Sgt. Maj. GLOVER, This is 1-187 3rd BCT 101st Airborne. This was my first team leader. He had just got his E5 while in country before this. OEF 10-11. Paktika Province
Vietnam era vet. I’ve heard that charge into an ambush tactic military malpractice advice before. Actually we never did it. Like here, we laid down suppressive fire, popped the blooper and tried to flank. Our radio guy stayed down and communicated while at the same time watching our back. I was the corpsman on a 17 man CAP team and we ran patrols, ambushes and raids every day or every night near the DMZ. I went out every night for a total of 25 months. The other 16 guys were divided into four teams of four men and they went out two nights in a row and rested six… I was the fifth man on each team. We always had a six to ten man contingent of locals (PF’s) with us. Their Top had fought against the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954… excellent soldier. I came up with the idea of counting the remaining rounds in the PF’s M-1 carbines after firefights to see if they had actually fought. I worked as a contractor for twelve years afterwards and earned enough money for college and law school… while contracting. I did mostly high risk private jobs for individuals and ngo’s.
Wouldn't you want to do it (assaulting into the ambushers) like a reverse peel to do it correctly? Like advancing on a position by bounding very quickly? Or was this technique proven to be a bad one over there? But I would think it would create a small salient and you could be cut off. I was an 11B but in the 90s and never got deployed. We always trained to assault into a near ambush.
I'm a no name grunt deploying with the 27th in a few months, these videos help me stay critical to the basics we learned. This is literally textbook what you're saying and appreciate the class. I share these with my battle buddies and we do our own react to contact drills, and these videos help. Cheers man.
Anybody on your team entertaining enough to put those reacts up on youtube? Thanks for your service man I respect the hell out of anyone who can make that choice, that sacrifice, that role model behavior. Could be a career on the Tube for ya when you guys get out is all I'm suggesting : p
Love love love. Civilians like myself NEED to watch these videos in order to gain a real time analysis of the reactionary response of these soldiers - men who have been trained for this, not like us range monkeys who LARP around on weekends. Although I am a normal civilian, I try to take the training seriously. The tactical understanding and information disclosed here is INVALUABLE. Thanks Mike - btw, Cannot wait for sti videos…
The first time I threw a frag at basic, the range guy that was at the cover with me got some shrapnel in his back plate. He was ducking too, just not low enough. He wasnt hurt, but just that inch or two of exposure was enough to get hit by the shrapnel from it. I'll never forget that... so I obviously always respected the frags power from that point on.
Your content is so no nonsense and straightforward. Much appreciated. I listen to all of your podcasts and always learn something from them. Thanks for doing what you do Mike. It's all relatable.
After watching this video I realize how serving as an Infantryman during peace time was so uneventful that a lot of us did not take it seriously because it was just training with blank rounds. The only thing that got my heart rate up was actually running through the drills.
Thanks for sharing useful analysis. I usually pass right by "reacts to" videos, but you conducted an effective debrief. I look forward to more content like this.
I AM from Paraguay, a civilian, I like Guns, I train by my self an do train other people. I came from sport shooting but I like tactical. I AM member of the military reserve also. Wonderfull analisis from a Wonderfull video to learn from. Excelent content. I am a follower of yours chanels. Thanks a lot to share this with other people. Appologize for my bad english.
Excellent breakdown I agree 100%. The same situation happened to me also doing CQB, a man was crossing my line of fire, not fun but it happened. Yeah that guy was in a firefight before no question about that
Your comment about balancing between head down behind cover, and being out of it to send rounds down reminded me of my boxing days. I learned through sparring that every moment I spent in my guard meant giving my opponent more momentum against me, more punches on me, and me losing my ability to efficiently identify what to counter and when.
I remember watching this video a few years back and man that guy has balls of steel! It's not easy to keep your head in a situation like this and he really did.
The most important Part of this video is highlighting just how crucial it is to train under stress, and if you’re running a small fireteam of buddies…train together under stress. You’re only as strong as the weakest link.
