I personally know a few of them in this video But I want to tell a story about Cpl Burger He wasn't in the same company with me, but I got sent back bc of injury to battalion hq after 3 days of fallajuh, he was there too, and he was higher rank bc at the time i was a pfc at the time with a couple of others. Food was lacking for us with just mres. He decided to get a sneak a hummve and take a couple of us to Camp Fallujah because they had the good food On the way he was talking about what he was going to do when we got out of this deployment and went home. Trip.to Hawaii, etc. I was so thankful how nice he was taking guys he didn't know well to get them a good hot meal Next day he got sent back into the fight and a couple days later I found out the terrible news. My goal ever since is to tell the story of him every time I see his picture or hear about him.
Dear @chongo939, thank you for the kind words. Dale was my only son. He didn't get sent back. He would have been sent home from his injuries but he choose to go back to his squad. He was killed while on his 3rd trip into a house to retrieve down marines.
@@rmmarketinc5004Sir, This Nation, Our Marines, and myself cannot thank you enough for everything you have done and endured. I am speechless and in awe of your sacrifice. May the Most High Bless you and your family in all of your days 🙏🙏🙏 -Thank you from a fellow 03 Marine
Had a marine visit us in the fourth grade In elementary school My teachers nephew He fought in the battle of fallujah A navy and marine corp with v for valor medal ribbon was on his alpha uniform He bought it with him in a small medal box To show us He said he was awarded it fighting against AQIs Foreign fighters Then I walk out to use the restroom I see him crying softly in the teachers lounge I was 9 now I'm 29 Hope he's doing well in life
@@mikeity2009 I'll pray for your soul son... As they prey for their fallen , we do same for ours. Go watch "Come and see" kid, and you'll get a little taste of what war really is punk ...
@@hungedteddy7971 agreed. They were brave men defending their homes the same way we would for ours. It was a few greedy men, who sent us there under false pretenses that are to blame.
@@thomasbeatty9496 None of us are. I was there for the invasion, 2nd battle of Fallujah, and Fallujah again all within 4 years. Hope he's doing alright.
@thomasbeatty9496; Sir, no one who participated in Operation Phantom Fury came out the same. House to house fighting is exhausting and time-consuming, not to mention that the enemy knew the terrain and loved to ambush us. The 2nd battle of Fallujah was an extremely hard battle in a hellhole that everyone will remember for the rest of our lives. Even though We did our work, We'll never forget those days. I hope your son is doing well. Semper Fi, Sir!.
Brad Kassel is one of the best human beings I have ever known. The story of him and Alex Nicholl (and all the other marines in that "House from Hell" is incredible enough, as Brad was willing to sacrifice his life to save Alex. But more inspiring is that Kasal went on to suffer years of pain in his leg and could have been exempted from the run portion of the PFT, yet he ran as hard as he could to inspire young recruits and marines. He is a man's man and a Marine's marine
SgtMaj Kasal is a man amongst men; he is a Marine Corps giant and absolute legend. He should have received a MOH and been SgtMaj of the Marine Corps. He exemplifies what it means to be a Marine.
SgtMaj Kasal is an exemplary Marine. He personally met our unit after a deployment in '14 and shook every Marine's hand and welcomed us home as our boots first hit the tarmac back in the USA. He personally demonstrates leading by example
@@bittnerbs I personally knew Kasal while on active duty many years ago as young NCOs and more experienced SNCOs. I am sure he is appreciative of the Navy Cross. He should have been awarded the MOH without an doubt. Hopefully someday the powers to be will get it right. ---- Semper Fi!!!
Fallujah secured my decision to join the Marine Corps. I went to school with a Marine that was killed with 3/1. I had the honor and priveledge to have Fallujah vets as my SOI instructors and serve years under when I was with 3/4 and 2/5. Fair winds and following seas Marines, Semper Fi.
Calling us fore-bearers and seeing documentaries about battles I was in … I can’t find the words to describe this feeling. sigh … man this time of year sucks.
These marines relieved us and I had no idea that some of the fiercest fighting was yet to come after I left. Also, I can’t believe it’s been 20 years my God.
I will never forget the thing's I saw there as a young SGT. The courage, dedication. The love for.each other. Semper Fi brothers. We may be back home, but I think a part of us will always be there.
Semper Fi to all. I spent almost a year in Fallujah with 1/25. I still talk about how proud I am of serving with these Marines that were there. We had 21 KIA and (I think) 78 WIA. I retired after 30 years as a MGySgt. I absolutely loved being a Marine, the best job I ever had.
When I first went into the Marine Corps I met a Retired Marine Colonel who was a private on Iwo Jima in 1945. His advice that he gave us, and stands true today is "Trust your training." Semper Fi Marines. What they can't train you for is what happens when you come back. My Uncle who was in the Army in WWII had PTSD for the rest of his life. The ghost don't go away. You just have to make peace with them and forgive yourself even though you didn't do anything wrong. We are harder on ourselves than other people. We are Marines and we always expect more out of ourselves.
