Soldiers, What Can You Share From The Military? (1 Hour Reddit compilation)

[@gigamut11b86]

Basic training at Ft Benning '89...during a 5min break on a road march, I picked up a small rock just wondering what it was (no bigger then a quarter and it had some nice color to it, looked cool)...the DS started to get us up & back into formation so I tossed the rock to the side of me...DS noticed, asked me what the hell I was doing...told him...he told me to find it, the exact same rock...I am lucky that I noticed where it landed...got out of formation, picked it up, returned to formation...DS made me give the rock a name (Joe)...DS told me to have Joe with me at all times, even the showers & if he asked to see Joe I had better have him...DS even got other DS's to ask about Joe. I suffered a TBI back in '00 or '01 so my memory is not the best, but I think I had Joe until just a few years ago...I think I finally let him go, but I'm not sure of it...lol Anywho, I hope that whomever reads this has a great day & be safe.

[@lizcreatesthings5342]

Gigamut 11B I hope joe is doing okay :) I hope that TBI doesn’t effect your life too much.

[@j.rbry.8990]

Still got my"Joe" to this day. (Not her real name).

[@enduros5endy461]

OMG!! Bro, I was stationed at Fort Benning back in 89 as well!! 4th of the 36th Training Platoon (The Mad Dogs). The stories I could tell you........ One of my favorites was my battle buddy we named "insane" because...well he was. He was having a SUPER hard time getting his rifle zero'd out and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. One day while at the rifle range, ole Insane had had enough, jumped out of those concrete bunkers we fired from, began to run screaming at those rubber ivans, grabbed his rifle by the barrel and swung it like a club and hit every single one of them! Drill Sergeants and Range Masters were freaking out all over the place (alarms going off, loud speakers broadcasting CEASE FIRE! CEASE FIRE! and such). Once he had knocked down the furthest ivan target, he just happily walked back up to me smiling. I'll never forget that look of satisfaction on his face for the rest of my life. He kept smiling the whole time he got reamed out. I still miss that dude. lol Funny thing. Same day, after rifle range training, my platoon was marching back to the buses when the DI's suddenly called us to a halt and made us for up at attention. He then asked us if we saw anything missing. We all looked around us and saw nothing amiss. That's when our DI announced one of the guys had LOST HIS RIFLE!!! The shock ran through all of us and we instantly fell out of formation looking at the guy, who was still standing at attention. Needless to say, he was marched away with every DI surrounding him screaming the entire time. The entire platoon was punished for that one. Man, I have so many more stories.......

[@bubsterjohnson7438]

Great story man I am not enlisted or anything but when I was 2 yrs old i got a super smooth obsidian stone and a pooh bear blanket when I was 1 yrs old and I'm now 21 yrs old with both of them lol idk how it's related to your comment but I don't think I will ever let go of my blanket lol

[@Andrew-xq7ni]

That's funny when I did basic in Canada we had a rock named master corporal dawyn and the staff used markers to give him a cad-pat uniform sad tired eyes and a smoke in his mouth and we had to take him everywhere and when we left him behind we had to do a section attack with stretcher bareers to rescue master corporal dawyn as he was now wounded and we started taking "casualties" and needed to Carrie them too

[@pplaguerat9229]

I find it so sweet that that one guy lights a second cigarette for skorsten Rest in peace skorsten

[@ScruffyFF]

Ppplppplplpppplppp

[@isaacclarke4537]

Skorsten. That sounds alot like skoorsteun in my language which means chimney.

[@MegaEssin]

@@isaacclarke4537 skorsten is chimney in Swedish. So you are correct. Edit: And its literally in the video, i feel like an idiot now.

[@archertheo6898]

You prolly dont give a damn but does anyone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid lost the password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me.

[@archertheo6898]

@Madden Julien I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im in the hacking process now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

[@lakesideminers1339]

that camera one was wholesome.

[@adenkyramud5005]

So many sad stories. I expected to hear something involving an ied... But no, just a beautiful story showing that even in a warzone there is still some light that will keep shining

[@beepboop9712]

If U.S. soldiers had more cameras and Boston Terriers, maybe more people would be willing to meet us peacefully.

[@missflowerpower8724]

OMG!!! Giggling and snickering at the discipline stories!! I was raised by my oh-so-ordered and proper US Army WWII regimental-commander colonel grandfather. I experienced a few of these absurd disciplines. You never did THAT infraction ever again!!