The man whose camera we're seeing this through is definitely in a leadership position and experienced. And he probably has some young rookies in his element who haven't gotten used to this yet. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the noise and confusion, and it feels like every bullet is coming right for you when they're usually not. The enemy is nervous and stressed out too, so their shots aren't perfectly aimed either. When you hear those sonic cracks popping in your ears, that's when you know it's too close for comfort ... but you definitely can't keep your head down, because you're letting the enemy move on you and they might eventually work their way to a position that flanks your cover ... and that has to be avoided at all costs. You can learn a lot about fire and maneuver from combat sports and simulations, but nothing really prepares people for that fear of impending death or bodily harm you get with the real thing. It takes some experience to learn how to think through that.
Hey my dude, this is the first video I've seen. To start, thank you for your service man. I don't support the war, but I do support you and your brothers and sisters. It's not about the fight, it's that you stepped forward and volunteered. For that I want to say that I truly appreciate you, and I sincerely hope/wish the heroes that didn't come back are never forgotten. Thank you again sir. Ok, so also wow on the video dude. Like the shear amount of battlefield knowledge you have is amazing, true blue warrior. My little civi mind is blown. Sitting here listening and thinking of scenarios lol, like I know how I'd handle real combat. I've been shot at, but no one knows how they'd react to the real thing. But, I fucking love it man, you make shit make sense. Appreciate you.
Hey just out of curiosity what thing(s) made you decide you don't support the war? I'm torn, myself, because the a-holes in suits that are in government and the like who are rich and will never have to send a young son or daughter off to get killed in the wars that they create/enter us into....that really gets to me. Just like how judges are allowed to sentence people to life, without themselves ever having even the risk of finding out what it's like to be a grown human locked in a box : / But at the same time the actual boys n girls on the ground have done such an amazing job. Getting saddam and bin laden and animals like that. More importantly there are little afghani, pakistani, iraqi girls who can go to a school. It seems like such a thing to take for granted over here, but they get to go to school. No matter how sleazy the actions and people who started this war are, that makes me so grateful. They are learning, they are being around their peers, they are growing up and being able to drive, able to educate themselves and learn about the wider world, hell they can walk to the store without needing some bearded savage who views them as property traipse them around like they're walking a dog So I guess what I mean is, could you add some context and nuance to what you stated? I don't disagree, and I share the same sentiment for the most part, but it makes me so proud of humanity to see some of the things we (well them, really, but we as a country we as a species lol) have accomplished : ]
I've seen this firefight before from a different angle. There's a memorable line "fuck! I'm getting fucking stung by fucking bees!" that you can hear at 5:35. That would probably suck during a gunfight.
THANK GOD DUDE. As an 11 year active duty FO, people need to understand that keeping that radio up and chatting is your life blood. Thanks for hitting that point.
Wow, so much information and lessons to take away from this one, thank you very much for the time to make this video for us Mike, it is very much appreciated. I will be sharing this one with the homies for sure!
that opening with the guy running across his line of fire.... i know this is a silly comparison but that happens in Squad and Insurgency all the time. Then the person you accidentally tk gets butthurt lol
Funny when they see you firing through s window or doorway and STILL step in front of you and wonder why they get killed. Greedy trying to steal kills and still complain.
I'm a JTAC, been in both Iraq and Afghanistan. If I wasn't on comms I was putting rounds down range waiting for Air to check on. The most important thing for me is getting the biggest weapon into the fight. Everything is about getting every conceivable tactical advantage. Close Air Support is a game changer in bad TIC(Troops in Contact). Shoot, move, communicate, and dominate your battle space. 🤘 Death on call~ Cleared Hot 🔥
I can only imagine the chaos of a gun fight. Barroom brawls are crazy enough, can't imagine the stress added when firearms and explosives are involved.
One the best combat reviews ive seen. Good breakdown & analysis. Can be useful to show soldiers deploying. Especially when dude almost took a round from his buddy
That first video woke and sobered me up real quick! Had a great family night last night and some good drinks! All made possible by brave men and women like the ones in this video. Rah!
