❤❤❤❤Yo reaper I felt your pain my brother. We don’t know each other but I know the loss. It never goes away. I used to run from it. I just to hide from it. No I embrace it because that’s how we keep them alive. When we cry and feel that pain deep inside that really our love and bond that we feel with the men/women that we have lost rather it be from war in Afghanistan to a loved one dying in 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’ve been out of USMC for 30 yrs and often am astonished that I was 21-23 years old with others men’s lives in my hands. Looking back I was a child saddled with the most serious responsibilities.
I was a 20 year old Sergeant pulling guard duty at our compound on the Korean DMZ. One of the soldiers has tried to commit suicide multiple times. A big guy, lumberjack sized from NC. They told me to walk the compound perimeter with him, armed with an ax handle because “he couldn’t be trusted with a firearm.” I was young and inexperienced but no way was I going to walk the perimeter with him. I put him 25’ in front of me. About two weeks later, he knocked his best friend in the head with a shovel and successfully committed suicide with a rifle he stole.
Kid I went to school with we graduated in 98 he went into the Marines saw everything, retired in 2018 as a captain or higher I saw him in like 2013 when he was a captain so I'm not sure what he retired as but he's a bad ass, John Baker is his name, thank you all for your service hearing these stories of what young men kids go through is incredible.
Damn that's some Full metal Jacket movie shit. Sorry to hear what you went through brother. My biggest respect to you and thank you for serving.@@donkemp8151
Facts, just like they didn't care about spraying Agent Oronge Dioxin on our own soldiers during the Vietnam War, one of those my father who suffered a long tortuous death with cancer eating him alive. THEY will never care!
Are you kidding me? Politicians do know what type of sacrifices these cannon fodders make. No one serves their country, they serve those who profit from war. Wars aren't meant to be won, but continuing.
Listening to these soldiers tell their stories is heartbreaking, however, they're telling you these stories so that you remember that they are human beings, same as us ... soldiers follow orders. Those orders all not always going to clear a guilt-free bar. This is why it's important to listen more than anything, otherwise soldiers like these only have walls to talk to, so stay strong .. just like them. Great channel.
My grandfather was in Canadian armed forces in WW2 and he never talked about it. My grandmother said he lost his brother and got wounded in the back with shrapnel from a hand grenade end of 1944. He has few metals. Thanks for the great interview.
I wanna say thank you to all the women and men who fought for this country total respect i could never you folks cut different and deserve more than what the government give yall
I’m guessing he’s not into conspiracy theories…it may not apply to you but most conspiracy theorists are just trying to find a way to be different. This man is already different and doesn’t need to look outside himself to prove it.
@andrewjacobs5579 the latter is not a conspiracy theory. I'll never forget when Spain and Italy openly suggested testing their covid vaccines in Africa before using them in their respective countries. Probably the most casually racist thing i ever seen
A blink of the eye that is ingrained forever. Crazy what some soldiers go through, and I have so much respect. Unfortunately the mind is a sensitive thing and can trap traumatic experiences for lifetime.
Due to the chronical lack of professional officers I found myself as an young NCO (drafted in autumn 1983) suddenly completely in charge of whole tank platoon of 4 pieces of T55 in the East-German army in 1984. Four fully loaded and fuelled-up combat tanks with 100mm canons, machine and anti-aircraft guns, 36 metric tons heavy and 620 horse power. Each tank crewed 4 men each, ready to roll out of the barracks in 15 minutes at any given time. Day, night, summer, winter, drunk or sober, Christmas or not. I too was still basically rather a kid of 20 years, my rank was sergeant at the time, a tank platoon leader was supposed to be an officers job with at least three years training. Lucky I served in peace time but being in charge of such a unit is still very dangerous business. Training and discipline was very harsh, nasty accidents occurred, any leave rarely given. For the whole platoon I had to prepare all the shooting exercises night and day in stop and full motion, imposing discipline, train in platoon and company tactics, execute railway transportation and night drives with IR-vision only and handle and instruct the crews on all the tank operation, maintenance and repairs plus lead the annual underwater river crossing of my platoon. I was made responsible by order for the lives and well-being of the other 15 men and have the four tanks being undamaged and in good operational order at any time. Pay was lousy, hours, weeks and months long. What are all our politicians think? Abusing young men's dedication and willingness to serve their countries and societies, abuse their bravery and readiness to sacrifice? For what? For EV-Lithium in the Ukraine or geopolitics in Afghanistan, oil in Iraq or because the Chinese run a political system we do not favour? Both my grandfathers served in the Wehrmacht in WW2 and I was one of the very very few German boys in my cohort to still have both grandfathers returning from war alive. My grand-grandfather served our Kaiser in the Deutsche Kaiserliche Heer in