My Senior Drill was the man recording this footage. He showed us this clip one day as we cleaned weapons as an example of what a firefight looked like. He mostly wanted to point out the fact that the enemy were not visible most of the time.
Please do more of these! I was a saw gunner in Afghanistan and luckily I got to work with you guys doing uplift and great seeing your aspect of how a saw gunner should act, how everyone else should act, thr way you would have done things different - and the point of trying to not get emotional in a gunfight. Getting emotional totally changes the dynamic of everything. The guys who taught me how to be a great saw gunner were the 18 bravos!
@@DavidC1 lmao the SF team i worked with poicked one up to use on the MK48s but we NEVER ran that thing. We tested it out outside the COP, it was pretty cool but im not carrying that much ammo on my back XDD
My cousin was a SAW gunner in iraq in the early 2000s. He saw action in Fallujah as a Marine when it was pretty damn bad. He never talked about it but he came back messed up, drank way too much.
I used to work ISR in Sangin (PTDS), and I would often get a call to respond to TIC. The TOC would give us grid coordinates and tell us in no uncertain terms that those grids were precisely the Taliban position. Most of the time, there’d be absolutely nothing there. No flash from enemy fire, no splash from Marine rounds. The TOC would insist that’s where they were cause those were the coordinates the TIC told them. Sometimes, after this happened way too many times than it should, they’d let us zoom out and find the friendlies, then find where their rounds were impacting. We’d find that, see absolutely no bad dudes, but the TOC wouldn’t let us look around for enemy flash (much easier for us to spot with our IR cameras). After this happened way too many times than it should, they finally let us one day actually look for enemy flash. After about 30 seconds of looking we found the enemy position. No where near where the marines were shooting it wasn’t even close. That’s what the fog of war does to people.
Content like this is much appreciated Mike having someone with actual experience is both entertaining and informative i would like to see you debunk videos on self defence i have seen alot of them that will get people killed or injured
I will likely never see any combat with my own eyes. That said, when I see it on the screen, it’s very helpful for my understanding to get guidance and opinions from those who have been in those shoes. And it’s even more helpful to get those perspectives from someone who was on the elite end of combat. Thank you for these efforts Mike.
@@warhokn4178 ... same here. I was gonna say the same thing. The fact that all military branches are training for a direct war with Chi and Rus and are expecting to do a land invasion within the next 10 to 20 years... we might get drafted, we might have counter attacks here on US soil, or they might just continue to fuel social discord like they have been for the last year. We might also get an invasion from the cartels. Chi is working with the cartels to wage a proxy war on the US as we speak. So it’s not that far fetched that as we invade Asia, they pay the cartels to invade the US as a way to distract, divide our forces and ruin our forward momentum overseas.
Very interesting hearing how universal tactics and procedures are across different countries. Currently training to be in the Swedish army and i'm a machinegunner. While i don't carry a SAW, everything Mike says is basically word for word what i've learned so far about being a machinegunner. Especially as i'm the only one rocking 7.62 and carrying the real firepower of the squad. I also like that the points out that guy flagging his teammate. We we're told that if you get in a firefight that last a while and your barrels start to overheat it can start cooking off rounds so we are constantly thinking where we are aiming the barrel.
Obviously… when it comes to tactics such as fire support with a belt fed how many different ways are there to do it. Not many it’s not surprising that different countries would use similar Tactics. That’s like saying it’s very interesting that everyone eats with there mouths or breathes with their lungs.
Vietnam Nam vet here. I appreciate your description and analysis of actual combat footage. I think it will be interesting to see how tactics and weapon systems have changed in the last 50 years.
I love this kind of content. I have never been in combat or have been a soldier. However, I am human and have had more than my share of shitty situations. What Mikes commentary does for me is turn chaotic situations into sensible action. In turn I take the psychological education received and use that in my every day life. As a man who has had little direction in life these videos are much appreciated. They help to calm my mind when I get anxious / stressed.
As far as Combat reacts go, you Mike do the best job breaking down and explaining what's happening and the type of stress the warriors are experiencing. by far the best version of Combat react videos out there in the RU-vid world. (In my humble opinion)
Great stuff Mike. This is the best combat reacts video I've seen just because of the expert analysis that you brought to it. Keep 'em coming. Can't thank you enough for your service. 🙏
Love this. Idk why these type of videos are considered “fluff”.. this is how we learn. It’s crazy to me that the army hasn’t realized the value of footage like this for training purposes.
