A Swede reacts to The Fat Electrician: The Most Gangster Marine Of All Time Dan Daly

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[@Reckyj]

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[@donaldmccombs5566]

I was an United States infantry scout. The fat electrician reviewed us. Fat electrician infantry scouts.

[@bobprivate8575]

regarding your question about why the Marines always seem to be involved in these fights, there's a bunch of reasons. First and foremost, the US didn't have a standing army during most of the time period in question. The Army would be raised during wartime, but then disbanded after. Second, most of what we're talking about involved amphibious landings- the Spanish-American War was fought in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and The Philippines. All islands. Boxer rebellion- no direct land route from US to China, so again an amphibious landing. Haiti- another island. In that era, the Army was considered homeland defense, and the Marines were the expeditionary land forces of the Navy.

[@corryburton9834]

Marines are the only branch the president can send out without an act of war from congress.....however, we have over 140,000 of them..

[@donniemjr75]

The reason the Marine Corp gets sent 1st is because they are the only branch the President can unleash without Congress approving it.

[@demonchild327]

His video on Cassius Marcellus Clay is definitely a must-watch, as well as his video on Sgt. Reckless.

[@scythelord]

Definitely Cassius Marcellus Clay.

[@cavemanjoe79]

And the video on McNasty, the guy who probably saved the American troops during the battle of the bulge.

[@FAtE_454]

Jake McNasty was fuckin hardcore

[@RageinriotTJ]

I was just about to post that its my favorite video and everyone needs to know the existance of this legendary human being

[@jameshunt9208]

💯

[@joecrazy9896]

Robert Heinlein, when writing Starship Troopers, was inspired by Dan Daily, and used that "do you wanna live forever" quote for his story.

[@happyjohn354]

I would love to live in a society run by men like Dan Daily.

[@partyshoes2917]

The book is a good read

[@phildicks4721]

Well R.A.H. was a graduate of the US Naval Academy.😉 He probably knew of the story.

[@erikagoodman1356]

@@partyshoes2917 Great book, horrible movie.

[@hayatofury8580]

Fun fact about US Navy, its was originally founded for sole purpose of hunting pirates.

[@stephencooper5040]

Yes Dan Daly is where “c’mon you sons of bitches, you wanna live forever?” comes from. I joined the Marine Corps in November 2003, and some of what gets taught in boot camp is Marine Corps history, with tests and quizzes and everything. I learned about the battle of Belleau Wood, and later joined a unit that fought there.

[@donnelson6694]

That was amazing!! Loved it! He definitely should have gotten the Medal of Honor 3 times. If you earn it, you should get it.

[@Reckyj]

Exactly!

[@eTraxx]

Yeah .. but politicians ... they can F up anything

[@chazo1367]

Politics always screw with things, he DESERVED that third medal.

[@Cordite842805]

Considering that most people that are awarded that honor are not alive to receive it speaks volumes to Dan Daley's abilities. The politicians that denied him the third most likely have never fought for their country and had no respect and no idea what that mab did. He definitely should have received all 3.

[@charlesbryson7443]

John Chapman earned 2 in Afghanistan, so I think they removed the limitation.

[@charlesbryson7443]

Dan Daly is still taught and talked about in boot camp. He and Chesty Puller are legends!

[@marinemike1559]

Semper Fi Hard charger!

[@corinnem.239]

My great grandfather was on the Boston in Manila Bay during the Spanish American War.

[@Tyrannosaurus_STFU_III]

Good night Chesty, wherever you are.

[@MeMyself_andAI]

Im a Marine myself, and Dan Daly is a legend in the Corps. Personally i think its more badass that he got 2 medals of honor, and then had a rule implemented saying people could only get 1. It immortalizes him and smedley butler as the only men to ever get 2 MOHs in the corps, as they are essentially the Marine gods of legend. The medal isnt for personal valor. Its an award to recognize all service members who go above and beyond the call of duty. I was lucky enough to serve with a man whos father was a MOH recipient. Donald Ballard. We got to meet him after infantry school. Hes an incredible man.

[@lairdcummings9092]

In America, we refer to the USMC as our "911" force - the people we send when someone calls for emergency help. America was involved in a LOT of sordid little fights in Central and South America - Mostly completely morally indefensible - during the early 20th century. The USMC were invariably the lead force in these incidents.

