There's not enough brutally honest dudes like you, with experience, out here discussing combat-- without trying to make it sound like a team deathmatch on COD. Take care brother.
Thank you for the explanation on the whiz vs the crack. Not a veteran but I've been shot/shot at. The whiz is a sound I will never forget. I remember hearing the statement from you from a Marine buddy years before. When I heard the whiz/angry bee passing my head I realized that things were worse than I thought as I headed for cover. Last step to cover I went down from a 9mm through my thigh missing my femur by a 1/4" I later found out. Got to cover, TQ applied and as many people as I've trained in LE and Mil to apply TQs. We tell them it will hurt. I can say it's not emphasized enough how much worse the TQ hurt than the actual bullet through 2 muscles.
Statistically yes, most people never get into firefights. I grew up, joined the military and left the military, joined a small county Sheriff's office never being in a firefight. That was until the 2nd week I moved into Chicago working for CPD.
Why you go from small town to big cities? Usually is other way around. Big Cities Cop moves to small town to raise family and get paid. In the NYC metro, the NYPD officers change jobs to suburbs cuz the pay is way better, and less chance of getting murdered.
@@MbisonBalrogsome people want the adrenaline rush. I could see wanting to go to the suburbs when retiring but it’s kinda like being a fireman… sure some just want the paycheck with little to no work but the respectable guys want to go to where the fires are
Just met an Afghanistan combat vet yesterday. What impressed me most about him was his instant instinctive response to a stress situation with no regard for himself. My wife and I had just come out of the local hospital and were waiting for our ride home. He walked up and explained that his phone had died and asked if we could call his overdue ride to see what the holdup was. Mind you he had his entire right arm in a cast from doing something silly out in the woods. We both tried and got no answer so we chewed the fat for a minute, then a lady drove in to the parking lot and after a bit yelled if we could go inside and get some help getting her son, who was seizing, into the ER. Levi (that’s the vet’s name) dropped his phone and paperwork and RAN into the hospital, then RAN out with a wheelchair, hoisted the kid into the chair WITH HIS BROKEN ARM and RAN back into the hospital. After a couple of minutes he walked back out cradling his arm, grimacing a bit. I picked up his stuff and gave it to him and complimented him on not even thinking, just doing the right thing. He explained that that was his training- don’t expect anyone else to do it if you can get it done first. (My wife and didn’t do anything because we’re in our early seventies) Good man, Levi.
@@XXNerdzillaXX not only that, i wanna at least have one mag left... Damnit, i brought 13 mags to the fight and I expect to use em all lol... I think I just like the sound of gun shots lol
My first firefight lasted 20 minutes, but actually ended in 2 seconds. It was one dude in a second story window with a belt-fed. SSGT whipped his rifle over and snapped a few rounds in the window before hitting cover with the rest of us. The weapon was still firing out the window really sporadically and I just remember SSGT calmly sighing and saying, "Huh..." When he looked over and we made eye contact SSGt said, "I'm pretty sure I got him. Lets just wait for him to bleed." The 2nd team behind us had already backtracked and cleared the building. Unbeknownst to us, both of SSGt's rounds removed the combatant's skullcap and his twitching corpse was jamming the trigger down... First firefight. It was just one dude. And he didn't even know how he died. Spent 20 minutes giving SSGT sh*t (*rounds flying everywhere* "eH, i ThInK i GoT eM" "Don't worry SSGT "Got 'em" "Hey SSGT, I heard you got em" *cut to us seeing a capless skull and mush with SSGT* "Oh sh*t... You actually got him. My bad, SSGT.") and clearing the surround area while we waited.
Spent two years in Afghanistan as QRF with the Norwegian military. I was young and dumb and I loved it. I felt invincible. It was like the quote from Apocalypse Now, when Willard says "When I was here, I wanted to be there, when I was there all I could think of was getting back into the jungle." Hundreds of contacts, some brief and some several days long. Thinking about it now, when I am old and dumb, I could have died hundreds of times. And that shit scares me now, mostly because then I would not have been able to see my kids grow up... But hey, I lived, and I am still doing drills and teaching others to this day with the "Heimevernet" (Somewhat like the national guard, but without the budget)
Neighbor here(swede). Invinceble is the word. Spent 8 month there and even though the flags were on half bar all the time I still felt invinceble. The IED's were the biggest threat in Balk. Still shows up in my dreams sometimes. Keep doing the drills!
I dont plan on having kids myself. Wonder what would scare me if I were in your shoes. There would definitely be something. Probably be afraid for my mother but she's getting old herself.
Man....i have heard that perspective from some friends of mine who were Rangers (I was artillery). All of those young-buck thrills and firefights eventually give way to things like "20 is kind of young for my knees to be blown out from jumps", "getting shot sucks", "man, how many friends did I lose this year?", or "that IED blast was about 3 inches away from my wife and kid getting a folded flag".
I’ve been shot at on 5 different occasions because i grew up in public housing in Chicago. I’ll tell you right now, dodging gunfire brings the animal out of you. Fear focuses the mind like nothing else. I train these days knowing full well it’s impossible to train for life-or-death.
That training is likely to become useful in the next few months! If you follow what's happening in Europe and the US, you should know by now the governments have ditched their citizens for the Globalist wealthy elites
No... it isnt... I'm sorry for what you've been through, and for the current state, of the imploding, black hole like, proverbial rotting putrid sores, like the city formerly known as Chicago... Training, is the absolute, quintessential, without a doubt, MOST important asset, for men that hunt men... Untrained, unfocused, and wreckless morons like the people who shot at you, are IN absolutely NO TANGIBLE, CALCULATABLE WAY, even SLIGHTLY similar, to the insurgents/extremists/jihadi warriors, of any group or sect, that were encountered, and therefore often ruthlessly engaged by our brothers and sisters in the sandbox. I do agree to a point though. Some people are BORN to react, and some are born with a nature to freeze, and succumb to disbelief. THEY BOTH, will survive on training equally so...
In the old military doctrine of Germany there is a sentence i will never forget: "Wer schneller schießt und besser trifft, gewinnt den Feuerkampf" "The side that shoots more often and more accuratly, will win the firefight" German wisdom right there 😂
So what I’m gathering is that it’s important to have a bunch of buddies that all know how to move quickly and safely together. This was extremely artistic and educational.
Gotta love the humility of his multiple caveats that he was speaking from experience of being trained for and doing a specific job in a specific environment. "Cool guy flat range" drills are for honing particular skills and mechanics, doing your best to make certain things second nature so that you don't have to even think about them in a real-life situation. The problems begin when you think that's all there is.
I agree with veteran..., I got arrested recently for punching a laughing tarot card reader...the cop asked me why I did it?, I said "I always try to strike a happy medium"
@@VeteranWithASign thanks for the larfs Zachary, I'm not even American(real Irish here) and I love you guys!, Admin, Brandon(thank you for your service), yourself, Donut, Eli, TFE(would LOVE to talk Irish History with you), Scott, Flannel Daddy(Garand), Rich, Matt(funny fuckers!) anyone Unsub adjacent(I know I've missed people out,I',, make it up to ya'll) you have big fans outside the US, I hope to get over for a live show before I get too feckin' old!.
