How To Make A Marine Corps Fighting Hole
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2016
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How many hours consume in digging?
Hey Cpl Kelly, I've been going back and watching any of your videos that I somehow missed and I gotta say, you was killin it back then as well!! I've never seen anyone actually dig a fighting hole, until now!! I know that had to be an azz kicker, especially in the desert setting!!! On to the next one....
@@TheMongo1357 i was going to say the same thing! Outstanding af!!
You dig just like a damn Jarhead!! Jus kidding, Me and God love the U.S.M.C.
The good thing is when things go south: You already have a grave ready!
I've heard these referred to as Ranger graves before. I was Navy so this is a bit beyond my experience.
😂😂😂The leading cause of death is being born alive. 😂😂😂
I’m dead 😂
😂
Me: preparing for civil war 2
How to make fighting hole:
Step one: dig hole
Step two: fight
step one:dig hole
step two:teach it to fight
Raise an army of fighting holes and take over the world.
Rule #1 of Fight Hole: Never talk about fight hole.
@@calebjohnson6934 haha lol
Step one: Dig hole.
Step two: Fight a-holes!
When I was in the Navy I had a Marine friend show me how to do this. I'm pretty sure I was the only sailor on the ship who knew how to dig a fighting hole.
Nope the Corspman know too.
@@johnnewsome4177 SOME of the corpsmen know. Not the bluesiders though.
Your are missing the grenade sump?
Then go next level and dig that hole in the forest of your choice.
Was it hard to dig one on the ship?
spent 7 and a half minute watching someone digging a freaking hole :D :D :D
Mgr. Robert Slezák And you can’t complain
MGR. yeah sure.
I watched 2 hours of digging holes in the movie holes and I loved it
@@TheTyphy 😂😂😂 That was a pretty good flick
Roflmao my question is ho long did it actually take and where's your cover support corporal
probably not a good idea to dig one of these in your backyard unless you want your neighbors to think you killed someone
But on the upside, they won't be coming over to borrow your shit.
or anywhere u can be seen, for that matter
Jeremy U People still do that in 2017?
Personal experiance??
We dug a pond in our back yard and in the process we hit something metal and BIG. I think it is a buried car and we hit the roof. Illinois black dirt digs easy.
The only man I know of that would voluntarily dig a fighting hole. Good job.
You are the real MVP. UA-cam recommended me this video of you digging a hole in the ground with almost a million views...
With over a million views actually
1.3m???
My toddler dug something like that at a beach....
*Corporal, you truly are dedicated to providing us with pure content. I am impressed how you literally dug that pit just so we could see what we should be aiming for.*
And the number one thing said right afterwards: "Hey, higher wants us to move. Fill these holes in and get ready to go." Then you have to go dig new holes, lol. I hated that.
Gee filling the holes is easy just use a Ctruck.
The Storm Shelter spent a good portion of the morning and afternoon doing this at ft. polk, then about five hours later, exactly what you said happened. fortunately i only ever had to dig three. once in basic and twice with my unit. the rest of the time we were moving so often it would be pointless.
this guy understands
I Never had to dig such hole in my military training. But then again there is basically only 20-30 cm earth before granite ground everywhere so it would be kinda pointless.
Shoveling shit learns you things - universal fact
All the action and drama of digging a hole, set to metal music. This has become my favorite channel of all time.
digging holes and chopping wood while listening to metal is how I relax.
How To Make A Marine Corps Fighting Hole: 1. Find a Marine 2. Give him a shovel. 3. Go inside and drink coffee.
sure sure, go find a marine thats in a litteral war and ask him to dig u a hole
Preferably an E2 or below! 😂
Well said!
Nice soil.
To dig a hole like that here in NE PA you would go through several of those shovels and have to pull out a few tons of rock.
Yeah in the Poconos, a hole like that would require dynamite.
