Same here in the 80's I was assigned to the 2d ID DIV camp Hovey 1-38th Inf Bn we trained with the ROK Army these guys are tough well-disciplined highly trained soldiers. Respect for the ROK Army.
eddie saninocencio I was a Marine from 1967 to 71, when ROK Marines served in Vietnam. My drill instructor at Parris Island, had stories that would give you nightmares. Let’s just say that they did not abide by the Geneva Convention when they swept through a village. I later took Tae Kwon Do after hearing that they were all black belts and practiced while in the field. I never got that good at it though.
8:25 "올라가 올라가 올라가!" "간다!" Go up go up go up! Going! 8:29 "XX야(?) 계단 올라가자." XX(probably calling a guy, hard to hear), let's go up the stairs. 8:31 "야 계단 누르러 가" (Interrupted by gunshot? Also hard to hear) Hey go XX the stair 8:35 "대기해, 계단 밑에 대기해" Wait, down stairs, wait. 8:51 "아이 잠깐 잠깐 잠깐!" (Panicked crewman, putting his hands up)"Whoa wait wait wait!" I feel very honored for channel like this to showcase my country's brave soldiers.
7:26 올라와 come up 7:37 올라와 come up 8:26 올라가 go up! 올라가!올라가! 8:27 간다 (me) go 8:30 계단 올라가자 let's go up stairway 8:31 계단 뒤로 올라가 go up from back stairway 8:36 대기해! 계단 밑에 대기해 wait! under stairway 8:51 no Korean words, perhaps Somalian. Freeze!!! Hands up!!! ????
ROK soldiers are arguably among the best in contemporary history. They are fearless, courageous, dedicated, industrious and most of all... honorable. We served with a contingent of them in combat and they will forever hold a place of honor in our memories. I, personally, miss working along side them.
Mostly because the Republic of Korea was underdeveloped at the time. We had outdated IJA doctrines, outdated equipment and training, as well as little to no good commanders, so it's not that hard to guess how horribly we've done in the first third of the war. It was only after the US 'Koreanized' the ROK troops in which we performed much better in the later stages of the war, that was the start of our boost to becoming one of the better armies throughout the world.
@@dabo5078 eh, you should look up Kim Young Oak, US army Hall of Fame, and the pilots that did some crazy aviation battles to destroy strategic locations.
I would agree with everything except the honorable part. Imperial japanese army claimed honor and they were inhuman. Rok forces in viet committed several war crimes incidents. They were soldier put in a shitty situation because ROk needed to modernize and US promised equipment and industrial loans in exchange for 300,000 soldiers in country. Soldiers were the least evil in this exchange
In 1969 I was in a US Army helicopter unit at the Nha Trang Airbase. We had no regular US Army to defend our support military units in the Nha Trang area (about 12,000 men). But we felt very safe because the ROK White Horse Division was assigned to provide ground defensive units in and around the Nha Trang area. In the Tet Offensive of 1968 (an invasion by the NVA and Viet Cong) rushed into the City of Nha Trang to capture the train station, radio station, and a few other key points. Within 3 days the ROK recaptured all those key points and killed over 300 bad guys as well. The ROK is one of the best-trained group of soldiers in the world.
Think Brother of my grandpa migh've ben there too as a rifleman in the company (White Horse Div.), 3 or 4 months after he was stationed to the division from the boot camp, the entire unit was deployed to Vietnam. He survived and still alive with a severe PTSD.
As an incentive to urge the reluctant US to sign the US-ROK Defense Treaty in the aftermath of the Korean War, Syngman Rhee offered John Foster Dulles to put in "mutual" clause, saying "We Koreans are not free-riders; we will help you, the US, every way we could in your effort to bring peace to greater Asia." Dulles did not think much of the offer coming from the head of a war-torn nation. However, ironically, it was the US, not the ROK, who became the first beneficiary of the "mutual" clause of the treaty: Vietnam War.
@Fess 007 Maybe she moved to the US since South Korea back when it started wasn't always vibrant cities. North Korea at first had standards of living better than South Korea. It eventually went downhill and went further downhill when the Soviet Union dissolved in the 90s.
A few years ago I had the honor of meeting a ROK SEAL's commander (retd.) here in Hawaii. It's quite possible he was in command during the Gulf of Aden action. On vacation with his wife, he was wearing a Trident on his baseball cap. At first I thought it was another case of "stolen valor" which is particularly prevalent overseas. But we had exchanged contact info. & 1 week later I received an email thanking me for inviting them to ride along to the summit of Mauna Kea. They only had a rental car & the trip requires 4x4. Attached was a photo of him reviewing one of his teams. The fact I was initially skeptical makes me all the more angry at real Stolen Valor asshats.
That was very nice of you to give them a ride up the hill. The RAC companies don't let you go up Saddle Rd. either. Good thing he was retired. I could see him bringing a team up there for a short run to the top (Heh).
I like the fact that after killing 2 pirates with Lynx gunfire and making the others aboard jump into the water, there is no report of any rescue operations to get the other pirates out of the water. Knowing Koreans, they just sailed off. Maybe someone even waved good bye.
Because there are people like James Patterson the commentator. They will shout racism and oppression of the poor everytime someone wants to deal with these pirates. Only way they'll dolisappear is if Somalia itself stops them or a neighboring african countrt does so. You can't shout racism if they are both the same color.
I mean governments would have to do something. If a country with a decent military lost an entire oil freighter to pirates, it would make their military power look weak and their people would approve of their government a lot less.
I would like to express my respect for all those who contributed to Operation Adenman Dawn and my appreciation and greatness that I cannot express in words. A hero can be anyone, but also no one can have the courage easily. Thank you.
Ironic Leftist/Socialism/Marxism responsible for more deaths & mayhem in the last century & yet still an insidious cancer. Material disarmament/thought disarmament. Nothing is by chance.
