GREEN BERETS React to Act of Valor | Beers and Breakdowns

What is up everyone?! Welcome to another episode of Beers and Breakdowns, where two Green Beret's drink and talk too much! In this video we react to Act of Valor.
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[@FNGACADEMY]

If you want to see the bicurious ranch hand video. This comment needs 2,000 likes. Kurt hopes you don't hit the like button!

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Thoughts on passive aiming with nods using a riser for your optic? Worth it or wasted time?

[@JayDubb3BCT]

Send that shit! 😂

[@braydur9614]

Well I guess Kurt is going to be disappointed to find out that I hit the “like” button 🤷‍♂️ send that shit 😆

[@danielhawkins9717]

Send it

[@HesterennyrP]

I have to see that shit

[@flyinb45]

This movie was a better recruiting tool for SWCC than the SEALs in my opinion. The boat scene is sick

[@patrickwoodrum500]

It was literally made to be a recruitment video.

[@BiggBells]

100% this movie had me like. Dude SwCC is sick!!!!!

[@slushyslushslushbruh]

@@patrickwoodrum500 Yes, but for the wrong team. This made SWCCs look damn good.

[@victorkaegi8716]

Totally agree swccc was badass in this movie.

[@michaelsteveharristonquisp6466]

Whiplash is a cold mf

[@ericandi]

A lot of people think all Navy Seals are Tier 1 elite forces like we see in movies, but 9 times out 10, movies are portraying DEVGRU (Seal Team 6), not vanilla Seals. The vanilla Navy Seals, Army Special Forces (Green Berets), and Army Rangers are definitely much better trained and do tougher missions than normal Army Joes, but they aren’t at the same level as the Tier 1 JSOC Special Mission units. There are only five Tier 1 units in the U.S. military: Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) known as Seal Team 6, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta (SFOD-D) known as Delta Force, Ranger Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Army Intelligence Support Activity (ISA), and Air Force’s 24th Special Tactics Squadron.

[@Demarco-Zae]

What about SF CIF teams? Do they ride that fine line between SF and Delta or would you consider them Tier 1

[@brettbaker8357]

What about marine MARSOC tier 1 teams

[@jonathancathey2334]

As far as regular U.S. Army Special Forces doing a hostage rescue or hostile extraction of civilians. The only one I can think of is Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt Drew Dix. He was assigned to Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MAC-V) to advise and train local Forces. When the 1968 Tet Offensive happened, Staff Sgt Drew Dix lead a combined force of local mercenaries and U.S. Navy SEALS to liberate the town of Chau Phu. Staff Sgt Drew Dix and his small force fought the NVA/VC for 56 hours, and rescued 14 civilians.

[@thomashendriks6798]

Son Tay raid

[@jonathancathey2334]

@@thomashendriks6798 yes there is that raid.

[@teejayweaver9806]

If you need an alcohol sponsor you try getting Horse Soldier Bourbon people to sponsor you. They’re also Green Berets and I heard their stuffs pretty good.

[@fng_kurt9617]

They are some good dudes and they do make a great bourbon!

[@WasabiSniffer]

Not gonna lie, at first glance this looked like an AA shoutout

[@el5495]

They sponsor you I'll give it a shot

[@teejayweaver9806]

@@el5495 haha no but I just met the team at SOFIC

[@Lebigboi64]

@@fng_kurt9617 When are you going to react to the new Rambo? Where he fights the cartels 😂

[@gutspraygore]

I'm not military but from the way you describe PACE, I get this impression: P = I love it when a plan comes together. A = It's nice when a plan comes together. C = The plan came together, but shit happens. E = Shit happens. "So, what happens after E, sir?" "Shut the f*ck up, son."

[@ken0746]

FUBAR after E

[@intricateinc8566]

FNG has quickly become one of my favorite channels for pure entertainment. Keep it comin boys FNG to a million subs.

[@brantleyhester6641]

Please do all of your Beer and Breakdowns like this! I like the long format

[@joebob390]

The power of friendship is stronger than CPR is my take away from the movie

[@Rob_F8F]

Little known fact: Acts of Valor is the sequel to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

[@FNGACADEMY]

@@Rob_F8F lmfao

[@soumilsingh8530]

@@FNGACADEMY Great video as always. Was looking forward to you reviewing this movie. As for what you said about suppressed weapons I would like to know your thoughts on this video I saw of a certain type of ammo that doesn't make any sound at all. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3K4dYmlfLR2rtk Is this real ? Could you make a video about similar type of ammo and if Special Forces uses it or not ?

[@ampolcyn1]

Bruh that’s some anime protagonist type shit

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

@@FNGACADEMY were the navy seals in the movie in the real seals?

[@SubVet84]

I did a recruiting tour for the Navy. It happened to cover when Bin Laden was killed, and when this movie came out. At least at the office I worked out of, I would say about 3 times as many people came in wanting to be Seals, as there normally was.

[@Matt_Wilson01]

Only for them to fail buds and be locked into years of dull navy service 🤣😂🤣😂 got em

[@tonypointless]

The swift boat scene was worth the price of admission though

[@Gerberous]

Absolutely

[@globaladdict]

So those were reall SWCC boys?

[@johnmaurer3097]

This movie was terrible by all measures, but as an adult it made me feel like a kid watching action movies again. I really enjoyed it and it’s fun to see people goof on it bc it’s a really easy target. Well done all around.

[@JerryWhatshisface]

@@globaladdict The SWCC boat scene on the river represents Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22) - the only Naval Special Warfare Group 4 team (there are only 3 teams) which employs the SOC-R (riverine boat). The Team is located at the John C. Stennis Space Center on the banks of the Pearl River at the Mississippi-Louisiana border.

[@Jesus.X]

That was great in theaters.

[@injuredoutdoorsman9011]

My buddy was on a CRF Unit for 5 years until they disbanded bc they were considered redundant with JSOC’s mission set. For those of you who don’t know, CRF companies are an elite cadre of Green Berets who specialize in Direct Action (DA), Counterterrorism (CT), and Hostage Rescue (HR) missions. Each Special Forces Group (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th) has a CRF company, and they are considered to be the strategic reserves of each combatant command in case of an emergency around the world.

[@manticore4952]

They were obviously expecting their DA missions to be a lot more difficult or numerous. The CIA/Tier 1 elements were very successful at eliminating and rescue.

[@koopspook]

@@manticore4952 bruh these teams were overworked as fuck yes the da missions were numerous, and there was a war going of course. units are disbanded all the time and there's also units and even multiple battallions stood up or repurposed when new needs arise

[@AsdeEspadas.Fernando]

We want the two extra videos!!

[@JaneSmith-so6hw]

Always great to have Kurt on the breakdown. These breakdowns are great and the length on this video is crazy. Thanks for the content and keeping it entertaining while informing. Take care.

[@brendandavis5520]

No joke after I first saw this movie I said, "Forget SEALs I want to be SWCC now" lol

[@jessclark985]

You know what SWCC stands for right? “SEAL Wannabe Couldn’t Cut It” in all seriousness those guys are hard as nails.

[@brendandavis5520]

@@jessclark985 lol it takes guts for sure

[@stevep2380]

This isn't a good movie but the swicc alpha boat scene is still badass.

[@brendandavis5520]

@@stevep2380 sometimes I watch it just for that scene

[@rojayreid908]

You still have to go through BUDs

[@injuredoutdoorsman9011]

R Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket was 💯 the best DI. They had an actor portraying the DI and Ermey as an adviser (bc he was one in the USMC) and the director made the decision to actually use him. There is no better DI than R. Lee Ermey, RIP

[@iceman27406]

Tim Colceri who was supposed to play the DI was a former marine that served during Vietnam and had only done two roles before Full Metal Jacket. Hard to say he was just an actor. he played the door gunner that said war is hell.

[@wadewilson8011]

@@iceman27406 good going! I was just about to correct their ass on that too. People should do their research before they just go on hearsay.

[@mcbrians.8508]

@@iceman27406thanks for telling this to us! I thought the actor was laid off

[@thelegendarycamel]

The evolution of bucks thumbnails show how its gone from a hobby to a profession, love to see you and the fng community grow!

[@GroceryGetterST]

I am very surprised that it wasn't mentioned that in the SWCC boat scene (and a few other scenes), that was LIVE AMMUNITION. The production company covered the cost of the ammo for increased realism. They spent literally many thousands of rounds for that scene at the Stennis, MS live fire range.

[@CloudedThoughtss]

You guys know how keep the perfect mix of jokes and informative lessons in these videos. Dope as hell.

[@Fafafohi]

I fucking love love love that you guys are honest about your reviews while having the respect. I’m too old now, but had this been around when I was younger, this type of HONESTY and knowing that there’s normal ass dudes doing operator shit would have made me want to join.

[@ValhallaAMV]

This is actually why I liked reading the book as well as seeing the movie. For instance, that first jump was literally "jumping Hollywood", basically just a fun jump at the end of training rotation.

[@ADSwithASD]

Guys I’m 13 minutes in and this is the best video you guys have done. I love your stuff, so please don’t take this the wrong way but I’d love to see you redo some of your videos with this type of analysis. I’d rather watch your reviews then the movies themselves. Lol. It’s just that some of your reviews left me wanting more of your guys’ “Nah, this wouldn’t play out like this” and/or “I’ve done this and they portrayed it ….” Keep up the excellent work and content. You make my day when I open KZbin and see you’ve put something up. I pray you get the views and subscribers to make it worth your while because you output this far is epic. And finally thanks for the raw and truthful Catalina series. So glad someone is out there saying “This is life and it doesn’t always have a happy ending, embrace the suck”. So much stuff these days is edited to make the creator look good and infallible that the younger generation doesn’t learn to fail and learn from it. You bring the truthful side to a world that need more truth.

[@Johnson11c]

Awesome brakedown yall! I really liked act of Valor definitely not ultra realistic but there's some good stuff in there. The creep in the cqb tons of actual good stuff

[@betterdays7249]

Breakdown*

[@globaladdict]

It felt like a real life COD or Splinter Cell. Definitely one of the cooler action movies since they used so many gopros for first person views.They also got the Navy to do a bona fide sdv drop on a nuclear sub. So that's neat

[@Mr.Plant_man]

I literally just watched this movie, ive owned it on dvd for years, and I've always loved it because real teams members acted in it.

[@bestjobieverhad9584]

Tim Kennedy wrote this movie. It was about his career as a Navy SEAL ranger sniper qualified special forces

[@Voiceoftheseed]

LOL Tim Kenndy was a green beret. Nice try. Also this has nothing to do with him.

[@nicoblac9368]

@@Voiceoftheseed didn’t get the joke huh?…

[@Arch3an]

No, I think it was Dan Bilzerian that wrote this movie. It's about his time as a Navy Seal.

[@ARTDEVGRU247]

@@Voiceoftheseed it was a joke. Smh.

[@mattb8961]

You should watch To Hell and Back staring Audie Murphy as himself. Most decorated soldier in WW2.

[@mattb8961]

Look up Robert Howard, Green Beret that was in Vietnam. @Don Baumann

[@Joseph_Hamilton]

You should do the compound raid scene from zero dark thirty. Would love to see your opinions on that

[@Gerberous]

Yes!

[@andywagoner4869]

I have been think the same thing.

[@matthewwhite876]

That scene was fkn horrendous. Lol

[@hypeflexington7081]

@@matthewwhite876 wait what was wrong with it lol

[@matthewwhite876]

@@hypeflexington7081 have you seen it? Lol

[@tjpowers88]

Lol, I must’ve had like 3 conversations to myself to you guys watching a few of your videos. My girl must think I’m nuts but I keep saying its “KZbin” I just like the chill and very real perspective from a military pov as I am a civilian. Just enjoy your antics that shit is funny af while I’m getting buzzed myself. Thanks dudes, i appreciate the insight and laissezfaire attitude, just subscribed.

[@williamflowers9435]

I thought Rudy Reyes gave a masterful performance of playing Fruity Rudy in Generation Kill!! It was almost as if he prepared for the role his whole life 🎥

[@fng_kurt9617]

touché my friend! Fruity Rudy is a beast or sure

[@Voiceoftheseed]

Yeah, I loved fruity rudy! I literally watched that series again for like the 8th time yesterday.

[@syskusa6512]

Right!

[@jcspectro704]

Great way to start a Sunday! Also happy Father’s Day brother 🔥👌

[@KS6DAY]

Another excellent review. Maybe the best one yet. Sticking nice and tight to that 30% review 70% war story formula that makes these so perfect.

[@TequillanSunrise]

46:07 MacGuiver on one of his shows was stuck as a prisoner in a camp that had railroad tracks. He found a jeep with a hole in the radiator, so he went to the prison camp chicken coop and got eggs. Removed the tires so it was rims on train tracks and once the egg sealed the hole he drove out on train tracks. (This is how I remembered the scene, point is this came from MacGuiver)

[@TequillanSunrise]

@@gen3kali877 Lol flowing blond mullet

[@scrateshooter]

I watched that exact episode when it aired in the late 80s

[@thejason755]

Part of me wishes Rob Wriggle played more military roles in his movies. He’s a great actor and could at least add a bit of realism to the production.

