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Комментарии • 735

  • @TorremThonius
    @TorremThonius 4 года назад +3262

    I think the reason he loves the 509th is because, as someone who is pissed off at everything, he recognizes the handiwork of true experts.

    • @christianholbrook2686
      @christianholbrook2686 3 года назад +336

      I think it's more the fact the 509th was far kinder to him than his own damn company.

    • @TorremThonius
      @TorremThonius 3 года назад +222

      @@christianholbrook2686 yeah, that’s true. Maybe it was a psy-op, plant seeds of loyalty to OpFor in the specialists of other units.

    • @kingofthegrimm6161
      @kingofthegrimm6161 3 года назад +119

      I just had a fucken funny idea
      Idiot enters zack’s shop pisses him off calls up the 509th and practically used them as hitmen

    • @leerman22
      @leerman22 2 года назад +26

      @@christianholbrook2686 Well he's pretty much the only guy there who can fix guns.

    • @ladywaffle2210
      @ladywaffle2210 2 года назад +88

      @@kingofthegrimm6161 "509th here."
      "This is Zach."
      "Hey-hey, our man in our hour of need! What do you need from us?"
      "Do you take target requests?"
      "Who do you want us to shoot at?"

  • @DeadlySkill15
    @DeadlySkill15 4 года назад +4654

    *secret achievement unlocked*
    “Get the 509th division coin without being in the 509th”

    • @antekknapek4635
      @antekknapek4635 4 года назад +360

      *how are you awake?*
      "Be saved from the pit by doing something productive for a very long period of time"

    • @DrMatrix1231
      @DrMatrix1231 4 года назад +63

      I would be more impressive if it were the 501st ; )

    • @FlameDarkfire
      @FlameDarkfire 3 года назад +74

      But seriously, his description of them makes me want to join up with them now

    • @ShagaroKujo
      @ShagaroKujo 3 года назад +39

      @@FlameDarkfire you would want them on your side if fort polk gets attacked

    • @unequivocalsuffering2734
      @unequivocalsuffering2734 3 года назад +3

      @@DrMatrix1231 Ayyyyy

  • @thegeneralissimo470
    @thegeneralissimo470 4 года назад +942

    To give a bit of context, a lieutenant colonel is roughly 15 pay-grade steps above a specialist, which is what Zach is.

    • @hungryburger1170
      @hungryburger1170 Год назад +84

      so a whole dollar an hour extra

    • @Meme-Weeb-Dweeb
      @Meme-Weeb-Dweeb Год назад +55

      No, one Arizona Sweet Tea extra an hour

    • @LocalNimrod
      @LocalNimrod Год назад +31

      @@Meme-Weeb-Dweeb an arizona sweet tea is an arizona sweet tea, im not complaining

    • @lornbaker1083
      @lornbaker1083 Год назад +40

      That's still a big level of respect. Zach must really impressed them. Also I love the idea that the only way that you can pretty much get the coin is by aiding opfor.

    • @theregalproletariat
      @theregalproletariat 6 месяцев назад

      How'd you get 15?
      Specialist is OR-4, Lt Col is OF-4 -
      I make it 9 pay-grade steps.

  • @RobinMelons
    @RobinMelons 4 года назад +7013

    One of these days, some modder is going to make a Fort Polk mod and recreate every bit of information from Zach.

    • @Soron661
      @Soron661 4 года назад +669

      hehehehehehehehe. I'd love to see Zach play that mod. it'd be so hilarious seeing him turn into that one character from that episode involving a Zach stuck repairing weapons and doing stupid things.

    • @EDFslayer
      @EDFslayer 4 года назад +364

      I was actually thinking of doing that, I couldn't think of a decent story but I started to make a world with a massive military base. Best idea I had was NCR asking you to join a military exercise

    • @K-11609
      @K-11609 4 года назад +80

      Lily - LunarSlayer oh nice! If you go through with it, can you update us on that?

    • @CelestialBuddo
      @CelestialBuddo 4 года назад +43

      @@EDFslayer Any progress?

    • @rookiestudios7406
      @rookiestudios7406 4 года назад +15

      Let’s hope so

  • @thicc.pikachu
    @thicc.pikachu Год назад +180

    My father was in the 509th. His favorite move was to steal unattended "enemy" equipment and capture soldiers that had wandered off by themselves with a couple massive dudes in tow. He even managed to steal frequencies and security codes for another unit's artillery and called THEIR OWN ARTILLERY on them.

