Veterans React to Boot Camp Movies

You chose it, we viewed it. “Full Metal Jacket” was at the top of our list, especially with the Marine Birthday having just passed.
What’s the most iconic movie for each branch of service?
Richard Ryan is back with former Marine Scout Sniper Logan Stark and former Army Ranger Mat Best to react to some military classics... Richard also threw in a couple Marine recruiting commercials that might make you double take.
Hosted by Richard Ryan
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Today's Guests
Mat Best - / mat_best_official
Logan Stark - / loganstark
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@02:31 : “ Heartbreak Ridge” 1986 Warner Bros.
@06:30 : “Full Metal Jacket”
@09:50: “ Chess” 1990 U.S. Marine Corps
@10:28: “ Rite of Passage” 1998 U.S Marine Corps
@11:15 “ The Marine” 2006 20th Century Fox
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[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

What is your major malfunction numbnuts?! Didn't mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?!! Now I want comments, damnit, and I want them now! Military movies! GO!

[@2naturesownplace]

@Matt, were you aware that the exploits of the Mudrines in Heartbridge? Were taking from Ranger AARs, after the invasion!

[@southernhighlander22]

i want to see you guys reaction to 101ST AIRBORNE band of brothers scenes

[@randyvuchsas436]

LOOKS LIKE THE BEST PART OF YOU RAN DOWN THE CRACK OF TOUR MOMMAS ASS AND ENDED UP AS A BROWN STAIN ON THE MATTRESS!!... I THINK YOUVE BEEN CHEATED!!

[@johnpereira852]

*THE DIRTY DOZEN*

[@spoilerdad]

Siege of Firebase Gloria. Another lesser known movie with Gunny Ermey.

[@virus640]

A friend of mine went through basic and heard the same story about something in the food that kept your sex drive down. Rumours spread that it was in the potatoes. One night one of the guys in his group got hard and loudly exclaimed out of the washroom "Your damn potatoes can't keep me down!"

[@dudemanbroguy3464]

Nathan M there is semi truth to that. In my basic training I didn’t pop a single boner until around week 6. Woke up in the middle of the night full mast and took care of it in the far bathroom stall hahaha

[@thunderthighs6277]

Burps ironically probably because there was only men around you

[@Goffix2009]

It was called "saltpeter" (sic). I heard about it in basic back in '69!

[@davidsirmons]

SaltPeter, oddly named, is responsible historically on ships for keeping sex drive to a minimum. Not sure about the marine corps.

[@RobertJohnson-de5zi]

There wasn't anything added to the food in Basic Training. When you are assigned to a barracks containing 50 other dudes. 8 weeks of Infantry school and not a single female in sight, there isn't anything to give you a boner.

[@Kitara86]

Fun true fact: my husband did 3 tours in Iraq. Been out for about 7 years. After a long long while, he cooked dinner last night. It was really flipping good. I complimented him today again. His reply? “You’re welcome for my service...”

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

This man is a badass American hero AND he's making you home-cooked dinners? Marry him now! Wait... I mean, marry him again!

[@andreim841]

@@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany isn't it illegal to punish a person twice for the same thing? 😁

[@JohnSmith-oe5rx]

Andrei M Punishing your husband is never enough, they married because they wanted to be bullied more.

[@R-T_BK79]

@@JohnSmith-oe5rx One once said, the military now only enlists married men, because they are used to all the yelling

[@SmokeDiver351]

@Peter Evans no worries. If you don't get it, you just don't get it.

[@ExUSSailor]

Ironically, Clint Eastwood, who can pull off playing a Marine so well, is actually an Army vet.

[@geesegoose6174]

I was surprised none of them knew that. He didn't see combat, but got drafted and had to go through all that

[@ExUSSailor]

@@geesegoose6174 I believe he served as a swim instructor at Ft. Ord, in Salinas.

[@SuperBKDK]

That's not was irony is. Irony =/= Coincidence

[@bigmikeh5827]

That whole movie was suppose to be about the Ranger regiment. Army wouldn’t support it.

