Trials and tribulations of Dave Mcgraw Captain America

[@ky1ebetts]

We had this guy in my unit. Sgt Treadwell. He'd start firefights with inanimate objects in attempt of obtaining a combat action ribbon. His squad was nicknamed the Ghostbusters

[@Soho-Fart]

thats a clever name lol

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

lmfaooo

[@GeraltofRiviaa88]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BlaneNostalgia]

LMAO

[@aqua2k210]

That’s brutal lol

[@tristang4138]

And to this day it is rumored that McGraws treasure is still buried in the deserts of Iraq, waiting for it to be recovered by a wandering Second Lieutenant on field nav course.

[@theleetworldbest]

Goodwin John ''This point is nowhere around me. There is no desert on the map.''

[@twintailMedia]

... theres one officer who will never find those... Sobel. .. He'll be a whole grid off. Rest his soul

[@roachboy97]

Lol

[@Frank-pj2tb]

Ha!

[@aceofspadesguy4913]

It’s probably not impossible to find them, but I doubt Captain America could give you a proper 8 digit grid coordinate for the cache.

[@timandshannon03]

"Is he crying?" "No he's not, he's just nervous." "Ok, fuck it. He's crying."

[@Obtite]

that is very funny, is that from a movie? surly you woulnt just quote something that we all heard and laughed to, trying to grab some egopoints thinking your original and funny

[@timandshannon03]

@@Obtite Trolls in the Dungeon! Trolls in the Dungeon!!!!!

[@SodaSipper]

@@Obtite ur invited to all the parties huh

[@BlaneNostalgia]

@@Obtite who dug up your mother's cunt?

[@himynamelscolin]

😂😂😂

[@deadf7385]

"Bravo-3's Commander" "...Can I shoot him?" "Don't waste your ammo."

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

Bullet*

[@sadi5430]

Drama King

[@NoobieLandCity]

Friendly fire will not be tolerated

[@jredbaron96]

I think the thing that stands about about Captain Mcgraw is that he wasn't a dickhead, he was just a flat out bad officer. He clearly cared or at least tried to care about the men under his command, and he honestly thought he was fostering a sense of fraternity with the soldiers under him. It's kinda sad to see a guy who genuinely tries but doesn't have the necessary skillsets to actually be good, so his intended good nature just comes across as whimsical and annoying.

[@dusitthehto1946]

I hate to break this that’s because he is prior enlisted guy.

[@Katuzzi]

​@@dusitthehto1946 What do you mean?

[@Demiglitch]

@@Katuzzi I think he's trying to say that because Captain America had already been enlisted prior to 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq he already has the camaraderie with everyone and should therefore be more mature regarding the combat and the rules of war. Eric Kocher has talked about the difference between him in the USA and in Iraq. Basically he was a smart guy, but either due to stress or suddenly being thrust into a position of local power, he was both paranoid and commiting "morally questionable" actions. As far as I can tell, his original role was most likely a logistics officer of some kind, but he had the training and they needed people. Kocher says he was "overthinking", analysing different ways he could be killed in his current situation. A mind like that would be very good for logistics, not so good for combat. This of course lead to his war crimes. The looting is easy to explain, he saw something cool and wanted it. A few of his questionable targeting choices, reflected here by him shooting at random stuff or people who may be considered noncombatants is because of differences in interpreting the ROE (Rules of Engagement) and how there are grey areas in the ROE. His biggest crime was the attempting bayonetting of a POW, which would be incredibly bad for him. The show is taking some creative liberties there. In the show I believe he charges at a surrendering soldier, with his bayonet being stopped by a vest or something. According to Kocher, in reality he was poking the POWs with his bayonet and talking to them about Chechnya among other things, which is what got Kocher and a few others reported by the reservists who were attached with them. I don't know how old Captain America was at the time, but Kocher was only 23, so I can empathise with his stress. Kocher was cleared, but it's still a stressful thing to have thrust upon you regardless, especially when you're only a bystander. I think that if Kocher can forgive Captain America, as he says "if you met the guy today, you'd probably like him", it's okay to let bygones be bygones. Captain America's uncle was a colonel in CENTCOM, which probably explains why he was given leeway while overseas, however his general competence before and after Iraq while his was working in the USA in his role at a desk says to me that he is probably someone who just wasn't used right by his superiors. bigthink.com/videos/eric-kocher-on-generation-kill/

[@Melody_Raventress]

Yeah, seems a classic "wrong place - wrong guy" screwup. I get this horrible feeling watching poor Capt. Mcgraw, he's trying so hard, and failing so badly. I feel embarassed.

[@CaptainAhab117]

He probably should have been a staff officer, or some other place where his a man of his temperament can be put to better use. Just not leading troops in battle.

[@stampedeofone]

McGraw is very lucky that Iraqi Freedom was a relatively quick and bloodless war. This guy was a war crime waiting to happen if the men had real reasons to despise the enemy.

[@madronnie9725]

Perry Choi quick, yes. Bloodless, absolutely not. Relative to WWII battles sure 😂

[@hellcatdave1]

@@madronnie9725 Our modernized Blitzkrieg tactics saved US lives.

