Part 1: Schwartzkopf Speech to Corps of Cadets 5/91

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  • @schleckjg
    @schleckjg 13 років тому +41

    This was a great speech. I remember it vividly - I was a Firstie - someone had the balls to ask GEN Schwarzkof to get a beer after the speech.

    • @slartybarfastb3648
      @slartybarfastb3648 8 місяців тому

      Maybe they should have asked about tactics and took his speech seriously. We lost our two longest wars only 9 years later.

  • @brentsmith1037
    @brentsmith1037 5 років тому +17

    I have said previously, and I say this as an Englishman, The General is a true Patriot. He is a warrior in the line of Raleigh and Drake, and of Marlborough, and Wellington together with Nelson and foremost of The Great, Alexander of Macedon. R.I.P.

  • @jewelzbyjen1
    @jewelzbyjen1 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for this..I had the honor of serving him in the private sector after his retirement he was a gentle giant and much more then people know an inspiration again a gentle giant and Amazin later!

  • @swesleyc7
    @swesleyc7 14 років тому +67

    Ladies and Gents, you are looking at one of the greatest military commanders in history. 100 hours. Enough said.

    • @setesh1294
      @setesh1294 6 років тому +4

      Two Thumbs? This Guy. One of the greats.

    • @Broodkast8
      @Broodkast8 5 років тому +3

      Well, in risk of pissing off the entire US military, I'd say that is a bit overstated. But his Gulf war left hook was definitely impressive.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet Рік тому +2

    Great speech ...always enjoy listening to General Norman S. 🦁

    • @joehagen8854
      @joehagen8854 22 дні тому

      This. General. His many speeches are used in. Military colleges when speaking to new recruits why he got
      Nick name. BEAR. He
      Is named about his
      Fitness. Is over six foot 3. Works out regularly has a bad
      Temper which he. Admits to. Before
      Going into battle he
      Gets all. Of. His. Or part of. To remember
      They are not alone in worrying. If they will
      Return from. Where
      Their. Commander is taking them to one thing he was noted for
      Was to keep as many of his Soldiers from
      Being. Killed. Today
      It is something that few. Generals can admit to i have. 4 sons
      Doing their training 2
      For to be accepted for
      The. U S ARMY the other wants to be also
      Accepted for the. Naval side of the armed forces Andrew
      Has his. Application in to be. A. Grounds man
      In the. Air force. Ainsley. Is still at home
      But he wants to follow
      His. Old man into. What ever. Regiment
      Is available

  • @pbrucpaul
    @pbrucpaul 11 років тому +18

    This was real and upfront; a good speech. MacArthurs speech back in '62 was good and sincere; but rather, and predictably, Melodramatic. Schwarrtkopf put it out plainly and eloquently. Good man!

  • @iowa61
    @iowa61 11 років тому +6

    It's an honor witness a great American. A great human being.

  • @charlesvire7517
    @charlesvire7517 Рік тому +1

    If Uncle Sam would let me back in the Military…
    I would want to go to West Point.
    Ready to become a Officer
    I’m a 50 year old
    Grumpy Marine
    Love ❤️ you all
    Semper Fi
    Yallah
    🙌💯🇮🇱❤️💥✅🙌💯🇮🇱❤️💥✅💪🙌💯🇮🇱❤️💥💪🙌💯✅🙌💯🇮🇱❤️💥💪✅🙌💯🇮🇱💥

  • @Dirtyharry340
    @Dirtyharry340 12 років тому +8

    RIP General Schwarzkopf you are gone but you will never be forgotten You Truly are a great soldier and a great Patriot who ranks up there with Patton,Macarthur,Eisenhower,Bradley God speed General and thank you for your services to our great nation! You remind me of Patton in your War briefings neither you or him would tolerate the questions of idiots. I hope that one day that I will be half as great as you were.

  • @91stormvet
    @91stormvet 12 років тому +11

    "I have seen in your eyes a fire determination to get this war job done quickly," he said, hours after the first allied bombers streaked toward Baghdad. "My confidence in you is total, our cause is just. Now you must be the thunder and lightning of Desert Storm."

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 3 роки тому +2

    Always enjoy listening to Mr. Schwartzkopf

  • @janjarczynski343
    @janjarczynski343 4 роки тому +2

    WONDERFUL MEN
    GOD BLESS YOU
    GOD BLESS AMERICA

  • @Armyofficer
    @Armyofficer 12 років тому +9

    God bless the General's Family, and his memory - A True American Hero. I won't pause to say much about the vermin that would attack his name and memory, and their names aren't worth mentioning in a port-a-potty. They just want attention for their worthless lives. RIP, GEN Schwartkopf...

  • @bambang303378
    @bambang303378 10 років тому +17

    I can not believe this was 23 years ago..!

