Don’t Fear the Reaper but your Blackhawk just crashed in Mogadishu

[@SamSalsa411]

“I’ll be home for Christmas” but you’re the 101st Airborne defending Bastogne

[@tinycockjock1967]

Nuts!

[@Dr_Alan_Grant]

That's a good one.

[@wooly7177]

@Grant Lathrop Yeah.

[@user-wl7pj7xt4v]

@@tinycockjock1967 nuts?

[@SkyieN]

@@user-wl7pj7xt4v "NUTS!" It was General McAuliffe's response to German demands for surrender of 101st at Bastogne.

[@dba1222]

this shit is literally an art form now. The conjunction of the contemporary music with the inhumanity of war. It's a perfect collision of two completely separate experiences. quite something

[@iangrygs]

The video for A Perfect Circle's cover of Lennon's Imagine almost made it the better version.

[@dawndarklight44]

Inhumanity? War is part of our blood.

[@Pacmanghost]

The music isn't contemporary though... The song came out almost 20 years before the Battle of Mogadishu.

[@dawndarklight44]

@@Pacmanghost If it came out before it might be what the soldiers were listening to at the time; Not that Iknow what was popular.

[@rainypath96]

rings a bell with veterans

[@iwonderwhatidoanymoreonyou4063]

“We Gotta Get Out of This Place” by The Animals but you’re on the flight deck of the USS Midway overturning helicopters during the evacuations of Saigon

[@M_Alistair]

Fuck that actually fits

[@TheKingOfJordan1]

My grandpa was there for that haha

[@dropleaf8296]

Best suggestion by far!

[@carsonw8223]

That scene of pushing a helicopter off the ship was actually done to make room for a Vietnamese family that flew a personal plane out to them to escape. Buang-Ly: this dude freekin landed a cessna on a aircraft carrier. The captain told the sailors to push the helo off to make room. Fascinating story.

[@notnozzo]

My friends grandma actually used to live down the road from the singer of that band in Newcastle.

[@RJKilroy]

Attempt #8: “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”, but your M1 is detracked in downtown Baghdad and the crew isn’t fixing it fast enough

[@bessie8612]

This

[@thehistorian3132]

Yes we need this

[@TacRet135]

Perfection

[@DonPatrono]

Even better: "Should I stay or should I go" but you're evading an Iraqi search party during Desert Storm 1 (Bravo Two Zero reference in case anyone was wondering)

[@notsocrates9529]

@@DonPatrono I like your style.

[@desafiogameplays6113]

What a terrifying battle to be a part of. I can't imagine what it'd be like seeing the first, then the second Helicopter crash.

[@thomas-pd9hm]

Imagine you are on a helicopter and then get shot down and the minute you get up hundreds of african rebels start shooting you with AK47s as you fire your M16 killing the people charging you

[@eventhor7524]

@@thomas-pd9hm My friends dad was there. He has PTSD from it.

[@johnlopes2891]

you see a "BOOOOMM"

[@ravenknight4876]

Pretty euphoric, I would imagine. I don't think anyone really expected they could do anything against American Air power until they eventually succeeded in bringing both of them down. I can definitely tell you that it brought me and my family hope.

[@just_addd_water_to_your_ramen]

@@ravenknight4876 wait what? How did the aircraft getting downed bring you hope?

[@Bilbs654]

Using the actual Blackhawk audio is an excellent touch

[@jrmungandr]

I feel like there needs to be a healthy mix of entertainment and creative freedom and authenticity to these, so I try to use real audio as much as possible but arranged in a more structured way

[@garyshymkiw5085]

@@jrmungandr you do a great job at that and I, as a sound nerd and military history appreciator, appreciate that

[@Victory88012]

My father was there in 93', says he still hears the radio transmissions at night when he sleeps.