WW1 fighting the French. He died in 1914 on the third day (!) of the war. We never found his grave in France although we roughly know where he died. He left my grand-grandmother with three very little children behind falling into absolute poverty for the next 15 years. It is so disgusting. No, this politicians should not go to the frontline. THEIR children should go, can you all imagine how quickly they would sit on a diplomatic table to avoid war? When will they ever learn? Don't they have any better ideas? I do not condemn soldiers activities regardless which side they fight for, because they are ordered to do so. And in their hearts and minds they believe they are doing something protective and important - because of the constant propaganda saying so. When he talks about the sadness he experienced when one of his fellow soldier buddies did not make it, we should and must think about that the same thing happens - just on the other side and without us noticing it. "Humans are at their best whenever they cooperate and do not fight!" I was told once by my boss. He came from near Boston and was an ex-Vietnam vet commanding (!) a river patrol boat. And you guessed it. He was by then just 20 years old... At exactly the same time as larger kids in Socialist East-Germany we were collecting scrap metal and paper and empty bottles once a week to donate the money for the North Vietnamese fighting "the Americans", the "evil aggressive imperialists". I am so sick and tired of this BS which repeats itself time and time again because of semi-educated, self-important and often greedy politicians on all sides. We have to chose our leaders very careful. Make sure you guys only vote for politicians who are in for peace, diplomacy and compromise. Peace is the absolute base of any civilisational behaviour and democracy. Without peace there is no civilisation and certainly no democracy either. I resigned from all military service in 1990 just after the wall fell into civil service, after realising that propaganda on one side is the same bad-ass lies like on the other side. Even its ugly style and message is the same. Young men of this age should not chase "enemies". They should chase education and girls. Peace! from Dresden / Germany
The incompetence of the leadership is absolutely Insane... We know you only have 6 rounds left, but roe say no air support, the marines cant come out there without a brigade, we couldn't get a resupply to you and Rangers don't withdrawal... good luck! 😅
Waking up to that bullet crack, not the 'whiz', but the crack... that's a real thing. It reminds me of the feeling of the depression right before the 'boom' of an explosion. And it's fng terrifying. Every fng time.
I love this and all praises for him makin it out and being so influential. But I wish the other side had a chance to tell their side too. Because war is war right?
I Respect these guys to the fullest… STREET LIFE … MILITARY LIFE.. is the same…WE ALL CHOOSE to UNALIVE PEOPLES for OUR CAUSE… wether it be right or wrong… NEVER JUDGE someone that survived a CERTAIN SITUATION
I had to go two weeks without a shower on deployment 2003, baby wipes are a life saver. But its not the same, not even close by 100000000000K. I had dirt, blood and sores in places I never thought possible! I remember standing under the water running over me, staring at the water circling the drain, the amount of disgusting was on an entirely different level. "AATW!!! Let's Go!"
He told this story in another podcast, he said that while they were being shot they found some holes where they could get in to take cover, the holes were full of water, he was thirsty and his partner shared his water bottle with him, less than three minutes later that partner was wounded, he received two shots in the leg that destroyed the femoral artery, the blood splashed the water from the holes they went into, of course with the movement and shouting and talking in those situations, the water splashed and he could taste the blood from his partner
They do all that and risk they lives overseas to only come back to AMERICA and be treated like shit with minimum help and little to no appreciation smh
Exactly. The main reason you live a comfortable life (this man and the men like him) are being told online they’re evil and working for a death industry.
It was not the Geneva Convention that prohibited it. It was The Hague Convention. For a rifle,it would be a jacketed hollow-point. That may make a difference.
I've never been in the army as a soldier I've been a civilian kitchen porter in the uk army barracks when I was 16.ive recently been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder.i was hearing voices I had taliban in one ear and SAS in the other ear taliban was saying we are going to cut your head off when we find you and in the other ear the SAS said don't worry we got your back they said taliban was in houses around you and we need you help to pin point where and which houses they are in I was walking around the village where I live playing this game with the taliban and SAS which was talking to me in each ear the weird thing is that a Chinnock army helicopter flyer passed my house and the village and passed me really low which kind of put me at ease abit because the army was around it was scary that voices were saying they was taliban and they was going to cut my head off bt I had good voices saying they was SAS and we got your back at the same time i was having a schizoaffective disorder episode
This has been really interesting segments. Too bad y'all maga. Creators should mark their chn I'ma a maga chn that we who chose to live maga free maybe don't even see it.
