FREE (half) EPISODE | A Grunt's Life | Season 2 Episode 3

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In the summer of 2012 I was a 1st Lieutenant in Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines. My job was the Fire Support Team leader and liaison to our partner Afghan National Army rifle Company, who lived in a separate base about 60 yards from our patrol base. The ANA Company was led by a guy named Major Jalwan, who was so old he was a veteran of the Russian Afghan war, except this guy fought on the side of the Russians. A few minutes before my first meeting with the Afghan Commander, I was prepped by the outgoing liaison, Captain America. (I don’t remember his name) This guy was at least 6’5, looked like he played pro football, and had a chiseled face that would make Chris Hemsworth insecure. This was his 3rd combat deployment in 4 years as an officer, and his next stop was Quantico, where he’d become an IOC instructor. (This basically means he was the cream of the crop) This is what he said, “When we get inside you’ll see a couple of chai boys serving food and drinks to all of us. They belong to Major Jalwan. One of them is around 13, and the other is around 10. It’s gonna be weird, its gonna feel gross, you’re probably gonna get angry and want to kill everyone. Don’t worry, that's a totally normal reaction to seeing young boys who are technically sex slaves getting fucked by an old man. But here’s the deal, we’re not here to change their culture. We have a job to do, and that’s to pacify this area from Taliban rule, that’s our focus. If you want to talk about it afterwards I’m happy to talk through it with you, because this really is shitty, and gross. I experienced all the things I mentioned to you, and I imagine all good men will, but we gotta stay focused on building a healthy relationship with this scumbag, because that will help us accomplish our mission of giving this country back to them with no Taliban. Any questions?” I said, “um, is he really fucking them or do they just do all his chores and shit?” “Nope, he’s really fucking them, and it’s disgusting. But again, we’re not here to change their culture. And if you’re feeling angry, don’t put your hand on your pistol, it’ll unnerve everyone, and we don’t want that.” I took a deep breath and said, “roger that sir. Let’s do it.” Into the ANA base we went… Major Jalwan appeared to be kind, welcoming, caring, and genuine. The reality was, his loyalty shifted with the wind, he’d say whatever he needed to get he wants, and he’d mean it. He took a percentage of his soldiers’ salaries, because in his mind, “that’s the way it goes,” and he definitely had sex with his chai boys. Upon meeting the chai boys I experienced everything Captain America said I would. My body got hot, then cold, I shook a little, sweated, and thought of a few ways I could kill all the Afghans in the room, including the chai boys. It was weird… After a few days with Major Jalwan, I got over the weirdness, and fell back on my normal coping mechanism, comedy. Because laughing about it was way better than feeling as miserable as I did. This cold open is my way of slapping my gov’t leaders in the face with a handful of their own stupidity. F$ck you for making us sit face to face with child rape. F$ck you for making me hug and befriend old men who kept child sex slaves. How did you ever think this war was winnable? Did you ever consider the mental toll this would take on us? How could you be so stupid…. Meeting our Afghan counterparts was awkward and uncomfortable. We wanted to embrace them, respect them, love them, and be excited to fight alongside them. Unfortunately, it was damn near impossible to respect them because they not only sucked at just about every aspect of warfighting, but they didn’t seem to care about their country. Some of them would say they did, they’d talk shit about the Taliban, and say things like, “I hate Taliban, I kill all of them. I will kill Taliban until the day I die.” Then that same guy would be high on post, sleeping on post, not paying attention on patrol, not come out from behind cover in a firefight, he’d sell his military gear to the local bazaar, he’d siphon his own gas and sell it in the bazaar, and definitely, would not waste his time training. So without respect, we couldn't love them, embrace them, nor be excited about working with them. Instead, the opposite occurred, and we resented them for their apathy. We resented them for all the reasons listed above, because after all, “HOW COULD YOU NOT TAKE THIS SHlT seriously?! This IS YOUR COUNTRY!!!” “We’re willing to DIE FIGHTING FOR YOUR COUNTRY!!! DO YOU FUCKING SEE THAT?” It was maddening to feel like we cared about their country more than they did. Sadly, it brought out the worst in us, and understandably so. When we’d hear reports of ANA and ANP getting smoked, some of us would laugh maniacally, because on some days, the thought of them dying was therapeutic. It made me think, “that’s what you get you piece a shlt.” Some days we’d hear over the radio that an entire police unit abandoned their post, literally handing it to the Taliban. Other days we’d see an ANA or ANP unit abandon their patrol. It got depressing. So, like a good warrior, I channeled my disappointment into either anger or comedy, and that helped me get through the war. Looking back on it, I feel terrible for feeling that way towards another group of people, let alone my allies. I wish the powers above me had a more accurate picture of the battlefield as we were fighting the war, maybe some things would've changed, maybe not. Love and xoxo, Donny O’Malley

[@justinjex1]

Watching this is very helpful, Sir!

[@Beavereaver]

The various politicians who ran the country during the 20 years of this war regardless of what party they belonged to in my opinion are traitors. They sacrificed the lives of thousands of soldiers and marines for their own political ambitions; they made decisions not based on what’s best for our men and woman in uniform but for their own selfish need to advance their political agendas/careers. Just my opinion.

[@wing19816]

why are they speaking arabic

[@ComradeHarris]

Thanks for the brief Danny, and may the Chai boys get their revenge on the pedos

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

👍🇬🇧

[@El_Chompo]

This is so perfectly written and acted. It's so real and at the same time so funny. Perfect balance and execution.

[@jjcoola998]

I still can’t imagine what would have happened if the average American knew about the tea boys

[@nickolasriemer2788]

Do you mean bacha-bazi?

[@johnmcfarlane3147]

probably nothing, like almost everything else lol

[@xisotopex]

imagine if the cnn/msm had reported on it half as much as they worried about trumps little hands, the average American WOULD have known about it.

[@matthiasthulman4058]

Well, most of them know about presidents son and they do nothing, so I'd guess it would go the same way.

[@genkill81]

@@matthiasthulman4058 you hit the nail on the head with a big f’in hammer.

[@sunflowerlover5640]

I didn’t realize how big the chai boy thing was until I watched the documentary “this is what winning looks like”. My eyes as a American have been opened. God bless America and thank you for your service.

[@chaunceychappelle3265]

Yeah. It's real.

[@fyou2327]

an* American. What's wrong with you people lately? It's become trendy for people to speak like they're are uneducated.

[@ksnstabad]

Love this stuff! I'm a Brit, and was doing some civ-mil stuff with USMC LARs in Afghan. The videos are painfully true. And no one back home believes my tea boy stories! Semper Fi

[@sheepleslayer586]

Too poor to pay for anyone's content. Thanks for the free uploads ⚘🇺🇸

[@DonnyOMalley]

It's only half the episode..

[@sheepleslayer586]

@@DonnyOMalley still free and I didn't say episode. I said "thanks for the free uploads".

[@DonnyOMalley]

@@sheepleslayer586 you right

[@ChristianF15cher]

You’re too poor for $6 a month?

[@sheepleslayer586]

@@ChristianF15cher yes. Quit my job in healthcare and am still looking for work. I refused the covid vaccine mandate and quit. Too poor right now lol but imma be working at a mill soon making $25 and hour. Then I will be able to.

[@0bserver416]

I used to work as a 'pret (not in a conflict zone but still), and I can fully attest that the interpreter's scenes are correct. Ha ha ha.

[@siroanderson8068]

"Im excited to let you take point" *smiles with excitement*

[@1Shai3Hulud8]

"He thanks you for your service." 👍🏼😁👍🏼

[@VulcanM61]

i was waiting for them to give a small poop in the handkerchief lool

[@Gabe-ABNCW3]

Dang… it’s like being in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time… Nicely done with the do-rag

[@deathsticks1776]

Never thought an intro could piss me off so much. Cheers brothers.

[@v1nceasatank449]

and on the night before my birthday amazing timing vet tv

[@sheepleslayer586]

Ah, another Leo! 💪my birthday was Sunday 😏

[@Hunter3025m]

My birthday was Friday August 12 🎂

[@coachthelegend2192]

(Kissey sounds) best subtitle of the year

[@bayramtounsi2982]

When your Afghani friendly forces start talking arabic... it's not considered blue on blue, ...just saying...better be safe then shot in the back of the head, also super accurate racism by the end ( necessary to expose racists ). finally 2ndLT Murphy deserves an Oscar. TIER 1 PRODUCTION, more entertaining then breaking bad cause this shit's real! kind of.

