Original subtitles

Selection for the SAS is cloaked in secrecy.

No-one knows what it is we do.

We're the thinking soldier.

And the truth about what it takes might surprise you.

GUNSHOTS

An elite team of ex-Special Forces soldiers is

putting 30 civilians through the key stages of selection.

At the end of the day, would I have this guy next to me in a war zone?

HE SHOUTS

Each task taken from the real process.

Let's get the dogs out.

DOG BARKS

Physical fitness is no more than a starting point.

The true test is of the mind.

I fear inadequacy.

The only thing I'm really afraid of is rejection.

I don't really believe that there's such a thing as

a completely weak person or a completely strong person.

As each recruit is stripped back to their core.

There might be strong characters.

Fully submerged! Under!

Once we start unchipping their armour,

we find out exactly who they are.

I feel like a boy in a man's world.

No other test asks as much...

Well done.

..or means as much...

Still alive!

..to the few who make it through.

I know this works. Show me that this works.

HE YELLS

I saw the Special Forces as a sort of roguish element to the military.

Going out together in some pretty hairy situations.

It's like an adrenaline rush.

You become addicted to it and I think it's knowing that

you could be so close to dying that makes you feel so much more alive.

At an isolated base deep in Wales, a team of ex-Special Forces

operators is preparing the next phase of their selection programme.

A lot of the stuff that you look for in a soldier that wants to join

the Special Forces is basically stuff that is already in people.

They want to discover how ordinary British men measure up

on the toughest military entrance test in the world.

A civilian might not know their limits.

They might just think they're at their limits

when really they're not.

Again, it's just being put in those situations and putting on that

immense pressure for them to find out who they truly are.

30 men signed up for the challenge,

and after a brutal first stage, just 20 remain.

That's valuable energy, right there.

Over the next 48 hours,

the directing staff will take the intensity up a gear,

applying pressure to isolate and expose individuals they think are weak.

Oh, man! The Compeed's melted off...

onto my fucking foot.

Oh, mate, that is minging, that one.

The attitude of recruit eight, Jon Callaway, a trainee stuntman,

has caught their attention.

I want to overtake Jason Statham.

You want to overtake him? Yeah.

And he just survived yesterday's cull.

But would you like to see him suffer?

I do want to see him suffer, so, yeah, keep him on.

I started working at the gym.

A little bit more competitiveness come in, and I realised

that I was actually better at this than a lot of other people.

So I moved into fighting, jeet kune do

and then I learnt quite a lot of different techniques.

Then I moved into bujinkan budo, samurai, ninja martial arts, worked up from that.

And that was interesting. Obviously everyone wants to be a ninja.

And every time I get up out of bed,

when I turn the light on, I keep one eye closed and one eye open.

So that when I turn the light off, one eye can still see in the dark.

Yeah! Put a bit of Tabasco on that.

MAN LAUGHS Clean it out.

Right, OK, we can sort that out.

Recruit four, personal trainer Mark Fisher, is having a medical

checkup following yesterday's march in the Brecon Beacons.

OK, that's fine, pop that down.

How are you getting on with the team, the rest of the guys?

Yeah, it's really strange, cos in there it's just there, full-on

men banter, and it's kind of like... And I just go quiet sometimes.

So you're finding it testosterone heavy, that's what it is. Yeah.

I think the whole traits of what makes a man is the whole...

The kind of lad culture with the beers

and the football and, you know,

just the way, with the banter and the guy traits,

and I don't fit into that.

But I like to show them that, yes, I dance around to Beyonce,

but still I can do these hard challenges,

and I can do 1,000 rep challenges,

and I can do a 1.5 mile run as fast, and beat the rest of them.

Get in the assembly area in two ranks. Let's go!

What selection is about is them to recognise their own weaknesses.

We're looking to tap into those weaknesses and see, you know,

how they react when things they might not be good at

are put under pressure.

Is that everyone?

