Pizza Delivery During SERE School with Gene Yu

[@Braap420]

Idk what logic the Army is using for their standards. This man evaded the enemy, contacted the locals and managed to get pizza for his whole team. That's mission successful if you ask me...

[@Project_STI]

They should have had 'enemies' out patrolling to stop stuff like this happening. If they get away with it that's a failure of the course

[@flavortown3781]

@@Project_STI they do, the area is huge it's hard to cover the whole thing

[@Project_STI]

@@flavortown3781 mission failed successfully

[@lockheedload]

@@Project_STIyup, you’re being hunted the entire time.

[@ctakitimu]

You still need to be able to follow rules even if you're experiencing hardship. If you cross the border of the training area, then you just need to hide out for the time period. You would learn as much this way as no one would hunt for you there.

[@joeaardvark9214]

Went through MarSoc SERE in 2008. One of the teams during the evasion portion spent a night in some civilians' house that had agreed to take part in the training. The students were under strict instruction to only stay in their garage and not go into the peoples' actual house. The people who lived in the house ordered them pizza and let them in to use the bathroom and everything.

[@ashtonwolfe6785]

Awesome story thanks for sharing Joe!

[@JesusisLordAmentothat]

If someone is held captive as a POW, there is probably nothing off the table to survive, to evade, etc. Hope your team guys did not get in too much trouble.

[@TheDudeMaaaan]

lmao i so confused is this off base?

[@joeaardvark9214]

@@TheDudeMaaaan Yea they do the field portion out in the Croatan national forest.

[@xipleadthe5th]

@@TheDudeMaaaanall SERE level C is off base

[@robertmaheu7583]

i was not sf and in the Canadian forces but was on a week long ex and on day 3 of recce when my div got hungry so using a radio we called in a requisition and grid location on the map knowing that the local pizza delivery guys were reservists. and at 11pm on the side of the highway people might of seen a red glowstick twirling in the air and 3 ghillie suited soldiers coming out of the trees to pay the delivery driver and exfill with 4 large pizzas. best pizza ever

[@WilhelmR19]

Gene was my TL for the evasion portion on his second time through SERE. Good dude.. He told us this story before we started so we’d know there wasn’t going to be any fucking around lol.

[@operatorgatordookiegrundle]

I remember hearing about the pizza situation during my final months of the q. Cool to put a name and face to the old story.

[@christ.5192]

Wait, HE HAD TO GO TO SERE TWICE? I'm skeptical. Is this another George Soros?

[@lockheedload]

Went through SERE at Fairchild in 2001. The officer in my element was being stationed at Fairchild as a helicopter pilot for SERE school. His soon to be unit airdropped him a few bags of chicken noodle soup. He shared with us. Good dude.

[@jdsaldivar2109]

82ND AIRBORNE SERE Instructor Course : My team ran across a drop zone to use the DZ Phone line. We called the barracks...and put in a order to go at Wendy's. That was the best burger and fries in my ENTIRE life...

[@patches6309]

Reminds me of the old saying. "If you aint cheating? You aint trying!"

[@derekc4919]

He was in class right before mine, cadre was pissed and ragged on that team pretty hard.

[@jamebrooke894]

After surviving NTA in Okinawa, and training in Panama, then to train in North Carolina my buddy had his girlfriend bring steaks and beer out to the training area.

[@since1876]

I mean, he was sort of doing exactly what they wanted. He was surviving on resources he had available to him.... ☺️

[@Frisco_Schills]

How is this anything other than that than a legendary story about an officer that took care of his team?

[@ctakitimu]

By leaving training and going to get pizza?

[@Frisco_Schills]

@@ctakitimu by adopting and overcoming an adverse situation for the benefit of the boys.

[@michaelreed9805]

Holy shite...lmao. and I thought I was doing good eating "Scooby Snacks" out of the random deer feeder boxes we ran across... Lmao

[@yzrippin]

What the fuck are Scooby Snacks

[@michaelreed9805]

@@yzrippin pellets from deer feeder boxs

[@kellynolen498]

lol sounds tasty I wonder if you boil the hard ass corn they use in deer feeders it would be edible

[@yzrippin]

@@michaelreed9805 oh only ever heard it in reference to coke encrusted boogers.

