Great episode and what a story Tim has to tell. I've known him all my life and he is a rock star. You should have him back again to tell you all about his experiences in Korea and other deployments. He's lived quite a life and what a true warrior he is!
I would love to hear a soldier’s story about fighting & surviving the horrific Korean war. Please, invite Tim back for that! I didn’t know how brutal the Korean war was until I watched a documentary. The suffering was unforgivable & unforgettable: just seeing it, let alone living through, & dying from, the unimaginable conditions.
Keep them coming Ryan! You NEVER disappoint with the wide variation of amazing guests you meet with. You’re illuminating so many areas of our American history that have little, and in some cases zero, first-hand accounts of what truly went down. More than that, you know how to bring each and every guest to life. My daughters just nailed why it’s resonates so well with us…we feel like we’re just sitting there around the firepit with the both of you, eavesdropping in on stories we weren’t supposed to be purviewed to. Thanks again for making our Saturday morning drives OUTSTANDING! BOOMER SOONER!-Cam, Ari, & Zoe
I was a tanker, got out in 87'. I went back in 91' trying to get to the desert. Missed it but so many of the NCO's were friends of mine from my first tour.
Outstanding General! Made us all feel like we were there. You’re dedication to training I’m certain is the reason your Troopers came out of that Battle in one piece. As we would say in the Navy… BZ, Shit Hot!
Yes great history lessons about the ACRs before the fence going down and our mission. Spent 8 total years watching the fenceline. Two years with 2/2 ACR Hof and Coburg 1977-79 and 6 years in 3/11 ACR Bad Hersfeld until June 1988. Best job I ever had.
McMaster was my Regimental commander in OIF3. The man was a walking legend. His leadership in Tal-Afar and his COIN operatipns destroyed the insurgency. I spent my entier 8 Year army career in 3d Armore Cav couldn't ask for a beter unit. IF YOU AINT CAV!!!
I was then the S3 of 2-14 CAV, the unit you fell in on when you arrived in Tal Afar. First 2/3 showed up, then the rest of the Regiment minus 3/3. We were under you long enough that we’re authorized to where the Regiment’s VUA for Tal Afar. I previously served in 3d ACR under the 67th and 68th RCOs.
Definitely a forgotten AO in the OIF history. As rough as the living was, we didn’t have anyone looking over our shoulder. Hell, higher hq had no desire to visit.
Toujours Pret Tim!! Love the painting of Col. Reed at Houstau Czech. Got to visit that exact place with the Association last summer. My famous painting in my office is Captain Charles May charge at Resaca Dela Palma. Your history is so familiar to my own coming from not far from Bucknell. I went enlisted, got offered prep school then West Point at Ft. Riley unfortunately, turned it down. My time at Ft. Riley was very rewarding got my strips very fast. My papers for Germany was highly recommended for the 2nd ACR with my tank skills through my Platoon Sargents and CO at Riley. Killer troop 80/81. Served under thee famous one and only," Dueler" 60th ROC Robert Wagner. His Cav cheer was classic and it took many times till he was satisfied. "IF, YOU AIN'T CAV, YOU AIN'T SHIT!" Growing up watching Battle of the Bulge at age 8, I was hooked!
My LTC, Soldner was a hell of a guy and a great commander. I was a line medic in 1/7 CAV which was a DIV CAV Squadron at Ft Hood. He left the army rather than be passed up for what was then a real ACR. He would come down and talk to us during motor pool days. Of course we never bitched about stuff to the Colonel, but he was always there. 1/7 was unstoppable in the 90s. A Divisional cavalry squadron was a LETHAL organization. As this guy says; Each line troop, A B and C. Two scout platoons, two tank platoons. Then there were the aviation side, which was E G and F. Echo was ground maintenance, F were scouts when I was there, and Golf were gunships. While I was there, Gunships and scouts changed to Kiowa Warriors so it wasn't so scout/gunship oriented. If you've never been in an M113 and had a Cobra sneak out of the woods and overfly you, you haven't lived. I loved this guy talking. He's talking about my Army experience. I know very well how lethal we were. I went to a regular tank unit later. The officers weren't as good.
Amazing interview. I have been watching videos and TV shows that featured this battle for decades now. I remember this war when I was around 10-12, the trading cards, and General Schwarzkopf’s briefings were famous.
