“Bullets flying right at us”: Ambushed in Somalia | Heavy Combat in Iraq & Afghanistan

[@ViceChief]

Civilian here. I listen to a lot of soldier stories. Loved this guy's way of storytelling and his emphasis on sound. Also cool to hear from a drill sargeant since they are a part of every other story you listen to, but their perspective is almost never shared. Thanks for your service, Henry Garcia.

[@UrbanValorTV]

Thank you for the feedback 🙏🏻

[@ViceChief]

@@UrbanValorTV Really appreciate your work! It's great to hear unfiltered accounts from all these men and women. Also was jazzed to learn about Veterans Legal Institute and their work.

[@davidjacobs828]

​@@UrbanValorTV Your channel should stop giving a platform to cowards who go to other people's countries and murder innocent civilians for money at the behest of corrupt politicians.

[@BrolandMeeces]

He was a Drill Instructor not a drill sergeant.I know it's not something most civilians are aware of but there is a big difference between the two. Sorry for being a little picky.

[@ViceChief]

@@BrolandMeeces I appreciate a distinction. What is the difference?

[@Picmdeep]

Man….This was one of the very best episodes I’ve seen and I’ve been watching for awhile now. Semper Fidelis, Gunny. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@liquidrockaquatics3900]

I’m glad you’re still with us Gunny. Semper Fi from a weekend warrior combat medic. If you’re still interested in art, maybe look into the design programs for 3D printing, laser printer/cutters / and the vector programs for CNC machines. Some of the best art and designs are coming from veterans and are backed by patriots everywhere. Especially on Public Square

[@MaddDogg316]

The entire section titled "Hidden Wounds" is probably the most critical piece of information from this interview. The first time i heard it, it literally brought me to tears. I didnt know how much i needed to hear what he said.

[@E4MafiaGames]

Yooo Josh we waiting for you to be on Urban Valor it’s time to hear your story fam!!!! And man Henry badass story brother way to push threw 🙌🏻

[@TheJonesChannel11]

I'd very much like to see him on Shawn Ryan's show for two reasons. 1. Everyone gets to know the host better. 2. The Shawn Ryan audience will boost this channel significantly, which I think it needs.

[@Stephen-lt1tp]

Wow, I didn’t know Marines were in Somalia, I thought it was just the 82nd and Rangers. Great interview. Semper Fi.

[@alexander1902]

Not only that, Gen. Adid's son was also a U.S. Marine!

[@Stephen-lt1tp]

@@alexander1902 oh ya!!! I remember hearing That in Michael Durants documentary

[@purplebirdm1258]

@@alexander1902hell yea he used military training to take over that country.

[@6172crew1]

I was there about 1 years ago after the Blackhawk down mishap. 13th MEU Operation United Shield. We lost 2 Marines on that deployment.

[@6172crew1]

@@alexander1902he was on the same ship I was on. USS Essex.

[@NEPTUNE88M]

Dude it Drill instructor SSG Garcia...thats one of my Drill instructors from 2005 Hotel Co Platoon 2141....holyfuckinshit I never thought I would ever see anyone one of them all these years I do have some memories to tell.

[@trygar24]

I think he was our sdi for Platoon 2137

[@LibertyMagnus]

Awesome! He was my Drill Instructor Hotel Co Platoon 2111 of that same year. He made me talk with an English accent almost the entire time. Lol. He gave me my EGA at the graduation ceremony. Great drill instructor! He’s tough but fair and god help you if you ever really piss him off.

[@Dockernan1977]

I think any Marine knows it’s not SSG. It’s SSgt.

[@NEPTUNE88M]

@@Dockernan1977 and yet no one care but you lol

[@Xavieus]

@@NEPTUNE88M I care. Use our abbreviations, not the Army's.

[@lorrainefrost6285]

Thank you for sharing. You help me understand how wrong war is for humans. I wish you recovery and the ownership of honor you deserve.

[@UrbanValorTV]

🙏🏼

[@philystyle69]

Is someone running a sink in the background wth lol

[@THRE3KINGZStudios3kz]

Believe that’s rain 🌧️

[@1stGenRex]

He mentioned a forward observer named Clark who was shot in the arm. I wonder if it was Billy Clark. I worked with him (he was a civilian contractor) in Fallujah in 05/06. Same rank, story and MOS 🤔

[@94Whiskey]

Great story Gunny! Just shows regardless of what MOS u have, it's always being in the right place & right time....u really had the full Marine experience. In my time, i did'nt experience the dark moments....and im thankful. I was over at Iraq 04-05. During Phantom Fury....we were the only reserve unit....and we were blessed not to have any KIA. Semper Fi.....

[@UrbanValorTV]

👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼SF

[@sirbader1]

1:18 Who is that guy? I grew up by Mather as well, and that dude looks super familiar.