[@miked7728]

I guess he never heard of the saying "admit nothing, deny everything, and make counter accusations" haha. Never went to SERE, but I always had the idea that you pass that course using every trick in the book, and I would consider this one of the best.

[@GOJIRA-Texas]

What he didn't say in the interview was that almost everyone that had the pizza with him ratted him out. It's in his book.

[@xipleadthe5th]

@@GOJIRA-Texas that’s a breach of integrity by all of them for ratting on him

[@snakeoo7ca]

"Whatever you can remember in the PowerPoint, you can eat" Haha in the army there's a saying called *death by powerpoint* 😂

[@kaizen5023]

"Death by Powerpoint" is a saying in the corporate world as well :D

[@maxsdad538]

When I went through SERE (Fairchild AFB, 1973), I found and scrounged an old torn, walked on, pack of hot chocolate mix... and I though I was in hog heaven. It went good with the (still fresh-ish) beaver than one of the guys found... I'd have KILLED for a slice of pizza!

[@MarkKelly1307]

Legend! Love it. Cheers, Mark

[@cynthiastewart7993]

OCS. 80’s Found remote gas station on the map while we were in the field. Used pay phone and credit card. Called pizza place that delivered. Bought pizza for all. Slid one in GP medium the Tac officers were sleeping in. Greatest time of my life.

[@tonyfknb3896]

You should do a 5 min test audio before going to live, to hash out the kinks. Like tell the interviewee to get closer to the mic, and pick a room that doesn't echo as much. That way when you go live, its the best quality for your product

[@HomeBrewHistoryandLore]

This is so surreal to see this pop up. I was an 11b on uplift for sf in Afghanistan years ago and the radio guy told us this exact story. He said he was a spc at the time and when the officer took him in the room he said "this is not a part of the training.. did you guys get a pizza?" And he thought they were testing him so he kept denying it lol. I also remember him saying that in alot of the written statements about what happened, the guys wrote "specialist 'so and so' said 'this is a bad idea'". I had forgotten about that story too. I also remember another team member telling us a story about HIS training where they tried to catch and eat a stray dog but it got away. Those dudes had some wild stories and a miss that deployment.

[@jakeesco4573]

Eat a dog? That’s dark dude

[@1337penguinman]

That is EXACTLY the type of officer I'd want.

[@rbollard21]

I memorized my card for the same reason he did lol.

[@jeffreykoon2184]

Cast iron just doesn't cut it when someone has cajones this big and that hard to 1st get into a vehicle and ride after crossing the barrier and then to bring back a shit ton of pizza and wings and stuff! LEGEND and bet they re-wrote the rules big time after this.

[@joeroubidoux2783]

Totally awesome story. LMAO 😂 And I am so glad his career in the Army recovered from it.

[@jona_KardCiv1]

If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying.

[@theariesexperiment4642]

There aren't any rules in war. At least when it comes to survival and primal urge to do whatever it takes. Albeit unorthodox and against "there rules",...?..?..I say well done Gene.

[@sgt.gunbunny5959]

Their*

[@theariesexperiment4642]

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[@sgt.gunbunny5959]

Hahaha One word from me made you text out a novel.....

[@ubcroel4022]

@@theariesexperiment4642 Damn bro, took it a bit personally didn't you?

[@theariesexperiment4642]

@@ubcroel4022 What?? Personal??🤣🤣🤣 You ok lil fella?? Whatever it is your talking about,... I'll just go along with. You ok hot rod??? Skip those ever important meds that keep delusions and reality from blurring together??? Either way,...good luck with,.....that. Yeah.😏 Hang in there little fella,...and maybe stay outta these "confusing"😳 comments?? Seems like a good start if your not gonna pill up. Just saying. Have a great day lil buddy.👍🇺🇸💪

[@JDCali459mm]

I've heard of this story from a SF dude back in 05. I didn't think it was true.

