Marine Sergeant Captured & Killed During Ambush in Iraq in 2003

[@rickypadilla1899]

I was very young when my uncle Sgt Fernando Padilla Ramirez passed away but I feel proud to say that man was my uncle. He inspired me to join the military and serve my country just like he did …..Rest in peace marine we will one day see each other again.

[@danb2122]

I knew your uncle. I served with him in 1998-1999 when we went on a MEU Mediterranean cruise. He was my friend, a great funny stand up guy.

[@tommcintire7799]

@@danb2122Is that you Bosma?

[@danb2122]

@@tommcintire7799 yep yep

[@unbrokenative]

condolences to you brother keep pushing & being great !

[@rickypadilla1899]

@@unbrokenative thank you man! good luck to you on your future endeavors

[@UsamaBeenHidin]

The fact these videos only get 54k views is beyond me. I just cannot stop listening to these. It’s such a mixed bag of some funny moments, bitter sweet, frustrating, sad and downright nightmarish stories. Very brave for these guys to come on here and share and to also be professional about it. I hope these men truly find peace within themselves. I’m an active duty grunt and these help gain some perspective. Because listening to these…the Marine Corps really hasn’t changed. It really is up to us to make it happen. I’m also with 2/8, that .50 cal story is funny as hell, haha.

[@wesleyhutchinson3883]

was it 54k a month ago? says 33k today

[@devonbrown757]

Dude I’ve been watching them for days this is better than the movies almost lol just the way they describe it in first person puts you right there with them almost

[@UsamaBeenHidin]

@@wesleyhutchinson3883100k now, haha. I don’t know I may have mis typed or something.

[@cmpremlap]

@@devonbrown757💯hands down

[@damyandiroma2087]

great channel same goes for billings gazette its the same idea but all vietnam vets

[@winstontucker2504]

R.I.P Sgt. P remember help digging him up from that f*^# up dump site and getting that intel to recover his body. I’ll never forget 2/2 Fox baby we leave no one behind we coming for ya ❤

[@matthewkatona5814]

My brother from another mother! Wazzz up! Remember that day like it was yesterday! Greatest accomplishment/mission I’ve ever been apart of 2/2 Fox. RIP Sgt. Padilla Ramirez.

[@myagentivan]

U guys are heroes bro. Thank u for your service

[@amandacantrell1146]

Thank you for your service sir. 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲

[@amandacantrell1146]

@@matthewkatona5814 Thank you for your service sir. 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲

[@brettlott570]

Thank you for your service and bravery.

[@GigiK66]

My favorite thing about your channel is that regular people get a chance to share their experiences. His interview is one of my favorites because he is so down to earth and just telling what he saw.

[@UrbanValorTV]

Every Veteran has a story and we want them to tell it! Thank you so much for noticing! That was one of the main focuses of Urban Valor, to not cherry-pick, but simply allow ANY veteran who wants to share the opportunity to sit in the chair.

[@saucejohnson9862]

@@UrbanValorTV You're a new channel, I never did this before but my uncle has an incredible stories from being an Army Ranger during the Blackhawk Down incident, to the National Guard serving in Afghanistan. The only time I hear them is when we're at our hunting shack, but if you're interested, give me your contact info, he has 2 daughters and would love to put his memories on paper, your channel has something really special. So many people served in these wars who won't be able to tell their stories. He has war stories, to training stories where they did a parachute jump during high winds, back then they had those plastic tubes that you'd break, one red, one green, and would illuminate, red being you're injured, green meaning you're okay on night jumps, that jump, he was 1 of 3 greens, he told me an "entire football field" was red from people being injured.

[@UrbanValorTV]

@@saucejohnson9862 Absolutely, our email is [e-mail] we'd love to talk more, connect, and hopefully hare your uncle's incredible stories!

[@Mrgrumpypants84]

"Regular people" dont have stories like this.... regular people are told stories like this.

[@zacharyreed45]

Regular rank and file stories are under rated. AZ love.

[@jessereyes7701]

This interview was extremely powerful thank you for sharing it. May Sgt. Padilla and his family be blessed by God. I really value the interviews your channel brings to the public. Sgt. Padilla should never be forgotten.

[@UrbanValorTV]

Glad to hear that Jesse ❤ and agreed completely!

[@mldadzgaming3938]

This guy was so good at making you feel like you were there with him. Unbelievable stories that break your heart. I salute you for your service sir. God bless

[@3rdcoastclassics713]

I was a Marine with MWSS371 re fuelers and knew SGT Padilla, he was with Motor T. Listening to this brings it all back. I was driving one of the tanker trucks that pushed through with team Charlie. There were also allot of rumors as to what happened as well. Some of the stuff he mentions I had never heard. Jumping out of my truck into fighting holes as we started taking fire that night. The Army had just been hit a few day prior to us getting there. My cousin was Air Force and yes we Marines lived in the dirt and not allowed on the Air Force side real quick. Semper Fi Devil and God bless. RIP SGT PADILLA.

[@3rdcoastclassics713]

@@jeffcrowder1892 we were waiting on another unit from what I recall before we went through. His A Driver got in other vehicles and I guess they assumed Padilla had got in another humvee. So many rumors. I had never heard the part of him being crucified. You are right, in motor t the mission is to get the supplies through and keep moving out of the kill zone

[@jimbayne5392]

@Thomas M….. are you from Houston?

[@3rdcoastclassics713]

@@jimbayne5392 what’s up Jimmy, it’s Mo!

[@3rdcoastclassics713]

@@jimbayne5392 this is crazy coming across this video. Some of this I had never heard

[@jimbayne5392]

What’s up my bro!!!!! Yeah Aaron is on top of all of this!

[@nathanhogue8470]

Two things 1) A SNCO failed to refuel his humvee 😑 2) The CO said don’t go back for the Marine 🤯 I had to calm myself down after hearing that.

[@26michaeluk]

Same.

[@EdZiomek]

What kind of CO agrees to a 250 vehicle convoy through previously hostile areas, especially a single lane each way bridge??? Did I get it right? Hindsight, I get it, but is foresight, and intuition, and on-the-ground warnings, with no air support, is this what we call leadership? What was the objective if not just the arrogance of the leadership thinking..."We are big and bad, we'll impress them with our guns and vehicles?" Catastrophic bad mentality, and piss-poor-planning! Heartbreaking. @@26michaeluk

[@RedTeufel]

Is this a reservist unit or what ?

[@AlexiosTheWretched]

Thank you for this interview with good ol' RamRod. I am glad this story is out in this format. It's amazing how many memories, thoughts, emotions (mainly anger) one can repress/suppress but come back as soon as you hear them. I am glad to see Rod here - it has been about 20 years since I've seen him and 21 years today (March 28) from that stupid convoy. AZ

[@UrbanValorTV]

Thank you for watching 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@LeauxB]

Listening to military (vets and active) personnel tell stories is always so captivating. I hate that the meat of the stories are so heavy but it’s so easy to get lost in the stories

[@JESUSHernandez-ss3tw]

His Honesty is Boundless.....This is What a Real American Is...Gracias Broth'a

[@SirMichaelFoxtrot]

Man this devil dog is so switched on. Dates and specifics are on point. Love this channel very much. Thank you and Semper fi

[@vikingirishman1]

Except Coming from phoenix , How the hell did he go to Paris island? I came out of phoenix and went to San Diego. I thought the cut off was the Mississippi!

[@casuallyviolent]

@vikingirishman1 So I know this dude, I was an MP in Yuma with him. He had gotten kicked out of his house or something like that and he was living with a family member that was in Kentucky or Kansas or some shit like that. I personally wasn't friends with him but I know his situation was something like that.

[@GuitarNTheCar]

​@@vikingirishman1he's full of shit for sure.

[@Guccithreat]

Love when guys explain things so well it paints the picture

[@thankfullyredeemedmaderigh7436]

🎯

[@JohnDoe-gj4dv]

This is One of the BEST INTERVIEWS IN THIS SERIES.............

[@burtthebeast4239]

Thank you for your sacrifice Sir. Can't imagine having to have gone through that.

[@Newbobdole]

INCREDIBLY important interview, man! Thanks! I’ve got more to say about sus Marine Corps leadership adventures in Fallujah, but I refuse to betray a story shared in confidence

[@jeffshackleford3152]

Higher leadership I think you mean.

[@camc8879]

That’s crazy I was in Iraq at that time and never heard about that. So many untold stories need to be told!

[@jeremythompson1593]

This interview really leaves you thinking like wow wtf man! This is probably one of the best interviews I’ve seen besides Dj Shipley’s interview…👍💯

[@Millennial87]

He was great. Powerful stuff. Thank you for the high quality content you put out 🇺🇸✌🏻🇺🇸

[@tasteofmansfield]

2/2 Fox Assaultman, I can remember every aspect of the two days of the recovery mission... hearing about the CoC makes my blood boil

[@driver1551]

Dang, Leather. I arrived in country in February, 2003. Times, places, all that. Kicked me right in the feels.

