War & Military Vocabulary: Understand the news
Вставка
- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Unfortunately, we live in a world at war. We read about it in newspapers. We see it on TV and hear about it over the radio. This lesson will provide you with some of the English vocabulary you need to understand what is reported in the media. Do you know what the difference is between the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Navy? Want to know how rockets, missiles, and mortars are different from each other? Watch this lesson, and then take the quiz to test your new knowledge.
www.engvid.com/war-military-vo...
TRANSCRIPT
Hi again. I'm Adam. Welcome back to www.engvid.com. Today's lesson is a little bit unfortunate. We're going to talk about the military, and I'm going to give you some vocabulary to talk about military and war, armies, etc. Now, the reason we're doing this is because we actually had a few requests for this type of lesson because if you open the newspaper today or turn on the TV or the Internet, everything -- everywhere you look at, it's war. Right? The world is a little bit chaotic right now. It's just chaos everywhere. "Chaos" -- big mess, big trouble. So it's better that you understand what it is you're looking at, what it is you're hearing, what it is you're reading, what it is you're talking about. We're going to look at a few things just to get you a basic understanding of the military. I'm going to take the American military as an example because they're the biggest, and of course, they're the most active military right now. The military has four branches -- four parts to the military. There's the Army, the Marine Corps -- we don't want to say the P or the S, "Marine corps" -- Navy, Air Force. Army -- these are basically the ground soldiers. They have the tanks, the big, heavy machine guns, the big anti-tank missiles, all that stuff. These are the ones that go in and do the land things. They set up the whole -- they set up the war, basically. They set up the bases.
The Marine Corps, these are the fighting soldiers. Marine from water -- they come in with the navy. The navy ships them in. They come in, and they go do all the fighting, the deep fighting. Okay? These are very tough guys. The Navy -- the Navy has the ships, the submarines. They also have jets. They have Navy pilots because they have those huge aircraft carriers that carry the planes. The plane can take off in the middle of the sea. And of course, the Air Force. The Air Force has the jets, the pilots, and all of that stuff.
So these are the branches. Now, if you want to know the ranks, this is the level of the people in the armies. We have officers, and then, we have the unlisted personnel. The officers -- the top is the General in the Army and in the Marine corps. In the navy, they have an admiral. Then, you have a colonel. Although this is an L, it sounds like an R -- "ker-nel", like popcorn kernel. You have a major; you have a captain; you have a lieutenant. Now, between these levels, there are all kinds of different ranks. You have a second colonel, a second lieutenant, etc. then, you have the lower ranks. You have sergeant; you have corporal; and you have private. "Private" is the absolute lowest you can go. I'm going to use a red pen from now. Okay. Now, if you want to know what the insignia -- if you want to know what the stripes or the shapes on their sleeves are -- or the stars and the bars -- you can look that up online. Just look for "insignia", "military insignia".
Now, when we talk about soldiers, also -- you're going to see there are a lot of acronyms. An "acronym" is the first initial of a word. When you have a few words, you take the first letter of each and put them together. "POW" -- "prisoner of war". So if I'm a soldier and my enemy catches me and holds me as a hostage, I'm a POW.
"KIA" means "killed in action". So if I go fighting and I'm killed, that's what the military lists me as, "KIA". "MIA" -- "missing in action". So the army can't find me. They don't know if I'm alive or dead. So I'm just missing in action. Okay.
When we talk about war, when we talk about armies, we have to talk about weapons, also called "arms". Okay? Like "arms", except it's an extension of your arm. The gun is an extension of your arm. So "RPG" -- "rocket-propelled grenade". So a "grenade", as we have here -- is like a mini bomb. You put it into the gun; you shoot it; it goes, explodes; and you have shrapnel. "Shrapnel" are little pieces of metal. So when the grenade explodes, all the little pieces of metal go flying everywhere and kill and destroy.
Then, we have "IED". So non-regulated armies -- when you have fighters who are not in a regular army but are still fighting, they don't have the money or the know-how, necessarily, to build all these fancy weapons. So they make "improvised explosive devices". They take whatever they can find -- some fuel, some pieces of metal, a pipe, put it together, put it on the side of the road, and when the enemy comes, it explodes.
