From the Frontlines: Combat Marine Recounts Iraq Invasion 2003

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  • Опубліковано 24 лис 2024

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  • @capnjack4341
    @capnjack4341 Рік тому +36

    Thanks for sharing. I'm a VIETNAM vet. We all got our stories, both good and bad.
    I'm proud of you.

  • @d.rcarrera6599
    @d.rcarrera6599 9 місяців тому +2

    Roland,
    Whatever you are doing seems to be helping you greatly. Keep doing it. Take good care of yourself and family. I am glad you made it home. Tough decisions leading to unfortunate situations are many times out of one's control. In the midst of chaos, the rules of engagement are not always clear. You did your job and you are a very conscientious human being.
    Thank you brother

  • @paladin1544
    @paladin1544 Рік тому +2

    Talking helps and listening to this brings back so many memories. Be well brother. War is not a great thing.

  • @danteruiz9985
    @danteruiz9985 6 місяців тому

    All I do at work is slap on some of these videos and listen for hours. Every single soldier you’ve had on here talks very proper, I can almost imagine the story’s they tell. Thank you all for your service, goodbless you all

  • @thewatcher4552
    @thewatcher4552 Рік тому +5

    One of my great friends and Marine brothers was from Compton, and you joined a year after I did so we were probably at Pendleton together. I also was in the Battle of Nasiriyah in 03. Task force Tarawa
    Semper 😢Fi!

  • @littlepils4187
    @littlepils4187 Рік тому +2

    Inspiration to me. Thank You. Romeo - Echo.

  • @yvngcharlz
    @yvngcharlz Рік тому +12

    Thanks for what you do man. Love these stories.

    • @scottdore4890
      @scottdore4890 Рік тому

      Great story's thank you for sharing these moments of these military folks you rock best regards from Maine

  • @zico1583
    @zico1583 Рік тому +3

    Much respect brother

  • @tylercarter3967
    @tylercarter3967 Рік тому +8

    so much respect for this man, and all the others that have given stories for us all to listen to. i hope to see this channel grow, this channel deserves more than 25k subs and i say that with respect.thank you.

  • @saileshnatenatesan8495
    @saileshnatenatesan8495 Рік тому +1

    Awesome interview, thank you 🇺🇲

  • @bluedog101c
    @bluedog101c Рік тому +1

    Thank you for your service.

  • @StatesideHeathen
    @StatesideHeathen Рік тому +6

    When I watch these videos of yours, I research the Marines/Soldiers that you're guest(s) mentioned were K.I.A. just to see who they were...& honor their memories.. Cpl. Johnathan Taylor as mentioned at 27:51 had the exact same birthday as me 08/14/1987! Fuckin really hits home man. May He R.I.P. two of my personal friends never made it back from Afghanistan: Pfc.Brice Scott & Pfc. Tan Ngo. Never Forget. ❤️🇺🇸

  • @teresamartin8344
    @teresamartin8344 Рік тому +1

    Deeply grateful for you and to you

  • @toyag638
    @toyag638 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for sharing

  • @GTAGrandpa
    @GTAGrandpa Рік тому +4

    This dude seems chill af

  • @12lilacbushes
    @12lilacbushes Рік тому +7

    I watched your Uncle get pulled out of His Semi-truck and viciously attacked! I watched from the Live helicopter.....hugs!

    • @czarc7666
      @czarc7666 Рік тому

      Lmfao that’s fucked up!🤣🤣

  • @domteneglia9121
    @domteneglia9121 Рік тому

    STUD!! Thank God for you Marine. I truly appreciate you. Semper Fi

  • @jamesdawson1666
    @jamesdawson1666 Рік тому +3

    Well good to see a fellow devil from my desert I'm from boron ca only thing between lake la and I is Edward's afb and nasa I to as well a devil dog vet joined in 99 and was with 3/4 kilo Co weapons plt 0331 and my other mos is 0341 during invasion every thing in this interview sinks deep with myself we are always haunted by the horrors of this invasion

  • @williamstone1536
    @williamstone1536 Рік тому

    Amazing! God Bless him and his business!

  • @jonathannorris3997
    @jonathannorris3997 Рік тому +35

    When you’re from lake Los Angeles watching this 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @thewatcher4552
    @thewatcher4552 Рік тому +3

    I can relate to this in so many ways. 😂 Somehow, my rackmate got his hands on an extra MRE during the crucible. We ate that thing so fast and buried the trash😅 That was the best meal @ P.I.

  • @theone6two3
    @theone6two3 Рік тому +5

    You seeing your homie from HS , overseas is a trip , small world

  • @TwoBun
    @TwoBun Рік тому +2

    Vitamin B1 Thiamine supplement is helping me a lot, wow. Wow! Also taking some B6, but it's more reactive flush, heat and redness.

