They Held The Line - Oorah! | HFY | SciFi Short Stories

[@johnnybravo2003]

Great story, totally Badass. Many thanks to our troops and veterans.

[@firefighter_raven]

I'm the author of the story and want to thank you for all the compliments. I am very humbled by some of the comments.

[@SpaceFics]

Way to go dude!

[@firefighter_raven]

@@SpaceFics - Thank you. And I hear that in the voice of Melvin in Tremors lol

[@rowdyharger2799]

Great story, thank you

[@felixspace1453]

With all the AI stories out there, THIS was refreshing!

[@Dreadsheep]

Great Story. I hope you have more of these! keep it up.

[@mk45gunnr25]

12 years active. 2 tours in the Sandbox. When the Cap said "Drop Thors Hammer" goosebumps ran all over me and I got tears in my eyes. God bless the Marines. God bless my brothers and sisters in arms. I unashamedly say I love you all. When the pilot said Valhalla I almost sobbed. I miss my bros so so much.

[@glennbrymer4065]

Glad you made it through the shit brother. Welcome back to the world. I would suggest you check out David Drake, & Hammer's Slammer's One of his early books was a collection of short stories called Out of Darkness. Drake was in the 11th Cav, the Black Horse. Hope your doing well in civilian life. God bless. USArmy 69/71

[@jarthurs9312]

🇺🇸

[@kaiserofkush]

Welcome home

[@ImezRuez]

got me right in the feels too brother.

[@taurinfox21]

Rahh

[@frankgonzalez3822]

I am not sure which is worse. Dropping a nuke on your position or that it happens so often, a code word was created for it. Thor's Hammer

[@Ranger-Cealers]

This sounds like a evolution of broken arrow, which is code for the unit being cut off and likely to be wiped out, call of duty showcased this with the original modern warfare series

[@firefighter_raven]

@@Ranger-Cealers yes it is. I didn't want to use the same words but keep it similar.

[@Ranger-Cealers]

@tomcarey8951 kinda figured but I'm glad I called it right

[@mikkelnpetersen]

"BROKEN ARROW, DROP THOR'S HAMMER"

[@2know1self]

We Were Soldiers by Lt Gen Hal Moore and Joey Gallaway is one of the best books about war.

[@SageofStars]

Marines means nobody gets left behind. Some think that means because you get everyone out. What it actually means is no one's sacrifice is for nothing.

[@UNSCrearadmiral]

Who's like us! DAMN FEW, AND THEYRE ALL DEAD

[@zackjuhl9718]

Are you a marine and if so thank you and everyone who served with you 🇺🇸🫡

[@SageofStars]

@@zackjuhl9718 I was Navy myself, but I knew plenty of ground pounders in my day.

[@UNSCrearadmiral]

@SageofStars I'm a marine, Fair winds and following Seas sailor

[@RonMayer-xj9oe]

Oorah

[@grimbo73]

The Jabbas reference got me.

[@LanderKoenig]

Agreed, dam funny

[@Davidofthelost]

Honestly would be something we would call aliens we’re fighting.

[@yvonnewilson2242]

🎶 *From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine.* 🎶 🎶 *Our flag's unfurled to every breeze From dawn to setting sun; We have fought in ev'ry clime and place Where we could take a gun; In the snow of far-off Northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes; You will find us always on the job The United States Marines.* 🎶 🎶 *Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve; If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes; They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines.* 🎶 *SEMPER FI, TILL I DIE, YOURS AND MINE. OORAH!!!*

[@GrigoriZhukov]

Until you are willing to call in fire on your position...dang onion ninjas.

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

"Broken Arrow! Repeat, Broken Arrow!" "Roger that. Major, it's been an hour."

[@nohelp8534]

I was in the army. This one made me tear up for pride and lost friends.

[@Anomaly-uz9pr]

Hooah.

[@dphill96]

One of the better short stories I've heard. I really enjoy stories where an alien tells of human valor.

[@scottrussell3862]

Liked this one wasn't disjointed like many are, the story has potential and the character was more fleshed out and believable than many of the recent offerings and I hope to hear more of this.

[@LcplAnimeGuy]

More storys about Terrian Marines please? 🥺

[@luis9484]

I like that these stories can still make me cry.

[@zambekiller]

GUARDSMEN YOU SHALL HOLD THE LINE

[@Deliciousfoodofficer]

For over 10.000 Years they held the Line!

[@animeyhem9780]

"With substandard weapons, cheaply produced, against all the horrors the universe could produce. Farmers, factory workers, husbands, sons. They held the line for 10,000 years, and continue to do so today. So what's your excuse, monster?" Comissar Yarick

[@TheTakoda2010]

Cadia Stands!

[@brenttrent8811]

​@TheTakoda2010 the planet broke before the guard did

[@DrFrankNStein-sf2ww]

He held the line: "Oorah!" He held the door: "HODOR !"

[@Odd_Interaction]

Semper Fi! Devil Dogs!

[@shadowpoet4398]

_For 200 years our corp's done two thing for this Great Nation: we make Marines, and we win battles!_ _Never forget that! You're first Marines; And not all the communists in hell can overrun _*_YOU!"_*

[@kdrapertrucker]

SEMPER FI, DO OR DIE OOHRAH!

[@RissaFirecat]

HELL YEAH!

[@Ody21]

OOHRAH DEVIL DOGS! SEMPER FI!

[@alexisjuarez9858]

This reminds me of another story, I can't remember the name, it was about three different alien soldiers in a bar drinking & talking about there experiences with human soldiers. The one thing I vividly remember from the story were the quote given at the end by the solders. “There not the fastest. But there fast enough to keep up,” “There not the strongest. But there strong enough to leave a mark,” “There not the biggest. But they make dame sure you know there there,”

[@zackjuhl9718]

If you ever find it again, can you tell us its name?

[@alexisjuarez9858]

@@zackjuhl9718 I will!

[@Conan-df1kj]

Any luck?

[@nigelcalpe]

feels like halo

[@carlosjf504]

I came here to stroke my human ego, not to have onion ninjas around.

[@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx]

Insert "why not both" meme girl picture

[@75Greatdane]

That was a great story 👍.

[@nigelcalpe]

i know know what to call it next time "helldiver drop thors hammer now!"

[@BrianWatson-m4e]

I cried for all my lost friends...correction brothers...

[@paulscott4727]

Semper Fi to all those who've served and especially those who gave their lives for us. Oohrah!!

[@chainmailunderwear]

Amen

[@wboyd33]

Damn! Good story!!!

[@robynpicknell7801]

Goddam!!! That ending was a kick in the nuts as well as the most glorious ending for a soldier in a hopeless scenario!! Sacrificing themselves to save as many as humanly possible, and I guarantee that every single Marine fought to the very last breath as the juke fell, not one of them tried to cut and run in a futile attempt to live. They would all have had evil grins on their faces as the juke dropped, overjoyed at taking so many of the enemy with them, as ALL soldiers, no matter where from would do and feel!! Bloody good story, hoping to hear some more from you, especially with this character and his today amongst the humans! Well done!

[@nachobiosca4031]

Human thing mist feared by aliens: 1- the marines 2- the navy 3- that thing called "ADAPTABILITY" 4- nukes (whe love those) 5- our politicians (even we fear them)

[@Yogasefski]

6- Our young (and their parents)

[@Davidofthelost]

7- Human Lawyers. (Really should be #1)

[@moogoogashu8647]

8-taxes

[@VictorRodriguez-1958]

That's an awesome tale. Very well crafted and delivered. Many thanks.

[@johnnyjohnson1326]

Glad to see that, even in the far future, Thor is acknowledged! Til Valhalla

[@Jakob_The_Stoic_Norseman]

I would so love a short story from the Marines POV...you know all of them were talkin' massive amounts of shit while killin' and dyin'....Oorah indeed

[@kdeville87]

Great story more with the Marines

[@oldhillbillybuckkowalski]

The talent of the author is truly awesome. To be able to take a full movie worth of plot, detail, character development, action, and drama, all worthy of a feature length movie or a moderately long novel and condense it into a narration easily fitting into the time needed to eat lunch in the break room, and retain a level of description that paints a vivid picture in the listeners mind, and enough suspense that it left a crowded break room silent other than the narrators voice, all delivered in a way that it stirs emotions in spite of it being a work of fiction. I have never had much interest in science fiction. I've read a couple of the Halo based novels, found them to be interesting, well written works but not compelling enough to draw me into the entire series. This video however may have me revisiting that franchise. If more of this epic level story telling defines what they have to offer I will be truly impressed.