SE PA here brother. Also you should know that the sheets are moving into Wawa territory
They’re a bitch to dig in some places. And of there’s tree roots, you’re screwed
First 6 inches in northwestern Pittsburgh area are nice dirt. Then 3 feet of the thickest and rockiest clay ever found. Then the rest of the way will be a mixture of granite, sandstone and slate. I sure dont miss digging that shit. I rent an escavator to dig my trenches or holes now.
I live near Hazleton and own one of those shovels. NO WAY your digging a 6foot hole with one. Not with out pickaxe, axe or hatchet . To many Large roots, large rocks..
1st time I dug one was in Boot camp to bury a cigarette butt
I dont tkink so, maybe do it to smoke ? lol
He probably did it to hide it...
Kieran Blookie get rid of it
A thousand years from now some archaeologist is going to be digging and wonder how a cigarette from the 20th century ended up in the 18th.
Pretty much shows, that people haven't been in the army. Those with the minecraft character as avatars etc.
You can expect a lot of shit in the army. Your whole company will have to wake up in the middle of the night, because there is this one room, whose trash can had one candy wrapper in it.
"What should we do, to make sure this never happens again?"
"Oh I know, grab the shovels and lets bury your fallen comrade pvt. Candy Wrapper like a true soldier"
And then you'll dig a fucking 2m deep grave for that candy wrapper, salute it when he's lowered into the grave, sing the anthem and dig all the dirt back in the grave. Not to mention, you can't dig mindlessly. You'll have to remove the top soil carefully first, so you can place it all back later. And then you'll go in the showers, whole company has to clean up in 15 minutes and by that time it's already 6:00AM and you'll have to wake up.
Most likely the OP was smoking when he wasn't allowed to. So he had to bury the cigarette butt in the same manner.
The new gears of war looks good
Little Fish it's markus
you made me choke laughing hahahaha
THATS WHO HE LOOKS LIKE LMAO
Lol
THAT'S WHY HE LOOKS SO FAMILIAR LMFAO
Me: Why is this four year old video about digging a marine fighting position randomly popping up on my recommended list?
Watched the latest news in 2020: I better take notes!
Yep! Same here...
Typically, how long will the enemy wait for you to finish?
Asking for a friend.
kneelz s it’s a joke stupid
depends on their supply condition
a.k.a cigars
Fact, that is why I woild bring, a dirt auger! FoxHole dug in 1 minute!
@@thesurvivalist. it's smart but depending on how heavy it is, all you may be doing is weighing yourself down
God I had to dig these holes in the woods of Fort Campbell Kentucky. My God the tree roots, the freaking tree roots!!!
One of my first jobs was digging trenches and holes, I learned to keep my shovel sharp! I keep an e tool around and have since I was a kid (I like holes, we didn't have tv) I sharpen the straight edge, it's easy to do and maintain with anything slightly abrasive.
James ME TOO.
I had to dig my hole and the latrine in a Danish pine forest. Fuck me, i never had to many blisters on my fucking hands
Georgia Clay for me :-(
James Halleluyah same!
Nothing more fun than a good digging montage. People never consider this sort of thing when they think about how difficult it is to be a soldier.
wow you said a lot I hate Reservist calling themselves SOLDIERS they don't know about those midnight calls about JOE or Joe's family, Awards, NCOERs, your family, then you deploy multiple of times then you get back then you are PSC to another unit and off again. or you get hurt then you get med board
I absolutely love you're name
@@17SAIMPOINT you are confusing "soldier" with "active combatant" - there's a reason them lads and ladies are called *reserv*ists and not regulars.
@@17SAIMPOINT i get what you mean though mate
Darrly Simon uh, yeah, we deal with all that shit in the reserves too, and we also get to stress out about real life in between all the green weenie bullshit.
110% certain this is just a noob shelter on minecraft irl
Yes
Professor Farnsworth: who needs a proper shelter and a diamond sword when you have..A GUN
Lol. Creeper trap..
I watch Corporals Cornel every week, and this is still one of my favourite of his videos! Especially in these dodgy times.
