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not about being super strong, it's about knowing
yourself. That's the key value to me. I think that
comes from watching them. The last few series
we have done have shown that more. Its evolving,
now, do we still do the same tests? Do we still kill
them as much?... Absolutely. We film more, well
the production team use more of the mindset stuff
and maybe you know, less of the "bite your head
off" stuff. Again, it came as a surprise, it wasn't a
plan, I tried it out, I thought it would be a one off,
and look 'here I am', we have done 5 series now.
Q. Was it a big adjustment working on the televi-
sion compared to the Army?
The show itself, no. We go into "D.S. mode" the
same as when we are in the Ranger Wing. To be
honest we don't notice the cameras. Students
don't notice the cameras after the first two hours.
They forget about them, as there is so much going
on in front of you. The hamster, for them, is going
so fast that they don't even see the cameras. For
us, we get back into zone of being an ARW instruc-
tor on a selection course, so the transition is easy.
Now after all that, like you know, people know who
you are…you are in Tesco, doing your shopping
and someone recognises you and they want a
selfie or something. That's great too. People are
very positive about it, and they enjoy it. It shows
the Army in a different light. We are not just people
who give assistance to the airport, we serve over-
seas in a mission that no one really hears about.
People see how hard the training is for all of us
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