Marine Raiders Battle Fiercely in Helmand Province, Afghanistan 

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I was Marine Artillery late 90's early 2000's. This caliber of marine doesn't exist everywhere. These guys are truly a breed apart.

One of, if not, the most underrated channel by far. This does a lot for the vets and the younger people who want to enlist. Keep putting out this content, I’ve learned a lot and so has many others!!!

Proud to call Bryan a friend and old colleague. Really solid person, this is his real personality.

This guy is a true warrior. Absolutely inspiring to hear him speak. Thank you for this content from an old infantryman.

I could happily spend the rest of my life listening to Bryan Buckley talk. This video is amazing.

I was in Marjah back in 2010 and it was pretty rough . Glad you made it back . Semper Fi

Amazing story from one of our nations' great war fighters. I really like the fact that there are no interruptions. Thank you for your service.

Here's an awesome Marine, leader, and man... Great segment... Thank you Urban Valor for keeping these reaal life stories alive, really helps. Respectfully, USMC Retired OIF/OEF Veteran Infantryman

Damn, he served in the same infantry unit as I did (2/8) Missed him by a few years but very impressive Marine officer. Rah, sir.

“I pulled up his man dress.” 😂😂 Savage!

Him smirking about the water bowl thing is essentially what anyone who has ever served in the military in any capacity misses about the military.

Incredible interview . Serious storytelling talent . Semper Fi

Damn sure one of the best interviews I’ve seen , Now That’s a Commander!, A leader , Thank you Sir.

What a powerful thing to watch..

Channel has grown so much since my follow. You deserve it

Urban Valor needs to meet Shawn Ryan, that would be a great podcast episode!

Oh my God the Billy Madison joke killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man this brought me to tears, bloody hell, God bless our Soldiers and Allies

Massive Respect from Providence, Rhode Island! Newport is beautiful...

Great story from this hero.❤️

These guys talk about all the things I (a civilian) want to ask, but they would never answer. Great insight.

I can't stop watching all of these videos. All of these guys are just amazing human beings!!!.

Capt Buckley, you are a motivating dude, proud to share the same uniform, you are an asset to the veteran community sir....

Thank you for your service sir

Thank you sir for your work and service. Rah Sir,

This video needs more likes!

This guy is amazing good job sir.

Contrary to popular understanding, the Marines don't need to lower their ASVAB or other standards to gain numbers. And they refuse to!

What an amazing story from a hero

Great story. Thanks for sharing this Captain.

I was in 2/8 from 2016-2020, then lat moved to intel and now I am going through a pipeline for special operations for the Marine Corps. Great story. Motivated me for sure, this is an awesome story.

Great episode!

97k let’s get too 100k congrats Josh, for 100k can we get someone to interview you brother ? Keep up the badass work man god bless 🤘🏽🤙🏽

He can tell a story

I have family in Doylestown, PA. My cousins went to the same high school! I'm deeply grateful for you and to you ❤️

I’m glad he finished college and went in as an Officer.

😳Holy shit , how have I never found this b4. . Looks awesome , great guests. Bravo subbing this 🇺🇸💪🙏

Outstanding!

OUTSTANDING!!! AS USUAL.

The only thing as impressive as this guy's incredible story was his delivery of the story.

