America Obliterates Half Of Iran's Navy In 8 Hours REACTION

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[@IceCavalier]

When Ash is impressed by the amount of ships mobilized for this, not realizing that it isn't really that large of a portion of the American fleet; bless her heart.

[@Ayselx]

In her defense, Britian has 2 aircraft carriers, this was basically half the size of their Navy.

[@ralphm6901]

It's very likely the Enterprise carrier group was already out there somewhere nearby so they could respond quickly. It's not like the task force had to be assembled from scratch and sail from the US.

[@CrippledMenace]

Never get tired of this story by this man "proportional!"

[@xheralt]

5:1 is a proportion. So is 10:1, 100:1 and 1000:1.😆

[@shewanttheducky495]

​@@xheraltwe'll decide when it's proportional enough. It's never a fixed scale... Just when we get tired.

[@Tar-Numendil]

Nic (The Fat Electrician) was a 68W, combat medic, in the United States National Guard. He's now an Electrician, KZbinr, and co-host of the Unsubscribe Podcast.

[@jimmiefitzgerald4961]

Plus a martial arts instructor

[@Tar-Numendil]

@@jimmiefitzgerald4961 Yeah, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

[@jimmiefitzgerald4961]

@@Tar-Numendil I know it was jiu-jitsu just was not sure which style

[@birky0191]

and also soon to be history teacher

[@MrGaryGG48]

@@birky0191 Nick would have a line clear out to the parking lot if he had a history class at any high school or local college. Whether the students were actually interested in history or not, that would be the most entertaining hour on campus!! I'm 75 years old and I'd go back to college just to sit in his class!! 😂🤣

[@yvd9767]

The fact Russia was like, "Oh, don't mind me, I'm just here to enjoy the show." That is the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

Of course they were really there to gather intel, since most of our naval capabilities the Soviets would only be able to rely on ' released ' info. This way they get a real time visual of how our stuff works, and our tactics used. It is still funny though. Popcorn, Vodka, and chill moment. lol

[@johndeeregreen4592]

I knew about the Russian destroyer showing up during this many years before seeing this. However, Nic's way of telling the story just adds so much to it.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

@@nadjasunflower1387, yep, Russia has a LONG history of documenting and reverse-engineering our technology to duplicate it.

[@d112cons]

I've got personal opinions regarding Russian leadership and policy. The Russian PEOPLE though... how can you NOT love the gigachad vibe? "Naval warfare? Mind if we check it out? GG".

[@kimchi2780]

​@@d112consthey weren't just watching they were observing gathering Intel and capabilities of the US Navy.

[@BigSeth1090]

On behalf of the United States, please let me stress: *don’t touch our boats*

[@goatkiller666]

Remember, the 2nd largest Air Force in the world is the US Navy. “Navy” sounds like it should just be stuff in the water. But ours have ground troops (okay, technically the marines are “from the water TO the ground”, but they’re AT LEAST as good at doing the army’s job as the army is, they just do other stuff to. And there’s are fewer of them. Usually, you send the marines to take a place, and then the marines hand it off to the army to hold it. Marines are big fans of speed and aggression, and the army likes saturation bombing), actual boats and ships, and the world’s #2 Air Force. And Navy pilots can do all the stuff Air Force pilots can do, but there are fewer of them, and their runways are shorter. The Air Force keeps their nukes in underground silos, while the Navy keeps theirs in subs, that can launch from pretty much anywhere. I think the only thing the Air Force has that the navy doesn’t is bombers. Navy planes are only the small ones, which DO carry bombs, but not a lot of them. Oh, and pretty much all navy types go to danger. The Air Force nuke people are all in the American mid-west, 1000 miles from any oceans, and much farther from actual enemies. And the plane people… an air base might have a hundred combat planes with pilots and sometimes copilots. Then there are thousands of people who work to support those planes… mechanics, quartermasters, doctors, etc. most of them go nowhere near combat. My dad served in the Air Force during the Vietnam war. The whole thing, because he volunteered for the Air Force before they even started drafting people. He says that every once in a long while, some VC would make it through the jungle to the very opposite end of the runway. They’d take these impossible shots and just hope eventually they’d hit anybody. All the airmen would notice was a “ding” as something hit the side of the hangar. He was just a mechanic. Naval airplane mechanics are still on ships that go right up to dangerous places, and everyone on that ship is in harm’s way. So… technically the same job, but a MUCH different mindset.

