Black Hawk Down (2001) MOVIE REACTION!! *FIRST TIME WATCHING*

This was hard to watch..had my girlfriend crying and me mortified by these true events!! Hope you enjoy this reaction
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[@revelation9125]

The reason the pilots weren’t really panicking during the crash was because they are 160th SOAR pilots. They are Army special operations pilots who are called “night stalkers” and are some of the best pilots in the world. Also the reason you stay off the walls is because if a bullet ricochets on a flat surface like a wall then it will travel along that wall and hit you if you’re leaning on it.

[@Kosh800]

Most military pilots are going to be like that. Hell most professional commercial pilots are like that. Pilots are trained to stay calm when shit goes sideways and depend on your training. It's why we have check lists, why we constantly practice emergency procedures, why we have to stay current on everything we can. We're responsible for every single person on that aircraft, and in the case of the military also the mission itself.

[@Fergus_0703]

basically, most if not all pilots (civilian or military) are trained to be calm in times like this.

[@austinphillips4673]

@@Kosh800 not to take anything away from your service/ abilities. But SOAR pilots are the best of the best. It has been recorded and hypothesized that Elvis Wolcott intentionally dipped his bird at the last minute nose down to try and save the lives of the rest of the crew. If I'm not mistaken there is a transcript of either him or Pilot Mike Durant in which you can clearly hear them, after being hit by RPG fire sounding calm and relaxed as they go through their checklist pre-crash. Again not to take away from any other pilot, but the SOAR guys are, without a shadow of a doubt, the best helicopter pilots in the world and thus would sound calm and collected as they were being shot down.

[@ryckarduhryckarduh180]

Generally pilots know your IQ drops if you panick, being calm is the only way to keep your mind sharp. Thats why pilots and astronauts always sound bored in audios before crashing and stuff

[@Kosh800]

@@austinphillips4673 Nothing about the elite SOAR units goes against what I said. She said that they were calm, you said it's because they were SOAR, and I simply said that it's because all pilots are trained to be calm like that.That sort of reaction isn't exclusive to elite SOAR units. It's common amongst most pilots.

[@sevatar5762]

He wasn’t saying “I can’t protect you” when he said “good luck”. He was saying “I will protect you as long as I can”.

[@dylanwadell7768]

Shugart and Gordon’s last stand gets me every time. The amount of devotion to duty and love you can have for your brothers...that you would willingly go into a situation where you know there is just the slimmest chance you’ll make it just so another may live.

[@Braincleaner]

reading the book(thats tells the events of the battle from 1st hand accounts) the Delta guys all pretty much think both those man were good enough to get that task done if there had been even a 1% chance of making it, they were literally the best of the best.

[@tristenryan]

Delta’s are fucking iron clad. Guys are just epic special forces.

[@GreyDoofus88]

They both received the Medal of Honor btw.

[@AT-rr2xw]

@@Braincleaner How did the movie compare to the book?

[@thedragonlee76]

@@Braincleaner There's more to it.Shugart and Gordon thought that all they had to do was keep the crowd and hostiles away by firing at them and over their heads.What happened,was that the Convoy was redirected and didn't come to them to pick them up.

[@MZ-bl6wg]

The 2 DELTA Force Operators that asked to be dropped by themselves to cover the pinned pilot both recieved the Medal of Honor , both knew they would die being set down but wanted to protect their 160th Spec Ops pilot still alive. Heroes!

[@MrProcivil]

No they didn't know they would die. Lee VanArsdale, a former Delta operator portrayed in the movie (He's the seccond in command in JOC with Gen Garrison), said that Delta operators never go on suicide mission and that both Shugart and Gordon knew that it was dangerous as hell, but they thought they could defend the crew until the convoy arrived. Several times Gordon call on the radio asking where was the convoy. Unfortunately, the convoy got lost and while trying to find a route to Super 64 site, they met with McKnight's convoy and helped them get back to base. Lee VanArsdale words: "We (Delta operators) may be overconfident sometimes but we never go on suicide mission".

[@richcheckmaker]

Yeah it's pretty ignorant of you to say they knew they would die. Obviously no they didn't know they would die.

[@Bill_pierre]

I have to admit "how did they get the computer over there!?" was pretty funny. It's the U.S. military, they can build and outfit an entire army base for tens of thousands of soldiers in any corner of the globe in like 48 hours if they decided to.

[@Brandawn69]

Exactly, people don’t realize 90% of the US Military is support and Logistics personnel.

[@lucasgrey9794]

Lol. No they can't.

[@Brandawn69]

@@lucasgrey9794 they literally can and have done it multiple times throughout history.

[@adamantiumrage]

When i was deployed with the Marines the first thing any unit did was get a prison gym set up somewhere lol

[@nwj03a]

@Lucas Yes they can. The USA’s ability to force project is insane, because it has to be able to. Nobody in the Western Hemisphere is going to seriously bother us, it’s the other side of the world. If that’s where the problems are, we can’t not be able to get there very very quick. Most powerful Navy, American. Most powerful Air Force, US Air Force. 2nd most powerful Air Force, US Navy. 48 hours? Probably not for 10,000, but it won’t be much longer. We can be anywhere in the world as fast as a C130 can fly with 1,000’s of SOF. Anywhere.