[@MrLolx2u]

It wasn't really that bloodless to say the least. Sure if you compare to WWII where the US had to fight on multiple fronts at the same time then yes. The bloodloss for Op Iraqi Freedom vs WWII is minuscule but the real bloodshed of Op Iraqi Freedom isn't the actual operation itself but the aftermath. Especially the fight to lodge Saddam and Ba'ath loyalist like the Republican Guards out of towns and stuff is where the actual bloodbath often happens.

[@flipierfatalbina4757]

MadRonnie97 Iraqi death count still climbing from bush’s conspiracy theory war

[@patthonsirilim5739]

@@madronnie9725 bloodless for the american not so much for the Iraqi

[@Aarzu]

I always found the part where "Captain America" buries his AKs a bit more nuanced that it may have been intended to come off. Notice how he doesn't complain about being talked to like that by a subordinate, he doesn't make threats to him, instead he quietly goes and buries his AKs. The upset look on his face could possibly be taken to mean that he's upset about having to get rid of the rifles, but maybe he's upset that he made his subordinates feel that unsafe.

[@travistucker1033]

It's implying that hs lacks all self awareness in his actions.

[@MrChase251]

I felt that way about the last scene with LT. Fick. Like he was subtly telling him he had no experience in leading Marines combat and is unprepared for the responsibilities that entails.

[@masalanoodles8464]

Then again, he demotes Kocher and Redman to mechanic pool at the end of the show. All because he has an uncle in a higher position. Seems like a nepotism posting, really. Dude was apparently a good Intelligence officer, should have remained there. Combat officers are a different breed. Like Fick and Patterson...

[@notanotherpyro]

It also probably has to do with the realization that he may not be cut out for what he spent much of his adult life preparing to do.

[@sbraypaynt]

It’s so easy to hate him whilst watching this but you do pity him in that scene. The pain of realising that his subordinates hate and distrust him and that he’s completely incompetent at what he trained to do thinking he was doing fine.

[@YungBeezer]

This honestly gives me hope that I could be an officer

[@drillinstructorfitch]

If your dad is not a general you will have to work your way up im afraid

[@majormajorasic]

And then work down, and then up some more, really gotta put your back into it and work that shaft.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Why? Are you a shit fer brains too?

[@twomouse5572]

He's probably smart in terms of paper work and test scores. Like in Band Of Brothers Lt. Dike was made out to be an self center idiot. But I've read up on he was shelled shocked in the battle of Foy and had to be treated but he served in the Korean war as a Captain.

[@S.Clause]

Alex K or score 75 or above on the ASVAB out of high school, and go NROTC. Of course, be screened and qualified to be a Marine. Contact your local Marine Officer recruiting station for more information. They are normally located at the MEPS stations.

[@hydra7427]

Holy shit, this is like some scrub in ARMA voice chat.

[@85cadian]

THEY COULD BE COMIN FROM ALL SIDES!!!

[@HaxyShark]

someone told me to "watch their barrel" like okay man how is that going to help

[@enterthedragon9427]

@@HaxyShark was he talking about flagging? hard to avoid it in arma 3 tbh

[@indeed8211]

holy shit its like literally everyone who does milsim in Arma because that shits cringy as fuck

[@ethnicsovereignty2369]

@@enterthedragon9427 still, being super serious in a game where tanks go flying because of rubber-banding is cringe

[@hakes98]

We had a guy just like this in our company. He was universally hated amongst all enlisted, NCO's, CO's and senior officers. And just like him, he never had a clue how much people despised him.

[@shannonroberts681]

How bad was he

[@markvianen2282]

Thats the definition of politician

[@philconey11]

When I was a corporal, we had a Captain like this guy. On a deployment I straight up told him that all of us fucking hate him because he's a fucking dork, and we take our orders from the First Sergeant over him. Why? Because he asked. He asked a corporal "What do the Marines think of me, Corporal?" Surprisingly, I never heard anything about it.

[@skulldozer1462]

@@philconey11 shit if I join the military I'd be praying I'd get some decent officers and not ones like Captain America

[@timdillon4876]

so lucky those kinds of officers weren't in vietnam they'd get fragged

[@GlennForbes20]

The comments section is brutal! They're coming from all sides!

[@naughtydog201]

GlennForbes20 THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL SIDES!

[@highapachelos3286]

😂😂

[@trager8933]

Lol me in a battlefield game xd

[@corvusboreus2072]

Almost enough to make you lose your sanity.

[@felipefalcao7705]

The difference is that cpt. Sobel was a good officer and leader during basic training but unfit for war, while cpt.”America” was bad at both of them

[@ALOTOFCARROTSTICKS]

To be fair I would cry if I had to bury AK's too.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

tis the best firearm ever.

[@twomouse5572]

Best to bury you're demons before the entire battalion become's you're worst nightmare

[@xmm-cf5eg]

I'd be fucking sad too but in all fairness, if you have an m16 that stolen AKMS should be a last ditch weapon, not your go to primary.