[@austinwright5480]

hope hes still ok

[@spectresdead151]

respect to him from the Australian Army

[@WhooseAGoose]

Hope he’s doing well man

[@pacattack8374]

Hope your father is doing well bro thank for the service and sacrifices made ❤

[@jeremyronald]

An old friend of mines father in law was a pilot during the Somalian Conflict. He never would talk about it because of how much pain it caused him, but one night he had enough drinks in him to open up about what happened. He said he remembers 6-1 going down almost directly behind him and rotated his bird just enough to see it spinning violently towards the ground and he could hear the crew once they hit the dirt and could hear one of the guys screaming that they needed immediate support of they would be in deep shit. When 6-4 went down, he said his heart sank because his best friend was on board 6-4. He said he talked to him when he was on the ground and said his friends voice was calm but somewhat panicked becuase "when you are a few hundred feet up, you feel unstoppable.... invincible. Like you own the World and nothing can touch you!" But he said after his best friend went down he felt as if that world crushed in his hand. He began to sob when he said that he heard his friend get shot and scream in pain and then started screaming "get off me/let me go/fuck off/stop" and hearing the people beat him to death. At this point he laid his head on the table and just bawled for a few minutes and picked his head up and said "right there, in that moment, I wanted to get him. I was denied every time I asked to land because they couldn't risk another Blackhawk. I cried over the headset and eventually turned it off because I didn't want everyone to know how weak I felt when I flew overhead and watched those *very bad race word* strip him naked and drag him behind a car and set his clothes on fire and waive them around." At this point he said that when he touched down at the airfield, he told his CO once they concluded their mission, he would not renew his contract and would retire. He eventually was talked out of it and piloted a Blackhawk during the 2003 Iraq invasion and then retired with 33 years of service under his belt. He told us about Vietnam, he told us about Desert Storm, he told us about the invasion.... but Somalia broke him. I wish I could tell you he is doing well but I don't know what he is doing these days, sadly. He packed up one night and left with no note or call or anything. He told his wife he was leaving and he loved her and that was it. If he sees this (which I doubt he will), I just want to say thanks for the stories and I hope you find peace wherever you are.

[@illfaptothis333]

absolutely haunting read. thanks for sharing

[@bullshitdepartment]

good read but I can't help but wonder if some of those more specific details were added on by the alcohol

[@GutsAndGlory734]

Gruesome story.

[@elipetrou9308]

Jesus

[@blackbox7932]

I don't have sympathy for your dad. Why the f.0ck were they deployed to Somaalia anyway? Y'all invade poor countries and cry rivers or end up getting mentally sick. When you are a soldier you will deployed. The least you can do is man up. The only reason he can't open up to you is because he probably killed a lot of innocent people over there and probably enjoyed doing it.

[@SmokyHillsSwitcher]

I literally just fricken finished Black Hawk Down (the book) before getting on YT and seeing this lmao

[@jrmungandr]

The jörm empire has eyes everywhere

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@jrmungandr batttle of saraghiri please

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@jrmungandr for all your indian fans we would love to see u do this

[@mindofgaz6016]

How is this comment older than the video?

[@SmokyHillsSwitcher]

I commented a day before the video premiered

[@Onl1neDr3ams]

This one definitely had a story to tell “Seven Nation Army but your checkpoint in Baghdad just got hit by an IED”

[@Y2KNW]

Seven Nation Army but you''re part of Ney's cavalry at Waterloo

[@cpp3221]

@@Y2KNW Wouldn't Leipzig fit better ?

[@Supreme_Goldfish]

"Silent Night" but you're playing football and conversing with the enemy, as artillery pounds in the distance.

[@martinrodriquez3304]

Underrated comment

[@aricgruwell2207]

It's called soccer you tea drinking English probably nice guy but I'm american so bas****

[@sidfritch974]

this is a good persons comment.

[@alexg5107]

The brief silence post crash matched with the brief silence in the song - amazing editing man.

[@dace366]

Четырнадцать минут до старта (14 minutes to start) but Soyuz 1 is spinning out of control

[@frcm]

You're doing only one type of content, but you're doing such a perfect job Keep going mate

[@jrmungandr]

Thanks, will do!

[@toaster9922]

"In the year 2525" but your spaceship is under attack by Nestle's death squadron during the water wars

[@balllicker942]

the Aquafina Defense Corps lost a lot of men that day

[@jasoninthehood9726]

@@balllicker942 LOL

[@kaproskarleto5136]

Wtf does any of that even mean?

[@apdj94]

I'm laughing but I'm not sure I should be 👀

[@michaeldionne4732]

Nestle and Hershey be like "The Great Journey has begun"

[@corbinwoodall5493]

"Ain't that a kick in the head" but Ceasar's legion is coming out of the walls in the second battle of hoover dam

[@dingokingo]

i got a feeling that Jorm is more into real history stuff, but still not a bad idea.

