Surviving Nasiriyah’s “Ambush Alley” During 2003 Iraq Invasion 🇺🇸 

Brotherrrrrr. Your interviews are right there with the Sean Ryan Show. I needed this one today. My time on active duty is about to come to an end after 12 years before I swap over to the Ohio Army National Guard to be with my family. I'm drinking watching this and while I smile, and laugh, and tear up at this guys story. One of my first squad leaders was with 1/2 for the invasion (can't remember what company as I have deleted social media) and nothing but respect for the warriors who went through that fire during the invasion. Keep up the great work with this channel. We love it. THIS IS ALL WE NEED TO HEAL. Is other veterans literally just sharing their story and perspective. Just to hear their experience and what we have all gone through after the long war is all we need. Thank you for sharing your story boss. Semper Fi.

I spent 6 months in Kuwait. 45 days at home. 2 months in Kuwait. Drove all the way to Baghdad airport.

Lost my cousin lcpl Donald Cline 1/2 Charlie in march od 03 in Nasiriyah. Been trying to find any foitage, pictures, or stories i can about him. RIP to all the fallen. Im pretty sure he's talking about my cousin at 32:19. Ge was awarded the sliver star.

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This interview is exactly how Marine Corps life is. Things you can never imagine. Funny , sad, scary, awesome. Something I will never forget. Anyone who’s been there can relate.

Back in 98 we'd never thought about what would follow. I was un Kosovo on TDY orders with the 101st airborne 502nd when 9/11 occured. I was immediately sent back to my parent unit the 10th mountain 1-87th Infantry as were the rest of he guys in TDY only like a handful, i would eventually get sent to Afghanistan with the 10th and be home by june 2002. Got out after my 4 years and 3 deployments 2 were combat deployments and would re-enlist in 2003 because of Iraq. I would serve there from 04 to 05 and a time i wish i could forget but cant, what a ride jesus.

I’m sorry for Scott, but I’m glad you’re alive. What a horrible thing for people to say to you. I pray to God you’ve been able to process through that.

Super solid interview with opening up the soul and laying it out there to help others realize telling your truth with the “flaws” we all have is the most efficient path to slaying evil and being a truly righteous dude or dudette. 🇺🇸

Best description I have ever heard of a Marine. A guard dog without a purpose turns into a pitbull waiting to instill violence. I did 20 years in the USMC (10TH MAR.). Retired in 2015. It is hard to find people out here with the mindset of Marines. Matter a fact I have found it impossible. Keep your head down brother Semper Fi

All these interviews and stories with our bad ass Veterans are awesome. We appreciate you all for your service 🫡

Went through Nasiriyah with the 101st in 03

Any step dad watching this should make you want to do better ,These kids are kids and need love not your anger ,he was resiliant,lots are not. Thank you for your service and your story.

I can concor with some of the stuff, I was with Charlie when he was there. Even though he was with Bravo. That engagement was crazy as it could be. Semper fi brother "for whoever bleeds with me, shall forever be my brother". 1/2 Charlie out.

Yo!!! Great interview, good dude! I was also in Nasiriyah (OIF 1). And I was apart of 2/23 in the same era I am on the cusp of transitioning and about to retire from the Corps. This sparked a lot of memories, thank you for sharing your story. SFMF🤙🏻!

I was a DOC for 10 years… green side, the whole time. I like how your face lit up when you said Doc! 👍🏻🙏🏻😎 Oh good times and bad times, but it was the best 10 years of my life.

Usually I don't comment this much. I think its because this Marine reminds me of a really good friend of mine when I was in. His name was Miguel Hernandez. GOOCH!! Anyway I love his description of what he experienced his first time aboard an army base. I remember a squad of Rangers came through one day to use the small FOB as a step off point. The team leader was amazed as to how primitive the living conditions were!! Even Motherfn US Army Rangers were amazed by how shitty we lived!! Pussies

Excellent interview, tyfys, great descriptions of events, the rosary bead and crosses like Mr T hit me, the A-10 hit when he started describing what the Lt Colonel was doing loading bodies and body parts on the tank so no one was left behind about had me leaking from my eyes, damn onion cutting Ninjas, I’ve seen a lot of scenes like the Semi vs Car, I was a Paramedic in the NYC system and was there on 9/11, on the way in I called my wife and told her to get the kids out of school because I don’t know if I’m coming home alive, hardest fu*king phone call I ever made, one of my partners was killed when tower 1 came down, Carlos Lillo 😔🙏🏻, along with 7 other Paramedics and EMT’s, that still haunts my dreams and I can’t watch when they start airing it all as 9/11 nears, I have yet to go to the museum and I now live in FL and I don’t know if I’ll ever go back, I’m a veteran as well, Army 13F, and in April of 2001 my wife and I lost our only daughter and I had her buried in Calverton National Cemetery, that was devastating to us and then 5 months later to the day is when 9/11 happened, it was a crappy year for sure, I want to see if they will exhume her and bring her done here to one of the National Cemetery’s, sorry I got off track, anyway Semper Fi to you Marine, may god bless you 🙏🏻