    • @Djivaan56
      @Djivaan56 Месяц назад +10

      Your dad is a menace XD Props to him

    • @richardlionerheart1945
      @richardlionerheart1945 Месяц назад +4

      Bro was your dad big boss

    • @nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932
      @nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932 Месяц назад +6

      Well shit, I bet the soldiers that had that done to them are a lot less likely to make the same mistakes in actual combat.

    • @pugking1233
      @pugking1233 20 дней назад

      Your dad sounds f****** bad-ass

  • @triplecastsleep1924
    @triplecastsleep1924 4 года назад +2571

    I love the fact that sergeants in the military basically spend their entire time making a group of armed people, trained to kill, as miserable as possible for a living.

    • @DerDoctor69
      @DerDoctor69 4 года назад +170

      I mean, what they gonna do? Shoot the sergeant.... Oh wait

    • @Shadow-gc6le
      @Shadow-gc6le 4 года назад +241

      @@DerDoctor69 *pvt Pyle has joined the chat*

    • @DetectiveDorian
      @DetectiveDorian 4 года назад +172

      It's good to be miserable early on; it helps mitigate the misery later.

    • @SirAroace
      @SirAroace 4 года назад +116

      now you know why Bob Ross hated his job and became chill painter

    • @combinecommando001
      @combinecommando001 4 года назад +86

      @@DetectiveDorian it's also a good way to filter out those who can't handle the life without actually causing harm.

  • @grimreminder5038
    @grimreminder5038 4 года назад +2566

    What civilians hear: "You've been awarded the good conduct medal"
    What I hear: "Congratulations, here's another thing you have to buy for your uniform or we *will* complain"

    • @vinokai
      @vinokai 3 года назад +124

      .....so EA runs the US Military 😂

    • @Trench1919A4
      @Trench1919A4 3 года назад +35

      @@vinokai YES

    • @thegoodolddays9193
      @thegoodolddays9193 3 года назад +31

      Punishing good behavior is always a great strategy.

    • @grimreminder5038
      @grimreminder5038 3 года назад +60

      @@thegoodolddays9193 that's the only strategy "leadership" seems to understand these days. Well, that and mandatory fun days where it's like a normal weekend but somehow depression got invited and everyone's confused as to how that happened

    • @thegoodolddays9193
      @thegoodolddays9193 3 года назад +43

      @@grimreminder5038 Even the name, "mandatory fun", screams depression.

  • @RyanKing00
    @RyanKing00 4 года назад +482

    For some reason, I got the image in my head of Zach just looking at the other recruits that got in trouble, staring at them from above, and whispering "long live the king"

    • @pugking1233
      @pugking1233 4 года назад +13

      That images in my head now and I love it

  • @Scavenger-sw7ei
    @Scavenger-sw7ei 4 года назад +1763

    I loved the '' I'm sorry '' from Zach how he said was just so funny

  • @jordanguelbert7754
    @jordanguelbert7754 4 года назад +393

    The more I hear zach's stories, the more I go "wow RVB was more realistic in the character department than I thought"

    • @MrLego3160
      @MrLego3160 3 года назад +46

      Almost like one or more of the guys in it are ex military

    • @elijahjarman2837
      @elijahjarman2837 2 года назад +9

      @@MrLego3160 I think Gus may have been army

    • @RickachuCXVI
      @RickachuCXVI 2 года назад +21

      @@elijahjarman2837 so was geoff, but that's his point

  • @justin2308
    @justin2308 4 года назад +975

    Those coin and ribbon stories are actually pretty wholesome.
    Also, take value in those National Defense ribbons anyway because not everybody is going to have the willpower to even get through basic training. I know I couldn’t, not by a longshot.
    The Blue Falcon Story was freaking hilarious. Zach’s love for his M16 saved him from the pit, but got almost everyone else into it.

    • @dravenocklost4253
      @dravenocklost4253 4 года назад +75

      Nope. Everyone else being lazy got themselves into trouble.

    • @patrickglover7506
      @patrickglover7506 4 года назад +7

      Not a bad strategy for boot camp Id assume (civilian talking here).

    • @sillylittleowlguy2392
      @sillylittleowlguy2392 4 года назад +2

      Patrick Glover I mean, everyone else will hate your guts for being a blue falcon

    • @FnD4212
      @FnD4212 4 года назад +9

      Love for Piper.

    • @GamerJV
      @GamerJV 4 года назад +39

      It wasn't really a blue falcon move. He was doing what he was supposed to be doing. He didn't run down to the office and snitch.

  • @demilung
    @demilung 3 года назад +69

    It's fitting that "the bad guys" at Fort Polk are fine and cool dudes.

