B.O.B "Currahee" - 3 Miles up, 3 Miles down 

*Winters finished up cleaning the mess hall and then changed into his PTs, ran all the way to catch up with the company and started singing the song. That's the epitome of leadership.*

Sobel was the guy you wanted training soldiers, winters was the guy you wanted in the field.

At the Emmys Schwimmer asked Winters that he hoped he portrayed Sobel accurately. He told Schwimmer that Sobel was way worse, lol.

I thought David Schwimmer was brilliant as Sobel. I saw no trace of his Friends character. He was a arse but even the men of Easy Co. gave him credit for training them.

“As an Italian, calling this Spagetti is a mortal sin” classic

"This ain't spaghetti - this is army noodles with ketchup."

I ran up Curahee this weekend (and yes it's truly 3 miles up, 3 miles down). It's definitely not an easy run, especially towards the end. Can't imagine running it on a full stomach.

That little nod of approval at the end carried so much energy and pride.

Luz starting off the singing to build up morale when they were obviously struggling really shows the kind of person he was, imo.

Running on a full stomach. *Ouch* . . .

"His palms are sweaty,knees weak arms are heavy,there is vomit on his sweater already,Mom's spaghetti."

The true reason Sobel did this was because of his rising antipathy toward Winters. Sobel at this point was sensing that Winters was a better officer than him, and a better leader. Sobel was dismayed when Colonel Sink promoted Winters, and he worried that the men of Easy were forming more respect for Winters than for himself. By putting Winters in charge of mess hall for two weeks and telling him to serve spaghetti, all the while planning to call a surprise Curahee run after the men gorged, Sobel was hoping the men would assume it was Winters' decision to serve spaghetti, and therefore blame him for the ordeal. Note the long, smug look Sobel gives Winters as the men are leaving the mess hall. Winters, of course, once again proved himself the better leader by dressing to run Curahee too, alongside the men. Sobel didn't expect that, which is why he double-taked when he saw Winters running.

Not sure if David Schwimmer received any awards for his performance in the BOB mini-series but he should have. He did a fabulous job portraying Cpt. Sobel.

1:28 Lyrics We pull upon the rises We fall upon the grass We never land up on our feet we always hit our ass Highty Tighty, Christ Almighty who the the hell are we? Jim Zam, God Damn, we're airborne infantry. (repeat)

I can't go for a jog without thinking 3 MILES UP, 3 MILES DOWN

At first I hated him for interupting them while they were eating but a couple of years later as I became more knowledgable in war history. I realised what he did actually saved their lives because an enemy does not care if you are eating, sleeping or having a good time, they will attack and if you do not know how to quickly react, then you dead. This is not "war theory" but what has actually happened. I salute him for making a perfect unit but I dislike him for not realising he has zero idea on how to lead men into combat, real and simulated.

Haha that line always made me laugh....”this ain’t spaghetti, this is Army noodles with ketchup.” Only a true Italian would know that

As others have commented: I have run this run! 3 miles up, 3 miles down. I was in very good shape then, and it is a killer! Especially at the end when you are running(climbing) damn near vertical. I had the luxury of stopping to take pictures at the top and also seeing some druggies doing lines of cocaine in their car. I spent 20 minutes at the top and then ran back down. It is a beast. Glad I did it.

This movie always gives me the motivation to be hard and prosper!

Sobel is exactly the drill instructor to prepare a soldier for war.

People insist that Sobel was a mean SOB who did all this and more out of petty tyranny, but there's that moment at the end of this clip when Sobel watches E Company run on ahead, and gives a small nod of what looks like approval. Am I seeing things?

This is a good example of WHY you'd want to be on the KP detail. You can't run Currahee, you've got a kitchen and dining hall to clean, and another meal to prepare.

that look and nod of approval from Sobel at the end...

ur eating spaghetti and suddenly the germans attack ur base... and u gotta retreat fast

0:48 Those guys nailed the “you got to be fucking kidding me” face.

You can say what you want about Sobel. He shaped those men to be the toughest and deadliest soldiers on the planet.