[@FAtE_454]

No we don't? They're Uncle Sam's Guided Children, or "the core" (corps") and they're the CORPS of what keeps you from worrying

[@Razgriz85]

He's a really good storyteller that keeps you hooked the entire video. I only found his channel recently, so I'm still going through all his videos.

[@paladamashkin8981]

The entire story is even more crazy. This abridged edition left out that no one had enough ammunition. Half the night was Bailey with a bayonet

[@FAtE_454]

Yeah, fat electrician covered that, but this guy skipped over it

[@peternash7104]

Pretty sure I did 'that' during the Crucible a long time ago. Where you have to run with full ammo cans for hours, mainly because the other events were occupied and that's the one I spent half the day on. In case people don't know, Crucible is the final test in Boot Camp. There's events that is seemingly random because you are split into teams doing each event. I had a small team so we can do a double rotation before another group finishes one. One of the events had damaged equipment, the one we were suppose to do next. This was known so we just stuck around at the Dan Daly event. The other group was massive to there was a desync in swapping so another group took our 3rd event. So we stayed for 4 events at Dan Daly. Needless to say it does make his feats more respectable when you start doing it for a prolonged period of time.

[@paladamashkin8981]

@@peternash7104 funny thing is you are in such a mindset that you do not feel the pain until later. It teaches you to do what needs done now and be glad you can hurt later

[@stevenestrada9924]

Depending on how long of a video you want to do? Some of my favorites are shorter ones he originally uploaded to tik tok. They are, "The USS Texas", "USS Barb - The Submarine That Sank A Train", "The Ship That Wouldn't Sink - Uss Navada". All three total around 13 minutes. Every one of his videos is worth watching. I've seen all of them multiple times.

[@UncleBuckRodgers]

Actually, as a typical American (even one that enjoys history) this is the first time I remember hearing about some of these conflicts. Most of us know Civil War, Spanish-American war/WW1/WW2/Vietnam/Gulf war/Iraq/Afghanistan. This is SO interesting. Thanks for the reaction Recky!

[@Reckyj]

It is SO interesting! I’m hanging on to every word!!

[@TheDrunkenPhaeron]

I would highly recommend checking out Sgt Reckless, Wake Island, The Las War Chief, and Cassius Clay. The Fat Electrician does amazing work but those are some of my favorites!

[@SaltyBagfries]

It's always the Marines, because if you let them get bored, nobody wins.

[@bucks5167]

" with lack of instruction they will resort to destruction"

[@phildicks4721]

Dan Daly and Chesty Puller are legends of the USMC. Another marine that has an interesting story is Gen Smedley Butler(a real patriot).

[@Koyotito20]

Love his videos! Can't wait till you make it to his video on Joe Medicine Crow "The Last War Chief"

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

Yeah I never miss videos in fact I just watched his latest one on sci-fi guns, one of my favorites is on the WW-1 polish war Bear

[@BenRollinsActor]

Dan Daly was actually 25 years old when he enlisted. He was 27 during the Boxer Rebellion. WWI ended on his 45th birthday.

[@JohnGuzik]

Fat Electrician: Grand Theft U-Boat.

[@quentinmichel7581]

One can't ignore that this was not a modern machine gun during the Beijing incident...it was pretty definitely a Browning M1895 "potato digger" which was slower than most later mg's at 400-ish rpm.

[@misterknight3901]

Yeah, I agree. While serving in the military for three decades I heard "it's not fair" from soldiers so many times I started asking random soldiers at random times to explain the difference between "what's right" and "what's fair" . I must have asked that question a 1,000 times and only one young, five foot tall, in combat boots, Army sergeant got it right. There is just an incredible amount of honor contained in small fighting men. SGT, wherever you are, it was a pleasure serving with you!!

[@cavemanjoe79]

The US Marines have been involved in every conflict the United States has been in, especially the small ones. There was the Korean conflict in the 1800’s where the marines combines naval bombardment with land forces, there was also the conflict in Tripoli where the marines got their nickname leatherneck because they put leather on the collars of their uniforms to keep the sabers from the enemy from cutting their heads off. Then they also where standing in the capital Mexico City during the Mexican American war.