[@Somefoo-nu7bf]

Is he a blood or a crip? Lmaooo

[@credit__devin]

Finally someone else said that, had me fucked up😂😂

[@gunnerwestjessewest3486]

Thank y'all again for a free show

[@mikedambrosio8445]

6:21 is he a blood or a crip 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tombowers6713]

I would have never thought kite runner would prepare me for this show. 😂

[@xXW1LDDOG13Xx]

The durag one got me dying lmfao

[@bigdaddybuttmaster69]

is he a blood or a crip?? 😎😎

[@Armchair_Gaming_YT]

As a former 11B I can’t tell if I love this show, it triggers me or if I can just uncontrollably laugh at the carnage.

[@Sirruinous]

Bro this is ART 😂 im dying

[@deathsticks1776]

Lmaoooo

[@gibreela4005]

Has anyone noticed that the afghan characters are all speaking different languages, either that or I’m having a fuckin stroke. But I swear one dudes speaking Turkish, Arabic, one guy I think it’s just gibberish, possibly Farsi like 😂😂😂😂

[@hans5500]

In an earlier one I distinctly heard hindi… if it was pronounced with a different accent I’m guessing if this is mainly improv they’re great comedians it is improv because imagine trying to write a script for that translating between each sentences it must be just improv haha I s2g the languages mixed

[@gibreela4005]

@@hans5500 no really like it makes you feel like your having a stroke if you try to listen 😂

[@patrickriggs9813]

Yes.

[@TheDaywalkersDad]

We're a few years from Liberals having Tea Boys in public at the rate that we're going.

[@jamiestewart48]

.... riiiight.

[@edwardsisson3580]

true dat

[@andy_m.b.5291]

Whats with the white cloth and red flower? at 2:10?

[@845835]

Hearts and minds!

[@ereHeuqibmazoM]

I had to pause at 3:52 wtf this woman doin to that rice it looks dry af and gonna burn the way she ‘stirring’ 😂

[@ereHeuqibmazoM]

Nvm he wiped his beard with same hand it all makes sense now hahahaha

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I feel like the Terp is also being a bit of a diplomat! Lol.

[@fakeangeltr7263]

08:00 bro literally speaks turkish

[@akabuck3812]

Season 2 was one emotional ass rollercoaster.. too many real life scenarios lol

[@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat]

Hey thank u 4 your post. The crap scene... did he crap than she fry it with rice? Why, don't tell me that how they recycle food. Thank you 4 ur help.

[@eye4aneye760]

Most of the people in this are speaking Arabic, and they’ve got one guy speaking Turkish lol.

[@kaiser0307]

I was reading the comments to see if someone else will notice it

[@samseven5260]

Continuously hilarious!

[@pikiwiki]

learning more about how the war in Afghanistan worked from this than from CNN

[@csxconductor100]

Omg this is too real

[@Ulyssestnt]

Dude these ANP have way too white teeth and are way too not fucked up on opium.:)

[@1erinjames]

(kissey sounds)....lmao

[@davidchamberlain6304]

What were they exchanging in those napkins ?

[@davidchamberlain6304]

It's been a year...... what the fuck was in those napkins???.......

[@ericstephenson9052]

Let’s make a special picture

[@DonnyOMalley]

hahah yahs I was hoping someone liked that!

[@muratemresimsek8668]

Bruh that’s Turkish they speak wtf 😂

[@VETTvchannel]

We couldn't find voice actors who spoke Pashtu, so we took whatever we could get to show up to the studio on the scheduled day.

[@Beavereaver]

@@VETTvchannel makes sense and understandable.

[@shoespants8346]

@@VETTvchannel tbh thats DOD as fuck.

[@xisotopex]

LtCol Stuart Scheller and Capt Donny O’Malley for Prez....

