A Day in the Life of a Deployed Infantryman

[@meshiu2344]

"Why you guys chain smoking right now?" "Cause it makes us better at running." Only a grunt says that shit lmao great video

[@the_real_sunny]

Haha thanks man!

[@RobertBrolo-l3q]

​@@the_real_sunnyArmy 💪💪

[@SpriteLovuh]

Grunts for life!!

[@c431inf]

💯

[@PawnchGame]

as active duty marines, its so weird to see how comfortable the junior enlisted can be with an officer. Thats cool as fuck, I love how tight you guys are and how you guys all just vibe. I have a completely different experience here.

[@mrmarzo]

I think it really depends on the vibe of your unit/platoon/squad. I've had a platoon next to me that sang together. Meanwhile I had a friend in the Army that told me his unit was so by the books it was annoying. As well as another friend in the Air Force that told me it was pretty balanced overall.

[@CailinnNoT]

On deployement Is when we were more relaxed with officers but back in Garrison it was back to norm

[@JarretXu]

*salutes butter bar: “sniper check, Sir.”

[@sheepdawg6946]

Being an army grunt that worked with several, if not more marines once I got out, the marines are good guys but they had a tendency to really focus on rank opposed to my army experience. If they had seniority over others, they did not tend to join in the work, like army vets. So kind of matches with what you are saying. We all got along great in law enforcement though. Ribbing aside.

[@movietimers]

My deployment to Afghanistan was the same. 15 green suiters and 15 civilian contractors. We had a major who was the coolest officer I've ever met. We handled all our business and got it done without drama. I love it that you guys are in the alaskan tents...11 months of living in those will make you appreciate walls, doors, and overall privacy!

[@Ezraaaaaaaaaaaa]

10:11 I love the idea of a cat just in the middle of a desert, then just comes across the base and starts hangin out

[@idk.wut.to.do.with.myself-702]

and one guy is playing on a Nintendo switch

[@campo1018]

Wasn’t sure what to expect going into this video but it’s perfect. Typical life style there. Not to many worry’s and a pretty enjoyable time of life for the most part. Hope everyone made it home safely thanks for the memories.

[@the_real_sunny]

Yeah there's plenty of firefight videos out there. This was 2019 and so a different type of deployment. Dunno why that angers so many people, out of our control lol

[@squidward5270]

yea fs but also j this n firefights makes u think diff abt life n what other ppl go through u lit drop all the luxury's of j living in America an all the great shit we have to risk ur life its crazy n super thankful for uj@@the_real_sunny

[@publicuser2534]

Man, super chill in 2019. I was seven years out at that time. Time flies. It was a bit different in 07 and 2010. Looks the same as we left it though…dusty, hot, and the foul odor of oil, shit, and trash 😂Keep up the fight boys, as trivial as it gets.

[@campo1018]

@ publicuser2534. I bet it was completely different in 07. I really wanted to deploy in 07 but was still in high school. I do miss that heat and and the smell and the memories. I’m guessing it was a lot different for you though. You guys paved the way for us coming in later.

[@samking1122]

Im dying that was our old tents we set up there lol and holy fuck that cat is still alive we called it little chief

[@the_real_sunny]

Were you with 101st?

[@justlookingaround3169]

@@the_real_sunny I’m a rookie

[@Skibidibugs]

@@justlookingaround3169 not you

[@justlookingaround3169]

@@Skibidibugs I know

[@MistressAudio]

I love the random guy just playing pokemon, just vibing with his shiny. Unbothered :') Thank you for your service!

[@the_real_sunny]

Didn't even notice that! Thanks for watching!

[@feddy__0629]

Wait where is he????

[@saitamaman6714]

Mean while the people in that country suffering! Nice.

[@toad3222]

@@saitamaman6714 what can they do about it

[@saitamaman6714]

@@toad3222 we can fight but then I'm terrorist.

[@jamesscott2894]

"As an Officer, even while deployed to Iraq, still can't escape Meetings" (and PowerPoints....) Most real thing ever said on any of these "day in the life" videos. Been to Iraq and Afghanilands myself, was legit laughing out loud at parts, just because of how real your guys are here, like "Yup, been there, done that, known plenty of dudes just like them" Coulda been any one of the FOBs I've seen in passing. Best wishes for you and your Platoon for a nice uneventful (safe!) deployment and y'all come back safe and sound

[@andrews6211]

That guy sitting on the cliff watching the trucks seemed cool. Hope your deployment is over guys and you guys got home safely.