Man this damn channel, I get up go to work in the barn and just push play on my RU-vid because I am a Hillbilly ass Grunt and cannot figure out for the life of me how to find where pod casts are so I just just open RU-vid and first video push play and let the videos play as background sounds. I have had three or four of interviews show up on my suggested and they are always great, I just never hit subscribe because I forget about, but it is crazy all of the interviews hit home or like Doc Foncesca, it popped up on me out if nowhere on the 24 a day after 1/2 hit Nasiryah, and I saw some of that man's actions that earned him the Navy Cross that 23 of March. It helped me work out of that funk that had kind of set in on me hearing that and then hearing his interview really hit home and just made so much sense to so many questions I had inside. I didn't know this man in any way worked in the medical cannabis field. I also ended up with an injury where my right calcaneous completely exploded and like him if they had to use a big screw I was done. Woke up from the first surgery, had 6 bone blocks, 4 long ass screws, two plates and 12 smaller screws. Got out 5 surgeries later I told them I dine with surgery, next one cut it off. On top of my foot my other injuries the VA loaded me up on opiates, which was the worst decision they could have ever done. A Marine Infantry Combat Vet, all of a sudden out of his safety zone, multiple combat deployments, and I didn't realize yet I had some real PTSD issues I had no idea about. Longer I was home the more I noticed there weird feelings where I just didn't feel right. Then bouts of depression that I didn't understand because I never felt anything like it, but I also noticed if I took more of these pain pills I was good and I didn't feel any pain emotionally or physically, I thought I had found something no one else knew about with these opiate pain pills. The worse my PTSD symptoms got the more pills I would take, problem was I would run out quick. So I would call the VA and they would say hey no problem you had some break through pain, you come on down we will refill you. It got bad, the VA just kept upping the med to a stronger and stronger opiate, and raise up the milligrams until they had me methadone, I had lost everything, my family, my pride, I lost who I was completely because of these damn pills. Well about that time I met this woman and we got along and I confided in her one day I was struggling with addiction I wanted to quit but I was really in body pain too, and I was having a hard time defeating this stupid little pill that had taken complete control of my life. She said you should try smoking. I told her I can't smoke weed I am not 15 ,weed is for dirt bags and lazy college kids. But she was hot and she asked me to try and that day, my life was saved. I took one hit all the pain in my body disappeared, the desire my body had for the opiate chemical was gone, so I went to the VA my next appointment took the pain meds I had left and gave them the OIF OEF director at my VA told her I am done with the pills they had destroyed me, I am going to use cannabis. They freaked, yelled I couldn't start smoking weed because of my TBI, it was better for me to stay strung out on those damn pills. I refused left and went home. The next morning I had a VA home health aid standing at my door, I answered, she introduced herself and said the VA sent her there to ensure I was taking my pain medication. I refused told her thank you closed the door. Next morning she was at my door again, same interaction, finally I just answering my door. The VA was so against me smoking it was crazy. It saved my life. I can't explain how much it saved my life. I quit because I felt like shit that I using weed instead of aspirin and no plans on ever quitting the cannabis and so I put it down a year and a half ago. I wasn't the type to smoke all day, I would take a hit in the morning, just one hit to get my day started, then go all day may take a couple aspirin and would wait until after 11 pm to take two hits so I could relax enough to eat and I could feel the tension and the pain in my body just go away and I would sleep too. No nightmares it was amazing. But for some reason it got into my head that I was a piece of shit for taking three hits a day of cannabis. I need to get back to smoking again. I don't sleep much anymore since I quit and the body pain is sometimes hell to push through, so hearing him talk about his cannabis experience and that someone else uses it I don't judge myself so much. I just need to realize, I am taking a medication that is healthy. Thank you

Built different.

Great interview

Thank you for your service people like you inspire me and many others you are a legit hero

Incredible story. I was listening to this while doing yardwork. Got so into it that when I jumped in the shower, I still hady headphones in.

Another fascinating episode 🇺🇸

Much love sir. You’re the man, my brother was really good friends with Ashley, and I was friends with Leech, that 3 year period was some heavy losses for Marsoc. You are one heck of a leader, Capt Contreras was my company commander, he’s a lot like you. They don’t make many officers like you. The ones that are, are straight gold.

Live blade fighting with Chip Armstrong - Marine. Been to the same course - 2008

I did 30+ Army. Good shit, I wish I could get recycled in life just to do this shit again. Great life, great experience

6 days later. F’n incredible sir! Much respect. SSGT. Randall 1:28:09

General Lefavere was a brigadier general at Parris Island when I was a recruit back in 2008

Gary Lucas and him played together I think. You guys were awesome to watch when I was a little kid! I still climb at high rocks every week. Go bucks!

Buddy, you need like 6 mil more viewers

Fantasic vid, brilliantly articulated and presented - I wonder if the military take full advantage of this experience, insight and presentation? I do love that we are able to document this but given the amount of content now we need some for of index, stuff like this shouldn’t be lost.

