He wasn't stupid, that was just Brad giving him shit for being from the midwest. The entire series, he's sleep deprived and hopped up on adrenaline and stimulants. At the end when he runs out of stimulants, his real personality comes out, and he's much quieter and more introverted, hence Brad notices that he hadn't said a word since getting back from Baghdad.
@@rustyshackleford1508 I’m not saying your wrong but from different interviews of watched it seemed like at least the irl ray, and the ray they show us from when they first arrive in Iraq, he’s still a very talkative and extroverted guy
I remember around 2002 when my fellow submariners barred me from bringing Ripped Fuel or Hydroxycut on underways anymore because I....in their words "got weird". Later, when this miniseries came out I was told that I "act like Ray" when dosed up and awake for 24+ hours.
@@rustyshackleford1508 While the show follows the book fairly closely, there are a good number of things changed, removed or given to other people a few examples are, rays rant about pussy being the reason for the war is far worse or Brad having a single tube NVG, The comment about how gay they are was given to poke or the pushing of the grooming standard comes from Godfather not Sixta, something the show never mentions is how most of them had a scholarship while some were sports more were academic or the fact Ray was extremely sick the whole time in country and Doc Brian had him on a cock tail of meds or my personal favorite Ray would purposefully drive bad after an argument with Brad even during combat
@@Manco65 and it seems like it paid off, Bachar is off the country as they rolled in with fuckin IFVs, sporting western infantry equipment (even with blue, yellow and green bands like in Ukraine lmao) while storming Damascus
This really makes you appreciate the details of the show. Like all the times Brad realizes "oh shit, were supposed to be doing propaganda" when around Evan. This does a great job of potraying the Iraq war everyone knew it was fucking bullshit, but for their own personal reasons went along with it anyway
Just because their wasn’t WMD’s doesn’t mean the war was fucking bullshit. Overthrowing Saddam Husseins regime was justification enough. Iraq is a measurably better country now than it was before we invaded it. The same can not be said for Afghanistan. So I guess 1-1 ain’t a bad score. Obviously it should have been a lot better and we should have done more nation building to prevent the tragedy that was the lawlessness following Saddams overthrowing. But 20 years later Iraq is a way better country than it ever was under saddam. Plus on his death either his maniac kids would be in charge or there would have most likely been a bloody and brutal civil war for power which would have been worse than anything the US did. So really Iraq was on a warpath no matter what in my opinion because theirs no way the powers that be in Iraq would have let saddams sons take over the government when he died.
@@JohnNeo19 You portray saddam as a bad person, but that still doesn't explain why you lied to the public about WMD's and also doesn't change the fact that saddam was put in power by the CIA.
@@KaisAli-s4r WMD story was actually a massive CIA blunder. I saw it from a documentary few years ago, the WMD source blatantly told the journalist doing the interview that he lied to the CIA because he fucking hated Hussein and wanted him overthrown. But that doesn't clear the politicians because I'm pretty sure they didn't give a shit and were looking for any reason possible for killing Hussein.
@@JohnNeo19 The bullshittedness of a war will always be determined by how much it lives up to a nation's cited reason for involvement in the first place.
Brad looking concerned af and saying"are you making this up" to RayRay is hilarious xdddd Like maybe the dude is serious for once and our eyes are fucked up already
",,,Are you making this up?" "Fuck yeah I'm making this up" Loved the banter between these two. Made the best of an awful situation, turned a Armed Convoy into a singing roadtrip.
This show always puts me back in the middle of these conversations that we all had no matter what branch you were in. When my brain tells me that January and February is not the time to sleep, this is my warm hug of goodness like therapy making the stupid shit disappear and be replaced by these stupid, meaningless, idiotic conversations that were the most amazing, wonderful, completely sensible, brilliant, mind numbing , absolutely perfect word salads that ended up being massaged into gold by the end of it! I love this show!
It's November Juliet. This comes from the NATO phonetic alphabet to indicate the acronym NJ. In the case of the US Marines of 1st Recon Bn it means 'niggah juice' which is what they call coffee.
@@lewis8325the drink looks kinda yellowish and if I remembered correctly they also joked around about how rudy looks like a gay starbucks barista so I think its coffee
There's a guy, The Fat Electrician, who does really great military stuff on RUclips (I don't work for or get paid by him) who says the US Marines run on Red Bull (other energy drinks are available) , nicotine and hate. Now I know what he is talking about.
“are you making this up?” “Yeah I’m making this up” This has nothing to do with being a grunt in the military and everything to do with being a grunt everywhere else and all places .
Dude I was singing along watching it. Have You ever did that with lets say, friends? Like riding car down the road and s*it... How these boys suppose to cheer over? They are not on roadtrip there, but what is better way to loose up at least for few seconds?
Anybody that's never been in the military it's really not like this. They made these guys look like they were incompetent most of the time. Made for TV.
The many comments by Marines and Army vets on the many clips around youtube say otherwise. They got actual Recon Marines who lived those events not just as advisors but as actors in the series. Rudy Reyes who played himself, Jeffrey Carizales and Eric Kocher who both played Marines from Assassin Company.
