Fucking incredible how Brad realized they were taking fire a good three or four seconds before anyone else. While distracted and reading the maps. While also listening to Ray complain. With all that going on, he still had razor sharp focus and sprang into action immediately. Iceman, what a fucking legend.
I think he just happened to look up at the right time. Before he tells everyone else to get down, you can hear another yell "What the fuck?!" so chances are he just happened to notice the flashes out of the corner of his eye and look up to see the tracers.
@@danaolsongaming It isn't as incredible as a certain box of beans was making it out to be though. I've seen characters such as this in tense situations first hand, far more incredible in reality.
I think Brad got info on everything inside that caused the troubles further ahead: "Chow" and they were left on 1ration/day "M16s" and they had a lot of armed insurgents further ahead "400lbs of C4" and they had nothing to destroy the tanks and airfield with.
@@seandlax9 trust me there was nothing but PHUCKPHUCK games going on with high command throughout the duration of the War. Example:did you know during Battle of Fallujah,i believe a Col. Was trying to call a Napalm strike on a compound after my cousins squad started engaging. His whole platoon were so worried the Col. Lost his Balls but no he was not aware Napalm was against G.C. If you served Respects
I love how much Skarsgård manages to communicate with just a few quick glances. After "no fucking water" he glances at Person, clearly concerned about how he's holding up under the stress, and then before he gets out the vehicle he looks a little longer to catch Person's eye to signal "keep it together" both for Person's own sake, but also as an admonition to try to stay frosty for the mission.
"Doc's report leaves the worst to last: he says you lost the batallion colors..." Encino man: "The fault was not mine, sir! Lt. Fick must answer..." Godfather: "Lt. Fick answered with his sanity! As you should have, if you had any sense of your own!" "Those batallion colors were not yours to loooose! That was the property of this United States Marine Corps! Belonged to every marine! 'Cause of your failure to secure that truck you've jeopardized every marine serving today!"
His awareness. The fucking Iceman. "Get down!" 2 in the rear. Reporter and Trombley knew it. Didn't even argue. Just dipped like potato chips. Fucking Ray "what why!?" I love Ray. He's so down to earth he's in a war zone. But he's still having a good time.
@@x808drifter Unlike the protagonists of the miniseries or you apparently, I see no need to find excuses to find men hot, as I'm not homophobic. That being said, I'm not into men at all, though one can hardly fail to recognise his attractiveness.
We detonated just the casings of AT4s so they couldn’t be used as IEDs back in the day. This would have been an unconscionable performance of incompetence, leaving a vehicle with that kind of ordinance unguarded.
Love how right after this scene, Brad turns to his corporal, and says: "Forget it, Ray. Its Generation Kill" and then starts killing all over the place. Rah.
Dude. When I found out what he did after the war I was shocked and sad. Especially since there were some scenes in the movie that showed he did care about the men and only yelled at them as a way to encourage their unity through their hatred of him. But I guess all that was false and he was a total perv.
I was a reservist (M60A1 tank crewman, USMCR) deployed in Desert Shield and Storm. I have a combat action ribbon which yes I EARNED (not a gimme). In all of our engagements we followed strict fire discipline and went out of our way to avoid friendly fire. Friendly fire is a reality and active units make mistakes as well and do in every war.
Adam Rickman Been told it was about half sometimes. They have less training and not as good equipment, not good. At least we only have small numbers of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan now.
@@usul573 You assume my civilian job isn't the exact same shit as my guard job. How often are regular army actually doing things like firing drills, combat maneuvers etc. I'd wager not everyday, and most of the day is doing maintenance, cleaning, and pulling guard. Not only that, but to be qualified to actually deploy, we have to be rated by active duty army, so if they sign off on it, it means we're up to the standard they want, which means properly trained and equipped. On top of that, for proper good equipment, it depends on where you go. My unit has M4's with the new full auto as standard, no more burst. We also have ACOG's, CCO's, and up armored humvees. The only thing that would be considered old is the body armor is still in the old digital camo, but thats about it.