[@Plastikdoom]

Standing!? Just standing no, we fucking took their capital and earned our blood stripes and ever since, we have been I every fight, and done our job, always won, no matter the outcome, we never failed or stopped. We lead the worlds longest march and won, with the smallest numbers, only a handful of US Marines

[@Puma1Sunfire1]

ROFLMAO!!! I FORGOT how GOOD the fat electrician is!! Excellent video! Lotta excellent history, US Marine lore, and the MoH shouldn't be limited to an amount but what you EARNED!!

[@happyjohn354]

The reason the US mainly sent the Marines is because to use the Army you needed approval from Congress up until the 1960's the US President was able to deploy the Marines as he saw fit without the permission of Congress. Also because the Marines was an "expeditionary force" basically specifically trained to go overseas and fight offensively while being mostly self sufficient logistically.

[@gregorysiegel1178]

The United States marine corps has been around longer than the country itself, they are generally the first in and the last out

[@hakonsgaming535]

FYI the reason the marines get sent in on a lot of small incidents and brushfire conflicts is that they're the United States primary expeditionary force. As a formation they have two jobs: provide soldiers and security to the navy, and perform military operations staged from the navy to include landings and other expeditionary actions. In essence they're the ones that get sent in when a special forces team is too small or specialized and you need something with real mass, but not enough that we'd need to start throwing armored divisions and B-52s at the problem.

[@debbers]

Anything by The Fat Electrician is awesome in my opinion, I'm here for any of them!

[@rogerphelps5344]

The Marine Corps Band is called The Presidents Own. Alluding to the fact that the President can deploy the Marines any where he wants for a limited time without congressional approval

[@Plastikdoom]

A Marine here Sgt Maj Daly is and forever will be a legend, for more context the initial battle in WWI, the British were up north of the Marines, the French too, but we significantly overlapped lines with the French. The main assault hit and the USMC took the brunt of it, and stopped it cold, we were shooting them at 1200 yds with rifles, some Germans later confirmed they were under fire from rifles from long range. And we were hitting them, we stopped them and the French retreated, leaving us alone on the line, and we held it. Counter attacked and won, we are almost always outnumbered, and counted out by everyone, but we always win, no matter the odds or cost. Why? Partly cause we can’t let down Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, our history, accomplishments and the idea of past Marines and what they have done, also cause that isn’t our style. And not what we do, we answer the call and win, no matter what. There isn’t a more fanatical and effective group on earth than us, and not for some king, emperor, or god, for other Marines and the US. For an idea and a belief. That’s more dangerous than anything else, truly believing in an idea, and dedicating to it, everything. Also in WWI General “Black Jack” Pershing. The overall commander of US forces, said “there is no deadlier weapon than a Marine with his rifle” a straight up quote from him, and he was an Army General. For those who don’t know we definitely got a professional rivalry with the army, we work together fine. But in off time, can get dicey, from each side, especially depending on how much we are both drinking and the amount of shit talking that happens, fights will occur, haha, after the fights, we drink more, together, and shit talk some more. But him giving that open quote, speaks volumes about what we did we are among the most feared, but still overlooked, underrated for some reason Force to ever exist, when we been stomping all over the planet. Doing as we will and are ordered to do. And no one can stop us. Anyone who doesn’t believe look at history, go find someone who fought us and is alive, and ask them, not many to ask, almost all we killed, those we didn’t, age has taken them and the numbers who survived us, very, very few. In Korea, a reinforced battalion caused over 4000 Chinese KIA, wounded, a stupid amount, hell the Frozen Chosin, took 8 Chinese divisions and sieving NK military all of it to push out nato, wish was guarded by one Marine Division, without air support, cause of weather, yes we stood up to over 8 full divisions, and pulled all surviving nato units out. Screening them, so we could keep our combat power intact and not be humiliated, then we kept holding the line ant what would become the DMZ. And we’re the instrument that forced the dirty communists to sign a peace treaty, when we stopped them again yes other NATO and American units fought. Pulled their weight, dod their job, but we did far above and beyond, as always and is expected, with less people and resources, and were outstanding, as always. USMC history is insane, well by definition we are the opposite of insane, as we do the same thing. While expecting excellence, and we always deliver, instead of the definition of doing the same and expecting different results.

[@almirria6753]

The Battle of Beuella Wood is the birth of the modern Marine Corps

[@bradmiller6023]

Think about this Dan Daly at Bellow Wood was not put in for 1 MOH but 2. 1st was for taking the machine gun emplacement (which by chance was the same thing Alvin York was given his MOH for in WWI) the 2nd was for the charge he lead. Dan Daly was in fact nominated for 4 MOH's.