@@spirz4557 The one main criticism is that the book is largely written by Evan Wright who was a journalist embedded with these marines during the invasion. I'd say that's mostly valid as he wouldn't have incredibly intimate knowledge on some specifics in the Marine Corps, and likely just focused on the human aspects of everyone in the unit. Journalists also are often there for the story so may put particular emphasis or attention on things to weave into a story rather than leave them as convoluted as they likely were in real life. But from what I know talking to people involved in OIF and knowing some Marines today, the events of the show aren't entirely unbelievable. What the show gets really right is that basically everyone is in the Marines, so you get a clash of a ton of personalities all along for the ride of helping operate a multi billion dollar death machine, and that war is dumb as fuck in general.
Ray being on the debate team explains a lot but leaves more questions
He wasn't stupid, that was just Brad giving him shit for being from the midwest. The entire series, he's sleep deprived and hopped up on adrenaline and stimulants. At the end when he runs out of stimulants, his real personality comes out, and he's much quieter and more introverted, hence Brad notices that he hadn't said a word since getting back from Baghdad.
@@rustyshackleford1508
I’m not saying your wrong but from different interviews of watched it seemed like at least the irl ray, and the ray they show us from when they first arrive in Iraq, he’s still a very talkative and extroverted guy
@@rustyshackleford1508 I think that’s just pure sleep deprivation coming out, he’s super aggravated and wants to go to bed but can’t
I remember around 2002 when my fellow submariners barred me from bringing Ripped Fuel or Hydroxycut on underways anymore because I....in their words "got weird". Later, when this miniseries came out I was told that I "act like Ray" when dosed up and awake for 24+ hours.
@@rustyshackleford1508 While the show follows the book fairly closely, there are a good number of things changed, removed or given to other people a few examples are, rays rant about pussy being the reason for the war is far worse or Brad having a single tube NVG, The comment about how gay they are was given to poke or the pushing of the grooming standard comes from Godfather not Sixta, something the show never mentions is how most of them had a scholarship while some were sports more were academic or the fact Ray was extremely sick the whole time in country and Doc Brian had him on a cock tail of meds or my personal favorite Ray would purposefully drive bad after an argument with Brad even during combat
Maybe the real WMDs are the friends we made singing in the humvee!
Truly
Now if you've been paying attention to the last 20 years
You realize that a lot of that stuff was shipped out to Syria
Goddammit😂😂😂
@@Manco65 and it seems like it paid off, Bachar is off the country as they rolled in with fuckin IFVs, sporting western infantry equipment (even with blue, yellow and green bands like in Ukraine lmao) while storming Damascus
the moment when brad is cussing out ray and making fun of where he comes from and he turns around to see his battalion commander is hilarious asf
It’s godfathers smile that’s hilarious
8:20
God Father was impressed by the NCO's creativity of roasting someone.
"at least my mom took me to Nascar"
This lol
As claims to fame go, ick
Marine accidentally domes old man with 40mm. Someone in the crowd: "Good God! They must have to kill a family member at boot camp or something!"
Iirc the surprising part is, according to the book, the old dude survived
@@tunasandwich8049 yeah he did
That would be such a cool rumor.
The funny part is, the Iraqi Police we trained in Al Qaim in 2004 thought this exact thing... No one bothered to correct them.
"You tried to pretend by invading Iraq with us but I knew"
bro got a bounce shot with the 40mm
just like the simulations
Ray saying “hello everyone, I’m Michael Jackson” and spitting dip on himself gets me every time
What a legend moment for real 😂😂😂😂
8:25 Ray settling in for the lolz as Godfather walks up 😂😂
This really makes you appreciate the details of the show. Like all the times Brad realizes "oh shit, were supposed to be doing propaganda" when around Evan. This does a great job of potraying the Iraq war everyone knew it was fucking bullshit, but for their own personal reasons went along with it anyway
Just because their wasn’t WMD’s doesn’t mean the war was fucking bullshit. Overthrowing Saddam Husseins regime was justification enough.
Iraq is a measurably better country now than it was before we invaded it. The same can not be said for Afghanistan. So I guess 1-1 ain’t a bad score.
Obviously it should have been a lot better and we should have done more nation building to prevent the tragedy that was the lawlessness following Saddams overthrowing. But 20 years later Iraq is a way better country than it ever was under saddam.
Plus on his death either his maniac kids would be in charge or there would have most likely been a bloody and brutal civil war for power which would have been worse than anything the US did. So really Iraq was on a warpath no matter what in my opinion because theirs no way the powers that be in Iraq would have let saddams sons take over the government when he died.
@@JohnNeo19 You portray saddam as a bad person, but that still doesn't explain why you lied to the public about WMD's and also doesn't change the fact that saddam was put in power by the CIA.