Yup. When the Commandant awarded me my Purple Heart and pinned it on my pillowcase at Bethesda Hospital in the ICU, April 2003, I felt so ashamed and asked his forgiveness for “failing my fellow Marines in combat” because I felt like a piece of shit for getting shot and paralyzed in a huge gunfight. I don’t know why we are the way we are after everything, I just know that it’s ALL a very normal reaction and consequence of the very abnormal savagery that is war.
This just brought back 20 years of repressed memories. Some good, some bad. As much as I want to, I will never forget it or the brothers I fought with.
I served with Sgt Pennel the Marine at the beginning of the video, we were in the same Plt, Dale Burger was in 2nd plt and and Byron Norwood was with Weapons i believe, we lived in the same town prior to us joining the Corps. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines Balls of the Corps. Semper Fi Brothers
Fantastic presentation, on point, and timely. I look forward to remembering in the upcoming days what our military service members did for our country.
Brooks was my SOI instructor.... I'll never forget that dude . SOI was brutal for me, but I'm still here alive thanks to him, as well as several NCOs I learned from in 2/8. I'm glad to see how far he advanced himself. We need more Marine instructors like him!
Within a year since I stepped on those prints, I ended up in Fallujah for Phantom Fury (the profile picture was taken during a firefight there). The city stunk of death. To this day, I am still bewildered that I got to be apart of Marine Corps History. 3rd AABN, Cco 2nd Plt. Attached to 31st MEU 1/3 Aco AAV Plt. 208 Track (Mercy One).
Last year, I did an in-depth research on the Second Battle of Fallujah which began quite coincidentally. Col. Willy Buhl and his team of 3/1 inspired me to pursue a career in the military myself while doing so. I applied for an officer role in the local reserves and am still waiting to get accepted. Thank you for your service and inspiration.
Col. Buhl is an outstanding human being and an amazing leader of Marines. I’ve had the honor of spending time with him, although I served in a sister unit and never served under him. His Marines revere him. He’s the type of officer we that the Marines would follow into hell covered in gasoline.
@@bittnerbs Thank you for sharing this. I read many books about Fallujah and personal accounts. There were a lot of people who inspired me in their way of leadership. I think what I admired most about Buhl was his exceptional 'casual' approach to his Marines. He wasn't the aloof leader we often expect. I wish more people in leadership roles were like that in my civilian job. He seems very empathetic which I think is one of the most important traits to have in that role. It really spoke to me. I learned only later that he used to be an intelligence officer, which I applied for, as well.
To all OEF and OIF Marines: S/F and you’ll always be in my thoughts and prayers . . . with profound respect. It has been twenty years, but even more significantly, then and now only one in two hundred (.005) of our youngsters will ever wear a military uniform. This means that incredibly difficult and intense engagements - like the Second Battle of Fallujah - will never be properly recognized (as are many extremely daunting Marine victories from World Wars I and II, from Korea and from Vietnam), sadly because most Americans had “no skin in the game” . . . no children or relatives, no friends or classmates, no neighbors or colleagues, and no kids in the Scout troop or on the Little League team with any flesh at risk. BUT - and this is a damn important “but” - that fact does not diminish your sacrifices, your service, your courage, your tenacity, or your unlimited care for shipmates one iota.
هؤلاء ناس ابرياء ووطنيون ارادو فقط ان يخدمو بلدهم ويفعلون الخير للشعب العراقي لاذنب لهم بما حدث في الحرب... اصبحو مجرد وقود للحرب لاشباع الاطماع السياسية هم والشعب العراقي تاذو كثيراً بسبب هذه الحرب الله يعوضهم ويعوض الشعب العراقي ويعوض كل انسان مظلوم
My brothers that were at falluja were some of the baddest muthas on the planet.Not once but TWICE.If they would have been allowed to finish it the first time there would have been no 2nd.There is no fight force in the universe That can equal a UNITED STATES MARINE. SEMPER FI BROS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. bravo 1/1 80-84
Never forget who did this to our soldiers. Never forget who sent them there under false pretenses. Rest in peace to every single one of our heros that didn't come back.
You are right - my father was in the Marines during Vietnam - he always wondered why we were there.....and he said the same about Iraq......needless to say he is not a fan of politicians but young Americans only seem to learn what a farce our wars are until it is too late.
The guy sitting next to him Alex Nicholl, is the one that Brad laid on top of as a grenade was thrown into the room. Brad told me that when the grenade exploded he "heard looney tunes and thought 'that wasn't so bad". The man is legendary
I shared my story of getting hit on the 12th. I was 3/1 CAAT :) Semper Fi guys. These stories are the best and worst of our lives and deserve to be told and recorded. This is history.
