Generation Kill - The Best of Sgt. Maj. John Sixta

[@keithdaris6537]

If you've never been in the military, you couldn't possibly believe how realistic this is.

[@backera83]

@@IronWarhorsesFun nothing junior about him. I wouldnt be surprised if hed been a marine longer than I've been alive at this point in his career.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

@@backera83 I mean junior as in: never going to be promoted except by nepotism and he knows it so he takes out on anybody he can exercise his limited authority on.

[@backera83]

@@IronWarhorsesFun hes a sergeant major the highest rank an enlisted marine can acheive. His authority is practically all the other enlisted personnel not a sergeant major. Even commissioned officers would tread lightly.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

@@backera83 that makes it even more horrifying.

[@RageCreati0n]

Damn gunny I miss you

[@stephanielam7363]

How the actor pulled off this accent and said those things with a straight face is beyond me

[@crimsonmask3819]

He fucked the shit out of whatever accent he was going for, but the more he fucked it up the funnier it was.

[@mrghostmanghost5595]

What accent is he speaking???

[@seanmorris3457]

I want a hemit

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

I'm thinking he's related to "Farmer Fran" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGTapoaFap6Cmq8

[@MJ-iq9hv]

its southern accent from the deep south ...

[@chriskelley1989]

God I showed this to my wife and now every time I trim my beard she runs in the bathroom and shouts ‘pow-lease that moose-stash!’

[@meatiest1989]

Epic

[@chasemcpot7789]

Does she have a nice hog?

[@kobaltapollodorus8922]

She's a keeper

[@watch3r1]

Definitely a keeper hahaha

[@nullterm]

I can’t stop laughing reading this. Not sure if I should show my wife or not now.

[@foreignbeggar3783]

the dude doing the nazi salute behind batista kills me every time.

[@riel6502]

Where?

[@dillonbright1974]

@@riel6502 1:30

[@Electronick7714]

I laughed so hard the first time I saw that scene

[@aegiseurobeat4559]

I just saw that and I'm like "Bruuuuuh 🤣🤣🤣"

[@shapeboy3316]

Lmao I fucking died when I saw that

[@scribese7en]

*"YO prESIDENT, IS WATCHEN'! AMERIKEY, IS WATCHEN'!"*

[@matthewgillespie2835]

P O O S E Y

[@losethealtitude7730]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cl0vvntiem]

"buT MOST IMPORDANT!" "GOOOOOOOODFATHER." "is WATCHEN'."

[@supercarnitas]

BAATAAAAALLION

[@Hihihohoho-i3r]

ATTENTION!!!

[@FlakeTillman]

Saddam Hussein had a mustache, so Sgt. Maj. Sixta concluded the invasion was a police action.

[@mobil-eyez]

the real reason for invasion lol

[@musicusaddictus]

lol

[@johndthottam]

That's the wmd. I get it now

[@atomicbong7597]

@@patrickhenry1249 "There never was a war...." :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJDamZiGi9Skhbs&ab_channel=comedysecret23

[@LordVader1094]

@@patrickhenry1249 If you look at modern day Iraq you'd realize nothing got finished except the stability of the Middle-East, lol.

[@kloppanator]

"There will be no fuck ups." *many fuck ups*

[@Mr.Nin10do.]

*plays its always sunny title card*

[@SelectiveApathy82]

Pan to Encino Man and Captain America while he's yelling that. Brilliant.

[@christiandavis4502]

AMERIKEE IS WAHCHIN

[@prointernetuser]

@@Mr.Nin10do. The Gang Invades Iraq

[@Neo2266.]

Never heard anyone divide "fuckups" into two syllables

[@TheOldBearTime]

My favorite line from Sixta is in the last episode, the marines get letters from home, some miss home, others angry of what they receive. Sixta sees the men battle worn and tired, he looks to Gunny says, "If moral gets any lower tell me, and I'll give em about the grooming standard." and winks. Made me realize that the grooming standard was an excuse to shout at the marines, so they'll all have someone in common to dislike, and feel more comradery with each other.

[@ToreDL87]

Yeah he knew what was up and is to be commended for his service. Not a fan of what he turned into IRL tho.

[@jomaridelapaz3404]

@@ToreDL87 what he turn into?

[@papaparsnip2285]

@@jomaridelapaz3404 sex offender

[@idid69ok]

@@jomaridelapaz3404 hes currently in jail for touching kids

[@medln5357]

Man this show just got so much deep shit involved in this show

[@namechef7344]

Marine: steps on IED. Sargeant major sixta: thats what happens when you dont follow grooming standards!!!

[@ondrejlukas1121]

"That foot wasn't yours too lose! That was the property of the United States Marine Corps!!!

[@malgold88]

@@ondrejlukas1121 "I OUTTA NJP YER ASS!!"

[@gooseman7522]

Broke your leg? It’s because you didn’t make sure your moostash didn’t go beyond the corners of your mouth

[@xDinomanx]

Marine: Gets obliterated to Narnia by an enemy tank shell. Sergeant Major Sixta: "THAT BODY WASN'T YOURS TO LOSE! THAT WAS THE PROPERTY OF THIS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS!!!"

[@hokage64th]

Yep because the menz gets all relaxed and shit.

[@bradsimpson8724]

For those unfamiliar with the book and the resulting series, the Sergeant Major spent time giving the men in the battalion a hard time as a way to distract them from the situation at hand, and to give them a common focal point for their aggression(to prevent them from getting after one another). Obviously, the writers saw it as a good way to insert some comic relief into the series as well.

[@wilhard45]

SgtMaj doesn't appear into a unit table of organization until the battalion level. It darn sure doesn't look like a battalion of Marines to me. In any event, SgtMaj has company 1stSgts to deal with that kind of discipline. If there is a morale problem, that is something the company gunny is supposed to handle. I didn't see one gunnery sergeant anywhere in this clip.

[@jakemeyer3015]

wilhard45 1st recon had gunny wynn

[@TactileCoder]

isn't this how frags became rampant in the Vietnam War?

[@kaplislemesis4789]

Weak excuse for all this nonsense and abuse. I did watch the whole series and I thankful it showcased how stupid and shit army if as a whole.

[@stevenlarrabee3438]

Except in real life he was a piece of shit that raped a 12 year old.

[@urbanmarksman624]

What civis don't understand is that during combat deployments the stress levels is extremely high among men. This may end up with tensions between the men which may end up in personal feuds among the men which jeopardizes the trust and combat effectiveness. To combat this usually a senior enlisted tends to act this way to give the men something else to direct their anger towards. So instead of hating on each other, they relieve their stress and anger on this specific person.

[@S3CR3TL3V3LZ]

+Urban Marksman I thought Command was already filling in that function?

[@urbanmarksman624]

S3CR3TL3V3LZ Not really, Command's for the NCO's and lower ranked officers to hate on.

[@urbanmarksman624]

***** Then you overestimate the intelligence of the average American. You'd be surprised of how fucking dumb people really are.

[@braines9]

+Urban Marksman This. every time I assume people would understand basic shit, people let me down.

[@hirumaryuei]

+Urban Marksman Having been on the deployment that these men were in (though not in the same unit, I wasn't Recon or anything), I have to disagree with basically everything you said. Morale is usually not kept up at all, except by the small unit commanders. Sixta was just a jackass and he created friction with no actual purpose. In the USMC, senior SNCOs frequently do this, because they actually believe that things like field day and grooming standards promote good order and discipline. This is especially true for SNCOs that didn't fight in Afghanistan or Desert Storm before OIF; many of them maintained a garrison mindset going into the war.

[@marcofdelos]

1:56 " AMERIKEE IS WATCHIN'" LMAO!!

[@chickenman5477]

Lol

[@MultiRingtail]

He forgot that Amerikee is watching when he got arrested for child molestation

[@marcofdelos]

@@MultiRingtail Now was it the actor or sixta himself who was arrested for that shit?

[@MultiRingtail]

Heavy Metalurgist the real Sgt Sixta got arrested for molesting his stepdaughter’s friend since she was 8

[@gunterdak]

"You are inappropriating your chemical filtration device by attempting fornication with it." I think that might be my new favorite line from the whole show....

[@TheBorneBajesus]

"Where yhe fuck are ya hemlets!?"

[@rgrimes4159]

TheBorneBajesus My favorite quote

[@LamarcusCamby]

R Grimes Y'all startin' to look like a bunch of Cowboy Elvis's!

[@rgrimes4159]

That was also fantastic

[@chandlerrose4545]

Aidan Clyde It’s more of hemits lol.

[@dijitaldanny]

"GARZA! GETCHA STUPID ASS DOWN! THERE AINT NOTHIN FOR YOU TO SHOOT AT!" Funniest part 😢😂

[@zombiediet]

Garza goes "this fucking war sucks!" Like a pouting kid

[@magnusbjarni]

Shows he either knows that Garza is unfortunately in a bad position and if hit by shrapnel will be hard to get to, or that he’s just always on a power trip and wants the men to do what he wants them to do

[@tijnjansen858]

Civi detected ​@@magnusbjarni

[@XJevoX]

@@tijnjansen858 can you elaborate?

[@romyarmada2521]

@@XJevoXLike bro Magnus here be saying stupid shit like Sixta was a mudafuckin Sgt major like that shit ain’t easy and if he be saying move yo ass cause there nothin to shoot then you move. Like all his experience, man knows what he’s doing either what’s best for the mission or the men.

