A contributing reason for the 77th's...let's call it "reluctance"...to take prisoners was due to an incident during the Battle of Guam. One of their men was captured by the Japanese during a patrol and they tied him to a tree, tortured him, and broadcast his screams throughout the night to the 77th in an attempt to break their morale. It didn't.
Ernie Pyle was a very famous war correspondent that was extremely well liked by every unit that he was embedded with. Every one that had family in the military read his articles hoping to learn about what they were doing and possibly see their names in his articles.
TIL. (Based on the sign alone, I was going to guess he was a dog. Although, now that I say that, if he'd been a dog, there probably would have been something more than just the sign.)
As a 30-year-old guy from New England that's worked retail, blue collar, white collar, ran my own shop, freelanced, in private and public sectors online and off, I can say with confidence that if I was forced to drop everything I've been working on for the last 12 years because some prick across an ocean got uppity, you can bet I'm going to make it his problem, his friend's problem, his neighbor's problem, his car guy's problem, and the problem of everyone else in that general direction that has so much as a sharpened stick. You have roots by that point, be it business, family, kids, career, assets, property, etc. and if those roots have to move, it's the March of the Ents up in this bitch.
Also with captain in your name…that means you were a butter bar. And were the kid in the lake, lost and dying, us enlisted don’t have that problem…ahaha.
@Plastikdoom eh, their profile picture shows Kermit as a old fashioned Naval officer. If it follows that THEY are using Captain as a Naval rank then they WERE a butter bar, but never a Second Lieutenant. And the Navy is a lot better about not trusting ensigns to lead shit compared to other services. That and squids should have their ships in a body of water, so while a lake is a wrong turn for the navy it's better than driving a tank into one.
@@Plastikdoom Profile pics are about as closely related to reality, as account usernames. If you're going to discount the profile pic on these grounds, then we have to discount the argument based on the username as well.
"Love this".....a pleasure to watch with you. As explained in a comment below; Ernie Pyle was an American journalist who was one of the most famous war correspondents of World War II. I think you would enjoy his story...
And very underplayed. Desmond Doss was basically a superhero with how many men he saved that the producers and directors of Hacksaw Ridge had to downplay his feats because they didn't think they were all believable.
I was born and raised in Alabama and once attended a youth league baseball tournament in Nebraska. At a restaurant a dude was kinda snide remarks about my, very strong, southern accent. I tried to laugh it off at first, but the guy just wouldn't shut up. That is until I told him, "Buddy if you think you own the patent on being an son of a B, you are about to get the biggest surprise of your worthless life." It is amazing the looks of uncertainty I got from the clientele. Sometimes blunt is the only language people understand and you just got to speak into their good ear. Great reaction as usual.
I experienced the same thing in Ohio Camp Perry Ohio in fact a military base I was at shooting in the National High-power Rifle Championships. Some of them seemed to be very upset all these southern talking folks were kicking his northern buddies asses in shooting and they couldn't stand it.
@@ThmsDouglas They just don't understand our southern slang or that most of us had a .22 rifle put in our hands before we turned 8yo. I never shot competitively, but you better not zig when ought to be zagging.
The crazy part is that the US was funding the war before getting involved directly. They sent millions in weapons, ammo, and money to the Alllies through the Lend-Lease Act for 3 years before the US got off the bench and started batting themselves. If I remember correctly, the USSR got 12 million by themselves😂
An even crazier part of lend lease is that it basically rebuilt (despite USSR and modern Russian revisionists' wishes) the Red Army logistics and was providing about 20-25% of the Soviet Air Force's total fuel supply from about 1942 onwards. The US basically built up its future enemy...for maybe the 20th time by that point?
Ernie Pyle was a renowned American war correspondent during World War II, known for his deeply personal and humanizing stories about the lives of ordinary soldiers. He gained widespread acclaim for his writing style, which focused on the personal experiences of soldiers, often reflecting their fears, struggles, and camaraderie in the midst of the war. Pyle was embedded with U.S. troops in many major campaigns across Europe and North Africa, but he is perhaps best remembered for his coverage of the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific theater during World War II. Unfortunately, he did not survive the campaign; Pyle was killed in action on April 18, 1945, by Japanese machine-gun fire while reporting from Ie Shima, a small island off the coast of Okinawa. At the time of his death, Pyle had become a beloved figure to the American public, as his stories helped people at home understand the sacrifices and realities of the war. His death was widely mourned, and he is remembered as one of the most influential war correspondents in U.S. history. Pyle's ability to convey the emotions and daily lives of soldiers set his work apart, making him a significant figure in the history of journalism and World War II reporting.
14:31: America also was sending shit tons of food and other military supplies to Great Britain through lend-lease and even though we were't formally at war with Germany we lost merchant mariners, a few hundred on convoy ships that were attacked by Uboats all through 1940 and 1941.
Nope, US was not sending, it was selling... "WWII debts from the US and Canada were paid off in 2006 by the UK. The US loaned $4.33 billion in 1945 at 2% interest. At that rate of interest, the UK paid $7.5 billion back to the US, over 61 year'''''
@@Pterodactylus548 I wish my loans were at 2 percent interest with multiple decade payoff options. And some shit was downright traded, bases for ships as one example. My real point was we were still kind of 'in the war' and lost people well before Adolf declared war on the US.
11:48 I don't really understand how you expect the U.S. to be better just by a little bit. We don't really have a unit of measurement to tell how far ahead our equipment is to the opposition. That's one of the biggest issues in war. You don't exactly have a concept of what you're going up against, until you're going up against it. Saying that the U.S. should just be a "little bit" better than everyone else is impossibly more difficult to achieve than just training and researching to the maximum and hoping that you're making break throughs faster than the other guy. The only efficient way to gauge whether or not your equipment is better is by using it against its competition, or by involving the equipment in a proxy war with its competition, and even then the equipment is only as good as the person operating it, which in the event of a proxy war, we don't have a way to gauge the level of experience/training or understanding of the equipment the nation at war has of the equipment of the U.S.' they're using.
