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Welcome back Brent,..Outstanding training class once again...Thank you for all your time & effort in putting these great vids together the way you do...
@@elmarmamaril3958 Thanks brother, I think your asking permission to show this video for teaching a class? If so, ABSOLUTELY! That's what I made these for.
By golly! I haven't had a review of these signals in half a century, since I was on active duty. Thanks for refreshing old memories. - Two tour 0311 VietNam vet, 1st MarDiv, 1966-67 and again 1968. Semper Fi
I watched this with Ed Shames, the last surviving officer from WWII's Easy Company. He said these were the same signals they used in the ETO in WWII. Really handy for attacking in terrain or especially street fights. With rounds going off everywhere nobody can hear shit anyway.
Thanks brother, I'm actually a 1stSgt now. Luckily for me my 1st tour as a 1stSgt was with an Infantry rifle company. I'm dreading the day I have to leave the grunts.
This was immensely helpful for a sci-fi story I'm working on. Don't have it memorized, but I added it to a playlist for future reference. I especially liked the demonstration of a sequence of signals in a "real" situation. Funny thing is, I'd probably never actually describe the signals in the story because nobody wants to read, "he raised his right arm to shoulder level and flapped his hand up and down." It doesn't make for gripping reading. But knowing what they are and how they are used gives me a clearer picture of how my teams would operate.
@@logiwogi8938 It didn't. Lost focus, ran off the rails. The idea is still there, I just need to figure out how to turn an idea into something readable.
lmao. same. i have a friend thats making a sci fi story and I am kinda the editor. I give him recomendations and stuff and since its anout war i help correct allot of things to make it more realistic. the story is more of a fun personal thing between me and my friend
I'm pretty sure these hand signals are used to communicate short-mediums distances in silence to avoid alerting your enemies. If they can see you you'd probably just shout orders at that point already
I trained my Big Black Shepherd some of the military hand commands. Like come-to-me ,down etc. Along with whistle and voice commands. If she was far away, if there was loud noise ,machinery, or it was inappropriate to yell or talk I used hand signals. She would respond right away. got some weird looks from people ,but it was very effective. Teach your dog as a puppy basic military hand commands.
@Gooogleisntyour Friend i had a dog years ago, and we always taught commands with both voice and signals simultaneously. I think it helps their learning curve of your commands and they better understand what you want them to do if they are looking at you.
UVB76 -4625KHZ. I had a Dobie in the late 80s through late 90s named Principal Agitation (Prince for short), that I taught to sit, lie down and come with hand sigs. I started with both verbal and hand sigs (example: saying sit and using my arm extended toward him, hand in a fist and flick wrist up) then, used only the signal. He knew both so I could yell or give a visual even if he or I were not looking at each other. I was in my mid-teens when I taught him so I made them up, easy to teach, and worked like a champ. It wasn’t for hunting or survival or work, just for fun and practicality but highly effective.
Many today may feel this type of training does not matter due to modern forms for technology however we still do use it often especially in combat. In the armored cavalry unit I served in we always used these signals along with radio transmissions to reinforce the muscle memory of the hand/arm signals. And why you may ask? Because comms often go down when you last ever want them to & sometimes you are so damn close to the enemy on a dismounted patrol you can't speak aloud! Very good training for any militia unit. Ask a recent combat vet to lead your people in this type of training and reap the rewards! Bless all the Patriots of our great nation & stayed frosty lads, Virginia is just the beginning!! Great job Brent, you now have a new subscriber.
@@bradleyweiss1089 well said Brad, many people often wondered why we all seemed to speak so loudly after a combat deployment? We never realized for a good while we were still yelling due to being partially deaf?
@@patches6309 Watching movies of combat the audience are never aware of the incredible racket that goes on. Artillery men are almost stone deaf after experiencing a barrage. This makes it easier for infantrymen to move closer without being heard. Hand signals are vital,and should never be underestimated. They save lives!
RJ Walls yep. It’s not like at the range when you know exactly when it’s going to get loud and have time to put in the ole ear plugs. The surefire ones are nice, but when patrolling they block too much of the subtle sounds you need to be able to hear. And when out, you just can’t pack enough batteries for the active hearing amps/mufflers. That’s one reason why I’m working on some new battery tech to cure that issue.