[@justaguy723]

@@xmm-cf5eg says the guy who's literally THE AK caliber (we don't talk about 5.45)

[@xmm-cf5eg]

@Mike I've actually encountered folks who think I'm a 5.45 mag, In reality its a korean-made 7.62 mag. Cheers!

[@jonasgrant]

I love that one where Ray has had enough of listening to McGraw panic and just hands the Radio to Rolling Stones.

[@MrReaper071]

"Fuck it. Write the whole expose on him. I don't care." Ray, probably.

[@dy031101]

Apparently this TV series (and, by extension, "Captain America") is famous enough that when I said "fucking Captain America" after someone said "god speed" in a World of Warships session, EVERYONE knew what I was talking about.

[@GAMBANJUJJJ]

**Tim allen sound**

[@Jajalaatmaar]

What a fckin stupid comment.

[@JasonX2]

This show is a classic kid

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

@@JasonX2 Its not, went fairly under radar. Its just famous in certain circles, mostly among armchair commandos

[@dy031101]

@Kkkk Bbbb I just found out that somebody thinks of my silly offhand comment made 3 years ago as enough of a big deal to be made into a clout-chasing conspiracy 🤣

[@godsm3dic577]

"Denying the enemy transportstion" lol

[@invertedv12powerhouse77]

Imagine being a civilian and you watch one american just fire an ak at your car and everyone around him is just watching like "what the fuck"

[@requestcontainsinvalidargu185]

*P E O P L E A R E G O I N G T O D I E B E C A U S E O F T H I S*

[@FireOccator]

He was searching the map for loot before it was cool.

[@David-eh9le]

A CO that can read a map? Sth new to me

[@jeremydaly8293]

This made me spit my fucking drink out

[@findiwindles]

Eric Nenninger, the actor who played Dave McGraw, was enormously entertaining in this role. His expression over the comms was really well done.

[@BlaneNostalgia]

they sent us to die!

[@patrick4662]

he is great. I also loved him in malcolm in the middle.

[@repdebt]

"These people are worse than the goddamn VC.." My favourite quote

[@greatkentuckian9032]

Clearly he has not met with or has any real knowledge about the VC.

[@ChrisStavros]

@@greatkentuckian9032 If my enemy called me worse than the VC I'd be flattered

[@jamesjoseph1249]

I'm watching this at the gym, and when that line was delivered I nearly dropped the dumbbells. Too good

[@Qnasher]

I loved the little scream he let out when throwing those ak's off the bridge :D

[@fireemblemistrash75]

Steve L I think they fragged them after, so those things are as good as burnt warped spare parts. No one would be stupid enough to leave fully functional weapons

[@smolkafilip]

Its tougher to retrieve the weapons if they are thrown into a river of a pretty high bridge rather than left on the dead enemies. Also perhaps he took the bolts out and dumped them somewhere else.

[@Spystreak]

Could have also smashed the bolts with a hammer beforehand which actually would render the AKs unfireable

[@huntercolson8860]

Hey alpha have you ever physically disabled an AK? That is some chunky thick metal. Throwing them in the river would be more practical then most options although I don’t know the SOPs they were using back then, plus this officer is portrayed as a low speed wanna bee speed bump that just happened to sneak past the back alley coat hanger abortion that allowed him to fuck up other inbreed high speed warrior marines and his whole platoon. Ps I’m drunk

[@theterribleanimator1793]

@@huntercolson8860 we can tell.

[@nateo200]

@2:00 "That's why you're in charge sir" - best freaking response ever!

[@sheldon-cooper]

Damn that sarcasm is barely noticeable

[@jonbarry4580]

@@lukasledesma742 its a sarcastic way to respond that is above his head, and he is an officer so you can't really be direct

[@sicfaciuntomnes5604]

@@jonbarry4580 Precisely... can't say how many times I've used that at work over the years!

[@hukama6911]

shame the guy then spitting is edited out.

[@joshuasantana685]

I’ve known officers that think they knew more then us enlisted, so when they tried to “enlighten” us their “leadership” we often say “Yes sir. You’re our DIVO, sir” in that same tone

[@wheeliebin18]

"A little belt-fed today isn't he?" might just be new new favourite phrase.

[@S7yx0]

As a non-fluent english speaker, I have a hard time understanding this sentence... Anyone cares to explain ?

[@trolla5125]

"Belt fed" is the way of loading ammunition onto big guns (like M249, M2N PKM And others) it is also known for being unreliable at times and i think that might be what the guy (Brad) is referencing ​@S7yx0

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

​@@trolla5125Either that, or he's bringing too much force to the situation.

[@ryankeith3620]

Doc is like: I swear to God I joined the Navy, why in hell am I babysitting marines in the middle of the F-ing desert. Am I being Punked?

[@hungedteddy7971]

He was probably thinking "I should have went blue side, at least then I could be in an actual fucking Hospital."

[@Garrus1995]

Hunged Teddy, What’s cool is that the Doc eventually became an actual doctor after he left the Navy. Happy for his success.

