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Hey just a heads up next time you need to put something like those coins on the screen. Take a photo of the item so it won't be out of focus and bring up the photo instead of the small. It will prevent the focus problem from ever be an issue.
I did not realize someone 5 levels above Zach gave him the coin, I just knew it was someone higher up. That makes that 509th coin that much more special.
I'm sure the guardsmen give out coins to all the families of the guards for each of the different ways in which they died. After all they got to make it special for that post mortem Throne Gelt.
509th is the most hated group in the military and they are proud of it. Was watching a video about them and one of the 509th guys mentioned that they have a joke where if they managed to sneak into bluefor camp during the night, they'll wake up a soldier and say, "shh, You're dead. Go back to sleep." And the soldier "alright" and falls back asleep
Sounds like a story an instructor told me once, about when he was on a training op against an OPFOR containing Gurkhas. By the end of the third day, every single one of them had "you've been Gurkha'd" stickers on the backs of their helmets iirc (it's been a while since he told me)
So I was trolling through Reddit, and lo and behold, is that r/MilitaryStories I see? Read through some of them. B_Lawyer2019's story about a support unit crippling a combined arms battalion is hilarious. The kicker: they were at Fort Polk, home of the Army's National Fuck Fuck Team. Other such classics include NorCalAthlete taking his OpFor duties a little too seriously, and PickleInDaButt teaching us all how to clear an M249.
Those guys were insane. Imagine going agaist each other throats in the moment of greatest necessity of the country, leaving often one arm to operate without the support of the other.
@@MrTigracho man after listening to supernova in the east it makes all this stuff sound much crazier. They were literally sabotaging each other army against navy against air force. Military against diplomats.
Imagine being a fly on the wall for that conversation "You're telling me someone at Fort Polk busted their ass for us? Someone with nothing to do with us?" Thank you, e-4 zonk
Not 100% Guaranteed, unfortunately. Some people are just nothing but a$$holes and Takers. Ran into so many of them in my life. Do them a solid and they stab you in the back the first chance they get.
Fr any job you got just stay after like 5 minutes help your coworkers get all their shit done so you can all leave a hair earlier and in like a week or two you'll have some damn loyal friend's
Couple years ago when I went to college, I was on the battleship Wisconsin at Nauticus taking pictures for a photography project. There was a small re-enlistment(?) happening towards the front of the ship and I was waiting off to the side for the ceremony to concede and I could take pictures of the older officers in their white uniforms. I see a younger sailor in ceremony whites running up to me out of nowhere and asked if I was there to take pictures of an event. I said I wasn't and was just getting pictures where I could for B roll (I had a professional camera around my neck). The sailor told me to follow him towards the back of the ship and explained that there was a high ranking commander that was retiring, and the photographer for the event was a no show. I went over and there were about 100 people all in ceremony whites and the sailor said to act professional and get in there like a photographer, get plenty of pictures of the ceremony, and to mainly get pictures of the retiring commander when he receives his medal board, and when he did his final dismissal from duty. I took many, many pictures of everyone there, the ceremony, the medal board and the final walk, all the sailors, the commander with his family, etc. After it was all over I was talking to the sailor who first fetched me and the commander came over and shook my hand, palming me a standard USN Carrier Strike Group 2 coin. I thanked him profusely and agreed to transfer all the pictures to a flash drive he can use. A few weeks later (and several technical difficulties) I managed to get the thumb drive and met with him to hand it over. When I give him the thumb drive, he hands me another coin, this one shaped like a badge and 2 tridents on either side, a more elaborate Carrier Strike Group 2 medal. He said it was his personal thanks for saving the memories of his retirement and i thanked him for one of the coolest experiences of my life. td;dr: Got 2 Carrier Strike Group 2 coins as a civilian for photographing a high ranking sailor's retirement.
I think the reason that some challenge coins hold more value than officially recognized military awards is because challenge coins arent given when you reach a milestone thats been set out by a governing body but rather received when a person, who is working off of their own thoughts and actions thinks youve done something worthy of recognition. So not only is that coin representative of respect from a person or a unit but its also a reminder of a time when you going above and beyond was recognized and appreciated by the person you done it for and that is always a nice feeling. From hearing some stories, positions in the military can be thankless and tedious so when someone acknowledges your hard work, youre bound to appreciate that more than receiving a ribbon hundreds of other people got as well
after this one, you need to do the one where he gauged the entire company's weapons in 24 hours while deployed in iraq. He had to hoof it around different fobs, and did something like 1050 ish weapons in that time. it's in the episode entitled Katrina/ARCOM
I went to military school and we were issued M14s from like the 50s a lot of these rifles were old and hadn't seen a drop of oil in probably 15 years. So I have a free period in my class schedule and already had my homework done and my unit has guard duty coming up in a day or two (I had the 0300-0700, 1100-1500, and 1900-2300 shifts) instead of just falling asleep or bullshiting on my pc, I decided to prep my uniform and weapon for guard inspection. During the day either the 1st Sgt, MSgt, or SSgt would do random room inspections, my door was open cause it was like 87 degrees in Virginia in early September my desk faced away from the door but was very visible from the door. My MSgt walked in and probably stood watching me for a full minute as I'm cleaning a guide rod in a manner that looks as if it would be "pleasuring" to oneself. Then he cleared his throat and I jumped up so fast I knocked my chair over, he just looks at me with eyes of rage and asks "the fuck are you doing?" "Cleaning my rifle master sergeant!" "Is that what you are calling, "cleaning the rifle? Before you turn around zip up your fucking pants." So I just turned around because I was not doing what he thought, when he saw the guide rod for my rifle in one hand and a rag covered in gun oil in the other he realized what I was actually doing and just started laughing told me to sit down and then looked over my work. Pointed out where I had missed a spot and then walked out giggling and shaking his head I'm pretty sure I heard him say "God damnit son" as he left
@@pbsixgun6 you are welcome, also I think I forgot to mention that my room passed inspection that day even though it probably shouldn't have because my roommate forgot to do his chores that morning. I think MSgt was laughing too hard to care and just signed the pass section
I got a chance to go be IP during a JRTC cycle for a mechanized infantry battalion. They failed.... badly. Got to play around in the tunnels for a week and pretend to not understand English. It sucked (because-Fort Polk, enough said) but I did enjoy playing the part of uncooperative Iraqi Police. They had a blue on blue in the tunnels, and my squad leader (head of the IP for the scenario) just said 'John Wayne kill Rambo?' Made us crack up.