[@Plastikdoom]

And oh yeah, the battle gets even crazier, than just the insane beginning, a lot more show up. And those 1200 marines have a hell of fight, against a vastly numerically superior force. Then it chills out and they leave with all the civilians.

[@jueneturner8331]

I think a Medal of Honor should be awarded as many times as an individual earns it.

[@user-vh5wh7cw6g]

There's a Swedish heavy metal band, Sabaton with a song called "Devil Dog" about the "Battle of Belleau Wood" where Dan Daly's quote, "Come on you sons of bitches. Do you want to live forever?" was incorporated in the song. Check it out.

[@OkiePeg411]

My grandfather fought in the trenches at Argonne Forrest. I have a copy of the letter he wrote to his brother, who was living in Oklahoma, describing his experience in France. My grandfather survived the battle, but that winter, they weren't allowed to build fires to dry out and stay warm. He developed pneumonia and was sent to a military hospital in the south of France. After they decided he could survive the trip, he was sent to a military hospital in the US where he stayed a very long time. That's where he wrote/sent his letter to his brother. I've made many copies of that letter and gave it to as many family members as I could because I don't want that letter to be lost or forgotten. Sadly, I never got to meet my grandfather because he died in his 60s from lung damage he received in France.

[@insanedestiny5164]

As a us marine (ret.) Thank you and semper fi for honoring one of our most gangster ass killer Marines.

[@dougcates8169]

Recky I so enjoyed your video! I'm an old US Marine and it makes happy to see other cultures react to our Brotherhood. I'm a student of history and I subscribed. Check out the rest of The Fat Electrician's Vids. He is a master storyteller and really knows his history, as do I. I'm always waiting on his next post. Thank you.

[@hellborn1991]

The official USMC hymn starts out..From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marine.

[@kimharding2246]

Thanks for introducing the Fat Electrician to me. Since I’m working on writing animal heroes series, you’ve GOT to include his Sergeant Reckless video! Thanks, Recky!

[@Trid3nt861]

I legit spit out saliva after trying to hold in my laughter when the Fat Electrician mentioned how the Christians didn't mean "Holy" as in all the chinese being full of holes. In the US the Marines have a motto "Semper Fi" They also have another saying "Get some" The one thing you don't want to go face to face against.... a pissed off marine Im a proud American citizen and I have a soft spot for the marines.

[@ashleyjones8597]

The reason it's always the Marines is because the military can send them whenever they want, but to send in the Army you need Congressional permission. Congress is the only people that can send the Army in. And politicians never agree on anything so they rarely get called into small conflicts.

[@michaelevans3904]

Eisenhauer was probably talking about Audie Murphy. He was a US Army general. Murphy was the most decorated American Soldier in Ww2. He was also a diminutive fellow.

[@kenolson6572]

You earn what you earn and that's what you should get. Never let your size or your opponent's size lull you into complacency.

[@Reckyj]

Damn right Ken!

[@meaders2002]

"Rascals, would you live forever?" was first recorded in history coming from the mouth of Frederick the Great in 1757 at the battle or Kolin.

[@IdriveKITTnyc]

Bit late and can't remember if you've seen the barbary wars vid yet. But the main reason the marines are usually first. Is because it only takes a single signature to deploy them. The president can just say go, and 14 hours later an entire detachment will be on land. The other services require more people to sign off. Of course there are exemptiona like special operations that get sent out in small teams but they're really not "deployed".

[@RocRolDis]

I like to think that the other branches were getting jealous of how many medals of honor single marines were getting. XD

[@benmelich8220]

Dan Daly was actually 35 years old when he was in the Battle of Bellwood….according to his numbers.

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

Dan Daly must have been part Norse, because he went a viking all across the world from China to France and Mezo America. In 1940 the United States Marine Corps published a study on all their experience in counter insurgency warfare entitled, The Small Wars Manual.

[@davidschmidt9879]

Loved the vid. The Fat Electrician is awesome. I highly recommend Wake Island, Proportional, Grand Theft Uboat and Jake Mcnasty McNiece. I look forward to seeing more of your reactions.

[@george217]

You might look into Audie L Murphy. He rose through the ranks from Private to First Lieutenant, was awarded a total of 33 combat decorations including the Medal of Honor, and both the French and Belgian Croix de Guerre, all before he turned 21. He then became an actor and starred as himself in his autobiography...

