"America's War Horse Marine - Sergeant Reckless" | Kip Reacts to The Fat Electrician

[@GhostBear3067]

Marines: "Look at our horse, our horse is amazing."

[@nathanford2072]

“Give it a lick, it tastes like explosives and freedom.”

[@raymondfisheriii791]

“With a stroke of its mane it turns into a plane and then into a tank when you TUG ON IT’S WINKIE”

[@morganoconnell9824]

Ooh that’s dirty

[@Plastikdoom]

Indeed, was gonna add to it, but come up with anything that equals or is better by now

[@raymondfisheriii791]

@@morganoconnell9824 Oh, you think so? Well I better not show you where Democracy is made!

[@cruelcardinal8524]

Civilian: “who’s horse is that?” *laughs* Marine lieutenant: “The marine’s.” *laughter stops*

[@chazo1367]

You know for a fact those marines would’ve killed that pencil pusher and hid the body for Reckless and her safety.

[@KipReacts]

Allegedly.

[@headwound04]

Yes they would have because my unit adopted a dog when we were in Iraq long story short a Mp ended up going to sleep in the motor pool "allegedly" 😂

[@Archris17]

Man, they'd have had a whole-ass division of marines up in arms if they tried to push it, because you know for a fact that every single marine who served near the Vegas Cities would hear what happened and immediately be in _open fucking revolt_ against the US government if they killed that horse. Then since marines are marines, by my estimates something like a third of the marine corps probably would have joined them.

[@stevenbryant3055]

Of course they would’ve, she was their squad leader

[@Rixoli]

@@KipReacts Not even allegedly, military folk with mascots and canine units are scary motherfuckers. Fun fact of the day: Canine units (Bomb-dogs and the like) in the US military? their handlers are outranked by the dog. The reasoning being if there is so much as a *HINT* of animal cruelty, not only will the handler be crucified for that (or whoever attacks the dog), they can also be drummed up on charges of assaulting/murdering a superior.

[@andrews6411]

When he said they smuggled a horse off a ship it really meant that any and all people that made eye contact with any one of those Marines, the Marines said "you didn't see a fucking thing" and kept walking

[@liamrichardson6830]

Like Skipper the penguin. "You didn't see anything."

[@estebanramirez1178]

Rogues sneak around with Stealth. Barbarians sneak around with Intimidation.

[@PhycoKrusk]

Just remember: If somebody ever points to some wild shit the Marines did, and is in disbelief like, "What rational person would do this?", the only proper response is, "You're right, rational people _wouldn't_ do that, but those are Marines."

[@AniwayasSong]

As a USMC Veteran, all I can say is- *AMEN!* ;-)

[@NagaTales]

SSgt. Reckless' medal stack consisted of the following: Purple Heart w/ 1 star Navy Presidential Unit Citation w/ 1 star Navy Unit Commendation Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal w/ 3 stars Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery (Posthumously - 2019) Her foreign awards are: United Nations Korea Medal Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation The Dickin Medal (UK - Posthumously - 2018) And, as a member of 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment, she rated the French "Fourragère aux couleurs de la Croix de Guerre" while she was active duty. This horse has a taller medal stack than me, and I'm not even mad! She earned that right, and the only thing I'm mad about is that I didn't learn about Reckless until AFTER I exited active service xD

[@davidwhite8535]

Same.

[@MiguelMartinez-yh9df]

Yeah idk how this isn't talked about more in the Corps. She's a fucking legend!

[@samkitchen2071]

​@@MiguelMartinez-yh9dfNo shit Id rather know about SSGT Reckless then Opha May Johnson

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

doesn't she have a statue?

[@blakeverdon4492]

29:06 It's the subway meme but with a horse. "You're not bringing a horse on my ship!" "My brother in Christ, _you signed the manifest!"_ LMAO

[@romemedina4712]

Even those Australians gave her a hat with compliments for being strong.

[@Gundam944]

The best part is she ate that hat. Apparently she'd eat damn near everything.

