GREEN BERET Reacts to Tears of The Sun | Beers and Breakdowns

[@nailgunsniper]

“If SEALs did a movie without water, they’d find a bucket.” LMAO🤣

[@ct4190]

Australian peel

[@myveryfirstname]

Without remorse

[@jandecoleman1]

Things is I really think he is right.

[@Grgrrr]

Best statement I’ve heard in awhile.

[@maxfanin1792]

110% right 😂

[@JR-wo3sn]

We trained Bruce Willis for this movie out at KBAY in Hawaii 1/3 . 3 days worth in the izmuth and then a couple days out at the army’s school field training area. Played softball afterwards. Awesome guy.

[@FNGACADEMY]

That’s awesome!

[@wiscokid9890]

Just read something about him about his health the other day. Can't remember what it was now

[@TCSOverReactions]

Aphasia…. Losing his mental capabilities

[@SirKnight1096]

Semper Fi. In KBay in the 80s we helped with Magnum PI and Tour of Duty.

[@sfoeric]

It sucks that Bruce Willis has to retire due to medical reasons.

[@ryanb5768]

They filmed most of this movie on Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps base Hawaii. I was a boot grunt at the time. Bruce came by and shook a bunch of our hands and thanked us for our service, seemed like a stand up guy. Bunch of guys ended up as extras. Pretty cool seeing all the actors in the chow hall everyday.

[@lwilson1234]

The village scene was based on a real event that happened in Sierra Leon when the country was taken over by rebels back in the 80s. The established government hired a PMC(Executive Outcomes Inc), mostly made up of former South African SF, to retake the country and they did. Scared the shit out of every government on the planet from the ease and speed with which a private, objective oriented military force fulfilled their contract. One of the squads came across a village that was slaughtered and the SF guys hunted down the assholes responsible and dispensed justice.

[@marleyjr00]

Probably the one time using a PMC and it actually not going to shit. Executive Outcomes>Blackwater.

[@stephenwarren2296]

That’s a pretty uneducated response

[@johnhermann7498]

Executive Outcomes are the OGs of the Contractor World... Those guy are consummate professionals and the GOAT...

[@sharwama992]

It’s about the Nigerian civil war lol that’s why the African soldiers where speaking Hausa 😂

[@jean-rochdion4898]

all the movie is base on a truth mission did by the JTF2. wrote in the book "Nous Étions Invincible" "We Were Invincible" by Denis Morisset.

[@pauledwards9493]

Underrated film. All the characters kick ass.

[@FNGACADEMY]

Fact!!

[@stevep2380]

It would have been better(to me) if they'd made him a senior chief. A 40 year old lieutenant seems unrealistic.

[@pauledwards9493]

@@stevep2380 Same, may have been an O-4 though considering the type of mission?

[@seannewberry7941]

@@stevep2380 he might been what’s called a “Mustang”. A member of the Navy who came up thru the ranks of enlisted and got sent to OCS.

[@diawaprolite7967]

Red should of been the LT , bruce should of been a senior chief.I think he was a tad bit old to be a seal Lt .Zee played the senior enlisted Nco

[@nicholassorensen9035]

Vet myself, but not special forces, regular infantry. The most powerful moment for me in that movie is in the initial jungle engagement when things start going south. One of the snipers, played by Johnnie Messner, was initially against their mission of evacuating and exhilarating the civilians. However, in the jungle one of the women gets hit, and as he is getting hit repeatedly, he muscles up enough energy in his dying moments to crawl on top of her body before collapsing, as if to grant one last attempt at protecting them just before the militia overwhelms them. Absolutely breaks my heart every time. When I was overseas I accepted the fact being a new marine at the time I was likely to die, but promised myself a clear conscience by either dying to save a brother, or by taking as many of the enemy with me as possible. However, this mentality, is part of why it’s difficult to transition back to civilian life after service. That opportunity is all but gone, and you have to somehow wrap your head around a less noble existence and dying of absolutely no consequence whatsoever, be it as an old man or to something stupid and slow, while everyone around you has no idea a warrior sees a better way to do it. You just…. Exist now. I know there’s people who feel me on that, they’re the guys you can say everything in the world to with nothing but a nod at the bar when you see the right tattoo.

[@EDOGZ818]

Semper Fi!

[@DonaldTaylor2]

Semper Fi

[@starlinsims2969]

We all did, army, 2002 to 2005. I had the same stance.

[@diawaprolite7967]

Navy vet here thanks for your service Seabee Utilitiesman 91-2000.