[@towmater7081]

Ermy was a Marine sooo

[@jordancerace9310]

“50 shades of semper fi” i spit out my brcc 😂😂😂😂

[@suspiciouscanadian6478]

lmao

[@MyOnlyTasks]

You had an entire company in your mouth? XD

[@ripvanwinkle5199]

@@MyOnlyTasks cum-pany

[@shawnhazard844]

"How do you shoot women and children?" "Easy, you just don't lead'em so much!"

[@airtexaco]

Probably the best line ever in a military movie.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

@@airtexaco Next to "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

[@jakemonster001]

So many great lines in that movie!

[@ethelhoose2972]

Maybe before they shoot you fist

[@Tony73727]

Yo, what movie is that from? I generally don't like movies but I'm leaving for Basic in February and want to watch the classics before I go.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

R. Lee Ermey WAS a drill sergeant in the USMC before he took up acting.

[@LuisMartinez-ly7lb]

Nicholas Maude yes, he was actually hired as an advisor for the movie until he stole the role from the guy in the helicopter shooting

[@robertauld1334]

I thought he wasn't but got a honorary recognition for his roles? Either way he's the shit😁

[@ricardoangulo9898]

@@robertauld1334 He was an actual marine, he was a staff sergeant but was granted honorary gunnery sergeant

[@BooLee01]

@@LuisMartinez-ly7lb He admitted that he only took the advisory job so he could steal the part. It was his intention from the beginning.

[@thegooddoctor2009]

@@BooLee01 And he did such a good job Stanley Kubrick let R. Lee Ermey improvise. If you know Stanley Kubrick you'll understand how insane that is.

[@ThePartisan13]

"Marines don't die, they go to hell to regroup"

[@aeredhaelredfalen6194]

RIP... AND... TEAR!

[@JulesHunter22]

@@aeredhaelredfalen6194 UNTIL IT IS DONE.

[@ameliatheandroid7129]

You stole that from Red Dawn (2012)

[@ThePartisan13]

@@ameliatheandroid7129 Surely your competent enough to notice the quotation marks at the beginning and the end of the sentence right?

[@ameliatheandroid7129]

I know just clearafying for those who don't know the reference

[@shan6021]

Fun fact, Heartbreak Ridge actually depicts a Ranger action in Grenada.

[@joefly1298]

Where is Grenada

[@robertsteves9940]

Fun fact: it was mostly 82nd Airborne. Some Rangers, some Marines, some Delta, some Air Force. The result of an "off the shelf" plan to take back a different, nearby island, "just in case". Shit happened, plan was executed, problem solved. Subject matter expert, having been there. Marine involvement.

[@terrybirks9662]

Hold on... i watched a documentary where it was the Navy SEALS that got ambushed... they had to fall back to the ocean and swim for a few days until a ship could pick them up... in fact one dude was shot once or twice and he still treaded water for 2 days.

[@edgarallanpoe8917]

''Grenada? Wasn't that like 12 hours long?'' ''12 hours of hell, brother. 12 hours of hell...''

[@terrybirks9662]

@Rowan O'Mullane possible, my mind is questionable lol.

[@Dave-in-MD]

One cool thing. Marines Corp commercials only have actual Marines in them, no actors.

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

Yeah, for real. Interesting fact about producing this commercial -- they initially were going to get Tom Hanks to play the role of the lava monster, but Hanks' schedule didn't line up quite right. Through a couple strokes of luck they actually wound up finding a real lava monster named Gunnstein from eastern Norway to play the part.

[@Dave-in-MD]

@@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany 20 years Navy here. Way back when they filmed a Navy commercial on my ship of a helo landing in a storm. I was off camera holding a fire hose that was providing the "rain" as we sat pierside. Everyone on camera was an actor. Guess we weren't pretty enough. For Navy movies go back to "The Final Countdown" USS Nimitz goes back in time to Pearl Harbor Dec 1941. Or "Battleship" total BS movie but fun.

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

@@Dave-in-MD Don't ever let anyone tell you you're not pretty!