[@notsocrates9529]

How about it's 70 AD and you're a Roman Centurion taking out some trash? I want to see that.

[@halo3odst]

@Idk Idk you just asked someone if humans made music.......................

[@dynamicpaintball]

@Idk Idk Look up "Ben Hur", its a legionary marching song still known. Pretty badass too.

[@lt3746]

@@dynamicpaintball isn’t that a movie

[@keish1175]

“The impact was so violent I was sure that everyone in 6-1 was dead” - Sargent Changiz lahidji

[@policebaby8750]

Rip to all the service men who died in Mogadishu

[@bahshas]

f for all the thousands of somalis combatants who tragically lost their lives to us soldiers while defending their country against american terrorism

[@policebaby8750]

@@bahshas yea sad on both sides 🕊

[@callistoh5975]

L they deserved it

[@deltak-mk1169]

@@bahshas I mean. I'm American and I do agree American forces had no reason to be where they shouldn't have. But it's a big loss on both sides not just one or the other.

[@Jesus-jz6ll]

@@bahshas the same guys that were using human shields and child soldiers, just saying

[@defacementnetwork]

Fun fact: this was actually playing when our lead truck ran over a crush-wire IED outside of Jalawla, Diyala Province. Edit: more importantly, RIP to all lost during Operation Gothic Serpent.

[@Zalzaroth]

F

[@jackmccoy7435]

Gothic serpent.....I.. That has to be the dumbest name for a military operation I’ve ever heard

[@defacementnetwork]

@@jackmccoy7435 I'm going with Operation Iraqi Freedom for dumbest ever..

[@nickturd3912]

Rest in peace.

[@CharlieCHARLIZARDChartrand]

@@defacementnetwork maybe most ironic

[@warytrout7551]

The male urge to die in a foreign land fighting faceless enemy combatants is almost too intense

[@thecourier3152]

OOOOORRRRRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

[@natowaveenjoyer9862]

Tale as old as time.

[@ExDee419]

a youthful urge as old as time, truly naivety

[@Ryanowning]

It's honestly scary that I can feel the call, but recent events paints a new hue over it. It's like a numb feeling of acceptance.

[@SterileNeutrino]

Not really. They are ordered to do that by old men who are getting blowsies by the secretaries.

[@Ervin2v]

POV: The year is 1993, you're part of Task Force Ranger, an elite task force made up of 160 men. 160 of America's finest. You're in a country located in East Africa, a country that most GIs can't even find on a map. Couple of hours ago, you were briefed on the operation. Your job is to fast rope on the streets of Mogadishu near the target building and provide security for the CAG operators while the Black Hawks and Little Birds would provide air and sniper support. Overall, a quick 30 minute snatch and grab operation. You and your teammates are gearing up. While loading your M16A2 and your M9, you noticed that your buddies are only taking light loadouts, no NVGs, only 4-5 mags and some even removed the back plates from their carrier. Confident, you're joking around with them knowing that you'll be in and out of this in less than an hour. You glanced over to the other side of the warehouse where you see the Delta guys with their fancy CAR 15s and 1911s and weirdly enough one of them even had an M14, you start questioning your loadout as you see them wearing skateboard helmets and Oakleys. Suddenly you hear the go code "IRENE". You rushed in your assigned Black hawk. You feel invincible, the adrenaline is high, nothing can stop you today. As you are approaching the hot zone, you see burning tires on the street knowing that the skinnies were ready for a fight. You hear the go code "LUCY LUCY LUCY". You lower your pair of goggles as the dust sweeps into the helicopter,. The Black Hawk stabilizes and the ropes are thrown on both sides at the same time. You fast rope and quickly get into position not knowing that this 30 minute operation would turn into an 18 hour firefight. In the back of your head, you remember that phrase you said 2 hours ago while chilling near the coast; "beautiful day to fight"

[@sidvyas8549]

tfw when you made coffee through just cause and desert storm and finally get to cross the wire

[@jasoninthehood9726]

That was a good read

[@Dafteki]

Love the detail with Shugart’s M14

[@oberfeldwebelhans7652]

"It was a good day" but you're defending your store during the 92 LA riots Or: "It was a good day" but you're caught up in a shootout with a rival gang Also: This video was dope af, keep up the good work!

