:12When they've got their nets out, that's unusual.
15:17They presumably know that you can take imagery from here.
15:21I think so.
15:21So do you think the fact that they're hiding or appear to be hiding backs up your suspicion
15:29that this is not just a straightforward fishing boat?
15:32Yeah, and that's the pointless, something unusual about the vessel.
15:35So our job is to get closer and interrogate that and see if we can gather any evidence.
15:41Call them on Channel 16, see if we can get two air comms with them,
15:44and then just ask them, we notice they're stopped in the water,
15:46do they have an issue and do they require any assistance?
15:50The captain wants to see if they'll respond on the radio.
15:54So we see that you have first stopped in the water.
15:57Do you require any assistance?
16:00No.
16:06So what was established through that radio contact?
16:10So that would suggest that there is someone on the bridge,
16:12although we can't see them, which is slightly odd.
16:15The response is far from conclusive,
16:17but without more evidence, Iron Duke's hands are tied.
16:21They're claiming they're fishing, which could absolutely be the case.
16:24Yeah.
16:25But we've let them know that we're going to be operating in their vicinity,
16:27which I guess applies a certain amount of pressure.
16:30Yeah.
16:31But if you're in UK waters and you're up to no good,
16:33you should expect the Royal Navy to be looking at you.
16:36Tom, just tell them we're operating in the area if they need our assistance.
16:41You know, safe watch.
16:42Awesome.
16:43Another day in the Royal Navy conducting maritime security operations.
16:50HMS Iron Duke will report back their findings to Navy intelligence,
16:55and the fishing vessel will be added to a watch list
16:58until more information is forthcoming.
17:02This is a role that I had no idea the Navy was part of.
17:07Keeping an eye on ships that may or may not be dodgy.
17:12And the captain was very clear to point out
17:15that that ship may not have any secrets at all.
17:17It may be innocently just fishing,
17:19and they're having a break, and they might be having their lunch.
17:22But there are enough signs to go,
17:25you know what, we're just going to make sure that they know we're here
17:28and that they understand that we're watching them.
17:32It's quite daunting.
17:40As HMS Iron Duke continues on her patrol,
17:44I've arranged to meet the captain away from his usual post on the bridge.
17:50Here we go.
17:51Now, of all the things that I imagined a warship might have,
17:56an ice bath is not one of them.
17:58Yeah.
17:58It's basically a little bit of a mental health tool.
18:00It takes your mind off everything that's going on board.
18:02All you think about for a couple of minutes is how cold you are,
18:05which is surprisingly good for you.
18:07Is that ice, is that ice actually floating in there?
18:10The team very kindly have put a mega ice cube in it
18:13just to make sure that it's cold enough.
18:16I just, you know, tend to spend a couple of minutes in it.
18:18OK, OK.
18:19So, are you going to demonstrate how this is done?
18:22Sure.
18:24Given the relentless pace of life on board,
18:27this is the perfect way to unwind.
18:32Right overhead and everything.
18:38So relaxing.
18:43It doesn't matter how stressed you are or how much is going on.
18:46When you're in here,
18:48it's just two minutes of thinking about nothing really,
18:52about the cold.
18:54It's just surprisingly, surprisingly relaxing.
18:57Does it genuinely kind of clear your head as well
18:58when you've got a lot on?
19:00Yeah, it does, yeah.
19:02For you, kind of mentally,
19:05is it always a challenge?
19:07Is it always something that
19:10kind of overtakes your brain, if that makes sense?
19:13Yeah, from the moment you open your eyes,
19:14you're thinking about the ship,
19:16you know, what we're doing now, what we're doing next,
19:19you know, to the moment you go to sleep in the evening.
19:22So there isn't a lot of time to think about other things.
19:25The chance to take an ice bath
19:27on the bridge wing of a Royal Navy frigate
19:29is too good to turn down.
19:31So I'm diving in.
19:41Oh, this is lovely.