I was in Helmand, Afghanistan for my one and only deployment. A lot of the fighting there was done at range with plenty of indirect fire and air support to help us out when requested. We usually knew exactly where the enemy was, how many there were, and were sometimes able to have a pretty good idea of when something was about to happen. There are only a couple moments that i can recall where i actually felt like i was in life threatening danger. To imagine myself going through what these men went through is absolutely terrifying to think about and very humbling. Especially after hearing a couple of seasoned special missions operators say that Fallujah had been the most intense combat they had ever experienced as well. To the brave souls that took part in that battle; my brothers in arms, I love you and I thank you for your sacrifice. God bless you all.
Rest in peace to the Marines that were lost. My dad is a Marine, he joined 06-2011. he was in 3rd battalion 2nd marine reg India CO. Its kinda shocking for me to see and hear what it was like for him and his buds over there. ive seen plenty war footage and heard storys about it, i dont mind seeing it or hearing it anymore, but its still kinda shocking for me.
I will never know what a real firefight or what war is like Six Days In Fallujah just dropped a update today then i see here its the 20 year anniversary of this battle. (SDIF a video game) but they made it really close as they could to the real thing from the 100's of Marines they interviewd. this game is close to what happend over there in that city. it freaked me out the first time i played it. I was first through a door and got one guy my buddy got a guy on the stairs, i open the next door upstairs and i got lit up by a enemy machine gun. i stopped and sat there and teared up cause this is what you guys went through. much respect.
I’m close to Bill and Janet, Gold Star parents of Sgt Byron Norwood 6:35 . EVERY day they miss their boy, and every day they’re so proud of him too. It’s both painful and inspiring to watch, and to listen to them speak of Byron. They graciously allowed our charity to use the last photo taken of Sgt Norwood in Fallujah, the one of him looking over his left shoulder. Byron’s name and story have lived on all of these years. Sgt Maj Bradley Kasal (1st Sgt at the time) 5:02 ,who also fought and was wounded by enemy grenade shrapnel while shielding another wounded Marine with his body inside the legendary “House from Hell”, or “Hell House”, was our guest speaker in our second or third year’s fundraiser…. What a stud and class act. PLEASE don’t ever forget these brave men and the price they paid. Because DESPITE why we were all sent to IraQ and all we now know in hindsight, trust me when I say the reason WE individually and willingly went and fought like hell there was that we were genuinely fighting, were wound like me and Kasal, and died like Norwood and Berger, for our fellow Americans and to help the people of Iraq gain freedom. S/F
I'm alive bc my the experience my DIs, SOO instructors and secondary school instructors with my fleet leadership set me up to prepare enough for the first day in country after that it was a learning experience
@@usmc6911 Wow! We served in 1/1 at the same time. I arrived in 1/1 in December 1982 from ITS, Camp Lejeune, NC. I transferred to BLT 1/9 in August 1985 to go on the '85 West Pac. I was in Weapons Company, Dragons Plt. My section was always attached to Bravo 1/1. Captain Nichols was awesome!!! What is your name brother? My name is Curtis Ake. I was a Cpl. when I left 1/1 for 1/9. Semper Fi!!!!! USMC, RETIRED (1982 to 2002)
People don’t talk or don’t know about the units prior to the main battles that were already fighting in Fallujah and trying to clear out HVTs and their cells and stop the Inflow of outside foreign fighters coming in the prior year and months. Although those units couldn’t get the plus up of personnel they were asking for, they found themselves going in 2-3 times a day / night with small elements and being out numbered on a regular basis of 3,4,5 to 1 at times and fighting it out. Those units were a mix of mil / civ personnel mixing it up. A handful of deck of cards personnel were taken out of there. A lot of work we did and what the final push did was exactly needed to be done. Thanks to everyone who par took part in the different phases of all the ops there. Thanks brothers
Take the city, leave the city, take the city leave the city… How any commander can talk about this with a straight face is beyond me. Especially those higher up. There is no excuse for not occupying that city and instituting the rule of law. We were lied to.
My tank company supported 1/8 and 1/3 in Fallujah. Ammo is cheap, Marines are expensive. What's ironic is that the Marines in Fallujah were submitted for but ultimately denied the Presidential Unit Citation, but the Army units attached were awarded it.
My team and I handled over 13,000 battle casualties from February 2004 to February 2005. November was particularly brutal for us due to the overload of medevacs. I encountered a lot of blood, burned patients, missing limbs, mucus, feces, and urine. It was challenging to control my emotions when I looked at the battle-hardened service members and spoke to family members calling for their loved ones, whom we knew had died while being transported to Ramstein and then Landstuhl, Germany. All we could say was that they were en route or on location. Although I didn't go to combat, I dealt with the aftermath, and all I can say is that war is not glorious. I served as an Infantry Rifleman in the Corps from 94-98 and Army Medical from 98-05. I saw three of my brothers come in as casualties, and that hurt.