If this show taught me anything, it’s that not every person who served deserves our respect. Not every soldier who went to the Middle East is worthy of our thanks.
All the shit they talked about the reservists and the Army. Then they pull that move which is dumb as fuck, leaving food, ammo, weapons, explosives, and a truck in the middle of a war zone.
At least an active pog has better training, they do this shit every day for a living. Besides the amount of times I've almost been shot by reservist is almost enough to make me regret enlisting.
A good friend of mine from Duetschland told me his Dad told him that from the summer of '44 until the surrender they were all using Ami weapons and ammo. At least the smart ones were...
That is not 100% correct. While the German army from 1944 would use any weapon, tank (and even some Mustang airplanes) they could capture, they weren´t impressed witht the M1 Garand yet they liked the Thompsons, but only got them in small numbers from 1944 on. However the captured US firearms don´t match up to the huge number of weapons taken from the Soviets from 1941 on. The soviet SVT 40 rifle was so far spread along German troops that it even got a German field manual as G.259(r). And quite a lot of captured PPSch-41 submachine gun would be directly distributed to German frontline troops due to its high effectiveness in CQB.
People always butthurt about reservists. At least in the Marine Corps, we go through the same schools we get the same training as active duty when they get activated to go through the work up prior to deployment. Many of them are also prior service guys, most top recruits from Bootcamp or Marines in SOI tend to be reservist as well. 🇺🇸
So what makes the Reservists scary is they somehow have a lower readiness to deploy than the National Guard, as far as I know. Everything I hear about the Army Reserve is bad. Out of shape, never deploy, very corrupt.
Wrong. Most are very good at their jobs. BUT... there are NO Army Reserve combat units. The National Guard (State-run) does that. The Army Reservists are Supply Specialists, Water Purification units, Medics, Truck Drivers, Fuel Handlers, Signals Battalions, and Construction/Engineering units. They are basically support units to help the "grunts" do their jobs.
If you listen closely, the sound of gunfire is muffled, meaning the barrels are pointing away from them. As the scene goes on and Brad looks away from what he was doing, you could notice that the sound was slowly becoming louder, meaning that the barrels were turning to face them. Another Marine even yelled "What the fuck!?", probably when he saw tracers coming their way. Brad was famous for always having his head in the game and always being the most situationally aware. He likely heard the gunshots getting louder, focused on that, then heard the marine yell and quickly put two and two together.
And its even more amazing because tracer rounds are generally after 7 or something rounds. So for each tracer you see, 6 bullets have been fired that you can't possible see. Knowing that, makes Brad figuring it out even more impressive before they even saw tracers.
That was a horrible situation. The reservists shouldn’t have tagged along but was forced down on Godfather. They did nothing but mess shit up. The guy reporting pow abuse was the worst. He was average entitled American with opinions.
I've learned that that everyone is a cog In the machine. Look at the big picture. Real service men don't disrespect how others have served no matter what. No matter what MOS, everyone has their job's that keep the big wheel turning. Even down to the cooks. Bottom line is though whatever service and whatever capacity you choose to serve in YOU make that choice. All services and all the capacity need each other. And think on this if the military didn't need reserve/national guard forces then they wouldn't have them. Look up the STATS on any website you want reserve/national guard units were in all these conflicts. Fact of the matter is they DIED too. DO NOT DISRESPECT the dead. Thank you.
Anyone watch the 2004 documentary OFF TO WAR? It's a frightening doc about the Arkansas national guard being sent to combat duty in Iraq. They're out of shape, no marksmanship, no idea how to address an officer, and their vehicles are from Vietnam. The only thing they have is motivation! When they get word that they're going to be activated, they all come running without question. And they all end up dead, crippled, or just worse off than before.
