Kid: dont worry mom, there is no war,, its super peaceful around the world i'll join the marine corps for the college money, yes mom, i leave for basic august 1st, 2001. I chose infantryman because its badass
@@klidthelid8361 i know, but people often get recruited by selling them huge badass ideas even during wartime (which mostly wont happen unless they sre SF or smth)
I joined in 2003 as a female thinking i'd be fine. They put me in a combat aviation unit ground rescue team. I was like wait... I cant do ground combat arms shit sergeant i'm female. He was oh, no its ok the paperwork says your aviation. Fuck my life lol
I was a kid during the 1991 war over there, any how, years later I heard that we last some tankers because they put there Abrams into large bodies of water, accidentally.
"This is going to be just like desert storm" *Said Every NCO in 2003* "We train as we fight" *Said every CO in 2003* "But aren't these Vietnam era combat tactic's and SOP's?" *Said every lower enlisted Joe in 2003*
Lefty eh All that yellowcake (the unrefined uranium ore) was already legally declared and known to exist a long time before the 1st Gulf War. The US asserted Saddam purchased additional yellowcake from Niger without declaring them, which was false.
I'm stationed here in fort Polk and yes it is the worst. Hot, humid, rains on a regular basis, snakes, bugs, the occasional gator, and every time you go to the box your battalion will march you through the swamp for no reason. Embrace the suck
You go through the swamp, because it's the hardest route, and in battle like that the enemy with less likely think that troops would be walking through a swamp to get to them.
I was at Ft Polk in 2005. Leesville LA. I was with the 256 BCT Louisiana National Guard 1/141 FA New Orleans. I hated Ft Poll nothing to do boring asf. I used to go to this car detail shop and ended up banging the lady at the front desk who work there hehe 😜 Lmao
Before heading to Iraq someone asked our XO why we need to bring the arctic marshmellow suit. His answer was because midair we could be redirected to fight in Korea.
@@DarkestKnight2424 bad justification bruv pointless war. They already tried to take it. Bad prices rn are cause US and West tried to take the oil. Its one way the arabs are retaliating.
We actually have enough oil. I have a theory that all this crap in the Middle East is actually so we can help Europe get away from their reliance on Russian oil.
manictiger Little bit of truth in all here. Read TH Lawrence (of Arabia) and the Anglo-Arab deals. This stuff will go on until the Middle East runs out of oil. It’s not oil, it’s political power. 🤔
@@mshannongentry I wish we had still been able to roll our sleeves then and also the sleeves aren't rolled right the bottom green part is supposed to be showing on the outside it was a pain in the but to roll em but it felt alot better
My dad was a trainer “tiger land” at ft Polk in 1970. In 1994 I had the opportunity to help train new solders using those old WW2 barracks. The thing I remember the most is the acrid smell of rotting swamp as you got close. Great videos guys!
I was in Basic Training during OIF1. And I remember my Drill Sergeant say, "Private, you will be lucky to get a combat patch by the time you get to Iraq." Basically implying that all fighting would be over by the time we got there. Boy was he wrong.
"My mom was in Desert Storm". That hit close to home. My dad served in the Army during that era, though they never deployed his fuel hauling ass over there! Lol. My brother served in the Marine Corps, and did go over there.
at least you got trained. in jan 2003 we got send to north or south (dont remember) carolina for 2 maybe 3 weeks then off we goes... it was a cluster fk.
🤦🏾♀️Lawd hammercy! Those are the same questions I asked before being deployed in 2003. Except I’ve been in Desert Storm and my older brother was already in Afghanistan.🤣😂 Blessings From Texas 🤠
@@TheGhostTrooper1 Judge Advocate General's Corps "Judge advocates serve primarily as legal advisors to the command to which they are assigned. In this function, they can also serve as the personal legal advisor to their commander. Their advice may cover a wide range of issues dealing with administrative law, government contracting, civilian and military personnel law, law of war and international relations, environmental law, etc. They also serve as prosecutors for the military when conducting courts-martial. They are charged with both the defense and prosecution of military law as provided in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Highly experienced officers of the JAG Corps often serve as military judges in courts-martial and courts of inquiry."
