Follow A New Generation Of Soldiers Headed To Afghanistan (HBO)
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- Опубликовано: 30 окт 2017
- Yesterday afternoon, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson went to Capitol Hill to ask for an extension of the Authorization for Use of Military Force, the law that allows the U.S. to continue to wage wars against those responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Meanwhile, more than 4,000 US troops will be deploying to Afghanistan this Fall, as the conflict enters its 17th year. The US already has around 8,500 troops on the ground in the region, but this new effort is a bid to boost a combat force tasked with destroying the Taliban.
And so, 16 years after the beginning of the Afghan conflict, VICE News joined the 3rd Infantry Division of Fort Stewart, Georgia, as a new generation of soldiers marches off to war.
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The Taliban now controls more territory than it ever has. After 16 years of constant combat and roughly $714 billion spent by Americans to purge the terror group, the Taliban looks its strongest, establishing footholds in nearly every single province.
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It's not a liberation. It's an occupation.
Because of the Obama administration pulling out troops for 8 years...
I was enlisted during his administration. You people have no idea what happened then and the things he did. We are still there because of him.
VICE News please do an update
The us bombs isis who is at war with taliban. Just leave the country already , going to Afghanistan to fight is only disrespecting the people who died in 9/11
Nothing puts things into perspective quite like being 18 years old and filling out your own will.
hoooah
He wasn't 18
Milton Smith Thankyou for ya service brotha. Both my brothers are in the army rn.
Especially when your going to war for the elites
@@joshualaughlin2385 ya he was a captain. Besides making three times the money vs a privet. The only risk he will face is boredom.
Those PT belts shine brighter than a thousand stars
Gotta stay safe y'know!
The empty hydration pack is useful too
PillsburyDoughboy their meant to.
They'll never see them coming
You know a vet when they hate on them pt belts
Vice... Please keep us posted on that family’s story...
This guy is not going to end on the frontlines you know?
Havock why's that
He is in non combatant detachment. He has 3 women in his team. Women are not sent to frontlines. Also all the fighting and intel gathering is done by special forces and special operations like ranger battalions, JSOC Teams, Recon Marines etc... His detachment will be sent there with support role, like for example registrating unidentified civilian population... doing paperwork or common stuff around the area where he will be stationed in.
He is still a soldier, he has a rifle, they will fight, he is going over there. Somt dumb down the dettachments role, even if his role is just support.
Then why does he has women in the detachment.
I hope there's a follow up story with him when they return.
This.
CoIntelPro PsyOpAgent Let's not think too badly of Jody, now.
CoIntelPro PsyOpAgent Jody gets busy boy
LMAO.....?
As an early iraq/09-10 Afghanistan veteran i take offense to your poorly thought out comment. A civilian may live to be 100. A Soldier might live to be maybe 18 or even 30 yrs old and will have lived 100 times the life the 100 yr old will have lived. Respect is not given but earned and weather they were by my side in iraq in 2006 or my afghan deployment in 09 they have earned much more than any civilian has and that extends to the woman that awaited us faithfully at home.
It's sad when people say things like, "these people will probably never see combat". Sure, so that means that what they're doing is any less honorable? That we shouldn't still pray for them? That we shouldn't still worry for their families? Whether they ever see combat or not, we should remember their sacrifice. They voluntarily decided to enlist, knowing that theres a probability that they will be deployed and away from the families for months. They still sacrificed and I will never forget that. God bless all who serve/served. It's men and women like these that I thank each and everyday, because if it wasn't for them and the people who served before them, I'm not sure where myself or anyone else would be today.
Megana 258350 amen 🙏🏾
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I love my Army brothers and sisters, but some of these Army "vets" in the comments are...
Amen brother Megana, U said it all....God bless all our military men and women around the world for their sacrifices.
@Meg Rutter I agree and to the people who say they will never see combat, they probably said the same thing about the military personnel on 9/10
You never know about tomorrow.
From a veteran to a veteran, stay safe brother and god bless you all🇺🇸
robert corrales best comment. Thank you Sir
+NewNinetys How could you say that god doesn't bless them because they are murders? They are not murders for protecting us and keeping the real murders out. That is just disrespectful to are military man.....I think God would understand if it's to protect your people and country.