[@wadewilson8011]

That's why I miss R. Lee Ermy.

[@curtism-w6b]

"You have to be at the right place, at the right time." True. If something is exceedingly urgent and you just happen to be there, you might get to do something wild, but it's highly unlikely.

[@Regular_1094]

There's a veteran owned cinnamon whiskey here in HTX called shirefire. Its off the chain, its seeped with actual cinnamon sticks as opposed to cinnamon flavored syrup like fireball.

[@PhantomPigRider]

Love the longer breakdowns! I always wished on the other ones that we had more reactions to stuff that probably got cut

[@MrSparda1989]

Can't forget the Legendary Audie Murphy also played himself in the 1955 film "To Hell and Back".

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Where he did multiple combat roles, which I call audie Murphy roles

[@nobody-ly9ef]

I love that you pulled no punches..... you all had me crying laughing

[@mattr2264]

You guys are awesome. Rad content, but especially helpful direction regarding "what we're signing up for" (!). Had my own trials and tribulations with trying to figure out the right track for Ranger and could have used some good mentoring/coaching. Honestly, though, you dudes are just hilarious. Perfect take on this movie.

[@donaldstone540]

The SWCC scene, if you look close, is live fire. They are actually shredding those trucks.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Poor truck driver

[@greyman1987]

More long episodes, really enjoyed this one ! Maybe do a Generation kill series for each episode. Keep making us laugh !

[@isthatakingfisher2931]

Seal reveals get me every time 😂 how long can these people hold there breath for?!

[@GC_Rallo]

Until a camera's on em, and it's time to give em a show

[@mantis_toboggan_md]

They train with those pearl diver dudes haha

[@rogerwood5228]

Derrick Van Orden, who plays Senior Chief, is currently running for Congressional House Rep in Wisconsin. Let's hope he gets the win.

[@2325dav]

Every Special Forces Group (Airborne) (SFG(A)) includes a Combatant Commanders In-extremis Force (CIF) Company. The CIF is a specially-trained and resourced element that is focused on Direct Action (DA) / Counter Terrorism (CT) missions.

[@MrCashewkitty]

CIFs were disbanded not long ago from what Mike and others have said. Maybe re organizing and re naming?

[@vgt]

@@MrCashewkitty There are new companies called Hard Target Defeat companies within SFGs now. They're not totally the same thing as the old CIF teams, but there is some overlap.

[@MrCashewkitty]

@@vgt thanks for the info!

[@williamflowers9435]

Random Zoom/Skype calls to Andy to ask Navy Seal questions would be awesome… especially if it’s at an inappropriate hour and he’s all groggy 🥴

[@drakecao2663]

Another amazing episode! Always love to hear and learn what decisions you would have made as a leader/tactition in each scene, backed by your guys’ own experiences too! Would love to see pictures and clips of some of the equipment/vehicles you guys mention edited into the video. Great stuff regardless!

[@wnose]

Consumer drones now are pretty nifty - DJI Mini 3 has 4k, 30 min fly time, 4x zoom and weighs less than 250g meaning: you don't need an FAA license

[@TroubleActual]

Hell yeah! I wanna see the comedy!

[@HipBlackPoodle]

Send it!

[@generalkrang7138]

More longer episodes please!!! That was hilarious

[@bommie]

Love the content my dudes. Y'all need to react to Triple 9. Dying to see your reactions to the breach and shootout scene. Cheers from the 1-501st in Alaska, happy Father's Day y'all 😎

[@vzdown]

Send it!!

[@TheBenghaziRabbit]

Happy Fathers Day dads out there!! Crack open a beer and lets get a breakdown going!!!

[@vwmusicplaylist1935]

These breakdowns are brilliant. Love the banter from the guys and the balance between serious stuff and humor.

[@louiswolff3251]

Great vid, and the way you broke it down was pretty much how I thinking it before you said it, like going from DevGru to DEA in the same mission with every unicorn experience you might have in a 20-25 year career with most of that being in SF in one form or another, and for that audio you mentioned definitely fucking send it!!!

[@albinoblacksheep7826]

SEND IT!!!!!!!!

[@happzy]

This is actually very interesting since if I remember correctly a lot of the guys appearing in Act of Valor were actual Navy Seals, that was the base for the marketing campaign. It's weird that so many mistakes have been made despite that.