I agree with everything you said. I'm not a vet but I've watched enough to know a little about a lot. I'd love to train with you and so many others. Even though you men dislike to hear it.. Thank you for your service and I wish you all the best.
God, that 1st near Blue on Blue shot was so damn scary. The misfire/jam that the camera man had at the beginning is the universe looking out for that guy who just crossed in front of his muzzle. Gun fights are chaos!
On what you said about the experience, I often see people say that when SF dudes are tasked to support infantry its like having a platoon with you. This dude with the cam gives me that vibe, just a one man army for the majority of that engagement.
The analysis is really valuable. I don't see the things you see because I haven't been there. This gives me understanding that I couldn't have otherwise. Thanks for the effort. I appreciate it.
Looks like they got super lucky. The camera guy seems to have had a failure and may not have gotten rounds off until after that one guy runs across his muzzle and he clears an fte.
@@BroskY250 yeah. I think you're right. sadly the guy has another failure in the vid. Not sure if that's indicative of the dust and sand or failing equipment or ammo.
I absolutely agree!!! I’ve been looking for his war stories videos, assuming he has done them. Now that I had seen your comment I know he has not done them…yet 🤞. From a former scout. 19D 3-73.
Locate, engage, and destroy the enemy! Semper Fidelis! The Leader did a great job moving and communicating. The others were all buried or bunched together.
I was on a sim range and we were doing CQB. We were contacted from a room and I was covering the rear. Heard " contact " I turned around , made contact and started putting rounds down range till my Sargent stopped me. It was then I realized I almost capped my buddy in the head. Thank God it was only sim rounds but it scared me how fast I reacted before checking my arcs . Never made that mistake again. Great break down Sir thank you
Good commentary and thanks for the info on the changes to SOP in how to handle an ambush. I was in during the 1980's where that was still the common doctrine. I always thought that it would depend on the situation. Getting out of the kill zone while laying down overwhelming suppressive firepower to disrupt the ambush is key!
Man you ain't lying! It's nothing like the movies. Hell it's not even as chaotic as most of the training. Don't get me wrong, there is some excellent training that can get chaotic and frustrating as well that comes close. Great video and subject matter.
Awesome analysis like always. You describing basic infantry skills like fixing the enemy through suppression and bounding. Reminding us conventional guys our connection to you ya’ll. Thanks.
I'm a civilian with an AR, some good sights and some armor....and I'm a total noob. I don't pretend to be badass, tactical or anything. I have very little knowledge of tactics. Thanks for sharing your analysis, and also thanks for your service, your sacrifices and all the shit you endured in order to gain your knowledge. Much respect.
mike in his older videos talks about how to start training and talks about looking at where you live, and train for that 'terrain' . city, urban, rural, trees, mountains, buildings, etc.
I'm prior service, now a civilian with an AR with some sights. You really don't need to train for war if you're not going to war. Just make sure you're proficient with your weapons.
Mike, If I was the commander of that group I would have had the guy on the far right to watch our right flank. And I'm thinking like you. I would have told the guys behind the ditch wall to start firing and than move back to assess any injuries
In nam it was different warfare different environment there was enough foliage to run up and pinch without being seen and in that environment camouflage was beneficial for those kind of tactics
This was an awesome breakdown. I see a lot of guys that claim to understand a firefight and spew a lot of bullshit and incorrect stuff. This one is hands down the best. Awesome commentary with clear concise instruction and explanation. This video has forced me to subscribe. 11B1V 07-12. 2C 3/75.
Hey Mike I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel, this vid brought back alot of emotions for me, I served as the .50 cal gunner on my Fire Control Team, was on the backend of alot of RPG, Recoiless attacks providing over watch and fire control missions for 7 Rifles Scottish Army foot patrols great channel great content. Me myself retired Navy Corpsman HM1, spent my Afghan days with 1St Anglico.
Glad you reminded us to subscribe. I've watched a lot of your content and didn't even realize I wasn't subscribed to you channel. Awesome stuff, love it!