[@jasonregister3494]

Close my guy. The second largest navy is actually our fleet of museum ships.

[@Wardr0p]

@@goatkiller666 Fun fact the 3rd largest airforce is the Marine corp.

[@goatkiller666]

@@Wardr0p - While I don’t doubt that, I didn’t realize the Dept of the Navy tracked marine assets separately from navy assets. I knew there were marine pilots, and I assumed there were marine planes for them, but I just assumed that was still treated as DoN assets. Sort of the reverse of corpsmen. I’m an Air Force brat, so everything I heard my dad talk about was just Air Force assets. Plus people from all branches hopping on USAF flights around the world for super cheap vacations. (My first trip to Europe was in elementary school, on one of those mid-air refueling planes. Sadly, they didn’t refuel anybody on that leg. They said they’d let me sit and watch, if they did. It’s like a weird upside-down cockpit in the tail, but looking downwards. Instead of chairs, they had then beds, so the boom operator could lay on their belly and look down at the plane being refueled. Honestly, that would have been the high point of the trip. Way cooler than Buckingham Palace or Big Ben.)

[@Wardr0p]

@@goatkiller666@goatkiller666 Nah, its tracked separately.

[@TreyM1609]

As he always say…. “It’s never a War Crime the first time!”

[@user-wc8fp4cx6c]

Does this apply to the terror attacks on 9/11? It was the first time anyone had hijacked commercial airliners and flew them into skyscrapers.

[@matthewm4016]

@@user-wc8fp4cx6c you answered your own question, it was a terrorist attack not a warcrime, we were not at war with al-qaeda yet.

[@user-wc8fp4cx6c]

@@matthewm4016 The attack on Pearl Harbor was declared to have been a war crime, precisely because there was no warning and the two countries were technically at peace when it was carried out. Likewise, 9/11, which occurred under the same circumstance, was also a war crime.

[@CapeCodOutdoors]

"Why would you poke the bear like that?" Is the most logical, diplomatic, humane, rational, common sense thing you could say. Love it. Ash? I think her name is. My bad if its not correct. Anyways, awesome quote.

[@danwells9525]

At the time (if i recall correctly) the Soviet Union was backing Iran in the Gulf War. Iran may have thought that the US would fear the mighty Soviet navy enough to pull out rather than risk a confrontation.

[@MrGaryGG48]

@@danwells9525 I can just hear the Soviet guy calling the Iranian "Head Dude" and asking "What the hell were you thinking???"

[@Mildcat743]

That task force was larger and more well equipped than some countries' entire navy at that time.

[@jimikelley189]

Still relevant: if you recall, when the current situation with the Houthis began, Iran issued a public statement that it wanted to avoid a direct conflict with the United States

[@snowgrave2475]

"Don't. Touch. The boats" -- Iran, probably

[@terryhiggins5077]

So it is possible for Iran to learn.😂

[@andrewwebb3248]

Iran learnt their lesson and are now using proxies to try and have as much denialbility as possible.

[@lorddeathofmurdermountain76]

​@@terryhiggins5077 they still have PTSD

[@kalancosta7650]

@@snowgrave2475just ask Japan

[@darraha]

He's studying to be history teacher. I wish i had him as a teacher in school.

[@ThmsDouglas]

I know right!

[@caryskaar4444]

I was on the USS Bagley which was part of SAG "C" in company with the USS Simpson and the USS Wainwright during Operation Praying Mantis..

[@Pops-km8xt]

Was there in the beginning July to January 87-88. USS Knox. Operation Archer.

[@bmriverrat11]

My Dad was on Wainright I served years later on FFG the Carr years later obviously and I'm From Maine down the road from BIW this story hits home for me 😂

[@waynecummings4066]

I was on the USS Simpson

[@d2ndborn]

I was in the US Navy when this happened. My ship escorted the Roberts part way back, it was a slow ride.

[@lightingthelatenight9942]

Take it easy *slow ride riff* lol that's all I could think after reading that last part

[@ZoneXV]

I was sad to see that you were leaving the Office Blokes but happy for your new career. Are you still going to continue this channel? I hope so.

[@user-nr5ux7gr2g]

" Proportional " " Potential " and " Appropriate " 3 great stories by The Fat Electrician

[@HistoryNerd808]

Also, the video he recently did on Operation Bolo.