[@dannis6229]

I never served but my brother and sister did I appreciate all of y’all out there that has and are serving and protecting me and for the ones that were injured physically and/or mentally I appreciate your service and your sacrifice be safe as you can and I’m thinking about y’all.

[@geo4322]

When he said that you don't really think about something when it just happened. I can second that, my dad died, the police delivered the message. I didn't cry, didn't feel and sadness. A week, or a month later. I felt sadness, my behavior changed then I was comforted by my mother...I was 8-9 btw.

[@Flam311]

My dad used to be in the military, and I bet he would definitely feel bad for some of the people due to some of the stuff that is in this video lmao

[@fordprefect894]

Some of these drill instructors are fargon hilarious man... Also a few make it kind of obvious why full metal jacket 'private pile's end up happening and also why people like my very close friend with an I.Q. of 180 (according to our high schools advanced placement tests) came home and tried to kill himself (140mph into the bottom of an overpass, lived) then recovered and joined the reserves to become eligible for enrollment then bought himself a brand new Mossberg 88 as a birthday gift to himself and a prize for being close to re enlisting and used it to erase his own head before he made it back in.... We met in a bar one night to catch up after he got back from Korea and was dischsrged and had recovered from crashing on purpose and he explained to me that I'm the only one he's told the truth that it was attempted suicide.. He also explained that the reason he did it and was so uncomfortable with civilian life as well as why he was having so much trouble waiting even though he finally knew for sure he was going to be allowed back in, was because basic training had completely replaced his ability to manage his life and think for himself and that if no one was screaming orders at him and nailing him with extensive and insane punishment for the smallest of infractions then he just felt like a robot with no prime directive or programming script... He felt deep and extreme anxiety and or dread when faced only with the thought/anticipation of inevitably getting off of work or finishing any chore or task asked of him because he knew he would soon be home alone sitting and feeling like he was miabehaving amd breaking cardinal rules because he wasn't doing anything.... Relaxing after a hard days work amd having several hours before a reasonable adult bedtime felt like torture instead of rehabilitation and rest.... Sometimes pounding a silly bit effective punishment into/out of a private in BC is bending, shaping and often breaking the natural basic managment routine of the human brain.... Often men are left empty mech suits for the prime directives and maintenance scripts previously inserted and executed by superior officers and the self destruct failsafe is automatically activated by the abandonded government weapon, separated from its unit and instictually initiating the necessary steps to decomission and prevent federal weapon from falling into enemy hands or malfunctioning then targeting civilians etc.... Thats all an attempt at a colorful painting of the bleak picture that my bitterly missed good buddy Tony Petolillo became. I already lost my only brother and father and super ultra effective military programming took one of my closest friends (went through all of middle and high school together and stayed close as adults).. So soldiers if you happen to read this... Hold on to who you are... Let basic operate in a sandboxed environment.... Let a virtual machine of the mind take the abuse and calmly clamp a white knuckled vise-grip onto your humanity and the man/woman that was strong enough and full of will power enough to sign up to serve our wonderful (however misguided and off the rails) country and fight through BC/BT .. That person is more valuable than the purpose you signed up to serve and should be protected and allowed a chance to benifit from the fruits of all that labor... Try to take away from the period of service the good aspects of discipline and retain the knee jerk offensive amd defensive combat training and desteoy, discard and dessert the attempts and stripping your mind off everything "weak" and "soft" and independent...be your own personal army of one and a protector of yourself as well as yoir fellow man I miss you Tony... I think of you more than youd ever let yourself believe... Hope you can keep an eye on me and lend a guiding influence to my lost and wondering soul... 😢

[@adenkyramud5005]

Rest in peace tony. Didn't know you, but I hope you found your peace.

[@adenkyramud5005]

And you, sir, stay strong and don't give up on life. One day you will meet again, but until then your fight isn't over. I hope you can keep that strength and keep going, this world already lost too many good people.

[@Andrew-xq7ni]

The reason Sgt's get really pissed when you lose your canteen is becuase 1. That's the troops hydration becuase your gona need your water thought-out the day in training 2. you lost a piece of kit which is bad

[@camwyn256]

In boot camp, my sarg hated me. I knew how to get under his skin without him being able to punish the unit. On one of the first days, we were stamping all our effects and I and one other person stamped the wrong side. He then told both of us that before we stamp anything we have to yell “ on the stamp” and wait till he came over to check it was the correct side. This happened right at the beginning. The other soldier stopped after a few. I yelled for every single item and kept seeing him get more and more frustrated. If he told me to stop he’d lose face to the unit and I wasn’t going to stop on my own. By the end, he was fully red in the face and his super pointed it out and laughed and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it.