When the reaper says take a break you take a break 😂😂😂
❤❤❤❤Yo reaper I felt your pain my brother. We don’t know each other but I know the loss. It never goes away. I used to run from it. I just to hide from it. No I embrace it because that’s how we keep them alive. When we cry and feel that pain deep inside that really our love and bond that we feel with the men/women that we have lost rather it be from war in Afghanistan to a loved one dying in 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
For real lol
I even just stopped and took a break.
I’ve been out of USMC for 30 yrs and often am astonished that I was 21-23 years old with others men’s lives in my hands. Looking back I was a child saddled with the most serious responsibilities.
I was a 20 year old Sergeant pulling guard duty at our compound on the Korean DMZ. One of the soldiers has tried to commit suicide multiple times. A big guy, lumberjack sized from NC. They told me to walk the compound perimeter with him, armed with an ax handle because “he couldn’t be trusted with a firearm.” I was young and inexperienced but no way was I going to walk the perimeter with him. I put him 25’ in front of me. About two weeks later, he knocked his best friend in the head with a shovel and successfully committed suicide with a rifle he stole.
Kid I went to school with we graduated in 98 he went into the Marines saw everything, retired in 2018 as a captain or higher I saw him in like 2013 when he was a captain so I'm not sure what he retired as but he's a bad ass, John Baker is his name, thank you all for your service hearing these stories of what young men kids go through is incredible.
Damn that's some Full metal Jacket movie shit. Sorry to hear what you went through brother. My biggest respect to you and thank you for serving.@@donkemp8151
Thank you for your service sir.
Still amazes me that I was 18 years old and guarding nuclear weapons.
Our politicians have no idea what sacrifices these men made and continue to make, nor do they care
Facts, just like they didn't care about spraying Agent Oronge Dioxin on our own soldiers during the Vietnam War, one of those my father who suffered a long tortuous death with cancer eating him alive. THEY will never care!
They know but they don't give a damn.
We need to get back to the days when the people in power were on the battlefield
Are you kidding me? Politicians do know what type of sacrifices these cannon fodders make. No one serves their country, they serve those who profit from war. Wars aren't meant to be won, but continuing.
Bn like that for centuries..Smh
A humble man. What a credit to humanity.
Appreciate the honest and frank conversation. The man did hella work. Much respect.
Listening to these soldiers tell their stories is heartbreaking, however, they're telling you these stories so that you remember that they are human beings, same as us ... soldiers follow orders. Those orders all not always going to clear a guilt-free bar. This is why it's important to listen more than anything, otherwise soldiers like these only have walls to talk to, so stay strong .. just like them. Great channel.
More than respect; HONOR for true Heroism
My grandfather was in Canadian armed forces in WW2 and he never talked about it. My grandmother said he lost his brother and got wounded in the back with shrapnel from a hand grenade end of 1944. He has few metals. Thanks for the great interview.
I wanna say thank you to all the women and men who fought for this country total respect i could never you folks cut different and deserve more than what the government give yall
Imagine being a middle aged lady having the heart of a warrior that fell in battle beating in your chest
Probably now a strong and empathetic woman if she wasn’t already. Or now an absolute nightmare of a witch. Lol
I downloaded this guys book on audible and I enjoyed it I would recommend it.
Thank you Sir thank you for serving our country
These are some of my favorite vids
Don’t go out there and become a killer !! No matter what america Brian washes you with
This is a guy I would like to sit down and talk conspiracy theories all day with. Dude is real legit. 100%
I’m guessing he’s not into conspiracy theories…it may not apply to you but most conspiracy theorists are just trying to find a way to be different.
This man is already different and doesn’t need to look outside himself to prove it.
Of all things, conspiracy theories?
@@anthonysteen56 You obviously missed the segment where he said he wonders if they experiment on us & practice abroad for what they want to do here.
@andrewjacobs5579 the latter is not a conspiracy theory. I'll never forget when Spain and Italy openly suggested testing their covid vaccines in Africa before using them in their respective countries. Probably the most casually racist thing i ever seen
A blink of the eye that is ingrained forever. Crazy what some soldiers go through, and I have so much respect. Unfortunately the mind is a sensitive thing and can trap traumatic experiences for lifetime.
