Hesco + E-Tool mainly took care of the 95% boredom, also detailing stupid shit in AFG. I learned Radios and sipper, nipper lines, sat communications, and everything I could about my (MATV) just something different to fend off the boredom yes I was Infantry. Was exciting at first because everything was new then after a while a weird feeling kinda came over and in a sense I started accepting the fact I am already dead every time we rolled out on a mission which removed the Terror aspect and made everything numb.
Sounds like my Real Life...except it's 90 percent boredom, 9 percent frustration, and 1 percent drama. Though I'm not a veteran, or even IN combat...I'm just a wannabe. In fantasy world, it's more like 90% preparing for action, and 10% actually seeing action. No terror, sometimes as much euphoria as smacking a spider with a slipper. War from the USSS is...mostly anticlimactic. The times that aren't? I'm writing episodes specifically about those...
im thinking about becoming an infantryman, i heard that you rank quite a bit faster as an infantryman, is that true? also share some knowledge/tips with me if you dont mind. thank you for serving our country
Life of an infantryman, that would be a long movie. Times are different from 1991 while I was in Desert Storm. Constantly cleaning weapons, no A/C, we wrote letters, and had to make collect phone calls if a pay phone was available. 2003-04 we had internet that rarely worked in Kandahar, slept in squad tents, always ate MRE's and we were always gone from the base hunting Taliban for weeks at a time. 2005-06 in Baghdad we had internet, A/C, usually went outside the wire for maybe 12 hours a day and hot chow, stayed in trailers, and watched all the pogues gather at the PX to play volleyball. 2010-11 in Kabul, I was a grunt attached to a Command Group. That would be a skate job but I worked for a SF one star and we always worked. I saw lots of drama with female soldiers who could not STFU. And could not keep their trousers on without banging another soldier in a vehicle.
Will M. Not always true , i knew laundry men who used to go on cav scouts . Thats why they train everyone on weapons and how to operate them properly because at the end of the day no matter youre job you are still a foot soldier at the end of the day you are in the hands of the government you answer to higher ups and go with it .
@@tylerbyrne807 negative Tyler. No laundry man ever goes out on cav scouts. Maybe a one off situation but definitely not the norm. Army is not Marine corps. Army infantrymen are the only ones trained to be infantrymen. POGS get basic but that's it. Your statement is more relatable to the Corps which trains all recruits as riflemen before the move on to their job training. Btw, I went through Sand Hill in 2000.
It is true that everyone is a rifleman and first order is to act as so, but realistically speaking yes infantrymen do all the hard labor, but the POGS still have their purposes.
All I remember from my combat zone deployment is no shower for up to 6 weeks at a time. Hardly ever getting any hot chow. And combat. Lots of it. Almost every single day. 19D deployed to Afghanistan back in 2011-2012.
We deployed in March of 03, when OIF kicked off. We landed in Kuwait during the threat of scuds. We were bussed north to Camp Victory, while waiting on our vehicles to arrive at port. Pulled guard duty at Victory, and I remember one day on guard hearing what sounded like a jet overhead, then what sounded like another. Then a loud boom. Found out a scud was taken down that was en route to Doha. We got our vehicles and before heading north, we "armored" our vehicles as best we could, which involved placing sandbags on the floor of vehicles and some Soldiers rummaging through scrap heaps to find ways to armor their vehicles. Didn't have the vehicles that would come later, the kind that could shrug off IED's and RPG's. For the first three months, we didn't have a camp, but set up in the desert, and from there we did fire missions. The limited water we had was for drinking only - you couldn't even use it to brush your teeth with. I remember boiled cans of rations some days, with the food inside dyed green from the cans. 2 pairs of DCU's (desert combat uniforms), and we started seeing huge patches of salt (from sweating alone) and grime appear on our DCU blouses. Our razors ran out and we started growing beards. Bush declared a cease-fire and we took our launchers (MLRS) back to Kuwait. Service members in Kuwait looked at us like we just stepped off a ufo. Unshaven, absolutely filthy and stinking to high heaven, and proud of it. After that, we were tasked with using our HEMTTS for gathering as much enemy weapons and ordnance as possible. Tubes of white phosphorus, land mines, crates of grenades, crates of all types of bullets, rpg's, all kind of firearms including sten machine guns from WW2, you name it, we hauled it. We even hauled SAMs once, which couldn't even fit in the beds of our HEMTTS - they had to be placed with the noses laying on top of the truck cabs. Suffered through some IED's and minor exchanges of gunfire while barrelling down the road, but luckily we didn't lose anyone. Only a few light injuries. Another responsibility that part of our unit had, along with Roumanians, I believe, there at LSB Dogwood, was training the new ICDC, the new Iraqi Civil Defense Corps. Myself and another guy helped with providing weapons and supplies for the program, which got me an ARCOM. Anyways, yeah, I was a pog, being artillery, but we got to rough it up, and I wouldn't trade any of it for anything.
I deployed with a National Guard unit. I ended up stationed in Camp Liberty, Baghdad. I remember making many trips to BIAP to take guys going on leave or pass. One of the most interesting times I had was to eat lunch with three German Police officers. I decided to hit the Burger King rather than go to the chow hall. I saw them sitting under the camo net eating. During the early eighties I was stationed in Germany and got the opportunity to chat with them. We ended up working with one of the Aerostat Balloons. This video brought back a lot of memories for me.
Thanks for your service.I was a medic in Nam we had 1 px and mostly c-rats.MRES were just coming out.But back in the main LZ we ate pretty well.Called home once we called it a Mars call had to say over every time we finished a sentence.Every thing was relayed. You could listen in sometimes on our radios to people calling where ever.Once we listened to some chick calling home to say she was coming home cause she was pregnant.We had a good laugh at that.Must of been a donot dolly or a nurse or something we had no females with us in those days.