Functional, necessary, and safe. Recommend logs approx 7' long (top of berm to top of berm) across top for added protection. Hole can be opened and closed by stacking as needed. Shelf space is still intact. Can protect better from harsh weather conditions and animals...maybe hand grenades...lol.
Doctrinally, he would have also dug a grenade sump on the front end at a 45* downward angle if he was worried about grenades, though I like the idea of the longer overhead logs. Every time I had to dig a foxhole was on the side of a mountain in a desert, no trees sadly
Rommel was digging trench on hard clay ground under French artillery fire in 1914. Half of the battalion were dead when they were done
Taylor Thomas You do realize “gott mit uns" just means “God With Us" no connection to the Nazi Party because the term was common in Prussia before the Nazi party really existed
TheReal Lifehacks Similar to the Finnish Air Force using the Swastika symbol in the early 1900s; it had no Nazi connotation at that time.
TheReal Lifehacks u cant educate anymore good trained dog. Didn't u realize how brave and good he jumped by just mentioning the name Rommel?
the swastika was used because its a religious symbol. it's pretty old.. used in hinduism buddism etc etc.
the churches in coventry, england all had swastikas on them.
its like me going and making my own army and using the christian cross as our symbol.
does the christian cross now become evil? no... only ignorant people think the swastika is evil.
it actually means "good fortune" or "well being"
in japan it is called manji
Taylor Thomas - I think you're actually wrong there.
“If it ain’t raining’ , we ain’t training’”. I’ve been out of the Marine Corps going on 27 years and I still say that! I remember riding in the back of a 5 ton in the rain in 29 Palms. Would it have killed someone to put the damn tarp on the truck. Damn Motor T!
I been to the NTC over 14 times as blue force, 7 times as Opforce I seen it rain several of times but hell I was Infantry I wished I would have enlisted in something else but the time for me to reelist I was an Staff
He looks like he must be near 29 given that appears to be a Joshua Tree in the background. Been there twice, Sat in the back of a Humvee and felt survivor's guilt for being a Weapons Company corpsman rather than a Rifle Company corpsman haha.
Out 45 years now and still hate 29palms.
When your survival and combat effectiveness depends on how well you make your fighting position, its best to get it right whilst you've got the chance!
As civilians, digging a survival space may be the only means to have shelter from the elements, so knowing how to do it right is worth learning.
Going to ground takes on a whole new meaning when you're actually sheltered below the surface.
Well brother I'll give you credit where credit is due, or should I say respect. Digging the hole for a video takes Determination. Digging the hole with an e tool vs a full size shovel and pick takes GUTS. Two thumbs up. Thank you for the video.
+mackdaddy1911a1 Thank you Sir
Another good tip in grassy areas is to preserve the sod from the top of your fighting hole. That way you can put the sod in front of your trench to blend in better. Has to be changed once it starts to get brown, though.
...or water it.
Yeah if yiu water it in your golden
If you preserve the roots it could live, would be tough in a rush though
i'm loving the back of that shirt
What about a grenade sump?
We had 3 guys build a fighting position where the trail entered our area of operations by digging down & building up using sand bags & then berming the dirt on the outside we had it covered but I don't remember what all we used. We added foliage all around & over with a small tree on top. To include the M60 on tripod. The Capt. & 1St Sargent came into the area about dusk creeping along real slow lights out foot on the brake. First thing they know I'm almost nudging the 1'st Sargent in the ribs with an M16. The stopped real fast. He asked where did you come fro> I pointed & said over there . He said over where. He said I don't see any fighting position. I said that's the general idea. They had to get out of the Humvee & inspect the fighting position. It's worth a good laugh when those in command get surprised.
MrBartoriginal good job, and good idea.
MrBartoriginal read desc
"I don't see any fighting position."
"Sir, that's kinda the point, sir."
