Generation Kill Part 1 | "Get Some" | REACTION
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- In this first episode, we see how a particular group of Marines prepare to invade Iraq.
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Rudy "fruity" Reyes is playing himself. The guy is a cartoon. High energy, and bonkers. I've seen him referred to, in videos with the fire arms community on UA-cam. I"ve also seen him on VETtv behind the scenes stuff. There is a video of him giving an interview about his life. The guy had a rough childhood, and raised his younger siblings. It's worth finding.
Rudy is good people.
I met him like 8-9 years ago. He's a really cool and humble guy
As a Marine veteran, I can say this show is very accurate haha!
& I ran into Rudy at an airport once. Great guy. True American hero
I was a marine infantryman who deployed to afghanistan, and I love this series because it shows the ridiculousness of war that you never see in movies. The whole thing is just a complete shitshow.
One time we were in a remote company outpost that required resupply by helicopter, and they accidently brought us 50 gallons of gasoline instead of water. We spent 3 days with no water while still running routine foot patrols, it was an awful experience...
Some of these guys had already been in Afghanistan and were sent over to Iraq in their rotation. Fruity Rudy plays himself btw.
Served both in Iraq and in Afghanistan (one of them twice, don't remember which one). Claims that acting was the scariest thing he'd ever done though.
This show is based off of a novel written by the reporter imbedded with them. Many of those involved were used as advisors, a few of them are actors.
One thing to keep in mind, only some of them Brad, Polk, Reyes pappy etc. are full Recon Marines, many had not finished or even gone to recon training, leadership positions (excluding fick )were not recon at all. The book clarifies a lot of why it caused problems
This reminded me of problems LRP/LRRPs faced in Vietnam. When they are attached to regular army, even 101st, the officers did not know what to do with them. Or they did not respect them. So they were miss used at times.
@@dirus3142 Can you recommend anything to read up on this?
I did not know that none of the leadership were recon marines, that’s wild. How did that even happen?
@Kris Welanetz Didn't know that!
Fick did mention in his books that Bravo's commander is not infantry, but intelligence.
Not so much a product placement as Skittles is actually something you can find in your MRE's.
Usually expired lol
This series is made by the same guy who created The Wire. In The Wire (outside a few small moments) they used diegetic music, meaning no real soundtrack but music you’d hear from scenes (like a stereo playing or what somebody is listening to in their car). So this series kinda has a similar thing with music…no real background music, but the stuff the guys sing when they’re bored as hell driving around, etc. Pretty interesting.
I'm reposting something I post on other reactions to address your Q's:
About releasing the surrendering troops - In this war, the coalition needs to move fast. The style of warfare is Blitzkrieg, or manoeuvre warfare. You noticed how lightly armed and armoured the recon marines are. If they get stuck by the overwhelming enemy forces (Iraqi army, elite Republican Guard, or Fedayeen paramilitaries), not only are they in serious trouble, but the whole invasion could be compromised. The reason they let the surrenders go is because they lacked the means to receive them, this unit is speeding many kilometres ahead of any other coalition units.
It's Important in this series that you watch the end credits of episodes 6 and 7. You'll understand when you hear them. You can watch the end credits of all the other episodes too, they play real radio chatter from the Marines. But it is episodes 6 and 7 that you cannot miss. Otherwise, glad you're watching this show. Just keep in mind this excerpt from the back cover of the book:
"... They were a new breed of warrior unrecognisable to their forebears - soldiers raised on hip-hop, Internet porn, and video games, a desperate band of born-again Christians, dopers, Buddists, and New Agers who gleaned their precepts from Kung Fu movies and Oprah Winfrey. Cocky, brave, headstrong, wary, and mostly unprepared for the physical, emotional and moral horrors ahead, the 'First Suicide Battalion' would spearhead the blitzkrieg on Iraq, and be among the first American combat units baptised in the horrors of Iraq's terrifying guerilla war. Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of these remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality, and camaraderie of a new American war."
I think they failed the "Blitzkrieg" if they are still in the same cities fighting 20 years later.
@@TacticalSandals You mean the Iraqi military is fighting, as they have since 2011. Not even most of these cities had much fighting even in the 2000's, that was mostly around Baghdad and the west.
It's also important to remember that the US had already fought the Iraqis a decade before. In Desert Storm, the allies blew through the Iraqis so fast that the most effective "defense" the Iraqis had was surrender. Surrendering units had to be disarmed, processed and guarded. The surrender would slow down the invasion for 10 or more hours. By Operation Iraqi Freedom, the word was jsut to bypass those units and keep the speed and aggression.