[@jovanjorgovan23]

45:35 We saw dead Americans from the second crash, dragged through the streets, naked, beaten. It was all over the TV in 93. The second pilot, Durant, later wrote a book about this and his captivity. Captivity wasn't that bad actually, apart from his injuries, but crash and that crowd, horror. He was beaten by his dead mate's severed arm and was in denial for years, unable to grasp the horror of it.

[@thedragonlee76]

Adid had to keep Durant alive for ransom/negotiation purposes.

[@therealarthurstuwell]

Robert Oakley came over because the Somalis respected him, but he told Aidid's clan that if they didn't hand over Durant that they would level the city and many more Somalis would die.

[@therealarthurstuwell]

@@jeffburnham6611 Yeah that was a great documentary. He went back with Keni Thomas who has gone on to be a country singer and motivational speaker after Somalia. Great comment 👍 It's a good documentary.

[@jovanjorgovan23]

@@jeffburnham6611 Speaking of commentaries, the Black Hawk Down commentary with vets was fantastic. I honestly though there was much more Hollywood bs than there was

[@Ryan-dl9uw]

I own the book it is awesome

[@shonuff4323]

He said "stay away from the walls" because bullets can ricochet and travel down walls. This is taught to a lot of special forces

[@dsumner1234]

It's taught to soldiers and Marines as part of basic training.

[@namethatcorn2879]

ya i was in the regiment then went to NG infantry and this was taught in both

[@melenatenorio8678]

I swear I love Hannah shes so empathic and hilarious at the same time. She just has a very pure heart. She's probably the best female reactor I've came across. Keep up the great reactions ❤❤

[@ivankawnartist]

Sure, but she had a little much angry serming energy through this and that made it tough to get through.

[@anonymoususer921]

If you want a solid reactor who has empathy and has a pure heart... Check out Popcorn In Bed. She is so sweet and watches a lot of challenging movies. Her and Hannah are my favorites.

[@ivankawnartist]

@@anonymoususer921 There are several other good ones. Popcorn is surely one; good suggestion there.

[@fyfyi6053]

"female reactor"

[@anonymoususer921]

@@fyfyi6053 It's force of habit from my time in the military. No disrespect is meant. Trying to break the habit.

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

One of the best war movies ever, perfectly showcasing how quickly things can go from bad to worse in a fight.

[@ddgslegs4516]

"13 hours" is a great one as well

[@Unreal989]

@@ddgslegs4516 One of Michael Bay's greatest

[@anthonydjeguede694]

Living in a war torn country, I can confirm that one moment you could be sleeping or making love and next being in an horror movie with thousands of monsters equipped with weapons designed to destroy the f'ing NATO, chasing you and your family....

[@eddieb3913]

The 9th Company

[@andreascala2663]

to me this is the best war movie ever........and also the hardest! in this movie there is the one scene I can't watch ...... and I've seen war and horror movies of all kinds

[@batbrick3949]

Aidid wasn’t starving “his” people. He was starving the people of other clans so that his clan would gain power.

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

It's weird how even though their technology is relatively modern they're still so tribalistic.

[@themoviescorelad3230]

@@NickThorbjørnsen2207 different customs seem primitive to Westerners

[@transformers5419]

Not true at all. My parents were there when this happened. He was being supported by the u.s government to overthrow the communist dictator siad barre. After he was overthrown there was a meeting held between all clans so that they all came to an understanding. U.S. airstriked it killing several clan leaders. Then they sponsored another politician to take over and the narrative shifted against aidid to the world but Somalia have always supported him. The u.s. sent his close cousin to kill him while in prayer. Of course you’ll believe your government more than actual people who lived there at that time.

[@VPortho]

​@@themoviescorelad3230 Yeah... And Westerners would eventually do something similar in the same circumstances. We're not some enlightened people, just relatively wealthy with no problems to speak of in comparison

​@@themoviescorelad3230It is primitive no matter where it happens. Muh West!

[@cowlark2000]

Hannah's ignorance of wartime strategy is my favorite part of these reactions

[@CGFIELDS]

Both of them 😂

[@xengkill1548]

Yeah yeah!!! Walkee Talkee??😀 It's a radio😅

[@fyfyi6053]

20:19 21:43 22:11 the sounds that she makes though. 😂

[@CynicalGear]

Just so you know the Jimi Hendrix cover of voodoo Child was performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan one of the greatest guitar players ever. He’s definitely not just some waste man. He’s a legend! Go watch a video of him performing the song live.

[@soupsoup1031]

Boom! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJOYZGCpea58ZtE

[@tannerkent82]

Ikr, bro just straight up shit on SRV

[@zoltanjenkins3518]

It's GOTTA BE Live at El Mocambo, and I was absolutely gutted when he shat on Stevie ngl lol

[@SosaBoii-t1c]

No no no, STEAMY Ray Vaughn, he gets up on stage and shits his britches.