Mike Tyson said "Everbody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" Well, I believe that logic also applies for when the first round cracks over your shoulder in a firefight.
oh god, takes me back. Started with cap guns around the house then turned into airsoft games with 100 people plus. The one had some national guardsmen join us. Each team had some and they were in their own squad. Wild watching them work compared to the average teen/adult trying to complete the objectives for the "operation". Good times. I still want to know what they brought to simulate artillery sounds. Cops and firemen showed up sooooo fast and shut that down. The locals had to be so damn confused and concerned.
Thousands of hours of elite training, peak physical form, and then you get rekt in 10 seconds by mavic with grenade, and then your buddy is pulverized by 90 years old 152mm shell. Ironic, isn't it?
This guy so accurately describes what it was like to be light Infantry in Afghanistan, mid-late 2000's. Our average hump outside of the COP on patrol was at least 4 clicks. Sometimes 8 or more on a long patrol. If we got to use vehicles to get to our destination, it was considered an easy day. Aco 2-2INF 3-1ID 2008-2009 Maywand province, Afghanistan
@@paul_reislaufer Terminator! Yes sir! After deployment I transferred to D Co 2-2 at Ft. Knox and I got my DD214 November 2010 before you guys deployed.
As opposed to your "actual" real experience where and doing what? I'm guessing it wouldn't be inaccurate to say those men in flip flops and 40 year old AKs you seem to discount have more combat experience than you. See you on the airsoft field Kyle.
@@frankstacey596 "untrained 3rd worlders in flip-flops and 40 year old ak's" who would absolutely smoke the majority of American gun owners who think they are training enough (and not even break a sweat on non-gun owners or flat rangers).
So, the best way to train for combat is to lug over 100lbs of gear for miles and miles all day, and then try to shoot at a general area enough to make it stop from shooting back at you... I wonder if the Candy machine at my local Flat Range is restocked?
My best friend that I’ve known since I was 6 yrs old (I’m 33 now) went to war for us after 9/11. He’s 6 yrs older than me so I was still 12-13 yrs old when he went. He was deployed 3 times to Afghanistan and Iraq, been in many gunfights, his team was ambushed by an insurgent dressed as an Iraqi policeman where they took point blank Ak fire and his buddy was hit 6 times in the chest. Luckily they all survived, even his buddy who was hit, and luckily they dumped a full mag of 5.56 into the insurgents head as the guy went to reload his Ak. He was also in a humvee that hit a ied. He went through a lot and when he talks about the gunfights and shit he saw it really puts it into perspective of what our men go through over seas. Thank you for your service Zach and all other veterans and current service members.
I commend them as well but I dont understand how people can lie to them selves so badly they put their own life up as exchange.... They aren't fighting for freedom, actually everything v they were told why they're their killing people they dont know was a well crafted lie. Then the people who they fight for could care less about them when their service is over. It's just so awful what the beaurocrats in Government do to them it's so disgusting. Anyone who went to war for their Government, doesn't matter what country, should despise everything about their so called leaders! It's just so frustrating, War is silly, war is so the rich can get more rich and powerful and the people who actually fought in it are the ones who get shafted and lose in so many other ways! Why the fuck people still line up to be bullet sponges for rich people and tell themselves it's actually for a good cause is scary... The only thing I can come up with is they enjoy killing, they enjoy the hunt, and actually like being told what to do and how to think. He's it's respectable to actually put your life on the line and go to war, IF that's what people were actually doing. It's time people stop running on auto pilot and start being honest with themselves and the people around them. Nothing is going to change until people grow up and realize they've been had, none of this has to happen, being born in a certain area on a map shouldnt define everything about you. Who you are, what you should be proud of, and who you should die for. You'd think that respect would need to be earned especially when you're ready to throw yourself into a life and death situation. Yet people run over to line up and if they were real with themselves they wouldn't be do in it for the people they say they're. How many veterans have nothing right now? While people who weren't born here are given everything you could want. Just that one fact alone should stop all wars immediately. But it won't because they like doing it. Humanity hasn't ever been free, the fact people call themselves American, or Russian, etc, is your first clue that you might not be free.. That's the first control mechanism we are all immediately programmed with, it's seperates s humanity, puts us into groups and permanently puts beliefs into our heads that truly are ridiculous. The only evil out there are the people who are convincing you to go die for them.... Who have all the money and tell you everything you are allowed to do and how to think...
That must have been some quality body armor to take SIX rounds to the chest and survive, holeee. Happy to hear he survived and thank you to your buddy and his comrades for their service!
I think this is an important conversation and I’d like to see it expanded to include “Gunfight with Law Enforcement Mindset” and “Gunfight with Civilian Mindset” to each cover scenarios pertinent to your circumstance. Obviously important to have individuals well versed in those aspects or scenarios
RIP my brother CSS (Lcpl Seth Sharp) as well as the rest that didn’t make it back from Helmand Province 🙏🏻 God Bless the ones that did make it back and praying for peace of mind ❤️Thanks for your service 🙌🏻
really enjoyed this episode, i like how it was an interview and how down to earth it was, not just focusing on some maneuver's shooting at dirt but actually getting to hear his real life experience
There's a video called "rules of a gunfight" by Sgt. Terrence Popp and one that I always remembered is, "If it looks cool in a movie or video game, it will get you killed in real life." LOL!
Except for the fact, val kilmer looked very cool with his tactical reload in Heat, and it is shown in the marine corps as an example of a textbook, perfect mag change in a firefight.
Its videos like these that bring most of us back down to earth. I've never had the ground explode in front of me while I'm swapping mags, I'd need to swap my shorts next.
I love getting this war fighter context. It confirms to me that as a civilian we should focus on fitness and ccw capability. stack that onto rifle training for the rare occasion you need to deploy a long gun. If you’re fit and proficient with your weapon systems then troop movements can be trained quickly if the weapon fundamentals are assumed and second nature at the individual level.
Exactly this. If you're training with a rifle, you're training for an insurgency/gureilla scenario. The likelihood of you having to use your ccw is miles above the likelihood of needing a rifle.
It sure seems like.... in order of importance......Lotsa cardio/endurance training, becoming a ninja with your side arm, then PDW/Rifle skills are next. But more important it seems is learning how to use your surroundings and resources to our advantages. How to make a splint out of debris and a belt, or a generator out of a bicycle at your patrol base, etc. In a SHTF situation
Yea for a while people were really pushing that whole "handguns are just for fighting your way to your rifle" when in reality if you're taking a dump or getting gas... that rifle might not be there to fight towards. Handguns are actually pretty OK at stopping bad guys, just takes a lot of dedication.
