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I Went to The Most Secret Military in The World - The French Foreign Legion (PART 2) || Magnus Midtbø x Légion étrangère
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I Went to The Most Secret Military in The World - The French Foreign Legion (PART 2) || Magnus Midtbø x Légion étrangère
Shot and edited by Markus Skaane https://www.instagram.com/skaane and Sam Tuck https://www.instagram.com/samtuclimbing
Music and Sound Effects: http://share.epidemicsound.com/vSnfn
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00:00Today, I am back with the French Foreign Legion, and this time it is very different.
00:04Foreign Legion, do you copy?
00:07Down, up, down, up.
00:09Quick, hurry up, Magnus.
00:11Action, hurry up.
00:12Position, in position.
00:14Down, up, that's it.
00:16In position, in position, that's it.
00:19Assemble, assemble.
00:21Yes, sir.
00:22That's it.
00:23So nice.
00:24We're going to do a promo.
00:25I'm joining 30 new recruits as they take on one of the Legion's most brutal entry tests.
00:31It's a mix of obstacle courses, marching, climbing, and even swimming,
00:36and it's all designed to push them to their absolute limits.
00:40I wanted to hear their stories, understand why they signed up,
00:43and see if I could survive alongside them.
00:46But nothing could have prepared me for what was about to come.
00:56Everyone's waiting for me.
00:58It's a little bit embarrassing.
00:59It's not a good start.
01:01Go!
01:04Watch out for your shoulders.
01:05Shoulders!
01:09I wasn't expecting to do this today.
01:16I think we're going to carry these boats all the way down to the sea.
01:21I thought we were just going to carry them to a car or something, but nope.
01:26You're not going to do it by yourself.
01:30Put the boats down.
01:31First boat, in the lead.
01:33Second, third.
01:34This is a pretty quick way of learning French,
01:37because that's all you get.
01:46Right, follow the rail.
01:50So the same day as we started shooting this video,
01:53I had already come from the other military test
01:55that we did with the French Foreign Legion,
01:58and I was so beat up.
01:59But they assured me that today was going to be an easy day, a rest day,
02:03and it felt like that when we were sitting on the boat.
02:06But little did I know, things were about to change,
02:08and this was just a build-up to the hardest military test I have ever done.
02:21It was a little frustrating.
02:22I think some of the guys on the boat didn't understand what,
02:24like, more power to the right, what direction that meant.
02:28So I felt like people stopped paddling at the wrong time,
02:30and then we just went around.
02:43You know how to do an eight knot?
02:45Yes, I'll show you.
02:46Yeah, I know how to do it.
02:47Oh, family.
02:48Yeah, this.
02:53How long?
02:54I'm from Sweden.
02:55Yeah.
02:56How long have you been here?
02:58Now it's been six, seven months.
03:00Six, seven months?
03:01Yeah.
03:02Okay.
03:03And this is the first day of the test.
03:04What is this test for?
03:05Not the first day, but kind of like the end phase.
03:09The end phase?
03:10Yeah.
03:11Okay, of the whole period.
03:12Yeah, because now it's only like two, three days more.
03:14Right.
03:15And you're looking to be here for a long time, or only five years?
03:18What's the plan?
03:20I'm looking forward to like five years to begin with,
03:22and then perhaps continue to this to ten years, maybe more.
03:26Yeah, how come you didn't want to join the Swedish army or military,
03:30but this instead?
03:31More of an adventure?
03:33It's warmer here.
03:34It's warmer?
03:36Well, not in the sea.
03:37We're about to swim, I think.
03:43I think the boat ride was just to warm up now.
03:46It looks like we're going to swim back.
03:48In December.
03:49It's almost Christmas.
04:14So we're all going to be attached to the same rope?
04:16Yes.
04:17And then we're going to be next to each other, it looks like.
04:19Sucks to be the slowest swimmer.
04:23Or actually, maybe it's nice.
04:24You can just be pulled by everyone else.
04:47I think I understood that part.
04:49So this is basically teaching people how to swim.
04:52I heard that there's someone here who doesn't really know how to swim.
04:57I would be terrified if I didn't know how to swim,
04:59and I was like thrown into that.
05:01The water is going to be cold.
05:03The water is cold.
05:05So you have to swim, always in motion.
05:07You have to stay in motion.
05:09If there's no movement,
05:11no movement,
05:12you're going to die in the water.
05:25Everyone knows how to swim.
05:26That's great.