Stolen valor ^^^^
NewNinetys You won dumbest comment of the day
Cameron Dempsey They aren't protecting us...?
Captain has a fresh haircut.
apotebill cause he’s a slick sleeve
I'm in the US Army myself, and I feel like why deploy our troops to Afganistan/Iraq? I haven't seen any improvement since the war even started. Sadly, I feel like this war will never end. RIP to all my brothers and sisters who lost their lives overseas🙏🏼
are you sure, look at Afghan literacy rate, sure it wont be as fast as we build in our home, but its moving somewhere. Same thing to Korea, we are 64 years in there and still technically at war since no peace agreement is signed yet and looks like we are preparing for more, yet, you got Samsung.
US troops becoming guards for land that has rare minerals. Go to internet search and type in ''trillion dollars in rare minerals found'', go figure Afghanistan comes up. Also look up ''Afghanistan is the new saudi arabia of lithium batteries'' ... go figure, folks, go figure!
You’re probably a Pog
Space Monkey So according to your logic, war leads to progress?
Space Monkey I'm not French but should we focusing on other countries except for our own?
I hope this war ends soon,already had 3 family members not come back from their deployments.I hope these soldiers come back home safely it hurts to see someone go and never come back.
For what there going there for,to die for something stupid .
agreed sorry for loss ill pray from them 3. Thanks for their service. ✝️🇺🇸
@@omarferatovic413 fucking disrespect
@@patriotatuga5757 at least he’s not wrong lmaoo
See you in 9 months young man.
funkyplaya
3 months left 👀
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funkyplaya a month left
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r they back?
What an incredible leader this man is.
I teared up.
Same, he is amazing.
Man it sucks. I was unfortunate to not have to say goodbye before i got deployed as my mother died 6 months prior to me leaving
That's the most depressing thing I have seen, Sorry for your lost brother.
Sorry to hear that.
Damn that sucks... Im sorry for your loss bro..
Damn bro can’t imagine what the felt like😢
Thank you capt.Dexter Harrison come safe
I remember when my grandpa died and we buried him in the military cemetery, walking around looking at all the headstones of the 19-21 year old kids who died in the Iraq war. There were so many of them and it had a lasting impression on me my entire life up into adult hood. 11 years after growing up watching and seeing footage of the Iraq war most of my child hood I ended up deploying there. Its pretty crazy to think we are still sending our sons and daughters to these places when the Afghanistan war began in 2001 and the Iraq war in 2003.
Stay safe out there brothers and sisters
The reason i didn't extend was because of these endless deployments to the middle of nowhere with no end in sight.
Which is not something you need to justify to anyone dude. Show me the guy who'd hold it against you that you got sick of sitting in a god damn deserts for months at a time and I'll show him the door. If you're done, you're done. You did more than just about everyone else either way.
You protected areas that are to be used by mining corporations... just like oil over in the other countries, Afghanistan was found by us recently to have over 1 trillion dollars in rare minerals, including the ''saudi arabia of lithium'' which has boomed with the use of lithium batteries from cell phones everyone uses, to electric cars included which are booming. That is why homie, look up ''afghanistan trillion in rare minerals found by USGS" and look at all those articles you will see come up.
SD 619 what about that deployment money?
MezaJ,1000 Not worth your life
It’s good u gave up ....u would have gotten someone killed. From one veteran to another.
I hope he came back to his family
Omar Moustafa bin Ail
Came* since it has already been 9 months since.
Also bro he is back safe, he post sometimes on his face book. Now he has a daughter and is still with the same wife.
This guy looks like a very very decent man from all points of view, it's a shame such people may lose their lives in such a pointless "war".
This war has become symbolic....it is very important to take the good fight to the enemy. If u knew anything about sacrifice and patriotism u wouldn’t be making that statement.
America loves creating wars and send all his people to fight that war to lose their lives while their leader staying home.
It has a point to it... did u listen to the video?
Charlie Hudson Lol idiot
nahl786 they didn’t create the war. 9/11 happened then they went over to fight for what happened
Was there ever a part 2 to this?
My heart goes out to our men and women in uniform.
Yeahhow people can be that stupid right? selling weapons to the Saudies and then send young people to fight those same weapons.