Zach's 509th story is by far my favorite of his. I'm glad you stopped and put it into perspective just how impressive of a feat it is for a noncombat story.
I got accused of being a fraud for a while after I got out. Navy has a bunch of phraseology that doesn't match up with the rest of the military. For example, people don't refer to their jobs as MOS. It is called a "rating" and your rank is tied into it and called a "rate". E.g. an Electricians Mate has the rating of EM and the rate for an E5 with that job is EM2 (Electricians Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class).
Does anyone remember vthe name of the campfire story where he caught rides to different bases to repair thousands of weapons in under 48 hours and the guy who fixed the CO's air conditioning got the commendation. I want to rewatch that one.
I have never been in the military and I don't think I ever will be in the military but I do know how nice it is to get those coins since I have had something similar. I race cars out of Wisconsin and at one of the tracks that I go to if your races go flag to flag with no wrecks when you go get your pay at the end of the day you get this little commemorative coin that's worth $5 and you can use them for anything at the track.
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I got a coin from a wing commander turned 4 star general. Commander of the air force. He recently retired. I know it sounds unbelievable but I was in DODS elementary school. He visited the principal while I was there I said hello and spent recess with them. They played four square with me and palmed me his Commander coin before he left. I knew him as Wing commander Goldfien.
I had a story almost exactly like Zach's in basic woth everyone falling asleep. The drill sergeant who came to our floor of the barracks was an Airborne Ranger and all that shit. He came in like a ghost. 🤣 We did a lot of push-ups for people falling asleep that day. Later that same cycle, we were on FTX doing a checkpoint exercise at night. I was on the SAW in the little shack. My senior drill sergeant came into the shack with me and sat down. A few minutes later I see these two little glowing green rectangles come into view as my senior drill falls asleep and the cat eyes on the back of his helmet point toward the roof. 🤣
"From MIKE.... Fireburn. This is coins and blue falcon." I don't know why but as you were saying "Blue Falcon" I was expecting to hear "Blue Waffle".... *[shudders in revulsion]*
Just got the coffee cup I ordered the same one he's using in the vid the quality and everything about it is great and my father who I got it for loves it I love the content and the merch thanks for making such awesome stuff
I remember I met a special forces guy at my old job that got a challenge coin from a general. I doubt he got it but he was fun to talk to and was the only one who i felt safe around because my manager at the time had anger issues and could lash out at anyone. He was awesome
While it's true doing favours makes friends it becomes murkier and more difficult when you have to tell the difference between those who need a favour and those looking to take advantage of you. If you can't tell the difference then you'll keep doing things for people who will never return the favour and when you realize it you'll be made the bad guy.
For me it was getting my spurs in the 2AC Reg while I was in Polk. Huge Cav tradition. Sadly right before my jump to Korea, both my spurs and stetson where stolen along with several other items.
I knew a guy who actually got away with falling asleep in the bay when the drill sergeant came in because, according to him he nodded off while reviewing his notes, while sitting on the floor sort of hunched over with his back against his locker, so the drill sergeant couldn't see that his eyes were closed.
I have only one coin from my time in the German service, for participation in the NRF10 QRF international excercise. Nothing too special and certainly not as highly valued as my medals I earned for the big marches in Luxembourgh (80km) and Netherlands (160km). During NRF10 I was machine gunner in the first truck of a convoy, we drove into an ambush and we shot blankets into the forest. Was intense, the noise and everything, and luckily just blanks or I'd have died first. But at the end of it our attackers came out and yelled "Who was the gunner on the first truck!?" and I shrank back, afraid of what they had to say, then they added "I looked down his barrel all the time!" Despite them being in full camo and deep in the forest I managed to track them. Better compliment than anything I got for just doing my job in logistics. Same exercise I was also on guard for 16 hours, the last 4 hours sitting behind sandbags with a MG3 next to me and night vision. It got dark, next guard should've been around for hours, but didn't come. So I busied myself with looking around and watching the warthog sow on the other side of the road and wondering if my blank fire gun would even impress a sow and her freshlings that life on a military training ground.