[@thetwitchywitchy]

Those sound effects really brought the stories to life if I’m being honest 😂

[@BryceMcQueen-qk2zu]

During the Black Hawk Down Restore Hope , TF Ranger 92?. The Warlord F..A. son was a U.S. Marine deployed in Somalia

[@rojoloco3911]

The closing comment made me think about my time in service. I joined in October 1990 actually right around the same time as Gunny did. And I remember we had a gunnery sergeant Engstrom maybe it was spelt with an I, I can’t remember. He was in first battalion ninth Marines in Vietnam .Anyway, it just seems like it’s a totally different Marine Corps equipment wise anyway and the way we did things not saying right wrong or bad just it’s funny to hear someone from that same timeframe speak. It just seem like everything changed within a short period of time I guess. Basically I’m saying goddamn I’m old.

[@Chavez760]

What’s crazier is living through it, brother! Sometimes I start my stories with, 'I feel like Forrest Gump-always in the right place at the right time...or maybe the wrong place, but just in time to have a story to tell later!' Funny how fast things changed, and here we are, old enough to remember the 'good old days' when things were 'simpler' (or at least a bit heavier and clunkier!).

[@JustaUser82nd]

I’m starting to think that Gunny Garcia’s recruit who invited him to his retirement speech is 1stSgt Parkes BUT correct me if I’m wrong

[@nakedsnake4248]

Ive been waiting this entire interview waiting for him to say "throw a f*ckin grenade in there!" For reference thats cod waw😂😂

[@stillamarine1001]

I was in bootcamp at Parris Island when all this was going down.

[@pepperachu]

Crazy

[@liamlynch2115]

I feel like I have pts and or tbi and I was never in combat. Always stressed, irritable, on edge for no good reason etc. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if I went through what I’m hearing in these combat stories.

[@BryceMcQueen-qk2zu]

I have lived next to Ft Lewis in , Roy Wa for 30yrs. The Ranger Range , Training , maneuvers etc. Chinooks , Blk Hawks , Apaches , Artillery, 50cal , Used to see a lot of Stryker activities. The other day you could hear the Chain guns . Sometimes it goes on for a week or more., 24/7 House shaking! Drive by one day there's a dozen + Blk Hawks parked in the field a mile down the road from my house , 10 acre FOB type deal etc .A field where you see mass troops parachute in.

[@Js_saavedra]

Respects to bro . His voice reminded me of master chief from halo

[@Sean85Laney]

Does anybody know the name of the active shooter that happened in Afghanistan with the marines? The marine killed the active shooter in the top.

[@williamwilson9283]

👍💯

[@UrbanValorTV]

🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@Beefry222]

My first time in 29 Palms for CAX. Camp Wilson, the wide open spaces. Gunny is right, it felt like being on Mars. The main advantage to being a Doc with the wing is that we had the ambulance and we were able to scoot to main side (when we had appropriate top-cover) to straight up rob gear from the ER, grab chow and hit the gym where the showers were legit. Everything else though... Convoys, FARPS, being stuck with Coms teams at ranges watching Hornets practice their runs all day. Most importantly though, it's where I learned that the Filipinos know how to live in the field. Rice cooker always going, sauces, sharing everything with you, taking care of each other. Coming back from an op on a cold night with a bowl of hot rice... I'm grateful I learned those lessons early about the humanity of being somewhere shitty with your brothers and knowing you have to have each other's backs. Doesn't matter where you're from but it sure as shit matters where you are. Lastly: One of my counterparts was incredibly vain about his hair. First morning at Wilson we're in the head showering up and all the sudden we heard this "Whirrrrrrrrrrr." My dude was blow-drying his hair, at Camp Wilson, at the beginning of CAX, in front of every other ground pounder. It was a needle-scratch moment, everyone just stopped and side eyed this dude while he made duck-face in the mirror. Lol, just one of those memories that popped up thinking about that place.

[@0311-z2c]

Its wild how we all thought thay initial heat getting to wilson was hot. Then when you land at dwire at afghanistan and step off the c130...pfff feels like you stepped into a fuckin oven that was left on for weeks

[@BrianClarkpharmd]

Semper fi

[@MrTangolizard]

I remember in escape and evasion training in the British army we were captured by the paras I believe and they roughed us up a bit beating us etc but I remember one of the guys was being kicked in the ribs while this para was shouting make a noise like a slug lol

[@Ruuster25]

It's good to hear a story from a conventional dude. Sometimes, it's unrealistic to hear from just SOF guys on interviews like this.

[@beaumontgile5886]

When u listen to soldiers stories vs marines stories u can tell the difference of the core vs the army. Not so nerdy

[@HiPickle]

Wtf is that sound in the background

[@RamonValdez-s4y]

Semper Fi

[@Largepro21]

💯

[@TalibansBoogeyMan]

is someone taking a shower in the background or something?