[@Cdn0069]

amen brother infanteer

[@tattoochef]

The old man that crys witnessing the village being slaughtered was a survivor of ethnic cleansing when he was younger. The tears he shed were real. It damn near broke the production crew when they saw it.

[@MikeyearOne]

Anyone who's ever been in a real jungle know that feeling when he says fighting in a jungle would suck. Going through jungle warfare school gave me a whole nother level of respect for the Vietnam generation.

[@baronc252]

I did the French one in Gabon, Africa and definitely felt that.

[@g1es4u9]

Some people get claustrophobic, I enjoyed the lack of movement at night and the sounds gave me some of the best nights sleep I have ever had. Moving though.... hot. humid, lost a lot of weight, every scratch from a plant needs to be taken seriously as the risk of infection is high. It is a testing environment.

[@808INFantry11X]

Never fought in jungle in an actual war but did so much training down in MCTAB and Scholfield to agree it sucks its dirty and your rain soaked most of the time.

[@sonnysantana5454]

except for the spook troop crowd most Nam grunts never went through a jungle sch

[@robprogrammer4549]

The jungle warfare school in Brazil is phenomenal. Really miss it.

[@chrishooge3442]

Tears of the Sun is one of my favorites. It's the village scene. BTW...that was actually from a real world event. You can find it in "Fortunes Warriors." People behaved badly. Mercs got angry...they delivered Justice. HAHO allows a team to jump outside of territorial waters or anti-aircraft envelope. HALO means you got to jump out right over the target. Calling "Danger Close" means the ground observer knows they are bringing artillery or air ordnance within the effective burst range or margin of error of delivery.

[@paullittle9187]

Dude. Navy SEALS would go find a bucket. That was hilarious.

[@jakelilevjen9766]

Just watched Without Remorse, and the SEALs did their SEAL reveal in Aleppo. Pretty sure they used a puddle.

[@darrylw5851]

Thanks for making the point about serving in a country or situation where you might feel compromised by the people who you are serving with/against. I was in Panama in the US Army back right after Operation Just Cause guarding, protecting and putting down riots in the old housing areas we'd turned over to the Republic of Panama government and I happen to be half Panamanian and even lived there as a child so I felt your comments deeply, much appreciated brother.

[@FNGACADEMY]

🙏

[@danielmeneses2334]

Badass

[@jaykay6387]

Always thought this was Bruce's most "underrated" movie, never got the love it deserved. Excellent film and he was excellent in it. Antoine Fuqua always shoots the shit out of anything he makes. "Shooter" was also kick ass, that set piece up on the snowy mountain near the end of that film was fucking amazing. A bit of a "stretch", no doubt, but entertaining as hell!

[@ElijahNMitchell]

During the village assault, the eyes of the actors completely change and you see them become affected by what they are witnessing. Some of the best acting I've seen.

[@treycantrell8590]

It wasn't acting, a lot of the extras are refugees who went through the events.

[@philhagoes9339]

This movie is one of my favorites. Somber fact, it was 5th Special Forces Group that did the HAHO/HALO insertion, and at least one died. It was highly controversial to use the footage, so it cut to the SEAL Surprise scene. Still and awesome movie, much respect to those who died in filming.

[@silkplayer9]

Can you tell me more about this accident? ?

[@albanmakolli8232]

do you have more information on this

[@jean-rochdion4898]

read the book "We Were Invincible" that movie is base on a mission inthe book!! EX-JTF2 Denis Morisset

[@adventurewithacamera]

One of the most underrated small unit combat films out there. A great lesson in combat ethics and the movie did justice to the high price elite servicemen pay to do their jobs.

[@shovelhead1046]

Most people don’t know this but the movie is loosely based on a true story. The story is based on a mission of our Tier 1 anti terrorist unit JTF2 (Joint Task Force Two - Think Canadian version of Delta/CAG) that took place in Colombia. An ex-member of the unit wrote the original story in his book and suggested it when he met the production team of Executive Decision (1996) on a set in Nevada, he then sold the story to the studio and they adapted it for screen. And Bravo Buck…I’d never be able to leave kids to get schwacked either no matter the repercussions.

[@voltage7358]

I swear only Canadians with military interest know and care about this 😂

[@josemuniz2878]

Yup that is correct sir.

[@TheDenigreur]

The dude is sketchy AF though.

[@silkplayer9]

Can you tell me about the book?