[@louisinjoliet8546]

9:04 The "go get some ice cream" comment was not just some throwaway line. It was in reference to a previous video he did about ice cream barges in World War 2.

[@williewilliams6571]

You need to see his video about the Barbary Wars, the first time someone messed with America's boats.

[@vernhoke7730]

You've got to take into consideration that Iran had already pissed off the United States by this time. They had held American hostages in the US embassy in Tehran for more than a year. (Corrected)

[@nullakjg767]

there is no quicker way to bring absolute devastation to your own country then to take citizens hostage lol. were seeing that happen again in real time.

[@heywoodjablowme8120]

The Shah of Iran Phil Leotardo started the whole thing when he tried moving on Tony 😂❤😂

[@user-wc8fp4cx6c]

Why did they take hostages? Did it have anything to do with the US/UK intelligence services overthrowing Iran's PM Mossadegh in 1953 to steal Iran's oil? Did it have anything to do with the 25 years of police state terror that Iranians endured under a US puppet dictator?

[@elbruces]

They were released on Jan 20th 1980.

[@heywoodjablowme8120]

@@elbruces Wrong. 1981, the day Reagan took office because his administration let them know if they weren't released it would get real bloody.

[@richierich4538]

As a retired U.S. Navy Seabee veteran,I have to say that the Samuel B. Robert's (a.k.a. the Sammy B) is a legendary ship AND crew in our fleet! 🇺🇸

[@dongiovanni4331]

And it's named after the Samuel B Roberts.

[@reaperbsc]

Much respect. The Seebees are a unit that never gets enough credit. Where would the Navy and Marines be without their dirt sailors? Stuck in the water is the answer.

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what a shot of Dave laying on the couch with his battle axe 😂😂

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[@Tar-Numendil]

Dave napping with the axe is hysterical!

[@libertywolf93]

You guys side eyeing each other is killing me!

[@stockcarracer333]

If you think this mobilization was impressive you should definitely check out "World War Tree" by The Fat Electition as well.

[@Charlee1776]

It was really fun watching Ash react to this after seeing you guys doing over at Office Blokes. I love TFE and will gladly watch you guys react to any of his stuff! Best of luck with the new gig!

[@vabam9]

18:00 TLDR answer is world wide. Certain radio frequencies can "bounce" or "skip" around in the atmosphere and can be received world wide. This is called ionospheric propagation, skywave propagation or skip for short. An example of this is shortwave radio which allows you to listen to radio stations on the other side of the world and it dates back to the 1920s.

[@TreyM1609]

I’ve asked on OB channel. Dave you should definitely react to Mr. Ballen “ this island holds a dark secret” the twist at the end always blows everyones minds

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You guys would really enjoy his video on "The Limping Lady". WWII's deadliest spy

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I Love how she tries to hide that smile

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I love this guy's storytelling telling skills. Thank you for the awesome reaction.

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You're the Ginger Electrician

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The plump electrician 🙂

[@nadjasunflower1387]

or as he's said. " chubby electron guy " lol

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He was a medic in the US Army. Now, as a civilian, he's an electrician and he's thicker than we was in the Army

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That video is my favorite of all the fat Electricians’ clips. 🙂

[@ralphpeed3596]

Iran found out first hand what FAFO stands for. We were in the med during this.USN

[@randyranderson690]

In 1980 I was a freshman in high school watching this play out on the news and it was very nerve-wrackiing. Because, at this time, Iran's Leadership wanted to prove they were showing that the American Bully was weak and easy to stand up to. It didn't help that my dad was in the USAF and the base we were at were running alert combat and deployment drills during this time, in the event World War 3 broke out. My dad could not leave the house and had to be ready to go in the event the alert claxons went off on base.

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Dave and Ash getting sponsored products. I like to see it. Keep it up.

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sad to hear you leaving office blokes but i hope you and ash keep making content, love you guys

[@n8vsarestillhere111]

wanna see logistics, watch his take of operation paul bunyan 😂

[@nadjasunflower1387]

omg!! yes, this here. Amazing what we can orchestrate in 3 days timeframe.

[@jamesf.ryaniii7918]

21:38 "the bombadier behind the pilot....." The A-6 has a side-by-side cockpit. The pilot is on the left and the bombardier/navigator is on the right,

[@user-rm4ez8pb6x]

Yeah, I cringe every time I hear that. Wasn't there one with 4 seats? 2x2.