26:51 OH HELL NO! You watched your mouth near women with these guys or face one of three outcomes; up to a one foot change in height, eating your remaining meals through a straw, or learning to sing soprano.
i like you kido. keep learning. the best man ive ever know was a friend of my dads who almost died in Vietnam. and i mean 37 ak holes and an almost MRI ripping him apart , my mom caught it before him or the dr. we owe our vets but those guys ...... not getting PTSD till getting home and finding out all you went thru, horrors of war, losing friends in the most horrible ways, the families that will never be the same, triggers words or smells that put them back in the arms of the nightmare......it was all for nothing because those you fought for AMERICANS, spit on you and call you a baby killer or kill them if they wear the unifore or medals THEY EARNED. shame. ON BEHALF OF EVERY ASSHOLE WITH VERBAL DIARRHEA.......LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME HOME SOLDIER! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. "in a time i cant remember ,in a war he cant forget." _poison. thank you for coming to find me after my dad died and all you have gave this world, thank you rick. Rick ogden, one of gods angels and solid as the day. over 70 and STILL LAYING CONCRETE. LONG LIVE OLD BASTARDS, DOGS, AND REASONS TO LIVE. AmenNwomeN. sorry for the rant
lol honestly love your reaction to this. So fun to listen to. Former chef / server / gas station attendant to store mgr / etc etc ... cant say how many people just have no idea how to work. Let alone how to take instruction and critiques
Just to make it clear, Band of Brothers the famous 101st Airborne Division from D-Day (their first campaign) to VE Day was about 11 months out of six years and one day. The US swooped into Europe to end the war. But other like the 82nd Airborne had been fighting for years Africa, Sicily, Italy etc. The army needed time to muster and amass. They didn't really need to go balls to the wall like in the pacific which manpower wise had a smaller physical frontline.
This is just one of many studies. 30 somethings absolutely beat the holy piss out of 20 somethings. 100 times out of 100. An extra decade of hate really adds up.
Although it is not common for guys to die during training it does occasionally happen. Some advanced training does take up to 2 years. I had 2 years of schools before reporting to the fleet when I was in the Navy. Some of the elite unit training is very much like what the 77th went through and will be about 2 years to complete to the point of being deployable.
Ernie Pyle(1900-1945), was commemorated in the 1945 film "The Story of G.I. Joe". Pyle was portrayed by real life WWII vet the late. great actor Burgess Meredith. Meredith achieved the rank of Captain in the US Army Air Forces( the direct predecessor of the US Air Force). In 2009, "The Story of G.I. Joe" was selected for preservation in The National Film Registry, by the Library of Congress, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Mortally wounded means your life is in a significant amount of danger due to the wound(s). It is possible to survive mortal wounds, but doing so generally requires a significant amount of luck and/or prompt medical assistance.
Important context on the Reagan quote: He only said that because his opponent (the person the quote was referencing) had previously called him too old to be president and in mental decline.
So when todays "silver fox" George Clooney comes for a lunch you tell other that you serve his table😁😍 Just saw the "Grand Torino" - again, Clint seems good grandad material... Ernie Pyle: ""The numbers imprinted in Coughlon’s memory corresponded to a temporary US military burial site on the small island of Ie Shima (now Iejima) located just a few miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan; that particular grave belonged to Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle."" "" Servicemen whose stories he told. American GIs saw Pyle as the soldier’s spokesman as he repeatedly braved the dangers of combat to better convey its grisly reality and recount their harrowing experiences on the battlefield. Enlisted men from every service branch and theater respected his fearless determination and admired his exceptional efforts to tell their stories.""
A fatal wound will mean certain death A mortal wound means almost certain death. There is a thin line between the two so you can get instances where one is used for the other.
As the old adage goes “if you take your foot off the lions neck, run!” In terms of our military might, we have our foot on the world’s(lions) neck and if we let up even the slightest with our advancements and advantages we better be ready to run. And by run I mean prepared to fight here on the home front.
I love her optimism that the government would actually wisely spend the money freed up from cutting spending on defense. We COULD save almost as much with a line item veto so that the government won't spend millions planting flowers on medians while repairing highways. Maybe...
All of America's infrastructure should be maintained by the private sector. If it were done that way, there would be more subways, and much more public transportation options available.
Texas is exactly what you say the rest of America should be. And how has that turned out? Well, the entire Texas electric grid has been failing and failing hard _every single year,_ with the worst periods being summer and winter, the times when people absolutely need air conditioning and heating respectively. Since February 2021, thousands of Texans, people who, up to then, had "reliable" electricity that they were regularly paying for, froze to death because power was gone *_for days,_* and those that survived were getting bills from the _private_ companies for thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars... for the time that they were *_NOT_* getting any power - power that, in case you are unaware, predominantly comes from oil and natural gas (you know, two of the things that Texas has always been known for), which had their pipelines freeze shut and were unable to be thawed because the private companies did not winterize them at all, meaning that there was literally no way to thaw them and get them flowing again. And in case it is still not obvious, there is still absolutely no winterizing going on, because guess what, that costs money, and if there is anything private companies seethingly hate, it is spending money on absolutely anything... other than lobbying the government (state and federal) to give them all of the free money possible, all of which comes from _your_ taxes, which is on top of them charging the exorbitant bills I mentioned earlier. This is _still_ happening, and every year, it has been getting worse and worse - and I know this because I have lived in Texas for over 30 years, and while I left Texas shortly before February 2021, all of my relatives are still there, and they suffered through the complete and utter abandonment that these private companies did to their *_PAYING_* customers. We all know that _absolutely no private company_ involved in infrastructure will ever do what you claimed they would. I will not apologize for this, that when I read your post, all I could think and thus say is this: You are a ^^^^ing idiot, and I hope you do not have any kids in your life because you are clearly dangerous to them - and if there are kids in your life, they must be separated from you immediately and permanently.
Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945) was an American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II.
Ok, the difference between Saving Private Ryan, and Hacksaw Ridge, is Hacksaw Ridge ACTUALLY HAPPENED, it is a REAL STORY, saving private Ryan is a fictional story that was written to coincide with an actual event, and the IDEA of that story came from the REAL story of the Sullivan Brothers, in short, get a box of tissues, a snack, a blanket to be under, and YES you should watch hacksaw Ridge.
You can still claim East Coast. The person may move and learn to blend in elsewhere, but the temperament is always there just below the surface, ready to come out when needed.
Hey don't pick on us Gen X people, we will play in the streets, drink out of your garden hose, and actually ride bikes without a helmet, and our parents had no idea where we were at and did not care as long as we were home when the street lights came on.
I remember back in the seventies every body would be outside and all the stuff you just said was a way of life riding bikes with no helmets and all your parents wanted was you home before it was dark boy those were the days my friends I thought they never end and I loved every minute of those days
@45:13 This was one of many examples of improvised exigent tactics in war which directly lead to the modern drone adoption and evolution. Worth paying homage. Adding: If you are all in on this: follow Nic first. Then do the chain of Kubrick and Spielberg. Full Metal Jacket is the perfect bookend to bolstering your soul's fortitude next to Saving Private Ryan. But I've honestly learned and remembered more from my prior reading through The Fat Electrician's quest to honor our origins than those movies. Pick your path; but be weary: there are major critical strikes to your soul as you dive into what our history actually means. (Hint: Barbary Pirates)
America was in the ENTIRE war from the moment we were attacked (Japan) and when we had war declared on us (Germany). Funny how some think we should go half way around the world to declare war on someone who isn't bothering us just because they can't get along with their neighbors.