[@NotJustAnotherAverageJoe]

@@hungedteddy7971 Nah, he was a SOF doc, he wanted this

[@connorrognlin5604]

I recently rewatched Generation Kill, and there’s a really good detail with Captain America. All of the actors employed perfect trigger discipline with their weapons, if you watch Cap, he isn’t in most scenes.

[@JnEricsonx]

Hell, one of the actual people from GK played themself: Rudy.

[@ProjectSun91]

2:30-2:35 "They're sending us alone against Iraqi Armor?! People are going to die because of this" You don't say.

[@stevemcgee99]

Yes. Iraqis. Was that guy a Marine?

[@silvesby]

stevemcgee99 yup

[@hippolyteduclerc8138]

No one died tho

[@Jeffemcd08]

@@hippolyteduclerc8138 coz thankfully there was no armour

[@matthewjones39]

@@Jeffemcd08There was, there just weren’t any crewmen lol

[@scribese7en]

"They could be comin' from all sides. *They could be **_comin'_** from all SIDES!"*

[@orion3253]

"They're everywhere!" -Bob

[@thatdudewelove8498]

like someone said in the youtube comments; this guy needs his own miniseries

[@Hovis_711]

Your picture made me wipe the 'hair' off my screen... >:(

[@sebastienfriolet5773]

You profile pic made me blow on my screen; but I was drinking coffee so There's shit everywhere

[@BalrajSingh-nu9bx]

@@Hovis_711 loool

[@aceofspadesguy4913]

“How not to be an officer in the military.”

[@Rogue_Nine416]

go watch malcom in the middle, eric nenninger plays a similar character there as well

[@spdcrzy]

"To remain calm and stay in a place where you think you will die - that, too, is the definition of insane." Well, shit, by those standards, Captain America was stone cold sober.

[@jackvalentino4166]

I can't stop laughing when he says "they could be coming from all sides" in panic. I think that's how I would behave in a situation like this. XD

[@Red_Beard2798]

For all of his combat incompetency, you have to admire the fact that Capt. America didn't berate his men, even though the men lower than him were questioning his orders, threatening him, etc. When he buries the AKs after Kocher threatens to fuck him up if he uses one again shows that he just wanted the respect of his men. Not a bad person, or even that bad of a leader (when compared to Encino Man), just incredibly paranoid and fearful

[@senorcheems8388]

The real kochsr said he was a nice guy but he was too smart for combat or something like that

[@michaelccozens]

That's not an admirable quality; it's just one more way he failed in his leadership. These were Recon Marines we're talking about; zero excuse for that kind of incompetence.

[@ctrain149]

I like that he had the humility to bury the AK rather than ignore the words of his brothers.

[@coda8525]

@@michaelccozens I mean it IS an admirable quality to be fair, just not in this setting that's the whole point of him saying it.

[@michaelccozens]

@@coda8525 It really isn't. As leadership, you can't allow the chain of command to be undermined. That way lies anarchy. That's not to promote the "never question me" dictatorial approach, but there are protocols for these kinds of things. Sure, if he were another person in a completely different context, it could be very admirable, but that's not what's under discussion.

[@hoosierhell7456]

*Throws an armful of AKs off a bridge*

[@maxfernando1504]

They had to do that actually, whenever they saw weapons they had to dismantle destroy or confiscate them so other insurgents wouldn't find them and use them

[@xmm-cf5eg]

saw a photo where US troops ran over the barrels of SVD and PSL marksmen rifles to render them un-useable, propped them up at an angle and bent every single one of them. It was a damn shame, most of the rifles looked mint.

[@sheldon-cooper]

*Y E E T*

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

@@maxfernando1504 Destroying them I get, just throwing fully functional guns into a river isn't really going to hurt them much if they're only there for a few days, anyone who comes across that bridge now has a dozen perfectly working AK's.

[@maxfernando1504]

@@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin it looks like either that river might move fast or is deep so they're going to run downstream and probably into the ocean or even just get buried under mud and sand in the river itself, I don't think that some civilians just going on the bridge are going to dive in and know where the guns are or if they even know that guns are in a river somewhere

[@gabeslist]

My favorite gen kill moment with captain America was when they're checking combatants on the ground from the previous night's raid and upon hearing that there is one still alive, captain America orders him to be shot. Which, so far as I understand, is a serious war crime.

[@therickman1990]

"little belt fed today isn't he?" hahaha

[@madronnie9725]

The first time I saw Dave carrying all those AKs after the ambush I thought he was trying to collect them all.

[@ONEIL311]

MadRonnie97 ak mon

[@gino14]

Suddenly I have a newfound appreciation for how out-of-place the dramatic screaming in war movies is in actual war

[@johnnymcblaze]

"I summon a Korean teabag, no bingo." The subtitles trying to make sense of Arabic are amazing.

[@meatiest1989]

Lmao

[@fooman2108]

I have had a couple of officers (USN) that we honestly wondered why they were allowed to wander around loose. We had one we actually petitioned a CPO to not let him out on deck unescorted lest he 'fall' overboard at night! "movement RIGHT, nine o'clock!!!" so numbnuts called for a position 180 to where he just called movement report!