Ed, respectfully I loath conservatism (but not conservative induviduals) and everything conservativism stands for. No true libertarian could ever support conservatism. I don't much care for liberals either but liberal values are more easier to stomach than conservative ideology. TH-cam doesn't oppose conservative values Ed. I believe they oppose libertarian values because they are a danger to the status quo. I wonder if folks know there's a huge difference between conservatism and libertarianism.
I just read more about this operation. It's an extremely hard op to pull off as the target structure is in the middle of sea, adding extra layers of complexities and uncertainties compared to a building, airplane, and bus hostage situation that are on the ground and static when rushed (not to say these are easy in anyway). This could've gone wrong or bad in so many ways. It's remarkable what they pulled off.
In 1970 I had the honor of serving with 22 soldiers of the ROK White Horse Division in VN. I spoke no Korean and only one of my Sgts spoke little English. In a 1 day I had them all rappel qualified from a huey. 2 days of air cav tactics and we were ready to go. What an amazing bunch of soldiers. We had many insertions, and recovered several caches of arms, and Chinese propaganda.
I was stationed in Vietnam back in 69 69 to 70 and we had an ROK company bass camped there I used to walk past the building and I would hear these soldiers in there hollering I stopped in one night just to see what it was and they were all practicing Taekwondo I asked if I could join and the sensei so sure no problem I stayed there about a month and realize that everyone in the class was so far Advanced past me I could never catch up but I was thoroughly impressed with what badasses those boys were
I remember well living in Aden from 1958-1960 when my father was posted there, he was a surgeon in the RAF. Many happy memories swimming in the sea every day.
As the Filipino were strongly congratutalates the ROK soldiers were extremely strongly captured the pirates and no casualties from the ROK, that was the perfect operations.
ROK special forces are one of the most under rated special forces in the world. They show no quarters, no mercy and humanity rules don’t apply to them if you are their adversaries. If you think Gurkhas are fearless, the ROK special forces are insane.
Only civie kids "rate" special forces. Nobody in the international special forces community gives a damn about ratings or tiers. There are alot of capable special forces out there and you won´t know much about their capability as many of them follow a "no publicity" policy. Its paradox but the better they do their job the less you usually will notice them. Its always the SFs that get rated up by the internet kids that - wanted or unwanted - gained media attention.
@@mgt5126 Yeah. It is kind of pointless. More or less all western (jn a wide sense, including Japan, SK, Australia, Israel etc) militaries/national police forces have excellent special forces. It dosen't matter if it's Delta Force, FBI HRT, GIGN, GSG9, SAS, Norways FSK, Swedens SOG, Sayeret Matkal, Japan's SFG and so on. They vary in scope and resources (US special forces will have far more available support than say Norwegian) but most of them are more or less modelled after each other (military SF often have a wider scope of capabilites than police SF tough) and train with each other. They attract the same kind of people and have similar training programs. Every single one of them would make short work of untrained somali pirates.
I recently came across your channel - amazing content! I haven't come across anything even remotely as well informed about SF operations as this anywhere, TH-cam or elsewhere! And no, not repetitive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROK UDT/SEALs are essentially a korean equivalent of US Navy SEALs as both have the same entry requirements SQT+BUDS. Some of the korean SEALs get sent over to go through the US Navy seal pipeline before returning home for duty. They are legit.
@@purplefabian still 2010 not 1960. Vietnam has better quality video. 10 years ago my doorbell had a better quality video. Trillion dollar military budget?
The tanker's captain took several sergeries, not just 5 hours. He took just emergency surgery and transfferd to South Korea than got serveral times of more surgeries because the ROKN ship and CTF 151 naval base had not sufficient medical facilities. He took more than a month to get fully recoverd
the ROKN ship and Naval Base had the facilities, but it was requested that he be given preventive care first and the surgeries after should be in Korea.
They actually named of their destroyer as Yi Sun-sin... Fun fact: The name Yi Sun-sin actually comes from the famous Admiral Yi who built the turtle ship that managed to drive the Japanese away.
@@kiwionarope the vietnam one did lol. Moronic statement. Tons of militaries are better equippes or better trained. Check america's sats in war games with other DEVELOPED nations. Very middle of the pack. The u.s military is very large but its not even the largest in the world. Not to mention, in a war against every military in earth all of your manufacturing would have to done domestically. Thats going to require most of your population very quickly, especially if your trying to mount any sort of offensive. Between that and replacing frontline casualties it would just be a matter of russia and china waiting it out. Not to mention the rest of the global population. What about all of the one off military installations all over the world? Which ones are you defending? For sure not all of them. Even with a competent president it would be impossible. 20 years of trying to consolidate the middle east and you think you could conquer the world? Fucking dumb
@@421less1 I picked my daughter up from school this week and I had to talk to her about being nice to a friend of hers who a couple of girls are picking on. Then I come here and read your comment and I think... why bother trying to teach my daughter how to treat others....when adults dont even treat eachother nicely anyway. Very sad.
@@kiwionarope so that guy declares his country could 1v1 the world, i educate him why it couldn't, and im the asshole? Sorry but if you walk around believing your country can take on the whole world you need your world veiw checked
ROK soldiers have a great history of combat bravery, sometimes going too far. Just look up the ROK units that operated in Vietnam, nicknamed "Tigers" because they were feared by the Vietnamese and at least according to books I have read they had a habit of taking trophies and leaving "warnings" for the Vietnamese. At one point the ROK has 48,000 personnel in Vietnam. A terrible war that should have never been fought, but God bless the souls that did.
Koreans didnt commit war crimes as frequently as other coalition forces. We knew exactly how to counter partisans based from our experience in Korean War, which was to kill anyone who lied after helping the partisans, while recieving all the help from Korean engineering corps. Places where Koreans eere stations had the least amount of insurgents. They didnt fuck around. 8 million civilians estimated to have died in the Korean War in the course of 3 years. 1.3 million civilians died from Vietnam war over the period of 10+ years.