[@anthonyhall4170]

Every time i think about reenlisting i see a video like this and it slaps some sense back into me haha. On a serious note thanks for your service guys we’re proud of you!

[@griprep3506]

I saw the same vid you watched and it made me want to enlist more.

[@anthonyhall4170]

@@griprep3506 so enlist lol

[@anorginalname805]

Damn it made me miss it, you must’ve been a pussy while you were in huh?

[@tylermontoya408]

@@griprep3506 Nah this also reassured me about never re-enlisting, ever, even if there’s a fire. But it depends on where you’re at in life. If you’re a single 20 something year old dude send it, go live it up with the boys good and bad times together. Once you get older though and have a family you’ll definitely not want to find yourself overseas perpetually burdened by an excess of empty time and how to fill said time meaningfully. Working out 3 times a day, watching movies and playing video games gets old after a while. I relived this when I became a Wildland firefighter in California. So much downtime it was almost unbearable. Anyways good luck to you brotha whatever you do

[@SurfyXO]

@@tylermontoya408I’m 27, and want to enlist. Been a gamer all my life, dropped out of college, worked with my dad (but don’t want to anymore), lost weight and motivation, lost my academic knowledge so I’m back to like basic math and counting with my fingers type shit because of the lack of practice. I don’t want to keep living like this and doubting myself anymore, so I’m hoping to enlist to build mental fortitude and start believing in myself again. I know for a fact I’m gonna get smoked on a daily because I’m too “civilian” like and relaxed, too slow and stuff. Boy am I gonna get smoked or hated 💀

[@phillipyin5320]

This is dope man! Thanks for sharing. Glad you’re doing all right!

[@zbraelias]

“It’s the war kitty”

[@deet2440]

Never realized how ghetto the army was😂

[@zbraelias]

😂

[@dark8893]

Believe me 😭 its living like a homeless but embracing it

[@KiwiOverlord]

You should check out the Marine Corps

[@ross9804]

@@KiwiOverlord No difference except instead of food they eat crayons.

[@MD_Films]

Many people don’t really think about the fact that the military is made up of almost entirely of 19 year olds who just graduated high school, but when you realize that, it makes sense that the military, especially Army and Marines, are ghetto as fuck

[@mustachesally4134]

From experience back in 2004 as an 11B, I will you that if you are an active member from age 19-21, Infantryman have a lot of pride and ego is through the roof. Then overtime, about your 2nd to 3rd year, you start to really hate it. Waking up early in the am, PT, train, break, lunch, PT again. Depending on orders of the day, you end up going back to the same routine over and over again. When my battle buddies arrived in the mid east in 2005, we found ourselves ready but outmatched when it comes to ground combat against folks who knew their environment and as a foreign invader, the locals appear to be good people but really, they are against you and they communicate to "insurgents" our positions. They study our positions , path and daily patrol routines that often times we have to change it. To reduce the risk of getting wounded or killed by enemy fire, if we suspect there is an enemy positioned in a house, we have no choice but to warn any residence in the area , evaluated the situation before making a decision to have armor inflict damage to that house. We then get sent to that house after the damage. Most of the time, we were correct of our findings but there were times the insurgents were in that position, they leave the house and leave remnants that they were there, we then damage the house and the locals are pissed off at us. And repeat. Hence the folks did not like foreign invaders in their country regardless if you feel like you were liberating them or not. The whole deployment to mid east was a pointless engagement. We had an agenda but the no clear agenda on why and what the hell for. We were early 20 somethings . Young, patriotic and full of pride. Deployment was boring but it made you miss home like no other. I got out, used my GI bill to pay for college and I never looked back of my past. For new generations of today, I hope there is no war to fight. Modern combat will leave you thinking life is precious.

[@badabing8152]

dude shut up lmfao

[@Destiny15]

Any tips for surviving combat and minimising chances of getting shot?