[@TheDenigreur]

@@silkplayer9 it's tough to summarize, the guy basically goes on for the whole book about JTF2 being the most badass SF in the world, when he speaks about tears of the suns, it's because he talks about it because he told someone the stories. He says the JTF2 program pumps the soldiers fulls of steroids, he spoke of a mission in the balkans to retrieve a VIP where he says he and a couple of guys retrieve them but fend off waves of attackers because they had major body armor of them. And the the guy in RL got caught for kiddie porn but claims that he was given a job to investigate child abuse after his career in JTF2, and that they framed him to silence him. Like I said, super sketchy stuff, I don't believe 90% of what the dude's said LOL

[@henrykim4535]

By far my favorite breakdown series. There are other experts that are critical solely on realism but don’t take anything else into account. Y’all have a great, balanced approach and I enjoy it.

[@C-24-Brandan]

Hacksaw Ridge, Hyena Road, Sniper, Jarhead, Midway, American Sniper & Act of Valor are a few other good military/war movies that would be good for this awesome series!

[@neonblack211]

+ 1 FOR Jarhead... the book is great too

[@drakecao2663]

+1 for Hacksaw Ridge and Act of Valor

[@blue4586]

I want to also add Band of Brothers, Valkyrie, Flyboy, Enemy at the gates, 1917, Flag of our Fathers, The great raid, Sandcastle, windtalkers, and battle los angeles...

[@C-24-Brandan]

@@blue4586 wind talkers is a really good movie & a cool insight into a part of the militaries history not many people are probably aware of!

[@harthome785]

@@blue4586 not sure but I think they did sandcastle. they talked about it at one point at least

[@C-24-Brandan]

Another classic Bruce Willis kickin' ass & takin' names movie! Definitely a good/entertaining movie for sure! Especially since Bruce Willis just announced his retirement from acting due to medical issues.

[@FNGACADEMY]

Exactly what a GOAT

[@chloehennessey6813]

Don’t forget The Thin Red line!!

[@EDOGZ818]

@@chloehennessey6813 or Hart's War.

[@beautifulqueen8336]

This movie was such an iconic movie I cried all the way through

[@CoffeeFiend1]

The directors cut of Tears of the Sun is very, very good. It doesn't add a lot of action but there's more exposition, narrative and dialogue in it and it actually plugs up a lot of the movies holes and inconsistencies. It's annoying because it looked like originally it was supposed to be an 'epic' but people have this fucking aversion to letting films run significantly past 2 hours and they edited the fuck out of it. It doesn't hold true 10 times out of 10 but there aren't many long ass movies that are bad, some depictions and adaptations need length to effectively convey their message, so many shit movies are only shit because they've had all their plot gutted out of them.

[@eclipsewrecker]

Did it explain why they had to be picked up far from the village but could fly over three times?

[@jackpowell9276]

This is why i've gone off movies in general, and prefer the longer form series. Band of Brothers, Generation Kill or Chernobyl. a 10 episode mini series with actual character development.

[@armynurseboy]

Tears was essentially a plot recycle of the Wild Geese

[@TheGosslings]

The Thirteenth Warrior suffered from the same fate: an amazing movie chopped up in editing to fit a needless standard.

[@leejones3219]

As a retired Navy. BM, Police Ret, this movie is Spot on. I was amazed to learn the most decorated Navy Veteran was a BM1 serving on marine riverine forces in Vietnam and not a Navy SEAL. I was a BM1 currently living in Thailand.

[@deanpeterson8627]

As a guy in the sky, I can say pilots will always carry that airstrike with them, no matter if the operators called danger close. What's almost as bad is not being able to drop in support of Troops in Contact, but still be overhead waiting and watching.

[@tekteam26]

I loved this movie. It always brings tears to my eyes. I'm a retired veteran myself having served in Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan. I wasn't combat arms, but I was certainly close enough to hear and feel the explosions from IEDs and suicide vests.

[@keeftaylor834]

We Were Soldiers would be an excellent breakdown. I've read the book several times, I feel it's as close to a documentary as Hollywood could ever get. What do you think?

[@hiwayman981]

Awesome film that I just re-watched the other day, and even better book. I felt that the movie was approximately a one-third representation of the whole Ia Drang valley campaign, and the ending was anticlimactic, but for the part when the Vietnamese general and his men re-enter the area and take down the American flag that had been left by Moore's men. That move became representative of the tenor of many engagements during the Vietnam War; even though the US won most of the battles in which they took part, they ultimately would leave that battleground behind, and because of that strategy (and others), would wind up losing the war.

[@keeftaylor834]

@@hiwayman981 If you ever get a chance, Lt Larry Gwin wrote about his experience at LZ Albany worth reading in his book "Baptism."

[@duaneacarterii]

Facts

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Except for the very last scene where they charge the NVA and a chopper comes in behind them

[@jean-rochdion4898]

@@keeftaylor834 "Nous Étions Invincible" "We Were Invincible" not a lot of peoples know about that book!!

[@finaljustice3848]

Awesome breakdown and review of Teras of the Sun. Its one of my favorite military movies of all time. It was cool seeing Buck breakdown some of the tactics and shed light on the realities of the scenes given his own experience. Awesome work look forward to future breakdowns.

[@wing_nut6273]

Really enjoyed your commentary!! Gotta say that, hearing some of your insight into the mindset that comes with different situations was spot on!! I really liked your break down of bleak 30 when, you know you are just fubar, and your mind can just make the most unlikely adjustments to keep you moving!

[@rosshixon6796]

I watched the making of this movie and there's one scene where they clear that village and everybody else is in the hills waiting. There's one old man in particular that was an actual villager that went through the same thing. He was able to get out of his village but had to hear all the gunfire and chaos of his friends and family being slaughtered. His tears in that scene were real tears.

[@FNGACADEMY]

That’s nuts

[@drakecao2663]

Another great episode! Always love hearing your stories Buck! The SEAL reveal bit had me laughing so hard, I wonder what Andy thinks haha

[@FNGACADEMY]

Thanks man!

[@jtaylor4623]

Really enjoy the movie reviews. Going through a hard time right now so much of what you guys say applies to military and civilian life. Sometimes I'm cracking up at the funny stories and other times I you guys say things that help me through these trying days. God bless

[@Mosey410]

In the 60s they used something called a time pencil that screws into the fuse well of a claymore.. the fuses had different time settings. Don’t know if they still use them.

[@FNGACADEMY]

Interesting

[@manatarmsslaps]

Great review/reaction fellas . One of my favorite movies primarily due to it being one my dad's favs... He was special forces, navy corpsman in Vietnam, Danang 68.. brings back memories for him. Good and bad... We discuss it from time to time, I believe its therapeutic... He relates to the corpsman aka doc in the movies because being in the same scenarios, especially being in the jungle and being in the villages with the people as his groups were embedded in the villages with the people to keep the vc out.. I believe he was also interpreter as he spoke vietnamese as well... Good stuff gentlemen..

[@bae313]

In Marine Corps boot camp, 1981, our battalion commander had the Medal of Honor. His name was LtCol Barnum. The story was that he got the award for, among other things calling an airstrike on his position in Vietnam after his company was overrun. Danger close is for like, hey, we're gonna die anyway, send us a miracle.

[@scotth5038]

Thank You for your excellent brakedown and definition and service.

[@blankistblankophobe9078]

Love this movie! Definitely one of my all-time favorite military films.

[@FNGACADEMY]

same

[@ridgebhouse]

You guys do a good job I enjoy everything you say you’re honest and you’re on the point. Thank you both for your service

[@mavrikmavrik3032]

I’m sure someone has said it already but we used to prep claymores to cover our break from contact maneuvers. You can use a short fuse to set it to 30 sec or a min (or whatever) to detonate when you’re running away as fast as you can.

[@JayDubb3BCT]

Cleared Cold with Sean Stumpf! I fell the fk out! 🤣😂🤣 I can't believe I've never seen this movie before. Checking it out tonight! As always great review Boys! 🤘🏼

[@ericdbates]

it’s really good for hollywood. the boys break out the HK Mark 23s suppressed and all to pull a hit. poof, poof, thump. good times.

[@FNGACADEMY]

It’s so good dude!

[@808INFantry11X]

​@@FNGACADEMY I still remember your interview with Andy Stump and your talk about the down pilot exercise was funny LMAO

[@strawdawgs78]

The Beast (1988). Awesome movie about a Russian tank crew caught behind enemy lines during the end stages of their war in Afghanistan. Nobody ever mentions or reacts to that, along with Spartan (2004), and The Hunted (2003).

[@innovacraft]

Great suggestions. Thanks.

[@tnh723]

that was a really good movie. saw it on the reruns more than once, back when the likelihood of a friend seeing it too was quite high in cable days

[@SentientBurrito]

The beast was awesome

[@aussiebandit4087]

Would love to see a breakdown of ' Danger Close' an aussie war film based on the battle of Long Tan

[@a97807]

Wow, Abel is doing an awesome job asking questions. Nice work!

[@FNGACADEMY]

thanks!

[@ChickenC172]

Y’all give me so many good movies to watch! Thanks for the great selection.

[@FNGACADEMY]

You bet!

[@TorricRoma]

What I remember being told about HALO and HAHO. So Halo I was told is when you want to get into an area without people knowing and HAHO is when you want to get into an area you aren't supposed to

[@baer0083]

If you use gliding parachutes you could be bridge some miles that are maybe covered by anti air defences. HAHO is also a good choice when your landing zone isnt great. So you have time to correct your approach and land as one unit United.

