Profiles From the Front Line (Episode 3)

This series laid the foundation for media coverage of the later Iraq war. Profiles crews were the first in recent times embedded with U.S. forces in combat. They also were embedded with U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan and at other fronts of the war on terrorism.
Richard Mackenzie led the production in Afghanistan, working with Special Operations and with infantry units.

[@haydenhilton]

Watching this in 2024 is so much more fascinating than it would’ve been 15 years ago.

[@CleeTorres_]

The doctor, major Curran has one of the greatest attitudes and so much compassion for the people he’s caring for! Thank you to each and every servicemen and servicewoman past, present and future for fighting for our freedom. God bless you all!

[@D.Salazar]

I can't stop watching these, on a marathon over here. Thanks again!

[@freefall0483]

Thank you for posting these. Possibly the best series to come from the Afghan war.

[@itisimatadvc]

These special forces guys are amazing people and nothing like the way you would imagine them, similar to our SAS guys in the sense that if you meet them in their civs you wouldn't guess they were elite soldiers, they are smart and incredibly brave, admirable indeed.

[@stevemondragon5499]

@richardmackenzie remember me? A few years back I had reached out to you asking if by any chance you had these. I’m so glad they made their way to a place the public could see them. It was great sharing these moments that time with you. All the best to you!...

[@LunHaolai]

SF are not just soldiers... They're diplomats, missionaries and much more... Love from India

[@mattblank7728]

Damn I haven't seen this in forever. I wish the series continued as it was supposed to but the Iraq invasion diverted the attention of viewers. I was the camera guy at the end of this episode. I can't believe I was about 140lbs back then. crazy.

[@happinesshotel5375]

My right ear enjoyed this!

[@W.A.T.P...55]

You can tell how early in the war this is when the SF guys are still driving around in normal pick ups with machine guns mounted on the back lol..obviously later on the armoured carriers come into play

[@heathfitzgerald363]

Because IEDs weren't as big of a problem back then as they are now

[@W.A.T.P...55]

@@heathfitzgerald363 true mate it took them a while to figure it out that the iod was a leveler for the Taliban bcos under normal fighting conditions they couldn't really get close to our troops on the battlefield

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

Thank You to ever put the work in for this series. AWSOME.

[@cohall46]

This is another great video in the series.

[@zacht364]

Crazy how if you ran across some of these special forces guys on the streets in America you would never know that they were special forces operators like mark I mean the dude would just look like a long haired hippie but in reality is a pretty bad ass dude if you have seen previous episodes its pretty impressive how mark can keep calm in some potential uncomfortable places like he and his team of 3 rolled up to a compound there were 15+ plus afghan males their with rocket launcher and machine guns mark acted like it was completely safe then about 15 minutes later 1 of his team guys found a huge weapons cache in a room next to where mark was and still mark didn't get upset or yell at the afghans for lying to him he simply just called in people to get rid of the weapons and left never once yelled or apprehended anyone.

[@dublinirishkelt]

did they all make it through I wonder

[@loganholly3624]

That's the true definition of a warrior

[@zacht364]

dublinirishkelt I saw mark mentioned somewhere he was still a cop and responded as either a negotiator for the police during the bundy ranch standoff or as security but can't find the article now I know the Australian guy survived also and was in another documentary about green berets in Afghanistan and was a medic

[@dublinirishkelt]

+Zach t 👌if they all survived ther tours there lucky..some of the situations they were in were " fubar"..balls of steel

[@zacht364]

dublinirishkelt yea if I rolled up on a house with two of my other buddies and saw 20+ military fighting males with RPGS machine guns and had a huge hidden cash of unstable explosives right next to where I had just eaten I would of lost my shit on the people who lied. Also some of these guys probably went on more tours of duty based out of chapman because they were in the shit at a very early stage they got great results and managed to find away to properly conduct themselves around locals they didn't go in guns blazing all the time but if they needed they were more then capable to do it and I just have gut feeling that some of these guys were CIA and we're a pretty elite team but tried not portray that on film but to be in that small of a group rolling around Afghanistan knowing if they got stuck in some bad situations they were more then likely going to have to fight their way out before a QRF could be launched because Afghanistan was extremely extremely unstable during their time of duty

[@cameronanderson3373]

I found this page of a link from Reddit on a special forces archive page. And I am not disappointed at all

[@shadow404atl]

Is anyone else reminded of "Jayne Cobb" with the bigger guy in the special forces crew?