Was there in 2012. Rah.

wow! BB is the best spoken guy outside of Paul Harrell

Talkin about that plane ride cracked my face a lil bit

Semper fi!!

I was at the Kandahar/Helmand province border in 2012 with the 82nd airborne....2012 was wild!!

I have Regimental brothers that travelled across Canada when my wife died. My civilian friends were shocked!

Insights full of the most honorable Americans.🤘

Time stamps please.

Thank you for your service. I have served with Air Force officers for over 20 years but my final tour was serving with Marine Officers…when it comes down to leadership…many AF officers with the exception of Flyer, could use a lot of mentorship from the Marine officers. Oh do I have some doozies for comparison. I’m in charge of bed down the troops on my final deployment . AF O-3 (Finance) says Chief I demand a room to myself Me - Sir there are none available AF O-3 Gasp! I wanna speak with your commander now! Me- Ok sir he will be with you shortly Marine O-4 Evening Gunny, got any space for me? Me- No Sir, we have no single billet spaces available Marine O-4 (aviator) I’ll take a tent rack, I’m only gonna be here for 72 hrs. Me - I won’t be in my single for the next four days, I have 2 racks if you don’t mind being around us enlisted pukes. Marine officer - I’ll take whatever - so I handed him the keys and asked one of my guys to take him out to the enlisted area. No fuss just glad not to be sleeping in a tent!

MAKE TIMESTAMPS

I wish that a group of vets would get together to tell these stories together

3rd comment. GOD BLESS AMERICA

That Derek dude sounds like A beast lmao

Shit...it's Buckley! Great to see 3rd MSOB guys on the various channels! Would love to see someone from TM17/8143 jump on and talk about Mike Roy!

This one is 🔥🔥🔥 🫡🇨🇦🇺🇸

Out.... Standing you sir with out any doubt are a MARINES MARINE.!!! Thankya sir bookoo. It is written whatever you need grows on this earth. Amasehing the results from mushrooms,( phyote buttons,Navajo ),canabus. Please look over the spelling. You're one hellof anOfficer sir. May the sun always be on your back with a gentle breezz across your cheeks, Semper Fi

I was in Miami Florida on 9/11 it was literally like Red Dawn I got up to pee after the first plane hit the first Tower I walked in living room in about 30 seconds later the second plane came in and hit I woke everyone in the house up we started breaking out rifles and ammo I was half expecting parachutes to start dropping out of the sky such a wild day

(My personal bookmark for when i can pick back up on this story at a later time) 1:51:00

Man hearing the words courthouse bay brought back some great memories worst best place on the world

Semper Fi!

🎇🇺🇲"God Bless Our Veterans and Active Warrior's!"🇺🇲🎇 🫡

Love you, thank you for being so brave. Verily I say those we know who have passed gave glory unto HOLY HEAVENLY FATHER.

Patriot ❤

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I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday strangely as I now suffer with a t.b.i but I remember it well, i am Scottish and I had just passed my regiment training and was on leave due to mangling my feet during the last ruck before passing the training i don't know how i managed it but I forgot to put the insoles in my boots we have 2 sets one set are highly polished and ready for parade and the other set are your working boots i just forgot to swap the insoles and by the end of the ruck my feet looked like a packet of bacon strips i was sent to s civilian hospital for treatment and they didn't have a clue how to treat my injury i ended up at the regiment docs and they knew what to do basically they soaked my feet in salty water 😢 and then left me for an hour then they started cutting off all the dead skin and i think it was pig skin they covered the wounds with it was experimental at the time and it worked but anyway I was allowed leave as it was the summer block leave so I went home to Scotland and I was visiting a friend the morning of 9/11 and we just got back from dundee and i turned on his t.v and it was showing the twin towers smouldering i said is this a film its a strange time next thing my mobile rings and its my dad saying i had to get back to the barracks asap my leave was cancelled within 2 days i think it was it felt like the whole british army were on this exercise and i was lucky enough to watch the sas doing drills coming into the runway in a Hercules c130 as it landed landrovers were coming out the rear cargo doors and driving off left and right and the hercules never stopped it just took off again i think within the month we were deployed yeah it must have been around November my section was the rapide deployment section and it was insane from the start to the finish i joined at the right time all the combat experience we had after nearly 30 years of nothing except Ireland and exercises