[@MrBlonde294]

hey wtf, why are the afghans sound like arabs, we don't speak arabic, we speak farsi/dari and pashtu as our main languages and many more do exist here

[@VETTvchannel]

We couldn't find voice actors who spoke Pashtu, so we took whatever we could get to show up to the studio on the scheduled day.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Good thing he didnt notice the random turk lol

[@themanthelegend7048]

Is the photographer JD Vance?

[@CheapCreep]

Did someone say free?

[@DonnyOMalley]

sure, half of the episode is free. No problem.

[@furkanbayrak6306]

Ehmm... May I ask why that bearded afghani guy is speaking Turkish??? 😅

[@saintcyr1990]

Yeah that’s what I asked myself too. Probably, doesn’t make a difference to the general audience since they can’t differentiate between the two( guy has a real thick southern accent)

[@DonnyOMalley]

Yes sir, we couldn't find voice actors who spoke Pashtu, so we took whatever we could get to show up to the studio on the scheduled day.

[@stephensmith5115]

Cant take the Afghan actors seriously. Their teeth are too white.

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

Why is this not on netflix?

[@thenadonation2664]

Ahahahahaha I got my campaign medal. Fuq em, fuq em all.

[@edwardsisson3580]

Thank you for your cervix

[@travishabursky4362]

*Looks up Bacha Bazi* Damn, never thought I’d agree with the Taliban on something.

[@MarkTheTreeManVann]

I'm paying 5.99 a month to get it for free? Fair enough, not everyone gets the humor. ...

[@donoimdono2702]

you're paying for the 2nd half

[@DonnyOMalley]

This is only half of the episode my bro.

[@MarkTheTreeManVann]

@@DonnyOMalley I love your show bro! I see why you have to promote on KZbin. It's not a huge demographic of people who have a love of dark humor...my comment is trying to get people to check out your channel more. Gotta lure them in some how... But have a great day, keep making it, I'll keep watching for sure! You guys rock and crack me the fuck up.

[@DonnyOMalley]

@@MarkTheTreeManVann thank you bro, I appreciate you for supporting us and allowing us to make this stuff. Without subscribers we don't exist!

[@MarkTheTreeManVann]

@@donoimdono2702 like when I go to a massage parlor and flip out the 50 bucks after the back rub? Lmao

[@nilsniemeier5345]

Wait...is Fathulleh speaking Turkish?

[@BlackJeepConvertible]

You’re not allowed to curse on KZbin???

[@jakewilliams2728]

*kissey sounds*

[@meshalmeshal1958]

كيف كذا أفغان يتكلمون عربي وعرب يتكلمون افغاني

[@belluh-1huey102]

I hope my account doesn't expire by the time the last one is out

[@m_m1044]

😅😂🤣🤣😂

[@deceivinganillusion]

Why is the guy speaking Turkish?

[@LeeAdams-kj2tr]

If I remember correctly the only two Presidents of the US who were not drug runners was Reagan and Trump. But of course the CIA did it behind their backs.

[@johnson8341]

Is he from dharr Mann

[@PhalanxR]

Same sames

[@KarlPHorse]

I don’t understand how the ANA was so shit. Can a veteran explain? Because it’s something that my civilian brain just can’t comprehend. I just don’t get how an army could be that incompetent across the board. It seems like only the Commandos and rare giga chads like Jamsheed the rpg guy were any help. Was it our fault? Theirs? A bit of both? How did this happen? I’m genuinely asking. Did they just take any drug addict hobo they found on the street or something?

[@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat]

Hey thank u 4 your post. The crap scene... did he crap than she fry it with rice? Why, don't tell me that how they recycle food. Thank you 4 ur help.

[@ayoubalrfadey3031]

She's speaking Arabic not Afghan, that's a rookie mistake O'Mally

[@SergeantPerrawn]

womp womp

[@edwardsisson3580]

Budget restrictions, from what I've read

[@AnaParwani-wq5rt]

bro the afghanistan is not arbic it is dari parsi and pashto

[@dragonhoard9371]

We don't care bro, we speak American.

[@AnaParwani-wq5rt]

@@dragonhoard9371 بلی شما درست گفتید چون برای تهییه کننده تو نا فهم باشی مهم است

[@JayedKDR]

Not even a little close to the true Afghan war situation. Try to at least have some directors and advisers that can make it look and feel real. Stupid Total lie and waste of time