@@bluescluessuperagent Huh that sounds cool and quite useful when doing administration stuff but a bit of dumb question, are they trained to fight/can they fight? And additionally are they ever deployed to the front to maintain discipline and/or order at a military installation/base?
The JAGs themselves are literally lawyers so their likelihood of seeing combat is next to nothing When they deploy it's to deal with time sensitive issues regarding conduct especially if anybody breaks UCMJ or even commits war crimes while on deployment (I don't know this for a fact but it would make sense) Enlisted members in a JAG unit work as paralegals/legal assistants, they're significantly less likely to see combat but it wouldn't be unheard of for them to be crosstrained into a combat unit for deployment (I mean heck there was a time when air force enlistees got crosstrained into army infantry units in Afghanistan lol)
When my team deployed to Afghanistan in early 2002, they kept sending us for updated shots etc... and insisting that there were no orders and no one knew what was going to happen. Then they called all of us on a Sunday night and told us we would be leaving from Pope AFB on Tuesday morning. We were in woodland cammo for months after we got there.
Yep, the only thing that gets me about these and other "retro" videos. I guess more movies were made with Marines so everyone thinks that was the standard. Plus none have that crazy knife sharp, starch creases you used to see on base back then.
30 seconds in my PTSD almost started kicking in, because of Fort Polk! I honestly couldn’t tell you which was worse, being in Afghanistan and Iraq or having to go to Fort Polk for JROTC! I was infantry! I also was station down there when they stood 10th mountain unit up...... It was a nightmare! I finish the video and I just have to thank you guys it put a big smile on my face!
When they told us a few years ago that we were going to Iraq, my squad leader who had already deployed made us think that we were all gonna die. We were terrified! But when we got there it wasn't that bad as we thought. "Does Iraq have swamps?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hodges: "My mom was in Desert Storm. Like; do they even have an Army anymore?" (new edit) Me: "YES HODGES, THEY DO! But don't worry, once we take over we're just going to fire all of them, because... reasons" Hodges: "What will they do for a living?" Me: "START PUSHING THE FLOOR, HODGES!!!"
The timeless army brief. So much of this never changes. I trained in NTC in SUMMER (you know, to squeeze every last bit of heat out of the extreme hot, dry desert) to do a WINTER rotation in Camp Casey, South Korea. (cold, humid forest) high humidity and high winds meant wind chill kept you nice and chill. Just like the Vodka in the freezer. We really stood out with our sand colored tanks in that green, forested, training area, but I guess once the snow hit, it wouldn't have made any difference if our vehicles were tan or green.
Actually, southern Iraq did have a bunch of swamp land at the intersection between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River near Al Qunrah, Iraq. FACT! Thanks for the good laughs, this dumb down cracked me up. lolz
The same question I said when we trained in NTC for going to KOREA. I had already been to korea knew the climate and the zones and knew exactly what to expect. NTC was desert pure desert and no trees like most of Nevada when you get away from the casinos. It was complete bs the only sand you find in korea is on their beaches.
I got out in 2010, some of our trucks were still green even though they had been and back several times, wouldn't be surprised if they were still that way today.
This was the most accurate video y’all have ever made! Pre-deployment happened just like that!! Ft Polk and all!!! Outstanding.... Do another video about the bug repellant shit we had to soak our uniforms in!
The intel briefing I got before going to Iraq was "yea theres no imminent danger where you're going and its low threat". First night in theater I learned that the highway at my base (COB Adder) was known as IED alley and where Jessica Lynch was taken and had lots of boom boom at night. So much for that intel briefing.
I’ll say this - either 1/12in bn 3rd BCT 4th ID was shit hot and ready to rock or we just got lucky but we were DCU’d inside of 45 days after 9/11 and sent to Kuwait (vic’s were on site in Doha Kuwait) we did that deployment with 1/4 horse cav came back hit NTC, and then loaded up our tan vics at the rail head. The only green we had were our interceptors.
It was never about the physical oil itself but instead what the oil was traded in. Saddam was attempting to sell oil for euro's and gold which is a big no no. It undermines and destabilizes the global FIAT reserve currency system and can result in hella problems. The Iraqi oil is once again being sold for Dollars as intended and of course as the nation who controls the dollar we in the United States benefit from that. Every nation does really. But especially us. Dont worry. We definitely got something out of it
The briefer sounds like a stressed out Morty.....someone find him his Rick
If Rick had led operation Iraqi Freedom, him and Saddam woulda just gotten high and let Bush have the oil. No muss, no fuss.
He sounds more like the Ants in my Eyes Johnson guy :)
Someone forget that show exists..
O....M.....G!!! That is funny and accurate!!
He’s wearing two different ranks too 😂😂
"Our uniforms are green." Yep the DOD will take care of it AFTER you've deployed. 😄😄😄
Yuuuuuup.
That’s better than that bluish, grayish, digital patterned uniform I wore over there... Would have been better in BDUs
Went there in BDU's with tan boots got Desserts in Kuwait then a couple months into it we got ACU's
Except the mopp suits
The funny thing is THAT actually happened! Lmao!
The only way they would follow him is out of curiosity
...morbid curiosity. And the occasional "sniper check", just to mess with him.
I've seen better leadership in the boy scouts.
Kid: dont worry mom, there is no war,, its super peaceful around the world i'll join the marine corps for the college money, yes mom, i leave for basic august 1st, 2001. I chose infantryman because its badass
Infantry is only badass during wartime anyways. Peacetime infantry are just the base janitors.
@@klidthelid8361 i know, but people often get recruited by selling them huge badass ideas even during wartime (which mostly wont happen unless they sre SF or smth)
Fred Latin Medic
Lol they sure as hell fooled me
@@Fede_uyz to quote one of Yusha Thomas videos "its like Call of Duty meets Boyscouts" 🤣
I joined in 2003 as a female thinking i'd be fine. They put me in a combat aviation unit ground rescue team. I was like wait... I cant do ground combat arms shit sergeant i'm female. He was oh, no its ok the paperwork says your aviation. Fuck my life lol
Does Iraq have swamps?
Why actually, yes they do.
Yes and tons oil
Really dirty oil
I was a kid during the 1991 war over there, any how, years later I heard that we last some tankers because they put there Abrams into large bodies of water, accidentally.
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 "Tanks don't go where cat tails grow."
Not from lack of trying from Saddam though.
"This is going to be just like desert storm"
*Said Every NCO in 2003*
"We train as we fight"
*Said every CO in 2003*
"But aren't these Vietnam era combat tactic's and SOP's?"
*Said every lower enlisted Joe in 2003*
"My uncle is in the Rangers, they're already in Afghanistan." LTFOL.
“Want to hear the most annoying sound?” That voice.
@Luke yeet tf u mean
"DoD is going to take care of it"
The title of my favorite fairy tale.
" is not about what they have in Iraq, it's about what they need, and what Iraq needs now is FREEDOM!... and they have oil..."
Funny how nobody remembers the 13 tons of uranium we recovered. It was shipped to Canada for use in Reactors.
@@leftyeh6495 xd
Lefty eh All that yellowcake (the unrefined uranium ore) was already legally declared and known to exist a long time before the 1st Gulf War. The US asserted Saddam purchased additional yellowcake from Niger without declaring them, which was false.
WellBattle6 As many say, and I believe: “Everybody lies.”🤔
I'm stationed here in fort Polk and yes it is the worst. Hot, humid, rains on a regular basis, snakes, bugs, the occasional gator, and every time you go to the box your battalion will march you through the swamp for no reason. Embrace the suck
"Iraq's hot" I was full on expecting the CO to turn around like "have you ever been to Fort Polk?!"
You go through the swamp, because it's the hardest route, and in battle like that the enemy with less likely think that troops would be walking through a swamp to get to them.
I was there recently pretty much the same lol
Same brother lol 3/10
I was at Ft Polk in 2005. Leesville LA. I was with the 256 BCT Louisiana National Guard 1/141 FA New Orleans. I hated Ft Poll nothing to do boring asf. I used to go to this car detail shop and ended up banging the lady at the front desk who work there hehe 😜 Lmao
Before heading to Iraq someone asked our XO why we need to bring the arctic marshmellow suit. His answer was because midair we could be redirected to fight in Korea.