Brainwashed fools join the army
@@K1asH3r yea? And pussies don't,their are people out there that cannot be because of medical reason,the army is the reason you are alive
@@Hayden_981 also the army is the reason why countless more innocent people are dead
@@mzahu277 think so? Humans are humans and make mistakes, if a soldier kills a civilian they are trialed.
My husband just came home from his deployment out there,I thank God for keeping him safe ❤
God bless them and keep them safe.
May they die a brutal death for their imperialist war
TheSatanicTicTac to protect the opium field because God needs the heroin... MURICA. 🇺🇸💵
first last in my world, there most definitely is a God to bless them. Have a wonderful day.
American terorist,get out of Afganistan!N.1 KILLERS ARE AMERICA,god bless them ? for what ?
These people are laying down their lives and you dare insult them while you will probably be doing nothing while they are dying for the freedom of others and the freedom of america
Thank you for your Service brother.
Bring all of your guys back.
Bless your heart sir, Praying for you.
Man, there's some things you never forget the feel of, like the weight of your kit, or the click of a Kevlar buckle, the piercing whoosh of a helicopter as you board, the adrenaline as you exit a bird into a new village that isn't happy to see you. Years later I can still hear the difference of when a round is chambered or not in an AR... ahhh, how I miss it at times.
How did u feel when u first joined the army
@@gustavobrito5252 unsure, kinda felt like maybe it was a bad idea. That faded shortly afterward though. I have mixed feelings about it today, while I am proud of my service, I have many issues with why we were in the Middle East.
Can't imagine going through what this young man is going through. God bless him and his family and may him and all being deployed make it home safe.
It almost made me cry to see all these brave people willing to protect us and our everyday habits.
The look on his face at the end, "See y'all in 9 months", I definitely saw the happiness in being deployed and the fear in it. He wasn't awkward all video until then. Kinda sad
Feels like it was just yesterday I stepped onto a tarmac
This video brought me to tears thinking about how in about a year and a half this is gonna be me I pray that all these young men come home safe
Love coming back to this video I’m In this with my sisters and me mom and dad. That was the last time I was able to see him. He passed away after a ied hit his truck. It’s always amazing to see him
The one thing that scares me if my wife will cheat on me while im fighting for my country
We were kids then. But we arent kids anymore. Hope these guys made it home safe.
Please keep us updated on him!!!!!
Need an update on this story vice !
I can respect Mattis as a military man but ex-CEO of big oil Tillerson wanting to send in more troops to the county? What a joke. As if we need troops there at all
I really hope he comes back I respect him 🌍💙🇺🇸
I feel you brother. Thank you for your service. OEF Army vet 07-08
Is there going to be a pt2? :(
"I'll have nobody to put my cold feet on".... *Man comes out of nowhere* "Hi, my name is Jody, let me keep you company"... Lol
I want follow up in 9 months
Hey I don’t know if you still have this account or will see this. But he is fine and has a daughter now, yes he made it back, yes he is still with his same wife. He has a face book page that doesn’t need to be shared but on there he is doing fine I promise. 💪
We need to get more updates on this guy and his family.
More stories like this please.
God Bless you brother, make I️t home safe!
aim true and stay safe.
Wishing him and all of the other troops my prayers!
Where do you get that multicam main pack from
Gonna re-enlist soon
Waylon Jones why?
mr_death47 To protect people like me and you
I don't need protecting ill most likey be out there my damn self soon not protect anyone or serve my country bullshit strictly for myself and a chance at a better future
I enlisted for deployment. Hoping JBLM sends me out soon.
Let me know when you get deployed that way I can take care of your wife and family like a real man
PROTECT YOUR COUNTRY INSIDE YOUR COUNTRY OTHERWISE YOU’LL BE TERRORIZING ANOTHER COUNTRY WHEN STEP FOOT ON ANOTHER COUNTRY
I wish I could deploy with my unit to Afghanistan I been wanting to go over since 2 duty stations
Damn loved to know the emotions these soldiers go through stepping onto that plane !
This is the hardest parts of the soldiers no assurance for getting back in there family. Snapy salute to all the fallen soldier. 💪💪
much respects to those guys , from the middle east Jordan :)
Adnan 000 how is it going in jordan?
