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It’s said that the rank of lance corporal in a British Army infantry unit, denoted by a single inverted chevron, is the hardest one to earn and the easiest to lose.

Whereas the U.S. Marines run a two-week corporal’s course for what is a step higher rank (E-4), the British Army puts the screws to privates looking to earn their stripe.

For reference, the British Army’s lance corporal’s course, run by 1 Rifles on Cyprus, takes seven weeks.

In a recent course that saw 68 privates start and 47 complete, they conducted:

• 47 days of training vs only three down days
• 20 days of field exercises
• 15 section attacks
• 14 platoon attacks
• 7 reecces

The footage, in a great 25-minute doc: