Three Concussions - Campfire Stories

Zach got his bell rung three times! Well, there may be more, but he can't remember them.
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Nonstop - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@purpleYamask]

Zach is literally too smart for his COs to be happy with him. Absolutely astounding.

[@proudpapaprick]

And yet, fairly standard for military, if people's stories are anything to go by.

[@sleeplessstoner9522]

They typically want you to be just the tiniest bit...dumb...not like full blown dunce but just stupid enough to not question any authority

[@ForeverOdd]

@@sleeplessstoner9522 Best as I understand it, an IQ of 85 is about what they're looking for. Too dumb for ideas but can still follow orders.

[@proudpapaprick]

@@ForeverOdd Smart enough to work the machines but dumb enough to follow orders.

[@joshuabacker2363]

@@ForeverOdd You don't understand it very well then.

[@afinoxi]

Mike : walks out of line Drill sergeants : *So you have chosen... Death.*

[@drunkenswordsman5698]

I love you

[@kvant13]

I mean, he WAS in the Marines.

[@chazcormier3883]

Someone should animate it but in a 40k setting

[@tacticalsocialist8060]

*points* "KILL HIM"

[@TheCorrodedMan]

_K I L L H I M_ *screech’s like Donald Sutherland at the end of invasion of the body snatchers*

[@joshuamartin3232]

This is the second evidence of Zach having the nickname “Hazard” while he was in the military.

[@spartankun2572]

I thought I'd heard it somewhere else but I cannot for the life of me remember.

[@Simplefng]

@@spartankun2572 the cannon story.

[@MandoWookie]

@@Simplefng Link?

[@williambigbills-9665]

Hmm would make since though. The infantry would like see a gunsmith as little more than cannon fodder, so they would consider him a hazard if he went on patrol and such

[@joshuamartin3232]

@@spartankun2572 amnesty box story as well

[@freezingjazzy]

Look! A wild Zach in power armor! It's as rare as seeing him not hate Fort Polk!

[@Sacabambapis_]

50 caps says he has a concussion

[@smokestack3327]

@@Sacabambapis_ 100 caps he’s also drunk

[@EyeSky420]

@@smokestack3327 500 caps says he’s suffering hype withdraws.

[@GamerJV]

Look. You will always hate Ft Polk in your heart.

[@theporschetiger]

10000 Caps if we get another campfire story in the next 2 months

[@franciscoestrada2093]

The rage in “NO IT FUCKING DIDN’T” is too relatable

[@lucasfraczek4320]

Then is immediately followed up by saying the mosquitoes were the size of planes.

[@ragemode1017]

The me?

[@alwaysindanger2279]

@@lucasfraczek4320 Not just any plane, but the successor to the AC-130, otherwise known as THE ANGEL OF DEATH

[@gipsydangeramericasmonster9632]

@@alwaysindanger2279 the C-130 and AC-130 are essentially the same plane just with guns strapped onto the side for one of them. the C-130 is a cargo plane while the AC-130 is an attack plane, but im sure you knew this already.

[@treyjetson5320]

instead of matchheads couldnt they just use bugrepellent?

[@holdenhemingway4903]

The drill instructor who pulled Zach and had a personable conversation about the grenade. I got whiplash when it went from yelling to calm indoor talking

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

People tend to forget that drill instructors are, at the end of the day, still teachers.

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj teachers that have to scare the everloving shit outta you, but still teachers nonetheless.

[@hernehaugen6878]

My buddies are always getting whiplash from me doing that. My grand-dad was in the Air Force, my dad drove a tank in the Army and my uncle was medical officer in the Navy. I grew up learning a lot of inside tricks you could say.

[@tunasandwich8049]

Try screaming for your entire career and see if you'd like it bahaha

[@texteel]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj yet somehow they don't want to learn that they are also human, and they die to the same things every other human does.

[@michaelostergren3516]

I just love imagining zach flopping and trying to breath like a fish out of water

[@lordofcups78]

Me and you thought the same

[@spacetrainbaby3737]

hit his head so hard his brain reverted to his primordial fish instincts

[@ramadhani201]

@@spacetrainbaby3737 lmfaooo

[@MD_Films]

That part was completely hilarious

[@joshfrew3628]

His brain got knocked so hard it fucking devolved

[@filiaknight8514]

"Did you eat the match heads?" "No..." "That was a very guilty no." "Yes... I did." "Did it keep the mosquitoes awa-" "NO, IT FUCKING DIDN'T."

[@Sturmischer]

The funny thing is it wasn’t the Marine eating the weird thing this time

[@toasterkolin9951]

I'm honestly not even surprised Zach has eaten match heads. Still funny as hell though.

[@petitponeydu7727]

What Zach didn't know is that those 3 concussions made him a superhero. and the only superpower he got was massive amounts of gun knowledge he's never gonna use !

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Thank you for that, got a big ol laugh from this

[@slashclaw1014]

Speak for yourself, he made good use of it

[@StevenGarcia-im8rr]

I'm pretty sure he had a good amount of that knowledge before the concussions.

[@titojesusmane9540]

It cleared room in his brain for more gun knowledge and got rid of unnecessary things like your innate ability to breathe without thinking about it

[@lechking941]

@@titojesusmane9540 for a few hours from the sounds but it proably did GUTTER CLEAN tihngs though.

[@lockskelington314]

New Slogan idea for the Military. "Come fight in Iraq its a lot safer than Fort Polk"

[@milk1472]

Fort hood is statistically more dangerous than Afghanistan

[@flippah9101]

Don't let the army hear this. They will send recruits over there for "training".

[@chiprick992]

Definitely safer than Chicago.

[@Noredlac_]

I had a heat stroke at Ft. Polk, still would rather not go to Hood

[@captain-commander8138]

@@TheRedstoneNarcissist Yes

[@magikbullet5570]

These guys are so amicable about discussing the hardships of military and training, it's honestly very heartwarming. I bet if they got shot in some sort of firefight they would just crack a joke as the medic is treating them.

[@lechking941]

more so morter hitting feet from the shitbox and you just DUMP bowls so hard you feel your ass still shitting on you just because you mucles are clentched. getting mortered is not fun.

[@manacress85]

That's just military for you man, gotta laugh so you don't cry.

[@christmas_doggo5537]

@Caleb The great What's the difference?

[@lordderp6914]

I got shot in the face by Cobra Commander

[@Cabledawgphoneg]

@@manacress85 right it's looking back at how dumb or bad things were and laughing at it

[@rahmadrenaldi2624]

Oh my god, that "Kill him!!" Caught me off guard, couldn't stop laughing for the rest of the video. Especially that delivery of the story.

[@Courier-Six]

Zack's first story reminds me so much of the one time drill sergeants were personable to me. I was on the live grenade qualification and I'm standing there waiting to get my 2 grenades and my main drill sergeant, drill sergeant Luke is sitting there with a box of live grenades. He pulls a can of dip out of his pocket, stuffs a wad into his lip, and hands it over to the other sergeant next to him. He looks up at me as the two of them are laughing their ass off at something and asks me "which drill instructor do you fear the most?" I have absolutely no idea what to answer because I do not want to say the wrong thing and tell them that. They laugh their ass off and ask again I tell them "drill sergeant Martinez, drill sergeant!" For context, Martinez was this short hispanic woman who weighed maybe 90 LBS and was maybe 5'1. She was as mean as could be, would get in your face, and you would feel like a 3 foot kid when she got that way. They looked at each other and about fell off their seats with laughter. "Every recruit we've asked has said that, how do you fear her and not me?" Luke asked. I just looked him in the eye and said "she's mean, sgt, I can look you in the eyes. Can't look her in the eye, I'm afraid I'll get bit." At this response, he about doubled over howling with laughter

[@bigricksmith8345]

That's too perfect, I love it! 😂👍

[@shadowsniper3342]

underrated comment

[@johnnyexponential7229]

Love it mate. Wicked story

[@scowler7200]

That's universal. You tread lightly around short latinas. They're usually the runts and grow up with multiple older brothers.

[@cracklingvoice]

There was this short female drill for the platoon that shared my bay (Jackson, half the bays were for females). Her name, I shit thee not, was Friendly. Drill Sergeant Friendly. I was still terrified of her five years later when I reported to my unit on Fort Hood, where she was the brigade S4 NCOIC. I saw her and immediately cleared the area. A couple years later, as I was on the way out of the Army and she had picked up First Sergeant, we had an event for Women's History Month. The panel was her (1SG Friendly), my Battalion Sergeant Major, and some Major from brigade headquarters. Some question came up about how women are seen as leaders in the Army. My CSM kicked the question out to the audience, since we were mostly from the lower ranks. I raised my hand, was called on, and started talking about Drill Sergeant Friendly, from all those years before. She was usually very strait-laced. The moment that she realized I was essentially the motherfucking Ghost of Christmas Past for part of her career, I think she almost shit herself. We later had a moment to chat during an exercise. Apparently she had been on her first cycle as a Drill when I originally encountered her.