Mikey Dee it’s all good in Amman
Love and respect to you and your countrymen from the U.S.
Im an 0311 USMC. Currently on my second deployment, it's almost coming to an end. I must say, there's no other feeling than finally getting on the plane back to the US. Can't wait
Keep your head up brother, glad you're home :)
THANK YOU ALL YOU DO I SALUT OU
I would never be able to be an officer in the army. You have the sole responsibility to take everyone back home alive. Too much pressure, great respect.
"Those responsible for the 9/11 attacks"
SERIOUSLY!?
dcomposr lmao the invasions where for "weapons of mass destruction" and they didnt even exist. 17 years later they are still deployed? wtf. time to move on.
oil
H MF that's interesting I didn't know that.
no oil in Afghanistan bud.
Berggeit neither are civilians. Kids snorting condoms and eating tide pods? Come on now. Our military is a reflection of society as they were former civilians prior to serving
1:42 Beautiful House
Shouldn’t there be a follow-up video?
Any update on them?
Vice, please quit calling non-soldiers soldiers. Army = Soldiers, Navy = Seaman, Marines = Marine, Air Force = Airman.
Under the sun *Sailors, not Seaman
Afghan to strategically important to ever accomplish the mission, the dod have a permanent combat zone to test tactics weapons , and most importantly are the country it borders, and most important iran and. Pac , there nukes need to be secured quickly in the event of anything it leaves that option open
Good report.
hope there's a positive update soon.
The worse feeling is when you come back from a deployment and come to an empty home because your wife decides she doesnt wanna be married anymore while I was out deployed. It's a tough life. I am happy I got out.
7:07 never seen such a pretty army woman :D usually its always shreks
WHERE CAN I WATCH MORE
Whoa.that felt heart warming.it went both ways.
Watching this motivated me a lot since I am enlisting soon (know that's not being deployed, but that it still likely), although it also depressed me because his family is so beautiful and he has everything with his wife I wish could happen for me and my fiance...
We join knowing we are going to these places we do not expect these wars to end soon and tbh it comes down to be scared to leave i mean just look at Iraq when we left
hooah
Brings back memories from my deployment. I had that same optimistic but nervous energy. We lost a few brothers from our brigade, we continue to make sure their sacrifice wasn’t in vain. Stay alert stay alive over there.
great subject for this story.
I wasn’t born yet when 9/11 happened I was born just four/five months later.
But I’m in the process of trying to enlist into the Army 💪🏽
I was born in 2000, so I was obviously unaware lol. But i am also enlisting and shipping out to Ft Benning next month.
Stay alert! Stay alive!
Brother's & Sister's one fail we all fail!
Second to None!
Steadfast & Loyal!
Ready & Able!
Army Strong.
Any update on this family
I lost my husband to 9/11. Please bring these boys home. Let those people fight their own fight. I'm tired ,, 20 years. My mothers father never came home from vietnam. Leaving behind four children. Very sad let this be over God Bless us all and God Bless these troops
The Afghanistan war is the root of the opiod epidemic in America. But hey, keep sending troops!
And dumb kids spaced out into their cell phones... Afghanistan is the lithium capital of mining, the USGS just found trillions more dollars in lithium there, you know for your cell phone and laptops
durr phone bad
That is not a infantry ,not grunts ,sry to break the truth but these guys and gals chill on base while the real blue cord 11Bravo grunts kick in doors and patrol the streets and bazaar
God bless our troops but don't disrespect these real GRUNTS who don't live on base ,my gosh they don't pass the Constantine wire
Please do a follow up its almost time
No Lieutenant Colonel it’s “pile from the left column left..” then the lead man on the left column left say “forward” while the rest of the lead columns say “stand fast..!” Lolol
I am from India , but I dont see a point of deploying the US army in Afghanistan any more.... Its obvious that the US govt wants to settle down the afghan govt... Stay safe brother . God bless you
NILESH KUMAR I agree bro. Thank you for the positive support
It's time to stop.
HonestHedgehog Life where are your parents
HonestHedgehog Life too bad its not that simple at this point
Iraq was already a lost cause when Saddam was overthrown, ignorant fool.
The terrorist threat
Kevin T The Cia armed the people known as Isis. They were meant to be a distraction to russia from attacking the kurds or something like that but a part of them broke of and built a faction off the supplies and training provided
Stay safe my brother! You and Sydnee will be in our prayers!
