GREEN BERETS React New Psyops Recruiting Video "Ghosts in The Machine"

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
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  • @Dragoon1776
    @Dragoon1776 Год назад +206

    I served with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. When we deployed to Operation Desert Storm, a PsyOps Platoon was attached to my Troop. Before the the start of the Ground War, one of our Scout Platoons had the mission to provide overwatch up to the border area where Iraqi units were known to be dug in, while the PsyOps guys,( call sign "Mind Bender") played the sound track of F-Flicks of women having orgasms etc. It was hilarious.

    • @libertybabe6086
      @libertybabe6086 Год назад +10

      What about the babies in incubator bs story?? Was that a type of psyop??

    • @Dragoon1776
      @Dragoon1776 Год назад

      @@libertybabe6086 , "The Nayirah Testimony" was outright propaganda at an international level, that was endorsed by numerous people to include Amnesty International. Big Lie that got bought and sold.

    • @Dragoon1776
      @Dragoon1776 Год назад +9

      @sambankman-Zelensky, it wasn't intended to be intimidating. It was harassment. The same way that Noriega got blasted with heavy metal music 24/7 in Panama by the same type unit. Harassment and interdiction.

    • @petrolmonkey8339
      @petrolmonkey8339 Год назад +24

      The best story I've heard was some unit dropping Squads of Parachutes strapped to Ice Blocks, with telltale signs these Parachutes belong so USA SEALS.
      When the Ice Blocks melt, you end up with Phantom Squads of SEALS that infiltrated your AoR... that could be anywhere.

    • @ruebenllongoria836
      @ruebenllongoria836 10 месяцев назад

      @@petrolmonkey8339they should have also been dropping MRE spoons all over the place. Really fuck with their heads.

  • @yooniqe85
    @yooniqe85 2 года назад +289

    "Stop fucking quoting me."
    -Sun Tzu

  • @rockydubois2418
    @rockydubois2418 Год назад +252

    The last 3 years has been a psyop

  • @ErichRahm-Gaming
    @ErichRahm-Gaming Год назад +87

    I was a PSYOP team chief for 8 years. We did plenty of CQB. I think people get confused because PSYOP is best known for developing leaflets and shit but PSYOP detatchments also have tactical teams that embed with line elements. I went on plenty of missions with MP's, Infantry, Field Artiliery, and even ODA. Believe me, the TPT guys don't like the leaflets and shit either; we used to take the leaflets to the burn pit and burn them then in our SITREP we'd say we diseminated all of it and give the grid coordinates of the burn pit.
    As for the tactical stuff, the deal was that as a 3 man team we really couldn't get to a lot of places by ourselves so we'd embed with whatever unit was going where we needed to be. The deal was that we'd help them with their mission if they then pulled security or whatever for us while we did ours. I know the 2ID and 82nd Airborne guys I worked with liked having us with them. The couple of times I went out with ODA, they seemed kind of annoyed at our presence and if I'm being honest, I was annoyed to be there too. Those missions didn't really feel like there was overlap and it felt more like we were there so that our detachment NCOIC could say his guys were going out with special forces. It always felt to me like the line guys either thought I was some sort of super high speed ghost operator (which I wasn't) or a complete POG (which I also wasn't) but there was no in between.

    • @ErichRahm-Gaming
      @ErichRahm-Gaming Год назад +4

      Oh yeah, and we play a lot of the people you interact with at Robin Sage

    • @GTRNights
      @GTRNights 9 месяцев назад

      Hoah

    • @averybane1163
      @averybane1163 8 месяцев назад +4

      Your comment itself is a psyop because we don’t know wtf any of this means

    • @inferna7327
      @inferna7327 5 месяцев назад

      SO WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO OTHER THEN GET ATTACHED!?????

    • @NateAmado
      @NateAmado 3 месяца назад +3

      Can you comment this on Niko Ortiz video? Lol

  • @BBWsk8
    @BBWsk8 2 года назад +21

    The best part of this is these guys spent the entire video defending their egos but not realizing that they just exposed how sensitive they are. 11Bs got your 6

    • @solokom
      @solokom Месяц назад

      What is 11B?

  • @joemartin2671
    @joemartin2671 2 года назад +492

    Army recruiting didn’t do this video, 4th Psyop Group did. Just so you know, SSG Knauss, who was the last soldier to die in Afghanistan and one of the now famed 13 was a Psyop guy. He wasn’t on a computer in some closet. Its also not a new thing. You missed the symbology of the ghost hanging in a tree. Thats the patch of the ghost army from WWII, that used this capability to trick Hitler into moving his forces away from the main US advancements. They weren’t in some safe room either. Out front on the line taking fire from Germany’s primary units so the Allied main assault would have less resistance. The USASOC HQ is called the McClure building. Named after MG Robert McClure a Psychological Operations Specialist and considered the father of Special Operations. SWCS, was once called the Psychological Warfare Department. You didn’t even know Psyop guys went to language school (the exact same one SF guys go to), and have never worked with one but your going to educate civilians about what they really do. Ok my guy. There is alot more to the job than sitting on a computer, throwing leaflets out of a plane and loudspeakers. For anyone considering the job that may feel different after watching this review, they are off on most of what they said. Talk to someone that does the job. SF guys don’t like sharing the command with others. Thats about the only true thing you can take away from this review. By the way there is no S in PSYOP it’s an acronym. The OP in PSYOP is operations. No need for the extra letter it makes you sound ignorant.

    • @yapaboury
      @yapaboury 2 года назад +78

      Spot on Brother! It' very disappointing to see someone who probably many folks look up to, spread misinformation. Trying to talk down to someone or something does not make you big...Educate yourself before you wanna give lesson. Humility is a virtue.

    • @dakotamckinnon5511
      @dakotamckinnon5511 2 года назад +70

      Yeah, this whole thing was pretty distasteful if I have to be honest. The way Buck talks in this video shows a whole other side of him that honestly tears down the whole "cool, calm, and collected professional" that he tries to portray. Major asshat SF guy vibes.
      The lack of knowledge that's VERY present, just irks the hell out of me.

    • @standyke542
      @standyke542 2 года назад +39

      Yeah, I could seriously feel the hurt ego vibes. Their response video needs a disclaimer that SF competes for the same pool of candidates the video is targeting. Also found it amusing that I was hit with four ads before I stopped watching.

