MARINE RECONNAISSANCE CREED; MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO | Nick Koumalatsos

[@adrianb6138]

This motivates me!! I left the Corps and joined the nasty army and I’m planning on coming back to the Corps as an officer. I’m working out to get in Marine shape and I will be a Marine Officer! Oorah!!

[@animus2414]

How did it go?

[@tazgulley5488]

Stay focused... You are who you are ... You are exactly what you are... The difference between a marine and everyone else.. We can't change who we are nor what it is we do.. To be honored to stand when they 📞.. We are the few that hold the line.. But we are always Marines

[@Gabeking88]

How is it going ?

[@celticamerviking8876]

Well how did it go?

[@loveornolove5668]

You sitting at home eating donuts Adrian ? 😂😂

[@MrMiyagiGhost]

I'm currently at the end of Phase 1 in BRC. We'll be conducting our RPAT/20k in order to continue on to 2nd Phase next week. Admittedly, I'm not the best ruck runner. However I'll be giving it my all during this hike. "To overcome, to adapt, and to do whatever it takes to complete the mission."

[@Lucid925]

Hey man, really curious if you made it. I will be attending sometime next year. I’m a reservist so I’m training with 4th reconnaissance to prepare me in my hometown.

[@robertfunderburk4140]

James S Did you make it?

[@user-xo2th7xo4w]

Chief? You make it?

[@Usmcto]

@@Lucid925 don’t worry before you attend BRC you will go through RTAP which gets you ready for BRC don’t give up BRC is about pushing you beyond what you believe you can do keep saying to yourself I’m about to be the Best of the Best the few and the prouder

[@Lucid925]

@@Usmcto i appreciate you man but i already went, i got most if the way through rtap before i was sent back(i was sent with a bad leg), and when i got back my unit was being shut down lol.

[@larrymaldonado4674]

Swift, Silent, Deadly!

[@michaellefort6128]

You rang?

[@OscarNovember1776]

OORAH

[@ZiiNkEd]

Graduating BRC class 5-18 tomorrow! Getting stationed at 3rd recon battalion Okinawa , Japan

[@chandlermills8251]

12 days until I hit those yellow footprints out in San Diego!

[@Holypiston878]

You got this man don't think. Just do your body quits before your mind

[@aristichus1109]

When it gets hard, dont dwell on how much longer you have. Focus on getting by, day by day, meal by meal. Before you know it you'll have your Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.

[@gioxrs]

Chandler Mills duuuude, I’m going the same day!!

[@HelloThere-zy7zp]

Chandler Mills Good luck brother,I head to san Diego for marine corps basic too on November 12th.Give it hell!

[@HelloThere-zy7zp]

Giovanny Hernandez Good luck brother!I go November 12 to San Diego For marine corps basic too.Give it hell!

[@tmccall44]

This channel has SO much potential. You've set the bar high sir. Well done!

[@willshoemaker9219]

I’m currently watching this in my barracks, I go through r-tap next month and brc the next month, I will be a recon Marine, never have I been so motivated to accomplish something, the marine corps has done so much for me and I can’t wait to give back to it as a recon marine. RAH!

[@abepeterson]

Once a Marine, always a Marine. SEMPER FIDELIS!

[@abepeterson]

US MARSOC you actually MARSOC brother??? 0371 Combat engineer here!

[@bradleygonzalez1160]

Never above you Never below you Always beside you

[@ravenblakk8403]

You are absolutely correct. Never quit, Never surrender. Forged in fire and born on the battlefield.

[@sirostauffer7462]

Thank i am swiss want to become american and then go to recon or raiders thank you for youre words they really help stay safe and god bless

[@krazylevin]

Now I feel like waking up early and hitting the gym before I go to work. I mean...I hit it in the afternoons after, but this vid made me feel like I'm wasting those early hours. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Vondoobie]

I did four years as an army diver and I wanna be the best. I ship out to parris island next month with a shot at recon! Thrilled to death.

[@JeffD63]

Don't say it, those are just words. Do It! Sweat, Blood & Tears!

[@OscarNovember1776]

I look forward to becoming a Force Recon one day

[@pedrovalencia370]

Great way to start my a.m.🙏💪🙌💯

[@dezmondnewton7812]

I watch this every morning and every night to make sure I instill it into my brain!!! 💪🏽

[@bghost1068]

I have nothing but respect for these men, I plan on going in after high school

[@kevinmcleish1722]

Do or die!! Semper fi marines!! To all my brothers past, present n future!!

