Conquering A Terrorist Stronghold: Inside Operation Viking Hammer

[@bmcg5296]

These ordinary men with a few American soldiers having the right knowledge and understand the limits of their equipment was a remarkable feat. Beating. Dug in well defended enemy wouldn’t have been possible without muzzle and aircraft help. That’s your combined arms operation in perfect step with one another. Each Green Beret should have been given a bronze star at least for heroism. Fight in an enemy country so deep inside, no help could come for any of them had they been wounded or incapacitated or death. This alone would be nerve wrecking knowing death could happen here with only local fighters with courage in abundance. This shows the training helps calm the nerves that kicks in when the heat was in without any wounded American is remarkable in a tough spot.

[@prithwijitkb4305]

There is no ordinary men or women in Iraq-Syrian Kurdistan .......Just Google Kurdish Peshmerga or YPG you'll get your answer ...... We knw only a basic law "Survival of the fittest"... We've faced Saddam's Republican Guards, Turkish Airstrikes , Syrian Army and later daesh (ISIS) with the help of US air-cover .......

[@franciscorodriguez2056]

Thats the best video ive ever watched thank you for that you have all my support im a veteran too ive been there before too

[@YoungScarfo_TV]

Narrator made me subscribe 🔥

[@sunflowerbadger]

The soundtrack on this is banging. Makes me want to revisit the 90's 😂

[@Edithandle12398]

No overwhelming background audio, the meaningful pauses (thanks, edit) striking visuals. Makes for an educational and entertaining video. Oh and awesome VO too

[@Rryyynn]

Love this stuff, and the same brilliant commentator .

[@Evocati-Augusti]

The day before the 101st Airbourne were supposed to take off from Turkey Airbases, i was shown on a early map, the Turks changed their mind, thats why if you look at the war map we only came from the south, we didn't have assets in the North but ones that were there before the war, I was told they spent 24 hours painting Humvees into Red Cross vehicles to get over the border...the enemy saw that , insurgents started pour over the Syrian border...we had no operation control in the North, we just had the Kurds, that why it was called Operation Northern "Delay "which occurred on 26 March 2003 ,It involved dropping 1,000 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade into Northern Iraq.

[@ligaya.concepcion2586]

God bless and praying for the safety of everyone 🙏

[@GDan-qf7tg]

Top stuff, I am glad I found this video

[@JimmyGabriel-us4sw]

Blessed are the Peace makers for they are the children of God.

[@MikeWoot-swp]

Viking Hammer & this spec ops coverage was exclusive & excellent for its time. I believe this was covered in Maxim magazine as well. Maxim & Playboy were the OG social media platforms, with large sections interacting with their subs. (Even know all answers, info & updates would be at least 1 month old by the time we received the next magazine in the mail. Can u imagine? 😂 ) But military coverage was common at that time. So that hyped this mission up even more. If u have not seen this episode, then Enjoy bro, i won't spoil it. *Go Army 🇺🇸 & allied forces 🌎*

[@allanreysambu9721]

Col Peri Duro- Men of courage and determination Proud be a product of Philippine Army Special Forces Regiment Airborne .

[@StevenWalkey]

Max respect to The Green Berets and especially The Rangers, who I know to be Men of Honour. God Bless Y'all.

[@thomasmetzger9234]

THANKS BRO FROM A PROUD ARMY COMBAT VETERAN 1ST BTL 16TH RANGERS 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION THE BIG RED ONE. MECH CHARLIE BANDITO

[@CaptainHi-Top-w5q]

spend more of that time and effort helping the veterans & families at home.

[@luism.5999]

The videos spread awareness. Just enough to keep us fed.

[@Everythingallthetime666]

GN trains so well, they train all over the world, training someof the most productive indigenous units to over come great odds, but they rarely engage enemies with said indigenous trained units.

[@johnscottjardine7640]

My thanks for posting. Very interesting presentation

[@MB-cm6zn]

this story should in the new call of duty black ops 6

[@davecooke7868]

All that fire power the U.S. has and lost in Vietnam lost in Afghanistan and these people didn’t have planes dropping bombs or helicopters shooting rockets and 50 cal. bullets but they did have many many fighters who wouldn’t quit.

[@stevenfletcher1700]

You mean the fighters that sent kids,women, and pregnant women as suicide bombers, hid and fought inside the mosque. Which the U.S. soldiers knew they couldn't. I assuming until they know for sure the were shooting from them.

[@tobyihli9470]

My dad was a Green Beret in Vietnam. Funny how similar the roles are, even though one was a desert and one was a jungle.

[@bryanbrewer4272]

Still a Green Beret no matter the place.......