[@jamesf.ryaniii7918]

@@user-rm4ez8pb6x Yes, the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft. It could carry AGM-88 HARM (high-speed anti radiation missiles) but no bombs. Pilot sat in left front. ECMO-1 in right front and he ran the radar, nav and comms. ECMO-2 and ECMO-3 in the 2 rear seats ran the electronic jamming. ECMO-1 was always the highest ranking and was the commander of the aircraft.

[@jerrywalters8885]

Don't forget this is only 2yrs since the Top Gun movie. Soooooo ya Navy Pilots are ready to play

[@kylereilly3584]

A little late to this. But, i haven't heard someone use ridonculous in ages. Thank you. Also yes, that is a proportional response to the strength of our Navy. Great reaction.

[@CapeCodOutdoors]

Just wanted to comment that i recently found your channel and ive been enjoying it quite a bit. Thank you for your work. I think i saw Dave on another channel and i really liked his stoic masculine demeanor. Also it is, from my perspective, it is rare that you find someone that is like Dave as far as temperament goes. Exceedingly rare is for that man to have such an amazing sense of humor, and i find that fascinating. The addition of his girl is also very curious to me so, again love your stuff. Keep it coming. Love and respect from Cape Cod MA.

[@doncacique2769]

the whole time he's telling the story I was picturing the Russian ship just following them just being paparazi in the middle of a battle 😂

[@scottlaplantelaplante990]

One slight correction to the description - at about 21:40 in this video there is mention of the location of bombardier...in an A6 the configuration of the pilot (port) and weapons officer (starboard) is side-by-side, not front and back.

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i would lose my mind trying to sleep with that thing on my head. I can't even do VR, since I hate wearing things on my face so much. I stopped buying sunglasses because I realized that I was spending $200-$250 on something that I would wear two or three times, and then forget about.

[@americansmark]

They definitely had comms on the Iranian side. Amateur radio with a powerful enough antenna and good equipment can hit anywhere in the world. 100-200 miles is nothing for communications in 1988.

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Ayyee! Congrats on the sponsorship!!

[@kinjiru731]

The Fat Electrician is such a great channel. Need a collab between him and MrBallen.

[@wikkedspindl]

World War Tree, operation Paul Bunyan.

[@2strokinit527]

Always fun to watch you guys.

[@derekk8523]

You should do some pitch meetings

[@peterfreund2223]

You might want to check out his video on the British unknown hero Sir Percy "hobo" Hobart

[@ninjabearpress2574]

I never get tired of this story, but USS O'Bannon is my favorite video by The Fat Electrician. It's older, but it is the best three minutes on KZbin that doesn't involve cats.

[@masamune2984]

I would genuinely try one of those masks.

[@karlschmitt6359]

I didn't know Iran had a Navy until this video! I was 15 in 1980. The Fat Electrician is a great story teller and he's hilarious!

[@TheLegendaryEevee]

This my friends is perfect pausing the video to add insight and actually React to what you're watching, this was one major criticism I had with the office blokes rarely adding anything to the video the possibilities are endless the fat electrician videos his second channel the fat files all have a gold mine a funny content Nick is his name he used to be an army combat medic who drove an ambulance but is an actual electrician now going to school to teach history I have followed the office blokes for a long time now and always loved you adding insight to the videos glad to see you guys sponsor keep up the great work like this and you'll do great my friend happy to see you doing well Dave best wishes from North Carolina

[@darrenshoults4620]

This was in 1988, and while there was a (pucker factor) there was also excitement, we were trained, primed, and ready to go. A lot of these sailors were ready to test their mettle in combat, especially the gunners mates. From my vantage point as port lookout l could see them jacking 3 foot shells and slapping each other on the ball and pointing at 3 Russian ships while they were getting supplies. Luckily the Captain was like no, no, thats not what we are here for.

[@bulldawggirl2168]

You need to check out World War Tree 🌲 and Ramages Rampage both by the fat electrician. Really anything by him is awesome though, you can’t go wrong reacting to his content

[@russellhammond371]

"Proportional" responses are my favorite.

[@niemabuggy]

I just found your page with this video (gotta love TFE) but girl. Your reactions mirrored mine and I love it.

[@The-Host]

I think they're trying to speak to me...

[@xheralt]

Radio frequencies have an interesting property; for any given power level, the lower the frequency, the further the signal will travel AND the more directional it becomes. Different "frequency bands" were defined based on the general properties and range. Advanced militaries (like the US) use MULTIPLE radio systems, each tuned to different "bands", to cover all the bases and remain in as much contact as possible.