19:47I can't quite believe I'm doing this.
19:50When I first came on board a Royal Navy warship,
19:54this was one of the last things I expected to be doing.
19:57But what a way to spend an evening.
20:05That's amazing.
20:06I'm not going to lie, pretty jealous
20:07that you got that level of access to a warship
20:10when it's on operations.
20:12I know, it was an incredible experience,
20:14but here's what else is still to come.
20:19What's the temperature like?
20:21It's like Magaloo.
20:23Oh!
20:23The final part of J.J.'s brutal test with the Royal Marines.
20:31You need quite a bit of muscle,
20:33so that's me out of it.
20:35And Dwayne Fields gets to grips
20:37with one of Britain's most famous historical ships.
20:40He's home!
20:43He's home!
21:02Welcome back.
21:03Now, I've stepped off of our whole ship
21:05and back onto dry land
21:06here in His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport.
21:09Now, this part of the base
21:10is home to thousands of Marines and sailors
21:14and is known as HMS Drake.
21:16It's named after a very famous person.
21:18He was the first Englishman
21:19to circumnavigate the globe,
21:21and he did it on a very iconic ship,
21:23as Dwayne Fields has been finding out.
21:29The Golden Hind is perhaps one of the most famous ships
21:33in British history.
21:34Its legendary voyages are taught in schools across the land.
21:39This ship, moored right here on the Thames
21:42in the centre of London,
21:43is a full-scale reconstruction
21:45of the original Golden Hind.
21:47Many of you might remember from your history lessons
21:49that this is the first British-made ship
21:52to circumnavigate the globe.
21:55Led by the famous captain, Sir Francis Drake,
21:59the voyage of global discovery
22:00actually began as something entirely different.
22:04Alongside four other ships,
22:06Drake's Golden Hind set sail from British shores
22:08in 1577
22:10on the orders of Queen Elizabeth I.
22:15Hannah.
22:15Hi.
22:16Oh, so good to meet you.
22:17Thank you so much for coming.
22:18No problem.
22:19Let me show you a book.
22:19This is amazing.
22:21Tudor historian Hannah Cusworth,
22:23curator at the National Maritime Museum,
22:26has invited me on board the Golden Hind
22:28to reveal the details of Drake's famous voyage.
22:32Welcome.
22:33This really doesn't favour the taller people among us.
22:38So, Hannah, when Drake set off,
22:40was that his plan to circumnavigate the globe?
22:42I think we can pretty safely say no.
22:45A really main part was to make money.
22:48And Queen Elizabeth and a number of other financial backers
22:51provisioned Drake to cross over the Atlantic
22:54and start raiding the various different Spanish colonies
22:57and territories in South America.
22:59So, Drake's made it all the way up to California.
23:02Why does he end up going across the Pacific?
23:04There are so many Spanish reports of Drake's activity
23:07that the Spanish have really got their eyes
23:10on trying to capture him.
23:11It would have been really dangerous for him
23:13to go back round that way.
23:14So, he was a wanted man at this point?
23:15He was very much a wanted man at this point.
23:18To get away from the Spanish,
23:20Drake headed west,
23:22crossing the Pacific,
23:23navigating through Indonesia and around Africa,
23:26eventually making it home
23:27after a staggering two years and nine months at sea.
23:31This is a pretty treacherous journey.
23:34You've obviously got the weather.
23:35You've also got all of the different provisioning.
23:38You're trying to keep a crew alive
23:39on a pretty small boat,
23:41which would have been a monumental feat.
23:47Wow, what a vessel.
23:50To find out what it would have been like
23:52during that famous voyage,
23:53I've popped up to the main deck
23:55to meet Tudor expert Patrick Strain,
23:58who's even come dressed for the park.
24:01Ah, aholy there.
24:02Is that the terminology?
24:04It is.
24:04How's it going?
24:05Not too bad, thank you very much.
24:06You look amazing.