05:28We'll see about that.
05:31Until you die.
05:41Agnes, I will subscribe on your YouTube channel.
05:44You're subscribed?
05:45Yeah.
05:46I watch a lot of your videos.
05:47Oh, thank you so much.
05:48You can watch yourself now on this one.
05:57The job.
05:58He's going to make him pay for that later.
06:00I would feel sorry if I'm not.
06:05He knows better.
06:07I got in trouble for talking to the camera.
06:11That sucks.
06:22I think the trick is not to hyperventilate or shiver.
06:25Try to control the shivering.
06:31If you shiver,
06:32you're going to have a problem.
06:35The boat is sinking.
06:37It's sinking.
06:42Hey!
06:43The arm, guys!
06:44Stop making videos!
06:45Hop!
06:46Hop!
06:47So straight away I knew that this was going to be really freaking cold.
06:50But as a Norwegian,
06:51I thought that maybe I would be okay handling the cold water.
06:55But I could not have been more wrong.
07:01Day 2
07:21Come on!
07:26I'm going to change position.
07:28That was way too slow for me back there like I was hardly swimming
07:41They just alone
07:4912 degrees or something 10 degrees. Okay, we're ready
07:58You don't need to walk. You have to lie down in the water.
08:05You have to put your legs behind. It's a pain.
08:08If they have two legs, the hands, the little legs, we bring them back.
08:24How's it going, Manes? Is it better in front?
08:26Much better to be in front. I feel like I'm pulling.
08:45I've started to shiver now.
08:47It's like I'm trying to control my shivering but right now it's impossible.
08:52But yeah, it's not hard to talk.
09:02So this is where I really started to struggle.
09:04It seemed like the lieutenant had placed all the worst swimmers in my group.
09:08The three that were originally in front that were now moved to the back had zero swimming experience.
09:14And I could hear them. It sounded like they were drowning behind me.
09:19And that while watching that other group move so much faster than us.
09:23So at this point, my motivation was very low.
09:27And I was almost ready to throw in the towel and just give up.
09:48I'm going to throw in the towel.
09:50I'm going to throw in the towel.
10:16My legs are not working.
10:20Move, move, move.
10:22Get down afterwards, get down.
10:25Get down, get down.
10:32Move, move.
10:35Go with your comrades to get the boats.
10:37Jogging, jogging.
10:40Run, run.
10:42Jogging.
10:43Go forward.
10:44You have to run.
10:50It was never ending. I felt like an ember.
10:54It's a weird sensation when you get on land.
10:57It's like your feet are not working at all.
11:04I was like, I got to...
11:07When I felt my feet touching, I was like there was nothing.
11:12No power at all.
11:16The staff sergeant was so funny.
11:18Every time they do something wrong, I get smacked on the head or kicked in the butt.
11:27It's another level of discipline here.
11:31It was way colder than I thought it would be.
11:33My whole body is shivering right now.
11:37I can't feel anything really.
11:40No finish.
11:41No finish.
11:42No finish.
11:43Legion Étrangère, no finish.
11:49I guess we have to carry the boat up again.
11:53It's going to be crazy hard.
11:55I don't think I've ever been this cold.
11:57It's hard to speak right now.
12:19This is the coldest day I think I've ever had.
12:23I was definitely in the slowest group too.
12:25I was like, oh my god.
12:27I saw the other guys just disappear.
12:29I was in front trying to get the pace up.
12:32Today was supposed to be a rest day.
12:34I can't even imagine what tomorrow is going to be like.
12:40As the first day was coming to an end, I was gifted 7 hours of sleep.
12:44Which I thought was very generous.
12:46And that is because I just came from the other military test.
12:49And no one has done these two tests back to back.
12:51So they probably felt a little bit bad for me.
12:53But the rest of the group were not so lucky.
12:55So they had to go out, stay up all night and complete some brutal tests.
13:03So they started with 30 men and now they're down to 18.
13:09So yesterday when we got back here,
13:11they did a martial arts test
13:14where we saw guys coming back from the test.
13:17One looked like he had a broken rib.
13:20He could hardly walk. He had to be carried out.
13:23And the other guy had a bloody nose.
13:25I don't know if it was broken or what.
13:27But they went really hard on the guys.
13:29Oh, there's one guy.
13:32That's the guy with the broken ribs.
13:36He had to be carried around.
13:44Get in the vehicles.
13:59Don't let the obstacles drag you down.
14:01We're going to get them out of the cabin.