@@sandozman6085 what if...just hear me out now....they invade specifically TO rob gas stations? Ehhhh? Ehhhhh?? 😯 Then every American would need both fitness and wild CQF skills. IMAGINE... All of us just running from gas station to station like a shitty game of Call of Duty DMZ or something. Just breakneck sprint into mad flat range ninja rampages, guns blazing like an asshole, only to sprint off to the next flat range Olympics stage. 🤠 You'll need the fitness to run from place to place AND fight at evry turn. ......Right? Wow um.... Maybe I shouldn't have had that 4th cookie after all...😶🌫️😳😯🫨🤯🫠
Fantastic!!! I’m a retired Devil Dog out before all of this action but thoroughly appreciated this coverage. Semper Fi! Good sh!t! Yes, I’m on the toilet, you’re welcome!
Great video, and I'd echo: RIP Toby. Grew up with Toby's music as a constant in my life, still wild he's gone. Appreciate the little shout out to him in the video, boys!
Three deployments to the Middle East as an Army Combat Medic and can confirm, I never saw anyone doing John Wick high-speed reloads. We reloaded as fast as we could, for fucking sure, but other than a mag swap on the M9 range, we never even trained on quick mag changes until the last couple years when we changed how we qualify on the M4/M16 ranges.
@@VeteranWithASign What do you think of the changes to the qual range? Personally, I like it. It (at least somewhat) reflects shooting under actual combat conditions. It's certainly better than the old (aka '80s - '90s) version where SMs were taught that they had all day to shoot at stationary targets.
You mean all the videos posted on the internet by people dressed up as operators don't actually reflect the ground truth of what it's like to be in the Army?!? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! 😂
Watch ‘Way of the Gun’ (Dir. Christopher McQuarrie, 2000) If you want to see a great example of civilians using bounding overwatch, shoot-move-communicate type stuff. 2 man team covering each other. Lots of suppressing fire. The fighting is mostly handgun and shotgun stuff as it is a neo-western. Some decent room clearing as well. Great fucking movie.
@MikeBarnesActual to an extent but generally that is said about handguns that are going to be holstered 99% of the time they spend loaded and in motion. That way the trigger is shielded but even then they usually have a bladed trigger etc. If they have no toggled safety.
Keep in mind that for us citizen/militia/minutemen here at home in the USA, we are more like the Taliban or Iraqi partisans than US forces abroad. We LIVE here every day, we know the neighbors, and community (to some degree), we know the terrain, the weather, etc. We don't really need to carry a week's worth, or several days, of food and water, all kinds of sustainment gear, etc.
But it's the same thing for our military. It's their home turf too. They don't have to fly their resources across the ocean or deal with unknown terrain like they did in Afghanistan. The majority of US soldiers also grew up in the US.
@@Nach0s187Yeah, but that makes them more vulnerable, not less, and there's also the fact that if we get into a revolution or civil war, all of our foreign adversaries will go on the warpath, so the military will be badly overstretched. Domestic units will probably have to spend most of their time doing force protection and cordoning off the cities, which will be complete hellholes. People out on the countryside will probably be mostly unbothered by them.
@@Nach0s187 Unlike us, military personnel cannot take off their uniforms and kit and blend in. They HAVE to work in full gear and go back to base or wherever they are stationed/garrisoned. We just carry what we need when we need it, then strip it off and go full civy back to our homes. Like the Taliban or Iraqi partisans.
I'm digging the content, from a old (61) prior AF guy (F-15 mechanic) deployed numerous times (no fire fights) supporting "No Fly" zone over Northern Iraq
Step 1 Make or get firestick. Step 2 Get Lead from local fishing waters, melt it into bullets. Step3 Find ingredients for and make gunpowder. Step 4 Get Flint. Step 5 Send friends to get Primers for Cartridges during SHTF?
V-22s are the most dangerous troop transport aircraft in the US military. I lost my buddy to pilot error back in 2012 during a training exercise. He just had got married and his son was only 3 months old. RIP Cpl. Derek Kerns, miss you brother
Joined the ALICE clip army as an 11B in '03, deployed to Mosul from aug '05 to sept '06, extended to Baghdad until Dec '06. Made small arms contact at least once a month the entire time, though daily was more like it, average contact duration would be about a half hour before they got got or ran off. Started off against the last of Saddam's boys who were pretty organized, ended leaving the place completely aflame in a civil war. My biggest pet peeve with the entirety american gun culture is sticking your muzzle on the other side of cover. That's how you get disarmed by someone simply grabbing it from the other side. 18 year old me learned that at MOUT McKenna, and 20 year old me saw it play out in a real fight in Mosul. I despise the v-tac barrier...you simply will not get me to "train" with one, full stop. It's just as stupid as "stand in the middle of a room and engage multiple supposed threats from a stationary uncovered position" mass shooter training drill every competitive shooter loves.
Dude the last thing you said really resonates with me. RUclips LARPers like Lucas from Trex Arms is the fucking worst about it. No one is running from spot to spot in an open clearing with no cover engaging targets lol
Very good breakdown of what an actual firefight is like, its nice to have a break from the high speed low drag flat range stuff as they pointed out, its important to learn of course but its always good to hear from someone whos been there and done that.
Its refreshing to listen to someone like that guy, usually i cant stand miLiTaRy vEtS since they are so full of themselves, but that guy was just a pleasure to listen to. No bs, no posing, just saying how it is and why it sucks.
Hey I’m one of those high speed CQB guys lol 8154/0311. The training I did as a CQB shooter was with recon and marsoc. Totally different fucking world when I went back to the fleet
Thank you both for this awesome video! I recently got checked myself in a friendly discussion with a buddy, where he made the statement, "That was COIN and we're talking maneuver warfare". Tactics will always differ based on the mission set and environment, thank you for the reminder!
0:41 I love the fact you added the OG MW2 soundtrack from Team Player in this scene, just fits perfectly. Edit: Nvm the entire video has the OG MW2 soundtrack, well deserved like
@@TWP13 Northern Laughman Province COP Najil and Kapisa Province, Morales Fraser. My last Combat tour. Final deployment was on the 26 MEU as the K 3/2 1stSgt in 2013 then retired in 2017.
A couple is taking a walk in Berlin Suddenly, it starts raining. The two start arguing over whether it's raining or hailing. "Let's ask that Communist officer over there! He might know if it's raining!", the wife suggests. They go up to him and notice that his nametag says that his name is Olf. "It's raining, dummies, now go away!", he says. The wife, who said it was raining, smirks and tells her husband: "Rude Olf the Red knows rain, dear!"
There was an article on The Onion a long time ago titled something like "Afghan man trying to decide which army to fight for today" which of course didn't turn out to be a joke.
The first rule of a gun fight is to not get in one in the first place. But sometimes things move faster than you can avoid, so you enter into Mortal Cambat against your will, so you are screwed from the get-go, if the universe still requires your existence you will survive the fire fight. If not, then good luck.
I mean a SF team went to the mountains and found the tomb of Gilgamesh. This was one of the FIRST things we did when we went to Iraq. That was the weapon of mass destruction. Shortly after that our goverment invested a ton of money into CRISPR which is the group that supposedly brought a Willy mammoth back to life. Makes you wonder why the Egyptian pharaohs mummified themselves! They knew one day we’d be able to Bring them back.
@@VeteranWithASignThank you for confirming it. I’ve heard a few people say it’s real. I heard there used to be video of the fight but it’s been scrubbed off the internet.