24:07Where are we going to start?
24:08Well, I think we're going to start at the bottom,
24:10which is actually the toilets,
24:12which are at the top.
24:14That's the toilet?
24:15Yep.
24:16You'll have to find yourself an empty slat of woods,
24:18drop anchor into the ocean.
24:19There'll be a piece of rope in the ocean there.
24:22The seers would pull it up,
24:23give themselves a wipe,
24:24and then put it back where they found it.
24:26This is your version of toilet paper.
24:29Do you know what this is called?
24:30There's a word that is still in the English dictionary today.
24:33And what's that?
24:34Toe rack.
24:35So that's where the word toe rack comes from,
24:36pooey piece of rope.
24:38Ah, that's my fun factor.
24:40That's my takeaway from this.
24:43Thankfully, we're leaving the loo behind.
24:45Mind your step.
24:46More importantly, I'd say,
24:49mind your head.
24:50Oh my goodness.
24:51And heading into the ship's bows.
24:54Not that conditions below deck were much better
24:56for the sailors who lived and worked in this space.
25:00What was life on board like?
25:02You've got 80 men on board this ship.
25:04You'd be sleeping on this cold, hard floor.
25:08Osu, it's where the livestock is kept.
25:10So the smelling here, I can imagine it's not pleasant.
25:13It's very, very smelly.
25:14Osu, as well, this part of the ship isn't watertight.
25:16A lot of salty seawater gets onto this deck.
25:19It would eventually mix with animal poo,
25:21make a salty poo soup.
25:23So if you ever did find yourself sleeping on here,
25:25don't sleep with your mouth open.
25:29Unsurprisingly, the unsanitary conditions
25:32cause outbreaks of killer diseases
25:34like dysentery among the crew.
25:37Working conditions were slightly better on the upper decks.
25:41Is there a single part of this ship
25:43where you can stand up on the inside?
25:46But the jobs weren't any less grueling.
25:49The other thing I haven't been able to help but know
25:51is this thing.
25:52And what's this?
25:53Ah, this is the capstan.
25:56That is how they'd raise the anchor on board this ship.
25:59And then you need quite a bit of muscle.
26:00So that's me out of it.
26:02What we need is one of these sticks here.
26:05So what the sailors would do is hold it
26:08underneath their arms.
26:10And then they'd push it all the way around,
26:13which we'll do now.
26:15They go heave and hoe.
26:18Heave, hoe, heave, hoe.
26:22Doing this for two hours.
26:24Two hours was to bring up the anchor.
26:26Yeah, yeah.
26:26You'd probably stop there.
26:29Listen, if I have to do this anymore,
26:30I'm going to commit a mutiny myself.
26:34For the sailors who survived the hard labour and disease,
26:38the rewards were spectacular.
26:40They received a cut of the estimated 500 million pounds
26:43in today's money that the Golden Hind had plundered.
26:46And for Drake, fame followed fortune.
26:50Upon his return, Queen Elizabeth was so delighted with Drake
26:54that she personally knighted him aboard the Golden Hind
26:58the following year.
27:00But there's a darker side to Drake's heroic exploits.
27:03Before the knighthood and before the trip around the world,
27:07Drake was a slaver.
27:10Just a short sail east from the Golden Hind
27:12is the old Royal Naval College at Greenwich,
27:15which houses details about Drake's involvement
27:18in the slave trade.
27:20This is Francis Drake here in the centre.
27:23I do recognise Drake.
27:25Who are these other two?
27:26His cousin, John Hawkins.
27:29And then we have Cavendish here.
27:31Wasn't Hawkins a slaver?
27:34Hawkins was involved in several slaving voyages,
27:38the capture of enslaved people.
27:40Sometimes, actually, him and Drake
27:42raided on the West African coast,
27:45took enslaved people,
27:46and then tried to sell them to Spanish colonies
27:49across the other side of the Atlantic
27:51and the Caribbean and South America.
