GREEN BERET Reacts to JARHEAD | Beers and Breakdowns

[@FNGACADEMY]

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[@fatalpenguinful]

rah

[@wyattterrell2796]

Rah rah kill

[@charminbaer2323]

Marine checking in, wasn't a grunt, was a POG in the Wing. I like crayons still though. Blue is my favorite.

[@FNGACADEMY]

@@charminbaer2323 mine too

[@pyeitme508]

Wow

[@600GRANT]

We had a guy drink gasoline so he could get out of basic training. He got his stomach pumped and recycled back to week one.

[@commonsense215]

BS Where did he get the gasoline...

[@rc59191]

​@@commonsense215 syphoned it with a hose not rocket science lol.

[@commonsense215]

@@rc59191 that's nuts now I've heard everything...

[@MyWifesSon69]

What if he just refused to workout. Are they just going to beat him to death or something

[@-BUGZ-]

@@commonsense215 It’s not an uncommon thing either. I’m sure it’s happened with gasoline many times before and many times with cleaning products, pills etc. because some people can’t take the pressure of quitting but also can’t get through it so they feel like they are stuck so self-harm becomes an easy cry for help but most of the time they sent back to week one and end up getting through it after realizing they screwed up. Don’t call BS unless it sounds really crazy. Training for any branch is hard in their own ways.

[@nickronca9331]

Former Marine and US Army 101st Airborne. Desert Storm Veteran. Good review. Bootcamp was more intense than the movie shows. Desert Storm scenes were pretty much as noted . Alot of BS details mixed with intense situations. Much respect for Green Berets, My father was Special Forces in Vietnam 65-66. He passed away Jan. this year.

[@FNGACADEMY]

sorry for your loss brother, and thank you for your service! from one vet to another, cheers!

[@nickronca9331]

@@FNGACADEMY Thank You Sir. Appreciate you.

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

@@FNGACADEMY is your ruck trainer out yet would love to use it. fng seminar about special forces?

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

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[@edwinwilkes4015]

Thank you for that service big dog. You have no idea how loved you are in this country. Throughout all the small towns and little hollers we all appreciate you. Never forget that. We love our screamin eagles

[@Gmunsnhuns]

"what are you doing out there?" "what do you mean?" "come back" "nah, I live out here now, I'm a Marine." LMAO. Sean's humor is at his best when he doesn't want to do the thing he is doing.

[@Channel-qe5pk]

They don't call em crayon eaters for nothing. 😂

[@lincolnpascual]

Jody is your best friend. Always remember that, and buy him a beer. Because Jody is saving you from continuing to make a terrible mistake... if a woman isn't loyal enough to not cheat when given the opportunity, then she was never loyal in the first place. It was just a matter of time. Jody sped up the clock, that's all. Thank Jody. He's an unsung hero.

[@caylumhenderson9396]

Never heard someone put it like this haha

[@ShifuCareaga]

Nah fuck em both

[@Dang3rMouSe]

Holy shit, he was just a bro looking out for us all along 😆

[@espin7795]

I think the term "Jody" comes from a old rock song...can't remember the name or band, but yeah...correct me if I'm wrong.

[@ShifuCareaga]

@@espin7795 checks out

[@sgtjarhead99]

I love how authentic this movie tried to be. Desert Shield/Storm was 9 months of monotonous stress and paranoia building up to what was a very anti-climactic finish. The movie is not about the action, but the mental toll all the troops had to undergo and the goofy, crazy shit we did to deal with it. Afterall, this was the biggest US deployment since Viet Nam. My favorite scene, however, was the one where all the Marines were watching a movie on VHS that one of the Marine's wives had sent. To his horror and everyone's else's surprise, the last 10 min was the guy's wife doing it with someone else and giving a very big FU message to her husband. This was a pervasive urban legend that was permeating throughout the fleet during this time due to fear of Jody back home. One of the few times I was grateful to be single and unattached. Literally every Marine and sailor I knew had heard about this rumor. Why is this my favorite scene? Because it tells me whoever wrote this story was actually THERE. No civilian would have bothered to include this non-descript detail.

[@HLGToys]

It's not a rumor or urban legend. Jody 100% exists and they're very common. You can tell your SO you're in the field only for 3 days and you'll probably never know Jody paid a visit unless you catch him in the act.

[@kmb96]

I believe they had swoff on as TA, it’s his life story after all. I had a random thought about that scene earlier and it made me want to fire this classic on up. I remember being 9-10 and seeing this with my uncle and just thinking that the corps was the place to be (have an uncle who’s a nam era marine)

[@sgtjarhead99]

@@HLGToys Oh I know Jody exist. I've seen the damage "this guy" has left in his wake. I'm referring this urban legend regarding the VHS tape. Oh, and a word of advice to all my active duty brothers and sisters, DO NOT give your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend power of attorney over your bank account while you're deployed.

[@hectormartinez9657]

@@sgtjarhead99 Army, 25th I.D 86-89, anyway, I went on my 1st 30 day deployment to P.T.A. Wife at the time had power of attorney. I came back to an entire new bedroom set! Our apartment at the time was already furnished. She couldn’t wait for me to at least get promoted to E-4. And I was the only bringing in an income!

[@occamsrazor1285]

@@HLGToys Most attractive dependas are not loyal

[@GeneralJackRipper]

A buddy of mine told me a story about how his FOB took mortar fire in Afghanistan. This was his first and only time he got shot at while on deployment. He said that at the time the only thing he could think about was getting his medical kit (he was the unit medic) so he ran all the way across the FOB to get his kit from his bunk, then ran all the way back across the FOB to bunker up in the place he'd been before outside the TOC. He said it was the stupidest thing he'd ever done in his life, because the TOC was 50 yards from the medical tent and it had everything he might need to do his job and he was kicking himself for days afterwards that he could be so stupid. After he told me this story I mentioned Jarhead to him with the scene where Swafford runs down the line to get a battery for the radio and upon his return he finds out it was dead the whole time. Someone on the writing team was paying attention when they wrote this movie.

[@EKUgrad1]

Talking about Marines: "I don't know, they're just different." Never been in the military, but that statement resonates with most of the Marines I've met and worked with.

[@ericlori8231]

This movie did, in my opinion, a pretty accurate portrayal of the 1991 Gulf War from an infantry or combat arms perspective for the era. STA Platoons were in every battalion, approximately 16 to 20 guys back in my time. It's all volunteer and INDOC. What is hard to get in this movie is being in STA in an Infantry Batallion is the best place to enter the pipeline and you have more freedom working in small teams and I'm not going to lie. We were the STUDS of the battalion and trained a lot so we got to avoid a little more of the bullshit and green weenie ...................just a tad still sucked. Now and I'm sure it was for political correctness ....the BRAND was a big deal but Hollywood fucked it up 1. A brand would never be done in public with STA units are like any of unit secretive or at least quite professional 2. You would only be branded if you were a SCHOOL trained 8541 3. It would have been two lighting bolts for Scout Sniper ( not usmc as in the movie ) 4. Typically it would be under left armpit but its up to the sniper where he wants it 5. Typically only other school trained would have administered (it's a brand it hurts ) guys in your unit, you know. NOW For the record getting your brand did not make you a nazi or white supremacist. The German snipers were the best in the world it was more a tribute to the craft , initial modern day tactics can be traced to its German heritage. Any way SS ( scout sniper ) hence the brand they tried to portray. I don't recall how it is in his book. It was a right of passage thing , i guess a warrior badge of pride ...they started cracking down on this practice during my time.( there are women in combat arms now... so I guess it how it is ) It was still done but quietly. I did not get to my STA unit until October of 1991, I had to INDCO twice to get there. I got back from the Dessert in the middle of April 1991 FOR THE RECORD My knowledge ends about the military, tactics, gear, and the corps...... April 1996 ..... 3 months terminal EAS JULY 1 1996 then a year later my final papers now I am just a veteran looking back at my war ..........

[@jackbaow6845]

Hey man. Not sure if you'll even see this. But about a year ago one of my own friends shot me in my chest after an argument. Really fucked my head up and I've been struggling ever since with trusting anyone. Lots of paranoia. Honestly feels like symptoms of ptsd from what I've heard through podcasts and things of that matter on the subject of ptsd. One thing that seems to take my mind off of things is that there's men like you and so many others who've experienced death and gun violence on much larger scale and that things can always be worse so I'm just thankful as often as possible. Your videos mainly beers and breakdown have helped me stay out of trouble and stay as positive as possible given the situation I went through. Thank you for your service and thank you for helping me personally too man. I owe you a beer if I ever see you out n about.

[@TOXIC-jq3ry]

Goddamn dude. What was the argument over to where "your boy" shot you?

[@jackbaow6845]

@@TOXIC-jq3ry definitely nothing serious enough to shoot me over. What I'll say is this.. he was using fighting words and when I reacted as such he got a lil too shook too fight and put one in my chest instead.. bad judgment call on my part for picking such shitty spineless friends. I'll own up to that.

[@jacobpendragon2391]

No such thing as gun violence. There are just violent, unintelligent people with guns. As for your PTSD, I’ll Share a story of my own and try to pass along some wisdom that was given to me by the best friend I ever had. My first memories were of being locked in a closet with a can of Coke and a bag of Cheetos while my parents did meth and the abuse that I would suffer from them, such as them putting out cigarettes on my head and being beaten. Then I had to go through watching them be arrested before I was taken from the only home that I had ever known at the age of five, and I was taken in by my drug addict grandmother who eventually turned me over to my great aunt. Obviously such a traumatic upbringing caused a lot of problems for me throughout my life growing up. It wasn’t until I was much older, probably around 18, where I sat down with a friend of mine who was Army special forces, and talked to him about some of the stuff that went on, and what he told me changed my life forever. He said I’m never going to forget the things that happened to me, but the trick to it is to realize that the things that happened, happened. There’s no going back to change it, and there’s no use in asking how much better things could’ve been under different circumstances. You can’t really move forward until you accept that the past is over, and you start looking ahead of you instead of behind. I carried that philosophy with me while I was out doing my own cowboy shit for the government, and I clung to it even more the day I became a single father of two children after pulling my wife’s corpse from a burning vehicle after she was struck by a semi truck. Accept that there are things that you cannot change, change the things that you can, and use past experiences to make better decisions in the future. From my experience that’s what it takes to overcome the symptoms of PTSD. The traumatic event might always be at the back of your mind, but it’s you who gets to choose whether you let it rule over you.

[@cosmicbilly]

🧢

[@jackbaow6845]

@@cosmicbilly 🤣🤣🤣

[@HeyItsJoe1]

"this war is moving a thousand miles an hour" that quote is so true.

[@intricateinc8566]

Anotha one Beers and Breakdowns, absolutely look forward to these vids homies. Keep em comin, fully support FNG

[@menumlor9365]

I like the first jarhead movie. It’s about 80% accurate of what a typical marine goes through in his daily life.

[@MichaelEhline]

They didn't paint enough rocks to be accurate

[@menumlor9365]

Yeah, they forgot the crayons. 😂 😂 😂 I love my crayons.

[@nelsonfountain4297]

Bullshit no it isn't 80% accurate wtf are you talking about?

[@menumlor9365]

I was in the Marines for 8 years. I would personally know. Specifically enlisted side. But no, you’re right it’s 100% accurate.

[@megiloth3634]

As a Marine that was in during Desert Storm and over there, yes we are a different animal. I went to San Diego MCRD after high school in 1989. After that, MCT, my MOS training, I graduated a year later...on the same day that Hussein invaded Kuwait. I was sent over to the desert a couple months later. In the rear with the gear, but thought we had sniper fire once during January 1991 while on guard duty. Turns out it was a backfire...but we got all excited anyways that we may get to shoot somebody. Good movie and good breakdown.

[@daviswhite3591]

I enlisted in November of 2002. I was 20 years old. MCRD San Diego. The sandboxes were heating up. The war was on. Our Senior Drill Instructor met us after noon chow in civies on Thursday before Black Friday. He told us who he was very informally. He acted like a guy you'd have beer with and talk football. Very affable. Nice guy who looks like The Incredible Hulk. He told us what he expected from us. This was his last tour as a DI. He would do everything he could to make us prepared for a war he would not be able to fight for us. Stop-Loss had been enacted, no Lat moves or EAS. He promised to give us all the knowledge he had and his very best to make us the very best so he felt like he wasn't sending us to die. A side benefit would be if we just did as we were told as hard as we could then we'd be Honor Platoon. He promised us that when we saw him again that he would be "working" for the next 3 months. They [DIs] did not play patty-cake. It went from 0-100 in a nanosecond. Instant life change. They beat us, choked us, kicked us in the ribs while down. Drowning was a thing for poor swimmers. We were encouraged to fight and steal from other platoons or government facilities at night with the knowledge that if we were caught we would be Bad Chicken Dinners at best. We did anyway. We won every event except Final Drill. Plt. 3150 Lima Company, Follow Series Honor Platoon. Valentine's Day 2001. I was First Squad Leader and earned meritorious PFC. I hit The Fleet in late June. 1/7 outta 29 Stumps. Chesty's Own Sons. I was staging in Kuwait 6 days later. The Invasion was my first of 3 deployments in my 4 year active contract. I have my CAR. Been places they wrote books about. Done things most guys can't imagine. Seen things that will harden anyone's heart and seen the best humanity has to offer the human experience. Often in the same day. By my third deployment I was OFP. I had my own vehicle and junior Marine and we were a high commodity outside the wire. I traveled around Iraq a lot. An unusual amount for the average NCO. I had this constant problem with volunteering for everything and I ended up being reliable so I was often allowed to play grunt. I had to access rear bases for resupply every two weeks give or take so I could take a hot shower, do laundry and above all - buy things. Cigarettes and Dip for the boys that can't leave the wire. This made me very popular. A lot of my side gigs was EPW work. Bag, tag and drag. Stuff them in a 7 ton. Every man under my charge came home. I attribute this to my Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Davis.

[@Jimmy2toes4u]

“We all got excited about maybe getting to shoot someone “ lmao

[@johnfeathers1055]

Best military movie ever made. Perfectly captures the hate and discontent of being a Marine. How it feels to be wound up so tight, only to never have anyone point you at anything to kill. What it's like to hurry up and wait. The frustration of living such a frustrating life and then having nobody on the outside understand. Fucking Perfect. Welcome to the suck.

[@ATR000]

I didn't understand this movie when I first watched it, then I joined the Army. Then I completely understood this movie, and yes it is accurate in all the bullshit. I actually like this movie, more since joined the army.

[@andywagoner4869]

This was my first deployment in a nutshell.

[@MichaelEhline]

Nope. Full Metal Jacket

[@pepper5128]

​@@MichaelEhlineThat one rocks too, I love these movies in different ways though. It's a bit apples to oranges, but the DI and first half of FMJ are peak and iconic as all hell.

[@jasontanner9755]

One of my worst experiences in the Army was digging a TOW2 fighting position at 3 AM in NTC. (Once it was almost done , we abandoned it and packed everything up back on the HUMMV and moved.)

[@Leatherneck1057]

Marine Corps boot camp is so intense it literally changes you for life. I’ve been out for over thirty years but that warrior ethos still remains. I remember coming out of boot camp wanting a reason to kill…that impulse far removed from me now. From my experience, I never saw a USMC D.I. sporting a mustache; not refuting, just not my experience and it caught my attention. Anyway, I enjoy your breakdowns and look forward to the next one.

[@warlockEd73]

Plt 2072 '93. Parris Island is the Beyond.

[@geraldjohnson4013]

@@warlockEd73 Platoon 1055,June 7 to August 27, 1982, MCRD San Diego.

[@natani___7666]

Unfortunately, it’s not that intense now. Dunno how it used to be, but it’s a cake walk. The crucible is a joke now. Platoon 1008, Parris Island 2019

[@Leatherneck1057]

@@natani___7666 I am sorely disappointed to hear that. I knew that there were some changes but I never thought I would ever hear the word “cakewalk” concerning USMC boot camp. It concerns me regarding the battle preparedness Marines are receiving and the toughness that has identified Marines for generations. Full Metal Jacket has been the movie that best portrays the Corps I went through; Parris Island, Plt. 1057, 1989. Semper Fi and happy Veterans Day.

[@derekmensch3601]

@@Leatherneck1057 I went through PI in 2018. I felt like it wasn't easy. But when I got My EGA from my D.I I felt like most of the people around me didn't deserve to be there next to me. I felt like I barely deserved it to be honest.

[@OhItsThat]

He was already a Marine when the bathroom scene happens. Good book.

[@davidearley5681]

When I was in Basic(1979), I had a soldier call me to his rack and showed me naked pics of his wife. He was bragging about how fine she was. Now remember this was back in the day (no selfies) and the shot was distant. I said "wow!" Then it hit me..."Who took these?" He gave me this confused look,then ran to his closet took out his stationary and started writing her a letter. About two days later he throws himself down the three flights of stairs in the barracks. He got two article 15s. And chewed out for throwing his self down the steps without permission and because he broke his leg, destroying government property!

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

That's pretty crazy. For one, you don't show off your "private pictures" of your wife or GF as you could very well be stationed in AIT or your duty station with some of those buddies you showed that picture to. That might just be inviting Jody into your house.

[@davepowder4020]

I'm late to the party, as usual, but I had an "observation" about new folks in basic training. A while back, the National Guard came up with a pre-basic training program where new recruits would show up for weekend drills at a military installation and the entire weekend was intense, drill sergeant-driven preparation for basic or boot camp itself. It saved the Guard quite a bit of money mostly by removing some of the shock that caused new recruits to drop out after they'd already been spending time in processing. Some folks would decide that the Guard wasn't for them, naturally, and that was fine. Better to find out before so much money had been spent on them. But the drop rate in basic itself went down by 2 orders of magnitude.

[@joshualittle877]

The Guard does that with lots of shit. You have to go to National Guard Pre Ranger before going to Ranger School. I was in a LRS Company and then served with 2nd Battallion 20th Special Forces Group( one of the two NG SF Groups). Potential SF Candidates trained for about 6 months with the Unit Training Cadre. Every drill weekend ( they began on Thursdays sometimes Wednesday)You basicly did SFAS shit all weekend. Began with a PT Test followed by classes then you would do land nav all day and all night. Next day would be a really long Road March, Team events an O course. When the Cadre decides your ready you still have to go to NG Pre SFAS.

[@joshualittle877]

It not only saves the Guard money but when it comes to SFAS and Q Course the NG Units have the highest selection and pass rates about 85%. If they don't think your 100% ready they won't send you.

[@theroadrunnerjarhead4109]

I served in the USMC a long long time ago. After boot camp we went through infantry battalion training for a month. One of the things we had to do was crawl like worms head first under barbed wire with our weapons while machine guns fired live rounds not much higher than the barbed wire. You can’t think about the machine gun fire. You just have to concentrate on crawling out from under the barbed wire field which was about ten to fifteen yards long. It was scary but you got through or lose it. No one lost it.

[@TheLAGopher]

I remember doing that drill during ITS (Infantry Training school) back in early 87. Our instructors pointed out that the M60 was mounted on a T&E mechinism which made it impossible to depress the machine gun once it was locked in. All you had to do was crawl under the barbed wire. Nobody lost it during my training either.

[@neonblack211]

@@TheLAGopher I dont think anyone "lost it" in the book either pretty sure they added it to the movie for dramatic effect

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

Leathernecks is an older term used to refer to Marines but Devil Dog is probably the most used.

[@dlbkr2]

This may have been said in previous comments. The scene when he is in the head (restroom) and chugging ex-lax, this was when he was out of boot camp and I think he was in Sniper school. At that time, they are able to go to the shop to get their own supplies (when allowed by platoon SGT's and unit commanders). The movie is loosely based on the writers own story talking of his own experience. It was a known thing that people were called "Sick Bay Privates" that do anything to fake sick to get out of any type of duty. A nurse bringing him a food tray was most likely in the clinic.

[@ericlori8231]

he was not in boot camp he was at his new unit but it was hard to pick up on ...

[@TheLAGopher]

He was already in a line battalion.I think the 7th marines when he was sick. He was recruited for the Scout Sniper Platoon while on the sh8ter.

[@John_on_the_mountain]

Malingerer lol

[@WordToMomsYo]

God, I look forward to these Beers and Breakdowns so much… Keep ‘em comin’! Three Kings was another Desert Storm-set movie you might want to consider reviewing..

[@Charlie_Rowe]

Same. Had this in Jackson on '97. The biggest injuries we got were from getting kicked in the face while crawling because they send everyone at the same time.

[@andrewsmith5100]

I was an 0311 from 06-11 I remember seeing this movie my senior year of high school with the guy I did the buddy program with. Sean’s break downs are so spot on! Love the content guys keep it coming!

[@knndyskful]

Lol this is a great breakdown And yea, in basic we did only a couple runs to the PX to get soap, laundry soap, shampoo and shaving stuff and that was it, just hygiene stuff, only food we had was from the difac and MRE’s Also the low crawl thing with the machine gun fire overhead was still a thing in 2000, but I’ll never forget looking over and seeing my drill sgt stood up walking around and he looked dead at me and was like, what are you looking at!? Low crawl damnit!

[@josiahortiz9547]

Idk if ur serious or not, or if maybe u actually called them drill sergeant’s before, but now we call them drill instructor’s because DS is army

[@knndyskful]

@@josiahortiz9547 yea, I enlisted in the army; also why I named the “PX” and not the BX or NX 🇺🇸🤙🇺🇸

[@josiahortiz9547]

@@knndyskful lol we call it px too thats why i figured u were a marine until u mentioned DS sorry

[@845835]

It's because this film focuses on the mundane that makes it one of the best military films to watch, especially for those who are thinking about enlisting. Out of every 100 people who enter the military you're lucky if 17 stay in until full retirement and it's because it's exactly like this, especially now that the combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are over. Approximately 30% of soldiers in the Army leave before their first contract has been satisfied. What people imagine being in the military is like compared to the reality is well portrayed in this film.

[@neonblack211]

Agreed... I recommend anyone with a decent attention span who really enjoyed the movie should read the book .. I've said it again and again but I loved the book

[@martyb5807]

Oh yeah. I can't imagine how boring a movie about a med cruise would be. 6 months at sea. same crap day in and day out. Wake up, eat breakfast, go to work, eat lunch, go back to work, eat dinner , go back to work, watch the movie interrupted by a drill, stand a watch, eat mid rats, go to bed. rinse and repeat.

[@opus5150]

I turned 19 in the Gulf during Desert Storm on my first deployment. Strange to think of it now 32 years later. This movie summed up my time there perfectly. Hurry up and wait, terrifying SCUD/gas alerts, endless desert terrain, mind-numbing boredom, brief moments of chaos and horror. But there were good memories as well. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. As some have commented before, please get a Marine to watch with you on USMC related movies. It would help continuity and appease my fellow crayon eaters who watch and cringe at the culture discrepancies. Semper Fi.

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

We were in at the same time but I was lucky to not have been deployed (still in AIT and not infantry). I remember a huge concern was Saddam using chemical weapons on U.S. troops being a real possibility. We trained hard in basic for the NBC stuff, more so than normal basic training because of the timing. I watched Desert Storm start from a mid shift electronics class on Fort Gordon and was shocked that it became the 100 hour war. Fast forward 20 years and we had a 20 year war ahead of us.

[@kevinw4267]

For my basic couple years ago, the drill sergeant just need to shoot the MG with tracers from basically a 12 ft platform, there is even suppose to have a stopper to prevent the MG from pointing downwards

[@colinandrew89]

Just found this channel last week and all I can say is it’s epic and hilarious. Love the content and reviews. Thanks bud!

[@robm8746]

The bugle tryout scene is one of my all time favorite scenes in any military movie.

[@charleswashington543]

I went through marine boot camp September 1959. The machine gun was set in concrete, moved sideways but not up and down. It was set at 3ft. Above ground, and live explosives on sides. We had 12 weeks boot camp, another 4 weeks at basic infantry training regiment. Then we received orders for our duty station. Now they use sound effects.

[@jonathancarrillo1950]

He’s in the fleet already when he’s drinking the laxatives. He’s just sand bagging at his unit.

[@neonblack211]

This

[@ryanbuckley5529]

Always enjoy these videos, been watching you for a while now and I really appreciate ya. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely respect what you’ve done, but personalities are Very important! And you have a great one🙏🏼 To me that matters a lot. Hope your weekend has been awesome! Much love and Respect brother Buck🙏🏼 🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅 Maybe some Band Of Brothers sometime🤔

[@FNGACADEMY]

Band of Brothers for sure! and thanks homie!

[@davyjones4496]

They announced open casting calls on X1039, so I showed up after work one day, and did a sudo audition. That short ass scene took 12 hours to film.

[@Last_Chance.]

Nice

[@Squashylemon]

I saw Jarhead as a teenager and I hated it because I went into the movie thinking it would be the same typical war movie where I got to see action, people dying, people shooting, explosions etc. As an adult I now love this film, it's not an easy movie to watch because it truly is just nothing but, the frustrations of life not giving you what you worked for but, I think it's such a brave thing to do as a director and as a production team to make a film showing how truly awful life can be. How you can be promised if you work your ass off you'll make it in life but, the reality is sometimes you just don't get that beautiful moment in life you were told you'd get. It's not just the military either, you can be a doctor who trained for 10+ years to save people and suddenly you're diagnosed with epilepsy and you can no longer be a doctor. This movie isn't meant for you to walk out feeling good it's meant for you to really think about the hardships of life and question if you're prepared to really take on the challenges and risks that come with the job and life you want to live. We might be told at a young age that everything will work if we work hard but, are you really sure you can handle the idea of that hard work failing?

[@EddieLeal]

8:43 I don't know about the Marine Corp or other military service basic training policies but during my Army basic training we were allowed to purchase certain items. I went through Army BT in 1990 at Ft Jackson SC. We were periodically marched over to a shoppette to buy certain things like hygiene items, writing material, running shoes, pens etc. This is the military version of a small convenience store on U.S. Army and Air Force installations. Marines may have had their version called the NEX(Navy Exchange) since they fall under the Department of the Navy. With our first pay they had us get money orders to use while in BT to purchase items . We could only have a certain amount of money in cash. The rest had to be in American Express money orders.

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

Wow, that brings back memories. I was 1990 at Ft. Jackson as well, November 90 to January 91. I totally forgot about them making us buy money orders (I think they were traveler's checks though) so we wouldn't have cash on us. Even to send money home we sent travelers checks, no banking allowed, even though they had banks on post. IIRC, it was once a week (Sunday?) we were marched over to the barber shop that was attached to the PX for our haircuts and hygiene needs. We did have recruits try to buy things and get caught. I think we had a couple of them also get caught stealing, trying to get something they knew they couldn't buy, candy, snacks, that kind of thing. One guy in our platoon paid someone $20 for a pack of cigarettes, then he freaked out because he didn't know what to do with them after he got them. He ended up inviting a few of us to sneak away and have a quick smoke to get rid of the cigs so he wouldn't have to worry about trying to stash them somewhere. My battle buddy used to sneak away on Sunday evening and nail a really unattractive young lady that he flew out of MEPS with, IN A PORTA-POTTY! I still laugh over that one all these years later.

[@Suburbannite]

we still appreciate the breakdown, even though there's not a lot of "action" scenes you still give great insight into the psychological aspects of the movie, which is what the movie was about in the first place

[@chrisayres2340]

from 5:29 through 6:02, this is the best thing that has ever been on youtube, i'm being serious and i'm into a variety of youtube channels/material(sports, music, comedy, movies and reviews, animals, non-political history), but this was by far my favorite moment(s), ever on the site!!!!!!i came across this channel little over a month ago and have watched on average at least 2 per day and from the content in that segment that i mentioned, it made me check to see if i was subscribed(because i'm usually one of those people that if i see one vid and like it, i go ahead and subscribe), which i wasn't, but that 30plus sec segment should garner another 100 thou in subscribers, because this is a former military personnel member saying this and if have seen his other stuff, he's not being condescending and doesn't have a anti-stance on that branch, so basically what i mean is its not in mean spirit...great stuff!!!!!

[@Based_Shogun]

22:15 he's frozen, not trying to take it in. His senses are overwhelmed in the moment and he had that classic "slow motion" reaction to something happening.

[@GianWarGasm]

Sunday is always a good day, always looking forward to Beers and Breakdowns

[@ngut5915]

The shooting overheat training accident pretty much happened like that to an acquaintance of my grandfather. It was during the 'active service' or something like that (they basically tried to do more realistic/tougher training during the post ww2 and cold war period). They were at a training facility somewhere in the alps crawling behind a stack of sandbags with live fire overhead. Some guy got up and got a 7.5 swiss (basically the equivalent to a 308 or 7.62x51nato) bullet in the head. Was he just confused and unaware? Did he think they were shooting blanks and wanted to quit the exercise? No one will ever know. My granddad was either right behind him or just behind that (I was a child when this story was told to me, can't remember). After that he quit the service. I don't know what he had to do to make that happen or what consequences it had, but it sure wasn't something you could just do like today when you can basically claim "oh I've changed my mind I now have moral objections".

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

I heard back in the old days they did live fire at just over your head. Maybe these kinds of training accidents happened and caused the practice to stop. I did basic training in 1990 and back then the M60s were on stands or berms about 20' up and could not point downward. I realized we weren't in any danger once I saw 6'+ drills walking around on the field yelling as all of us Privates.

[@dlbkr2]

When he gets a tray of food while on the “throne”, he is already dropped to his unit. That means he already went through 13 weeks of boot camp, then to School of Infantry (SOI) for 4 weeks of Marine Combat Training (MCT) and then MOS specific training at Infantry Training Battalion (still at SOI). Then he was dropped to his unit. So he was a sick bay private at his unit when recruited for Bugle Training / Sniper School.

[@SheFlungDung]

That scene where he doesn't get to pull the trigger has got to be more than just the frustration and fulfillment, but also adrenaline. The shot is there. You've got to be amped up. You're locked in and ready to send the shot and nope! It's like going to dinner, doing the dance, giving foreplay, finally getting in, but not nutting! WTF. Gonna explode!

[@mingus444_gaming]

id say its more like not getting it in

[@John_on_the_mountain]

@@mingus444_gaminggetting whiskey dick lol

[@LordoftheSwarm]

The legend going around the OSUT unit I worked in was that a drill sergeant stood up and got shot in the hip. He laid there screaming until the end of the exercise because everyone thought it was part of the training. After that they raised the elevation to make it safer. We didn't tell the privates how high the bullets were so that they'd still have some amount of fear going in.

[@SWATJester]

It actually happened on the Ft. Benning MUDF course in the early 1990's. Pretty sure that's the incident that Jarhead is alluding to, just rewritten as being USMC. Nowadays they only have one gun live-firing (the rest are blanks) and it is elevation locked to like 20+ feet in the air over your head.

[@danroffee4904]

Army - crunchy, doggie (old school) Navy - squids; Coast Guard - puddle pirates. Air Force... Civilian

[@FNGACADEMY]

lmao

[@mr.k.i.s.s7496]

Air Force: Chairforce Marines: Crayon Eater

[@Hopdvil]

Infantry from an armored POV=Squishies

[@ericklozada2440]

I think the love hate thing at times for us veterans is even tho we ets,retire...etc once you're out no matter what we do to try n put it behind us, our time in service always stays in our head. Its hard to just forget, no matter how much i try to put the army behind me it seems impossible because it becomes a part of you.

[@FNGACADEMY]

fact.

[@rockrugbyref]

Read the book. He's not in boot when he's drinking the exlax. He's in the unit. he's trying to get a medical until he gets brought into Scout Sniper School. He was actually in the Philippines when this happened.

[@hotspur4237]

There was a live fire death in the ‘70s. The Marine Corps went to simulators after that. On the assault course they placed propane canons similar to agriculture bird scarers to simulate incoming mortar rounds. I don’t remember if they used M-60s with blanks or some other means. I think the laxative scene is post boot camp.

[@AC-uw4il]

25:25 I agree this is why alot of Combat MOS get so frustrated especially during peace time because all they did was train over and over again and didnt get the chance to do their actual jobs this is also why civilians may think that were a bunch of "heartless killers, Murders, Psychos etc." when in reality all we wanna do is our Job get in the action to just be badass mf

[@Frisco_Schills]

As much as people make funny of puddle pirates, Coasties get to do real world high risk missions 24/7/365 in peace and war time.

[@AC-uw4il]

@@Frisco_Schills non combat

[@Frisco_Schills]

@@AC-uw4il not arguing anything different. Just saying people should expand their horizons in what branch of the service to consider. (Interdicting and boarding vessels is a rare cool guy mission for SOF, but a daily routine for CG).

[@AC-uw4il]

@@Frisco_Schills and I was just agreeing to this very moment of the video about combat MOS not how cool the Army is or other Jobs in the branches

[@JaySantana-so9zw]

@@Frisco_Schills I would say majority of CG are more police on boats , yea they board peoples boats but a big majority of coast guard are patrolling civilian areas looking for drunk boaters. It’s the same as cops pulling people over for drunk driving coast guard pulling boats over boarding them and checking to see how many life jackets and registrations. Yes there’s CG that go for the drug runners and cool stuff like that but it’s a small percentaged compared to the rest of the CG. They still do cool shit like rescuing people who’s boats sunk in dangerous conditions so they definitely should get the respect they deserve

[@armyveteran729]

I did Army Basic Training in Ft. Jackson SC in 1994 and A.I.T. in Ft. LEE VA and was stationed in Germany and was in Bosnia for a year. I cooked for Rangers which was quite an experience lol but the worst were the days getting equipment and head shaved and shots and making sure we passed our push up and sit ups to make it out of that area and to the drill sergeants picking us up. We were actually happy when the drill sergeants picked us up cause we were tired of the corporal's trying to act like drill sergeants lol.

[@johnaustin2276]

Even in 86 when I went through boot camp(Army)the live fire was as you say, very high and very low chance of mistake.

[@grimper35]

that last scene, when Skarsgaard loses his sh*t because they are denied the chance to take that shot... what would the ramifications or repurcussions be for him? I loved that scene. And I feel so bad for him. But he lost his sh*t to such an extent I just can't help wondering what would happen in the "real military" to someone who went off like that to a senior offficer. Oh... also. A movie suggestion/request for you guys: "End of Watch" - another Gyllenhaal movie. Very intense.

[@mellonmarshall]

um, if you remember he is out anyway.

[@slipperydoorknob2173]

Repurcussions would be court martialed for insubordination and endangering the mission.

[@JayandAndi]

He could've just wrote about his frustrations of not being able to kill in letters home, then turned on the military, and wandered off the base....

[@Nattyplatinum]

Realistically a serious ass chewing and an NJP, which isn’t a career ender or criminal really but it’s not fun.

[@lincolnpascual]

Ironically, the answer is in the book. Jarhead is a movie based on the book from Anthony Swofford, and is basically him recounting his experiences. The guy in question got NJP'd, if I recall correctly. They ended up being grateful to the officer though, cause they realized the odious actually saved them from living with the fact they took a life. Interesting take, and I'm not gonna judge it one way or the other, but it's in the book. Check it out.

[@MAXimumEffort44]

I am a crayon eating marine, and we did get to go to the PX during boot camp every few weeks to buy random shit that we needed for hygiene and other stuff for the field. Also, pretty sure that in Jarhead when he’s chugging the xlax he was done with boot camp and was at the school of infantry. So yeah he could have easily bought that from the exchange to assist him in his malingering

[@zeropointstar]

When I went to the px I had to walk through a line, like a buffet, and pick things up as I needed. We had drill instructors watching, and everything we got was regulated.

[@nattybumpo4384]

2016 was 60 years, I still remember my DI. He was the soldier I wanted to become, he was Cherokee with black eyes and creases in his uniform you could lacerate yourself on. We were rumpled shit piles with Beetle Bailey covers on, he was pure fucking awe. The day I left him I was squared away, still am.

[@sketchygetchey8299]

As soon as y’all said in-processing, I automatically thought about the time and place I REALLY started questioning my life’s decisions! 😅

[@hunterwhite6666]

You should break down tropic thunder

[@FNGACADEMY]

lmao that one will be fun!

[@sammyg4806]

@@FNGACADEMY yep, I can’t wait!

[@jarrenrochester1879]

My brother is a Marine and my father in law was in the Army. My brother said there was an ice cream machine in the mess hall, and some poor soul was foolish enough to get himself a bowl. Drill Instructors pounced, made him serve him self a small mountain and eat it really fast like Major Payne. My father in law said there was a soda fountain when he was in basic. He never touched it, but funny enough my father in law said he was a bean pole to begin with and his Drill Sergeant would double the food on his plate saying he was too skinny. 8:12

[@SonnyPhilosophy]

Man, you guys should watch ‘The Selection’ from the History Channel. Love to get your take on it. Love the content! 👍🏽

[@josefkun7466]

Regarding the oil fields burning I recommend the documentary Fires of Kuwait (its full on youtube I think). Its about how they were extinguishing the fires and all shot on IMAX so the picture is so clear and beautiful.

[@mr.k.i.s.s7496]

They burned some in 2003, but it was their own, and it was a delaying tactic. They also dug trenches, filled them with oil, lit on fire. That was to obscure the fighting positions, but didn't do anything because all pilots had IR Night Vision.

[@jonathanramos8414]

Scorched earth tactics

[@johnmullen3884]

Perfect portrayal of" hurry up and wait" and the games we played in the Corps 😁.. 90-96

[@user-gu3ie]

22:15 8 dont think he just stood there taking it in... I believe he had a shock moment,like a few times in the movie..where they do the voice over and slow-motion images to show the moment in detail

[@gameocalypse6040]

I need to go and rewatch this one. Don't think I've seen it since it came out and I was probably too young to appreciate it then.

[@Anttzro]

When I went to basic, we did weapons maintenance outside and from time to time I would go to the bathroom to take a "shit", but really I had milk carton in my wall locker with those heavy green blankets (drawing a blank because I forgot what they are called) as a seat cushion, close the locker and nap for 15-30 mins lol never got caught lol I miss those days.

[@robthaham3408]

Any chance of getting a Generation Kill react? I know its a series and not a movie, but just this once?

[@UpTheDown7]

The entire reaction was worth it for your breakdown at 24:23 - great insight.

[@adam-rickman]

7:02 Had a guy lock himself in a mop closet by the bathroom... Had to send a couple guys over the wall through the ceiling tiles.

[@alexmullins1017]

Hey Buck! I’m only 14 but want to become a Green Beret. What’s a good way to physically prepare. What are some things you did. Any courses or trainings programs I could do. Thanks

[@barghastov]

I'm not a green beret but jog a lot, get them farmer tier muscles, get that endurance in. Starting now is actually good. But I doubt there is any way to be 100% ready for all that

[@dubyusmc]

People always say my beloved Marine Corps brainwash recruits. “Eyeballs, click! Ears, Open sir! Knowledge is power Drill is discipline!” #IYKYK #yut

[@TorricRoma]

26:00 the scene I thought was unrealistic but how you explain it that makes it make more sense than before

[@FNGACADEMY]

I just say what makes sense to me, glad it helped though

[@GlorificusInferi]

peter skarsgård is actually jake gyllenhaal's brother in law now. he married his sister maggie gyllenhaal in 2009

[@FulcanelliRosetta]

I went in during 2005 and I didn't get shots or hair cut until I was on a base. MEPS was more like a mini VA office. This was a mix of all branches so not sure when it changed.

[@chazbrown5800]

The good ol duck walk 😂

[@That_ViperDude]

I heard hell week in San Diego is open to the public for the first week. Where do I sign up?

[@DFR55921]

17:30... "... And he pointed his self out..." SpongeBob - "OH, THERE I AM GARY!" 👉

[@jacoballen484]

Loving these vids 👍

[@FNGACADEMY]

thanks!

[@michaelaugust4313]

2:50 Meps is like that except they are not as invasive. I remember the walking like a duck though

[@Keixer]

At then end of the video when talking about the frustration of not doing what you train for strikes home. I was with 3rd battalion Second Marines as an 0311 during Dessert Storm. At no time did I get close to any combat. All these years later I still have nagging questions about my qualifications of being a Marine. I do work with many vets now that are suffering mental and physical wound and I am thankful that I have neither issues. But I still sometimes feel like I did not fulfill my duties.

[@usp45shooter]

At marine bootcamp you can buy stuff. It's once a month but it's only for necessities like. Deodorant, toothpaste, shaving cream etc

[@450rracer90]

What was your first DFAC meal? My very first meal in reception battalion was that yakisoba made out of ground beef and spaghetti noodles

[@FNGACADEMY]

oh that ones not bad!

[@Twi11ig]

In reception at Ft. Knox(Oct. 1987) , our Drill Sgt. Sangueza marched us to a chow hall we had never been to, and never would be again. And there we had Lobster. I shit you not. No idea how that happened. Was there too much for some fucking general that day, and we had to get rid of it? Who knows? Never had anything like it ever again. First meal was probably SOS with grits.

[@HeadR47]

@@Twi11ig Only times we had Steak and Lobster was when the Division Commander was in our area. Happened a few times. They were pretty cool to talk to, but the pissant Captains and Majors that followed them around sucked.

[@450rracer90]

@@HeadR47 I remember they had some cheap steaks for us after we completed basic course part of OSUT

[@Fat_Thor_1138]

They did shoot over us with live fire when I was in boot camp as well as having the simulated explosions, you would low crawl then cross some trenches and the go through a tunnel. The tunnel leads to a tench filled with water with c wire laid over top, they shoot over you while you use your rifle to push up the wire and shimmy on your back through the water, then you bound across a field with more simulated explosions and they shoot flares and you have to freeze in the prone. It was higher than that, but lower than NIC at night when I later joined the Army after a break in service. NIC at night was kind of a joke compared to Marine Corps version.

[@thomascassidy1]

9:18 are we not going to address the fact that after the clip ended the DS legit started yelling at the dead body telling him how much of a dumbass he is for getting shot. Lol hilarious

[@latinelover24]

DI ....DS us Army

[@Phoenix411th]

The scene where he was taking the laxative. Was not at basic training it was at his unit

[@turdferguson82]

This movie came out right when I got out of the Marine Corps so I was pumped to see it. Most of it just felt "off" to me and idk why. The boot camp scene was definitely not accurate but it was such a short clip it was kinda easy to ignore. They nailed the boredom aspect and the over eager hunger for contact when you're a boot and get deployed.

[@bluelinepatriot]

RECMENDATION: - We Were Soldiers - Troppic Thunder ** I get Troppic Thunder isn't serious but the material after some bruskis would be an awesome breakdown. Can a grenade really blow your hands apart like in the opening scene? LMAO!!

[@davidkearns3096]

Went through Parris Island in Dec of 87. They shot blanks everywhere but the range. Back in WW2 it did happen when using live rounds during this exercise.

[@Last_Chance.]

All the shots you get in processing ain't no joke. My arms were sore for days. They make you do pushups right after but that didn't help at all lol

[@bIuebuIIet]

Most of Jarhead was filled on and around the MCAS in Yuma, AZ. I see a lot of friends as extras in the movie. Can even see my old house in one scene on thr base

[@sgtrod]

The “scribe” is also called the “house mouse” and is usually a kid with some college and is like a D.I.’s secretary

[@jdog0341]

When I was in recruit training the house mouse and scribe where two different jobs by two different recruits.

[@sgtrod]

Well in my platoon the scribe pulled double duty.

[@Tetleyb]

For Marines, that first week is called "receiving." The DI's are mean and nasty. However, NOTHING like when you get into boot camp actual. I remember the day we transitioned from receiving to boot camp. A captain came in and said, something to the effect of "You will not be cussed at, hit, or berated." He left, our DI's came in and everything that captain said was total bullshit. I was hit, cussed at, called the "N" word, and everything else under the sun. Wouldn't have had it any other way either. You are training men to go into the most adverse conditions on earth. Some name calling should be the least of your worries.

[@warlockEd73]

Semper Fi

[@TheLAGopher]

In my platoon back in 86, only one of our Kill Hats who was Black would call us black recruits the "N" word. He said " I'm a brother,so I can call you whatever the f**k I want" He used to call " All my brothers" up to the quarterdeck for breakdancing lessons (thrashing) which sucked when it happened but still makes me smile and laugh remembering it. I was from Minneapolis. So he used to ask me if I knew Prince and if there were anymore black guys left in Minnesota after I enlisted. Still makes me laugh. He used to say "I know more games than Parker Brothers" When one of our recruits who was Korean, dropped the N bomb on one of the brothers, the Senior who was white, had that recruit stand on the Quarterdeck and shout "There are only two types of Marines,light green and dark green" what seemed like a thousand times. The recruit's voice went horse and he could barely talk before they called it off. Fun and Games.

[@Andrew85or]

Scribe was the best gig though.

[@jpmartinez961]

Bro, i was at Fort Sill for Basic and i figured out that if i went to church on Sundays i was able to sneak into the shoppet. I became the guy in my unit if you wanted something, i would get it and them fools didn’t have a clue.

[@stlpaulie]

At Ft Leonard Wood back in 93 they had a T&E break on an M60 on the night infiltration course and a trainee got shot. But as others have said the 60s are on towers that are 10-12 feet above the ground. I remember my drill sergeant was walking around standing up yelling at us.

[@nycat7906]

Marines = Jarhead, Leathernecks, Devil Dogs - Army = Doggies / Soldier - Navy = Squids - Air Force = Zoomies

[@warhammer_studios]

"If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...it must be a green ass recruit in processing basic"

[@politicallyinsensitive4200]

The "night infiltration course" in army basic training is live fire/live explosives. The M60's were in towers at least 10' over your head and the pits with the explosives we're fenced off

[@neonblack211]

I feel like this movie brought up some mild Ptsd for this guy and that makes sense that he didn't like the movie..... I still feel like Jarhead is one of the best movies about the American military/war in general that i've seen

[@WillieBrownsWeiner]

You obviously never served then. It's complete and utter nonsense from start to finish. Book and movie. It's a Hollywood version of military.

[@BirdDogey1]

I went to Ft. Jackson for Basic back in 81. We wore pickle suits with white T shirts and PT'd in combat boots. I came from a F'd up house so I loved the chow hall food. My favorite was the chili mac.

[@Net-Zombie]

I was a Drill Sergeant at Fort Jackson in 2003 ---- Pvt Jurewic was shot and killed during the Basic Training Live Fire night infiltration course. The cadre manually locked the M60s in position to fire 8ft above. The AAR showed Weapon wasnt locked properly and fired rounds into trench striking PVT Jurewic and bouncing off concrete in trench. So yes you can die on the NIC

[@Net-Zombie]

It has happened

[@Net-Zombie]

We had a pvt drink a bottle of bleach just to get out of Basic. He lived but basic training I guarantee is easier than eating from a tube for rest of his life

[@tweakernation]

I think it would be cool if you reacted to The Unit which I know is a show but it is one of the best special forces shows that existed and would love to have your input on it.

[@erivera700]

Sean, what year did you go to basic? What was your MOS before going SF?