Any war movies based on conflicts in the last 30yrs I just cant stand. We need another Stanley Kubrick to make this generations full metal jacket. It's really hard for me to pretend like western forces are against the odds persevering when in reality we are the fn Michael Jordan Olympic team vs some west Virginia middle school I need another extremely pessimistic realistic look at modern war. I think vet TV is on point, its vet material made by vets, I think someone should team up with that sickphuck and make a real accurate modern war film for a change
@@HeyItsJoe1 that movie was pretty accurate, it also completely inspired by full metal jacket I just cant pretend like some delta force guys are against the odds against some village cousins and uncles with Soviet weapons dropped 40yrs earlier
This series is one of the most realistic representations of modern war ever, if you search the real footage of the events you can see it. The movies you are referring to are act of valor, lone Survivor an such...
@@guillermo7298 I didnt mean it so much as a direct shot at any one particular series or movie All I'm saying is it's hard for me to see modern western forces fighting a custards last stand style battle, we are just so much more advanced it's hard to think with all our advantages that any pajama wearing 45yr old Soviet weapon bearing 90lb teen Muslim or 50yr old Muslim being such a overwhelming threat, atleast compared to like Nazi SS guys or viet cong or the confederates I understand these guys have heroic stories that need to be told, just it doesnt have to be Saving Private Ryan, it's more of a disservice to inaccurately portray their battles instead of reality I liked the little action there was in Zero Dark Thirty, I felt that was much more indicative of what modern special ops do, get the job done even if something goes wrong I hate American sniper alot and finding out alot of it was lies hurts even mode because A. He was a hero without embellishing his service and B. There are many other heroes that dont need embellishment I digress There's definitely some cheesey old war movies
Bob by The Vietcong were pajama and leave wearing farmers that used decade old weapons. Although the North Vietnamese were a regular professional army, they still were in the stone age in comparison to the Americans. What war movies really need to depict is the hatred that the populace has for Americans. The taliban and the insurgents in Iraq were not aliens, they were the Iraqi’s neighbors and friends. Nobody in these past wars since WW2 have found themselves feeling liberated
It´s dark, people are tripping balls after not sleeping enough for days on. Somebody shouts´Contact Northwest"...everybody starts spreading the love in a wide arc (just ot be sure). And you got a blue on blue incident. It happens quite a lot, regardless of unit type and training level.
According to Evan Wright, in the book, Bravo Company's Humvees are fitted with strobe lights, only visible with NV/IR, to designate a friendly indication. To the inexperienced reservist and at a certain range, they do only look like muzzle flashes from small arms fire
Hollywood is awesome.... the "armored HHMVV's" in the beginning could not stop/deflect a .22cal round.... let alone NATO rounds..... same vehicle "armor" was on the HHMVV's in Somalia...and a 9mm round would go thru the vehicle.... still a great series 9mm
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Fucking incredible how Brad realized they were taking fire a good three or four seconds before anyone else. While distracted and reading the maps. While also listening to Ray complain. With all that going on, he still had razor sharp focus and sprang into action immediately. Iceman, what a fucking legend.
They didn't call him Iceman for no reason eh?
I think he just happened to look up at the right time. Before he tells everyone else to get down, you can hear another yell "What the fuck?!" so chances are he just happened to notice the flashes out of the corner of his eye and look up to see the tracers.
It was an acted scene...
@@WhoThisMonkey right, but it was written and directed to show a specific behavior or action. It's called character building.
@@danaolsongaming
It isn't as incredible as a certain box of beans was making it out to be though.
I've seen characters such as this in tense situations first hand, far more incredible in reality.
'whats on the truck'
'all our food and enough explosives to make IEDs for months'
amazing
But the thing that got Godfather to realize he fucked up were the battalion colors.....
"The business end of Mattis crack pipe must be hot as fuck." hahaha
The supply guy just listing off what's on board and Brad has just given up so hard that he didn't even bother ask if that's everything 😂
It's one of the great mysteries of the universe how no one got relieved of command/duty over abandoning that truck and it's contents.