[@firefighter_raven]

I'm the author and thank you very much for the compliment.

[@Nonyahbid]

Never shall I leave a fallen comrade! Damn that hit hard. We don’t die we go to hell and regroup!

[@josefhyatt2780]

Great story!

[@BarredRock]

O7 made me tear up a little

[@johnhillbilly8625]

One of if not the best yet

[@MichaelNeusch]

It would seem that even in sci-fi Marines fight with the tenacity not yet seen

[@Megacooler96_]

This was actually a very cool and interesting story. KZbin Recommendations came in clutch again

[@eliassainis5679]

Well done, I liked this one and more would be welcomed. Thx for sharing

[@mattclark8715]

Thank you or another wonderful short story

[@leather_pet5440]

Oorah, we are humanity, we do what we must

[@hectordelvalle4428]

The resiliency of the United States Marines is legendary. Once, in the Korean conflict. Many were retreating their position because of the numerous enemy forces. But when the Marines showed up. They quoted a short defiant response. RETREAT HELL!! They fought with tenacity that many of the enemy avoided the conflict altogether. Semper Fidelis❤❤❤❤

[@grimbo73]

The origin of that quote is from WWI...Belleau Wood...mentioned in Battle Los Angeles....

[@kdrapertrucker]

When the U.S. Marines and a few U.S. Army units, the first into France marched for the front out of Paris they ran into the routed British and French troops in full retreat for Paris, several French and English officers told the Marine officers they should retreat with them to Paris. The Marine commanders reaction was "Retreat hell! We Just got here" they met the Germans at belleau woodland stopped them cold for several days, then Gunny Sargent Dan Daly, seeing his Marines exhausted, ordered his Marines to attack standing up and charging while Yelling " You Want To Live Forever!" The Marines charged and completely routed the Germans who started referring to them as Devil Dogs.

[@hectordelvalle4428]

Oops, you are correct.

[@gunmonkey1185]

That's 1st Marines Division at Chosin Reservoir. The Commanding General was none other than Lewis" Chesty" Puller. The USMC most legendary Officer. 5 Navy Cross to his name. Was considered for CMOH more than once. And I not even a marines. Just happen to lived by Camp Pendleton.

[@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx]

​@@gunmonkey1185growing up there used to be an old chosin marine who lived in my neighborhood. He always had a fresh "frozen chosin" and EGA sticker on hia old ford pickup. It was a sad sad day when i saw the pickup parked infront of the local feed store with a "FOR SALE" sign in the wind shield. Never spoke to the man but wherever you are old timer SEMPER FI.

[@HowardMathews-j9c]

Well done, I'll be listening to this one again.

[@icepicjoey]

4:48 They sound a bit like the sathar. From star frontiers.

[@RonMayer-xj9oe]

To few of these stories are as good as this.

[@kyos8462]

Wtf is this? Shit....im hooked

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@GungFoo_Dad]

Lol humans the ultimate badasses of the universe and also among the last races to join the alliance of intergalactic coalition 💪

[@m.aguirre3153]

Outstanding.

[@shadowpoet4398]

21:19 - _Jaleon looked out at his audience and saw they were intently focused on his tail._ Either he's dummy thicc or the subtitles suck

[@SciFiStoryGuy]

I believe it's made quite clear that he is indeed, a thicc boy.

[@Bruisedmelon]

Tail or tale both work in the stories context

[@josephhyland8904]

That's kicking up some dust here.

[@dougfisher5408]

More🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸

[@sebastiangiovannella7778]

My mind was dead set on this being a warhammer story and that got me confused a lot.

[@meanolddog9912]

Oorah! Semper Fi!

[@himmelblau2126]

i love how the auto-transcript made "Jelly inside" out of "Jallean said"

[@johngillan4475]

Well read, thank you

[@golubgolubovic8991]

COOLNESS OVERLOAD 😎

[@knight5846]

Ooo rah!! marines to the end they rather go down on their feet than be prisoners and in this case, eaten. god bless the marine Corps!!!

[@goldosprey]

I snorted at the Barroom brawls comment

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

14:46 Black Templars???

[@MegaPlayerXxX]

OORAH!!!