[@JohnStormForge]

After the Crucible Reaper hike, my Senior Drill Instructor hazed the entire platoon so long he forgot what he was hazing us for. That was like 2 hours of hell.

[@lechking941]

now thats how you know a dude just lost it.

[@JohnStormForge]

@@lechking941 the only thing that save us was a Captain walked by and asked what we were being hazed for thats when he said he had forgotten. The Captain told him to send us to our squad bay. We were supposed to have been on light duty after the Crucible Reaper hike which meant no hazing or strenuous activities.

[@lechking941]

@@JohnStormForge the few times where command is your angle in camo

[@JohnStormForge]

@@lechking941 The messed up part was that he was hazing us because we took too long in the chow hall.....when he told us to take our time and enjoy our warrior's breakfast.

[@123darkelf]

@@JohnStormForge ….ow T-T

[@vincegann2177]

I went to knox, that damn "confidence tower" I watched a guy fly off the top and miss the pad entirely. Drill at the top, looked at me and mouthed "You saw nothing"

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Jesus

[@Bakura5445]

My platoon did that course before sunrise one morning, and there was literal ice on the rungs. (Kentucky in December, what a fucking treat.) That tower is ten gallons of 'nope' in a five gallon bag.

[@vincegann2177]

@@Bakura5445 I'm fairly sure that's why they moved the Armor School to Benning. Knox was a madhouse when it came to BCT and OSUT. I can't even imagine the crap the guys who had it as a duty station got into

[@lechking941]

@@vincegann2177 clearly NOT AS BAD AS FORT POLK.

[@captainfluffy7232]

Did you throw your hands up like “yeah yeah i know.”

[@Charlie_the_Chair]

Mike: **takes a wrong turn** Drill Sergeant: *_your free trial of life has expired_*

[@braff3272]

My grandpa was a marine. Never new crayons still tasted good in the 60s

[@PlebNC]

That's back when they added lead into them for extra flavour.

[@lalov7]

@@PlebNC mmmmm purple

[@vernstein3877]

@@lalov7 its also the colour you start seeing if you eat the purple ones!

[@thecentralintelligenceagen9963]

@@lalov7 red is my favorite

[@lalov7]

@@thecentralintelligenceagen9963 does red and green taste like purple

[@grimreefer9324]

I love how the Sargent isn't even angry because "Hey, that's honestly the best thing you could do in that situation" edit: you fuckin people

[@bochen1079]

Idk how getting a concussion is the best thing to do in any situation. I guess I’ll never understand the military.

[@theshadegames3531]

@@bochen1079 he's talking about kicking the grenade out the door. Finish watching the video before berating other comments.

[@bochen1079]

@@theshadegames3531 how is that berating. It’s a joke

[@UwU-px9mi]

@@theshadegames3531 imagine feeling the need to correct a joke

[@theshadegames3531]

@@UwU-px9mi joke. If that's what were calling it, then is it not wrong to assume the same of my comment? He misunderstood the context of the comment before attaching a reply. I suppose I missed the context of the joke in his failings to display humor after an observation.

[@AlexanderTF]

I love that Mike's drill instructor just pointed at him and like some noble in the hunger games gave the execution order ....

[@LifelessTooth]

Man I was JUST watching the old campfire stories, thinking to myself "man we haven't had one of these in a while"

[@averagesteel9666]

Mike: *steps out of line* DI: *”Take him to Detroit...”*

[@NativeAmericanPatriot]

Mike: No I don't wanna go to Detroit!

[@ZeonGenesisEvangundam]

@Christopher Garringer Brazil is easy,Detroit is the exact opposite

[@DepressedCrow]

@@ZeonGenesisEvangundam when you get mugged in Brazil you have a 40% chance of being shot/stabbed, in Detroit it's a 80% chance of being shot, it's better to be mugged in Brazil than Detroit

[@vicentegodoy5493]

By far my second favourite series before zachs gun rants

[@chickencurry420]

*Mike marches out of formation* Drill Instructor: "If you will not serve in combat, then you will serve on the firing line"

[@redenginner]

Petition to rename drill instructors to regimental commissars and give them 12 gauge taser pistols (they can’t actually kill recruits)

[@GallerySpecter]

It’s a miracle Fort Polk has had neither a mass mutiny or just fucking exploded for no real reason.