[@TheMajorActual]

The garlic thing is because it's easy to grow and transport, and is pretty nutritious on its own, so it's frequently added to rice, which is carried for the same reasons.

[@wwhite2958]

The Chinese would chew garlic cloves like gum at this time

[@daltonv5206]

​@@wwhite2958 which if you've ever done is one of the spiciest/burn your mouth experiences...great when you're sick tho. Allicin is bad ass

[@harrymu148]

Not really...? There really wasn't the concept of chewing gum but they did snack on it a lot -- it was tasty and there were a lot of recipes that ended up with tasty portable dishes. @@wwhite2958

[@moonflowerviewing91]

​@@daltonv5206 I think at this point they made garlic flavored gum.

[@jeromefriend2409]

Also was believed to ward off evil spirits

[@leechowning2712]

The marines are special. Every single one.

[@saber5694]

They are straight up a cult

[@LibertyWolf1]

As of 1996. There was still a requisition code for a cavalry horse in the procurement system.

[@ironsaint8782]

I'm pretty sure there still is one in FEDLOG. Someone in supply present your filthy self and answer the question please?

[@jrsharker23]

​@@ironsaint8782there is. Interestingly, there's also prosthetic testicles.

[@alcapone796]

@@jrsharker23 wait what

[@killian9314]

​@@alcapone796rubber testicles doc installs in the sack for when a boot gets torsion or gets them shot off

[@ryanhampson673]

When I was in the Army at Ft Hood Tx the 1st Cav still had horses and a unit that took care of them. Granted they were for ceremonial purposes but still there were soldiers that were assigned to take care of them just like it was still the 1880’s in active duty.

[@neal7602]

Imagine ordering a shipment of Beer and measuring the amount requested as "Two Horses of Beer."

[@voraciousblackstn]

Kip, the $1000 goes a long way with Toys for Tots. TfT is run by the USMC. Just keep them in mind for a few months.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

yup, just look up the closest Marine reserve unit to you. They'll definitely appreciate it.

[@jeffjag2691]

Reckless falls under military animals, Same as Military Working Dogs (MWDs, also a FE video). Infantrymen will always cover for them.

[@andrewwebb3248]

In my deployment for the invasion for Iraq I had two dogs at my checkpoint. Trusted those dogs more then any fucking terp that we had.

[@Kidozy]

the respect i have for the members of our military in general extends to the animals that assist and/or surve with/along side them

[@KipReacts]

100% should!

[@noobpowerXD3900]

As a marine I can confirm we give looks to each other about the possibility of “creating a meeting with god” if need be.

[@pronoblewolf]

The entirety of the story is crazy

[@michaeloyaski7602]

The truth is often more outlandish than hollgwood.

[@theredblooper]

This horse is single-handedly responsible for kpop

[@ongoingplague3148]

single-hoofedly*

[@ardantop132na6]

Can't wait to see her being anime-fied or who knows, become a guest character in Uma Musume.

[@seantaggart7382]

And is also responsible for several pony arts of them I found this horse thanks to that

[@seantaggart7382]

​@@ardantop132na6 its already been rule 85'd! Aka turned into a mlp type pony!

[@saber5694]

The garlic smell was due to a large portions of the Chinese food have lots of garlic do to food shortages. If you eat a lot of garlic your sweat will smell like garlic

[@ghostwriter3175]

The conversation went something like this "You get the horse?" "Aye Sir. Horse acquired" "Very well devil. Get her through hoof camp" "Hoof Camp. Aye Sir!" You dont ask how. Just if it got done.

[@kizunadragon9]

There is a monument of her at the National Marine Corps museum.

[@justicar5]

'smuggle' probably means 'walk the hell out in the open looking like you wish a mf would'

[@si2foo]

The reason it is the forgotten war is because it never actually ended. they are still technically at war, which is another of the silly quirks of history that exist there have been other times where some countries have remained technically at war with other countries simply because they did declare war but in the formal treaty to end the war they weren't mentioned.

[@ardantop132na6]

So in a way, another Russo-Japanese war because technically that war too never ended.