My dad was deployed as a mechanic during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006, for all I know he was third infantry too lol, I would like to talk to him more about his military career, but I don't get to talk to him much these days.
I don't think i've heard someone share a military experience that I have not been appreciative of or not enjoyed listening to. thanks for sharing yours.
I was wearing my USASOC hat the other day while working one of my store routes (I work for a soda company, I won’t say which one but I’m an account manager for a few Midwest Walmarts) and someone was behind me when I was writing an order on my tablet, and said loudly “Bull****” before telling me to prove my service in front of a crowded aisle. I just pulled out my Night Stalkers, 160th SOAR, challenge coin. And he just said “very good, sorry” before disappearing. Keep those challenge coins handy. Never know when or where you’ll get agressively challenged. I had never actually been challenged so that was an experience. Thought I’d get more of an interview from him but that was sufficient.
Yeah challenge coins can mean a lot. I'm one of the lucky ones though, I was recognized with a NAM in my second enlistment. But I had a division (air wing) officer who cared for once and took the advice of me and a couple of the other Sergeants when we wanted to try and get the kids recognized. He and Gunny (the latter a good friend to this day), decided I should get a NAM. Like many in the Corps I had to struggle a lot of work and work-crap to get it. I prize it. Yet, in another (non-deploying training unit) they gave an S-1 Bubba a NAM for processing a lot of GTC claims. Like cool, he worked, but I have people busting their asses for months on end with only the good NCO's and Staff NCO's (which isn't many) giving them a *heartfelt* attaboi. But, forward the idea of a Medal and it typically gets shot down by the officer, or shot down upstairs. It's like pulling teeth and out in the Grunt world it's even harder than that. The Corps is stingy with awards though. Our Navy counterparts I worked with noted how if you weren't a complete shitbird you were guaranteed a NAM when you PCS'd/PCO'd to another station or unit on the same station. Most lifers would get a Navy Com once in awhile if they actually did more than the minimum (command dependent ofc). So you'd have 8 year 2nd classes and 1st classes with multiple award NAM's and COM's and I had to get lucky and bust my ass for a single NAM. And most people who do bust their ass get nothing at all. On the reverse one of my "kids" had to setup stuff in a hangar for one of the Commandant's Town Hall meetings at our base and while they were doing it General Conway went around to all the Marines doing the setup, shot a little shit with them and gave them a pretty pimp, but not too gigantic CMC coin for "volunteering." I think he got one from SMMC Estrada too, I was more jealous of that one. SgtMaj Estrada was a pretty awesome dude who cared about Jr enlisted quality of life, and I recently learned he was the US Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago after his retirement for a bit.
Not military, not even a contractor but I have this really neat horseshoe shaped challenge coin a Sergeant Major, IIRC, of an MP unit stationed at Fort Knox gave me. It has a built in bottle opener. I also have a dogtag shaped coin my brother gave me... USMC, 4th LAR coin. It also has a bottle opener on it as well as a keychain hole for... Whatever reason... You ain't putting on your keys or your dogtag chain. It's way too heavy and thick. But it also helped me in getting a snow globe past TSA so that was good.
I got a nice collection of coins from supporting missions as a contractor but I have to say my favorite coin is one from the 391st MP BN. it got awarded to me from my time working in GTMO as a security specialist and just working close with that unit and supporting their tasks.
Depends on the unit type, a lot of the Reserves (and Guard) made a lot of deployments in the war. Marines are stingy about awards no matter active or Reserves though. The secret of the Marine Reserves is they used to do some money deployments like Europe (Poland, Germany, Norway, others) to cover joint training commitments while others were out supporting OEF/OIF. But we also have the Black Sea Rotational Force and similar groups in Africa and other places too.
I'm in comm maintenance. I felt it when you talked about the paperwork and stuff. The amount of times I've had to stay late just to correct it because someone didn't like how it was written.
That 1st ID coin is ridiculously huge, like, wtf Army? I've got quite a few challenge coins when I was in, I don't know if it's an actual regulation, but ALL of them are the exact same size, which is the same size, though a bit thicker than a half dollar coin.
Gosh. Cadets that are full of themselves! I did a whole 7 year cadet career, one cadet thought only cold water cooled him down so he dumped his canteen of warm water. So i calmly explained how sweating works.
@@scowler7200 No lol, we had a lot of issues but that wasn't one of them. She actually just told me about that recently so it was fresh in my head. Our kids have kept us in contact, and their siblings from my 2nd ex-wife. Oddly enough my first ex-wife and one of my sisters are both married to ex-military truck drivers in their 2nd marriages. Like Titus says, statistically 63 percent of Americans are from "disfunctional" families, we're the majority. Lol
That's a *BIG-ASS* coin you have there at 18:39!!! I didn't know challenge coins were THAT big. What the heck!? All i know is that chris kyle, which he told in his book, used his coin (i didn't know what it looked like, let alone the size) to airlift him to the warzone (the green zone, i think...?); while everyone else is going out. He insisted to go there to take out the baddies
....you have a Big Red One coin!? DUDE THAT'S AWESOME! 1ST INFANTRY BATTALION!? I apologize for the all caps but that...must be an amazing thing to have!