[@sapperveteran245]

Essentially. HAHO is generally used to cover long distances to avoid the aircraft going over your target. Depending on altitude, you can float well in excess 10 miles.

[@innovacraft]

🤫

[@briandelaroy1670]

I don’t know of any combat vet either in the conventional or special warfare units that didn’t have a form of PTSD or another after they returned from combat operations and their deployment was over. I know of a few vets now that have been homeless, hooked on drugs/ alcohol, or have been accused of violent behavior towards family members, or are thinking of committing suicide because of the PTSD. As a former Combat engineer and from a family of vets this is something the government needs to address and research to help theses men and women that suffer with PTSD and the fear the have trying to return to civilian life. We all gave our time and sacrificed to defend our nation, and with out us there would be no military or defense of our nation, so the government truly owes us a big one in my book.

[@tylerdebo2467]

MDMA therapy like what they are researching at MAPS is supposed to be helpful for PTSD especially with vets

[@massdriverone7583]

Peter Mensah is that actor from 300! Also played Aenomaus the doctore (combat trainer) for the gladiators in Spartacus

[@FNGACADEMY]

He’s bad ass

[@pontiacGXPfan]

His commander, Col Idris Sadick(Malick Bowens) was Pule Rampa in a South African movie titled Bopha. I've watched it a few times and it's some of Danny Glover's best work

[@Mauther]

On the variability of danger close. Supposedly a marine unit in Desert Storm called for fire support against an entrenched Iraqi position over 500 meters away, they received a danger close warning and request to confirm. The marine commander was upset that somebody was being overly conservative on the safety margins, that some pentagon bureaucrat had made the artillery unusable. He responded they were half a kilometer away and in cover so they'd be fine. The battery replied (dispensing with call-signs) they were USS Missouri and the safe range on 16" shells was just under a kilometer. Depending on the version, the marines road out the storm and then walked through the remains of an Iraqi company or they thanked Missouri for their time and went calling for another available battery. The version I read (I think it was in Crusade) said they rode it out, but I've seen internet sites say they passed.

[@wolfdoetsch9971]

Claymore facts: It takes a blasting cap to set off.Traditionally this is an electric cap,hence the wire and clacker. One could also use time-fuse and a non-electric blasting cap in case you would want to use the mine as a timed rearguard. Even back in the 80´s the military had the XM-121 radio remote controlled detonators which would initiate a cap from line of sight distance. I am pretty sure we have improved on that. Instead of using the Claymore as a last ditch defensive weapon (enemy in the wire) we liked to use it as a initiator for ambushes. Daisy-chain a few together with det-cord along a path, wait for enemy to walk into kill-zone, fire, mop-up.

[@HuckPlays]

Love your comment about “You are a human being we care about you, you matter.”

[@usmc03100]

I always felt Red (m60 gunner) was under appreciated. The Lt says hold the line and then leaves the team and his rifle behind. Red checks every member of the team as they go down and provides covering fire by any means through out the entire exfil. And they call an air strike on him assuming he’s dead but he still makes it out after multiple hits by rifle fire.

[@alexlazo2868]

He was the most interesting character, because he was the one most reluctant to put himself and his team in danger for “packages”. To see him grow from a apathetic and calculated operator, to a human being capable of empathy. All while being a total badass fighting for what he thought was right in the end.

[@Sandsquid21]

Cole Hauser became one of my favorite actors with his portrayal in this film! He then solidified it with Paparazzi and Yellowstone after that

[@winwinniewinfield]

Red was my guy in this movie

[@nathanshepherd9659]

just binging these video reviews. Can't stop. You guys are great

[@warsprite1888]

For those who don't know: HALO (High Altitude Low Opening): High altitude drop With Air, Fast Drop with very Little Glide (unless you are using a para suit) which doesn't cover much ground during the fall but can still go pretty far. HAHO (High Altitude High Opening): High Altitude drop with air, High Opening that lets you glide for about 50 to 100 km with a nice tail wind, which is also known as a "Machine Gunners Wet Dream" due to your parachute hang time. You got an article 15? Welcome to the crew Brother, got a couple myself. Every one of them was worth it. Would recommend and do again!

[@n0tcher]

Im here for the beer & breakdown series for sure 👌🏾

[@MOTO809]

You've become one of my favorite KZbin channels lately. Thanks for taking the time to entertain us.

[@combatreadychannel]

One of the best military moves ever!!