Good guess🤫🤣
“THEY NEED FREEDOM!! and they have oil... AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!”
Gotta get that damn oil
Gas prices are too expensive over here
And we got alot of shit that needs that oil
Thats all the justification I need.
@@DarkestKnight2424 bad justification bruv pointless war. They already tried to take it. Bad prices rn are cause US and West tried to take the oil. Its one way the arabs are retaliating.
And those poppies for mama’s oxy
We actually have enough oil. I have a theory that all this crap in the Middle East is actually so we can help Europe get away from their reliance on Russian oil.
manictiger Little bit of truth in all here. Read TH Lawrence (of Arabia) and the Anglo-Arab deals. This stuff will go on until the Middle East runs out of oil. It’s not oil, it’s political power. 🤔
I went to Iraq in 2003..... I'm STILL trying to figure out why we needed our blank adapters for a combat deployment. WTF?
*Scratching head*
“I’m from Buffalo NY and it’s very cold there” me being from Buffalo NY agrees very much 😂.
I'm 2 hours from Buffalo and I agree it does get pretty cold
I'd rather be there than live in Texas tbh
Yeah I live not far from buffalo and yeah it gets cold
Grand Island NY in da house
716 Cheektowaga on the block
Hes got a Sgt rank on the right collar and SSgt rank on the left 😂😂😂
I was thinking the same thing lmao
Gotta be ready for when you get pinned 😂
Haha glad i wasn't the only one who noticed
And rolled sleeves like USMC, not Army
@@mshannongentry I wish we had still been able to roll our sleeves then and also the sleeves aren't rolled right the bottom green part is supposed to be showing on the outside it was a pain in the but to roll em but it felt alot better
"We're a JAG unit" got me dead 🤣
The slow walk offs after briefing is so on point 😂
When the brand new E-4 somehow get's field promoted to E-6, and has no clue what to do, how to lead, or do anything for that matter.
Same fucking E-4 command voice too 🤣🤣🤣
My dad was a trainer “tiger land” at ft Polk in 1970. In 1994 I had the opportunity to help train new solders using those old WW2 barracks. The thing I remember the most is the acrid smell of rotting swamp as you got close. Great videos guys!
Getting clarification that we're going to the desert but training in a marshland. I felt the confusion so deeply in my soul 😂😂😂
They should build a training base near las Vegas for desert training
matthew d USAF beat Army to it-called Nellis AFB. Inside like a large video game, airmen directing UAVs and drones into ME theater.
@@choasblad The military has a desert training area, Ft. Irvin.
british army here I trained for iraq and afghan in the northen uk in winter it was a foot of snow and white out conditions for some of it
Thank you all for yo Service 💯💯💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Lmao, I did my training in Fort Carson for Iraq in about 2ft of snow and ice everywhere and temperature blow 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
And I bet your CO got a bronze star for leading the training!
My older brother was right there around the same time. He went ga to that bs, to Iraq
AI-EE-YAH
BENDER Tharobot710 3rd cav baby
We did ours in Grafenwohr and Hohenfels Germany in a few feet of snow. Made a lot of sense!
Oh gawd. I had a moment immediately following 'We're going to JRTC'. I got the Forest Whitaker eye and everything.
Sir, Does Iraq have swamps? and ummm sir, our uniforms are GREEN...??¿¿?? Such valid concerns.
Well the uniforms turned from m81 into 3 color desert.....its the vests that stayed green and the mopp suits lol
Don’t worry, DoD has us covered... but our trucks are green!! Best line ever!!
T it’s same as my UA-cam- beauty jacked
Correction of description:
We're going in hot, alright? Make sure you get your speed loadErs reAdy cauSe yoU're all gOnna be sPeed loaDing wePpoNs
Fort Polk
The worst base in the US Army
According to its own soldiers
Fort Hood soldiers laughing and scared for their lives in the background
After what happened with Captain Elizabeth Campbell back in 1999 what do you expect?
It is terrible there, I did JRTC there in 1992. Almost got bit by a big snake. They are mean there.