I think Brad got info on everything inside that caused the troubles further ahead:
"Chow" and they were left on 1ration/day
"M16s" and they had a lot of armed insurgents further ahead
"400lbs of C4" and they had nothing to destroy the tanks and airfield with.
@@seandlax9 trust me there was nothing but PHUCKPHUCK games going on with high command throughout the duration of the War.
Example:did you know during Battle of Fallujah,i believe a Col. Was trying to call a Napalm strike on a compound after my cousins squad started engaging. His whole platoon were so worried the Col. Lost his Balls but no he was not aware Napalm was against G.C.
If you served Respects
@Rising Moon Jesus christ Col. thought he was in one of the Nam movies he grew up watching lol
🤔How were the battalion colors left on THAT truck as the SgtMaj strolls by and says to abandon it, without destroying in place🤦♂️🤷♂️
I love how much Skarsgård manages to communicate with just a few quick glances. After "no fucking water" he glances at Person, clearly concerned about how he's holding up under the stress, and then before he gets out the vehicle he looks a little longer to catch Person's eye to signal "keep it together" both for Person's own sake, but also as an admonition to try to stay frosty for the mission.
Looked at google and turns out Skarsgard is a veteran himself.
Ray is also a Corporal and #2 on the team; can't go overboard flipping your shit in front of junior enlisted dudes.
"Doc's report leaves the worst to last: he says you lost the batallion colors..."
Encino man: "The fault was not mine, sir! Lt. Fick must answer..."
Godfather: "Lt. Fick answered with his sanity! As you should have, if you had any sense of your own!"
"Those batallion colors were not yours to loooose!
That was the property of this United States Marine Corps!
Belonged to every marine!
'Cause of your failure to secure that truck you've jeopardized every marine serving today!"
Sharpe-ly put!
The ultimate crossover
Now that's soldiering
I actually understand that reference. Best military series pairing? Sharpe/Harper, AUbrey/Maturin, Hornblower/Bush, or Brad/Ray?
That's soldering
and then godfather is flabbergasted about them being low on supplies in the airfield lmao
if that truck had little girls in the back sixta would be all about staying round to look after it
@@Mr.Doodlebob The actor playing Sixta is doing time in jail for pedophilia
It's not the actor. It's the actual Sgm. Sixta
@@15vertigo Paegan1983 is right thats why i said Sixta would be all about a truck full of little girls not the guy playing him
I stand corrected
Yep
0:38 Anyone else catch one of the marines saying, "Always hatin on the Mexicans."
Tactical Ochoa 😂 sounds like the guy said back “who are those”
@@notmyles712 I really like the background dialogue in this series. They're so hilarious, great, and engaging to listen to.
"Everybody loves to shoot at Mexicans, even Mexicans." - Later in the season
@@mierzhen Lol. I remember that line. I think it was Trombley that said it, right?
That was Garza I think
His awareness. The fucking Iceman.
"Get down!" 2 in the rear. Reporter and Trombley knew it. Didn't even argue. Just dipped like potato chips.
Fucking Ray "what why!?" I love Ray. He's so down to earth he's in a war zone. But he's still having a good time.
Dipped like potato chips. That's good.
Reporter knows well enough to listen to others when he's not in his element.
"Ray" was the kind of guy most people wanted to "accidentally" blue on blue.
Ref: From personal experience.😇
im going to steal that
"dropped like a potato chip"
It’s an acted scene lol and it’s not even believable that he somehow knows he’s about to get shot
That line " always hating on the Mexicans " 😂 gets me every time
The background chatter in this show is the best.
What I love about this show is how believable the moments are. It's really easy to get lost in this.
Well, it is based on real experiences.
@@jasperzanovich2504 and they had some of the actual marines that were with them as actors.
@@InternetDas One of them playing himself even.
@@wawawuu1514It's ok if you think Rudy is hot.
We all do. 😂
@@x808drifter Unlike the protagonists of the miniseries or you apparently, I see no need to find excuses to find men hot, as I'm not homophobic. That being said, I'm not into men at all, though one can hardly fail to recognise his attractiveness.