Lol yea read description
MrBartoriginal kk
As an HE operator with a backhoe I was a God amongst the grunts........
Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert CAMACHO - the automated fight hole king. Did you make some side money?
Man that second guy is lucky didn't have to dig at all.
As soon as he said “if it ain’t raining you ain’t training “ I subbed
Don't forget to wear some gloves or you'll have some brutal blisters.
How'd you get them?
@@user-rp4et4hc4z Wanking?
@@MeAbroad2004 : What else is a hideyhole for?
I learnt that the hard way
I didn't wear them and had nasty blisters, learned my lesson there.
Not a real Fighting Hole unless it has a grenade sump. 😉
I once spent all afternoon digging a two-man fighting hole (at Pendleton) while my partner was on an OP. He came back at dusk, and I got pulled for duty on a LP. Never got to enjoy my hole.
Such is life in the Corps.
"Embrace the Suck!
Semper Fi
Agreed, this is mentioned in the description box. Thanks for watching
Yea, was wondering why he omitted the granade sump, it's just an arms deep hole in the side sloping down from the bottom of the water sump.
Theory is that you can kick a granade down there and pray you'll live....
Embrace the Suck!
Yup!!!
What was he looking for? Think this dude has seen too many John Wayne movies
This guy's awesome! A true American hero!!Love watching these demonstrations. Thanks for your service!!👍🇺🇸
Yup I learned something - awesome hole for when Marshal Law is knocking on the back door 👍
Martial*
If it's martial law, it won't be the back door... and they won't be knocking.
...and they'll make good use of your freshly dug hole
Best bit about this hole digging. 2 by 6 is the common grave standards
Hey Corp, I have rock hard clay in my yard. You picked a nice sandy spot If you need anymore practice you welcome to come to my house. BTW Good video.
Yep, to dig in my yard I have to pour water on it, let it soften, dig a foot or so of sloppy clay, then repeat. Good news is that the berm will stop small caliber rounds once it re-hardens.
If there ain't caliche we ain't trainin
PCShogun xD
My yard is nothing but rocks, roots, clay and associated pines.
marin1977 yeah but we're fighting in sandy places rn so don't expect more
Brings back memories , roots and rocks too ! Aching back and blisters when done incorrectly .
Respect my friend from a ex squaddie 2nd battalion parachute regiment
Who else though the title could have been "how to dig a grave" just with first glympse at the thumbnail?
edwardstarcock swinger In the beginning, you really have to try and keep the thought of your head that you may very well be digging your own grave. Once you've dug a few, you almost wish that it were your grave
They're nicknamed graves sometimes, although that usually refers to the shallow, sleep forever kind.
If it was a grave there would be no reason for the dirt to be place evenly all around it. Graves are dug woth the dirt in one pile.
"Dig Your Own Grave and Save!"
Step 1: allow the 0311's to dig their holes.
Step 2: inform an 0311 that his hole has a sector of fire on an avenue of approach, and that you as an 0331 will be placing your 240 on his hole.
Step 3: take over the hole, and claim it for yourself.
offer a big box of crayons to 0311s stop the feels from hurting
Yes...they need something to do between actually fighting wars, unlike anyone other than an 03.
Step 4: Get informed by platoon commander that machine guns aren't needed and go hump the alpha shelf with CAAT. Actually happened. With steps one through three. Lol
I would say those poor souls, but I was lonely and sad right there with them.
Exactly....alpha shelf smh....Camp Horno is where i grew up hahaha
Haha
So great to see a hole like this again. Brings back memories.
I was wondering about the grenade sump but read the description. Great video! Glad to see someone actually doing it.
I never thought digging a hole could be this badass
Its amazing to think that there was a contiguous trench system from Switzerland to the Belgian Coast built in only three months between December and March 2014. This 600 mile long system began with hundreds of thousands of foxholes like this one .. Connected together.
Indeed, but that was 1914, not 2014. And there were several million soldiers who participated in it.