[@the_real_ch3]

This might be the most chaotic good story I’ve heard in awhile

[@johnathangore4017]

You need a papa John endorsement for this

[@foxyfoxington7403]

Its amazing how this training teaches one too think outside of a normal perspective but thats what it takes to survive

[@possum9562]

We did the same thing but we got a ride to McDonalds out of Ft Lewis and we got 25 double cheese burgers and 25 small fries !!!

[@TheBatugan77]

I had a pizza the day after SERE ended. Damn thing came back up way faster than it went down.

[@C420sailor]

This is how I know you’re legit Dudes were eating brownies and violently vomiting them up. I only got two slices of pizza down and thought I was going to die.

[@jerrymandarren]

I somehow have a fever dream memory of this happening when I was in high school hearing about it somehow.

[@potato2941]

man.......... I should open a loan shark pizza store across the train tracks.

[@ctakitimu]

You want to eun a loan shark scam on a bunch of sf guys?

[@josholdham1033]

I cracked up when I read this in Yellow Green Beret 😆

[@michaelreed9805]

This puts dumpster diving pretty damn low on the totem pole...lol

[@davidlmatteson]

I see he attended the Stitch Jones school of combat training.

[@christower5551]

Love you're guys work, how do you find people to interview? I imagine most of the guests arent too easy to find out about?

[@mitchconner2021]

These guys are former rangers they're probably friends with most of these peoples

[@orangephoenixbrazier4978]

At the end he said he was an armor LT? Wonder if he got his tanker boots. SF with tanker boots lol.

[@castlebravocrypto1615]

Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitful to opponents- is the definition of wily

[@andrewfrey5562]

He's too honest. Shoulda said he would consider it a success of the training and would pass the student.

[@JMS1089]

Its even better as a story because it wasnt delivery. He went with locals to go get food.

[@lukecash610]

we were at jrtc and found a trail that led to the base perimeter fence...directly across from a gas station. beer, ciggs, etc. got to where we would make a weekly trek with a damn list lol

[@josephjackson2667]

Awesome story but this is the thing that makes us so great 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@seeking70]

Figure the odds. I got a Dominos popup ad during this video. They really are monitoring these things.

[@akulkis]

It's usually the little things that trip you up in both training and warfare.

[@TheKnuckleneck]

Stories of military fuckery is like heroin to me.

[@whitejodeci8926]

You're not punished for cheating, you're punished for getting caught

[@BradPitbull]

What were the toppings yo!??!?!?!?!!?

[@LS-wh9rn]

Living legend 🤣

[@NithinJune]

Where is the rest of the interview

[@Joe-bm4wx]

I always thought this happened at Warner springs, and was realllyyyyy confused. The sere school there doesn’t have a pizza joint anywhere near it.

[@jdsaldivar2109]

82ND AIRBORNE 1 week prior to the 9 day FTX... every evening a white van would show up...boxes and boxes of Donuts and pastries... fattening us up for the slaughter.

[@jonathanbell8887]

I have memorized all of my credit cards and debit cards and all of my wife’s. I know my checking account number and still know every single phone number I’ve ever hand from the time I was a little kid and every teacher I ever had and what period I had them. This is not that outlandish to remember one credit card lmao.

[@ghostly6175]

You have better memory than the average person, i have trouble remembering all of the numbers and passwords i need for my daily life, sometimes i forget my bank account number if i dont use it for a while and i have to go through the security questions.

[@robohip4397]

Impressive 👍👏🤯

[@maytronix7201]

Thats a great story

[@domestosteron]

This Story reminds me of how Marcus Luttrell switched with his twin-brother Morgan who ended doing multiple days of BUD/S for him.

[@harrisoakley711]

This guy is a genius and hilarious.

[@jaydubs6354]

So if he got a never to return did he graduate the Q course?

[@2K9s]

He did and yes.

[@jaydubs6354]

@@2K9s oh nice! Good for him haha he seems like a great guy and this story was hilarious

[@bodiesatva]

Brilliant story, for real.