    • @mccor002
      @mccor002 2 года назад +6

      Playing OpFor is like the most fun you can have in the military

  • @koyooko5160
    @koyooko5160 4 года назад +876

    I'd love for this to be a mod for random encounters, you find two NCR rangers camping on your adventures telling stories.

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 3 года назад +21

      Someone please make this.

    • @Techhunter_Talon
      @Techhunter_Talon 3 года назад +35

      Have it be that you catch the tail end of a story just so the player can stop and have that 'WHAT DID THEY JUST SAY???' kind moment when you caught something that sounds absolutely outlandish out of context.

    • @Wolf4Babygirl
      @Wolf4Babygirl 3 года назад +2

      Could happen...civie11 is in the new Postal

    • @ladywaffle2210
      @ladywaffle2210 3 года назад +12

      @@Techhunter_Talon If you sit next to their campfire, they say, "Oh, have you heard X story?" If you say no, they respond with, "Oh, it's a great one!" and repeat the dialogue.

    • @isaacljung4898
      @isaacljung4898 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@Techhunter_Talonin the mike just exclaiming “KILL HIM!!” Way?

  • @don_musavt
    @don_musavt 3 года назад +325

    Achievement unlocked: "doing the hokey polky" earn a coin for aiding 509th in being a nightmare for the rest of the infantry

  • @detectivecobalt2721
    @detectivecobalt2721 4 года назад +2104

    I'm serving in Fort Polk right now.
    I agree with everything he says
    Edit: we made it to Germany boys, we won!

  • @Supperdude9
    @Supperdude9 4 года назад +1228

    Being in the 509 sounds like it would be fun. Living to piss off the smarmy and snarky incompetent upper command of Fort Polk is true hero work.
    Seriously, you get paid to troll a whole base.

    • @tdwreck2020
      @tdwreck2020 3 года назад +73

      except you would be in the field all the time in LA

    • @deaddad6310
      @deaddad6310 3 года назад +124

      Whole Army* literally all of the army goes there to train against the 509th

    • @vinokai
      @vinokai 3 года назад +42

      Wonder if they do midnight raids.

    • @thesugardaddy7037
      @thesugardaddy7037 3 года назад +10

      @@vinokai I would assume so

    • @Slagmaster
      @Slagmaster 3 года назад +68

      we do a little trolling

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 4 года назад +3766

    For your exceptional marksmenship skills, we award you the expert marksmanship ribbon. That'll be $30.
    Does EA run the military?

    • @sparkymist
      @sparkymist 4 года назад +223

      Army Artilleryman ah yes I remember when we transitioned from the old army camo to the ACUs, we were told to go buy them or wait tell some came in...for about 6 months I was the only one with the old uniform because I would not go pay money lol

    • @catboy9653
      @catboy9653 4 года назад +70

      Worse, its the united states government

    • @cifalem
      @cifalem 4 года назад +78

      @@catboy9653 that's just EA with armed guards and prisons

    • @TemplonicChaos
      @TemplonicChaos 4 года назад +18

      I didnt have to buy my expert marksmanship ribbon in the Navy...but that was back in 06' so who knows.

    • @lEGOBOT2565
      @lEGOBOT2565 4 года назад +3

      yes

  • @TRETHEGAMERMAN
    @TRETHEGAMERMAN 4 года назад +687

    I love hearing these military stories because
    1) they’re entertaining as hell
    And
    2) it gives me inside information about the military to make my life easier because in the event of me having to be drafted into the military I’ll be by myself because none of my friends can qualify to be in the military

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 4 года назад +26

      These stories remind me a lot of what my dad and many of my friends told me about the compulsory military service in Italy, wich i skipped since they turned the military into a voluntary one while i was attending university.

    • @Noredlac_
      @Noredlac_ 3 года назад +1

      These stories are a lot better if you’ve experienced Army bs

    • @kalskirata9643
      @kalskirata9643 2 года назад +1

      Ive served in a foreign military, German navy to be precise, and i can tell you, this is the same in every military, details are different but most of it is pretty similar. One thing EVERY soldier, sailor or airman does is complain... And there is enough incompetence in the military to be infuriated as a lowly E3. Zachs stories are fucking hilarious

    • @JohnnyShagbot
      @JohnnyShagbot 2 года назад

      Necro post but, you're not gonna get drafted. The draft will never be activated again, we have more than enough people in the military at this point.