I got one challenge coin from a SSGT for refueling generators at night on deployment. Said SSGT was an old dude that tried too hard to be hip with the kids and got demoted to E-4 for an EO complaint because he casually used the N-word (He's white af) in a humvee full of black people. He recently got back to 5 but god damn what the hell do I do with this coin.
Also great personal accomplishment boosters. It's nice to feel appreciated once in a while. So often people just take advantage of others and no gratitude or thanks is ever given.
Same with 'special forces' I would run into what I'm pretty sure was the same 1-5 guys constantly using different names on a gaming and chat site claiming to be one...lol.
I had made myself known as a reliable person at my workplace and my coworker wanted to take some vacation days so I told them I'd do it. In return they gave me a 20 and an eighth of weed which was great. I mean the extra hours and weed are both fantastic bonus's in my book and I bet they'd cover for me to if I ever needed a hand so it always shows that helping people is better than humming and hawing about something
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You silly silly man. You figured out it was called "Mikeburnfire" a few episodes ago BUT YOU CALLED HIM MIKE FIRE BURN IN THIS ONE.
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@@WuYixiang i would say the same, but I do have a few friends who actually love their games
Hey just a heads up next time you need to put something like those coins on the screen. Take a photo of the item so it won't be out of focus and bring up the photo instead of the small. It will prevent the focus problem from ever be an issue.
I did not realize someone 5 levels above Zach gave him the coin, I just knew it was someone higher up. That makes that 509th coin that much more special.
I'm sure the guardsmen give out coins to all the families of the guards for each of the different ways in which they died. After all they got to make it special for that post mortem Throne Gelt.
silent recruitment, say he wanted to get outta his unit somewhere else....
5 levels and probably 10 ranks above him too.
509th is the most hated group in the military and they are proud of it.
Was watching a video about them and one of the 509th guys mentioned that they have a joke where if they managed to sneak into bluefor camp during the night, they'll wake up a soldier and say, "shh, You're dead. Go back to sleep."
And the soldier "alright" and falls back asleep
What else are you gonna do? You died. :)
Sounds like a story an instructor told me once, about when he was on a training op against an OPFOR containing Gurkhas. By the end of the third day, every single one of them had "you've been Gurkha'd" stickers on the backs of their helmets iirc (it's been a while since he told me)
@@archerymidnight3422 dude, Gurkhas are amazing
So I was trolling through Reddit, and lo and behold, is that r/MilitaryStories I see? Read through some of them. B_Lawyer2019's story about a support unit crippling a combined arms battalion is hilarious. The kicker: they were at Fort Polk, home of the Army's National Fuck Fuck Team. Other such classics include NorCalAthlete taking his OpFor duties a little too seriously, and PickleInDaButt teaching us all how to clear an M249.
@@warbacca1017 Yeah, you never ever wanna piss those guys off. lol
"A lot people think the military is all on the same team, but that is incorrect."
The Imperial Japanese Military can attest to this.
Well they technically dont exist anymore
When the Army starts commissioning it's own aircraft carriers you know something's wrong XD.
Those guys were insane. Imagine going agaist each other throats in the moment of greatest necessity of the country, leaving often one arm to operate without the support of the other.
@@MrTigracho not just leaving one arm without support... Actually trying to assassinate each other's guys. Shit was fucken wild
@@MrTigracho man after listening to supernova in the east it makes all this stuff sound much crazier. They were literally sabotaging each other army against navy against air force. Military against diplomats.
Imagine being a fly on the wall for that conversation
"You're telling me someone at Fort Polk busted their ass for us? Someone with nothing to do with us?" Thank you, e-4 zonk
"You make so many friends by doing them a solid"
This is true, It doesn't matter whether or not you're in the military.
Not 100% Guaranteed, unfortunately. Some people are just nothing but a$$holes and Takers. Ran into so many of them in my life. Do them a solid and they stab you in the back the first chance they get.
Fr any job you got just stay after like 5 minutes help your coworkers get all their shit done so you can all leave a hair earlier and in like a week or two you'll have some damn loyal friend's
Well some of my friends only see me as a friend when I do them a solid
Couple years ago when I went to college, I was on the battleship Wisconsin at Nauticus taking pictures for a photography project. There was a small re-enlistment(?) happening towards the front of the ship and I was waiting off to the side for the ceremony to concede and I could take pictures of the older officers in their white uniforms. I see a younger sailor in ceremony whites running up to me out of nowhere and asked if I was there to take pictures of an event. I said I wasn't and was just getting pictures where I could for B roll (I had a professional camera around my neck). The sailor told me to follow him towards the back of the ship and explained that there was a high ranking commander that was retiring, and the photographer for the event was a no show. I went over and there were about 100 people all in ceremony whites and the sailor said to act professional and get in there like a photographer, get plenty of pictures of the ceremony, and to mainly get pictures of the retiring commander when he receives his medal board, and when he did his final dismissal from duty. I took many, many pictures of everyone there, the ceremony, the medal board and the final walk, all the sailors, the commander with his family, etc. After it was all over I was talking to the sailor who first fetched me and the commander came over and shook my hand, palming me a standard USN Carrier Strike Group 2 coin. I thanked him profusely and agreed to transfer all the pictures to a flash drive he can use. A few weeks later (and several technical difficulties) I managed to get the thumb drive and met with him to hand it over. When I give him the thumb drive, he hands me another coin, this one shaped like a badge and 2 tridents on either side, a more elaborate Carrier Strike Group 2 medal. He said it was his personal thanks for saving the memories of his retirement and i thanked him for one of the coolest experiences of my life.
td;dr: Got 2 Carrier Strike Group 2 coins as a civilian for photographing a high ranking sailor's retirement.
