The Sad Story Of General Shepherd's 30K Marines in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare...

[@KillerFromTG]

Can we get a round of applause for this guy? Because he fr took the time to edit and play this game from every mission dealing with the marines fucking props to you man we finally have an understanding

[@maroofbaloch1008]

OG shepherd: I lost 30k men😡 Reboot shepherd: I lost 3 missiles 😢

[@MajorAlex]

Lmao new shepherd 🤡

[@maroofbaloch1008]

Btw u explained it very well, good job and nice video. Keep it up

[@is0latedplays453]

New Shepherd be like: "When we shit, we bury it." Lmao what???

[@maroofbaloch1008]

@@is0latedplays453 yea xD

[@SpecialOperator]

​@@is0latedplays453 Probably meant that when he does something shady he has to hide it. He has to tie up loose ends

[@AeroHybrid]

To this day it’s still heartbreaking how the OG Shepard lost all his soldiers: both men and women; all loyal US Marines to him because of the nuke that Makarov triggered

[@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames]

Motive, character and reasoning. All things needed for a good antagonist. I wish the cod devs remembered this.

[@MartiFarabundoSandinista]

In real life Marines are known to be the most loyal Armed Forces Branch, you can see they guard Embassies, Monuments, and White House.

[@Deathmare235]

@@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNamessomething the reboots severely lack

[@davidherene6365]

It was mostly men though which he lost. Hes talking abt his Marines and the Black Hawk pilots

[@Rage_Battle]

"I know you understand "

[@jclefmusictutorial6238]

Yes I understand what your saying

[@hyouka_unforgiven]

No, right after you killed and betrayed Roach, Allen, and Ghost.. I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!!!

[@Rage_Battle]

​@@hyouka_unforgiven"choices have consequences "hence proved

[@hyouka_unforgiven]

@@Rage_Battle and some consequences will lead to death if you do the wrong thing

[@hyouka_unforgiven]

@@jacobsow8202 I understand that he did the right thing to avenge the deaths of his men (including Jackson, Lt. Vasquez, and SSgt. Griggs). But that doesn't mean he has a right to kill and betray his own allies, such as Task Force 141 and even Private Allen. He was supposed to blame Makarov, Al-Asad, and Zakhaevh for this. That's why "justice" will never forgive what he has done.

[@mozambiquehere5903]

3:10 Actually, Devil Dog is a nickname for the USMC. They've earned it during the Battle of Belleau Wood during WW1.

[@edm240b9]

That’s just propaganda. There’s really no actual historical evidence that the Germans called the Marines “Devil Dogs.” That being said, Belleau Wood was a very important battle for the Corps. In France, it’s literally called Bois de la Brigade de Marine; the Wood of the Marine Brigade.

[@elavatedqauser3685]

This guy has a few discrepancies like this in this video.

[@mozambiquehere5903]

@@elavatedqauser3685 I could see that too.

[@kewlkat2712]

Bro that's such basic knowledge. How did he not know that?

[@mozambiquehere5903]

@@kewlkat2712 Idk, honestly. There's probably some who didn't know significance of the nickname.

[@robcoopz2444]

"Thousands of souls extinguished, by the push of a button..."

[@jasonx1174]

"Understand Yuri. This is only the beginning."

[@YoutubeWriter._.]

"This wasn't war, it was madness!"

[@christophergepullano9029]

"I was a soldier of Russia, not a taker of innocent lives. But in his eyes, this marked me as the enemy"

[@pluto7402]

Not trying to say who's better or who's worse here but Is nobody gonna talk about how, when the Marines were retreating, the NEST team was directly beside the nuke, trying to disarm it under the threat and stress of being vaporised along with thousands of other lives if they're late by even 1 second. Dudes were trying to save thousands of lives by going towards threat that they knew that if things go wrong, not even their ashes will be left.