Spent 1968 in NAM near Cambodia in medical. Lived in tents and bunkers. Never got to a PX for the first six months. Very hot and returning the monsoon season. No donut cookies where I was.
Dakota Sanders Good luck at Fort Leonard Wood! My daughter did her basic there. Her MOS is MP and she said it was a good experience. Hard but good. She’s stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington right now. So far, so good. Thank you, in advance, for your service. You CAN do it, just hang in there!
My mortar platoon was pretty much on our own most of the time. We were also the only infantry in our battalion as we were in an Armor Regiment. Lots of patrols, raids, LP/OPs, fire missions, guard duty, building/maintaining fighting positions, training and weapons maintenance. PT was mostly lifting with jury-rigged equipment. We couldn't run because of where we were but the patrols, short sprints reacting to contact and wall scaling kept our cardio decent. A good night meant you got about 6 hours of sleep total and when we were lucky 4 hours in a row. The small amounts of downtime were nice as we had Scrabble, cards, a TV, PS2 and a ton of bootleg DVDs. Eventually we made a gravity fed shower and the water was hot because the tank sat in the sun all day. Mostly MREs for food but sometimes they'd deliver chow to us. Still the best period of my life and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. Oh, and Ollie North stayed with us a couple of times. He was great for conversation and he had a sat phone.
More things change ,the more they stay the same.In 1966/1967 I was stationed in Vietnam with a transportation company.We hauled fuel in 5000 Gallon tanker trailers.We mostly drove in day time,our company would leave early in morning,go to staging area get made up into a convoy,go to destination unload convoy back to convoy breakdown area,then go to fuel loading area get trailer filled with fuel,return to motor pool,try to get truck fixed up enough to make the next days trip.I was actually one of the mechanics that got to stay up all night fixing up trucks and trailers fo the next day.Several different times,after working all day then eat dinner,go back to motor pool wait for the last trucks to come in.We would then start fixing up the ones we could get going,and would still be working on the last truck to go when the first truck would roll out the gate.Sometimes meant 18 19 hour days.Shower point was always cold water,when the water boy filled the tank.We would spend the day getting the badly damaged trucks to maintenance,patching up as many trucks as we could, scrounging parts or whatever until the convoy started coming back in then the flustercluck would start all over again.We went operational early June 1966,first standdown was 1/2 day Thanksgiving day.Next standdown was 1/2 day Christmas. Good times.
I came into Camp Beuring Kuwait for the first month in November 2006 then into Iraq in December. We worked with you 88M a lot during convoy escorts being 11 Bravos. I remember many convoys from Talil to Baghdad on Route Tampa shit always was scary because of IEDs. Same thing on Route Irish in Baghdad. We rode shotgun if we were not assigned to combat patrols or being engaged in combat operations. I remember them days in Iraq.
If I was American I would've 100% joined the Army, the US Army sure is fun to be a part of, best of luck to you Christopher, I've came across your channel two days ago and Ive been watching your videos non stop xD
I don’t know your situation but depending on your age and health you could still joint the Army but it’s a bit harder for you because you would have to get a green card and come to the US and then apply.
@@EddieArafa you can still enlist. Age limit is 35 I believe. You have to be a us citizen or green card holder with a ged or hs diploma. No major health issues either. No felonys.
Things change the Gulf War (90) we didn't have any of the stuff like this. We would have to stand line for hours to use a pay phone. But for combat arms the most time you will be away from base camps.
14r, Bradley linebacker crew member, '03-'04, Taji Iraq. My first 6months I was a dismount and we slept outside, my last 6months we got barracks and I moved up to driver, I almost got tookin out 7times, I did armed recon and qrf, I lost a few brothers, but it felt good to be needed, we all play our part in war. It might seem weird but I miss it.
One thing I forgot to add was you had to salute all officers at Kandahar Airfield, and BIAP in Baghdad, and South Camp- Sinai in Egypt. But in Kabul at Camp KAIA, you only had to salute the General Officers there and to be considered a VIP there, you had to be a two star or higher. BIAP is: Baghdad international Airport, KAIA is: Kabul, Afghanistan International Airport.
hey man I was in al anbar province. 05-06 about an hour or two away from ramadi. my second deployment i was in sadr city putting up the wall. thanks for your service bro
Thanks for your service and for posting this interesting video. Best part of my year in Nam was R and R in exotic places. Worst part was getting mortared and losing friends to rockets or mortars.
Great video brother, it’s an interesting take on being deployed a couple years back compared to now. I am currently in the Army and deployed to Iraq and most of everything has been contracted out crazy how things change!
Usually it was Contractors, American and British and Filipino (and some South American) personnel were common for those types of establishments alongside the PX/Commissary if there was one, some Iraqis got hired but it was more for their own local market-esque wares and sometimes as truck drivers or other tertiary work, including tour guides for the Press (early on). Other services like laundry and such were also contracted to Halliburton/KBR on top of some trucking/transport.
Indonesians, Phillipinos, some Indians, basically 3rd world people. I think they called them 3rd party nationals. They were contracted by AAFES which is the company that runs the PXs in all the bases in the States.
When you did your show on most likely to go into combat, you did not mention any aircraft crewman MOSs. In 1970 as crewchief /DG Every time our skids lifted of the ground we saw fire before landing. I was in Vietnam 26 days when I got shot down the first time.
