Reminds me of the scence in Good Morning Vietnam. Where Robin Williams pretends to take a call from Bob asks him him who he is with and replies in a loud voice Artillery and wants any song so long as its LOUD
Most choose that because it feels safer in the backline in a war as opposed to cannon fodder in the trench. But if the rounds really are 96 pounds... that's pretty physically exhausting tbh , how many loaders there are per arty? thats like 45kg.. 1h max and i wouldnt even feel my hands. (2 rounds per minute rate of fire as sayd) so arty soldiers are literally "gym bros" then i assume? why does US military even have DEI then.... so real soldiers are exhausting t hemselves and all those woke mentally ill overweight freaks are your officers and HQ ? :S cringe no wonder you cant win wars against Non-State actors even .. it would be a sad sight to see when you have to fight an actually country in a war ... nice exit from afghan btw ! : ))))))
I was in the Navy, we loaded 400 rounds in one day in Earle NJ, that meant carrying the rounds from the stern of the ship, down three decks and then lowering them by hand into the magazine and putting them in their racks. Three days later we fired off every round we had on the ship, 600 rounds in just over 8 hours. There were 4 of us in the magazine, not only did you have to load the round, you had to load the powder charge which weighed 45-55 pounds. The powder and the round went into a lift and up to the gun. We had to fire 28 rounds per minute for 6 minutes.
@@AA-kj4ic they stay out of the impact area, but they dont really care anymore, theyre used to the sound of impacts and the outgoing shots of howitzers
There’s actually a wildlife preserve on the other side of that hill. Tons of elk, deer, bison, longhorn. Lots of other small animals as well. I actually hike this area quite often. It’s to the mountain in Oklahoma.
@@AA-kj4ic there’s actually a wildlife preserve in their backyard. Tons of elk deer and longhorn as well as bison. Lots of little small animals as well.
@@freddieburleson4896 she’ll be 1SG’s driver or something, it’s so stupid to have female artillery soldiers. Those 155 rounds are a ball buster, she’ll be smoked after lifting two of them
It’s just annoying how there are people with nothing wrong with them getting all these payouts because they know how to work the bureaucracy and then the VA does that shit to people who actually need it
Somehow this provides better information on Field Artillery than the specific videos designed by the Army for recruitment. Great job, they should hire you guys to make their video content
My sister is in artillery and just finished AIT at Fort Sill Oklahoma. She’s now deployed to Poland training with NATO forces due to the Russian threat. She LOVES her job. 🇺🇸
@@darwel007 Sorry Mr. Incel, women don't exist just to have babies. They are just as intelligent as men. Better reflexes, can handle G forces better, anatomically. While a portion of women may not be able to meet artillery physical standards, the one that do, perform an incredibly important job. I can smell the insecurity from here.
there is no Russian threat. Russia is in no way a threat to us, and the only reason Russia invaded Ukraine is because NATO keeps adding new member states right along the Russian border. It would be like if Russia had an alliance against us and they got Mexico and Canada to join it. Of course we'd feel threatened.
Guarantee that Schuck is the most hated trainee among her peers. That arrogant attitude would be a recipe for disaster in any unit. Congrats, you're 38 and choosing to get into a combat role, after GWOT ended. What a fuckin hero, where were ya for the last 20 years of combat?
many unmarried childless women soon in america... you can put them all to work in the military makes a good cannon fodder, so they wouldn't be useless in society boss babes, you go girl .. so stronk
First off all she said she worked as a detective for a while so she probably decided to change careers for a while and join the army. You gotta have massive BALLS to join the army at 38 so honestly her arrogance doesn’t bother me. In fact a younger soldier should be having an easier time. I actually think it’s badass…
Btw the person wearing glasses calling the fire mission in the video at 11:57 is me.I was training to be a 13 foxtrot but I ended up at the wrong battery by accident.I was supposed to be a 13 bravo when I left fort Moore due to being a forced reclass for failing scout skills testing.
need to teach these ladies proper lifting techniques. She's Bending over at the waist and using all back. Massive injuries in her future if not Corrected
They aren’t teaching her a lot of things clearly. Her helmet cover is on backwards. She’s lifting all wrong. Again this might be very early on, but she’s in AIT. She should know some of the stuff. I’m surprised they let business insider interview her. I don’t think women shouldn’t be out there, but they need to be trained properly
That was me for 20 years 😆. I started as a "powder monkey", number 1 man, driver, assistant gunner, ammo team chief, gunner, section chief, gunnery sergeant, smoke, and master gunner for battalion. It was fun.
@@Odinarcade00 the problem with your generation is that you dont see the obvious lie. Where in that video do you see that woman do anything except mouth off. The little chick who struggled deserves more props.