[@Dave-in-MD]

@@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany I'll leave pretty to the Marines. MARINE=My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment.

[@yoloswaggins2161]

@@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany We here in Norway are very proud of Gunnstein and his international fame, it's not easy being a lava monster in hollywood.

[@swaghauler8334]

I just started a "flamewar" on a sports forum! My answer "The 5th Panzer Division" is apparently NOT the "right answer" to the question "Who won the 1st Tour De France?"

[@danielbush2637]

swaghauler That. Is. Incredible!

[@deplorableinyogapants]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@Backdaft94]

Thats cause you were wrong....it was the Roman Legions lol

[@williamcrawford7857]

Freaking hilarious!!!

[@brianrutherford3860]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Thanks Swaghauler! I needed that one!

[@williambutler2177]

"We had to serve our country, so we're tired!" --Matt Best I literally burst out laughing. Thank you, this shit is hilarious!

[@andrewallason4530]

Obviously spent SOME time with the happy sock😜

[@laurin4405]

That line just Floored me

[@masonwinters267]

100% true for me. I didn't get "in touch with myself" for 3 months at boot camp

[@Mrinthewind]

Too tired I never thought of it

[@breezybaby6430]

"With a crayon if you're a Marine." "I'm just kidding." I wish he would have ended that with, "I know you guys can't read."

[@geesegoose6174]

😂😂😂 "it's a fUCKing joke" 😂😂😂

[@dustinwade3484]

LMMFAO BRILLIANT!!!!

[@russlerivermaster6674]

That was the best

[@dolphinsupreme1697]

Shit I'd love a crayon signed copy from him

[@WaywardPondering]

I’m going to need that on audio tape or else it will be the kid at the local library reading it to me.

[@secondamendment8773]

R. Lee Ermey played a Drill Instructor so well because he actually was one. He served in India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967. Having gone through Marine Corp boot camp this is by far the most accurate depiction of what boot camp and Drill Instructors are like.

[@chronicinokla]

Mail call was awesome series that needs a comeback

[@michaellefort6128]

He was also in, The Boys in Company C. Another good movie ruined by the M*A*S*H effect. The resolution of the movie is a sports competition, in this case a soccer game. WTF?

[@davidc8077]

Yep, he was "The Hollywood Marine". No sand fleas for him. I did radio school at MCRD SD. We were across the parade ground from the quonset huts. We would find ways to torture the boots while they marched on the blacktop. If anyone went through boot in the summer of 66, I'm sorry!

[@theuglyfriend]

The guy who played the door gunner shooting civilians was originally cast to play Gunny Hartmann character.

[@sdmiii1102]

All these vets have great jobs and actual experience, meanwhile I served seven years in the Marine Corps and the only stories I have worth telling are the ones of drunken barracks parties.

[@davidc8077]

Hey c'mon, those are the best ones!

[@davidc8077]

Guppy

[@charlesshelton7989]

I was Air Force Security Forces. We always had drunken TDY Marines and paratroopers stagger up to the gate on Saturday mornings. One of them puked at my gate. Great times.

[@dundonrl]

No stories of Thailand or PI with LBFMs?

[@alphawolftactical160]

"Did your parents have any children, that lived?" Spit my beer all over. LMFAO a good laugh I needed. Cheers

[@LuckyChristmas777]

what do you call a marine with a 90 IQ .... a battalion.

[@user-ti6hq2tc9o]

Marine here. I snorted. Somehow I haven't heard this before.

[@Jay_Sullivan]

Shouldn’t it be, “what do you call marines with a...”?

[@alexjewett5633]

Lucifer Christ you sir made my day!

[@sethhicken7501]

What do you call marine will a IQ of 70........ General

[@foxco2378]

Too funny Semper Fi

[@merchillio]

I’d love to see you react to Major Payne. That movie is my guilty pleasure

[@islandmermaid4413]

Yes!!! 😂😂😂its mine too. I was never so happy to have my husband become a Major just to i could call him Payne in my A😂😂😂😂😂

[@leoanderson2509]

I love major payne

[@Rugged.Crusader]

Mine to😁😁

[@stope420]

I can quote pretty much that whole movie, in scene order. My brother and I killed that VHS back in the day.