[@lathspell87]

The group of soldiers who landed in the small helicopters (canaries) and actually grabbed the high value targets were CAG or Delta Force operators. When Hanna asked how they understood the mission so quickly, they are the best of the best in the Army.

[@donovanb9020]

Facts. Never met a Delta guy (unsurprisingly,) but I met an active SF guy while I was in. Dude was basically a jaguar in human form. Just an absolute apex predator hiding under the visage of a funny, laid back, all-around chill bro. My Drill Sergeant was a former SEAL and he was the exact same way.

[@Lauckitdown]

Ridley Scott made this one and Gladiator, that's why the visuals are so solid. He puts a lot of attention into details, like the hot brass or the noise levels. This is one of the most underrated war films in terms of depiction of combat.

[@richardmeo2503]

When I was a young lad in FDNY it was common for embers to drop into our coats as we worked at a fire. That scene with the hot brass made me crackup, cause that is just what we did.

[@andreascala2663]

Alien.......Blade runner........Kingdom of Heaven

[@genghisgalahad8465]

It's highly regarded, and very likely, the ratings then were high. It's certainly not underrated by any standard.

[@DirtSpud]

The opening scene was showing international aid being dropped for the starving people and Aidids men showed up and took it by force. They knew Americans couldn't fire on them unless they fired first and used the peacekeeping ROE's to their advantage. Its similar to tactics used by the Taliban to avoid gunships and drone strikes. A Taliban fighter could literally be shooting at you and simply drop his rifle and raise his arms in the air until the gunship passes. There are recorded cases of gunships hovering high up waiting for fighters to pick their weapons back up in order to engage them.

[@phillydelphia8760]

I'll add on that, some of the veterans have stated in regards to that scene. That if they had even seen a technical (or any crew served weapon) they would have opened fire on it regardless. The Somalis knew this too, as in actuality, none have been reported as being seen active during the majority of their deployment. The scene works perfectly for the movie though in getting the point across.

[@richardmeo2503]

That was true under Clinton's stupid rules of engagement. When the USMC went in under Bush Sr. months earlier they did what they do, and the warlords took a beating and hid.

[@phillydelphia8760]

@@richardmeo2503 That was the marines and the UN forces during the humanitarian op, iirc? Certainly that tactic made them learn that a Toyota with an mg bolted to the back isn't gonna hold up to a cobra attack run 😆

[@richardmeo2503]

@@phillydelphia8760 True, but it was not just Marine Air that was active, but boots on the ground with some armor patrolling and cleaning out weapons caches and fighters. That was why the warlords decided to hide out. But their efforts was done during Bush Sr. Admin. Corrupt Clinton installed "rules of engagement policies" that were idiotic, as shown in the first scenes. That was why the warlords went back into business. Bin Laden was in the Sudan, and committed his forces to help. Many of the more serious attacks using IED's and RPGs were his people. That led up to the Blackhawk down events as Garrison was told to "catch the criminals". My book Fatal Flaws Book 3 1975-Sept. 11, 2001 goes into detail on that time.

[@roadtovalorexpert]

Those "rules of engagement" are bullshit, they are the sole reasons so many US soldiers die in vain.

[@anthonyhantonh]

“They have TV!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Bless her heart. These are American troops, they bring stuff with them.

[@Peter_Schiavo]

The US commander had requested M-1tanks be brought into the country because of the situation he was presented with. The then US secretary of Defense, Les Aspin, denied the request because it might look like we were escalating the missions. Also, initially the US' mission was to just ensure food was making it in country and we experienced no problems. It was the UN that wanted the warlords taken care of. And we went along with that.

[@dsumner1234]

He originally requested an entire armored battalion, that idea got shut down. So he then asked for 4 M1 tanks and 14 M2 Bradleys, and an AC-130 gunship. All of that got shot down as they US didn't want to look like they were expanding their footprint in the country.

[@robertembury6094]

This was the first time I heard the term "Mission Creep"

[@steev11]

I grew up with Sgt Dominick Pilla who died firing the mounted gun in the humvee. Our hometown just dedicated a school to Dominick. All his fellow Rangers who fought with him flew in for the dedication. They all stood up and recited the Ranger’s Creed. There was not a dry eye in the place.

[@peeg100]

The cover of the Jimi Hendrix song is by Stevie Ray Vaughan, absolutely no waste man, widely regarded as one of the greatest blues guitarists to ever live

[@Guyana_Punch]

I almost left the video at this part :| SRV was the greatest

[@jansenart0]

American war movies often use British actors because we generally go use the Irish Army as extras, so a lot of filming is done in that area for that reason. This has been done for at least as long since Braveheart.

[@covrtdesign5279]

Saving Private Ryan and 1918 had a ton of Irish Army troops as extras too.

[@jansenart0]

@@covrtdesign5279 Exactly.

[@BPhillips2000]

2:50 because by controlling the food, he controls the population. If they're starving, they have to acknowledge his authority in order to eat. It's either that, or take the food by force (which is where the militia, with their weapons, comes in)...