[@Demonicfurry666]

"Oh no you got a butt concussion too?!?" I'm dead XD and coffee is everywhere now

[@lechking941]

NOOOOO NOT THE COFFEE

[@zamorakbrews7228]

@@lechking941 the poop juice

[@fukkthisnewupdate8882]

​@@zamorakbrews7228the bean tea

[@Csp499]

Remembering my CCs at Cape May. One of them was a veritable neutron star of a man, just this tiny, highly condensed form of matter and pure, hateful energy. Apparently I'd made the mistake of having the loudest soundoff on base, so he made me get into a screaming match with a recruit from another company whilst at chow.

[@lechking941]

so other than that dude winning, out of you and the other who won?

[@McDTank75]

I went to Devil Pups when I was 17, and did the whole “jump on a grenade” thing myself. The Marines who were there in charge of us, just basically said what I did was stupid and if I had time to jump on it I had time to grab it and toss it. Made me run with two ammo cans with rocks to make up for dying.

[@beastly7106]

I had one of those Stress ball grenades, it had a "Pin" you could pull with a string and it would vibrate.

[@karmy8170]

That’s cool

[@goddhoward7453]

Quite neat-o

[@dominicunderwood4911]

Congrats on first comment; 🥇

[@theidiotbox9056]

It Vibwates UwU

[@grimreefer9324]

I think you just had a vibrator

[@alejandroesquivel3754]

When Mike say they scream "Kill him", It reminds me about the comissar in WH40K

[@whatshappeninganymore2473]

@asdrubale bisanzio Which leads to cowardice and heresy, obviously.

[@nicholaspadilla4943]

I want to know Zach's thoughts on the accident at Fort Polk, when the mess hall accidentally promised Chocolate Milf for lunch and it caused a huge riot

[@Leovicaranava]

Wait what!?!?! XD

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

who doesnt like a milf

[@SerLagsalot]

Wait, what

[@NEEDbacon]

Dear god I want this to be true, and for Zach to have been there for it

[@tachyon8317]

Need deets. Explain! NOW!

[@BaldyWanKenobi]

A Gun Rants and a Campfire Stories in the same week? It must be Christmas!

[@nachobiosca4031]

ZACH MY RIFLE IS BROKEN

[@Zack_Zander]

I’ll take it as an early birthday gift

[@MiosPanties]

Zach's nickname in the military wasn't Hazard because he was a danger to enemy. It was Hazard because he was a danger to himself.

[@captain-commander8138]

The gun powder bucket is proff of that alone

[@welkingunther5417]

@@captain-commander8138 Lol, indeed

[@walnzell9328]

Soldier: **Steps out of line for half a second.** Drill Instructor: Kill him! Other drill instructor: Yes Sergeant War Crime!

[@lechking941]

*inser MR Streamer Roll1d2 here*

[@crimsondynamo615]

Sergeant War Crime sounds like a parody of Sergeant Slaughter

[@TheCorrodedMan]

@@crimsondynamo615 Drill Sergeant War-Crime, Staff Sergeant Suicide, Brigadier General Genoicide, Colonel Homicide. I can go on

[@walnzell9328]

@@TheCorrodedMan President Drone Strike

[@kvant13]

2:37 "Were there any times drill sergeants were personable to you?" he asked the MARINE.

[@cheesemeister9610]

11:30 You gave me hope on keeping mosquitos away from me, and then crushed that hope.

[@tapmem]

Trust me, you're not alone. I immediately started looking for my matches.

[@anoninunen]

garlic is supposed to work, but beer is also on the list

[@ryanjones_rheios]

Nah, garlic and onions are purported to work for the same reason as match heads too. Sulfur. You have to eat a bunch and it works but only as a deterrent. There needs to be another target near y who isn't deterred, itherwise they'll take what's available

[@TheInsomniaddict]

@Christopher Garringer How do you tell whether a mosquito is a vampire or not?