[@tinycockjock1967]

fooman2108 Did you have a role switch every day for who is gonna um, do the deed?

[@fooman2108]

@@tinycockjock1967 Tin can sailor, plane guard one night out of five, Radar picket (supposed to be on week out of four (in reality five weeks straight), UNREP (under way replenishment at LEAST twice a week, VERTREP (Vertical Replenishment (helicopter bringing in groceries about every other UNREP) NOPE wouldn't know anything about that. Changing role every DAY... why wait so long? Most day we would perform one of our Destroyers 'Roles' about every THREE HOURS!! WELCOME TO THE TIN CAN NAVY! Instead, we had Mister O'Reagan (who had a thing about knowing where the carrier is at all times. We were coming out of the Gulf and doing a 'changeover' (one Carrier Battle Group for another). Mister O'Reagan is losing it being nervous that the carrier might do something and hit us (there were two carriers in THAT HEMISPHERE at that time and BOTH WERE IN VIEW (though both at LEAST 10 miles away). And he would be out there at least every THREE MINUTES lest three lookouts (whom were wrapping up a five month long deployment stand three watches a day EVERY day for FIVE MONTHS), three signalmen (who watched for flashing light/signal flag messages 24/7), along with 8 watch-standers on the bridge (with exactly the same view he had), AND at LEAST 5 radars, 10 radios, AND A watch section in the combat information center below his feet!, MISS SOMETHING. Now one of our senior lookouts (though junior NCO's) knew Mister O'Reagans 'thing' about knowing where the carrier was at all times (and knowing the bridge phone talker was a WORLD CLASS IDIOT (another 'how is this guys walking around unsupervised' type), As I walked by to rotate watch positions said, "ya'll watch this..." He then reported the carrier (there were TWO, NEITHER WITHIN TEN MILES OF US, AND MISTER O'REAGAN WAS LITERALLY STANDING NEXT TO ME (ON THE OTHER BRIDGE WING, I WAS STANDING STARBOARD LOOKOUT, HE PORT), when the bridge phone talker reported the carrier was TWO THOUSAND YARDS AWAY, TURNING ON A COURSE TO RAM!!! (two thousand yards is ONE NAUTICAL MILE!!!!) The idiot bridge phone talker (being a moron) repeated the alert (I could see ONE of TWO CARRIERS ON THAT HALF OF THE PLANET WITH MY BARE EYES AT LEAST TEN MILES AWAY GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION WITHOUT MY BINOS!). Mister O'Reagan drops his Binos to his chest runs into the bridge SPRINTS across the bridge at a FULL RUN, forgets to duck for the hatch and KNOCKS HIMSELF OUT!! SLIDING TO FEET OF THE OTHER (THE GUY WHO HAD MADE THAT CALL) LOOKOUT, ALSO OUT THERE WAS THE CAPTAIN (COMMANDING OFFICER) (WHO HAD NOT HEARD THE CALL, JUST SWIVELED HIS BRIDGE-WING CHAIR AND YELLED INTO THE PILOT-HOUSE TO HAVE THE DUTY CORPSMAN LAY TO THE BRIDGE ON THE DOUBLE!!! Fortunately, God does truly bless, fool, drunks, dumb animals, and little children (and most of us qualify on at least two accounts) because he was back a day later (though with a pretty good cut on his head!) ROFLMAO No I am NOT familiar with officers like Captain America (P.S. this is an old story, our skipper was USNA (football hero too), and has a tour in the land of bad things in river patrol boats! and seemed to think nearly 600 foot of Spruance class Destroyer was a PBR....

[@MALITH666]

As an average civilian even Cap is hilarious and by military standards putting everyone at risk, kinda feel a tiny sadness for him. Guy probably joined to fight for the country without knowing how high strung or panicky he can be. And probably as he says in the end, he might be thinking everyone is insane and that he is the calm guy. Poor fella. I hope nothing bad came to him

[@LordVader1094]

Okay but he tried bayonetting prisoners twice. Fuck that guy

[@DangerIncFilms]

I think someone mentions after the bayonetting incident that either his father or uncle is a Colonel. Nepotism in the military is still nepotism.

[@michaelccozens]

Hell with that. If he cared about his country, he wouldn't stay in a position whose responsibilities he obviously can't fulfill. He's in it for personal glory, even if it means endangering everyone around him.

[@megajimmyfive]

@@LordVader1094 He didn't actually try bayoneting them he was just scaring them

[@Rudeljaeger]

Your comment is three years old but anyways: McGraw (Captain America) was actually a competent officer....stateside. Once he arrived in Iraq, he just broke down. His "Captain America" persona is nothing like he was in the past.

[@2NDCBT]

We have a Former Marine recon who is a Dept of Veterans affairs "Police" officer who is exactly like this Capt.!!!

[@nateo200]

+Tony Marine Oh boy....must be a lot of fun!

[@2NDCBT]

+nateo200 Nateo200, Dude, That's not even the half of it. He thinks he's a REAL Cop. Jacking up all of the elderly veterans. Real tough guy. Lol.

[@kllk12ful]

I feel bad for you then

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Better you than me.