[@Anthony-tv3bd]

“What are you lookin at ass eyes”

[@robertbakeriii6375]

Fun fact: The guy that played Roy the bar owner in Heartbreak Ridge Bo Svenson emigrated to the US and when he was 17 enlisted in the Marines in 1958 and served for six years before he was honorably discharged.

[@ersonpeters7626]

I’m with Logan, didn’t Jerk it once. Now in Kandahar, every chance I got

[@gabrielcastorena9852]

Signing the book in crayon for Marines was the best line.

[@spencerwildman1945]

He can't do it that way, they'll just try to eat it.

[@hoonanagans9000]

@America Oh god not the jalapenos cheese xD

[@sopcannon]

Needs more pics for the Marines.

[@davidc8077]

And wash it all down with hot sterno. Ahhhh....c rats

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Matt’s book comes with easy to color pages for the Marines.

[@Charlie_Rowe]

I heard it was paint by numbers, but the numbers don't go past 10 since that's all the fingers they have to count on.

[@codycason6373]

That’s what I’m talking about!!

[@MichaelSmith-kr9qw]

You're Jelly because we ate your favorite Crayon !!! Semper Fi !!!

[@josh300blk6]

😆

[@thomasmcewen5493]

And a pop up DI to make sure you don't color outside the lines, maggot.

[@OxBlitzkriegxO]

"We had to serve our country, we're tired." Casual civilian burn, lol

[@hardwirecars]

ya know that actually hurt the first time i heard it because i was in high school when 9/11 happened i was hyped to join the airforce and serve as payback then a genetic disease fucked me so ive always felt guilty that i could not do my part but now i laugh my ass off at it every time.

[@BarberShave19]

"Fifty Shades of Semper Fi," Great, thanks for putting that in my head, guys! -_-

[@V2011F]

The Pacific, We Were Soldiers, The Lost Battalion, Thin Red Line.

[@Michael-zy7jv]

Band of brothers.

[@ronmears5621]

Hollywood needs to un white wash the "Lost Battalion" and re-do as the "Harlem Hellfighters". It's PC and pro veteran, (closer to the truuth?) :D

[@theveryworstluck1894]

I was with you until Thin Red Line. That movie sucks ALL OF THE BALLS

[@itslife9855]

Lost battlion.

[@CrazyNikel]

@@ronmears5621 Hollywood needs to stop pandering to minorities :D

[@juliewatson2281]

I could watch these film commentary videos all day long. They are hysterical! Telling it like it is!

[@Ian1975ish]

Stumbled across this gem of a channel during lockdown in sunny Yorkshire, UK. My new favourite, even bought a Black Coffee tea shirt! Thanks guys.

[@JaketheJust]

John Wick, Bourne series, Dirty Dozen, The Punisher (Netflix series), American Sniper, Shooter (film and Tv series), Clear and Present Danger, Patriots Day, The Tom Clancy Jack Ryan series, Sicario I and II

[@SuperWagner23]

John Wick is a pussy

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer... but yeah, I'M THINKING I'M BACK Love it

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

American Sniper was a film about a Great Man. A Sailor, No one had to hide him eating Crayons like a marine! Yall take Care, John

[@greghercher2068]

@@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany there is a series called Shooter on Netflix that I watched the first season of. It was a pretty interesting take on snipers with some actual knowledge along the way. (US Marine here and definitely not a black belt in Karate, just a Green belt in MCMAP... OORAH!)

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

bourne is magick men doing magic things, john wick is doom but with mafia instead of demons, punisher is asshole batman.....

[@Jax-bw2lg]

The fact they didn’t watch Navy Seals with Charlie Sheen is a national shame

[@Red_Beard2798]

They did in one of the previous eps, didn't they? Or did they just talk about it?