I think a civilian can learn a lot just from watching videos of you and guys like you online. Y’all have a plethora of knowledge and thanks for sharing it with a nobody like myself. I watch you, Shawn Ryan, WPS and a few others that I’ve already learned quite a few tactics from and I’ve tried to incorporate certain things/scenarios in my training. I think a person would be better off watching you guys and getting training from someone like you than looking up the open source military stuff. Which I’ve always been better as a visual learner anyway. Just reading words on a screen isn’t gonna make it through one ear much less out the other lol
On the contrary, while I'm a visual learner myself, I find I have absolutely no trouble with written information making it fully out both ears in either direction lmao
Thank you. Yea, in the nam we moved towards the incoming. Thought it was goofy then. We had no idea where the threat was. Just shooting from the hip, usually f auto. Good video brother.
Sgt. Maj. GLOVER,
This is 1-187 3rd BCT 101st Airborne. This was my first team leader. He had just got his E5 while in country before this. OEF 10-11. Paktika Province
The Army uses SGM as an acronym for Sergeant Major, the marines use Sgt Maj.
@@flight2k5 lol ok yes you're correct. However technically Mike was CSM Glover so..
Armor vs no Armor and u guys still lost..what a shame
@@FlushingStatic huh?
@sheldon fords we didn’t lose 🤣😂
Vietnam era vet. I’ve heard that charge into an ambush tactic military malpractice advice before. Actually we never did it.
Like here, we laid down suppressive fire, popped the blooper and tried to flank.
Our radio guy stayed down and communicated while at the same time watching our back.
I was the corpsman on a 17 man CAP team and we ran patrols, ambushes and raids every day or every night near the DMZ. I went out every night for a total of 25 months.
The other 16 guys were divided into four teams of four men and they went out two nights in a row and rested six… I was the fifth man on each team.
We always had a six to ten man contingent of locals (PF’s) with us. Their Top had fought against the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954… excellent soldier.
I came up with the idea of counting the remaining rounds in the PF’s M-1 carbines after firefights to see if they had actually fought.
I worked as a contractor for twelve years afterwards and earned enough money for college and law school… while contracting.
I did mostly high risk private jobs for individuals and ngo’s.
thank you for your service and welcome back
Thanks for your service, your sacrifices and for sharing part of your story. Much respect.
Wouldn't you want to do it (assaulting into the ambushers) like a reverse peel to do it correctly? Like advancing on a position by bounding very quickly? Or was this technique proven to be a bad one over there? But I would think it would create a small salient and you could be cut off. I was an 11B but in the 90s and never got deployed. We always trained to assault into a near ambush.
Preciate the service!
My brother you’re legit
This was my favorite combat reacts you’ve done so far!
I love how you talk about the mental side, as well as the maneuvering tactics.
I'm a no name grunt deploying with the 27th in a few months, these videos help me stay critical to the basics we learned. This is literally textbook what you're saying and appreciate the class. I share these with my battle buddies and we do our own react to contact drills, and these videos help. Cheers man.
Anybody on your team entertaining enough to put those reacts up on youtube? Thanks for your service man I respect the hell out of anyone who can make that choice, that sacrifice, that role model behavior. Could be a career on the Tube for ya when you guys get out is all I'm suggesting : p
Thanks man stay sharp stay safe
@@jacobl6714 nice try russia
What even is the 27th?
thx for ur service
Love love love.
Civilians like myself NEED to watch these videos in order to gain a real time analysis of the reactionary response of these soldiers - men who have been trained for this, not like us range monkeys who LARP around on weekends.
Although I am a normal civilian, I try to take the training seriously. The tactical understanding and information disclosed here is INVALUABLE.
Thanks Mike - btw, Cannot wait for sti videos…
Exactly.
@Chromatic im literally so cracked at zero hour after watching this
@Chromatic lmfao
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Same with police body cam videos. Shit goes south real quick and they face danger every day. Who the hell am I to pass judgement?