[@rpease96]

They were but they also said up front that they made this movie to play in theaters so something are exaggerated or done differently than they would normally be done. Is it a great movie...No but it's better than some military movies that came out around the same time lol

[@PeteNice29]

Yeah, it's that line between making a documentary and something entertaining.

[@diddlethepoodle4812]

That boat scene is sick. That minigun.. Bbbbeeerurrrtt! So k

[@adamrickman2461]

Some other points that weren’t mentioned: That first infil they jump in at night and then hit the little village during the day… why wouldn’t you do that at night too lol? I guess they didn’t have nods lol Something that was also not mentioned that I did like from that scene was the silence aspect. They moved quietly, but once the shooting starts, they are communicating and yelling to each other. Other movies don’t do that aspect really well. Once the surprise is gone, you don’t have to be sneaky. I liked that aspect of it.

[@ELTIGREKF]

If you read the book, it explains the jump sequence in the beginning. They aren't jumping into a mission. That is stateside and they are just doing a "hollywood" jump for fun at the end of the pre-deployment training.

[@joeberger3441]

He's talking about the jump into the actual mission. Not the one at the beginning

[@jacemiddleton3053]

Fkin send it on the videos my dudes!!!!! I’m in need of the humor. Y’all are a trip, stay blessed gentlemen.

[@randomasiankid017]

14:00 they jumped HALO at night so they can setup post at the OP easily without getting noticed bc they will easily get noticed in daylight even if its HALO, they will get noticed so they jumped at night. the op is in daylight so no need for NVGS

[@buddysweeny4193]

21:38 Made me laugh harder than I expected. "Go outside, stand next to your buddy, and fall on the ground." I'm going to quote you on that for a long time.

[@unclerojelio6320]

I think Andy Stumpf reviewed this exact clip in one of those videos where an expert rates scenes from movies. It was pretty funny.

[@mohammedaljinabe1573]

Want to see it send it

[@quicka78]

Anybody he's been through buds knows what yelling "WATER" means. That's was legit...

[@quicka78]

Who's

[@quicka78]

44:00

[@ntbroz7315]

I nevee laughed so hard in my life. FNG should go the comedy route. Hilarious 😂

[@shammy3135]

Well regular white side SEAL teams did go after HVT in Iraq. And that SWCC operator took 3 shots at the guy in the fishing boat.

[@samuelbirhanu7143]

SF CRF teams did that too. Actually they were doing joint DA missions with regular seal teams. But the top HVTs are for JSOC to handle.

[@texasbeast239]

Y'all's description of this flick putting all the good stuff ever into 1 mission reminded me of the movie Memphis Belle, which took everything that ever went wrong on any B-17 bomber mission and made them all happen together in this 1 bomber crew's last sortie. In reality, the crew's last mission was a cake walk that went totally by the book.

[@doza3613]

Send it

[@wrongwayup8217]

I think this is my new favorite channel. Thanks for the laughs and the information.

[@raptor96]

I love you guys! I love how you give an honest assessment of Hollywood military portrayals. You guys are great at explaining that in reality, these guys wouldn't be performing these over-the-top badass moves, yet explain how it would be done in real scenarios, which makes you more badass than a movie can portray.

[@Tyrannosaurus_STFU_III]

Balsa wood glider... That's the rubber band thingy.... I waited for this video just for the water/headshot critique.....Even a Marine jet engine mechanic laughed at that shit.

[@flight2k5]

Such an irrelevant post 🤣😂

[@Tyrannosaurus_STFU_III]

@@flight2k5 pot meet kettle...🤣🤣

[@flight2k5]

@@Tyrannosaurus_STFU_III 🤣😂 you had to throw out there you’re a marine jet mechanic as if it had anything to do with what he said. 🤣😂😂🤣

[@Gunnumn]

Some context some people often overlook, this film was released at the peak of the Call of Duty, Battlefield, MLG phase in gaming. I believe this film and Zero Dark Thirty had promo dlc for Battlefield and Medal of Honor. I remember loving this film when it came out, so much that i thought it would be an Oscar winner. I think this film felt like a recruitment ad aimed for gamers, similar to Battle: Los Angeles.