[@alaneskew2664]

Again, one of those small powerhouses. Not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog, Audie Murphy was another exemplary of that

[@george217]

@@alaneskew2664 Another feather merchant with an attitude... #RESPECT

[@mikeciboroski3849]

That expression has been around here forever

[@george217]

The Marines were involved in a bunch of "little wars" in Latin America and the Caribbean. They referred to them as the Banana Wars. Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic among them.

[@PhycoKrusk]

Here's some facts for you, Recky: There were five individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in World War I. All five of them were Marines, and contrary to popular belief, all five of them were awarded _two_ Medals of Honor; one each from the Army and the Navy. The difference is that all five of these men were awarded their Medals for a single action, while Daly and Butler were awarded theirs for distinct actions; the Boxer Rebellion and then Haiti for Daly, and Veracruz and also Haiti for Butler. Of those 5 Marines, only two died during the Great War and were awarded their Medals posthumously; Matej Kocak and John Pruitt. The remaining 3 - Louis Cukela, Ernest Janson, and John Kelly - survived and would live to be 67, 51, and 59 years respectively. Both Kocak and Pruitt were killed October 4th, 1918, by German artillery at the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge. The action for which Pruitt was nominated for his Medals was the capture of 2 enemy machine guns and 40 prisoners of war one day earlier on October 3rd; October 4th was his 22nd birthday. Officially, the reason for limiting a person to only being awarded a single Medal of Honor was in order to discourage reckless behavior ("I won it once, and I can do it again!"), specifically because of those 5 Marines (although looking at their actions, I would not describe any of them as "reckless," but hey, what do I know?). Spirits up, friends! To the Marines!

[@slushyslushslushbruh]

Since when is a Marine not reckless (in a good way)?

[@FAtE_454]

You can't win a medal of Honor without being reckless

[@PhycoKrusk]

@@FAtE_454 "Reckless" meaning, engaging in reckless behavior specifically to earn a Medal; that kind of recklessness tends to endanger the lives of other men, whereas the recklessness that generally earns a Medal of Honor is done specifically to _protect_ other men.

[@TwanaJoyHildebrecht]

Biggest Gripe with this New Apple I Phone is Re-Getting All My Subscriptions - Biggest Laugh is Our 6 yr old Upon Seeing Your Channel Logo Touching it and “Subscribing” to You for Us ‘cause and I Quote “Need to See Recky ‘cause Sweden is too Far to Travel to see Him and His Cats” 😅 🤭 🤗

[@tedhicks6416]

The fat electrician tells some of the best stories! Maybe check out the old bastards by him.

[@stonecoldcowboy1817]

@Reckyj we are the first to fight! We, the Marines. fight before the world even knows there is a fight!

[@mickyflint]

dan daly essentially became the original doom cver art at that boxer invasion.

[@SomeFnClown]

Spent six years in the marine infantry and the reason the marines tend to get sent to random small to moderate sized conflicts is that a marine expeditionary force can be deployed for about 30 days by the president without needing any declarations from congress.

[@marine5480]

Cassius Clay, Sgt. Reckless, Lewis millet and Jake McNiece are all worth checking out. Some of them may not be actually spelled correctly so….there’s that.

[@Messywildcat78]

The Marines get sent because it doesn’t require congress to approve. If someone screws around too much and makes the US mad enough for our political parties to agree to terminate the offending party’s subscription to life, the Army gets sent too.

[@w.p8960]

The boxers were forced to go up a narrow ramp so they couldn’t all charge at once.

[@jonfox4296]

I mean on one hand limiting the metal to one per person makes it that much more valuable and hard to achieve in the eyes of public perception; on the other hand, holy crap look at what this dude has done he wholeheartedly deserved the best there is to offer so like pick your poison I guess xD

[@mystic37]

Not just the Marines, I was in the Army, and I was in Honduras during the Honduran-Nicaraguan conflict and in El Salvador during their civil war, both in the mid to late 80s' then I didn't go to Panama, but some of my friends did, and after that was Desert Shield/Storm then I was discharged.