I loved your class.
Greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I have to say you are a great teacher
keep it up ..
A good teacher knows his subject, Adam may know english, but he clearly doesn't know the US military. He needs to do his homework. This video has a lot of mistakes.
so make corrections
like what>>>>>
5 branches not 4, The united States has a Coast Guard. Marines are not soldiers. He got most of the ranks wrong in regards to the navy. There are no colonels, majors, sergeants or privates in the navy.
Most grenades are not shot out of guns.
Sanctions are political not military.
Drill instructors train people in boot camp (basic training) Not all drill instructors are sergeants.
Guerillas and other irregular combatants do no wear uniforms, rules maybe, maybe not.
Most wars are not fought by air. Ground forces are not automatically soldiers, marines and seals fight on the ground too. I believe the word he is looking for is troops.
thank you for your explaining but i m Egyptian and i think the coast Guard is apart of army .....thank you again for useful information about U S arrmy
Who else is watching this and preparing them self for a tactical game😂😂
Cod war zone BBY
Arma
NiNjA Bladesz same
@@dynamicduo4593 ...as embarrassed as I am to say it "same".
Im planning to use the vocabulary in pubg mobile😂😂
Army: We get flown in
Marines: We get shipped in
Navy: We have fancy "MRE"s
Air Force: We fly really fast
All branches: We love blowing shit up
lol
And Rangers power rangers
You are an excellent teacher and I have gotten to understand all your videos. I say It because I can not speak English very well,
I am learning with your videos and they are very excellent and I feel that I getting to understand more in every video. I'm very grateful for your videos , your interest and the excellent teaching. Many thanks again!!!!!
NATO - North Atlantic Terrorist Organisation
USA - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF ALL WARS IN THE WORLD!
Thanks a lot for your lesson. You are the best teacher ever born. I am Russian and I have been teaching English for many years. You really help me . Thanks again.
That feeling when you watch this to be able to talk about what’s going on in your homeland now🇺🇦😢
+) Слава Україні! Бажаю вам всього найкращого, Наталія
The feeling when you watch this only to realize that you already know all these words (and way more) because of what is going on in the country you live in. Stay calm and Slava Ukraїni.
I'm from Brazil, and I'm very sad about the suffering lived by your people. God bless Ukraine and your strong people.
@@Giutter Thanks for the support!
To answer this question, you need to ask your China government/ leader and Russia reader!
Hi, Mr. Adam! Thank you for uploading such didactical videos. Your explanations are easy to understand. You're really great...
This vocabulary looks particularly relevant now.
My pupils are veery interested in the Military Vocabulary. Thank you!
Adam, excellent english lesson. You were highly recommended by student here in Spain. CJ in VG Spain. I am using your lessons for my classes with local military students. Bravo Zulu. Job well done!!!
Thank you Adam , your classes are fantastic
Thanks Adam ! The lesson is very clear as usual.
Hello Adam,
I'm german and I refreshed my english with your helpful videos.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the lesson, Adam!
Hi Adams, I am drill sergeant Colombia Army. very good the lesson vocabulary Military
Thanks Adam! I love your lessons!! Very clarifying!! Best rewards from Argentina!!
Hey Adam. I think we need to know more collocations like "launching a missile" or "repelling an invasion".
Great lesson Adam, thank you so much.
Thanks Adam, not only I have learned with your lessons, but also I teach with them. Good jobbbbbb¡¡¡¡¡¡
A lot of military terms have French origin.
I would say Latin
NATO - North Atlantic Terrorist Organisation
USA - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF ALL WARS IN THE WORLD!
@@art_means_artificial moron
France conquered England before (Norman Conquest in 1066) and ruled it for more than 200 years. That's why.
SUPERΔRTIFICIΔL literally no one asked, ruslkie
This lesson cannot be better. Thanks👍😎
Adam, thank you for very-very useful lesson!
Dude, you're amazing in explaining things.