@@thepunisher8676 XD
@@hirumbiffidum9145 yep
JRTC..Just Really Terrific Camping.
Referring to Ft. Polk..JRTC. Joint Readiness Training Center.
Noe Pineda Moreno Theyre different. JRTC is the Joint Readiness Training Center, a training sight.
@@richereveryday7735 site*
Yeah. Thats what they're referring to here.
You spelt terrible wrong lol
Sadly tye briefings are not much different even today, just a lot more technical language and Reflective belts for safety
PT belts: keeping soldiers safe for decades!
I like how he has two different ranks on each side of his collar.
I saw that!! LMAO
I was in Basic Training during OIF1. And I remember my Drill Sergeant say, "Private, you will be lucky to get a combat patch by the time you get to Iraq." Basically implying that all fighting would be over by the time we got there. Boy was he wrong.
"My mom was in Desert Storm".
That hit close to home.
My dad served in the Army during that era, though they never deployed his fuel hauling ass over there! Lol.
My brother served in the Marine Corps, and did go over there.
BASE jumping in 3 piece suites ...ouch! 😅
Dark
"My mom was in Desert Storm"
Me, a Desert Storm vet: Ok, now I just feel personally attacked and really old. lmao...
not as bad as 2nd Brigade 2 id training to go to Iraq in Monsoon season in Korea.
The high pitch voice so loud hurts my ears but funny as hell. Love you guys
That chair squeaking and overall ruzzle noise was too g00d
The chair squeaking was a cherry on the cake.
I’m just filled with joy when I see you guys uploaded a new video keep it up!!
The second time I deployed to Iraq in early 2004 we went to Okinawan, Japan for 3 months first to train. Lmao! Nothing like jungle training for Iraq!
at least you got trained. in jan 2003 we got send to north or south (dont remember) carolina for 2 maybe 3 weeks then off we goes... it was a cluster fk.
🤦🏾♀️Lawd hammercy! Those are the same questions I asked before being deployed in 2003. Except I’ve been in Desert Storm and my older brother was already in Afghanistan.🤣😂
Blessings From Texas 🤠
"we're a JAG unit"
i wish they had kept that
What is JAG may I ask?
@@TheGhostTrooper1 Judge Advocate General's Corps
"Judge advocates serve primarily as legal advisors to the command to which they are assigned. In this function, they can also serve as the personal legal advisor to their commander. Their advice may cover a wide range of issues dealing with administrative law, government contracting, civilian and military personnel law, law of war and international relations, environmental law, etc. They also serve as prosecutors for the military when conducting courts-martial. They are charged with both the defense and prosecution of military law as provided in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Highly experienced officers of the JAG Corps often serve as military judges in courts-martial and courts of inquiry."
@@bluescluessuperagent Huh that sounds cool and quite useful when doing administration stuff but a bit of dumb question, are they trained to fight/can they fight? And additionally are they ever deployed to the front to maintain discipline and/or order at a military installation/base?
The JAGs themselves are literally lawyers so their likelihood of seeing combat is next to nothing
When they deploy it's to deal with time sensitive issues regarding conduct especially if anybody breaks UCMJ or even commits war crimes while on deployment (I don't know this for a fact but it would make sense)
Enlisted members in a JAG unit work as paralegals/legal assistants, they're significantly less likely to see combat but it wouldn't be unheard of for them to be crosstrained into a combat unit for deployment (I mean heck there was a time when air force enlistees got crosstrained into army infantry units in Afghanistan lol)
I trained for Okinawa, The Philippines, and other SE Asian countries at Camp Atterbury, in February...
"some people were base jumping in 3 piece suits" it took my brain a couple seconds to realize he said that. Couldn't stop laughing bro
I went to Fort Polk 4 times Canada once and Wisconsin once for JRTC rotations in one enlistment. 10th MTN division 2BCT
That part of Louisiana suck balls. I was there just once way back in 1992
When my team deployed to Afghanistan in early 2002, they kept sending us for updated shots etc... and insisting that there were no orders and no one knew what was going to happen. Then they called all of us on a Sunday night and told us we would be leaving from Pope AFB on Tuesday morning. We were in woodland cammo for months after we got there.