[@Jax-bw2lg]

YeahNahHowYaGoin Evan just talked about it

[@Charlie_Rowe]

I don't think they can make fun of that movie as it was a factual film depiction of SEALs.

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

@@Charlie_Rowe Yeah we weren't sure if historical documentaries would do well here, but we'll take it into consideration

[@mar10ssj1]

The movie has GOD in it. How can you people NOT watch Navy Seals.

[@cmc5394oparva]

That whole thing about "putting stuff in the food" causing temporary impotence is definitely just a basic training urban legend (we had that same one in the Air Force, only we heard they put it in the Gatorade). It's really just the mental and emotional stress involved in adjusting to the whole experience that causes that.

[@mskiUSMC]

I too didn’t beat one down in boot camp. I’m shocked that some guys even could. A guy I served with was suckered by the dragon...

[@CNo567]

Please react to the Original Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze and charlie Sheen!

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

WOLVERINES!!!

[@SledgeHammer43]

Should do the second one too.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

yeah do the second one too, with the magic north korean pan continental army. lol.

[@user-nn8os1cj8t]

Not so popular comedy in Russia. Movies with Lesly Neelson more better.

[@jvleasure]

Named my daughter after R Lee. Always wanted to tell him. RIP.

[@tragedytrousers1769]

Named my daughter Clint, damm shes badass

[@jvleasure]

@@tragedytrousers1769 mine's Arlie and she doesn't give the first damn. Fearless little girl.

[@bigdfitness5020]

@I Am The One Who Knocks nobody cares about your opinion asshole.

[@alexvermaak1759]

Ronaldette?

[@jvleasure]

@I Am The One Who Knocks I know full well what it stands for and my wife kept hearing him open his shows when I would watch them and liked the sound of it as a name. Had an uncle KIA in korea named arlie so that was the spelling. Dumbass, really?

[@alexflores7652]

I was able to rub one out during Air Force BMT while on Dorm Guard and that was the only time. But we always joked that the last stall was where you went with a sock called a dreamcatcher.

[@custink22]

You sound like my dorm guard partner. Dude would run off every night to rub one out. It was a little disturbing, but whatever ya gotta do to keep it together i guess. Me, i had no desire for anything til graduation and i saw my (at the time) fiancee for the first time in months... That was a little embarrassing... Full mast while my MTI was doing our pre-parade inspection... He admitted to me later that night back in the dorm that he almost, almost, made a scene about it.

[@barryjonathan]

That crayon part had me dyin. You could see his brain spinning on that one and it was such a good line.

[@scarecrow9219]

Heartbreak Ridge is one of my favorite Eaastwood movies

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

Such a great flick!

[@Celticjesus]

I would love it if you guys did Battle: Los Angeles. And at some point, Tears of the Sun.

[@TheLeftCulprit]

Battle: LA is a kick ass movie I hope they check it out

[@mannyb7949]

Definitely Tears of the Sun and Hamburger Hill too.

[@angryjimmy1313]

Please

[@prestonnoel6944]

And jarhead

[@GruntHumor]

Battle LA is horrible. Sooo many cringe things coming from a combat vet point of view.

[@chazmichaelmichaels88]

6:40 "how he depicted a drill sergeant". Lmfao R. Lee Ermey WAS a Marine drill sergeant.

[@kellen4671]

*instructor

[@chazmichaelmichaels88]

@@kellen4671 my b

[@ImShakeZilla]

Man this has to be the best fucking shit, man made my day, thanks gents and def keep it on the low on the juice flow!

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Review “we were soldiers” “Rough riders”

[@MichaelSmith-kr9qw]

Fun Fact most of the extras in We were Soldiers were actual National Guardsmen the French Lt. that got shot in the Grape was from the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment he was chosen because he spoke fluent French.....I had my claim to fame for pissing on the Mortar Tubes Hey what's a Jarhead to do LOL !!!

[@Doug_M]

We were soldier's left out the baddest MF'er of the whole battle...Rick Rescorla. He was the guy pictured on the cover of the book, so I don't know why they left him out of the movie.