[@999Joseph]

Signed up in 2001, the fact that so many men signed up after 9/11 shows you we still have good people around Bless this man and everyone who has served and continues to serve

[@mattm.5436]

No it just shows you how gullible the ones that did sign up after 9/11 and how well the propaganda worked.

[@tiefman8206]

Do u ppl not actual listen to these videos or what these vets are saying? This was all for bullshit, so many people got their lives taken or ruined over Bush’s lies. Unreal that u ppl still have this attitude towards the war. What the hell

[@deltalima5806]

@@mattm.5436exactly, people will do whatever you tell them to, just give them money and propaganda

[@dirtyhomestead3649]

Men and women willing to serve their country but the leaders of our country did us all dirty in both Iraq (NO REASON FOR US TO BE THERE) and Afghanistan (not enough assets and poor top level planning)

[@georgecoull1883]

Just because they were a supply unit they took are hero's and I can't imagine the dreams he has! Thank you for your service Marine

[@Fireoncityy]

This channel needs to explode. These stories need to be heard. LLTB

[@Johnny7051MC]

12:44 so true! I was stationed at a Marine Corps detachment on Goodfellow AFB. We were absolutely spoiled there. They had a 24/7 chow hall and served whatever you wanted. You name it, they made it. The Air Force really does take care of their people.

[@screamingbaboon664]

Thanks Aaron for telling your story and being so honest. I've got so much respect for you. All positive prayers and thoughts for you in your life moving on forward. Thank you for everything you did in Iraq. I hope you have found someone you can truly trust

[@arod4825]

This a short video made by the Marines that recovered Sgt Padilla kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3PPnXaoodl6opIsi=dC9sizCEa3Wh0qnj

[@shreddbottv3217]

Appreciate this dude so much.

[@31446963048]

Glad you came home and glad you re telling the truth

[@4tube4567]

I have no idea how this guy remembers specifics names, units, and places so many years later. My own deployments are just a vague blur at this point.

[@retrovcr777]

He is very sharp, and articulate. If I ever served this is the exact type of homie I want to work with, you know he will have your back no matter what when it comes down to it

[@Beefry222]

You said it yourself. "Deployments," plural. As time goes by they all blend together. This guy had his one deployment where everything went down all at once. No hate on the dude whatsoever, his terror was condensed into a brief period of time. Those of us who were in multiple units or went on multiple deployments... bro just think of all the people. We can only remember so much. Don't be hard on yourself.

[@AlexiosTheWretched]

This was the first deployment especially of that war - the setting was very different than the deployments that follow. I deployed twice and this first deployment was really different than my second one. I remember a lot of the details Rod is mentioning. We were both military police providing security for that FARP team.

[@stephenbothma1602]

I hear you but as for me I remember everyone in my military career 36 years ago. Or at least most.

[@glenndavis9523]

I was in TET in 68 and i cant remember too many names but ive got a story about every day of 13 months in country! this is not a great story. I hope the officer gets famous for this but he is probably long dead. I know you won’t like this but PTSD is a bitch but it gets better. My leaders in DC were liars and crooks and i had so much hate. But, you have to lead a good life and don’t kill yourself before it gets better. I am glad you are working on it.

[@donxiong1775]

I was with Golf Company Platoon 2007 at MCRD.I got there Aug 19 and a month later the story you share is how our DI's broke the news to us as well.Two years later I was a part of the Invasion also

[@danb2122]

Rip Sgt Padilla. He was my buddy I served with in my platoon with the 24th meu 98-99. He was a lance then. Padilla re-enlisted and I got out in 2000. I can’t explain how bad this pisses me off.. no man left behind? What the fuck ever happened to no man left behind. RIP Padilla from your brother.

[@daviddelgado6411]

I was a Marine Reservist for an Engineer Support Company and I went to Afghanistan in 2012. Hearing that the LTC said "we're not going back to get him" is incredibly enraging. That is 101, we don't leave anyone behind... Period. WTF promoted and given a silver star... Jesus Christ.

[@sartainja]

Amen, Brother David.

[@bluedog101c]

He gave himself a Silver Star.

[@arod4825]

This a short video made by the Marines that recovered Sgt Padilla kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3PPnXaoodl6opIsi=dC9sizCEa3Wh0qnj

[@njgilly20]

dude i was an MP for 5 years and ive never been left in the dark, downtalked and undermined more in my LIFE. OEF 12

[@ponygirlusa]

Why??? Why would they do that? I'm sorry. Thank you for serving🙏💪🇺🇸🥺

[@timlawton58]

MP’s eat their own.