    • @AirborneApark
      @AirborneApark 2 года назад +39

      Yeah, these guys display a ton of ignorance here, from first few moments you can tell they know very little about PSYOP. I spent 5 years in PSYOP and it was a great experience, I got to participate in and contribute to some very cool stuff and and felt I punched way above my weight compared to any other career field in the military.

    • @williamrodrigues8333
      @williamrodrigues8333 2 года назад +1

      How do I re-up into PshyOps?

  • @Matt-hy5zx
    @Matt-hy5zx 2 года назад +430

    As former psyop specialist I have to disagree with their intro. I spent very little time behind a desk and no time on line. There is a difference between the guys back at the base and the ones on teams actually carrying out the psyop operations. Psyop has many facits and few of them can be performed from behind a desk.

    • @jacobromero2001
      @jacobromero2001 2 года назад +50

      Facts carnal, the dudes on this channel probably didn’t work with the 37s. I worked with Agencias de tres letras. It’s their view point

    • @zombiepenguin4281
      @zombiepenguin4281 2 года назад +16

      Yep. The history of psyops is thick and interesting.

    • @saramatthewson5594
      @saramatthewson5594 2 года назад +20

      Agreed, but they are making fun of the recruiting video not the actual MOS.

    • @liljew8642
      @liljew8642 2 года назад

      @Haku Yuki like abusing fellow soldiers, cheating on wives and killing local wildlife for fun. Pretending to work while watching every movie ever made for free, stolen. The bullshit is so real with these "jobs". The military is huge money fire.

    • @KwangTheMongrel
      @KwangTheMongrel 2 года назад +57

      This whole thread is a psyop

  • @JGor_37F
    @JGor_37F 2 года назад +315

    Former PsyOps, 37F. Was embedded on some Ranger missions and had to be able to do CQB. Sorry to break your heart, we have a DA arm. I did both HumInt and SigInt. From field interrogation, geo-locating, as well as civil affairs. Counterintelligence. Propaganda. We had TCCC training so we could treat villagers. We did language to interact with locals. But we ARE NOT tip of the spear. We support 2nd tier.

    • @jpdehaas88
      @jpdehaas88 2 года назад +41

      SF isn’t “the tip of the spear” either. Now they’re just JCET tourists

    • @dakotamckinnon5511
      @dakotamckinnon5511 2 года назад +22

      I think we should call ourselves "the breath at the tip of the spear" 😂
      Always there, not necessarily noticed, impact is invisible at the surface level, heard more than seen. Makes sense in my head anyways

    • @JGor_37F
      @JGor_37F 2 года назад +5

      @@dakotamckinnon5511 Were/are you 35F or 37F? I have only ever ran into 2 other PsyOps I like the last 5 years online.

    • @dakotamckinnon5511
      @dakotamckinnon5511 2 года назад +5

      @@JGor_37FYessir. 7th POG

    • @JGor_37F
      @JGor_37F 2 года назад +8

      @@dakotamckinnon5511 Me too, 7th group, 12th battalion, 320th out of Portland.

  • @redlegmedia7340
    @redlegmedia7340 2 года назад +26

    After watching this reaction, it is apparent that these dudes have no idea what Psyop troops do. I am not one, but I have worked with them pretty extensively.

    • @matthewlogan4267
      @matthewlogan4267 9 месяцев назад

      Your full if it the cia don't do all that action hero bullshit

    • @mymysweetdecline
      @mymysweetdecline 5 месяцев назад +1

      to me, a civilian, it seems like they also don’t know how this recruitment video reads to an actual civilian. I at no point assumed that you’d be directly involved in the action one way or the other. To me the video, like the magic, were just setting the tone.

  • @jackmehoff2363
    @jackmehoff2363 2 года назад +85

    The video feels more like a warning then a recruitment video

  • @AirborneApark
    @AirborneApark 2 года назад +24

    Guys - you should have someone who actually works in PSYOP on here. Y'all come across as having no idea what PSYOP is or what they do. I was only in PSYOP for 5 years but I had teams:
    - On objective with a T2 element (doing CQB in some cases) though I agree it's not the focus of PYSOP and shouldn't be highlighted so heavily in recruiting
    - Doing very shadowy interagency work
    - Using their TS-SCI every day on compartmentalized programs
    - Punching way above their weight class by rank; I had E6/E7s sending plans to the SECDEF for approval in a sensitive environment and getting recognition from him at the end of their tour
    - Using their languages to work through local forces in building influence campaigns or countering adversary propaganda
    - Doing a lot of cool stuff that I really can't talk about here, but if you look at the schools that PSYOP folks routinely go to (Military Deception, SERE-C, Social Media Exploitation, etc) you might get some idea
    Was the recruiting video accurate? It was maybe 50% accurate to my experience, but PSYOP is so broad and doing so many different things in so many different countries and environments that after 5 years in the community I'd hesitate to make any blanket statements about what PSYOP is and isn't.

    • @FNGACADEMY
      @FNGACADEMY  2 года назад +4

      this was about the recruiting video. We will have a psyop person on at some point to talk about how awesome Psyop is. We have no issue with Psyop. relax.

    • @cactusmuncher2274
      @cactusmuncher2274 2 года назад +3

      Every aspect of American government is incredibly pathetic but nothing more so then people within it that think they've been accomplishing something.

    • @Vindico0711
      @Vindico0711 2 года назад

      @@FNGACADEMY looking forward to it!

    • @Fin.mint.
      @Fin.mint. 2 года назад

      @@cactusmuncher2274 Keep munching on those cacti, because typing obviously isn't your strong suit comrade.

    • @spacemanjet
      @spacemanjet 4 месяца назад

      @@FNGACADEMYyour takes regarding the psyop regiment were shit and incorrect. Saying “it was about the recruiting video” doesn’t change that

  • @edwhitt3727
    @edwhitt3727 2 года назад +91

    I worked quite a bit with psyops before and after (not during) JUST CAUSE. They helped put a more effective spin on our tactical deception activities. They also produced the videos we played to the civilian population during and after the operation and provided direction for photo ops with regards to the swearing in of the new government. In the aftermath, when I was working to turn the Panamanian Air Force into a civil aviation service organization, they gave me a lot of great ideas to help convince the general population that the new NAS was not out to terrorize them, but to help them. A few examples: from camo paint job to one resembling the Panamanian flag, and landing helicopters on the beach on Saturday and Sunday, giving impromptu tours to the sunbathers. Not exciting, and certainly not parked at the elbow of an "L" ambush, but they were quite helpful and effective at getting the job done. The "Ghost in the Machine" video looks like an effective recruiting tool (probably a class project at the psyops school), but, true to form, puts a heavy dose of lipstick on that mammal.