[@elmaswilo1666]

@@Destiny15for real I want to enlist in the Marines but I dont want to get deployed in the Middle east

[@Destiny15]

@@elmaswilo1666 from what I’ve seen you just need to stick to training and listen to your squad leader 😂

[@limbogt747]

@@Destiny15I’ve heard stories where a leader got their whole team wiped out it’s all a gamble really

[@normandy1140]

Nice video, man. I remember the first time I went to Iraq. First thing I noticed was the sun. And the taste of sand and grit that I sometimes got when I drank water. I smelled dust everywhere. And I always heard some sort of humvee, Stryker, etc. Lots of aircraft. I went on R&R in 2006. I flew back into Atlanta and I thought, whoa, everything is so modern and clean. Nothing is covered in dust anywhere.

[@Commandodesigns]

Legit... As a Company Commander X3, it checks out... Good work bro...

[@rcr3158]

Ohhh goodness I can still smell the gasoline from the generators lol. And the pretend powder scrambled egg for breakfast classic lol

[@FLBased]

The turkey bacon wasnt bad.

[@publicuser2534]

You sure it wasn’t diesel? The smell I remember is a combination of burning oil, burning trash, and the shit ponds 😂

[@dt7906]

Went to ranger school with you! We were in the same Darby squad! 😂

[@the_real_sunny]

No way! I ended up graduating ... after a few extra months

[@Owe3TheGreat]

probably the most wholesome thing I’ve seen in a while

[@airfergz18]

thanks for the video, well made, pretty funny, and a good perspective on the day in life. thanks for sharing your platoon and everyday duties with us. I look forward to more videos if you make any more

[@davidbooher5932]

Brother thank you for what you do. I spent 12 years of my life wearing the uniform but that's been awhile. I was a combat engineer though. I'm glad to see you guys have a little more amenities than we had in shield/storm (24id) lol circle no bolt. Almost everything we had was in a GP medium or large. Except for our mkt and our cooks kept hot biscuits and coffee for us at night so that was our snack bar bwahaha. But enough of my book again thank you for being one of our best. Oh I have to say from all aspects without being there your troops seem to respect you. Believe it or not one of the best Lt's I ever had was a west point grad who's father was a general. We would walk through hell for that man. Even got the honor of being in his wedding when we got back to Stewart. The whole saber thing for them to walk through

[@DurpySquirtleGaming]

David Booher thank you for your service i just turned 17 recently and am planning on enlisting in the army as an infantrymen

[@Bnzc6]

@@DurpySquirtleGaming same here dude I'm about to turn 18 I'm planning on going to the Marines.

[@raymondtrevizo5102]

I_might_be_elliot do your research before you join. Don’t join the infantry just cause you wanna shoot guns and blow up shit. There’s tons of jobs in the army you can do that. And there’s tons of jobs in different branches..

[@raymondtrevizo5102]

I_might_be_elliot enjoy eating crayons and getting treated like shit by everyone do your research before just hopping in

[@DurpySquirtleGaming]

Raymond Trevizo yeah i know the risk but someone has to do it

[@shalomkyalo5939]

That cat is a spy😂

[@1Matt3]

This brought back some memories!! I was deployed at Camp Bastion and FOB Lightning in 2016. I was an FO for my infantry boys. Definitely miss those times and the friends I was around. When I was in, I thought all that comradery stuff was BS, but I miss those guys every day and truth is it's hard to keep up comms with each other just living through our daily lives. Hope you and everyone in this video are doin well, sir. RLTW!

[@coconuthead1361]

Love that the medic just randomly punches you. Same thing in the Marines, Corpsmen are beings that run on pure hatred of others.

[@alanparadis5061]

Thank you for a look into your life for a day, but more importantly, THANK YOU for Serving!!!

[@CiiDisabledGang]

I was born with one arm, and wanted to go to the navy seals, but was denied at 17 when trying to join the navy at the recruiters. It sucks, but thank you for your service brother! 🇺🇸

[@usacycling5949]

well... no shit you have 1 arm, almost everything required by you would not be anything useful, that's why people who lose their arms or legs in war get sent home right away.

[@Destiny15]

I’m gonna leave this here to see where this goes

[@CiiDisabledGang]

@@usacycling5949 watch my one arm phlebotomist & Glock videos and you’ll see I’m more than capable to serve in the military 🪐🔱🇺🇸

[@alihasanaxe4936]

Absolutely moronic if you actually thought they'd be able to find a use for a cripple.