Right, gents, I'm going to ask you a question each.

It's going to be the same question.

If you do not answer that question, you will pay, OK?

ALL: Yes, Staff.

I don't mind if you look around, but if you had to pick

the weakest member of this course, who would it be?

Come on. Erm...

With the hat. Say his name. With the hat?

This the person?

Number seven.

Same question.

Myself, Staff. Yourself? Yes, Staff.

Think about what you're saying.

If I had to pick a team, I obviously want to be in that team,

I believe I should be in that team. OK? Think about the question.

I keep my answer. You keep your answer? Yes, Staff.

OK, so you've just basically seen yourself off. Well done.

Same question.

Number four, Staff. Number four.

Who's the weak link?

Number seven, Staff. Number seven.

Who would you get rid of in your team?

Number four, Staff. Number four.

Right. Back into your accommodation, wait out for your next detail.

Asking them who they believe shouldn't be there

is just another way of looking at people's characters.

You know, if you're someone that's been mentioned four, five,

six, seven times that you shouldn't be there,

how's that person going to deal with that?

Takes the piss, that, doesn't it? Asking fucking questions like that.

That's the thing. Is it like fucking Weakest Link?

They haven't put much thought into the situation.

Out of most people in here I'd rather have you. Well, thank you.

Without a doubt.

Recruit seven, Phil Hoban,

struggled during the opening two days...

You've got all your kit on, there's no wonder you're going slow.

You've got a hat on. Fucking hell, I didn't even wear that shit in the Arctic.

..and watched his son be kicked off the course.

After today's performance, I can't let you carry on with the course.

I've been through a lot in my life, as well.

Through deaths, family - I lost my mam and dad, you know?

And I've had to pull myself together.

If I can go through that, then this...

It's going to be no walk in t'park, but I know I can do it.

That's shit, that, man.

The directing staff decide to focus on the two recruits singled out as weak

by seeing how they cope with the pressure of leadership.

Right, fall into three ranks this side of me and face me.

Phil is first up.

He will be put in charge of a casualty evacuation exercise,

an important part of SAS selection.

All you got to do is go on a bearing.

You need to go and find out the bearing from that tree. You got your compass on you?

No, Staff. It's in the bags, isn't it?

You just said bring your water bottles.

You're supposed to have your compass on you at all times. Right.

You can fucking use mine. In fact, no, you can't. Who's got their compass on them?

As in, like, you are supposed to be carrying them all the time. Right, get it out.

Not that compass. Who's got another compass?

Don't have metal next to your compass. OK, yes, Staff.

Right, attach that to yourself. Fucking hell.

Come on!

Phil must navigate the team through difficult terrain

to a location over a mile away.

What you got? I've got 176.

But I reckon that's the easiest to take them up, rather than this.

'In a combat zone, if the team leader gets taken out, if someone

'has been shot, everyone should be able to step into that man's shoes.

'It has happened to me during operations'

where we've had to step up.

Even if we're just doing ten paces, fast paces, swap over straightaway.

We need to keep this fucking pace going.

What's this down here? It's just thick with mud.

Drag him up. Push him, push him.

Right, lads, lads - put it down there.

That's it, you've reached your casualty evacuation point.

Lads, that was a good effort. Number seven, very good effort.

Mark is next to test his leadership skills.

Number four, it's your turn to shine here, right? Yes, Staff.

We're going up here. Straight up? Yeah, straight up.

'I find the SAS intriguing'

because of what they go through and what you hear about.

I've got the next bearing, stay there one minute.

'And you have to be the best, you know?

'I think that's what intrigues me about what I can physically do, as well.'

How do I match up to these men?

OK, we've got to go up. The best way,

we need to go under this to come out to where the tree is just there.

Is that really the best route, boss?

Erm...

Come on, mate, think of a route, where can we go?

This way, this will be quicker, and then go round.

Down, put him down. Conserve your energy. You don't know if you can go round?

