Respec! That's one heck of a hustle, mammoth levels of effort to keep a ship from sinking like that, never mind not splitting in pieces with no structure below. Legends indeed
Shout out to America without you we would have lost as a brit soldier 65 thank you for the help with the Falklands were we served amazing brothers across the pond resect to you USA
To be fair, many Americans wanted to sit it out, and were even after France was subsumed and poor Churchill's Dardanelles raid was messed up. The America First Committee was caricatured by Dr. Seuss, some lesser-known cartoons. With an unpopular message which criticizes our actual owners.
He has so many great one liners that honestly deserve to be on shirts like: “Please, for the love of God, don’t mess with America’s boats.” And my personal fav: “Strategically Transfer Equipment to Alternative Location. (S.T.E.A.L.)”
For those not from the United States, and those too young to remember Ronny “Raygun” Reagan, that clip where RR says “I’m here to help.” is actually part of a joke he once made. The whole remark was… “The scariest words ever spoken are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”. Just an FYI.
@@andyb1653 it’s a cliche, but RR really was a “complicated guy”. He did a lot of things that in the long term caused some incredibly intractable problems, like turbocharging inequality, and breathing new life into racism. But he really did have a great sense of humor and I honestly believe that in his heart he was a patriot. The REAL monsters were the hardcore fanatics that loved a believable lie and the feeling of power that came with using them. People like Rodger Stone, Leo Leo (who hated being called that preferring “Leonard Leo), Rupert Murdoch, Newt Gingrich, Grover Norquist, Jerry Falwell (who started out in Wall Street and was known for the quote “if you want to make real money get into religion), and others. THEY’RE the ones who twisted conservatism into the sick combination of fascism and insatiable greed. If RR could see the party he spawned he’d be spinning in his grave.
Well, actually, Nic stated he wanted to start fact-checking and revising history books... and to do so, you must have a history degree. That's why he is getting his degree. If he does decide to become a teacher, I'm going back to high school lmao @shinigami9851
Let’s not forget the tension we had with Iran. They held our hostages for 444 days until Reagan was elected and they were finally released. This seems proportional to me.
Let's not forget the fact candidate Reagan's campaign was in negotiations with Iran to ensure that our hostages weren't released until AFTER the 1980 election. Some of us watched the entire Iran-Contra hearings. Reagan was crooked as fuck.
@@AM-go3sl The Reagan campaign behind closed doors Camden a patch with Iran to keep the hostages till after the election as to show weakness of Carter.
The oil rigs weren't producing oil by then. They were used as outposts for the Revolutionary Guard and a forward base of ops for the Iranian Navy for doing things like scattering mines in international waters.This was known by everyone at the time. The existence of anti-air guns mounted on the structure should be dead giveaway to anyone interested.
Yeah the first time I heard this story I was a bit confused as to why they’d have anti-air guns on an oil rig to begin with, so I must’ve missed when The Fat Electrician literally stated early on the video that the oil rigs are no longer drawing any oil but are instead being used as military outposts.
That is obviously why they took them out. Governments always know a million more things than any investigative journalist or reporter. Do not underestimate spies 😂
68W (normally referred to as 68 whiskey) is the MOS code (military occupational specialty; aka job) for a combat medic in the US Army. So when he says he's a former 68W, just take that as, he's a former combat medic in the US Army. Hope that helps!
@@MisterW0lfehe raised his hand and was supposed to deploy, but he never did. He makes that very clear and several of his podcasts. I mean no disrespect.
Yes it was. The Canadians had fewer resources available than other nations, so they got real creative in how they prosecuted their war efforts. They were celebrated as being famous or infamous depending on which side you were on. LOL The Fat Electrician goes into more detail about this in another one of his videos.
@@robnicholson4433 Yea, I joined the army in 99 and never heard of this until a couple years ago. I rarely saw local news as a kid in the 80's and 90's much less world news. No internet was so different to todays "lemme google that". If I wanted to know something I had to go to the library or look into our family's way out of date encyclopedias.
as a former navy hull tech in the early 90s who served on at-sea fire party and did a lot of dc work, lemme tell you, the crew of the samuel b roberts were absolute legends to us.
