Jocko Willink - The Most INTENSE Poem Ever

[@Marvin5554]

I heard this poem in a very dark place over and over again

[@upgrade1015]

I’m surprised he could say it . After… the school

[@wildebeest3]

Sitting in the People's Posizh.

[@solomonburrow9927]

How many times, or how long rather

[@codysmolinski9612]

Thank you for everything you've done

[@HumPug]

Never forget the school

[@kharn7932]

I like how he starts buying into the guys voice in the original poem.

[@con_doorman]

Rudyard Kipling: My poem will hopefully improve the horrific treatment of soldiers. US Army: Perfect for torturing new recruits.

[@dierdred_the_gray]

doesnt get used for torturing new recruits, It gets used in SERE school.

[@jakemontell.7415]

It was used on us in basic training. Jan through May...2020...ft leanordwood. Our drill Sgt would blast it on a Bluetooth speaker...max volume. All while we were sitting in class just cleaning our rifles. Hours of the same damn stupid fucking god damn worthless poem...fuck the US army. Glad I left.

[@spectre9490]

@@jakemontell.7415 Guess it wasn't for you at all.

[@sephtis8159]

​@@jakemontell.7415its not that bad, especially during the light. If you couldn't handle it then imagine that shit when youre under sensory deprivation

[@upgrade1015]

Surprised he could say it after hearing this so much in the box

[@laslw]

Would be surprised if he ever forgot it after hearing it so much in the box

[@lanawarzynski6944]

Yea don't you have to hear this over and over again in the military

[@davisthegamelord]

You can kinda see him get uncomfortable as he reads it

[@ianleonard9238]

​@lanawarzynski6944 most don't, but in sere school they stick you in a box and play the original over and over

[@Midnight_Wesker]

That's exactly why he can say it.

[@gypsydisaster9419]

The original is chilling, but I absolutely loved this!! It's immensely intense!

[@OvelNick]

It's very erie hearing Jocko read it, but the original recording that's scratchy, high pitched, and the accent.... It feels like you're hearing the souls of men fallen on the battlefield marching into eternity. "Only the dead see the end of war."

[@sidanx7887]

Dear god I think I just got a glimpse into some I don’t want to experience- absolutely brilliant

[@Steelers2121]

I love that it gets more intense as the video goes on . And then the calm "good evening echo"

[@vivekjadhav2670]

This is torture poem of navy seals. In training they have to listen to this over and over again.

[@gavinalvarez7272]

Not just seals

[@David-uy4jz]

Naval aircrewman also

[@jackreacher792]

It breeds in the minds of the unrighteous and wicked, it grows in the search for power and riches. It corrupts the soul of all but a few, this fraction of man it's them that I choose. - A Forgotten Warrior

[@Thaboggelwoggeler]

I also recommend the recitation of this poem by Taylor Holmes in 1950, he really brings out the emotion in the poem

[@barnaclejones822]

where can i find this?

[@barnaclejones822]

nevermind, i thought it would be a clearer version of it but it was actually from 1915 i think

[@brettflower8058]

@barnaclejones822 it's an Australian reciting it for the allied troops of the boer war's in south Africa absolutely nothing to do with America..

[@barnaclejones822]

@@brettflower8058 ok? what did i say that has anything to do with this

[@brettflower8058]

@@barnaclejones822 it's just strange that Americans have a special interest in something that is nothing to do with them

[@Kriegerthebarbarian]

Jocko the master of giving goosebumps

[@Texasmade76]

Jacko in the box, the shit they put us through,

[@dylanwood7810]

Honestly the hardest part of sere school was listening to this on loop for hours in a dark 4×4 box, naked, with a dog bowl for water and a bucket to use the restroom in.

[@Kyle-pi4ec]

😂

[@wolfaja755]

Glad to see the standard operation procedures for grunts have been updated to combat ptsd.

[@VelcroKittie]

There is a very easy way of overcoming what this poem attempts to achieve; I.e breaking you. We will take the original as an example. Keep focused on the pitch of the voice and zone out and away from the words being said. Every sentence is a collection of notes no matter who is speaking. Turn the changing pitches into a song you can hum along to, and visualise your favourite singer singing it. The reason people can't endure this is because they allow the reciter control by intently listening to his words and his deliverance. I spent over 25 years working in music and musical therapy. This works.

[@treykearns4867]

U didn't spend too much time in grammar class tho, did ya?

[@Midnight_Wesker]

Or just remix it and make it a fire beat.

[@MrBubbajiggens]

My drill sergeants used to play this poem over loud speakers randomly overnights in the field. Was so creepy and weird to wake up to

[@wadethoms650]

First time I've heard this was in RASP during nap times in Cole Range. Had to look it up once I had the chance. Wasn't as psychologically straining as SERE can probably be but it was still surreal on another level especially with the aspect of not knowing what its called, about, and hard to understand what words are being said other than the chorus

[@cobrademon761]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_(poem) Here’s the link if you want the words

[@seanmolloy9422]

thousands of times...i still like it

[@kathleenschaffer7873]

You are a true warrior,

[@nickminazhetdinov8410]

Back in high school we had to go to the blackboard and read out the poems from a certain list while facing the whole class. I wasn't prepared, but I was obsessed with Jocko and I remembered this poem by heart. I crushed it and captured everyone's attention, even the teacher was staring at me surprised. The best thing, it was at an average Russian high school. I got away with a "C" because I wasn't ready, but I took ownership of the situation and mobilized the so called will to solve the problem😅. Wasn't using the indirect approach tho. Lotta mfrs weren't ready and didn't wanna fight and they ended up being defeated

[@franzlisztish]

BLOODY BRILLIANT!

[@jackcooper3806]

This is such an easier listen to the original recording

[@figgsxyon3392]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯🪖MAN I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MOTIVATED LIKE DIS!!!! DAMN BRO! SEE What I been through and you know how you got brothers BUT NAVY SEALS BAND OF BROTHERS IS FOR LIKE "A TRUE CODE OF HONOR"!!! TRUE TO GIVING EVERY BREATH OF EFFORT TO BE A BROTHER THAT CARE FOR THE BREATH OF THOUGH BROTHER 💯🔥🪖💯🪖👑

[@freakshow706]

That sounds pretty strange dark and mysterious 🤔

[@robertirwin7016]

Stand by to get some!

[@archclement2902]

I forgot how extreme this poem is. Joko really shows how psychotic the words to Boots are. Thanks Joko!

[@KuqiKitty]

You will never match the same passion the man who wrote it did.

[@aimeelouvier-sutton]

He had a tight rap in 1915

[@sweeneytodd011]

That 1915 version by Holmes really nails the feeling of the work even better than Kilpling himself reads it, much better in fact, its gradual relentless decent into maniacal ranting the timing is perfect. So unsettling, brilliantly done by this Mr Holmes.

[@stevenruffolo3156]

The poem goes hard

[@bond_3239]

Oh, SERE…

[@CappinNasty138]

I listen to this every day. Motivation!!! Boots boots boots!!!! There truly is no discharge in the war!!!! We just learn to live with it. Adapt and overcome!!!!

[@pate3963]

"Good evening echo"

[@robertomartinez1993]

The best sleep I ever had

[@Kyle-pi4ec]

To anyone who knows: this is real shit.

[@rae2737]

😲😲 Jocko!! Loved it.

[@lys910]

Oh my goodness I don't even know how to feel xD

[@johnsmith2221]

I should play this for my little kids before bed.

[@rickyobro1]

I think Jocko need his guitar in hand and someone on the double kick drums.

[@gimmeaford9454]

Brings back nightmares from SERE

[@rhysgoodman7628]

I’m not looking forward to it…

[@gimmeaford9454]

@@rhysgoodman7628 embrace the suck and have fun learning what you need to know. In the end you will appreciate the freedoms you are defending much more than you would ever think.

[@mikechrister2736]

That was AWESOME!!!!

[@ironry29]

Totally Killer!!! ☠🪖🥾

[@ironry29]

3 2 1 Jocko JocKO JOCKO Read The PEOM AgaIN It's Not The END My FriEND

[@Matt_Alaric]

I wish i had the confidence to do this without feeling like a fool.

[@Bluegirl9]

Even with the sound off it scared me

[@meyatetana2973]

If you repeat this in your head I can see how this can get you past a horrible spot in your life.

[@kurohabaki4101]

Good evening, Echo

[@DorkHorse]

Y’all think Y’all might make it until you realize you’re stuck in a cage and hungry to the point where you can’t depreciate reality to real life…

[@Centermass762]

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

[@JayceBurke-ew8xx]

Hmm wonder where I heard this before particularly in a black box with nothing to eat

[@robertbenton6812]

Nice take

[@ashtonpettigrew6812]

What number episode is this from?

[@nicholasgeorge4156]

I’m here from Mr Ballen. I had to listen to this after he mentioned it. Something about it was used in training but he didn’t say for how long

[@scrapiron3847]

8 hrs.in a dark cell

[@treykearns4867]

Don't listen to him /\ up there, it goes on for aboot 24 hours straight, but u get the light room instead of totally dark room

[@nicholasgeorge4156]

@@treykearns4867 i was going to guess 8 hours cause it makes sense cause it would be a full work day. I tried listening to it at work and probably made it 2 hours max. Also I missed the other reply. Didn’t even see it.

[@shrekchrist2857]

This would make a good rap song

[@sop2810]

Boots, by Rudyard Kipling

[@jerlei5054]

Kipling

[@sop2810]

@@chriservin5975 thank you! Sorry it was 4am haha

[@sop2810]

@@jerlei5054 Affirmative. Sorry it was late.

[@chriservin5975]

@@sop2810 no worries...just looking out. 🤜🤛

[@solidus1995]

Make this a metal song

[@lanawarzynski6944]

I was thinking the same thing I can see Metallica doing it

[@colinp.1364]

Mah, man be rapping

[@marcustulliuscicero.5856]

Good evening echo

[@joecompton1619]

Episode?

[@jessicalarson3032]

I watched this at like 1:00 in the morning but this poem is cursed😳😳

[@BillCipher_OG]

If hear it read by Rudyard Kipling it is creepier imo

[@sweeneytodd011]

Try the version by a chap called Holmes 1915, that one really nails it, a descent into madness it's brilliantly done, right on the money. Like watching a train wreck, you want to turn away from the horror but you can't stop and just have to listen,....... listen to the boots, boots, boots boots...... 😉🥾🥾

[@rcair123]

Rudyard Kipling had his finger on the pulse of war.

[@blazegulizack]

Sere flash backs

[@Texasmade76]

If you know you know!

[@americanski521]

Try, try, try to think of something different! Oh my God, keep ME FROM GOING LUNATIC! BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS MOVING UP AND DOWN AGAIN THERE'S NO DISCHARGE IN A WAR!!!

[@willNumba1lover_artist]

I really don't see how that was pose to be so horrifying

[@muhammadmahmood5113]

Wow

[@giorgosg345]

Which episode of the podcast is this?

[@brettflower8058]

It's funny It's actually an Australian reciting it for the allied troops during the Boers war. Nothing to do with American's.. I know they use it in thier seal training but that's thier only material relationships with this poem

[@rosserbm]

I know the song is from Sicario, but which track is it?

[@dennyawright21]

Remind me not to fight in a war….Lol

[@dipledruse6636]

What do the numbers mean

[@scribejungal3125]

Nothing.

[@jollyswashbuckler]

Miles marched

[@whackado]

Best part was “good evening Echo” 😂 Good version Jocko but doesn’t beat listening to the original in the posishhhh

[@b58powa]

Bravo Company better

[@linoantony2094]

The orginal is the creepiest

[@benhorton141]

War chant

[@Eddy-ky1mf]

Which war was that for

[@alahjandrodagrate1611]

It's used to train Navy Seals during SERE. It's a sensory deprivation test where you do nothing but listen to this poem over and over again. It's meant to drive you crazy and make you fail. The poem refers to the British imperialists invading Africa and the horrors faced by both the soldiers and the Africans. The RPM is supposed to mimic a soldiers march.

[@laslw]

@@alahjandrodagrate1611 how long are you usually in there listening to it?

[@yomamasman8921]

@@laslw Several hours

[@kaylabrownell1268]

I don't know if it's my maladaptive dissociation disorder helping me block out the terror or not, because this isn't scary at all.

[@Utulintu]

I wish it sounded more lunatic at the end

[@jackreacher792]

Two people missed the 👍

[@dm20422]

🇺🇸

[@deansean4961]

I liked the original audio better. But isn't that bad

[@rustcoal]

Jocko cheapened this poem so bad

[@Vesuvius081]

That’s the copy remake of Rudyard Kipling's Boots poem/song/chant from U.K. Nothing original, just made his verion!

[@toast735]

Bro I love this poem I play it to go to sleep

[@ymmij388]

It is hard to take this poem seriously with how he is reading it.

[@somewherefar6130]

Completely disagree

[@bubble_nut5000]

We're foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin' over Africa -- Foot--foot--foot--foot--sloggin' over Africa -- (Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up and down again!) There's no discharge in the war! Seven--six--eleven--five--nine-an'-twenty mile to-day -- Four--eleven--seventeen--thirty-two the day before -- (Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up and down again!) There's no discharge in the war! Don't--don't--don't--don't--look at what's in front of you. (Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again); Men--men--men--men--men go mad with watchin' em, An' there's no discharge in the war! Try--try--try--try--to think o' something different -- Oh--my--God--keep--me from goin' lunatic! (Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again!) There's no discharge in the war! Count--count--count--count--the bullets in the bandoliers. If--your--eyes--drop--they will get atop o' you! (Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up and down again) -- There's no discharge in the war! We--can--stick--out--'unger, thirst, an' weariness, But--not--not--not--not the chronic sight of 'em -- Boot--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again, An' there's no discharge in the war! 'Taint--so--bad--by--day because o' company, But night--brings--long--strings--o' forty thousand million Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again. There's no discharge in the war! I--'ave--marched--six--weeks in 'Ell an' certify It--is--not--fire--devils, dark, or anything, But boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again, An' there's no discharge in the war!

[@damianbeard403]

RahhA!!