That's fucking amazing
@@KingdomCome257 I loved reading this. A good person doing a good deed and getting rewarded. I hope you are having an amazing day.
23:55 realizing he cannot say "babysit" to describe his mission with this higher-up
I think the reason that some challenge coins hold more value than officially recognized military awards is because challenge coins arent given when you reach a milestone thats been set out by a governing body but rather received when a person, who is working off of their own thoughts and actions thinks youve done something worthy of recognition. So not only is that coin representative of respect from a person or a unit but its also a reminder of a time when you going above and beyond was recognized and appreciated by the person you done it for and that is always a nice feeling. From hearing some stories, positions in the military can be thankless and tedious so when someone acknowledges your hard work, youre bound to appreciate that more than receiving a ribbon hundreds of other people got as well
Individual recognition is FAR superior to 'generic' recognition every time.
The equivalent of a celeb writing you a handwritten reply to a 'pink slip' rejection notice from a job for instance.
after this one, you need to do the one where he gauged the entire company's weapons in 24 hours while deployed in iraq. He had to hoof it around different fobs, and did something like 1050 ish weapons in that time. it's in the episode entitled Katrina/ARCOM
48 hours but yeah, he'll get to it I'm sure.
@@pbsixgun6 no, 24
I went to military school and we were issued M14s from like the 50s a lot of these rifles were old and hadn't seen a drop of oil in probably 15 years. So I have a free period in my class schedule and already had my homework done and my unit has guard duty coming up in a day or two (I had the 0300-0700, 1100-1500, and 1900-2300 shifts) instead of just falling asleep or bullshiting on my pc, I decided to prep my uniform and weapon for guard inspection. During the day either the 1st Sgt, MSgt, or SSgt would do random room inspections, my door was open cause it was like 87 degrees in Virginia in early September my desk faced away from the door but was very visible from the door. My MSgt walked in and probably stood watching me for a full minute as I'm cleaning a guide rod in a manner that looks as if it would be "pleasuring" to oneself. Then he cleared his throat and I jumped up so fast I knocked my chair over, he just looks at me with eyes of rage and asks "the fuck are you doing?"
"Cleaning my rifle master sergeant!"
"Is that what you are calling, "cleaning the rifle? Before you turn around zip up your fucking pants."
So I just turned around because I was not doing what he thought, when he saw the guide rod for my rifle in one hand and a rag covered in gun oil in the other he realized what I was actually doing and just started laughing told me to sit down and then looked over my work. Pointed out where I had missed a spot and then walked out giggling and shaking his head I'm pretty sure I heard him say "God damnit son" as he left
I laughed my ass off at that one. Thanks for that. lol
@@pbsixgun6 you are welcome, also I think I forgot to mention that my room passed inspection that day even though it probably shouldn't have because my roommate forgot to do his chores that morning. I think MSgt was laughing too hard to care and just signed the pass section
You damn near killed my laughing.
@@joshuahadams my rifle was the cleanest that week
I love the fact that zach was legitimately VERY VERY good at his job
I got a chance to go be IP during a JRTC cycle for a mechanized infantry battalion. They failed.... badly. Got to play around in the tunnels for a week and pretend to not understand English. It sucked (because-Fort Polk, enough said) but I did enjoy playing the part of uncooperative Iraqi Police. They had a blue on blue in the tunnels, and my squad leader (head of the IP for the scenario) just said 'John Wayne kill Rambo?' Made us crack up.
" It sucked (because-Fort Polk, enough said)" I have never heard truer words.
These reactions are great. I cannot wait for the pig and Baloney Bob stories.
I'm jazzed for the Amnesty Box reaction, since HE'S AN MP.
@@gregmarcus6752 That one is going to be great, I always laugh at the part where he is caught.
I am waiting for the russian rpg 7 clearing story
@@squidster102 I bet he has one. Zach would have jumped on the chance in Iraq.
HOG KILLING TIME
You mentioned the arcom, they have a campfire story about that. I recommend it heavily. Love the reactions, have a good day.
I recomend all their stories
@@ShadowGaming-ft4fh I'm with you there, I just recommend that one as the next one
Zach's 509th story is by far my favorite of his. I'm glad you stopped and put it into perspective just how impressive of a feat it is for a noncombat story.
This coin system is the most 40k orks thing ever
I'm just imagining a Grot trying the same thing and getting Krumped 😋
Shiny Metal Teef!
OI GROT, WEZ GONNA GIV YOUS DIZ SHOINY TOOF, FOR HELPING DA BOSS
I got accused of being a fraud for a while after I got out. Navy has a bunch of phraseology that doesn't match up with the rest of the military. For example, people don't refer to their jobs as MOS. It is called a "rating" and your rank is tied into it and called a "rate". E.g. an Electricians Mate has the rating of EM and the rate for an E5 with that job is EM2 (Electricians Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class).