Everyone of these veterans needs to be vetted again. Urban valor did a horrible job, verifying all of these veterans that are telling their stories. I’ve noticed they have taken at least one down of a retired Navy, veteran that completely fabricated his career.

Man... Watched beginning to end. What a fantastic life story, interesting and happy ending to boot. Live a long happy life.

I googled that Adam Marshall guy he said f’d with him and he’s a juvenile drill instructor now 😂

What a great man and inspiring story! Thank you Sir for your service. Also, awesome job by the interviewer, to let him tell his story.

"it shouldve been you.." damn...how can someone say that to someone..... even after what he saw...

How do we get on this? I was with 2nd Bn 3rd Marines from 2005-2009. Check out our history from that time frame. We have some wild stories

Awesome interview! Stand up Marine and man - Thank you for your service.

Holy moly, I was 1/2 Bravo. This dude is like my great great senior.

That was awful hearing people say you should have died instead of your friend. That was seriously fucked up. I hope you have settled that in your mind. When it’s your time, it’s your time and unfortunately it was his and not yours. God had other plans for you. I wish you and your family well.

My brother invaded Iraq he was in the U.S. Army 19 Delta 3-7th infantry then went with the 1st infantry if im correct.

This immigrant appreciate your service...we are all immigrants, it is just that some care early, some came late

Bro, I was the house mouse! That's so good to hear people say that. Best job in basic, baby!

Brother I appreciate these interviews immensely! Where else can you get reminded that things like assrags existed! No better friend, no worse enemy!!! SEMPER FI My rack mate during rifle range had jolly ranchers sent to him. He never shared lol. Got caught with one in his mouth. He was made to put the whole bag in his mouth without unwrapping any! Lololol

Solid marine. Remember when you jumped off the Humvee with a cookie sheet and domed that hajji on the 24MEU

Good job Miguel!

Congrats for finding your way back

Another salute to someone who sacrificed all the things you did , thank you brother

The Operations Room recently started a series on Operation Iraqi Freedom and this event is covered in a great amount of detail.

Mad respect for switching his contract to Infantry 👏🏾. A lot of POGS who didn't do shit walking around talking hard, especially marine POGS.

Great episode literally couldn’t stop hearing his story

Boot camp sounds like abusive

Can I please reach out this person? I am a veteran of the NAS, 1st bn 11Marines. I deal crippling anxiety please be Nice

Deeply grateful for you and to you ❤️

Its called a scuzz rag. And I'm a little older marine I graduated boot camp in 1989. And our drill instructors loved playing games they would make us drink 2 full canteens of water after eating Chow.. And you know what happens when you drink 2 canteens full of water after chow somebody's gonna throw 🤯🤯🤯 up. And when one recruit throws up half the platoons gonna throw up. And of course you're gonna get the drill instructor pissed off because you just threw up on his deck. Let the games begin he pulls out his hose and the Squad Bay is full of water and throw up and recruits pushing the scugs rags from one end of the barracks to the next end. What good fun. Semper Fidelis 🙏🏾💪🏾🙏🏾💪🏾

He's not 5'6160lbs ,anymore. This dude can probably bench a little weight. He's got that bulldog build. Short ,huge arms. Great for pull ups too.! The interviewer has a distinct Voice , I recognize. Marine Sniper I forget his name!?

Has an energy like salt of the earth type dude… I can’t imagine a human telling another human - someone who just came back from deployment- that he should’ve died… truly a disgusting human being.

Awesome thank you for your service!!!

Hey brother man, I really do hope that ye guys are doing well and returning back to our maker

Solid Marine Semper Fi

Bulldog and listermint...

thank you for all you do. These interviews are just a peephole into another world. Really helps put you in a different perspective.

I’ve said for the longest time there should be channels dedicated to combat vets being able to tell some of their stories, even if only to get it off their chest. Thank you all for your service.

Respect you from England lifelong civvie sir

This Marine can tell some great stories. Glad you made it thru it all. Warrior-Angel. @!