[@Jenufir]

I saw We Were Soldiers the night it came out. I thought it was a great movie (still do). As the credits rolled and lights came on, an elderly gentleman behind me stood up, looked at his wife and said "they finally got it right. that's how it was". And he was crying. It's been almost 20 years, but I'll never forget the look on that man's face.

[@kodingkrusader2765]

Good Morning sergeant major

[@ozsmoke420]

Koding Krusader “How do u know what kinda god damn day it is”?

[@Stryker_Cade]

You guys have to throw “The Hunted” in the next one.

[@kershaw1450]

love that movie lol

[@zmanistheman812]

I LOVE the escape goat shirt, I wore it to school and even the principle liked it

[@zaydenmonroe8826]

Major Payne what I grew up on and brought many memories thank you so much

[@chriscook8076]

The Boys in Company C. Another R. Lee Ermey classic. The only movie I know of where you can go to Vietnam and play Soccer in the Marines.

[@claytonpegram8868]

You should have Mat on every episode. Honestly he's the funniest out of the bunch

[@NoName-mk4wv]

The foot locker scene still gives me chills. Left my locker open once.....never again.

[@tdb4763]

These guys have great chemistry. I was always curious of the accuracy of heartbreak ridge. Thanks guys!!!

[@mullittmustang256]

If you wanna see how much of a legend Logan Stark is look up “for the 25” that’s posted by him, absolute badasses to still look at life as positive as they still do

[@tdb4763]

@@mullittmustang256 thank you sir. I appreciate the time you took out of your day for me. People say I should not idolize veterans but some how I'm drawn to how they come out on the other side of adversity that most of us would break under. The sharpest steel is forged during the hottest fires of adversity

[@balderdash7805]

FIFTY SHADES OF SEMPER-FI!!! Best line in this whole video.

[@sandspar]

Siege of Firebase Gloria " INCOMING!!! ", falling asleep on guard duty, Nardo's .357 moment

[@ferociousfil5747]

They stole the 50 fucking cal!

[@charlesshelton7989]

"Vicariously live through their service from ten years ago". *Sobs in Fireball and Diet Pepsi

[@nunya6874]

Sam Elliot as Seregant Major Basil Plumley In “We Were Soldiers Once and Young”. EPIC

[@djay6651]

That was Army though.

[@nunya6874]

DavidSixSixFive yup. Air Cav legend. What I was suggesting is that they do a “veterans react” on that movie and Sam Elliot playing Plumley in particular

[@woodrowwaters5693]

Fun fact the Marine corps was created because some dude and his homies got drunk in a bar and wanted to create their own version of the Army

[@raymondhamill270]

Did it have Black Jack and Hookers?

[@masterchief3648]

@@raymondhamill270 that's how I would imagine it

[@MatthewDurden]

It was a gay bar.

[@JoshCreepa]

Matthew Durden no that is how the Navy was created.

[@mikegreck2625]

yeah full of army hooahs..so they started a real branch

[@outabeat]

Fun fact: My friend was an extra in the Heartbreak Ridge water-fight scene... He was an active Marine at Pendelton during those years. Damn he has some great stories.

[@Guccithelittlecat]

Great video ! congrats from Brazil !

[@TwoCiggyStory]

4:44 my dad still has a scar from when he got an earring ripped out (mid 80s I think).

[@steverutkowski8416]

LMFAO love the book signing in crayon! USMC 84-93 you guys are the best, no pun intended

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

Right on!! Thanks for putting in the time, friend

[@sfdanceron1]

An old classic that should be reviewed: The D.I. with Jack Webb.

[@josiahriojas2593]

I love that ending!

[@maxcullen3427]

Great ethic’s BRCC has love how u back troops respect from England lad

[@cOr3t3ecks]

Here's one for ya: "Battle Los Angeles" with Aaron Eckhart. A what if scenario

[@sharpie9712]

No one: Matt: We had to serve our country and we are super tired. Classic!