My dad was a green beret in the 90s and fought in Desert Storm. I’ve been working on several books and this is helpful because I don’t want to ask him too many technical questions. I don’t want to remind him of anything that will bother him.
You forgot the down-turned palm held over an up-raised middle finger: "cover me, I'm screwed". Thanks, Brent, for the memories. There is nothing like a well trained/disciplined troupe moving silently through the woods. You can move for hours without saying a word using these signals.
Soooo many years...but then these days I remember 30 years ago better than I can remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. Thanks for the vid. You got yourself a new subscriber.
"A private or lance corporal who needs beating..." (Thought that was career development counselling....least it was in the Air Force. AKA wall-to-wall counselling.) Then there's the standard WTF-you-mean shrug (generally to or from a 2nd Lt.) Love it.
You guys do realize that Brent is an actual USMC NCO and he's speaking to those that wish to understand how to educate themselves, if needed.... Not necessarily to kiddies hiding behind their Mom's gardenia's and snowball bushes playing games?
@@Alan-in-Bama They take it quite a bit more seriously than that nowadays. They're orchestrating full on airsoft battles with hundreds of people in abandoned castles and across vast open areas with vehicles and shit. They really take it seriously.
Every day in the office I use a hand signal I learned in the army . When someone asks a question you take your thumb and forefinger and make a circle. Place that circle over your nose so your nose is poking through the hole and move your hand forward and back 1/2 “ or so. This hand symbol means “Fuck Nose” and is short for “Who The Fuck Knows” and is the correct response to questions like “Is boss coming in today?”
I'll be enlisting after school and this video is really valuable. I appreciate it a lot and it'll prob save me a lot of hassle training these. Thanks amigo.
Thanks for this. I'm a Civil War reenactor with Company B (Mobile, AL) of the Confederate Sates Marine Corps. We often team up with the 1st South Carolina, or combined 27th SC Sharpshooters to perform skirmishing tactics to begin battles at our many events. These signs and signals probably weren't used 1861-1865: but, I think we'll have something new (or slightly modified) for the crowds to see this next season. Oorah! God bless.
What a great video and Army Rangers is not that different . Enemy in sight - 2 fingers pointed towards your eyes and then point towards the enemy . 4 fingers pointed down = 4 enemy crouched . 4 fingers up = 4 enemy walking . 5 fingers rapidly "flashing" = more than 5 enemy . Thanks for your video .
SOP for the Scout Platoon was to sew Cat-Eyes on the underside wrist of our gloves. That way we could do an abbreviated set of Hand Signals at night. Works well, and they tend to stay hidden when you're holding the rifle. SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours
I know I'm commenting on an old video but your channel is my new favorite RU-vid channel. Been binging these videos all day, keep up the good work marine 👏
Great content. This is basic for experienced infantry but it's great to revisit. The average rifleman needs to learn the basics of this lesson. Pls keep up this type of educational material, and add a squad when possible.
Great video covering these basics for non-operators/preppers. I feel too many focus on just their guns/shooting them and 'maybe' their kits; and far too little on basically everything else: hand signals, improvisation (expl, maneuvers, unexpected situations), breaching/room clearing tactics, first aid or field surgery knowledge (cuz in a SHTF situation a hospital prob won't be an option, your group has to be able to do this too if they wana save somebody), making traps, land/sea nav. etc I like your channel because you cover a lot of this.
Learned this at Parris Island before going to Vietnam a long time ago. It's the same that I learned back then and haven't forgotten it. Semper Fi 3/4 Marines
One thing was crossing danger areas was "Scroll to the Road" or "Patch to the Road" meaning security on both sides and crossing either alternating method for silence and stealth or post both guards left and right so the entire squad or platoon can move quickly across. Both can be used determining your situation in combat. Enemy Observation Posts or any OPs can see large groups moving really fast before an attack. Once combat is initiated it won't matter. Stealth has some mode to it but you as an attacking force has to move fast so the enemy has no time to react to your offensive move. Goes either way. That is also subject to Murphy's Law of combat like in the Old West. The guy who draw the fastest gun will not be alive for the guy who already has his gun out and aiming at you.