He gave them a common enemy for the unit to rally together against before they met the real enemy in Europe. If this was his plan for unit cohesion the only problem was he was also expected to eventually lead them in combat.

Now I want spaghetti

As much of an asshole as Captain Sobel was, at least he ran with his troops, and didn’t just ride along side them in a Jeep.

What amazes me in these scene is that they can have conversations during chow time in a training environment. When I was in basic, we got in, kept our mouth shut, and ate as quickly as possible. If you socialize, you were punished.

for those who didnt catch it the first time :) the singing commenced cus they got sick of sobels rant,, the song deafened him,,, basically the mens way to say "Shut the F*** Up" and thats why he looks so insulted at the end of the clip :D makes me smile everytime :D

When I watched this scene for the 1st time, I paused it, made some spaghetti, then continued to watch it. Tell me I'm not the only one...

Sobel was an excellent trainer, but he was, in no way, a combat leader. He despised Winters because he knew Winters was the better man in every way.

I think Schwimmer's character is one of the best in the show. There's a reason the Easy company did well in Europe.

2016 AND I'M STILL LISTENING TO IT

My dad mentioned this run. Never knew what he was talking about and he never said much. He was in the 502nd! A great and different breed. Think I will go for a jog!

It's easy to miss but pay attention the subtle nod Sobel delivers at 1:54. He was a brutal trainer but he knew what he was doing.

He's not a drill sergeant. He is the company commander. They had already been through basic/infantry school at this time.

This mountain is in Cleveland GA. The Rangers still use it for Ranger school during phase 2 of Ranger school. Excellent views from the top. Yonah Mountain!!

I like how Winter's realizes he's been duped and that he should have know Sobel was never going to actually have "class room lecture."

One of the best war series. A lot based on fact.Have looked them up on the internet.

This was mentioned from Stephen Ambrose book ⬇️ At the end of the second week, Tipper went on, “We were told, ‘Relax. No runs today.’ We were taken to the mess hall for a tremendous meal of spaghetti at lunchtime. When we came out of the mess hall, a whistle blew, and we were told, ‘The orders are changed. We run.’ We went to the top of Currahee and back with a couple of ambulances following, and men vomiting spaghetti everywhere along the way. Those who dropped out and accepted the medics’ invitation to ride back in the ambulances found themselves shipped out that same day.” The men were told that Currahee was an Indian word that meant “We stand alone,” which was the way these paratroopers expected to fight. It became the battle cry of the 506th. The officers and men ran up and down Currahee three or four times a week. They got so they could do the six-plus-mile round trip in fifty minutes. In addition, they went through a grueling obstacle course daily, and did pushups and pull-ups, deep-knee bends and other calisthenics. When the men were not exercising, they were learning the basics of soldiering. They began with close order drill, then started making night marches with full field equipment. The first night march was eleven miles; on each march that followed a mile or two was added on. These marches were made without a break, without a cigarette, without water. “We were miserable, exhausted, and thought that if we did not get a drink of water we were certain to collapse,” Pvt. Burton “Pat” Christenson recalled. At the end of a march Sobel would check each man’s canteen to see that it was still full.

The little nod from Soble, showing that he’s proud of Easy Company powering on through and not giving up.

Outstanding display of a highly motivated Airborne Company and again the powerful leadership of Dick Winters 🇺🇸

this always remainds me when I was in the army, there were mango trees in the fort, the fucking instructor always make us eat mangos and drink water then: ladys..., one mile up, one mile down.

Luckily for Guarnere he had just sat down when Sobel came in so he probably only had a few bites at most unlike others who would've eaten most of their plates.

I just did 3 miles up/3 miles down on Currahee today. The last half mile is no joke, I can't imagine running it kitted up.

Captain Sobel really doesn't know how to make decisions when it comes to combat. But without a doubt, he prepared Easy Company well. That's why she stood out so much.