Ernie Pyle was the greatest war correspondent of WWII He was all over the European battlefields before volunteering to cover the Pacific after the Nazis surrendered
Dry clean socks are the greatest commodity you can have! I still cherish them to this day and I was only a medic. The only difficult shit I had to do was waking up at 5am to go for a 10km run with my squad. And the night shift kind of sucked. We worked for the civilian population as EMTs so getting woken up by loud ass sirens in the middle of the night and jump in the ambulances to go safe some poor bastard who drove off a cliff or something was a bit stressful. Got shot at a couple of times by drunk or high as fuck crazies but it was a cakewalk compared to anything combat veterans faced.
9:40 The US manufacturing and logistics could easily be seen as one of, if not the most important aspects to allied victory. Lend/Lease was absolutely vital in keeping England and the Soviet Union capable of continuing the fight. So, while we entered "late" to the war, never forget how important being able to supply an army is, and that the US basically did it for all allied forces for the entire war.
As a Mariner I worked on ships, tugboats, ferries, small cruise ships, and dining yachts. Also in the marine department. Yes on small cruise ships the cabin stewards also served the meals in the dining room but they were a trained part of the crew. They may have worked in the hospitality industry before but this was different. Now on the Dining Yachts the Captain, Mate, and deckhands would show up hours before the first cruise to get the boat ready and about and hour before boarding the servers would show up and they were there for only serving and side work then left. So yea I’ve seen the restaurant industry as well.. it’s totally a different beast.
Hacksaw ridge is a great movie, you should absolutely go watch it whenever you get the chance. Mortally wounded implies a wound that would be fatal if not treated quickly, fatally wounded tends to mean a wound that will kill, or will kill if not treated immediately
MOST of our ground forces had LONG extensive training first in the U.S. and then more closer to the actual war zone before they were sent into combat, the 101st Airborne Division, along with the 82nd, 13th and several others did basic training for 16 weeks, then another 16 weeks of infantry training, followed by wargames for 12 weeks BEFORE they shipped off to england for another year of more local training before D-Day would happen, now a lot of our Naval and Air forces had much less training than our ground forces did, but they pretty much had to be rushed into the war to hold the line before our military was fully ready to fight, it did take almost a full 2 years to get enough people trained to fight before we committed them to the fight. so the duration and amount of their training was NOT unusual at all!
This vid hits close to home. I joined the Army when i was 18. I struggled mentally and physically. I coule barely cut it the army. I got out at 22. Rejoined at 30 and it made a world of difference. I could think clearly and see the bigger picture. And i was stronger than i was before and stronger than a lot of the young bucks after an 8 year break from the Army.
I am part of Gen X. I’ve had a job since I was 11. I don’t relax, because your kind need ‘safe spaces’ and someone needs to pay for that. FYI, my GF thinks you’re right. She’s with me, so you can say she has issues.
The desert experiment was to learn how soldiers would be affected and what supplies would be needed because the first military land operations of the American army in WW2 would be in the african deserts.
I usually go with Tully or something for a shot. Skrewball happens for me at this one specific bar I go to when the owner decides to give everyone a shot. well, he used to give everyone screwball. I am friends with him now, so I usually get whatever I want, lol
I am a Michigan Combat Veteran from the Gulf War, and it's sequel amongst other small conflicts and operations not heard of. I spent 23 years in the military with a majority of that time in conflict. The truth is the truth, and blunt is good. I Love your reactions, honest interpretations and thoughts do mean something. keep it up.
Just FYI from an old man... yes, men are strong at 30, 40, 50, 60... here's the thing. from about 18-25 they are more like vampires, you just cannot hurt them short of killing them, they can take brutal abuse and heal very quickly, every male knows this from their own experience. In my late teens/early 20's I could just go and go and go... wrestling practice 5 days a week, a few knockdown, dragem-out fist fights, and 3 continuous days of keg'rs a few hours of sleep and do it all again without feeling it at all. by the time I hit 40 and I'd need days to recover if not weeks from that kind of crap.
You can never count out the experience of age. It will win almost every time over books smarts. There is too much that you learn through the experience of time that you will never understand. Just look back when you were young and ask yourself if you would do that again.
The two old guys that you're talking about; one spent 50yrs in Government with nothing good to show for it, the other was a business man. Complete difference. The "younger" person, is/was a DEI hire that got her job by being on her knees.
Looking at it from overseas, I see one guy who spent fifty years in government and has done a lot of things for the US people that the media didn't highlight just because they were more beneficial than controversial, and a 'business'-man who has repeatedly gone bankrupt and committed fraud and bragged about abusing women while repeatedly trying to restrict their rights. Your sordid implication that the 'younger' person got the job by _being abused_ is too pathetic to merit a real response.
@@TraceCoburn as someone overseas ya A. your opinion doesn't count, and B. it is completely wrong. Biden has done absolutely nothing of value for America at all in his 50 years in government except be a racist piece of shit and get my friends killed overseas, and Trump has never been proven any of your claims when a judge says he has decided a case and doesn't allow facts to be presented and the AG changes laws to go after him for absolutely nothing with no proof of anything ya again baseless and wrong, and C. she 100 percent got her start in politics by fucking people in charge its a proven fact so again your opinion doesn't count for shit because you're not an American so we don't give a shit about your opinion pretty sure whichever country you're from is definitely not even nearly as free as America is
@@TraceCoburn Then why did you reply? Also, Kamala abused her position to hold people longer than their sentences. So I'd argue she's more an abuser than any perceived 'abuse' you're imagining.
The No HR department means they didn't have a department to go cry to about whatever person making them feel sad. Also he mentioned construction even today Women make up about 10.8% of the construction workforce and most of those are office jobs and dealing with clients. Today 90.2% of Construction workers are Men. Back then in the 1930s -1940s time frame less than 1% of people working in the construction industry were women. Of course the social standards of the time meant that women got the option to stay home with the children and doing housekeeping while the men were expected to go to work. So no not having a HR Department didn't mean anything about being disrespectful to women.
Ernie Pyle was a highly respected combat correspondent. He was known to be loved by the ground pounders. And yeah, watch Hacksaw Ridge, just be ready because it is BRUTAL.
Being old in the military can be fun. I was 46 when I trained as an Army combat medic (with a bunch of kids 17-22), where they called me "Pops". I went to Iraq as a combat medic when I was 47, and turned 48 in country.