Oh the "Right seat, left seat ride" when a new unit comes in and takes your mission over. This was scary also because you are pointing out hot spots along the route and you might get killed or wounded on your last 2 to 3 weeks in Iraq depending on how fast the new unit replacing you gets there. Friggin scary on the last few weeks and days.
MWR in Iraq was good too, unless you had black outs. Using the DSN to make calls home was only for emergency. Food was foul in areas I was in. When we did missions we would time it so we could be at big FOBs for breakfast or lunch. SRP was mandatory each time I returned even after my injury I was taken to SRP before open to get all the blocks checked. Kinda weird seeing the SRP doc when I had a nurse pushing me around everywhere who already knew of my issues. OEF was my breaking point, everything was great no major issues our trucks sucked but we didnt have any major issues for six months then the one day I was complacent and BOOM. Your life changes in an instant. I tell my kids, who are adults, don't ever let your guard down, it's the one time you think everything is going to be ok and then something changes it.
In Panama, Kuwait and Iraq the only thing i wanted was shitpaper, sleep and something anything fucking cold to drink believe me to this day even if its twenty below i will not drink hot coffee, chocolate, tea, or even piss only refrigerated beverages.
Why does he add an "s" to the end of "everywhere" and "anywheres" is it a northern thing or an Army thing or what? My girlfriend does the same thing and she was brought up around alot of army people.
I still don’t understand why soldiers are buying their own toiletries, etc. isn’t that just part of making sure your troops had sufficient basic supplies?
Hurry up and wait. Rock on. Awesome. At last somebody who was there telling it like was. Going on for years without even a day off. Ive been asked what made it so bad. We didn't have to pay for anything. And I would respond when the last time they went on on a hoilyday where people were trying kill them. And when was the last time had to kill someone before they had time to eat? I'm so glad I found your channel
Hi Chris awesome vid! When you were deployed did you get something called "combat pay" and also did you get any special tax benefit while you were there in a combat zone? And is it true that if you reenlist in a combat zone that you get a tax free bonus?
I can't remember either about reenlistment bonuses @Christopher Chaos , I do remember the initial enlistment bonus ended up being staged, about a 1/4 of the bonus what given when you got to first duty station, then paid out over the duration of the contract, though that was often a mess and lots of guys and gals only got a portion of their bonus.
I was a Fobit on mains like BAF/KAF and Taji, so I spent a lot of off time at the USO. I did spend time in Islamabad for earthquake relief so AFFES would bring hygiene supplies maybe once a month.
Damn we spent maybe 12 days in transit total! From march airforce base to Maine to germany then to leatherneck. Then we chopped to our FOBs each company would be operating out of. We spent like 5 days in leatherneck and that was our longest transition point. We unfortunately never got to be on a base during our deployments to combat zones in Afghan. I'd say the biggest life style things you didnt mention were carrying your weapon with you 24/7. To shit, to sleep to eat! And then the natural sound of gunfire on the daily. Not sure how active it was for you in Iraq but out in the Helmand province in Afghan it was basically a daily occurence to hear or be in gunfire. Also because we were on a FOB (forward operating base) and not a traditional base we had no chow hall or Px or showers. Just MRE's. But we got a PX truck which was basically a giant uparmared 6 wheeler that towed a quad con. And our showers were poking holes in the top of water bottles! And out toilets were a wooden shack with large oil pan like rubber buckets! The good ole simple days!
Wdym by civilians are helping run the chow halls? Is it like people who were shipped from the US to whatever country the FOB is in? Also those fast food places, are they run by civilians or soldiers?
BIAP was awesome! I usually stayed at Stryker and catch a Scoobie Bus to Liberty. Yep they had everything. The Green Zone was small but had more shit because they were closer to the embassy. Black Hawk which is in the Green Zone had more assholes there because of course the embassy and Blackwater contractors and State Department flunkies. I hated those folks very badly.
3 day ride Kuwait to Baghdad no fun surrounded with by a wooden box and sandbags I was a humvee gunner no kind of shield. Our vehicles didn't get fitted with up armor until after we were in Baghdad. 1st mission for us was sadr cty and this was 04 so still early in the war.
I love how his like last name is chaos (Ik that’s probably not his real last name) but he’s so calm and has a soothing voice but his background music is like head banging stuff🤣
I remember being at a remote FOB sitting for a few days on standby waiting for a Blackhawk to take me to a very remote combat outpost. Guy had COD black ops(the first one when it was new) and surround sound. The floor shook and I thought damn this is some damn good surround sound. It was incoming mortars and indirect fire.
I’m getting my GED here soon and Joining the Army when my sister gets out of basic. Any tips for first timers? I’m super nervous and exited! Thank you.
that phone call base to base is dsn. the phone on my personal desk had dsn. after work hours my platoon would use my phone to call home or even my computer.
My younger brother was in the Navy doing electronics work on planes. In his 3ed year he was sent to Afghanistan for 4 months in 2008 and got double his pay plus hazard pay from both the Navy and the Army. While he was there he was sending photos of old wrecked Soviet era equipment every time he sent a photo I sent him a photo of the same tank or truck in working order and as to what it was. After maybe the 10th photo apparently he had a crowed looking over his shoulder and they asked how I knew what all of that stuff was. I responded I'm on vacation in Ukraine and visiting an Afghanistan war museum in Kyiv.
in the Marines in thee few units i was in i remember we didnt have to show up to work until noon for sundaysand a regular 0800 saturdays and 0600 or so for weekdays for morning pt/gym sure we had watch for our building and phones and computer helpdesk and all that jazz....
For the most part yes. The people we were fighting were mostly foreign fighters from other countries. Most Iraqis were glad we had gotten rid of saddam, glad we were fighting the insurgents, but frustrated that we had to be there because their own forces weren’t ready yet.