[@waynetang1763]

Marines are like a pack of vicious wolves dying to unleash their fury on the enemy. When there is no enemy to fight, the wolves will turn on each other. Sixta is simply redirecting that energy onto himself in order to maintain unit morale.

[@davidemme2098]

How many years have you served in the Marines? I only had one First Sergeant that I genuinely respected. This is nothing but a warped sense of misunderstanding of what happens in war and treating Marines/soldiers in a very transactional way. Your scared spitless or pissed off at something someone did to you and your unit. You begin trying to figure out how this insurgent killed your buddy or people getting wounded so badlky, they leave your unit permanently, and then have to deal with this knuckle head? He has the same leadership style that a newly minted corporal will have. Probably near thirty years in his career.

[@waynetang1763]

@@davidemme2098 6 years. Like you I don't agree with Sixta's methods, but my comment reflects what I believe his motivation is. I also agree that it is out of place given his rank.

[@davidemme2098]

@@waynetang1763 Intended to reply sooner. This happened several times and not all were in highschool but none of them ever served. This one person told me this was the only way to do things. He came fairly aggressive about it until I asked him if he ever went to PLDC (Primary Leadership Development Course-first NCO school in the Army) or the NCO academies in the Marines? Finally asked if they ever served? No-kid was in eleventh grade. I told him to STFU because I did five years in the Marines and discharged honorably after my contract ended-before he was ever born. As I said, this happened more than a couple times so I do tend to come very aggressively. Sorry dude.

[@ObsidianLazarus]

We had a gunny similar to that, but it only made the marines go at eachothers throats even worse in my opinion

[@davidemme2098]

@@ObsidianLazarus If you are a Corporal-you are god and this is how many act. Won't hide it but my friends and I played that character. The understanding would be most would mellow because lets face it-most corporals put rank on at the ages of 20-23 and I fell right in that range. Point would be you would eventually mellow a bit with experience and figuring out the best way to approach situations requiring your attention. Most mature and grow out of that attitude-most people do. Some do not. When in the Army, when I earned my first NCO stripe as a Supply Sgt in a Recon squadron, people kept asking when I was going to start roughing privates and specialist's up. When they explained that-was like, "been there, done that, Corporals in the Marines are gods."

[@FewFew77]

You left out the best one. The last episode where is says, "Just let me know if morale gets low. I'll hit 'em with the groomin' standards".

[@blkmedic]

That was a good one, but it was important because it showed why he was the way he was.

[@Deezz1212]

@@blkmedic They all stay unified while hating him. There is a method to the madness / job.

[@SmegmaOnCommand1776]

@@Deezz1212 He was the living embodiment of quote: "The beatings will continue until morale improves."

[@keksimusmaximus8283]

"AMERIQEE IS WATCHING!"

[@carlosavila7915]

yeeesssss i love that part

[@haleloi3018]

Good, when someone shoots that prick it will make news.

[@TheThingInMySink]

AEMERICKYEE IS HWATCHIN

[@sushimuncher282]

But more importantly! Gawwwdddfather is watchin'! Yee yee!

[@reidmaxwell8874]

Keksimus Maximus lmfao nice pic

[@andresc5915]

He’s like a southern version of cartman, but in the marine corps...

[@chucksolutions4579]

Slyguy threeonetwonine What are we supposed to Google? I grew up in Georgia, and have lived in three corners of the country. I typically work in the ER wherever I live and sadly there are Pedo's everywhere. There are also people who think they can take justice into their own hands and hurt rumored pedos everywhere. On the one hand, I whole heartedly approve of the execution of anyone who would forcefully violate another human. On the other I have seen what happens when mob or prison justice gets carried out. It is NEVER against the monsters you would want it to occur to.

[@brainconqueror8095]

The Vietnam War had Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. This war has Sergeant Major Cartman!

[@Ted_II]

This is the funniest comment I think I've ever read 🤣💀

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

I know I'm 4 years late but that is actually the PERFECT way to describe it.

[@MrOvnours]

goddammit now i have to rewatch entire SP becauese of that comment

[@braedembenoit1107]

Mustache: *exists* SGTMAJ: *ThAtS wHaT hApPeNs WhEn YoU dOnT eNfOrCe GrOoMiNg StAnDaRdS*

[@derekwbooker93]

*moose-tache

[@manictiger]

SGM: _[Pulls out a jeweler's loupe.]_ *yEw CaLl ThAt ShAvEd!?!?!? PoLiCe ThAt MoOsTaChE!!!*

[@operationmeh]

MEHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENS

[@k.a.carson677]

xD Just got to that part.

[@randomazn420]

Amuhrakey! 'S watchin!