[@jayblemsin4226]

Some things don’t change. The USA will always need the brave green berets.

[@teawaruaedwards274]

Same mantras. ADAPT TO OVERCOME . AUDACITY and TACTICS.

[@heavymuchenje1844]

The narrator is genius

[@diabolical6851]

The narrator's voice is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MrWheezyE420]

The acting and the fake gun sound overlays sure are something else in this documentary. They make every gun , that isn't actual footage, sound like a peashooter. The Barrett scene is particularly funny.

[@geraldhagen2989]

Interesting that none of these extraordinary fighters have Hollywood appearances and boastfulness. Men one would never expect to be so brave.

[@PeterAare]

That's why SF calls themselves "the quiet professionals." A moniker that has been copied by other special operations units. Another spec op organization, which will not be named, would have acted in cheesy movies, made beefcake calendars, and argued among themselves about who shot who and who killed who. Anybody got a Budweiser?

[@FunnyArcticFox-eg3sh]

..thats for seals and jews

[@hansolehansen7166]

What is a Viking hammer? (Thor's Hammer) In Norse mythology, Thor is the god of thunder and his hammer (called Mjölnir) has the power of lightning. During the era of Viking ascendancy, miniature Thor's Hammers were often used as religious amulets. Today, the Hammer is a major symbol for those who follow neo-Norse religions such as Asatru.

[@kenyanhodophile]

The narrator ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@millielovedonuts7158]

👍 up Wonder damn good documentary!

[@longtabsigo]

I was in Class 3-85, we started with just shy of 250 studs, 13 of us graduated 7 months later. Interesting aside, I served with (now LtGen Tovo) then CPT Tovo in 1991…good times. The best part of this video? The little things like the black fleece tops shown were accurate, we called them Enduring Freedom Varsity Jackets. I disagree with the statement that we didn’t view the Peshmerga as professional soldiers, everyone I knew felt that we were grateful for them being on our side.

[@gooner72]

Considering SF's units, both British and American, are tiny compared to regular forces, they are huge force multipliers......... when these lads are on your case, you might as well give up!! 🇬🇧🇺🇸✌️

[@JeffersonKwoadjoe-gbo-if8wx]

The voice of this narrator is superp

[@liamlynch2115]

With maturity comes the realization that “terrorist” is a highly subjective term.

[@mason3024]

Awesome op

[@TheoBradley]

Iraq was hell on earth...we lost soldiers

[@BrianHamilton-zv6on]

Your soldiers should never have been there the invasion was based on lies there was no weapons of mass destruction

[@FarmerDrew]

Protip: Get ya self a Jamsheed Rocket Gawd

[@rosekay5031]

I can understand the Kurdish soldiers hesitation in trusting the USA forces, like all(?) large nations, help comes when it helps the large nation's agenda

[@AjitAdonisManilal]

Wait wait are we talking chemical weapons or "chemical weapons" like Saddam supposedly had?

[@Vastindice]

Saddam did use chemical weapons on villages. But because of American media. They knew we were going to invade Iraq. And then t gave Saddam plenty of time to move those chemical weapons, or sell them without us knowing. It would be easy to hide chemical weapons. There’s plenty of dessert in Iraq. All they had to do was take small truck loads in hundreds of different directions and bury them. We were monitoring large movements of trucks, and military forces. Not smaller groups. Over the years we have found weapons all over Iraq. Small caches of chemical weapons. All over Iraq in underground areas the U.S. never knew existed until they were found.

[@walterperry4565]

Freedom of the Kurds

[@MostIntelligentMan]

lol just little school kid level ricin lab, btw ricin needs to get into blood trough piercing or food to be deadly, so its definetly not some sort of mass weapon at all, it is useful only in assesinations james bond style...

[@botbeamer]

red indians also had wmds

[@junkyard118]

They ate those beans and let out deadly farths!

[@WeeJasperVetClinic]

This is why Op Redwings should have been Green Berets, not SEALS.

[@johntimlin6664]

They weren't waering the SF emblem or unit shield, actually they would be in the indigenous clothes

[@Undefeandable]

Yes they think they are brave like dogs going after one indigenous person

[@mcduvall2000]

The fire coming out of the barrels looks sooooo bad. Like something from south park lol.

[@colinvannurden3090]

Lol, the Kurds are a 'warrior culture' and Talibani was pussing out without the six green berets reassurance lol. Pretty tough.

[@jayblemsin4226]

Haha yeah I love how they always talk up the Kurdish warriors. They haven’t done jack on their own

[@SALADIN..]