[@almirria6753]

Those were referred to as the "Banana Wars" as they were always in the tropics

[@bradmyers5793]

Unfortunately our Highest Honor is actually called The Congressional Medal of Honor, which means the politicians get to make the rules they would never live by. 😂

[@seanwalters1977]

Dan Daly is THE main character of main characters

[@Plastikdoom]

Also yes. Everything isn’t a war crime the first time, and any war can be great, if you try hard enough.

[@stephencooper5040]

You should definitely do a reaction to his video about Sgt Reckless next. It’s a horse that became a Sgt in the Marine Corps in Korea, yes… a horse.

[@BnPCisGayAF]

Great reaction! “Potential” is one of the many other great videos from him. It will give you more history on the Marine Corps. & why it’s them that usually go out first. It’s also gives great insight on the history of the Navy, how it was started & when the U.S. started doing coups 😂 another must see is Jake ‘McNasty’ McNiece. Edit: on the McNasty video, you’ll want to wait until the end bc you get to see & hear from the man himself 😎

[@seraph6758]

Oo I know you’d dig Lauri Allan Torni‘s story .. keep an eye out. 🤷‍♂️ Oh a.k.a Captain Alen Thorn

[@johnwheeler8882]

Recky. First, the Medal of Honor is not like a knighthood. Second, the Medal of Honor is not a political award but the US Military's highest award for gallantry in action, consider it our version of Britain's Victoria Cross. That law was mainly enacted to prevent people from winning the Army and Navy Medal of Honor for the same action. That part of the law remains but the rest was quickly revoked and a soldier can receive the Medal of Honor as many times as they earn it except now, I believe, a soldier only receives one actual Medal of Honor and upon the award of multiples receives a device or clasp to wear with it to indicate multiple awards similar to Britain's Victoria Cross.

[@williamgreen4757]

Its a congressional metal of honor given by the politicians and pined by the president.

[@nick_knows_stuff]

As a former U.S. Marine, we are trained to be the best of the best, and one of our saying and job is first to fight, last to leave.

[@MisterW0lfe]

Recky, part of the reason the Marines are always going to these hot-spots was that before the war on terror and the slowly increasing power of the US President, it would take an act of Congress to send any other branch of the US Military in to conflict. The Marines can be sent in as an expeditionary force, by the President, without Congress having to give permission.

[@stevencoghill4323]

One of my faves: The Fat Electrician Reviews: Iowa Class Battleships ( USS Wisconsin )

[@charlesmaurer6214]

Fyi medal of honor requires a vote of Congress. The full title is infact the Congresional Medal Honor. Most who win it died to do so. It and the Purple Heart (1st for Valor and later being wounded) are often called the two medals you don't want because the price is too high.

[@user-nx8pe6pc3h]

There will never be another serviceman with the opportunity to win more than one. In today’s times, a Medal of Honor recipient will never go over seas/frontline duty after being awarded the metal. There would be an immediate target on their back. WWI and WWII were a different time. Because of how prestigious and pride America puts on the awardees the enemy might do just about anything to kill that person.

[@pandanemi-0239]

Smedley Butler is also another marine that has 2 medal of honors and is ones of the most decorated marines in history. After he left he was asked to join the Business Plot to overthrow the American government and put himself as dictator. Butler refused and gave light to the whole thing. The video "When American (almost) had a Caesar" by DJ Peach Cobbler does a great job at going through Butler's life and the Business Plot itself. Plus there's plenty of videos on just Butler himself.

[@shibboleth5768]

Great reaction as always. Always look forward to new Recky videos. 👍 Im glad you are reacting to the Fat Electrician. He is one of my favorites. The gangster marine was definitely a good one. He has some other great videos that are stinkin hilarious. These are my suggestions. You will like them I think. - Winter Soldier OD's on METH, Becomes Unkillable - Aimo Koivunen - Marines Outsmart DARPA's Advanced AI - Bat Bombs - MORE Terrifying Than Atomic Bombs?! - The Fat Electrician Reviews: The USS Texas (The Last Dreadnought) - NEW Attack Plane: The Sky Warden - Better Than A10 Warthog?

[@anther-ro6nr]

It’s “always the marines first” because the President alone can send the Marines. The Army/Navy/Air Force take congressional approval to send somewhere

[@robrussell8870]

The President of the United States can send the Marine Corps anywhere at any time without consent of congress

[@jamiepuente481]

I believe that is a Mark Twain quote. The size of the fight in the dog one I mean.