  • @schleckjg
    @schleckjg 5 років тому +5

    I love this video so much. All of his messages apply today.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 3 роки тому +2

    He could have made a fine President ...Norman carries himself like a significant world leader ...gives this impression

    • @slartybarfastb3648
      @slartybarfastb3648 8 місяців тому

      At his time, it was an unspoken rule that generals stayed out of politics, for reasons modern generals will never understand.

    • @MapleSyrupPoet
      @MapleSyrupPoet 8 місяців тому

      @slartybarfastb3648 thank you ...grateful ...I love Eisenhower ❤️ special general ...smarts, charm, charismatic figure 🇺🇸

  • @juanneira9655
    @juanneira9655 5 років тому +1

    EL GRAN GENERAL ,QUE ES LEYENDA ,PARA EL MUNDO LIBRE ,Q,E.D. DESDE CHILE MIS RESPETOS .

  • @nothing1624
    @nothing1624 3 роки тому +2

    Sadly I was in the class of 91' but I and the military parted ways 3/4 of the way through my junior year. It saddens me to my bones that I did not graduate from this Immaculate institution. 1 regret in life. I am retiring from a somewhat para-military career, but my thoughts still go back to the , the Corps and the Corps.

  • @susanjackson1114
    @susanjackson1114 12 років тому +7

    RIP General, and thank you for your service

  • @bogdanbotha7988
    @bogdanbotha7988 6 років тому +13

    some of those cadets are colonels or generals right now!

  • @o8bit0hero
    @o8bit0hero 12 років тому +13

    ★★★★
    RIP
    SIR

  • @commanderstarstrider7176
    @commanderstarstrider7176 4 роки тому +2

    When you think about it. If this was 91 and he had a 30 year career or so, he easily served in Vietnam and the Gulf. When you think about it those are not all that far apart from one another. Even a 20 year career would be started with Vietnam and Ended with Desert Storm.

  • @Bloodangel1977
    @Bloodangel1977 Рік тому

    Such a great man, and leader.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 5 років тому +3

    RIP ...they say he had great intellect...IQ. ...great leader, great speech giver 😎👍

  • @soccerlovin1
    @soccerlovin1 10 років тому +11

    Rest In Peace

  • @o8bit0hero
    @o8bit0hero 12 років тому +4

    RIP Damn Sir, you were right many of us saw combat within 15 years.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 3 роки тому +1

    I'm reading the Book of Samuel this evening ...military was very important to defeat Phillistines ...military - all branches - still important for nations ...be behind your troops 👍👊

  • @blakesteele7800
    @blakesteele7800 7 років тому +5

    I can't believe this took place over a quarter Century ago

  • @marcialbonifacio3285
    @marcialbonifacio3285 9 років тому +16

    a great american

  • @alexanderpostma1997
    @alexanderpostma1997 6 років тому +7

    True leader, a great general!

  • @importantname
    @importantname 10 років тому +6

    standing ovation at the start - how do you applaud at the finish?

  • @jspee1965
    @jspee1965 8 років тому +6

    He was a fighting General...

  • @johnf.kennedy7339
    @johnf.kennedy7339 7 років тому +4

    Shook his hand. He reciprocated. And got a salute in return.

  • @주상희-d6l
    @주상희-d6l 4 роки тому +1

    General Westmoreland in Vietnam War was one of the Great General in our days !

  • @RubenB658
    @RubenB658 10 років тому +9

    I was still in the Gulf during the speech, but did my way back to Germany later that month.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 6 місяців тому

    Here is your strength 💪 🇺🇸

  • @hansssen1
    @hansssen1 14 років тому +1

    I agree with mpfalcon6 - I have been trying for years to find out where I can buy the complete video of this speech. I own a VHS of this speech, but it is in really poor condition!

  • @GeorgePenton-np9rh
    @GeorgePenton-np9rh 5 років тому +1

    Washington, Grant, Lee, Pershing, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Schwarzkopf. Sometimes they actually do put the right general in charge.

  • @simoncflo
    @simoncflo 5 років тому +1

    Respect

  • @TheUSSNimitz
    @TheUSSNimitz 12 років тому +2

    @swesleyc7 100 hours of ground war. Desert Storm started much earlier with the air campaign!

  • @TheLoyalOfficer
    @TheLoyalOfficer 13 років тому +3

    @tjustman Fair enough. In it's day, it was a great speech. Unfortunately, the changes since the speech make it seem slightly dated. Although I did like his universal comments about leadership.
    In that regard, what he said will be relevant forever.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 2 роки тому

    Commit to Liberty 🗽 and Liberty 🕊🦅 will commit, to you ...and Liberty, is all-powerful, eternal, and loving ❤

  • @mikeray3453
    @mikeray3453 5 років тому +1

    Was a great military commander of world history

  • @주상희-d6l
    @주상희-d6l 4 роки тому +1

    Sometimes detour is the best way to final victory to gain

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 2 роки тому

    Great man 👍👨‍✈️

  • @matinsafi2967
    @matinsafi2967 3 роки тому +1

  • @n.e.barton1299
    @n.e.barton1299 5 років тому +1

    Fondly remembered from the University of Pittsburgh nuclear Reactor.