Yup, patch the road is a good one. I learned that one at One Shepherd, its an Army signal, good technique. For this video I only used the signs listed in the 3-11 Marine Rifle Squad pub.
Great tutorial and upload for the laymen viewers Battle. Sorry I haven't commented or watched your uploads with my granddaughter lately. Im in the middle of a kitchen remodel... Again, keep it up Battle and again, thanks for all your sacrifice to bring is content.
Thank you for sharing. I will learn and pray I never have to use this knowledge. Better to have knowledge and not need it than need it and not know what to do.
Hopefully it never comes to that. Once in our nation's history was too much. We have too many enemies in the world to be turning weapons on each other. Lets defeat them at the ballot box first.
@@Brent0331 Thank you for your input. Far too many are hoping for something they have never experienced. The outcome can only lead to great loss and suffering. Armed conflict is not to be entered into lightly. This is not a video game that can be paused so that you can grab a snack or check on your oven pizza! Pain, loss, suffering, and destruction is what lies ahead if this is the course we take.
@@bravo-six1941 Ha yeah, since I've been doing this for several years now I've built up a fine little collection of reusable clips to use in different applications.
Was in artillery, never used any of these at all after basic. Instead we have hand signals to direct the transport operator when towing and deploying our guns into the deployment ground.
I saw the ceasefire signal in Saving Private Ryan when the Rangers kept shooting the Germans in the trench line overlooking Dog Green Sector of Omaha Beach. And the rally in the Brothers In Arms video game series. The ready signal in Band Of Brothers in assaulting the artillery battery at Breacourt Manor in Normandy. Saw the increase speed in The Thin Red Line but never knew what it meant.
As a retired Navy Seabee, I remembered a few of these hand signals. I also recognized the names of the various formations, but would not have been able to explain them without the digrams. My memory must be going to mud. We often trained with, or were aggressed by the marines. Each Seabee battalion has an assigned marine as a military advisor. I served in four different Seabee battalions and I hate being called sailor. I spent one night on a ship in my 20 year career. Most marines have more ship board time than me. It doesn't matter how many times I tell someone I was a Seabee, I still get all of the fleet navy questions. I know port, starboard, fore, and aft. That's about it. But put me in the field, and I will impress.
Ha, thanks for commenting brother. You guys can build some quality sh-ters I must say! I know a few guys that served as advisors to Seabees, they all said it was a great gig.
@@Brent0331 LOL! Thanks, I guess. It seems like we get a lot of credit for our sh!tters., but we are so much more than that. I remember deploying for Team Spirit '87 in South Korea. We came in at night and built an entire city overnight around the marines that were bivouaced and trying to sleep. They were pissed about all the noise we were making, but when they woke up and were told to go to the galley for a hot meal, and the shower units for a hot shower, and then to move in to the newly built strongback tents, they were pretty happy. It was late winter/early spring, and there was snow, sleet, or freezing rain every day, and they had been living in the mud and cold. The marines were very friendly as they asked for materials and other improvements to their camp. Of course, we Seabees always think of ourselves as marines who can do math and build, so we were happy to accomodate. :-) Like you guys, we are Department of the Navy, but not fleet sailors. Sailors don't have battalions.