[@altalt1250]

Man, this reminds me when the MW series wasn’t based around like 4-6 people at any given time

[@alexanderscout]

i think randomly generating them allows you to feel the way any soldier would remember it, the friends are named clearly but the comrades they wouldn't remember them much at all, this also includes important people hated or not they would still be remembered more clearly then anyone else, it also could be people who remember certain characters that are involved depending on the context, since there have been times where people were awarded with medals after they died

[@blas610]

Forgive your enemies, but remember their name😊

[@Normalnyczlowiek]

- JFK "The best zombie killer"

[@blas610]

Fr

[@jedicoolgamer5517]

About time someone made a video about the Marines in cod4 Modern Warfare.

[@mesiiahe7350]

Nobody’s Callsign is Devil Dog. That’s a general name for all Marines. The Germans referred to us as “Teufel Hunden” in the past, and Marines stuck with that.

[@trashman5694]

Can still be a call sign

[@MrElis420]

Try having that callsign in the Marines, get shit on by every Marine who hears it lmao.@@trashman5694

[@JollyGiuseppe]

@@trashman5694 That'd be stupid it isn't.

[@Michael-uc2pn]

​@@trashman5694it would never be someone's call sign because that would be way too confusing. It would be like a special forces soldier's call sign being "green beret". The entire unit is special forces, they're all green berets. Now a lot of times video games have the main character addressed by some generic name like "devil dog" or "marine" or "spartan", but the whole point of that is to NOT have the character addressed by a unique name, and help the player identify/self insert with the character. In real life, Squads might have their own internal informal calls signs/nick names for squad comms, but if your squad nicknames you "devil dog" as a term reserved to refer to you and only you, you're either master chief/doomslayer levels of badass and probably have some serious combat medals to the point where you're seen as the epitome of a marine, or you're the most boot boot to ever boot, and they're making fun of you and probably hate you.

[@seanpalmer3982]

@@trashman5694 no it cant, and it never has since ww2

[@BlackEnglishmen]

Never forget how compelling the original story was. Shepherd was not evil. He was devastated. He wanted Makarovs head by any means. And he needed his marines replaced. I’m sure he got his men, price made certain there would be no shortage of Americans willing to fight for their country again after New York.

[@hurricane7727]

Pre Nuke Shepard was Very Different from Mw2 Shepard

[@Deathmare235]

Shepherd is completely evil, doesn’t matter his reasoning for his motives, he wanted a war with Russia just to put the us at the top

[@sida.artyom]

If Zakhaev died in One Shot, One Kill, His son will Avenge him

[@MajorAlex]

And Makarov as well lol

[@hyouka_unforgiven]

And then Yuri will be the one to kill them

[@darkaidenalex3551]

I wonder what Shepherd was feeling during the 5 years before MW2

[@ashassassin7153]

Sad

[@YoutubeWriter._.]

Guilt and remorse

[@ebonkinght]

i liked to think he had extreme Survivors guilt and went into a deep depression and maybe went into alcoholism before MW2

[@Deathmare235]

Determination, he was planning everything when he created 141

[@darkaidenalex3551]

@@Deathmare235 I mean it still definitely left a permanent scar he will never forget

[@AlexandruMuntean17]

I noticed that in OG Version of CoD 4, Vasquez looks like he has a buff body and Griggs is a bit skinny, but in Remastered, Vasquez looks a bit skinny and Griggs looks buffer.

[@jiwachandran9621]

If you think about it,if Price killed Zakhaev in all ghilled up,the og mw trilogy won't even would've happen.

[@MajorAlex]

Nah Makarov would want revenge For Zakhaev's Death ..Price had to kill Makarov First...

[@DylanoRevs]

​@@MajorAlexThat or Victor would get his vengeance. Possibly from Makarov influencing him to avenge his father

[@シxtk]

@@MajorAlexmw3 takes place before mw4?

[@MajorAlex]

@@シxtk COD 4 MW not MW4 LOL

[@MajorAlex]

@@シxtk that means COD 4 is Modern Warfare 1 ..Always remember that

[@yanke3564]

As someone who used to play the marine missions on repeat this vid is great man

[@yaboidre5672]

This is what the MW reboot needed in the campaign; a traumatizing shocker that changes every character so they’re not the same person. While it would’ve been awesome, it doesn’t have to be a nuke that does this.

[@Marauder623]

In Shock and Awe, if you take out both choppers with the 203 a marine will yell "Hell yeah!" After Deadly says "did you guys miss me?"