[@Whatevs8485]

Love the way he said that

[@ironstarofmordian7098]

Hemlit

[@Nmille98]

KEEEHHHHLLLLL!

[@ea5yliver]

When SgtMaj Sixta is alone with little girls for more than two minutes: 3:11

[@gabrielbrown3382]

Oh no

[@g3tshotheett]

🤣🤣😂 brruuhhhh

[@medicineman360]

Well, considering what happened to the SGM that Sixta was based on. OOF! Edit: just re-read and I guess that's what you were meaning. 🤣

[@Discipleofthelordandjesus]

Lmaoooo

[@alexandereisenhauer3607]

"scrape dat hippie shit off ya lip!"

[@brohan914]

no wonder sixta got clipped with assaulting teenage girls, he really hates body hair.

[@straightjacket219]

sexualy

[@ericcosta92]

straightjacket219 thanks for clearing that up.

[@straightjacket219]

lol

[@JTtheReptile]

rideordie he misinterpreted "the grooming standard"

[@brohan914]

+William Signs Y'ALL STARTNING LOOK LIKE ELVISES!

[@Rvns556]

“I heard godfather himself say you look like a bum” 😂😂😂

[@jayrob3]

When he brought the "hamet" issue full circle to the grooming standards, I felt that.

[@Irfan87]

*hemlet.

[@TheSADHU88]

You mean hemlet

[@lol-un6nl]

@@TheSADHU88 he uses both words

[@ExampleOfPlay]

And I believe later on the unit takes friendly fire because that guy is wearing an Iraqi helmet as a replacement. Which I don’t know if it really happened but illustrates why the little things are there for a reason.

[@oceandark3044]

Also, it seems to kind of work. I like at 3:55 that when Sixta shows up, that marine fastens his chinstrap.

[@TheGrimSniper14]

A lot of Marines get asked what's important to remember in a firefight. A lot of them would say "location location location". I would say "grooming standard grooming standard grooming standard."

[@Zamolxes77]

+Grim FX and you would be right, especially in WW1. Watch old pictures/movies from beginning of the war, everyone had a mustache and I really mean EVERYONE. But by the time gas attacks started in '15, they all started shaving, because a mustache or beard would prevent the gas mask forming a perfect seal with your face.

[@Engine33Truck]

FriendoftheDork I’m a bit late to the game, but Hitler originally had a huge ass walrus mustache. When chemical weapons started being used, his company CO ordered the men to shave their facial hair. He chose to shave his down to his now iconic mustache was popular at the time (and made famous by him and Charlie Chaplain)

[@connorshekelstein6432]

FriendoftheDork Id love to rock a hitler stache

[@christianguthrie7137]

In the Navy, High dust.

[@robertshort437]

It's the location of the grooming standard that's important. No loose hair's beyond the corners of the lip. And your moostache better have a high and tight🤣🤣

[@jumpscaresahoy1091]

POELICE THA MOOSTACHE!!!!!!

[@orc121498]

Every time I feel like quitting my job, I always remember, Godfather is watching

[@capsaicinkat7767]

lol

[@bennyjames7428]

It was kinda cool when we found out that he was only being a hardass to distract the men

[@benderb.r5041]

In the book, he was referred to by the other recon marines as "The Coward of Khafji", for hightailing it out of enemy territory and leaving behind other marines.

[@bl8danjil]

@Lima 2 Actual What? When did they say that? Edit: nevermind found it.

[@SilkyLew]

Nah he really is an asshole

[@grindstone4910]

The series was far more generous with his character than he was IRL.

[@ducktheworld1466]

that's a fucked up mentality he used as an excuse to be an asshole. like damn it's already bad enough what these guys are going through and he just wanted to make them even more miserable

[@MrNocturno2401]

Amerikee is watchin!

[@vtogvblog]

This one!

[@lorensmith8861]

Keel On Three!!

[@tokyosmash]

Anyone who has served knows this is exactly how SGM’s are. Never seem to have anything actually pressing to worry about.

[@holleneichhornchen3662]

tokyosmash That’s a fact. We had one in the mid 90’s who who screw with guys in the barracks. Even if they were in, if the door was unlocked he’d make them get in full battle rattle and patrol the barracks the rest of the weekend looking for more unlocked doors. Bastard. Happy ending though, right as he was retiring his Korean wife divorced him and took him for everything. He was later seen working at the PX selling shoes, and getting his past favors returned to him by less forgiving barracks rats.

[@skillcoiler]

@@holleneichhornchen3662 Well and Sixta got his asshole stretched in prison for being a pedo....

[@SSN515]

@@holleneichhornchen3662 She would only get 50 percent max.

[@christopherdelagarza3132]

skillcoiler that’s what I saw. When did he go to prison? Is he still there?

[@skillcoiler]

@@christopherdelagarza3132 He went in 2014 and got 10 years not sure if he is still in but he should be still.