Savtions,Aghanistan don under stand.sees nothing.leaf alone sisfire.
thank you Adam, I really appreciate this )
Thanks for your lesson. That's so helpful.
im using this on bf3 with my friends on teamspeak lol that's so cool
Do not listen to this guy he doesn't know what he's talking about, plus these aren't even military terms aside from the whole ranks and insignia which he got wrong.. Do you'll research somewhere else this guy isn't worth hearing
Noah Weaver ?
An innocent internet user lol I’m late to the party but I’ve been using this online too. I can’t speak Spanish but I can command an squad in Spanish
Hello Adam, thank u very much for helping us to learn war and military words they are really useful because we are in a world whereby a lot of confilicts and wars are happening.
Thanks Adam for such an interesting video. You are a great teacher. It seems that you were a cadet before and have a good general knowledge of the military. I'd like to clarify a couple of the terms that you mentioned in the video.
1) Second colonel. The correct term seems to be lieutenant colonel, which ranks between a full colonel and a major.
2)) Boot camp. It has two meanings. The first meaning is a correctional facility that is used for disciplining the soldiers who broke the rules, especially during the war. The second meaning is a training camp, however, the term basic training camp is more commonly used for this purpose.
In terms of US military rank system, if you plan to update the video, I would suggest adding brigadier general, vice admiral, first lieutenant, above the second lieutenant and below the captain that you mentioned in the video. This is just from the top of my head and hope it may be useful for you.
you are an excellent teacher, thank you!!
Nice lesson, I've learned a lot of new vocabulary, thanks Adam!
when I saw UNSC a thought of halo
homie alien same
UNSC as in United Nations Space Command?
Martian yes
NATO - North Atlantic Terrorist Organisation
USA - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF ALL WARS IN THE WORLD!
@@art_means_artificial LMAO !!!
Thank you so much!Very informative!
thanks Adam. u have done a great job!
Great vocabularies, thank you
Great lessons from a great teacher, as usual. For being a civilian (and a Canadian!), Adam knows rather well the US Military and the world of weapons. I just report here following a couple of small contributions for the people interested in this topic.
The Marine Corp is actually a part of the Navy. In many countries, this corp is called "Navy Infantry" (in my country, Italy, it is called "Fanteria di Marina"). So, there are three "Military Forces" (Army, Navy and Air Force), not four.
A ballistic missile is actually... ballistic: it does not have a guidance system. It just follows a ballistic trajectory. Nevertheless, its "re-entry vehicles" (the actual atomic bombs) usually have one (GPS-based or the like).
Anyway, still a great lesson. I look forward to see a lesson devoted to the world of Police, Investigation and Legal affairs (I'm a fan of Law&Order, CSI, Bones, The Mentalist and many others TV series related to crime and police...)
Alessandro Bottoni In the United States the Marine Corps is a separate branch. However, like you stated they do work closely with the navy. Though, technically there are five branches...the Coast Guard should be included.
One of the best and most useful videos on youtube thank you
How is it "Unfortunate" to talk about Military Vocabulary and terms?
Thanks Adam , now i can easily Improve my English skills level for free, and this is because of you and the stuffs who work with you and produce the great videos of this channel .Great Job and go on Dear Teacher . with Respect from Iran ت
Excellent class... Thank you!
Great explanation!
thank you!
i,m rely happy watched this video ,because there are lots of Vocabulary and good explanation .....thumb up....
thank you Adam! , i am learning more vocabulary thanks to you...Pura Vida from Costa Rica
Thanks Adam , for this lesson
Hi Adam,
Thanks a lot for your lesson. So helpful and clear! Every time you teach a lesson, you always deliver such a good performance. I think it's hard after all these years that all of you try to find sth new to talk about. I do appreciate your commitment. I have a request about the use of the comma. I know you and Emma did one respectively in the past (great job by the way), but the lessons were focused on sentences composed by two clause (one dependent and one main), or connected by "and, or, but, so, for, yet, nor" . In a sentence like: When I started studying although it was late and there was so much to do I could make it to my date on time. I'd put a comma after "studying" and "do", but I'm not sure. Looking forward to your next video. Thanks Marco
very useful.. thanks a lot Adam :)
Thank you so much teacher Adam this is the best lesson ever.!
Thanks for the lesson!