14:03Brigadier-in-Chief, we're getting them out.
14:07Now they're carrying out the obstacles that we're gonna do.
14:09And we're on another side of Marseille.
14:13And the water is supposed to be a lot colder here.
14:16Still have the shivers from yesterday.
14:19And just the thought of getting back into the water now.
14:24And especially since it's so early.
14:31How are you feeling about getting in the water again?
14:34Nice. I like the water.
14:36You like the water?
14:37I like it.
14:38You don't think it's gonna be cold?
14:40A little bit.
14:42Yesterday was really hard.
14:46But you're from Brazil, right?
14:48The water is a little bit warmer in Brazil than here, I think.
14:51A lot warmer.
15:12Hop, hop, hop.
15:21I don't understand what they're saying.
15:2310 seconds to get out.
15:2510, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
15:31Everybody in the water.
15:34This was just horrible.
15:35After all we did yesterday to get back in that cold water.
15:38And especially in the morning.
15:40It seemed like the lieutenant was doing everything he could
15:42to break us and make us quit.
15:44But I was determined to carry on
15:46and not to let him win.
15:4810, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
15:57Not good. Everybody in the water.
15:59Everybody in the water.
16:00As long as it's not good, we'll continue.
16:02We'll continue.
16:0310, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
16:11Zero.
16:12Come on, one line.
16:15Let's go, behind me.
16:22Now it was time for the obstacle course.
16:24And it started with a 12-meter jump.
16:27Then you have to swim and dive down to retrieve a gun.
16:30And then go through the obstacle course
16:32and climb your way out of it.
16:34All this within five minutes.
16:36Which sounded okay,
16:38but at the same time in the state that I was in,
16:40I knew that this was going to be really tough.
16:45I think it's almost my turn.
16:46It's hard to just stay warm.
16:48This water is around 8 degrees Celsius.
16:50So it's really freaking cold.
16:52I'm kind of nervous for this.
16:54The good thing about stuff like this is that
16:56when I get back home,
16:58I'm going to appreciate everything so much more.
17:00Sleeping in a warm bed,
17:02taking warm showers, not freezing.
18:01Push with your legs.
18:10Push with your two legs.
18:11Step down, step down.
18:13Push with your legs.
18:21This just felt impossible.
18:23I am not sure if I was fatigued or what it was,
18:26but I just couldn't get over that obstacle.
18:28To be fair though,
18:29only one guy before me had made it.
18:31But I was just so surprised
18:33how a simple looking obstacle like this
18:35could feel so hard.
18:59That's wrong, that's wrong.
19:02You should keep your head inside the water.
19:09One more time, one more time.
19:11It's not good.
19:12You should keep all the time your head under the water.
19:20Come on, come on, come on.
19:23Voila, okay.
19:28Good job.
19:34Push with your legs.
19:35Push with your legs so that you move.
19:59Push with your legs.
20:04Push with your legs so that you can get out of the water.
20:08Come on, come on, come on.
20:17Push.
20:18The jump was like really high too.
20:46I don't know, it's always like it doesn't really come across on camera how high that
20:50jump was.
20:51And the obstacle, like that rolling thing, it's just, it felt freaking impossible.
20:58And it's not over now.
21:01I don't even know what we're going to do next, but...
21:07I was so surprised when I saw you, because like, they said somebody will come from the
21:12YouTube house, like that, there will be someone, like I don't know, I saw you, I was like what?
21:18So you have a little bit of a nose bleed, it was from yesterday, right?
21:20I don't know if it's broken, but...
21:22Oh, your nose is maybe broken?
21:24Maybe, yes.
21:25But I have to wait until tomorrow to get the medal, and then I can ask for the doctor.
21:31Oh, so you can't ask before?
21:33I can, but...
21:34Then you're out.
21:35I have to finish it.
21:36Okay.
21:37I'll have your waist.
21:38That is hardcore.
21:39Alright, I'll talk to you later.
21:42I don't want to get people in trouble here if we're talking to them, but that's pretty
21:46hardcore.
21:47He might have a broken nose, but he can't get it checked, because if he gets any medical
21:52attention, he's out.
21:54I mean, this probably just looks like a lot of fun on camera and stuff, you know, you
21:59make it fun with music and editing and stuff, but being here, looking how much like these
22:05guys are struggling, it's way, way harder than I thought it would be.
22:12Really admire what these guys do.
22:36You still wet, or you changed to warm clothes?