Id agree, In LE we did some VQCB training and shooting out of the windshield was part of it. I should have chimed in but my brain may have been cooked at that point.
@AdministrativeResults agreed, same. Our agency trains it all the time. Lol, Las Vegas Metropolitan has proved it's point . But still loved the video and homie's valuable experience and insights are super valuable. Love his humility and humor. Appreciate you, sir. 2 Tim 2:3-4 🤙
Dude just said the truth. Combat is not always the dynamic ninja shit people show us. It's more like fat man stand up paintball with maybe a but more prone and cover.
This was a very interesting video and shines some light on cool guy tactics versus real world battle scenarios. “Smokes great. They can still shoot through it.” lol
I appreciate this video. As someone who was never in the military or been in a gun fight but likes to train. I like the focus on what real life situations would be like vs the gun range warrior scenarios. Thank you for this video. And thank you Zach for your service.
Being adaptive to the environment is key, with my experience between Iraq and Afghanistan the battle space and pace of movement was different. Thanks for making this video fellas Semper Fi.
I gotta be honest admin.. I’m not on the toilet. I exclusively watch these videos while I’m driving to and from work. It keeps me from taking out my autistic rage on minivans camping the fast lane.
Honored to have been on the channel to talk about my time professionally walking in a circle.
Haha I read this as you're saying "I'm very good at walking in a circle"
There's not enough brutally honest dudes like you, with experience, out here discussing combat-- without trying to make it sound like a team deathmatch on COD. Take care brother.
Thank you for the explanation on the whiz vs the crack. Not a veteran but I've been shot/shot at. The whiz is a sound I will never forget. I remember hearing the statement from you from a Marine buddy years before. When I heard the whiz/angry bee passing my head I realized that things were worse than I thought as I headed for cover. Last step to cover I went down from a 9mm through my thigh missing my femur by a 1/4" I later found out.
Got to cover, TQ applied and as many people as I've trained in LE and Mil to apply TQs. We tell them it will hurt. I can say it's not emphasized enough how much worse the TQ hurt than the actual bullet through 2 muscles.
Dude your accounts were really interesting and you were awesome and hilarious on the unsub podcast, do you have a book I cna snag on audible?
1/6 HARD, FUCK TANKS!!!!!!
Statistically yes, most people never get into firefights. I grew up, joined the military and left the military, joined a small county Sheriff's office never being in a firefight. That was until the 2nd week I moved into Chicago working for CPD.
Chiraq hit different
Why you go from small town to big cities? Usually is other way around. Big Cities Cop moves to small town to raise family and get paid. In the NYC metro, the NYPD officers change jobs to suburbs cuz the pay is way better, and less chance of getting murdered.
@@MbisonBalrogsome people want the adrenaline rush. I could see wanting to go to the suburbs when retiring but it’s kinda like being a fireman… sure some just want the paycheck with little to no work but the respectable guys want to go to where the fires are
Stay safe man. It’s a different world.
@@AdministrativeResultsgood content.
Wait... you are telling me that paper targets shoot back in a combat zone?? Oh man I'm in trouble
Actually I'm surprised that they move around...
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@@VeteranWithASign You're very thanked :)
I shoot steel at 5 yards for effect
just dont go in a combat zone and they wont shoot at you
Just met an Afghanistan combat vet yesterday. What impressed me most about him was his instant instinctive response to a stress situation with no regard for himself.
My wife and I had just come out of the local hospital and were waiting for our ride home. He walked up and explained that his phone had died and asked if we could call his overdue ride to see what the holdup was. Mind you he had his entire right arm in a cast from doing something silly out in the woods.
We both tried and got no answer so we chewed the fat for a minute, then a lady drove in to the parking lot and after a bit yelled if we could go inside and get some help getting her son, who was seizing, into the ER.
Levi (that’s the vet’s name) dropped his phone and paperwork and RAN into the hospital, then RAN out with a wheelchair, hoisted the kid into the chair WITH HIS BROKEN ARM and RAN back into the hospital.
After a couple of minutes he walked back out cradling his arm, grimacing a bit. I picked up his stuff and gave it to him and complimented him on not even thinking, just doing the right thing. He explained that that was his training- don’t expect anyone else to do it if you can get it done first.
(My wife and didn’t do anything because we’re in our early seventies)
Good man, Levi.
"most of us have not been in a gun fight".
And I don't ever want to be in one.
I 2nd this... Buuuut I hope its a good one if Im unlucky to be in one 🤣
@@MakeItUpAsIGo By "good one", you mean that you win the fight.. yeah?
" And that why no one will remember your name" Brad Pitt Achilles
@@XXNerdzillaXX not only that, i wanna at least have one mag left... Damnit, i brought 13 mags to the fight and I expect to use em all lol... I think I just like the sound of gun shots lol
@@MakeItUpAsIGo I mean... Suppressing fire is a thing AND requires a lot of ammo... So there's that.
My first firefight lasted 20 minutes, but actually ended in 2 seconds.
It was one dude in a second story window with a belt-fed.
SSGT whipped his rifle over and snapped a few rounds in the window before hitting cover with the rest of us.
The weapon was still firing out the window really sporadically and I just remember SSGT calmly sighing and saying, "Huh..."
When he looked over and we made eye contact SSGt said, "I'm pretty sure I got him. Lets just wait for him to bleed."
The 2nd team behind us had already backtracked and cleared the building.
Unbeknownst to us, both of SSGt's rounds removed the combatant's skullcap and his twitching corpse was jamming the trigger down...
First firefight. It was just one dude. And he didn't even know how he died. Spent 20 minutes giving SSGT sh*t (*rounds flying everywhere* "eH, i ThInK i GoT eM" "Don't worry SSGT "Got 'em" "Hey SSGT, I heard you got em" *cut to us seeing a capless skull and mush with SSGT* "Oh sh*t... You actually got him. My bad, SSGT.") and clearing the surround area while we waited.
Gnarly..
Hilarious 😂
Enjoyed that. Heard a similar story from an eighty-deuce white falcon buddy of mine.
That's straight out of generation kill holy shit
That's a hell of a story
Spent two years in Afghanistan as QRF with the Norwegian military. I was young and dumb and I loved it. I felt invincible. It was like the quote from Apocalypse Now, when Willard says "When I was here, I wanted to be there, when I was there all I could think of was getting back into the jungle." Hundreds of contacts, some brief and some several days long. Thinking about it now, when I am old and dumb, I could have died hundreds of times. And that shit scares me now, mostly because then I would not have been able to see my kids grow up... But hey, I lived, and I am still doing drills and teaching others to this day with the "Heimevernet" (Somewhat like the national guard, but without the budget)
Neighbor here(swede). Invinceble is the word. Spent 8 month there and even though the flags were on half bar all the time I still felt invinceble. The IED's were the biggest threat in Balk. Still shows up in my dreams sometimes. Keep doing the drills!
I dont plan on having kids myself. Wonder what would scare me if I were in your shoes. There would definitely be something. Probably be afraid for my mother but she's getting old herself.