Thanks for posting the references, they've been added to my reading list :) Perhaps one day, the way we use I.33 for HEMA, people will use USMC manuals as treatises to reconstruct historical gunfighting lol. I always thought that in military movies people should use such signals to communicate more often, and they should just post subtitles lol Even the US Army basic training manual was helpful. It's advice about how to deal with watching 2 doors at the same time (keep sights halfway between them and adjust as needed) answered an age old question for me since I first got pwned in that situation in FPS games as a kid lol. Having tested it hundreds of times in the decade since I learned it, I can confirm it works very well in all virtual worlds :) I argued with a couple people about it, but eventually decided to just let them die, make them watch the replay, and say, "See? That's why you don't do it that way..." 1:11 I love how a signal for "enemy in sight" is just to point the damn gun at them, like you'd do anyway lol It's actually well thought out and brilliant in its simplicity 1:49 I like that you use the "German three" like in Inglorious Bastards. It actually makes it easy to not have to worry about "is he holding up 2, or 3, 4 fingers?" The thumb is obviously different, and because 2 and 4 fingers look so different, there's less chance of mistake or confusion. I think some very smart people who knew well what they were doing sat down together and thoug ht all this through, probably after someone had to pay to learn the hard way 1:55 Execute, fast, and slow firing... it's like conducting a concert! I like how the hand's sweeping motion looks like grazing fire over a sector when viewed from above, again the little details to make sure as many people as many times as possible under any conditions intuitively and easily understand 2:24 I learned that one from the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, when they were storming the trenches and shooting down into all the retreating Germans, and Sgt. Horvath (Tom Sizemore) yells at them to "cease fire, cut it out!" when they're obviously just shooting corpses for several seconds. I used the signal one time as a teenager in jr. rifle club, when a very little kid ran down range to go check his target - while everyone else was still shooting a tournament on the firing line. I don't think anyone saw the hand gesture, they saw the kid running and heard me shouting. One of my militia buddies that was an Army engineer showed it to us to, he said it was an "international sign" for cease fire. IDK if that's true or not. I taught it to some guys who owned a paintball course and rented gear when a bunch of friends went there for a bachelor party years ago, just another way to signal all at once etc. That shit was fun, man... I wish I knew the extra amount about tactics back then that I know now (especially beyond individual level), I'd have done even better lol 2:48 I remember seeing Sgt. Meserve do that in Casualties of War. It reminds me of clicking and dragging open a box to select multiple units in RTS games so they all obey one order 4:46 I once saw a picture on FB of an obviously real and raging firefight going on with a bunch of military guys in the sand box. One guy was standing up while seeming to be running towards the ditch where his comrades were with his arms held out like you do here. A circle was drawn around him asking "WTF, exactly, is this guy doing?" People joked "oh, he's flying low air support" or "ran out into the storm of bullets on a dare" etc. I just thought it was taken from a film of the firefight, and they picked the one frame where someone was frantically running wild like and probably stumbled in all their heavy gear and flailed, all just to try and find a military guy looking stupid for a meme. Now, I think he was the officer (who tends to be more exposed, hence they become casualties more often) and was signaling what formation he wanted the unit to take for its next maneuver. Given that he was already up and over the top, I think was in the middle of telling everyone else to go over the top to and advance forward in R/L echelon. I only learned that 7 years too late to clarify it for everyone lolz! Sorry if it seems like I rant, it's just nice when the accursed missing piece of a puzzle falls into place, you know? This whole system seems very logical, intuitive, and simple to me. And they say soldiers are stupid... I've actually found it to be that soldiers tend to be sharper than average and a lot more thoughtful (big difference between IQ and thinking shit through) than normal people - even if they tend to have learned more non-academic things than others because of the course of their life and the tasks were taught/trained to do. I think most academics could do with more martial and practical knowledge. It kind of saps the credibility out of even one of the best lectures (still very accurate!) about the battle of Stalingrad that I ever heard - when the prof seriously doesn't know an SMG from a bolt-action rifle. As you can guess, he's pro gun-control lolz! Seriously, even Call of Duty or friggin' old school Goldeneye 64 could help some people because they're so ignorant of guns, man... 12:14 This reminds me a famous bit of Chinese Ancient history (I think it was the Spring and Autumn period) where 2 armies were meeting at a river. I do remember that it was so early on that chariots were the greatest weapons of war people had, like early Bronze Age. The larger and more powerful army began to cross the river, and the advisers to the general of the smaller army urged him to attack once a good chunk of the enemy had crossed, but before their main force arrived. The general declined for reasons of honor and a fair fight and glory and traditions of respect even in war blah blah, etc. His side lost the battle. It wasn't done his way any more. Pretty sure that after that was when Sun Tzu's Art of War was written and Zhuge Liang's deep strategy style began to prevail, but I'm really no expert at overall Chinese history. If you haven't already, you should do a video demonstrating the crossing of various types of danger areas. Great video with thorough presentation! Thanks for putting out there for free to The People! PS Unrelated note, but I always thought it would be cool if the high ranking important people with ceremonial sabers were also very good at fighting with them. I've seen people (ROTC cadets and friends in military schools) look like real pros on the parade ground, who couldn't actually hit things well when I handed them a machete - much less parry/block. So they can do fancy cool looking things while marching in formation that I would never even dare to attempt standing still (like throwing up and catching the sword, passing it behind the back and under the legs, etc), but still can't fight for squat with the sword lol. A great way to honor or gift (I think) someone in a particular branch of the military is to get them an actual functional version of their branch's ceremonial sword. If I had designed the military, all ceremonial swords would be fully functional and balanced fighting weapons! If you're at all curious what the military saber manuals of the early 20th century and before had to say, this is a great place to start: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qla_16L7PSU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CYGLtIDc1vQ.html I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Even the Marine sword looks cooler than the other branches IMO lolz
Thanks for watching and commenting brother. I haven't ever tried to do any type of sword fighting. The closest I've gotten to that is playing with toy foam swords in play fighting with my kid.