@@christopherroberts6089first off they were probably at damage control condition Zebra (completely compartmentalized so there would not be massive flooding) and we train constantly for this kind of scenario. Served on 7 ships over my career. Thankfully never having to deal with anything like this.
The fact of the matter is that at the end of this conflict, the reality of Iran's military capacity was affected for decades, while for America it amounted to a footnote in the history books and an incident that could be swept under the rug. The idea that Iran's leadership thought that putting mines in a massively trafficked international trade lane had even the slightest chance of doing anything other than provoking a fight they could not win was insane.
I have to say, when he first mentioned the dive team discovering the mines were Iranian, I expected the divers to moe them into Iranian waters. I realize that's a dangerous proposition, but it would have been fun watching Iran discover their mines had made their way home.
That's more than a dangerous proposition, that's an effectively impossible proposition. A mine isn't well-designed if it's something that's easy to disarm or move. Even if there wasn't a risk to the divers, and they could spend hours working on the mines, without using a nearby support ship since those mines are designed to detect ships and detonate, most naval mines are like 400-500 pounds, and the ones in use by Iran in this incident were a particular type where the mine is also tied to an anchor that weighed who knows how much. The mass of the mine means that even if it were neutrally buoyant and wouldn't need constant effort to keep from sinking, it would still be difficult to move. The mooring means though that it actually isn't neutrally buoyant, the explosive payload at the top is, but as a whole the mine sinks. The tether to the mine is typically a heavy chain, and a rope alone is hard enough to cut underwater, let alone a chain. @@ralphm6901
You got that right! I signed on in 1966, went to boot camp in San Diego in early 1967, and had something like a "Intro to Damage Control" and "Fire Fighting." My rate was Electronics Tech Communications (ETN), but the Navy's approach was that you're going to be on a ship; you'd better know how to help keep it floating. For all of my 10 years on active duty, we covered some part of that training during every duty day on board ship. It didn't matter what job you really had.
I have always been told, that in the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the USMC EVERY service member has 2 jobs, if you are in the Army, your primary job is whatever the Army trained you for specifically, BUT you are ALSO an infantryman, in the Navy, you have your Specific job, BUT you are also a FIREMAN, and in the MARINES, you are whatever you were trained for BUT you are also a Rifleman, now to my knowledge, the Air Farce has no such equivalenced system.
The reason why the quote from Ronald Reagan is so important is this. Here's the whole quote. "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." -Ronald Regen
I've yet to hear anything Reagan did that deserves even half the flack he gets. Maybe, maybe the deficit spending, but the debt thing has been a problem since Roosevelt decided to deal up a new set of welfare drains.
My uncle was a United States Navy pilot for over 20 years. He retired when he could no longer pass a flight physical. As a young child I was allowed to go on what the Navy called a "Tiger" cruise on the USS Enterprise. I got to ride in the back seat of one of the first FA-18B fighters. I know what it feels like to be going Mach 1.2 at 50 feet off the water. I have a video of the rooster tail of water thrown up by the jet wash. It was taller than the tail of the jet. Then my uncle pulled up and I got to ride straight up on the 30 foot column of fire from the after burners of the jet. I will never forget that ride. The Navy stopped the Tiger cruises the next year and a lot of teenage Navy relatives lost out on the best recruiting tool in history. I have ridden on USS Enterprise, USS McKean, and another frigate in the late 1980s.
The Navy still does tiger cruises, its just up to the CO and operational tempo of the ship in question. I personally had two done while aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (cvn-72). Often there just wont be enough rack space aboard ships for civies to use or you just wont have time to just leisurely travel.
@@nerocaesar9249 my dad was on the lincoln when it got out of dry port off the east coast and was supposed to be a world tour but iran was fucking around trying to find out agian why we dont free health care
You are incredibly lucky to have such an amazing memory of time with your father. I’d gladly give 20 years of my lifespan to have such a memory. For a couple reasons, one my father and I never got a chance to bond like that and two I’ve always wanted to be a jet pilot, tried to but couldn’t pass the military physical due to an inherited condition. That experience would have been so awesome. Thanks for sharing that story!