This is like the soft white underbelly for the military, except they’re not on drugs, and it’s slightly less depressing

I know Kenny Urquhart Marine Gunnery Sgt. I've known the family since the 1970's Hell I know his Father the Whole family Iived with his ant Wanda for 10yrs she was the Love of my life and best friend till she passed in 2022, from stage 4 cancer R.I.P. Baby

Definitely need some time clips in these videos I listened for what an hr and nothing but training stories lol I appreciate everything this guy has done for sure but sometimes can't listen to entire video ha

Marine from 67-70 with 1 tour in Vietnam. One of the many reasons I did not re-enlist was I saw good Marine Officers such as this Devildog get out because they were tired of the BS or were passed over for being too young not unqualified. The Marine Corps leadership thrives on doing more with less which means less money, less equipment, less housing etc. The Officers are willing to sacrifice their people to improve their position. The Senior Enlisted Advisors who are there as a buffer from the officers do not want to rock the boat. Generally, the Marine Officers are low GPA out of college who have their own agendas. In 1967 was the only year the marines drafted college graduates into the enlisted ranks because they just wanted to do their two years active and go home. These folks were engineers, lawyers and other degreed disciplines and for the most part more intelligent than many of the officers and senior enlisted. His comment that "he should have received the MOH vice the Navy Cross is a good example of not rewarding people for a job above and beyond. In any other service that devil dog would have received an MOH. There are some good Officers and Senior Enlisted but just not enough of them. I have many examples of Marines who got out because of poor leadership but I will cite just one here. I met a Marine who had been in Korea and multiple tours in Vietnam. He was a Gunnery Sergeant (E7) with 18 years of service and he told his detailer if you give orders for Vietnam I will get out and forfeit my pension. The Marine gave him orders for Vietnam and his enlistment expired almost as soon as he got in country and he got out. He told me he had too many tours in combat and didn't think he would survive another and his life was worth more alive than dead with a pension. Bottom line is the Marine Corps overall does not take care of their people never has and never will IMHO.

Do you know why people were jumping out of the building? Thermite heat made it unbearable. Why did that maint guy from the tower say he heard explosions in the basement before the plane hit? over 100 of the nations top achitects and engneers say theres no way the building could have fallen like that. Nobody can explain away the molton steel dripping from the building, the fact they said the plane that went down because the passengers fought back. They claimed the plane hit the ground and just disapeaed under ground. come on

Bangin' in Sangin Summer Vacation 2012

Time stamp please 🫡

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I hope a lot of these veterans are being sincere about the woman holding her dress down moment on 9/11 because it seems to me it can be used as a profound moment to include I their motivation Mr America needs me military service story after seeing other claim that was their moment in life that guided them towards that direction taking advantage of the dramatic effectiveness it would have towards their story 😔. Not denying it is a fact but it just so happens that everyone veteran I know in life hasn’t ever said that was the reason why they joined but everyone n televisions seems to have joined because of that 🤔 idk….. just hope they are being sincere. That woman deserves utmost respect 🫡

Disappointed that cannabis was the thing that helped, as I've seen so many lives permanently altered by it in a bad way. I used to be gung ho on reform, but I've changed my tune on that these days. It's been a net-negative for people here in Colorado.

I knew he looked familiar he looks like “Big bomboclat” dude

you ever think about making a video about yourself maybe get another person to ask you questions and make a video about yourself and your journey in the service ?

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For the non US forces individuals please highlight the acronyms.

Rah

Tagliatelle! with meatlawssauce gutt

Same time as Cody Alford! Hmmm ?

Trauma bonding is real and works. Ifykyk

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Jesus… come on! That’s not right.. I purposely stay away from those smut sites but this isn’t fair at all