[@Chillguy.amvfromtt]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS

[@thediciple40channel11]

It will forever bug me how an ARMY Lt. General would be in charge of MARINES

[@Trollolololdad]

Joint Chiefs and joint command. The Marines Jackson is attached to is part of a larger task force you as the player might not have seen in the game. A regular MEU that took part of Al-Asad consists of roughly 2500 Marines, so I'm positive other units from the Army, Air Force, and possibly even other foreign forces such as the British, Australians, etc were a part of the 30k men who partook in the battle. Think of 03 Iraq during the invasion.

[@tetov1620]

US marines can reenlist to other branches, skip boot camp, and keep a relatively similar rank, so not completely unrealistic

[@thriddy8191]

I was under 2nd MARDIV when I was down at the border, and I'm Army. Its quite common that other branches are under control if a certain Branch controls or runs that AO. Or if its a large scale invasion (like Iraq), it will primarily the Army calling the shots, due to them being the prime ground fighting force.

[@rumrain838]

That's how it works in the military, even including NATO allies under other commanders from other countries.

[@hurricane7727]

Cod 4 Shepard I think was a Higher Rank than Army General. I think he was a 4 star General before he was Demoted

[@ReznovRulz]

I remember hearing the uniquely terrified voice of the Cobra Pilot as a 11/12 year old kid when this game was new but simply thinking she was scared of being killed. Now with a more adult understanding, and reading news stories and wikipedia articles of how the bad guys treat women in that part of the world, I now know why she was so uniquely terrified of being apprehended by the OpFor.

[@Man77772]

she sounds so monotone when she says "we're going down."

[@deusvult1202]

Keeping Massey alive during Charlie Dont surf is still a greater achievement for me than graduating from architecture school.

[@jamesearlcash2OO3]

In fact, I kept him alive throughout the entire mission and I didn't know it was an in-game achievement (I did it because I was afraid that if I lost my teammates I would be left alone to face hordes of enemies)

[@aidenheck2944]

A few things, the Blackhawk is the UH-60. Not the UH-1. The UH-1 would be a Huey or venom but there are none in this game. Also, it was also strange to me how they use blackhawks (an army helicopter) on an amphibious operation. They could’ve used UH-1N SuperHueys or MH-60 Seahawks but they didnt. I’d like to add that the 30,000 military members were likely not all Marines. A lot were probably Army, and a lot of sailors too. Edit: “Devil Dog” is the nickname for any US Marine.

[@kungpowdan9632]

The Marines would use the CH-46 Sea Knight for an amphibious (Air) Assault. Couldn't agree more with the other corrections you mentioned.

[@aidenheck2944]

@@kungpowdan9632 Back then the CH-46 would probably be the best option but the Sea Knight has been retired, would probably be the MV-22 today, no?

[@kungpowdan9632]

@@aidenheck2944 if it were today, yes, the Osprey would be the airframe of choice.

[@aidenheck2944]

@@kungpowdan9632 Also I meant that at the time, the UH-1N was pretty much the Marines’ equivalent of a blackhawk

[@DomFoolery12345]

My theory for Cpl Roycewicz is that he survived the events of Cod 4 and went on to become a member of taskforce 141 in Royce, He shortened his name for his codename and called it a day. only to be killed halfway into the mission he was a part of

[@Solider7]

The horrific incident that drove Shepherd mad enough to trigger WW3.

[@skullyskaric7779]

a good soldier never leaves em behind. shepherd is not what people think of him. he's someone i rather stand with. his hatred his bitter. most importantly his loyalty.

[@homefront1999]

OG COD was truly a masterpiece. I wish we could've gotten some more storry centric scenes or so. But OG COD was so good.

[@CoolSmoovie]

Back when you just played as a cog in the vast machine. COD needs to bring this feeling back

[@gura_dura]

wow, the detail and analysis is astonishing, also brings light to tiniest details. oorah Major, I dropped a like too.