[@rockroll7649]

The young lady's reactions are priceless.

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Fat Electrician is a Veteran, one of the world's best storytellers, and a goldmine, for review channels.

[@Northbravo]

If you think that was nuts you should see his video about Operation Paul Bunyan or World War Tree as he called it

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

“What sort of distances” even during WW1 everyone had radios that could bounce signals off the ionosphere… civilians in the USA could receive random chatter from the opposite side of the planet. It’s safe to assume Iranian Navy had better radios than civilians decades ago. US ship and Iranian ship were able to radio each other from over 15 miles (24+km) away, at least. So somewhere between 15 miles/all across globe is everyone’s radio range.

[@chriscorsi622]

Great reaction video guys

[@timhefty504]

Dave, hear me out......why not rebrand yourself as The Fat Electrician UK? You could talk about cool British historical and military stuff. Ash could even wax poetic about Rhodesia and the good ol days of British rule in Africa.

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[@gazzman2631]

Loved the reaction! Nic is funny AF, you should do one to his review of the USS Texas, the most gangster BB of WWII. Also, fun fact, the "Sammy B" FFG 58 was actually preceded by USS Samuel B. Roberts DE 413, aka the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship, at the Battle off Samar Island along with Fletcher class dd's Johnston, Heerman, and Hoel. Drachinifel's treatment of the story in his "Samar Island, odds? what are those?" Is absolutely hilarious.

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Manta Sleep masks are legitimately great.

[@Kantanshi]

I think you guys would really enjoy his video "The Most Gangster Politician Ever - Cassius Marcellus Clay"

[@skyjimmy1971]

You're not fat😂😂😂

[@chrisshanteau5353]

Hey good on you for having a sponsor

[@TecniclyAwsm]

Fat Electrician was a combat medic and electrician after he got out.

[@caseyhart9916]

The Samuel B. Roberts had a very famous namesake. Look up what the original Sammy B. did at the Battle off Samar, back in WWII.

[@stuckinaloop6637]

For the Algorithm.

[@spinalobifida]

It's crazy that about a year later after this, Iraq invaded Kuwait after they were helping.

[@saintcynicism2654]

Huh. Feels weird seeing a sponsor ad for something I actually use (though I got like a more basic sleep mask from them). Still love it though, and it kept me from having to mess with blackout curtains. Love watching you get little history lessons from Fat Electrician though, hope you can keep them up! Especially since he's started getting into things I already knew about and still manages to provide new info (like his latest video on Willis "Ching" Lee).

[@Sandman60077]

What is OB in OB Dave gonna stand for now? Old Boy, Original Bloke, Obstructed Bowel?

[@TreyM1609]

I vote Obstructed Bowel! Anyone? …..anyone else? Nah? Ok

[@JMYTpage79]

Obstructed Bowel Dave 😆

[@rickycantrell2865]

Office Bloke

[@tonycardone990]

Obviously British?

[@TreyM1609]

@@tonycardone990 that’s good too

[@quarterbritish7283]

Y'all are lovely. Love to see more Fat electrician content.

[@North-Woods]

I was deployed to the gulf the summer of 88. Our mission was to escort Kuwaiti tankers with US flags up and down the gulf. Was crazy during sand storms. The gulf gets rough. Being a QM I was on the bridge often. The best place to be in my opinion.

[@jasonmarkwell8593]

I'M thinking of the naughty uses for that "blackout" sleep wear item. 😁

[@stuckinaloop6637]

The Robust Reactician

[@timlenard1646]

oh they knew what the Americans were capable of, but the Shaw of Iran didnt care...

[@peterfreund2223]

In 1988 the Shar was not in power anymore, the Iranian revolution was in 1979

[@timlenard1646]

@peterfreund2223 your right, i meant to say the Ayatollah...

[@effingya]

Dave isn't fat. He's the hottest of the Office Blokes.

[@Zankaroo]

The Fat Electrician is a great story teller. His whole goal with his channel is to tell historical military events in an way that keeps peoples attention rather than droning on and only die hard history//military fans will watch. He makes it accessible and fun for all. Yeah the Houthy's launching missiles at ships making that major trade route unsafe and then at the same time the Panama Canal has been in drought for longer than normal last year or two and the effect its has had on the lake that feeds the locks is low so its making a lot of issues there slowing passage through that major trade route.