[@cheesemeister9610]

@@TheInsomniaddict they’ll also most likely be highly flamboyant

[@metalbat8414]

Dude second concussion syndrome can literally kill you. It's happened to some fighters who get knocked in sparring and don't realise then die in the ring/cage from a second hit. Glad you're still around to tell us about boomsticks tho

[@MrGermandeutsch]

You're laughing. His body forgot how to do things on its own, and you're laughing. yeah I laughed too

[@jacobrobinson787]

I regret nothing! XD

[@Hakuru15]

That's probably the nicest drill sergeant story I heard

[@Zack_Zander]

Yep, technically drill sergeants aren’t actually that rude outside of training, it’s just that that is what they were suppose to do as a drill sergeant, but yea, it’s a very rare moment for a drill sergeant to be nice during training.

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

@@Zack_Zander i think he was more impressed that he'd done something that god-knows how many other privates hadn't

[@IAmAnEvilTaco]

"KILL HIM." I laughed out loud.

[@Anonymous-ss1kg]

You gotta love these campfire stories~ Its just simultaniously a fun and wholesome thing and also a wild ride

[@dilbertdonges910]

Private Zach: fucking falls over Soldier: How many fingers am I holding up? Private Zach: Two? Soldier: Close enough, take this gold star sticker and have a good day.

[@lechking941]

i guess the dude was holding 1 but zack saw 2.

[@Rowcan]

_slaps gold star sticker labelled 'there was an attempt' on helmet_

[@The_Lone_Outlaw]

That first one, I love it. Seeing past the rabid dog act they do to train their recruits to who they actually are. Refreshing.

[@DragoLord19D]

My head drill sergeant on the last day of Army boot, about to get that week before going to my duty station called me and my parents into his office. My DS looked them both in the eye and told them they had raised a good kid no matter what shit they put me thru I had done everything I could. He then turned to me and handed his Leatherman, and told me he was retiring after that training cycle and he was proud to have helped train me. My dad had been a Marine DI and I think that was one of the few times I've seen him cry in public.

[@OrbInDaFrame]

I can imagine the DI's screaming like the creatures from the body snatchers and having the other DI's running you down to rip you a new one

[@MrSkillns]

I really liked how the DI was calm about the whole grenade thing, you know when he didn't have to SCREAM. That's a good leader!

[@WhyName]

3:50 isn't that really just 2 minutes of push-ups and 28 minutes desperately struggling without much of anything happening.

[@Hellhound23691]

It's 2 minutes of push ups and 28 minutes of a DI threatening to skin you, make a stew out of your skin, and then feeding it to the captured Viet Cong that the Marine Corps keeps in a basement somewhere.

[@GamerJV]

@why name? nah, they'd switch it up to whatever is in the morning training regimen. They'd do pushups, then sit ups, leg tuck and twists, lunges, back to push ups, the V up, back to pushups, etc.

[@Hellhound23691]

@@GamerJV "Ready! Exercise"

[@Hellhound23691]

@@DeagleGamesTV I'm getting shoulder pain just reading that.

[@Ladle66]

I can't imagine that Sargeant's door being sound-proof so everyone outside probably heard him switching between yelling and talking.

[@lechking941]

im prity shure thoes doors are often lined by items that eat sound. form decore but ya they proably plain wood.

[@dryfox11]

“How many fingers am I holding up” “Two” “Close enough” lmaooo

[@Max-ke3ty]

Really digging this scenery. Poorly fitting assets from Stalker notwithstanding, Frontier has some incredibly atmospheric vistas and locations.

[@acetrigger1337]

oh yes, typical military doctrine of: "jump on the grenade, don't use your brain... just do what we say."

[@theblazingpegasus9151]

Its not to teach u to do that on the battle field it's to teach u to listen and follow rules because in battle doing as ur told can literally be the difference between life and death for not just u but alotta people around u not listening could maybe not get u killed sure but it may cause others deaths

[@phodon129]

@@theblazingpegasus9151 Clearly it's not to teach you to write either.

[@theblazingpegasus9151]

@@phodon129 ja mine grammar furher

[@Snowstrider0001]

The irony of the 'jump on this toy grenade' exercise is that it's basically intended to save your life and others. As @TheBlazingPegasus said, this is to drill you into following orders, rather than hearing, interpreting, and evaluating orders before carrying them out. Reacting fast can save lives.

[@lechking941]

@@Snowstrider0001 and in zacks case he racted in that manor but made proalby best option.