The first time I threw a frag at basic, the range guy that was at the cover with me got some shrapnel in his back plate. He was ducking too, just not low enough. He wasnt hurt, but just that inch or two of exposure was enough to get hit by the shrapnel from it. I'll never forget that... so I obviously always respected the frags power from that point on.
almost got u a frag kill on day one, maybe in the next life buddy !
almost got u a frag kill on day one, maybe in the next life buddy !
Your content is so no nonsense and straightforward. Much appreciated. I listen to all of your podcasts and always learn something from them. Thanks for doing what you do Mike. It's all relatable.
One of the better videos I've seen here. I appreciate the analysis.
Man respect to the men out there serving in every way. To live that experience is a different breed of human. Our troops are the men of this country!
Wow…tense environment. Makes me appreciate our infantry fighters a lot more. Great example to share; thanks Mike!
@M. Denz dont be that guy
@M. Denz Definitely bro. My bad, I thought you were coming in with a "thank me for my service" type of attitude lol
After watching this video I realize how serving as an Infantryman during peace time was so uneventful that a lot of us did not take it seriously because it was just training with blank rounds.
The only thing that got my heart rate up was actually running through the drills.
that guy darting in front of the guy just took 5 years off my life and now I need to go check for more gray hairs
Funny when that was way more shocking to me than the combat itself
The pucker factor is real I’m glad he has the training to prevent that
He's communicating, He's shooting and He's moving! Awesome learning experience for me...personally Thanks Mike G.
Keep these coming Mike. Good stuff. Thank you, sir.
This is great content. Hope to see more in the future!
Thanks for sharing useful analysis. I usually pass right by "reacts to" videos, but you conducted an effective debrief. I look forward to more content like this.
I AM from Paraguay, a civilian, I like Guns, I train by my self an do train other people. I came from sport shooting but I like tactical. I AM member of the military reserve also.
Wonderfull analisis from a Wonderfull video to learn from.
Excelent content. I am a follower of yours chanels. Thanks a lot to share this with other people.
Appologize for my bad english.
Your English is fine!
You did a much better job with our language then I ever could with yours. Never apologize for learning, hope you're well!
Excellent breakdown I agree 100%. The same situation happened to me also doing CQB, a man was crossing my line of fire, not fun but it happened. Yeah that guy was in a firefight before no question about that
Your comment about balancing between head down behind cover, and being out of it to send rounds down reminded me of my boxing days. I learned through sparring that every moment I spent in my guard meant giving my opponent more momentum against me, more punches on me, and me losing my ability to efficiently identify what to counter and when.
Great analogy.
Yep, you will never be ready to counter if you are always running from the punches. It takes being able to stand in the pocket to counter.
Everything in life is that, a balance, finding the sweet spot. Any sport, any business, military, relationships, health, any subject.
I'm glad I found this channel thanks for serving our country we salute you.
I remember watching this video a few years back and man that guy has balls of steel! It's not easy to keep your head in a situation like this and he really did.
I like how he fired the one round after reloading. Ensures the mag is in, and the weapon is good to go.
The most important Part of this video is highlighting just how crucial it is to train under stress, and if you’re running a small fireteam of buddies…train together under stress. You’re only as strong as the weakest link.
The man whose camera we're seeing this through is definitely in a leadership position and experienced. And he probably has some young rookies in his element who haven't gotten used to this yet. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the noise and confusion, and it feels like every bullet is coming right for you when they're usually not. The enemy is nervous and stressed out too, so their shots aren't perfectly aimed either. When you hear those sonic cracks popping in your ears, that's when you know it's too close for comfort ... but you definitely can't keep your head down, because you're letting the enemy move on you and they might eventually work their way to a position that flanks your cover ... and that has to be avoided at all costs.
You can learn a lot about fire and maneuver from combat sports and simulations, but nothing really prepares people for that fear of impending death or bodily harm you get with the real thing. It takes some experience to learn how to think through that.
Hey my dude, this is the first video I've seen.