[@jamespurdy3260]

SERE stands for survival invasion resistance escape. His story embodies every element….Gene for honor grad😂😂😂

[@jesseolson3142]

Anyone working at this Papa Johns. From now on if a few dudes roll in dressed in BDU's and only have a card number dont ask questions. Just make the pizza

[@dannylo5875]

Imagine a future scenario involving aliens. Where you fight your way through just to simply to deliver pizza.

[@rockhopper01]

Gene’s Kabayashi Maru.

[@lanceroark6386]

“….I mean, I can go use the payphone and order if you want.”

[@fragmentrecord2785]

Deniable plausibility and plausible deniability, right up until that receipt was found

[@cwm7930]

You're talking central NC, not Western NC.

[@joeswife]

If this exercise was real life, you'd whatever necessary to survive...including ordering pizza. I say good on him!

[@SnackPack913]

Legend

[@dmezzynj3425]

Lol I did this in the field in a Marine artillery battery - the head shed was not happy with me

[@adamrocks529]

Legend! 🍕

[@randyadair7527]

Innovative!

[@somedude9635]

Best 🍕 story ever!!!!

[@upgrade1015]

I don’t agree at all !! You survived , you used your wits to survive and thrive ! It’s unconventional but it’s war baby!

[@dbroadus1]

Fu**ing. Legend.

[@Unknown_Ooh]

I bet that slid right thru the bowels lol

[@PorkChopSammie]

On day 14 they told us we were getting pizzas delivered for lunch via helicopter. Worst. Pizza. Ever.

[@Mike_Fortin]

The krusty krab pizza is the pizza ...

[@dlvox5222]

The first thing I ate after SERE was a calzone

[@C420sailor]

I ordered an entire chicken bacon ranch pizza…and ate two slices before almost vomiting 😂😂

[@thailandadv9595]

Pizza of the Woods LOL

[@bernardgoh5307]

by way of deception, thou shalt do war

[@TheSn1p3r3790]

What the fuck lmaoooo

[@westinauchiha9612]

the receipt XD

[@It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin]

And he would’ve gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those meddling instructors.

[@methodsocratic]

Isn’t SERE not supposed to be talked about?

[@youtubesucks3419]

Nope, you’re just not suppose to discuss the particulars during the interrogation-aspect of the course…

[@pshangkuan1]

Can you imagine the shits they took after those pizzas???

[@UncleDonDon]

Failure to burn the receipt should've been cause to fail SERE.

[@UncleDonDon]

WITH the willingness to admit what happened.

[@rubenrichardson5866]

Hilarious 🙌

[@lerodman]

I heard this story 😂

[@trisgilmour]

lol 😂

[@JamieWalker-pc6nd]

“Allegedly” A dude in uksf selection stole a car during sere. They passed him… due to being “sneaky”. I like it. Why make it hard on yourself? Especially if you know how to do it. (And return undamaged) the story is in a 2018 “herald” newspaper from the uk of anyone needs to fact check me you’ll find a synopsis of it there. I’m sure the local welsh paper went into a lot more detail though

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

They were growing weed

[@randallaumiller8628]

I too have memorized my credit card number

[@Unknown-th8hx]

The pizza has been baked🖕🏻🙂

[@jamesreyna4252]

To be fair everything these guys talk about is highly exaggerated highly glorified. They all have super elaborate stories on short detailed items they all like the attention to be on them and they all like to talk story’s

[@TheTeamHousePodcast]

It's a funny story about getting take out pizza during SERE school...

[@Glee73]

its about getting pizza.. how is that glorified? LOL

[@gsurtos6588]

this lil bro, went full witard 🤣. hey, never go full witard 😂.

[@julysveryownwolf9125]

Yooooo omg I snuck to Burger King in basic training and I kept my receipt as well just muscle memory same shit 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dmezzynj3425]

Lol I did this in the field in a Marine artillery battery - the head shed was not happy with me

[@ajr1775]

Legend