[@kellerweskier7214]

fun part. in classic MW, they are marines, using USAF desert digital camo, running the M4A1 that the marines wouldnt have in full service till later in 2016, running equipment used mainly by SOCOM mainly the SOPMOD, riding in on a helicopter used by the Army, being supported by the M1A2 (A tank the Marines never used, sure the army and marines have done support for each other before, but not like, mixing infantry and armor units together is a bad cohesion, usually an armor unit would support an infantry unit from a distance in combined branch operations.) good vid on explaining things though!

[@nathanhighvoltage5259]

Cod 4 had this mystic about it that new cods just can’t replicate. 2007. Was a master piece

[@hurricane7727]

It was good seeing what Shepard was Like Pre Shock and Awe Mission. Different from his Mw2 Version

[@mt2oo8]

It's simply just the amount of deaths the marines faced during the Shock and Awe mission with the nuke. A source says "during the mission "Shock and Awe," a nuclear bomb explodes, resulting in the deaths of 30,000 U.S. Marines, including the player character, Sergeant Paul Jackson."

[@hurricane7727]

Also Thousands of Al Assad Forces and Thousands of Civilians who were in the City

[@liamh8926]

The mission where you rescue the tank crew was always so funny to me, because on the harder difficulties dozens of randomly generated marines die on the way there. What gets me is during the mission briefing you can see that tank has infantry support when the mission starts, so even though the tank was inoperable the crew could have ditched and retreated. Also when you finally get to the tank the infantry support is nowhere to be seen so presumably they all died defending it instead of just making the crew scuttle the tank. 10/10 mission would play again.

[@liamh8926]

Oh wait in the remaster it looks like the infantry support actually survives, but I swear they werent there in the original.

[@Xenomorphosis-u5l]

Those marines were one of his real sodiers not 141, 141 have there own soldiers they are just tryna help those marines

[@Killerbnizz]

Except it doesn’t make sense because Shepards an army general 🤔

[@hurricane7727]

​​@@KillerbnizzDifferent Branches of the Same military.

[@Killerbnizz]

@@hurricane7727 trackin all big dog forgot that the 4 stars run all the shows

[@hurricane7727]

@@Killerbnizz The Command in the Usmc Missions in Cod 4 sounds like Shepard to me.

[@Killerbnizz]

@@hurricane7727 idk either way it must have been him calling the shots if “he” lost 30k men in the blink of an eye as he says lol

[@doreldranga6769]

30k marines rest in peace

[@your_FellowHistorian]

6:55 "private west is down Jackson jet the javelin" that almost killed me bro

[@pitt96ful67]

We forget a little too quickly the civilians who lived in this city and who suffered the same fate as the people of Nagasaki. There would be hundreds of thousands of losses and I'm not talking about the thousands of enemy fighters who defended the areas which did not have the most joyful fate.

[@crusaderman4043]

The city was mostly evacuated, but as Fallujah has shown, there's plenty of people that won't leave their homes no matter what happens.

[@hurricane7727]

Death Toll would be Massively High

[@YourLightning28]

Devil Dog is the nickname of the USMC that they got at Belleau Wood in WW1 due to how fiercely and ferociously they fought.

[@vadom2214]

Now I understand this story games in long time ago since i was kid and that how much fun i've had played it. Thank you for show explained.

[@Le_reaper]

I miss these types of missions in cod. I wish they would make more types of these missions in the newer cod games.

[@augustsiegmund5199]

You should do a video on the Rangers in MW2. Probably my favorite group of guys after the Marines.

[@MajorAlex]

Sure thing

[@augustsiegmund5199]

​@@MajorAlex thanks!

[@azuredragon9928]

​@@MajorAlexyeah the US army ranger in the next video especially all of the names, callsign and mission they went in the mw2 timeline

[@bishop357]

What about delta?

[@jcd_2380]

@@bishop357tbh they should have stuck with the rangers, they really stuck out to me. Sandman and the Deltas had no personality.

[@stone3640]

@ 3:14 , I want to clarify that "Devil Dog" is simply a term used by marines to refer to other marines

[@Aegon1]

Old Shepard > New Shepard Infinitely better in every conceivable way

[@gura_dura]

Incredible storytelling by the way..

[@kendrickuykingtian0726]

It’s Makarov. He caused this to happen. In Modern Warfare 3, it was this event that caused Yuri to slowly betray Makarov.