    • @Meme-Weeb-Dweeb
      @Meme-Weeb-Dweeb Год назад +1

      @@JohnnyShagbot "You can never have a enough bodies to through at problems" - Russia, 1941

  • @KingdomCome257
    @KingdomCome257 2 года назад +98

    Couple years ago when I went to college, I was on the battleship Wisconsin at Nauticus taking pictures for a photography project. There was a small re-enlistment(?) happening towards the front of the ship and I was waiting off to the side for the ceremony to concede and I could take pictures of the older officers in their white uniforms. I see a younger sailor in ceremony whites running up to me out of nowhere and asked if I was there to take pictures of an event. I said I wasn't and was just getting pictures where I could for B roll (I had a professional camera around my neck). The sailor told me to follow him towards the back of the ship and explained that there was a high ranking commander that was retiring, and the photographer for the event was a no show. I went over and there were about 100 people all in ceremony whites and the sailor said to act professional and get in there like a photographer, get plenty of pictures of the ceremony, and to mainly get pictures of the retiring commander when he receives his medal board, and when he did his final dismissal from duty. I took many, many pictures of everyone there, the ceremony, the medal board and the final walk, all the sailors, the commander with his family, etc. After it was all over I was talking to the sailor who first fetched me and the commander came over and shook my hand, palming me a standard USN Carrier Strike Group 2 coin. I thanked him profusely and agreed to transfer all the pictures to a flash drive he can use. A few weeks later (and several technical difficulties) I managed to get the thumb drive and met with him to hand it over. When I give him the thumb drive, he hands me another coin, this one shaped like a badge and 2 tridents on either side, a more elaborate Carrier Strike Group 2 medal. He said it was his personal thanks for saving the memories of his retirement and i thanked him for one of the coolest experiences of my life.
    td;dr: Got 2 Carrier Strike Group 2 coins as a civilian for photographing a high ranking sailor's retirement.

  • @patrickglover7506
    @patrickglover7506 4 года назад +108

    I love how the drill instructor was marking the people who were still doing stuff like they had been told, and didn't punish them. Its like, "You guys are good. It's these snoozy little princesses that are in trouble."

    • @LokasennaCole
      @LokasennaCole 28 дней назад +1

      What sucks is that the guys who didn't get in trouble would probably be the target of retaliation from the guys who did.

    • @patrickglover7506
      @patrickglover7506 28 дней назад

      @@LokasennaCole unfortunately yes.

  • @03c12
    @03c12 4 года назад +343

    Having been 1-4 IN REGT OPFOR in Germany for 3 years I can say...yeah it's pretty great to just piss off the rest of the Army. We do something similar to the 509 except we stay on the ground.

    • @03c12
      @03c12 4 года назад +21

      @@ArtyFire118 Still here.

    • @03c12
      @03c12 4 года назад +16

      @@ArtyFire118 No, got there December 16. Close though.

    • @03c12
      @03c12 4 года назад +38

      @@ArtyFire118 Pleasure doing business with you. We only get more effective as time goes on and we get more gadgets and gizmos

    • @MinecraftLD10
      @MinecraftLD10 3 года назад +2

      @@03c12 Please tell me you got to have a bit of a half life speedrun moment where a basically an unprepared group got wiped and didn't even see one of you for a split second to know who did it...

    • @skorgevondoom___9571
      @skorgevondoom___9571 2 года назад +1

      opfor
      Or I as know them due to my dad,
      THOSE MOTHER*****

  • @fraserking4747
    @fraserking4747 4 года назад +405

    “No, they’re the bad guys.”
    *D u h*

  • @diegomarquez4340
    @diegomarquez4340 4 года назад +563

    I think it’d make a good series idk about the rest of you BUT I would love to see Zach critique guns in video games. Especially those in apocalyptic games where guns that don’t look like they would work do

    • @landonjamison7332
      @landonjamison7332 4 года назад +12

      Diego Marquez that’s a baller idea

    • @Brainwave101
      @Brainwave101 4 года назад +27

      I'd love to see his reactions to MGSV's weird ass bootleg guns.

    • @NYPDOFFICER3
      @NYPDOFFICER3 4 года назад +8

      Put him in Halo and he'll rip his hair out trying to comprehend how dumb the guns are

    • @SuzanneHomemaker
      @SuzanneHomemaker 4 года назад +3

      To be fair most of those guns would work just once

    • @3asianassassin
      @3asianassassin 3 года назад +1

      Well there are the gun rant videos, but there should be more

  • @lapislucas001
    @lapislucas001 4 года назад +364

    Mike and Zach should do a podcast that's just them telling stories

    • @jarrettgarcia3980
      @jarrettgarcia3980 4 года назад +9

      Bruh I was thinking that too I think it funny yo listen too

  • @CrimsonFox36
    @CrimsonFox36 4 года назад +106

    "I got an award for aiding the enemy!"