[@tumbblubbsen7141]

"WHEY DE FACKKK ARE YE HEMMITS?!?"

[@MidriffPuppet65]

It says something that "the best of Sgt. Maj. Sixta" is essentially every scene featuring his character.

[@VictorSilva-qf2tu]

"I don't kyor Poolice that moostash Amerikee is watchin' Hemlet"

[@hoosierjared]

This is actually a brilliant management strategy. Instead of everyone complaining and getting into conflicts that can destroy morale, send the Sergeant Major around so EVERYONE rallies to share in their hatred of him.

[@MrKwan1975]

THAT KEVLAR WASN'T YOURS TO LOOOOOSE!

[@GoyRedtYiddish]

I can't count how many times I've watched this over

[@sidvyas8549]

It’s fucking hilarious

[@jsiuksta]

So, is this what became of Eric Cartman from South Park?

[@bobbyhood101]

jsiuksta nope that's Kenny they killed his silly little arse one to many times!

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Respect mah authoritah!

[@williammason475]

Don't question my authoritaaaaahh

[@MRoth-mc4yi]

guy must've had a blast playing that role

[@mrcinemajunky]

"Lack o' poosy" 😂😂😂

[@finalpyro23]

“Amerikey.. is watchin!”

[@BattlegroundsFTW]

4:50 "CAWSE OF YER FAILURE T' SECURE THAT HEMLET" I lost it

[@rellewilson7814]

I heard Hamlet

[@freetobe3]

+Sherriel Agront I heard Hemet

[@aluisious]

+BLT Buy real speakers.

[@freetobe3]

+aluisious mine are as physical as possible therefore the are real

[@aluisious]

OK...you got me...buy *better* speakers.

[@evahanson7681]

"that kevlar wasn't yours to lose." I don't know why, but that made me laugh so hard.

[@worldofdoom995]

Sgt Dornier vibes

[@dantewilliams2757]

@@worldofdoom995WHERE IS YOUR POWER ARMOR?!?!?

[@theheist5]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5yunHuje7SZgac

[@theheist5]

@@dantewilliams2757 I came here just to link that. XD

[@fpstina]

regardless of what this guy is in real life, his character on the show was fucking amazing...

[@TxxT33]

He's a pedo in real life

[@likebutton3136]

I remember fighting for days and dragging all our broke shit around the desert. We got to a FOB just before the chow hall closed for the night. We were scolded for having dirty uniforms and unshaved faces. We were turned away to eat MREs for another night.

[@johnjohnson7317]

Some typical deployment bullshit

[@harrywalker1621]

Your the best thks for your service from Canada

[@bluemoondiadochi]

for that to happen in any army, to front line fighting men, just proves my point that anglo armies still don't have the details down like ol Wehrmacht had. it proves with equipment quality, training and little important details like this one.

[@Equalenemy]

Shoulda dry shaved. Unfuck yourself.

[@serialcarpens290]

Yea, you actually start to expect it especially when you had to roll through large bases or FOB’s. Al Asad, Ramadi, Fallujah, even Korean Village, and usually it was a W.M. or some non hacker that never had to roll outside the wire. This shit was getting worse and worse and was a large reason why I got out.

[@abrahkadabra9501]

Sgt Major Sixta was played by Neal Jones, American film actor. He's got a pretty respectable list of movie appearances if you go to IMBD. I gotta hand to him, Neal Jones had me believing Sgt Major Sixta was NOT just acting that part and that's good acting. Good job Mr Jones 👍.

[@Eleazar73]

*****SPOILER***** He was the reporter in The Devil's Advocate, gassing up Keanu's character that transforms into Pacino in the last scene before the end credits.

[@johndeluna692]

This character is the reason why I watched this series.

[@thomaswh31]

1:32 was the greatest display of Marine Corp discipline I ever seenI would've lost it laughing.

[@shmerelize]

Never gets old. I wish I could like this again and again!

[@pontiacGXPfan]

Po-Lice that MOO-STASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Cheburashka207]

Yo all startin to look like Elvises

[@BattlegroundsFTW]

This might as well be a "try not to laugh" challenge.

[@everybodykilla760]

Lol only someone who never severed their country would say that, I would dare you to talk back to you're sergeant Major

[@BattlegroundsFTW]

everybodykilla760 *MY APOLOGIES SERGEANT MAJOR*

[@rlibos]

+everybodykilla760 Talk back to him? Hell, I'd blow his semi-literate head off.

[@prestonmccloud1965]

I can tell you never served. let me guess. You'd "crack the fuck up" at the drill instructor also. XD ..and you wouldn't let him "talk to you like that and he don't know you" XD hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha! hahahaha!