Is that dog i smell? Cause im Pretty sure gaining independence to being guarded from their own brothers to being paid to join the invasive war and now paying money and men to be playground for giant powers is 🐕
Was in the 2nd US Infantry Division 1985 to 1986, at Camp Casey, South Korea. The South Korean armed forces are a tough bunch. All are experts with either Taekwondo or Hapkido. They can literally beat you to death with those martial arts. Guns or fists, these South Koreans could have killed these pirates nine ways to Sunday. Then hopped on a helicopter for a ride back to their main ship. And tossed back a bottle or two of Soju. Soju is a hard spirit, alcoholic beverage of about 70% alcohol. You drink two bottles of Soju and you better get a designated driver. Fastest way I know of to get gassed.
Modern soju varieties do not go above 20% alcohol, most commonly they sit around 12%. Historically it has been 53% when it was first distilled, although those were rare batches. perhaps you were drinking something else
@@ChEwYninetyfive : Whatever the alcohol percentage was two bottles made me loopy. By the fifth bottle I was stewed to the gills. In a coma by the tenth bottle. The other drink I often had was Makolee. A rice wine/beer, or whatever it was, that was as white as milk. When I first bought it from the store, freshly made, it was about 3% alcohol. Often left it in a refrigerator for two months to make it ferment even more. From kiddy beer to something more like Brandy in alcohol content. Wish someone made Makolee in the USA. Tried "Yut" a few times. "Yut" is Korean sake. Burned going down like a shot of sour mash whiskey from the boondocks of Tennessee. Let's just say I still can't remember what I did on some of the weekend benders that I had in wonderful, downtown Tongduchon, South Korea.
In 80s it was mininum of 20 percent to 35 percent. Quality ones are minimum 50 (served to guests) Considering the volume of the bottle back then, i'd say its kinda true
South Korea's UDT Special Cheonghae Unit rescued the Samho Jewelry (10,000 tons) in waters off the Gulf of Aden near Somalia. "I was on the scene. I had a sense of duty as a soldier." I retired a few years ago and am in a private business. This video shakes my heart
My brother was in the Marines and he trained with the SK's in mountain warfare training I believe. And he always said he would never want to fight the SK soldiers lol. Also they captured giant bugs and spiders there and made them fight while stationed there haha.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer you know why there is such a big pirate problem in the area? Big business has over fished the area, the coastal population can no longer sustain themselves on the fish. Most of those pirates are former fishermen who are just trying to survive.
Once again a great video and as always well presented. I wish you all the best with TH-cam as they seem to demonise certain channels for no logical reason. Good luck to you.
Imagine being the bad Guy on a boat that was boarded by 20 Commandos and the 4.5 hours of waiting until they finally meet you on the bridge. That must be a fun day.
As always another excellent video. Can't believe you tube are doing this to you and your channel, you will always have the support of your subscribers for your channel, your videos tell the real life history of what's been going on in the world.🇬🇧👍
Can't imagine how terrifying this must be, scaling the side of a ship in the middle of a vast ocean. What if you slip? Gone forever. It must have felt incredibly alone.
Great documentary stuff. Don’t fuck with South Korean Special Forces. Love and respect 707th Special Mission Battalion aka White Tigers (equivalent to our Delta Force) and UDT Seals (equivalent to our Seal Team 6). Greetings and respect from the USA 🇺🇸 🇰🇷
I was just looking at my Dad's Korean National Service medal and thinking way back then he could never have imagined that his son would one day marry a Korean immigrant (now Korean American). And that wouldn't have been possible without the sacrifices made by so many GI's like himself, the South Korean military and people , and all the other nationalities who worked together to fight the communists. Then he went to work for the NSA and married a German girl he met in West Berlin whose father had fought the Americans during WWII. That was my mother, and grandfather. It's a small but vastly interconnected world we live in. Bravo Zulu ROKs, I salute you!
The guy in the blue jumpsuit posing with the captain (1:08) is the pirate who shot the captain. 5 pirates were trialed in Korea, of which 4 got 12~15 years and the guy in the picture got a life sentence with the possibility of a reduced sentence/parole. With access to clean water, food and medical care the pirates actually gained around 25 pounds in prison and are being educated in English, Korean & Somali (they couldn’t read or write) to prepare them for a life after they are released. They even asked if it was possible for them to be granted Korean citizenship after release as a refugee, but that’s to be discussed in the future I guess.
@@SeoWoojin55 Can’t believe that old Berettas are still used in the unit. I thought their main sidearms were Glock or P226. Nothing against Beretta but they need to be replaced as they are out of style.
Hi buddy, another very interesting vid. Thank you for taking the time to make and share it. Very Sorry to hear about the TH-cam issue. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your channel so far, It would be a great shame if it dried up. Personally, I can’t see what their problem is. You cover Interesting subject matter in a simple, easy to follow manner, which is well thought out, well presented, articulate and has no bad language. 👏👏👏 But Many of the channels I currently watch are similarly complaining. I find it strange and hard to believe, that someone actually gave “repetitious content” as a reason when That could be said about every specific subject channel they promote. I very much hope they sort this out . GL. 👏👏👏🇬🇧👏👏👏
The arrested pirates were tried and imprisoned in Korea. The imprisoned pirates found that prison life in Korea was much better than living in their own country. They received vocational training provided by the prison and were able to save as a result. Two of the imprisoned pirates were teenagers at the time, and both applied for asylum in the South to have Korean citizenship. One chose to return home after his release from prison because he has a wife and children in his country, but he actually wanted to stay in South Korea, too. The gunman who shot the captain was only 21 years old. He was content with his life in prison, and when he met the captain again, he wept and apologized. He said he had no idea he was doing something bad, because it was for a living. However, he learned a lot while in a prison in South Korea, and when he heard that the captain was not dead, he was tremendously relieved. The captain was able to get out of PTSD after receiving his apology and forgiving him. He is currently out of prison and living in South Korea.