I signed up but they never got back to me. Lol I'm 26 years old now and I'm always ready for some training and willing to be fit for battle. My Grandfather served in Vietnam and my Great Grandfather's served in WW2 and the Korean War. Growing up I wanted to serve my country to the utmost. I will always love my country and the values we hold dear to us. P.S. I have asthma from being a bit overweight but maybe that's why LOL I think you have to be 16% BMI and under anyways I'm always willing to do something for this Great Nation regardless !
So many people don’t know Somalia happened near the same time! Lance Corps walking around with gold stars on their CARs. Damn Devil Dogs we are old and glad I made it to retirement
If they ever made a movie about Dale Burger, Will Poulter would be an excellent choice. RIP to all the service members to lost their life in batter of Fallujah, thank you for your service.
I got screwed I’m a 1371 combat engineer only two months out and I got recalled right away we sent to San Diego Camp Pendleton totally different I served 4 years in Okinawa, I picked up E-6 SSgt quick I was an expert on the range and a 300 PFT marine I then sent to be a marine Liaison for all wounded I had smokes and chew for our brothers it was hard especially for the fallen warrior families
1:38 I used to say the same shit when we were learning all that in the Seabees. Now look at how the war in Ukraine is being fought. Trenches with artillery and machine guns. I never thought in my wildest dreams wars would be fought in trenches again.
I personally know a few of them in this video
But I want to tell a story about Cpl Burger
He wasn't in the same company with me, but I got sent back bc of injury to battalion hq after 3 days of fallajuh,
he was there too, and he was higher rank bc at the time i was a pfc at the time with a couple of others.
Food was lacking for us with just mres. He decided to get a sneak a hummve and take a couple of us to Camp Fallujah because they had the good food
On the way he was talking about what he was going to do when we got out of this deployment and went home. Trip.to Hawaii, etc. I was so thankful how nice he was taking guys he didn't know well to get them a good hot meal
Next day he got sent back into the fight and a couple days later I found out the terrible news.
My goal ever since is to tell the story of him every time I see his picture or hear about him.
Dear @chongo939, thank you for the kind words. Dale was my only son. He didn't get sent back. He would have been sent home from his injuries but he choose to go back to his squad. He was killed while on his 3rd trip into a house to retrieve down marines.
@rmmarketinc5004 sorry for my mix of words, I do remember him saying he wanted to go to his friends and fight along side of them.
Alex Nichols is my wife's brother.
@@rmmarketinc5004Sir,
This Nation, Our Marines, and myself cannot thank you enough for everything you have done and endured.
I am speechless and in awe of your sacrifice. May the Most High Bless you and your family in all of your days 🙏🙏🙏
-Thank you from a fellow 03 Marine
commenting not just because this is a touching story but because I want this to get more visibility too.
Had a marine visit us in the fourth grade
In elementary school My teachers nephew
He fought in the battle of fallujah
A navy and marine corp with v for valor medal ribbon was on his alpha uniform
He bought it with him in a small medal box
To show us
He said he was awarded it fighting against AQIs
Foreign fighters
Then I walk out to use the restroom I see him crying softly in the teachers lounge
I was 9 now I'm 29
Hope he's doing well in life
Rest in peace to all the Service Members who lost their lives🇺🇸🙏
There are no dead Marines.We just get reassigned to a higher power.
And to all the many Iraqi innocents who had no stake in the fighting but lost their lives anyway due to a few greedy men...
@@hungedteddy7971 Eh, Don't really care about them tbh.
@@mikeity2009 I'll pray for your soul son... As they prey for their fallen , we do same for ours. Go watch "Come and see" kid, and you'll get a little taste of what war really is punk ...
@@hungedteddy7971 agreed. They were brave men defending their homes the same way we would for ours. It was a few greedy men, who sent us there under false pretenses that are to blame.
I was there in Fallujah with the MEF G-2. Can't believe it's been 20 years... Semper Fi
Semper Fi Brother, and thank you
@@PotbellyDennyYut
Time flys
My son was there and lived through the battle. He is however, not the same young man that left our home.
Yes, and there is no way he can be.
@@thomasbeatty9496 None of us are. I was there for the invasion, 2nd battle of Fallujah, and Fallujah again all within 4 years. Hope he's doing alright.
And the only ones that remember us are us and our families. We are here for you, sir. 1/23
@thomasbeatty9496; Sir, no one who participated in Operation Phantom Fury came out the same. House to house fighting is exhausting and time-consuming, not to mention that the enemy knew the terrain and loved to ambush us. The 2nd battle of Fallujah was an extremely hard battle in a hellhole that everyone will remember for the rest of our lives. Even though We did our work, We'll never forget those days.
I hope your son is doing well.
Semper Fi, Sir!.