[@kxkxkxkx]

Only in the Corps could a man safeguard his dignity by purposefully urinating in his pants 😂

[@arod4825]

The struggle was real that day, had to make a command decision.

[@gdub713]

I was with wpns 2/2, we were there the day fox 2/2 picked him up and brought him back. We were pissed about the situation too.

[@JHillNC]

Thank you Aaron. I wish you a happy, peaceful life.

[@reddiver7293]

May God rest Sgt. Padilla-Ramirez's soul. This interview gives this civilian a greater understanding of a phrase I have read and heard about: "Welcome to the suck."

[@marykotuba6901]

I retired from the Marine Corps in 2002. This is a horrible, horrible thing to happen to a Marine. It sickens me. Sorry, but the man who decided not to go get his fellow Marine is not a Marine

[@xymoriintus]

Dude, fuckin awesome interview! I could listen to him for hours!

[@donaldacevedo7574]

52 years, still can't forget......don't really want to.

[@chrisr326]

This guy is a great story teller. Powerful. He should go on to Law School

[@bjw9529]

2 years later?! 2 YEARS?!!! If this isn’t the most eye-opening detail that confirms our government couldn’t give one shit about us, let alone a soldier that fought for our country, I don’t know what else would confirm it! It makes me irate!

[@brandimyhren6317]

Keep talking and sharing your stories and don’t let anything negative effect the way you lead your men and woman. Not every leader is a good leader and this is proof how poor leadership can affect and poison so far and deep into everything. This is a huge lesson to learn from and should one day be peeled down to include all sides of those involved.

[@loup9291]

Great interview, hope he is still doing well. It makes me so angry though listening to how cowardly the senior leadership acted and from that impacted guys like this for the rest of their lives. RIP Sgt Padilla

[@UrbanValorTV]

Appreciate you watching 🙏

[@arod4825]

Thank you for the reply. I still have my moments and dealing with trying to not isolate. I hope these stories help the next generation of war fighters, learn what to do and what not to do. Leaders in the next war will be called out right away and not 20years later. I’m still trying to get better and get back into coaching football again.

[@nono3x]

looking at that man just from a glance you’d never know he’d been thru all that mess, salute to this marine amazing

[@F1Hopeful]

God bless you marine. You are an example to live by.

[@jphfranco]

That pfc's name in Nasariyah was Nivinski I was right next to him. Right after that Ssgt Kutsner from LAAD got shot.

[@Trucker5Nine]

Did that marine recover?

[@teresamartin8344]

Deeply grateful to and for you.

[@maxhengst2252]

One of the best interviews ever!!!!!

[@1stGenRex]

"Was the CO ever held accountable?" No, he got a silver star and got promoted. Damn. Why does that not surprise me?

[@phillamoore157]

Amen.. Knowing the kind of soldier/leader that Mattis turned out to be, it wouldn’t surprise me if he promoted that POS himself.

[@matthewdaub]

I knew that the lieutenant was going to get promoted, but actually hearing make your blood boil so fucking much. I can't imagine how fucking pissed the guy telling the story is about it.

[@hatfieldmccoy0311]

I was with Task Force Tarawa 1st Battalion 2 nd Marines and we found your vehicles burning just outside Nasiriyah. Found Lori An Piestwa the first Native American woman killed in combat on March 23 2003. I got to visit Piestwa Mountains in Arizona close to where she was from two years ago, they has renamed that mountain range from Squaw mountains to her name in honor of her memory. We helped provide support for Jessica Lynchs retrieval. Then helped support the raid where we found you all and the two pilots in Tikrit. We lost 18 Marines in the Battle of Nasiriyah that day of March 23.

[@ralphalvarez5465]

Thank you for mentioning Lori Piestewa and bringing her home. She doesn't get as much recognition as Jessica Lynch did but the Army plays politics also. AATW

[@hatfieldmccoy0311]

@@ralphalvarez5465 of course brother, I am enrolled Eastern Band Cherokee, I left tobacco there for her. I remember her everyday. My wife made it a point to go visit her mountain range. She didnt know me in this life, but I know her and I share her story to those that deserve to know. I have alot to say about how that story was shared, but that is for another day.

[@SScott-kp3lc]

@@hatfieldmccoy0311 I was Army and like you I also think of lost comrades everyday. I wish they could have lived long and happy lives.