I was actually Damage Control in the US Navy back in the early 90’s. They had an amazing training facility on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. They had a section of a ship inside a facility to train for flooding. It was called the USS Buttercup. It was actually my favorite part of our training. The assigned me to pipe patching. I think they were really testing us because I’m 5’ 2”and the pipes were along the overhead. There was a 6’ guy next to me on wall shoring. I yell at him that he’s now on pipes because there was no way I could reach them. We actually set a class record for getting it under control. I miss that part of it.
It's always been the problem with Iran: Disconnect. Their army does what it wants, when it wants. The same for it's small Navy. Only when things go horribly wrong does it diplomatic leadership even get contacted. The basic concept is avoidance of responsibility. If their military takes a chance and scores a gain, they get a parade. If they take a chance and screw up, their politicians say "We had no idea this was going on." *shrugs* All one needs to do is follow the activities of Iran since the 80's to know this is true. Think of all the organizations they finance which create chaos, and continue to do so.
Understanding the history - Iran had a relatively moderate, educated populace going through reform of governance. But because Britain and the US and O&G - well, instead of allowing and supporting the transition: They went and reinstalled the regime. And the rest is kind of history - What ended up happening is revolution, leading to the Authoritarian Theocratic Regime of today taking over. When you have an Authoritarian regime - loyalty matters over all else. When you have a Theocratic regime - loyalty to the religion matters above all else, and in basically every Authoritarian and Theocratic government that has ever occurred, corruption has always occurred leading to exploitation and abuse, and a loss of top tier talent as top tier talent tends to question and look for better ways, and if you can prove a better way: The establishing hierarchy looks bad, and that is a terrible thing right? You can imagine that the current day Iranian regime isn't ran by the best. The best emigrated when they could, the best got persecuted. And so what you get, is a bunch of Yes men - someone at the top proposes a solution, and everyone, no matter how bad the idea, no matter the consequences will tend to say "yes boss". Now we get into their goals: Well - if you don't have an external enemy, your people are liable to rally against authoritarians given time. You NEED a threat outside of you that is not existential, but constant enough to continue galvanizing the populace against the threat in a rallied way which allows a complete shut down of dissension against the regime to go without backlash. So why does Iran fund those organizations? Because it keeps a degree of instability around Iran - and that Instability creates the very foundational justification for literally everything else going on inside the country in one form or another.
@@formes2388 you are a thousand percent correct because President Nixon was standing behind the Shah of Iran.. he was overthrown because there were a fraction of American politicians and leadership who were for him and others who were going around behind his back talking with the Ayatollah... AWFUL!!! AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT LIKE THAT BUT OUR DAMN GOVERNMENT PEOPLE ARE AND IT PISSES ME OFF BECAUSE THEY SAID HORRIBLE EXAMPLES.. THEY MAKE EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE US LOOK BAD WHEN WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT.. If not for those people that did everything exact opposite of President Nixon, & the same ones who wanted him out so bad including a lot of Republicans and the establishment, Iran would be just like it was before.. women used to be able to wear jeans and drive there before the Ayatollah came to power. Sad! The people who call themselves progressives don't do anything but take a great big wrecking ball into something and destroy it and put it back in the 14th century..
@@formes2388Well we know this about Iran now. They lived under the Shah and decided that they would prefer a life under Shariya. We know how Iran has layers of financed and trained terrorist armies, ie Hezbollah, Quds Force, Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Hamas, to name but a few. You haven’t even touched on the militant Islamic crazies (mullahs, et al) who have been fighting the rest of the world since 632. THAT is the driving force. They are tribal, murderous and committed, and probably nothing will deter them. They train and support the Hamas terrorists and will continue to wage war on Israel until they are vaporized. Stop making excuses for them. They’ve had chances to live as normal peaceful people but no.
Yea, no hate to the Iranian people but when I hear them online talk about their capabilities, it’s always related to spirituality or religion, not actual capabilities in terms logistics or technologies.
"A gun behind every blade of grass" "The giant that will never sleep again" As payback we created the sun and dropped it twice. Yea we are the fraction people and you better believe we will show you how "proportional" we will get.