Also yes physically we are generally at our best. If you stay in shape/do physical things and spent your life learning how to work, and working, then yes we are at our best in the 30’s, best mix mix of knowledge and the physical means to get it done fast and hard for work. And smart enough, to still learn. Not fully set in our ways, so we still learn easily and quickly when we need too. We keep all of that, except our physical side as we get older, at least the smarter, better ones. And we slowly decline physically as 40’s and 50’s plus hits.
49:28 DEFINITELY watch Hacksaw Ridge. I originally wrote it off because I'm not a big Andrew Garfield fan, but that movie was PHENOMENAL and definitely made me proud to be American. How even a conscientious objector could be a war hero. Surprised the hell out of me!
The allies still had a great chance of winning ww2 of America had just kept to the lend/lease deal, but the best outlook for it was that the war would have probably lasted into the 50s. The British fought hard, the french resistance did everything they could, and the ussr was turning the eastern front into a massive meat grinder, but when we went all in on the war it sped up the timeline
A lot of units trained a lot before going off to war. If you've never seen it, I strongly suggest you watch Band of Brothers. From enlisting/getting drafted, to jumping on D-Day, it was about 2 years.
I agree we could cut back military spending a bit but not for the same reasons. Our military is getting so much further ahead of our competition that it no longer is a contest. We have weapon systems that are 30-40 years old (or older) that are going against 'modern' equipment from elsewhere and winning. We could afford to spend a little less on R&D for a while. Also, your comparison of those young kids in their early 20's vs the older gents in their 30's is spot on. For the 20 somethings, going to war is an adventure and they have no idea what they are getting into. While the older fellows know what is what and look at going to fight as a job they have to do before they can go home and relax and the last place you want to be is between them and cold beer after a hard day at work. I am from the Midwest (South Dakota) and was in the military, serving with troops from all over the country (both voluntarily and drafted). For the most part they all were pretty chill but when an obstacle was placed it their path blocking their kick back time, look out. Everybody used the different tools from their backgrounds together to eliminate that barrier in the quickest (and most enjoyable fashion) available.
I disagree about the military spending. Simply because if we allow others to catch up we'll start to take more casualties. Which is fine until its your brother/sister/father/mother etc. Its naive but i'd rather the only casualties be the one we're fighting.
@@gregmiller-qq5on I understand where you're coming from. But I believe that we have better places to pull funding from. I don't know what politicians do, but I doubt it's worth the millions they make.
@@gregmiller-qq5onIn 2023 the US spent 13.3% of the Federal budget. In 1987 the US spent 27.9% We look at the numbers and go "Oh mah gad we spend too much" without looking at the total amount of money being spent. We'd spend even less money if we didnt subsidize our allies. What we spend on them allows for them to have the free healthcare they love to rub in our faces. Sorry for the rant. I kinda get a bit passionate about this.
Good reaction idk if it was just me but all my audio from you was coming in my right headphone, didn't hurt the vid just threw me off lol thought it was mine not working. Keep up the good work 💪👍
I think the sentiment of late arrivel comes from the dates the US put boots on the ground in Europe. That was 43 in Italy and 44 in Normandy, plus they declared war at the very end of 42 and ww2 ended at the start of september 45, so the US was really involved 3 years and 8 month in total and fighting on the ground in Europe 2 years and 11 month in Europe from their landfall in Sicily, and for 1 year after D-Day. The enormous material contributions to the Russian and British war efforts are often overlooked, as is the pacific theatre. We in the west still have a bit of Euro-American bias in our thinking.
@11:46 yeah...just a little bit....so, some facts. only 15% of our GDP goes into the military which equals 750 Billion. Well over 50% of our GDP goes into social programs. maybe instead of cutting back on the military...we make those social programs more efficient....
Hacksaw ridge is a good movie. The filmmakers had to downplay some of the stuff that Desmond Doss actually did because they thought that audiences would find it too unbelievable. When Nic says "mortally wounded" he meant "gravely wounded" he's done it in a few videos, and he posted a comment on one of them saying that he gets kinda worked up while filming these and misspeaks. mortally wounded does indeed mean that someone is wounded in a way that leads to their death. Nic does know the difference, he just kinda misses what he says in those moments.
A contributing reason for the 77th's...let's call it "reluctance"...to take prisoners was due to an incident during the Battle of Guam. One of their men was captured by the Japanese during a patrol and they tied him to a tree, tortured him, and broadcast his screams throughout the night to the 77th in an attempt to break their morale. It didn't.
Yeah, it’s f-kin ON at that point.
Cowabunga it is.@@prisonerofthehighway1059
I’m convinced anytime you try to break the US armed forces’ morale you’re just gonna piss them off.
After the Japanese captured the guy. The Japanese heard the next day Dark Souls BOSS music!
Well, that certainly backfired on the Japanese.
Ernie Pyle was a very famous war correspondent that was extremely well liked by every unit that he was embedded with. Every one that had family in the military read his articles hoping to learn about what they were doing and possibly see their names in his articles.
TIL. (Based on the sign alone, I was going to guess he was a dog. Although, now that I say that, if he'd been a dog, there probably would have been something more than just the sign.)
47:50 Ernie Pyle was a non-combatant war correspondent. That they considered him a buddy speaks to his character.
As a 30-year-old guy from New England that's worked retail, blue collar, white collar, ran my own shop, freelanced, in private and public sectors online and off, I can say with confidence that if I was forced to drop everything I've been working on for the last 12 years because some prick across an ocean got uppity, you can bet I'm going to make it his problem, his friend's problem, his neighbor's problem, his car guy's problem, and the problem of everyone else in that general direction that has so much as a sharpened stick. You have roots by that point, be it business, family, kids, career, assets, property, etc. and if those roots have to move, it's the March of the Ents up in this bitch.
No send like full send!
100%
Agreed
now your thinkng like a true Karen.
@@fshalor738Amen to that.
"The young have Google maps!"
Cut to car in a lake
Or fucking swift…lol, what a trash truck company.
Also with captain in your name…that means you were a butter bar. And were the kid in the lake, lost and dying, us enlisted don’t have that problem…ahaha.
@Plastikdoom eh, their profile picture shows Kermit as a old fashioned Naval officer.
If it follows that THEY are using Captain as a Naval rank then they WERE a butter bar, but never a Second Lieutenant. And the Navy is a lot better about not trusting ensigns to lead shit compared to other services. That and squids should have their ships in a body of water, so while a lake is a wrong turn for the navy it's better than driving a tank into one.
@@darkamora5123 yeah. Cause profile pics are real and indicative of reality, lol.
@@Plastikdoom Profile pics are about as closely related to reality, as account usernames. If you're going to discount the profile pic on these grounds, then we have to discount the argument based on the username as well.
