@@FNGACADEMY Wonder if he was taking a page from the NVA and rushing you so indirect assets didn't hose him. Either way whether it was ballsy or the best move it's a disturbing amount of competence from people thought of as cavemen.
@@FNGACADEMY Darn it's supposed to be fun! In fact it was stupid. Stop wasting the taxpayer's money, do America a favor and tell kids how bs you are, and to not enlist. Man the fuck up.
A random civilian who gets a lucky shot on a veteran can still kill the veteran. War is not pretty and experience amounts to nothing if you got unlucky. Even more to respect the soldiers who dedicate their life to a craft where the slightest bit of misfortune will leave them dead no matter how good of a soldier they are.
@@alfreddai6977 soilders are and have always been tools for mad men and in this day and age you have to be very very naive to go join in a military such as the American Military and if you respect people simply for doing something dangerous... that's just kindergarten level thinking
@@alfreddai6977 very clear to me that you were upset by what I said this isn't a random civilian getting a potshot this was a Commando nearly taking out an entire Squad of soldiers on his own while completely hidden In cover with a frag grenade YOU ARE SILLY
Most cant imagine facing an enemy that is more than willing to die in combat. When that dude rushed the wall that shows he was determined to take someone's life.
@@ArcherAC3 it’s a lot easier to watch videos and see the fine details rather then the seconds it’s actually happening, but I do agree they seemed oblivious.. I would’ve been screaming about that Afghan rushing forward.. but then again I’m sure that would’ve just been my CoD days coming back 😂
@@CuRSE-TM It wasn't a fine detail though. It was an oblivious signature that even randoms on UA-cam could notice while the trained gunner did not. The gunner is to blame just as the "commandos" here, so much for eyes in the sky.
Man Green Berets have to conduct all these spec ops missions while also having to worry about the ANA screwing things up for them. That must be a pain.
There are cases that they literally killed American soldiers. My dad served in Afghanistan with Turkish army. He told me that they were the only ones that was okay with Afghan soldiers being around them with guns. Apparently German, Australian and American soldiers didn't let Afghans come close to their commanders, barracks, vehicles etc.
luckily it was dark out and he likely didnt have night vision goggles, also i dont know why the heli didnt tell them there was a guy right on the other side of the fence? i think he is more blind than the enemy
He actually did, but looks like he was shooting damn near one handed with that weapon and it was night time so lots of things helped, plus God was clearly on their side.
I was going to say you could see it way earlier at 4:30 you can see the dude running towards the group in the bushes, I thought it was friendly because he never mentions it
@@guardofmartyrs The Taliban/etc. aren't more motivated than the commandos/ANA who are generally known to not be well disciplined and quickly abandon posts and generally don't seem to want to be there much? (Not all, but from what I've seen this generally doesn't seem to be an unfair assessment..). Ok, if you say so...
Absolutely brilliant explanation/breakdown. As a civilian, I truly thank you and you're buddies for ehat yoy have done. I could have never imagined that combat could be so sophisticated. God bless you and you're family.
Too close for comfort! Definitely was an excellent decision to pull back and let the Apache attempt to clear it out a bit in that situation -- if you have air support, and air superiority for that matter, you certainly want to utilize it. This video is a great example of how mistakes can end up being very costly, although fortunately in this instance those mistakes didn't result in the loss of any team members.
Great decision but man was the pullback sketchy as fuck though.. That one guy could have lit up the whole group on multiple occasions and the afghan commando sure hurt that wall but a strange angle to disengage from. I would have been quite weary of disengaging in a near perpendicular path to the only exit from the wall. Getting more steep angle on the disengage would have forced any retaliation to step well out of their cover and expose themselves to counterfire. This is ofc all hindsight and with lack of surrounding context. Just glad to see everyone made it out alive from what could at the flip of a coin have been a dead end for everyone on more than one occasion.
What a concept, Afghan fighters protecting their Land.. You call them ballsy? If the tables were turned? and the Afghans were on American soil With superior air power Afghans would call us ballsy. What a concept...
@@republicansthatdidntvotefo1605 So regardless of politics or what side of a war your on. A singular solider pushing past a live grenade at an entire enemy squad is indeed a ballsy move bud. On another note there was afghans on both sides of the wall thinking they were defending their state. Just happens to be that the ones that got blown up by some 30's were terrorist. the way you worded your highly thought out and intellectual concept makes it look like you think all afghans are ISIS. What a concept...
Thank you for your service. It was a tough war with too many Vietnam era rules. All of our service members deserve thanks and gratitude from a thankful nation.
Honestly I’ve always wanted to see these type of videos that do real breakdowns on combat footage. And just you being involved in that situation makes it so much better. I Subbed and I hope to see more footage of this in the future. Gods speed
Glad you guys made it out of that one ok. I've been in some grenade range firefights and they shook me to the core. This shit is hand-to-hand distance. I need to go take a walk after watching this one.
The very start, i was instantly like "there someone right there! is that not a guy? why hasnt anyone said anything? Oh hes running right up to them and the pilot didnt say shit. must be a friendly." He almost got a killstreak.
@@donniesavage2051 Most people will ask why the apache did not shoot immediately. Well, they cant open up with friendly troops so close, they are not laser accurate. Plus the gunner needs a clear to engage call. ROE s can suck, but rules of engagement are still rules.
@@Shadow87- yeah I've been in the military for a while I understand sob that's what's wrong the military is bogged down there too much muriatic b******* I watched a lot of things man nothing too much asking permission and it's pretty damn obvious that you can see things is too much fog of war going on I understand Friendly Fire that's a big deal
@@donniesavage2051 Even with ROE, mother fuckers abuse their power to do horrible shit to people. You know how many innocent civ's died because of all this useless war? And what for exactly? Tell me what we accomplished overseas? The place is still a shit hole to this day. Very little has changed. This is coming from someone who's been there.
This is no way to wage war. Murder through a black and white camera is completely fucked. Better hope they don’t get judged to the same standards On a small blurry screen from a mile away
Army communications is a shit show and ROE’s is a bigger shit show. Pilot probably waiting on a general somewhere in theatre to give them the go ahead on engaging target.
They should have had a CC with them, which they didnt because I'm quite certain a CC doesnt get deployed with S.F. on their long missions to work alongside indegionous forces and train them. So then they (green berets) would have to take that liberty upon themselves but they arent trained the same way as a CC and probably didnt think to establish direct communication with the apache.
If it weren't for guys like you, willing to share this experience and explaining it in an understandable way, civilians like me would have no context every time I thank a veteran for their service. I'm grateful because I don't want to just say those words; I want there to be something real behind my gratitude. An empty "thank you for your service" is patronizing because it's more about the thanker than it is about the veteran. So, again thank you for this channel and for this content. Thank you for your service.
The dude came around the wall and was literally a foot away from you all. That’s the spookiest shit I’ve ever seen. Thank God you came back safe, thanks for all you’ve done for this great country. God bless you and yours.
Have never seen someone break down their own combat footage. Gives you an idea of who the guys really are, and what you are thinking/assessing. Also, thanks for clarifying the commando shooting the wall. I think most of us would have thought it was some dude laying down some good fire.
Props to you being able to not only view this footage objectively, but also go into great detail about it. Clear sign of strong mental fortitude. Real gangster shit
That was a great story, insane to see enemy this close and be able to watch yourself involved with this encounter, much respect, thanks for what you do and have done !!!