[@williambrown319]

With the exception that the D*ckhead in NK keeps up the war footing so we may have to go in and "push for a permeant peace" aka unconditional surrender

[@legionx4046]

@@ardantop132na6the 3rd punic war didnt technically end until 1985

[@prestonjones1653]

​@@ardantop132na6 WWII, same countries though, Russia and Japan. Theybwere going ti have an officual treaty in 2005 but the island of Sakhalin was a sticky issue and the talks fell apart.

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

Damn forgot to tell you of another bad ass main character type that The Fat Electrician just uploaded. Its about Lewis Millet but it was originally supposed to be a short bideo about the battle of bayonet hill in Korea but rapidly grew out of hand when he learned about the guy. Just going to list the awards this guy had when he retired; Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver star, Legion of Merit (3 times), Bronze Star (3 times), Purple Heart (4 times) Air Medal (2 times).

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Ill have to watch that one

[@eriklehman5782]

Marine Command: they wanna eat Reckless cause they're hungry! Marines: Well they can't eat Reckless, but they sure as fuck can eat lead!

[@codyhunt5916]

The Marines are now motivated

[@liamrichardson6830]

They were the storm that was approaching.

[@cytorakdemon]

The difference between fiction and reality, is that fiction has to make sense.

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

The Fat Electrician can draw you into a video with a single sentence! A very good video and those Marines were just messing around so very much with that horse post war it hilarious.

[@josephschultz3301]

Knew you would like this one, Kip. It's the Marines being their most Marines ever. It's wonderful.

[@FubukiTheIcyKing]

This Horse is awesome, how was I never taught this even in homeschool never branched out to this?

[@hayatofury8580]

"No man left behind" (horses included)

[@davidwhite8535]

Speaking as a Marine, the running next to Sgt Reckless isn't "hazing". "Hazing" usually invoves telling the new guy to find to the keys to the humvee, bring the gunny the PRC-7, or find Form ID10T.

[@SSIronHeart]

"Its no that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense." Mark twain. Elves and dwarves, lightsabers and the sith. It needs to make sense. This story is real. Sgt reckless. And no one in the history of fckn never ever would come up with this.

[@CaptainJackMorenzo]

Speaking of one man army, have you heard of Roy Benavidez. Mr. Ballen did a video on him. It's called: This man died 37 times | Historical Legends Part 2

[@RB_Eldritch]

Hearing the introductory sentence, on one hand its ridiculous that a horse could do that, on the other hand the horse is a marine...

[@chrismaverick9828]

There are certainly some singular heroes in some battles. Take a look at Audie Murphy's battles, particularly the one where he holds off a German Mechanized company with just the machine gun on a burning tank and calling in arty the whole time. There are others. Teamwork is great, but sometimes you need a soldier with balls the size of Texas to pull the day through.

[@Kalisfusdi4653]

Sgt Reckless is the goodest of girls. Change my mind.

[@Ravensgale]

33:14 As someone who had a grandfather and uncle in the Marines to that I'd just say; "So where do I sign?"

[@CyberShink]

Same brother

[@r4venprogr4m77]

Regarding "screw with the new guy" orders you can give... Tell a private to go get the HMMVEE keys😂

[@damoclesecoe7184]

My favorite I've heard is telling a private to find a box of grid squares.

[@Mike-eg9ok]

Tell a Seaman to get the batteries for the sound powered telephone.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

I figure this is similar to sending the new guy in a car shop to go get blinker fluid?

[@r4venprogr4m77]

@@ZeallustImmortal asking the new kid at Autozone for a radiator cap for a 1960 Volkswagen Beetle

[@matthewrocheleau1305]

In the Air Force, we tell them that we've run out of flightline and that they need to get us some more.

[@Thelnir]

I'm sure someone has already made this joke, but... may the horse be with you.

[@Kez_DXX]

Marines don't care about animals? Well, explain the Korean War photo of the marine feeding a kitten milk using an eye dropper!

[@Minecraft3395-PS]

Funny enough I found Kip through the Fat Electrician and I only follow for your reactions to the Fat Electrician, The Russain Badger, and Zachs gun rants

[@Galbergoth]

I was a Marine from 2005 to 2010 and I don't remember them EVER telling me about Reckless. Those bastards.

[@TheJerseyNinja]

Marines absolutely LOVE using animals. Even today they will sometimes “adopt” stray dogs and essentially convert them to be used for things like crowd control or taking down unarmed enemies trying to flee. And of course, sometimes even use them as bomb sniffing dogs. As well as using our own trained dogs that get trained over here for that and then get take over there. And it’s not just the marines that do that nowadays, the army will do it too sometimes. But yeah our military and especially the marines have always loved using animals as help on the battlefield. So much so that there’s a lot of activists out there even way back when that shamed them for putting these animals at risk in a dangerous environment like war. Which on one hand I understand, but on another, the animals essentially love doing this stuff, and they can be key to helping and arguably saving many of our own soldiers lives because they are capable of doing things humans either can’t do at all, or take much much longer to do. And they’re smart enough to hide and get to a safe place when they need to, so the chances of them actually getting taken out or hurt is smaller than you’d think because the handlers don’t want to risk the animals life when they don’t need to. But when it is needed or it does happen, I like to think the animal feels proud to have served and had such a real purpose and gave its body or life to help save us. Animals are a lot smarter than people give them credit for, and I’m willing to bet they know full well they’re helping save people’s lives and that if they get hurt or killed, they have that same kind of pride for what they’ve done with their life as a human soldier does

[@Rednecknerd_rob9634]

And plus, I doubt that, lets say a Platoon would let the animal get hurt, and if it did then that Platoon is like, "You've chosen death."

[@bogustoast22none25]

9:45 they DID tell the Marines to hold it, and they DID find a way… they got a horse.

[@RG-di8ni]

My question is was Reckless the first female marine in battle?

[@BMK500]

Technically yes

[@prestonjones1653]

First and I'm pretty sure last.

[@saintcynicism2654]

Reckless didn't need to be smuggled, and in fact had Ed Sullivan fighting for her to appear on the Ed Sullivan show, but the ship was delayed by a typhoon. THAT SAID, the government said she could attend the party after having blood drawn, but if she tested positive for at least one of two diseases, they'd either put her down or ship her back to Japan. The marines were *furious* about this, because one of the two diseases was *sexually transmitted* between horses, so they took it as the government insulting her honor and her chastity and were fuckin pissed about it.

[@AC-uw4il]

37:55 even though I agree but hear me out if you walk casually enough with determination and act like its normal no one is gonna question you or even notice

[@davidkeese3372]

I’ve already watched all the originals and now I’m on my reaction u tubers tour. I have seen each of his videos probably 12 times by now with 11 people f those being reactions to 😅😊

[@KipReacts]

You absolute Legend.

[@sonicboomers122]

29:50 the disrespect they are showing Reckless.

[@Czarisyn]

I binged TFC's videos for the past 3 days and now I'm watching reactions of his videos. So far I'm convinced that if he or just his vids where the curriculum of US History class or World History even, the stigma that history class being the more boring class (in general, not all) would disappear.

[@queen-lilyorjiako268]

The more I listen to people complain about the education system, the more I realize the school I went to is godly compared to the rest of the country. Shout out to Valley Stream, NY!

[@yudelabreu5964]

Hell yeah i am so happy you reacted to this video

[@peteywheatstraw7670]

47:20 That is one of Sun Tzu's first rules. If the subordinate does not successfully execute their task because his orders were not clear, then it is the fault of the commander.

[@lag9357]

Bro from usda almost got killed because he was doing his job😅

[@Rwscienceguy]

The chinese apparently smelled like garlic because they chewed it like we chew gum

[@LetMeFLY649]

the person that coughed can't feel much after it

[@LordRaine]

The marines had orders to throw grenades at the smell of garlic. The communists had orders to shoot their guns at the first sign of crayons. It was an even fight.

[@samkitchen2071]

The Marine Corps doesn't have the E4 Mafia we have the Lance Corporal Underground.

[@Sturm01]

I was a Lcpl, never heard of it.🤫

[@samkitchen2071]

@@Sturm01 nobody ever has brother Semper Fi

[@Nobody11515]

This story screams marines and chaos and i love it

[@BenedictBlue682]

Garlic actually deters bugs.

[@cesaralfredomorocho2086]

The legend of reckless LETS GOOOOOO 😊

[@patrickjones1380]

The ice mix thing for the army usually is looking for chem light batteries, there are others but thats usually the most common.

[@ismaeljimenez6562]

My favorite is the HMMWV keys

[@patrickjones1380]

@@ismaeljimenez6562 my least favorite was a prick e6 lol

[@nadjasunflower1387]

lol...THIS !! was trying to remember exactly what it was called. thank you. for those who do not know, ' chem lights ' are glow sticks, so they don't have batteries. 🤫😉😁

[@Mike-eg9ok]

Navy it was batteries for the sound powered phone.

[@Plastikdoom]

I will say, smuggle a horse, yes. Yes we will, have and can, or anything else for that matter, through bribes. Or force. I’d stealth isn’t an option. I’ll say this much, USMC vet here, our CO made a comment in passing about how more shade would be nice and help keep all the buildings and headquarters cooler, this the begging of the height of the surge in Iraq…guess what, that night, we went out, got multiple 5 tons and various overhear trucks and trailers, theat we never officially had…and we proceeded to dig up and steal 30 palm trees that night, then dog and plant them. Before our CO was back at 0430…needless to say we loved that CO, he was and is the man. Yes we dig up 30 trees by hand and loaded them by hand, in one night, then proceeded to dig holes for them and replant them. All in one night. While still doing our job and doing missions. Whe he showed up and it got light about 45 minutes later…he’s was flabbergasted, said some words, then just said you know what, I don’t want to know, never brought it up again. And that day, he truly learned the power of a good CO in The Corps. When you are one and your men love you, be careful what you say. We will make said thing happen, no matter what. We woulda set him up as a pirate king, warlord of a nation if he wanted, even suggested that. The moral is don’t fuck with Marines. We can and will do anything g we choose to do.

[@djphroop]

We eat animals for their meat but you harm an animal that won the hearts of the marines they will go full John Wick in an instant.

[@Plastikdoom]

Oh yeah. Even our horses are insane and the most badass things to stalk this planet, and wreak havoc upon our enemies

[@Tar-Numendil]

This is my favorite story ever.

[@nationoftherandomness6036]

random person:umm what is that marine standing next to reckless:smoothie

[@edgarallenpo8330]

There is a joke about the whole breeding incident- "Reckless didnt want some prampered race horse, she wanted a Marine Work Horse!" Lol

[@darkshado124]

One hazing ritual at Walmart is to bring the Milk Pallet from receiving to the Cooler - - - > With a Yellow Manual Pull Jack, which can only be pulled by hand. The average Milk Pallet is 868kg or 1913.61lbs, and depending on the store layout. The receiving area is about 500 meters or 1000 yards away from the cooler. You also have a 5 minute time limit as it takes 10 to 15 minutes to properly go over the shipping manifest to make sure the store got what it ordered. The reason why you get 5 minutes is because its an OSHA Health and Food Safety violation for Dairy Products to be unrefrigerated longer than 20 minutes. There is, on average, 6 Pallets of Milk that gets delivered every 2 days and the new guys wont get approved for Power Jack training until their probation period is up. XD

[@chrismaverick9828]

Meh. Try pulling double-stacked skids of feed (each is about a ton), pallets of paver blocks, or large pallets of ammunition. one ton is nothing with a hand jack unless it is uphill, and even then a running start helps. When you start looking at the service plate or stencils to see what the max load is for the jack and are pretty sure you passed it already, then you have a bit of work. The best retail prank is to get the newb involved in helping set a plan-o-gram and then realize you are going to need the 'Wall stretcher' for the task. Send them out to various places they need to check to find it and wait to see what they come back with. Classic.

[@Crazyfrog41]

You had electric Jacks?!? I would have killed for one of those... but in the 6 years I worked there EVERYTHING was pulled by hand

[@darkshado124]

@@Crazyfrog41 My sincerest condolences!

[@joeojeda4651]

We should get him to watch the weapon and MOS videos. 😂

[@icewolf1988]

Found you doing fast electricians videos, subscribed because of the gundam references

[@icewolf1988]

You should do the videos on the seabees

[@KipReacts]

It's been on my list actually!

[@ChrisTheGhostHunter]

I have a friend, who's about 8 years younger than me that was in the Marines, he got a medical discharge but never saw active combat. Both his sisters are in the Marines right now and so was his dad, about 20 to 30 years ago.

[@Schmangeetay]

I am from kentucky. Yes the Derby is still a thing, the first part of the Triple Crown races. Arguably our school break schedule is based around it for the spring semester. Worth a look.

[@KipReacts]

Fascinating!

[@Schmangeetay]

Also, mint juelips are the drink of choice, the owner of the winning horse is always some guy in a suit with fancy sunglasses, the ladies all wear big hats, and the day before is known as The Oaks which has the Phillies running for a wreath of lily's. Everything is Pink and the 2 weeks beforehand is a Festival kicked off by Thunder Over Louisville. Amazing Air Show by the way.

[@alexisrivera200xable]

On the topic of sources. If you quote the link to the source it will work. The limitation on the search engine results is done by geographic locations to keep foreign language sites results from cluttering the page.

[@halfdead4566]

Kip marines have the lance corporal Mafia not e4 but e3

[@Baldwin-iv445]

You might be somewhat concerned that saying the Chinese eating horses is somewhat racist. But China is the world's largest consumer of horse meat and has likely been a thing since before black powder. It's like saying that Americans eat too much fast food, it's not racist if it's a narrative that a lot of people fit into.

[@wolfdragon1170]

5:30 If you get the answer for that, please let me know. Not that I plan on making any college papers, but it would be a really good thing to know. I think I'll definitely share this with some friends. Although, I watched The Fat Electrician's original video but never really thought about it until you just talked about it. Thanks for that. And thanks for making this video and bringing the big guy's videos to other people. It's fun to see your reactions and input on this stuff. And to see your shows of respect to the "original publisher" so to speak. Keep doing this stuff. It's great.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Those links arent hidden, they just arent shown as much in certain countries due to language issues. If you have the link you can still find the page with or without a vpn.

[@CyberShink]

Hello Kip, i can answer your question about foreign primary sources used in papers of every subject, mine is history. Keep in mind that i am not a teacher and i would be one in the next 3 years. I have asked multiple teachers about this idea and all have mention that it can be done but to have it cited to where everyone of my class or anyone who happen to view my paper can easily and reeasily have the source can be a challenege. Its an acceptable form of ciitng and researching sources, especially when you can have a different perspective on the same subject and see the viewpoints of the same events. One great example is where i manage to find mutiple primary sources of communication telegraphs between german leaderships and commanding officers on the front lines, seeing how desperate they were food and resources. Keep in mind i was still able to find it a US backed governemnt website where i could sounload a pdf and transcript but the original source and image thst was provided was of an actual german document with the enigma code deciphered by espionage agents and later transcripted for future uses. So tl/dr, its perfectly acceptable, jsut got to know how to do it correctly and ethically.

[@brodykline7510]

Man I'd go to parade rest for SSgt Reckless

[@justsoicanfingcomment5814]

Just keep in mind Kip... Enlisted men could smuggle a battleship if they wanted to.😅😂🤣

[@ravenzyblack]

They stole a UBoat from the Germans in WWII.😂 It is in Chicago, to this day.

[@russirish89]

i learned more about Korea from MASH than school

[@imthegoat94]

When any branch names an animal it becomes a named character and it gets plot armor

[@christiedt9818]

His earliest videos when he started on tiktok are comedy gold when they're just 3 minute shitposts about military jobs on a phone camera with the background edited out

[@Estranged180]

27:23 "And I'll f*ckin' do it again"

[@deamonbear]

I am sooooo hoping you end up doing a reaction to the USS Barb video.

[@mrlizardtx]

Support his channel by buying merchandise from his website and not the cheaper bootlegs.

[@RLKmedic0315]

Why cant Hollywood make a movie about Reckless?

[@Sturm01]

Even with DEI they cant agree who should play Ssgt Reckless

[@OdaSwifteye]

@@Sturm01 There's only so many Horse faced actresses.

[@ObservingLibertarian]

38:44 Marines - god bless them all.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

They smelled like garlic because "They chew garlic like we chew gum"

[@OdaSwifteye]

*Wario has entered chat*

[@loki3275]

So, every time i hear the part of Reckless repeatedly going up and down the hill delivering the rounds and the soldiers thinking theyre sending her to her death makes me tear up. Such a heroic fucking story.

[@admiralthunderbunny4520]

I dropped 1k to K9s for Veterans, just so you'd be covered on this.

[@Plastikdoom]

And oh know we can’t only do so much. Us Marines are truly superhuman. Why is that? Through our beliefs and actions. We become superhuman. All you gotta do is look at our history to see that. Regular guys become Marines. And Marines become superhuman, the gods of war. Through their decisions, determination. Actions and beliefs. We have regularly done the impossible or improbable. That’s regular. What’s expected. You yourself touched on that many times always understaffed, under equipped. With old stuff, at least a decade out of date in most cases, we win, and win in a truly stunning fashion, against all odds in every major war.

[@MrGoesBoom]

Like a lot of things that never get touched on in US History classes, the Korean War is never mentioned and/or glossed over because it wasn't a shining success ( I mean, technically it never ended and North Korea is still a bastion of communism and human rights violations ) and there were moments that America wasn't too proud of and would prefer forgotten. Vietnam is the war that broke the trend of just quietly never mentioning stuff because it was so widely covered in all forms of media. This is mostly a good thing and will hopefully never go away ( though those news outlets that think hounding the brass for details of their plans before they get carried out really should get reined in )

[@pinkfrappe_]

As far as I'm aware with my experience writing research papers throughout university, accessing a source through a VPN is essentially the same as using a university database to bypass paywalls of publishers. It's a tool at your disposal and it doesn't alter the information presented. As long as you're able to properly cite the source you found, it doesn't really matter how you found it. That being said, if there *is* a source you want to access but it is behind a publisher's paywall, and you don't have a database to access? The best way to get around that restriction is to reach out to any of the authors of the paper and request access to it. The authors do not make any money from these publishers and are almost *always* happy to share their work with people who are interested.

[@headwound04]

I've been following The Fat Electrician since tiktok and I have a lot of his shirts as a veteran I love them very funny

[@troyshilanski380]

You make good points bro. Im old and forget

[@KipReacts]

I'm 29 and I forget so much. I get it.

[@thatotherdan9984]

I love how everyone rags on the marines like they're a bunch of dumbasses, but they also get things done by thinking outside the box. Makes me think of the idiot savant perk from fallout. Failing upwards 🚀🚀

[@domshooter934]

he actually has been getting tons of TP from fans. he made mention of it on his most recent guest spot on the Unsubscribe Podcast (with eli_doubletap and Baddie)

[@Legion_03]

Grog is not just for cavalry Scouts, a lot of military personal do it as a like ceremony at a lot of military balls stuff and while the tradition started in the Calvary, grog was common well before that with sailors including us navey sailors. they would mix rum or other alcohol, sugar, lime and water(different groups had different names for it and they use different ingredients, but it was all essentially the same thing) to sterilize and help the taste. The only real difference between these two types is the Calvary had more than one type of alcohol involved. it’s not the drink if it’s important, it was the goal behind the drink because when it was originally done, it was to make sure every one of them got a drink not just the ones who had alcohol