[@marc2638]

I was over in Kosovo on a TDY with the 101st on 9/11. My parent unit was at that time the 10th mountain 1-87 Inf. We were ecstatic war was at the front door. Ot sounds fucked up saying that but when you're an airborne infantryman who by the way just finished Ranger School not too long before that you are pumped to go to battle. I ended up doing 9 years total got out in 09 with a total of 4 middle east deployments. No regrets I live my life in honor for the ones we lost that's the least we can do.

[@sartainja]

Thank you for courageous service to our country in some real kick-ass divisions, Brother Marc. 👍🇺🇸

[@infitada]

STRIKE!

[@briansmith2125]

12:00 What the Marines don't know is that the Air Force had been at Al Jaber since 1992 doing Operation Southern Watch. That base was the central hub for all airflow through the theater for more than a decade. It's not like they just showed up like you did. They were doing everything they could to keep Air Force people happy through that decade because the deployments were pointless and stupid. "Keeping Saddam in the Box" is what our patches said.

[@GregTieman-id9he]

Just curious and thank you for shedding some light on how jacked up it was

[@samkircus]

Thank you for doing this channel. I am a Marine veteran from 2/1. I love hearing these stories.

[@Graderman3587]

I joined in 99 at 17 became force recon landed in Iraq in 04 got a compound fracture in my leg came back to the states got cleared for deployment late 05 I was grandfathered in to MARSOC RAIDER'S 1 RST MARINE RAIDER BATTALION DET 1 mos 0372 stayed until 2014 in Iraq and Afghanistan, until I got mauled by a Tali man dog I have nothing but good to say about the Marines,they took a 17 Year old POS boy and spit out a man I met some of the finest warriors on earth,I just found out that my best friend gunny pongo was kia in 2020 RIP PING PONG YOU WERE MY BROTHER AND FRIEND AND MENTOR UNTIL VALHALLA (SPIRITUS INVICTUS SEMPER FI)

[@josephaulisio9281]

Ooooookkkkkkk

[@justrione]

Great story teller.

[@Strickn9ne747]

We lost a man to a vbied our first three weeks in theatre in tikrit's Bayji area and our CO was more upset about his nvgs being missing. We were already devastated and then he said that. It caused a lot of fights and morale issues.

[@ROCKY-in2mg]

DEAR SIR' THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE'. RIP SGT.

[@ignazelvonstadion105]

“Fuck me to tears boys, we got sucker punched” 🤣😭😭

[@sartainja]

Superb video of an an excellent story telling ability.

[@UrbanValorTV]

He really is incredible at storytelling, I enjoyed this one a ton.

[@proonguice8386]

This is the problem with modern vets, the Vietnam guys will tell you straight-up they’re a lowly bus driver or heavy equipment operator and be proud of it, not curse obsessively bc they lack depth and breadth of vocabulary and admit openly they were scared shitless. Many of the modern warfare guys think they’re all SEALs or SF that know better than everyone else. Very little humility.

[@dd-uj8jx]

Jackass hater

[@susielynn7916]

Incredible interview.

[@muzien87]

former 0311, i have a love hate relationship with my time in. loved the guys i served with but my command was probably one of the most toxic commands in the marines at the time. i wont name it but things happened during about a year and a half period that changed how the entire marine corps treats limited duty, injured marines and marines getting medically seperated....they showed more hate and disdain for guys with injuries (both physically and mental, especially mental though) just straight up shitting on guys with issues and who were trying to get help. we were trained not to even treat captured enemies that badly. our first sergeant recently passed away due to natural causes and every single guy i served with who served under him as our first sergeant, every single one of their reactions was the same "good fuck that guy" ...THATS how you know you were a pos leader is that when you die nobody mourns you they just spit on your grave and say good, im glad, that guy was a piece of shit. as a side note, i know its easy for me to say it now, but i deployed to iraq, al anbar fallujah, i can tell you right now that if someone from my batallion went missing or if someone from my platoon went missing and we were told to stand down i can firmly say thate veryone would say fuck you and go...i know its different because you were in the invasion and i cant imagine how crazy it was but just hearing that your commanding officer said to stand down makes my blood boil. i hope that guy has all the worst things happen to him during whats left of his life

[@mario6279]

Funny cause I try to explain this to regular people but they just don’t get it 😂 Marines Corps is definitely a cult and In it’s own league when it comes to Military branches

[@azbdizzy4176]

He mention the Lt Col got a silver star and a promotion. There is an excellent video with 4 officers who were on Iwo JIma. If you search for Lopardo you will see it. At one point in the video they say the medals were political. Officers got together and agreed to recommend each other for medals. There is another video with an enlisted man who was on Iwo Jima. His unit had a pfc who had been wounded 3 times in charge. He refused to evacuate despite the wounds because the privates needed leadership. That man got no medal other than 3 purple hearts. It didn't just start this century. It's always been that way.