Due to the chronical lack of professional officers I found myself as an young NCO (drafted in autumn 1983) suddenly completely in charge of whole tank platoon of 4 pieces of T55 in the East-German army in 1984.
Four fully loaded and fuelled-up combat tanks with 100mm canons, machine and anti-aircraft guns, 36 metric tons heavy and 620 horse power. Each tank crewed 4 men each, ready to roll out of the barracks in 15 minutes at any given time. Day, night, summer, winter, drunk or sober, Christmas or not.
I too was still basically rather a kid of 20 years, my rank was sergeant at the time, a tank platoon leader was supposed to be an officers job with at least three years training.
Lucky I served in peace time but being in charge of such a unit is still very dangerous business. Training and discipline was very harsh, nasty accidents occurred, any leave rarely given.
For the whole platoon I had to prepare all the shooting exercises night and day in stop and full motion, imposing discipline, train in platoon and company tactics, execute railway transportation and night drives with IR-vision only and handle and instruct the crews on all the tank operation, maintenance and repairs plus lead the annual underwater river crossing of my platoon.
I was made responsible by order for the lives and well-being of the other 15 men and have the four tanks being undamaged and in good operational order at any time. Pay was lousy, hours, weeks and months long.
What are all our politicians think?
Abusing young men's dedication and willingness to serve their countries and societies, abuse their bravery and readiness to sacrifice? For what? For EV-Lithium in the Ukraine or geopolitics in Afghanistan, oil in Iraq or because the Chinese run a political system we do not favour?
Both my grandfathers served in the Wehrmacht in WW2 and I was one of the very very few German boys in my cohort to still have both grandfathers returning from war alive.
My grand-grandfather served our Kaiser in the Deutsche Kaiserliche Heer in WW1 fighting the French. He died in 1914 on the third day (!) of the war. We never found his grave in France although we roughly know where he died. He left my grand-grandmother with three very little children behind falling into absolute poverty for the next 15 years.
It is so disgusting.
No, this politicians should not go to the frontline. THEIR children should go, can you all imagine how quickly they would sit on a diplomatic table to avoid war? When will they ever learn? Don't they have any better ideas?
I do not condemn soldiers activities regardless which side they fight for, because they are ordered to do so. And in their hearts and minds they believe they are doing something protective and important - because of the constant propaganda saying so.
When he talks about the sadness he experienced when one of his fellow soldier buddies did not make it, we should and must think about that the same thing happens - just on the other side and without us noticing it.
"Humans are at their best whenever they cooperate and do not fight!" I was told once by my boss. He came from near Boston and was an ex-Vietnam vet commanding (!) a river patrol boat. And you guessed it. He was by then just 20 years old...
At exactly the same time as larger kids in Socialist East-Germany we were collecting scrap metal and paper and empty bottles once a week to donate the money for the North Vietnamese fighting "the Americans", the "evil aggressive imperialists".
I am so sick and tired of this BS which repeats itself time and time again because of semi-educated, self-important and often greedy politicians on all sides.
We have to chose our leaders very careful. Make sure you guys only vote for politicians who are in for peace, diplomacy and compromise. Peace is the absolute base of any civilisational behaviour and democracy. Without peace there is no civilisation and certainly no democracy either.
I resigned from all military service in 1990 just after the wall fell into civil service, after realising that propaganda on one side is the same bad-ass lies like on the other side. Even its ugly style and message is the same.
Young men of this age should not chase "enemies". They should chase education and girls.
Peace! from Dresden / Germany
The world is as it is today because you (or rather, everyone) lost vvwIl.
You don't need to clickbait the titles these stories are compelling enough
The incompetence of the leadership is absolutely Insane...
We know you only have 6 rounds left, but roe say no air support, the marines cant come out there without a brigade, we couldn't get a resupply to you and Rangers don't withdrawal... good luck! 😅
Waking up to that bullet crack, not the 'whiz', but the crack... that's a real thing. It reminds me of the feeling of the depression right before the 'boom' of an explosion. And it's fng terrifying. Every fng time.
that's the one you always remember. The shot, the look of surprise then the shock in their eyes realizing that's it, then the 'that's it empty look.
Those interruptions add immense value to the interview.