@@summer7603 wtf you talking about my generation? They didn’t film her every move. You join the military at a young age you have a death wish. You join the military at an older age you have balls. I almost joined when I was younger and it would have been much easier than if I joined now as an older person. You must be old as 💩 talking to me about my “generation”. It’s kind of obvious it irritates you when strong women speak. Good luck boomer.
That's what happens when the military implements DEI hiring. She also was dropping the shells at the beginning of the video. Can you imagine being wounded in combat and having to rely on a female to get you to out of the combat area. No thanks.
I walked past a soldier who had a 155 projo drop on his foot from 3 feet, which had slid out of the tube because it had not been seated. When the tube was raised for a high angle shot, it crushed most of his foot.😢
Look at my boy J! I had the honor to serve as a Fire Support Specialist instructor when I was in. We definitely made sure that FOs were trained and ready to put Steel on Steel! Eyes of Death baby, no one can compare.
My father, WWII, MOS 844, Battery A, 32nd Field Artillery Battalion: Sicily, Normandy, to V-E Day; to say he didn't come back as the same is an understatement.
06:50 - The PAGST helmet, originally fielded in 1983, was found to have too long of an apron on the back. It did provide excellent all-around ballistic protection, but DARPA discovered that the apron was directing *ALL* of the forward concussive force of explosions, artillery and IED up the back of the helmet, and into the brains of the wearer. It was literally acting like a scoop. Anything in front, and up to 40 degrees to the left, right or below was being focused on the top of the skull. So the helmet was redesigned and replaced by the Lightweight Marine Helmet in 2003, which is the type you see personnel wearing in the video. The LWH lacks the long apron in the back, allowing concussive forces to be deflected, without collecting them like the PAGST.
Those radars may take 5 minutes to emplace/setup, though displacement/survivability is the key. That radar is a beacon, saying come kill me. Survey says......
what's worse is that she's 38, she could have joined up nearly 20 years ago and went to Iraq or Afghanistan with the rest of us, but she waited till all that was over before she joined up
@@blakett88it’s what people who don’t pack the gear to serve do. Talk about people living real lives, having real world experiences. Don’t have anything nice to say? Didn’t serve? Keep your piehole shut.
I mean, we don’t really know where they are at in their training. Hopefully that was the very beginning stage. I’m surprised business inside or didn’t edit it out
While deployed in 2017 a crew I visisted in Iraq had a backfire and killed several of the soldiers on it. I stayed with them for a week while working comms for another mission
do you know if these artillery has any electronics or mainly just metal parts? I'm curious why it costs $4.3M to produce. From the look of it, with the exception of the barrel, everything else are just heavy duty metal parts that can be produced cheaply.
@@AA-kj4ic the companies that sell/produce the weapons are the main reason for the price. These systems have many pieces (expensive) that have to be made to withstand the use, metal and electronic. From the prongs/ports on the digital display to the precise rifling of the barrel.
@@ChrisTurner-xj9wi I think the Ukrainians and Russians have the most experience with towed artillery since WW2 or Korean War. You can't protect yourself from a HIMARS or similar weapon unless you leave quickly.
Triple 7s are no joke, in my COP in Afghanistan we had one Triple 7 team. Us Infantry dudes would run security, patrols, checkpoints, PSDs but the arty dudes never left their huts or pits. Any time, and I mean ANY time, we would take enemy fire that team would be up laying hate on the mountains just outside the wire. They would do terrain denial operations at night where they lit up the brush and vegetation on the mountainside with red phosphorous in order to scare the T-ban away and burn their cover. At night, when they fired, my cot that was pushed flush against the wall would literally slide 6 inches away from it with every shot.
On 16:44 went to AIT with that guy! Essex was a cool guy. Me and him almost beat the shit out of each other on our first week. After that we became pretty good buddies. Good times
Thank you for this video. I did my OBC (Officer Basic Course) at Ft. Sill in 1971. Class 17-71. Oregon National Guard 2nd Btn, 218th Atry. Brought back some fun memories.
Drops the round, struggles loading. DEI women soldiers who can't even operate quickly as team, no ear protection. Holy shit china is going to have a field day with the modern woke American army. Let alone US rebel militias. This country is so smoked
Don't worry. By the time that happens, they would have accumulated enough brain damage to have enough cognitive ability to be upset with the VA response.
I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.
I feel your pain mate, as a fellow retiree, I'd suggest you look into passive index fund investing and learn some more. For me, I had my share of ups and downs when I first started looking for a consistent passive income so I hired an expert advisor for aid, and following her advice, I poured $30k in value stocks and digital assets, Up to 200k so far and pretty sure I'm ready for whatever comes.
Brian Humphery Services was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I made so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Brian.