Holy fuck. Talk about a perfect shit show...everything that could've possibly gone wrong did. Not gonna lie, I got really nervous as soon as yall started bounding back and the insurgent took up a firing stance. Thankfully the worst that happened was only a ricochet injury
There living for nothing dude knew he was going to die sooner or later why not in a moment like that if the hate is that real he met the standard. Fuck them god bless america
Damn that was so intense. The closest bad guy is so visible to the Apache and is so close to you guys that In my head I was screaming for them to tell you guys.
For your country???? 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ What your country change there? It is better than befor? Now on the end Americans go back home and leave destroyed country
@@lazarjeremias1421 Afghanistan is in better shape now than it's been in forever. From Taliban oppression to women helicopter pilots in a trained military in less than 20 years. Not to mention economic development in the country has grown a shitload since 2001. Do some research on the Afghan economy before you repeat such things.
@@S-early-user you want to tell me that normal people live now much better than befor? Economy grow few % but normal people not have more than befor. About Taliban...they was allways there and they will stay allways there. Invasion to Iraq and Afganistand didnt change nothing. Im from Europe and here work lot of people from Afghanistan or Iraq. I know how is situation there. They didnt run because of war but because of shit economy life. One of my friend is even Kurd from Iraq. He said that life during Husein was much better than now. Now he cant even go home because americans boms destroy his village. America make wars for own interess, nothing more.
@@lazarjeremias1421 Cool stories, bro. Now do some research, because you don't know jack shit about Afghanistan and what has changed since 2001. Have you ever even been anywhere remotely near the country? How about Iraq? Don't share your views if they're this shallow. Stick to your topics of expertise.
Dude that was OUTSTANDING!!! That was definitely a close call, that enemy combatant that ran right up to your position had some HUGE balls!! Thank God these guys just pray and spray!! Otherwise that would have been a bad day!! Thanks for sharing brother!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸
Even though that Afghan commando was shooting at the wall, at least he had seen the guy trying to ambush the team! He is the only guy that did. Gotta give him that! Glad you guys made it out, and thanks for your heroic service...to all of you guys/gals thanks!
@@FNGACADEMY QUESTION SIR BUCK, ARE NAVY SEAL BETTER IN GUNFIGHTS THAT ARMY SPECIAL FORCES ? I MEAN, SPECIAL FORCES ARE FORCE MULTIPLIERS WHERE THEY BLEND WITH THE LOCALS AND TRAIN THEM ... WHILE NAVY SEALS ARE ATTACK TEAMS ? GO IN GET OUT ? I AM A CIVILIAN SO I HAVE LIMITED KNOWLEDGE, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THAT ?
@@FNGACADEMY Didn’t have direct comms with the Apache. Some units have good mobile radios but usually you use the better comms in the trucks to talk to the air support. The mobile radios cut in and out and are unreliable to talk to air support. I get what you are saying, and some do talk directly to air support on the Mobile radios, but it’s not common. I forget all their technical names, embetter I think? 🤷🏻♂️. Most of the time the LT or platoon leader would talk to their comms center back at their base (CP), update them on what’s going on, and the CP is talking on a seperate radio relaying info to air support. They all use different channels and frequencies and rarely all on one net. The mobile guys need to be able to talk to each other on one frequency , the company command post on another, and the birds would be a 3rd channel/frequency, impossible to monitor all 3 at the same time. Although sometimes they do switch between all 3. Also keep in mind sometimes you call in air support and you don’t know who you are getting, so once they arrive on site the CP is relaying, and you may not know their direct frequency. this true?
Did he tell the rest of the guys about enemy combatant being this close? He seems to be running away, giving that Talib (Talib or Daesh?) opportunity to engage the us soldiers. It's kind of confusing.
I love you guys! Thank you for yalls service! My brother is in Afghanistan and has not contacted us to let us know he is safe. My family is very worried about him.
9:59 the enemy guy running to the wall isn't actually the one that you can see at 9:30. It's a different guy. There were 2 guys immediately behind the wall. At 10:13 you can see the first guy from 9:30 following the other one who we later see firing at the gap.
It seems to me the lessons learned were: 1. Don't bring guys who aren't seasoned. The Afghan commando seems to need additional training. 2. You need to be able to see the objective and the intervening terrain from your assault position. 3. Sometimes its better to breech a new POE than use an existing one, because that maybe where the enemy wants you to enter. 4. Don't stack on both sides of the breech because it creates a crossfire. 5. A moment's observation (slicing the pie prior to the entry), saves hours of grief. Not saying I know better, just turning your points into bullet points...
I agree.First of all,they were grouped TOO DAMN close together.A B-40 rocket could've taken them ALL out.If everyone would've tossed a frag,close and out,I'm sure it would've turned out differently.Did they even have N.V.G.'s?-
3 Green Berets, 5 Afghan Commandos.. against a single guy.. and they're like "okay, we're gonna run away and let the Apache kill him, he's just too much for us". Amazing job.
Definitely liked how you broke it down. The enemy got literally 2 ft away from doing a lot of damage. Good call on falling back with air support. God bless.
@@Nunez87 “typically” the ground guys aren’t directly communicating with them. The air asset would talk to the controller who would relay to them. Takes a lot of time and things get lost/mixed up. “Fog of war” at its finest.
There are no good guys or bad guys, only religions and beliefs. Our “belief” is that our guys should win, but you always have to remember that the enemy’s ambition is just as equal as ours.
"bad guys", "good guys"... hilarious. It's a bunch of humans shooting other humans on behalf of some more humans who said some shit to some other humans. the whole thing is stupid. There's no brevity in war.
@@justsmallstuff4994 Reading your comments on this channel made me think, "it ain't a wonder y'all are in the situation you're in". Now that's completely irrational, but I'm taking a note from you and flippantly throwing my thoughts out here with no regard to who may read it. Good luck in life Palooka. I'm thinking you may need it.
Why didnt the Pilot tell you he was just over the wall as hes clear on FLIR so you could throw grenades over, thankful you are alive and THANKYOU for your service keeping us safe
I was gonna say, you can see that heat signature the whole time right next to the wall. And he got right up on the friendlies just on the other side of the wall. They're lucky they didn't get hit
I know everything is circumstantial, but can someone explain to me why the Apache team did not signify to the ground team that an enemy combatant was around 10 meters from their positions, just beyond the wall? It just seems like important information that was never relayed, which could've cost the team their lives.
Yes!! The first thing I saw was the irregular blob of black amongst all the straight black lines....then when nobody mentioned it, even after it moved around a bit, I thought it must be a known friendly.....boy was that wrong!!
I didn’t even notice it on the runback. Considering how close they were, I think they might have thought it was a friendly. You can tell the camera operator is surprised when he goes “Is that a bad guy?!” When it’s late and you’re staring at a thermal screen I doubt it’s easy to see, much less discern what is friend or foe. I don’t blame him.
This is a good example of when going direct with the gunship would have been the right call bypass your JTAC altogether. The time it takes to push info out and then your JTAC to relay almost cost everyone.
@@tyler4475No direct comms between the bird and the guys on the ground. Relaying info like that is harder than you’d think and causes both the pilot and the guys on the ground to lose focus. These guys know what they’re doing, let em work.
@@chrisw.4318 That's a really foolish way to work. If someone has eyes in the sky and can call out potential targets, that would sure make life a lot easier. "These guys know what they’re doing" Obv not if they are shooting walls and hitting their mates...