[@BPhillips2000]

6:15 by the time the movie starts, the US Army had already established a base of operations at Mogadishu Airport. They don't show them setting up because TBH it's relatively boring (it's pretty much like watching a construction site (with armed men standing guard, but still))

[@BPhillips2000]

13:12 That's Stevie Ray Vaughn (one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time) covering Hendrix

[@lonestarpiper4917]

Props to Hannah for sitting through this one. Tragic film for sure. The entire operation was doomed from the start. The Clinton administration denied critical air support that JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) requested. F16s and AC 130 gunships. Because these assets were denied the BlackHawk Helicopters were forced to hover in place to provide fire support via their door gunners. This made them easy targets for RPGs.

[@dsumner1234]

TTPs have changed a lot since then.

[@crash406]

@@dsumner1234 Agreed. It was more about 'optics & politics' back then.

[@Pecos1]

When I deployed to Baghdad, a few of the guys I was embedded with had fought in this battle. The epitome of quiet professionals. We didn't tape our blood type to our boots. No, we wrote it on the back of our boot heels in permanent marker. My boots still have the blood type on them, even though the last time I deployed was 2006. Also, for allergies, we had a third, red, dogtag specifically to list just our name and what we were allergic to. Penicillin was written as PCN.

[@95swtor]

We just put one of our dog tags in our boot straps that way if we got blown to shit they could at least figure out whose leg it was

[@Pecos1]

@@95swtor I seen others do that, but I was told to just write my blood type.when I asked about the dogtags, I was told to keep them on my chain. Interestingly, none of the guys I was embedded with put tags in their boots.

[@SoulSteeler22]

I was young but my neighbor died during black hawk down. He was a Delta operator. Millard Filmore. His mom releases ballons every year in the park behind our house on his birthday and there's a nice memorial there also. One of the reasons i joined the 101st Airborne and fought in two wars. God bless you brother. ~GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC ~

[@thecrypteia4644]

“Why is he starving his people?” A great question Hannah, a great question!

[@vilefly]

To subjugate the populace. Now, offer a bounty of food for any U.S. soldier captured, and you get the idea.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

The reason the people were starving is because Mohamed Farrah Aidid was stealing all the food that the UN was shipping in to the region. The reason he was doing this was because it was the easiest way to make sure people would be loyal to him; they would have to follow his orders or they would literally starve to death. Some people chose to starve to death rather than become his soldiers.

[@cirdecsongs]

That “waste man” playing “Voodoo Chile” is Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the finest guitarists ever to walk the planet, rest in peace. He took Hendrix to the next level. I STRONGLY suggest you check him out.

[@abrahamsweet9294]

I loved the beginning confusion regarding the computers, food, electricity, etc. Ash is absolutely right though, we bring our gear with us. It may seem crazy but we do absolutely ship/fly all that over to our combat zones. In Afghanistan we had whole office buildings set up on some bases, or at least a couple of computers in a tent at the FOBs. Another great reaction, and I'm sure a difficult one. Thank yall for doing it

[@rcardoso1680]

Humvees aren't bullet proof, but bullet RESISITANT. The can take some damage, but some high calibers can pierce them easily. To be fair that was a blast from an explosive that broke the windshield.

[@Kingdakota97]

Especially gulf war era Hummers, being made for the Middle Eastern desert and hot temperatures of Africa meant that they were mostly sent out with CANVAS doors/roofs. Soldiers in the field would do what soldiers in Vietnam did and would weld steel plates to add any extra protection

[@ltlibby6220]

Yeah even the "metal" doors are just about 1-2 cm of tin. They didn't become bullet resistant till about 2005 with the IED threat in Iraq

[@hendilman]

Scenes from this film were included in a basic training briefing at Ft. Benning in 2001. The briefing was early in the training, and various films depicting the US Army were shown, with the instructor pointing out what was and wasn't realistic. I remember what that instructor said to end that briefing, "A movie is two hours long, you are now US Army for life."

[@magnificentfailure2390]

Hannah is still so innocent she can confuse wildfire and wildflower. You're a lucky man, Ash. Don't you ever turn out that light.

[@jacquelyncowdell3417]

“They don’t have to have these super amazing, crazy inventive personalities… It’s enough just being human.” Well said, Hannah! I’m not entirely sure why I like those 2 sentences so much. But they definitely hit on a number of situations beyond character writing. 👍

[@NoHandleGrr]

"They wouldn't forget them, would they?" Yeah, the movie is 99% accurate in every detail, including this. It's called "the confusion of war." A couple of guys can get forgotten. Sometimes more.

[@Ring3R]

lol adorable couple. In reference to the "do you want to be in a car vs. do you want to be in a helicopter" The answer is: You don't want to be in Mogadishu.

[@micktrinus]

The reason the Delta operator tells Grimes to stay away from the walls isn't actually because of rockets and explosions. It is because a bullet can strike the wall at an angle and ricochet, following parallel to the wall 1 or 2 feet away and still carry enough force to be lethal. Colonel McKnight basically resolved himself to act like a British officer on the field, not ducking or dodging gunfire, as a result his men saw him very much as a godlike savior with how much confidence he portrayed.

[@TheJackKohler]

Humvees are indeed bulletproof to an extent. However given enough concentrated fire or explosive ordinance, anything can be broken or destroyed. Even the most advanced and resistant vehicles.