I trained with the South Korean Special Forces back in the early 80's and they were highly motivated, yet extremely kind and friendly.
Same here in the 80's I was assigned to the 2d ID DIV camp Hovey 1-38th Inf Bn we trained with the ROK Army these guys are tough well-disciplined highly trained soldiers. Respect for the ROK Army.
eddie saninocencio I was a Marine from 1967 to 71, when ROK Marines served in Vietnam. My drill instructor at Parris Island, had stories that would give you nightmares. Let’s just say that they did not abide by the Geneva Convention when they swept through a village. I later took Tae Kwon Do after hearing that they were all black belts and practiced while in the field. I never got that good at it though.
Same with the ROK SEAL Commander (retd) I met here in Hawaii a few years back. -On vacation with his wife. Easy going/class act.
I think all Americans should do mandatory 2 yr service like ROK esp. nowadays
infamous4141 too many spoiled kids? Lol
8:25 "올라가 올라가 올라가!" "간다!"
Go up go up go up! Going!
8:29 "XX야(?) 계단 올라가자."
XX(probably calling a guy, hard to hear), let's go up the stairs.
8:31 "야 계단 누르러 가"
(Interrupted by gunshot? Also hard to hear) Hey go XX the stair
8:35 "대기해, 계단 밑에 대기해"
Wait, down stairs, wait.
8:51 "아이 잠깐 잠깐 잠깐!"
(Panicked crewman, putting his hands up)"Whoa wait wait wait!"
I feel very honored for channel like this to showcase my country's brave soldiers.
8:31 계단 둘이 올라 가
No hablo taka taka.
@jenniy crestoper no hablo corona virus.
7:26 올라와 come up
7:37 올라와 come up
8:26 올라가 go up! 올라가!올라가!
8:27 간다 (me) go
8:30 계단 올라가자 let's go up stairway
8:31 계단 뒤로 올라가 go up from back stairway
8:36 대기해! 계단 밑에 대기해 wait! under stairway
8:51 no Korean words, perhaps Somalian. Freeze!!! Hands up!!! ????
한국인으로서 정말 자랑스럽습니다. I’m so proud of being Korean after seeing this video.
(가짜사나이 열풍이 이곳까지 저를 이끌었네요ㅎㅎ)
ROK soldiers are arguably among the best in contemporary history. They are fearless, courageous, dedicated, industrious and most of all... honorable. We served with a contingent of them in combat and they will forever hold a place of honor in our memories. I, personally, miss working along side them.
It seems all the US troops have an exceedingly positive experiences with the ROK Troops. Makes me think the ROK guys really know what's up
They were pretty shit in the Korean War.
Mostly because the Republic of Korea was underdeveloped at the time. We had outdated IJA doctrines, outdated equipment and training, as well as little to no good commanders, so it's not that hard to guess how horribly we've done in the first third of the war. It was only after the US 'Koreanized' the ROK troops in which we performed much better in the later stages of the war, that was the start of our boost to becoming one of the better armies throughout the world.
@@dabo5078 eh, you should look up Kim Young Oak, US army Hall of Fame, and the pilots that did some crazy aviation battles to destroy strategic locations.
I would agree with everything except the honorable part. Imperial japanese army claimed honor and they were inhuman. Rok forces in viet committed several war crimes incidents. They were soldier put in a shitty situation because ROk needed to modernize and US promised equipment and industrial loans in exchange for 300,000 soldiers in country. Soldiers were the least evil in this exchange
Korea is such a strong military entity, as an American soldier I'm happy to know that they're on our side. US & ROK side by side forever!
Let's Go Together!!🇺🇲🤝🇰🇷
We still a noticeable step short in terms of capabilities and assets compared to US. But whatever works and keeps you alive is good enough.
They have to be. They have a crazy neighbour.
forever🇰🇷🇺🇸
We are US Junior lol koreans look up to US army, and we want to contribute
Great job by our South Korean friends from a British allied friend.
for Queen and country and south korea!
Respect the United Kingdom from South Korea! 🇬🇧🇰🇷
@@ChaewoonKang now time to kiss each other🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wish long live to Queen.
@@Cosbuffett Freddy Mercury.
In 1969 I was in a US Army helicopter unit at the Nha Trang Airbase. We had no regular US Army to defend our support military units in the Nha Trang area (about 12,000 men). But we felt very safe because the ROK White Horse Division was assigned to provide ground defensive units in and around the Nha Trang area. In the Tet Offensive of 1968 (an invasion by the NVA and Viet Cong) rushed into the City of Nha Trang to capture the train station, radio station, and a few other key points. Within 3 days the ROK recaptured all those key points and killed over 300 bad guys as well. The ROK is one of the best-trained group of soldiers in the world.
Thank you for your service. Respect from retired ROK soldier.
Thank you for Your service. respect from korea.
Think Brother of my grandpa migh've ben there too as a rifleman in the company (White Horse Div.), 3 or 4 months after he was stationed to the division from the boot camp, the entire unit was deployed to Vietnam. He survived and still alive with a severe PTSD.
That belongs to the British and Americans SF.
As an incentive to urge the reluctant US to sign the US-ROK Defense Treaty in the aftermath of the Korean War, Syngman Rhee offered John Foster Dulles to put in "mutual" clause, saying "We Koreans are not free-riders; we will help you, the US, every way we could in your effort to bring peace to greater Asia." Dulles did not think much of the offer coming from the head of a war-torn nation. However, ironically, it was the US, not the ROK, who became the first beneficiary of the "mutual" clause of the treaty: Vietnam War.
South Korean Special Forces are the best. The job they did in Uruk during the earthquake along with all those beautiful female doctors was flawless.
and they were descended from the sun..?
Bravo! I was in a combined assignment with ROK forces for two years and have respect for them.