@@tjgauthier9252 Sweet. I’m not sure I have any left unfortunately. You know how being a kid is like, you don’t always understand that things could be worth Money in the future! I have my Upper Deck Baseball/Hockey 91-92 collection (not complete), it just so happens that Baseball/Hockey Card collecting exploded during that time, especially Upper Deck. There are some in there worth money I’d imagine. I have some ‘91 Marvel Cards too, along with a Doctor Doom (H-4) Hologram that is worth $400+ if I can fix the slightest roll on one edge (looks simple to fix from the vids here on RU-vid. Then I can send it in and get it graded.
That’s awesome! Thank you for all you did to keep my childhood amazing! For keeping me naive at just how incredibly blessed I was to wake up every day as a kid in America!
Got my silver and gold spurs. I was light infantry my entire career. Was a senior infantry PSG and got sent to Hood. I was like FML I don’t wanna be mechanized anything. It was actually a great experience and those Bradley’s are badass.
@@The2ndFirst it is true that this battle is well documented, but many presentations leave me wanting for better visuals. Ryan’s forte seems to be the battle on the personal level.
Would it be possible to get the whole podcast turned up to the volume of the eBay ads? I have to turn it way up to listen on Spotify in any of my cars then the ebay ads come on and blow my ear drums out
Anybody have the gouge? When Ryan says he was a Cav officer, was that AirCav as a helo pilot? Or a traditional cav guy before getting his wings? Mostly asking because I thought AirCav was an obsolete thing. Also do AirCav wear flight suits and stetson? Because that'd be awesome
Great show. Few commercials. I served ‘89-‘93 in 3rd ID Div Cav-3rd Squadron, 4th US Cavalry. Last Commander was JD Thurman. He eventually became Gen JD Thurman and commanded this man’s unit 2/2 Cav. Cavalrymen.
Yes. There's a fellow called REALreporter (as opposed to Fakereporter?) Who did a video special on it. He got down and dirty with that tank! Hope he does not get cancer!
There haven't been any major tank on tank battles in Ukraine. In Ukraine they're using massive amounts of artillery, because that is the Soviet doctrine, and lots of skirmishing with all types of ground forces.
OMG YESSS!!!! I asked for a Tanker in the comments because no other miltiary podcasts have had a tanker on from what I can find and you gave us a tanker literally the next episode! Thank you so much
Ryan, I truly enjoy your interviews kudo & many thanks! I like that in general your channel is an "ego-free zone" allowing stories to be expressed objectively...
Team Yankee the real deal!! Harold Coyle needs to write one about this battle. This was pivotal and being a Cav man i have studied it a bunch (I was about 60 miles away) and cant wait to hear this
Thank you for this episode! I loved hearing of the experiences of a tanker, especially from an ACR! I hope you can get Tim back as I’d really love to hear more about his experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan post 9/11.
Most people have no idea how much the 210 FA brigade which had a few units in it including 6/41st FA. was involved in this. Shot so many rounds the barrels burned like dragons breathing between rounds. After this they went with Big Red One to Kuwait then ended up at the Safwan air field.
Both 210 and 6/41st had habitual support relationships and are on orders as part of the Dragoon Battlegroup… which means they can wear the Regiment’s Valorous Unit Award.
Fist 1st Lt. Joe Deskevich at the time and others from 2nd Squadron recently did a phenomenonal zoom/u tube video from Ft. Moore recently and brought out a lot of info which was never shared. One of his points he brought out which was our Dragoon tactics from years ago, 2nd ACR was up too 9 miles ahead of 7th Corps.
Thank you for producing this videos, I spent four years in the army in a late 70s early 80s. My favoriteunit I was in was E Troop 1st Air Cavalry In Fort Wainwright, Alaska, we had incredible officers and absolutely fantastic NCO’s It’s fantastic hearing from you guys that served after I did and the story you have to tell on the war on terrorism and what not. Keep up the good work.
Of course a Tanker would grow up in Gettysburg. Dwight Eisenhower trained some of the first American tankers for WW1 on the Gettysburg battlefield before they shipped out to Europe. Great interview can't wait for the next one. Keep them coming Ryan.
Yes, this was excellent. I'm a Navy guy so I don't know crap about tread-heads. I've seen an excellent documentary on this battle and the videos on it from the Operations room. I really enjoyed listening to him talk us through this.