[@MrJrv1993]

The point about the weapon being tethered to you is important. Back in college, we had a shooting/tactics club (military college) where we did all sorts of things from shooting, to room clearing/cqb and operation planning, and one of the modules we did was weapon retention in close quarters. One person would walk down a hallway with a rubber ducky training M4, and others would hide in rooms and try and spring out and get the weapon from you. The first thing I did was reverse the sling so I could have the weapon in front of me, and not once was the other person able to turn the gun on me. The instructors actually told me to stop doing it because it defeated the purpose of the drill.

[@jasonrufkahr3047]

So glad I found this channel. I'm addicted to it now. Yes, please post those videos that need 2000k likes.

[@ngsmith22]

I've seen so many movie reviews on this movie from the other operators all of them hate the body catching water scene it never gets old when you guys make fun of it 😂😂 my dad who is a retired Marine literally turned the movie off when he watched it his words alright I'm done 😂😂😂

[@ryanking1595]

I'd love to see you guys do a "Mystery Science Theater" kinda thing with these movies. The whole movie with your commentaries throughout! That would be hilarious

[@garrettmorano3038]

Question: At 16:20 we see a sniper team on site. They're in ghillie suits. Ghillie suits are often made prior to mission and using the native foliage, but the team jumped in. So have you ever done, or known a guy that jumped with a ghillie suit, or did they make the suit while on mission?

[@fathead8933]

They jumped with a ghillie. Attach natural vegetation en route to and at the Final Firing Position.

[@mastertech.81hvacr8]

Send it!!!

[@djryanv]

loved your reaction videos.. i highly suggest the Seal Team Series which is has already 5 seasons and also a great one, hoping to see what are your reactions and how realistic is it.

[@tokyosmash]

Something that aggravates me about planning even in a movie like this is it’s always implied that there isn’t an a PACE and they didn’t backwards plan from MDCOA.

[@TheMugenmunster]

Potential good recruiting tool for SWCC. Dude on the mini was rat a tap tappin

[@bentsparkoutdoorsedc5250]

Love this series, always excited when a new one drops!

[@bluelinepatriot]

SEND IT!!! AND REVIEW "We Were Soldiers" and "Troppic Thunder"

[@highlyalloyed9296]

Thumbnail looks like Buck suffered a few too many concussions and is getting excited because he saw his favorite color on TV

[@djbattledmv]

I think the movie was great for entertaining and good for optics and action. I'm not watching the movie looking for Oscar worthy acting. I give the SEALS (Team 4) a double thumbs up for taking the assignment. I also applaud them for not showing us exactly how they would do everything or what they'd actually use as in equipment. Its a movie. If I want the actual, I'd watch a documentary of some kind. Thanks for giving us a movie that was good enough to critique. Much respect to the Special Operations community of all Tiers and what they all do. Respect All Fear None 💯

[@michaelsteveharristonquisp6466]

those SWCCs showing up with the boats and miniguns all with black sunglasses bro, so badass

[@175blitz]

Hey fellas you guys are phenomenal! So many jokes I totally die laughing. You guys give real content on a subject matter you guys have intimate knowledge about. As a former action guy I appreciate the comedy related to the films and calling out the BS that just isn’t right. Have you done a BnB of Black Hawk Down? End of Watch? Maybe Street Kings? Just throwing some movies out there as there are a ton to select from. Keep hammering these out and I’ll keep tuning in.

[@speckvankuchen7676]

I'd love to see you react/breakdown the **Escape from Tarkov RAID** series from Battlestate. Those are (at least in terms of being "MEDIA"), some of the better tactical/military stuff put on the interwebz. Just watch it in full with the story, episode by episode. It's kinda cool. Warm greetings from Germany.

[@emmettmeents2329]

SEND IT!!!

[@mage3690]

Speaking of sniper angles, even people who play videogames know about that. It's like the first thing you learn about sniping in any medium: yes, you can post up and go prone in a lot of games, but most people won't simply because once you do post up, suddenly your angles are so limited you want to stand up to move like 2 feet to the left. And then once you do move 2 feet to the left, you want to move back 2 feet to the right again because that position can see down an alleyway that you current position can't see, but your current position can see into a set of windows that your previous position can't see. Really good snipers will use extremely limited and unexpected view angles to surprise the enemy, but that usually comes after tens or hundreds of hours on a very small map area. And even then, when you do find a spot and post up, you can get a maximum of 3-5 shots off before everyone and their grandmother's Corgi knows exactly where you're at, and then you become basically useless because the enemy all hides or kills your ass because you're camping like a dumb fuck and nobody likes a camper. There are 2 kinds of videogames: the kind that give you a shield so snipers are useless, and the kind that give you artillery so snipers are dead.