None of us are. SFMF 3/8
fuck we are getting old...
Yes we are. Bravo 1/1 80-84. 44 years ago.
DAMN. I would go back in right now.In a second.
Anyplace. Anytime.
@@MattCamp The lucky ones who have the pleasure of growing old and telling the stories of our buddies who didn't make it
Thank you for your service. I'm 18 years old and i hope to join the Marines one day. Y'all are an inspiration for me.
@Tyrone_smith806 and your welcome.
Yeah... boots that came in 2004 are retirement age!
Outstanding! Not a day in 20 years that I don't think about that battle, that deployment, or my Marines.
Same here, glad it's not just me.
A Grateful Salute to ALL American Warriors, past and present 🫡🇺🇲
Thank you for your Service.
I Thank you for my Freedom.
Brad Kassel is one of the best human beings I have ever known. The story of him and Alex Nicholl (and all the other marines in that "House from Hell" is incredible enough, as Brad was willing to sacrifice his life to save Alex. But more inspiring is that Kasal went on to suffer years of pain in his leg and could have been exempted from the run portion of the PFT, yet he ran as hard as he could to inspire young recruits and marines. He is a man's man and a Marine's marine
SgtMaj Kasal is a man amongst men; he is a Marine Corps giant and absolute legend. He should have received a MOH and been SgtMaj of the Marine Corps. He exemplifies what it means to be a Marine.
SgtMaj Kasal is an exemplary Marine. He personally met our unit after a deployment in '14 and shook every Marine's hand and welcomed us home as our boots first hit the tarmac back in the USA. He personally demonstrates leading by example
@@bittnerbs I personally knew Kasal while on active duty many years ago as young NCOs and more experienced SNCOs. I am sure he is appreciative of the Navy Cross. He should have been awarded the MOH without an doubt. Hopefully someday the powers to be will get it right. ---- Semper Fi!!!
Fallujah secured my decision to join the Marine Corps. I went to school with a Marine that was killed with 3/1. I had the honor and priveledge to have Fallujah vets as my SOI instructors and serve years under when I was with 3/4 and 2/5.
Fair winds and following seas Marines, Semper Fi.
Semper Fidelis and Happy Birthday.
Happy 249
Calling us fore-bearers and seeing documentaries about battles I was in … I can’t find the words to describe this feeling. sigh … man this time of year sucks.
You’ve become who you once looked up to
I feel you on that @vSwampFox. I was there in 2007 all -2008 Feb. It's when I miss my brothers and sisters the most.
Thank you for sacrificing your youth and health for this country.
What unit were you with
@WilliamRecord-j5i RCT-6
The absolute legends! Inspiration to all Marines! Thank yall for EVERYTHING we owe it to you.
Marines are different. Respect.
These marines relieved us and I had no idea that some of the fiercest fighting was yet to come after I left. Also, I can’t believe it’s been 20 years my God.
Veterans of Phantom Fury went on to train me. I used those lessons when it was my time in Marjah. S/F
I will never forget the thing's I saw there as a young SGT. The courage, dedication. The love for.each other. Semper Fi brothers. We may be back home, but I think a part of us will always be there.
Semper Fi to all.
I spent almost a year in Fallujah with 1/25. I still talk about how proud I am of serving with these Marines that were there. We had 21 KIA and (I think) 78 WIA. I retired after 30 years as a MGySgt. I absolutely loved being a Marine, the best job I ever had.
Anybody who spent time there was definitely changed.
Was 18 years and motivated.. 20 years this past june
I bet you still are a DEVIL DOG. SEMPER FI
Rest easy marines. You did your country proud.
When I first went into the Marine Corps I met a Retired Marine Colonel who was a private on Iwo Jima in 1945. His advice that he gave us, and stands true today is "Trust your training." Semper Fi Marines. What they can't train you for is what happens when you come back. My Uncle who was in the Army in WWII had PTSD for the rest of his life. The ghost don't go away. You just have to make peace with them and forgive yourself even though you didn't do anything wrong. We are harder on ourselves than other people. We are Marines and we always expect more out of ourselves.
Yup. When the Commandant awarded me my Purple Heart and pinned it on my pillowcase at Bethesda Hospital in the ICU, April 2003, I felt so ashamed and asked his forgiveness for “failing my fellow Marines in combat” because I felt like a piece of shit for getting shot and paralyzed in a huge gunfight.
I don’t know why we are the way we are after everything, I just know that it’s ALL a very normal reaction and consequence of the very abnormal savagery that is war.
This just brought back 20 years of repressed memories. Some good, some bad. As much as I want to, I will never forget it or the brothers I fought with.
RIP PFC. Moises Langhorst 2nd bat., 4th Marines. A cousin I never knew in life but shall know in heaven.