If history has proven anything, it's that messing with US ships is the worst thing you could possibly do, because the US has absolutely no chill when it comes to her ships. The Barbary pirates, the British, the Spanish, the Germans, the Japanese, the North Koreans, and now the Iranians all figured that out the hard way.
So true and most of the ships are joked as being held by paint.....But Regan did stop the Star Wars we built a great Hollywood set in Huntsville Al and then proceeded to say ok you asked We win... Everyone believed his bluff
@@davidisles4009Wise words. Five of my six sons are military, three soldiers, one sailor, one marine. My sailor son is the missile technician on an Ohio class boat. ❤
"just anyone else want to find out what it's like to chew 5 gum?" That was a great line I totally forgot those commercials. They were such weird fever dreams.
You know who Mossadegh was? He was a democratically elected president who had the temerity to privatize their own oil industry. The CIA and the British toppled him and installed the Shah. Why do you think the hostage crisis occurred?
@@MRCATL3 Incorrect. The Shah was already ruling over Iran when Mossadegh was overthrown. He ruled from 1941 until 1979 when he was overthrown. Mossadegh was elected in 1952, 11 years after the Shah’s reign was established. If you’re gonna be mad, at least be mad about the right things.
@@goldmagikarp9579 Sadly he wasnt great enough to keep his Country, if he was so great why was his people behind him. and reading from Wikipedia doesnt make it right alot of things a skewed to how Westerners sees it.
@@ohlszon It’s funny that instead of trying to prove I’m wrong, you just go ‘Well you’re right but I don’t like that so I’m gonna nitpick about what you said because I don’t want to acknowledge you being correct’ lol. I never said anything about how good of a ruler he was, I said when he ruled. Why are you bringing up stuff that don’t have anything to go with the topic?
The army literally says “you can always do it once.” They use that shit a lot too. I walked out and started taking video of my nephew’s first ride in an Apache helicopter. I got yelled at, I said “sorry sir, won’t happen again.” A family member who was there asked if I was going to get in trouble. I said, trouble? No. You can always do something once. Trouble comes if I do it again. 😂
Just gonna throw this out here; when he says they sinched the keel together with steel cable he means it. They literally sewed the bottom of the ship together like how a surgeon closes a wound after surgery. Freaking amazing considering they did this while under all that pressure AND they were underwater during it lmao
My father was a Navy doctor in the late 70s. US Navy shipboard damage control crews are no joke. They are military firemen with a license to kick ass. Don't give up the ship!
I genuinely love how proud this guy is to be an American citizen. It’s refreshing to hear a Brit say something good about us. 😂 The good ol’ US of A welcomes you!
Dude, I'm another one. Born a Brit and a Citizen of the USA for the past 25 years. I have been able to do amazing things because of this country. I'm now 69 and my wife and I live in quiet retirement in Western Washington. There's no place on earth I'd rather be. I absolutely love this country.
@@PaulLemars01then we are blessed and glad to have you. Best wishes and thank you for some hope. so easy to follow the horrific media perception the US receives (some deserved tbf) but a lot undeserved.
That Ronald Reagan quote was his own attempt at taking a poke at his own government...he said those were the 9 worst words you could ever hear "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
Former USMC A-6 Intruder avionics repair tech here (Sgt, 1981-1989)... 1. the Bombardier/Navigator in the A-6 sits beside the pilot, not behind him. 2. The A-6E, which is what the USN & USMC had in the 1980s-90s, had a turret under the nose with both an infrared camera (with zoom) and a rangefinder/bomb guidance laser, which let them hit a 10' diameter spot from anywhere within a couple miles of the target (they did need some altitude for the bomb to hit that far from the drop point). 3. The only reason for that dive attack was they had used all their laser-guided bombs and only had an unguided "dumb" bomb left - but the A-6E had a really good bombing radar and computer. ;)
@@bzkshane exactly! I'm laughing my ass off and I'm a 56-year-old woman but my dad was in the Navy 26 years.. I went to college for two years then Parris Island and Marine Corps & finished 4 years active and my BS. I applied for OCS and went to Quantico to the naval officer because I wanted to be a lawyer. The military covered ALL OF THAT. For 3 years I went to school and busted my ass and I kept my GPA up at 4.0 just to make sure they paid my tuition. When I was going to law school I was in the reserves, & could have been pulled out if any time if NEEDED.. thankfully that didn't happen. I loved working with JAG. But I was raised around guys and worked around a lot of guys so they never offended me with anything they say. As long as they didn't hit on me, we were good.