  • @theillegal2350
    @theillegal2350 4 года назад +208

    There should be challenge coins for being stationed at Fort Polke

    • @justin2308
      @justin2308 4 года назад +16

      Tristin O'Leary But then they’d have to recognize Zach for the work that he did, and apparently they didn’t want to do that too much. 😂

    • @theillegal2350
      @theillegal2350 4 года назад +5

      @@ArtyFire118 what did they give to you for picking up brass at the range or something

    • @theillegal2350
      @theillegal2350 4 года назад +10

      @@ArtyFire118 the difference is you earned it

  • @bleachmaniac18
    @bleachmaniac18 2 года назад +33

    I remember when I was like 10 years old, my mom took me to some political thing for the candidate she liked, and I saw one of the secret service guys standing in a corner by himself. So I, not knowing that you're not supposed to distract Secret Service people on the job, walked over and started talking to him. I don't remember what happened after that, but some time later we got a package in the mail from this guy with a bunch of pins and a Secret Service challenge coin. To this day it's one of my favorite stories

  • @KermRiv
    @KermRiv 4 года назад +18

    The only coin that I'm really proud of was given to me by a chief when I made e-5. She and I usually would talk while I was cleaning my p-way during cleaning stations and I had helped her with a couple of things because she wasn't ships company. I had gone to her a few times for mentorship and such because she was one of the good ones.
    When she handed it to me I couldn't even say anything. After all I had done this was the first time I had been personally awarded anything at all.
    If you're out there chief Romero, you were awesome... keep it up.

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 4 года назад +132

    The 509th sound like the Viet Cong.

    • @AceOfBlackjack
      @AceOfBlackjack 4 года назад +12

      God dam it, you are right.

    • @waffle3632
      @waffle3632 4 года назад +27

      They kinda are. They use guerilla ops to train the military against fighting insurgent guerrilla techniques that they are likely to see in combat against terrorists

    • @AceOfBlackjack
      @AceOfBlackjack 4 года назад +18

      Defau/t look them up, I did and they literally have enough trenches too make ww1 look like a creek battle.

  • @ehails8519
    @ehails8519 4 года назад +211

    It's interesting that Mike puts Zach's character in blue... trying to tell us something Mike?

    • @dinodude6992
      @dinodude6992 3 года назад +22

      That's because zachs a paragon while mike is a renegade

    • @comradedima9791
      @comradedima9791 3 года назад +3

      zach is the lesser of two evil

    • @Ghostrecall_M
      @Ghostrecall_M Год назад

      Man, after Mike changed the portraits date this comment.

  • @appalachianbandit2528
    @appalachianbandit2528 3 года назад +10

    I went and augmented the OpFor at Ft. Polk and I got a Army Achievement Medal for killing a platoon of 4th ID scouts single handedly. I was pretty pleased with myself.

  • @jasonharding96
    @jasonharding96 4 года назад +71

    Zach is like
    I got a coin from the 409th from aiding and abetting the enemy

  • @MetalMaxDog
    @MetalMaxDog 4 года назад +258

    Now I’m curious, did the rest of the guys know that you tried to say anything or did they have silent anger towards the ones that were not in the pit?

  • @cooperdavis9663
    @cooperdavis9663 10 месяцев назад +4

    I love how Cass is just quietly sitting there and listening intently to their rambling

  • @aideennoble2234
    @aideennoble2234 4 года назад +31

    I was taking to a friend/coworker about your story a few days after you uploaded this and he said he was part of 509th. Small world

  • @twm0904
    @twm0904 4 года назад +59

    Please keep making these videos, the stories are hilarious

  • @ToozdaysChild
    @ToozdaysChild 3 года назад +26

    The idea that you have to BUY the medals and honors you've been awarded is...
    Like, I'm a literal American, and that's the most America thing I've heard in awhile.

  • @Phonedharpy
    @Phonedharpy 4 года назад +935

    This whole story series is just two military veterans complaining and telling you why you shouldn't enlist
    Edit: Jesus Christ thank you guys for 350 likes!

    • @milk1472
      @milk1472 4 года назад +36

      It's not all bad, honestly, the shitty stuff is what's fun to look back on and laugh

    • @Shevlander
      @Shevlander 4 года назад +72

      @Brent Hannon
      ...Zach ain’t laughing.