"Love this".....a pleasure to watch with you. As explained in a comment below; Ernie Pyle was an American journalist who was one of the most famous war correspondents of World War II. I think you would enjoy his story...
Hacksaw Ridge is very graphically violent.
And very underplayed. Desmond Doss was basically a superhero with how many men he saved that the producers and directors of Hacksaw Ridge had to downplay his feats because they didn't think they were all believable.
Almost like it’s a movie about war.
well yeah, it was a war movie. It's not gonna be rainbows and sunshine.
I was born and raised in Alabama and once attended a youth league baseball tournament in Nebraska. At a restaurant a dude was kinda snide remarks about my, very strong, southern accent. I tried to laugh it off at first, but the guy just wouldn't shut up. That is until I told him, "Buddy if you think you own the patent on being an son of a B, you are about to get the biggest surprise of your worthless life." It is amazing the looks of uncertainty I got from the clientele. Sometimes blunt is the only language people understand and you just got to speak into their good ear. Great reaction as usual.
I experienced the same thing in Ohio Camp Perry Ohio in fact a military base I was at shooting in the National High-power Rifle Championships. Some of them seemed to be very upset all these southern talking folks were kicking his northern buddies asses in shooting and they couldn't stand it.
@@ThmsDouglas They just don't understand our southern slang or that most of us had a .22 rifle put in our hands before we turned 8yo. I never shot competitively, but you better not zig when ought to be zagging.
The crazy part is that the US was funding the war before getting involved directly. They sent millions in weapons, ammo, and money to the Alllies through the Lend-Lease Act for 3 years before the US got off the bench and started batting themselves. If I remember correctly, the USSR got 12 million by themselves😂
An even crazier part of lend lease is that it basically rebuilt (despite USSR and modern Russian revisionists' wishes) the Red Army logistics and was providing about 20-25% of the Soviet Air Force's total fuel supply from about 1942 onwards.
The US basically built up its future enemy...for maybe the 20th time by that point?
Ernie Pyle was a renowned American war correspondent during World War II, known for his deeply personal and humanizing stories about the lives of ordinary soldiers. He gained widespread acclaim for his writing style, which focused on the personal experiences of soldiers, often reflecting their fears, struggles, and camaraderie in the midst of the war.
Pyle was embedded with U.S. troops in many major campaigns across Europe and North Africa, but he is perhaps best remembered for his coverage of the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific theater during World War II. Unfortunately, he did not survive the campaign; Pyle was killed in action on April 18, 1945, by Japanese machine-gun fire while reporting from Ie Shima, a small island off the coast of Okinawa.
At the time of his death, Pyle had become a beloved figure to the American public, as his stories helped people at home understand the sacrifices and realities of the war. His death was widely mourned, and he is remembered as one of the most influential war correspondents in U.S. history.
Pyle's ability to convey the emotions and daily lives of soldiers set his work apart, making him a significant figure in the history of journalism and World War II reporting.
also the show you were woundering about with the guy crying "omg i almost died" is called workaholics its hilarious
14:31: America also was sending shit tons of food and other military supplies to Great Britain through lend-lease and even though we were't formally at war with Germany we lost merchant mariners, a few hundred on convoy ships that were attacked by Uboats all through 1940 and 1941.
Nope, US was not sending, it was selling... "WWII debts from the US and Canada were paid off in 2006 by the UK. The US loaned $4.33 billion in 1945 at 2% interest. At that rate of interest, the UK paid $7.5 billion back to the US, over 61 year'''''
@@Pterodactylus548 I wish my loans were at 2 percent interest with multiple decade payoff options. And some shit was downright traded, bases for ships as one example. My real point was we were still kind of 'in the war' and lost people well before Adolf declared war on the US.
American pilots' volunteered for combat & fought in the Battle of Britain well before Pearl Harbour attack @remo27
@@Pterodactylus548 It was both.
The U.S. military is the reason why our allies can spend all their money on services. They don’t need to worry about their military budget.
11:48 I don't really understand how you expect the U.S. to be better just by a little bit. We don't really have a unit of measurement to tell how far ahead our equipment is to the opposition. That's one of the biggest issues in war. You don't exactly have a concept of what you're going up against, until you're going up against it. Saying that the U.S. should just be a "little bit" better than everyone else is impossibly more difficult to achieve than just training and researching to the maximum and hoping that you're making break throughs faster than the other guy. The only efficient way to gauge whether or not your equipment is better is by using it against its competition, or by involving the equipment in a proxy war with its competition, and even then the equipment is only as good as the person operating it, which in the event of a proxy war, we don't have a way to gauge the level of experience/training or understanding of the equipment the nation at war has of the equipment of the U.S.' they're using.
26:51 OH HELL NO! You watched your mouth near women with these guys or face one of three outcomes; up to a one foot change in height, eating your remaining meals through a straw, or learning to sing soprano.
The Mammaries on this woman could heal a dead man 😂
i like you kido. keep learning. the best man ive ever know was a friend of my dads who almost died in Vietnam. and i mean 37 ak holes and an almost MRI ripping him apart , my mom caught it before him or the dr. we owe our vets but those guys ...... not getting PTSD till getting home and finding out all you went thru, horrors of war, losing friends in the most horrible ways, the families that will never be the same, triggers words or smells that put them back in the arms of the nightmare......it was all for nothing because those you fought for AMERICANS, spit on you and call you a baby killer or kill them if they wear the unifore or medals THEY EARNED. shame. ON BEHALF OF EVERY ASSHOLE WITH VERBAL DIARRHEA.......LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME HOME SOLDIER! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. "in a time i cant remember ,in a war he cant forget." _poison. thank you for coming to find me after my dad died and all you have gave this world, thank you rick. Rick ogden, one of gods angels and solid as the day. over 70 and STILL LAYING CONCRETE. LONG LIVE OLD BASTARDS, DOGS, AND REASONS TO LIVE. AmenNwomeN. sorry for the rant
lol honestly love your reaction to this. So fun to listen to. Former chef / server / gas station attendant to store mgr / etc etc ... cant say how many people just have no idea how to work. Let alone how to take instruction and critiques
The 77th made Us all Proud, an showed the army/marines how its done. God Bless them all.
Just to make it clear, Band of Brothers the famous 101st Airborne Division from D-Day (their first campaign) to VE Day was about 11 months out of six years and one day. The US swooped into Europe to end the war. But other like the 82nd Airborne had been fighting for years Africa, Sicily, Italy etc. The army needed time to muster and amass. They didn't really need to go balls to the wall like in the pacific which manpower wise had a smaller physical frontline.