Another point to the "Unsurrender them" comment. Once you officially accept POWs, you are legally responsible for them, their care, and all the other stuff that comes with that.
Since they can't stop and take care of them, they have to act like the surrender never happened.
@@pyro1047 Like you said, such a rule is unreasonable for a force that lacks the reasonable ability to accept and process POWs. This consideration ought to be instantiated in the rule about accepting surrenders to be better in line with the intent of the rule - that soldiers can reliably surrender to any enemy once they are out of the danger zone. Amongst other things, it is also that funnelling troops that are likely to surrender towards the enemy cannot be used as a delaying tactic by cynical commanders.
incredible series, frustratingly underrated
this and Jarhead are probably the best portrayals of modern war
Hurry-up and Wait
These Marines are part of the 1st Recon Battalion. Marines technically don't have a special ops force, it was determined in 1982 I think it was that the Marine Corps didn't want to have a separate special ops unit, but Recon goes through additional training that the SEALS and other US Special ops go through. Jump School, scuba training, mountain warfare training, etc.
There’s radio chatter at the end of every episode in the credits make sure you watch them
It is shot like documentary, because it is based of true events, some of the actor here are actual marines playing themselves. So this is very realistic show.
Fruity Rudyyyyyy! Thanks for reacting to this show.
And well, the Reporter wrote the book that the show is based on. I've read it twice over the past few years - I can say that the show is very much faithful to the source material.
Definitely wanna be careful with the copyright claims on this series dark, I’ve seen reactions get taken down left and right from it
The plans for the invasion came with a very short notice, and some of them were taken from the Afghanistan operation. The Marines just came with their standard issue gear without any consideration that it was a desert country, and they just had that short training session at Camp Mathilda in Kuwait before going into it. The American's did expect to just walk Iraq over, which did happen.
Thank you so much for reacting to this series! This show doesn't get enough attention!
Severely underrated series. 💯
I am from Guam, which has some of the highest recruitment per capita for the US military. There isn't a single family here that hasn't been affected in some way by our involvement in the Middle East, or most major conflicts since the Second World War. You're gonna see a lot of incompetence displayed in our leadership in this show and it will be very frustrating. Ask anyone that serves currently and it'll sadden you to learn that not much has changed. Our recent withdrawal from Afghanistan is proof of that.
Yeah it is still shitshow.
Camp Mathilda is always the name of the 1st Marine Divisions camp when they forward deploy for combat operations. It comes from their time in Australia where they went to refit after Guadalcanal. They got along great with the locals a d adopted "Walzing Mathilda" as the official unit song.
Jason Lilly with the camera is also a youtuber now.
in the godfather movies the godfather talked in a whispery voice, why they call the Battalion Commander godfather
Infantry or Marine, guys try to top each other with how far they can take pretty much anything. Had some interesting convos while training or deployed!
As a Marine who served 12 years deployed 2x in Iraq and 1x in Afghanistan, i can say this is 100% accurate of the first push into Iraq. Good times lol
They told them J Lo died so they would be angry before the Invasion
music?
they sang to you!
xD
USMC spring break 03'
Yess looking forward to this!
It’s a massive satire on the audacity of War. Fools errand
Hurry up and... wait at it's finest
Great TV series and good react btw. And why didn't you split the screen differently? The movie can be on the full window, and you - in the place of the movie. These fast flashing frames are very annoying. Thanks btw
I'll try to reduce flashing frames. I might just add a Generation Kill image there as a placeholder when there's nothing else.
We found that in testing the bigger the movie/show frame size the faster it gets immediately blocked by HBO or whatever their parent companies are.
Yes!
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this show can be pretty offensive. it deals with some really horrible war stuff. just a heads up.
The thing that offends me is the incompetence from the leadership. White House on down. It continued for 20 years, and is what fucked over Afghanistan.
@@dirus3142 Nearly 20 years later and nothing has changed...
@breaking the 4th wall like not everyone can handle dead kids
@@chooseyouhandle It's an HBO production, not some Al-Qaida snuff film. These guys (who have already watched The Pacific) are adults, perfectly capable of making their own decisions, so I don't imagine they need you there weirdly attempting to "hold their hand," trying to control their experience. (Or handing out potential spoilers.) It's a UA-cam reaction, not a video game. Your keyboard is not a steering wheel.
what's wrong with you sound ??