[@Nexus_Simulations]

That's a 30,000 killstreak lmao. New record. Probably camped for that nuke.

[@MajorAlex]

At once

[@Nexus_Simulations]

​@@MajorAlex lol, either way good job on the vid.

[@seulbilee1025]

Makarov for the win

[@brandanpalmer]

12 year old me was crushing hard on Pelayo. Then came the heartbreak. RIP my sky angel

[@Shjankee]

RIP Griggs the biggest and baddest of em all. Dude made me want to go 0331😂

[@SeguidordeDeus23]

As someone who played MW2 first, i immediately understood the 30k soldiers Shepherd was talking about were the ones who died in the nuke of the first game

[@hurricane7727]

He was also Command who was in the Usmc and Sas joint Ops as well

[@MajorNomad]

Oh, what I would give to officially make them the new stories they deserve in the reboot trilogy.

[@hurricane7727]

Also they should appear if we have a Ghoat 2 since that's a Different Universe

[@ThatGuy-mg3qv]

25:43 you see those cinder blocks, they where used in the original cod4 and was used in mw3 all that time later. (I made csgo maps and made one based on the usmc missions in cod so I spent hours importing and looking at cod4 textures that if u showed me one I could tell you the name)

[@hurricane7727]

At 15:06 Final Fantasy 8 disc 1 Final Battle with Sorceress felt like this Mission except the person we were looking for was actually in that City

[@VaugeComet]

MW1-MW3 remastered could have been made its own game and still be considered a good game in 2024

[@1999200020012011]

I played the original MW as a little child and I remember being in complete disbelief that my character had just died....

[@drinny2214]

Back when the developers and writers actually put time and effort into making a good campaign.

[@battlefrontnews4035]

Charlie Don’t Surf is single handily my favorite COD mission ever

[@MrSocomDude]

0:46 Those are UH-60 Blackhawks not UH-1 Iroquois/Hueys. 1:02 There’s two variants of Cobras in game. The Cobra (J variant) and Super Cobra (W variant). 3:12 Devil Dog is a nickname for the Marines not a callsign. 14:28 The CH-46 is not a older model of the CH-47.

[@CT-55555]

Technically we have 4 protagonists Jackson, President, soap, and price in flashbacks

[@erfanfz5124]

Great video but please make the captions longer, I had to pause many times so I could read the entire sentence

[@Zachattack6731]

Charlie dont surf and war pig were my favorite missions

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

Fun fact: Griggs makes a return as the main leader for the marines in MW 2019.

[@hurricane7727]

Also appeared at the end of Heat Mission

[@captainpelayo7937]

5 years ago I lost 30,000 man in blink of an eye and the world just fucking watch

[@thog8385]

ngl. best cod video ive ever seen

[@MrUNCLESAM84]

0:51 you ride IN a helicopter, you don't want to ride ON a helicopter I can assure you that you won't like the ride. 😂

[@ItzUrMom1]

"We have one good UMP, they have a thousand"

[@u.s.s.r.1347]

Video topic:…30k marines… Me a Horus heresy fan:"…and here I am, bamboozled. "

[@GodOfWar221]

Realistically, since General Shepard is a three star in the US Army. The forces being deployed in the game, should have been Army Rangers/ Regular Army. Would make more chronological sense. Not sure why a General of the Army is in command of Marines.

[@rumrain838]

This happens more then you would think in reality.

[@hurricane7727]

In cod4 in Shock and Awe I feel he was a Higher Rank than Army General because Mw2 Shepard couldn't control the Navy but Cod 4 Shepard has Control of the Entire Operation

[@ТемирланТасбалта]

I'm really do not understand, why the reboot MW is even comparing with OG MW? There's no way that reboot can stand near by this legendary series

[@luiditerran2401]

so, if Shepherd hadn't lost his men, the saga would have ended far earlier?

[@ravenops2323]

Thank you Major Alex for your heart ❤😊

[@Simon.GhostRiley-yd3tc]

30K men nah this gonna take lots of years to finish💀💀💀

[@horseclock6454]

You missed the part were Griggs runs into enemy fire with no weapon, gets on top of the disabled tank and starts doing the "C Walk" while his men are screaming. "GET DOWN!! SIR GET DOWN!!"