[@johnnyzeee5215]

Kubrick did 4 military themed films. 1957 - Paths of Glory, World War 1; 1964 - Dr. Strangelove, US Air Force; 1975 - Barry Lyndon, 18th Century British, and Full Metal Jacket.

[@charlesmegal5235]

I really loved the comment about the "mouth breather" in basic. I laughed my ass off.

[@JayKayKay7]

Stripes: "I want some more Army training."

[@thecman26]

Lighten up Francis

[@Nosferata138]

My dad was a drill Sgt during Vietnam. He took two tours. I remember him watching full metal jacket, old John Wayne ones (Iwo Jima,etc) and he checked out Platoon when it came out. The only ones he would let me watch were the John Wayne ones. The other ones were too "adult" for my young brain. Best man I ever met, semper fi!

[@criscolgan5546]

The dragon commercial got sooooooo many mother fuckers!!!!

[@joshuabowles34]

One thing that people don't realize, when 'The sands if Iwo Jime' came out, Congress was looking at absorbing the Marines back into the navy. That movie was a major factor in saving the Corps.

[@paddler494]

Full Metal Jacket was just like my boot camp. All of those seens and different characters. The things they said and did were exact.

[@tcm844]

"Thank you for my service" great book. Got the audible version.

[@TheRealtree2]

Platoon either the scene where Defoe gets shot about 100 times and lives or the pot scene.

[@Duke00x]

Fun Fact: The reason gunny makes such a good drill sergeant is because he was one. In fact that is how he got the part in full metal jacket. He was on set as an adviser. And while demonstrating it for everyone (to show the actor that had the part how to do it) the director saw how he looked on camera (he had been watching him do it in person but after the third or fourth time had a look at it through the camera and was like "this is what I have been looking for") and gave him the part and thus his acting career was born.

[@gcm747]

‘We had to serve our country so we’re tired’. If that wasn’t scripted before hand then that’s one of the best Veteran one-liners I’ve ever heard. Bravo to you Mat, bravo.

[@MrLandslide84]

How about a WHOLE FMJ episode? Skipping the eh parts. You three are perfect for it. I'd watch it live even.

[@andrewbolen7059]

You should check out “the last castle”. General goes to jail, makes them act like soldiers again... over throws prison guards

[@howlingbreeze7078]

was an awesome movie

[@AKingInYellow]

You NEED to make Fifty Shades of Semper Fi, then the sequel Even Shadier, then the trilogy capstone for the inevitable saga - Deployment.

[@andrewadams20]

Mat, Marine veteran here, got super excited when you said you'd sign your book with a crayon, better be purple though. They taste the Best!

[@shadewulf]

I was an 0313 and Camp Talega was where we were based out of!! 4th LAR Alpha & H&S Co! Heartbreak Ridge was filmed mostly in the Quonset huts, in the river bed and surrounding hills!

[@m2hmghb]

I miss Gunny, he was one of the good ones.

[@michaelhansen2818]

One of the best.

[@XianKai]

He was awesome.

[@davidc8077]

Yeah, at ease Gunny, Semper Fi!

[@AKAScooter]

Mat, your face when they were debating the donut issue, it was priceless!

[@teamstr259]

12:50 I listened to it on Audible. Personally i really like the fact that Matt narrates it himself. 👍 Highly Recommend it.

[@cayminlast]

The stuff they put in the coffee during basics...."Blue Stone".

[@Stefan-eg7fn]

In no particular order: Stripes, Kelly's Heroes, Taps, We Were Soldiers, and The Deer Hunter.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Stefan love Kelly’s heroes the only WW2 film set in the 60s.

[@lokiwartooth1138]

Marine corps gets hand me downs and still smashes everything in the ao.