19:19 I’m 28 and you’ve made me feel a lot better about gettin older. Thank you for that😂
This is just one of many studies. 30 somethings absolutely beat the holy piss out of 20 somethings. 100 times out of 100. An extra decade of hate really adds up.
24:39 it’s an episode of Workaholics lol my fav show on Comedy Central after school
Ernie Pyle was a famous battlefield reporter.
Although it is not common for guys to die during training it does occasionally happen. Some advanced training does take up to 2 years. I had 2 years of schools before reporting to the fleet when I was in the Navy. Some of the elite unit training is very much like what the 77th went through and will be about 2 years to complete to the point of being deployable.
Ernie Pyle(1900-1945), was commemorated in the 1945 film "The Story of G.I. Joe". Pyle was portrayed by real life WWII vet the late. great actor Burgess Meredith. Meredith achieved the rank of Captain in the US Army Air Forces( the direct predecessor of the US Air Force). In 2009, "The Story of G.I. Joe" was selected for preservation in The National Film Registry, by the Library of Congress, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
My first view of your channel. Love hearing this stuff from a women's point of view. Absolutely awesome.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Mortally wounded means your life is in a significant amount of danger due to the wound(s). It is possible to survive mortal wounds, but doing so generally requires a significant amount of luck and/or prompt medical assistance.
Important context on the Reagan quote: He only said that because his opponent (the person the quote was referencing) had previously called him too old to be president and in mental decline.
So when todays "silver fox" George Clooney comes for a lunch you tell other that you serve his table😁😍
Just saw the "Grand Torino" - again, Clint seems good grandad material...
Ernie Pyle:
""The numbers imprinted in Coughlon’s memory corresponded to a temporary US military burial site on the small island of Ie Shima (now Iejima) located just a few miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan; that particular grave belonged to Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle.""
"" Servicemen whose stories he told. American GIs saw Pyle as the soldier’s spokesman as he repeatedly braved the dangers of combat to better convey its grisly reality and recount their harrowing experiences on the battlefield. Enlisted men from every service branch and theater respected his fearless determination and admired his exceptional efforts to tell their stories.""
A fatal wound will mean certain death
A mortal wound means almost certain death.
There is a thin line between the two so you can get instances where one is used for the other.
As the old adage goes “if you take your foot off the lions neck, run!” In terms of our military might, we have our foot on the world’s(lions) neck and if we let up even the slightest with our advancements and advantages we better be ready to run. And by run I mean prepared to fight here on the home front.
I love her optimism that the government would actually wisely spend the money freed up from cutting spending on defense. We COULD save almost as much with a line item veto so that the government won't spend millions planting flowers on medians while repairing highways. Maybe...
19:10 you're so sweet! Having just turned 40 it's nice to hear someone say I'm only 5 years past my peak! ❤
25 is a man's prime, 30 is when we start to breakdown.
Starting to feel like it, but I'm not exactly doing myself any favors. Lol
I’m 49, I don’t feel broke down. Worked in the oil field 17 years after 8 years military, 3 years contracting
All of America's infrastructure should be maintained by the private sector. If it were done that way, there would be more subways, and much more public transportation options available.
No not really we are car people end.
Texas is exactly what you say the rest of America should be. And how has that turned out? Well, the entire Texas electric grid has been failing and failing hard _every single year,_ with the worst periods being summer and winter, the times when people absolutely need air conditioning and heating respectively. Since February 2021, thousands of Texans, people who, up to then, had "reliable" electricity that they were regularly paying for, froze to death because power was gone *_for days,_* and those that survived were getting bills from the _private_ companies for thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars... for the time that they were *_NOT_* getting any power - power that, in case you are unaware, predominantly comes from oil and natural gas (you know, two of the things that Texas has always been known for), which had their pipelines freeze shut and were unable to be thawed because the private companies did not winterize them at all, meaning that there was literally no way to thaw them and get them flowing again. And in case it is still not obvious, there is still absolutely no winterizing going on, because guess what, that costs money, and if there is anything private companies seethingly hate, it is spending money on absolutely anything... other than lobbying the government (state and federal) to give them all of the free money possible, all of which comes from _your_ taxes, which is on top of them charging the exorbitant bills I mentioned earlier.
This is _still_ happening, and every year, it has been getting worse and worse - and I know this because I have lived in Texas for over 30 years, and while I left Texas shortly before February 2021, all of my relatives are still there, and they suffered through the complete and utter abandonment that these private companies did to their *_PAYING_* customers. We all know that _absolutely no private company_ involved in infrastructure will ever do what you claimed they would.
I will not apologize for this, that when I read your post, all I could think and thus say is this:
You are a ^^^^ing idiot, and I hope you do not have any kids in your life because you are clearly dangerous to them - and if there are kids in your life, they must be separated from you immediately and permanently.
Sure as long as you love toll roads.
@@Flakjacket96 I'll take roads I pay to use, over paying for roads I'll never use
@@demonicrebellion6903 And what about people who can't pay?
Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945) was an American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II.
Ok, the difference between Saving Private Ryan, and Hacksaw Ridge, is Hacksaw Ridge ACTUALLY HAPPENED, it is a REAL STORY, saving private Ryan is a fictional story that was written to coincide with an actual event, and the IDEA of that story came from the REAL story of the Sullivan Brothers, in short, get a box of tissues, a snack, a blanket to be under, and YES you should watch hacksaw Ridge.
You can still claim East Coast. The person may move and learn to blend in elsewhere, but the temperament is always there just below the surface, ready to come out when needed.
Yes watch Hacksaw ridge, and band of brothers.
Hey don't pick on us Gen X people, we will play in the streets, drink out of your garden hose, and actually ride bikes without a helmet, and our parents had no idea where we were at and did not care as long as we were home when the street lights came on.
Exactly.
I remember back in the seventies every body would be outside and all the stuff you just said was a way of life riding bikes with no helmets and all your parents wanted was you home before it was dark boy those were the days my friends I thought they never end and I loved every minute of those days
0:35 hah hah, I figured out how to balance it myself!😂
Yes. Hacksaw Ridge is one of the best war movies I've ever seen.
Pyle was a journalist who was killed by enemy gunfire during Okinawa.
@45:13 This was one of many examples of improvised exigent tactics in war which directly lead to the modern drone adoption and evolution. Worth paying homage.
Adding: If you are all in on this: follow Nic first. Then do the chain of Kubrick and Spielberg. Full Metal Jacket is the perfect bookend to bolstering your soul's fortitude next to Saving Private Ryan. But I've honestly learned and remembered more from my prior reading through The Fat Electrician's quest to honor our origins than those movies.
Pick your path; but be weary: there are major critical strikes to your soul as you dive into what our history actually means. (Hint: Barbary Pirates)
WWII lasted 6 years and America participated in the last 4. WWI on the other hand lasted 4 years and America only participated in the last year.