[@emilyhutjes]

@RichardMacKenzie; 2019 March -> Thank you for posting all of these videos. Most of us here in The Netherlands never heard much about the bravery and sacrifices of the coalition troops. Now I have watched 15+ videos of different coalition partners in Afghanistan and I bow my head in deep admiration and respect. Lets We Forget.

[@ThommyofThenn]

That last story was unexpectedly emotional. I hope everything turned out ok for that guy

[@dizdik9838]

She looked like a tranny lol

[@colinstewart1432]

This is great. Just wish it was 1080p.

[@ThommyofThenn]

The SF rocking that mid-90s James Hetfield stache

[@Siegefya]

The sound on this video was horrible, left ear went silent multiple times. But thanks for uploading, very informative.

[@rbiren08]

"what part of over there do you not understand" .... (everything i don't speak english)

[@micaelsamiez2469]

18:00mins we salute you Major! Godbless!

[@GeneralG1810]

OMFG at the truck gate there were people standing around everywhere, the dog come out you could land a jet down the middle XD

[@seanberthiaume6909]

2003-2004 & 2007-2008 OIF & OEF Iraq USARMY and now HOME in West Virginia...

[@glenn2801]

Whats crazy is these guys are driving unarmored trucks and not wearing body armor. Try that now and see how long you last.

[@heathfitzgerald363]

IEDs were not used as much back then so there wasn't as big of a need for the armored trucks as there is now.

[@marc2638]

I was deployed all the way up to my last year in (09) I didn't always wear body armor either. My 1st middle east deployment was 01 to 02, next one was 04 to 05 and my last one was 07 to 09,,,, the vehicles changed drastically us always wearing body armor all the time didn't happen either

[@Glasses5x]

Thanks for the feedback. Drives me nuts not knowin' what the issue is, but it's not the end of the world either, haha.

[@96cmd]

"hey mike, watch out for that landmine behind you"

[@Glasses5x]

Why the hell is the sound only on the right side?? All the others I've watched in the playlist so far have no problem and play stereo properly. I even tried takin' this out of the playlist incase there was a problem caused by it some how(which is why this comment doesn't show that it was made in the playlist) but it still only comes out of the right side. -sigh- :(

[@TheTujipufu]

RIP CW2 Mike Duskin, KIA 2012

[@joshuariddle4420]

RIP

[@adriandre29]

F*** Jamie , she was probably getting raw dogged while you were talking rounds 😂

[@user-MRG1130]

Meat Sticks LOL

[@Leo-em4pf]

Good program to bad it is not shown here in Sweden one can only see it throw youtube or some online watch tv series for free on the net.

[@AnonYMous-wf3wq]

Does anyone know why a master sergeant is commanding an ODA? I thought ODAs were led by a captain, with a CWO as 2IC.

[@vknole18]

Mark looks like the guy who played in act of valor

[@happinesshotel5375]

He is that guy! He’s the senior chief!

[@davidatkinson8515]

That MP wasn't taken any shit. She was on point. I wonder if she got on the police department when she got back to the States.

[@convictednotconvinced6861]

What part of over there don't you understand? Probably the speaking English part!

[@Glasses5x]

Ya? If you test the stereo aspect of what you're hearing, does it in-fact have both left and right channels? I mean, if it's set to play whatever it gets in both ears as mono, then that'd explain it. Just played again to rule out the possibility of it being a weird glitch that day but I still get only the right side. I've tested and re-tested my system with many a piece of music and video = no issue with it. It's just that I'm only getting the right channel on this vid. (Firefox 19.0.2, you?)