[@broodhunter2]

Nothing is bulletproof. It is bullet resistant.

[@therealarthurstuwell]

These were thin skinned humvees. The soldiers put bullet proof vests along the doors and sand bags on the ground to try and give some protection. But in 1993 all these humvees were thin skinned. Also, the machine gun on the top of the humvees at this time didn't have protection plates around the gun. Things have changed a lot in almost thirty years.

[@richardmeo2503]

Clinton refused to allow armor to be employed. Typical of a liberal he knows nothing. When Bush Sr. sent in the Marines months earlier, they used all of their assets and kept the warlords afraid allowing the UN to deliver foods and medicines. Most don't know this, but we were also fighting al-Qaeda during Blackhawk Down.

[@eolsunder]

Humvees are not bulletproof they are just vehicles, they don't have armor plating. Humvees when taken in later years into the middle east where mines and explosive devices were deadly they were enforced more to help protect those inside from such devices. But Humvee's aren't armored vehicles or tanks, they are made to move people around, not withstand gunfire or shells.

[@richardmeo2503]

@@eolsunder So true. Bush Sr sent USMC in to take control and restore order. Idiot Clinton replaced them with just light infantry under strict "rules of engagement" Seeing the change the warlords went back out. Aided by Bin Laden's men the attacks got worse and more often. Garrison was told to arrest the criminals, which led to Blackhawk down.

[@neilj6322]

The cast in this film is ridiculous. Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, Josh Hartnett, Tom Hardy…I could literally go on and on

[@ReallyGoodandKind]

Jason issacs.

[@carloslionel1653]

William Fichtner.

[@koliniotawaketolu1373]

Orlando bloom

[@koliniotawaketolu1373]

William Fightner

[@koliniotawaketolu1373]

Nikolaj Coster Waldau

[@nirley6960]

What I love about this movie is when I first watched it, I barely knew any of the actors. Now after rewatching it, realized that its filled with legends xD

[@BudhagRizzo]

12:51 -- This is actually Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of "Voodoo Chile", probably the most respected cover of Hendrix.

[@ScandzaVaeringjar]

She's confused that a military base has computers and salad. Wow.

[@vivek27789]

@@nathanlindahl8336 Wahmen☕🤦

[@SkullAngel002]

9:02 - It's "HUA", short for "Heard, Understood, and Acknowledged"

[@TacShooter]

I got out of the Army in '89 and this happened in '93. Never heard this explanation.

[@crunchking9931]

@@TacShooterjust got out myself and I’ve always seen it spelled as hooah

[@awturbosp]

@@crunchking9931it’s always been hooah and the Army just mumbles it.

[@usmcmech96]

The pilot who landed the small helicopter at the crash site was the actual pilot who did so in the battle. Only in real life, he landed it in an alley that was 6 inches wider than his rotor blades.

[@rbrtck]

The soldiers were all issued hearing protection, but virtually none of them wore it. This was because they didn't want their hearing to be impaired in any way, so that they could hear the enemy, but this was always a mistake, because everything was so loud that their hearing was impaired all of the time anyway, and they often suffered some level of permanent hearing loss, as well. But until recently, they've kept on refusing to wear hearing protection (except for helicopter pilots and artillery operators). I believe things have changed recently because electronic hearing protection has gotten so much better now, but this is a recent thing.

[@MaliciousMollusc]

Fun Fact: there's a guy who got captured and rescued later because he heard his favourite song being played by the rescuers (ACDC: Back in Black).

[@Tabaskospecial]

I’m a Marine Afghan vet and I love all of your reactions. Sometimes it helps to hear someone’s view on things that I think about everyday. Please don’t stop reacting to these kinds of movies.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Stevie Ray Vaughn is the greatest guitarist who ever lived, with a totally unique blues voice. He covered many Hendrix songs; he died young and tragically, after a concert, in a helicopter accident!! If u can, find any of his live video recordings from Austin City Limits. Even small clips on KZbin. U will have a new guitar god!! .

[@crunchking9931]

Greatest electric Texas bluesman can’t say the greatest bluesman because there’s more than 2 genres of blues not just Texas and Chicago style. If you ask a fan of delta blues, Mission Hill country blues, hokum, ragtime blues or jump blues he wouldn’t be in their top 30 but if you ask a fan of electric blues or rock and roll then yeah he would be up there

[@ideologybot4592]

Ash: "Army vets watching this right now are like..." /frustrated punching. Yeah, pretty much the whole movie, my guy.

[@benitocuevas5159]

At the beginning of this reaction your girl Hannah was commenting about all of the little things the US military had at the base in Mogadishu. Much of this infrastructure was a logistical necessity for a modern military for operate in remote areas. Still the creature comforts were necessary to help with moral of the service members. We always have the little creature comforts of home whenever we get deployed. Again to keep moral high. It was usually far and above what the local pop had. The US military is very large with enormous capabilities to ship things around the world. Some large remote bases had things flown in every day. Smaller bases had less but it was still amazing to see. Camp Liberty in Iraq had Pizza Hut, Burger King, Subway, Popeye's Fried Chicken, and Taco Bell. There was also a huge PX (Post Exchange), that had every thing a large department store had.