  • @romanbelic776
    @romanbelic776 Рік тому +1

    20:55 it doesn't get more emotionally difficult than that

  • @bookreaderson
    @bookreaderson 11 місяців тому +2

    Being the best. Ego. Hanging out with non sports team school mates. Not being best. No ego

  • @skulllimon425
    @skulllimon425 Рік тому +1

    Dude how the hell do people not know about your channel i already have listen to like 5 of your episodes in less than a week(correction is been 12 episodes that already have listen too). Am glad your documating all this stories and that ones that are about to come to your channel. your content is gold. Great stuff defitnely one of my favorites now.

  • @dannycalder1638
    @dannycalder1638 Рік тому +1

    Powerful

  • @MrSnafu-1973
    @MrSnafu-1973 Місяць тому

    Salute

  • @jameslopez958
    @jameslopez958 Рік тому +1

    My Cousin is a Gulf War Veteran and he doesn't say One Word About It! So I don't know if he will ever be able to Talk?

  • @unreleasedplug5454
    @unreleasedplug5454 Рік тому +1

    He’s wearing the same shirt and looks just like the paratrooper 😂

  • @Semperf11
    @Semperf11 8 місяців тому

    24:10 I know that feeling . Great feeling seeing buddies from high school in the corps randomly y’all just meet

  • @geoffsmith76
    @geoffsmith76 Рік тому +2

    Man… that was some raw shit.
    Transitioning out of the Corps was ROUGH…
    You don’t realize how much you depend on having good people around you to help you make better decisions until they aren’t there… instead they are scattered throughout the country again.
    And there were no cell phones then.
    Plus there was a stigma about asking another Marine for his parents phone or address.. was considered kinda gay.
    And THANK YOU for seeing how broken the system was/is as far as VA Loans and navigating for VA Disability!

  • @1nk0gn3gr0
    @1nk0gn3gr0 Рік тому +1

    The IT story 😂😂😂 brooo I’ve been there 🤣

  • @scottmccallum5861
    @scottmccallum5861 4 місяці тому +1

    That’s a nice way to rationalize murdering innocent civilians on accident. Criticizing them for driving down their own road in their own country in their own car in their own city. I guess he needs to lie to himself in order not to feel horrible every day for the rest of his life.

  • @rsparkes01
    @rsparkes01 Рік тому +1

    I love me some Roland. Sexiest voice in LA

  • @wildbill60
    @wildbill60 Рік тому +1

    👍💯🇺🇸

  • @UsmcDevildog-rd1yt
    @UsmcDevildog-rd1yt Рік тому +1

    You look familiar sgt

  • @yuhere9241
    @yuhere9241 Рік тому +1

    🇺🇸

  • @adaniel2224
    @adaniel2224 Рік тому +1

    Orah Staff Sergeant

  • @DGillian6406
    @DGillian6406 Рік тому

    Nope

  • @dman7626
    @dman7626 Рік тому +1

    No no no, you shouldn't if been there. Claiming that a Iraqi family who you gunned down in Iraq shouldn't if been in their homeland shows what's wrong with America. You shouldn't of been there.

  • @mikethemechanic7395
    @mikethemechanic7395 Рік тому

    I feel bad for Iraq and Afghanistan vets. I served Army 93/97. I joined to see combat. I wished I was in Vietnam as a kid in the 80s. I never got my wish. Got out pissed off. 9/11 hit. Had a recruiter call me and asked me to rejoin. I knew my military history. I told the recruiter. “ The Russians lost. Why would the US do any better? I developed PTSD from not seeing combat in Somalia. And also I developed anger toward 9/11 vets. I would carry a gun and wait for a 9/11 vet to disrespect me about my peacetime service. I knew I could see combat. But it was a lost cause. Over 20 years later. I was right. After the withdrawal of Afghanistan my PTSD went away. It was cured. I pity 9/11 vets. Stupid war and most of lives. I don’t get the beards and Vietnam vet look. You will never see vets before 9/11 with beards and arm tattoos..

    • @DA-br9xd
      @DA-br9xd Рік тому

      PTSD from not seeing combat that just went away when the US pulled out of Afghanistan, huh?

    • @thetruth7300
      @thetruth7300 Рік тому +2

      Sounds like you’re a hater. POG

    • @MsRotorwings
      @MsRotorwings Рік тому +4

      You developed PTSD from NOT seeing combat?

  • @jasonbourne2171
    @jasonbourne2171 Рік тому

    Imagine kicking in someone's front door then play a traumatized victim cause you killed some innocent ppl lol tf is wrong with this guy. "What if I didn't do it an my guys got killed" "mfr what if you if you walked outside an get struck by lightning " lol

    • @milkcam
      @milkcam Рік тому

      Okay Jason Bourne

  • @neilinthecut
    @neilinthecut Рік тому

    Roland is such a cool dude 🤙

  • @StatesideHeathen
    @StatesideHeathen Рік тому

    When I watch these videos of yours, I research the Marines/Soldiers that you're guest(s) mentioned were K.I.A. just to see who they were...& honor their memories.. Cpl. Johnathan Taylor as mentioned at 27:51 had the exact same birthday as me 08/14/1987! Fuckin really hits home man. May He R.I.P. two of my personal friends never made it back from Afghanistan: Pfc.Brice Scott & Pfc. Tan Ngo. Never Forget. ❤️🇺🇸