The first drop-your-cup-of-tea moment was when the new recruits went to bed on the first night. They were told to line up by their beds, stark naked: “A Royal Marine does not sleep in his boxers,” yelled Froggy. “He does not sleep in his socks. He sleeps naked. If I catch any one of you in boxers, or in socks… Now get into your beds. Lights out.”