[@Jovian999]

Legend has it Eric Bana is still chewing that one mouthful of porridge to this day.

[@moxieone6816]

I knew some of these guys. I knew Jamie Smith a little we were in “RIP” (Ranger Indoctrination Program)holdover together. He went to 3/75 and I went to 5th RTB. My best friend from basic training also went to Bravo 3/75 though he is not featured in the film. He called me at my unit shortly after proud of his battalion combat scroll!

[@pgtracer1]

hooah!!

[@breese42]

I was a Benning when this all went down.

[@karlbecker8775]

I am sorry for your loss. Thanks to all of you for your service!

[@moxieone6816]

@@pgtracer1 RLTW

[@mikeserot1410]

The Hoo-ah is a motivational term used by the U.S. Army. It's also used as an acknowledgement when replying to an order. That Hendrix bit was hysterical. There are a number of deleted scenes that wrap up what happened to a few characters including Blackburn. After he was discharged from the Army, he became a cop in Florida. Made a full recovery after that fall. What's really crazy is that a number of the helicopter pilots (including the guy (Keith Jones) who ran from the small helicopter to save the Delta Operator were actually part of the real battle. Jones played himself recreating his actual rescue of Dan Busch for this movie. Some of the real Rangers who were extras were there too in 1993.

[@shainewhite2781]

I highly recommend The Ghost And The Darkness, as Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas play an Irish Engineer and an American hunter who try to stop two male lions going on a killing spree in 1897 Kenya. Based loosely on a true story.

[@erickknutz5599]

Wow, not only the oldest son in Troy, but you gots Obi Wan and Legolas and Jaime Fookin' Lannister as well. So many big name actors.

[@Pxtwny_chill]

The acting in the surgery scene on Jaime is absolutely phenomenal... on par with Wade's death in saving private ryan. When he asks if Twombly is ok it breaks my heart every time.

[@MattyIce3039]

13:12 that “waste man” is Stevie Ray Vaughan arguably one of top 10 best guitarists of all-time 😂

[@SuperBigblue19]

The part of Delta Force Operator Master Sargent Gary Gordon who sacrificed his life for wounded comrades was played by a Danish Actor Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau. Gordon had been awarded the Royal Danish Parachutist Badge amongst his many achievements prior to deployment in Africa. He also has a Navy ship named after him The USNS Gordon & Gordon Elementary in N. Carolina is named after him. The mock city British soldiers have trained at in Fort Polk LA is named after Shugart & Gordon.

[@xXDiGiTaLBaThXx]

He's an amazing actor, I suggest watching Shot Caller for anyone who hasn't seen it!

[@archstanton664]

To answer the question of why they're angry, that wasn't anger. That's bloodlust. A hunger for destruction that needs to be satisfied via brutal methods.

[@uggggggghhhhh]

No, this was anger and retaliation for the U.S attack on a peace conference that injured 200 people and the torture of a 17 y/o civilian, Shidane Arone, while 30 soldiers stood, watched and did nothing. While still barbaric, it is not simply "a hunger for destruction". That is ridiculous. War is brutal. There is light and darkness within all of us, there are no "good" guys when it comes to war and if you genuinely think otherwise, you are brainwashed. The U.S military isnt hated all around the world for no reason. Note: Canada was also involved. The west (and china) is a curse for Africa. This isnt an "america bad" comment but america has this habit of painting themselves like victims in epic tear jerker films

[@archstanton664]

@@uggggggghhhhh that's just a long way to say, "My 7th grade education tells me that America bad and deserve to have their dead paraded around." Hate America all you want, we never stooped to that level of mutilation. Hell, Obama gave UBL the upmost respect (for some fucking reason) and wouldn't even release the pics of his busted dome. I bet if Americans did this to dead Muslim militants after 9/11, you'd be outraged. In short, stfu.

[@dgrmn12345]

I read somewhere that the Somalian Militia were drugged up like crazy hence the bloodlust and fearlessness in the crossfire. The drug also made them shrug off and eat more of the smaller caliber bullet fired by the US soldiers fired at them.

[@archstanton664]

@@dgrmn12345 they mentioned that briefly in the movie, "In the middle if the day instead of the middle of night when everyone's all fcked up on khat. What's not to like?"

[@pirateblackhawkdown9047]

Let me guest the devil's from all the way in America isn't the bloodlust right. It's in your genes to go around the world & destroy anyone not doing what you like. North Korea,Vietnam,Somalia,Afghanistan,Syria,Iraq,Yemen,Cuba,Sudan, I could add more south Americas countries but we be here forever. No one has killed & destroyed more then the west and it will continue until they run of power which I hope soon. Ask the world who's the problem they will point the finger's at USA,U.k,France.

[@TheGoIsWin21]

Fun fact, when I was in the Army, I was briefly banned from saying "hooah" because of, and I quote "The overtly sexual way in which you say it" 😂

[@jansenart0]

Hector (Eric Bana) was also the Hulk in the pre-MCU Hulk film (2003), and he played the Mossad assassin in Munich. Very talented guy for presenting understated violence.