[@mikebrase5161]

I was scanning with a PAS-13 during an 18hr battle in Sadr City back in 2004. I watched a dog through IR scope pick up a dead Mahdi Militamans arm and run down the road with his arm in its mouth like a dog bone. Surreal b/c of the IR.

[@ruffmansavageveteran1345]

Sadr city sucks.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

An older friend's father fought for the Kaiser in WWI. When they first came in contact with the Doughboys, he said "They looked better dead than we did alive."

[@96blakstar]

these people really sacrifice their children. Some people don't deserve the ability to procreate.

[@ferretman6790]

dammaniak yeah my dad says that we should sterilize captured terrorists and I agree with him.

[@marissab4730]

These ppl are thinking they are fighting holy war , (my ex friend wanted to join isis, she married still pretty rationality has 5 kids) She believe in Allah believe and that lslam need to rule over every nation in the world .. using ur moral standards, u will never understand them

[@camwyn256]

My father was in the US army in Vietnam. A US fighter pilot buzzed his unit and opened fire. My father ordered the unit to return fire. There was one death in that skirmish. The pilot

[@aguilarjr]

We had several higher ranking NCOs who were Freemasons. One E-6 was a higher mason than his E-7. In field artillery, we have several different rounds, to include HE (high explosive) and Illume (illumination). We were doing a Illume mission (at night) to light up the sky so the observers can pretend to observe their target or whatever. Well, all howitzers shot a Illume round except one. That one shot HE, led by the E-6 mentioned above. The E-7 was furious and threw a fit. We were later told to not speak of the incident. Besides a slap on the wrist and being on the “shit list”, as far as military justice, he got off clean and got swept under the rug. We later learned that other higher ranking NCOs who were also Freemasons and managed to contain the situation. The reason it’s a big deal is because of a infantry unit was down there training, we would have blown them up.

[@scoundral2995]

Apparently in Saipan, my great grandpa jumped off a cliff to avoid capture (The guy wasn't even a soldier, he was told by Japanese soldiers to jump unless you wanna get tortured or killed). My great grandma didn't jump and she was brought to a camp by the Americans to give her temporary housing and food and water.

[@nathen4171]

So, I’ve shared this, it’s a long one. I wasn’t a soldier, I’m a Marine, I was augmented to MSG for deployment. They split the fireteams onto each post, so you had two-man posts, one was designated machine gunner, other was designated rifleman, I was designated machine gunner, my job was to grab the machine gun, bring it to the tower, put it together, load it, mount it, and lay down suppressive fire to keep the enemy’s heads down so that my rifleman can move up to the edge of the range around our post and keep them held back until a QRF (quick reaction force) fire team can get there and take them out. I had to pee, we had a hole around the corner of the pilot house we stayed in to pee in because there wasn’t a portashitter at this particular post, I went to go pee, and before I could even whip it out, I hear the rounds whisp past and thump through the walls, so my partner is yelling for me, getting into position, and radioing it in to QRF, I quickly grab the 240, get to the tower, and we do what we do, QRF gets there and takes them out, I feel a warm wetness going down my leg, I check it to make sure I’m not bleeding, as I’ve heard stories about how when adrenaline takes over, sometimes you don’t even feel it, turns out I pissed myself, I start laughing and my partner on post is wondering wtf I’m laughing at, I tell him, and we both just start laughing it up. Edit: MSG is Marine Security Guard, our job is to guard intelligence facility, ammo supply points, navy aircraft, checkpoints, perform security patrols, escort non-military personnel, and sometimes perform patrols to make sure the way is clear for “VIP’s” or captured “HVT’s” to be brought through. We keep the M240B body in one bag, barrels in the other, and ammo in another one that all strap over your shoulders, they told us it’s so we don’t leave it unattended and also so we aren’t sitting in the tower with it set up, giving away our position. There’s a 15-25m range (depending on the post) surrounding the perimeter of each post, marked by flags and poles that the person assigned to that post cannot go past otherwise it’s considered abandoning your post. TLDR; I pissed myself in my first firefight.

[@kawhiyoumad]

Some of these are just nasty.