Thank you your service 🫡
South Korean Navy Seals are true warriors destroying the pirates with no mercy and saved the hostages are the best of the best from South Korea
ROK UDT/SEAL....🤗
Well done! Much love and respect from USA! My my wife was born in Seoul and my kids are half Korean.
@Fess 007 Maybe she moved to the US since South Korea back when it started wasn't always vibrant cities. North Korea at first had standards of living better than South Korea. It eventually went downhill and went further downhill when the Soviet Union dissolved in the 90s.
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@@dillonc7955 oh hey Dillon, nice name
If they're half Korean, what's the other half?
A few years ago I had the honor of meeting a ROK SEAL's commander (retd.) here in Hawaii. It's quite possible he was in command during the Gulf of Aden action. On vacation with his wife, he was wearing a Trident on his baseball cap. At first I thought it was another case of "stolen valor" which is particularly prevalent overseas. But we had exchanged contact info. & 1 week later I received an email thanking me for inviting them to ride along to the summit of Mauna Kea. They only had a rental car & the trip requires 4x4. Attached was a photo of him reviewing one of his teams. The fact I was initially skeptical makes me all the more angry at real Stolen Valor asshats.
That was very nice of you to give them a ride up the hill. The RAC companies don't let you go up Saddle Rd. either. Good thing he was retired. I could see him bringing a team up there for a short run to the top (Heh).
@@kekelaward Nice one! Most likely they were here for some function/reunion at Pearl. Cheers
Yo you are so god damn lucky bro
Really great that you got to spend time with such a very real person. Hope you get to enjoy more great vacations. 👍
I think he is Ken Lee.
I really don't understand the mindset of these pirates any more.
"Hmm, which nation's Special Forces do I want to play around with today?"
Sometimes it’s even a surprise
Do they think they really stand a chance?
Haha so true
Extreme poverty tends to cloud your judgement
The pirates have nothing to lose, sadly. Desperation tends to drive the worst actions of man.
I like the fact that after killing 2 pirates with Lynx gunfire and making the others aboard jump into the water, there is no report of any rescue operations to get the other pirates out of the water. Knowing Koreans, they just sailed off. Maybe someone even waved good bye.
Which is just fine imo. Let em be fish food. They deserve it.
Well I don't know what's worse. Leave them in the water or use them as a target practice like the Russians.
@@Xentradi97 the Russians probably came along afterwards
@@takeru51 hahahaahahaaaaa, that would be awesome. "Look, we are being rescued!" *brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp* *NOPE*
@@Xentradi97 Am I mistaken, or did the Somali pirates leave Russian flagged vessels alone after that?
Total respect for ROK armed forces. It fascinates me that the pirates were ever tolerated by world governments.
Because there are people like James Patterson the commentator. They will shout racism and oppression of the poor everytime someone wants to deal with these pirates. Only way they'll dolisappear is if Somalia itself stops them or a neighboring african countrt does so.
You can't shout racism if they are both the same color.
I mean governments would have to do something. If a country with a decent military lost an entire oil freighter to pirates, it would make their military power look weak and their people would approve of their government a lot less.
ROK Marine and US Marines brothers.
Dennis Bell Oorah
yes we are brother and one team forever..
yes we are!
RIP South Vietnamese Marine brothers
@@Felix-dg9rt their remmants joined the afterwar vietnam's marine
I would like to express my respect for all those who contributed to Operation Adenman Dawn and my appreciation and greatness that I cannot express in words. A hero can be anyone, but also no one can have the courage easily. Thank you.
Great video, sorry to hear you been demonetised. Lets hope TH-cam come to their senses and stop this ridiculous nonsense against certain channels.
Stupid ass YT. Ruining good channels
It's because the pirates were offended so YT had to demonetize... /s
They will never "come to their senses" because it's a form of deliberate censorship against videos having to do with guns, and/or conservative themes.
Ironic Leftist/Socialism/Marxism responsible for more deaths & mayhem in the last century & yet still an insidious cancer. Material disarmament/thought disarmament. Nothing is by chance.
Ed, respectfully I loath conservatism (but not conservative induviduals) and everything conservativism stands for. No true libertarian could ever support conservatism. I don't much care for liberals either but liberal values are more easier to stomach than conservative ideology. TH-cam doesn't oppose conservative values Ed. I believe they oppose libertarian values because they are a danger to the status quo. I wonder if folks know there's a huge difference between conservatism and libertarianism.
We had ROK Marines at Camp Pen in the 70's and the word was out, 'do not mess with the ROKs. Tough dudes.
Highest respect for all the Marines and Commandos.
Dad always told me these are the toughest guys in a fight.
I just read more about this operation. It's an extremely hard op to pull off as the target structure is in the middle of sea, adding extra layers of complexities and uncertainties compared to a building, airplane, and bus hostage situation that are on the ground and static when rushed (not to say these are easy in anyway). This could've gone wrong or bad in so many ways. It's remarkable what they pulled off.
In 1970 I had the honor of serving with 22 soldiers of the ROK White Horse Division in VN. I spoke no Korean and only one of my Sgts spoke little English. In a 1 day I had them all rappel qualified from a huey. 2 days of air cav tactics and we were ready to go. What an amazing bunch of soldiers. We had many insertions, and recovered several caches of arms, and Chinese propaganda.
thank you for fight against commies
white horse div(9th inf div) is still here near seoul
I was stationed in Vietnam back in 69 69 to 70 and we had an ROK company bass camped there I used to walk past the building and I would hear these soldiers in there hollering I stopped in one night just to see what it was and they were all practicing Taekwondo I asked if I could join and the sensei so sure no problem I stayed there about a month and realize that everyone in the class was so far Advanced past me I could never catch up but I was thoroughly impressed with what badasses those boys were
Thanks for your service
Big mistake messing with the Koreans. They love a good fight.
roger that, they do
Somali pirates are no joke they rob everyone lol.
Seoul is only 35 miles from North Korea. SoKo military takes their job extremely seriously. Very glad they're our ally.