22:39I'm warm clothes now.
22:40How does it feel?
22:41It's better.
22:42Feels good, right?
22:43What are you looking forward to the most after this is finished?
22:46I guess just relaxing, man.
22:48And a bit of food.
22:49Yeah, food?
22:50Food, yeah.
22:51What is the first meal you're going to have?
22:52You know?
22:53Something, a lot of fat, a lot of calories, that's for sure.
22:57Hamburger with the fries.
22:58Hamburger.
22:59Pizza.
23:00Pizza, you name it.
23:06So how long have you been here for now?
23:21For now, it's been approximately six to seven months.
23:24Six to seven months?
23:25Since I joined the legion, yeah.
23:26And you have to be here five years in total, right?
23:30Five years is obligatory at first.
23:32And then if you want to, you can either leave or continue.
23:37Right.
23:38And I heard that when you enter, you get an alias.
23:41You're not allowed to have your real name.
23:43Yeah, they give you a new name.
23:44So what's your alias?
23:46My alias right now is...
23:49That's your alias, not your real name?
23:50Alias, yeah.
23:51So you got a kind of Swedish-sounding alias.
23:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:54And also they show you a list when you arrive.
23:57You can choose your alias.
23:59From what you think is better-suiting, I guess.
24:02Yeah.
24:04Some of the people are a little bit behind.
24:06Can't blame them, though.
24:07I mean, they've done a lot.
24:08But I think out of everyone so far, you seem to be one of the ones who handled this the best.
24:14Like, you don't seem...
24:15Like, also when we were in the truck earlier, there were no cameras or anything, and we were talking a bunch.
24:19Like, the other guys seemed like they were sleeping, a lot of them.
24:22But it was like chatty, talking about Sweden, and no way.
24:25Yeah, but I mean, I guess it's just...
24:27Try to stay positive, I guess.
24:29That's what I...
24:30Yeah, try to stay positive, think forward.
24:32How old are you?
24:33I'm 21.
24:3421.
24:3521 years old, yeah.
24:36What do your parents think of you being here?
24:39I guess I wasn't too happy when I told them, but...
24:41They weren't?
24:42Yeah.
24:43Because they heard about the French Foreign Legion.
24:44Yeah, they knew a little bit before about it.
24:47And...
24:48What did you tell them?
24:49I just told them, like...
24:50My choice.
24:51This is my choice, this is what I want to do now, and I'm a grown-up, so I can make my own choice, I guess.
24:57It is what it is.
25:18This was supposed to be a 40-minute hike, that's what they told us.
25:21And we've been hiking for two hours already.
25:24That's just to play with the heads, you know.
25:28You have to expect the unexpected.
25:31It's just like disconnecting the brain and do what you're told.
25:36But the crazy thing is that this feels like a rest compared to everything else we're doing.
25:40Marching like this, it's just like recovery, basically.
25:55So I'm going to go through the obstacle course with Judant.
25:57He's a little bit intimidating, so I'm a little bit nervous.
26:00Alright, so I'm going to go through the obstacles.
26:02Ten minutes, they say is a good time.
26:03I think that would have been easy if it wasn't for the fact that I'm completely exhausted right now.
26:07We just marched for two and a half hours, and we ran the last bit with backpacks, weapons.
26:11And now doing this, I just need to follow the instructions in French and do my best.
26:17Alright?
26:18Yeah.
26:19Let's go.
26:25Okay.
26:30Just hit my head a couple of times, but luckily I have a thick head.
26:43Oh, sorry.
26:44That guy has not been through hell week like me, so it's easier for him.
26:48Okay.
26:55Okay.
27:15It's hard to balance when you're sore.
27:24Okay.
27:40Right now, I've just shut down my brain.
27:43I'm not thinking about it.
27:45I'm just doing like I'm told.
27:55Come on.
27:58Finish.
28:05And fun fact, we're actually doing this next to France's biggest prison,
28:09where all the most criminal murderers and the R word and stuff are.
28:16They should come out here and do this, because this is punishment.
28:24Six minutes.
28:25Six minutes.
28:26Oh, wow.
28:27That was good.
28:28I think my legs are sore, but I still have my upper body strength,
28:30and that's important for this stuff.
28:32But then again, I haven't done as much as these guys,
28:35so they're probably way more wasted than I am.
28:38But it's cool.
28:39This is like a first time where I feel like I can use my climbing strength a little bit.