[@charlesdanweirdotoo1287]

God bless you nick, jesus christ loves you and we love yea. Best wishes to yea

[@mellow2424]

I got two months to train for recon, I’ve been training for basic and I’m fit for that, but I’m shit at swimming so everyday I’m swimming now ontop of hitting the gym and run at night. I’m praying I’ll make it.

[@lexyonyou]

Speak without saying a word love it ❤️

[@malcolmstreetman1391]

Love your vids. Keep it up and much respect to you. And thank you for your service.🇺🇸

[@CookieMonster13297]

Never above you, never below you

[@carebear8762]

Jimmy Stare Changed My Life.

[@zomeister8367]

Hey Nick is there any way I can contact you so we could talk a little one on one about recon because I’m currently making some plans with my career planner and I’d like to get a little more info on this from someone who’s done it. Thank you.

[@1981YoungONE]

Great motivation!!!! I needed that at 0330 this morning!!!

[@jpturner171]

Semper Fi young Warriors 👍🏽🇺🇸

[@levivaske7000]

Currently using this to learn the creed before.... tomorrow!!!

[@Usmcto]

No offense but don’t recite the creed without earning it you

[@danmac4969]

do Marines who are lat moving to Recon have do to the primer course or just attend regular BRC?

[@michaelinnokentii2668]

It’s RTAP (recon training assessment program) now it BRPC

[@laurentaudren2523]

Nice, need more such inspirational videos. Greets.

[@DesMen-i9z]

Didn’t know that Marines do parachuting too. I thought they were just sea infantry and parachuting from the air is not their thing. Learnt something today.

[@theonekaos]

Nick,..first off, thank you for your service, dedication and sacrifice! I am also thankful I found your channel. New subscriber now!. Our son ships out in Sept. He recently came home after doing PT with the recruiters and changed the order of preferred MOS. His first choice is Recon. I watched your video of the difference in Recon and Raider. My question is: when a young Marine quits the tryout phase and how they weed out the ones that cannot make it. What happens to those that quit and walk away from the pool? Do they get thrown into their 2nd MOS choice? Rotated back into the "tryout" phase of becoming a Recon Marine? Thx for any feedback.

[@tammycaplan9681]

Yhanks

[@NathanTraber]

Leave for boot camp here in a few weeks 🤙 Oorah

[@jurquiza97]

Best moto video I’ve watched

[@Homelessgrunt]

Shared with my Poole group.

[@mikebishop4346]

Great video Nick 👍🏻

[@matpapa7831]

Greek fighter,Greek soul!

[@44musher]

26march79... Never look back always forward Little banged up but still game. Go get some....

[@MarineReconinDe]

RAH!!!!!

[@6969scoots]

Every day at rtc, good shit

[@joegolden462]

Semper Fi Brother!

[@winter2625]

Yes!

[@HatmanXIIX]

“What only others can imagine” My brain is screeching right now lol

[@adibee88]

Semper Fi Brother!👊⚡ ⚡

[@AlexSanchez-cc5hk]

Fu****g A brother! This video popped up as I was working out in my garage! Made me do a few more reps.

[@carlwagner4565]

I miss recon

[@afro__g5217]

I want to be a Recon Marine so bad I had this dream since I was 8 and did wrestling for 3 years to toughen me up and learned that I can achieve anything I want as long as I work for it. What's holding me back is my simple battery charge due to anger issues but I'm working on getting it dropped as I pray for a second chance while I prepare for the Marines and Recon. I don't know what else I could live for if I lose this opportunity if the charge doesn't get dropped.

[@christianhenson6924]

I hope it all worked out for you.

[@josevillatoro8684]

Hey Nick! A big shot out from Chicago. Great motivational videos brother. My question about recon or raiders. Is there a specific physical height limit to qualify? Im a short dude at 5'6 & 28 yo, but i know i got what it takes to become one. Thanks and cheers 🍻

[@adrianholland6787]

My son is about to complete his 1st year in the Corps. He went into Military Police, and was wanting to eventually transition into SRT. Last night, he told me that instead of concentrating on SRT, he wants to get into the best physical shape possible, and try to get into Recon. Do you have any advice?

[@karlgreenkgv]

Very good video to keep the motivation high Nick!!! So you are a ketlebell lover too🤣🤣🤣. I bought one of 24kg to do swings

[@complexblackness]

Sounds like the Ranger Creed.

[@josephs5334]

I was thinking heavy on being a navy rescue swimmer but I also want to do this too, what should I do?

[@eliasrodriguez2608]

Joseph S become a SARC

[@montyburns2829]

All a marine needs is his k bar a loin cloth and a pair of Oakley's .

[@michaellefort6128]

Two KaBars, no waiting.

[@pppww4399]

Nick do you advise running in boots or in converse sneakers to strengthen the legs and to avoid shin splints ?