Give me two seconds, let's have a look.

We can't go through there, can we?

One step at a time, one.

Where's our next bearing?

We're going... No, it's... It's not here.

Down the track, let's go down. No, come back, it's down there. Let's go.

Say when. Down here, down here.

Stop, we have to analyse this and how we're getting down. Listen to me. Listen!

I mean, he, number four, is supposed to be the team leader.

He's got no leadership skills whatsoever.

He's allowed the rest of the team to take charge,

and he's happy for that to have happened.

It's not the path.

He's basically a lead scout. Yeah. A pretty poor one, as well.

Absolutely.

Not a pretty poor one, he's fucking shit.

MEN CHATTER

You all right, guys? Loving life?

SOBBING BREATHS

I'm sorry. There's no need to be sorry.

You did what you thought was best. You got your way up there.

People have needed guidance, anyway. You know? Yeah.

It's not supposed to be easy.

I just thought I just wasn't a good leader.

And I just knew that was going to happen.

Just... I just know it's not a skill that I have.

Think about why you're here. Yeah. Cos you're still here.

Cos you are still here. Others have gone.

Yeah, that's why... I don't want to let people... That's why it's annoying me.

Yeah, but you need to remember that. Yeah. Remember that and pick yourself up and compose yourself.

Get in there with the lads.

They patted you on the back when you went, so chill. Thank you.

When the self-doubt kicks in properly, if you don't control it,

you'll feel yourself going into almost a fit of depression

because you've allowed such a negative thing to take hold.

It's really hard to get out of,

and you have to make a concerted effort to become positive again.

And that's where...

Yeah, that's my biggest weakness, is allowing that to take charge.

I was worried, actually, when they said you were a bit upset,

I thought you might have packed it in.

I don't want to give up at all. No way.

Don't do it.

Down on your knees. Hands behind your back.

Stay where you are.

Down on your fucking knees.

Up.

We always keep them guessing

and we always keep that fear of the unknown.

We always keep that sense of,

"I don't know what's going to happen next,

"and I don't know how I'm suppose to react.

Four recruits, including Phil, have been picked out at random.

They don't know where they're being taken or why.

MUSIC BLARES

MUSIC STOPS

The special forces team is testing each recruit individually to see who

has the initiative to escape despite being blind and bound to the wall.

It's done for a purpose.

It's to create an environment of loading stress on individuals

to see how they'll react.

I genuinely don't think they're going to do anything.

I reckon they will, mate. Yeah?

After a while they're going to start going, "What the fuck's going on?"

You would be, wouldn't you? Yeah.

We should go in and whisper shit in their ear

when they're not moving in about fucking four hours.

Hello?

Who else is tied up?

Anybody?

I'll just let you know.

If you slide to the left you can get off the pole.

Slide to your left.

Slide to your right.

Crisscross.

I want one if there's enough. Anyone want an egg?

Nah, mate.

Is that another portion of that?

There's only five of us and look at the...

I like it. We will eat till we are sick.

Then we will invade Sparta.

THEY LAUGH

HE MUMBLES

Huh. Door's open.

ALARM BLARES

Fucking hell! Good effort.

After just half an hour, two recruits - Calvin and Wayne -

have completed the task by freeing themselves and finding the exit.

Hey, bud. Who is it?

Calvin. 23.

Oh. All right, man? Yeah.

Fucking hell. How did you get your thing off?

I slid my hand out. Who's this?

Who's this?

Talk to me. But Phil and recruit 3 are refusing to move.

Speak up if you want to be free.

It's dark in here.

Oi! Right, go back to where you were.

Kneel down. Just kneel down facing the wall.

Recruit 23, Calvin Wright, is a student.

Off you go.

At just 19 years old, he's one of the youngest on the course.

I've always been competitive.

At a school sport's day, when I was about seven or eight years old,

I remember whilst all the other parents sat down on one side

having a picnic, my dad stood up on the side

screaming at me, making sure that

I was putting in everything that I had.

