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Talk trash about officers is wrong. Someone with little functional experience at a general officers level is just as bad as office pog PFCs posers talking about combat. Having worked with SF ODA in 2007and 2008 in Iraq on multiple raid missions, doesn't mean I've got experience as an SF guy. I have direct experience with d-bags in all ranks, however most senior staff and commanders don't get there or last long if they're F'd up...at least not in the Marines. Patton famously saw the Ardens offensive and prepared for it before asked. Mattis knew implementing the "Awakening" in 2006 would flip locals from enemy to ally. Good direction from a commander shepherded by a good XO or chief of staff keeps good grunts from wasting life or resources due to poor planning On the other hand, civilian (State Department) a-holes like Bremer in 2004 negate good staff work which screws grunts and blames officers. Movies that denigrate all officers with a broad brush are destructive. Just like civil rights loud mouths who swap positions with cops in training learn a different perspective, people believe movie BS and think it's real.
I sad to hear your view on the afghan war. I understand on a duty level being their was motivating for your and I have a deep respect for what every person sacrificed in the dust and heat. As a person who is 100% a civilian I wish we had real people leading that war. I'm angry that bush didn't send 100k guys in after September 11. I'm outraged that idiots at the top left you guys out in the field while people got fat off contracts and shitty leadership. Please review black adder goes fourth about WW1. It's hilarious dark and very real.
When General James Mattis was 2nd Marine division Commander, he would drive around on base on the weekends giving junior Marines rides from the share-a-ride bus stops on base. Most of them did not recognize him and would talk freely about the stuff going wrong in their battalions. Then crap would hit the fan on Monday morning when Mattis would call the battalion commander in. Quickest way to get fired was to B.S.or yes-man General Mattis when asked a question. Many Marine generals are like that... You're too busy to waste time on useless staff hot air
These videos help tremendously with my long days that I'm stuck in this truck cab. Obviously, most of the time, i can't watch, i have to just listen unless I'm stopped for a break, but even just audio is a huge help!
Thank you guys for your service The song "The Ballad of the Green Berets," sung by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, hit No. 1 on the U.S. music charts on this day in history, March 5, 1966.
Bill Murray sang a few bars from that song in Caddyshack during his sniper scene with the gopher. Who can forget the ammo cans (six packs of beer) he carried during this mission.
I enjoyed it, been in the military for 23 years and it was very nice to see this angle. I laughed my ass off but I’d definitely watch 13 hours or outpost repeatedly.
All quiet on the western front is an amazing movie. One of the top 10 war movies in my opinion. I know you guys won't be disappointed. Look forward to seeing your reaction..... thanks for all the entertainment guys
Are you talking about the 1930s one or the 1979 one? Because the one Netflix just made is horrible and isnt even All Quiet on the Western front, they took a few details and just used the name and they made somthing that is basically completely different film.
I didn't like it that much. It's a shock propganda. I read the book to. The movie just took the most horrible stuff from the book, added even more, and made the whole movie a string of these moments. While the reality was that the day to day average of a soldier there wasn't THAT horrible. It's just that it lasted for YEARS is the biggest tragedy. But the movie foregoes the horror of nuance for repetitive hits with sledgehammer in the face
Iv been bingeing this channel for the last 2 days , awesome ! But what i really love is how you guys really break down in great detail the mindset and tactics of a soldier or operator, that to me is the stand out quality of this channel. Thanks for everything you guys do!!
You guys seriously need to do Apocalypse Now Go for the Director’s cut and make it a 1.5 hours Beers & Breakdowns episode… Kurt needs to be in on that one too!
Alls Quiet on The Western Front was fire, it really shows the magnitude and scale of war, but also the waste of life and how cheaply its treated in war, excellent movie
All quiet in the Western front is one of the most crude and raw war movie that I've seen.!!! 🥇🥇please do that one guys !!! Love your reactions!!! You guys are great team 👍👍👍
Hey Buck, Todd here! I read your first book and I’m an 11B. I had a VERY similar upbringing and dude keep fucking killing it!!! Love to see you on the book tour for the second one! If you’re near PITTSBURGH I hope to make it! Until then I wish your team & family the best!
Yall should do the Korean War Fil Tae Guk Gi (The Brotherhood of War)! Its a movie from the earlier 2000s and it's a great war film following two brothers who are drafted into the Korean army to fight the war. They fight in many environments and it follows them from how horrible the fighting and the desperate situation on the Pusan perimeter was for the koreans, to how they had to retreat from Commie China after getting close to chinese border. It's an awesome movie and i recommend you check it out.
You guys should definitely review All’s Quiet On The Western Front. I’ve heard nothing but good things about the film. From individuals I know in the film industry. Wondering if it’s as good as they say myself? Lol
I love this channel and am a big fan of the individuals involved with making the content and no personal opinion or stance would change that. However, the first 5 minutes of this video just confirms for me that these are my type of people. God bless, FNG.
I was a 92G for six years. For some reason I wanted to do my job on deployment. "God" didn't pick me. Now I'm very thankful for my experience. I love my military family. I don't talk at work anymore, because I want to keep my job. But beers in the driveway, I speak freely, lol.