@@KaisAli-s4r WMD story was actually a massive CIA blunder. I saw it from a documentary few years ago, the WMD source blatantly told the journalist doing the interview that he lied to the CIA because he fucking hated Hussein and wanted him overthrown.
But that doesn't clear the politicians because I'm pretty sure they didn't give a shit and were looking for any reason possible for killing Hussein.
@@JohnNeo19 The bullshittedness of a war will always be determined by how much it lives up to a nation's cited reason for involvement in the first place.
Brad looking concerned af and saying"are you making this up" to RayRay is hilarious xdddd
Like maybe the dude is serious for once and our eyes are fucked up already
",,,Are you making this up?"
"Fuck yeah I'm making this up"
Loved the banter between these two. Made the best of an awful situation, turned a Armed Convoy into a singing roadtrip.
A moment of silence for Ripped Fuel
14:47 "...beautiful" never ceases to crack me up.
RIP Evan Wright 🖤
Shit I didn't know. Dude was legit as hell. Never shy'd away from danger.
11:44 Ray about to have a moment of deep introspection and Brad is having none of it
This show always puts me back in the middle of these conversations that we all had no matter what branch you were in. When my brain tells me that January and February is not the time to sleep, this is my warm hug of goodness like therapy making the stupid shit disappear and be replaced by these stupid, meaningless, idiotic conversations that were the most amazing, wonderful, completely sensible, brilliant, mind numbing , absolutely perfect word salads that ended up being massaged into gold by the end of it! I love this show!
Best Ray moments :D
Great series!!
I can't imagine how many takes each scene required for the actors to keep a straight face during the cosmetic insults.
"Stop scribbling.... it encourages him."
Trombley is like Gomer Pyle if he fits.
Nah, he's not that dumb, he's capable of doing what's required from him
more like animal mother
Id be pissed too if my boys sung king of the road while i was asleep
worse than infidelity, no question
What does Nova Juliet stand for?
Everyone else:😏
No Joy
It's November Juliet. This comes from the NATO phonetic alphabet to indicate the acronym NJ. In the case of the US Marines of 1st Recon Bn it means 'niggah juice' which is what they call coffee.
@@steelgear3876 coffee? isn't it grape drink? hence it's association with black people
@@steelgear3876 you know i'm just quoting them right lmao
@@lewis8325the drink looks kinda yellowish and if I remembered correctly they also joked around about how rudy looks like a gay starbucks barista so I think its coffee
Underrated series, well worth the watch!
0:22 oh yeah.
This whole time I was trying to remember where I heard Ray from again. He’s Ziggy!
There's a guy, The Fat Electrician, who does really great military stuff on RUclips (I don't work for or get paid by him) who says the US Marines run on Red Bull (other energy drinks are available) , nicotine and hate. Now I know what he is talking about.
Video Content:
90% Ray
5% Shut up Ray!
5% Other
I’m just a teenage dirtbag baby
Bagdahad , for free ?
In this economy?
13:09 good lord, sometimes I forget just how crude my repertoire is
“are you making this up?”
“Yeah I’m making this up”
This has nothing to do with being a grunt in the military and everything to do with being a grunt everywhere else and all places .
What they did to the reporter's gf picture was so wrong, she was a total 304.
1:35
The sun is purple.
This is a documentary
Explosive head 😂
😂😂😂😂✨
I need to get me some ripped fuil
😂😂😂😂😂😂
why is all the best moments singing? those absolutely weren't the best moments
Dude I was singing along watching it. Have You ever did that with lets say, friends? Like riding car down the road and s*it... How these boys suppose to cheer over? They are not on roadtrip there, but what is better way to loose up at least for few seconds?
The Teenage Dirtbag closing scene was one of the best moments in the whole show
They're iconic, fym.
if twombley hitting the backup vocals on tainted love doesnt instantly put a smile on your face you have no heart
Anybody that's never been in the military it's really not like this. They made these guys look like they were incompetent most of the time. Made for TV.
The many comments by Marines and Army vets on the many clips around youtube say otherwise.
They got actual Recon Marines who lived those events not just as advisors but as actors in the series. Rudy Reyes who played himself, Jeffrey Carizales and Eric Kocher who both played Marines from Assassin Company.
@@spirz4557 The one main criticism is that the book is largely written by Evan Wright who was a journalist embedded with these marines during the invasion. I'd say that's mostly valid as he wouldn't have incredibly intimate knowledge on some specifics in the Marine Corps, and likely just focused on the human aspects of everyone in the unit. Journalists also are often there for the story so may put particular emphasis or attention on things to weave into a story rather than leave them as convoluted as they likely were in real life. But from what I know talking to people involved in OIF and knowing some Marines today, the events of the show aren't entirely unbelievable. What the show gets really right is that basically everyone is in the Marines, so you get a clash of a ton of personalities all along for the ride of helping operate a multi billion dollar death machine, and that war is dumb as fuck in general.
@@queuedjar4578 There's also One Bullet Away by Lt. Nathaniel Fick which gives his own insights of the events.
@@spirz4557 I love you Fruity Rudy!!
You've never met a marine