We detonated just the casings of AT4s so they couldn’t be used as IEDs back in the day. This would have been an unconscionable performance of incompetence, leaving a vehicle with that kind of ordinance unguarded.
We just did in Afghanistan. : /
@@chrismedina54 No. The ANA had it. Then they dropped it because they didn't want to fight.
@@realitystrikes1998 We knew they would though.
I like the way you say "would have been" like this is something that didn't happen for real.
and the friggin batt colours. i mean fr who forgets thats in their truck
“START STOP START STOP” military in a nutshell lol
Both driving and hiking
We called it HURRAY UP! and wait.....💀😂
OTB-OTB On The Bus - Off The Bus.
We called it "Greatcoats on, greatcoats off" in the Australian Army.
1:25, this look right here. Brad realizes how bad moral is when even Ray is down.
Love how right after this scene, Brad turns to his corporal, and says: "Forget it, Ray. Its Generation Kill" and then starts killing all over the place. Rah.
Strangely, the audio sounds amazing
Right ? Usually video and audio is fucked.
Im not even in the military and I love this show. When they say their unit name I love it so much
lol
"NO BUTS! You's asses aint in gear 10 minutes ago - you's in direct disobedience of a DIRECT ORDER FROM GODFATHER HIMSELF" XD
That first 20 seconds=Ray is my spirit animal.
Nah same bro I feel that
Loudest in the room is the weakest in the room....case in point, the fate of the REAL Sixta.
Dude. When I found out what he did after the war I was shocked and sad. Especially since there were some scenes in the movie that showed he did care about the men and only yelled at them as a way to encourage their unity through their hatred of him. But I guess all that was false and he was a total perv.
I was a reservist (M60A1 tank crewman, USMCR) deployed in Desert Shield and Storm. I have a combat action ribbon which yes I EARNED (not a gimme). In all of our engagements we followed strict fire discipline and went out of our way to avoid friendly fire. Friendly fire is a reality and active units make mistakes as well and do in every war.
Shut up pog
@@josephramirez3046 No I think I will keep talking since I scored higher on the ASVAB than the average grunt!
Shut up bitch
I ScOrEd HiGhEr On AsVaB 🤣🤣🤯🤯
Yeah it totally depends I have seen reserve units out shine their active duty counterparts and I have seen reserve units who should just be disbanded.
"at least your dry"? a few inches more and he would have had his legs shot.
Still not as bad as the national guard's friendly fire
Golly, right? Fuck the NG....
@@DarthTwilight What was the NG doing in Iraq? Isn’t the NG domestic?
@@angelgjr1999 no they served
It wasn’t the National Guard. It was A recon Marine Reserve unit.
Depends on the unit and mos just like active duty
"ALWAYS HATING ON THE MEXICANS!" LOL
Absolute insanity that they would send a single reservist into this nonsensical war.
Usul573 There were actually more reservists and national guardsman served than active duty military throughout the war
Adam Rickman Been told it was about half sometimes. They have less training and not as good equipment, not good. At least we only have small numbers of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan now.
Usul573 I’d say you’re wrong, but that’s from my personal experience and you may have some other experience of combat that I don’t which is fair too.
@@adamrickman2461 Reservists train for 39 days out of the year roughly correct? In 2004 reservists with vehicles in bad repair refused orders too.
@@usul573 You assume my civilian job isn't the exact same shit as my guard job. How often are regular army actually doing things like firing drills, combat maneuvers etc. I'd wager not everyday, and most of the day is doing maintenance, cleaning, and pulling guard. Not only that, but to be qualified to actually deploy, we have to be rated by active duty army, so if they sign off on it, it means we're up to the standard they want, which means properly trained and equipped. On top of that, for proper good equipment, it depends on where you go. My unit has M4's with the new full auto as standard, no more burst. We also have ACOG's, CCO's, and up armored humvees. The only thing that would be considered old is the body armor is still in the old digital camo, but thats about it.