Loved Fort Sill as a kid in the '60s. Back then, Geronimo Elementary school had cannons behind the school. I thought that they were there to keep the kids from escaping. :) We always stopped by and visited the Army mule on the way back from church, usually with a carrot or an apple. When we lived there, the Field Artillery Museum had most (if not all) of its pieces outside, and if we promised not to break anything, the guard would let us play on and in the equipment. I'm sure that has changed. We had been scheduled to move to Italy, and dad was to be deployed to Turkey, but the Jupiter missiles had begun to be removed from Turkey, so we ended up moving to Colorado Springs instead, where dad worked at Ent AFB. Fond memories. :)
I lived in Lawton Oklahoma as a kid, right next to FT. Sill...Father was stationed there, BOOM BOOM all day long, all-day strong..hot, dusty, and loud is the norm there
Nah doing the recon, finding the firing points, laying the guns, then actually firing them was the best part. Being part of the crew & finger popping a 155 is surreal.
I would LOVE to see Business Insider come to Canada to look into the Basic Military Qualification of the Canadian Armed Forces. There really isnt much media out there of what exactly goes on at BMQ ever since the old tv show Basic Up! got cancelled. I would love for future recruits to be able to get an idea of what's precisely they have waiting for them once they get sworn in.
I graduated from Ft. Sill in 2016 and we were the first company to use the brand new barracks they built. Much nicer than the older ones (which we used during reception) although I'm not sure if those were the World War 2 era ones I just remember the showers being very antique.
The single-story wooden ones? They were still there the last time I was in, 1995 or 96. My father was there in the 60's and said they were supposed to be demolished and replaced then.
Meet some of the first female graduates when I was stationed in Fort Sill. Besides the bonuses as an incentive they were very proud of being the ground work for future females entering.
I attended the Field Artillery Officer's Basic Course in 1995 at a time when only men served in the Field Artillery. The fail rate at the schoolhouse was traditionally 10-20%. It was an academically challenging course where everyone did a few hours of homework each night after a full day in the classroom or in the field. Watched a number of classmates exit the course due to failing an exam. Went back a few years later to attend the Advanced Course.
21:19 This is what it's all about! That's awesome and admirable they are serving together! I hope my son, who is 16 now, follows my footsteps as well, so we can serve together before I retire! Best of luck to the both of them! o7
If it wasn’t designed well it could also interfere with hearing and breathing. You also need to be able to fit a gas mask under a helmet in case somebody decides to go WW1 and use something nasty like mustard, vx, sarin, etc.
I was stationed at ft sill for almost 6 years, as a fire direction specialist. a lot has changed since 1994 females as howitzer crew members, good for them. if they can handle the hard work of 13B.
Every US service member around a gun, big or small should have active hearing protection headphones for both safety and communication efficiency. Communication is everything.
I only worked on towed arty in the Army 1986-2010, seen a lot of changes during that time frame working on/firing the old M-101's, M-102, M-119 and the M-198/M-777. I guess with women 13 Bravo's there won't be anymore fire missions were you literally get caught in just your boots, Kevlar and underwear because the Infantry guys need rounds down range right now.
Sad you did mention that the Marines are also trained there as you also put film of them. I’m pretty sure some “I never met a veteran” reporter was sent there that doesn’t know the difference. 0842.
I'm missing the justification for saying that 1 in 6 soldiers being female is "lagging behind integration". My sister joined the military and quickly got promoted beyond her capability. This whole culture of pushing women into ONLY MASCULINE postitions which are typically made of exceptional men....is going to destroy our economy. Im not an extraordinary man. I am a jack of all trades, I am not suited for leadership or a job which requires charisma. I can accept that i have weaknesses. Many of the women ive known or talked to will NOT do that, to the point of nearly recieving a medical discharge. To the point of fainting in formation and breaking all of their front teeth. A lying military is a dying military.
if they think thats a lot of weight i disagree when i was 19 on up i was feeding a plaster gun pump feeding 98 lbs bags of gun plastic 1 every minute for a total of 438 bags a day which is a lot more weight per day 42924 lbs a day
Could you add Farsi & Pashto subtitles to help the Taliban learn to use their captured M-777s correctly ? $85 Billion in Biden's surrendered weapons, but all the instruction books are in English ? Geeze!
13:58 When I was working at MEPS, I had a recruit shipping out who said he got a $50,000 bonus, he was so proud he was beaming, couldn't stop smiling, and I asked him how much was that after taxes and his whole face dropped like, oh sheet, I didn't even think about that. I felt so bad but I really meant it as a serious question because I never got a bonus and didn't know anybody who did, so when we talked about it, it was all rumors we had heard, like you didn't get it at once, you got bigger paychecks like for a year, but they didn't just hand you a $50,000 check.