I really like this Mike, i do have a couple of suggestions. First one, dont do this as a livestream or just click on random videos videos to try and find something to react on, you'll often just stumble on videos of guys reacting to contact and shooting into distance and thats not really interesting for you nor for the audience. Secondly, have someone on your team find good footage and send it to you so you can comment on it while watching it for the first time on camera. Hope you bring us more of CombatReacts
Never have served, but I have great respect for all who do. This was amazing cause I get to understand and comprehend a little more what it is you and many others do to protect the freedoms of myself and family. Thank you! I look forward to more of these videos!
Having been in multiple firefights almost exactly the same as this as a SAW gunner in Kandahar back during the surge, this video gets me every time. I often miss it. There's no feeling like being shot at without result.
This is a kickass series.I think there should be more of this on RU-vid .Your commentary is what stands out and helps us civilians understand what's going on.If you put the videos out I'll watch for sure.Thankyou for keeping us informed and thank you for your service.
Talking guns takes a lot more experience and awareness than people think, honestly a great video. I'm on a 240L weapons squad so this was right at home while being informative, appreciate content like this. Cheers.
From a newbie civilian who truly appreciates all of you warriors out there, this provides some insight as to what you folks are/have experienced... I also find it funny how Mike grunts his appreciation for a weapon or tactic performed... in the same manner that we civilians do when looking at a great steak!
I’ll definitely enjoy these videos from you! I only like watching few people, and later Ive learned they’re your personal friends. You guys are absolutely incredible! Much love and Respect Mike!🙏🏼🇺🇸🙏🏼 Get Some!!!
I carried the saw on a deployment loved it. We were rocking the mk46 at the time which is the special operations version of the 249. A little smaller a little less weight. But just a great weapon. Got pretty good with that sucker at least in my mind.. right.. RLTW! 3/75
What's life like in 3rd batt as opposed to the other battalions? I hear 1st are the golden boys, but I wouldn't actually know. Much respect to you Ranger!!
@West Well to be honest with you. I would have loved to have been at 1st bat... I was old as S*** when I joined in 2007. I was probably the oldest God ever joined; I was like 36 when I went through rip.. I hated Columbus Georgia with a Passion. There's just nothing to do there but s***** little bars for young kids, right. 1st bats very close to Savannah, so yeah, It's just a lot better atmosphere. You also don't have Fort Benning massive big army.. Like everything is at Fort Benning.. 3rd bat sucks because you are right there at regimental headquarters.. So literally all of the bigwig jackasses are there, so you have to be very cognizant of that.. So you have ready for the ranger standards to always be upheld, you got to be ready for all the bulshit the changing of commands and all that b*******.. So here's how you get to pick which Battalion you get to go to. you don't.. I remember we had just finished rip.. We were sitting in this classroom there was maybe 22 to 24 of us and we had a huge class of like 230... But we only finished with like 22 to 24 right.. This cadre comes in and he says I've got 6 Slots for 1st bat the 1st 6 of you that get up here get those... If you were 2 tables back you were f***... But I was very glad that I didn't get 2nd bat because it is very true, and I've asked all the dudes that have been out there. it f****** rains 80% of the time... But to answer your question very simply, I would say 1st batt for you socially.. But 3rd batt, if you want to get all the big time missions..RLTW 3/75
@@chrisculley3756 Thank you for your insight. I actually don't mind the rain so much so JBLM doesn't seem all that bad to me... but maybe I'd change my mind being there LOL
@West Yeah I've heard a lot of guys say the same thing about Lewis. but when you're out stuck in that s*** and it's cold as h*** and you aint slept in about 3 days. Being cold and wet makes everything 10 times worse... Like honest-to-God the worst night that we lost probably half of the class was because they took us into this swamp at Cole range, Cole range is our he'll week,, after about 3 days of getting the s*** kicked out of us, and they were smoking us for hours it was like 2:00 in the morning.. And the cadre lines us up and walks us in to this swamp. They had us in there neck deep doing flutter kicks and s***... And in the middle of this big freaking field there's a big a** tent right, with a fire and s*** going and that's where they keep saying at any time you can quit and go get warm in that tent and sit by the fire and eat and all that b*******... And when we got out of that f****** swamp after about 30 to 40 minutes of doing flutter kicks and it was about 20ﾟ outside. half the class walked over to that f****** tent.. Cold,wet, and sleep deprived will break almost any man..those are like their perfect conditions to fuck with you. Haha. RLTW 3/75
I’ve been literally waiting for you to do this!!!! Not even kidding! You’re amazing and are doing BIG things brother. Love your work and appreciate everything you do. Thank you for teaching us how to think as fighters and as men
Hey Mike, I enjoy hearing your feedback and breakdown of the video, would like to see more like this! For future content, I recommend providing some "what they should be doing" thoughts as well. For instance, in this video you mentioned the SAW gunner was sporadically spraying towards the enemy and it would be difficult for him to hit the enemy using the 5.56 at what looks to be close to the max effective point range of that round (500-600m maybe in video?). Then you mentioned that the M4 rifleman is essentially wasting ammo when he's firing. Would the solution to a situation like this be to have a DMR with a 7.62/.308 rifle with a 20" barrel that would be scoping in on the enemy while the SAW gunner fires in shorter bursts to draw attention, suppress, and save ammo instead of these longer bursts? Should the good guy troops sent a unit out to move forward under suppressive fire to get closer to the target where their 5.56 rifles would be more effective on point targets? That kind of "this is what they should do" analysis would be very helpful. I've been silently watching your content for the last year, really enjoying everything you're putting out!