Please do update in 9 months
I really hope his wife don’t cheat I’ve heard a lot of stories of the ladies cheating to the point where the marine drill instructors say she ain’t yours no more I would have joined but I can’t I respect everyone of them tho
I thank you warriors for your fight.
Man, that has to be an emotional roller coaster for that young man leading his squad and shit even getting ready the 48 hours prior to deployment...
Nine months???
Hell on one of my OEF tours alone we did a solid 18 months! I ended up being reassigned to two totally different OEF countries within one deployment then back to Afghanistan to regroup with my unit... which wasn't fun at all but because of that, I'm part of only a small handful of SM who in 2005 was awarded two different Campaign Medals at one time.
My other tours were right at one year exactly.
God bless you brother and hurry home to your beautiful wife... Airborne Engineers! HOOAH!
meanwhile most kids want to join just because they think its cool cause they saw it in a video game
God bless America 🇺🇸🇯🇲
Motion One of those? Why do people say that? I’m genuinely confused.
Yea dude ! Out of all the countrys god blesses only the u.s
its been 9 months can we get an update please?
Any updates on this family?
do they not realize these wars are meaningless and they are being used! it is so sad!!! Our country is so sad!!
Exactly how I feel... its all about the lithium folks, ive been saying it for years... i wish more people would pass the news about how ''trillions of dollars in rare minerals were found in afghanistan'' recently. THe troops often report sitting in areas with nothing around, put 2 and 2 together folks, you are paid to protect the ground for gold dust and lithium rocks for cell phone batteries, that is truly what it is all about, corporations getting cheap minerals for big profits. Even china is using child labor for mining in afghanistan!
yes. I was surprised when he said he has a college degre. Then what are you doing in the army ? You are being used. It's pointless.
It’s sad when Americans like u have no sense of patriotism.
I wasn't in the Marines for that long but even so, I had half the mindset of a trained Marine. My argument may waft at the flames now, but hey, I gotta say it... We're bored. We gotta kill something and show our American muscles to the other large countries somehow. Sure, let's go take their resources and die in the process. Its how the world works. It can't be changed. Be what the world is gonna be, or that all peace mindset we have will just spark more bloodshed. Look at BLM. Antifa. They want peace for their own kind, which ends to violence. You either get a fight, or a bigger fight. That's the world now, sorry. Gotta do what we gotta do as military personnel, Americans, and human citizens.
To my boys and gals overseas; kill 'em all. Let their God sort 'em out. Take out the oppressors of Afghanistan, avenge our fallen brothers and sisters, and get them resources. OORAH!
Get some, soldiers!
derty QWERTY name one corporation in Afghanistan mining for minerals I'll wait
China, *Russia, and US are the biggest nations in Afghanistan since 1980s... all and only because AFGHANISTAN IS EASY TO GET CHEAPEST MINING OF MINERALS. China fights taliban also for cheap mining of rare minerals... its all about the trillions in lithium, every big nations wants to control the lithium for your cell phone battery to work! It's the biggest new market, lithium, and afghanistan has ''trillions in rare minerals found recently'', search it!*
Why would people dislike this video? It just surprises me how disrespectful some people in this world can be...
grandfather , father and now son fighting the same war wow
NEWS FLASH:
OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD. LET'S BRING THESE GUYS HOME!
phuk offndy ya he’s dead, but we have to end what we started
Kyle Gibb,
Okay I'll bite... What is our final objective?
@@phuku177 To make sure the Afghan army has the training they need to maintain peace in their country
2004 deployed and we are still.there such a BS war
jorge S More like 2001 but yeah
I deployed in 04 was in basic in 03 and graduated HS in 2003. I know the invasion was in 01
It's legal to die as a kid at 18 and put others' lives on your hands, but not to drink alcohol. Ridiculous.
Николай Куреленко we haven’t lost nearly as many as you Russians did, just keep that in mind.
Brandon Cole Just keep in mind because we have lasted longer than you and had more wars. Also you haven't had a a clear victory even since ww2.
Can we get an update?
that unit look like they bout to go sit in the TOC and play FIFA in the MWR for 9 mnths.😂