27:53Wow.
27:54People have often said that kind of laid the basis
27:56of England's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
27:59So I think Drake showed that England wasn't afraid
28:02to achieve this maritime power
28:04through violence,
28:06plundering Spanish ships and these raids,
28:08or through the trading of enslaved people.
28:14There's no doubt that Drake's time as an explorer,
28:17becoming the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe,
28:20were great achievements.
28:22But his time as a slaver
28:24does cast a long shadow over his legacy.
28:29Whatever conclusions you draw about the man,
28:32his actions have cemented his place
28:34in British maritime history.
28:45I wonder what Drake would make of this,
28:48the bridge of HMS St. Albans.
28:51Now, this is the place
28:52where the captain will issue orders to the crew
28:55when the ship is at sea.
28:57It takes about 15 to 20 years
29:00to rise through the ranks
29:01to command your own warship.
29:03But it's something that officer recruits
29:06are prepared for
29:07from the moment they start their training.
29:09Similarly, in the Royal Marines,
29:11the hard work doesn't end
29:13when they finish their basic training.
29:16Arguably, it just gets harder.
29:22Royal Marines vertical assault training.
29:25Come on, gents, let's push, push.
29:27Keep working.
29:29A brutal test of physical and mental strength,
29:32teaching skills vital to fighting and surviving in war.
29:36That is a big climb.
29:38I first completed this course 20 years ago
29:42before my injuries in Afghanistan.
29:44And now I've been challenged
29:46to give this brutal,
29:48near 20 metre high military climb another go.
29:52It's twice as high as the climb I made earlier
29:55and that was hard enough.
29:58This will be your most difficult challenge,
30:00I think, today.
30:03And this is two sections of ladders together
30:07that's going to see you up to the top.
30:11Major Bassett is in charge of training Marines
30:13in the art of assaulting a cliff face during battle.
30:18If the wind's up, again,
30:19it will start to push you around.
30:21So keep yourself stable is really important.
30:23To make this climb even harder,
30:25I'll be carrying items similar to those used in war.
30:30I've got to get to the top of this.
30:33But ultimately, as a Royal Marine,
30:35this is just what you have to do to get to the fight.
30:38So I've got my webbing belt
30:39and I've got a rifle on as well.
30:42Just to make it easier for me.
30:50That's it, don't rush it.
30:55That's it, good. Stand up.
30:58It's worse when you've got the equipment on,
31:00so you're probably feeling that a bit more now.
31:02Yeah.
31:04The vertical route includes several overhangs,
31:07which I'll have to navigate with extra care.
31:11I said slowly keep making your way up.
31:15Come on, Hans.
31:17Falling isn't the only risk here.
31:19It's getting caught in the ladder as I fall,
31:22which could cause a serious injury.
31:24Come on.
31:25Come on, Hans.
31:27And the overhangs are forcing me to fight for every hold.
31:32All with your legs.
31:33That's it, it's good.
31:35Come on.
31:41Come on, Hans.
31:45That's it, good effort, JJ.
31:57That's it, JJ.
31:58Good on the ledge.
31:59Good.
32:06That was tricky with these old things.
32:09But here I am,
32:10at the top.
32:11Beautiful view.
32:12Ready to fight.
32:15Luckily,
32:16the only fight ahead of me today
32:18is against gravity,
32:19because now I have to abseil back down,
32:22carrying all the heavy kit.
32:25Oh, Lord.
32:27Right, break man, ready.
32:30Charles.
32:31What are you doing?
32:32I just hope I have enough strength left in my arms
32:35to control my descent,
32:37or I could fail the test.
32:39Or worse,
32:41crash on the rocks below.
32:46Oh.
32:48Thanks for that, Bill.
32:49Go to your left.
32:51Hey, that was fast.
32:53I think I was just about in control of it.
32:55I was just trying to, like,
32:56really throw my arm underneath me,
32:58but it's tricky with this kit on.