Those rollup sleeves in your BDU is a No go, private!
The fact that he sounds like hes about to cry the whole time is what makes it so hilarious
I have this uniform. Does that show my age? and when did we roll our sleeves like Marines?
Yep, the only thing that gets me about these and other "retro" videos. I guess more movies were made with Marines so everyone thinks that was the standard. Plus none have that crazy knife sharp, starch creases you used to see on base back then.
potatoradio yes. It seems like they move from that discipline
Drew does a hell of a job playing a confused Private
I remember getting briefs like this and god some the questions and answers were classic's
My unit got sent to Fort Riley in the middle of winter to get ready for iraq.
Good quality training!
@@miken.4693 there was always about a foot and a half of snow on the ground, we got told to think of it as white sand.
30 seconds in my PTSD almost started kicking in, because of Fort Polk! I honestly couldn’t tell you which was worse, being in Afghanistan and Iraq or having to go to Fort Polk for JROTC! I was infantry! I also was station down there when they stood 10th mountain unit up...... It was a nightmare!
I finish the video and I just have to thank you guys it put a big smile on my face!
Epic and spot on
thanks for the laughs guys!! I really appreciate it
When they told us a few years ago that we were going to Iraq, my squad leader who had already deployed made us think that we were all gonna die. We were terrified! But when we got there it wasn't that bad as we thought. "Does Iraq have swamps?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@AJ's Greenhouse I was in southern Iraq from 08 to 09. It wasn't like that on the FOB that I was on.
Iraq actually does have marshlands. The euprates and Mesopotamia rivers runs right through the middle of Iraq.
@Josh Edmonds every village had a shit creek.
@@taoliu3949 its euphrates and Tigris
@@hmoobmeeka I had a brain fart, Mesopotamia is the region, lol
I was stationed at Ft. Polk in the 90s. That place BLOWS!!!!!
Bro why do u have to use a higher voice omg 😂😂these guys are just great I cant anymore
He is trying to impersonate George Bush lol which is why the dude asked “who’s your dad?” and he replies “Bush”
That was exactly my thought process when I was told we were going to ft.Polk.
"Why are we still in Iraq?"
US:
"We dont know"
At this point we just fuckin with them😂
At this point it’s just live live fire training 😅😂
Israel, they're the ones that got us into the fucking mess fighting their wars
Because they keep actin the fool
Frost1945 ON GOD😂😂😂
I love the bloopers
Hodges: "My mom was in Desert Storm. Like; do they even have an Army anymore?"
(new edit)
Me: "YES HODGES, THEY DO! But don't worry, once we take over we're just going to fire all of them, because... reasons"
Hodges: "What will they do for a living?"
Me: "START PUSHING THE FLOOR, HODGES!!!"
"Half *right..."* 😀
@@BennyLlama39
Then I should qual for 35F.
This is one of the few things on youtube which I say I could like Twice.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
“Do they have swamps in Iraq?”
Yes, they do, but not many.
And then there's the palm groves, water course, and poo canals, which are all kinda interchangeable and all kinda mini swamps...
Watch your mouth...watch your questions 😂😂 that hits deep
ive seen raid briefings done by 14 year olds done in a more professional and prepped manner
you are clearly smarter than a marine
@@Unregistered.Hypercam.2. clearly , i wasn't dumb enough to get roped into getting sent to the sandbox or the asscrack
It's satire guy
Did someone say Raid check-out raid shadow legends, jk 😂
It also gets cold in iraq freezing cold at night in February plus there are also swamp like spots of terrain
Whats funny is they send them to Fort Hunter Ligget in California now becuse its just as hot and dry.
Fort Hunter Ligget was boring as hell
I deployed from Fort Irwin, CA NTC and it still felt like a jet engine blowing my face off getting off the plane in Kuwait.
The timeless army brief.
So much of this never changes.
I trained in NTC in SUMMER (you know, to squeeze every last bit of heat out of the extreme hot, dry desert) to do a WINTER rotation in Camp Casey, South Korea. (cold, humid forest) high humidity and high winds meant wind chill kept you nice and chill. Just like the Vodka in the freezer.