The islamist were kurds too that's why they were pussing out ansar al islam is a kurdish jihadist group with a fierce reputation everyone here knows about them they still operate in syria rn only locals knows how they are

[@davorjug]

At 8.33 you can see the American geography intel at work. 😂

[@AnthonyWhitehead-eu4pq]

greg are you a real OG ? and futher i was just wondering if that manly jet black hear is all your own or if you decided you look better..more youthful even using a proprietry hair die such as just for men either way you look super for a man of that age ....well done greg

[@FunnyArcticFox-eg3sh]

God doesnt like the gae

[@Flyingscotsman93]

Green beret or Rangers who's the elite are they around tier 2. Not from the USA from Scotland ,i love the ballad ,the Royal Marines and the Parachute Regiment are they around the same tier .

[@Zamotak]

The tier system isint really an official thing. But green berets and rangers would be considered "tier 2". The mission sets are different. Green berets a highly skilled in Forgien internal Defense or teaching gureillas or fighters In different countries how to wage unconventional warfare. They are also highly skilled in direct action raids. There bread and butter is small 12 man teams called ODAs and they insert themselves with the local indigenous. They all can speak a second language and sometimes multiple languages. The Rangers on the other hand are still part of the U.S Army. They are the U.S Army's premier raid unit. If you need a town/village, airfield, etc taken with absolute speed and violence of action you call the Rangers. They roll in with a large group of Soilders and meet the enemy with complete force. They are kinda like the sledge hammer of the U.S Military.

[@thomasmetzger9234]

​@@Zamotak THANKS FOR THE RECOGNITION. FROM A PROUD ARMY COMBAT VETERAN CO C 1ST BTL 16TH RANGERS. 1ST INF DIVISION. MECH CHARLIE BANDITO

[@ODA-OPerator]

1.Whats sad is that the organization that are supposedly religious but in reality theyre doing things that are a sin in every book no matter the religion!! 2.These young men and women that are in these organizations,many of them are very talented and if they would have done the right things they could have been some of the best fighters and medics rather then doing illegal and morally wrong things

[@Leo_Pard_A4]

Grow up, kid.

[@AjitAdonisManilal]

Meanwhile who is invading their country forcing them to? This is like someone who ab__es their wife saying it's their fault for fighting back. Let's be honest the only reason anyone was there was to line Northrop', Halliburton etc's pockets and the pockets of big oil. We failed to find WMDs (which btw all the news channels went along with) and i extremely doubt these people had what they're accused of having because of the desperate need to justify the invasion. I remain extremely cynical.

[@ODA-OPerator]

@Leo_Pard_A4 just looked at your profile and EVERY single comment you have on this channel is negative!! I THINK YOU NEED TO GET HELP KID

[@Birdylockso]

Was this operation made into a movie where the actors rode on horses to fight in the scenes? I remember seeing something like that, but forgot the name of the film.

[@Serontoninoe]

I think you’re thinking of 12 strong, that’s the movie about some of the first guys that went into the Middle East after 9/11

[@kwhatten]

12 Strong. Documented SF involvement with Northern Alliance in northern Afghanistan.

[@sapperj569]

How about what year is this? Tip of the spear, OVH oif/what? What’s the patch?

[@arbanni1]

2003 OIF

[@finalfrontierxxxl1518]

spec ops = no helmets if you think about it to conceal self those black touques (knitted caps) though. They don't engage in fights that would draw artillery fire.

[@finalfrontierxxxl1518]

basically they don't dig in or do show of force/patrol type operations.

[@finalfrontierxxxl1518]

regular army = carry as much gear as you can't carry. spec ops = be light on your feet.

[@bakendo6586]

I love how some of the guns are just wrong

[@sarelras4103]

Greeb berets forces i have respect and similar special forces

[@abhishekbarua360]

I respect the comrodary between the two allies...one is an old school guerilla fighters & on the other side its the green berret.

[@Mike1974P]

It's such a stale mate they both hate each other with passion....thats the hurdle..unfortunately

[@paulbenoit4543]

Is any of the footage real

[@DanialCTG]

Jalal talabany 💚

[@kamalgunasinghe8733]

❤❤❤

[@Zoe-c9z]

WONDER HAMETZ

[@valleygrown_dieseltech3444]

Is this what 12 strong is based on?

[@zulutgseta8276]

Hi baby 😚. Is viking and thor are same or difference ?.. (All of your videos are peach by the way 😚)

[@finalfrontierxxxl1518]

when you realize these were just re-enactments

[@edwinsalau150]

Wondering how fluent the green berets are in the Russian language? Just thinking.