33:00You have to be able to operate
33:01with all of that kind of equipment.
33:04But you did well.
33:05All right, job done.
33:06Well, yeah, I mean,
33:07the thing is,
33:07you look like you need to cool off, really.
33:09The sun's out.
33:10It'd be a shame to waste it.
33:11So I think the last challenge would be the water.
33:14Of course.
33:18All right, closing out of the day
33:19with the water crossing drill.
33:20Got to get across here
33:21on this line,
33:23and then I'll come back over
33:24on the second line.
33:26Ultimately,
33:27Royal Marines have to do this
33:28in just about every climate
33:29they come up against.
33:29Even Afghanistan.
33:31Think of it as a desert country.
33:32The place was covered
33:33in irrigation ditches.
33:34We found ourselves
33:35in the water quite a lot.
33:39In combat situations,
33:41Royal Marines are often required
33:43to cross treacherous bodies of water
33:45in order to get to the front line
33:46of a battle
33:47or potentially even escape from one.
33:51Just push it out
33:52and start swimming.
33:56What's the temperature like?
33:58It's like Magaloo.
34:00It's all safe.
34:05I'm using my backpack
34:07to help me float
34:08and also keep my weapon dry.
34:10If it goes in the water,
34:12then I fail at the final hurdle.
34:16That's it, good.
34:18That's it, keep it going.
34:20Got to try and keep that weapon dry.
34:25It's a tire in there.
34:28Just about it.
34:30Stand up.
34:32The longer I'm in the water,
34:34the harder and colder it gets.
34:36Back again.
34:40My arms and legs
34:42are feeling really heavy,
34:43especially after all that
34:45climbing on the rope ladders.
34:46But that's exactly
34:48why they put this last.
34:57I feel like I'm swimming through a tree hole.
35:00It's good.
35:01You're nearly in now.
35:04I'm nearly there.
35:10Well,
35:13that's refreshing.
35:21Oh, man.
35:25You did well.
35:26Cheers.
35:32Honestly,
35:33after 20 years
35:34to come back,
35:34you get to do that again.
35:36It's pretty special.
35:37Yeah, it's a pleasure to have you here.
35:38I mean,
35:38you worked really hard today.
35:40The ladder's
35:40particularly difficult,
35:42challenge,
35:42but you did really well.
35:44So,
35:45I'd just like to say thank you.
35:46Oh, mate.
35:47That's a challenge coin.
35:49It's got our mountain leaders
35:50crest on one side
35:51and then the
35:52global laurel on the other.
35:54Look at that.
35:55Listen,
35:56you get a few of these
35:57in your time,
35:58but one as special as that.
36:00Things are,
36:01only a few legends
36:02have got these.
36:03Apparently I'm one of them.
36:06Come on,
36:07let's go.
36:11What a day.
36:13That was as
36:14mentally,
36:15technically
36:15and physically tough
36:16as I remember it.
36:18And it's not just about
36:18doing it once.
36:19Royal Marines
36:20use these skills
36:21and drills
36:21throughout their careers
36:22in environments
36:24all across the world.
36:26The Royal Marines
36:27mountain leaders
36:27simply put,
36:28they're an elite
36:29within an elite.
36:36I'm shivering
36:37on your behalf.
36:38That did look quite chilly.
36:39Yeah, I am no fan
36:40of cold water
36:41and that was cold.
36:42But it's meant to be
36:43because they're just
36:44trying to make it
36:44as tough as possible
36:45so that they are prepared
36:46for anything
36:47that the battlefield
36:48could throw at them.
36:49And I hope you guys
36:50are prepared
36:50for what's coming up next.
36:56I'm getting wet again.
36:59Right, here it goes.
37:01But this time
37:02is to save a sinking ship.
37:05Switch your car.
37:26Welcome back.
37:28This is the marina
37:29at His Majesty's
37:30naval base,
37:31Devonport.