Come on!

Keep moving. Keep the legs ticking over.

On selection, intense exercise is used not just to exhaust recruits

but to strip away bad attitude.

If this is what you like, gentlemen, if this is how you operate best,

we're going to do it all night.

Keep moving!

So far, John Calloway has stayed out of trouble

by keeping his attitude in check.

Well done. Move your legs. Move your legs.

Get your breath back. Well done, son.

This is easy, this shit.

What did you say? Did I hear you say this was easy?

No.

Did you say... No, what? No, Staff. Come to the side here.

HE TUTS Why you fucking tutting?

What you tutting?

Get in the fucking waddle position.

Follow me. Start fucking waddling.

I asked you a question, I want a...fucking normal answer,

without fucking attitude.

I'm sorry, Staff.

No, I don't want you to be sorry.

If you didn't say it, it's just, "No, Staff."

It's not, "No."

Get down in the fucking waddle position.

I'm going to drill this attitude out of you tonight

and I'm going to make a fucking decent soldier out of you.

Now, fucking keep moving. You watch. You watch.

When I was in the younger ages in my military career,

I got called out a couple of times from my superiors

for being a gobshite, as they used to say, so...

But, yeah, I didn't really look up to them,

my superiors, at that time, so I didn't really take it on board.

Stand up. Put your arms out straight.

Put your arms out straight.

Keep it there. Keep it there. Keep it there.

Lose the cockiness.

My father passed away when I was quite young,

so I've very much had that attitude of,

"If I do something wrong, no-one's going to tell me off."

I've been there, like yourself. I've been strong, like yourself.

I've been at the top of the pack, like yourself.

I was a little fucker with an attitude, like yourself.

Fucking get back in there. Lose the attitude.

TOGETHER: ..three, four, five, six...

I wanted to be in the military before, but I had chronic asthma.

And then as I grew up I couldn't do a lot,

I'd have to use my inhaler a lot and it was embarrassing.

So ever since then, "All right, I'm just going to have to build muscle."

Obviously everyone doesn't think about those things.

They're like, "Oh, wow! Good body."

But it's always hiding something, you know.

HE GRUNTS

Please do not give birth on my parade square, number 29.

Do not give up.

Does anybody not want to be here?

ALL: No, Staff!

Good effort, mate.

During the three-hour thrashing,

the directing staff have been identifying individuals

they think are slacking. Calvin is one of them.

Can we go into the people that we think are loafing?

So straightaway let's start off with number 23.

I think there's an air of arrogance there.

You always question why you had bigger blokes that are, like, really

struggling and he was just loafing at the back, didn't break a sweat.

For a guy of his age and everything else, he should be way at the front.

And I want to ask him some questions

cos if doesn't come up to scratch in the interview,

then I think he's going to be one of our strong candidates to go.

Relax.

How old are you? 19, Staff. 19.

You're built like a fucking runner and yet you're always at the back.

Are you just lazy? A lazy university student?

No. Well, no, Staff.

It seems like to me you've never been without,

you've always been looked after,

you've always been pointed in the right direction,

you got that little pat on the head. Would I be correct in saying that?

I think so, Staff. Yeah, it shows.

I think that my parents have done the utmost to make sure

that they've given me 110% support...

..you know, which I don't regret and I don't think is a bad thing.

I think it's helped me achieve things that I've wanted to achieve.

Well, I can see that straight through.

You're like an officer's son.

The way your eyes moved there.

There's military background in your family, isn't there?

On my mother's side,

sort of all the males on my mother's side were in the military.

Military not interest you?

Yes, military does interest me.

I'm seeking to join afterwards. Ah.

You know, I've had an interest in the Royal Marines since I was young.

I felt like this would be a good challenge to see where I'd be at.

Where do you think you'd be at?

I think currently I...

..feel a bit like a boy in a man's world...Staff.

Guard.