[@BattlegroundsFTW]

Preston Chambers What are you talking about? My bearing is as good as anyone else's. I've met some funny DI's, but this guy is something else. And I don't know about you, but I don't watch KZbin videos at the position of attention.

[@joebloggs8422]

I watched this last week, total binge watch. Absolutely brilliant

[@IDaagz]

Yall startin to loook like elvises hahaha

[@mx500a4]

Great guy to raise moral, exactly the reason why I got out of the Army.

[@tsdobbi]

I hated being in the Army. Ever since night 1 in basic laying in my bunk with "what the fuck was I thinking" going through my head. Put my head down, went in the Army as an E-3 (I had college), left the Army as an E-4, did my time and got out. I had a bunch of cash and literally spent a year living at home being a bum after. Then finished college and got on with my life.

[@mx500a4]

@@tsdobbi I did almost exactly the same thing. Except I never went to college, I started a business, which has extreme highs and extreme lows.

[@ludwigbooth4882]

This guy exists and has been existing throughout all branches of military throughout all eras of human history for all time as long as violence has been organized into warfare by human beings. And he will go on. This is a persona. A war architype. The Corps. and warfare itself are his mother/lover/food/sex/drugs/life. The first monkey/caveman to pick up the bone and weaponize it in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Lt. Col. Kilgore from Apocalypse Now. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Meatal Jacket.

[@Nothim1775]

Ppl laugh... but those who weren't in the corps don't understand how accurate this show is

[@ToreDL87]

Same with Jarhead. The only people I've ever seen that claims this to be inaccurate are the paper pushers, everybody else (even non-U.S personnel) gets how accurate this is. Of course, it took it's liberties, as they all do, but still.

[@kiba11394]

You forgot the part where he went to prison.

[@jackrackham3406]

The part where he WHAT

[@mcgruff157]

@@jackrackham3406 google him he went to prison for fucking an underaged girl

[@jackrackham3406]

@@mcgruff157 yeah, googled his name and that was the first result. Holy fuckin shit.

[@pieterveenders9793]

​@@jackrackham3406 That puts a whole nother meaning to "grooming"....

[@kiba11394]

usmc 03retired fucking rah

[@PETER-c4n]

What a fantastic series this was. Totally on the ball. You can feel the dust in your eyes. Can't show it now cos all the snowflakes would cry! Loved the end with the Johnny Cash "when the man comes around". Made my hair stand up!

[@Mutlap]

When a Marine decides to get out and not extend he will say, "I was tired of that shit", this what he's was talking about.

[@bruh1077]

Mutlap then they go into civilian life and get yelled at by some normie fat fuck in a higher position than them; then realize they shouldn’t stayed in, because atleast you could count on the grooming standard

[@roadhouse6999]

@@bruh1077 Lots can go wrong like cold chow or lack of poossy, but the one thing these mans can count on is the grooming standard.

[@jerrodbates8480]

@@roadhouse6999 Or even worse .... Lack of chow and cold poooosy

[@roadhouse6999]

@@jerrodbates8480 Cold poossy isn't an issue if you're Lt. Murphy from "A Grunt's Life"

[@pannik_lucas]

@@roadhouse6999 Non American here. What is cold chow? Cold food, meals?

[@paulbriden7382]

"By your failure to secure that hemlet you've jeopardize every marine servin' today!"

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Sgt I am confused! A hamlet is a tiny village!

[@anthonysalgado5118]

Here in South Africa in the old SADF we had a joke about loosing ewuipment it goes . The day the recruits get their kit the SGT major stands in front of them holding up a rifle and said" because its govt property if you loose this you will pay for it" He then grabs webbing and said" You loose this you will pay for it" He then grabs an LMG " and says if you loose this or any other equipment you will pay for it." He then asks the new recruits "are there any questions." A recruit stands up and asks him "if he becomes a truck driver and looses or smashes the truck what will happen". The SGT major replies "Well if you are that stupid and careless you will go to jail and you will have to pay for the truck" The recruit with his question answered sits down turns to his buddy and says" Bucking hell now we know why a captain always goes down with his ship."

[@mosesmarlboro5401]

I can feel the spit hitting my face though the screen

[@jdgustofwinddance.7748]

🧻

[@shark180]

Was on a week long mission to capture an area and establish a COB (Company Operating Base). Once we took the objective, SMA Preston flew in to meet with the troops. Once he arrived and saw many of us haven't shaved in a week was very pissed.

[@adrianhrachovy5861]

I luv this mini series. Watch it at least one a year.

[@recon20671]

John J Sixta was my senior D.l. 1983 Plt 2067

[@osocampana]

Goddamn 2nd Bn.

[@LucianLacroix]

Me: that SGT MAJ is amusing to me. My son: because he reminds you of mom?