@@edjames1664 South Korea best korea. ROK ROCK
You don't mess with Somali pirates either. Five them held off a platoon of Koreans, a Lynx helicopter and a destroyer.
This is one of your best videos yet!
I have observed Regular South Korean Infantry in training. They are disciplined and very tough.
@Catnip - oh shit i know that division
@Catnip - 백마부대!
I remember well living in Aden from 1958-1960 when my father was posted there, he was a surgeon in the RAF.
Many happy memories swimming in the sea every day.
I bet the Yemenis will miss those peaceful days too.
As the Filipino were strongly congratutalates the ROK soldiers were extremely strongly captured the pirates and no casualties from the ROK, that was the perfect operations.
ROK special forces are one of the most under rated special forces in the world. They show no quarters, no mercy and humanity rules don’t apply to them if you are their adversaries. If you think Gurkhas are fearless, the ROK special forces are insane.
Only civie kids "rate" special forces. Nobody in the international special forces community gives a damn about ratings or tiers. There are alot of capable special forces out there and you won´t know much about their capability as many of them follow a "no publicity" policy. Its paradox but the better they do their job the less you usually will notice them. Its always the SFs that get rated up by the internet kids that - wanted or unwanted - gained media attention.
Lol...you can rate them because???? What a colossal idiot
@@mgt5126 Yeah. It is kind of pointless. More or less all western (jn a wide sense, including Japan, SK, Australia, Israel etc) militaries/national police forces have excellent special forces. It dosen't matter if it's Delta Force, FBI HRT, GIGN, GSG9, SAS, Norways FSK, Swedens SOG, Sayeret Matkal, Japan's SFG and so on. They vary in scope and resources (US special forces will have far more available support than say Norwegian) but most of them are more or less modelled after each other (military SF often have a wider scope of capabilites than police SF tough) and train with each other. They attract the same kind of people and have similar training programs. Every single one of them would make short work of untrained somali pirates.
Yansy Avan if I can’t, you can? Then why do you even bother watching this clip to begin with. What a moron!
@@Fuhrerjehova You definately know nothing about military when you talk about japanese special forces.
that Lynx firing was beautiful, almost serene.
i love that Admiral Yi's name was used for this class of destroyer, where one of the ships of the class took part in such a mission.
I recently came across your channel - amazing content! I haven't come across anything even remotely as well informed about SF operations as this anywhere, TH-cam or elsewhere!
And no, not repetitive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FACTS
Rok marines and their udt seals are absolute animals . Honor to have been able to work with them
I recognized Korean resolve during the LA riots. Roof top Koreans doing what the cops couldn’t. Protecting their livelihoods.👍
ROK UDT/SEALs are essentially a korean equivalent of US Navy SEALs as both have the same entry requirements SQT+BUDS. Some of the korean SEALs get sent over to go through the US Navy seal pipeline before returning home for duty. They are legit.
@X X 유디티 그 전에도 있었어 이근 전에도.
@Tom Park he is not first...many years ago we had training by us b-6.
The ROKs are some of the toughest SOBs you will ever meet. Very highly trained and motivated.
R O K ain't no joke!
One of the finest Militaries on earth . Second to none!
Respect to all the brave people who went to the rescue
Now that’s how you get rid o the pirate threat. Well done South Korea! 🇰🇷
ROK has one of skilled soldiers in the world. Soldiers don’t act individually and that’s what makes even stronger the ROK soldiers are
Wow some of the best headcam footage Ive seen
my doorbell cam is better quality lol
@@40ozbounce1 No your bedroom cam is much better
@@JYJ0423 bruh what lmao
@@40ozbounce1 it’s 10years old camera
@@purplefabian still 2010 not 1960. Vietnam has better quality video. 10 years ago my doorbell had a better quality video. Trillion dollar military budget?
One missing part. One pirate picked up a RPG to shoot the navy's ship, he got eliminated by sniper.
Found your channel earlier bro it's amazing cant stop watching you've done some great work with these
I served at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command for 2 and a half years in the late 90s. Let’s go together!
When dealing with pirates the western forces are too cautious and "humane", While the redblock is too brutal and unprofessional.
ROK is spot on.
Do not mess with koeans. They are all experts dealing with marine, tanks, dragoon, zerglings.
SCV good to go sir
Armed and ready
Ohio h yeah
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@@좀이쁜언니-e9c 좀'마니' 이쁜 언니
You are truly amazingly great at this. Thank you kindly for this extremely valuable and enjoyable content.
Respect from North Korea ✊🏿🇰🇵
Nuclear bum!
Lol
I love you bruv!
Nice
omg supreme leader..... stop bullyng s.korea
The tanker's captain took several sergeries, not just 5 hours. He took just emergency surgery and transfferd to South Korea than got serveral times of more surgeries because the ROKN ship and CTF 151 naval base had not sufficient medical facilities. He took more than a month to get fully recoverd
I mean he got shot 5 times with a 7.62 so.... even a pistol round like a 9mm takes more than 1 month to recover
the ROKN ship and Naval Base had the facilities, but it was requested that he be given preventive care first and the surgeries after should be in Korea.
As always, a concise explanation of events, and if the have ever been in a combat situation, a true portrayal of the way it plays out,
The Koreans .i bet they where hungry for action.those dudes are no joke.
They actually named of their destroyer as Yi Sun-sin...
Fun fact:
The name Yi Sun-sin actually comes from the famous Admiral Yi who built the turtle ship that managed to drive the Japanese away.
Not only one of, the entire destroyer class actually, with 6 ships total (=
Welcome to Mobile Legends.
@@ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4 cringe
The destroyer is actually ROKS Choe Yeong named after a 14th century general. First ship of the class is Yi Sun-sin, so it's know as Yi Sun-sin class.
@president camacho not an aircraft carrier, but an assult ship. Dokdo and ulung-do class
Imagine how powerful Korea could be if it was one country.