    • @joshuamorrow8863
      @joshuamorrow8863 4 года назад +8

      I love this, I could watch it all day long

    • @krazykat64
      @krazykat64 4 года назад +25

      Shevlan d I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Zach sounds bitter when he talks about just about everything. He’s a really funny guy, but Mike seems to be the one who does all the laughing. 😂

    • @theillegal2350
      @theillegal2350 4 года назад +4

      Quit ironically I am hoping to work in the armory because of zach.

  • @legomatt0134
    @legomatt0134 4 года назад +19

    So I got a fun one, so basic training, I had a similar experience, we were told to go away, so I in turn went to finally do laundry, 1 hour turned to 3, then to 5 and people just dozed off, so my bay had a paddle ball, so I was in the laundry room and while everyone is taking naps, I hear a shh and then the drill sergeant walked into the laundry room and told me to shut up and don't say anything, so he leaves and about 5 minutes later, I find out me and one other were the only ones up and the rest of the bay went to the pit and ran the whole pit. I believe 3 passed out and one went to the hospital, makes me miss the military.

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 3 года назад +1

      Everyone goes why are they so mean and I'm a case of it keeps people from dying. There are bad people out there and you don't want to be asleep in the wrong place.

  • @HereticalKitsune
    @HereticalKitsune 4 года назад +32

    I got a single Coin when I served and that was the NRF 10-coin for... participating in the NRF training! xD
    There were only coin checks in my unit... Coins were checked and who hadn't had their coin had to pay the round.

  • @Warlordrex5
    @Warlordrex5 4 года назад +144

    Family: "Why do you collect those stupid coin? They're just over glorified paper weights."
    Me: "I just think they're neat."
    Edit: Also I swear to god I can't like this enough, great stories just absolutely died when Zach went "I'm sorry."

  • @brennanhearn6342
    @brennanhearn6342 4 года назад +2

    I was in San Diego ten months in the navy, it rained THREE times. It was NEVER cold, hell the ocean was like a heated pool at midnight on New Year's...I didn't make expert with the pistol, but I was CLOSE, and outshot MOST of my division. Proud of that. Fourth generation military, grew up shooting...Love it.

  • @doomsdoor
    @doomsdoor 4 года назад +20

    My favorite memory of basic in the army was when the drill sergeants found a patched hole filled with candy wrappers in the female sleeping quarters, they had stolen spackling paste to cover the hole but it had a slight discoloration
    They called the company into formation and started yelling at as us and first sergeant started pointing me out saying that I looked like I was a ghost from how pale I was
    Somehow only the females got punished for that until the ones responsible came forward, took a few hours oof

  • @avengermkii7872
    @avengermkii7872 3 года назад +18

    It's nice that he got rewarded for doing something for someone who wasn't even in his unit. Always appreciate the people who do things for you

  • @trenchcoatbandit
    @trenchcoatbandit 4 года назад +33

    im loving the campfire storys keep up the good work buds

  • @richardmillhousenixon
    @richardmillhousenixon 2 года назад +2

    My dad was a civilian contractor for the military following his services in the army and at some point became good friends with (now former) General B. B. Bell (yes, that was his actual initials IIRC. I know his last name was bell, and I'm pretty sure on the initials). And General Bell, at some point prior to his retirement, gave my father two of his personal challenge coins to give to me and my sister (I think I was around 6 at the time), So my sister and I both have a challenge coin from a 4 star general, despite neither one of us ever serving in the military.

  • @muggo947
    @muggo947 4 года назад +36

    YES more storys!
    Love them

  • @mrlandshark5559
    @mrlandshark5559 4 года назад +21

    My brother was going to enlist a few years ago but was turned away because he had broken his leg 7 months prior so the leg was slightly longer than the other. I think he dodged a bullet when he had ridden that dam skateboard down a hill.

  • @lillianwolfe8314
    @lillianwolfe8314 4 года назад +11

    I'm not sure how you've been managing to upload so many Campfire Stories recently, but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, THANK YOU!

  • @JMIK-mf1ly
    @JMIK-mf1ly 4 года назад +19

    I hope that you two continue this type of thing cause it is really interesting and brightens up my day. If you ever get the chance make like a pod cast of these episodes. They are amazing and I hope you to have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

  • @AINGELPROJECT667
    @AINGELPROJECT667 3 года назад +29

    Wait did Mike just tell us how he got unique loot from doing a sidequest?

  • @LargerRanger5-Mhz-mW
    @LargerRanger5-Mhz-mW 3 года назад +1

    2:53 “don’t ask, And if a Walmart employee shows up, if you want to take care of him it’ll help me a lot” XD

  • @Misterbitties
    @Misterbitties 4 года назад +29

    Wait was Zach in the 10th? That’s the Division my brother was in!