[@gnobel]

"I'm not making fire engine sounds to go to the bathroom" haha epic ! & God rest Sgt. Padilla-Ramirez's soul, I can't imagine what those savages must of done to him..

[@complexblackness]

He's from Arizona but went to Parris Island?

[@doubleemcastillano464]

Because if it were under your own volition that you didn’t appear at a formation, they’d crucify you. I feel that in that case this organization has a duty to go and bring you back, because that’s what they would do if you left to desert. You can’t say “oh well it’s no big deal because there’s a big bad enemy in front of you”.

[@jaspermcwilliams1782]

Thank you for your service sir

[@KyleKrunk]

I had the exact "emergency" head call thing happen in my platoon. Kid had to do 3 laps around the squad bay first hahaha

[@thankfullyredeemedmaderigh7436]

That's hilarious.🤣

[@jumpmastermp21]

Very interesting! Never knew about SGT Padilla.

[@arod4825]

This a short video made by the Marines that recovered Sgt Padilla kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3PPnXaoodl6opIsi=dC9sizCEa3Wh0qnj

[@JLMtime]

im speechless again

[@JohnnyD-u7]

Respect .

[@MegaCoyotekiller]

The view count is absolutely typical of today's America. Thank you for your service during AND after!

[@ryancordle3625]

Reconciling my hatred for the enemy during the 2000's to understanding we drove them to take up arms against us. Seems that we forget the enemy was fighting for many of the reasons we would fight. Hurt my family. Il be there. Not saying it's okay but saying I understand

[@thesmiths2675]

I had only been in for 4 months when we rolled onto Iraq and I had no idea just how bad our leadership was, nothing to compare it to. The only thing worse was Afghanistan 2013.

[@jstape740]

" so you were in boot camp when 9/11 happened .. what was that like?" "I pissed my pants so I didn't have to make siren noises" ,

[@eccegosum]

I hope, I pray, that by retelling their experiences their burden is lightened at least some. all the vets I know that have seen action all have a haunted look at times and I know they are reliving the nightmare they experienced. God, I pray they have peace in their life.

[@mrexception2therule410]

Wow, this brings back so many memories. When we arrived, the camps looked like something out of that show MASH. Tents up, everything jerry rigged, and gravel everywhere. I remember hearing about that prostitution ring too. I was over at Tarawa in Camp Coyote in Feb of 03.

[@driver1551]

Small, small world. Tarawa, Feb-May 2003. Operating RTCH stacking 20 ft. boxes all day and all night.

[@brettlott570]

I was at JBB in 2007-2009 we had a contractor girl running a prostitution business. I sure she was cleaning house with all the money she made. She wasn’t a desert queen either but a true solid 8 in the states lol

[@TheJMfernandez]

Amazing story.

[@jamesdewer]

I work with a Marine at the VA this guy served and saw action. How can I get him to open up and discuss his actions.

[@bluedog101c]

21:53 that pretty much doomed SGT P rescue. 371 expected to have support from other unites to retrieve the Marine left behind instead a supply CO got caught up with the decision to protect the supplies or coordinate a rescue operation he wasn't equipped or trained to handle.

[@9nety1till]

This guy telling like it is! Awesome

[@markandrewcook6513]

Shameful behavior from bad leadership/non-leadership. Should be courts marshaled Also: Jesus Wept, please don’t distance yourself as you served honorably as a real Marine…for what it’s worth from nobody like me… Thank you!

[@oneblood100]

Amazing interview

[@bestjobieverhad9584]

I can't imagine being in OSUT during 9/11. 06 F 1/50 Benning

[@bubbadiesel4961]

Small world..I was F 1/50 graduated 08 august.haha

[@bestjobieverhad9584]

@bubba diesel im trying to think of my Drill Srg names. I know they were all banged up. ..... I have a T-shirt with everyone who graduated and the 1s that didn't have the tombstones above their names.... fuck some good memories.

[@bubbadiesel4961]

@BestJobIEverHad rice, butler, Jenkins, Rodriguez, there was 2 other tall black drills but I don't remember there name. Those are the names I can remember bro haha

[@EdZiomek]

Contrarian viewpoint, in the terrible reality of a wartime event, especially in a piss-poor-planning wherein the Ground Troops rightfully advised the convoy, basically, we are outnumbered, outgunned, who told you to cross the bridge without aircover or tank support, etc? Yet your convoy attempted to cross the bridge, and met ??? immediate fire and attack by the enemy. Result, one Marine is missing. And the person in charge makes a calculated decision, we are in a disaster situation, we have one Marine missing, our convoy is 250 vehicles, loaded with supplies. Can we limit this catastrophe to one Marine? Horror!