BTW, who was harder for you to fight, ISIS or the Taliban from your personal opinion? What tactics differed that they used on you? I would assume you went against both since you were in Afghanistan, and I found also a picture of you standing next to a ISIS flag on a rock that looks like the area ISKP was fighting.
Thanks for this dude. Its easy for a lot of the young people to forget it’s not Call Of Duty out there. My lil bro just graduated from Infantry School TODAY, I’ll show him this. And btw, totally glad you didn’t die dude🤘🏼 cheers
Good breakdown, but when you hear, "see, what happened was " well, you know it's about to head sideways. From a Desert Storm era 12B10, thank you for your service welcome home and a shout out to All of our fallen brothers and sisters in arms.
SF and Unit guys are some of the most professional well rounded operators I've ever got to work alongside. These hajis are a little better trained than usual.
“Was that a bad guy.?!”....HOW ON EARTH DID YOU NOT SEE THAT BLACK OBJECT SO CLOSE TO THE WALL EVEN WHEN USING THERMALS.?!!! So much for eyes in the sky.! He was even moving so clearly.!! Could've let them know a lot sooner.!
I'm a man who has never served due to health conditions and issues with the law early in life. Half my fault, half was just life being what it is. But I've always been a applied historian you could say, talking to vets all I could and reading all forms of materials from historical accounts and commendation requests to after battle assessments to just talking to guys. All for the interest and pride of knowing those stories and the historical significance of them either in the grand scheme or just in that one unit or man's history. I shoot often and decently, have took as much training as I could afford, and don't act like I'm anywhere near you guys in terms of function and definitely not reliability, but I understand redumentary jargon and mixed unit tactics etc. I catch a lot of shit for being in this community in terms of comments and conversation for never serving, and I deserve it for that personal failure, but i mean no disrespect or don't mean to sound like I'm being a know it all. Ill defer to someone with bona-fide experience like these guys and some of you guys in the crowd all day every day, no gristle. I just seek to continue on your stories and apply your knowledge for understanding and for fun. I know I won't ever be equal but I'm still fucking here, you won't run me off that easy from the subject I love. Thanks for everything you do vets
Please remember that you are watching video that a fixed camera on the helo was capturing. The pilots are monitoring like a dozen different things at a time while they are flying and without being able to be fixed on that camera, they would probably not have seen the guy in the orchard.
@@madisonsquaredoit2629 I appreciate your comment, especially the part where you insulted me without having any idea who I am or what my profession is. It showed the highest levels of maturity and respect. I really do hope you learn something from Buck.
Why aren't there drones being used at squad level for Recon? If a 13 y/o in my neighborhood has a capable drone and is able to spy on girls than a squad of warriors should also have the capability to operate and observe from a drone platforms
@@RagerAwesomeNova I think he's saying there is a lag of intel on the ground and a lag in comm. So it takes a minute to get shit right. But from the vid you see that they are off on their targeting device. They had to adjust. Either way that's battle. You can't expect perfection.
Call of duty player here. Really surprised there isn’t more communication with the gun shop above. “There’s an object just over the wall, possibly bogey. Hey frag over the wall about 10 feet” Something along those lines. I would love to hear from some from with some real combat experience.
I’ve been wanting to hear more about SERE for ages but none of these SOF guys talk about it in detail. I think it’s hush hush. They probably signed a NDA.
Just goes to show how crazy real combat can be and how you cannot see shit at night...so scary! I was yelling at the screen..."look out, he's right there!" Buck, you are a hero and a bad-ass!
LMFAO!!! Every work story for the last 10yrs has started with. "So what had happened was" haha. These SF guys are such a rare breed. They talk about "that time they almost got killed" like they are explaining the day some dude almost backed into their truck at the mall.
Great footage mate, people don't realise how close we come to the enemy out there we had this nearly every night in the green zone in Helmand CQB at its max.🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
People talk shit about Afghans, but the KKA I’ve worked with on multiple deployments would kick a reg Army or marine rifle platoons ass at CQC and have seen more firefights than the majority of American units, that said they still do some stupid shit and get lazy.
Cuz he couldn't just start shooting while the berets were right there. They legit where in the way of fire. Cuz those things aren't that accurate. Cuz you gotta hold target or shoot compensate. Nd you don't wanna do that while they are soliders around
Afghan commandos are not necessarily highly skilled troop as the western counterpart name would suggesr, these are the local fighters of the area that the green beret are told to train
The Kandaks are pretty elite. They have a fairly rugged selection process, you can find videos of it on youtube. They are better equipped and better trained than your standard Afghan National Army or Police. A little bit of stress can make the best troops lose their cool, which is why training is so important.
Wow dude. Intense video. Incredible footage and very good breakdown. My youngest son was a combat engineer with the marines in 03 and beyond (2.5 tours) and could not fathom the ineptitude of local commandos. Can you shed some light on this for a soldier from a long time ago and a war totally different?
That enemy could have waxed everyone if he was hair quicker.....and yes much respect to that dude, he a warrior and took fight head on...rushed the wall....5 guys and a helicopter against 1 dude...idk just seemed he was more in it to win and commited
No matter what his motives to fight was, as long as he fights for what he thinks is right, that is respectful. At that moment he was a brave soldier, his actions at that moment deserves some respect and that's agreed on. There is no joy in death. There is no value in using violence if we do not act by the values we protect. "Notre combat ne merite d'etre mener que si nous le menon avec les valuers qui sont les notres"
You're reading too much into it. They want to die in battle, that's their golden ticket to heaven. It's a fucked up mentality that westerners don't seem to get.
Respect to you bro and thank you for your service from a brother in Europe-Bosnia to be exact.Your countryman helped us out during the attack on Bosnia by Croatia/Serbia/Montenegro and some gave their lives to protect Bosnian people for which we will always be grateful to all of you that serve.God bless you and god bless the USA
I honestly don't like our forces working with locals. I don't trust them with our guys. I suspect that the purpose of the guy shooting the wall is his way of letting the enemy know the location of our soldiers without liability of hitting the enemy with gunfire in the process. I watched a documentary where the marines were making the others go in first. I agree with that doctrine. We should feed them minimal details in briefing and whatever else our veterans suggest for their safety. Sending prayers.
True, this has happened countless times. Unfortunately this is the life of a Green Beret. By, With, and Through. Green Berets were birthed from training locals to fight their own fights.
Same, I agree. I would always be looking over my shoulder if I had to work with these guys. I don’t think it’s fair our soldiers are losing their lives for people who betray them and don’t take the training serious.
I understand what you mean, but (I am not American) I think it's quite essential for the long run to work with the locals so they will learn new stuff too and ultimately secure the country when US gets out. And "I don’t think it’s fair" lmao.. U invaded another country, please talk about being fair...
@@flashdancer42 I see your perspective. My mindset is geared towards the welfare of my countrymen that are in harms way, simple not political. I would work with the locals but any suspicious behavior and you will be dealt with accordingly. For example, this guy here, I would detain him, interrogate him and make a decision on his punishment. He put my servicemen in danger and I don't care if it was voluntary or involuntary, there are consequences. For example drunk drivers kill in car accidents but their are still consequences, same principle. Time out for the goofy, slow thinking local act. Get on the ball or we will apply serious pressure. Either I go soft and risk more folded flags or I apply real pressure and when fate happens, I can write the surviving relatives and say that we executed to the best of our ability instead of something to the sort of, a silly local discharged his weapon early and gave your son's position away and he died in combat. Because the next question is going to be "why in the f*c* are yall working with those guys." And it will be rhetorical.