It's the beginning of day four.

Go! I want to hear it.

Fucking get up.

The recruits are now faced

with one of the most daunting tests on selection...

the Sickener.

All the way down the centre of the tracks, catch them.

Every time they think it's over,

they will be given another sickening challenge.

Bend and stretch.

Not knowing when it will end is what pushes the weakest to the edge.

Follow me.

If they quit now, they're off the course.

Here's to being a winner!

Come on! Head under, fully submerged.

Up, out.

A Sickener is a test to see if you're able to work

and still want to do things when you're at your lowest ebb.

Cos it won't stop until people start giving in.

Is that the best you have?

Let's go, let's go, come on!

You think you've reached your limit and then, bang,

they hit you with something else again.

I'm going to keep on going today until we fucking lose people.

Anyone here want to quit?

THEY ANSWER: No, Staff!

Into your fucking accommodation, quick.

After an hour, Mark Fisher and recruit 12, Sonny Combo,

are struggling.

I want to see, as a human being and as a man, how far can we push.

The scary part of it is what's going to happen

but you've got to go along with it and do the best that you can

and hold out in there.

Everyone outside. Outside now! Let's go!

What the fuck are you doing here?

You can either make this or you can't. It's that simple.

I would like to get broken

because the only way you know your honest limit

is once you're broken,

so I want to find out about that limit.

I want to see how far I can go.

We have to get rid of some dead wood.

If you've not got the minerals...

..you withdraw.

This is in the head.

Anybody feel like withdrawing?

THEY ANSWER: No, Staff! Yes, Staff.

Just give me your...

..and then go speak to the medic.

Anybody else?

THEY ANSWER: No, Staff!

After three hours, number 14, Dwayne, quits and is off the course.

'There's a lot of false endings in the sickeners.

'There's also a lot of false endings in war.'

Go!

Fucking move it now.

You need to be able to see if someone can handle that,

you know, handle the fact that when they thought it was over, it wasn't.

And to see if whether they're people that are quitters.

The Sickener continues.

It won't stop until four more recruits

reach their breaking point.

THEY GROAN

Start doing press ups! We're going under the tree. Under!

MAN GROANS LOUDLY

Move!

Number 12, are you withdrawing from the course?

I'm withdrawing from the course, Staff.

Give me your armband and go speak to the medic.

Thank you, Staff.

Back up, everyone else, back up.

Keep it going, fighting through the water.

Keep moving!

The Sickener proves too much for one more recruit...

The war is over for him. Let's catch him.

..Mark Fisher.

There's a night that I'll always remember.

We got into a fire fight and it was a long night anyway

and there was quite a lot of bullets flying around from both sides.

THEY CALL OUT ENCOURAGEMENT

And I remember thinking to myself,

"This is quite hairy and this is one of the more hairy situations

"I've been in."

I remember getting into a ditch and I just remember feeling

so fucking tired and drained that I actually wanted to be at home.

I wanted to be back as a kid and be with my mum.

HE SOBS

That feeling is momentary.

You suddenly realise it's not over yet. It's not over.

You need to keep pushing yourself.

Come on, 28, fucking get there!

THEY CALL OUT ENCOURAGEMENT

No matter how drained you are,

if you're someone who quits when bullets start flying

or people start dying around you then you're not

the sort of person we need and that's why we test it.

Seven hours of punishment

and false endings pushed Mark to his breaking point.

Now, take a seat.

Before packing his bags, he's checked over by the doctor.

When I went out there, I just couldn't get it out of my head.

It was just doing my head in.

What was?

Just me being too weak for this

and I just kept thinking, "I'm so weak."

I just don't think I've ever really believed in myself.

What you've achieved is actually incredible.

I don't know if you realise

but you should be really proud of what you've achieved.

All right, then. Anyway, it's been a privilege

to have looked after you the last couple of days. Thank you.

This has been by far and away the hardest thing I've ever done!

By far!