More layed back than Iraq. Usually the first week was trying to adjust to the time with a few classes here and there and then you would be busy receiving equipment and preparing to move north.
Hi Chris, my daughter's MOS is 88 November with airborne optional, active duty. She is currently at Fort Lee, VA for her AIT. Then she's off to Fort Benning for Airborne. Do you know what exactly she'll be doing once she's stationed? Do 88 November's get deployed?
Another good video. My son is graduating AIT at ft Leonard Wood as an 88M on 9/13 was so it’s good to hear the some of the kinds kinds things he will be doing. Did u receive a cdl at some point as 88M?
The army training will not directly translate to get a CDL but can make it easy to complete the course since he would already have some experience with driving large truck but there would still be several things that are different from a military truck compared to a semi.
😍 Whoa! You're a milf! 🎉 Anyway, while it was several years ago now, I still want to congratulate your son for both going for and graduating from the army. P.S. Coincidentally, I graduated from the same BCT site, last year, and am also in the same 88 series-though an 88N and not an 88M.
Another great vid brother pretty comprehensive. Have you done one on the USO and some of the events and services they provided? Couldn't remember seeing one on that aspect/topic.
I carried an M4. Some of the higher ranking soldiers would carry both an M4 and a pistol though. You carried your weapon everywhere you went. Both on base and off base. You usually just held it between your legs in the truck unless you were driving.
It can be. I had a very dangerous job because of the risk of road side bombs that were a serious risk in Iraq. So I’m not sure if it was more dangerous than the job of an 11B because some of them had crazy missions and some did not do much or anything.
ok I sometimes wonder when you watch on the news someone was injured or killed in a combat zone and they were a plumber (I forget what you said what MOS that was) people may wonder ok what was he doing there if he's not infantry for example, you know
As an Infantryman war is 95% boredom, 3% shear terror and 2% pure ecstasy.
I'm a infantryman, why is it 95% bordem?
@@andrewsins3707 because we aren't at constant war mostly it's cleaning rifles, patrolling safe areas or back at the states pring and training
Hesco + E-Tool mainly took care of the 95% boredom, also detailing stupid shit in AFG. I learned Radios and sipper, nipper lines, sat communications, and everything I could about my (MATV) just something different to fend off the boredom yes I was Infantry. Was exciting at first because everything was new then after a while a weird feeling kinda came over and in a sense I started accepting the fact I am already dead every time we rolled out on a mission which removed the Terror aspect and made everything numb.
Sounds like my Real Life...except it's 90 percent boredom, 9 percent frustration, and 1 percent drama. Though I'm not a veteran, or even IN combat...I'm just a wannabe. In fantasy world, it's more like 90% preparing for action, and 10% actually seeing action. No terror, sometimes as much euphoria as smacking a spider with a slipper. War from the USSS is...mostly anticlimactic. The times that aren't? I'm writing episodes specifically about those...
im thinking about becoming an infantryman, i heard that you rank quite a bit faster as an infantryman, is that true? also share some knowledge/tips with me if you dont mind. thank you for serving our country
Life of an infantryman, that would be a long movie. Times are different from 1991 while I was in Desert Storm. Constantly cleaning weapons, no A/C, we wrote letters, and had to make collect phone calls if a pay phone was available. 2003-04 we had internet that rarely worked in Kandahar, slept in squad tents, always ate MRE's and we were always gone from the base hunting Taliban for weeks at a time. 2005-06 in Baghdad we had internet, A/C, usually went outside the wire for maybe 12 hours a day and hot chow, stayed in trailers, and watched all the pogues gather at the PX to play volleyball. 2010-11 in Kabul, I was a grunt attached to a Command Group. That would be a skate job but I worked for a SF one star and we always worked. I saw lots of drama with female soldiers who could not STFU. And could not keep their trousers on without banging another soldier in a vehicle.
Pretty much saw the same shit myself
I heard POGs deploy and if they do infantry does all the hard work and POGs don’t deserve anything. Is that true?
Will M. Not always true , i knew laundry men who used to go on cav scouts . Thats why they train everyone on weapons and how to operate them properly because at the end of the day no matter youre job you are still a foot soldier at the end of the day you are in the hands of the government you answer to higher ups and go with it .
@@tylerbyrne807 negative Tyler. No laundry man ever goes out on cav scouts. Maybe a one off situation but definitely not the norm. Army is not Marine corps. Army infantrymen are the only ones trained to be infantrymen. POGS get basic but that's it. Your statement is more relatable to the Corps which trains all recruits as riflemen before the move on to their job training. Btw, I went through Sand Hill in 2000.
It is true that everyone is a rifleman and first order is to act as so, but realistically speaking yes infantrymen do all the hard labor, but the POGS still have their purposes.
All I remember from my combat zone deployment is no shower for up to 6 weeks at a time. Hardly ever getting any hot chow. And combat. Lots of it. Almost every single day. 19D deployed to Afghanistan back in 2011-2012.
What province?
Kandahar province. Right in between the arghandab river and highway 1.
damn, despite the suckey logistics you lucked out
Hooah, cav scout.
What? Really? In 11-12? OEF what?
Hey bro I just wanted to say that I appreciate your service to our country!
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Always got the guy that has a 1TB hard drive of porn and rents it out 🤣
RaininPayne2 my medic lol organized by website and series names 👌🏻
@@mjpalumberi1 I'm going 68W guess I'll get it set up 😂
What a gentleman
Imagine the guys on submarines, everyone’s just trading their hard drives of porn
My grandson is going to be deployed in February. Your video helps a lot. Thank you for helping me understand army life!!!!
So, how did his deployment go?