[@thatindiandude4602]

And chopper Reid for those Aussies out there.

[@brianarcher9289]

HUA. Heard, understood, acknowledge. When you give an order, you ask them HUA to see if the person receiving the order understands and responds with HUA.

[@drkushajagadeesh6347]

38:45-39:16 And that's what a Tier 1 special forces team does! Edit: That scene where the general takes the cloth and starts wiping the blood of his men off the floor so that others don't walk over it always breaks my heart. He forgets rank in that scene. The pain of losing his men is etched on his face.

[@deathjesterr]

Another must see movie based on a true story is We Were Soldiers, with Mel Gibson. Incredible film with a great cast, and, like Black Hawk Down, a tragic story. Highly recommend. Love the reactions!

[@rayreyes91]

telling someone theyre dependable when leaving just two people alone in a combat zone is not telling them they arent as good. Youre leaving two guys on their own. You leave some literally dependable, who can make the right calls in the absence of leadership.

[@j.j.h.atemycereal]

I gotta say, Ash, your comment about regular people making "life changing decisions" a few times in their lives, and these guys are pulling them out of their @sses really hit me. And Hannah, your reaction to the horrors was the most honest thing in the world. You guys are great. Thanks.

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

‘Every person I’ve seen is British!’ Josh Hartnett: Am I a joke to you??

[@Chad-n5x]

I know there's plenty of Americans in this.

[@armysapper12b]

You actually stay away from walls, is that bullets actually travel parallel with them after impact. Many people think they mostly go into the wall, but when they impact at an angle they will literally travel parallel just a few centimeters off the wall.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

So glad you picked this movie. So great, one of the best war movie ever made the practical effects and everything. Great reaction guys.

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

You must be joking! SRV is the bomb.

[@bizjetfixr8352]

"Dependable" You don't put the worst guy in a squad on the machine gun. You put the most solid guy you have on the squad machine gun. Someone who isn't going to panic, no matter what. The guy with the machine gun can mean the difference between survival, and the whole squad being wiped out.

[@beastlykilljoy1633]

The 2 that got left behind were watching their flank. That’s why he’s “dependable”. I’ve been forgotten a couple of times when I was in the infantry too lol

[@nomnom7608]

So you just walked all the way back alone? What happen when that kind of thing happen?

[@soupsoup1031]

@@nomnom7608 Any plan goes wrong. They also teach you common sense, and your training helps.

[@nomnom7608]

@@soupsoup1031 did you also live a similar situation?

[@zahidansary]

The soundtracks by hand Zimmer pulls my heart out my chest

[@AreaCodes11]

Also, Ash that is THE STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN you're talking about haha THE greatest guitarist of all time doing the cover of Jimmy.

[@roddyjo.76]

That was Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Voodoo Child. A legend doing a cover of another legend.

[@jimtatro6550]

I remember seeing parts of the real incident live on CNN back in the day and being incredibly upset, watching the film reinforced it. Thank You to all who serve and served.

[@Christiand2821]

The units involved are the US 75th Ranger Regiment (Army Rangers), 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta (commonly called Delta Force or CAG), and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR, or The Nightstalkers). Army Rangers are considered a Tier 3 Special Operations Unit. They're elite but kinda "Entry Level" Elite (that's not meant to be a knock either. These are not guys you want to fight if you're a bad guy). You can go straight into it without serving in the regular army first, you just go through a lot more rigorous training. So they're good and have a lot of older, very experiences soldiers but will still be comprised of some younger and less experienced soldiers. They are a larger unit and are meant to act as the tip of a spear for an assault into a country (particularly attacking and taking airfields) or be a rapid reaction force in the event that a major conflict pops off (North Korea invading South Korea or something along those lines). Delta Force is a Tier 1 Unit (Seal Team 6 or "DEVGRU" is the other Tier 1 Unit in the US. SAS is the British counterpart, for some context). They are the best of the best and recruit only the most competent and experienced soldiers from every other branch of the military. They're all very well trained, equipped, and have years of combat experience. They don't act as a large military assault force like the Rangers. They're a smaller group that leads hostage rescue and surgical strike missions like you see in this movie (they wear the black helmets). If you're a high-level bad guy odds are you'll run into Delta or DEVGRU at some point. They're the ones that go "bump" in the night. The Nightstalkers are the Special Operations wing of the Airforce. They recruit the absolute best pilots to fly their helicopters to get the Operators into and out of battle. They're absolute studs.

[@spicymccrash899]

This is one of the many reasons why ash and Hannah are in my top 3 reactors. Any action going on ash is like LFG! While Hannah is like what about the glass, the trees and animals. Lol it’s awesome. The banter is top notch. Side note if you guys haven’t seen 13 Hours highly recommend it.

[@placebo5466]

Served from '08-2012 - We learned about every single Medal of Honor recipient in basic training. The only book we were allowed was the stories of these brave men. Hoot's final monologue is exactly the ethos that are instilled throughout your military career. Never met a serviceman who was there for politics. It was always about your fellow countrymen and getting home.