[@davidbeattie7093]

Sucks to be you having to deal with that kinda bullshit the VA Cops at the Hospital I go to are pretty decent about shit.

[@taistelutomaatti]

"if you have a nickname for an officer, I don't want to know." 6:30 Oh-shit

[@slin0053]

the look on his face that just screams "so _this_ is why he's called captain america"

[@stevenkimdmd]

Captain America in MCU never looked the same after watching this mini series.

[@something7239]

"you need to become insane...... to survive in combat............... yeah...." Words to live by.

[@Activated_Complex]

I half expected to him to follow that up with “some day this war’s gonna end.”

[@scottyi88]

reminds me of that one time when my drill sergeant was talking about this one west point captain he hated so he took apart his rifle and dumped it in the porta potty

[@tommyatkins2527]

oh dear lol i hope it took him all night to clean

[@R281]

If you close your eyes, he sounds a bit like Will Ferrell.

[@justaguy723]

Say that again, but slowly.

[@coinexplorer]

R281 I can hear it

[@grumpyoldbiker1118]

"A little belt-fed today, isnt he?" LMAO

[@roadhouse6999]

Every time I shoot an AK on full auto in a video game now, I yell "FOLLOW MY TRACERS!"

[@viridianacortes9642]

I am not in the army, and my situations was no where near as dangerous as being in the military. However I was kinda in a similar situation as captain America. It’s suggested in the book and the show that Cpt. America was never meant to be in combat. But for some reason his superiors moved him from a logistics office job to a high ranking position in combat. So the guy was basically put in a situation he never asked for or was fully prepared for. I went through a similar situation, and just like Cpt. America, I was humiliated. I was hired to be an assistant at a TV Network. It’s a high pressure job. But I’ve don’t it before and I’d done it well. On my first day there, they suddenly told me I’d be the technical director of the show. They probably did this so that they didn’t have to pay more for an experienced director. This was a wonderful opportunity, but I had no experience or prior training. For those of you who don’t know, this is kinda like promoting a cashier to the position of district manager. Or a private to general. I was very stressed and didn’t know what I was doing. I tried to be confident and in the end I just looked like a fool. I quit and found another job I was more prepared for. I was able to leave. Cpt. America had it worse because his situation was more dangerous and obviously inescapable. I hope he’s better today.

[@jasonharding96]

OMG HES CARRYING EVEN MORE AKs

[@josiah5776]

I cannot count the number of times I listened to a long string of philosophical word salad from a superior officer, nodded and said “Yes Sir,” then walked away thinking “What the f-- was he talking about?”

[@cropathfinder]

The scariest thing is that guy is probably still in charge of people somewhere

[@shadow435100]

The real guy died a hero's death funnily enough saving his own men. It seems like through all of his "intelligence" he was a good soldier under all of it.

[@skylla7452]

@@shadow435100 pretty sure hes still alive tho

[@shadow435100]

@@skylla7452 look him up I an relatively sure I read he died as a hero saving his men in some bumble fuck African country

[@gino14]

I believe the word is "Neurotic." If it makes you more thoughtful than sure, but if you're in charge you better do a damn good job of hiding it. Spilling your concerns with gusto over the comms like that turns you into a walking morale sink

[@christopherfischer6998]

I love the look Fick gives him at the end. Like, “this guy is fucking insane.”

[@EclecticPkm]

I had a CO like this in my Army Reserve Unit. He left us and got transferred to a combat unit, 6 months later the O3 got demoted to an E6.

[@Phoenix_OP]

HA. Bad Leadership at its finest

[@Allyourbase1990]

We didn’t have anyone quite that bad while on deployment, but when we came home one of my best friends ended up pretty close to Captain America . He never killed anyone who wasn’t armed but the war really messed him up in his civilian life and he’s still messed up almost 15 years later . It’s really sad

[@theduke7539]

How someone like this got a college degree and then made it through OCS and was actually given command of a unit is beyond me. And it really gives me hope that my dumbass could still be an officer.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

IIRC he was originally a logistics officer and was good at his job but not at handling combat.

[@slopcrusher3482]

Nepotism. The reason most military leaders who fuck up massively get into their position.

[@mosesmarlboro5401]

I hear the phrase "FOLLOW MY TRACERS!" in my head at least ten times a day.

[@daxisperry7644]

Ray: Is he cryin? Iceman: No. He's just nervous. Cpt America: We're gonna die here! Iceman: Ok, Fuck it, he's crying XD

[@ONIscrooge]

I always felt quite sad when I see him burying the AK's. Seemed to me in that scene that he was always trying his damnedest, but unfortunately he wasn't blessed with the skill to make it all happen. I would always laugh at the shit he did in every other scene, but when this part came around I had nothing to say.

[@flipfilfip]

Dude was fire in Malcolm in The Middle though

[@tildenkatz5581]

Frfr

[@sirspastic3336]

“Is he crying” “No he’s just nervous” “Fuck it he’s crying”

[@JOrtiz-gc2dl]

when he thros the AK's over the bridge and yells out....yeargghhhhh priceless

[@kptparker]

Sorta reminds me of Captain Bannon from World In Conflict (Video Game). Always pushing for "US Hero".