[@gw2macken757]

1. JALIEN 2. JALEEN 3.JELLY AND 4. JAYLEE AND 5.JAYLENE 6.JAYLEON 7. JOLLIAN 8. JALEON 9. JALEN 10. JALLIAN 11. JALEAN... i THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER END. This instructor has so many alias' I thought he might just be a spy.

[@markotisovic8233]

Strong Height 776 (part of Battle of Ulus-Kert) and Prokhorenko vibes.

[@dwaynev6593]

Auh! auh! Auh!

[@minavanderleest9493]

Good story

[@Knownascomic]

Love this

[@glennbrymer4065]

Well done! Great story.

[@mt8956]

Great story

[@droopy0266]

To the author of the story were you ever in San Antonio in a bar called dirty Nellies cause this happened there dirty Nellies was a piano bar San Antonio sits in the middle of almost 3 military bases, Fort Sam, Houston, and one or two air bases so you have all those servicemen downtown on the Riverwalk dirty, Nellies had a piano bar and one eyed one night got the bright idea to play each services for lack of better word, fight song it did not go well, but I will say this there to there were two Marines in a corner booth, and they were holding their own against the rest of the bar

[@jackudall1824]

Hurrah

[@ROBOTKO555]

Very nice story

[@madwolfgarton9997]

VALHÖLL AWAITS

[@Plastikdoom]

This, this story is a sci fi retelling g of the battle of belleauwood, with a couple twists, but overal the same cautionary tale, don’t fuck with the USMC, I know, I’m one of them, you don’t want none, and even if not said, they are clearly descendants of us, as jk one else is that crazy, stupid, or effective. Rahhh. Yut I’d barely older than me, or Ooorah, of similar/younger, my age though the question and response and was “kill” in a harsh barked tone.

[@tesadupreez5009]

liked this one

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

HOORAH!

[@rickeyjohnson8476]

excellent story! So much better than the AI crap

[@eddiecharles6457]

Damn!

[@TylerGriffith-zz3cx]

Until Valhalla!!

[@michaelharris-iw9bk]

❤😊😊👍

[@dang4482]

❤

[@emilypower9748]

More females marines teaching aliens the definition of fuck around and find out please

[@djrazoredgeoftherevelator6868]

Rangers lead the way

[@scottpfeiffer1537]

Why would you bring the dead onto the rescue ship instead of the living? Other than for the story?

[@LoneGhost93]

Oorah

[@jam258420]

🍺💪🏻🫡

[@germanmandalorian3514]

'Rah.

[@theblackbear211]

Bravo Zulu.

[@scottpfeiffer1537]

Not sure why bringing the dead would have been an option. Other than for the story.

[@jarthurs9312]

HUMANITY

[@CitizenValve]

1st listen…AI narrator….nope.

[@SciFiStoryGuy]

Congratulations?

[@chainmailunderwear]

I'm not a fan of ai narrators either but this was a solid story. You should give it another chance. Just turn down the volume and read along or something. Great story

[@johndowds5770]

Women front line troops ,really stretching it .

[@PeterLGଈ]

Welcome to the real world.

[@daviddiehl-gy2sq]

Another story along these lie is the Human Knights.

[@weilund6]

Another AI tripe story. Writers and storytellers, get your butts onto KZbin and get some views. This stuff is getting tiresome

[@SciFiStoryGuy]

What are you so mad about exactly?

[@TheLoobis]

15:30 Ugh, a girl? Com'on.

[@SciFiStoryGuy]

Ladies are cool.🤷‍♂️

[@mikestarke1216]

not a GIRL.... A DAMNED MARINE!

[@markfergerson2145]

I dare you to find a female Marine and say that to her face. First though, tell her whether or not you like hospital food.

[@grimbo73]

​@@markfergerson2145and just make sure other Marines don't hear you either...

[@SandraNelson063]

Just remember: a female Marine has to be twice as good, to be considered half as good. Hoorah!

[@gregi787]

lol goes to show that since this is created by AI, even uses female as always the higher figure head or playing the biggest role. its probably doing it based on this algorithm going around with feminism plastered in every media out there especially in movies. why i say this? i been binge watching similar story like this and its always the female leading role. though not the main MC but in the fantasy world the female is either the president or the galactic admiral, bla bla and so on.

[@firefighter_raven]

I can assure you this isn't AI generated.

[@ericianwalters]

U mad bro?

[@Chrono_Mitsurugi]

Oorah. o7