Man....i have heard that perspective from some friends of mine who were Rangers (I was artillery). All of those young-buck thrills and firefights eventually give way to things like "20 is kind of young for my knees to be blown out from jumps", "getting shot sucks", "man, how many friends did I lose this year?", or "that IED blast was about 3 inches away from my wife and kid getting a folded flag".
So what you're saying is to go back and die in vain?
"Hundreds of contacts" - That is an enormous amount!
I’ve been shot at on 5 different occasions because i grew up in public housing in Chicago. I’ll tell you right now, dodging gunfire brings the animal out of you. Fear focuses the mind like nothing else. I train these days knowing full well it’s impossible to train for life-or-death.
Damn yall Chicago dudes in the comments going through hell
@@AdministrativeResultsmaybe an interview with some gangstas? Talk about the streets and all that? It MIGHT be interesting….might
That training is likely to become useful in the next few months! If you follow what's happening in Europe and the US, you should know by now the governments have ditched their citizens for the Globalist wealthy elites
I swear living in the hood is like living in a war zone sometimes..
No... it isnt... I'm sorry for what you've been through, and for the current state, of the imploding, black hole like, proverbial rotting putrid sores, like the city formerly known as Chicago... Training, is the absolute, quintessential, without a doubt, MOST important asset, for men that hunt men... Untrained, unfocused, and wreckless morons like the people who shot at you, are IN absolutely NO TANGIBLE, CALCULATABLE WAY, even SLIGHTLY similar, to the insurgents/extremists/jihadi warriors, of any group or sect, that were encountered, and therefore often ruthlessly engaged by our brothers and sisters in the sandbox. I do agree to a point though. Some people are BORN to react, and some are born with a nature to freeze, and succumb to disbelief. THEY BOTH, will survive on training equally so...
First rule of gunfighting:
DONT GET SHOT!!
😂😂😂
Second rule, dont shoot your buddies ass because you got sacred -my CO with a Second asshole.
First rule of gunfights is don't get in a gun fight.
😂
@@cidmontenegro8225this man knows
So it turns out that wearing/carrying a bunch of gear and hiking around the mountains looking for elk might have an added benefit..
“The cardboards not trying to kill you. You win every engagement.” Oh how i wish that were true 😞
Scary when you miss every shot, then it melees with a paper cut.
I like this guy. Super humble, he knows what he knows and he knows what he doesn’t know.
Most people leave with a nicotine or alcohol addiction.
I left with a crippling fear of being late.
I feel seen
@@VeteranWithASign my wife doesnt understand it.
@dak4465 so long as you aren't early for... certain things
15 minutes prior...
I have intergenerational fear of being late. My dad was Canadian Navy. If I'm late my heart rate is like 160bpm.
In the old military doctrine of Germany there is a sentence i will never forget:
"Wer schneller schießt und besser trifft, gewinnt den Feuerkampf"
"The side that shoots more often and more accuratly, will win the firefight"
German wisdom right there 😂
Such deep and profound logic and not just plain common sense 😂
That’s why they invented tje MG42
I wonder how and when they might have learned that
@@chairzombie8378 "we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two."
It means 'who shoots FASTER and places better hits, wins the firefight.' Not 'who shoots more often'
But it gets the point across either way 😅
So what I’m gathering is that it’s important to have a bunch of buddies that all know how to move quickly and safely together. This was extremely artistic and educational.
Gotta love the humility of his multiple caveats that he was speaking from experience of being trained for and doing a specific job in a specific environment.
"Cool guy flat range" drills are for honing particular skills and mechanics, doing your best to make certain things second nature so that you don't have to even think about them in a real-life situation. The problems begin when you think that's all there is.
‘Educational’ and ‘artistic’ content, RUclips…..pay Admin his due
This
artistic. definitely not a u t i s t i c.
@@WellmanConst I am autistic news movie man
"Gunfight" vs "firefight." Different. And, This guy makes it clear, sensible; great perspective, "walking though mud" was first 30 days.
I agree with veteran..., I got arrested recently for punching a laughing tarot card reader...the cop asked me why I did it?, I said "I always try to strike a happy medium"
😂😂😂😂
@@VeteranWithASign thanks for the larfs Zachary, I'm not even American(real Irish here) and I love you guys!, Admin, Brandon(thank you for your service), yourself, Donut, Eli, TFE(would LOVE to talk Irish History with you), Scott, Flannel Daddy(Garand), Rich, Matt(funny fuckers!) anyone Unsub adjacent(I know I've missed people out,I',, make it up to ya'll) you have big fans outside the US, I hope to get over for a live show before I get too feckin' old!.
Hey you know what you call
a psychic midget that just
escaped prison?
a small medium at large.
😂😂😂😂 nice!
What do you call a happy Roman? A gladiator....
Mike Tyson said "Everbody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth"
Well, I believe that logic also applies for when the first round cracks over your shoulder in a firefight.
Exactly
*me who grew up playing cowboys and Indians with friends*
"I WAS BORN FOR THIS."
the kid that always was cheating, gets dropped so hard this time
oh god, takes me back. Started with cap guns around the house then turned into airsoft games with 100 people plus. The one had some national guardsmen join us. Each team had some and they were in their own squad. Wild watching them work compared to the average teen/adult trying to complete the objectives for the "operation".
Good times. I still want to know what they brought to simulate artillery sounds. Cops and firemen showed up sooooo fast and shut that down. The locals had to be so damn confused and concerned.
Same
Thousands of hours of elite training, peak physical form, and then you get rekt in 10 seconds by mavic with grenade, and then your buddy is pulverized by 90 years old 152mm shell.
Ironic, isn't it?
We did it with daisy BB guns lol
This guy so accurately describes what it was like to be light Infantry in Afghanistan, mid-late 2000's. Our average hump outside of the COP on patrol was at least 4 clicks. Sometimes 8 or more on a long patrol. If we got to use vehicles to get to our destination, it was considered an easy day. Aco 2-2INF 3-1ID 2008-2009 Maywand province, Afghanistan
@chadl.981 a fellow Terminator. I was in A Co on the 2011 deployment.
@@paul_reislaufer Terminator! Yes sir! After deployment I transferred to D Co 2-2 at Ft. Knox and I got my DD214 November 2010 before you guys deployed.
This guy is 100% legit - and it’s very illuminating to see that his ACTUAL EXPERIENCE utterly invalidates 90% of the GunTuber universe.
True fantasy, but yhe need to protect and defend is strong regardless of experience.
"Actual" experience with untrained 3rd worlders in flip-flops and 40 year old ak's
As opposed to your "actual" real experience where and doing what? I'm guessing it wouldn't be inaccurate to say those men in flip flops and 40 year old AKs you seem to discount have more combat experience than you. See you on the airsoft field Kyle.
@@frankstacey596 How many times have you been shot at? And I don't mean your boyfriend finishing on your face.
@@frankstacey596 "untrained 3rd worlders in flip-flops and 40 year old ak's" who would absolutely smoke the majority of American gun owners who think they are training enough (and not even break a sweat on non-gun owners or flat rangers).