We really stood out with our sand colored tanks in that green, forested, training area, but I guess once the snow hit, it wouldn't have made any difference if our vehicles were tan or green.
Actually, southern Iraq did have a bunch of swamp land at the intersection between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River near Al Qunrah, Iraq. FACT! Thanks for the good laughs, this dumb down cracked me up. lolz
Memories..........
If civilian only knew how true this is.
The same question I said when we trained in NTC for going to KOREA. I had already been to korea knew the climate and the zones and knew exactly what to expect. NTC was desert pure desert and no trees like most of Nevada when you get away from the casinos.
It was complete bs the only sand you find in korea is on their beaches.
Our uniform and trucks are green, we were all thinking this 😂
This has got to be the best video yet I had an LT that acted just like dude lol
Yes, Iraq has marsh lands “swamps”.
Yup! That's just where we went. Good old JRTC.
This guy has both an E-5 and E-6 rank on his uniform!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I got out in 2010, some of our trucks were still green even though they had been and back several times, wouldn't be surprised if they were still that way today.
"Do they have an army anymore?"
Well yes... The one that we will kill...
Then train
This was the most accurate video y’all have ever made! Pre-deployment happened just like that!! Ft Polk and all!!! Outstanding.... Do another video about the bug repellant shit we had to soak our uniforms in!
if Time Machine is exist, these guys could have been prevent wars in the last few decades haha
What in the HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? must be a us marine
They tried going back in time and stopping it. It got so much worse. 😁
LOL...buck sergeant insignia on one collar, staff sergeant on the other. High-pitched, pre-combat voice. Classic!
This is sketch comedy at its best.
So he has a Staff Sergeant Chevron
on one side and Sergeant on the other. Friggin funny shit!
"does Iraq have swamps"
Little do they know they'll introducing a new type of swamp to iraq
underrated
The intel briefing I got before going to Iraq was "yea theres no imminent danger where you're going and its low threat". First night in theater I learned that the highway at my base (COB Adder) was known as IED alley and where Jessica Lynch was taken and had lots of boom boom at night. So much for that intel briefing.
Oil first benladin later
I’ll say this - either 1/12in bn 3rd BCT 4th ID was shit hot and ready to rock or we just got lucky but we were DCU’d inside of 45 days after 9/11 and sent to Kuwait (vic’s were on site in Doha Kuwait) we did that deployment with 1/4 horse cav came back hit NTC, and then loaded up our tan vics at the rail head. The only green we had were our interceptors.
he has a ssgt and a sgt rank on his collar
SSG
A.J. Summers marines use ssgt because the army already had ssg.
This is spot on and basically my experience
Sleeves are rolled up all wrong for BDUs in the Army. There’s a special way to do it so it shows the camouflage on the outside of the roll.
Really you don't say wow
Base jumping with three piece suits!
OMFG! lmfao
Is his left collar SSG and his right SGT?
Yes... I was so confused 😂😂😂
Yep. Sergeant Promotable Interim SSG
Yes. They do have swamps in Iraq. I was surprised as well. Shoutout to FOB Hunter, my only “home away from home”.
Bro the look on yahll faces is so damn funny.
Sleeves rolled the wrong way, that's disappointing.
That's the right way. ;)
Those pencil arms couldn't hold his sleeves up.
It makes my eye twitch...
Carry On!!
Bro, the guy giving the briefing is wearing 2 different sergeant pins...
@@justiful9215 And if you don't want arms go Navy, and if you just don't want to use your arms go air force
Our company commander volunteered us for jrtc what a guy. Ahole.
Kinda sucks that we never took any oil.
It was never about the physical oil itself but instead what the oil was traded in. Saddam was attempting to sell oil for euro's and gold which is a big no no. It undermines and destabilizes the global FIAT reserve currency system and can result in hella problems.
The Iraqi oil is once again being sold for Dollars as intended and of course as the nation who controls the dollar we in the United States benefit from that. Every nation does really. But especially us. Dont worry. We definitely got something out of it
Nice mishmash of range there sarge.
Sooo... the "Army" is rolling their sleeves like the Marines now?
No but also yes, and also no