[@user-vl4fx5wf1q]

I loved your reactions and comments to "The Fat Electrition"❤❤❤❤

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I saw that t-shirt and said "I NEED IT"

[@chrisc9769]

UHF Radio aka Ultra High Frequency Radio actually Bounces the Radio signal off the Stratosphere. If the conditions are absolutely perfect you can bounce a UHF signal around the whole of the world (it would be a very crappy signal but it can be done) UHF Radio is the most common radio for long range communications. It is used by every Military (All Branches) every airport, commercial aviation, commercial shipping. Satellite phones and radios are the second best for long range communications, they were I think satellite communications has taken the number 1 spot at least for the US Military as a whole.

[@phildicks4721]

Nice reaction. I would recommend The Fat Electrician's video about how America weaponized ice cream during WWII. Its not a long video, but its rather fun and interesting.

[@gabrielstratton1775]

In case you are curious, the distance from Dubai to Maine by sea is over 13k miles around the tip of Africa

[@gabrielstratton1775]

And a little less than half that distance through the canal and Mediterranean

[@tylershelton7386]

Okay, now I’m an Ash fan. She’s great. I hope she will be on all your videos.

[@yankee_tango]

May I make one small suggestion to you folks. On several of Nic's videos he has extra content at the end of them. They are just as, if not funnier than the videos themselves. I always watch to the very end just for that.

[@Scott_Burton]

Just to start... "He's talking Navy stuff, how is he an electrician?" 1. There are electricians in the navy. There are also pilots, cooks, mechanics, programmers, machinists, gunners and many other professions in the navy. 2. Just because I would be classified as a technical specialist, information technology guy, PC tech, etc in the civilian world, based on my civilian career, if I made a video about flying an aircraft, am I supposed to automatically adopt the name of say, "the middle aged pilot" otherwise I can't talk about piloting? So, anyone who makes a video about hiking on their fishing channel is discarded because hiking isn't fishing? I'm just having a problem with the logic gate in that question. (That's the IT part of me coming into the conversation) 8:15-8:25 Absolutely the most expressive and enjoyable reaction to this video I have seen (I've seen about 11 reactions to this video as of this moment) at least one of you is engaged. The other half, you admitted you'd seen (some? all?) of this video previously, so well done on not influencing her reaction [apologies, I would like to call you both by name, but this is my first visit to your channel] 11:12-11:39 I was _waiting_ for this, after what I said above, and you, dear, certainly did not disappoint. The Iranian decided to audition, your face went into your palm, and the response to "balogna/baloney mist cloud #1" was priceless. 18:00-18:25 Ships have been communicating with other ships and land bases over hundreds of miles for decades at this point. The most distant *point* in Syria (outside this operating area) to the corresponding most distant *point* in Kuwait is only 1430 kilometers. The Persian Gul is under 940 kilometers in one direction, 370 kilometers in the cross section, Iran has a shoreline across almost one half this gulf, Kuwait and Iraq are at one end, the opening to the ocean is at the far side. Nearest base is unlikely to be more than 300 km. Radio works over that distance. the furthest point in Syria could communicate with the furthest point in Kuwait by radio if they wanted (less than 0.02 second delay) by old 1950s era civilian AM/FM radio. In WWII radios were used to request supply drops from bases many hundreds of kilometers away. The Iranian Navy Command could talk to their ships in basically real time. (I lived over 2,000 kilometers from New York as a kid, and we would have broadcasts from New York reach us in seconds. Not sure if satellite relays were used at the time in the late 1970s (I was young) but if civilian broadcasts could make it that far in a few seconds, I guarantee you military communications took priority, so the could talk to a ship 8+ years later that's just a few hundred kilometers from the nearest base. Jumping back to my interjection at the start. Did you notice at 24:20-24:21 the "gavel" (judge's hammer) used to proclaim "America's innocent" is a wire cutting tool? I am glad this is my first encounter with your channel, I'll check a few more videos out. [I do not mean to cross any boundaries with the comments below, I know some people get very defensive when someone offers compliments or criticisms of their significant other, please understand, I just am making observations] Dude, you've got a very respectable beard going on, and I can't judge your reaction because you're holding back to not influence her. Ma'am, You've got the second most expressive eyes that I've seen on a reaction channel, and an absolutely incredible smile.

[@travisyarbrough4033]

He was a combat medic in the ARMY.