Same here, I never carried a camera. One guy on my team has over 5,000 photos and video. I honestly want to forget about it all. What’s amazing is, it’s pitch black, you’re under nods, can’t see a damn thing, but when you see the bad guy in the film running away full speed not hitting any trees and He’s probably wearing heap plastic sandals. It’s amazing.
I've heard many stories of the Legendary Commandos. I remember back in 2007 one of the ODAs was working with commandos and the dude literally shot the SFC in the foot when he was peeling for cover. Fuck those guys. I never worked with them and power to you guys Buck. I think out of all of SOCOM and JSOC FID and being a Green Beret is the toughest.
The Iraqi SF (I mean former Iraqi SF, not ones that were re-trained by our guys) were pretty legit. They unfortunately conducted successful missions against us teamed up with the various AQIZ dudes including Abu Bakr's dudes; but they saw how they were kinda fucking crazy (the various AQIZ groups) as they were just killing indiscriminately the Iraqis own country men while engaging various outside elements. We did a reconciliation with them and started working with them. They helped our dudes roll up a lot of bad dudes. I wouldnt have wanted to work with them, but luckily someone(s) had more foresight than myself as they were very effective (not that I was in a position to make a different recommendation. I was pretty low on that totem pole heheh). Sorry the "commandos" are worse than useless...
@@keiths5931 You hit that spot on. Back in 2008 I was in Kandahar and my four man team was support an ODA and we were rolling through this small village and we got hit with an L shaped ambush by you guessed it former Iraqis we rolled them up but our terp got shrecked and that was that. When it comes to SOF components I think the Polish GROM were one of the best units to work with. Anyways I contracted when I got out and in 2018 I was supposed to work for some Commandos I told the government to fuck off.
One of the best/clearest videos I l’ve ever seen dude was literally 2 ft away from y’all that’s crazy
it was not fun lol
Yeah and Afghan commando just couldn’t bring himself to aim for shit! Unreal how close that was.
@@FNGACADEMY Wonder if he was taking a page from the NVA and rushing you so indirect assets didn't hose him. Either way whether it was ballsy or the best move it's a disturbing amount of competence from people thought of as cavemen.
@@matthewpetersen4992 they have been constantly fighting for generations. Sound tactics are what they are in any culture
@@FNGACADEMY Darn it's supposed to be fun! In fact it was stupid. Stop wasting the taxpayer's money, do America a favor and tell kids how bs you are, and to not enlist. Man the fuck up.
That Afgan Commando couldn't hit water if he fell off a boat.
You give a caveman optics and night vision the results.
If he knew how a gun works he could have killed all those dudes himself. facepalm
@@parkwayrider5200 Training them with it is crucial but if their mindset is not there what they learned delutes to nothing under stress.
Hitting that opium like a boss
Maaad response
You acknowledging the fact that your whole squad nearly got vested by one middle Eastern commando was some real shit man respect for that
A random civilian who gets a lucky shot on a veteran can still kill the veteran. War is not pretty and experience amounts to nothing if you got unlucky. Even more to respect the soldiers who dedicate their life to a craft where the slightest bit of misfortune will leave them dead no matter how good of a soldier they are.
where is the ME commando in this lol!!
@@alfreddai6977 soilders are and have always been tools for mad men and in this day and age you have to be very very naive to go join in a military such as the American Military and if you respect people simply for doing something dangerous... that's just kindergarten level thinking
@@alfreddai6977 very clear to me that you were upset by what I said this isn't a random civilian getting a potshot this was a Commando nearly taking out an entire Squad of soldiers on his own while completely hidden In cover with a frag grenade YOU ARE SILLY
@@rickyjiggens2180 i think he was asking WHY would'nt he acknowledge being almost taken out by a middle eastern commando?
Most cant imagine facing an enemy that is more than willing to die in combat. When that dude rushed the wall that shows he was determined to take someone's life.
I was expecting the apache gunner to give the guys a heads up
@@RomeoMike22 The gunner was lost af. "Uh, is that a bad guy?"
Well yeah?! Are you not paying attention?
@@ArcherAC3 I think we just surprised AF as well e
@@ArcherAC3 it’s a lot easier to watch videos and see the fine details rather then the seconds it’s actually happening, but I do agree they seemed oblivious.. I would’ve been screaming about that Afghan rushing forward.. but then again I’m sure that would’ve just been my CoD days coming back 😂
@@CuRSE-TM It wasn't a fine detail though. It was an oblivious signature that even randoms on UA-cam could notice while the trained gunner did not.
The gunner is to blame just as the "commandos" here, so much for eyes in the sky.
Man Green Berets have to conduct all these spec ops missions while also having to worry about the ANA screwing things up for them. That must be a pain.
probably why they have the highest casualty rate, im amazed they can move so swiftly with balls that big
@@DavidLopez-vg7gr Wait they really do?
oh yeah the local forces routinely get green berets killed bc of their awful abilities and cowardice
@@BurnedSpace If only all of them where like Jamsheed, the RPG God.
There are cases that they literally killed American soldiers. My dad served in Afghanistan with Turkish army. He told me that they were the only ones that was okay with Afghan soldiers being around them with guns. Apparently German, Australian and American soldiers didn't let Afghans come close to their commanders, barracks, vehicles etc.
Holy fuck. That guy almost came around and sprayed everyone in the back.
luckily it was dark out and he likely didnt have night vision goggles, also i dont know why the heli didnt tell them there was a guy right on the other side of the fence? i think he is more blind than the enemy
He actually did, but looks like he was shooting damn near one handed with that weapon and it was night time so lots of things helped, plus God was clearly on their side.
hahaha his ass couldnt aim either lol
@@Immortal_BP well they have the night vision now. Thousands of them. Thanks Brandon
I was going to say you could see it way earlier at 4:30 you can see the dude running towards the group in the bushes, I thought it was friendly because he never mentions it
Damn. The enemy seem better trained/disciplined than the Afghan Commandos.
They are. Also funded by CIA.
Or more motivated.
@@lando8913 they’re not.
@@guardofmartyrs The Taliban/etc. aren't more motivated than the commandos/ANA who are generally known to not be well disciplined and quickly abandon posts and generally don't seem to want to be there much? (Not all, but from what I've seen this generally doesn't seem to be an unfair assessment..). Ok, if you say so...
@@lando8913 I’m talking about ISIS, man.
Please do more breakdowns like this, even if it’s not your own footage
But then how would he know what’s happening on the ground?
Yeah please do, these are really interesting
@@RandomDude4268 many of these videos have good descriptions or long articles written about them
HMU. I have some footage to be broken down.
@@FarmerJim do you have it uploaded on your channel?
Thank you so much for going through this again with us, as a veteran I know that even talking about these incidents can be really hard. You’re a hero.
Thank you for your service man
Yeah that enemy had some balls. He was almost close enough to whisper into some ears.
yep like here 4:55 he was right next to them
my anxiety went up when i seen yall start to run back and the bad guy start firing as yall retreat
repetitive ^😂. but u get it.
@@wesrobmat bruh if he shoots at you would you consider his a good guy??
lmao calm down didn’t say i knew it all. just stating how i felt watching the video. weirdo
lets hope he had a cheap home made AK that could shot every way but at the target
@@wesrobmat ISIS lover? Tell me where you are?
Absolutely brilliant explanation/breakdown. As a civilian, I truly thank you and you're buddies for ehat yoy have done. I could have never imagined that combat could be so sophisticated. God bless you and you're family.