    • @ladyeagle1509
      @ladyeagle1509 2 года назад +8

      Don’t all branches put heavy lipstick on ? I’ve seen to many ads and videos of all military branches and haven’t seen one yet that doesn’t brag up their branch and lie to get you to sign . 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @nodrive
      @nodrive Год назад +2

      The most powerful part of psy ops is that they have you convinced that you were helping Panama.

    • @KVX21
      @KVX21 Год назад

      Or could mean something much bigger than what you just said..

    • @Phalcineddie
      @Phalcineddie Год назад

      @@nodrive I'm sure many people have various opinions on that. That's OK. I was there before, during, and after JUST CAUSE. I made many Panamanian friends while I was there and am still in contact with some of them. I am totally comfortable with having been a part of taking down a monster of a dictator and allowing Panama to be governed through its constitutional processes. By the way, that new National Air Service (SAN) performed brilliantly in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake at Bocas del Toro, having provided significant humanitarian relief and medical evacuations. Yes, the SAN DID help Panama and Panamanians, and I am proud to have put my fingerprint on it. I didn't need psyops to clue me in on that.

    • @nodrive
      @nodrive Год назад

      @@Phalcineddie Did forget who Noriega was working for in the first place? Along with many other dictator graduates of the School of the America's.

  • @zfolwick
    @zfolwick 2 года назад +58

    couple of things:
    * plenty of psyop guys were out with infantry teams in Iraq. I was one of them. Deployed with 1st MEF at first (that was weird/great to be with Marines), then I was transferred to Baghdad, then Talil where we jerked off until the SOFA agreement in 09. Passive intelligence gathering when on missions was a lot of what we did.
    * Regarding manipulating riots: yes, that's possible. Psyop deals with manipulating masses to modify behavior.
    * We did a LOT of practicing room-clearing and basic infantry TTPs, not to be good at doing it, but in case whomever they were attached to needed an extra gun. But previous psyop fuckup battalion fucked up psyop reputation by being douchy and stupid, thinking they were "high speed".
    * Psyop does indeed do language training. It's really *really* helpful. We had a 6 week arabic course, but plenty of people go to Defense Language Institute for language help.
    * Afghanistan was fucking stupid for leaflet drops... nobody could read anyway. Iraq was stupid for leaflet drops, because they would put out handbills and drop leaflets saying "pick up trash, keep Iraq beautiful". Are you fucking kidding me? Leaflet drops.... saying pick up your trash... genius work there, guys. Loudspeakers, newspaper articles, tv spots, etc. were all places where psyop worked.

    • @dallasryder8125
      @dallasryder8125 2 года назад

      To this day, I get PTSD when someone puts a leaflet on my homes door. #Somanyyyyyyyy

    • @ayoutubecommenter1827
      @ayoutubecommenter1827 2 года назад

      The pick up your trash one was genius. I think that WAS the whole point. Fuck with their heads and rile them up to your American stupidity. Thus drawing insurgents out from the shadows to attack and reveal themselfs

    • @seanb8140
      @seanb8140 Год назад +1

      The leaflet drops during both Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom (the invasion part) were very effective in influencing the Iraqi Army to surrender. They contained messages, that essentially said “Coalition forces are more powerful than you, and if you wish to live follow these instructions.”Then it gave verbal and pictorial instructions on how to lay down arms and surrender. Ever see the videos where hundreds of Iraqi Soldiers surrender to squad or platoon sized elements? Thank a Psyops Soldier.

    • @JohnnyCrack
      @JohnnyCrack Год назад

      How much Arabic did you learn in 6 weeks? I would think just learning how to read/write their alphabet only would take a week or two

    • @vincenthawke8141
      @vincenthawke8141 10 месяцев назад +1

      It works if the Psyops Alanysts do their job properly. There was this instance where they dropped a leaflet with a Dove on it to express peace and the Afghans would show up to coallition forces members with the leaflet asking for free chicken cause they thought it was a coupon.

  • @MRFLOYD_gg
    @MRFLOYD_gg 2 года назад +13

    Nowadays 8th POG is tactical, focused on the kinetic elements, attached to Batt and Group. Where as 4th POG is what your talking about, online, embassy details.

  • @gmeta2611
    @gmeta2611 Год назад +3

    Excellent. Appreciate you posting this reality check.

  • @whiskeytango1744
    @whiskeytango1744 Год назад

    The review of the recruiting vid by both of you fine lads brought out so many interesting comments.
    It made you into ' Ghosts' without you ever realizing it! 👍👍

  • @noahisac4711
    @noahisac4711 2 года назад +34

    Another SOF career field to look into is AF Special Reconnaissance. They're worth looking into if anyone wants to go into SOF and you're interested in recce.

    • @bradenbagby4431
      @bradenbagby4431 2 года назад +10

      Bro ngl air force has some of the coolest speacial operations. Buuuttt all of then except tacp requires combat dive and that scares me tbh cuz im not the best swimmer and water up my nose makes me alil fucky. I'm swimming 4 times a week trying to get use to it.

    • @hideoeduardokojima8340
      @hideoeduardokojima8340 2 года назад +14

      @@bradenbagby4431 you can do it

    • @AD-jg6cl
      @AD-jg6cl 2 года назад

      Does SF not have people working specifically to sell SF to the next generation? Yes. Welcome to recruiting big brain.

    • @CS-ww3bs
      @CS-ww3bs 2 года назад +5

      AF special reconnaissance use to be Special warfare weather man right? It sounds like I'm kidding, look into it

    • @noahisac4711
      @noahisac4711 2 года назад

      @@bradenbagby4431 I had the same problem at first but it was something I just got used to over time by putting more time in at the pool. Also be sure to put in the time to get good at water confidence cause that and the rucks are what get a lot of people to quit at A&S as well as predive.