Mike actually mentioned what they should be doing when he mentioned “Battle Drill”. There are a list of standard infantry “battle drills”. They are like standard offensive and defensive line plays in football. When certain things happen, all troops know which battle drill should be carried out and they immediately start doing it or preparing for it. The OIC (officer in charge) will also give commands and may also change up with battle drill he wants the troops do to. In this situation because they were taking sniper fire outside the range of their weapons. The best thing to do would probably be for the saw gunners go open up with “suppressive” fire like they were doing. Making a lot of noise, flash and getting all eyes on them, and hopefully getting the enemy to duck behind cover for fear of catching one of the machine gun rounds in the face... while doing so, other troops should be maneuvering in a concealed manner (as much as possible) to the sides of the enemy, known as “flanking”. Ideally they want to set up an “L” shape around the enemy position or positions. This allows them to fire on the enemy with no fear that friendly troops might get hit on the other side of the enemy (that is why U shapes, or completely surrounding the enemy is a bad idea, you don’t want to hit your own guys accidentally). Once they get in the L, they start to move forward and close the distance usually doing a leapfrog (called bounding) type action to shrink both sides of the “L” and to “tighten the noose” on the enemy. As they get closer, now the M4 rifles become effective and can get into the fight. They can also start throwing grenades and things like that. Do a search for Army Battle Drills. You will find tons of info on them. There is a site called Army Study Guide that has some good quick explanations. In this situation the troops in contact would probably start off initially with a battle drill 2 (React to Contact) and then eventually switches to battle drill 1 (conduct platoon attack).
I’m sure it’s mostly because the 5.56 is fairly underpowered compared to the 7.62 round that the AK is chambered in. In the desert like this you need high powered rounds that can penetrate or touch longer distance targets.
Have enjoyed your narrations on those videos. It helped understand how it is on ea run. Most don't realize or think just how it is in each situation. Thank you 🇺🇸
Semper Fi dude. I haven’t been in combat since Vietnam. Tour #1 10/68 to 11/69…. Tour #2 12/69 to 1/71. But I still get the juice when I Watch this. It still puts a knot in my gut…. 🇺🇸
Mike just signed up for February 5th at Fieldcraft. Response time was great. Rikki is great help. Listen to you and Jack and Andy just bout every day. Agree with your perspectives and sense of humor. Rikki put me on standby list for dinner in case anyone can't make it due to weather . Look forward to meeting you all and shsking your hands. Thanks , Pat Smallwood Sgt Smallwood USMC/ LTC Army retired
Mike, combat reacts are great and I feel like they’ll bring the most views for you. As a growing channel I suggest continuing to pump these out. Now including Ukraine and any other active conflicts. Doing great and giving operators a great name. Keep on keeping on brotha
When the guns are talking . It's the pleats. It's an optical illusion. Just the pattern of the pants. - I enjoyed this CSM review. Subscribed! Hell yeah brother. Target rich environment - happy hunting
Good job breaking it down, pointing out some mistakes, and pushing them in the right direction. I always looked up to you ODA guys during my deployment. This should be how the AAR went. I think it would be kinda cool if squads all had cameras so they could learn from each engagement. Idk maybe not. I also like how you said all guys are "acting" FO's. It's because unless you are an FO you would just be pretending to be one! Eyes of Death baby! Get some.