  • @rainmanslim4611
    @rainmanslim4611 2 года назад +4

    "And he asked nicely"
    I swear, so much can be accomplished if you just ask nicely, people are way less likely to give you pushback and way more likely to just say "sure no problem" if you just ask nicely.

    • @tyler89557
      @tyler89557 2 месяца назад

      It also helps that his own unit tended to treat him poorly.

  • @somerandomguy2316
    @somerandomguy2316 4 года назад +6

    :) this is exactly what I needed. Thank you. It has been a rough day but these stories help. Thank you mike and zach

  • @splatterking1171
    @splatterking1171 4 года назад +5

    I come to this channel for three things, Mike's spontaneous adventures on Zach, Zach shooting people in the face while screaming, and Mike and Zach's stories

  • @FlauntyToaster
    @FlauntyToaster 4 года назад +2

    the 509th story is my favorite military story. ive listened to is at least a dozen times

  • @fuschiaboystatus1289
    @fuschiaboystatus1289 Год назад +1

    All of these stories are great, but for some reason, this is the video I want to see animated

  • @TheHeavysilver
    @TheHeavysilver 4 года назад +4

    Thanks to this my recommendations are filled with “what’s a blue falcon” videos

  • @L337f33t
    @L337f33t 4 года назад +1

    I just want to say you two are a national treasure. I listen to the story episodes at work and it makes what I do bearable. The compilation episodes were a godsend, especially Zachs gun moments. 40 minutes is great because I don’t have to skip as many ads!

  • @CMT_Crabbles
    @CMT_Crabbles Год назад +2

    I remember binging these stories while eating a bag of family size Dorito’s in some hotel room.
    Good times!

  • @Sunrie
    @Sunrie 7 месяцев назад +1

    These are PAINFULLY relatable

  • @DuckyTheFox
    @DuckyTheFox 4 года назад +19

    I saw the title and all i could think was that old video: "OBJECTS I'VE SHOVED UP MY ARSE" "COINS"

  • @SirDerbear
    @SirDerbear 4 года назад +1

    I love this series! Puts a huge smile on my face hearing these stories.

  • @noahodum6646
    @noahodum6646 4 года назад +6

    And that is when the Zach becomes the house mouse of his Platoon

  • @BigWired
    @BigWired 3 года назад

    Hey, I came across your channel and these stories because of watching Fallout videos, and I have to say that these videos, stories of the military, are really wonderful. It's a great insight into how things work, and it also reminds me of my two Uncles, Uncle Steven and Uncle David, when they'd come home from being out on deployment and talk about their experiences. They were both regular army, Canadian Military, although my Uncle David also had a stint in the UN Peacekeeping Forces which included a tour of duty in Cypress in the mid-80s.
    So hearing these stories, it just... you know, feels heartwarming, like having a piece of them back again as they've both passed away some time ago. Thank you.

  • @DarkLord-en9pg
    @DarkLord-en9pg 4 года назад +1

    These story videos are the best

  • @darthjavaga5874
    @darthjavaga5874 4 года назад +1

    This is one of my most favorite stories so far

  • @commanderbastard1993
    @commanderbastard1993 4 года назад +1

    The OPFOR 509th sound awesome. They have the best job. Being paid to troll the army, sounds like heaven.

  • @koltinn
    @koltinn 4 месяца назад +2

    0:00 - 4:39 Zach aiding and abbeting the enemy 4:39 - 5:56 Expert Marksman pin from the Range Officer 5:58 - 9:29 Zach's involentary blue falcon

  • @f4lloutgaymer
    @f4lloutgaymer 4 года назад

    I fucking love these stories.
    Your gameplay videos are awesome. And these specific "Campfire Stories" are a FANTASTIC addition to the channel.
    Thank you so much for them.

  • @KOTYAR0
    @KOTYAR0 4 года назад +1

    Mike, you are spoiling us

  • @darkbrotherhoodassassin2877
    @darkbrotherhoodassassin2877 4 года назад +1

    I love your stories, you guys should do more of them

  • @EyeSky420
    @EyeSky420 4 года назад +8

    I have a challenge coin for being a groomsman at a wedding.