Remember watching this 6 years ago with my uncle and grandfather (just after I played the MW series). This brings me back
Yes, Sixta made a horrible call, but if they had to leave the truck they should have destroyed it and its contents. I mean even I know that.
The only people who stay in the marines are mostly crazy, or stupid
Godfather himself made that call not Sixta
"There will be no fuckups!" so.... what now?
If this show taught me anything, it’s that not every person who served deserves our respect. Not every soldier who went to the Middle East is worthy of our thanks.
Besides the food and weapons, they also left their unit’s colors (their battle flag).
“HEY, DID YOU PISS ON ME?”
I forgot how fucking good this show is
They should be really really mad that the enemy came and burned this. A helpful reminder of who the enemy is though: the enemy.
"I'm in awe!"
I was there in 03 with RCT 1 when 2/25 opened up on us
Johnny B for real ?!
You have my condolences.
I was there to...Im Ice man
Just like I served on Iwo Jima and won a Medal of Honor.
Yes me too on playstation
just a reminder, the real life Sergeant Major Sixta is currently in prison for child molestation.
1:30 Driving for god knows how many hours now, that's a level of frustration I would be feeling at that point.
I am glad my father was not as infuriating of an NCOIC as Sixta.
Ray's comments are foundational to the show's humor. "I'm beginning to think Godfather is just a big cock tease!"
All the shit they talked about the reservists and the Army. Then they pull that move which is dumb as fuck, leaving food, ammo, weapons, explosives, and a truck in the middle of a war zone.
It wasn't ray's Idea to leave the truck
And the battalion colours.
Who would you want on your flank, reserve infantry or active POGs?
Active pogs any day
At least an active pog has better training, they do this shit every day for a living.
Besides the amount of times I've almost been shot by reservist is almost enough to make me regret enlisting.
Fuck no you take as much shit out of that supply truck and then get in a running vehicle but what do I know I was a Chinook mechanic
A good friend of mine from Duetschland told me his Dad told him that from the summer of '44 until the surrender they were all using Ami weapons and ammo. At least the smart ones were...
Muscle Man American, I presume.
@@Tombstone_Active French and German are very different languages. French comes from Latin, German comes from its own group of languages.
@@Tombstone_Active Late for the show, but it is German slang for Americans.
That is not 100% correct. While the German army from 1944 would use any weapon, tank (and even some Mustang airplanes) they could capture, they weren´t impressed witht the M1 Garand yet they liked the Thompsons, but only got them in small numbers from 1944 on. However the captured US firearms don´t match up to the huge number of weapons taken from the Soviets from 1941 on. The soviet SVT 40 rifle was so far spread along German troops that it even got a German field manual as G.259(r). And quite a lot of captured PPSch-41 submachine gun would be directly distributed to German frontline troops due to its high effectiveness in CQB.
People always butthurt about reservists. At least in the Marine Corps, we go through the same schools we get the same training as active duty when they get activated to go through the work up prior to deployment. Many of them are also prior service guys, most top recruits from Bootcamp or Marines in SOI tend to be reservist as well. 🇺🇸
I hate to say it but your right
It’s just a bunch of salty active dudes that probably got out after 4 years and it’s all they have left in life
Weren't the reserve marines in the actual campaign from 4th Force Recon?
So what makes the Reservists scary is they somehow have a lower readiness to deploy than the National Guard, as far as I know.
Everything I hear about the Army Reserve is bad. Out of shape, never deploy, very corrupt.
Wrong. Most are very good at their jobs. BUT... there are NO Army Reserve combat units. The National Guard (State-run) does that. The Army Reservists are Supply Specialists, Water Purification units, Medics, Truck Drivers, Fuel Handlers, Signals Battalions, and Construction/Engineering units. They are basically support units to help the "grunts" do their jobs.
Weren't the reserve marines IRL from 4th Force Recon? From what I understand they weren't untrained desk jockies, just had poor leaders
Wasn't the battalion colours also left in that truck they abandoned?😬
I think so.