[@irishdefense77]

HAHO insertions are to give the team the ability to travel up to 30 miles from the drop point-silently.The MC11B’s are extremely steerable and you can land where you wish easily.Adds another layer of stealth to the mission.

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

This! Sometimes the dropping aircraft does not want to fly over or near the intended target but drop miles away. Been there, done that! ;)

[@nicko4071]

You come down faster with them, and have a higher risk of breaking your a$$hole.

[@Wile_E._Wolf]

They were MC6s in my day, but same principle

[@eulinachang7013]

i enjoy watching your breakdowns, this is the first time im commenting. thank you for doing what you do!

[@bersicker3481]

Claymore mines can be fitted with a reciever for remote detonation. They also can be fitted with ir parameter detonators. Neither of which I believe that they would kit up with for a simple snatch and grab op.

[@brianruddock2250]

IMO this was the best breakdown ya’ll have done. Love the focus on the tactics and human element of war.

[@simongauvin7856]

Good review Sean, thanks. Although, the real story behind this movie is that it's actually based of of an Op pulled off by Canadian special forces (JTF2); not seals. But in typical fashion, Cdn SF are true silent warriors!😂

[@Tetleyb]

Yep. And if you said JTF2 to the general public, they would say, "Huh. Who?"

[@mikehoncho806]

Gag reflexes are strong with this one

[@Silirion]

Seal-reveal in a bucket had me rolling. Love the content! Cheers from Sweden.

[@adamjarvis9618]

I mean, Blackhawks were a lot like taxis for my unit, but you're right about the pilots. They're not turning around period. Even if they left a unit on the ground, higher ups would be contacted and an order would be given. Blackhawks are sitting ducks when they unload/load. Plus, they only carry the fuel required for the mission.

[@larrypeterson1227]

loved this movie. seen it when it came out. thanks Buck for the insight.

[@EdD-ym6le]

I was just watched a vid about a Green Beret in Afgan that got the Silver Star . He called in danger close ordinance where they had approached a compound and the compound opened up heavy on them that left them separated from the rest of their guys . The Air force tac on the ground with them but with the other group wished them luck after he called it in , came across unsettling when he related it . Thanks for the video Buck . Hey ... the Marines tried HANO for awhile but quit after a couple years .

[@FNGACADEMY]

Thanks man!

[@Brees1986]

Wasn’t that a Russian soldier for a few years ago?

[@tylerdebo2467]

High Altitude No Opening?

[@PlanetMynd]

This was a great breakdown. Thank you.

[@paulc8588]

Give the JTF2 boys some of their dues! 🇨🇦

[@chrisvalleqatsi]

Really appreciate your takes and perspective. I ususly find it cringey and cliche to thank people "for their service" without unpacking how complicated "service" is, but Thanks. It seems like what you're doing now is a legitimate continuation of what you did before, since the understanding of the average person is so simplistic and polarized. I'm really glad I found this channel.

[@croccifixiooneill475]

HAHO is usually for when you have to travel over borders like say jumping over Afghanistan to land in Iran or something various jumping into a country your able to fly over directly & still need to be as stealthy as possible.

[@davidchandler6766]

Bruh, your commentary on culture was awesome. Thank you for acknowledging that!!

[@XHollisWood]

Cheers for Beers 🍻, I haven’t watched this movie yet !!! Thank you for sharing “Buck”✌️🇺🇸🍻🍻🍻 :)

[@FNGACADEMY]

You bet! It’s really damn good!

[@joaosoares-rr5mj]

i realy love the small details of this movie, that as soon as bruce willis get the pistol the other soldiers dont even wait for the comand and grab their own pistols as well, they are so ready for combat all the time that they react before any orders are even give to get ready to when the comand comes... there are some movies that we watch that we find hard to believe that a group of 8 guys manage to defeat hundreds of enemies, but this one is not it, this one realy makes you belive that they are capable enough to do so.

[@175blitz]

Awesome review guys. A long time fan of this film. Antoine Fuqua who directed this film did a period piece that is similar. It’s King Arthur starring Clive Owen. I’d like to offer 13 Hours as a suggested movie to review.

[@Desertrat87]

I love this movie for all the reasons you guys stated. I also love that ending with the F-18s coming in and bombing the enemy because it really shows the value of technology and air power. I mean, if you think about it, they said there were over 300 men chasing them at one point. So here you have a situation where there's now 2 (pilots) versus 300, and the 2 overwhelmingly, hands-down, no contest, win that fight in an instant.

