What's harder the Royal marines commando course or the us green beret course?

Question

Been Lympstone thanx, nobby.

Answer 1

My guess, and it is only a guess, is the US Army Special Forces, aka Green Berets.

But, really, only someone who has successfully completed both courses can answer that question. And that answer would be tainted, since the man that could have completed both courses could only complete one first. Therefore the second course would be easier.

Answer 2

royal marines commando course is harder.

Answer 3

Your trying to compare apples to a tool box, they are so fundamentally different.

Special Forces doesn't have a " Course "

The Royal Marine Commando course, is designed to turn civilians into Marines.

Special Forces on the other hand, takes experienced soldiers, who are already in great physical shape.

And gives them more instruction on specific areas, depending on what their SF MOS will be.

IE: the commando course, is an entry level course for civilians.

Special Forces training, is a graduate level program to give experienced soldiers detailed knowledge of one or more areas.

If you want to know, who does more running, jumping etc.

Then the Commando course does.

Because they are training fat lazy civilians and trying to make marines out of them.

Where you have to be in great physical shape, to even start training for Special Forces.

Answer 4

Go down to Lympstone and ask the guys what they think! :-)

Answer 5

Royal Marines Commando Course.

Answer 6

Bootnecks earn their medals. And their Green. That's after they've done the longest basic training of any military unit in the world.

US personnel used to get a campaign medal for flying over Northern Ireland. Ordinary British units need to be in theatre for a minimum of thirty days to get one of those.

Sorry, I got distracted. The most instructive piece of information about this came from a documentary about the French Foreign Legion. They have an utterly mental assault course in French Guyana, which they invite foreign units to train on. They, naturally, have the record time around it. The best of the rest are the SAS. And at a respectable time later you have the Royal Marines time mixed in amongst other units. Which was faster than the US Marines - because they weren't invited. A team of Navy SEALS, however, are currently holders of the slowest time taken by any supposedly elite unit. And they were slower, by lots, than the only non special forces team invited to run the course... the Royal Marines.

Bootnecks are hard as nails. US Marines just think they are. And I know which one I'd rather have watching my back.

Answer 7

The Royal Marine course is more difficult. There are no MacDonald's or Coca-Cola fountains on it.

Answer 8

my friend was a marine he has been and the motto is to be fit BEFORE you apply the training is 32 weeks and it is hard fail and you are out you need to be mentally strong as well as fit, my husband will be going in for training next year and he is now working out at the gym 5 hours a day and he is still worried he might not be fit enough, so even though i cant honestly cant comment on the berets, neither should be entered without proper thought or training for more info on marines see

http://www.royal-marines.mod.uk/server/s...

also i remember as it was a bit back, my cousion went in the marines, hurt his hip after getting through till the last week but wasnt allowed in, and made to retrain from the start

Answer 9

I know royal marines course is very hard, especially the artic warfare course but green berets is a special forces unit so their course is harder and longer then the royal marines one.

Answer 10

Royal Marines IS WAY HARDER I DID IT LAST MAY OMG !!!

Answer 11

The Green Beret course is harder--particularly if you're not inherently homosexual: you have to bend over and take it right up there from the NCO's, to prove you're now a fully committed bender, and therefore fit to serve with the US Army.

Answer 12

I think the answer would vary depending on which side of the Atlantic you come from.

I have experienced Royal Marine training to a degree and found it taxing to say the least.