Too close for comfort! Definitely was an excellent decision to pull back and let the Apache attempt to clear it out a bit in that situation -- if you have air support, and air superiority for that matter, you certainly want to utilize it. This video is a great example of how mistakes can end up being very costly, although fortunately in this instance those mistakes didn't result in the loss of any team members.
95% of firefights be like:
Great decision but man was the pullback sketchy as fuck though.. That one guy could have lit up the whole group on multiple occasions and the afghan commando sure hurt that wall but a strange angle to disengage from. I would have been quite weary of disengaging in a near perpendicular path to the only exit from the wall. Getting more steep angle on the disengage would have forced any retaliation to step well out of their cover and expose themselves to counterfire.
This is ofc all hindsight and with lack of surrounding context. Just glad to see everyone made it out alive from what could at the flip of a coin have been a dead end for everyone on more than one occasion.
Lesson learned: Never trust a damn Commando if he says he's from Afghanistan
Yeah, and never turn your back towards him.
I thought he was talking about the British, but yeah that makes a lot more sense
What a concept, Afghan fighters protecting their Land.. You call them ballsy? If the tables were turned? and the Afghans were on American soil With superior air power Afghans would call us ballsy. What a concept...
@@republicansthatdidntvotefo1605 So regardless of politics or what side of a war your on. A singular solider pushing past a live grenade at an entire enemy squad is indeed a ballsy move bud. On another note there was afghans on both sides of the wall thinking they were defending their state. Just happens to be that the ones that got blown up by some 30's were terrorist. the way you worded your highly thought out and intellectual concept makes it look like you think all afghans are ISIS. What a concept...
@Yeshua Is Lord It were the the Americans who decided to run away and let the apaches do the work.
Thank you for your service. It was a tough war with too many Vietnam era rules. All of our service members deserve thanks and gratitude from a thankful nation.
Honestly I’ve always wanted to see these type of videos that do real breakdowns on combat footage. And just you being involved in that situation makes it so much better. I Subbed and I hope to see more footage of this in the future. Gods speed
Man God was with you that night. This is the real deal. Thank you for your service and our freedom.
This made my heart race, I’m glad your safe man. Hope your battle buddy’s are alright as well. Much love
Glad you guys made it out of that one ok. I've been in some grenade range firefights and they shook me to the core. This shit is hand-to-hand distance. I need to go take a walk after watching this one.
the rounds hitting the wall sounded insane, it felt like little explosions
@@FNGACADEMY Unreal. What doesn't kill us makes us lay awake at night haha
God bless both your guys. I did two OEF tours with 3rd Group - been out a long time - it never goes away.
The very start, i was instantly like "there someone right there! is that not a guy? why hasnt anyone said anything? Oh hes running right up to them and the pilot didnt say shit. must be a friendly." He almost got a killstreak.
I know the pilot had him in his crosshairs they're shooting at y'all guys the hell with freaking permission to fire kill the son of a b****
@@donniesavage2051 Most people will ask why the apache did not shoot immediately. Well, they cant open up with friendly troops so close, they are not laser accurate. Plus the gunner needs a clear to engage call. ROE s can suck, but rules of engagement are still rules.
@@Shadow87- yeah I've been in the military for a while I understand sob that's what's wrong the military is bogged down there too much muriatic b******* I watched a lot of things man nothing too much asking permission and it's pretty damn obvious that you can see things is too much fog of war going on I understand Friendly Fire that's a big deal
@@donniesavage2051 Even with ROE, mother fuckers abuse their power to do horrible shit to people. You know how many innocent civ's died because of all this useless war? And what for exactly? Tell me what we accomplished overseas? The place is still a shit hole to this day. Very little has changed. This is coming from someone who's been there.
I saw that guy in the trees instantly too.
Afghan Commando: *sees enemy*
Also Afghan Commando: *shoots wall*
This is no way to wage war. Murder through a black and white camera is completely fucked.
Better hope they don’t get judged to the same standards
On a small blurry screen from a mile away
My only question is, why wasn't the apache communicating with you guys. They obviously could see over the wall.
Shit intel....
Apache seems to be talking to convoy commander. That would need to be relayed to team radio net.
Army communications is a shit show and ROE’s is a bigger shit show. Pilot probably waiting on a general somewhere in theatre to give them the go ahead on engaging target.
They should have had a CC with them, which they didnt because I'm quite certain a CC doesnt get deployed with S.F. on their long missions to work alongside indegionous forces and train them. So then they (green berets) would have to take that liberty upon themselves but they arent trained the same way as a CC and probably didnt think to establish direct communication with the apache.
Yeah really! Apparently the most valuable thing once again which is not so inherent in human beings TODAY is COMMON F'ing SENSE.
Dude.. not even a foot away you guys were *this* close to hand to hand combat.
How cud you miss being that close to enemy that hardly happens
@@northernsurvivalbackcountr4986 happens more than you think. Fear and adrenaline can turn anyone into a storm trooper.
You guys need more training no one could pop this guy running up on you
That's what you get when your crew is Afghani commandos and not all U.S. spec ops. I do say those commandos did legit work given the situation
@@Thoughtful8 need more training? They are Special Forces. Wtf more training do they need?
If it weren't for guys like you, willing to share this experience and explaining it in an understandable way, civilians like me would have no context every time I thank a veteran for their service. I'm grateful because I don't want to just say those words; I want there to be something real behind my gratitude. An empty "thank you for your service" is patronizing because it's more about the thanker than it is about the veteran. So, again thank you for this channel and for this content. Thank you for your service.
"You see what had happened was..." is always the start of a good story lol
...and there we were...
So, check this shit out...
@@Mason_Courtney so anyway, then I started blasting.
The dude came around the wall and was literally a foot away from you all. That’s the spookiest shit I’ve ever seen. Thank God you came back safe, thanks for all you’ve done for this great country. God bless you and yours.
Breaking down these videos is good training for anyone who wants to serve. Knowledge is power.
Have never seen someone break down their own combat footage. Gives you an idea of who the guys really are, and what you are thinking/assessing.
Also, thanks for clarifying the commando shooting the wall. I think most of us would have thought it was some dude laying down some good fire.
I honestly thought that too, that the enemy had setup on that "funnel" entry through the ONLY visible opening in the orchard perimeter wall.
Props to you being able to not only view this footage objectively, but also go into great detail about it. Clear sign of strong mental fortitude. Real gangster shit
That was a great story, insane to see enemy this close and be able to watch yourself involved with this encounter, much respect, thanks for what you do and have done !!!
Holy fuck. Talk about a perfect shit show...everything that could've possibly gone wrong did. Not gonna lie, I got really nervous as soon as yall started bounding back and the insurgent took up a firing stance. Thankfully the worst that happened was only a ricochet injury
holy fuck indeed
That enemy was a straight warrior. Respect.
The poetic nature of war. You can hate the enemy but you have to respect them. Absolute balls of steel to charge that wall and take a stand.
There living for nothing dude knew he was going to die sooner or later why not in a moment like that if the hate is that real he met the standard. Fuck them god bless america
They are luck he didn’t shhhwwwaaack them! 😂
Your a disgrace
@@tylerc7336 how?
Love the breakdown. No bravado, no hero shit (even though you dudes are). Just a straight breakdown. Love ya, mah dude.
Damn that was so intense. The closest bad guy is so visible to the Apache and is so close to you guys that In my head I was screaming for them to tell you guys.
Thanks for everything you've done for our country Buck 🙏
thanks brother!