[@Luhmike400]

Not trynna be funny bro, but why in da hell did you think you was getting in with one arm

[@mkdesu]

I love how the platoon medic punches, healing punch

[@Ezraaaaaaaaaaaa]

8:16 I love how everyone is just hangin out, just chillin and talking

[@richardnoah2922]

wonder where the lower enlisted are XD

[@JohnathanWick_92M5]

Thank you for your time and service. Thank you for the Contant. I really appreciate it. Stay safe. “If you can’t be careful, be deadly”

[@beanfang5657]

That was a good video puts infantry in perspective

[@ProspectFilmRoom]

My platoon patrolled 1-2 times a day almost every day for 14/15 months (I took over mid-tour). Only break they got was tower duty for a month, and even then we were still pulled to augment major operations. Sometimes you get a maintenance day for your gun trucks but on those days you’re cleaning weapons, looking at maps, hang out, and then a few hours to watch a movie or game it up. Patrols can be 2-4 hours, but operations can mean 14-20 hour days and you’re sleeping out in sector (in houses, battle positions, in your trucks at some other patrol base). Contact with the enemy depends on how kinetic your battle space is. If you get assigned to a hot sector like an enemy support zone, you’ll be shot at frequently and IEDs are a daily threat, plus the locals are harder to win over (We used to deliver beanie babies to little kids in enemy areas). Even If you are pulling base security and rarely leave the wire, those entry points are high-payoff targets for the enemy and they get attacked frequently (drive-by, mortars, car bombs, sniper fire, etc.) War in the 21st century is hell sometimes.

[@flynnryan25]

Damn that’s 2 yrs ago? You guys got the upgrade! I still got my defective ACH from deployment. They said we could keep em. We got new ones to replace them. They stayed in the box … that’s the army for ya!

[@jaybinning2890]

even chilln in the fob you can tell it's an infantry unit. The bottom of hose hose needs to be able to go below the level of the liquid it's filling from, otherwise gravity just shoves it all the way back the way it came, and those drums def looked lower than the fill port. Gotta have someone kink the line near the can, when the tube is full so you can shove the other end of the tube down the fill neck into the tank. Go Ordinance! Haha.

[@YoungEli9]

“Why are you guys chain smoking rn?” It makes us better at running 😅😂

[@DarthestWiffiest]

My 11B unit hated our 11C guys because for an entire year they never left the FOB and threw tantrums when they got FOB guard duty. At the end of our tour in 04 a grand total of ZERO rounds were sent by our 11C's. The Paladin crews we had on the other hand were absolute rockstars with their return fire.

[@michaelellis392]

Yeah I was an infantryman in Iraq in 04-05. It wasn't nearly as chill. We fought daily. And I mean daily

[@Paratus1179]

That’s the dream. No one goes to benning so they can deploy and not see combat.

[@odgreen5655]

@@Paratus1179 Well a lot more do than admit. It's the dream to the men who haven't been and the nightmare to those who have.

[@denno3124]

​@chrisbenson2430 Ha! You know how many non combat MOSs go there for basic?

[@user_z01]

The dream until you do it

[@VerifiedVIPMember]

@@Paratus1179 It's a dream if you're a psycho. No fun if you come home in bodybag.

[@yugiohboosterpackvirgin4496]

Y’all are vibing keeping each other positive and strong that’s great :)

[@tomjoseph4397]

Love the cat! It's a mental health expert.

[@bobdylan7432]

Watching this is just hitting all the feels. I miss my brothers so much. I remember one night we didn’t have to go out on patrol and we were just wild. One of my battles pulled the steps away from my chu and he opened the door to ask me to go to the gym. Of course I wanted to go, so I go to step out and faceplant the ground. My squad was laughing, I was laughing. After that I plotted my revenge. We had these wooden closets in our chu’s for each troop and my chumate was out, so I took a golf club and beat the everloving piss out of his pristine closet. Chu mate comes back and asked what the fuck happened. I calmly told him quillman(the guy who pulled my steps) just came in and said “fuck benson”(my chu mate) and destroyed your closet. After that every morning benson would pound on quillmans chu and wake him up by shoveling rocks and moon dust into his chu until we went back state side 😂 Sorry for the book but thanks for posting your adventure. Regulars by god!