[@thezurban7209]

I feel like I'm watching General Sam being interviewed in an alternate reality lmao.

[@jonathandeschenes2973]

Sounds kinda just like what happened in the Kabul evacuation and the 13 lives that were lost that day, smh all to bad leadership most if not all of it could of been avoided.

[@SilverBricks17]

That poor 18 year old man was bleeding out in a shit hole country and all he could think about was his mom was going to be pissed.. god bless that poor soul..

[@Kirkwoodclay]

Dude. I listened to this three times. In such a divisive time in our country and all the corruption, I am trying to mentally hold on to my patriotism. I love my country but I don’t feel like we still “have” our country. We’ve been completely taken over. I don’t think people realize that we’ve been cleaned out. We don’t have good people in leadership right now, these people are completely corrupt. I am really concerned that we might not even have the ability to have a fair election at this point and no way to defend our people because they’re throwing people in prison for political beliefs. Our own government is hunting people down and kicking down doors in The United States Of America. I feel like “no man left behind” is not even being held up in our country. Hearing your old school American values and your absolute dedication to your guys is so damn comforting. The idea that these sh*t piles could possibly send our guys to war when our country is almost unrecognizable right now. I can’t think of one democrat who is in power right now that actually represents us everyday Americans. I feel like we have successfully been taken over from the inside and we are all watching but we can’t do anything about it. When Biden made the remark a couple years ago regarding the 2nd amendment and saying basically, “good luck holding the government accountable with your guns when you don’t have F16’s and missiles” shook me and people just let that pass by and kept their heads down. They are literally trying to kill the person running against them. WTF is going on. I am really concerned we’ve lost our country, and that there’s a real possibility that these people will actually send our guys to BS wars and even start using the draft. They didn’t just pass that bill to now include women in the draft for show. I know that sounds crazy or overblown but I’m feeling it. People have this belief that law enforcement and military wouldn’t go against our people may have forgotten the lockdowns. The propaganda machine has so far been successful and for people who believe it hasn’t look who’s currently in power and if everyday Americans actually voted for that? They’ve been able to disregard American voters, gaslight all of us into submission while they’re filling our country with illegal aliens to do their dirty work and further suppress and breakdown average Americans. This is bad. Sorry, I know this is insane, if you’re reading this, someone just tried to assassinate Trump for the second time so I’m a little fired up. Listening to you is comforting because it’s a reminder that we are all still here, we’ve just lost our ability to communicate or to voice our opinions. Ugh. Sorry, this is bad.

[@BackwardsMarathonPSU]

Dude. You need to take a breath. Please. I know this isn’t what you want to hear… it based on these remarks it’s clear you are in an echo chamber and a victim of media manipulation. Don’t fall in the trap that’s been laid for you. We are not being taken over from inside. Nobody is coming to take your guns. Immigrants aren’t taking over the country. The election was not and is not being stolen. People aren’t being thrown in jail for political beliefs, they are being thrown in jail for crimes. I know that probably sounds naive and ridiculous to you…but these are all the same boogeyman issues that have been used to terrify people for the last 60 years. The vast majority of people in this country are just like the guy in this video, despite what you see on the internet and TV. Not necessarily in how they look or talk, but in the values and virtues they hold. The difference is now we have a media machine which has perfected the use of algorithms to pick and choose what to show you, and what not to show you - with the sole goal of scaring you and making you mad. Because that causes you to watch and click more. And the more you get worked up, the more it feeds you, and the more it learns about what makes you tick. And the more you then engage and get more upset. It’s a repeating cycle of confirmation bias. Until stories and videos about what makes you mad are all you see. So that’s what you take as truth. You don’t see any other narrative to think it wouldn’t be. There are plenty of honest hardworking Democrats in all levels of government, just like there are Republicans. Most of them are good, but flawed people, just like you and me. The 200 million left-leaning people in this country are not your enemy. Getting you to believe (__) people are an monolithic “other” and “enemy”, and to think “your side” are the ones with the mandate of truth and morality and so are being persecuted in this great struggle…. is the oldest trick in the book. People in power have been doing selling this story as long as there have been people. People are tribal by nature, and when we get scared we default to thinking this way. Reality is much much more gray. You are being weaponized through media manipulation; through deceit, cunning, and technology. With the goal to create doubt, distrust, and anger which overrides your logic and gets you to blindly react in a predictable way aimed at “the enemy(democrats).” A system that cleverly makes you think you are fighting against the system aka enemy, when if fact you’re greasing its gears. I know this comment alone probably won’t change this worldview you’ve constructed and that has been reinforced by what you get shown, but hopefully it at least plants a seed which someday might get you to start questioning yourself more. Ask yourself this…when you google something - how many times do you actually try to PROVE YOURSELF WRONG, vs prove yourself right? How often do you try to find information to prove the point someone you are arguing with is making, rather than info to prove them wrong? How often do you challenge the information that you are being shown? And not just the info you don’t agree with, but the info you do? ESPECIALLY the info you do. How often are you seeking out channels and sources that you consider “liberal”, and do you hold them to the same standard as your normal go-to media? When is the last time you sat down and talked to someone with strong opinions opposite to yours (not over the internet) to try to understand why they think the way they do, and what information they are getting that makes them think that way? Ask yourself why you wrote a page solely ragging against Democrats and their sins, but didn’t think to mention one negative thing about Republicans, even if you don’t think they’re perfect? Is it maybe because all the info you’re getting is coming from one direction? And ask yourself, why might that be? It’s not easy, it takes effort. It goes against our nature, because we all want to be right. We want our “gut feelings” to be true, and that leads to lazy “research” where we look to confirm our preconceived notions, not to find truth. But if you start doing that, I think you’ll be amazed at how quickly the cracks will form in this warped web of reality you’ve woven for yourself.