Much respect
I love this and all praises for him makin it out and being so influential. But I wish the other side had a chance to tell their side too. Because war is war right?
That was so powerful
Anybody knew who Pemberton is? He was a real one!
All I know is that he was a sniper in 3rd Batt who was Nick’s spotter/sniper
Nick and Pemberton were a Team and I believe they were very close. They were together for most of their deployment. Both are class acts.
Touching.
I'm from Chicago born and raised I listen to him because the shit he talking about I b be like picture seeing that shit since 5th or 6th grade smh 😊
My friend and brother got killed over here in the war in America 18 and 19 and plenty more of my friends I can relate
Imagine not getting an award for that
I Respect these guys to the fullest… STREET LIFE … MILITARY LIFE.. is the same…WE ALL CHOOSE to UNALIVE PEOPLES for OUR CAUSE… wether it be right or wrong… NEVER JUDGE someone that survived a CERTAIN SITUATION
God bless you and your heart. May your sins be forgiven and rest peacefully. 🫡
Thanks Nick. No matter what. Ex coelis.
I had to go two weeks without a shower on deployment 2003, baby wipes are a life saver. But its not the same, not even close by 100000000000K. I had dirt, blood and sores in places I never thought possible! I remember standing under the water running over me, staring at the water circling the drain, the amount of disgusting was on an entirely different level. "AATW!!! Let's Go!"
now i feel supper nasty, i live in my parents house and i shower once in 2 weeks
What did he mean he just drink his water and tasted his blood?
He told this story in another podcast, he said that while they were being shot they found some holes where they could get in to take cover, the holes were full of water, he was thirsty and his partner shared his water bottle with him, less than three minutes later that partner was wounded, he received two shots in the leg that destroyed the femoral artery, the blood splashed the water from the holes they went into, of course with the movement and shouting and talking in those situations, the water splashed and he could taste the blood from his partner
@@kemi3790thanks for explaining
They do all that and risk they lives overseas to only come back to AMERICA and be treated like shit with minimum help and little to no appreciation smh
Exactly. The main reason you live a comfortable life (this man and the men like him) are being told online they’re evil and working for a death industry.
Why you never asked if he been shot ?
How old was he when doing this?
How old is he now?
I feel that if he was older he wouldn't be sharing this kind of information.
Just curious, forgive my ignorance, aren't hollow points illegal? Ala Geneva convention? Great interview! Asking in good faith.
It was not the Geneva Convention that prohibited it. It was The Hague Convention. For a rifle,it would be a jacketed hollow-point. That may make a difference.
@deanfowlkes copy thanks
To do all this and come home and get treated worse than illegal immigrants is crazy
Pemberton is a cover name for the real guy
I love all the military if it not for ya we not got Free Dom it not free it paid in blood thank you
This dude carries all that burden on himself and yet has a perfect hairline and more than a full
Set of Dreads!!!! WTF #ImBald😮
I've never been in the army as a soldier I've been a civilian kitchen porter in the uk army barracks when I was 16.ive recently been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder.i was hearing voices I had taliban in one ear and SAS in the other ear taliban was saying we are going to cut your head off when we find you and in the other ear the SAS said don't worry we got your back they said taliban was in houses around you and we need you help to pin point where and which houses they are in I was walking around the village where I live playing this game with the taliban and SAS which was talking to me in each ear the weird thing is that a Chinnock army helicopter flyer passed my house and the village and passed me really low which kind of put me at ease abit because the army was around it was scary that voices were saying they was taliban and they was going to cut my head off bt I had good voices saying they was SAS and we got your back at the same time i was having a schizoaffective disorder episode
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Stop spamming dude
This has been really interesting segments. Too bad y'all maga. Creators should mark their chn I'ma a maga chn that we who chose to live maga free maybe don't even see it.
Oh shit fr? Gotta watch more now
Way to internalize hate and division. Who cares lol.
If you like this one go watch Shawn Ryan podcast with the reaper even better you’ll love it
Suck it
Cindy has trump derangement syndrome 😢 get well soon dummy
60 views in 6 minutes?
Bro fell off 😂
3,900 now
This trend is lamer than "first!"
How do you not have enough ammo? Always carry too much. Damb , Lesson learned.
Trust me it's possible if it terrible planning and mission awareness it happens.
Nobody expects to be in a 3 hour firefight.
This has happened alot. It's not the young grunts fault.
Those mags wear you down, you can’t really sprint or have a great mobility with weight on