That sob would hang out in his office and repermand any soul he could see...waste of air!
My question is how did brad new the hail of freedom was coming before it even came can some one explain
If you listen closely, the sound of gunfire is muffled, meaning the barrels are pointing away from them. As the scene goes on and Brad looks away from what he was doing, you could notice that the sound was slowly becoming louder, meaning that the barrels were turning to face them. Another Marine even yelled "What the fuck!?", probably when he saw tracers coming their way. Brad was famous for always having his head in the game and always being the most situationally aware. He likely heard the gunshots getting louder, focused on that, then heard the marine yell and quickly put two and two together.
@@foxtrot1071 He ain't called "The Iceman" for nothing
@@foxtrot1071 also rounds get there before the muzzle blast usually there is only zings and snaps then the reports
@@foxtrot1071 He hears a round zip past, then responds with "get down". Before that there is only a pop-pop-pop sound in the distance.
And its even more amazing because tracer rounds are generally after 7 or something rounds. So for each tracer you see, 6 bullets have been fired that you can't possible see. Knowing that, makes Brad figuring it out even more impressive before they even saw tracers.
memory has it that was all stolen the next day, whoops
He pulled the kam-Harris out on them "Time!....Time to do what we have always done which is to deal with time and time...is now!"
Don't tell me i have reporter piss on me hahaha im dead tht shit was funny
how come the dudesdidnt know he had the batallion colors in his truck
True Story: Sgt Major Sixta got arrested not too long ago for child porn charges.
By chance, Did they find it in a truck?
Pardon my ignorance but who are the reservists?
@Logan Teo thanks, now I see
Logan Teo Mind you, every branch has its own reserve component not just the Army.
Reserve troops. Non-professional soldiers who are activated during wartime.
Bunch of ridiculous weekend warriors
Bunch of college kids and 40-year old Sargents and Staff Sergeants that don't know how to do their job
The Iraqi Insurgency/Resistance caused carnage on these door-less hummers, until finally they got up armored.
So you have your orders to push, but that truck ain’t moving. What do you do?
You detach a squad to unload what you can and burn the rest with a thermite grenade.
@@swaghauler8334 Now the Sixta see you unloading and blast you to, “Hurry the fuck up! We’re moving right now!” What would you do then?
I don't know about you guys, but if Brad Colbert told me to get down, I'd probably do it first before asking why
You know the national guard
Jeep Ford Guy Nah it was a Navy reservist unit. More or less the same though.
😂
Such a fucking stupid decision, why didn't the think of demo ing it after abandoning it?
"it was Shck/Trauma, bunch of Drs... Didn't they had to take an oath against fuckinf people up or some shit?" 😂
Half-Life sounds moment
That was a horrible situation. The reservists shouldn’t have tagged along but was forced down on Godfather. They did nothing but mess shit up. The guy reporting pow abuse was the worst. He was average entitled American with opinions.
Great show
I've learned that that everyone is a cog In the machine. Look at the big picture. Real service men don't disrespect how others have served no matter what. No matter what MOS, everyone has their job's that keep the big wheel turning. Even down to the cooks. Bottom line is though whatever service and whatever capacity you choose to serve in YOU make that choice. All services and all the capacity need each other. And think on this if the military didn't need reserve/national guard forces then they wouldn't have them. Look up the STATS on any website you want reserve/national guard units were in all these conflicts. Fact of the matter is they DIED too. DO NOT DISRESPECT the dead. Thank you.
I couldn't have said it better myself, and I ain't kidding either
That's an unlawful order.
They did the Biden before being a Biden was cool
Godfather is just on point.
AND THE BATTALION'S FUCKING COLOURS
40 klicks and no water? lol. That's nothing. Screenwriter need to get their metric in order.
Obliging the enemy - a direct order from Godfather hisself!
No flags here
Freak'n Tampons.
I would like to be a reservist, go out and cut ears and noses
The the first or last time the US has abandoned good shit for the dirt farmers to claim.