[@SP-sy5nq]

Sounds good

[@devonhaff]

@/k/onnoisseur lol yes

[@WatchMeDrown]

Definitely la riots

[@lukelyall5879]

No any ratm from 1992

[@mistertibbs472]

Nah man. To Live and Die in LA but its the 92 riots and you're defending your store.

[@fjeosjej8836]

"Always look on the bright side of life" But the hms sheffield has just been sunk

[@jack_corvinus]

Someone's already done that one, not sure if it's Jörm

[@raymartflores9537]

"Gordy's gone man. I'll be right outside goodluck"- Sgt.Randy Shughart

[@Pinebox-vo9te]

“Policy Of Truth” But your marine platoon is pinned down in Nasiriyah by republican guard.

[@volusian95]

Oooooh

[@waltdyer0302]

Hey man my dad was a tanker in that battle they saw some shit over there

[@larsthedude1984]

“Little Armalite” but you’re ambushing a British army patrol in the dead of night

[@texasforever6950]

This^ 100%

[@noahb9596]

I definitely would like that

[@irishgoose6658]

Sounds like my kind of day

[@AmericanLegionnaire]

This

[@wolvernight206x8]

Good shit Jörm, thank you for the quality posts. Don’t fear the reaper worked like wonders for this one. “Brain Stew” but you’re driving down an Iraqi highway in 2006 waiting to be ambushed

[@kimjong-il1547]

“In da club” by 50 cent but you’re clearing out houses in Fallujah

[@alexmcmillan9595]

i’ve read this commented before, but i would legitimately call this a form of modern art can definitely put you in a different place mentally

[@sakaue]

id say it's similar to playing calm music over video of the vietnam war

[@mitchellhemminger5354]

“Chanson de l’oignon” but the Austrian have stolen all your onions.

[@robertoazuaje9279]

"Heroes" by David Bowie but you're in West Berlin and the Wall is coming down

[@jackb1735]

I second this, sounds tight as hell

[@btd6enthusiast106]

"The Girl I left Behind me" but your in waterloo and making the last stand of the old guard (attempt number 2)

[@cpp3221]

The "Champ de l'Oignon" or any french march would fit better

[@TheMostSourKraut]

The fact that these dudes held off what was essentially a horde of faceless enemies for as long as they did is worth a chapter or two in a history book in my opinion

[@enclavecommsofficer]

“California Dreamin’” but you’re just barely holding off Caesar’s Legion at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam

[@Ohnoer]

Misread California Dreamin' as California Love, but it'd probably still work

[@idkfvv]

Such calming music paired with the choas of battle, gunfire, call outs, and garbled radio chatter. This shit is art

[@queebles3183]

"scotland the brave" but you're going over the top at the somme

[@blejek_1899]

"Panzerlied" but you are attacking El alamain in one of the German tanks

[@jarrettjones7513]

"I'll be home for Christmas" as you take fire in the mountains of Southern Italy

[@safarisloth]

Thank you so much for using my idea! Keep up the great work. :) It's awesome you take inspiration from community suggestions.

[@burger_person115]

"Paint it Black" but your a phantom pilot performing CAS operations in Vietnam

[@FilmGoal]

i just saw Ridley Scott's "black hawk down", this hits different

[@kingradovidv4524]

“Lesz, Lesz, Lesz!” but you’re in the Szent László Infantry Division and Budapest is being leveled

[@M_Alistair]

Gordy's gone, man, I'll be outside. Good luck!

[@dianabarnett6886]

;_;

[@davidzanelli6847]

"Welcome to Paradise" but you've been door-kicking in Fallujah for the past 5 hours

[@lucaszarate4161]

Heck yeah, love the thought of that one. Green day would be perfect with the rough radio muffle and ambient breaching

[@aloysius138]

these video are terrifying to me. i wasn't even alive when this happened, but the audio in the background makes me imagine being in war and how terrible it would be

[@jasoninthehood9726]

How old are you? Just curious. I always assumed these videos were targeted to around my demographic. 30 years old and up

[@channelname9256]

@@jasoninthehood9726 Really? I felt like Middleschool-College at the latest would be the demographic. I guess it makes sense that there would be an older audience of people who actually lived during the events, but I always imagined those kids who love guns and military history watching them.