37:31All the sailors
37:32and marines
37:33that work here
37:34will have trained
37:35for years and years
37:36to get to this stage
37:37in their career.
37:39They learn how
37:40to fire a weapon
37:40and to march
37:41like other military recruits
37:43but they also
37:44have to prepare
37:45for the very real dangers
37:47of life at sea.
37:55HMS Rally in Cornwall
37:57is where the Royal Navy
37:58trains all their raw recruits.
38:03thousands of new starters
38:04some as young
38:06as 16 years old
38:07flock here
38:08each year
38:08to take on
38:09basic training.
38:12And that includes
38:13preparing them
38:14for whatever the sea
38:15may throw at them.
38:24On a warship
38:25the risk of a flood
38:26is very real
38:27and potentially
38:28life-threatening.
38:32All recruits
38:33who pass through
38:33basic training here
38:34must complete
38:35a sea survival course
38:37that prepares them
38:38for that dreaded event.
38:42Petty officer
38:43Daniel Fraser
38:43is in charge
38:44of getting these recruits
38:46ready for a life at sea.
38:47Get it in line
38:49with your body.
38:50Get it in line
38:51with your body.
38:53Sorry mate.
38:54Hello.
38:55I'm JJ.
38:55Hi, you alright?
38:56This doesn't look good.
38:58What is this all about?
38:59Okay, so this is where
39:00we teach
39:01some of the new recruits
39:02coming through
39:02just the very basics
39:04of damage control
39:04in a flooded environment.
39:06So ultimately
39:07stop the floodwater
39:08from coming in
39:09and save the ship.
39:10So forbid
39:11if it happened for real
39:12these are the guys
39:13that are going to be
39:14having to deal with it
39:14in real time.
39:16If a warship
39:17develops a hole
39:18in its hull
39:19the only way
39:20to save the ship
39:21and save lives
39:22is to stem
39:23or stop the flow.
39:25Okay, so JJ
39:26if you're up for it
39:26what we'd like you to do
39:27is jump in
39:28in some of the instruction
39:29we'll teach you
39:30on how to do
39:31some of these builds
39:31then we'll fill it
39:32back up with water
39:33and get you stuck in
39:34so you can have a go.
39:35Is it warm?
39:36Yeah, it's warm enough.
39:39Time for me
39:40to go back to school.
39:43Right afternoon team
39:44welcome to
39:45Chaos Unit.
39:46I'm jumping in
39:47with the latest
39:47batch of recruits
39:48who are learning
39:49the ropes.
39:50So you come into
39:51the compartment
39:51you find water
39:52coming in
39:52through a split
39:53in the deck
39:53so primary leak
39:54stopping is going
39:55to be carried out
39:55by using softwood wedges
39:56because their softwood
39:57once they get wet
39:58they expand.
39:59For centuries
40:00the Royal Navy
40:01has used wooden wedges
40:02to plug holes
40:03and damage warships.
40:05It's an ancient
40:06but fundamental part
40:07of emergency hull repair.
40:09More hands here.
40:10You might be using
40:11three wedges.
40:11That way?
40:12All you want to do
40:13is just get as many
40:14of those in as you can
40:17and then you can go
40:18in the sides
40:18then and put in
40:19even more.
40:21It might look
40:22quite basic
40:23but this method
40:24can stop up to
40:2595%
40:27of incoming floodwater.
40:31Okay, so JJ
40:32if you give that
40:32a good shake
40:33does it feel
40:33fairly solid?
40:34It does.
40:35It's not going anywhere.
40:36For the young recruits
40:37I'm training alongside
40:38this is a sobering
40:40reminder of what
40:41their new job
40:42might entail.
40:44It does cross your mind
40:45when you're doing
40:46the training
40:46you do think
40:47this could happen
40:47for real
40:48but I feel like
40:49the training
40:49that we're getting
40:50ingrains into
40:51that muscle memory
40:51so I hope
40:52in reality
40:53God forbid
40:54it ever did happen
40:55I feel like
40:56the crews would be
40:56pretty well trained
40:57well versed in this.