  • @jootai
    @jootai Рік тому

    Is this the guy who invented the shampoo?

  • @TheUSSNimitz
    @TheUSSNimitz 12 років тому +2

    True: Wars are not won from the air (I didn't say that!). But to say the war was only 100 hours and won from the ground only is not true either. So 1000 hours would be more accurate (also see the book from General Horner).

  • @francismuiruri9064
    @francismuiruri9064 5 років тому +3

    I did not know he died.

    • @brianhelle7064
      @brianhelle7064 2 місяці тому

      On December 27th 2012 a couple days past Christmas.

  • @gmanhirt8818
    @gmanhirt8818 7 років тому +2

    4 STAR GENERAL!

  • @TheUSSNimitz
    @TheUSSNimitz 12 років тому +2

    Just wondering: Were you in the 1st Gulf War?
    What would have happened if there was no Air Support, No Air war before the ground war started. Would it have been so succesfull? What if the Iraqi Air Force was able to attack the ground forces.... (i think the combination of all forces (land, air, sea) made it so succesfull? Iraqi air defenses smashed, Iraqi forces being bombed around the clock and after that the formidable attack of the ground forces....

  • @TheUSSNimitz
    @TheUSSNimitz 12 років тому +3

    Respect for your actions in Iraq. Anyhow, the USA / the coalition (the soldiers) did a great job from what i know (and i'm not even from the USA).

  • @michaelschmitt6399
    @michaelschmitt6399 6 років тому +1

    Why is he wearing fatigues in front of cadets ?

    • @DutchCedarConsulting
      @DutchCedarConsulting  6 років тому +4

      Remember this is at the end of the Cold War and desert BDUs were still quite an anomaly. We never saw them on the grounds of West Point ever up to that point. I think he wore them to accentuate his recent experience and reinforce the points of the speech. Later he's seen in his Class As.

    • @gotwa229
      @gotwa229 6 років тому

      Maybe b/c he just arrived from leading troops in theater and didn't have the time to brasso up the old Class A's to standards. Anyway, he seems to have had a lot on his mind, coming out of Desert Storm and the heady negotiations with the Iraqis dealing with the Kurds, not to mention managing the coalition and the world's press. Maybe he wanted to put what extra time he had the night before this momentous occasion working on his speech and thinking about what he really wanted to communicate to the next generation of officers who are currently the field grades and generals today leading U.S. troops all over the world today in 2018, rather than looking like a stiff-shirt, and starched star-studded sychophant.

    • @phaedrabacker2004
      @phaedrabacker2004 5 років тому +1

      Because he could.

  • @bretwahlberg1146
    @bretwahlberg1146 4 роки тому +1

    He sure is no Patton or Custer

  • @slartybarfastb3648
    @slartybarfastb3648 8 місяців тому

    And those "leaders" in attendance lost two wars. Were they listening?

  • @EverydayPilot
    @EverydayPilot 12 років тому

    Anybody notice the meow at 00:58?

  • @taylorarmour340
    @taylorarmour340 2 роки тому

    Just what's cost was the best

  • @ghostofbungie9780
    @ghostofbungie9780 4 роки тому

    6:19

  • @주상희-d6l
    @주상희-d6l 5 років тому

    제가 이제까지 손자병법으로 날린 책값으로 가까운 지방여행이 가능할 것

  • @taylorarmour340
    @taylorarmour340 2 роки тому

    General Schwarzkopf was the best

  • @HarPlayer
    @HarPlayer 6 років тому +3

    when he came on stage the 3 Star Gen didn't salute

    • @MrP71
      @MrP71 6 років тому

      cant believe that the 4 star Gen didnt kick his his lousy ass for that

  • @stevenlowe3245
    @stevenlowe3245 Рік тому

    Too bad he's not around to run for president...

  • @dougsimonton1515
    @dougsimonton1515 8 років тому +2

    Patton-esque.

  • @apatheticallyconcerned6574
    @apatheticallyconcerned6574 Рік тому

    Now, our generals wear make up and play make believe. We have fallen.

  • @SGprooo
    @SGprooo 5 років тому

    kek

  • @TheLoyalOfficer
    @TheLoyalOfficer 13 років тому

    He should not have worn the desert BDUs for this speech...

  • @bretwahlberg1146
    @bretwahlberg1146 4 роки тому

    Boring General

  • @mickaderholt3534
    @mickaderholt3534 Рік тому

    Back when the USMA was a real military academy and not a woke joke.