Adam is the best! I love his videos very much!
thanks so much for teaching us, you are such a great teacher ever 😊
Thank you for the video!
it's awesome the way you explain the subjects...thanks a lot Adam
did you sir think of being a teacher? everybody would love a teacher like this. i learned everything.
basic and simple. well done ! thank you. roger out.
Thanks as always my dear teacher for your best lesson. Yesterday I was watching movie about military.
Thanks for teaching and explaining👍
Excellent lesson!
Ohh, my God, you're a good teacher, God bless you.
Great way of teaching thank you adam
Helped a lot, thanks!
Nice class. Thank you for the explanation!!!
amazing episode..thank you v.much
Thank you teacher!!!!!
amazing lesson!
Now I can understand call of duty phrases better.
.Good job. thanks to remind me the days when i was instructor at School of Infantry and tactics in Quetta Pakistan .long live Adam enjoy good life
Syed Imdad Hussain Shah Pakistan.
Look! I extremely appreciate what you are presenting. and I hope you could proceed in that excellent way even better. Thank you very much!!!!!!
Your explain is very useful. Thank you for to teach us. Have a good day 💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🗽
Adam is a BOSS!!!
Dear Adam! Please tell us about punishments in the army. Thank you!
he can tell you if he was a sildier.....
Hi. I liked this lesson. I wanted to know about military a long ago. Very good. Thank you for lesson.
Hi teacher Adam, I am Yasmine from Algeria, and I love your method of teaching english, you are the best.
I hope that sometime I will forget all these words...
Thank you for the lesson.
Pasha March haha, you will never forget some training, even 30 years later.
great lesson, Thanks a lot!!!!!!
Can you tell me if you have some advice for me to make my english better ?
I'm already watching American series without subtitles (Simpsons for example)
I'm reading a little bit and I understand the story but not each word, there's some difficult word in books ^^ , I'm still processing ..
And finally videogames help me very well cuz my xbox settings are in english so when I play I have the informations of the game and the voices in english, I'm watching videogame's commented gameplays on youtube ...
Can I go further or that's enough ? I've also scheduled a trip in UK for the summer vacation :)
i was waiting for your new lesson! Thanks sir
Thanks a lot ! Im a french guy and I learn more with your lessons than at school. We're studying useless things :'(
Your lessons are useful I appreciate them :D
It's helpful to understand about the military things.thanks a lot
Thank you alot Adam
Hi Adam! I sorely appriciate all lessons of your. Learn a lot. :D
Can u make a video talking about "Volunteer work vocabularies? Thank u very much!
Conflict missing an l. Thank you for the lesson.
Thanks. I liked it. Well explained. Gracias amigo.
讲解很细致，学到了很多，谢谢！
Thank you so much 🌹🌹
Him: We are at War right now.
Me: What happened 7 years ago?
AWOL is an example of an acronym. POW, KIA, and MIA are initialisms as you pronounce each letter separately.
Bakwas karrney waley war jaein
always thank you for your great video
Owesome videos ADAM... Love them...
Good lesson Adam.
Finally, I got reference for my college course in English for Specific Purposes : Military Base
When i was watching your lesson my mind was on Battlefield 3 the video game.
nice lesson .
Great video, dude! I really liked it!
Always awesome lessons
I love it when someone who was not in the millitary tries to explain something they don't know.
midwesterner maker But is trying his level best to teach. He need to appreciate it. Thx
Vets can easily distinguish if you are one of them or not. He made a lot of errors in dialect and terminology that are instilled in any fighting force from basic training and never forgotten.
Balls Deep Gaming Community I’m about to go into service and at the beginning of the video introducing the branches he made the other branches seem like they don’t do shit and made it sound like the Marine Corps was the only fighting branch, instantly turned me off.
midwesterner maker yes
Yeah because you totally can’t do your own research right?
Excellent teacher adem thanks
excellent video
Thanks, it was very helpful. You are a good teacher (y) keep it up :)
Absolutely brilliant, Adam! I work with armed security forces so your lesson is of paramount importance to me.
Note : the word conflict is missing the 'l'
What happened in Afghanistan with the rawkit and missal.
That is why I cannot find it in my dictionary. 😂
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to you and your family.
Thank you!