I was there. The tanker escort mission was called Operation Earnest Will. When we would enter or leave the gulf through the Straits of Hormuz, Iran would light us up with their Silkworm missile radars. And steaming around in mined waters is rather nerve-racking. I was on the USS Merrill (DD-976), SAG B, during this engagement. We wound up doing all the shooting on the Sassan oil platform because Lynde B. McCormick's gun had dropped sync and was "walking" and they couldn't fix it in time. After the engagement we had a joke: How does the Ayatollah inspect his fleet... Glass Bottomed boat. The Soviet Udaloy destroyer was gathering intel. A few details wrong, but it doesn't detract from the story and NO ONE gets ALL the details right.. I love Nic's presentation. I've seen most of his videos and they are awesome.
I didn’t know that only your ship fired on the platform! I was part of the Marine detachment that set the explosive charges. I picked up a few small “artifacts” while moving about the platform. One of them was a piece of shrapnel that was resting in the bottom of a trench that was carved out of the helipad by one of your shots. The 5” groove started shallow and grew deeper as it grazed over the surface, finally penetrating completely. Thanks to you I know which ship fired the chunk of metal I’ve been holding for 36 years!
@@johnsoule2417 I was standing EW Console Operator (AN/SLQ-32) and one of our other guys was my Radio Operator. The only time I got nervous during the operation was when we had an inbound F-4 and he got a little too close for comfort. Guns had dropped sync and couldn't pick him up, and he was in Sea Sparrow's blind spot (cut-outs), so they couldn't fire on him, and I didn't have his radar, yet. I believe he got within 20 NM, suddenly Sea Sparrow picked him up, Guns picked him up, and I picked up his radar. He bugged out because he knew he was going down. I think the other thing that bothered me about Earnest Will was steaming around in mined waters. Very nerve-wracking... It's interesting to get another perspective on what happened.
@@toddhutchins2492 I really appreciate you sharing this extra insider’s perspective, Todd. As a self-taught military historian this is like finding a gold nugget! You are correct when saying no single presentation seems to get every detail right, but all the highlights are here. Of course you know we didn’t just “send a couple of Hueys” full of Marines to set charges. The Trenton did have a couple of UH-1Ns but our main ride was the CH-46. We were covered by AH-1T Cobras which added 20mm and TOW missile fire to the 5” gun damage. The Sassan GOSP was truly massive with multiple platforms connected by catwalks. There was visible damage almost everywhere, some of it obviously fresh, but I suspect some might have already been there. Perhaps from an Iraqi attack? At any rate, it was a battle station. Ammunition stores were cooking off from burning fires sending metal in random directions. I can see why the Sirri platform wasn’t raided! After each platform was “cleared” (using concussion grenades) the Marines of MAGTF 2-88 (B Co. 1/2) gathered intel items for analysis. We even took a ZU-23-2 and hoisted it under a CH-46 for transport back to the Trenton. The gun was almost completely intact except for a fresh shrapnel gouge in one of the barrels, courtesy the Merrill. The same choppers then turned around and began the process of transporting around 3000 pounds of explosives over to us. Due to some previous experience with explosives, I and another Corporal were ordered to stay back and assist setting up the charges. I had a rifleman and a grenadier from my fireteam as well. A SNCO from EOD was in charge of the setup plan. We used lots of C4 blocks, but also improvised 40 pound cratering charges to destroy other 23mm ZU emplacements and stacks of Iranian ammo. We even used Bangalore torpedos along the catwalks. All of this work took several hours for our small group! With everything set to go off together from a det cord, the Gunny lit the timed fuse and we got on the last CH-46 out. I saw Gunny looking at his watch on the flight back to the Trenton, sweating and praying I’m sure, that everything would work. I never saw the explosion, as it went up when we were still airborne.