Follow my tracers!!
Sgt. Major was literally a child diddler
Lions led by lambs. And this was 20 years ago, think how bad it is now
More like a shoot-in
Aka 2/23 Marines…
The best war movie ever made! Our Marines went thru em like a hot knife thru butter.
Anyone watch the 2004 documentary OFF TO WAR? It's a frightening doc about the Arkansas national guard being sent to combat duty in Iraq. They're out of shape, no marksmanship, no idea how to address an officer, and their vehicles are from Vietnam. The only thing they have is motivation! When they get word that they're going to be activated, they all come running without question. And they all end up dead, crippled, or just worse off than before.
Any war movies based on conflicts in the last 30yrs I just cant stand.
We need another Stanley Kubrick to make this generations full metal jacket.
It's really hard for me to pretend like western forces are against the odds persevering when in reality we are the fn Michael Jordan Olympic team vs some west Virginia middle school
I need another extremely pessimistic realistic look at modern war. I think vet TV is on point, its vet material made by vets, I think someone should team up with that sickphuck and make a real accurate modern war film for a change
I mean Jarhead says this lol. They didn't even fire a shot at enemy combatants. Did you not like this series as well?
@@HeyItsJoe1 that movie was pretty accurate, it also completely inspired by full metal jacket
I just cant pretend like some delta force guys are against the odds against some village cousins and uncles with Soviet weapons dropped 40yrs earlier
This series is one of the most realistic representations of modern war ever, if you search the real footage of the events you can see it. The movies you are referring to are act of valor, lone Survivor an such...
@@guillermo7298 I didnt mean it so much as a direct shot at any one particular series or movie
All I'm saying is it's hard for me to see modern western forces fighting a custards last stand style battle, we are just so much more advanced it's hard to think with all our advantages that any pajama wearing 45yr old Soviet weapon bearing 90lb teen Muslim or 50yr old Muslim being such a overwhelming threat, atleast compared to like Nazi SS guys or viet cong or the confederates
I understand these guys have heroic stories that need to be told, just it doesnt have to be Saving Private Ryan, it's more of a disservice to inaccurately portray their battles instead of reality
I liked the little action there was in Zero Dark Thirty, I felt that was much more indicative of what modern special ops do, get the job done even if something goes wrong
I hate American sniper alot and finding out alot of it was lies hurts even mode because A. He was a hero without embellishing his service and B. There are many other heroes that dont need embellishment
I digress
There's definitely some cheesey old war movies
Bob by The Vietcong were pajama and leave wearing farmers that used decade old weapons. Although the North Vietnamese were a regular professional army, they still were in the stone age in comparison to the Americans. What war movies really need to depict is the hatred that the populace has for Americans. The taliban and the insurgents in Iraq were not aliens, they were the Iraqi’s neighbors and friends. Nobody in these past wars since WW2 have found themselves feeling liberated
i need context why were American reservists shooting at their own people.
Supreme incompetence
@@izzi8459 seems about right
It´s dark, people are tripping balls after not sleeping enough for days on. Somebody shouts´Contact Northwest"...everybody starts spreading the love in a wide arc (just ot be sure).
And you got a blue on blue incident. It happens quite a lot, regardless of unit type and training level.
@@christophdunkel5733 i like this answer
According to Evan Wright, in the book, Bravo Company's Humvees are fitted with strobe lights, only visible with NV/IR, to designate a friendly indication. To the inexperienced reservist and at a certain range, they do only look like muzzle flashes from small arms fire
Hollywood is awesome.... the "armored HHMVV's" in the beginning could not stop/deflect a .22cal round.... let alone NATO rounds..... same vehicle "armor" was on the HHMVV's in Somalia...and a 9mm round would go thru the vehicle.... still a great series
9mm
I think they just didn't get shot 👍
Those HMMWVs were not armored, at all, many had soft tops/doors.
Meanwhile yall are being bitches
That driver was definitely me