For your country???? 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
What your country change there? It is better than befor?
Now on the end Americans go back home and leave destroyed country
@@lazarjeremias1421 Afghanistan is in better shape now than it's been in forever. From Taliban oppression to women helicopter pilots in a trained military in less than 20 years. Not to mention economic development in the country has grown a shitload since 2001. Do some research on the Afghan economy before you repeat such things.
@@S-early-user you want to tell me that normal people live now much better than befor? Economy grow few % but normal people not have more than befor.
About Taliban...they was allways there and they will stay allways there.
Invasion to Iraq and Afganistand didnt change nothing.
Im from Europe and here work lot of people from Afghanistan or Iraq. I know how is situation there.
They didnt run because of war but because of shit economy life.
One of my friend is even Kurd from Iraq.
He said that life during Husein was much better than now.
Now he cant even go home because americans boms destroy his village.
America make wars for own interess, nothing more.
@@lazarjeremias1421 Cool stories, bro. Now do some research, because you don't know jack shit about Afghanistan and what has changed since 2001. Have you ever even been anywhere remotely near the country? How about Iraq?
Don't share your views if they're this shallow. Stick to your topics of expertise.
Buck, I'm sure you get tired of hearing this, but thank you for my, and my families freedoms. God bless you.
Dude that was OUTSTANDING!!! That was definitely a close call, that enemy combatant that ran right up to your position had some HUGE balls!! Thank God these guys just pray and spray!! Otherwise that would have been a bad day!! Thanks for sharing brother!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸
Even though that Afghan commando was shooting at the wall, at least he had seen the guy trying to ambush the team! He is the only guy that did. Gotta give him that!
Glad you guys made it out, and thanks for your heroic service...to all of you guys/gals thanks!
Great point!
@@FNGACADEMY QUESTION SIR BUCK, ARE NAVY SEAL BETTER IN GUNFIGHTS THAT ARMY SPECIAL FORCES ? I MEAN, SPECIAL FORCES ARE FORCE MULTIPLIERS WHERE THEY BLEND WITH THE LOCALS AND TRAIN THEM ... WHILE NAVY SEALS ARE ATTACK TEAMS ? GO IN GET OUT ? I AM A CIVILIAN SO I HAVE LIMITED KNOWLEDGE, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THAT ?
@@bryantherocker dumbest question I’ve ever seen
@@FNGACADEMY Didn’t have direct comms with the Apache. Some units have good mobile radios but usually you use the better comms in the trucks to talk to the air support. The mobile radios cut in and out and are unreliable to talk to air support. I get what you are saying, and some do talk directly to air support on the Mobile radios, but it’s not common. I forget all their technical names, embetter I think? 🤷🏻♂️. Most of the time the LT or platoon leader would talk to their comms center back at their base (CP), update them on what’s going on, and the CP is talking on a seperate radio relaying info to air support. They all use different channels and frequencies and rarely all on one net. The mobile guys need to be able to talk to each other on one frequency , the company command post on another, and the birds would be a 3rd channel/frequency, impossible to monitor all 3 at the same time. Although sometimes they do switch between all 3. Also keep in mind sometimes you call in air support and you don’t know who you are getting, so once they arrive on site the CP is relaying, and you may not know their direct frequency.
this true?
Did he tell the rest of the guys about enemy combatant being this close? He seems to be running away, giving that Talib (Talib or Daesh?) opportunity to engage the us soldiers. It's kind of confusing.
I love you guys! Thank you for yalls service! My brother is in Afghanistan and has not contacted us to let us know he is safe. My family is very worried about him.
So grateful to work at a safe supermarket supervisor job and can go home and drink beer to these amazing videos from the safety of my own home!
Trust me I am happy to be home too 👊👊
"So grateful to work at a safe supermarket supervisor job" ... Oohh, yeah about that...
The target running towards you guys is the stark difference between fights in Afghanistan versus Iraq. Good shit, glad y'all made it out safe.
What you mean , can you elaborate? I love war history
9:59 the enemy guy running to the wall isn't actually the one that you can see at 9:30. It's a different guy. There were 2 guys immediately behind the wall. At 10:13 you can see the first guy from 9:30 following the other one who we later see firing at the gap.
That’s obvious
No
It seems to me the lessons learned were:
1. Don't bring guys who aren't seasoned. The Afghan commando seems to need additional training.
2. You need to be able to see the objective and the intervening terrain from your assault position.
3. Sometimes its better to breech a new POE than use an existing one, because that maybe where the enemy wants you to enter.
4. Don't stack on both sides of the breech because it creates a crossfire.
5. A moment's observation (slicing the pie prior to the entry), saves hours of grief.
Not saying I know better, just turning your points into bullet points...
@@MrBantaysalakay my bad, fixed it.
@@Waltham1892 merry xmas to you and your family.
I agree.First of all,they were grouped TOO DAMN close together.A B-40 rocket could've taken them ALL out.If everyone would've tossed a frag,close and out,I'm sure it would've turned out differently.Did they even have N.V.G.'s?-
Bad ass channel best for the topic .....every other dude making green beret videos sells them self as badasses this dude is real 100%
and all it taught me was how badass i am not! lol
@@FNGACADEMY Deep respect for this response. Its exactly what martial arts taught me. College too. The more you learn the less you know! Great video
3 Green Berets, 5 Afghan Commandos.. against a single guy.. and they're like "okay, we're gonna run away and let the Apache kill him, he's just too much for us".
Amazing job.
Definitely liked how you broke it down. The enemy got literally 2 ft away from doing a lot of damage. Good call on falling back with air support. God bless.
Glad you're still here to tell the story, brother
I always wondered if forces actually go back later and check where the incident happened to check bodies and intell. You just comfirmed! thanks bud
The first second of the footage I saw that guy hiding there. The fact that the Apache gunner didn't see that is truly disappointing.
He did...
Listen at 2:52
Whats crazy is our guys have all this tech and still could go toe to toe.
@@bpdp379 amazing how they don't respond to it better
@@Nunez87 “typically” the ground guys aren’t directly communicating with them. The air asset would talk to the controller who would relay to them. Takes a lot of time and things get lost/mixed up. “Fog of war” at its finest.
From those of us who appreciate what you guys do and study history, thank you for this!!!
So much respect and appreciation for our troops like these guys.
Front line peacekeepers bro…
Now a days these guys are so few
This is how 1 bad guy could've ended up taking out a lot of good guys...rough to see but glad things worked out how they did
That’s what happens when the squad is mixed ... different type of training they should have approached it differently
There are no good guys or bad guys, only religions and beliefs. Our “belief” is that our guys should win, but you always have to remember that the enemy’s ambition is just as equal as ours.
"bad guys", "good guys"... hilarious. It's a bunch of humans shooting other humans on behalf of some more humans who said some shit to some other humans. the whole thing is stupid. There's no brevity in war.
@@ptwowo lol so true. It's sad though.
Ooofff, getting punked by a dude with no NODs. At one point 100% of the element had backs turned toward the contact. Glad you gents made it.
I know he closed the gap and engaged to bad they had CAS
@@justsmallstuff4994
Reading your comments on this channel made me think, "it ain't a wonder y'all are in the situation you're in".
Now that's completely irrational, but I'm taking a note from you and flippantly throwing my thoughts out here with no regard to who may read it.
Good luck in life Palooka. I'm thinking you may need it.