America was in the ENTIRE war from the moment we were attacked (Japan) and when we had war declared on us (Germany). Funny how some think we should go half way around the world to declare war on someone who isn't bothering us just because they can't get along with their neighbors.
The only military units that I know of that train for that long are special forces.
You have a fantastic and contagious laugh! I absolutely love it.
Ernie Pyle was the greatest war correspondent of WWII
He was all over the European battlefields before volunteering to cover the Pacific after the Nazis surrendered
I think the clip about the 77th whipping the young guy division is from Workaholics.
The young have Google maps, the old can read maps. We don't need electricity. It is hard to hack a paper map and a compass.
Dry clean socks are the greatest commodity you can have! I still cherish them to this day and I was only a medic. The only difficult shit I had to do was waking up at 5am to go for a 10km run with my squad. And the night shift kind of sucked. We worked for the civilian population as EMTs so getting woken up by loud ass sirens in the middle of the night and jump in the ambulances to go safe some poor bastard who drove off a cliff or something was a bit stressful. Got shot at a couple of times by drunk or high as fuck crazies but it was a cakewalk compared to anything combat veterans faced.
He'll be so happy that you called his a longer one😜
9:40 The US manufacturing and logistics could easily be seen as one of, if not the most important aspects to allied victory. Lend/Lease was absolutely vital in keeping England and the Soviet Union capable of continuing the fight. So, while we entered "late" to the war, never forget how important being able to supply an army is, and that the US basically did it for all allied forces for the entire war.
47:19 Ernie Pyle was a journalist embedded with the 77th ID. And apparently, he was greatly loved.
As a Mariner I worked on ships, tugboats, ferries, small cruise ships, and dining yachts. Also in the marine department. Yes on small cruise ships the cabin stewards also served the meals in the dining room but they were a trained part of the crew. They may have worked in the hospitality industry before but this was different. Now on the Dining Yachts the Captain, Mate, and deckhands would show up hours before the first cruise to get the boat ready and about and hour before boarding the servers would show up and they were there for only serving and side work then left. So yea I’ve seen the restaurant industry as well.. it’s totally a different beast.
Its because the are battle hardened that they honored a fallen comrade. Adversity builds bonds that, from everything I've come to understand go DEEP.
so no HR department equals rude to women...ok gotcha...oooh millenials..
Hacksaw ridge is a great movie, you should absolutely go watch it whenever you get the chance.
Mortally wounded implies a wound that would be fatal if not treated quickly, fatally wounded tends to mean a wound that will kill, or will kill if not treated immediately
Ernie Pyle was from Dana Indiana just about 4 hrs south of Chi town. Dana is a blib on the maps but they do have a museum in his honor.
MOST of our ground forces had LONG extensive training first in the U.S. and then more closer to the actual war zone before they were sent into combat, the 101st Airborne Division, along with the 82nd, 13th and several others did basic training for 16 weeks, then another 16 weeks of infantry training, followed by wargames for 12 weeks BEFORE they shipped off to england for another year of more local training before D-Day would happen, now a lot of our Naval and Air forces had much less training than our ground forces did, but they pretty much had to be rushed into the war to hold the line before our military was fully ready to fight, it did take almost a full 2 years to get enough people trained to fight before we committed them to the fight. so the duration and amount of their training was NOT unusual at all!
Coolness got a drink too🎉
This vid hits close to home. I joined the Army when i was 18. I struggled mentally and physically. I coule barely cut it the army. I got out at 22. Rejoined at 30 and it made a world of difference. I could think clearly and see the bigger picture. And i was stronger than i was before and stronger than a lot of the young bucks after an 8 year break from the Army.
axis forces weren't getting tired they were dead, thats why they sent 10 year olds to fight
You do realize that the "GenX Rise" thing is GenX trolling the younger generations, right?
Love the Chubby electron guy, and I love your channel.
I am part of Gen X. I’ve had a job since I was 11. I don’t relax, because your kind need ‘safe spaces’ and someone needs to pay for that. FYI, my GF thinks you’re right. She’s with me, so you can say she has issues.
Love the baseball analogy. Excellent .way of putting it
The desert experiment was to learn how soldiers would be affected and what supplies would be needed because the first military land operations of the American army in WW2 would be in the african deserts.
"I don't want to do a shot of 4 roses" that's what Skrewball is for, it's cheap, easy to drink, and does the job lol
I usually go with Tully or something for a shot. Skrewball happens for me at this one specific bar I go to when the owner decides to give everyone a shot.
well, he used to give everyone screwball. I am friends with him now, so I usually get whatever I want, lol
I am a Michigan Combat Veteran from the Gulf War, and it's sequel amongst other small conflicts and operations not heard of. I spent 23 years in the military with a majority of that time in conflict. The truth is the truth, and blunt is good. I Love your reactions, honest interpretations and thoughts do mean something. keep it up.
Just FYI from an old man... yes, men are strong at 30, 40, 50, 60... here's the thing. from about 18-25 they are more like vampires, you just cannot hurt them short of killing them, they can take brutal abuse and heal very quickly, every male knows this from their own experience. In my late teens/early 20's I could just go and go and go... wrestling practice 5 days a week, a few knockdown, dragem-out fist fights, and 3 continuous days of keg'rs a few hours of sleep and do it all again without feeling it at all. by the time I hit 40 and I'd need days to recover if not weeks from that kind of crap.
1:01:27 Lauren goose Dutch, hell yeah :D hahaha
You can never count out the experience of age. It will win almost every time over books smarts. There is too much that you learn through the experience of time that you will never understand. Just look back when you were young and ask yourself if you would do that again.
The two old guys that you're talking about; one spent 50yrs in Government with nothing good to show for it, the other was a business man. Complete difference. The "younger" person, is/was a DEI hire that got her job by being on her knees.
On her knees? Jesus christ, keep your fantasies to yourself. Went political to kinky.
Looking at it from overseas, I see one guy who spent fifty years in government and has done a lot of things for the US people that the media didn't highlight just because they were more beneficial than controversial, and a 'business'-man who has repeatedly gone bankrupt and committed fraud and bragged about abusing women while repeatedly trying to restrict their rights. Your sordid implication that the 'younger' person got the job by _being abused_ is too pathetic to merit a real response.