[@optio256]

Expert Infantry Badge and Ranger qualified. Well done sir! 🪖

[@codyguerrero100.]

I'm signing tomorrow n I'm stoked to finally do something different with my life

[@CottonCandyIceCreamEnjoyer]

How's life been so far?

[@maliksworld8467]

howd it go

[@BasketBall-bh4tg]

bro died

[@VerifiedVIPMember]

Nothing going with the Army now.

[@alexnguyen7398]

I see you on post all the time and it’s crazy that I found your channel. I was on the same fob that ya’ll are at in the video too

[@AnniesHours]

Thanks for sharing your video! I do some volunteer work sending care packages to deployed soldiers, and this really gives me some insight into what life is like on deployment. I'm sure it's different from place to place, but this was a great video!

[@LoNGruNer22]

crazy. my boys always send your tik toks to the groupchat and who wouldve thought we were in the same unit

[@HarumiAida]

Interesting but good video. Thank you LT for giving us a glimpse into what you guys do while on deployment. I liked the video. You guys take care. STAY SAFE. God bless and thank you for your service.

[@mannycolon5562]

Dope ass video. If this was a light day you sure did make it look good.

[@DeffoNotToucan]

All I could hear when the coffee was made was Ewan McGregor saying "can't be too fine, can't be too coarse"

[@donkeydave4066]

"Trying to bit a pr on bench or sumthing like that" fucking dead lol

[@stevem7736]

Lt. you better be a Major by now. Thank You outstanding video.

[@Riotskunk89]

God i miss the infantry. Life was so difficult, but at the same time so damn easy. There is no better freedom

[@kaayb3243]

Nice music selection 👌🏽

[@ajss108]

Great vid and great team- We are proud of you!

[@Thatbasedcat]

10:11 They deploying cats now. 😹😹

[@natestew16]

I’m 27 now and I wish I would have served . I would have loved the experience of fighting on top of the jelling as a squad just must be amaizng

[@SupremeBapeTV]

Dude you can still join if you have that much passion about it just go stop being scared

[@Threee_Eyez]

I am 32 and I go to MEPS this coming Monday..

[@RootinNRuttin]

Go for it dude!. I was 26 when i went in. It’s not too late. Don’t live with that regret man! That’s why i went in so late. I didn’t want that regret of not joining the fight.. you got this! Once you serve, you’re apart of a brotherhood that NOBODY can take away from you! You’ll one day be buried with honors (hopefully when you’re old!) and flag presented to your family! Nothing more honorable than that man!

[@keowar]

surprised the army has nicer stuff on their deployment than i did on my deployment in the air force. I worked on A-10s but it was pretty fun.

[@guglielmotranchina249]

Leg blasters? Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

[@BASTOSMEDIA]

Thank you all for your service . God bless you and your families

[@mauricew4524]

Oh shit! The electrician was my DS!!💥🔥💪

[@michaelfireoved2431]

Another reason I’m gonna suffer to make it into the the 75th RR is cause there deployments are 2-4 months Long while the regular army is usually 6+. Everybody has different aspirations tho

[@Johnathan23k]

You'll mature extremely well if you sign up. The more you stick with it, the quicker you'll rank up. Everybody's growing and Ill be enrolling in like 2 years

[@davidhawkinsjr.3796]

Love the 90’s rap man

[@KAMiKAZE-T.V.]

I would absolutely love to do this everyday lmao

[@nicholesartor637]

Thank you so much for sharing your day

[@the_real_sunny]

Thanks for watching!

[@whatisthat4556]

thank you for your service

[@LottMahonri]

War Kitty deserves more content, perhaps even a promotion.

[@fleekyd819]

just came up in my recommendations but ive been laughing at your tik toks for a while now, about to mob out of fort hood soon for a 9 month, thanks for the content man! got a sub

[@amadexmilby7309]

Hey, hittin a dart while your hittin chest. Good shit.

[@PapaPerk360]

Home boy rocking a coyote brown Quicksilver shirt?!? SWAG!