Why didnt the Pilot tell you he was just over the wall as hes clear on FLIR so you could throw grenades over, thankful you are alive and THANKYOU for your service keeping us safe
How the hell this hasn't been seen by millions yet is beyond me. Insane footage and story. Thanks for your service and work on your channel
Honestly becoming one of my favorite channels
Well thank you
I was gonna say, you can see that heat signature the whole time right next to the wall. And he got right up on the friendlies just on the other side of the wall. They're lucky they didn't get hit
I know everything is circumstantial, but can someone explain to me why the Apache team did not signify to the ground team that an enemy combatant was around 10 meters from their positions, just beyond the wall? It just seems like important information that was never relayed, which could've cost the team their lives.
Yes!! The first thing I saw was the irregular blob of black amongst all the straight black lines....then when nobody mentioned it, even after it moved around a bit, I thought it must be a known friendly.....boy was that wrong!!
I was wondering the same thing
Dude why didn’t the Apache say anything when the guy went to the other side of the wall. HO-LY FUCK batman
I didn’t even notice it on the runback. Considering how close they were, I think they might have thought it was a friendly. You can tell the camera operator is surprised when he goes “Is that a bad guy?!” When it’s late and you’re staring at a thermal screen I doubt it’s easy to see, much less discern what is friend or foe. I don’t blame him.
This is a good example of when going direct with the gunship would have been the right call bypass your JTAC altogether. The time it takes to push info out and then your JTAC to relay almost cost everyone.
Probably disbelief
@@tyler4475No direct comms between the bird and the guys on the ground. Relaying info like that is harder than you’d think and causes both the pilot and the guys on the ground to lose focus. These guys know what they’re doing, let em work.
@@chrisw.4318 That's a really foolish way to work. If someone has eyes in the sky and can call out potential targets, that would sure make life a lot easier.
"These guys know what they’re doing" Obv not if they are shooting walls and hitting their mates...
thank you for your bravery and courage.
Damn, that was some creepy shit!! Being that close, gave me chills, glad y'all made it out good
Thanks for watching homies! please hit that subscribe button and that bell thingy... That's what all the "UA-camrs" say!
BTW, who was harder for you to fight, ISIS or the Taliban from your personal opinion? What tactics differed that they used on you? I would assume you went against both since you were in Afghanistan, and I found also a picture of you standing next to a ISIS flag on a rock that looks like the area ISKP was fighting.
You're a UA-camr with excellent content. Made my hairs stand in the lean and rest. You kept your homies alive with the covering fire.
Thanks for this dude. Its easy for a lot of the young people to forget it’s not Call Of Duty out there. My lil bro just graduated from Infantry School TODAY, I’ll show him this. And btw, totally glad you didn’t die dude🤘🏼 cheers
Have you done a breakdown of the Niger ambush from 2017.
It was tough watching the video I am interested to hear your opinion on what happened
Btw, what's the intro music name. Thx.
Good breakdown, but when you hear, "see, what happened was " well, you know it's about to head sideways. From a Desert Storm era 12B10, thank you for your service welcome home and a shout out to All of our fallen brothers and sisters in arms.
SF and Unit guys are some of the most professional well rounded operators I've ever got to work alongside. These hajis are a little better trained than usual.
They *were* better trained if you know what I mean :)
“Was that a bad guy.?!”....HOW ON EARTH DID YOU NOT SEE THAT BLACK OBJECT SO CLOSE TO THE WALL EVEN WHEN USING THERMALS.?!!! So much for eyes in the sky.! He was even moving so clearly.!! Could've let them know a lot sooner.!
And the comms, ugh id be pissed. Like stfu and just tell me what i need to hear
Exactly. “20 meters right of the entrance throw a grenade 4 meters past the wall” could’ve prevented a lot o
@@davemarshall9322 for real
Black objects matter
Glad you all got out of there in one piece. Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸
I'm a man who has never served due to health conditions and issues with the law early in life. Half my fault, half was just life being what it is. But I've always been a applied historian you could say, talking to vets all I could and reading all forms of materials from historical accounts and commendation requests to after battle assessments to just talking to guys. All for the interest and pride of knowing those stories and the historical significance of them either in the grand scheme or just in that one unit or man's history. I shoot often and decently, have took as much training as I could afford, and don't act like I'm anywhere near you guys in terms of function and definitely not reliability, but I understand redumentary jargon and mixed unit tactics etc. I catch a lot of shit for being in this community in terms of comments and conversation for never serving, and I deserve it for that personal failure, but i mean no disrespect or don't mean to sound like I'm being a know it all. Ill defer to someone with bona-fide experience like these guys and some of you guys in the crowd all day every day, no gristle. I just seek to continue on your stories and apply your knowledge for understanding and for fun. I know I won't ever be equal but I'm still fucking here, you won't run me off that easy from the subject I love. Thanks for everything you do vets
I kept waiting for the Apache crew to say something about that dude chilling in the orchard on the other side of the wall.
This really looked very amateur and not methodical. Why weren’t those apaches communicating the obvious guy in black to the right. Weird
Please remember that you are watching video that a fixed camera on the helo was capturing.
The pilots are monitoring like a dozen different things at a time while they are flying and without being able to be fixed on that camera, they would probably not have seen the guy in the orchard.
@@JustHazardous dude in the apache there is a pilot and a gunner, its gunners job
It is terrific that an onsite operator gives an assessment of their combat op.
Seems like these "commandos" see war as a kid's airsoft birthday party.
I don't think they take it that lightly.
no not really. Just all they know is war
No, they see it as war. That’s why they’re so scared. Thanks for your shitty opinion couch commando
@@madisonsquaredoit2629 I appreciate your comment, especially the part where you insulted me without having any idea who I am or what my profession is. It showed the highest levels of maturity and respect.
I really do hope you learn something from Buck.
@@stephenjensen4734 no one wants to know
Why aren't there drones being used at squad level for Recon? If a 13 y/o in my neighborhood has a capable drone and is able to spy on girls than a squad of warriors should also have the capability to operate and observe from a drone platforms
Apache
That's what we're starting to look at. Here in the UK it's likely coming in at a platoon level but the US has enough cash for more
@@RagerAwesomeNova the apache cant communicate straight to the squad in real time
@@jose-alvez and?
@@RagerAwesomeNova I think he's saying there is a lag of intel on the ground and a lag in comm. So it takes a minute to get shit right. But from the vid you see that they are off on their targeting device. They had to adjust. Either way that's battle. You can't expect perfection.
Call of duty player here. Really surprised there isn’t more communication with the gun shop above.
“There’s an object just over the wall, possibly bogey. Hey frag over the wall about 10 feet”
Something along those lines. I would love to hear from some from with some real combat experience.
Hey Buck, can you, if possible, talk one day about your experience in language school and SERE?
will do
I’ve been wanting to hear more about SERE for ages but none of these SOF guys talk about it in detail. I think it’s hush hush. They probably signed a NDA.
@@RealBREAKtheArtist fact
@@RealBREAKtheArtist It's classified.
@@RealBREAKtheArtist SERE is something you shouldn’t know about before you go. It’s an experience. 1 tip hang on to your food.
That was close, no noise buddy. Stealth is an art.
Just goes to show how crazy real combat can be and how you cannot see shit at night...so scary! I was yelling at the screen..."look out, he's right there!" Buck, you are a hero and a bad-ass!
Bro that was insane. He was literally on the other side of the wall. Feet away. That was intense just watching it.