40:58It can be quite daunting
40:59though I feel like
41:00because on the rig here
41:01they stop the water
41:02if it gets out of ham
41:03whereas if it was
41:04happening on ship
41:05obviously there's
41:06no stopping the water
41:06there.
41:09Practice time is over
41:10and I'm about to be
41:12thrown in
41:12at the deep end
41:13Right here it goes
41:14Working together
41:15with the recruits
41:16we need to act
41:17as fast as possible
41:18to stem the tide
41:19of the flood
41:20In a real situation
41:22these skills
41:23are life and death
41:32Our first job
41:33is to try
41:34and stop rushing floodwater
41:36entering through
41:37a hole in the floor
41:38needs a little bit
41:39more speed
41:40but it's a new
41:42environment for him
41:43so he's doing alright
41:43he's doing okay
41:49I'm struggling
41:50to hold my breath
41:51in the cold water
41:52and I can't get
41:53enough pressure
41:53on the wooden blocks
42:01Finally
42:01they're in place
42:02but the water
42:03is still coming in
42:05Where's the rest
42:06of the equipment
42:07that you need
42:07for this safe
42:08clear
42:14As a team
42:15we now need to get
42:16a bracing beam
42:17to hold the repair
42:18in place
42:27Working together
42:28we've completed
42:29our task
42:29and the exercise
42:30is now over
42:32That's it
42:34Well done James
42:35Good effort
42:38It's really disorientating
42:40you know
42:41trying to hear
42:41what the message is
42:42that water is really loud
42:44when you're up against it
42:45That would be
42:45a very different scenario
42:46if your life
42:47depended on it
42:48you know
42:49like not just your life
42:51but the life
42:51of the entire ship
42:52That would be
42:53utterly terrifying
42:56With the training finished
42:57it's time
42:58for my assessment
43:00This is actually
43:00a really good effort
43:01especially considering
43:02that you haven't
43:02done this before
43:03What we look at
43:04at the end of the day
43:05is the build
43:06that you've constructed
43:07would it work
43:08would it stop
43:09the water from coming in
43:10and I have every confidence
43:10that what you would have
43:11done there
43:11would have done
43:12the job in spades
43:13I would go again
43:15Get you one again
43:15if you want
43:16Give us 20 minutes
43:17we'll get it filled back up
43:18Do you know what
43:19I'll leave you guys to it
43:20because I've got wet feet
43:22so I'm going to go dry out
43:25Oh that looked
43:26pretty extreme
43:27Yeah it was quite
43:28the physical reminder
43:29of what all recruits
43:31in the armed forces
43:31have to go through
43:32in order to be able
43:34to be prepared
43:35to put their lives
43:36on the line for us
43:37Well it was a good effort
43:38Well done
43:39Sadly that's all
43:40we've got time for
43:41on today's programme
43:42but here's what's coming up
43:43on the next one
43:45That is quite the responsibility
43:48Next time
43:50Oh do you know what
43:51he's nailed that
43:52I reveal
43:53how on earth
43:54a warship
43:55at sea
43:55goes about refuelling
43:57Starting pumping
43:58Roger
44:03I learn how to escape
44:05from a submarine
44:06lying on the seabed
44:07Nice thing
44:08jump
44:10in one of the scariest
44:11things I've ever done
44:13It was panicking
44:14GC
44:16It's good to see you dude
44:18And over 20 years
44:20since fighting began
44:21I revisit the battlefields
44:23of Afghanistan
44:24with the marines
44:25who served alongside me
44:27What the hell's happened
44:28and then it was like
44:29oh you've been blown up
44:33Don't even think
44:34about missing it
44:35See you then
44:36Bye bye
44:36Bye
44:36See you then
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