So, the best way to train for combat is to lug over 100lbs of gear for miles and miles all day, and then try to shoot at a general area enough to make it stop from shooting back at you... I wonder if the Candy machine at my local Flat Range is restocked?
My best friend that I’ve known since I was 6 yrs old (I’m 33 now) went to war for us after 9/11. He’s 6 yrs older than me so I was still 12-13 yrs old when he went. He was deployed 3 times to Afghanistan and Iraq, been in many gunfights, his team was ambushed by an insurgent dressed as an Iraqi policeman where they took point blank Ak fire and his buddy was hit 6 times in the chest. Luckily they all survived, even his buddy who was hit, and luckily they dumped a full mag of 5.56 into the insurgents head as the guy went to reload his Ak. He was also in a humvee that hit a ied. He went through a lot and when he talks about the gunfights and shit he saw it really puts it into perspective of what our men go through over seas. Thank you for your service Zach and all other veterans and current service members.
I commend them as well but I dont understand how people can lie to them selves so badly they put their own life up as exchange.... They aren't fighting for freedom, actually everything v they were told why they're their killing people they dont know was a well crafted lie. Then the people who they fight for could care less about them when their service is over. It's just so awful what the beaurocrats in Government do to them it's so disgusting. Anyone who went to war for their Government, doesn't matter what country, should despise everything about their so called leaders! It's just so frustrating, War is silly, war is so the rich can get more rich and powerful and the people who actually fought in it are the ones who get shafted and lose in so many other ways! Why the fuck people still line up to be bullet sponges for rich people and tell themselves it's actually for a good cause is scary... The only thing I can come up with is they enjoy killing, they enjoy the hunt, and actually like being told what to do and how to think. He's it's respectable to actually put your life on the line and go to war, IF that's what people were actually doing. It's time people stop running on auto pilot and start being honest with themselves and the people around them. Nothing is going to change until people grow up and realize they've been had, none of this has to happen, being born in a certain area on a map shouldnt define everything about you. Who you are, what you should be proud of, and who you should die for. You'd think that respect would need to be earned especially when you're ready to throw yourself into a life and death situation. Yet people run over to line up and if they were real with themselves they wouldn't be do in it for the people they say they're. How many veterans have nothing right now? While people who weren't born here are given everything you could want. Just that one fact alone should stop all wars immediately. But it won't because they like doing it. Humanity hasn't ever been free, the fact people call themselves American, or Russian, etc, is your first clue that you might not be free.. That's the first control mechanism we are all immediately programmed with, it's seperates s humanity, puts us into groups and permanently puts beliefs into our heads that truly are ridiculous. The only evil out there are the people who are convincing you to go die for them.... Who have all the money and tell you everything you are allowed to do and how to think...
Went to war for the jews*😂
That must have been some quality body armor to take SIX rounds to the chest and survive, holeee. Happy to hear he survived and thank you to your buddy and his comrades for their service!
I think this is an important conversation and I’d like to see it expanded to include “Gunfight with Law Enforcement Mindset” and “Gunfight with Civilian Mindset” to each cover scenarios pertinent to your circumstance. Obviously important to have individuals well versed in those aspects or scenarios
Can't tell you you mean "mindset of getting into firefight with law enforcement" or"mindset of law enforcement re: gunfights"
I like the idea that we're all connected here by sitting on the toilet, are poops could be touching right now and I think that's really special.
ARRRRRRRRRRRGHH!
Perhaps our turds meet in the great beyond.
I got fomo but I think it’s going to happen soon 😮
It is touching water after flushing, and that water indeed is touching each other.
Idk how Admin always knows when I’m on the toilet
RIP my brother CSS (Lcpl Seth Sharp) as well as the rest that didn’t make it back from Helmand Province 🙏🏻 God Bless the ones that did make it back and praying for peace of mind ❤️Thanks for your service 🙌🏻
I swear I'm the only person to come out of the GWOT without a crippling nicotine addiction 😂
I never drank or dipped or smoked once the entire time I was in. No coffee or pre workout either.
@GustheGunGuy
Looks like there's two of ya now
Just coffee ☕️
Sir it’s not an addiction it’s a lifestyle 😂
Just energy drinks
really enjoyed this episode, i like how it was an interview and how down to earth it was, not just focusing on some maneuver's shooting at dirt but actually getting to hear his real life experience
There's a video called "rules of a gunfight" by Sgt. Terrence Popp and one that I always remembered is, "If it looks cool in a movie or video game, it will get you killed in real life." LOL!
Seems accurate
Except for the fact, val kilmer looked very cool with his tactical reload in Heat, and it is shown in the marine corps as an example of a textbook, perfect mag change in a firefight.
Its videos like these that bring most of us back down to earth. I've never had the ground explode in front of me while I'm swapping mags, I'd need to swap my shorts next.
Whenever Admin releases a video I immediately get on the toilet so that he can be right when he says: “I know your on your toilet”
@@pierrederu7878 a self fulfilling prophecy
I normally grab a beer.😁
I'm usually already on the toilet by default.
@@letsdothis9063 same
I was actually ON the toilet watching the video when he said that...
Most of us haven't been in a fire fight.
Me who regularly starts fires in my kitchen: pff, amateurs.
I love getting this war fighter context. It confirms to me that as a civilian we should focus on fitness and ccw capability. stack that onto rifle training for the rare occasion you need to deploy a long gun. If you’re fit and proficient with your weapon systems then troop movements can be trained quickly if the weapon fundamentals are assumed and second nature at the individual level.
Exactly this. If you're training with a rifle, you're training for an insurgency/gureilla scenario. The likelihood of you having to use your ccw is miles above the likelihood of needing a rifle.
It sure seems like.... in order of importance......Lotsa cardio/endurance training, becoming a ninja with your side arm, then PDW/Rifle skills are next. But more important it seems is learning how to use your surroundings and resources to our advantages. How to make a splint out of debris and a belt, or a generator out of a bicycle at your patrol base, etc. In a SHTF situation
Yea for a while people were really pushing that whole "handguns are just for fighting your way to your rifle" when in reality if you're taking a dump or getting gas... that rifle might not be there to fight towards. Handguns are actually pretty OK at stopping bad guys, just takes a lot of dedication.
Yes…. Fitness is soo important. And here in the “civilized “ world it is many times more likely you will be in a gas station robbery, than red dawn.
@@sandozman6085 what if...just hear me out now....they invade specifically TO rob gas stations? Ehhhh? Ehhhhh?? 😯
Then every American would need both fitness and wild CQF skills.
IMAGINE... All of us just running from gas station to station like a shitty game of Call of Duty DMZ or something.
Just breakneck sprint into mad flat range ninja rampages, guns blazing like an asshole, only to sprint off to the next flat range Olympics stage. 🤠
You'll need the fitness to run from place to place AND fight at evry turn. ......Right?
Wow um.... Maybe I shouldn't have had that 4th cookie after all...😶🌫️😳😯🫨🤯🫠
Fantastic!!! I’m a retired Devil Dog out before all of this action but thoroughly appreciated this coverage. Semper Fi! Good sh!t!