[@rescuetheweak]

Great job guys on one of my favorite movies. And thank your for your service, and expert commentary. It’s odd to me that in these unusual times I mostly get guys that already have a military or police background come to me for private self defense lessons as opposed to people that have no idea what they’re doing. In another way, I guess it makes perfect sense because they don’t struggle as much with delusions of grandeur. I’m an Older guy with still much to learn, especially in the firearm tactics aren. I learned some good stuff just listening to your commentary tonight. Appreciate you guys and Godspeed. I would suggest “Sand Pebbles” with Steve McQueen👈

[@TechMetalRules]

A couple cool details about this flick: The team are all using Emerson PUK fixed blades on their shoulders with Bruce also having a custom Emerson Kandahar fixed blade on his leg. Emerson is near Coronado and has a huge connection to the SEAL community. The cool mohawk dude (also a "cool guy" in the Kilmer classic Spartan) has the letters "JKL" tattooed on his neck, which you can only assume stands for Team Five.

[@archangel2k12]

I liked this movie. Also, Monica Bellucci is beautiful.

[@TheGrillsergent]

Beers and Breakdowns really should be the core of this channel in my opinion its such a great series and idea really unique and always super entertaining and informative

[@theeroyaltgaming]

I LOVE this movie! Great dialogue for this episode. Good laughs but also some hard truths. The podcast should be named “Clear By Fire!”😂

[@FNGACADEMY]

Great movie and thanks man!

[@WOMPITUS]

It is possible to run claymores off timed fuses. I wasn’t aware of this until I heard John Stryker Meyer talk about using them in Laos. Mac V Sog used them with great effectiveness. They were often being chased by hundreds of NVA to their extraction points so what they would do is set like a 5 or 10 second fuse and just stab the thing in the ground quick and continue hauling ass through the jungle. They carried many of them. The NVA would run right up on them and then SURPRISE!

[@jonathancathey2334]

Have you guys ever read the book SOG: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John L. Plaster. The reason I bring this book up, is because in the book. There is a play by play breakdown of a breaking contact tactic. If the team made contact, the point man ( the first man in the patrol ) would do a mag dump in 3 round bursts. The rest of the team split either to the right or left. Making a route down the middle to escape. After the point man emptied his mag. He would turn and run down the middle, as the second man in the patrol would start doing his mag dump in 3 round bursts. As this is going on, the last man in the patrol would be setting a M18 claymore mine as the final part of the breaking contact tactic. Once the second to last man dumped his mag, and ran by the last man. Then the last man would command detonate the Claymore mine. Hopefully giving the team enough time to break contact with the N.V.A., and try to disappear into the jungle.

[@vlun1215]

Those were some crazy stories about Mac sog v. Not all of them came out.

[@jonathancathey2334]

@@vlun1215 if you want a story of a soldier in Vietnam, that was more Rambo than Rambo. Look up Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez.

[@robsteel9458]

Great channel keep up the good work!

[@napalmstickylikeglue]

Describes the whole movie in 23 seconds. 🤣

[@FNGACADEMY]

🤷‍♂️🤣

[@ididthisonpulpous6526]

As far as remote detonation of a Claymore mine. I didn't see anything other than the M57 clacker set up in my unit when I was on active duty, but when I was in the Reserves one of NCOs in our unit had worked as a combat engineer he mentioned that you could set up anything that would trigger a blasting cap to detonate it. So I assume that would include remote detonators. I would guess that might be the case. I mean engineers cut down trees with det cord, I would guess they would wire up whatever...

[@berryreading4809]

You can pop a fuse into a claymore, MACVSOG guys in Vietnam (not while in Vietnam 😉) really thought they were worth the weight penalty of often carrying several... Sometimes even using as low as 5 second delay fuses! 🤯 But I don't remember seeing in the movie if he actually pulled the ring or anything 🤔 But they definitely don't have to be command det, although I think in almost every situation that opportunity would 110% be preferred!

[@harleysoftail7107]

I’m posted up at work rn and am diggin these on my down time. Thanks for these breakdowns!

[@joesashiify]

Saw this movie a few days ago. It is a good movie & I personally recommend it. 👍

[@warbanzi]

The weapon and all its accessories are carried in an M7 bandolier ("Claymore bag"). The mine is detonated as the enemy personnel approaches the killing zone. Controlled detonation may be accomplished by use of either an electrical or non-electrical firing system. The 100-foot (30 m) M4 electric firing wire on a green plastic spool is provided in each bandolier. The M57 firing device (colloquially referred to as the "clacker") is included with each mine. An M40 circuit test set is packed in each case of six mines. When the mines are daisy-chained together, one firing device can detonate several mines. The mine can be detonated by any mechanism that activates the blasting cap. There are field-expedient methods of detonating the mine by tripwire, or by a timer, but these are rarely used. That's out of the book. In my 20 years I never saw a remote detonator either.