Does anyone remember vthe name of the campfire story where he caught rides to different bases to repair thousands of weapons in under 48 hours and the guy who fixed the CO's air conditioning got the commendation. I want to rewatch that one.
You mean the Army Commendation one?
Arcom?
@@happydemon3038 yes perfect thank you.
@@TalkerDudeMan he NEEDS to see this one!!!!
Katrina/ARCOM
Yeah, that one was depressing to listen to. I've been there when some other jerk got a reward for something I did.
I have never been in the military and I don't think I ever will be in the military but I do know how nice it is to get those coins since I have had something similar. I race cars out of Wisconsin and at one of the tracks that I go to if your races go flag to flag with no wrecks when you go get your pay at the end of the day you get this little commemorative coin that's worth $5 and you can use them for anything at the track.
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@@antoninedelchev6076 thank you
@@arcticbanana66 Holy shit really?
Shit while im here the up and down arrows lowers and makes the volume louder, M mutes it outright.
I got a coin from a wing commander turned 4 star general. Commander of the air force. He recently retired. I know it sounds unbelievable but I was in DODS elementary school. He visited the principal while I was there I said hello and spent recess with them. They played four square with me and palmed me his Commander coin before he left. I knew him as Wing commander Goldfien.
That's kinda cool.
Yes, finally. I have been waiting for this video. This is just icing on the cake that is my Saturday!
Good old mike fire burn. Yayuh
I had a story almost exactly like Zach's in basic woth everyone falling asleep. The drill sergeant who came to our floor of the barracks was an Airborne Ranger and all that shit. He came in like a ghost. 🤣 We did a lot of push-ups for people falling asleep that day.
Later that same cycle, we were on FTX doing a checkpoint exercise at night. I was on the SAW in the little shack. My senior drill sergeant came into the shack with me and sat down. A few minutes later I see these two little glowing green rectangles come into view as my senior drill falls asleep and the cat eyes on the back of his helmet point toward the roof. 🤣
Oh dear....that's funny.
15:30 Zack was a SMALL ARMS REPAIRMAN, 1 level above for armorer
Fuck yeah this was the video I requested Loved your take and opinion on it as always, keep up the good work!!!
"From MIKE.... Fireburn. This is coins and blue falcon." I don't know why but as you were saying "Blue Falcon" I was expecting to hear "Blue Waffle".... *[shudders in revulsion]*
Giving young men the free ability to bully each other is never a good idea
Always*
I’m stationed at fort Irwin (NTC) with 1/11 ACR the most difficult unit to beat was 1st brigade 1st Cav. However we still kicked there ass.
is that the WhiteChapel logo in your PFP?
The saw is the law
I always get a kick out of the fact he still messed up their name, it's a chuckle from a good place
He may be doing it to troll Mike cause Mike Trolls Zach so often and he figured it out a few vids ago. lol
Been loving this and your added commentary as a vehicle to share your experiences too. These are how I found your channel and you won me over!
Even through the darkest days
Mike fire burns always
I love how you know it's mike burn fire now, but you keep leaning into the meme anyway.
Just got the coffee cup I ordered the same one he's using in the vid the quality and everything about it is great and my father who I got it for loves it I love the content and the merch thanks for making such awesome stuff
doctors huh? you should watch weird leg problem by mikeburnfire
I remember I met a special forces guy at my old job that got a challenge coin from a general. I doubt he got it but he was fun to talk to and was the only one who i felt safe around because my manager at the time had anger issues and could lash out at anyone.
He was awesome
13:14 gotta love how he points at the incandescent beacon of light whilst talking about doing people a solid
I will recommend watching the boot camp of Tropa de Elite, one of the best movies made in my country
Tropa de elite is a must watch!
Yeahhhh another Paul upload. Today is a good day
While it's true doing favours makes friends it becomes murkier and more difficult when you have to tell the difference between those who need a favour and those looking to take advantage of you. If you can't tell the difference then you'll keep doing things for people who will never return the favour and when you realize it you'll be made the bad guy.
Been there...done that...reduced my trust in humanity and my gullibility/naivety.
How does helping others make you a bad guy?
Thanks for adding your own coin stories in there.
DAMN came out strong in the first ten seconds of this video, love to see it
I love zach and Mike, but the added insight is especially greay
I'd love to see your reaction to Zach's campfire story about the time he got carbon monoxide poisoning.
So many of us waiting on you reacting to their berets story... I really want to know if you have a guide that matches Zach's.
never thought a big company such as Wargaming will actually sponsors our smol content creator Paul
good for you man, you are getting recognized
For me it was getting my spurs in the 2AC Reg while I was in Polk. Huge Cav tradition. Sadly right before my jump to Korea, both my spurs and stetson where stolen along with several other items.
Did not expect to see Littorio in this video.
9:23 Him saying that actually hurt. He's definitely got that disapproving dad look down pat.
My man has gotten over his caffeine addiction, can we get a round of applause?
To hell with Coffee. Tea for life!
@@scowler7200 That's my man
I think we should all appreciate how well Zack can spin a yarn, his way with words is very entertaining.