[@jonskowitz]

My Drill Sergeant had a stress ball too... His name was Private Bayne. Bayne's upper body strength was phenomenal by the end of Basic

[@Ziggygunner]

Man after the last few weeks ive had, your videos as of late have been a massive help. I always come back to your campfire stories when I just need something relaxing. Thanks guys for putting stuff like this out and being a pair of awesome people.

[@EVETINE]

I listen to the campfire stories at work when i need a good laugh to get me thru the day

[@thonk6191]

I listen to these during schoolwork because college is hard and I need a laugh sometimes

[@superspider64]

God Mike's drill instructor story made me imagine his Nice DI just having the other ones on leashes like dogs before releasing the hounds

[@kitchenjail3546]

Hey Zach! You were in Fort Polk, but did you know that during WW2, there was a military railroad between Polk and Claiborne used to train USATC troops?

[@mrthompson3848]

Campfire stories are the reason I subbed

[@feklasagna8415]

Same

[@hank5367]

Same here

[@Zack_Zander]

Came for the Campfire stories, stayed for the Fallout gameplay, and still here for everything else.

[@hank5367]

@@Zack_Zander Amen to that

[@scorchone2310]

When Zach did the little wheezing inhale noises during the third concussion story I was cry laughing so hard that I was wheezing along with him

[@chaoko99]

how nice of this to come out shortly after I faceplant into a snowbank at 20 MPH and wonder if I had a concussion. Now I know what it's like! Wear a helmet, kids.

[@the404error7]

You should do a campfire story on nicknames you've gotten in the military.

[@justaninternetfool451]

"KILL HIM" that line is gold

[@ItsCrayon]

I am so excited when these come out.

[@cheezcaik3625]

Danm the ones with the drill sergeants is hilarious.

[@spartankun2572]

I swear these campfire stories are one of the greatest things I've found on KZbin. I love your guys' stories.

[@carbonwolf1087]

"and then i had to re-train my body to breathe" I completely understand that feeling, i fell about a story on to grass and concrete and it knocked the ability of breathing passively out of me for about a minute. Its terrifying, every muscle in your body hurts like you have the flu but you cant breath through it. Basically what happens when you fall far enough to stop the passive breathing is the part of they body that runs passive processes is knocked around a bit and need time to restart and you are forced to manually breathe, thankfully the lungs are a muscle you can control for the most part

[@scuttle9226]

During one of our FTXs in BCT (winter 2012), an arti-sim detonated roughly 2 meters in front of my face. I was blinded for about 30 seconds and my ears rang for roughly a full minute. Now I tense up or get easily startled by unexpected flashes of light and sudden sounds.

[@BrickZero]

trying to teach your body how to breath is a scary thing the first time it happens.

[@theserenedogeofvenice3895]

Glad to see more of these being uploaded, hearing about your lives and the weird experiences you both have been through just makes my day. Easily the best content on this channel.

[@CrescentGuard]

As a kid I got a concussion on one of those playground merry-go-rounds that you spin by hand. We had these two huge kids with us, each of them must have weighed 200+ pounds of mostly just muscle and we all got on and had them spin us as hard as they could, see who was the last man standing. That wound up being me, but when they tried to stop it it was going so fucking fast I was just thrown about fifteen feet into the dirt and cracked my head. Apparently when they came over to me I wasn't breathing, then the instant someone poked me I woke up and just started maniacally laughing. I remember having zero control over it, I was just laughing like the goddamn Joker with this big ol' knot on my head, and even while the adults were brought over to check on me I just kept laughing for about thirty minutes straight before the nausea finally got me to puke and shut up.

[@grimreefer9324]

The last time I was this early my wife filed for divorce

[@gewuerzwanze5627]

The last time i was this early i convinced this broad to leave her husband

[@kawaiih3ll542]

Zach in power armor!?!? Hush my distempered breath!

[@Rowcan]

If your distempered breath sounds a bit like *_'HUUuhh'_* , you may want to see a doctor.

[@stupidstuff7528]

I love all these stories, gives me somethin to listen to whilst I play games or somethin

[@monsterfanatic5344]

11:41 I love the immediacy of his response because you can just FEEL how angry he was about it not being true

[@DanteTorn]

I appreciate the humanity and self awareness of this. Wholesome isn't the right word but it's something like that. Reminds me of the fact I got a concussion falling off a horse as a little kid. I don't remember it much but I do remember that I was afraid of horses after that for a long time.

[@patrickquillen5359]

Yay I love these stories and I'm happy there's another one.