Better yet, an entirely unified asian state/continent. Wouldn't even be close in a world war once they pooled their resources and man power
@@421less1 That's not true. All the Militaries of the world still couldnt beat the US Military...
@@kiwionarope the vietnam one did lol. Moronic statement. Tons of militaries are better equippes or better trained. Check america's sats in war games with other DEVELOPED nations. Very middle of the pack. The u.s military is very large but its not even the largest in the world. Not to mention, in a war against every military in earth all of your manufacturing would have to done domestically. Thats going to require most of your population very quickly, especially if your trying to mount any sort of offensive. Between that and replacing frontline casualties it would just be a matter of russia and china waiting it out. Not to mention the rest of the global population.
What about all of the one off military installations all over the world? Which ones are you defending? For sure not all of them. Even with a competent president it would be impossible.
20 years of trying to consolidate the middle east and you think you could conquer the world? Fucking dumb
@@421less1 I picked my daughter up from school this week and I had to talk to her about being nice to a friend of hers who a couple of girls are picking on. Then I come here and read your comment and I think... why bother trying to teach my daughter how to treat others....when adults dont even treat eachother nicely anyway. Very sad.
@@kiwionarope so that guy declares his country could 1v1 the world, i educate him why it couldn't, and im the asshole?
Sorry but if you walk around believing your country can take on the whole world you need your world veiw checked
I'm sure most have heard of Los Angele's Rooftop Koreans :)
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I remember that in ‘92. Slauson and Western.
The ROK forces have been well spoken of by those I know that have served with them.
ROK soldiers have a great history of combat bravery, sometimes going too far. Just look up the ROK units that operated in Vietnam, nicknamed "Tigers" because they were feared by the Vietnamese and at least according to books I have read they had a habit of taking trophies and leaving "warnings" for the Vietnamese. At one point the ROK has 48,000 personnel in Vietnam. A terrible war that should have never been fought, but God bless the souls that did.
Koreans didnt commit war crimes as frequently as other coalition forces. We knew exactly how to counter partisans based from our experience in Korean War, which was to kill anyone who lied after helping the partisans, while recieving all the help from Korean engineering corps. Places where Koreans eere stations had the least amount of insurgents. They didnt fuck around. 8 million civilians estimated to have died in the Korean War in the course of 3 years. 1.3 million civilians died from Vietnam war over the period of 10+ years.
Is that dog i smell? Cause im Pretty sure gaining independence to being guarded from their own brothers to being paid to join the invasive war and now paying money and men to be playground for giant powers is 🐕
It's hard to overstate just how screwed you are if ROK marines or special forces are coming for you! Those are some serious badasses!☠️💪😲
fantastic upload! this is amazing!
I appriciate for many nice and respectful comments.
I have very good memories with U.S. soldiers when I served in R.O.K. Armed forces.
My father's friend, member of UDTseal, was taken a shot by pirates' rifle in this operation
I always respect him
I have been working with these special forces in COD. god bless them
Was in the 2nd US Infantry Division 1985 to 1986, at Camp Casey, South Korea. The South Korean armed forces are a tough bunch. All are experts with either Taekwondo or Hapkido. They can literally beat you to death with those martial arts. Guns or fists, these South Koreans could have killed these pirates nine ways to Sunday. Then hopped on a helicopter for a ride back to their main ship. And tossed back a bottle or two of Soju. Soju is a hard spirit, alcoholic beverage of about 70% alcohol. You drink two bottles of Soju and you better get a designated driver. Fastest way I know of to get gassed.
Thank you for your service, sir
Modern soju varieties do not go above 20% alcohol, most commonly they sit around 12%. Historically it has been 53% when it was first distilled, although those were rare batches. perhaps you were drinking something else
@@ChEwYninetyfive : Whatever the alcohol percentage was two bottles made me loopy. By the fifth bottle I was stewed to the gills. In a coma by the tenth bottle.
The other drink I often had was Makolee. A rice wine/beer, or whatever it was, that was as white as milk. When I first bought it from the store, freshly made, it was about 3% alcohol. Often left it in a refrigerator for two months to make it ferment even more. From kiddy beer to something more like Brandy in alcohol content. Wish someone made Makolee in the USA.
Tried "Yut" a few times. "Yut" is Korean sake. Burned going down like a shot of sour mash whiskey from the boondocks of Tennessee. Let's just say I still can't remember what I did on some of the weekend benders that I had in wonderful, downtown Tongduchon, South Korea.
In 80s it was mininum of 20 percent to 35 percent. Quality ones are minimum 50 (served to guests) Considering the volume of the bottle back then, i'd say its kinda true
@@ChEwYninetyfive 53%? damn
South Korea's UDT Special Cheonghae Unit rescued the Samho Jewelry (10,000 tons) in waters off the Gulf of Aden near Somalia. "I was on the scene. I had a sense of duty as a soldier."
I retired a few years ago and am in a private business. This video shakes my heart
My brother was in the Marines and he trained with the SK's in mountain warfare training I believe. And he always said he would never want to fight the SK soldiers lol. Also they captured giant bugs and spiders there and made them fight while stationed there haha.
Bug fight lmao
I was in ROKA and did the same thing. Nothing to have fun with in the mountains. Boredom is the mother of creativity...
My uncle served in Vietnam near ROK unit, he had a high opinion of their skill.
US & ROK soldiers are bloody brothers. We’ll take care of each other forever. Salute!!
I'm a Korean Marine Corps and it was an honor to be with the US Marine Corps in Pohang. I love the US.
I was an 18 echo with Delta force . I trained with ROKS in 2006 in Panama canal.
Those SEAL dude shot exactly at pirates's chests and heads So proud of em
Glad your back!!!! Hopefully TH-cam is leaving you alone.
Unfortunate not by the look of things, the pinned comment at the top. He is still demonetised. TH-cam being dicks.