[@eveharmony7426]

My son is a US Marine oorah!

[@dustinmannifield]

*and can achieve what Others can Only imagine

[@Holypiston878]

I really hope I can make it in the army rangers I hope I will be strong enough. Do you have any advice. Moto Moto gotta lot of motivation

[@michaellefort6128]

Keep moving forward and always know where your feet are.

[@WilliamElliottBeverlyIV]

WANNA BE RECON!

[@NickKoumalatsos82]

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[@georgerubio807]

Hello, sir. I bought your book "Recon Prep". I'm barely at session 3, but I have high hopes.

[@swsogaming8730]

Rah Marine

[@matthewmcgriff4588]

Nick, what's your take on the Multipurpose Canine Handlers??

[@axvasto5185]

Orah.🤙🏻🇺🇸

[@michaellefort6128]

Two OO's in Oorah.

[@victorpantojas9508]

ARUGAH!!!

[@husseinabdulkadir4162]

I wanna downloaded this

[@dawsynlarson696]

Man this is my dream to become a recon marine but the rate that im going in high school. It’s not gonna happened and I hate myself for doing this at the begging of this year I was happy had a positive outlook and now I’m down and don’t wanna do any of my homework all my classes have dropped there’s one class that I’m barely passing same exact thing happened last year please someone help me figure this out I have no clue if it’s depression or not

[@juliojones7569]

Iamrepairingmynervesnow #thankyouAllah

[@agmsmith4079]

Great video! Your production skills just keep getting better and better! Next up I think you should try and get your audio post happening a little better. The timing of the dialogue edits could be better in spots, especially against the music. The dialogue needs a de-esser and you should roll off the bottom end below 80Hz or so to tame the thumps. And the level of the voice over jumps up and down a bit, you should squash it with a compressor/limiter. But overall great video. You are kicking butt man!! Cheers!

[@agmsmith4079]

Nick Koumalatsos ... cool, don’t be staid to automate the music and the voice over too. Like at :22 the music should swell up a few dB until your VO comes in at :43. At :43 you can bring the music back down a few dB. The phrase “those who went before me” at :55 gets lost in the drum rhythm playing behind it, so cut the VO and move it a little later or push the VO up a little bit. Putting compression/limiting on your VO can help with this too. After putting a compressor on it, you may not need to automate the VO up right there. But for clarity it might work better to slide it a hair later so the percussion rhythm right there doesn’t mask the words... the next few VO phrases are really quiet and hard to hear until 1:13 when the phrase “And dedicating myself to the completion of the...” comes in pretty loud. Also the “p” on completion pops, doing a “wide band” de-esser will tame that “p” and the other plosives that happen throughout the video. If you aren’t recording VO with a pop stopper in front of the mic, you should. The Stedman metal pop stoppers work great and don’t dull the high frequencies at all like the fabric pop stoppers tend to do. At 1:30,you have a lip smack. It sounds like a like click. You should just cut those out because they can get distracting to the listener and when you start using compressors and limiters they can cause the compressors to freak out and over compress. One thing that might be cool is to put a little bit of reverb on your VO so it doesn’t feel soooo disconnected with the epic ness off the music. Not s lot, just a little out of a small hall or small plate verb reall quiet in the background. If you have a Predelay setting in the verb, set it somewhere around 20 or 30ms. And if you have any sort of high damp, high frequency roll off or low pass type filtering in the verb, make sure you set it (or them if there is more than one) to somewhere around 4,000 Hz (4KHz) or lower otherwise the verb will add a weird sizzle to your voice. Sometimes a long delay can be cool too on VO... so the. It kind of feels like your voice is echoing through the ages or something like that. One other thing I would play around with... it’s great how you have “spirit, heart” in the hole in the music right before 2:07... but the the phrase “a recon marine can speak without saying a word, and achieve what only other can imagine” should slide later so that the phrase starts at 2:09 or 2:10, after the music hits the braaam. Right now you have that phrase in the riser from 2:07-2:09 and the high pitch of the riser and it’s growing intensity distracts from the VO, so sliding the VO over a little will put it over the braaam which is more static and not changing intensity. That will help the VO stand out... and you can automate the volume of the braaam down a little bit after the hit to make a little more room for the VO too. That should time out well too because then the “only other imagine” should fall right on the fade to black or picture. Anyway, these are just some suggestions. Try them and see how they work against picture. Another general tip/trick we usually try to maintain as much as possible. Any time there is a big hit in the music, don’t put dialogue/VO on it, put it around it (before and after). Same thing with big sound effects like explosions or booms. I noticed at around :48 onward you were cutting the VO so it leads into and over the music hits. Like “I accept all CHALLENGES involved in this profession”, “forever shall I STRIVE...” etc. challenge and strive are placed on big hits in the music. You did a great job cutting the visual to those hits, but now you are also cutting the VO to those hits instead of around them... think of those hits has mountains and the space between as valleys. You want the VO in the valleys between the hits as much as possible. It’s not always possible. Sometimes there is just no way around it. But in that spot especially it really feels like you have a lot of room to slide the VO around to get it in between the music hits instead of on top of them. Anyway... some food for thought and some things to experiment with. Have a great time in Greece!!! Finish your book if you haven’t already! :-) Cheers!