[@MrStaybrown]

Rahh Thank you devil

[@jstape740]

Where is portuGO?

[@ALLGODSDIE49]

?

[@Fiendishfool]

​@@ALLGODSDIE49it's the way he said it with his accent, but it's funny tbh.

[@vasil12361]

I don't know but I wonder if they have "Valentimes" day. WTF?

[@marks6406]

Talk about attention to detail......... remembers every fkng thing.

[@aimmortalslegacy2189]

I cant get passed the 3 minute mark. I had to keep trying to rationalize the struggle that he had as a teenager. 16-17 year old with little brothers and sisters getting wasted and challenging his fathers authority. Some how he seems to think it was his fathers fault for demanding that the rules of the house be respected and followed. Im assuming that his attitude about challenging authority with come back and bite him by the end of this story.

[@JerusalemSlim]

FOB Edinburgh

[@economyofmotion]

Rlrlrlrlllaaah kah kah kaaa kah. Fllllllll HEE HAW HEEHAW KAAAAH

[@kev179669]

Who taking a shower

[@fredjacobsen5025]

Henry: Jesus Christ has a custom made personal relationship made just for you! A new life in him! Jesus sais any man who calls uopn him shall be saved in the KJV Bible. Give your life to Jesus Christ: Know peace & the happiness that comes from following Christ.

[@UrbanValorTV]

🙏🏼

[@stephenpemberton85]

Who's frying bacon?

[@rainhart458]

And what was it all for? No weapons of mass destruction where found. And the Americans ran away from Afghanistan with their tails between their legs. Giving the supposed enemy. More weapons n tech. Than what they had before.

[@williamwilson9283]

Military personnel have no say of where they are called too or the type deployments they are called on to serve. Just following orders of the prez. at the time. As for being in combat I fought for the soldiers to left and right of me for real, and as to our military leaving A-Stan with their tales between their legs are totally not true. The heroes who were involved in the evacuation op in A-stand were outstanding. The only failures that op had was the politicians and Generals needed to get their heads outta their asses. Our troops getting zapped by ied’s sucked. You can thank this administration for that fubu, not the troops. They just following orders. Peace, out.

[@HungPham-qq6me]

Ya might wanna practice that English program, propaganda bot

[@christopherbench1513]

Im not even 20 minutes in, and this guy is throwing out so many acronyms im lost. And i was in the army so im familiar with about half of what hes saying. It still makes for a terrible interview. I cant imagine civilians or even non marines have any idea what this clown is saying

[@jamiemcnay]

I'm a Marine and a couple of his MOS Specific acronyms got lost on me too.

[@zest2k184]

well im a civy and honestly man i understand just fine\

[@activehistory555]

calling him a clown for saying acronyms is dumb asf , i understood just fine ive only been a marine for 8 months lol maybe your just inept

[@hangtough285]

Calling another veteran a clown? Smh. Let’s get you on here Mr. Bench and see how you do.

[@michaelsinclair7253]

As soon as you said Army was where the comprehension problem became evident.

[@darrenstockman9268]

The bird was a tohu A sign frm the spirit world And you killed it It’s not a just a bird It trusted you…

[@MichaelSMITHERS-xv2ow]

I served in marines 05-10 , yes a deployed , whenever I had staff Nco finish every other sentence with and so forth , I knew he was just plain dumb , imagine being so dumb you cannot even think of the words to explain what you are trying to say …. “ and so forth “ poor guy it’s not his fault he wasn’t mentally strong or intelligent enough to not allow himself to be brainwashed. I’m glad I was in Signals Intel because other MOS’s like motor t and 03s were like being in boot camp for their enlistments , poor guys.

[@timsonjohnson3677]

Awe go eat your crayons and go be your gay self elsewhere😂😂

[@candinmuniz3225]

For someone so critical of the way someone speaks, you're sure not great at syntax and grammar. Regardless of your religious affiliation, there's a principal that applies here: remove the plank from your own eye before you remove the speck from a brother's eye. You truly ought to take a look at that passage and ponder it. It's a great thing you were only in for five years.

[@HungPham-qq6me]

Damn son I got a stroke trying to make sense of what you typed.

[@MichaelSMITHERS-xv2ow]

@@candinmuniz3225 I guess you like to say and so forth 😂 and guess you were motor T. Sorry POG I TRIGGERED you 🫵🏻

[@candinmuniz3225]

@@MichaelSMITHERS-xv2ow wait. Did the Signal Corps guy just call me a POG? I knew intelligence wasn't your strong suit, but that's a whole new level of cognitive dissonance. Thanks for the entertainment, brother. Best of luck out there.