[@jacobferrera1777]

Lol your comment deserves more credit.

[@Name-nw9uj]

The shit kids say... Oof

[@flintrichards945]

That’s great

[@terminator572]

Fucking boomers. Divorce that woman if you hate her so much, jeez

[@ea5yliver]

Can confirm, I was his wife crying in the other room.

[@flyingtrunkmonkey889]

3:39 is my favorite part, I had a SGM that was just like this when I was in Afghanistan, we would be under contact and he stood strong knowing nothing could touch him after his years of service and deployments. It seems fake but it's true and it would motivate all of us to get the job done.

[@varun009]

Ironically, rudy comes off as the least convincing marine here.

[@jdsmith542]

Nope.

[@rykehuss3435]

You know that he played himself? Thats not an actor, but the real life marine

[@iambutafish]

@@rykehuss3435 That's why he said ironically.

[@rykehuss3435]

iambutafish I know

[@debetrolence1991]

@@rykehuss3435 then fuck did you need to comment something we already realize?

[@chrismcmlxxxi7668]

Taking the "grooming standard" to a new level. Sixual Moooolestation!

[@1yoan3]

Your comment made me yell out of laughter !!!

[@jastrapper190]

And then Kamala Harris picked him to be our Vice President…🤦‍♂

[@Leatherman154]

You're inappropriatin' your chemical filtration device by attempting fornication with it. Jesus, do I have to tell you not to deesecrate your mask, with perversions!?" -SGM Sixta.

[@dimitarbonev4541]

Sgt sixta cracks me up evry time i watch him. this is probably the 100th time xD

[@brucelamberton8819]

You NEVER refer to a sgt. mjr as just "sgt"

[@littleguy6753]

"He will not TRAIPSE around on the deck" Every NCO I knew had one or two unusual words .

[@Wienerslinky]

Prance*

[@ericpmahoney]

"Nancy"

[@tyler-jamesdenton1212]

Every SNCO’s go to word is behoove

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjense7376]

Y'inappropriatin' ya chemical FILTRATION DEVICE by ATTEMPTING FORNICATION WI'IT

[@watch3r1]

@@Wienerslinky Nope, he really says "traipse".

[@luciusdennis8097]

3:53 - 3:58 GRooMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNg StAnDaRdS~~~

[@chrishardy6801]

Lol he sang it. 😂

[@Waltham1892]

Back when I was a CO, I had a Platoon Sergeant who always seemed to attract the attention of the Bn CSM. I didn't have an issue with him, neither did the Top, but he was the CSM'S favorite chew toy. One day the Sergeant asks for a meeting with the Top and I and he bitches about how the CSM is after him. We hear him out and the Top tells him that if he thinks we are going to save him from the CSM, he is sorely mistaken. So we set up a meeting between him and the CSM and the CSM lays out a corrective action plan for this Sergeant like he was god's own fuck-up. In a year, this Sergeant I thought was fair to good, was on fucking fire. His people were squared away and cared for and his LT could not say enough about him. The CSM spotted greatness in that NCO and kicked his ass until he got it out of him. You don't have to love them, you don't have to like them, but only a fool ignores the insights of the CSM.

[@Waltham1892]

William Signs You don't have to be a great human being to be a great CSM. In fact, some of the CSM'S I've known over the years went to great lengths to prove that. That being said, sex offenders are found in every profession and walk of life. That a high ranking enlisted man turns out to be a pervert is disappointing, but its not surprising.

[@Waltham1892]

William Signs

[@Pomme843]

This is one of those comments that make me even care to scroll down to have a look at the comment section. Just the idea that greatness is something that has to be ass-kicked and disciplined out of certain people, great lesson right there. Good story.

[@Waltham1892]

Pomme843 If that's what you took away from my posting, you've missed the point entirely. Some men are born knowing the greatness inside of them. Others learn by following the examples of others. Some will only learn in the face of adversity or at the point of crisis. The CSM looked at this NCO and decided that the he needed adversity (him) and crisis (his corrective action plan). The Top and I settled for a fraction of what that NCO was capable of, the CSM didn't. That is what CSM'S are all about. Don't like it? Never met a CSM who cared.

[@Pomme843]

Waltham1892 In other words, your main point was that "only a fool ignores the insights of the CSM". That's a good point!

[@yodaddy4944]

Sgt Mgrs, the bane of every retention NCO’s existence.

[@anactualalpaca7016]

"POLICE THAT MOO-STASH!"

[@maxinandreactin6899]

Yes sir y'all starting to look like Elvisis

[@Marr0wgar]

Pretty much every SgtMaj ever.

[@TheIllusionelf]

+Fester what? the military can't be that bad. you're exaggerating.

[@Marr0wgar]

I just meant that SgtMajors love policing up soldiers .

[@TheIllusionelf]

Fester Oh. my bad.

[@davidsherbert6896]

Rotcrawler you got that right....

[@brucelamberton8819]

My late father was a CSM - "Discipline has a purpose".

[@teutonalex]

I thought for years that the petty officer in my division just had a speech impediment until some Lt. explained to me that he came from a place in Louisiana in the swamps where they still have this rare dialect

[@belafonte5519]

This was the best modern military show ever ... no debating

[@mizzipaul82]

the grooming standard is actually the first commandment on Mose's stone tablets

[@henrythman]

I love how the reporter is just laughing while sixta is taking forever with his speech

[@RasmusJohan]

Out of all these one liners, what got the biggest laugh out of me was that nonchalant "hey, turd!". Still laughing talking about it, hahaha

[@jarrettvoyzey9893]

I love that one too lol. I think about from time to time and just crack up.

[@VideoEgo1]

As a useless civilian I really appreciated the peak under the hood we got with this show . Such brave funny young dudes .

[@lickthespoon5647]

You’re not useless you just haven’t been issued a purpose

[@joeds3775]

You living a free life and appreciating that and respecting others is enough.

[@thomasweeden2683]

1:33 LOL that guy in the background

[@donfrye9185]

Recruit! Mop up every single droplet of rain that lands on this here field! Double time!

[@TraceyAllen]

I watch this every year. I just now seen that.

[@candykanefpv]

Thomas Weeden one of his lines later is "Hitler stash is reg"

[@mierzhen]

@@candykanefpv I was under the impression that the guy in the background was calling Sgt. Major a nazi

[@candykanefpv]

mierzhen yeah but they also are basically only allowed to grow a mustache if they trim.it like a toothbrush/hitler stash

[@testchannelpleaseignore2452]

Love the background dialogue "is this the only screwdriver we have around here" on the first one. So much attention to detail

[@331SVTCobra]

5:53 "do I need to tell yuz not to deesecrate yure mask... with PEVERSIONS??!?!?!" ROTFLMAO

[@rexfellis]

I had a Sgt. that was eerily like him. Not the accent, but the attitude. He was a Staff Sergeant, not a Sgt. Major, but he definitely acted like him. I hated the man the entire time I was at Benning, but I have to say that he made us tougher during our time in jump school.

[@charlesferdinand422]

@3:47 "Garza! Getcha stupid ass down, there ain't nothing foya to shoot at!" 😂😂😂

[@TheFilmMixer101]

3:38 HOAALLLLEEEYYY SHITT WE IN THE MIDDLE OF NAMM BOYY

[@TactileCoder]

it's "Loooooooove this shit! We're in the middle of it now, boys!"

[@theilluminatedone9214]

0:09 "I don't khyar about age of consent laws either."

[@Here4theComments9]

😂😂😂 dude

[@Tallgeese03]

Best comment 😂😂😂

[@Here4theComments9]

@@theilluminatedone9214 I still come back to this comment on bad days lol

[@chopsuey--]

Lol I loved his accent. "Amerikeee is watching" 😂

[@samanders2676]

SIXTA is known in the book (the actual accounts on the first weeks of invasion) the “Coward of Khafji”, a name he earned in the first Gulf War when he tried to abandon his post with a supply truck after he saw hundreds of enemies in a Kuwaiti town, Khafji, an account which he, of course, deny. Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Fernando is the one who is obsessed with “grooming standards”. SIXTA is his errand boy.

[@Kez_DXX]

Of true, that's definitely not the worst of his actions.

[@sandman6045]

@@Kez_DXX yep....we all know Mr potato the pedo did.....

[@GaunteroDimmm]

You know what I realized? There was a little line he said to A fellow NCO at the end of the series: “you warn me if morale gets low, I’ll hit em with the groomin standard” then he does the little smile and click of the tongue. He knew he was over the top, he wanted them to laugh.

[@lexington_005]

and buy being the common enemy of them men, it keeps them united and focused

[@ke6ziu]

This is one thing I don't miss!

[@Ponen77]

Sgt Major Sixta in the military: Grooming Moustaches. Out of the military: Grooming kids. Well hope when he went to prison the inmates gave him some of their own grooming.

[@cheezburgrproduction]

Now this is the son Cotton Hill wanted!

[@tambert3897]

5:03 Sgt. Colbert's facial expression perfectly encapsulates the internal feelings of having enough of the green weenie.

[@murphyjack90]

"mareeheens!"

[@kemolowlow]

Sixta got convicted for his grooming standards.

[@scottwyatt3692]

I watch this at least once a week

[@captainextreme5521]

Amerikee is Watchin'!!!! POLEESH THAT MOUSTACHE!

[@captainextreme5521]

MAAAAARRRIIIINNNNEEESSS!!!!!