[@agmsmith4079]

Nick Koumalatsos ... to show you what I mean about the verb and delay on the VO, here is a video I did a quick mix on for some friends of mine... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3O5XoGPpqikhbc The VO is taken from the films and is was bone dry and felt really disconnected from the music. So I put some reverb and delay on it and it did the trick. This amount of it would probably be too much for your video because the music you are using isn’t as ambient. But you can hear the “effect” it has on the voice and the overall impact to the story. If you listen all the way through you’ll hear the one problem I had with it, right before the groove kicks in.... the VO gets buried a little. I had it louder but because this video is supposed to feature the music, the composer and the video producer asked me to duck the VO at the climax so you could hear the music... oh well! You win some, you lose some! Hahaha. But it does sound pretty epic. Anyway... it’s an example of how you can add some verb and delay to a VO to increase its impact/overall “epicness”. :-).

[@Skidmark0303]

It's simple. Ooh-fuckin-rah

[@alvinbonny1562]

Can someone tell me what did they yell at the beginning of the video ? My earing is not dat good

[@DanielCamposaweosme]

2024 is when ill be a Recon Marine wait for that Edit:

[@james-im1sj]

Mama told Johnny not to go down town ...?...

[@Lucid925]

Johnny went downtown, now he is at Paris Island lol

[@bryuchiha1617]

😎🔥🔥

[@hudsonsanders2498]

👍🏻

[@Paul-rk7bc]

Boo ya

[@widdleberry]

Arooga arooga arooga

[@tomszrodak]

You were in Lejune?

[@Usmcto]

SWIFT SILENT DEADLY went through in 2000

[@BehindtheMuscle]

💯🔥🇺🇸

[@jacobgraham5510]

Wait what’s the difference between recon and force recon?

[@alanderson9711]

Taylor Graham the guys in Force have scuba and/or jump patches from those schools and have advanced training in other specialities-Andy 3rd Recon SF

[@Kianzor]

Can you were glasses in recon?

[@Kianzor]

Can you still qualify for recon even if you have glasses and then get eye surgery?

[@OldNew45]

+K E V O it has to be "correctable to 20-20". I.E. you have to have 20-20 with your corrective lenses (glasses/ contacts)

[@jonathankessels3534]

I want this I love the Corps but I just hate admin.

[@nathanadams2926]

Less than 2,ooo. Now?

[@TheCaptain1997]

I miss the more vlog driven content

[@InfiniteBeautyOfficial]

🤗A Hot Greek Marine😘

[@OnlyAKnife]

666th like. Fucking arugah

[@victorrosales35]

I want to be a billionaire but also a marine

[@eddiefortsoniir3341]

Was he recon or a raider

[@eddiefortsoniir3341]

I just got my tat waiver approved

[@eddiefortsoniir3341]

You were admin and you got to try out for recon correct?

[@eddiefortsoniir3341]

Nick Koumalatsos lol yes n thanks for your service

[@michaellefort6128]

He's probably a Recon but, we're all fridge a raiders.

[@afro__g5217]

I wish you were my workout partner.

[@thedanielprocess]

Shit makes me wanna destroy something... nah I will just go to the gym instead

[@kristianthomas3792]

I wonder how many Doritos watched this 😂

[@gabecota4004]

This man just might be opine from sons of anarchy

[@charleshall9629]

How much sand you got in that pack

[@charleshall9629]

@@NickKoumalatsos82 I used too take a bag of sand drop inn and run. Thats probably why im in the shape Im in now. I was with H@s company out court house bay. I only did my mos for the last 3 months I was in. They had me doing so much extra schooling for nbc and logestics. I could not breath. Thats why I got out. Worst mistake I made. Cant say I miss it though. Lol.

[@charleshall9629]

@@NickKoumalatsos82 yeah 60 percent service connected I could not even if I wanted too lol. Do a little wing chun but thats about it.

[@austinfitzpatrick5610]

I’m a 11B active duty army. My first duty station is here at fort polk and I’m in a reconnaissance Troop