Trivia: Earnest Will was the first Operation that had Navy SEALs, Special Boat Units, and 160th Special Operations Aviation working together. It foreshadowed the modern future of SOCOM working with Big Navy and Marines.
The story of how the Samuel B Roberts survived the mine hit is an epic story in and of itself. The mine detonated directly under the engine room - blasting the lower level of the engine room upwards into the upper level, completely flooding the space. the ship literally had a fracture line running completely across the ship.
Basically, the keel was broken, which is normally a death sentence for a ship. This is like a guy getting shot in the heart, with a shotgun, at close range (you can see through his chest), the emts manage to keep his vitals up enough to get him to the hospital & save his life. Yeah, that ship had epic level (s++) damage control. Most ships (like every ship in the world, except the roberts), would be on the bottom of the ocean.
Just as epic how they fixed it. Instead of scrapping the ship, they fabricated a completely new, engine room module. In the Navy yard, they cut out the wrecked engine room and grafted the new engine room into the existing remainder of the hull.
Portland Maine here!!! I remember the Samuel Roberts in our shipyards and watching it go back out to sea. My dad was a retired gunner on destroyers for 28 years and he talked about his guns like they were human with personalities! Lol! There were some adventures lol!
68W is the designation for combat medic in the US Army since 2002. It used to be 91B but they changed the training so they also changed the designation for the MOS (military occupational skill). That being said, The Fat Electrician is awesome and has many videos on individual military jobs and historical incidents.
I was in the Navy, my job was Electronic Warfare; missile defense, threat recognition, etc. These conflicts with Iran were the proving grounds for my job. I was lucky to have an instructor who was serving on a ship in the gulf during this conflict. In the post WW2 era, very few naval battles have taken place. As much of a pucker factor it had to be for the sailors, the fact that our equipment proved its efficacy in those fights made it easier for us to do our job. A lot of lessons learned, but equally confusion. In all my time in I never got a straight or consistent assessment of what happened with the USS Stark. My instructor told us while he was there Iran was doing bombing runs on Iraq, and were not targeting US ships. But the Iranian aircraft would fly south, approach his U.S. Navy ship, turn on their missile targeting radar, and then break west before getting too close. Until one day the Iranians didn't turn. They continued south, turned on their targeting radar. My instructor was on watch at the time. He saw them coming. He told the TAO, TAO told the captain. The captain waffled and wouldn't give permission to fire on them, but he did give my instructor permission to fire countermeasures in case they launched missiles. My instructor launched chaff, the Iranian jets flew right over the ship and then broke west to go attack Iraq. The Iranians basically bet their lives on trolling the Navy, probably trying to bait them into attacking.
@promontorium and this constant taunting behavior contributed to the eventual downing of an Iranian commercial airliner by the USS Vincennes. There were many other factors and I am not trying to open up a debate as to blame or fault. But the repeated and continued harassment of our ships by Iranian crewed F14s was constant strain. And a Captain's first responsibilty is to protect his ship and crew. Period. On the flip side, an airliner in the Gulf finally convinced Iran that they could not win, and all parties were at the negotiating table within the year. Much appreciation to you and your family for your service in our Navy. All the best!!
A 68W Medic is an Army combat medic. Usually a high level of training to handle trama and critical care in the field. OMG, I'm loving this guy! Had to have kissed that Blarney Stone, cuz he's got a silver tongue. All of his jokes and double entendres are spot on
It’s a medic not a combat medic, there is no distinction between medics attached to combat units or hospitals it’s luck of the draw we all go through the same training. Not saying that’s a good thing, buts it’s the way it is now do to politics and has been for a few decades.
I’m seriously feeling the love from the Brits lately with videos like this. Trust me when I say it’s mutual. American service members appreciate the shit out of you guys ❤
Glad to see more people liking Fat Electricians stuff, it's the exact kind of history lesson I would have loved in school. The ones he did on the Mosquito plane and the 'Real life starfox' were great because he looked at UK military stuff too with the exact same level of charisma. Don't worry about taking from his views because your reaction was exactly the same as mine and now more people know about him. Feel free to react to more. Happy new year too! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next 👍
considering he talks about two different operations that took place 6 whole MONTHS apart as if it was the same day, and most of the people here are too lazy to even find out the facts and just take his word for it, hardly gives weight to him being some kinda history buff let alone someone teaching lessons... come on man do better at least for yourself.