[@redgeneral5792]

The dude even sounds like him.

[@rickyray2794]

Dude! You're so right! But at least Bannon redeemed himself.

[@danzigrulze5211]

Remember kids never let Charms into your fucking vehicle, this is true for both the Marines and the Army.

[@Red_Beard2798]

I think it'd be worse if you had people with Irish blood in your vehicle; I mean there's a reason "The Luck of the Irish" is considered ironic

[@Chrinik]

If it is well known that Charms are a bad omen and tossed as much as possible...why does anyone even pay for them to be in MREs? I mean, I can think of why, contracts and stuff...or maybe to just perpetuate the ritual...but for real.

[@rickyray2794]

THEY COULD BE COMING FROM ALL SIDES!

[@terraLiquidus]

The reporter picked up on the vibes that this idiot was about to be friendly fired. Can you imagine the actual discussions on whether to do it or not?

[@bmoneyc23]

I wish they would have put when he bayoneted that guy in here

[@Kimstatus]

i regret forgotting to to put that part :(

[@bmoneyc23]

Daniel bobaniel and when he got them stuck after marking the mine field

[@Kimstatus]

the part when insano man yelled touch down?

[@bmoneyc23]

Daniel bobaniel after they crashed when trying to evacuate the guys who got blown up by the mines

[@Kimstatus]

ummmm my goodness its been while... i cant recall haha ill ahve to watch the series and try to find that part...

[@overcastandhaze]

Out of fucking nowhere, "Anybody want a Charms?" lol

[@spanishcastlesinspace2899]

Dave: I suffer from ptsd from my time in the military Other guy: what happened Dave: I had to give up my AKs

[@JnEricsonx]

I just love when Ray hands the reporter the radio. That is a "I am so done" moment.

[@ZZZZZZ-ek2pq]

The fuck does he know about the VC?

[@murphyjack90]

What he read I suppose?

[@ShakeyMacShake]

Padraic Register Someone mentioned he served in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghan. Not sure how true that is because yo be only a captain would mean he would have to have commissioned from the ranks.

[@slopcrusher3482]

⁠@@ShakeyMacShake lol he absolutely did not serve in Vietnam. Use your critical thinking skills. Had he served in Vietnam, even if he had been 18 and signed up to be a grunt in 1973, he would have been 48 in 2003. He wouldn’t have been a squad leader. He would have been higher up.

[@wiggitywiggitywackyo613]

The utter shock on Ficks face at the end at what he's hearing is priceless.

[@klaasklapsigaar1081]

Missing the scene where he tries to bayonet the POW

[@DevotedDisciple-x]

"Okay f*ck it, he crying." Lt. Fick 😂

[@rjanvhidt9490]

Generation Kill's representation of McGraw is actually very unfair and inaccurate. According to lieutenant Fick Cpt. McGraw was seen as a "genius" by officers who served with him. This is why Lt. Fick was defensive of the McGraw. Fick said that Mcgaw's tactical proficiency was high. Not to mention McGraw was a veteran of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. It's likely that his personality and leadership was likely all derived from his service in Vietnam. Showing him as being a little "outdated" is fine but he was not a total moron.

[@metalmess]

The very same thing happens with Cpt Sobel in Band of Brothers. Most of his portrayals comes from Ambrose extremely biased and one sided book and Winters contempt.

[@purpleslog]

Vietnam? I doubt it.

[@jackcloud4728]

or was he just a loyal marine who would never speak wrongly of another man

[@22steve5150]

so you are telling me that this platoon commander was in his late 40's or early 50's when the Iraq war broke out? Guy has 30+ years in and he's still only a platoon commander but he's a "genius"? BULLSHIT.

[@charliedevine7731]

grass to brass perhaps?

[@aidanpysher2764]

To be fair, I'd love to get my hands on a collection of automatic AKs.

[@inept7455]

Everybody in these comments saying “awww, I feel bad for him though” is fucking ridiculous. The guy ran around harassing innocent villagers and causing unnecessary destruction in an already pointless and destructive war. Dude was an asshole, straight up, at some point someone has to be accountable for their actions.

[@duderanch18237]

THESE PEOPLE ARE WORSE THAN THE GODDAMN VC hahahahahaha.

[@karstenshields1694]

Such a brave competent officer.

[@wassup287]

For all his idiocy, he was right to be nervous about the airfield assault with no intel. That was a reckless move by Godfather

[@greenbrickbox3392]

It was extremely reckless, they got lucky that there wasn't any Iraqi armor there

[@slayermate07]

This man makes Foxhole Norman look like Captain Ronald Spiers.

[@kllk12ful]

At least Captain America didn't disappear for long periods of time neglecting the men he's in charge of unlike Dike

[@Khan-bm8ks]

The disbelief in "He's got his fucking bayonet out..... Doing his Rambo."

[@120masterpiece]

I just can't get over the helmet chin straps. The chin straps man, do you see them? This show is so close to real life, the HMMWV engine sounds, the flaks, the radio communications...and then the chin straps! THE CHIN STRAPS!!!