Yes, I’m on the toilet, you’re welcome!
There was a firefight!!
*shoots Glock into the air for dramatic effect
Damn that was gonna be my line.
I was hoping this clip would be in the movie.
But I'll add another, "what if it was 1 guy with 6 guns?"
Did not expect Billy Connolly to show up in that one.
"Death to the MPLA" - Zavimbi
"I'll have a coke."
Great video, and I'd echo: RIP Toby. Grew up with Toby's music as a constant in my life, still wild he's gone. Appreciate the little shout out to him in the video, boys!
Three deployments to the Middle East as an Army Combat Medic and can confirm, I never saw anyone doing John Wick high-speed reloads. We reloaded as fast as we could, for fucking sure, but other than a mag swap on the M9 range, we never even trained on quick mag changes until the last couple years when we changed how we qualify on the M4/M16 ranges.
I was there right when the range changed.
@@VeteranWithASign What do you think of the changes to the qual range? Personally, I like it. It (at least somewhat) reflects shooting under actual combat conditions. It's certainly better than the old (aka '80s - '90s) version where SMs were taught that they had all day to shoot at stationary targets.
You mean all the videos posted on the internet by people dressed up as operators don't actually reflect the ground truth of what it's like to be in the Army?!? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! 😂
@@joemama69448 "Well, not that shocked." - Philip J Fry
You do have to qualify on a moving target 😊 @@joemama69448
Watch ‘Way of the Gun’ (Dir. Christopher McQuarrie, 2000)
If you want to see a great example of civilians using bounding overwatch, shoot-move-communicate type stuff. 2 man team covering each other. Lots of suppressing fire. The fighting is mostly handgun and shotgun stuff as it is a neo-western. Some decent room clearing as well. Great fucking movie.
A SEAL did the gunfight choreography to show how it never goes correctly.
Sara Silverman gets punched in the face. Only scene better, Steve McQueen popping Sally Struthers. Great movie.
The way zach constantly pushes his thumb on the safety to make sure it is on safe. I do the same shit dawg
When you are walking through bushes, those twigs move shit around and you have to keep checking.
👉 this is my safety sir
@@MikeBarnesActual until a tree branch says no
Inspect not expect
@MikeBarnesActual to an extent but generally that is said about handguns that are going to be holstered 99% of the time they spend loaded and in motion. That way the trigger is shielded but even then they usually have a bladed trigger etc. If they have no toggled safety.
Definitely like this interview style.
Me too
So glad to see agent Hudson survive what happened in bo2 and helping out a small RUclips channel
The POV at 19:43 made my heart stop. Looks like the dude almost smoked his buddy in the back as he crossed to get cover but had a malfunction.
Man, the airsoft OPFOR will never know what hit them when I call in that CAS
Funny is that some airsoft biggames have choppers where you can fly over and put down suppressing fire as a ”door gunner”. :)
19:45 holy shit! Nearly blue on blue... Camera soldier got a round off before moving soldier crossed and then went off camera. Fuggin hell 😮
Keep in mind that for us citizen/militia/minutemen here at home in the USA, we are more like the Taliban or Iraqi partisans than US forces abroad. We LIVE here every day, we know the neighbors, and community (to some degree), we know the terrain, the weather, etc. We don't really need to carry a week's worth, or several days, of food and water, all kinds of sustainment gear, etc.
Bingo 🤙🏻
But it's the same thing for our military. It's their home turf too. They don't have to fly their resources across the ocean or deal with unknown terrain like they did in Afghanistan. The majority of US soldiers also grew up in the US.
@@Nach0s187Yeah, but that makes them more vulnerable, not less, and there's also the fact that if we get into a revolution or civil war, all of our foreign adversaries will go on the warpath, so the military will be badly overstretched. Domestic units will probably have to spend most of their time doing force protection and cordoning off the cities, which will be complete hellholes. People out on the countryside will probably be mostly unbothered by them.
@@Nach0s187 Unlike us, military personnel cannot take off their uniforms and kit and blend in. They HAVE to work in full gear and go back to base or wherever they are stationed/garrisoned. We just carry what we need when we need it, then strip it off and go full civy back to our homes. Like the Taliban or Iraqi partisans.
@@BooDamnHoo lmaooooooooooo NOBODY is larping harder than homeboy
Absolute peak grayman
6:02’ 100% agreed, thank you both sirs.
I'm digging the content, from a old (61) prior AF guy (F-15 mechanic) deployed numerous times (no fire fights) supporting "No Fly" zone over Northern Iraq
Love you guys both! Thank you for the info and the service.
Step 1: Have a gun
Step 2: Bring friends that have guns
Exactly
Step 3: have fun
Step 1: Have a gun
Step 2: Bring friends to carry the extra ammo 😂
Step 1 Make or get firestick.
Step 2 Get Lead from local fishing waters, melt it into bullets.
Step3 Find ingredients for and make gunpowder.
Step 4 Get Flint.
Step 5 Send friends to get Primers for Cartridges during SHTF?
V-22s are the most dangerous troop transport aircraft in the US military. I lost my buddy to pilot error back in 2012 during a training exercise. He just had got married and his son was only 3 months old. RIP Cpl. Derek Kerns, miss you brother
Joined the ALICE clip army as an 11B in '03, deployed to Mosul from aug '05 to sept '06, extended to Baghdad until Dec '06. Made small arms contact at least once a month the entire time, though daily was more like it, average contact duration would be about a half hour before they got got or ran off. Started off against the last of Saddam's boys who were pretty organized, ended leaving the place completely aflame in a civil war.
My biggest pet peeve with the entirety american gun culture is sticking your muzzle on the other side of cover. That's how you get disarmed by someone simply grabbing it from the other side. 18 year old me learned that at MOUT McKenna, and 20 year old me saw it play out in a real fight in Mosul. I despise the v-tac barrier...you simply will not get me to "train" with one, full stop. It's just as stupid as "stand in the middle of a room and engage multiple supposed threats from a stationary uncovered position" mass shooter training drill every competitive shooter loves.
Dude the last thing you said really resonates with me. RUclips LARPers like Lucas from Trex Arms is the fucking worst about it. No one is running from spot to spot in an open clearing with no cover engaging targets lol
@@Theultra4sshole thanks for your service old man. Sure you got to see some crazy stuff.
Very good breakdown of what an actual firefight is like, its nice to have a break from the high speed low drag flat range stuff as they pointed out, its important to learn of course but its always good to hear from someone whos been there and done that.
Love hearing an educational breakdown of a firefight. Of course, I’m here for the shenanigans and tomfoolery as well.
Awesome video. Puts purpose to all the larping me and my team do out on our range. Keep up the great content
What do you mean I can‘t respawn?
@@hansiminator69 only if your Squad leader puts an outpost down. Or a garrison I suppose
@@AdministrativeResults😂then you get farmed off the garrison
Its refreshing to listen to someone like that guy, usually i cant stand miLiTaRy vEtS since they are so full of themselves, but that guy was just a pleasure to listen to. No bs, no posing, just saying how it is and why it sucks.