I own the book and have watched the series (and also served in the 101st), and will say this; Sobel was a self serving, textbook narcissist that only had HIS best interests at heart. He was not “training” those men per se, but rather using them as targets for his own shortcomings and insecurities. Did he build unit cohesion and make them tough enough to endure what laid ahead? Yes, but that wasn’t his goal. He was one of those clueless fucksicles that wanted medals and glory even at the cost of his men’s lives. Case(s) in point; when he told LT Winters to “find” (make up) “infractions” on 6 men just to cancel their passes, and in this scene where I can guarantee you didn’t make him liked in the least by the Mess Sergeant and staff by leaving all those dishes and food on the tables for them to pick up and clean off. Furthermore, planning out that particular meal and run along with him ordering men to NOT help a struggling and possibly injured man when he went down on a run. He was all about his individual self and not about everyone becoming a team, even though they did. People get his intentions and his results confused and I say this because I served under a couple of “Sobels”. One was my Platoon SGT in the 101st who had 22 years in (and was only an E-7) but had NEVER been deployed. He had spent ALL of his time in hospitals and TMC’s and called in some favors to get assigned to an Infantry battalion so it would look good on his resume when he retired. There were only 4 of us in his platoon with combat patches including me, and all of us except for one were E-4’s. The one NCO, who is still one of my brothers and best friends, earned a Bronze Star in the Gulf. The PSG looked at all of us with patches with a combination of envy and pure contempt, especially when one of us corrected him when he started giving one of his speeches about how things were going to be in theater when we got deployed and went down range. The STUPID shit he said and pulled would’ve gotten half or more of us killed in actual combat, and did on several occasions during training. He had the same mentality as Sobel and would do other stupid shit to us like making us stay until 2100 (9 PM) at the battalion aid station to inventory our med chests, or more often than not, just sitting there with our collective thumb up our ass. My personal “favorite”, was him making us show up at 0330 or 0400 an hour before PT/accountability formation for his own formation. Again, we stood around for an hour while everybody else was still in their bunks. 🙄😡 He finally got his ass chewed, and rightfully so by our SGM who just happened to be in the AO checking on the CQ’s and staff duty, and saw us all in the BAS (battalion aid station) sitting around and still in BDU’s doing nothing. The SGM came in, asked WTF was going on, and after we told him (our Prick E-7 had stepped out for a few) HE releases us and gave us the following day off. He jumped in his shit again when he tried to give me and a couple of other Medics BS Article 15’s for being “out of ranks” in one of his early morning formations. All 3 of us were squad/section leaders and had enough of his control freak, narcissistic, and idiotic bullshit. We only heard about the ass chewings he got, but were told that they were epic! 🤣🤣 Sorry for writing a novel here, but this clip along with several comments I read struck a chord with me obviously lol!

Right at the last minute when Winters ran pass him , Capt Sobel gave a nod , he actually proud of his company

"You're a washout, Private Hubler! You should pack up those ears and go home!" I'm dead XD

"This isn't spaghetti, it's army noodles with ketchup." I wonder if that was a homage to Goodfellas. I could be overthinking it though.

lol...this was everyday in Marine boot on Parris Island when I went thru in '72. We always ran or force marched right after breakfast...those greasy sausages and potatoes and powdered eggs with all the milk you could drink (the milk never bothered me but many recruits learned to forego milk for the kool aid of the day)...it was always a puke fest but nobody cared.

Easy Company, WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!! Oh, I guess it's with Rachel.

Despite it being orange and being “Army Noodles with Ketchup” would still very much want to eat the spaghetti on their plates.

Fine. I'll rewatch BoB.

I was actually surprised to see David Schwimmer in this role, but he did a great job

1:43 was that WINTERS running by on the left? If so my respect for his character just increased 100% to a total of 200%! Holy shit if that was him, he ditched his mess hall duty just to run with Easy company?? What a fucking GUY!

The guy sat 2nd on the right from the camera, eating the bread, was my gaffer on a construction site at Rennaker in Manchester UK 2016..he's a Salford lad.. Names Pete Brown.. Nice guy. He wasn't in the credits. Still hard for me to believe but its true.. That's him.

The little nod and smile at the end, was a redeeming feature for me.

"We're running Currahee, PIVOT!"