  • @PuertoRicanBoi127
    @PuertoRicanBoi127 2 года назад +42

    Think you guys are looking at this from a jaded and MIL perspective.
    I’m prior service, 8 year grunt and in no way was I getting the impression they were signaling you’ll be a DA force.
    How could you overlook the most apparent things and not speak on them? The rising threat in the east is factual.
    Also they’re not implying they created riots, they’re asking you question who did. They’re alluding to a war behind the scenes being fought and it’s almost very Q like.
    This is not an accident this was released at this time. Take off the MIL glasses and realize this isn’t a recruitment video. It’s a memo.

    • @SargNickFury
      @SargNickFury 2 года назад +1

      fax

    • @malcolmmaclean1468
      @malcolmmaclean1468 2 года назад

      Bingo Bango 😎

    • @checkit9902
      @checkit9902 2 года назад +3

      🧐Stop looking for (subs) you silly human beings..... you have know idea regarding the meaning and significance of this video...🦅✨👻🇺🇸 justice is coming to those who overthrow our government....🔥🔥🔥

  • @tex2283
    @tex2283 Год назад +1

    Im dead, lmfao! I'm a subscriber after this one vid. 10 year sub vet...we are all notoriously smart asses; YOU TWO HAD ME IN FITS ON THE GROUND WITH YOU 1 LINERS. 10/10 gentlemen. I'd stand a mid watch with you two ANY time.

  • @Treemike2323
    @Treemike2323 2 года назад

    Brothers Kurt and Sean your opinion is very good!! Rock on!!!!

  • @l.s8404
    @l.s8404 2 года назад +5

    Maybe they are expanding the phy ops units capabilities due to the neer peer threats we focus on today..I have no idea though I'm just guessing.

  • @darkjill2007
    @darkjill2007 2 года назад +10

    That video works. It made me "feel" multiple times during it. Way better than a pamplet.

    • @CarlosVixil
      @CarlosVixil 2 месяца назад

      There’s a million kids doing the same quality work on social media

  • @jgunther3398
    @jgunther3398 2 года назад +3

    I don't think people think they're going to be part of what they're seeing here, but rather behind it all, behind the scenes. Some of the great spots in it, under the "disinform" titling the floating body refers to Operation Mincemeat. Another is the galloping horses turning into a finger scrolling a screen. Then when the ghost starts waving his arms around and the drums start. Haha. Great editing like you guys said.

  • @johannesdolch
    @johannesdolch Месяц назад +2

    The reason they are not telling the truth is that the truth is this: You will be doing the same stuff you would do at google or an advertising Agency. Only you earn 1/100th of the money and have 1/100th of the benefits. It's the same BS they used in JAG. If you join JAG you are a lawyer. You do the same stuff, that you do at any lawfirm only with Little pay, little recognition and zero actual advancement options. You will not be Harm, flying Jets and parachuting behind enemy lines while the judge decides on your case.

  • @howardanderson3662
    @howardanderson3662 2 года назад +5

    Just recently found this channel, and really enjoy it. Was wondering if 13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi is on the list to be done on Beers and Breakdowns?? Appreciate the content we get from the channel!

  • @Armstrong7056
    @Armstrong7056 Год назад

    Brilliant guys total respect
    ✌🏻❤️✊🏻🙏🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @brennonmyers4226
    @brennonmyers4226 2 года назад

    Hey I'm stoked as hell for this video; fooled me 😂

  • @Chad_Thunder-Koch
    @Chad_Thunder-Koch 2 года назад +74

    The thing is though, this is immensely well made. If they had the production quality and applied it to infantry recruiting ads or anything else, and kept the tone, they’d actually get recruits instead of dude bros sounding off about two mums.

    • @MachineGunPepe
      @MachineGunPepe 2 года назад +11

      Exactly. At this point I tell everyone to just join SOCOM. It doesnt mattet what unit honestly just go there. Avoid the regular Army like the plague. This ad only further shows the divide between SOF and everybody else. It's getting bigger by the day.

    • @NeoMK
      @NeoMK 2 года назад +4

      How dare you disrespect Emma like that! Her moms are going to be so upset!

  • @matteckert7541
    @matteckert7541 Год назад +7

    They attached two psyops guys to us one time on a training exercise practically just landnav to our hide/surv. Holy shit though those guys were fuckin weirdos and completely incompetent in the woods lmao.

  • @matthewbrown3477
    @matthewbrown3477 Год назад +2

    Former PsyOps, 37F. Was embedded on some Ranger missions and had to be able to do CQB. Sorry to break your heart, we have a DA arm. I did both HumInt and SigInt. From field interrogation, geo-locating, as well as civil affairs. Counterintelligence. Propaganda. We had TCCC training so we could treat villagers. We did language to interact with locals. But we ARE NOT tip of the spear. We support 2nd tier. Ditto

  • @ace6458
    @ace6458 Месяц назад

    I think the best part about this video is that the opening quote is the exact emotion that you displayed before it started😂 love the vids!

  • @miguelcomas3157
    @miguelcomas3157 2 года назад +7

    What ODAs see PSYOP do is the SF equivalent of running a 25 meter, reflexive fire range. Afghanistan and Iraq were examples of battlefield operations. PSYOP does so much more.

  • @cadillac2188
    @cadillac2188 2 года назад +106

    I actually reclassed to Psyop like 11 years ago (ETS'd back in 2014)..... Can confirm the douchey attitudes of some the guys I deployed with. Some of them thought they were OAF haha, but there were other squared away guys as well. It definitely wasn't all it was cracked up to be, but honestly, it was more enjoyable than when I was 11B. Plenty of good missions if you brought value to the teams you were attached to, otherwise you were just an extra gun (which I suppose has its perks).

    • @ubcroel4022
      @ubcroel4022 2 года назад

      What made you enjoy it more than Infantry?

    • @cadillac2188
      @cadillac2188 2 года назад +26

      Several reasons….but mostly being treated like an adult (for the most part)

    • @cadenlove9806
      @cadenlove9806 2 года назад +3

      “Psyops”

    • @t-money9528
      @t-money9528 2 года назад +12

      @@cadenlove9806 PsyOp is the correct use here- for those of us that were in the PsyOp community, we know that Psychological Operations is what PsyOp stands for, so saying “PsyOps” is like saying Psychological Operations’s. And if you said “PsyOps” at PsyOp school, you got to do Prison push ups until you learned it was just “PsyOp.”