[@landychapman3]

+1 if you can tell me how many AMPS and how many VOLTS are required to detonate an electric blasting cap. +2 if you can tell what material the bandolier was made from. +5 if you can tell me if you can figure out how the TA-312 field phone can be used to individually control n claymores. If I remember correctly, the silent ring yellow blink clear colored switchboard had 7 network connections. NO combat engineer [12B] with any sense would "daisy chain" claymores. They are not "area" weapons in that sense. You set them up with command det (standard) or victim initiated -- tripwires or modern initiators, such as the [redacted] multipurpose AHD (pull, release, pressure, pressure release) -- not trying to betray active duty personnel.

[@landychapman3]

Sergeant? I am not trying to deny you, I am trying to authenticate. there are too many kids online who talk crap and have not been there / done that. I'm not challenging / disrespecting / not believe you, asking for confirmation. The videogame players can't answer these questions.

[@gameocalypse6040]

I loved this movie when I was younger. Now that I know more about how this stuff actually works its still a good one just for the entertainment factor instead of being necessarily accurate.

[@FNGACADEMY]

Great movie!

[@gameocalypse6040]

@@FNGACADEMY ya, it really is. Bit of a hidden gem I think.

[@G1llmanBlacklg00n]

Their tactics weren't that bad keeping in mind that they have to film in ways that keeps the actors in the frame. Their technical advisor was a retired SEAL named Harry Humphries is knows what he's doing. The one scene where they get on line and attack into a near ambush is straight out of the Ranger Handbook...

[@Turco949]

27:00 On the "danger close" part, I get that the blast radius or danger zone varies depending on the platform used but what I don't get is, the person firing that weapon should know quite well what the radiues would be and since the good guys would either be at the center surrounded by the tango or at one side facing the tango, either way, couldn't the target point be moved enough to take the good guys out of the danger zone?

[@wmtruelock]

Great movie, definitely makes you get in touch with the human side of war.

[@jatilq]

Love that I can search for content like this.

[@rlinka1]

Love your content. Just to let you know that you are motivating not just potential SF candidates but private f… civilians too 😎

[@FNGACADEMY]

that is awesome!

[@misterm3129]

Guys this is an epic movie. Share detailed review please. Gear, tactics, script/choices taken.

[@WasabiSniffer]

I do have a soft spot for this movie, humanizing local nationals from booger eaters begging for free shit to people with lives. I could totally see that bucket scene in something like Lone Survivor

[@FNGACADEMY]

Exactly!

[@tylertapp131]

Good shit, a few movies that come to mind mabey, Apocalypse now, Platoon, Rambo(2008), 13 hours, Lone survivor, young guns 1 or 2 lol, Tombstone, 3:10 to yuma(2007), Open Range. Theres a few........ lol

[@a_turn_of_events8390]

One of the best stories Ive read and learned about was Aussies in Vietnam, was the battle of Long Tan. they were a platoon of men who came up against 700-1200 Viets. The Viets attacked them in waves and had to call artillery on themselves to survive. some of the interviews with the diggers talked about how wild it was watching these Vietnamese run through the barrage of artillery with bits and pieces going everywhere. they called the arty multiple times over the day on themselves.

[@Gearparadummies]

I have read that back in Vietnam, Recce teams and Special Operators managed to short-fuse Claymore mines to get rid of VC/NVA trackers. Also, Claymores could be tripwire detonated until the Anti-personnel Mines Treaty of 1996 was passed in the UN.

[@liamroarke7991]

That was set during the Rwandan Genocide, right? That would have been the definition of a FUBAR situation.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

This movie actually depicting a fictional war more of less, it is supposed to be the Nigerian Civil War but that war happened in the late 60's. As far as I know Nigeria was not at war at the time this movie is set, but I may be wrong.

[@jonathanramos8414]

@@rafaelalodio5116 I'm guessing it's just an amalgamation of the sierra leone civil war, and the Rwandan genocide. Africa is known for wars sadly

[@conorchampley]

RE: the wireless claymores (@18:30) there's an earlier scene when the rebel army finds the body of their informant who was holding the transmitter, followed by two claymore explosions that set the ending shootout scene in motion. After the explosions, we see that Red was the one who detonated them before rushing back to rejoin his team. If you look closely, you'll see claymore clackers in his hands that also have wireless receivers, which would explain how the claymores would have been detonated wirelessly.

[@abefroman4953]

Monica Bellucci made the movie worth watching.

[@daven953]

That she did. As well as all those MK23's

[@MrRaymond1021]

Awesome movie, it's definitely a great watch. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