Dude your coins are fucking awesome.. Love your stories and reactions.. Good shit and thank you for your service
You brought up ARCOM, and I think you should watch that one next, because it's infuriating how Zach got ripped off out of an ARCOM.
I knew a guy who actually got away with falling asleep in the bay when the drill sergeant came in because, according to him he nodded off while reviewing his notes, while sitting on the floor sort of hunched over with his back against his locker, so the drill sergeant couldn't see that his eyes were closed.
I have only one coin from my time in the German service, for participation in the NRF10 QRF international excercise. Nothing too special and certainly not as highly valued as my medals I earned for the big marches in Luxembourgh (80km) and Netherlands (160km).
During NRF10 I was machine gunner in the first truck of a convoy, we drove into an ambush and we shot blankets into the forest. Was intense, the noise and everything, and luckily just blanks or I'd have died first. But at the end of it our attackers came out and yelled "Who was the gunner on the first truck!?" and I shrank back, afraid of what they had to say, then they added "I looked down his barrel all the time!" Despite them being in full camo and deep in the forest I managed to track them. Better compliment than anything I got for just doing my job in logistics.
Same exercise I was also on guard for 16 hours, the last 4 hours sitting behind sandbags with a MG3 next to me and night vision. It got dark, next guard should've been around for hours, but didn't come. So I busied myself with looking around and watching the warthog sow on the other side of the road and wondering if my blank fire gun would even impress a sow and her freshlings that life on a military training ground.
The difference between Paul talking about World of Warships and hearing Badger describe it is astounding
You should watch the campfire video about Zach's mysterious leg condition that just stopped occurring when he got out of the military
I think he legit had a major intolerance to something that he kept coming into contact with while he was there.
My dad was deployed as a mechanic during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006, for all I know he was third infantry too lol, I would like to talk to him more about his military career, but I don't get to talk to him much these days.
I don't think i've heard someone share a military experience that I have not been appreciative of or not enjoyed listening to. thanks for sharing yours.
Much love from Colorado Springs!
Love your stories. Also love Zack and Mike.
I would like to say as a POG attached to an infantry unit, coin culture is alive and well
Almost said babysit the general.... and I felt that for a lot of past reasons
It's always a coin flip on whether or not he will say mikeburnfire Channel name correct LOL. I kid, always appreciate your insights
I especially like that he stopped to think about it for a second and got it wrong lol
@@zeallust8542 With the video literally in front of him? He's trolling Mike...probably cause he trolls Zach so hard. lol
I was wearing my USASOC hat the other day while working one of my store routes (I work for a soda company, I won’t say which one but I’m an account manager for a few Midwest Walmarts) and someone was behind me when I was writing an order on my tablet, and said loudly “Bull****” before telling me to prove my service in front of a crowded aisle. I just pulled out my Night Stalkers, 160th SOAR, challenge coin. And he just said “very good, sorry” before disappearing.
Keep those challenge coins handy. Never know when or where you’ll get agressively challenged. I had never actually been challenged so that was an experience. Thought I’d get more of an interview from him but that was sufficient.
the phrase I heard for being the push-party for a brigade was "diaper-tight patrol" XD
The Canadian forces adoptive this hard. I have 2, they are in a box. They stay in the box.
The coins seem like a good idea tbh
@@AlexWithington Only if they did it as a 'personal recognition' instead of 'yet another participation trophy' type of award.
Yeah challenge coins can mean a lot. I'm one of the lucky ones though, I was recognized with a NAM in my second enlistment. But I had a division (air wing) officer who cared for once and took the advice of me and a couple of the other Sergeants when we wanted to try and get the kids recognized. He and Gunny (the latter a good friend to this day), decided I should get a NAM. Like many in the Corps I had to struggle a lot of work and work-crap to get it. I prize it. Yet, in another (non-deploying training unit) they gave an S-1 Bubba a NAM for processing a lot of GTC claims. Like cool, he worked, but I have people busting their asses for months on end with only the good NCO's and Staff NCO's (which isn't many) giving them a *heartfelt* attaboi. But, forward the idea of a Medal and it typically gets shot down by the officer, or shot down upstairs. It's like pulling teeth and out in the Grunt world it's even harder than that. The Corps is stingy with awards though. Our Navy counterparts I worked with noted how if you weren't a complete shitbird you were guaranteed a NAM when you PCS'd/PCO'd to another station or unit on the same station. Most lifers would get a Navy Com once in awhile if they actually did more than the minimum (command dependent ofc). So you'd have 8 year 2nd classes and 1st classes with multiple award NAM's and COM's and I had to get lucky and bust my ass for a single NAM. And most people who do bust their ass get nothing at all.
On the reverse one of my "kids" had to setup stuff in a hangar for one of the Commandant's Town Hall meetings at our base and while they were doing it General Conway went around to all the Marines doing the setup, shot a little shit with them and gave them a pretty pimp, but not too gigantic CMC coin for "volunteering." I think he got one from SMMC Estrada too, I was more jealous of that one. SgtMaj Estrada was a pretty awesome dude who cared about Jr enlisted quality of life, and I recently learned he was the US Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago after his retirement for a bit.
Mike Burn Fire
Lol
Your getting there man awesome content as always sir
Not military, not even a contractor but I have this really neat horseshoe shaped challenge coin a Sergeant Major, IIRC, of an MP unit stationed at Fort Knox gave me.