Well I imagine many people worked together and they had a few full length shovels available to help. I can imagine once you get the hole deep enough digging "sideways" is a bit easier compared to digging straight down
You’d be amazed what the threat of being killed will make men do.
I learn something new every video with you. Thank you.
Thank you for actually digging the hole on video. Very very helpful
That would take 2 men digging in NY a full day maybe more with all the dam rocks
William Fotey yup we're supposed to be digging holes soon for underground residential we're gonna have to have pickaxes they said.
That's true I spent all day once and only got one foot down
I just came back from basic training. People don't know how much work it is to dig. It was so much work. I was paired with one other soldier and we had to dig a hole based at the side of a treeline. The upper soil was too loose to dig with our little shovle so we had to dig by hand. Underneath there were a lot of tree roots we had to chop through. It was a lot of work. Took half an hour to get knee deep.
Pretty smart putting the fire in the hole with ya, then the light is less likely to be seen
i cannot thank you enough for bringing me knowledge that the military itself would deny sharing with me 💜✊🏴
I never liked digging my own potential grave!
band of brothers
That why you aint a marine
buz butler There's a reason why it was 6x2
@@AldoSchmedackThis is only for medium range battle with infintry
At Close range you can get dead by Hand Grenades Or by Mortars
I like how most people can't take a joke lol
Outstanding thank you very much sir
SEMPER FI 🇺🇸 Brother
Awesome! Thanks corporal!
My daughter and I were near Bastogne back in 2013 and visited the woods overlooking the village of Foy. To our surprise the Airborne's "fox holes" are still there - guess they were too busy to fill them in afterwards!
Not as deep as this because the ground is thick with pine tree roots but even so they look like so many shallow graves.
A hot September day out in the sunshine, the chill in the shadows was enough to quickly drive us away. As my daughter said: "the place has a bad feel about it."
If you're ever near go take a visit and try and figure out how they managed to leave the relative safety of their holes and walked across nearly a mile of open, snow covered field to attack their objective.
Foy, Belgium 50° 2'32.30"N 5°43'51.26"E
looks like your near my old duty station 29 Palms lol. oh how I remember digging those. Cool video
Captain Spike excuse me? prove I "served"? who the f××k are you?
Captain Spike lmao.... go away troll... you made a post exposing me? lol... not only can you go see my UA-cam channel, on facebook there is a page by the same name... enjoy
Captain Spike btw.... go see my video about black Rifle Coffee Company.... your mentioned in it, we'll your snowflake tears are lmao
Good Ole 29 stumps, don't miss that hell hole one bit.
Nothing like the smell of Lake Bandini in the summer heat.
Popped into my recommended videos. Subbed immediately...
Me too! Finally someone has all the right content in one channel!
Thanks for your service!
Man I do love hard work, I could watch it all day.
Someone get this guy a tv show ill watch it .
my training was on the Canadian shield in ontario, couldnt get 2 inches down
My uncle was a Canadian soldier in Cypress he was a sniper
my son and I are going to be practicing these this summer. thanks for the vidoes, Corporal!
Wow!! I'm going through all of your videos and this i believe is the oldest I've seen (so far lol). The best thing I've noticed about your videos is: no matter when a person watches them; the information you give is still up-to-date. Does that make sense? It's timeless. Outstanding job!!
man do I wish Ohio's soil was like that, that soil looks like what you would find in a planter pot.
I tried doing in the red clay of south Georgia one time..... I fired up the tractor after about 3 hours and no joy. lol
yeah, you make a fighting dent in that dirt
I was about to comment on how impossible this would be in ohio
Yeah man. Nothing but clay and rocks here.
kelton davis dig 3 inches and hit a rock surrounded by clay intertwined with roots.
Took my wife out in the woods to practice digging one of these. She took off screaming and left me there. 😁
I've never seen anything like this and I really appreciate your sharing what you know.
Wow that's awesome and outstanding job!