[@huntclanhunt9697]

"Gordy's gone, man. I'll be right outside." -Randy Shughart

[@Le_reaper]

“Paranoid” but your a side gunner on a Huey, fighting the Vietcong.

[@icejaxx88]

As a Former U.S.Marine Infantry NCO who served during this time, friends of mine from the Corp, Marines who I trained with prior to their deployment. The Marines of 1/9 the Walking Dead (Vietnam era nickname that caused them to lose their color guard) were the Marines who responded to this "incident" the Walking Dead are the very Marines who wore Black Combat boots that cemented their presence on the ground. Several those Marines and I have long standing training history prior to them being placed into 1/9. As their speed in response and dedication to mission action President Clinton reinstated the Walking Dead's Color Guard. If you served as a Marine or you have family that are Marines, you understand the type significance that is. As 1/9 was deployed, they were 5 months in a standard 6 month Float, that got extended another 5 months, they're deployment lasted a little over 11 months. The Marines of 1/9 that responded rate medals that had not been awarded since end of the Korean War 1953-1954. Those who served the armed forces understand the importance of such respect. My deployment began 19 days after they returned to (Horno, area 53, 1st MarDiv) Pendleton. OORAH! Devil Dogs Semper Fi

[@akiramasashi9317]

"The British Grenadiers" but you're under constant French naval bombardment and General Cornwallis is about to surrender Yorktown.

[@manofsense7859]

RIP MSGT Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart.

[@IIZPII]

2:07 the American soldier explaining what it's like to fight a tiger 1

[@genosho5574]

The moment the RPG hits with the music fitting it perfectly gives me goosebumps.

[@tropictiger2387]

That first section of radio chatter loops constantly in RHS helicopters in Arma, I can recite it by heart at this point.

[@Casca_dian]

My Dad was an infantryman stationed in Mogadishu during the battle, he's never talked about it very much other than that he thought Somalia might be the worst place on Earth.

[@cjr4286]

I think this is the most realistic "X but You're Y" I've heard yet. Good work!

[@JerkyMurky]

Have yourself a marry little Christmas (Frank Sentara version) but your suffering frostbite in a fox hole in bastogne or Silent Night, but the lads are playing football in no mans land with the huns.

[@gooblinslayer5702]

we needed to hear the SAW start mowing them down when the solo hit. That would have really made it.

[@cjr4286]

I always thought the actual "Black Hawk down!" radio call at 01:15 was more intense than in the movie; usually movies over-dramatize things, but in this case, the movie couldn't capture the full panic of the real moment.

[@doccholo905]

"Gordy's gone man, I'll be outside.....good luck...."

[@SuspectXX]

On the hills of Manchuria but your a Russian soldier watching the Japanese prepare for an assault

[@archaontheeverchosen7980]

Japan lost to Russia in ww2 woo

[@owlwaifu4949]

This legitimately feels kinda haunting well done

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

It’s war that’s what’s war sounds like it’s not like your call of duty game these kids have no idea what war is

[@alanjiang9057]

Halo theme song but you are a ODST defending a MAC power generator on Reach during the Covenant invasion.

[@kinderfett5259]

Mein kleines Herz but you are stuck in the Kurland Kessel

[@nikitaklochkov5422]

"Let's take Grozny with 2 parachute regiments" but you are a fighter of the 131 motorized rifle brigade who was surrounded at the railway station. Thank you for the video, I really like your creativity, and greetings from Russia.

[@Isaac-ug4oi]

Y E S

[@1EthanCC]

"Waltzing Matilda" but you're low on ammunition and the emus are closing in.

[@samuraislugger1488]

Bone chilling to hear the radio call "Blackhawk down" great video

[@archdukefranzferdinand9171]

I just watched black hawk down the other day and this shows up. Ain’t no way

[@theaussie8349]

Awesome vid, finally watched Black Hawk Down last week so this is a pleasant surprise. “Waltzing Matilda” but the Japanese have just reached Singapore.