Phillip Woody Shepherd SHIT I didn’t see that!! This fucking TH-cam is like the 3rd Reich
Amigo great video. I enjoy seeing allied warriors defending freedom. Great walk through and time hacks.
South Koreans are some of the best trained soldiers in the world.... You don't F--k with them.
Well done South Korean navy/army.
Another cracking video mate, I'd have gladly watched all four and a half hours of that headcam footage if it were available. 👌🍻
Don't mess with the ROK Marines if other navies had been allowed by gutless politicians the Somali Pirate problem would never have escalated as it did
@Salam Yamaa Somalia's a cesspit of a failed country
@Salam Yamaa crawl back under your stone skinny
@Salam Yamaa you are the one that's crying skinny now be a good boy and go away back to the mud hut where you belong
These clown laugh at revolving door courts. I would put Q ships out there. Blow there ass out of the water.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer you know why there is such a big pirate problem in the area? Big business has over fished the area, the coastal population can no longer sustain themselves on the fish. Most of those pirates are former fishermen who are just trying to survive.
I love the video and editing 🤙🏽
4:08
ROK: Suppress the pirates!
Owners of boat: *in captain jack sparrow voice* STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP!
Once again a great video and as always well presented. I wish you all the best with TH-cam as they seem to demonise certain channels for no logical reason. Good luck to you.
Imagine being the bad Guy on a boat that was boarded by 20 Commandos and the 4.5 hours of waiting until they finally meet you on the bridge. That must be a fun day.
As always another excellent video. Can't believe you tube are doing this to you and your channel, you will always have the support of your subscribers for your channel, your videos tell the real life history of what's been going on in the world.🇬🇧👍
Can't imagine how terrifying this must be, scaling the side of a ship in the middle of a vast ocean. What if you slip? Gone forever. It must have felt incredibly alone.
Well done SK Commandos..
Respects from 🇮🇳
What a spectacular success
wow watching the bullets re bounding off of the water.
Andrew C ..traces
It seems that they got a lot more hits than some other naval covering fire that I've seen in the past.
@@kekelaward yea my comment wasn't criticism I was saying it looks cool.
That's why instruction manuals for guns tell you not to shoot at water.
Great documentary stuff. Don’t fuck with South Korean Special Forces. Love and respect 707th Special Mission Battalion aka White Tigers (equivalent to our Delta Force) and UDT Seals (equivalent to our Seal Team 6). Greetings and respect from the USA 🇺🇸 🇰🇷
every korean man knows Delta Force anti terrorist special unit. 🤗
Everything I’ve heard about ROK troops from the days of the ROK “Tigers” in Vietnam to today indicate they are top-tier troops.
Roof top tier…
Always nice to have original footage. Dope af
I was just looking at my Dad's Korean National Service medal and thinking way back then he could never have imagined that his son would one day marry a Korean immigrant (now Korean American). And that wouldn't have been possible without the sacrifices made by so many GI's like himself, the South Korean military and people , and all the other nationalities who worked together to fight the communists. Then he went to work for the NSA and married a German girl he met in West Berlin whose father had fought the Americans during WWII. That was my mother, and grandfather. It's a small but vastly interconnected world we live in.
Bravo Zulu ROKs, I salute you!
Great video and professional narrating !
Koreans are usually nice and gentle, but they don't show mercy when they get angry.
ROK soldiers are tough.
Quality video as always, keep it up! 😃
The guy in the blue jumpsuit posing with the captain (1:08) is the pirate who shot the captain. 5 pirates were trialed in Korea, of which 4 got 12~15 years and the guy in the picture got a life sentence with the possibility of a reduced sentence/parole.
With access to clean water, food and medical care the pirates actually gained around 25 pounds in prison and are being educated in English, Korean & Somali (they couldn’t read or write) to prepare them for a life after they are released. They even asked if it was possible for them to be granted Korean citizenship after release as a refugee, but that’s to be discussed in the future I guess.
I see that most of operators appearing on the footage are equipped with MP5SD6s and MP5A5, some of them have HK416s.
yup, standard issue for UDT Units, you also have the K7 Supressed Submachinegun, K2C1s, and K5 or Berettas as sidearms
@@SeoWoojin55 Can’t believe that old Berettas are still used in the unit. I thought their main sidearms were Glock or P226. Nothing against Beretta but they need to be replaced as they are out of style.
Hi buddy, another very interesting vid. Thank you for taking the time to make and share it.
Very Sorry to hear about the TH-cam issue.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your channel so far, It would be a great shame if it dried up.
Personally, I can’t see what their problem is. You cover Interesting subject matter in a simple, easy to follow manner, which is well thought out, well presented, articulate and has no bad language. 👏👏👏
But Many of the channels I currently watch are similarly complaining. I find it strange and hard to believe, that someone actually gave “repetitious content” as a reason when That could be said about every specific subject channel they promote.
I very much hope they sort this out . GL. 👏👏👏🇬🇧👏👏👏
Unfortunately, the pirates didn't know that there was a Korean navy seal training near by.
I think the south korean are making a movie about this operation...
Score one for those SKorean SpecialOps..they were not messing arround.
Outstanding ! Hope to see you posting soon !
The arrested pirates were tried and imprisoned in Korea.
The imprisoned pirates found that prison life in Korea was much better than living in their own country.
They received vocational training provided by the prison and were able to save as a result.
Two of the imprisoned pirates were teenagers at the time, and both applied for asylum in the South to have Korean citizenship.
One chose to return home after his release from prison because he has a wife and children in his country, but he actually wanted to stay in South Korea, too.
The gunman who shot the captain was only 21 years old.
He was content with his life in prison, and when he met the captain again, he wept and apologized.
He said he had no idea he was doing something bad, because it was for a living.
However, he learned a lot while in a prison in South Korea, and when he heard that the captain was not dead, he was tremendously relieved.
The captain was able to get out of PTSD after receiving his apology and forgiving him.
He is currently out of prison and living in South Korea.