His story checks out...

There's definitely a lot of prisons with weights ... are people just getting dumber?

RLTW C co 1/75 90$ Ranger baby!

Former USMC O here, and these guys make me proud to be an American, and glad that they’re on our side 🇺🇸 🫡.

Oh boy, the tier designation has to do with money allocation in US government speak. The Italians don’t have a “tier” designation…😂😂😂

I went thru Marine boot on Parris Island in '74...at that time the age cutoff was 27 for Marines. We were all 17, 18 and 19 year olds but we did have one guy who was 27 in my platoon. One night on guard duty me and him were out walking a post in the middle of east bum fuck Egypt and we had a whispered conversation. He asked me how my body was holding up, I said my body had no issues but I was feeling the mental stress. I asked him how he was doing and the poor guy almost cried telling me how his body hurt day and night and he didn't think he could take much more...he ended up being a drop, I don't know what for, we never paid attention to the drops, they just disappeared and everyone moved up one bunk. We started with 77 recruits in my platoon and graduated with 37, so over a 50% drop rate. I just can't imagine any 40 year old making it thru Marine boot back in the day, let alone ITR or Recon Indoc or BRC (a now old U.S. Recon Marine vet and recently retired Aerospace Engineer with a large American defense contractor's Missile Systems company).

My dreams of being in the military were crushed by my own actions, I live every day with regret

I wants to go gains knowledges!

You can venmo someone 9k?

Awesome interview. But you left out this question: "How does it feel to be a member of the SOF with the shortest training pipeline?"

School is a leadership course…scroll is a way of life. RLTW

They’re just pogs with cooler gear lol

UCMJ is a helluva thing

This is awesome! This guy sounds just like me. I have regrets about the Military and Marshall. I got recruited out of H.S to play Football and Baseball at Marshall. I didn’t keep my grades up in H.S so I couldn’t get cleared through the NCAA Clearinghouse and then the Military didn’t work out, but these are my two biggest regrets of my life!

I was with 1/506 INF we relieved 1/34 AR - that was a tough area! Appreciated hearing his experiences

Dudes a private... hes made some mistakes here and there. damnnnnn battle.

As a 25 year veteran, this was a fantastic listen!! When a podcast is so good you take notes?? Yeah.. Score!

I was team leader in the 82nd abn and we didn't have csm like Johnson or i would've stayed for 30

Sure thing private

Bro has a combat patch and a bracelet in 2024 and he’s a e4? What did he do 😅

Italian tier 1 is like the best national guardsman

Makes zero sense. Seems to be more to this story

He’s full of shit. How do you not know what’s in your mouth that you’re chewing on? He’s a liar and deserved to get booted!

He’s dropping some serious Pearls of Wisdom. One doesn’t have to be in the military to have a Ranger Mindset! Start Today! Life is too short to go through fat, stupid and lazy! Thank you for your Service to our Country.

this is the youngest 1sg I've ever seen

He's still holding onto that fuckin lie.

This guy was a POS worst NCO I ever worked with he was a cocky dushbsg who never showed up on time but always demanded we were there.

I didn’t know 25ID Had a ranger bat in Hawaii

ARE YOU PEOPLE HARRASSING ME NOW? JOIN THE CLUB, BTCHES.

The old 6 back to 4 routine lol

So many good points raised here. Will the military ever deal with them head on? I doubt it.

Really think this through before you destroy your future for politicians that don't believe in the promises they make to you or the words of the Constitution. Their idea of WE The People DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU!

You say sum bout a second or third wave of airfield seizures🤫🤫🤫

Great channel

Rick Merritt put me through RIP, then came to Cco 3/75. He ended up as the CSM of 3/75... total stud.

Sam Houston had his men wear a playing card in their hats to ID them. Same kind of principal.

It's not complicated. If you wear a tan beret and wear the scroll 75th you are part of the elite fighting force. You wear the tab that says ranger you went to an elite leadership course.

Need to deploy first😂

Currently joining the military at 32, this conversation had me intrigued until they started talking about football lol

I completely forgot about the delicate issue of sleeping around in the military. Everyone is in their late teens or early-to-mid twenties so hormones are raging. Most people were in excellent physical shape from all the PT. Everyone's drinking heavily off duty. E-3s or E-4s hook up and it's no big deal. Two years later someone's promoted and it might become a complicated issue and it might follow someone to a new unit. I do not miss those days.

Appreciate it my childhood was very rough I’m 18 currently homeless been through a lot of trauma lost my dad my mom and my sister and was pretty much borderline Forster care and I was abused financially didn’t get raised right at all kinda raised my self and had mentors signed a option 40 contract 68 whiskey for the best option for my success good to know it’s good reliable people in the regiment and maintaining a standard is amazing I’m so greatfull for this opportunity can’t wait to earn my spot at the table 💪🏾💪🏾

Absolutely!! Staying in shape is so much more than just physical. It keeps you mentally tough as well.

Very interesting discussion and viewpoints from an experienced and intelligent armor officer. Nice video. I liked the discussion about the future of the Army and what battle looks like today as defined by current events in Eastern Europe.

I thought prison do have weights smd things like that or do they dont?

I laugh because my moms 4 brothers were in the Navy 3 decided that submarines were for them. My brother was 101st Airborne Ranger became a Pathfinder while serving in Vietnam Nam. I thank you for your service. I thank your families their service for those in uniform and those who kept the families intact at home. Again thank you.❤

from 20 to early 40 maybe 45 . you still in your prime . most special force dude are over 30 and even early 40 . when you keep yourself in a good shape and fit you stay that way for long time . whit no change at all in your fitness until you get older like 50+

I was already on my first joint replacement a little after 40 lol.

Dude no combat patch???? Fukn how???

Im 58 years old, retired Air Force and feel the last generation of parents failed the eligible recruits by lowering standards and by accepting mediocrity. It poisoned this generation. Why would they give up their "entitled" status to conformity even with the lowering of standards and maximum age changes designed to increase recruiting numbers? I grew up in a time when we learned to tie shoes before kindergarten rather than resorting to velcro. We knew how to read a tape measure and tell time on an analog clock. We signed paychecks in cursive. We knew what spackling was by 8. We had pick up games and didn't rely on parents to drive us to practice...we ran there. We laundered our uniforms at the end of the season and wore the same one the following season. We didn't go to veterans organizations every year soliciting money for new ones. Not everyone received a trophy and we kept score! We knew how to give change back when someone gave us a few cents over. We played outside and drank from hoses. We actually developed social skills through personal interaction rather than hiding behind social media walls. We earned enough money to buy a beater car and we .were proud to have it. We weren't handed a new car when we got our permits. We knew what patriotism was at an early age and many of us joined for that reason alone. There is a reason why less than 1% serve because they are made of the character to be combatants. Let's stop dropping the bar and get back to grass roots military! We have only ourselves to blame for this predictable outcome! What did we expect was going to happen with generational coddling?

Actually he's a Corporal. Kinda weak.