[@infamoussleepy6388]

Is the movie good? I read the book

[@tabajara3121]

@@infamoussleepy6388 Very good

[@inquisitionagent9052]

"Thunderstruck but you've ordered danger close airstrike from an A10" Amazing work as usual 👏

[@fernandog.ramirez.6917]

Why is that rock goes so well with gunfire?

[@Drag144]

"We got a Black Hawk down, we got a Black Hawk down, Super 6-1 is down."

[@swarmed4349]

“Hats off to Larry” But Khe Sanh is under attack

[@RAIDER8388]

Gordon's gone man. I'll be outside.

[@savagepeasantiv8805]

I fuckin love this song, was just listening to it today, and I see this upload! Good shit man.

[@quangcaodo8864]

Based Profile Pic

[@bobbyb4024]

@@quangcaodo8864 more like a pussy profile pic

[@elBossmano]

@@bobbyb4024 cry about it bozo

[@tabajara3121]

@@bobbyb4024 The only good communist is a dead one

[@HansNo237offi]

If you haven't already, you need to sneak a Spongebob "My leg!" somewhere.

[@brandanberg1716]

I'm sitting next to my washing machine doing laundry and it synced up prefectly

[@SurajSinghTomarArya]

First watch Black Hawk Down movie and then play Delta Force : Black Hawn Down game. That's my 2009 childhood.

[@zacharybailey158]

Yeah I remember playing the game in 2003 before the first Call of Duty game came out and I was only 11 years old and after I watched the movie in 2001 that it was looking like the valley of death look like a picnic just like what happened during the gulf war days between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait of Saddam Hussein killing his own people of the oil fields...

[@StatedSnake]

Dixie but your defending Atlanta.

[@remidimeston]

"Rooster" but your Humvee patrol hit an IED in the middle of a mudhut village

[@vikings_fans_anonymous]

“Panzerlied” but your tiger is facing 10 T34s at Kursk

[@busterdog321]

"oh good, here come two of many gentlemen I'm sure to rescue me." Thanks Gary. Thanks Randy.

[@ShanetheTutor]

0:52 gives me goosebumps.

[@heavymetalknight3728]

Blue Öyster Cult. You have good tastes in music my friend.

[@colinscherer7212]

"Oh Fields, my Fields" but you're a Soviet Tanker at Kursk

[@YourGodStalin]

"We gotta get out of this place" but you just ejected from your A-4 over Laos

[@ayomrwhiteigotdrip6235]

Figure 09 but you're defending the annex in bengazi

[@markzuckerberg4466]

deadass one of my favourite songs cool asf that its in one of your videos i love this channel sm

[@scottmckay4843]

“The Sacred War”, but your entire squad defending Pavlov’s house at Stalingrad is dead, and your PPSH is on its last round.

[@Nick-mx7dc]

OH MY GOD! WE HAVE A BLACK HAWK DOWN! SUPER 6-1 IS DOWN!

[@foxmccloud6979]

"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" But your abandoning HMS Sheffield

[@deletednet3919]

“Grey haired boy” but you’re seriously rethinking your re-enlistment

[@GodpraisethePALANTINE]

"The Battle Of Bembezi" But The Matabele Have You By The Washangani River Surrounded.

[@simplesimon8255]

"Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" but you're engaged in a dogfight with an Iraqi MiG over the oil fields of Kuwait

[@jrmungandr]

God damn this kinda slaps 👀

[@simplesimon8255]

@@jrmungandr I'm honored

[@Calbeck]

"Dropship Thunder" but you're hitting your first objectives on Tukhyyid

[@timebrain3188]

Didn't expect a Battletech suggestion, but hell ya!

[@RM10Prod.]

"always look on the brightside" but your sinking in the falklands sea

[@clueless7005]

“My mother told me” But your shield wall has fallen at the Battle of Stamford Bridge

[@somepersonidk885]

"Get out ye black and tans" but you're in belfast fighting the british paramilitary

[@jagerbomber5467]

“Short change hero” but your on the last LAAT/shuttle out of Kamino. Honestly if this made it I would die of laughter

[@Ak1mboWar]

This song is one of the few songs my dad would play all the time. Me and my brother both loved this song so much. Thank you for opening my eyes, dad.

[@duncanlaing5683]

“The man who sold the world” but you are Oppenheimer watching footage of the bomb over Hiroshima