Seven hours of training.

And it's three o'clock and they're going to get us again later...

Someone's coming.

Everybody in the assembly hall now!

They think they've got to the end of it

or they think they've done the last exercise.

No, you're wrong.

The Sickener starts again.

Three recruits have already gone, but what the rest don't know

is that it won't stop until another two drop out.

After being targeted for his attitude,

number eight, John Callaway, is at the front of the pack.

Struggling at the rear is number seven, Phil.

Number seven. Number seven, come here!

All of you, get in the press up position.

Do you want to get in that wagon? No, Staff. No, Staff.

Are you sure? Look at me. Yes, Staff.

Have a bit about yourself, a bit of pride about yourself.

Do you want to hand in your armband? No, Staff. Are you sure? Yes, Staff.

Tell them to bend and stretch.

Bend...stretch. Bend...stretch.

Stay there, stay in that position. Say thank you to number seven.

THEY ALL ANSWER: Thank you, number seven.

Start thinking about the weak members of this course

and who keeps letting you down.

Right, all of you fucking stand up, full length.

Take your Bergens off. I will partner you off.

You will get your partner on your shoulder in a fireman's carry

until you get to the top of the hill. Go!

Oh, fuck!

Calvin was singled out yesterday for being lazy.

Let's try.

So, he's been partnered up with Lee, the heaviest recruit on the course.

One, two, three...

Do not damage your casualty. He's already a casualty.

Do you want to give me your number? Do you want to give me your number?

Answer me! Do you want to give me your number? No, Staff.

HE SCREAMS

'I was point man for my first tour of Afghan.

'A point man is someone'

who's at the front of the team. He's leading the team

and he's the first man through the door, basically.

'I never thought that I would get shot,

'I never thought that I'd get hit.'

I genuinely believed that I'd go into that target

and nothing would stop me.

HE GROANS

We will not stop until one of you hands your number in.

Selection is to try and find that type of guy who can focus that much.

I suppose it's just to see

when you're in the face of adversity,

are you going to give up?

Come on, fucking do this. Come on.

Yep?

HE GRUNTS

Just take a break.

Stand up, stand up, get on my shoulders, rest on my shoulders.

Kevin, stand up and rest on my shoulders.

Right, steady there, steady there, put him down.

You've reached your casualty evacuation point.

Let me know when you need to stop, yeah?

That was about two hours ago.

If you two are not at the top of the hill in five minutes,

I will fucking take you off this course.

Ready? One, two, three.

'When I'm getting to the point where things get really tough,'

I'll miss just having the ability to talk to my dad.

Well done, boys. Well done.

You know, I want to make my parents

proud of the effort that I've put in

and I want to make them proud of the determination

that you have when it gets tough.

23, get him on your shoulders.

Let's go, let's get aggressive.

Come on, son, power!

15 seconds. Let's go!

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Go! Everything you've got, 23!

Come on, everything you've got!

THEY SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

This will not finish

until one of you drop out.

Does anybody here...

..want to give me their number?

THEY ALL ANSWER: No, Staff.

Right, fucking follow the DS, go!

This will not stop until one of you fucking gives me your armband.

Exactly the same exercise.

I'm not fucking joking.

Again, gentlemen, fireman's carry your partner

until you reach the top.

Let's get moving, let's go.

Do you want me to go? I can't, mate. I can't.

I'm done. Come on. No, I'm done. I'm done.

Number 29, do you want to give your number in? Yes.

Do you want to withdraw yourself from the course?

Give me your number and you're off.

28, do you want to withdraw yourself?

Yes, Staff. The rest of you get back here now.

Get your Bergens on!

Now that five recruits have withdrawn,

the Sickener is finally over.

Believe it or not, I'm quite happy today.

As you go on through this course, I only want strong members.

I will only keep people here...

..who me and the DS team

look at at the end of this course and say,

"Do you know what?

"I would quite happily train this guy up to fight next to me."