To start, thank you for your service man. I don't support the war, but I do support you and your brothers and sisters. It's not about the fight, it's that you stepped forward and volunteered. For that I want to say that I truly appreciate you, and I sincerely hope/wish the heroes that didn't come back are never forgotten. Thank you again sir.
Ok, so also wow on the video dude. Like the shear amount of battlefield knowledge you have is amazing, true blue warrior. My little civi mind is blown. Sitting here listening and thinking of scenarios lol, like I know how I'd handle real combat. I've been shot at, but no one knows how they'd react to the real thing. But, I fucking love it man, you make shit make sense. Appreciate you.
Hey just out of curiosity what thing(s) made you decide you don't support the war? I'm torn, myself, because the a-holes in suits that are in government and the like who are rich and will never have to send a young son or daughter off to get killed in the wars that they create/enter us into....that really gets to me. Just like how judges are allowed to sentence people to life, without themselves ever having even the risk of finding out what it's like to be a grown human locked in a box : /
But at the same time the actual boys n girls on the ground have done such an amazing job. Getting saddam and bin laden and animals like that. More importantly there are little afghani, pakistani, iraqi girls who can go to a school. It seems like such a thing to take for granted over here, but they get to go to school. No matter how sleazy the actions and people who started this war are, that makes me so grateful. They are learning, they are being around their peers, they are growing up and being able to drive, able to educate themselves and learn about the wider world, hell they can walk to the store without needing some bearded savage who views them as property traipse them around like they're walking a dog
So I guess what I mean is, could you add some context and nuance to what you stated? I don't disagree, and I share the same sentiment for the most part, but it makes me so proud of humanity to see some of the things we (well them, really, but we as a country we as a species lol) have accomplished : ]
What war didn't you support? Afghanistan?
I've seen this firefight before from a different angle. There's a memorable line "fuck! I'm getting fucking stung by fucking bees!" that you can hear at 5:35. That would probably suck during a gunfight.
Keep up the awesome content buddy! I really enjoy learning from your channel.
Love the breakdown, learned a lot from watching you break down this Soldiers tactics and decisions.
THANK GOD DUDE. As an 11 year active duty FO, people need to understand that keeping that radio up and chatting is your life blood. Thanks for hitting that point.
Thanks
Wow, so much information and lessons to take away from this one, thank you very much for the time to make this video for us Mike, it is very much appreciated. I will be sharing this one with the homies for sure!
100% bravo to that team/squad/Platoon leader. Big job.
You nailed it Mike. That’s just the way gunfights go.
Great analysis. Things to think about for everyday situations that we don't expect.
I hope you know how much we appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experiences with us.
This guy is excellent. Pay attention. Superb breakdown. And the guy who’s POV we are seeing, obviously experienced.
I’m loving these combat reacts thanks Mike!
Awesome content Mike enjoy all your channels. Keep it up!
A beautiful response. That unit is legit, respect. Sure some issues, but overall most of them were in the fight, a beautiful thing.
that opening with the guy running across his line of fire.... i know this is a silly comparison but that happens in Squad and Insurgency all the time. Then the person you accidentally tk gets butthurt lol
Funny when they see you firing through s window or doorway and STILL step in front of you and wonder why they get killed. Greedy trying to steal kills and still complain.
Rule of thumb is to always look both ways before crossing, because if you don’t, you’re bound to have a small or large chunk of lead flying your way
I'm a JTAC, been in both Iraq and Afghanistan. If I wasn't on comms I was putting rounds down range waiting for Air to check on. The most important thing for me is getting the biggest weapon into the fight. Everything is about getting every conceivable tactical advantage. Close Air Support is a game changer in bad TIC(Troops in Contact). Shoot, move, communicate, and dominate your battle space. 🤘
Death on call~ Cleared Hot 🔥
"Stay down, stay down!" Is what he's saying.
He played it perfectly !
I can only imagine the chaos of a gun fight. Barroom brawls are crazy enough, can't imagine the stress added when firearms and explosives are involved.
Looked like he saw the guy passing just in time and flinched at the right time.
Great point. Composure is contagious.
