SAS Rogue Heroes - training the Free French

• Paddy Mayne trains the Free French - BBC SAS Rogue Heroes

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1. "We will begin your training regime this morning with a wee competition.
2. You will divide into two groups and use these polls and these planks to build two scaffolds 30 feet high.
3. There are hammers, nails, and screws, but no plan, so you will have to use your initiative.
4. Is there a French word for initiative?
5. The first team to build a scaffold 30 feet high which a man can climb will be the winners.
6. French
7. How do we divide?
8. Germans, Jews, non-French legionnaires against the French."
9. "No, we do not divide ourselves that way."
10. "I have just divided you in that way. Any more questions?"
11. "Well, there should f** be a question. Why are you asking us to build two scaffolds 30 feet high in the middle of the f** desert?"
12. "We're trained not to question orders, we're trained to carry them out."
13. "Lesson numer one, on morning number one. You must ask why. Why?"
14. "Very good. Sharp. You must ask why because if you know why you are carrying out your mission, when things f** up, you will know how to achieve what you set out to achieve in a different way, in your own way.
15. "So why are we building two towers 30 feet high in the middle of the desert?"
16. "Because when they are built, you are going to climb them and jump off them?"
17. "While you were carrying out this test of teamwork, initiative, and stamina, I'm gonna be up there on that ridge."
18. Observing? Nope. I'm going to be shooting at you. You´ll be what?
19. All right, I'll be shooting at you with live ammunition.
20. It'll be up to you to avoid my bullets.
21. If I see evidence of slacking or shirking, that really does get my goat, and I might just decide to wing the culprit.
22. But most of all, I'll be shooting at you by way of encouragement.
23. As a general rule, I'll be shooting at anybody who stands still. So, don't stand still."