Going through ITB right now. This week is defense week. I’ll be living in a Fighting Hole for days. Thank you, Cpl.
Lol ok boot
Are you still in the hole?
How was ITB ?
one hell of a workout
You are sooo awesome. I always learn great things from u!!! Thank u sooo much. God bless u and urs
Thanks for the video. This knowledge might come in handy one day. Especially for us civilians. God Bless America
Now fill it back up soldier...
🤣😂
someone might fall into it... maybe our brothers or sisters
Spot on, but he's not a soldier, he's a Marine.
Marines are warriors not soldiers
Yeah I don't think he's going to reply back to ya.
Nice video very useful information, I've always heard the term "fighting hole" now I actually think I can make 1.
Good info...thanks for passing it along!
As always, amazing work Corporal!
Damn, I knew this guy was strong but after watching this I'll be calling him 'sir' if I ever run into him in the real world.
Why would you insult a good Enlisted man like that? Does he look mentally disabled to you?
Hold on, he works for a living.
Sheeoot, if ya like that you ought to see me 33' sandstone mineshaft...
Apparently, a soundtrack can even make digging a hole exciting.
Taking a refresher on this one. Heading out to make my own in the morning.
excellent video, thanks for taking the time and effort to do all this, learned alot ! will go practise !
Everyone should be digging one today in case Virginia goes south tomorrow
Or in the soon-to-come 'aftermath' of that Kyle Rittenhouse trail...
Wow! ... that is A LOT of work for a video! Even if he had help between scenes. Thanks for the hard work and realistic demo CPL Kelly! If you are willing to put that much effort to your videos I'll subscribe.
Great video this channel is the real deal
This guy is 100% the coolest man i have ever seen on youtube
Holy cow ... 4 hrs of digging! 15min of digging is already backbreaking.
Benito Mussolini He's probably using a spoon tho.
The Ulsterman alright you had your stereotypical fun, now kindly stfu. He didn't ask for any of that.
wow that is some USMC stamina
All this for our entertainment. You are the man!
Absolutely wonderful video thank you so much, that was a lot of work many people may not know how much work that is but vet's do thank for all the work you put in your videos,God bless !!!
I aint got time to bleed! 😀 you're a machine m8 damn impressive
And if you get shot it doubles as a grave
One well thrown grenade and ya got yourself a soldier smoothie.
just perfect a recomendtion years later youtube i definetly needed this
You’re a beast! Thanks for the video and the knowledge
We had to do this with full gear on. Not fun at all!
Dude stop whining i had to do it in Finland at winter with rocky clay :D Half of this size and took 6 hours :D (Ground was Frozen)
Jerry Keränen was it fun? I’m a child and I want to learn more.
DarkGuitarKid: Why is it people from overseas do everything harder and have it worse than Americans. Then they call us whiners??We have rocks our ground freezes but they have it worse no matter what for some freeken reason. Blah blah blah!
Dont mind the marine in the middle of the desert digging holes
21 palms flashbacks intensify
@@buckplug2423 I think you mean 29 stumps I remember being fire red next day from doing dip push-up contest at the e-club Gator shots and Mama Sun was the bartender I remember the desert yetis swooping and praying on nearly any nearly unconscious drunk two of them we're trying 2 Carrie one of the guys off had to play Captain Save A bro and prevent another child support case they were twice my size
Yup
A great video as always.
Thank you, Corporal. I appreciate your no-nonsense approach to the incredibly useful tactics you show us. Subbed! 🇺🇸🐍
Isn't this the video that made you famous???? LOL Remember this is the video where I first found you... Make sure there is no smiling when you dig!!!
+Central Oregon Survival Network I found the video on a guys web page. He was making money off of it. So I deleted it
Ha ha ha.... right...
Digging your own grave?
Kudzuw X - think of it as a "two for the price of one" type thing if you were to be dealt the "extreme prejudice" hand.
This is one of those you hope you never need! Thanks for the instruct!
This brings back memories!