We deployed in March of 03, when OIF kicked off. We landed in Kuwait during the threat of scuds. We were bussed north to Camp Victory, while waiting on our vehicles to arrive at port. Pulled guard duty at Victory, and I remember one day on guard hearing what sounded like a jet overhead, then what sounded like another. Then a loud boom. Found out a scud was taken down that was en route to Doha. We got our vehicles and before heading north, we "armored" our vehicles as best we could, which involved placing sandbags on the floor of vehicles and some Soldiers rummaging through scrap heaps to find ways to armor their vehicles. Didn't have the vehicles that would come later, the kind that could shrug off IED's and RPG's. For the first three months, we didn't have a camp, but set up in the desert, and from there we did fire missions. The limited water we had was for drinking only - you couldn't even use it to brush your teeth with. I remember boiled cans of rations some days, with the food inside dyed green from the cans. 2 pairs of DCU's (desert combat uniforms), and we started seeing huge patches of salt (from sweating alone) and grime appear on our DCU blouses. Our razors ran out and we started growing beards. Bush declared a cease-fire and we took our launchers (MLRS) back to Kuwait. Service members in Kuwait looked at us like we just stepped off a ufo. Unshaven, absolutely filthy and stinking to high heaven, and proud of it. After that, we were tasked with using our HEMTTS for gathering as much enemy weapons and ordnance as possible. Tubes of white phosphorus, land mines, crates of grenades, crates of all types of bullets, rpg's, all kind of firearms including sten machine guns from WW2, you name it, we hauled it. We even hauled SAMs once, which couldn't even fit in the beds of our HEMTTS - they had to be placed with the noses laying on top of the truck cabs. Suffered through some IED's and minor exchanges of gunfire while barrelling down the road, but luckily we didn't lose anyone. Only a few light injuries. Another responsibility that part of our unit had, along with Roumanians, I believe, there at LSB Dogwood, was training the new ICDC, the new Iraqi Civil Defense Corps. Myself and another guy helped with providing weapons and supplies for the program, which got me an ARCOM. Anyways, yeah, I was a pog, being artillery, but we got to rough it up, and I wouldn't trade any of it for anything.
I deployed with a National Guard unit. I ended up stationed in Camp Liberty, Baghdad. I remember making many trips to BIAP to take guys going on leave or pass. One of the most interesting times I had was to eat lunch with three German Police officers. I decided to hit the Burger King rather than go to the chow hall. I saw them sitting under the camo net eating. During the early eighties I was stationed in Germany and got the opportunity to chat with them. We ended up working with one of the Aerostat Balloons. This video brought back a lot of memories for me.
Thanks for your service.I was a medic in Nam we had 1 px and mostly c-rats.MRES were just coming out.But back in the main LZ we ate pretty well.Called home once we called it a Mars call had to say over every time we finished a sentence.Every thing was relayed. You could listen in sometimes on our radios to people calling where ever.Once we listened to some chick calling home to say she was coming home cause she was pregnant.We had a good laugh at that.Must of been a donot dolly or a nurse or something we had no females with us in those days.
John Nicatra wish I could have served during those days man. Thanks for your service you rock
@@Resjek No you really don't
Yeah from what I have heard vietnam was really hot and humid and lots of people died so I know personally I wouldn’t enjoy that.
Spent 1968 in NAM near Cambodia in medical. Lived in tents and bunkers. Never got to a PX for the first six months. Very hot and returning the monsoon season. No donut cookies where I was.
Thanks bro! Leave for Leonard Wood as 12b on Tuesday and I’m been binge watching you and Matt ward trying to prepare! Get up the good work brother!
Thanks!! Good luck to you and hope all goes well!!
I too watch Matt ward
Good luck on mine detection test and practice on your knots
And if you happen to be sent to Chairle co. 35th EN BN. Tell Drill Sergeant Hirsch, Pvt Espino said hi.
Dakota Sanders Good luck at Fort Leonard Wood! My daughter did her basic there. Her MOS is MP and she said it was a good experience. Hard but good. She’s stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington right now. So far, so good. Thank you, in advance, for your service. You CAN do it, just hang in there!
My mortar platoon was pretty much on our own most of the time. We were also the only infantry in our battalion as we were in an Armor Regiment. Lots of patrols, raids, LP/OPs, fire missions, guard duty, building/maintaining fighting positions, training and weapons maintenance. PT was mostly lifting with jury-rigged equipment. We couldn't run because of where we were but the patrols, short sprints reacting to contact and wall scaling kept our cardio decent. A good night meant you got about 6 hours of sleep total and when we were lucky 4 hours in a row. The small amounts of downtime were nice as we had Scrabble, cards, a TV, PS2 and a ton of bootleg DVDs. Eventually we made a gravity fed shower and the water was hot because the tank sat in the sun all day. Mostly MREs for food but sometimes they'd deliver chow to us. Still the best period of my life and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. Oh, and Ollie North stayed with us a couple of times. He was great for conversation and he had a sat phone.
More things change ,the more they stay the same.In 1966/1967 I was stationed in Vietnam with a transportation company.We hauled fuel in 5000 Gallon tanker trailers.We mostly drove in day time,our company would leave early in morning,go to staging area get made up into a convoy,go to destination unload convoy back to convoy breakdown area,then go to fuel loading area get trailer filled with fuel,return to motor pool,try to get truck fixed up enough to make the next days trip.I was actually one of the mechanics that got to stay up all night fixing up trucks and trailers fo the next day.Several different times,after working all day then eat dinner,go back to motor pool wait for the last trucks to come in.We would then start fixing up the ones we could get going,and would still be working on the last truck to go when the first truck would roll out the gate.Sometimes meant 18 19 hour days.Shower point was always cold water,when the water boy filled the tank.We would spend the day getting the badly damaged trucks to maintenance,patching up as many trucks as we could, scrounging parts or whatever until the convoy started coming back in then the flustercluck would start all over again.We went operational early June 1966,first standdown was 1/2 day Thanksgiving day.Next standdown was 1/2 day Christmas. Good times.