    • @FNGACADEMY
      @FNGACADEMY  2 года назад +17

      @@t-money9528 prison push ups? come on...

  • @deathtwinky7161
    @deathtwinky7161 2 года назад +2

    This video is very good. It look lot more like a message than a ''recruiting'' stuff. I get a lot of it.

  • @oneroneen
    @oneroneen 2 года назад +2

    When you guys react to videos, please bring the receipts. Please give a link to the original source/video.

  • @PewPewFig
    @PewPewFig 2 года назад +12

    PSYOPS is tactical Don Draper, still pretty dope shit if you're into advertising and marketing, idk I find it cool. It also seems like the skills you learn can make you some good dough when you get out of the service. For example, copywriting makes people millions. They do language because they have to sell ideas to people from different countries, they have to learn cultures to know what drives people there, and how to manipulate them to be on our side, or surrender, or what have you.

  • @williamflowers9435
    @williamflowers9435 2 года назад +7

    Whoever made this promo video needs to work for Hollywood or Video game companies… imagine if this was a promo for a new series by the same people who produce Seal Team or a Band of Brothers type series… I’d be hyped

  • @Trbochv69
    @Trbochv69 2 года назад +1

    Can yall do a video on SFAB? Keep up the great work.

  • @potatocultivator621
    @potatocultivator621 Год назад

    Bro that treeline at 3:36 has got to be Bragg with the controlled burns 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

  • @yankeeyankee5
    @yankeeyankee5 2 года назад +26

    Ridiculously cool ad. Hope the PSYOPS gents take a bigger role in the upcoming conflicts.

    • @FNGACADEMY
      @FNGACADEMY  2 года назад +12

      I have no doubt they will

    • @RobertMorgan
      @RobertMorgan Год назад

      The fact you're advocating for more psyops means they are doing their jobs well.
      With the repeal of the Smith-Mundt Act, it's now legal to use US tax money to directly propagandize US citizens in the US, a practice illegal for almost a century.

  • @718EngrCo
    @718EngrCo 2 года назад +1

    Every recruiting commercial I’ve ever seen makes it seem like you’re doing cool shit all the time.

  • @jerry6721
    @jerry6721 2 года назад +3

    So are they the lube on the tip of the spear? You cant really see it, but sometimes it helps to have it there?

  • @globaladdict
    @globaladdict 2 года назад +4

    I dunno, the guy sitting there with the sound monitors, seems like a sick deal. Record your psyops stuff and then bang out a fire mixtape on the job. Looks like free studio time to start your rap career while serving your country to me.

  • @ernestohernandez2137
    @ernestohernandez2137 2 года назад +32

    Hey man love your videos. I am currently a college student, and I actually want to become a Psychological Operations Specialist and then later become a Special Forces soldier. I think everyone has their roles to play and I think people in the comments shouldn’t have to explain what they do. You guys are awesome and all equally important. The Department of Defense wouldn’t fund psyops if it wasn’t needed. I think psyops is good, and like they said in the video that was a perfect propaganda video. It certainly got me lol, and I do believe that their 9th Psychological Operations Battalion that belongs to the 8th Psychological Operations Group is their tactical unit.

    • @ErichRahm-Gaming
      @ErichRahm-Gaming Год назад +1

      What you find is that 4th PSYOP Group and the 82nd Airborne are chalk full of people who failed Q course and just stuck around Ft. Bragg.

    • @ChrisJones-fm6wp
      @ChrisJones-fm6wp Год назад

      save yourself some time and skip a 37f packet and go straight for sfas. If you fail sfas, you're most likely going to end up trying for psyop anyway to avoid the 82nd. Psyop gets in it's own way and very few people stay in psyop for long because the command climate and red tape are miserable.

    • @ChrisJones-fm6wp
      @ChrisJones-fm6wp Год назад +1

      @nofuxgoon that's a waste of time. If someone has desires to go SF, they should drop a packet when they're eligible to do so. There's no point in wasting time in other units if SF is what you want and you have what it takes. That goes for anything, ranger, delta, etc. If you meet the requirements, drop the packet. That unit will teach you to their standard regardless of your background.

  • @johnwanderin3872
    @johnwanderin3872 2 года назад

    I know the unit longer exists, but can you review the Asymmetric Warfare Group’s recruitment video from a few years back? Just would be interesting to get your take on that.

  • @candi_renee_28
    @candi_renee_28 Месяц назад +1

    The Whole World is a Stage. This is literally the truest thing at the moment.

  • @varunkunchala
    @varunkunchala 2 года назад +9

    You should talk to Angry Cops, he started out in the Army in Psy Ops/Civil Affairs.

    • @koopspook
      @koopspook 2 года назад

      the team house podcast has had a couple psyop dudes that have done some shit too

  • @adamrocks529
    @adamrocks529 2 года назад +4

    "The recruiting video was very misleading!" is what I'll say when I get to PsyOps! 😄

  • @pirateradio00
    @pirateradio00 2 года назад +1

    "Just know, my digital footprint was there first." HAHAHA! That was a good bar.

  • @FNGACADEMY
    @FNGACADEMY  2 года назад +2

    Get your selection gear and be ready for the Mentorship Program drop! (email list will know first)
    www.thefngacademy.com

  • @AGfrom83
    @AGfrom83 2 года назад +7

    Buck hating because Bourne ghosted his way into a stack! 🤣

  • @of_the_stone
    @of_the_stone 2 года назад +3

    "Did you have any PSYOP guys with you?" Answers all that you need to know.

  • @richarddeveas4537
    @richarddeveas4537 11 месяцев назад +1

    Tactical Psyop Teams operate in built up areas and are trained in CQB. It was taught at the Psyop school!

  • @jonenglish6617
    @jonenglish6617 2 года назад +2

    The people who made this video did a great job. They could sell anything

  • @jacobcoryell8258
    @jacobcoryell8258 2 года назад +7

    Hey Buck I'm hit with covid so you videos have been keeping me alive lol. How often did you get to work with other sof like rangers and seals?

    • @CS-ww3bs
      @CS-ww3bs 2 года назад +1

      Stay down brother, if you don't try to get up and be a hero then you get your regular breathing back quick. It still got my run time up to 12:30/mile. Working on getting it back down, but you'll get back after it.