[@GirthQuake9000]

Thats war for u

[@rockingbeat]

War is nasty yet we keep paying for it. Why?

[@MyNameHere123]

I have friends who fled Iraq during America's invasion. They didn't like Saddam, but they understood the necessity of having him. Any middle eastern knows that our nations dont thrive under democracy. We are far too religiously diverse and politically unstable. Dictators like Saddam were the best we could hope for, and to be fair, by middle eastern standards, he was a great leader but terrible person. Anyways, they didn't like him, but knew they needed him. When America rolled in they thought that this could be the day they stop up into a higher lifestyle. That this was their moment and passage to a better life. They all tell me how wrong they were. Americans steam rolled through their poverty stricken village and demolished any house, road or building in sight. They tell me stories of seeing elderly men and women, children too, dead in the street. They tell me stories of how some Americans would wave at them, smile at them and sometimes give them chocolates. Then they tell me stories of 3x as many Americans firing into their homes, stealing their belongings and falttening their schools. They lost so many loved one to American artillery and airstrikes. They hoped for a better life, but got horrors in return. Now, they live in Australia with the remnets of their family. One time we were watching TV, and some program was playing with George Bush involved. I can't remember what. The hatred and pain in their eyes was remarkable. It was as if they were looking at the devil himself. If tgeir families hadn't fled Iraq, I garuntee that these peaceful, gentle and kind friends od mine would of grown up to become insurgents and fight Americans. The US creates their own enemies when they obliterate the lives of innocent civilians.

[@kylew6635]

I'm Canadian and I agree with everything you say. The worst part is the American people don't even accept that they have committed the most war crimes since ww2 out of any country.

[@mwillblade]

I remember in boot camp some guy locked his knees information while at parade rest, he passed out and fell backward on the ground still at parade rest. He looked like a tree falling over and when his head hit the cement it sounded like a ripe watermelon hitting the ground.

[@enduros5endy461]

I remember one night during BT, my turn at guard duty came up. Making my rounds, I found two of our guys outside of the barracks scrubbing the hell out of the cement floor with tooth brushes and soap bottles. Come to find out, they had both gone AWOL, got caught, returned then ordered to clean every inch of the parade grounds with said tooth brushes until the unit commander could eat off of it. Took them a week straight, every damn night. Still laugh about that one.

[@DiegoMartinezCoria]

Also played paintball against a Marine, it was him and I at the end of the round, and we're hunting each other through the brush. I make a wrong move, break a branch, and feel a paintball fly between my legs giving the boys a slight touch. I surrendered, but to my credit, I was also the only guy to hold his own against this guy.

[@unknown20005]

i also wish i had the power to detect when people are having problems or mental issues so i can try to get to them an help them to hopefully make them feel better an hopefully not commit suicide the world is tough but don't mean you need to let it stomp all over you or change you from doing good

[@mattmuttley]

"We just got to the free on board"

[@pythox2886]

I noticed your comment right when listening to that spot, I am tired af and idk how I realised.

[@reefermadness6758]

That’s what I’m saying🤣 literally stopped me in my tracks

[@quinnsilence]

Who remembers sugar cookies? Same thing but in a sand pit.

[@attalan8732]

Abused children, child soldiers... That's the sort of thing that solidifies a soldier's resolve to fight in Afghanistan.

[@kabproductions5578]

Yay! My Reddit playlist has even MORE content!

[@kabproductions5578]

@awesomeclutch29 4 dude, this is 6 months late 😂

[@mannamedme9777]

My dad was in the air force(he flew a jet bomber), marines gave coordinates to bomb. The coordinates where incorrect. The bombs laded in a village. The bombs flattened the village. Everyone (excluding the marines) died. 756 civilians died. It still hunts my dad to this day.

[@Andrew-xq7ni]

The best secret in the Canadian military is you don't have to have a cell phone witch is good sence they will call you or text you after work to get you to show back up but when the rules on you needing a phone were written house phones were the norm so it only says you need a house phone witch will save you from getting called back after the work days done use this knowledge well

[@evilarchconservative2952]

Heard the exact same thing from another Canadian Vet whose channel I subscribe to.