I came into Camp Beuring Kuwait for the first month in November 2006 then into Iraq in December. We worked with you 88M a lot during convoy escorts being 11 Bravos. I remember many convoys from Talil to Baghdad on Route Tampa shit always was scary because of IEDs. Same thing on Route Irish in Baghdad. We rode shotgun if we were not assigned to combat patrols or being engaged in combat operations. I remember them days in Iraq.
If I was American I would've 100% joined the Army, the US Army sure is fun to be a part of, best of luck to you Christopher, I've came across your channel two days ago and Ive been watching your videos non stop xD
I don’t know your situation but depending on your age and health you could still joint the Army but it’s a bit harder for you because you would have to get a green card and come to the US and then apply.
Im 27 years old, so I dont think i have a chance :(
@@EddieArafa you can still enlist. Age limit is 35 I believe. You have to be a us citizen or green card holder with a ged or hs diploma. No major health issues either. No felonys.
@@EddieArafa I joined the army at 30. You definitely have a chance lol
Derek Osgood I’m about to enlist as a combat medic at 30.. any advice man? I’ve been a firefighter for 12 years but I need something new.
Things change the Gulf War (90) we didn't have any of the stuff like this. We would have to stand line for hours to use a pay phone. But for combat arms the most time you will be away from base camps.
You got some serious balls driving around on them roads
You don't have a choice
Loved the video! My dad was deployed twice. He did artillery. He had a little dvd player that looked like a laptop and I loved that thing!
14r, Bradley linebacker crew member, '03-'04, Taji Iraq. My first 6months I was a dismount and we slept outside, my last 6months we got barracks and I moved up to driver, I almost got tookin out 7times, I did armed recon and qrf, I lost a few brothers, but it felt good to be needed, we all play our part in war. It might seem weird but I miss it.
Yeah!, Christopher with his pose on the thumbnail with the gun!👍😆, professional Army pose with a gun, hooah!, the next Rambo!
It was my goofing off in a conex while getting a count of the ammo we had on hand for the unit photo. Lol.
I used to hate using the Switchboards. But, it was free. Can't complain.
How about a video on all these military terms you use? As a civilian I know some terms but not most of them.
One thing I forgot to add was you had to salute all officers at Kandahar Airfield, and BIAP in Baghdad, and South Camp- Sinai in Egypt. But in Kabul at Camp KAIA, you only had to salute the General Officers there and to be considered a VIP there, you had to be a two star or higher. BIAP is: Baghdad international Airport, KAIA is: Kabul, Afghanistan International Airport.
I stayed at bagram for a night. I got chewed out by an air force officer for not saluting. Had no clue I was even supposed to.
I didn’t even know they made affliction shirts still.
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I talk to a recruiter on the 15th. Want to get infantry. Fingers crossed I make it passed meps. This is kinda a dream come true for me.
hey man I was in al anbar province. 05-06 about an hour or two away from ramadi. my second deployment i was in sadr city putting up the wall. thanks for your service bro
Thanks for your service and for posting this interesting video. Best part of my year in Nam was R and R in exotic places. Worst part was getting mortared and losing friends to rockets or mortars.
As always chaos very informative. Good video 👍
I love this channel! Thank you for sharing & thank you for your service. 💯🇺🇸
Great video brother, it’s an interesting take on being deployed a couple years back compared to now. I am currently in the Army and deployed to Iraq and most of everything has been contracted out crazy how things change!
Who worked at the taco bells, cinnabons,etc? Random iraqis?
Some were American civilians that work for AAFES and some were civilians from India or other countries.
Usually it was Contractors, American and British and Filipino (and some South American) personnel were common for those types of establishments alongside the PX/Commissary if there was one, some Iraqis got hired but it was more for their own local market-esque wares and sometimes as truck drivers or other tertiary work, including tour guides for the Press (early on). Other services like laundry and such were also contracted to Halliburton/KBR on top of some trucking/transport.
Indonesians, Phillipinos, some Indians, basically 3rd world people. I think they called them 3rd party nationals. They were contracted by AAFES which is the company that runs the PXs in all the bases in the States.
Yep, AAFES and a couple other contractors like PAE, KBR, and Halliburton to name a few.
Jack Grimaldi
We called them TCN
Thanks for your videos I leave next month basic as an 88mic option 40. And your videos have helped me out a lot! Keep it up.
yeeeee land Navy ^.^
JTsuits. Funny running into you here again , JT Lobsta .
Looking for more vids to steal.
Or maybe you’re just sea Army... ;)
Marines are land navy
@@migueldominic2977 Lmao Marines are definitely not land navy
When you did your show on most likely to go into combat, you did not mention any aircraft crewman MOSs. In 1970 as crewchief /DG Every time our skids lifted of the ground we saw fire before landing. I was in Vietnam 26 days when I got shot down the first time.
I was in Vietnam in 69-70. Much different that my deployment in Germany.
Oh the "Right seat, left seat ride" when a new unit comes in and takes your mission over. This was scary also because you are pointing out hot spots along the route and you might get killed or wounded on your last 2 to 3 weeks in Iraq depending on how fast the new unit replacing you gets there. Friggin scary on the last few weeks and days.
Green Bean's! Best coffee ever! Trying to remember my favorite drink...