Love the shows guys and the insight from Buck and Kurt is always knowledgeable and most of the time hilarious as well and Able is great with his civilian input too. Keep it up and appreciate all that everyone does to bring us these thoroughly entertaining shows 👌👍❤️
As a left leaning person I love you guys. I don't base whether I like someone based on their political opinions though. But I hear what you are saying about how the left acts hence why I try not to associate with them too much or tell them what my right leaning opinions are. If the people that don't know me very well found out I was very pro 2A they would want me crucified.
This was an outstanding movie about how man can be so full of themselves that they are delusional about the actual results. This movie happens to be about a general loosely based on Mccrystal but really its about any powerful person and how they deviate from reality in their outcomes. It was a very funny movie, but it wasn't supposed to be historically accurate. Its literally just about hubris.
Its like working with the owner around, cant use earbuds, cant look at phones, cant, even lean against anything cause if you can lean, you can clean. Yeah having the boss around sux.
If the boss has a sense of humor and isn't a fuckhead who drinks his own kool-aid then it's not so bad. The ones under him suck ass because they're the biggest tryhards who are always kissing up to them
My father was an Army Scout Ranger in the Philippine Army but when he was promoted to Major he got reassigned as a Provost in a Division. One time there was a General who was about to get arrested for cowardice when he tried to runaway when rebel military troops attacked the camp. The MGen. was full of excuses to stall the arresting MP so my father told him, "with all due respect Gen. don't let me drag your ass". He said that was the happiest day of his life as a Soldier. 🤣
No one in the United States of America should be taking sides. We should only concern ourselves with individual issues, and the specific elected officials that we personally believe have the best plan (and the details of that plan) to tackle those specific issues. To me, that’s how you maintain a functional democracy.
I am far to the left. Vegan for over 20 years, thinks state should run housing, energy, transportation and a bunch of other things that are essential to survive. And I think Bucky seem to be a great dude. He thinks for himself, he is humble af, compassionate and so on. Some people will act like the “other side” is completely bonkers, but character is more important than stance on certain topics imo.
Loss of freedom and manipulation. I willingly gave my rights away to the government, i earned em back. I’ve seen what a war torn corrupt country looks like. I see straight through the bullshit which is our own government, left, and right. I will always lean a little right more than i am middle, because i swore to defend the constitution forever. Most veterans feel this way. I hate both parties. But your left side wants us enslaved a little more than the latter. Still, fuck em both
@@shawnthomasbrown3867 there isn’t much of a left side in usa. And they definitely don’t want to enslave anyone. Well, capitalism will enslave people by making sure people live paycheck to paycheck, and by doing so they are kept in check and willing to give up time with their kids, time for hobbies, travel long distances for work and so on. And I am no democrat, I’m not even american. But if you take the time to look into what proposals democrats put forward and vote for, and what republicans vote against. You will surely see that while both parties are corporate shills, one is just blatantly so and literally vote against everything that will make life better for the common man, and for anything that will let companies screw people over even harder. Even if you ask people where they stand on policy, a lot of people on the right lean towards democrats. But politics in usa is more identity politics than anything. And I do agree that some things on the left is bonkers.
I loved this movie. As a piece of satire it's great, from the outset of the movie it shows the problems with the war in Afghanistan. One great quote from an analyst of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is we didn't fight a campaign to win. We fought the same campaign every spring in the hope something would change.
My son a BRAT told me to watch it. Between the constant sniper checks in the beginning and how boring it was i could only make it half-way through. POG's always tried to get on my ranger rolls 😂
Generals are premadomnas. I used to work at Hanscom AFB as a civilian, i worked at the loging facility (has been shut down) and i once was checking in a man who reserved a standard room but wanted the general's cottage and that weekend so happened we had a steam outage so there was no hot water until 8 or 9 am the next day. However the fitness center had running water so if he absolutely had to, he can utilize that shower. The man flipped out which i offered to make a reservation at another hotel but his current reservation will be lost and we were completely booked (a flight crew and snow plow guys from the town were staying) and the man basically threatened my job and i ended up getting fired. I defended myself to the man, i basically told him "the policy is designes this way so people on orders are priority 1, and without specific orders, i cant move him". I found out later on that the general was retired and i basically got let go over spilled milk.
I listen to bears and breakdowns during my drive home. Saves me from falling asleep. I also listened to your other stuff, but I already served 8 years as a Navy Corpsman. If I could do it again I go special forces, specifically SWCC.
I liked this move, and here's the reason why... I was there in Afghanistan when this was happening. As a CA assigned to a RC-South G-9 HQ I knew that none of that would work and we just need to pack and leave. Every day I thought that they were clowns. I saw BG Sinclair getting fired for his affairs with his ADC. This move shows it perfectly.
Sean, great work as always. It would be great for you guys to break down Netflix's All Quiet On The Western Front as others in this comment section have mentioned.