It has a built in bottle opener.
I also have a dogtag shaped coin my brother gave me... USMC, 4th LAR coin. It also has a bottle opener on it as well as a keychain hole for... Whatever reason... You ain't putting on your keys or your dogtag chain. It's way too heavy and thick.
But it also helped me in getting a snow globe past TSA so that was good.
Im so glad you're getting sponsorships now.
I got a nice collection of coins from supporting missions as a contractor but I have to say my favorite coin is one from the 391st MP BN.
it got awarded to me from my time working in GTMO as a security specialist and just working close with that unit and supporting their tasks.
I always tell people
I was a navy ranger who ran a door gun on the space shuttle
lol, anyone that would believe that knows absolutely nothing about anything military. lmao
Look at my boy with sponsors!!! I love it!!!
Mike doesn't have a lot of awards of any kind because if I remember correctly he was in the Marine reserves so not really seeing a lot of action
Depends on the unit type, a lot of the Reserves (and Guard) made a lot of deployments in the war. Marines are stingy about awards no matter active or Reserves though.
The secret of the Marine Reserves is they used to do some money deployments like Europe (Poland, Germany, Norway, others) to cover joint training commitments while others were out supporting OEF/OIF.
But we also have the Black Sea Rotational Force and similar groups in Africa and other places too.
@@goldenhide in one of his stories he mentioned being deployed to Alaska, and another to Senegal but that's about it
I'm in comm maintenance. I felt it when you talked about the paperwork and stuff. The amount of times I've had to stay late just to correct it because someone didn't like how it was written.
That 1st ID coin is ridiculously huge, like, wtf Army? I've got quite a few challenge coins when I was in, I don't know if it's an actual regulation, but ALL of them are the exact same size, which is the same size, though a bit thicker than a half dollar coin.
Gosh. Cadets that are full of themselves! I did a whole 7 year cadet career, one cadet thought only cold water cooled him down so he dumped his canteen of warm water. So i calmly explained how sweating works.
I’m highly convinced he’s screwing with us when he says their name.
"What color is the boathouse at Hereford?"
My first ex-wife got a Challenge coin from Donald Rumsfeld in the early 2000s.
Is that why she's your ex?
@@scowler7200 No lol, we had a lot of issues but that wasn't one of them. She actually just told me about that recently so it was fresh in my head. Our kids have kept us in contact, and their siblings from my 2nd ex-wife. Oddly enough my first ex-wife and one of my sisters are both married to ex-military truck drivers in their 2nd marriages.
Like Titus says, statistically 63 percent of Americans are from "disfunctional" families, we're the majority. Lol
That's a *BIG-ASS* coin you have there at 18:39!!! I didn't know challenge coins were THAT big. What the heck!?
All i know is that chris kyle, which he told in his book, used his coin (i didn't know what it looked like, let alone the size) to airlift him to the warzone (the green zone, i think...?); while everyone else is going out. He insisted to go there to take out the baddies
You should react to his beret video.
Like an hour and a half ago my mind drifted to this campfire story and I was like huh, maybe he should make a video about that one.
I think you might really enjoy the _Cruise/Demonchild/Milkcrate/Casualty_ video. It's pretty great.
Seeing this video, should probably hit up the ARMCOM one when you get the chance. Would be a good follow up.
....you have a Big Red One coin!? DUDE THAT'S AWESOME!
1ST INFANTRY BATTALION!?
I apologize for the all caps but that...must be an amazing thing to have!
13:24 bro has a flashbang back there
Man, I got a coin for holding the colors on a windy day when there was a formation. They hand stuff like that out like candy now
Army medics sees you with a broken bone, Oh you're just dehydrated
I got one challenge coin from a SSGT for refueling generators at night on deployment. Said SSGT was an old dude that tried too hard to be hip with the kids and got demoted to E-4 for an EO complaint because he casually used the N-word (He's white af) in a humvee full of black people. He recently got back to 5 but god damn what the hell do I do with this coin.
8:03 you just wait till you get to the Zach's leg story
Damn, our boi got sponsors!
Love from a Vaush and ChicagoReacts Fan!
You got sponsored by Wargaming ? Damn, My bald saitama grows so fast, I can't keep up with it
MikeBURNfire. Say it like a sentence. Mike burns fire. Mike doesn't fire burn.
So these coins where just a way to brag... Well i learned something new!
Also great personal accomplishment boosters. It's nice to feel appreciated once in a while. So often people just take advantage of others and no gratitude or thanks is ever given.
I think there are a lot more fake Rangers than just 10:1. I do enjoy Don Shipley's work. lol
Same with 'special forces' I would run into what I'm pretty sure was the same 1-5 guys constantly using different names on a gaming and chat site claiming to be one...lol.
"From, Mike...fire..burn?" Nope wrong again XD You might get it right one day, great video still.
About the formal awards, you need to watch the ARCOM campfire if you haven't already.
I had made myself known as a reliable person at my workplace and my coworker wanted to take some vacation days so I told them I'd do it. In return they gave me a 20 and an eighth of weed which was great. I mean the extra hours and weed are both fantastic bonus's in my book and I bet they'd cover for me to if I ever needed a hand so it always shows that helping people is better than humming and hawing about something