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hank you for your work. Very interesting and informative channel. Interesting themes of getting out of ambush, and urban events of the 21st century especially against heavy groups.
@@Brent0331 Ha no problem. Keep up the great work you've been doing cause there's honestly not any other channel that does what you do. I'm honestly surprised this channel is still not as mainstream as the other guntubers on this site. Your insight on things from weapons and gear to tactics and techniques is currently unparalleled to any other guntuber. So with that, I hope 2020 goes great for you and your channel and I'm looking forward to all the crazy shit you decide to utilize your mannequins in future videos lol.
2 VLOGS NEEDED 1. HOW DO YOU PATROL CANYON RIM WITHOUT HAVING SILOUETTE STAND OUT? 2. How far should your patrol ring go around your camp. Figure person can run 4 miles per hour. So 8 mile radius gives you and hour of response time before enemy gets to center of your ring..
Outstanding! How many of these did I remember? Like... two 😅 Could you elaborate on a few more of these? Rally points were confusing, as were all the symbols used in the charts. Would also be interesting to see advanced hand signals. And how do you communicate silently to people ahead of you?!
Did you? Where at? I'm sorry, its been so many years and so many Marines I feel like a POS when I run into guys I served with back in the day and don't immediately remember them.
Cool but to many to remember. How about for militia? A hand raised, will signal a call to halt and receive the next command. An arm raised and the hand tapping on the top of the leaders head signals a call to assemble on the leader in a small group, or in a larger formation for the fire team leaders to assemble on the leader. Displaying one, two, or three fingers after that command would specify what specific fire team leader needs to come forward. Two arms raised straight up means form into two columns. Two arms raised in a v signals to form fire teams in a v formation. Both arms spread out signals that everyone needs to forms a line abreast of the leader, except the third fire team in a large formation which will provides rear security, flanking of the enemy, or covering fire for a controlled retreat. A raised arm with a fist signals that enemy has been heard or sighted. Fist pointing to the front, right or left denotes the direction of the enemy. Every finger displayed shows distance. Extending the arm and fist down signals a kneeling, or squatting body position. Hand facing palm out and waving up and down in front of the leader Signals cease fire. Hand signal with the thumb up acknowledges the given command. Thumb down means the command was not understood, or when moved up and down that the command cannot be completed. The leader moving and pointing his arm and hand denotes the direction of travel. Hand pointing down signals a rendezvous location. A whistle can be heard above a fire fight or if comms go down. One blast signals advance, two blasts flank right, three blasts flank left, four blasts retreat. Simple is good.
Im a K.I.S.S guy, the signals I outlined are the basic signals outlined in the 3-11 Marine Rifle Squad. These are the basic signals Marine rifleman are expected to learn, there are only about 30 of them. Although there are minor differences between some of the Army and Marine hand and arm signals, most of are the same. These signals you're describing are generally not uniform to the standardized signals used by the services.
Just sent this to the guys to study up on........thanks for the training and information Brent keep these coming, need the little "more you know" rainbow at the end lol
@Brent0331 Marine you are a life saver.. I had to brush up on some of the more rarely used ones due to a field promo, damn man you saved my life and the lives of my men..