[@abrahamm4850]

Ash and Hannah sorry to tell you the soldier that was carried away was tied to a vehicle and dragged through the streets of Mogadishu 😞

[@uggggggghhhhh]

Damn I just saw photos of that the other day on reddit. Didn't make the connection until now.

[@darrylkoehn9667]

Those aren't bazookas; they're RPG's- rocket propelled grenades.

[@batbrick3949]

20:57 No, the HMMWV’s they had in Somalia in 1993 were not armored. Nowadays, yeah, up-armored HMMWVs are the norm, but not back then.

[@MakingTrueMoney]

I was 5 or 6 when this came out and it’s still one of my favorite movies till this day

[@RetroMobGaming]

Lucky Number Slevin is another really amazing Josh Harnett movie; you would absolutely love it and it’s a all star cast!

[@dreamcruzer4743]

The banter between you two is next level. I love you guys. Epic reaction.

[@8967Logan]

"13 Hours" is another intense movie about relatively recent events that you may find interesting, or "American Sniper".

[@aluniamalia]

yes!

[@redwave1933]

That scene where they're running from the market to the stadium was one of the most powerful scenes for me. The survivors referred to it as "The Mogadishu Mile"

[@druidriley3163]

Powerful? Disbelief. The UN drivers left them. The rangers were supposed to run along side the personnel carriers, using them as cover. No one told the UN drivers this plan and they hit the gas and got out of there, leaving these exhausted men to run the last mile or so to the stadium.

[@TedBrogan]

Hannah tearing up at multiple points made me tear up. And I've seen this movie dozens of times and NEVER cried. Great reaction guys.

[@bradlynelson357]

Rules of engagement . Most western countries unless they are already at war with a country, faction states you cannot fire unless you are being fired upon . Remember the first part of the movie the Somali warlords were only firing on Somalis starving to death. Also remember that was was a United Nations aid project and the us had even more stringent rules under that command

[@Ahsoka_Tano]

Defiantly want to create a drinking game whenever they say "Symbolism" that someone has to take a drink :-P

[@powerofberzerker9487]

Rewatched the film some hours ago to prepare for your reaction since I haven't seen it for a long time. I gotta say, this is amongst the best Riddley Scott films. Also, the film is packed with quality actors.

[@TenTonNuke]

The "hooah" is a blessing in the army. It's the only time you don't have to call a higher-ranking person by their title. I hated saying "sir" and "sergeant" so I just said hooah to every question.

[@kimarhironso437]

I deployed into the horn of Africa in Ethiopia (granted close to twenty years later) but America is known for its mobilization/logistics/supply capacity. It is simply unparalleled amongst modern militaries. It isn't that other countries can't supply their forces with what they need, they just can't do it en masse like the USA can. We had electricity when some parts of Dire Dawa didn't, because we brought two HUGE generators over to supply our camp with electricity. When they purchased our camp they bought (and then resold) a complex from a guy who owned the land there. So it had a few hard buildings, but we mostly stayed in clamshell tents that had AC. We also brought a water storage container so we would have water to drink/shower from, as well as an enclosed trailer that were the showers. Internet was very suspect there, we had to rely on satellites (and then in the middle of the night if anybody was up they could use the internet to call home), but we occasionally had it as well. Also, people have the idea in their head that Africa is dirt poor everywhere. And there are some places that are dirt poor with people living in thatched houses, but if you let a place develop and it isn't ransacked by war, it is also a place that can be surprisingly modern. Most likely the US set up camp in a place that was one of those modern places before the civil war. I think it was an airport, but I can't remember off the top of my head.

[@ccdunca]

Soliders are normal people that are at their best in the most extremely abnormal situations.

[@meghanmonroe]

For the record, that was the famous Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of "Voodoo Child" (Jimi Hendrix's song).

[@folkblues4u]

13:20 - That "waste-man" you're referring to is the late legendary blues artist, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Hendrix was his biggest influence as a performer, which shows in his masterful guitar playing. While not nearly as amazing, SVR's cover of Voodoo Child (Slight Return) would've made Jimi proud, I'm certain of it.

[@Definitely_not_Snax]

13:12 First time I've ever heard someone disappointed by Stevie Ray Vaughn Better educate yourself brother.

[@Enrique-Garcia]

"HOO-ah" is not always about motivation. Sometimes it's just a punctuation, like "understand?" or "get to work". It has multiple meanings and uses depending on context.

[@tylerdurden2460]

Marine vet here. Something to be noted: it's not that the civilians are ANGRY, it's that they literally have almost no resources like electricity or running water, and they are promised a bounty from the local warlords for any Americans. They value their lives a lot less than most Westerners do, which makes them more unpredictable and inherently more dangerous.

[@asthenicrhyme2267]

My jrotc teacher was in Mogadishu and I remember he was talking about child soldiers and all the other crazy stuff when Blackhawk down to place

[@Perfectly_Cromulent351]

The Humvees weren’t armored at this time, it was only after this battle that the US military saw the need to add protection.

[@Godfather_Al]

Amazing soundtrack by none other than hanz zimmer

[@bad-people6510]

"Why is he starving his people?" Because African warlords don't tend to run the most stable economies.