[@evilarchconservative2952]

1983-1985 My Team Leader had been a Paratrooper (Tech-5) in WWII. He participated in D-day. Later he was stationed back home. He stops by a gas station. I believe he had known the owner since he was a kid. The Owner said he was about to be shutdown for not having the proper ration stamps. Two days later, after dark, my Team Leader brought the Owner a large Garbage bag full of gas ration stamps. The owner immediately closed the station. Yes, the station was saved. R.I.P. Tech 5 Owen R "Bus" Dudley

[@madmancs8216]

My great grandfather was teen during the second World War and he's always said when the Americans came to bomb the train lines they wouldn't give the civilians any worming just calataral damage unlike the British who he said would give a fly over to give the civvies time to run

[@rogretheogre]

Repeating a story twice in the same video? Is this what a genjutsu feels like?

[@masterhodgkins9501]

Freakin love your content! No ads so I can actually listen to these without interruption and it’s amazing, keep making awesome videos!! 👍

[@theghost9038]

everybody in war: *afraid of americans* Canadians whomst had beaten the American's twice when they invaded:

[@dylonbland]

why are half the clips repeats? otherwise, the video would have been like 50 minuites...

[@aidenashford3129]

the story with the 3 girls touched me. I do wood working with a Vietnam vet (he also did a tour to Iraq) he saw bad things.

[@robertmccutcheon4103]

I was depolyed to afghanistan with the Marine Corp and have killed people, at least two people for sure and it never bothered me for the longest time, hell there was even a strange feeling of exileration when it happened, but mostly i did not even think about it. but one day several years later i was gardening and i saw a gopher walking around outside its hole so i ran up and kicked it killing it and i felt really bad after, i actually thought to my self aww pore thing why did i go and do that. then it all hit me all i could think about was how scared those people must have been when they died and how much there families must miss them, ever sense then it has bothered me i even will wake up at night with a massive panic attack

[@woxof46]

*"WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT!?"* 42:10

[@willatwood]

The post at 22:00 is right, but the difference now with the fight against ISIS is that they know they are going die but many (not all) go out willing on suicide missions because of their teachings that they will be rewarded in the next life. Others are so high on amphetamines it's just like they're fukn crazy and don't feel anything when they get hit and keep fighting. They've also learned to use all sorts of traps, hit and run, and use civilians as cover. Another method, they don't have traditional uniforms so they can attack, run, and then throw their weapons down and hide only to act as a scared civilian when found.

[@squigl3z78]

In navy basic enlisted submarine school the instructors found a guy that OD on heroin in his barracks room. I have no idea how he even got ahold of it since he was likely thousands of miles from his home and knew no locals . Anyway that day was the longest I have ever experienced in the navy . We all got locked out of our barracks room the entire day and the whole base was doing UA checks on the spot and some brass was going around inspecting our barracks room for drugs , alcohol and paraphernalia. My roommates got caught with alcohol and sent to the surface navy.

[@unknown20005]

i wish i could do something to prevent people from committing suicide not sure how much help some random girl would be though especially to guys who jus had a bad break up i feel like they would not like to hear anything from a girl no matter if she was trying to help them or not

[@adenkyramud5005]

From my experience, talking is never the important part. The important part is to listen. Sit down with them, let them get it off their chest, then show them that they aren't alone. It doesn't matter who you are, how you look or where you're from. If you can listen you can help.

[@dum5247]

Sometimes we just need some wholesome moments in the military branch

[@j.rbry.8990]

Best Jody story.... GF wrote dj letter. Wanted her pic's back. Got a shoe box full, and told her to send back the ones that were not her.

[@adenkyramud5005]

These suicide stories hit hard man... I have lost the girl I loved to that... Twice. Rest in peace soldiers... And rest in peace my wonderful angels... I will never forget you

[@DredCthulhu]

Distant by Vindsvept is the song at the beginning idk if it all the way through, I’m drunk and decided to listen to the song rather than a robot

[@graham2631]

I'm sitting here watching the sun rise, having a coffee smoking my first. I hope to see it set.

[@willisfiliatreault1775]

32:05 playing airsoft against veteran combat soldiers is quite frightening too, cause with airsoft, it's the same weapons they're familiar with instead of paintball

[@daphneeverett5776]

This made me feel american af😂 but also made me laugh because my husband is a marine and hes so gentle, sweet and jumps if we watch a simple scary movie😂

[@Turbo_Noises]

27:44 My uncle was a communications officer for noriaga and said it was basicly a shit show, they actually evacuated pretty quickly and he had to go to the roof for some reason (i thnink there was someone up there he had to get) and ended up catching some shrapnel from the apache that was there.