Mike your a phenomenal brilliant story teller as a SOG, CIA, and special operator. I appreciate your efforts teaching LEOs, I was never in the military, however I was forced to work with hundreds of X-military while I tenured with 37 years patrol division senior corporal. I witnessed young LEOs accelerate scenarios which could have been defused as a civilian LEO. In 1983 we were issued 357 mag S&W with 38 +P+, 12 round or 6 round leather loops w/Sam Browne gun belt, cuffs, pepper spray, PR-24, and Boston Leather Slapper, 4-Cell Mag light,no portable,no vest,etc etc.. We were actually trained not to engage in gun fights, police officers actually do not get into firefights , because we’re NOT military. Thus we were primarily more “Officer friendly” cops rather than storm troopers, like what the public sees nowadays. I think your training is good for the SWAT fellas, Federal Police like USBP & CBP, nevertheless when patrol division guys are already excessively stemmed up & X-military, and overzealous, because they just graduated the academy, it’s difficult to train them to defuse rather than accelerate a contact with an alleged violator or contact. Unfortunately, there are no training classes from old saddle tramp cops w/30+ years training LEOs. I was shot in 1994 & 2003, and never returned lead simply because I didn’t have a clean shot. I only worked as a FTO after 30+ years in , but returned to single one man unit patrol, primarily because rookies still on probation spent all the while on the MDT Facebook, RU-vid, and filming themselves with contacts or alleged violators. I noticed that youngsters w/2-4 years in already had up to 4 justifiable homicides? I feel as if these millennials who are now executive administrators would have channeled their inertia into diplomacy rather than aggressive police action, perhaps there would not exist this popular culture of defunding LEOs & hatred for police. To Protect & Serve Utilizing the Color & Spirit of the Law with Humanity & kindness. This was our academy instruction in 1983 from instructors who served in Korea & Vietnam. They saw plenty of combat, however they taught us to treat everyone with respect & courtesy first. Many contacts particularly in the 80s-90s probably needed to be shot, however we used the slapper or Maglight to split their wig. I’m not saying that numerous didn’t need to be pistol whipped, but we were never trained to end up sending lead down range at first aggression of a violator. This is a hypothesis that worked before Smartphones, Facebook,RU-vid, popular culture etc.. My father was a combat Marine from 1948-1968, he served in Korea & Vietnam, yet he was hired in 52 as a metro cop,when he came back from Korea. Unfortunately, he stayed in the USMC reserves & was picked up for Vietnam 1965-1967. Mother’s father was a combat soldier in WW1, @ 17YO, he actually was hired for metro in 1923 & recommended,my dad in 1952 for hire. All my brothers & even my little sister & first cousins became metro, but that doesn’t mean I learned anything, except it’s always easier to bribe a contact with honey rather than with police aggression. I know you can help your trainees to understand they are not special forces operators like you are, and perhaps they should attempt to dial down their posturing, because in the end, our primary mission is to Protect & Serve the people because we too are civilian LEOs, not military special forces operators.
Very much appreciate this content. It's more analysis than reaction. So maybe "Combat Breakdown". Reaction is how it made you feel. This is much more than that.
I love it!!! Keep it up!!!! I say your name 5x a day now. I’ve commented before about what I think about you and men like you sharing the knowledge that you have. I was a PoG who just loved to train, practice TTPs. Now I’m just a low key Barber who trains when I can, but number one is Mike Glover!!! All my LEO and Vets, Fire, EMS…..I send em all to 1 Channel, IG, And I love the podcast too! Keep up the Good Work!!!!! Thanks for all you do.
Mike is one of those rare guys who seems to 'talk himself down' often. He's the real deal and is one of the few who continues to remain a quite professional despite having truly been the tip of the spear. Good to see a man who is truly greater than his ego.
Can I have one of those hats you're wearing sir? I am a firefighter and you're one of favorites and I would look like a champ with that hat on our next range day. Thanks for these videos sir. So enjoyable and great for learning and training. Stay in the fight Mr. Glover... We need guys like you.
Loved it. Having been in LEO gunfight I can say training kicks in. The flood of emotions, wtf you speak of, comes after. During the fight I ran on pure training and mental preparation.
I just wanna say, thank you for your bravery and courage , I tried to enlist in the marines, my grandpa fought in WWII and he was such a great guy, , but i was rejected because i had been prescribed anti depressants when i was 15... i was bummed, but, I just wanna say i respect the hell out of soldiers, and I really appreciate yall and what you guys do. Thank you.