One the best combat reviews ive seen. Good breakdown & analysis. Can be useful to show soldiers deploying. Especially when dude almost took a round from his buddy
That was bad ass bro..thank you for the walk through.
The more videos I watch of yours the more I’m impressed ! I’d be proud to follow you into battle any time.
That first video woke and sobered me up real quick! Had a great family night last night and some good drinks! All made possible by brave men and women like the ones in this video. Rah!
Mr Mike, thank you so much for explaining these things! 🤙🏼
God Bless you Mike! I watched you with Shawn Ryan show and man, you are elite to the bone man!
Man that opening clip...MASSIVE pucker factor.
I agree with everything you said. I'm not a vet but I've watched enough to know a little about a lot. I'd love to train with you and so many others. Even though you men dislike to hear it.. Thank you for your service and I wish you all the best.
God, that 1st near Blue on Blue shot was so damn scary. The misfire/jam that the camera man had at the beginning is the universe looking out for that guy who just crossed in front of his muzzle. Gun fights are chaos!
Loving the direction and contents your channel is heading. Keep up the good work sir. God bless.
On what you said about the experience, I often see people say that when SF dudes are tasked to support infantry its like having a platoon with you. This dude with the cam gives me that vibe, just a one man army for the majority of that engagement.
Glad to see good team members there. These guys understand that the guy/gal next to them is depending on them
I remember watching this on funker when it came out. This guy's spacial awareness and operational awareness is on point.
The analysis is really valuable. I don't see the things you see because I haven't been there. This gives me understanding that I couldn't have otherwise. Thanks for the effort. I appreciate it.
Looks like they got super lucky. The camera guy seems to have had a failure and may not have gotten rounds off until after that one guy runs across his muzzle and he clears an fte.
Looking at the trij bouncing I think he might’ve got that initial round off then luckily had that failure. Guy had a horseshoe in his pocket
@@BroskY250 yeah. I think you're right. sadly the guy has another failure in the vid. Not sure if that's indicative of the dust and sand or failing equipment or ammo.
Genuinely was going to post this clip on your last Combat Reacts, but apparently didn't need to! Love your insight man 🙏
Homie didn’t frag his boy, trigger control under that kinda fire like damn, mad props
It would be cool for mike to have a story time segment like shawn ryan. Mike's war stories must be amazing and crazy as hell
I absolutely agree!!! I’ve been looking for his war stories videos, assuming he has done them. Now that I had seen your comment I know he has not done them…yet 🤞.
From a former scout. 19D 3-73.
@@MrMattydavee not yet but I hope he sees this and shares some
Locate, engage, and destroy the enemy! Semper Fidelis! The Leader did a great job moving and communicating. The others were all buried or bunched together.
Love the lateral back and forth movement. Very smart.
The more footage i watch the more i see strafe walking (combat movements) being more than a gamer thing
Yes sir! I almost had my head blown off by my teammates as well. Heard the whistle loud and clear.
I was on a sim range and we were doing CQB. We were contacted from a room and I was covering the rear. Heard " contact " I turned around , made contact and started putting rounds down range till my Sargent stopped me. It was then I realized I almost capped my buddy in the head. Thank God it was only sim rounds but it scared me how fast I reacted before checking my arcs . Never made that mistake again. Great break down Sir thank you
Good commentary and thanks for the info on the changes to SOP in how to handle an ambush. I was in during the 1980's where that was still the common doctrine. I always thought that it would depend on the situation. Getting out of the kill zone while laying down overwhelming suppressive firepower to disrupt the ambush is key!
The way broke it down made alot of sense great work
Man you ain't lying! It's nothing like the movies. Hell it's not even as chaotic as most of the training. Don't get me wrong, there is some excellent training that can get chaotic and frustrating as well that comes close. Great video and subject matter.
Awesome analysis like always. You describing basic infantry skills like fixing the enemy through suppression and bounding. Reminding us conventional guys our connection to you ya’ll. Thanks.