Wait so he sounded like he was saying they had no idea that he was going into Iraq until they were almost there? Wait when did they finally get told they were going wouldn’t he have already known? He was talking about him thinking they were leaving kuwait to come home?

Another story of a beautiful human 💜 Beautiful wife and family! Inspiration right here!

Bro that's fuckin brutal. Why would any rational person say it should have been you . Meh. They never got their hands dorty.

Where u from @urbanvalor ? Im a combat vet from michigan was with the 10th mountain div.

That’s is so fking insane that someone said it was supposed to be you. I had to rewind the video to make sure I heard that correctly. WTF

Wearing my dress blues for the first time is something I’ll never forget . Besides getting my EGA it was the proudest moment

I always heard in the marine core "it's not considered stealing if your getting your shit back" lol😂😂

Thank you for your service. God bless you and your family and may God keep you safe 🙏

Great story Brother!

I live in Westminster!!!

Semper Fi brother

Thank u for your service

I saw a dude puke onto his food, looking at it for a second, then just kept eating it…

Thank you

Full Metal Jacket will give you enough information to be highly concerned, nothing will prepare you for being forced to push yourself miles past your perceived limits. A person would never push themselves to the point of tears running down your face from failed pushups or run until you start to black out. You will experience it all in boot camp. You'd better want it. BAD. I went to the sheriff's academy and my instructors were SWAT team guys. 2 of the 3 were former military driller instructor instructors. They were serious business. I was a gun and tactic nut and wanted to be a deputy since I was a young kid. I was in awe of these guys. I would have died before I would have thrown in the towel. We started 66 and graduated 23. It was fn brutal. You'd better want it because it goes on FOREVER AND EVER. When it's over and put that uniform on that you admired for so long, all the pain was so worth it.

Hearing about the army starving recruits is just awful; like I get it; building a strong soldier blah blah blah but wtf, at what point do you draw the line between toughening up a soldier and mentally and physically injuring these people.

Hated being a boot, but to this day I could take a lot of shit and throw it back at them!

I was an 1833, trac driver. That story of the warthog taking out the AAV was still a big story that we were told in MOS school and when I got to the fleet. YATYAS. Love hearing experiences from my older brothers. Semper fi.

What a time to be alive, not too long ago these folks would have kept these stories to themselves.

Ambush alley and sniperville on the other side of Balad was always a problem. Bravo 3/15 infantry 3rd ID brother

Another testimony of the reality of war and the truth of what it takes to live on and off of the battlefield. Thank you for your service and selflessness! 🫡

Sounds like my Uncle Who is a Marine From The Vietnam War. He would say his fellow Marines are his People! 👍✌️🙏

Turd in the dryer hahaha. That sounds like the phantom shitter onboarding ship that keeps showing up in random spaces.

I lived in NY when 9/11 happened I was like 8 my class was watching it in our classroom also and my dad came to the school and pulled me out of school because he thought an invasion was happening or something equivalent to that… crazy part was I saw other parents doing the same… my dad was frantic running out the school grabbing by my hand not explaining anything… and we bust out the front school entrance doors and all I see is parents pulling up to the school curbside tires squirting and all and parents busting out their cars running into the school all frantic to do the same… it was pretty wild that I was processing all of it at that age but yeah.. 😧

that shirt story brought back memories. one of your most enjoyable vids. i didn't even skip the ads.

Love to see stories about coming to camp lejeune. I’m from Jacksonville originally and have always loved the many different cultures and states that end up choosing to stay in the area. Appreciate all your service and have many friends that have been all around the world.

بعد گلبي الناصريه 😂

U guys here😅

Best story ever

5:05 "i didn't see the first crash." Yeah, nobody did at the time... Lol

I did a lot of deployments with 1/2. I was at that CAX. I was also there with 1/2 in '04-'05

I watched the second one hit to live, I was in 8th grade

Outstanding testimonial Miguel, thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for your service and sacrifice. Your definitely on hell of a man and Marine.

protecting oil refineries..I wonder why.

“you were one of the funnest boots we had” “yay me” LMAO

Them SAT Phone calls home went backwards!

Man this was another solid interview. Thanks for sharing!

God bless you and have a wonderful life 😊

Excellent interview loved every bit of it, I hate to say it but why!!!! Why!!! Push the pitbull stereotype!!!! Pitbulls aren’t dogs just waiting around to hurt somebody son!

These are good accounts Thank you

Great story, thanks for sharing. 🤙

1/2 alpha co I was there bro

i'd get all that beef jerky

Another solid interview! #housemouse

Thank you for your service and sharing your story , god bless

"I guess that's life"

This guy is a fkn beauty

This motivates me st the gym 👍