[@SandraColson-rn6ul]

Easter sunday a biblical day you mention a green beria thats great because the green beria Nicaragua is the soldier Hollywood Duncan was almost court Marshall over thanks brother it is a simple return not a hostel retrieve

[@arslanarslan5527]

Iraq zindabad

[@Michael-w9m8v]

Stacey Nash isn't Stacey Keebler. 🎉

[@GrendelMTL]

If you make a documentary about it, Is it still a "Black Op"? 🧐

[@dkkuhn87]

Common terminology. Nothing worth losing sleep over 😂

[@ShahWirana]

more like gray....or monochrome, if there were gays involved, definitely rainbow

[@AjitAdonisManilal]

It is, i mean look at others like it, Bay of Pigs, Iran Contra, we know about those now and they made documentaries about them.

[@MikeMarley-r9s]

Look to Obama for the Alkida connection.

[@larryfulkerson4505]

Superman didn't make it through the process.

[@KeithRanker]

Why is the journalist repeating what the male narrator says?

[@mredmister3014]

When fighting wars was fun. Now it’s a bore.

[@quintanmosoro1773]

12 strong

[@jmcaspurn]

21:14 when did Iraq move to Malaysia? 😂

[@odemaj8605]

This was hilarious A.F,the fact it was focused more on the humor amongst both the berets and warriors made this have a more WE ARE ONE tone or feeling to it. There are evil americans and evil arabs, doesn't mean we cannot work together or totally be dismissive

[@ulflyng]

Interesting, but the music....🙄

[@arslanarslan5527]

Islam zindabad

[@chrissutton6034]

Sargat ,,how does she keep saying sargot 😂😂

[@djexitkenya881]

Narrator Alisdair simpson

[@ronaldwhite1730]

thank you . ( 2024 / Sept / 23 )

[@newcovenantbeliever4328]

James kayawlab

[@williamcarr1303]

19:35 What ya call them if they come in a bag??!! 🤭

[@karloyu3484]

👍💙

[@markcostello4844]

google there is no more

[@YvonneChandler-n8o]

I get 0:02 5:29

[@overcoming-midlife-stress]

which fight was easy by the way

[@mkde12345]

the terrorists were the foriegn invaders

[@IsraeliMediaMirror]

100%

[@dhodheyasio13599]

I dont believe the sl guida was bomb the destroyer in yemen.i believe the houti rebel was bomb that ship..

[@joelkharkongor8305]

How about Sahil he had duped 75 cr. what I heard but no reports as yet...he is a big time scammer beware

[@moosehead4497]

When you compare these guys to the current war In Russia and ukraine. The level of threat and combat from BOTH sides puts the US to shame. The US looks like a bunch of 1st graders beating up on preschoolers

[@Undefeandable]

Well said

[@Leo_Pard_A4]

A moose head comes with a moose brain.

[@jessehachey2732]

@@Leo_Pard_A4Seek help ffs! You must be terribly miserable, zero intellect and zero anything positive to say about anything. Sad! 🙄

[@stevenfletcher1700]

And still yet not one country on this earth has the balls to attack us here.

[@LubabaloSimanga]

New movie

[@Irfan88-x1j]

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[@Irfan88-x1j]

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[@arbanni1]

No disrespect to their fighting skills, but seriously, they couldn't grow some facial hair before arriving? Today, that is a no brainer. Also, pretty sure the Blue Angels were not part of the F18 strike package (26:28).

[@davidbonas8262]

7:30 the Lt Col loks like a clown WTF is that beret all about??

[@Leo_Pard_A4]

Not about looks.

[@jessehachey2732]

Re-enacted, clearly didn’t have military consultants that paid very much attention to those details unfortunately! Us military types know better, you’re right. A colonel would have a decently formed beret! 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Gunshy55]

Check your "Geography", 8:34, the map shows that Iraq is in Malaysia or close to Thailand! Get some smart people on your team!!!!!

[@crocodiledundee8685]

19:35 they say the Islamists use heavy calibre Dushku machine guns but show a WW2 Vickers gun instead 😂

[@knottyash9908]

Good eye. I was thinking a much older maxim machine gun that was used by all of Europe in ww1.

[@sacha-p7v]

8:33 Bro WTF LMAO this has to be a joke right?

[@Serf_tum]

hasbara

[@ronalddechosa3048]

Looks like netflix movie,🏆⭐⭐⭐💐new sbscriber,

[@domelyzas]

first

[@simabima4633]

Mc hammer pans😅😅😅

[@Unbowedopinion]

Islam , dark history etc

[@ferdinandgilbers1994]

Martinez Patricia Jones Deborah Jackson Jessica

[@NeoMLBB]

you still beleive in the chemical weapons lie?

[@lebonsimon1269]

Where’s the weapons of mass destruction?