Hey I’m one of those high speed CQB guys lol 8154/0311. The training I did as a CQB shooter was with recon and marsoc. Totally different fucking world when I went back to the fleet
Man the SCAR is such a vibe. Might have to build mine as an Admin Clone
Great video I always appreciate a real down to earth account of what combat is really like. The editing and clips are perfect lol
i was in a few firefights in Iraq.. this was a good breakdown of modern combat. thanks Admin
Glad to hear you liked it.
@@VeteranWithASign and thank you too VeteranWithASign
Thank you both for this awesome video! I recently got checked myself in a friendly discussion with a buddy, where he made the statement, "That was COIN and we're talking maneuver warfare". Tactics will always differ based on the mission set and environment, thank you for the reminder!
FYI kids an hr long firefight is an eternity. I’ve been in over a hundo & the vast majority were under 5 minutes
Very true.
You truly do relax my sphincter when I'm enjoying your most awesome righteous vids... Thank you for your service
0:41 I love the fact you added the OG MW2 soundtrack from Team Player in this scene, just fits perfectly.
Edit: Nvm the entire video has the OG MW2 soundtrack, well deserved like
I thought it was familiar but couldn't place it
thank you for taking the time, and being willing to share your experience and knowledge very much appreciated good sir
I want to hear more about these giants!
If you served and you see this, Thank you for your service.
Ask the Smithsonian
@@VeteranWithASign all out of prepaid minutes
@@VeteranWithASign SUBBED
This is spot on. I spent 10 months with ETT 4-4 TF Phoenix in RC East from Nov - Aug 2008-2009.
Same. East Patika prov. 11-12.
@@TWP13 Northern Laughman Province COP Najil and Kapisa Province, Morales Fraser. My last Combat tour. Final deployment was on the 26 MEU as the K 3/2 1stSgt in 2013 then retired in 2017.
A couple is taking a walk in Berlin
Suddenly, it starts raining.
The two start arguing over whether it's raining or hailing.
"Let's ask that Communist officer over there! He might know if it's raining!", the wife suggests.
They go up to him and notice that his nametag says that his name is Olf. "It's raining, dummies, now go away!", he says.
The wife, who said it was raining, smirks and tells her husband:
"Rude Olf the Red knows rain, dear!"
*slow clap*
@@robertjensen1438 that's it I'm deleting this channel
reported
Thank you to all the veterans out there. Good video
where is the “drinking your coffee, eating your beer” t-shirt admin?
Nice to have some fellow infantry speak on this channel
Poppy farmers scamming the us government is pretty funny.
I don’t blame them.
There was an article on The Onion a long time ago titled something like "Afghan man trying to decide which army to fight for today" which of course didn't turn out to be a joke.
Who scammed the US taxpayer more during the GWOT? The Taliban or Military supplier contractors????
Thank you for making this video, as someone who wants to learn this kind of stuff, I found it pretty comforting
This was a good one always like hearing from vet with a sign! As someone who did 3 tours to bagram I can somewhat relate.
Thank you and thank you for your service!
@@VeteranWithASign thank you as well brotha
They way you said Like and Subscribe after you talked about catching us on the toilet. I thought I heard you say "Wipe and Subscribe"
A FREN once shot a bottle rocket at me. PTSD! Many such cases
The first rule of a gun fight is to not get in one in the first place. But sometimes things move faster than you can avoid, so you enter into Mortal Cambat against your will, so you are screwed from the get-go, if the universe still requires your existence you will survive the fire fight. If not, then good luck.
25:50 Giant of Kandaharr confirmed lol.
It is real
Think about it - what were they trying so hard to hide?
I mean a SF team went to the mountains and found the tomb of Gilgamesh. This was one of the FIRST things we did when we went to Iraq. That was the weapon of mass destruction. Shortly after that our goverment invested a ton of money into CRISPR which is the group that supposedly brought a Willy mammoth back to life. Makes you wonder why the Egyptian pharaohs mummified themselves! They knew one day we’d be able to
Bring them back.
@@VeteranWithASignThank you for confirming it. I’ve heard a few people say it’s real. I heard there used to be video of the fight but it’s been scrubbed off the internet.
Great video! I hope that Zach is a return guest on your channel many times over.
2:11 jokes in you, Admin. I'm sitting in my bed with my pet cat while eating or drinking nothing
Great video guys, thanks for making the time.
I deeply appreciate this video for the fact that it's getting pretty far into what really happens in gunfights.
That was the goal. It was too easy following admins lead.
I'd say hes off on the shooting through car windows. But thats the difference in military tactics vs civilian/leo tactics.
Id agree, In LE we did some VQCB training and shooting out of the windshield was part of it. I should have chimed in but my brain may have been cooked at that point.
@AdministrativeResults agreed, same. Our agency trains it all the time. Lol, Las Vegas Metropolitan has proved it's point . But still loved the video and homie's valuable experience and insights are super valuable. Love his humility and humor. Appreciate you, sir. 2 Tim 2:3-4 🤙
I’m taking notes for milsim gaming purposes.
Thank you for your real-world expertise, Vet With a Sign
Happy to help and hanging with Aaron is so much fun.
Love this content! Great job admin
Dude just said the truth. Combat is not always the dynamic ninja shit people show us. It's more like fat man stand up paintball with maybe a but more prone and cover.
I will always tell the truth. I’m too lazy to lie.
I found this incredibly insightful, honest and, even as a soft civilian, very relatable. Thank you.
I'm not a combat veteran, but I suspect there's a lot more hiding in combat than the flat range would lead you to believe.
I love this type of content very helpful for someone like myself who loves guns but doesn't have any military training
This was a very interesting video and shines some light on cool guy tactics versus real world battle scenarios. “Smokes great. They can still shoot through it.” lol
I appreciate this video. As someone who was never in the military or been in a gun fight but likes to train. I like the focus on what real life situations would be like vs the gun range warrior scenarios. Thank you for this video. And thank you Zach for your service.
Rule #1 Carry 327 Federal Magnum Revolver
This is the kind of autism I can appreciate 😂
Being adaptive to the environment is key, with my experience between Iraq and Afghanistan the battle space and pace of movement was different. Thanks for making this video fellas Semper Fi.
Good morning from the Tucson area. I work as an armed security officer that does patrols.
@@mma709 you Tucsonistian, a sub province of Arizonabijan
I work for Belathor at the general goods store...
6:53 I despise the fact you played the Insurgency Sandstorm menu theme here, you made me think I still had the game running and I didn't close it 💀
"What's a buddy rush?"
--- "If you gotta ask big boy, you can't afford it."
😂
Watched on a TV
I was in Nawa the same time you were over there. Thank you for tour service sir!
I gotta be honest admin.. I’m not on the toilet. I exclusively watch these videos while I’m driving to and from work. It keeps me from taking out my autistic rage on minivans camping the fast lane.
Bro don't be that guy watching shit while driving 😩 podcast something!
@@kodakomp if not me then who? 🫡
@@Jrob992 well played. Someone has to be the catalyst in a story arc I guess.