[@jasong3972]

You can't blame the LtCol for choosing the mission first and not turning back for Sgt. Padilla Ramirez. The foundation of Marine Corps Warfighting is speed and violence. Mattis kept pushing those units North for a reason. Unfortunately the burden of leadership is making cold decisions for the mission. Not blindly running into an ambush based on emotion. Where was this Marines team? How did this Marine get left behind in the first place?

[@arod4825]

Blackout rolling convoy at night time, with some vehicles with no nvgs, marines had to put chem lights on the front and back of their vehicles to keep from hitting each other. Marines behind Sgt Padillas vehicle(7ton) didn’t see it veer off the road. Padillas gunner was ejected from the vehicle and then shot in the leg, and his A driver got out and didn’t say anything. Vehicles passed By and no one thought to clear it.

[@phillamoore157]

It wouldn’t surprise me if you typed that stupid comment with one hand on your joint….

[@chasemagness6824]

They crucified him?!?!?! The command should be held responsible!!

[@FilosofoCA]

That has to be insane, being in basic then you hear the news and it’s like damn we really are going to war this is real life right now.

[@donbernard1869]

I went to high school in Mesa, AZ too. Mesa High Jackrabbits - Carry On!

[@thomaslove7560]

Massage brothels were pretty obvious over there. When he said the disappointment.....it was scary. My units incompetence and selfishness and cowardess. Disappointment indeed

[@mkat740]

I know it was a tough call but we have a motto and they should have held to it. No matter how many lose their lives in the mission they still have to do it. F Hollywood. That CO was wrong he will live with it worse than anyone of the troops under him who suffer from that memory. I was in the 4th MEB in the first war. The Iraq invasion whole war was mismanaged. Rumsfeld F it up sent only 180,000 troops. I remember the years before the 2nd war in Iraq was kicked off in Iraq an army 4 star general in front of congress asked how many troops to take Iraq he replied 480.000. Rumsfeld sent less than half that number and so never secured the cities and borders etc.... It took a troop surge years later to stabilize the war. We had double the troops in the first Iraq War and we didn't even invade Iraq we just kicked them out of Kuwait and circled into lower Iraq for a little while. They totally f up that war like Vietnam war with politicians and politically correct figures making the calls. DOnt be dishonored by what happened my brother you can hold your head up its that co who has to live with it not you. Wait until we get into a real all out war where our people are being killed in bombings etc... and all this politically correct way to fight a war goes out the window. In ww 2 USA would just execute germans or japs when they surrendered because war changes people into a different type of person and the libs dont understand what it does to people when there fighting for their lives.

[@arod4825]

Thank you for your reply.

[@arod4825]

This a short video made by the Marines that recovered Sgt Padilla kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3PPnXaoodl6opIsi=dC9sizCEa3Wh0qnj

[@lo-ammitruter9388]

A video I recently saw comes to mind. It was about a WWII and wars thereafter practice called fragging where subordinates would take out a superior who acted contrary to the best interest of those under him and caused preventable death of some of those under him or endangered them through bad leadership.

[@chrisr326]

Interviewer cool as hell