MWR in Iraq was good too, unless you had black outs. Using the DSN to make calls home was only for emergency. Food was foul in areas I was in. When we did missions we would time it so we could be at big FOBs for breakfast or lunch. SRP was mandatory each time I returned even after my injury I was taken to SRP before open to get all the blocks checked. Kinda weird seeing the SRP doc when I had a nurse pushing me around everywhere who already knew of my issues. OEF was my breaking point, everything was great no major issues our trucks sucked but we didnt have any major issues for six months then the one day I was complacent and BOOM. Your life changes in an instant. I tell my kids, who are adults, don't ever let your guard down, it's the one time you think everything is going to be ok and then something changes it.
In Panama, Kuwait and Iraq the only thing i wanted was shitpaper, sleep and something anything fucking cold to drink believe me to this day even if its twenty below i will not drink hot coffee, chocolate, tea, or even piss only refrigerated beverages.
I was a Liberty, we had a decent gym kind of. Dfac was great, interpreter was cool.
Green Bean's Chai, that's what it was. Way better than that other coffee place...
Why does he add an "s" to the end of "everywhere" and "anywheres" is it a northern thing or an Army thing or what? My girlfriend does the same thing and she was brought up around alot of army people.
Its not an army thing at all. Its probably a local thing where ever he grew up
My only war-zone experiences was in Chicago and Milwaukee .
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Welcome Home Brother
Omg Green Beans was awesome!
I still don’t understand why soldiers are buying their own toiletries, etc. isn’t that just part of making sure your troops had sufficient basic supplies?
Gotta love good ol BIAP done a few missions there from the Green zone right across from the US Embassy Camp Travis
14:15. You forgot to mention that on the flight back home, if you volunteer for baggage detail you get to sit in first class.
I actually did that once because that happens sometimes but I still got sent to coach. Bastards. Lol.
Thank you for your service
Hurry up and wait. Rock on. Awesome. At last somebody who was there telling it like was. Going on for years without even a day off. Ive been asked what made it so bad. We didn't have to pay for anything. And I would respond when the last time they went on on a hoilyday where people were trying kill them. And when was the last time had to kill someone before they had time to eat? I'm so glad I found your channel
Hi Chris awesome vid! When you were deployed did you get something called "combat pay" and also did you get any special tax benefit while you were there in a combat zone? And is it true that if you reenlist in a combat zone that you get a tax free bonus?
Yes you get combat pay and you wouldn't get taxed on your pay.
Yes on the pay and taxes but I’m not sure about the bonus but I don’t think it was taxed if you received in while in the combat zone.
I can't remember either about reenlistment bonuses @Christopher Chaos , I do remember the initial enlistment bonus ended up being staged, about a 1/4 of the bonus what given when you got to first duty station, then paid out over the duration of the contract, though that was often a mess and lots of guys and gals only got a portion of their bonus.
Yes I got a deployment bonus when I reenlisted in Iraq. There was no bonus for my MOS but I got $3,000 just as a “deployment bonus”
@@mjpalumberi1 bonuses are tax free while deployed
I was a Fobit on mains like BAF/KAF and Taji, so I spent a lot of off time at the USO. I did spend time in Islamabad for earthquake relief so AFFES would bring hygiene supplies maybe once a month.
Damn we spent maybe 12 days in transit total! From march airforce base to Maine to germany then to leatherneck. Then we chopped to our FOBs each company would be operating out of. We spent like 5 days in leatherneck and that was our longest transition point. We unfortunately never got to be on a base during our deployments to combat zones in Afghan. I'd say the biggest life style things you didnt mention were carrying your weapon with you 24/7. To shit, to sleep to eat! And then the natural sound of gunfire on the daily. Not sure how active it was for you in Iraq but out in the Helmand province in Afghan it was basically a daily occurence to hear or be in gunfire. Also because we were on a FOB (forward operating base) and not a traditional base we had no chow hall or Px or showers. Just MRE's. But we got a PX truck which was basically a giant uparmared 6 wheeler that towed a quad con. And our showers were poking holes in the top of water bottles! And out toilets were a wooden shack with large oil pan like rubber buckets! The good ole simple days!
Hodgie shops. Lol been awhile sense i heard that. 11B 2004 FOB War Eagle.
I LIKE YOUR WORK CHAOS FROM KENYA
Wdym by civilians are helping run the chow halls? Is it like people who were shipped from the US to whatever country the FOB is in? Also those fast food places, are they run by civilians or soldiers?
BIAP was awesome! I usually stayed at Stryker and catch a Scoobie Bus to Liberty. Yep they had everything. The Green Zone was small but had more shit because they were closer to the embassy. Black Hawk which is in the Green Zone had more assholes there because of course the embassy and Blackwater contractors and State Department flunkies. I hated those folks very badly.
Hi a week ago just start watching your videos
3 day ride Kuwait to Baghdad no fun surrounded with by a wooden box and sandbags I was a humvee gunner no kind of shield. Our vehicles didn't get fitted with up armor until after we were in Baghdad. 1st mission for us was sadr cty and this was 04 so still early in the war.
I'm watching a bunch of these videos even though I'm going to be air force lol
Great information
I love how his like last name is chaos (Ik that’s probably not his real last name) but he’s so calm and has a soothing voice but his background music is like head banging stuff🤣
I used to run up Commo hill. If you were at Liberty do remember that? How about every Friday for Mongolian BBQ...
I remember being at a remote FOB sitting for a few days on standby waiting for a Blackhawk to take me to a very remote combat outpost. Guy had COD black ops(the first one when it was new) and surround sound. The floor shook and I thought damn this is some damn good surround sound. It was incoming mortars and indirect fire.