  • @Red0543
    @Red0543 4 года назад +2

    The only coin I got is the one I got from being part of the Nordic Battlegroup. We didn’t get deployed, we didn’t do anything but participate in the Joint Action exercise (... Dear gods I got so many stories from *that* exercise!) and take inventory over and over again.
    Still, it’s a pretty cool coin and a way to help me to remember “the good old days” :)

  • @mmagapixels
    @mmagapixels 4 года назад +2

    Hell yeah more campfire storys

  • @geraldtucker6952
    @geraldtucker6952 17 дней назад

    0:38 my dad has a huge collection from his time in the army. Lot of them are lost sadly, but he had two soldier of the year tokens

  • @julianblankenship7564
    @julianblankenship7564 3 года назад +2

    Mike, I envy you. I hit my targets. I closed in on my groupings. And I was set....
    To fail. Because my wingman decided that he was gonna place his shots on my target. In the white.
    They couldn't count enough distinct shots in my tight placement. So they started counting my wingman's erroneous fire down my center white.
    I would have the ribbon if I wasn't placed next to the only man with short-sightedness in my flight.

  • @classified7529
    @classified7529 4 года назад +1

    I burst out laughing at the last one with the drill sergeant thank you guys for your service to our country

  • @pixelwizard9652
    @pixelwizard9652 Год назад

    This is my personal favourite story.

  • @otnasircesoj9320
    @otnasircesoj9320 4 года назад +11

    I need an anime adaptation of zachs time in the army, and an ova special on mikes time in the marines

    • @jackhammertwo1
      @jackhammertwo1 4 года назад

      Only if its in Jormungand style, i accept no substitutes.

    • @otnasircesoj9320
      @otnasircesoj9320 4 года назад +1

      @@jackhammertwo1 im thinking jormungand, but mixed in with maybe grand blue or popteamepic. To cover the types of dialogue that they'd have

  • @Kyxemi
    @Kyxemi 4 года назад

    I love these videos so much, especially since you've been uploading so much of them recently. It honestly makes my day hearing you two go back and forth, and the hilarious and cool stories you have, thank you.

  • @TheFirstVonGunther
    @TheFirstVonGunther 2 года назад

    My favorite coin I have is also a bottle opener for helping a fixed wing repair unit run a range and training up their guys. Good shots, them.

  • @DarthHavoc1
    @DarthHavoc1 4 года назад +6

    These stories are great lol it’s funny hearing about all this

  • @Foxxie0kun
    @Foxxie0kun 4 года назад +3

    Sounds like Zach and the other guys still being productive in the dead of night got rewarded while the guys who went to bed got punk'd. That Drill Sergeant was pretty clever for setting that up, though.

  • @himenkill
    @himenkill 4 года назад +1

    I love these stories

  • @PunadianOfficial
    @PunadianOfficial 2 года назад

    This is my new favorite story!

  • @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven
    @PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven 4 года назад +2

    That barracks story is hilarious

  • @richmondvand147
    @richmondvand147 Год назад

    I need more of these just gabs and banter

  • @jungleboy258
    @jungleboy258 4 года назад +3

    The only way Zach would renlist is if 509 would take him as there gunsmith.

  • @dragonking3375
    @dragonking3375 4 года назад +1

    Thank y'all for your service

  • @FakeFailsafe
    @FakeFailsafe 4 года назад +1

    I see you've been doing these a lot. And I want to say. I appreciate it. I really like you guys' stories, but I don't have the time to sit down and watch your whole Fallout series, so having these little side videos is really nice. Thanks, my mans.

  • @sabregunner1
    @sabregunner1 Месяц назад

    i like this 509th story. they guy knew he was imposing on and reaslised the magnitude of what he was asking. like zach said, they guy was nice about it. appreciation and recognition of how much they are asking of you is big
    tbf zach, what you did doesnt sound like a blue falcon. they snitch on people. you did as you were trained to do, your DS than gave you specific instructions , which you followed. you did this without tattling, thats the difference

  • @pacg1801
    @pacg1801 4 года назад +2

    I love these, I want podcasts

  • @robbie1009
    @robbie1009 4 года назад

    I have been rewatching these story’s you guys had and have been laughing my ass off

  • @SomeConch357
    @SomeConch357 4 года назад +1

    i just came across your guys youtube and dear lord i love all of it, you guys are amazing

  • @lordinquisitor2638
    @lordinquisitor2638 4 года назад

    I love this little series, so much nostalgia

  • @joshz6975
    @joshz6975 4 года назад +1

    Blue falcon story had me ROLLING

  • @frothy.4954
    @frothy.4954 4 года назад

    I absolutely adore the story series. I hope more stories keep coming!

  • @andreipintea9333
    @andreipintea9333 3 года назад +1

    7:12 I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard.