Marine Raiders Battle Fiercely in Helmand Province, Afghanistan

This week's episode of Urban Valor shines a spotlight on Bryan Buckley, a Marine veteran with a remarkable story. Hailing from Doylestown, PA, Bryan's early years were dominated by football, a sport in which he excelled, securing two state championships. His path seemed set on football until the events of 9/11 shifted his focus dramatically. Motivated by a sense of duty, Bryan joined the Marine Corps as an officer, where he served in various capacities including the infantry, Force Recon, and as a Marine Raider within the Marine Special Operations Command. In this episode, Bryan shares his experiences of intense combat against the Taliban in Afghanistan's dangerous Helmand province, highlighting the challenges they faced, the losses they suffered, and the solemn duty of returning home with fallen heroes.
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[@quentinkrall8674]

I watched this entire video and even rewound different parts of the video which says a lot bc I never am that interested typically bc the video becomes boring but this is one of the best I’ve seen in regards to being a professional combatant and I appreciate the knowledge you’ve blessed the universe with And may you find peace on earth amongst the devils playground.

[@quentinkrall8674]

I just subscribed in support of veterans.

[@stephenbouldin8163]

I was Marine Artillery late 90's early 2000's. This caliber of marine doesn't exist everywhere. These guys are truly a breed apart.

[@troykennedy9351]

One of, if not, the most underrated channel by far. This does a lot for the vets and the younger people who want to enlist. Keep putting out this content, I’ve learned a lot and so has many others!!!

[@CalebPrkr]

100% agreed

[@scottnaylon]

🎯

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate it brother 🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@hardcorehobbies3809]

Agreed 🤘

[@thekidd8169]

I strongly agree. KZbin land is back ass ward place.

[@scottnaylon]

This guy is a true warrior. Absolutely inspiring to hear him speak. Thank you for this content from an old infantryman.

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate it brother 🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@marlowtownsend3241]

Proud to call Bryan a friend and old colleague. Really solid person, this is his real personality.

[@RustyShackleford]

I could happily spend the rest of my life listening to Bryan Buckley talk. This video is amazing.

[@richardwilliams323]

Amazing story from one of our nations' great war fighters. I really like the fact that there are no interruptions. Thank you for your service.

[@UrbanValorTV]

We appreciate the support

[@MsRotorwings]

“I pulled up his man dress.” 😂😂 Savage!

[@Picmdeep]

Damn, he served in the same infantry unit as I did (2/8) Missed him by a few years but very impressive Marine officer. Rah, sir.

[@Allyourbase1990]

I was in Marjah back in 2010 and it was pretty rough . Glad you made it back . Semper Fi

[@UrbanValorTV]

Thank you 🙏🏼🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼SF

[@barbaruchajoya644]

I remember reading about you guys and then few months later I was in Sangin. Afghanistan was no walk in the park.

[@torisefaamaligi3315]

Here's an awesome Marine, leader, and man... Great segment... Thank you Urban Valor for keeping these reaal life stories alive, really helps. Respectfully, USMC Retired OIF/OEF Veteran Infantryman

[@UrbanValorTV]

🫡much respect to you my brother and thank you for serving our country 🇺🇸 i appreciate you watching🙏🏼

[@user-ph1cm5jt4b]

Him smirking about the water bowl thing is essentially what anyone who has ever served in the military in any capacity misses about the military.

[@RG-ro9xm]

Contrary to popular understanding, the Marines don't need to lower their ASVAB or other standards to gain numbers. And they refuse to!

[@MrSiLenTb88]

Man this brought me to tears, bloody hell, God bless our Soldiers and Allies

[@hatfieldmccoy0311]

Man this damn channel, I get up go to work in the barn and just push play on my KZbin because I am a Hillbilly ass Grunt and cannot figure out for the life of me how to find where pod casts are so I just just open KZbin and first video push play and let the videos play as background sounds. I have had three or four of interviews show up on my suggested and they are always great, I just never hit subscribe because I forget about, but it is crazy all of the interviews hit home or like Doc Foncesca, it popped up on me out if nowhere on the 24 a day after 1/2 hit Nasiryah, and I saw some of that man's actions that earned him the Navy Cross that 23 of March. It helped me work out of that funk that had kind of set in on me hearing that and then hearing his interview really hit home and just made so much sense to so many questions I had inside. I didn't know this man in any way worked in the medical cannabis field. I also ended up with an injury where my right calcaneous completely exploded and like him if they had to use a big screw I was done. Woke up from the first surgery, had 6 bone blocks, 4 long ass screws, two plates and 12 smaller screws. Got out 5 surgeries later I told them I dine with surgery, next one cut it off. On top of my foot my other injuries the VA loaded me up on opiates, which was the worst decision they could have ever done. A Marine Infantry Combat Vet, all of a sudden out of his safety zone, multiple combat deployments, and I didn't realize yet I had some real PTSD issues I had no idea about. Longer I was home the more I noticed there weird feelings where I just didn't feel right. Then bouts of depression that I didn't understand because I never felt anything like it, but I also noticed if I took more of these pain pills I was good and I didn't feel any pain emotionally or physically, I thought I had found something no one else knew about with these opiate pain pills. The worse my PTSD symptoms got the more pills I would take, problem was I would run out quick. So I would call the VA and they would say hey no problem you had some break through pain, you come on down we will refill you. It got bad, the VA just kept upping the med to a stronger and stronger opiate, and raise up the milligrams until they had me methadone, I had lost everything, my family, my pride, I lost who I was completely because of these damn pills. Well about that time I met this woman and we got along and I confided in her one day I was struggling with addiction I wanted to quit but I was really in body pain too, and I was having a hard time defeating this stupid little pill that had taken complete control of my life. She said you should try smoking. I told her I can't smoke weed I am not 15 ,weed is for dirt bags and lazy college kids. But she was hot and she asked me to try and that day, my life was saved. I took one hit all the pain in my body disappeared, the desire my body had for the opiate chemical was gone, so I went to the VA my next appointment took the pain meds I had left and gave them the OIF OEF director at my VA told her I am done with the pills they had destroyed me, I am going to use cannabis. They freaked, yelled I couldn't start smoking weed because of my TBI, it was better for me to stay strung out on those damn pills. I refused left and went home. The next morning I had a VA home health aid standing at my door, I answered, she introduced herself and said the VA sent her there to ensure I was taking my pain medication. I refused told her thank you closed the door. Next morning she was at my door again, same interaction, finally I just answering my door. The VA was so against me smoking it was crazy. It saved my life. I can't explain how much it saved my life. I quit because I felt like shit that I using weed instead of aspirin and no plans on ever quitting the cannabis and so I put it down a year and a half ago. I wasn't the type to smoke all day, I would take a hit in the morning, just one hit to get my day started, then go all day may take a couple aspirin and would wait until after 11 pm to take two hits so I could relax enough to eat and I could feel the tension and the pain in my body just go away and I would sleep too. No nightmares it was amazing. But for some reason it got into my head that I was a piece of shit for taking three hits a day of cannabis. I need to get back to smoking again. I don't sleep much anymore since I quit and the body pain is sometimes hell to push through, so hearing him talk about his cannabis experience and that someone else uses it I don't judge myself so much. I just need to realize, I am taking a medication that is healthy. Thank you

[@UrbanValorTV]

Thanks for sharing that with us brother. I hear cannabis works wonders. It’s natural which is better than opiates. Good luck to you brother and if you ever want to share your experiences send me an email- [e-mail]

[@BushidoDevilDog]

Have you looked into CBD oil as an alternative?

[@REZNAP]

Massive Respect from Providence, Rhode Island! Newport is beautiful...

[@tryptaman4315]

Channel has grown so much since my follow. You deserve it

[@UrbanValorTV]

Thank you 🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@bobbertee5945]

Capt Buckley, you are a motivating dude, proud to share the same uniform, you are an asset to the veteran community sir....

[@itzcuzzy3807]

What a powerful thing to watch..

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate it and for watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@swmann2]

Oh my God the Billy Madison joke killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Obvod222]

Great story from this hero.❤️

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate you watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@SKKT1992]

Incredible interview . Serious storytelling talent . Semper Fi

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate you watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@jaxonphillips9554]

Thank you sir for your work and service. Rah Sir,

[@Jay.G197]

Urban Valor needs to meet Shawn Ryan, that would be a great podcast episode!

[@southboston7239]

Fact

[@HighTreason007]

He can tell a story

[@jakechaney2565]

This video needs more likes!

[@Steventrujillo-om2hy]

Damn sure one of the best interviews I’ve seen , Now That’s a Commander!, A leader , Thank you Sir.

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate it 🤙🏼

[@HectorGyms]

97k let’s get too 100k congrats Josh, for 100k can we get someone to interview you brother ? Keep up the badass work man god bless 🤘🏽🤙🏽

[@UrbanValorTV]

It’s in the works brother 🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@quentinkrall8674]

This guy is amazing good job sir.

[@panzershadow]

These guys talk about all the things I (a civilian) want to ask, but they would never answer. Great insight.

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate you watching 🙏🏼

[@AGMI9]

do it in the right setting at the right time, and dont push for info they dont seem like they dont wanna talk about, like dont come out and ask "have you ever killed anyone?" ask something like "any funny stories from your time in the military"

[@panzershadow]

@@AGMI9 Thank you. Well said.

[@MsRotorwings]

I’m glad he finished college and went in as an Officer.

[@jamesday7344]

What an amazing story from a hero

[@Delatta1961]

Great story. Thanks for sharing this Captain.

[@zac2399]

Live blade fighting with Chip Armstrong - Marine. Been to the same course - 2008

[@huddeemane]

The only thing as impressive as this guy's incredible story was his delivery of the story.

[@christophermac1797]

Great episode!

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate you watching 🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@tonyshetter7545]

Thank you for your service people like you inspire me and many others you are a legit hero

[@romeofitzgerald]

Built different.

[@Tc0602]

General Lefavere was a brigadier general at Parris Island when I was a recruit back in 2008

[@noblece]

Outstanding!

[@bjjmonster25]

😳Holy shit , how have I never found this b4. . Looks awesome , great guests. Bravo subbing this 🇺🇸💪🙏

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate you watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@__belial__]

Buddy, you need like 6 mil more viewers

[@Thebluesky0311]

Time stamps please.

[@sentfromdaniel]

Gary Lucas and him played together I think. You guys were awesome to watch when I was a little kid! I still climb at high rocks every week. Go bucks!

[@wagnerrr23]

6 days later. F’n incredible sir! Much respect. SSGT. Randall 1:28:09

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate it 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@heuristicnepenthean7727]

wow! BB is the best spoken guy outside of Paul Harrell

[@charliemccash]

I was at the Kandahar/Helmand province border in 2012 with the 82nd airborne....2012 was wild!!

[@dannyotter7247]

Fantasic vid, brilliantly articulated and presented - I wonder if the military take full advantage of this experience, insight and presentation? I do love that we are able to document this but given the amount of content now we need some for of index, stuff like this shouldn’t be lost.

[@user-wz1nf9qo3r]

Was there in 2012. Rah.

[@MichaelSMITHERS-xv2ow]

2012 huh wasn’t even considered a deployment at that point 😂 😆 …., boot 👢

[@user-wz1nf9qo3r]

@@MichaelSMITHERS-xv2ow sounds like possible self projection . You must be one hell of a warrior lmao..

[@civicsr2cool]

@@MichaelSMITHERS-xv2owbruh, 2008-2013 was peak OEF, like 90% of all action in those few years.

[@yepisaidit100x]

Thank you for your service. I have served with Air Force officers for over 20 years but my final tour was serving with Marine Officers…when it comes down to leadership…many AF officers with the exception of Flyer, could use a lot of mentorship from the Marine officers. Oh do I have some doozies for comparison. I’m in charge of bed down the troops on my final deployment . AF O-3 (Finance) says Chief I demand a room to myself Me - Sir there are none available AF O-3 Gasp! I wanna speak with your commander now! Me- Ok sir he will be with you shortly Marine O-4 Evening Gunny, got any space for me? Me- No Sir, we have no single billet spaces available Marine O-4 (aviator) I’ll take a tent rack, I’m only gonna be here for 72 hrs. Me - I won’t be in my single for the next four days, I have 2 racks if you don’t mind being around us enlisted pukes. Marine officer - I’ll take whatever - so I handed him the keys and asked one of my guys to take him out to the enlisted area. No fuss just glad not to be sleeping in a tent!

[@rizzygang3242]

MAKE TIMESTAMPS

[@dj-HSTP]

I wish that a group of vets would get together to tell these stories together

[@jamescorfield534]

Talkin about that plane ride cracked my face a lil bit

[@charliewinn8052]

Shit...it's Buckley! Great to see 3rd MSOB guys on the various channels! Would love to see someone from TM17/8143 jump on and talk about Mike Roy!

[@jacobgill4808]

I was in Miami Florida on 9/11 it was literally like Red Dawn I got up to pee after the first plane hit the first Tower I walked in living room in about 30 seconds later the second plane came in and hit I woke everyone in the house up we started breaking out rifles and ammo I was half expecting parachutes to start dropping out of the sky such a wild day

[@terrellbennett3672]

Semper fi!!

[@UrbanValorTV]

SF 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@billbrasky7540]

(My personal bookmark for when i can pick back up on this story at a later time) 1:51:00

[@BobMuffin-dt8jp]

This is like the soft white underbelly for the military, except they’re not on drugs, and it’s slightly less depressing

[@hardcorehobbies3809]

Insights full of the most honorable Americans.🤘

[@UrbanValorTV]

👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@hardcorehobbies3809]

🤘🤝👊🏻

[@davidpattersun2326]

Out.... Standing you sir with out any doubt are a MARINES MARINE.!!! Thankya sir bookoo. It is written whatever you need grows on this earth. Amasehing the results from mushrooms,( phyote buttons,Navajo ),canabus. Please look over the spelling. You're one hellof anOfficer sir. May the sun always be on your back with a gentle breezz across your cheeks, Semper Fi

[@UrbanValorTV]

Semper Fi🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@ColdCuredCam]

3rd comment. GOD BLESS AMERICA

[@UrbanValorTV]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏼🙏🏼

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This one is 🔥🔥🔥 🫡🇨🇦🇺🇸

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👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@Budrob998]

Patriot ❤

[@UrbanValorTV]

👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@aueyburroughs1143]

Love you, thank you for being so brave. Verily I say those we know who have passed gave glory unto HOLY HEAVENLY FATHER.

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💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@UrbanValorTV]

🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@RossNaylor-uq4jp]

I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday strangely as I now suffer with a t.b.i but I remember it well, i am Scottish and I had just passed my regiment training and was on leave due to mangling my feet during the last ruck before passing the training i don't know how i managed it but I forgot to put the insoles in my boots we have 2 sets one set are highly polished and ready for parade and the other set are your working boots i just forgot to swap the insoles and by the end of the ruck my feet looked like a packet of bacon strips i was sent to s civilian hospital for treatment and they didn't have a clue how to treat my injury i ended up at the regiment docs and they knew what to do basically they soaked my feet in salty water 😢 and then left me for an hour then they started cutting off all the dead skin and i think it was pig skin they covered the wounds with it was experimental at the time and it worked but anyway I was allowed leave as it was the summer block leave so I went home to Scotland and I was visiting a friend the morning of 9/11 and we just got back from dundee and i turned on his t.v and it was showing the twin towers smouldering i said is this a film its a strange time next thing my mobile rings and its my dad saying i had to get back to the barracks asap my leave was cancelled within 2 days i think it was it felt like the whole british army were on this exercise and i was lucky enough to watch the sas doing drills coming into the runway in a Hercules c130 as it landed landrovers were coming out the rear cargo doors and driving off left and right and the hercules never stopped it just took off again i think within the month we were deployed yeah it must have been around November my section was the rapide deployment section and it was insane from the start to the finish i joined at the right time all the combat experience we had after nearly 30 years of nothing except Ireland and exercises

[@UrbanValorTV]

Thanks for sharing this with us bro. Wishing you the best 🤙🏼

[@Ja_s-per]

🎇🇺🇲"God Bless Our Veterans and Active Warrior's!"🇺🇲🎇 🫡

[@Kwisatz_HaderachXIII]

Time stamp please 🫡

[@davidtrisha1469]

👍

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👍💯

[@UrbanValorTV]

👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@mando1shot989]

you ever think about making a video about yourself maybe get another person to ask you questions and make a video about yourself and your journey in the service ?

[@donesysgaming5722]

Bangin' in Sangin Summer Vacation 2012

[@wildbill60]

🇺🇸💯👍

[@UrbanValorTV]

🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼

[@claytonjohn6473]

Do you know why people were jumping out of the building? Thermite heat made it unbearable. Why did that maint guy from the tower say he heard explosions in the basement before the plane hit? over 100 of the nations top achitects and engneers say theres no way the building could have fallen like that. Nobody can explain away the molton steel dripping from the building, the fact they said the plane that went down because the passengers fought back. They claimed the plane hit the ground and just disapeaed under ground. come on

[@michaelwaters1535]

They shot that plane down in Pennsylvania, thePentagon was struck by a missile ther a videos from a gas station and the towers were built to withstand a plane crash, no way the whole building collapsed from that, controlled demolition

[@tigerleoneinc.9282]

Watch "Where did the towers go?" by Dr Judy Wood. Available on KZbin.

[@krisleal5350]

Rah

[@jakhaughton1800]

For the non US forces individuals please highlight the acronyms.

[@gopnikstyle9148]

I hope a lot of these veterans are being sincere about the woman holding her dress down moment on 9/11 because it seems to me it can be used as a profound moment to include I their motivation Mr America needs me military service story after seeing other claim that was their moment in life that guided them towards that direction taking advantage of the dramatic effectiveness it would have towards their story 😔. Not denying it is a fact but it just so happens that everyone veteran I know in life hasn’t ever said that was the reason why they joined but everyone n televisions seems to have joined because of that 🤔 idk….. just hope they are being sincere. That woman deserves utmost respect 🫡

[@anthonyjacobo5152]

I knew he looked familiar he looks like “Big bomboclat” dude

[@zachlung6408]

34:27-34:32😅🤧

[@dannymcglone7430]

Crenshaw turn coated once he got into Congress.That stunt he pulled on Eddie Gallagher was a trash move.

[@MiaogisTeas]

Disappointed that cannabis was the thing that helped, as I've seen so many lives permanently altered by it in a bad way. I used to be gung ho on reform, but I've changed my tune on that these days. It's been a net-negative for people here in Colorado.

[@DrewishBear]

I’m a Marine vet as well and fell in-love with it for 8 yrs. I’m off it forever now. Net negative everywhere I’m thinking. Between the current thc levels and the additives, it’s become something sinister.

[@davidpattersun2326]

That should be Patterson not un😂 from another Leathernecked,Jarheaded,Devildawg not sueing our Marine Corp. dod1975

[@jamescorfield534]

TSA is unAmerican

[@johnkarcis5142]

An officer disgusting

[@bigrichard1992]

I’m sure this guy is a hero, but I can’t follow a guy who tells stories about conversations with people.. I can’t even really follow if he was even there for most of these events? Officers are just so unappealing to me. Talking about talking

[@TheIrfanxz44]

They’re all talk about how good they are, but they lost to donkey riders in Afghanistan

[@kaylakurucz7214]

Nope they didn’t. Mr Trump decided we were leaving. Negotiated a peace as the winning side will.

[@khanate2750]

@@kaylakurucz7214 you fought an enemy for 20 years and they now run the country. They won lol.

[@kaylakurucz7214]

@@khanate2750 I personally didn’t. And nope they didn’t win. We told them come to the table making them agree to a peace treaty. We then left. Their not defending themselves against an enemy already defeated is their problem, not the United States’.

[@michaelwaters1535]

Took over and ran the country for 20 years and killed 10x more then them, it became a waste of money that could be used stateside, hardly an L, place is a shit hole, not our problem anymore

[@michaelwaters1535]

Haha you thought we were there to kill insurgents? 😂 We were there to drain the resources fool