@@TraceCoburn as someone overseas ya A. your opinion doesn't count, and B. it is completely wrong. Biden has done absolutely nothing of value for America at all in his 50 years in government except be a racist piece of shit and get my friends killed overseas, and Trump has never been proven any of your claims when a judge says he has decided a case and doesn't allow facts to be presented and the AG changes laws to go after him for absolutely nothing with no proof of anything ya again baseless and wrong, and C. she 100 percent got her start in politics by fucking people in charge its a proven fact so again your opinion doesn't count for shit because you're not an American so we don't give a shit about your opinion pretty sure whichever country you're from is definitely not even nearly as free as America is
@@TraceCoburn Then why did you reply? Also, Kamala abused her position to hold people longer than their sentences. So I'd argue she's more an abuser than any perceived 'abuse' you're imagining.
@@TraceCoburn You're clueless. Go back into your hole.
The No HR department means they didn't have a department to go cry to about whatever person making them feel sad. Also he mentioned construction even today Women make up about 10.8% of the construction workforce and most of those are office jobs and dealing with clients. Today 90.2% of Construction workers are Men. Back then in the 1930s -1940s time frame less than 1% of people working in the construction industry were women. Of course the social standards of the time meant that women got the option to stay home with the children and doing housekeeping while the men were expected to go to work. So no not having a HR Department didn't mean anything about being disrespectful to women.
Ernie Pyle was a highly respected combat correspondent. He was known to be loved by the ground pounders.
And yeah, watch Hacksaw Ridge, just be ready because it is BRUTAL.
The US military doctrine states we must be able to fight two wars simultaneously. A direct result of WW2
Being old in the military can be fun. I was 46 when I trained as an Army combat medic (with a bunch of kids 17-22), where they called me "Pops". I went to Iraq as a combat medic when I was 47, and turned 48 in country.
Jesus fukin wept. The restaurant analogy. I'm so dead.
No comment on Skywalker standing on the Marine Corp seal in the Jedi Council chambers, nor the box of crayons in Mace Windu's cupholder?
the Reagan quote was a response to question during debate about his age and if he was too old
When Ronald Reagan said that his opponent and the arbitrator both broke out laughing. If they found it so funny.....
Also yes physically we are generally at our best. If you stay in shape/do physical things and spent your life learning how to work, and working, then yes we are at our best in the 30’s, best mix mix of knowledge and the physical means to get it done fast and hard for work. And smart enough, to still learn. Not fully set in our ways, so we still learn easily and quickly when we need too. We keep all of that, except our physical side as we get older, at least the smarter, better ones. And we slowly decline physically as 40’s and 50’s plus hits.
49:28 DEFINITELY watch Hacksaw Ridge. I originally wrote it off because I'm not a big Andrew Garfield fan, but that movie was PHENOMENAL and definitely made me proud to be American. How even a conscientious objector could be a war hero. Surprised the hell out of me!
Thats like saying "crime is so bad, let's fire the cops and pay for initiatives"
The allies still had a great chance of winning ww2 of America had just kept to the lend/lease deal, but the best outlook for it was that the war would have probably lasted into the 50s. The British fought hard, the french resistance did everything they could, and the ussr was turning the eastern front into a massive meat grinder, but when we went all in on the war it sped up the timeline
A lot of units trained a lot before going off to war. If you've never seen it, I strongly suggest you watch Band of Brothers. From enlisting/getting drafted, to jumping on D-Day, it was about 2 years.
They had an associates degree in war by time they shipped out
I agree we could cut back military spending a bit but not for the same reasons. Our military is getting so much further ahead of our competition that it no longer is a contest. We have weapon systems that are 30-40 years old (or older) that are going against 'modern' equipment from elsewhere and winning. We could afford to spend a little less on R&D for a while. Also, your comparison of those young kids in their early 20's vs the older gents in their 30's is spot on. For the 20 somethings, going to war is an adventure and they have no idea what they are getting into. While the older fellows know what is what and look at going to fight as a job they have to do before they can go home and relax and the last place you want to be is between them and cold beer after a hard day at work. I am from the Midwest (South Dakota) and was in the military, serving with troops from all over the country (both voluntarily and drafted). For the most part they all were pretty chill but when an obstacle was placed it their path blocking their kick back time, look out. Everybody used the different tools from their backgrounds together to eliminate that barrier in the quickest (and most enjoyable fashion) available.
I disagree about the military spending. Simply because if we allow others to catch up we'll start to take more casualties. Which is fine until its your brother/sister/father/mother etc.
Its naive but i'd rather the only casualties be the one we're fighting.
@@devinwhite5064 I'm not saying we stop all development and let our enemies catch up but slow down and temporarily reallocate some of the resources.
@@gregmiller-qq5on I understand where you're coming from. But I believe that we have better places to pull funding from. I don't know what politicians do, but I doubt it's worth the millions they make.
@@gregmiller-qq5onIn 2023 the US spent 13.3% of the Federal budget. In 1987 the US spent 27.9%
We look at the numbers and go "Oh mah gad we spend too much" without looking at the total amount of money being spent. We'd spend even less money if we didnt subsidize our allies. What we spend on them allows for them to have the free healthcare they love to rub in our faces.
Sorry for the rant. I kinda get a bit passionate about this.
Hacksaw Ridge is an excellent movie, and will make you cry for sure.
Good reaction idk if it was just me but all my audio from you was coming in my right headphone, didn't hurt the vid just threw me off lol thought it was mine not working.
Keep up the good work 💪👍
I think the sentiment of late arrivel comes from the dates the US put boots on the ground in Europe. That was 43 in Italy and 44 in Normandy, plus they declared war at the very end of 42 and ww2 ended at the start of september 45, so the US was really involved 3 years and 8 month in total and fighting on the ground in Europe 2 years and 11 month in Europe from their landfall in Sicily, and for 1 year after D-Day. The enormous material contributions to the Russian and British war efforts are often overlooked, as is the pacific theatre. We in the west still have a bit of Euro-American bias in our thinking.
LT is short for Lieutenant. The running joke can't spell lost without the LT.
You should definitely watch Hacsaw Ridge. It's an amazing story about an incredible man.
I'm in Misery--I mean Missouri--now, but I was born in Elmira NY, so you're good with me.
@11:46 yeah...just a little bit....so, some facts. only 15% of our GDP goes into the military which equals 750 Billion. Well over 50% of our GDP goes into social programs. maybe instead of cutting back on the military...we make those social programs more efficient....
How about making them far less corrupt.
Hacksaw ridge is a good movie. The filmmakers had to downplay some of the stuff that Desmond Doss actually did because they thought that audiences would find it too unbelievable.
When Nic says "mortally wounded" he meant "gravely wounded" he's done it in a few videos, and he posted a comment on one of them saying that he gets kinda worked up while filming these and misspeaks. mortally wounded does indeed mean that someone is wounded in a way that leads to their death. Nic does know the difference, he just kinda misses what he says in those moments.
Yes watch Hacksaw Ridge
The 77th "Marine Division" Honorific...