[@USN1985dos]

Didn't they literally just finish outfitting all of their infantry with brand new H&K rifles? Plus aren't they the sole user of the AH-1Z attack helicopters, and the CH-53 and CH-46 transport helos, as well as the sole American user of the F-35B? Plus, even their POGs get ACOGs. That "hand me down" claim is a myth, those fuckers are rolling in gucci gear.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

@@USN1985dos, YES on all the above. Someone is thinking of the NG units

[@guywilloughby3383]

Try being a british soldier or royal marine,we get fuck all

[@mulisha0351]

@@TheRoadhammer379 dude i was using a mine detector from.vietnam in iraq to check for ieds... the only thing we ever got brand new was the M16A4. Hell even my flak jacket was defective and they didnt tell me about until after i came back from Afghanistan. Little did i know i wore that bastard for 9 months and it would have done me no good..

[@NotDecided420]

@@mulisha0351 I bet it was hot as shit in that thing as well wasn't it? Wouldn't have stopped a bit of gravel kicked up by a donkey, but you probably wore that thing like your life depended on it every day...... because it did! What assholes! Can you sue them for that shit? Or are you just glad to be alive?

[@masonhoffman8991]

A couple months ago I first watched heartbreak ridge. Great movie for a 12 year old. Amazing actor too. That’s where I went to school too

[@darthrevan-]

My grandfather who served in ww2 loves your guys videos hes 100 now he went into the army right after pearl harbor happened and he served throughout the whole war

[@christopherkinder431]

Guys are great and you living a awesome life, congrats guys, you earned it.

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

Now YOU live an awesome life!

[@johnblack1202]

Vetrans react to Range 15

[@atlemacks]

Hahahahaha, are they supposed to act like some doppelgangers played them?

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

@@atlemacks "Who the hell is this guy?? Who taught him to act?!"

[@michaellefort6128]

I'm sorry, I couldn't get through twenty minutes of Range 15. That shit was painful to watch.

[@sokandueler9578]

I legit died at “50 shades of semper-fi” I’m still crying 😂😂😂

[@MrGp3po]

My Basic was at Ft. Polk summer 1975. Those drill sergeants were seasoned and many battle hardened, and totally scary.

[@nafisbernafas9073]

*Look at that stack* "What, the dude or his awards?" Lol, awesome video

[@katarn0329]

Clint eastwood and R Lee Ermy are real life Vets.

[@blakebridges1030]

When was Clint Eastwood in the military?

[@georgevillalobos8441]

@@blakebridges1030 drafted into the army in the 1950s, but never left the states

[@blakebridges1030]

@@georgevillalobos8441 ok, thanks.

[@codysheffield6902]

Eastwood was in the army and stayed in the US for all of his survice and Ermy was in the USMC if i remember correctly

[@JosephDawson1986]

Clint Eastwood was a lifeguard in the USArmy. Not sure off hand where he was posted but he was a trained life guard on base.

[@kpace985]

I would buy a DVD of these guys doing commentary on full length movies.

[@amandahirschfeld7382]

Heart Break Ridge one of my favorite movies,Clint was so good. R.Lee Ermey is bad ass and Full Metal Jacket was awesome. Marines❤❤❤❤

[@charlesbroadway6864]

You guys ROCK 2 years brcc membership.

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

Hell yeah!

[@robertmcdonnell4623]

Fun fact: I refer to that angry looking face as "Resting Murder Face." Also, those guys are so tired they must be retired. ...I will see myself to the door.

[@Eddy_Del_Lobo]

You guys are such nerds....never ever change 🙏

[@brianwynn4968]

One of my instructors, Sensei Harden actually brought myself and several of my classmates to Parris Island for a couple of days to train cadets in the MCMAPS program. It was a GREAT experience to tour the camp and then train with the cadets. We trained with them In our particular system of Urban Kenpo Martial Arts for about two hours, and it was a REALLY interesting scene to watch nearly ALL of them come back and train with us more rather than go to lunch. Good times.

[@MAG_4]

The amount of effort that went into "Fifty Shades of Semper Fi." I love it! I mean uh, yeah uh, cool.

[@bobross5233]

The punisher,American Sniper, and Lone Survivor

[@dogma427]

I remember when I went through boot I didn’t get morning wood until the last week we were there

[@ryanadams9872]

Kellys hero’s a Clint Eastwood movie about a group of American soldiers going behind enemy lines to take gold from a bank