[@yeungscs]

didn't that one guy lose his helmet because he wasn't wearing his chin strap?

[@keloid7682]

Yeah, I actually got a helmet similar to that, I always figured I set the chin straps wrong. So I ended up constantly adjusting it until I saw the show.

[@120masterpiece]

@@keloid7682 If you don't know the chinstraps on this show are obviously fake airsoft replicas.

[@brendanmatelan2129]

5:06, best clip, his reaction is priceless.

[@jamesosullivan532]

Thanks for the names! It’s cool finally getting to know who those less known people were!

[@benjamingamache6441]

Oh man, when tosses those AKs over that bridge. "RRRAAAHHHHH!" I fuckin lose it every time, lol.

[@1048Kane]

What a badass.

[@1048Kane]

Anne Alexander You mean the most bad ass war hero of our time.

[@Captain_Confused]

+Trollie McG Totes McGoats, should give him a Medal of AMERICA.

[@2thomask]

Trollie McG. I can feel the merica

[@justaguy723]

More like liability

[@davidj3841]

Chad

[@Khan-bm8ks]

" He's got his fucking bayonet out....doing his Rambo. "

[@halfasoap1172]

"Oh my god, is he crying?" "No, he's just nervous." "We're gonna die out here! they sent us to die!" "Okay, fuck it. He's crying."

[@kartikchandrasekhar7393]

I love how all the other marines just shake their heads in disbelief that he's in charge XD

[@kenny187ful]

Yup, second platoon had a PL just like this when we were over, dumbass brought an IED back to our COP in the back of his Stryker.

[@fudalefu1]

I’m not in the military. I work as an officer in the US Merchant Marine (civilian cargo ships). And I can honestly say I’ve seen plenty of officers above and below me who are not effective or professional leaders. There is a big difference between getting the required education to lead, and actually being able to do it in practice.

[@deadmeme4256]

"Should I shoot him?" "Don't waste your bullet.." fucking gold

[@alexmelchorgaytan557]

Captain America was a danger more than help. What he meant by “being calm in a place where you could be killed” only showed how scared he was. This is when the men’s realized he was scared shitless and couldn’t not function under pressure.

[@frenchify7506]

I'm currently enlisting for officer school in the military and honestly after watching this, I'm now really afraid xD I see so many examples of exactly what NOT to be like and how the soldiers look up to you or talk shit about you. I just hope I can A) Make it through officer training and B) Actually be a good officer. Shit is getting scarier by the second.

[@adammartinez3149]

Frenchify take care of your men lead by example. Have fun with your men . The military is to serious most of the time. One of my favorite commanders used to have bbqs with kegs for us.

[@grantss1]

One of my favourite scenes involving Captain America was the one where one of his Humvees made it over a bridge into a town before the bridge was blocked. He's freaking out on the radio, calling for support, screaming that's he's got men dying in there, when the Battalion Executive Officer, Major ?, shows up. He calmly shuts off Captain America's radio and then proceeds to fix the situation.

[@chrisalexander2478]

I spent 6 years in the Corps and left as a Sgt. They get a lot of things right in this show but It does a disservice to the Officer Corps. I never saw any officer act even remotely like Capt America, Godfather or Encino Man. Its TV folks... Tons of officers like LT Fick and Capt Patterson though.

[@teslashark]

Fick said things about Encino Man are all true I think, Captain America got kicked upstairs later.

[@Burnthealphabetpeople]

Your wrong to say there isn’t incompetent officers in the corps that’s just biased we all know for a fact there’s good officers and bad ones you just got lucky

[@tiffles3890]

He actually makes a thoughtful point about insanity and combat.

[@thisaccountnameiscompletel8949]

McGraw was an incompetent ass, but he was also human. Let’s be honest, you can say you wouldn’t be scared in his situation but you would be. All of them were, his issue was that despite his training he decided to voice it constantly. Very well done character, you feel sorry for him, and understand him too.

[@SuperWagner23]

He is a multi millionaire nowadays. Big time IT and Hedgefund management

[@GigaChadh976]

Sure but when you’re an a leadership position you can’t afford to be this panicky and wild.

[@RetArmy1SG]

"You fire an AK one more time, I'll f*ck you up." LOL!

[@ozzyjames87]

Those AKs he threw off a bridge were in all likelihood in fireable condition, if not barely scratched by that drop.

[@odinlindeberg4624]

Could be that some parts had been thrown away, and I imagine the barrels would be bent plenty (at least for shooting at anything above a hundred meters) from that drop.

[@freshfrozen3035]

My dad was a airborn in Iran Iraq and they were issued G3s but everyone wanted AKs He told me that he found a AK under sand and he picked it up Wiped it and oild it and it worked

[@aqua2k210]

3:25 Even Wright is laughing at his behavior lol. The guy who at first was flinching every time he heard a gunshot has more guts than the Platoon Commander

[@ericwagner581]

So this is where Cadet Hason from Marlin Academy ended up. Guess, Commandant Spangler really "broke" him.