I served with Sgt Pennel the Marine at the beginning of the video, we were in the same Plt, Dale Burger was in 2nd plt and and Byron Norwood was with Weapons i believe, we lived in the same town prior to us joining the Corps. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines Balls of the Corps. Semper Fi Brothers
Semper Fi brothers. We've grown up a lot since then, but I still think about that November almost every day.
Fantastic presentation, on point, and timely. I look forward to remembering in the upcoming days what our military service members did for our country.
Brooks was my SOI instructor.... I'll never forget that dude . SOI was brutal for me, but I'm still here alive thanks to him, as well as several NCOs I learned from in 2/8.
I'm glad to see how far he advanced himself. We need more Marine instructors like him!
Within a year since I stepped on those prints, I ended up in Fallujah for Phantom Fury (the profile picture was taken during a firefight there). The city stunk of death. To this day, I am still bewildered that I got to be apart of Marine Corps History.
3rd AABN, Cco 2nd Plt. Attached to 31st MEU 1/3 Aco AAV Plt. 208 Track (Mercy One).
Semper Fi!! Fair Winds and following Seas to the fallen!🙏🏿
Last year, I did an in-depth research on the Second Battle of Fallujah which began quite coincidentally. Col. Willy Buhl and his team of 3/1 inspired me to pursue a career in the military myself while doing so. I applied for an officer role in the local reserves and am still waiting to get accepted. Thank you for your service and inspiration.
Col. Buhl is an outstanding human being and an amazing leader of Marines. I’ve had the honor of spending time with him, although I served in a sister unit and never served under him. His Marines revere him. He’s the type of officer we that the Marines would follow into hell covered in gasoline.
@@bittnerbs Thank you for sharing this. I read many books about Fallujah and personal accounts. There were a lot of people who inspired me in their way of leadership. I think what I admired most about Buhl was his exceptional 'casual' approach to his Marines. He wasn't the aloof leader we often expect. I wish more people in leadership roles were like that in my civilian job. He seems very empathetic which I think is one of the most important traits to have in that role. It really spoke to me. I learned only later that he used to be an intelligence officer, which I applied for, as well.
3/1 CAAT Marine , Purple Heart vet that served under Kasal and Buhl here and I have to say, I can't love this enough.
To all OEF and OIF Marines: S/F and you’ll always be in my thoughts and prayers . . . with profound respect. It has been twenty years, but even more significantly, then and now only one in two hundred (.005) of our youngsters will ever wear a military uniform. This means that incredibly difficult and intense engagements - like the Second Battle of Fallujah - will never be properly recognized (as are many extremely daunting Marine victories from World Wars I and II, from Korea and from Vietnam), sadly because most Americans had “no skin in the game” . . . no children or relatives, no friends or classmates, no neighbors or colleagues, and no kids in the Scout troop or on the Little League team with any flesh at risk. BUT - and this is a damn important “but” - that fact does not diminish your sacrifices, your service, your courage, your tenacity, or your unlimited care for shipmates one iota.
My buddy was some of the army units that went into help. Yall are all heroes
Rest in peace my brothers... Semper Fidelis
Ooorah Devils. Was there with RCT-7. Was stationed at CAMP TQ but then sh*t hit the fan and it was all hands on deck.
Thank You so much for your service and lovely dedications to Our Beautiful USA Dear American Marine Sir.🙏❤🤍💙💯
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Super cool to see MGySgt Brooks on this ! Served with him at 1/6
هؤلاء ناس ابرياء ووطنيون ارادو فقط ان يخدمو بلدهم ويفعلون الخير للشعب العراقي لاذنب لهم بما حدث في الحرب... اصبحو مجرد وقود للحرب لاشباع الاطماع السياسية
هم والشعب العراقي تاذو كثيراً بسبب هذه الحرب
الله يعوضهم ويعوض الشعب العراقي ويعوض كل انسان مظلوم
Heróis do mundo livre!!!! Thx for your services!!!!!! 🟨🟩🟨🟩🔰🔰🔰From Brazil!!!
My brothers that were at falluja were some of the baddest muthas on the planet.Not once but TWICE.If they would have been allowed to finish it the first time there would have been no 2nd.There is no fight force in the universe That can equal a UNITED STATES MARINE.
SEMPER FI BROS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
bravo 1/1 80-84
Never forget who did this to our soldiers. Never forget who sent them there under false pretenses. Rest in peace to every single one of our heros that didn't come back.
Republicans
You are right - my father was in the Marines during Vietnam - he always wondered why we were there.....and he said the same about Iraq......needless to say he is not a fan of politicians but young Americans only seem to learn what a farce our wars are until it is too late.
@@Dr_GraysGhost_420the deep state; war machine. they lied.
“they had a plan to overthrow the governments of multiple nations.”