I’m getting my GED here soon and Joining the Army when my sister gets out of basic. Any tips for first timers? I’m super nervous and exited! Thank you.
The calls were called morale calls.
that phone call base to base is dsn. the phone on my personal desk had dsn. after work hours my platoon would use my phone to call home or even my computer.
Morale calls :-) I was in Iraq 03-04.
Hi Chris , I am wonder, can you take a picture when you deployed?
good videos man
I had the opportunity to be an 88M today, I chose the HR MOS
I was wondering what your MOS was. I was 31B (MP) Also, I subscribed
My younger brother was in the Navy doing electronics work on planes. In his 3ed year he was sent to Afghanistan for 4 months in 2008 and got double his pay plus hazard pay from both the Navy and the Army. While he was there he was sending photos of old wrecked Soviet era equipment every time he sent a photo I sent him a photo of the same tank or truck in working order and as to what it was. After maybe the 10th photo apparently he had a crowed looking over his shoulder and they asked how I knew what all of that stuff was. I responded I'm on vacation in Ukraine and visiting an Afghanistan war museum in Kyiv.
Lifestyle is what PTM is all about!
I'm working to become a surgeon; I honestly just want to hang out with some cool dudes in Afganistan tbh.
He is the best
in the Marines in thee few units i was in i remember we didnt have to show up to work until noon for sundaysand a regular 0800 saturdays and 0600 or so for weekdays for morning pt/gym sure we had watch for our building and phones and computer helpdesk and all that jazz....
Was the iraqis nice to You when you where there
For the most part yes. The people we were fighting were mostly foreign fighters from other countries. Most Iraqis were glad we had gotten rid of saddam, glad we were fighting the insurgents, but frustrated that we had to be there because their own forces weren’t ready yet.
Let's see how many military or former military people are watching this video... Short and sweet: My MOS was 71S4. What was yours?
What was it like in Kuwait 🇰🇼?
Andrew Dalton Ray the sand is dangerous
More layed back than Iraq. Usually the first week was trying to adjust to the time with a few classes here and there and then you would be busy receiving equipment and preparing to move north.
Get a blow dryer and turn it on the hottest setting then let it blow in your face and you have exactly what Kuwait is like. Hot as F*CK.
Insanely hot.
Types of soldiers in the barracks
Did electronics take over letter writing
Hi Chris, my daughter's MOS is 88 November with airborne optional, active duty. She is currently at Fort Lee, VA for her AIT. Then she's off to Fort Benning for Airborne. Do you know what exactly she'll be doing once she's stationed? Do 88 November's get deployed?
The food sucked at FOB Justice. Crab legs every day!
Another good video. My son is graduating AIT at ft Leonard Wood as an 88M on 9/13 was so it’s good to hear the some of the kinds kinds things he will be doing. Did u receive a cdl at some point as 88M?
Damn I can’t type. Lol. 🤷♀️🤷♀️
The army training will not directly translate to get a CDL but can make it easy to complete the course since he would already have some experience with driving large truck but there would still be several things that are different from a military truck compared to a semi.
Christopher Chaos ah got ya! Thank you !
😍 Whoa! You're a milf!
🎉 Anyway, while it was several years ago now, I still want to congratulate your son for both going for and graduating from the army.
P.S. Coincidentally, I graduated from the same BCT site, last year, and am also in the same 88 series-though an 88N and not an 88M.
Chris you were an 88M? That was my MOS. Is there an email to keep in contact Battle Buddy?
I got the same ring on my finger right now🤩🤩
Another great vid brother pretty comprehensive. Have you done one on the USO and some of the events and services they provided? Couldn't remember seeing one on that aspect/topic.
Thanks!! I have not done a topic like that yet but it’s a really good idea so I’ll have to add it to my list. Thank you.
Hellyeah brother!
The uso usually has a moral tent with games and game systems.
Yep, they do a lot more though too, whether it's assistance in an airport, concert and event holding/planning and coordinating, etc..
Some of those haji dvds had some illl shit on them sometimes.....😵😋lol phase 1 !arch 03 April 04 US Army over here Bro!!
You are insane with insanity and KAOS!
Nice channel ! We subscribe ! 😄
I was the only guy who pasted his PT test in his unit. Well this MP got a day off 😆 🤣
Pasted....
Did you have pallets of water just laying around? That was gold 😆!
Passed*
0:26 nice footage man and tank you for your service . Did you got to be in a firefight solution ?
I use to sneak in general Peter “no shit” chiarelli’s office to make moral calls!
Background music was extremely distracting
My dad was in Iraq during the gulf war. He said it was boring, hot and all the pilots got the kills
What song do you use for your intro and for the background of this video?
Interesting
Did you carry an M4 and side arm? Did you carry them while on missions? Was there a place to store the M4 in the trucks?
I carried an M4. Some of the higher ranking soldiers would carry both an M4 and a pistol though. You carried your weapon everywhere you went. Both on base and off base. You usually just held it between your legs in the truck unless you were driving.
@Karl Malone Thanks. I loved watching you play. 😁
Holy shit first view and first like and comment!
would you say that even though you were not infantry, would you say that it was more dangerous just doing your mos sometimes in a combat zone?
It can be. I had a very dangerous job because of the risk of road side bombs that were a serious risk in Iraq. So I’m not sure if it was more dangerous than the job of an 11B because some of them had crazy missions and some did not do much or anything.
ok I sometimes wonder when you watch on the news someone was injured or killed in a combat zone and they were a plumber (I forget what you said what MOS that was) people may wonder ok what was he doing there if he's not infantry for example, you know