[@brettusmcvet777]

17:57 Well Doc, that’s a matter of opinion

[@saveriopulsinelli2217]

Doc looks like George castanza

[@Daryakhan-es5pp]

I love him and I miss him a lot mike bro it’s mr been

[@jamesmterrell]

The pics from the PFC Photojournalist touched my heart. Right at the end he almost got another shot of the Afgan girl that mad the National Geographic cover many years ago.

[@adriandre29]

Sorry to say sir at 30min in.... America did leave without completing the mission , and left a mess too, all that work you put in was for nothing and all your friends blown up ... all for nothing

[@d1agram4]

Wait.. they let the mine guy go? Wtf?

[@sherrigaskin5656]

They banned music? They must've heard rap or Nirvana.

[@airsoftassains]

Where the hell would you be, probably in New Germany.

[@billybad905]

Yep his ass is going to b water boarded.I wonder if he has any idea what he's in for.dummie was caught red handed with a land mine that takes 500lbs to set off but if he hadnt got caught he may have hooked it up some way to make it go off..oh well, he will wish that he had never seen it

[@chrisstopher2277]

It's funny you can totally tell the difference between 19th group being the national guard unit and 3rd group being active duty. 3rd group actually know how to interact with the civilians 19th group acts like a bunch of cops.

[@zacht364]

I bet there were other operators alongside the 19th group because they were based out of chapman which is a base where a lot of special forces units are based like SEALs and DELTA and CIA SAD operators so the stuff they were coming across was pretty significant and there had to be others involved alongside them but we're just not filmed at all and stayed out of the spotlight of the show. and in December 30 2009 a suicide attack by Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi seven CIA personnel were killed including one of the leading experts on the Taliban Jennifer Lynn Matthews and was chief of base at chapman which means she was in charge of significant operations carried out by special forces units and CIA.

[@chrisstopher2277]

+Zach t great point.

[@loganholly3624]

+Zach t Delta isn't capitalized and neither is the last s in SEALs

[@zacht364]

John Dylan on their badges DELTA is capitalized but yes you are right about SEALs my bad

[@zacht364]

Stephen Hamblen yes you are right reserves don't train everyday. However if they are placed on active duty status for a pending deployment they do then train everyday until deployed. Also every weekend of a month reservists have guard drill which is where they perform their military duty or duties and may go through training courses or instruct them which these courses can last a wide range of days. I have a family member who was a reservists for about 5-10 years of his 23 years of service. They first went to boot camp then was placed on active duty with a medevac unit then had a kid with serious medical complications a short time after that he transferred from active duty and medevac to safety so one he could have time to help take care of his kid who was sick and his others and also gave him the ability to have double insurance one from the military and the other from his civilian job which helped with medical bills and what the insurance couldn't pay he could pay with his civilian job money the best he could. After their sick child was out of the woods and a lucrative high position Job opened up with the military and when other military brass personally asked him to take it they did which put them back on as active duty and gave them a good paying job and and a steady one also. I also apologize for being so vague on the person I'm talking about but due to their job I can not say who they are or branch of military they belong to for safety concerns now I'm not saying this to sound badass or cool I was just instructed personally along with others to not post anything on social public sights regarding their job .

[@lultopkek]

this didnt age well

[@ChrisLydon]

Hello friends

[@Deltar2r]

17:55 says it all

[@marfarfel]

i like where the guy says the spanish word for yes to the kids instead of in farsi :)

[@sachiMatsudaira450]

another day in the park :)

[@stylz1]

LOL, meatsticks.

[@fochbyfitnessmotivation8982]

Americans came to Afghanistan smiling and in the end will leave Crying.

[@specs1459]

ATV

[@RedFang4]

21:40 wooooook