28:48So what they told me was that a few people had already deserted,
28:51meaning that they had just left the camp without telling anyone,
28:54probably running through the woods, hoping to make it to Italy,
28:57which is the closest country, without getting caught.
29:00If they got caught, they would end up in prison.
29:03And that's when I understood the seriousness of what I was taking part in.
29:08For me, I'm here to make a video and to show you guys this experience.
29:14But for everyone else, this is super serious.
29:18If they choose not to complete this, they might end up in prison.
29:23What's your alias?
29:24Ajina.
29:25Ajina.
29:26That's when you come here.
29:27Yeah.
29:28Yeah.
29:29They call you Ajina.
29:30It sounds good.
29:31I love the name.
29:32You're from Kenya?
29:33Yeah, I'm from Kenya.
29:34What made you come here?
29:35I left a well-paying job to do this.
29:37Oh, you had a well-paying job in your country?
29:39Yeah.
29:40Did you do a lot of training to come here or just show up?
29:43Mentally.
29:44Mentally training.
29:45How's your swimming?
29:46Oh, that was very bad.
29:47That was very bad.
29:48That must be super scary to come here if you can't swim.
29:52I had not learned swimming before.
29:54No?
29:55When you come here, you know that there's going to be swimming and you don't know how to swim.
29:58I don't know how to swim.
29:59That must be terrifying.
30:00I think that was the hardest part of the training for me.
30:02Yeah.
30:03But I had very good friends.
30:05I made some friends and they kept encouraging me.
30:08Yeah.
30:09I can't say I'm good right now, but…
30:10You can swim.
30:11You can float at least.
30:12I can float.
30:13I can go a little bit.
30:14Because when I came, I couldn't even float.
30:16Okay.
30:17Well, you would sink.
30:18Yeah.
30:19It was very difficult for me.
30:20What do you think is the hardest part about being here?
30:23Is it the food?
30:24Is it the sleep?
30:25Is it the cold?
30:26What is it?
30:27For me, there's nothing hard.
30:30It's mentally.
30:31If you…
30:32It's the mental health.
30:33If you're mentally stable and you think you can do it, there's nothing difficult.
30:37Yeah.
30:38You just have to shut off your brain and just do.
30:40What's more important is discipline.
30:42If you're very disciplined, oh, you can do it.
30:45It's not easy, but it's the mental health.
30:47For me, I know if this is what I want, this is what I came for.
30:51I left people back at home and they were…
30:53Yeah.
30:54How long are you planning on staying here?
30:55No, no, no.
30:56The rest of my life.
30:57The rest of your life?
30:58Yeah.
30:59What does your family think of you coming here?
31:00My mom was against it.
31:02I also had my girlfriend.
31:03By that time, she was pregnant with my…
31:05Yeah.
31:06And she was supportive and…
31:08Okay.
31:09Yeah.
31:10So you come…
31:11You have a kid back home then?
31:12Yeah.
31:13Yeah, I do.
31:14I've never met her because I came when my girlfriend was pregnant.
31:17Do you send…
31:18Do you sometimes call them or email?
31:21Yeah, I do.
31:22Yeah.
31:23I do.
31:24We do talk.
31:25You do.
31:26Keep in touch.
31:27Yeah.
31:28Yeah.
31:29Is there a little part of you who wants to make the people back home proud?
31:30One part is making myself proud.
31:32Yeah.
31:33Because I had so many people who…
31:35Okay, my family was so much disappointed.
31:39Disappointed for what?
31:41Because why are you leaving a well-paid job, going to join the military and…
31:44Oh, okay.
31:45Disappointed that you're coming here.
31:46Yeah.
31:47That makes sense.
31:48For me to be proud and come up strong and make it and tell them I'm doing good.
31:53Yeah.
31:54Then for me, that will be the proudest moment of my life.
32:01It's cool to get to know the guys because they have such different backgrounds.
32:05In most cases, it seems like their family didn't even want them to come here in the first place
32:10because they think of this as super dangerous and it is really dangerous coming here.
32:15I mean, most of these guys are going to be sent to actual wars, conflicts
32:20and some of the most dangerous places on earth.
32:24Places where no other military wants to go because it's so dangerous.
32:29That's where these guys potentially get sent.
32:33This had really been one of the longest days of my life.
32:37And when I heard that we're going back to the fort, I was just super relieved.
32:42They told me that tomorrow was going to be climbing Via Ferrata and an obstacle course.