I'm a civilian with an AR, some good sights and some armor....and I'm a total noob. I don't pretend to be badass, tactical or anything. I have very little knowledge of tactics. Thanks for sharing your analysis, and also thanks for your service, your sacrifices and all the shit you endured in order to gain your knowledge. Much respect.
mike in his older videos talks about how to start training and talks about looking at where you live, and train for that 'terrain' . city, urban, rural, trees, mountains, buildings, etc.
a wordy way to say you’re disgruntled us student
@@yesyes7037 I’m neither disgruntled or a student. Just an ordinary Joe Shmoe with some guns.
you’re right school shooting jokes are stale these days
I'm prior service, now a civilian with an AR with some sights. You really don't need to train for war if you're not going to war. Just make sure you're proficient with your weapons.
Thanks for your service Mike 🇺🇸.
Wow! Great work, Mike. Just found this video and subscribed. Sad to see our brave young men fighting wars for others who are not worthy. Bless you.
Calm and collective along with tactical veracity wins fights. Good reaction on nearish ambush guys......good video breakdown CSM
Hooah SGM!!! These are some high speed react videos SGM keep sending!!!
This series is entertaining thus far Mike !
Best one you've done so far. Really informative commentary on a really good video.
Mike,
If I was the commander of that group I would have had the guy on the far right to watch our right flank. And I'm thinking like you. I would have told the guys behind the ditch wall to start firing and than move back to assess any injuries
Dude, I love how you want to educate everyone during the breakdowns.
That lateral movement, it’s called slicing the pie, and it’s a very effective movement to make a harder target to hit!.
In nam it was different warfare different environment there was enough foliage to run up and pinch without being seen and in that environment camouflage was beneficial for those kind of tactics
Insane to watch. The commentary is excellent. Subbed
This was an awesome breakdown. I see a lot of guys that claim to understand a firefight and spew a lot of bullshit and incorrect stuff. This one is hands down the best. Awesome commentary with clear concise instruction and explanation. This video has forced me to subscribe.
11B1V 07-12. 2C 3/75.
Agree with your assesment. Hope the comms guy was calling in some hate from an A10! Really enjoy your content and please keep it up sir.
Hey Mike I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel, this vid brought back alot of emotions for me, I served as the .50 cal gunner on my Fire Control Team, was on the backend of alot of RPG, Recoiless attacks providing over watch and fire control missions for 7 Rifles Scottish Army foot patrols great channel great content. Me myself retired Navy Corpsman HM1, spent my Afghan days with 1St Anglico.
Seen this video in the past. Love to hear the analysis!
Glad you reminded us to subscribe. I've watched a lot of your content and didn't even realize I wasn't subscribed to you channel.
Awesome stuff, love it!
I think a civilian can learn a lot just from watching videos of you and guys like you online. Y’all have a plethora of knowledge and thanks for sharing it with a nobody like myself. I watch you, Shawn Ryan, WPS and a few others that I’ve already learned quite a few tactics from and I’ve tried to incorporate certain things/scenarios in my training. I think a person would be better off watching you guys and getting training from someone like you than looking up the open source military stuff. Which I’ve always been better as a visual learner anyway. Just reading words on a screen isn’t gonna make it through one ear much less out the other lol
On the contrary, while I'm a visual learner myself, I find I have absolutely no trouble with written information making it fully out both ears in either direction lmao
Learning for what purpose? If you are not military or LEO.
Excellent assessment, Mike!
There's a green beret video I believe clearing a house with 2 afghans. There is a motorcycle outside. Find that video and review it please!!
"I got one down inside *BIG TIME* "
Man that brings back some memories!! Got my adrenaline pumping just watching it, man I miss that shit.
God bless brother and thank you for our freedom.
Thank you. Yea, in the nam we moved towards the incoming. Thought it was goofy then. We had no idea where the threat was. Just shooting from the hip, usually f auto. Good video brother.
Mike your the. Best!! Born for podcasts!!! Craaazy situation!!!!
Thank you.
Thank you for your Military service and the video.
Love this GLOVER🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