[@MrYodi2007]

Had several guys in Boot camp at Fort Knox trying to commit suicide. One was nearly successful. Another guy tried to escape bootcamp by jumping from the 3rd floor after he threw mattresses on the ground below. He missed it and shoved his femurs into his pelvis. required extensive surgery and was dishonorably discharged. Have others from being deployed also while I was in the Air Force after separating from the Army., but would be here for ever!

[@noonecares6592]

Like it or not U.S. Soldiers are the best

[@low-keyrighteous9575]

Damn a huge regret is never going through or taking the marine recruiter seriously that came and picked me up in high school . Military life seems so awesome to me , from the very start in basic ... Wish I pushed myself and took stuff serious when I was younger in high school instead of just smoking weed .

[@michelewalburn4376]

Woke up too this. Really makes me miss my daddy

[@DraconicDuelist]

1:07:00 Amazing how the army refuses to use positive reinforcement on their troops, yet still seem to get the most out of them... Would it really have been that bad to let the recruits "win" and have an actual reward? I know the military is just legalized torture to make you hardened enough the enemy can't "crack" you, but still.

[@enduros5endy461]

No. If the military goes soft on recruits, they'll die pretty easily in the field. Studies through the last 70 years have proven this to be true. The harder the DI's are on the recruits, the better chance of survival they have. Trust me. I know this beyond doubt. =) Yes, it is hell. Drill Instructors are truly a national treasure for what they do and go through to train our people. Believe it or not.

[@john-michaelfranco4694]

@@enduros5endy461 soooo. No more shark attacks. Can't wait to see how that turns out.

[@ragemode1017]

Charles is what got me first

[@HECKproductions]

salute every living being?? so like every bacteria and insect and plant??

[@DraconicDuelist]

Likely more of "every living mammal" or "every living (semi-)sentient being"

[@rockingbeat]

“Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody’s gonna die. Come watch TV?” From: Rick and Morty

[@AnnaK101]

Told to me by someone else. Solider in line up gets chewed out big time, you are a so and so etc. Then gets yell asked "What are you?" Response "I am a mirror, Sir"

[@Stannie_al]

47:50 … I can’t 😭

[@wesgraham9588]

Don’t come home and say do you fart in the Vietnam war

[@AuntyHelen-111]

Oh wow, the story of the kid with the thumb injury and the Vietnam era webbing and alice clips. Kiwi soldier? Tu meke bro.

[@AhNee]

I'm not supposed to have sugar, but I wouldn't mind a dessert storm. (The way the robot pronounced "desert").

[@stay-on1048]

Proud on military

[@nickmon1112]

amen

[@TsukasaElkKite]

'A buddy of mine had a DI that would make anyone who did anything stupid chug a SmartWater 'in case it helps'." I'M FUCKING DECEASED.

[@hendyallen5993]

An old saying The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire

[@Greyrabbit22]

7.59 technically you could get done for that, thats looting!

[@vernatkins9692]

Ok there big guy nuts don't fit screws. They fit bolts "Nuts & Bolts"

[@kaizokumugiwara2724]

The ridiculous military punishment make sense now. What kind of job would a sadist want? Military leadership.

[@DraconicDuelist]

Or grade school teacher...

[@olymolly3637]

Any position of power, sadists love to snatch up. But yes, military/army is the place they flock to.

[@UncleSam13]

For the story that ends at about 6:30, John Donne said it better in meditation 17.

[@user-ml3hl6vr4t]

Last section is repeat of first section.

[@s.ubzer.0]

The punishments man.

[@reefermadness6758]

Lmao free on board.... more like forward operating base...🤣

[@floridasam4587]

My half sisters dad is half Japanese and was in Vietnam... Every now n then he would pull a small piece of shrap from one of his legs like.... No big deal... But he was hella fukt in the head y'all. I mean really REALLY badly! His most prominent and noticeably weird behavior was kleptomainia, we had cardboard boxes that lined the hall of wherever we lived and they all had "his stuff" in them. We only ever went through them when he went to jail for a cpl yrs. 1 box full of ladels, another clipboards, a bedside drawer that had ONLY empty lighters in it. Oh and then there was the box of incest and bestiality poem we found.... Super fukin disturbing shit for a 14 yr old girl....