[@raiderknight8194]

If it wasn’t for the fact that I’m deadset on going Infantry then SF this video probably would’ve made me become a mortarman.

[@tenezthemaster]

You realize mortarmen are still in the infantry branch right

[@lokodimez1263]

@@tenezthemaster I think he wanted to be a grunt/ 0311

[@Idk-ub4rz]

Where are you at now with the SF? Any progress?

[@ChixNugt]

Thank you for your service!

[@nitroxylictv]

I died when you said "trying to fix the generator" I feel like thats all you guys ever do lmao

[@jamesdelaney3797]

5:45 It was a Marine GUARANTEED

[@jermainetalley5699]

Feels nice to watch what I’m gonna be doing in a couple years

[@rawcanonmedia7117]

It’s crazy cause back in the day we couldn’t dare record or even show anything on a deployment prior to the 2010s

[@RootinNRuttin]

Right?! Watching this my brain was screaming OPSEC!!!! Take it down!!!! But then i remembered we ain’t there anymore.

[@NixxSlays]

I was in fort wainwright 2017-2020. Hated that place

[@CHMA_Shortimer]

Damn, I hope the war kitty is alright

[@theninedivides6851]

7:24 hit the shit out of me with nostalgia amazing song

[@MonumentToSin]

The "MTV Cribs" reference just dated this video with accuracy lol

[@dommydoubtful3621]

i might be a little arrogant but this shit looks so fun. just working with the boys day in and day out.

[@chltmdwp]

Im about to be 32 and preparing to go to the Army OCS. A prior Air Force enlisted too.

[@adammathers4879]

Fairly similar to the Marine Corps on deployment, except you guys are more chill.

[@omikronairsoft6037]

God bless you man

[@JohnGrove310]

You're protective masks are a hell a of lot better than when I was in back in 1989-1992

[@jeremielachance6125]

In Canada,we probably still have the same protective mask as you had back than

[@dantegraham6876]

Hope folks realize they took this on a day when things werent going heywire. Just cause they didnt film it didnt mean it didnt happen.

[@James-wh8fl]

Cool video! Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

[@zach_blackburn]

That gym was actually badass ngl

[@cesarhuerta6039]

Look up embedded with special forces from black rifle coffee. I was there. That’s the deployment boys want this seems like cake

[@the_real_sunny]

Definitely. Unfortunately SOF gets most missions these days unless you get really lucky.

[@juniorruiz3078]

Lmao he had all the classics playin !

[@bobbobobob2013]

Cheers from your local HHC sniper section 😎 y'all had fun with those Hudson rucks

[@the_real_sunny]

Legendary rucks

[@froginthewaves8450]

Super neat stuff, thanks for sharing!

[@kevinclark890]

Keep posting man

[@Crippled_potato]

ill be with u soon just gotta graduate and go through boot camp

[@jonathanwalker8730]

Wow. Sign me up for the US infantry. I worked in a library in England for three years and it was more stressful than this.

[@briangaffney616]

Yeah this is some POG bullshit

[@odgreen5655]

@@briangaffney616 what? Not being attacked?

[@jamescoay]

Bruh idk if you picked these songs but we got the same taste in music😂 made the vid even better

[@the_real_sunny]

Yep I did haha

[@lougarcia1485]

Love from California baby!!

[@Chvylvr73]

At least y'all are doing good there to do things to occupy so y'all won't be bored hehe. Thank you Sir for showing us y'alls day. God Bless y'all ❤🇺🇸

[@Gold_Falcon_6]

OMG… two things I’ve never seen… an EIB directly over the branch tape and a leg ranger. I found a UNICORN!!

[@odgreen5655]

😄That Ranger Tab is gonna get him more drinks on the house than the jump wings ijs 🤷

[@Ouchrust]

Damn, i went to basic with SPC Daniels. Good guy.

[@stephenwilson9872]

Someone loyal to the core value of your life

[@RegularGuyInTheArmy]

Your site is how I imagined deployment would be like... fortunately my site is a resort compared to yours. I’m just a POG 😭🙃 Y’all some troopers though for sure. Respect.

[@LittleLoyal]

That war kitty is cute af

[@jeprodigalson792]

The NCO's have the real fun these days. Officers dont lead from the front in warfare today.