    • @bellsclubsbarsandbows76
      @bellsclubsbarsandbows76 2 года назад +1

      Vitamin C, D3, Zinc, Quercetin, and NAC are your best friends right now! Those and chicken noodle soup will get you right real quick!

    • @willy4869
      @willy4869 2 года назад

      @@bellsclubsbarsandbows76 yep. Stack that NAC with Mucinex and get that garbage out of your lungs.

  • @philragu5298
    @philragu5298 2 года назад +3

    They were out advising CAG, it's why they weren't with your ODA, working in the shadows.

  • @rb_5k249
    @rb_5k249 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for your participation

  • @tewkewl
    @tewkewl Год назад

    "7 Day selection or whatever it is"... puhahahaha! I snorted my drink. I love the way team guys talk...

  • @gameocalypse6040
    @gameocalypse6040 2 года назад +21

    I was interested in PSYOPS until i realized one of the selling points / aspects of their training is writing long ass essays while everyone else is going through a proper selection. Like..what? I get it's purpose, and respect it, but I find it amusing that they probably have PSYOPS people working specifically on selling PSYOPS to the next generation.

    • @aidanazr
      @aidanazr 2 года назад +4

      I mean, everyone's got recruiters.

    • @globaladdict
      @globaladdict 2 года назад +12

      Of they're going to write essays. Their job is to study the enemy and figure out how to psyche them out. No amount of running CQB drills or burpies is going to find that answer. If everyone in the military had to be a shit hot operator, our military would be way too fucking small lol

    • @gameocalypse6040
      @gameocalypse6040 2 года назад +1

      @@globaladdict oh absolutely, it's just not how it's sold at face value, which is the part I find intriguing. The military flat out wouldn't be able to operate without the people in support roles.

    • @OnTheRiver14
      @OnTheRiver14 2 года назад +6

      @@gameocalypse6040 brother nothing in the military is shown at face value

    • @gameocalypse6040
      @gameocalypse6040 2 года назад +2

      @@OnTheRiver14 haha yes.. I was thinking that as soon as I hit send. Thankfully we have these bros shedding light on special forces life, and ladies and gentlemen from other units and branches doing the same.

  • @jacobpuakea7651
    @jacobpuakea7651 Год назад +5

    All the psyop cupcakes getting salty lmfao

  • @williamivey5296
    @williamivey5296 2 года назад

    Do I get points for recognizing the 23 Hqtrs Special Troops patch? 🙂

  • @thh4584
    @thh4584 2 года назад

    RTA Psychological Operations Battalion operates similar to this video portrayed where they do both sides of the spectrum which includes deploying with teams, And have actually seen combat doing so.

  • @Mr-or9pn
    @Mr-or9pn 2 года назад +84

    This channel is one of those special ones for me, the kind you wish had a 1000 videos you could binge. I hope you guys never stop.

    • @FNGACADEMY
      @FNGACADEMY  2 года назад +10

      thanks man!

    • @jordanfrancisco27
      @jordanfrancisco27 2 года назад +4

      Me too. No homo tho. ✊

    • @Mr-or9pn
      @Mr-or9pn 2 года назад +3

      @@FNGACADEMY thanks for the entertaining content dudeski.

    • @Mr-or9pn
      @Mr-or9pn 2 года назад +3

      @@jordanfrancisco27 just a little?

    • @williamflowers9435
      @williamflowers9435 2 года назад

      Definitely becoming one of my favorite channels

  • @guimontag451
    @guimontag451 2 года назад +5

    My dad did that PsyOps in Fort Bragg NC. I guess Back in the days they were more like boots on the ground, What I mean, is that he did work with SF side by side marching, jumping and collecting info on ( the exercise ) Indigenous personal and how to direct the PsyOps that needed, in order to accomplish the final test. I guess as you mention on the video, thing have evolved and they are no more next to SF teams on the ground. I still remember his stories on one time SF team putting a parachute on a freaking crocodile and lunching, and then no one on base knew what happen to that creature.
    Any way., thanks for the video.
    PS My father is a retired Mexican General, He did Lancero School ( I guess is kind of a Ranger school but in Colombia), PsyOps in FB NC, and some National security studies as well in the US

    • @vincenthawke8141
      @vincenthawke8141 10 месяцев назад

      Psyops TPTs still operate as boots on the ground don't worry, it was extremely present in afghanistan and Irak. These guys just don't know much about psyops.

  • @BagLadyNetwork
    @BagLadyNetwork 22 часа назад +1

    I have no idea what the hell I just watched! Psyops what?! 😮

  • @Whispers_of_Madness
    @Whispers_of_Madness 2 года назад +1

    This gave me Ghost Recon vibes I’m signing up right away

  • @jonathangarza4844
    @jonathangarza4844 2 года назад +3

    The transition from “War is evolving” to “and all the world’s a stage” was so clumsy.
    It’s hard af to build a good PSYOP product, and that’s the only nitpicking I could find.

  • @kadinohmer5774
    @kadinohmer5774 2 года назад +4

    “He found himself in a stack” 😂

  • @jaypee389
    @jaypee389 2 года назад

    Looks like there is a heavy front moving up towards Upstate N.Y. around Lake Ontario.
    Tornados.

  • @AdaKitten
    @AdaKitten 2 года назад

    I am not sure exactly what Psyops is, but I think I read somewhere that it's the guys that make the enemy question themselves and their intel, amongst other things. Sowing discontent. It has been very effective when done by the current aggressor.

  • @wildeninja2836
    @wildeninja2836 2 года назад +4

    You mean like Army engineers recruiters showing you all those cool buildings you get to build come to find out you’re a mine sweeper IED magnet lol?!

  • @stevetalbottofs236
    @stevetalbottofs236 Год назад +4

    This a review by SF on Psyops which shows that SF knows nothing about Psyops. I don't believe Psyops should be trying to be experts on Sf either so, everybody stay in their lane.

  • @22JakeWalker
    @22JakeWalker Год назад

    Love the commentary 😂

  • @dbuzz4868
    @dbuzz4868 2 года назад

    2nd and 3rd order. You should look at a specific group where PSYOP is just a strategic piece of it. It's out there, just packaged differently.