These guys are the greatest generation that ever lived

That scene where Sobel entered the mess hall to announce orders have changed it was foreshadowing of Lipton's party-crashing behavior. I remembered, they experienced it twice. 🤣

Best miniseries ever, still watching it today from my dvd collection….

In my time in the air force I've seen a dozen Sobel's who honestly thought they were the best officer in the squadron or wing but rarely knew how to actually lead all they did was bark ridiculous orders maybe because they somehow thought that no matter how bad of an idea something was and that it couldn't be put into action we must be failing them on purpose. I miss the officers that lead from the front like Winters

This scene always makes me hungry.. haha

Perfect example why winters became a Major and Sobel never left the rank of Captain. Earning the respect of your soldiers is more effective than demanding respect from your soldiers.

One little thing that I was always loved about this scene is how Sobels voice echoes when he walks in, really gives you the sense he just shit on their parade

When Italian Boys Join US army and then see a Fake Spaghetti Italian: AM I Joke to you????

Respect to the real life Herbert Sobel. He had his shortcomings, but he was a god damn good instructor. It's sad he attempted to kill himself and lived a blinded life until he died in 1987 (age 75). BOB was just a TV series and has it's false hoods. He instructed the finest paratroopers company in WW2. RIP Lieutenant Colonel Herbert M. Sobel Sr.

*sighs, goes for a run and re-watches Band of Brothers

Luz belting out the first lines of the song...now that's soldiering

1:53 He begins to slightly break a smile and nods, not sure what to think

So the ones who barely started eating were lucky.

Instantly started laughing when I saw Ross walk in! 😅😂

"We pull upon the Risers, We fall upon the grass; We never land upon our feet, We always hit our ass. Highty-tighty, Christ Almighty; Who the hell are we? Zim-zam, goddamn; We're Airborne Infantry!"

1:39 According to David Goggins, this is the moment when Easy Co. “took Sobel’s soul” 😉

Whenever they serve you good food...you know you are about to be in a world of shit

This is a tough scene to watch. I'm grateful these tough guys were on the U.S.

As an Italian-American himself, notice how condescendingly Wild Bill (can’t spell his name) looks at it when they pour the sauce and then defends it like “you don’t gotta eat it” he was offended lol.

I can't watch this again. It's painful to watch men who gave so much. And most people don't give a crap about them.

never gets old

Easy company may have hated Sobel at the time for pulling stunts like that but in retrospect, it prepared them for what was to come.

Sounds like a saloon on a Friday night. We were never allowed to say a word in Marine boot chow hall in the early 70's...JS

In reality , Sobel attempted suicide in which he lost his sight. He spent the last 17years of his life in an old age home and died there of hunger . No services were held for him.

3 miles up, 3 miles down. HI HO SILVER

For me the exchange between winters and sobul sets the tone for them both as leaders throughout the series.

I first saw this scene in 2003 and I still think about it weekly

im a chinese . I live in asia. I like spaghetti. because I watched that movie.

Eating spaghetti eight now

Man. The chow hall at SUBASE groton, ct had AMAZING spaghetti. Still think about it to this day 🤤

He really just loved running up and down Currahee, but didn't want to do it alone.

After watching this, I swear that Sobel did this on purpose just to make his men lose their stomachs.

Sobel was a phenomenal instructor but a terrible officer and leader.

"You know a man in this company who wouldn't doubletime Currahee with a full pack just to piss in that man's morning coffee." This is why Sobel was a good trainer. He was not a good leader by any stretch but he played his part in getting Easy Company ready for war

When they say the marines are better. I reply: "Two words: June, 6th"

Freakin Ross lol

Sobel was a great company trainer, but a terrible fieldofficer. This scene was so good... and now i'm actually craving spaghetti.

I like how when they started chanting and airborne infantry taps, it basically came off as a "fuck you" to Sobel. Only a complete a-hole of a regiment leader would run his soldiers after having them eating a pasta dish knowing full well what something like that can do to a person's digestive system.

this ain't your mommas spaghetti -pfc Eminem