[@D-Day867]

Lt.Volker's reaction look so real when the nuke went off in cod4, time is right here: 20:55

[@JacobbbXD]

Now im in the marine corps, I realize that the marines in this game is represented only by the eagle and globe with no anchor😂😂

[@Donteatnuggets]

Shepherd : I lost 30k men OG Makarov : ....

[@nagiejames1129]

Dude I can’t read that fast 1:33

[@ianianotorius1027]

"stay frosty" used by military as their comms, which means "stay vigilant/alert".

[@BruhMoment-dm7rs]

No shit

[@joey3654]

This was COD in it's prime

[@totalmentemad]

Playing Call of duty used to be so much fun and interesting.

[@Kratos1400M]

10:41 Lt. Vasquez: Oorah? Pvt. Dunn: Oorah…!

[@DRourkey]

Great video but could you please add like 3 seconds to every sentence you put over the screen. Also devil dog isn't a call sign. It's a nickname for marines. They earned it in WW2 when the Germans said the marines fought like hounds from hell and they adopted the nickname devil dogs

[@Donny2200]

Js saw it, don't feel like finding the time stamp but the assistant principal at my school was named dunkelberger and one of the marines that was promoted to cpt was also named dunkelberger😭

[@Miggzo11]

do you know what happent to 1st force recon and US snipers on the last missions i forget the name of missions but snipers you know and the guys who later arrived in black hawk when you are going inside were they all went or conspiracis by the way Very good video i can see you put a lot of time and effort in theis video keep up the work man👍sorry for the gramar

[@Lonewolf_-dv1to]

3:07 Devil Dog is not a codename, but a nickname that the USMC uses since the World War I

[@DavvinLo]

Sgt Paul jackson

[@ogmeatwad.6]

The Og modern warfare campaign was so good. Same for Og Mw2

[@bishop357]

Shepherd is in cod4 command sounds just like him.

[@elijahullmann6231]

Devil Dog is a nickname for any US Marine. The name goes back to WW1 when the Marines fought in France against Germany.

[@michel4rthur]

Five years ago I lost 30,000 men in the blink of an eye

[@seb99342]

And the world just fcn watched. Tomorrow, they will be no shortage for volunteers, no shortage for Patriots. I know you understand

[@craftynait]

Yoriichi - split in half Gojo - Split in half Simp Cameraman - Split in half Plunger Cameraman - Split in half Audi Rs6 Driver - Split in half Deadpool - Split in half (old version)

[@silverpillars]

A wise man said before the incident: "The Americans are making a huge mistake" - Probably Nikolai

[@AruthurCallahan_167]

well you know how soap bled out in Modern warfare 3? HE GETS SHOT IN THE NEW ONE IN THE HEAD. and he go turned into ashes! but they put his ashes into the air. and that's it. (also yes this is a spoiler if you haven't played the new one yet I am so sorry.)

[@briarelemino7439]

The og death of soap was iconic.

[@AruthurCallahan_167]

@@briarelemino7439 true true

[@AJayZy]

@@briarelemino7439 Price, Makarov knows Yuri!!

[@ArcticBlade-416]

Atleast Vasquez and Griggs still alive in CODM.

[@Taco_Comrade]

What?

[@ArcticBlade-416]

@@Taco_Comrade there is Vasquez and Griggs skin in codm

[@wyermanjr6291]

@@ArcticBlade-416they need to add Jackson because I feel bad that he made big sacrifices and is probably now forgotten

[@threatlevel_TACO]

Never understood why this game got so much right... yet decided to put an LT as a crewchief on the helicopter. Its an enlisted position lol

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

Shepherd you're in the freaking Army.

[@hurricane7727]

In cod4 he was a 4 star General in Shock and Awe

[@Igoruhandchu]

Dude I’m a speed reader WAYYYYY to fast on the subtitles. Good video though

[@Boy_TV984]

R.I.P. Sgt. Paul Jackson

[@StillVolfeCakes]

can't believe they nerfed Griggs' music