Gurkhas, what do those from the UK think of them ?

[X]

I was in the Parachute Regiment for three years and we did a lot of training and a few tours with those guys. Excellent soldiers, disciplined, brave, fit and ferocious.

The Gurkha Regiment started after the British invaded and colonised large parts of the Himalayas. They were so impressed with the courage and ferocity of Nepalese resistance (same with the Zulus and the Sikhs) that they immediately allowed them to join the British Army, initially as mercenaries, then in their own regiment.

Of course, not all Nepalese are fit, brave, polite soldier-material ...... acceptance to the Gurkha Regiments of Britain and India is one of the highest status things that one can do in nepal - so competition is brutal and only the best of the best get in.

Excellent soldiers, excellent people ....... and you can indeed argue that the British governement treated them badly when they retired etc, but dont foget that the relationship is essentially a mercenary one so there was no traditional obligation to provide UK standard benefit afterwards. 5 years in the Gurkhas will set a family up for life in nepal.

[superheavyrhun]

X said much of the things that I was going to point out, and the treatment that they get in the UK hasn't been exemplary in the way that they have served in our military. It is only around 1 or 2% of the applicants that actually get in, and they are the best of the best.

There was the recent story in the media about one of the Gurkha's who held off a lot of enemy soldiers while protecting his injured colleagues.

[VictorCharlie]

I've interacted with some in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Very professional and lethal.

[Dia bando]

X said much of the things that I was going to point out, and the treatment that they get in the UK hasn't been exemplary in the way that they have served in our military. It is only around 1 or 2% of the applicants that actually get in, and they are the best of the best.

There was the recent story in the media about one of the Gurkha's who held off a lot of enemy soldiers while protecting his injured colleagues.

That's the trouble with the UK government, we use these people and abuse them in armed conflict's then
we forget about them, as with all our Armed Force's.!
When shit happen's these people are the first there into conflict , and some pay the ultimate price with there
live's, I myself have never been in the Armed Force's but my late Father, was in WW2 in Burma.
The Gurkha's and all our Armed Force's, deserve our respect I you all.