@@Dr_GraysGhost_420 zionists fool
@@Dr_GraysGhost_420wrong!!! Neo con wars starters like Lindsey Graham,a RINO,and all Demoncrats
The soldier at the end mentioning how the other Gunny had a smile on his face is why I love my marine Buddies. Thank you to all that have served 🇺🇸💪
4:59 for those of you who don't know who Sgt Maj Brad Kasal is, you need to google his name and read about what he did in Fallujah.
The guy sitting next to him Alex Nicholl, is the one that Brad laid on top of as a grenade was thrown into the room. Brad told me that when the grenade exploded he "heard looney tunes and thought 'that wasn't so bad".
The man is legendary
You can't know anything about Fallujah and not know Brad Kasal! OORAH!
I shared my story of getting hit on the 12th. I was 3/1 CAAT :) Semper Fi guys. These stories are the best and worst of our lives and deserve to be told and recorded. This is history.
I was in Helmand, Afghanistan for my one and only deployment. A lot of the fighting there was done at range with plenty of indirect fire and air support to help us out when requested. We usually knew exactly where the enemy was, how many there were, and were sometimes able to have a pretty good idea of when something was about to happen. There are only a couple moments that i can recall where i actually felt like i was in life threatening danger. To imagine myself going through what these men went through is absolutely terrifying to think about and very humbling. Especially after hearing a couple of seasoned special missions operators say that Fallujah had been the most intense combat they had ever experienced as well. To the brave souls that took part in that battle; my brothers in arms, I love you and I thank you for your sacrifice. God bless you all.
Rest in peace to the Marines that were lost. My dad is a Marine, he joined 06-2011. he was in 3rd battalion 2nd marine reg India CO. Its kinda shocking for me to see and hear what it was like for him and his buds over there. ive seen plenty war footage and heard storys about it, i dont mind seeing it or hearing it anymore, but its still kinda shocking for me.
Damn right.
I will never know what a real firefight or what war is like
Six Days In Fallujah just dropped a update today then i see here its the 20 year anniversary of this battle. (SDIF a video game) but they made it really close as they could to the real thing from the 100's of Marines they interviewd. this game is close to what happend over there in that city. it freaked me out the first time i played it. I was first through a door and got one guy my buddy got a guy on the stairs, i open the next door upstairs and i got lit up by a enemy machine gun. i stopped and sat there and teared up cause this is what you guys went through. much respect.
I’m close to Bill and Janet, Gold Star parents of Sgt Byron Norwood 6:35 .
EVERY day they miss their boy, and every day they’re so proud of him too. It’s both painful and inspiring to watch, and to listen to them speak of Byron.
They graciously allowed our charity to use the last photo taken of Sgt Norwood in Fallujah, the one of him looking over his left shoulder.
Byron’s name and story have lived on all of these years.
Sgt Maj Bradley Kasal (1st Sgt at the time) 5:02 ,who also fought and was wounded by enemy grenade shrapnel while shielding another wounded Marine with his body inside the legendary “House from Hell”, or “Hell House”, was our guest speaker in our second or third year’s fundraiser…. What a stud and class act.
PLEASE don’t ever forget these brave men and the price they paid. Because DESPITE why we were all sent to IraQ and all we now know in hindsight, trust me when I say the reason WE individually and willingly went and fought like hell there was that we were genuinely fighting, were wound like me and Kasal, and died like Norwood and Berger, for our fellow Americans and to help the people of Iraq gain freedom.
S/F
Great video!!!!
I'm alive bc my the experience my DIs, SOO instructors and secondary school instructors with my fleet leadership set me up to prepare enough for the first day in country after that it was a learning experience
TRUE.I WAS IN FROM 80-84.BRAVO 1/1 and I still remember things I was taught in boot ITS (SOI now) and the MEF.
SEMPER FI AND HAPPY 249
@@usmc6911 Wow! We served in 1/1 at the same time. I arrived in 1/1 in December 1982 from ITS, Camp Lejeune, NC. I transferred to BLT 1/9 in August 1985 to go on the '85 West Pac. I was in Weapons Company, Dragons Plt. My section was always attached to Bravo 1/1. Captain Nichols was awesome!!! What is your name brother? My name is Curtis Ake. I was a Cpl. when I left 1/1 for 1/9. Semper Fi!!!!! USMC, RETIRED (1982 to 2002)
@curtisake7431 that is crazy.it was a big unit but I have never met anyone from 1/1 at the same time on here.
How did you like mount mf
Semper Fi.
Now this is a recruiting ad if I’ve seen one, this will attract the right folk
Brandon Brooks was the best Marine I ever knew.
Congrats my bro for making it back, I was at Anaconda in Iraq
Respect. God bless all of you.
Sgt major siaw
I remember him yelling at me In boot camp 😂
Semper Fi🇺🇸
These guys are starting to look like how I picture Vietnam vets, I’m getting old
I was with NSW and did some time with MARSOC. Nothing but respect.
Semper Fi, 3/1 Brothers!!