[@brandonwilliams2188]

You know before listening to all these stories I wanted to join the Army, no I don't wanna.

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Didn't stop me, think of the benefits and job training, and all you gotta do is suffer for it

[@thonk6191]

What's that? All I need to do for free health insursnce is suffer for several years, likely get PTSD, suffer multiple injuries, and possibly put my life on the line? Hell yeah, sign me up!

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

@@thonk6191 you know there are ways to get the benefits and be fairly safe the entire time you're in right? Primarily by not going active duty infantry

[@theobviouswulf3243]

@@thonk6191 You do know that there are multiple branches of the military, right?

[@astrodreamer946]

@@theobviouswulf3243: And in which branch of the military are those concepts mentioned by Thonk not applicable? Somehow even the reserves get deployed more than active duty, so what exactly would you suggest?

[@laughingmind3286]

Ngl I use your campfire stories Playlist to fall asleep. The conversations between you two is honestly soothing

[@imeowmeowkat]

Honey wake up, Mike uploaded a new campfire stories

[@souldestroyerx24]

I love these guys I’d gotten so bored at work I’ll throw in my earbuds and just listen to them to pass the time

[@alexpalazzolo1899]

I don't think I've clicked faster on a video

[@sirusburningham4521]

Zach ate match heads Mike wiped his ass with fiberglass I'd say that puts them about even

[@The_Forge_Master]

Sweet baby Jaceus! This is exactly what I asked for! Thank you, Mike!

[@SmokeyOwOs]

A drill sergeants that was chill behind closed to doors is hilarious

[@Ijiraq05]

11:40 I've never heard Zach sound so aggressive.

[@baconweave5159]

Zach's laugh brings me joy

[@peace_.was_never_an_option]

Finally, I've been waiting for some more stories from you guys

[@CharlieName33]

Thanks Grandpa Zach Thanks Grandpa Mike I always love your barrelfire stories.

[@ItsTheSmurf]

"the mosquitos are the size of c130s in Louisiana" so you could say. "ENEMY AC130 ABOVE". I had to

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

He better use his small arms artillery knowledge to shoot them down

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

I went to a boy scout camp in Northern Wisconsin and the mosquitoes were just abundant and vicious. If only they weren't immune to deet and every other mainstream repellant due to how much they encounter every year.

[@Gungusgaming]

i love the drill sargeant stories where you feel like you're about to get an earful and then it's just "look, dont do that anymore." and they just tell you to act like you got yelled at

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

I had a severe concussion from a car accident when I was 16 (rear ended, not my fault). I dont think ive ever been the same since, and it was 6 months of absolute hell. Wanna play video games or read or even think? Get ready for a wild headache! You have a choice of either your head hurting so bad you want to die, or being so bored you want to die. Light hurts your eyes and head, dizziness is constant, you want to do nothing but sleep, you feel somewhat dissociated, hearing and vision gets weird sometimes, etc. My eyes still dont track properly, I have to mention that if I ever get a Sobriety Test from police.

[@ifrit8989]

As always, their delivery is PRICELESS.

[@robertwhite7845]

Man I absolutely love your guys's campfire stories

[@davidwilems8915]

I seriously love the campfire stories. I've watched them dozens of times and while im on the road (truck driver) I'll have your campfire stories just playing. Always makes me laugh

[@alex-fy8sy]

At least in Canada our helmets we use for vehicles are different than the ones for infantry, we use them mainly for our leopards 2's and coyotes and it helps not having your brains bashed in, this is coming from someone with five concussions so, yeah...

[@kiridante9060]

Up where I live we get these mosquitoes that are rather large as well and everyone calls them B52's lol

[@Jonathan-fb1kj]

Here in Alabama we get ones that are the size of fucking Monarch Butterflies. They bite through even thick pants like damn nature.

[@maximumride427]

i cant get enough of your military shenanigans. I swear to god before people enlist they should listen to at least one campfire story.

[@bigsokol4679]

Making hamburger helper incorrectly whilst watching this

[@stoopid7499]

I kinda miss the old outro song, non-stop was the title of it I think

[@rival489]

I’ve been waiting for another campfire video to come out!

[@DredgenStorm]

Sweet fuck I remember when this was uploaded. I was so excited cause I had a shit day at work and was looking forward to listening to this on the way home. That was only last year????? It feels like it's been longer!!!

[@masonlou1895]

Yes more campfire stories