Patton was a good movie about a general. But you're right, being a general is a dull job at its base. It's all about logistics, if they just do their job. Go find the course material for war college, or read the memoirs of British soldier and author, John Masters to see how they trained officers in British and Indian armies for the possibility of them becoming generals.
Hey, I think it would be fun if you do a breakdown on two movies might be interesting for everyone: - Thank you for your service (about PTSD of war) - Megan Leavey (about a K9 handler women)
Generals are promoted by Congress not the military, and the rank belongs to the job. So a colonel selected to command a division could skip one star, ora one star appointment to a 3-star billet ( job ) could skip 2-star. Not uncommon. Wonder why Mattis never made 4-star Commandant? Politics.
'All Quiet on the Western Front' was a good movie for what it is. People will argue between the original, the remake, the remake of the remake, and the book. I think there's something to take from each version of the story. The newest version on Netflix has the advantage of adding more "shock" to the story. Advances in practical and special effects, public tolerances, etc. have allowed movies to potentially be more gritty and bloody in a way that can portray war in an accurate and respectful way. I think there are parts you guys will be able to relate to and whatever you can't relate to, you can probably at least speak to it. Thank you for what you do and keep it coming.
If you're going to watch "All quiet on the Western front" I'd suggest the 1979 one, not the 2022 one. The 2022 one cuts a lot of the deeper themes and messages in favour of simplified story and showy visuals.
I was there when the general took over and it was a soup sandwich. Even some of the fire bases and Fobs he shut down lead to so many more fire fights on hwy 1 in Afghanistan. The bases he shut down kept most of the bad guys on the other side of the mountains.
I know you mentioned doing an ep on The Unit. You should review the season 2 ep Dark Of the Moon, which is an all action episode where the unit members have to fight with regular army.
You hit the nail on the head about generals and how shit rolls downhill, while stationed in Germany we were going to be inspected by a 1 star and I swear everybody lost their fucking minds, the week leading up to it you’d swear the entire battalion was on extra duty, they cleaned and repaired more shit in that 1 week then they had the previous 2 years I was there, and I just happened to be lucky enough to pull guard duty on tue side gate into the base, it was my turn to be up and man the gate lock and check IDs, it was 0300, I had the 0200-0400 shift, when all of a sudden the door flies open and in walks the full bird and the base CSM, I hadn’t tied my boots because all you do is sit in a chair at a desk and look at the empty video screen on the chance of someone coming to the side gate wanting to get on base, they didn’t say anything to me directly about it so I’m thinking ok, it’s cool, we’ll no, it wasn’t, I got my ass chewed off by Top, then my platoon SGT, then my team leader, I swear I got every shitty detail there was, seems they couldn’t keep my name out of their mouths, 😅
A TV Show from the early 90s starring Hulk Hogan called Thunder in Paradise would be great to react too. He plays an ex Navy SEAL turned Mercenary who uses a fully kitted out state of the art speed boat to take down criminals and drug lords in the Caribbean, the first episode is a TV Movie and its on RU-vid.
Some of Hulk Hogans feats in this show are amazing. I was always amazed by the sheer size of the operations centre below deck, the boat itself looks like a normal Go fast Boat but the Op centre is huge.
I just looked at your 2.0 ruck trainer...... It looks pretty cool. BUT, who will go camping with an olympic plate? Just my acid wit here (although I understand it really is just HALF-ACID). Once and Future Combat Medic here... Keep up the good work, sir... You are helping future operators get their wish!
38:25 The third guy was running towards a rifle that was leaning against a pillar. If he was going grab it or not is maybe meant to be ambiguous to the viewer.
Major is where they stop leading troops and really start focusing on pushing paper in the S shops and by the time they're Colonel they're fully lost to the bureaucracy of the five sided puzzle palace.
So, if I watch FNG reacts but also catch Majority Report on the daily, am I right or left? How about you watch Andor and talk about the politics as well as the tactics?
In ramadi we have a 4 star and a iraqi 4 star. Our movement team became a glorified taxi driver. We have 2 apaches for over head watch and escort. It was crazy
All quiet on the western front…. UFF…Now that is a tough one guys. Please do more Band of Brothers or…… The Pacific…. And big greetings out from Thailand
To be fair, it would be really hard to get more soldiers supplied in Afghanistan. There was a reason why the Soviets never had more than a 100,000 troops in the country for the ten years they were there. There is practically no infrastructure, everything has to be flown in or moved from Russian and 'stan rail networks, which are limited in that part of the world. The logistics of the place are the biggest problem next to the hostile population.
I wonder, would you react to something like the action in Hulk 2003 where they show stuff which is not as common in films like thermobarics and cluster bombs? What about Predator, Aliens, or even Starship Troopers? Or what about stuff from different time periods or fantasy? It would be interesting to see a modern green beret's take on something like the Civil or Revolutionary War in movies like The Patriot, Roman legion tactics, or even the Lord of the Rings. Or what would you have done if you were Peter in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe? I would love to hear your thoughts on this stuff!
All quiet on the western front. I have seen the 1970's version of that story multiple times. Very few movies depict WW1, let alone from the German view point. I have not seen the new version, but the story is well worth the watch.