[@cuddiej1810]

I couldnt get through the first 15mins of this movie 🤣

[@jackpowell9276]

Just watch the SWCC scene then move on to something better haha.

[@a.s.michaelson2258]

Guys, as someone who has never served in the military, I absolutely respect you and your service. That said, I think you're being a little too harsh in your review. The movie was not a documentary, it was just entertainment. That's why they use a disclaimer like "based on a true story," or "inspired by true events." They may not be the best actors, but in real life they did pass BUDS and SQT, and did real missions like you did to become Green Berets. just looked at it as 90 minutes of entertainment. How many movies show someone getting shot by a shotgun, and flying back about ten feet when hit. Great videos, but sometimes these movies are just made to keep you entertained for a couple of hours. Again, thank you for your service.

[@JimAirborne25]

I’ll admit, I’ve always thought this movie was a good representation of the SOF community. I liked that for the ops stuff, it was good to have Teams guys doing the action. The acting? Yep. Bad. In the back of my head, I knew some of it was Hollywoodized with certain things. I missed some of the things you spotted like not having a ruck, NODs, or suppressors. The thing about catching dude before he hit the water, I was just glad the slow hands weren’t the lead-in to him jumping out of the water to pull dude in and drown him like I saw in so many SF ‘80’s movies. There was a little butthurtedness from having you guys do a little trashing, but I got over it quick when you guys passed on some knowledge. I gotta agree on the SWC guys coming in and being instant boner! That was badassery there! I want to see the video of the drunken movie! Drunk shenanigans of military guys is always hilarious!

[@dillonduty8084]

My favorite part of act of Valor is the gun boats coming in for extract them mini guns where putting lead down

[@skylersolvang3203]

I was a raven operator in my scout platoon. They have a full ground station which requires an open environment for the antenna to send and receive signal, and you guys are right. It sounds like a mini lawn mower in the sky. If the conditions are right you can hold a diamond default formation at a decent altitude and not present a big silhouette. The gimble camera is great (if it works lol) and it does provide good picture and you can take snap shots of the AO and capture grid coordinates to relay to the command team. It’s great for mortars.

[@tstewart3034]

You guys are clearly frauds. Tropic Thunder is clearly the most realistic military film, true to history and actual events. You guys haven't even mentioned it. Buck, you are clearly jealous of 4 Leaf's accomplishments over yours. You guys are sad!

[@Deluxe4066]

Y'all are killing me with these SEAL reveals!.

[@tommyguns7816]

I was Airforce pararescue and i don't know why you're giving these SEALS such a hard time about the halo jump in the beginning they really do do that and have done that it's nothing to them. I get what you're saying normally that wouldn't be a jump performed in a live combat situation which in the movie it was training anyways if you follow the film. and all that being said it's a movie and you are to hard on their acting and tactics. they filmed it with active Navy SEALS. it's not a fucking tutorial. it has to be pleasing to an audience so everything that's done in combat and how itd actually be done isn't able to be filmed accurately. because its theatrics. you expect alot from a movie and the operators in this movie. probably shouldn't watch and critique SEAL movies like these because you somehow think green berets are superior. in real life in real world these guys are the best in the world so idk man you just kinda disparaging this movie as harsh as you were is just kinda shitty

[@petertaylor8252]

You might be taking this a little too seriously bud😂

[@tommyguns7816]

@@petertaylor8252 that could be possible. I've just watched alot of their breakdowns and I like them,they're entertaining. I just think they don't take into account it's a movie and while it is portraying a realistic situation tactical and real life combat situations arent something easily simulated in a Hollywood movie setting. This movie though if you watch the extra behind the scenes stuff it was filmed as well and as realistically as possible with real deal SEALS and other operators and military members. So something's were theatrical but they shit on this movie and for no other reason to hate on the SEALS is how I view it.

[@eddidmflann4426]

@Tommy Guns you said everything I was thinking. I sensed a little jealousy. Plus I remember in the 90s seals and swcc did do drug interdiction in South America. But again they're speaking from their "Army" perspective so...

[@tommyguns7816]

@@eddidmflann4426 yeah it's just how I saw it and ya army isn't gonna say SEALS are good too. But I think that's silly

[@flight2k5]

@@tommyguns7816 and SEALS aren’t going to say SF is good either