[@bradleehill9662]

I still cry uncontrollably everytime I hear the national anthem, i got out in 2007. I remember when my ncoic decided to wreck our room and found a flesh light but didn't know what it was and walked around intensely eyeballing it until other ncoic asked wtf are you doing playing with a flesh light all confused then said pocket p@ssy we didn't see him for 1 week after that.lmao

[@p.d.l7023]

When these guys talking about the corpses smell i can smell it again. Worth thing that I ever saw was an enemy soldier that got run over by a tank. Looked like a pizza in a uniform.

[@p.d.l7023]

You know how in horror and action movies are all bright red blood? In real life there are mixtures of yellows and oranges and SO much more...

[@ericajoshfrench2309]

If only smokes were cheap enough to lite up in memory of fallen people lol they cost me 1.50 each now -_- bloody sucks

[@TakeMyLunch]

i swear to god this repeats stories so much. why is this even allowed?

[@colbygordon6936]

Honestly the amount of people trying to cash in on a fucking tts bot reading off popular reddit threads is disgusting.

[@Invictus-on2ie]

I agree with you in that these people are trying to exploit the tts bot for easy money, but not all channels are as trashy as this; some actually care to curate and edit their content.

[@ActualChrist]

@@Invictus-on2ie like rslash (i really reccomend him he posts every morning) or redditor (i dont like him as much as rslash but he still makes kinda good content)

[@olymolly3637]

@@ActualChrist Also Fresh. They are far & few between, tbh. & there are also some of these KZbinrs that have their own accounts on Reddit so people can submit stories when they ask for them.

[@TheGrungy1]

I have no idea if this is true. But. My friend's grand dad. Was a WW2 veteran. He said he was in a Fox hole. With a man from NY who was a minor league baseball player. Who would bat German grandes back at the enemy. With the little shovel he used to dig the shit hole. As Tom would say.

[@monstersince]

Code of conduct says not much.

[@nothankyou36]

For the cat Pope: Amen

[@kingkuroneko7253]

Amen

[@9manny99]

This was not best as in fun. That was depressing

[@alexmorrow1569]

Rip skorstan

[@jacksonwheel1464]

if i die with a smokeable item on my person, idc if u killed me u can have it. its a waste otehrwise

[@Darwinsmom]

We had something similar to the mirror exercise related in one of these stories. If a recruit couldn't keep a straight face during morning inspection, the NCOs would make her come to their office for "face parade". That involved staring at one's own reflection and saying "I am ugly" or "I am SO ugly" non-stop until they no longer cracked up. Good times - as long as it is someone else doing it! LOL

[@unknown20005]

wait your not allowed to keep any personal artifacts even something as simple as a book or a watch well glad to know you will most likely die never getting to use anything you own for like 3 to 4 years what if there mother put a custom engraving on the under side of the watch you really expect us to act emotionless an kill an murder innocent people cause after many centuries of fighting we are somehow still unable to tell enemies apart from civilians now i know the war in iraq was really hard to figure out who were enemies or innocent people that was a hell hole now i will fight to save innocent lives either from disaster or invading forces or anything but don't expect me to kill a innocent man with hands up that surrenders an jus wants to see there kids or family an i won't kill some innocent priest cause they have a metal statue they are praying with an decide it was a gun an if i end up getting killed for showing compassion like an actual human being an not some cyborg then so be it least i can die still being a human being instead of some robot killing machine

[@themessjess4860]

No personal effects is only for Bootcamp which lasts 6 to 13 weeks, not years.

[@arstotzka6520]

wtf why is there happy music

[@breadedlemon7067]

please use appropriate music

[@cjfbu11etpr00f]

Okay time out u.s marine here what the actual fuck is a no pt waiver I know light duty chits for broken kids but the would usually not be lite duty for long or would get dropped so what am I missing

[@shoozymusic]

Yeah the marines are cool but the Army's no fucking joke

[@adrienpinard3462]

The aspiring thermometer reassuringly zoom because body cumulatively care throughout a salty building. heady, belligerent barbara

[@eboracum2012]

Could you please use a human to read these stories?

[@nicusor86]

amuricans thx 4 making us lol with your "we never lose" "we proud to kill" "they fear us" etc :D

[@SiegeTF]

At least the Americans have seen over a dozen summers before jumping into the grinder, rather than being *tossed in* before puberty.

[@pulsefel9210]

do you not take ANY consideration in the context and music? i mean serious story about suicide followed by happy saloon music? the fuck man

[@ladonamariposavigilis6447]

Amen

[@OneRealSilverRaven]

Amen