  • @pythy889
    @pythy889 2 года назад +12

    ..."stop lying about the job" while also saying SF is direct action and forgetting the other 11 core competencies

  • @rickbarnes1298
    @rickbarnes1298 2 года назад +37

    The Army has lots and lots of different kinds of jobs.
    I served myself for a 20-year career,
    I worked all day, I worked all year.
    But I was never at the "tip of the spear,"
    I was back in the rear with the beer and the gear.
    🙂
    The Adjutant General's Corps
    "Defend and Serve"

    • @brimstone33
      @brimstone33 2 года назад +1

      Hell yeah! Thanks for processing my transfer paperwork, Brah! I was sick of living and working with that pack of wild baboons!

  • @makidiaz3894
    @makidiaz3894 2 года назад

    Your really good at this too!

  • @c.l.e.a.n.nation
    @c.l.e.a.n.nation 2 года назад +3

    Former Civil Affairs...CA and PsyOp were always goin at it about SOF legitimacy 😄, but it was honestly all in fun, like picking on your younger sibling...likewise between all SOF units...this recruiting video breakdown is mad funny 😁, but I can honestly say, I had the chance to not only serve with but have Cadre that were PsyOp and they were some pretty hard dudes and super squared away...I'd love to see you guys breakdown a 38B video lol...#SecureTheVictory 🪓🤙🏾

  • @gregbirger5810
    @gregbirger5810 2 года назад +1

    Been out a while now, but former 37F here. Have to agree with you, CQB is not a thing we ever did or trained for.
    It was fun times to be sure, and had a chance to work with some high speed units, but that's not the norm & the recruiting video is deceptive.
    Definite perks of being attached "less OPCON" to a larger standard unit to get our beans & bullets, but still operate (mostly) independently in theater, just reporting to our own command.

    • @pythy889
      @pythy889 2 года назад +1

      former 37 and can't analyse the video to see that PSYOP is causing others to do actions... note the man controlling the strings and it is a knight chess piece not a pawn

    • @dakotamckinnon5511
      @dakotamckinnon5511 2 года назад +2

      I mean... TPT's are a totally different animal within the organization..

  • @TheTommymbarsby
    @TheTommymbarsby 2 года назад +5

    These guys admit they never worked with PSYOP in their career, while telling their audience they know everything about PSYOP....I hope at least one person sees the irony in that.
    these old 18 series know very little about how information warfare has evolved and the various units that are currently employing PSYOP assets within their organizations. Will PSYOP be doing actions on the target. No! Will they enable actions on the target to be successful? absolutely. You want to work at the tactical level, listen to these guys. You want to work at the operational or strategic level..... go to Mackall and find out on your own.

    • @FNGACADEMY
      @FNGACADEMY  2 года назад +4

      do not disagree with this at all. I did encourage everyone to link up with an actual psyop individual

  • @supertrooper7403
    @supertrooper7403 2 года назад +20

    My recruiter must have been one of those elusive PsyOps hero guys hiding in the shadows.....of the recruiting office basement. He convinced me that 11b was essentially SF light lol. I embraced the suck and owned that dotted line brother.

  • @thorfinthorfin3010
    @thorfinthorfin3010 2 года назад +1

    It's like the 11 Bravo recruiting. What they don't show is all the grounds maintenance, painting old buildings, painting rocks, picking up trash on the highway etc you will do most days.

  • @dallasryder8125
    @dallasryder8125 2 года назад +68

    We went from PSYOP to MISO to PSYOP. I enjoyed my stint, but you’re 1000% correct Buck. I was a young PFC in 2011, everyone of my leadership seemed like SF to me lol, because they had all the chest candies and shit. After my first deployment, I was like… 🤔 paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, attachment, hang with tribal folks and hand over more paperwork lol. There’s a lot of opportunities in the command, a lot of folks need to realize both PSYOP and CA are mainly reserve. A lot of great people, who have real civilian occupations outside of the MOS (Fire fighters, lawyers, teachers, business owners and so on here). Anyone who wants the chance to earn a Green Beret goes to the NG tryouts at our base. Few homies made it to 20th, I think? Like anything in the Army, PSYOP is a great career if you make it. A lot of schools, a lot of deployments still. There’s a great interview with a light skin PSYOP captain, on a RUclips channel who interviewed the SEAL who went Army and Green Platoon. ruclips.net/video/ZvWjHhmYrFI/видео.html
    Thanks for great content as always Buck 💪🏾
    I linked the long gray story. I hope you can get interviewed on there as well Buck

    • @Hxodoroe73939dhs
      @Hxodoroe73939dhs 2 года назад

      Military is the only way?

    • @SuitedPim
      @SuitedPim 2 года назад

      Sounds underhanded and sneaky like mossad

    • @dallasryder8125
      @dallasryder8125 2 года назад +2

      @@g_g6729 Watch his interview he explains the racial issues he dealt with in his career. Also I’m black, we usually called mixed brothers “light skin”. Sorry, to trigger you homie 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @sirensong48
    @sirensong48 2 года назад

    Awesome video, great breakdown....
    ... but I have to know, what's on your right wrist?! I was trying to figure it out the whole time.

    • @fng_kurt9617
      @fng_kurt9617 2 года назад +1

      It’s plastic wrap around a tattoo I got that day.

    • @sirensong48
      @sirensong48 2 года назад

      @@fng_kurt9617 Nice. Thank you! I just found your channel, and the videos are great. I didn't mean to come off rude if seemed like it.

  • @ZacharyCox
    @ZacharyCox 2 года назад +4

    Come on Buck, everyone knows its better to code in the dark - aka the shadows.

  • @keithgoh123
    @keithgoh123 2 года назад +6

    Psyops today: making Putin and Zelensky memes, arguing in the comments section with opposing psyop agents. And the best part? Doing it in the toilet while pooping.