One of the best pieces of content this channel has put out in a long time. How many of these OIF vets do you think are using pronouns? Answer; none.
People don’t talk or don’t know about the units prior to the main battles that were already fighting in Fallujah and trying to clear out HVTs and their cells and stop the Inflow of outside foreign fighters coming in the prior year and months.
Although those units couldn’t get the plus up of personnel they were asking for, they found themselves going in 2-3 times a day / night with small elements and being out numbered on a regular basis of 3,4,5 to 1 at times and fighting it out. Those units were a mix of mil / civ personnel mixing it up. A handful of deck of cards personnel were taken out of there. A lot of work we did and what the final push did was exactly needed to be done. Thanks to everyone who par took part in the different phases of all the ops there. Thanks brothers
Take the city, leave the city, take the city leave the city…
How any commander can talk about this with a straight face is beyond me. Especially those higher up. There is no excuse for not occupying that city and instituting the rule of law.
We were lied to.
My tank company supported 1/8 and 1/3 in Fallujah. Ammo is cheap, Marines are expensive. What's ironic is that the Marines in Fallujah were submitted for but ultimately denied the Presidential Unit Citation, but the Army units attached were awarded it.
Gotta chill with the soundtrack while people are talking.. im having a hard time staying concentrated, had to turn on the subs 😅
This is deep
My team and I handled over 13,000 battle casualties from February 2004 to February 2005. November was particularly brutal for us due to the overload of medevacs. I encountered a lot of blood, burned patients, missing limbs, mucus, feces, and urine. It was challenging to control my emotions when I looked at the battle-hardened service members and spoke to family members calling for their loved ones, whom we knew had died while being transported to Ramstein and then Landstuhl, Germany. All we could say was that they were en route or on location. Although I didn't go to combat, I dealt with the aftermath, and all I can say is that war is not glorious. I served as an Infantry Rifleman in the Corps from 94-98 and Army Medical from 98-05. I saw three of my brothers come in as casualties, and that hurt.
Wow! I saw in this video, a photo I took of Gen. Mattis while in Iraq. OohRah Combat Camera 🎥🦅🌎⚓️
I signed up but they never got back to me. Lol
I'm 26 years old now and I'm always ready for some training and willing to be fit for battle.
My Grandfather served in Vietnam and my Great Grandfather's served in WW2 and the Korean War.
Growing up I wanted to serve my country to the utmost.
I will always love my country and the values we hold dear to us.
P.S. I have asthma from being a bit overweight but maybe that's why LOL
I think you have to be 16% BMI and under anyways I'm always willing to do something for this Great Nation regardless !
Definitely a different feeling when you get off the bird in country
So many people don’t know Somalia happened near the same time! Lance Corps walking around with gold stars on their CARs. Damn Devil Dogs we are old and glad I made it to retirement
Semper Fi to the brotherhood from a brother from another mother.
If they ever made a movie about Dale Burger, Will Poulter would be an excellent choice.
RIP to all the service members to lost their life in batter of Fallujah, thank you for your service.
I got screwed I’m a 1371 combat engineer only two months out and I got recalled right away we sent to San Diego Camp Pendleton totally different I served 4 years in Okinawa, I picked up E-6 SSgt quick I was an expert on the range and a 300 PFT marine I then sent to be a marine Liaison for all wounded I had smokes and chew for our brothers it was hard especially for the fallen warrior families
It always feel like it was only yesterday.
Semper Fi!
Yeah. 😊
Semper Fi
Team marines god and bless Amazing word united states america 🦅
Semper Fidelis
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War. War is Hell.
I was in Fallujah 2/21/04-3/21/05
SEMPER FI MARINES
Damn rest in peace
Marine but not involved in Fallujah. Wondering if they saw, and thoughts on the video game 6 days in Fallujah?
No dogs in the game.
1:38 I used to say the same shit when we were learning all that in the Seabees. Now look at how the war in Ukraine is being fought. Trenches with artillery and machine guns. I never thought in my wildest dreams wars would be fought in trenches again.
Semper!
Compared to the brutal battle of Bakhmut, Fallujah was nothing but a relatively tame engagement
wow it’s almost like total war is different from insurrection
Wish I could omit the music >:(
i think you guys should go to fallujah again they retook it
Jared Hodges greatest marine I ever met if anyone knows where he is today let me know
Errrr 1/3 Would Go- Thank you super duper seniors
Rip for all the Iraqis that died in this war
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ACU5 USMC Camp Pendleton 2004~2007 Happt cake day corps
I know an Army Ranger who was in it
I have no more respect than the Special op guys and the marines who have been through shit…
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RIP to the Iraqi resistance.
I was there 1/8 Battalion. I knew the gunnery Sarge that got hit
I thought the Army fought alongside the Marines in the second round of the war in Fallujah
It did.
3rd Bridge 1st Infantry Division, 2-2 Ramrods