[@benjamies4136]

You should react to more American videos, we have so many different expressions just because of our culture and legacy(my great grandfather was Swedish and we still have our great great grandparents recipes from the old country, even though I look black it's shocking to people outside of America to think that haha) One of the best natural traits I think we have is the ability to make dumb things smart, and smart things dumb. It's a blessing and a curse

[@brandenjackson3552]

I liked his short videos on the military working dogs, the Iowa class battleships and the USS Texas

[@jamescook9378]

the Barbery wars fat electriton also the reason why the marines are always sent first is they are the only branch of the us military that can be deployed anywhere in the world without congressional approval or declaration of war

[@gregvanmatre5068]

Hey Recky, I would recommend all of them. But the 1 that gets me is the Winter Soldier who ODs on Meth. I am going to be perfectly honest. I never heard of the Winter war until I ran accross this video and I love learning and why I started watching Fat Electrician and after watching them all. I started watching others reactions and it is cool to see how others Accross the pond veiws are.

[@aganaom1712]

12:55 this is because deploying the Army in the US requires Congress to declare war first. The Marine Corps is a military branch that is separate from the Army and therefore not bound by this restriction allowing the President to mobilize them without initial Congressional approval however there are laws and restrictions that prohibit how freely the President is able to do this and Congress must still approve the deployment of any American military body. As it stands, if the President of the US mobilizes a military force without Congressional approval, it must be approved within 48 hours of mobilization or the troops are recalled this is why the Marine Corps has a lesser known nickname which is the "President's Fist"

[@jeffsnyder4624]

His rant about toilet paper is pretty funny

[@warren4336]

First time seeing your videos, Thanks for the content. My 3 favorite things from Sweden; Ye Banished privateers, Gabriel Landeskog, and Recky.

[@leechowning2712]

To your question about the Congressional Meal of Honor, no, it is exclusively a political award where the military uses it to signify a soldier who behaves as the model of his kind (in this case, a Marine). It is why the Marines gave him the two highest awards they could give without dragging into the whole discussion the political field (the CMH is presented by the President) because you already have been established as an icon of the service... imagine that a person is Knighted. This person should not be re-Knighted, even if he did something deserving of knighthood a second, third or fourth time, instead he is awarded other honors as well as his CMH. A man is either a Knight, or he is not, and knighted repeatedly is simply confusing the matter.

[@HikingPNW]

Right before the U.S. entered WW1 there was a big review and past recipients and in a sense recalibration who could be awarded the Medal of Honor. The guidelines became a lot more strict to ensure only the highest levels of valor and self sacrifice could be awarded the Medal of Honor. In 1917, 911 Medal of Honor's were rescinded due to not meeting these new standards. When the medal was first created there wasn't a high standard placed on who could be awarded the medal, it was given out almost like candy. 864 of those revoked was for a single regiment that were awarded it if they agreed to reenlist during the Civil War. Although it seems harsh at the time I think it worked out for the best since you now know that whoever received the medal truly deserves it.

[@therockbiter8140]

The Marines are nearly always the first into most conflicts, most of the time nothing else is needed.

[@Adiscretefirm]

The Constitution says the US has to form a navy, it doesn't say anything about a standing army. Pre WW1 it took an act of Congress to send the army out of the country, the Marines were part of the Navy and the President could send them somewhere without a formal congressional declaration of war

[@jimreilly917]

Recky, regarding the MOH politicians can F up everything. The IRS seized a bar in Nevada for tax evasion. It had a cathouse attached…prostitution is legal in Nevada. Within 6 months the bar was out of business. That’s right. Government couldn’t make a profit off of PROSTITUTION. GREAT reaction. And bravery and honor should be rewarded…as deserved.

[@generichardson4771]

recky that time the british trolled germany with a wooden bomer the dehavaland masquito

[@deborahdavis3031]

My grandfather fought in the battle of Belleau Wood

[@ssfbob456]

You want videos on lesser known wars? I got the perfect one. Wendigoon's video on the 38 minute war is amazing.

[@zoeith6]

The reason we send the Marines in first is because they do not need congressional approval to mobilize. The President alone can order the deployment of the Marines.

[@lovinkilla]

It shouldn't matter how many times you fight. Just that you give it your all everytime. This man did.

[@WestTXRedneck1972]

This was a good video. Thought it was funny when I heard him say that line because I knew it was from Starship Troopers.