LMFAO!!! Every work story for the last 10yrs has started with. "So what had happened was" haha. These SF guys are such a rare breed. They talk about "that time they almost got killed" like they are explaining the day some dude almost backed into their truck at the mall.
Crazy how life and death is just a couple decisions away. That guy throwing his nades over or your team leaders decision to PIE. Nuts.
Great footage mate, people don't realise how close we come to the enemy out there we had this nearly every night in the green zone in Helmand CQB at its max.🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
People talk shit about Afghans, but the KKA I’ve worked with on multiple deployments would kick a reg Army or marine rifle platoons ass at CQC and have seen more firefights than the majority of American units, that said they still do some stupid shit and get lazy.
*This is giving me COD 4 Modern warfare flashbacks* 👀
This shit would be almost comical if it wasn’t so scary, ghad damn that was a close one
I'm slightly concerned that it took that Apache so long to ice the guy shooting at the Berets.
Cuz he couldn't just start shooting while the berets were right there. They legit where in the way of fire. Cuz those things aren't that accurate. Cuz you gotta hold target or shoot compensate. Nd you don't wanna do that while they are soliders around
Lucky he only took a round in the leg from that Comando shooting the wall. Sketch for sure. Glad you made it out. Thanks for your service bro.
Sick content brotha. Exactly what I subscribed for 🤙🏼
thanks man
My eyes went right to that black spot right away I knew it was sus
Very rare to have the footage with narration from someone in it.... thank you
I’m really curious what the Afghan Commando selection process is and the standards to be in.
Afghan commandos are not necessarily highly skilled troop as the western counterpart name would suggesr, these are the local fighters of the area that the green beret are told to train
The Kandaks are pretty elite. They have a fairly rugged selection process, you can find videos of it on youtube. They are better equipped and better trained than your standard Afghan National Army or Police. A little bit of stress can make the best troops lose their cool, which is why training is so important.
I wonder if they ask them if they fucked a goat if no or yes might be selection question. Haha
should be able to shoot a wall without aiming is one.
Selection process can you hit a target 2 ft away ??? How you miss that with an automatic weapon???
Wow dude. Intense video. Incredible footage and very good breakdown.
My youngest son was a combat engineer with the marines in 03 and beyond (2.5 tours) and could not fathom the ineptitude of local commandos. Can you shed some light on this for a soldier from a long time ago and a war totally different?
I've seen this clip before and thought how wild it was. Crazy Buck was in this and explains the whole thing.
Dude ran up on you and got done up! Crazy footage
That enemy could have waxed everyone if he was hair quicker.....and yes much respect to that dude, he a warrior and took fight head on...rushed the wall....5 guys and a helicopter against 1 dude...idk just seemed he was more in it to win and commited
No matter what his motives to fight was, as long as he fights for what he thinks is right, that is respectful.
At that moment he was a brave soldier, his actions at that moment deserves some respect and that's agreed on.
There is no joy in death.
There is no value in using violence if we do not act by the values we protect.
"Notre combat ne merite d'etre mener que si nous le menon avec les valuers qui sont les notres"
You're reading too much into it. They want to die in battle, that's their golden ticket to heaven. It's a fucked up mentality that westerners don't seem to get.
@@B.D.B. different cultures
Respect to you bro and thank you for your service from a brother in Europe-Bosnia to be exact.Your countryman helped us out during the attack on Bosnia by Croatia/Serbia/Montenegro and some gave their lives to protect Bosnian people for which we will always be grateful to all of you that serve.God bless you and god bless the USA
Damn I’m actually here early! 53 minutes late...but still 😅
welcome! lol
I honestly don't like our forces working with locals. I don't trust them with our guys. I suspect that the purpose of the guy shooting the wall is his way of letting the enemy know the location of our soldiers without liability of hitting the enemy with gunfire in the process. I watched a documentary where the marines were making the others go in first. I agree with that doctrine. We should feed them minimal details in briefing and whatever else our veterans suggest for their safety. Sending prayers.
True, this has happened countless times. Unfortunately this is the life of a Green Beret. By, With, and Through. Green Berets were birthed from training locals to fight their own fights.
Same, I agree. I would always be looking over my shoulder if I had to work with these guys. I don’t think it’s fair our soldiers are losing their lives for people who betray them and don’t take the training serious.
@@michaelvega3669 our prayers and support to our servicemen always.
I understand what you mean, but (I am not American) I think it's quite essential for the long run to work with the locals so they will learn new stuff too and ultimately secure the country when US gets out. And "I don’t think it’s fair" lmao.. U invaded another country, please talk about being fair...
@@flashdancer42 I see your perspective. My mindset is geared towards the welfare of my countrymen that are in harms way, simple not political. I would work with the locals but any suspicious behavior and you will be dealt with accordingly. For example, this guy here, I would detain him, interrogate him and make a decision on his punishment. He put my servicemen in danger and I don't care if it was voluntary or involuntary, there are consequences. For example drunk drivers kill in car accidents but their are still consequences, same principle. Time out for the goofy, slow thinking local act. Get on the ball or we will apply serious pressure. Either I go soft and risk more folded flags or I apply real pressure and when fate happens, I can write the surviving relatives and say that we executed to the best of our ability instead of something to the sort of, a silly local discharged his weapon early and gave your son's position away and he died in combat. Because the next question is going to be "why in the f*c* are yall working with those guys." And it will be rhetorical.
Same here, I never carried a camera. One guy on my team has over 5,000 photos and video. I honestly want to forget about it all. What’s amazing is, it’s pitch black, you’re under nods, can’t see a damn thing, but when you see the bad guy in the film running away full speed not hitting any trees and He’s probably wearing heap plastic sandals. It’s amazing.
The Afghan commando missed all bullets and forgot to aim, but he sure had heart firing back, did not retreat and almost got killed twice.
Too old for selection, but I do have a Beer Tab!
To see real footage of a gun fight and the apache lighting the enemy up. Incredible. I hope to see more. Thank you.
I've heard many stories of the Legendary Commandos. I remember back in 2007 one of the ODAs was working with commandos and the dude literally shot the SFC in the foot when he was peeling for cover. Fuck those guys. I never worked with them and power to you guys Buck. I think out of all of SOCOM and JSOC FID and being a Green Beret is the toughest.
thanks homie, like all army's there are good and bad, and i imagine they are just over fighting at this point so they half ass a lot
@@FNGACADEMY i get that bro but seriously you know I know it to be out there you have to be a warrior. You have to have the warrior soul.
The Iraqi SF (I mean former Iraqi SF, not ones that were re-trained by our guys) were pretty legit. They unfortunately conducted successful missions against us teamed up with the various AQIZ dudes including Abu Bakr's dudes; but they saw how they were kinda fucking crazy (the various AQIZ groups) as they were just killing indiscriminately the Iraqis own country men while engaging various outside elements. We did a reconciliation with them and started working with them. They helped our dudes roll up a lot of bad dudes. I wouldnt have wanted to work with them, but luckily someone(s) had more foresight than myself as they were very effective (not that I was in a position to make a different recommendation. I was pretty low on that totem pole heheh). Sorry the "commandos" are worse than useless...
@@keiths5931 You hit that spot on. Back in 2008 I was in Kandahar and my four man team was support an ODA and we were rolling through this small village and we got hit with an L shaped ambush by you guessed it former Iraqis we rolled them up but our terp got shrecked and that was that. When it comes to SOF components I think the Polish GROM were one of the best units to work with. Anyways I contracted when I got out and in 2018 I was supposed to work for some Commandos I told the government to fuck off.