  • @matthaft2048
    @matthaft2048 2 года назад +2

    I was going to reclass to PSYOPS when on active duty until i found out they in fact would not teach me to make things explode with my mind 😢

  • @kanenas9111
    @kanenas9111 Год назад +2

    First of all, thank you for your service.
    I have been in the PSYOP community now for 19 years, deployed multiple times for the GWOT as a 37F.
    During my second tour, I was medically evacuated out of Iraq and sent home to Bragg for surgery and rehabilitation for combat injuries, and then back to Iraq a year and a half later.
    I can tell you that you have mis-characterized and displayed a lot of misunderstandings about what PSYOP is, what PSYOP does, and at what levels.
    Most of your criticisms may apply to the Strategic levels of Psychological Operations (which the video intimates), but not that much at the Operational level, and not at all at the Tactical evel. The level I, and others, participated in over three combat tours in Iraq.
    The interpretations you Gentlemen made about the ‘shadows’, the ‘close quarter combat’ and ‘tip of spear’ is totally misunderstood.
    As a tactical PSYOP Team leader, I spent 9 1/2 to 10 months out of a 12 month tour in the cities, villages, regions of Iraq and imbedded with the people we were trying to influence; friendly, neutrals, or enemy.
    Many of the images that people saw on the news during the Syrian war that influenced and changed a lot of the thinking, and actions of not only individuals but governments, was due to PSYOP at the strategic level, working through operational and tactical PSYOP.
    If you would ever like to have a discussion about what PSYOP really is, and does, more than happy to chat.
    I would be more than happy to have a discussion with you gentlemen, and share many of the insights that you did not get from this video, or just by reading about PSYOP, and I make this invitation very respectfully, and very honestly and openly to get more understanding about Psyop.
    On a lesser note, it is PSYOP not PSYOPS.
    Again, thank you for your service and thank you for your videos.

  • @crazylegz324
    @crazylegz324 2 года назад +23

    Psyops is still pretty fascinating. I find it refreshing that we are taking all aspects of war seriously unlike another certain country that invaded Ukraine. I honestly find the aspects of war outside of combat (logistics, intelligence, etc.) interesting. I like the big picture. To see the whole machine working. A lot of people will just focus in on elite units like green berets, but I’m sure you guys would be the first to admit y’all couldn’t do you job with out the rest of the military doing their job. It’s really cool to see how each part supports and is supported by another part

    • @Zeralop
      @Zeralop 2 года назад +4

      Russia invades ukraine? Congratz you fell for the psyop. You didnt even see it coming haha:)))

    • @sneakycheeky531
      @sneakycheeky531 2 года назад +1

      @@Zeralop litterally all his info on russia will be from non Russian sources, well except for some youtube comments sayin "help im 13 and russain our family fear for our life we dont want this war"

    • @johnshelton22
      @johnshelton22 Год назад +1

      Nice job Fed Boy, you arent fooling anyone

    • @charlesblanton1008
      @charlesblanton1008 Год назад

      lol, you referring to the U.S.?

  • @ricksanders2153
    @ricksanders2153 Год назад +5

    Walking around SWCS and being able to tell who are PSYOP and CA students vs. who’s in SFQC is like being in high school and being able to tell who’s in the marching band vs. who’s on the varsity football team.

    • @PochoNieves
      @PochoNieves Год назад +1

      This so true. When I went to the SWCS chow hall as a CA guy I knew right away. All the CrossFit looking guys were SFQC, since I was in CA I knew who we were, the rest were PSYOPS, lol!
      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @riptidewrestlingofficial
    @riptidewrestlingofficial Год назад

    Lol going CA, please do a CA video 🤣🤘 love FNG, thanks guys

  • @PrestigeWorldWide777
    @PrestigeWorldWide777 10 месяцев назад +1

    The greatest psyop is the current one being presented to the American people from our universities, media, and trusted institutions.

  • @dranb7074
    @dranb7074 2 года назад +5

    I don’t know if you’re referring to the “new” psyop, but when I was in psyop we only deployed with 1st, 3rd and 5th gro or Ranger Battalion and yes we were on the ground with them the whole time, stove duty Psyop has some high speed mofos in it “. We had to do 2 week selection, airborne, Sere C, language, and psyop school…was about a year total. That’s why a lot of guys go from psyop to 18 series..all we have to complete is selection, MOS school and small unit tactics. Can’t say there are no high spots dudes in active duty Psyop bro..that’s just a lie strait up. Yea the reserves is a joke, but active duty are mai my all tactical teams.

  • @CS-ww3bs
    @CS-ww3bs 2 года назад +5

    "He was right next to us the whole time I just didn't see him" 🤣🤣 I can't with you Buck

  • @austincroy6806
    @austincroy6806 2 года назад +1

    yalls commentary is priceless for this video thanks for taking the time to do it guys

  • @jasonbrown5014
    @jasonbrown5014 2 года назад

    I think they are required to do jump training though from the last thing I saw on it

  • @jflynns
    @jflynns 2 года назад +7

    If you knew to call it PSYOP rather than PsyOps, it would be easier to take your analysis seriously. You don't even know the name of the career field.

    • @thebronzetoo
      @thebronzetoo 2 года назад +1

      When even the video said "PSYWAR". Tell us you're not PsyOps without telling us you're not PsyOps...

    • @dakotamckinnon5511
      @dakotamckinnon5511 2 года назад

      @@thebronzetoo That's a thing though... 🤨
      Psychological Warfare... PSY.. PSYWAR... You see it, right?

  • @logstriketech6360
    @logstriketech6360 2 года назад +5

    hey buck could you make a video for those wanting to go SF who have fear of confrontation and fighting? love your content so much man

    • @koopspook
      @koopspook 2 года назад +1

      that's easy, martial arts. Doesn't have to be Jui jitsu or muy thai, it could be your local tae kwon do or boxing gyms. Once you get your ass kicked during sparring by people that know how to fight, you won't really fear confrontation or fighting because training and sparring has already given you experience. It goes the same for overcoming the supposed instinct to not hurt another human being, you don't think about it as hurting them because when you're defending yourself, you're just going through the motions learned during training. Just like the military trains you to shoot move communicate while bullets are flying, it's the repetitions during training that make you do it without thinking in a high stress situation

  • @jbshannon77
    @jbshannon77 3 месяца назад

    I like the wizard of oz guy who was a shadow with an imposing voice and special effects around his head. He is the wizard of oz who is really just a scared little coward when the curtain is pulled from him. Like the Wizard of Oz The Movie! I can feel him squirming.

  • @johnnyq9429
    @johnnyq9429 Год назад +1

    Sounds like they're adopting Russian Psyop. I worked in PSYOP for 8 years. PSYOP actually deploy with Rangers, SF, Marines, work in Embassies. I worked with SF in South America, worked with Seals in Ramadi, Marines...so these guys don't know much either but whatever.