32:47So even though I didn't know what to expect, as long as I didn't have to go back into that cold water, I'm super happy.
33:03Okay, so they say that 10 minutes is good for this.
33:06But from experience, when they say 10 minutes is good, they mean 10 minutes is basically impossible
33:11because they've been sandbagging every time so far.
33:13This is kind of like an obstacle course, but just a little bit more extreme.
33:18You do a lot of traversing, trolling, climbing in nets, jumping over things.
33:22And the most important thing is the security, like the safety guiding the carabiners through.
33:27If you fail that, you're going to fail everything.
33:29You need to keep your head straight.
33:31And that is pretty hard because I've been through a lot.
33:34I haven't slept much and I haven't eaten much.
33:37And it's been an exhausting week.
33:40So hopefully I don't forget to clip in anywhere because that would fail me.
33:46That guy had to do an extra lap.
33:48Oh, he forgot one.
33:50He forgot an obstacle.
33:52You have to do an extra lap.
33:54He forgot an obstacle.
33:56You have to follow the red arrows on the ground.
33:59And they're pretty small and spread out.
34:01So you could easily miss an arrow and go the wrong direction.
34:05Then you have to go all the way back.
34:06So there are a lot of things to remember.
34:08I've just gone through it just to look at all the obstacles.
34:11And I think I know what to do.
34:13So I'm going to aim for under 10 minutes.
34:15This sort of stuff should suit me as a climber.
34:18So I would kind of be embarrassed if I didn't do well on this test.
34:243, 2, 1, GO!
34:54Let's go!
35:24I went the wrong way.
35:27Yeah, I know.
35:31Here, right?
35:55Okay, awesome.
36:17The obstacles in this course are very different from what I'm used to.
36:20But they're actually super fun.
36:22The only thing is that clipping in and out takes a lot of time.
36:25So I wish that I could go without a harness.
36:29Because I would have been a lot faster.
36:46Okay, ready?
36:52Go, go, go!
37:04Let's go!
37:08Go, go, go!
37:15It's tiring.
37:16Also the pathfinding.
37:18Where am I going?
37:20These small arrows on the ground.
37:22I'm not a really big fan of obstacle courses and stuff.
37:24But this one was actually pretty cool.
37:26Very creative.
37:29Especially with this homemade harness.
37:33So now all these guys are doing the same thing.
37:35We're all exhausted.
37:36So one thing is to do this when you're fresh.
37:38Another thing is to do it now after so many days.
37:42Waking up at 6am and doing physically demanding stuff all day.
37:47Go to bed, next day repeat.
37:49And one thing is your body not working.
37:51But also my head.
37:52I can't even think straight.
37:54So that's another thing.
37:56Like the guy said, the mental part of this is just as hard.
38:048.48.
38:05That's good, I'm very happy with that.
38:08Less than 10 they said was good.
38:10And 8.48, that's really good.
38:14I'm happy with that.
38:16Now I just want this experience to be over to be honest.
38:19I can't believe these guys are just going to continue like this.
38:22I think the Norwegian army can leave every now and then.
38:25But these guys have been on base for half a year.
38:28Without seeing anyone else.
38:29Without leaving.
38:31Pretty much not leaving the base at all.
38:34Eating the food that's here.
38:35Not seeing any civilians really.
38:37Their families.
38:39It's pretty hardcore.
38:40It's admirable what these guys are doing.
38:43And I really mean that.
38:50Now it's time for the highlight of the video.
38:52The honorary medal ceremony.
38:54For everyone who's completed the selection.
38:57And I just feel super privileged to have been able to take part in this.
39:03And to get to know the guys and their stories.
39:05And to swim with them in what felt like zero degrees water.
39:09It's been probably the craziest experience of my life.
39:13And as I'm standing there about to receive my medal.
39:16I'm feeling honored but I'm also feeling a little bit nervous.
39:47We need a colonel.
40:00We need a colonel.
40:16We need a colonel.
40:25Magnus, how was the course?
40:28It was a nice experience.
40:32What was your favorite experience during this course?
40:36Being in the water with the guys.
40:39Congratulations.
40:47Good job.
40:50Well done.
40:51Well done.
40:53Well done.
41:02Rest.
41:03For the team.
41:04Guard yourselves.
41:05Congratulations.
41:07Now to the club.
41:09Break the ranks.
41:14Look at that.
41:15First civilian to have one of these.
41:18First and last.
41:19That is a great honor.
41:21That is really, really cool.
41:23Quite an experience.