You look confused, number eight. What's with the frowning?

Is there something you don't understand?

I do understand, Staff, I just wish that was me.

Start switching on and it might well be you.

We've had five go already today.

VW - voluntary withdrawal.

So let's pick, I would say, three...

To go. ..for the culling.

The first one, number seven, which is Phil.

Yeah, I had a soft spot for him and I still do but he's a bag of shit.

He's tired, he's fucked, he knows it as well.

I'm putting a double question mark by his name.

We all sort of identified that 23 was a loafer

so today I put number 28 on his back,

which number 28, I would say, is about an 18st, 19st guy.

Heaviest on the course, isn't he?

And I thought it was going to break him, I really did,

and fair dues to him, he got to the top of the hill.

My only concern with him is, is his best good enough? You know?

What's our decision, then? I've got a question mark.

Let's put him in the question mark zone.

Right, let's move on to number eight.

Old Callaway.

I think it's too late

but I just want to find out why he's such a prick.

The thing is, this is the whole point of selection, isn't it?

You actually break someone down from this facade that we all put up.

It's then when you see, under pressure,

what kind of people they are.

His... His true attitude is a stroppy, arrogant...

Cocky. ..cockhead. Yeah, agreed.

Have you got a problem with authority?

I think so, yeah.

Yeah. I would say so. I wouldn't think so, I'd definitely say so.

Have you ever been in trouble with the police?

A few times. What for?

Um... Fighting?

Fighting, yeah. Yeah.

Sometimes, you know, we may have to go off

and operate in other people's countries

and we can't afford to sort of have someone wind us up to the point

that it's visually obvious cos we'll probably get fucking killed.

How do you look at us, for the DS?

Tell me what you know about the Special Forces.

Tell me what you think. I don't know a great deal. I don't know enough.

But I do know they're better than I ever have been

and will ever be at the moment...

in terms of everything.

Is it hard for you to say that? It is.

It's frustrating that I've wasted a lot of years when I could have done

something a bit better and moved towards the Special Forces, myself.

That's frustrating. I guess it's not... I guess...

Almost envious, I guess. It might even be that.

I wish that I was sat where you are right now.

I wish that I was doing what you're doing. That's why I'll play up.

Hm. Yeah.

Guard.

GUARD: Stand up.

The more that we're pushing him, the more he wants it,

but he knows he can't have it.

So does that make sense?

Yeah, what do you want to do with him?

The Special Forces team make their final decisions

and the recruits gather in the assembly space.

The learning curve has been very steep.

Some of you just haven't stayed on it.

Stand by.

Number 25.

Thank you, Staff.

Number 19.

Number seven.

Right. It's been a privilege, lads.

I don't really believe that there's such a thing as

a completely weak person or a completely strong person.

You lot will go on to the next stage of the course...

..and prove me and my team right that we've made the right choices.

Is that understood? RECRUITS: Yes, Staff.

You're dismissed. Go.

The weak point for me is I'm overly self-critical.

Cheers.

It's been a fucking pleasure.

Fucking enjoyed myself with you boys.

I've recalled certain things, decisions made,

and they've sort of had an adverse effect on me.

It's obviously to do with killing people in front of other people,

which is obviously something that happens a lot.

We're in such close proximity to civilians,

whether it be women, kids,

seeing stuff that's just violence basically.

I ended up having... I got medically discharged for...

They diagnosed me with PTSD

so I had to leave a few years before my time was up.

Are you ready to go? Yeah.

A strong person is someone who acknowledges their weaknesses

and knows how to control them or at least manage them.

They're someone that knows themselves to a certain degree.

Next time...

Every man fears.

It's impossible to have no fear.

EXPLOSIONS DOG BARKS

If you dwell on it too much, it could have adverse effects.

Come on!

SHOUTING

We are here, freezing,

because you can't grab your balls in your hands

and do what's asked.

If you don't control fear, that's when it becomes contagious.

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