@@retsamyar i can't say that's too big of a stretch after I've set through a two hour college history lecture that covered 200 years. It's fairly certain that our current school systems couldn't deal with Nick's "Teaching Style" but I could guarantee you, the students would be paying far more attention to his lecture that any that I ever attended!! 🤣👍
My brother served as Sonar on a sister ship to the Roberts, the frigate Doyle, who ended up retired because in a drydock period they found out the keel was cracked from wear and tear, and had been so for years, and was driving around deployments perfectly fine. Those old Perry-Class FFGs were built different.
You also need to take into account this was just after the Iranian hostage crisis (November, 1979- January, 1981) so there was an underlining bit of retribution meted out by the US Navy (Unofficially of Course).
My dad *loves* telling that story. Someone stuck a mic in the Republican presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan's, face asking what he'd do about the Iranian hostage crisis. Without hesitation, he said, "Nuke Tehran." *Minutes* after Reagan was inaugurated, the hostages were released. Iran did *not* want to find out if he was serious!
@@imurgodsgod I wish we had a Congress that'd *let* the president be that decisive. People freaked out over Trump's wall idea, completely ignoring that the *roads* would still be open. We just wouldn't be dealing with people dying of dehydration on our side of the border after *walking across a desert* or surviving just to end up as little more than slaves in some orchard. Because both of those are totally America's fault as a whole. Which is like blaming a homeowner for a trespasser getting hurt when the homeowner isn't even there. Then getting mad that the homeowner wants to build a fence that'd keep trespassers out.
As an American , this man is like a National Treasure.. He's a U.S. Army Veteran i do believe.. I love this guy, and he's definitely the topical American male.. I would like to say that I've watched a few videos on the Royal Marines.. And all i can say about those guys is that I've got nothing but RESPECT for THE ROYAL MARINES.. Pretty Badass group of individuals.. 🇬🇧🦅🇺🇸
I think he was an army medic. 68Whiskey is a combat medic IIRC. While I feel man has not evolved yet enough to avoid war, the Iranians fired on neutral shipping, then fired on the US navy trying to protect that shipping, they have it coming.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts actually shares its name with a WW2 ship that fought in the Battle off Samar. It became known as 'the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship' as a part of task group Taffy 3. The original is currently the deepest shipwreck ever found from WW2, which was a few years ago.
One of my favorite things in this video is when he talks about the attack on the civilian cargo ship, he does a little gesture with his hand like there’s going to be a picture of the speed boats and his editor very clearly didn’t catch on, so there isn’t a picture there.
*"Do not mess with America(or Great Britian). We will come for you, Nobody can hide from our military."* This is soo good man! I loved your perspective. I'm shocked I never heard of this battle as well. That guy is freaking hilarious and a fast talker! I'm glad you paused the video to comment so I could digest what he had just said , each time(as a civilian). Congrats on your dual citizenship. Always love the Brits!
This reminds me of a quote i heard “if america sends an f22 after you, they are giving you a chance to give up, if they send an f15, they are going to piss on your grave”
You should check out the time the USS Wisconsin flattened half a town after an artillery position opened fire on her. They got the artillery position too. Her British escort broadcasted over the radio "Temper, temper."
You got a lot wrong there. The big Wisky flattened the artillery position only not a town and it wasn’t a British escort it was an American destroyer. But hey you got the “temper temper” and the battleship right.
@@NVArt001 Sorry to tell you, but those sources are very wrong. A number of channels and historians have covered that incident, and it was most definitely the Destroyer USS Buck that signaled "Temper Temper" to Wisky, and it was only the enemy position they fired on. Now, they OBLITERATED said position with absolute overkill, but they definitely did NOT fire on a town.
Great reaction! US Navy (1986 - 1995) and US Army (1995 - 2019) Veteran here. I was on a Frigate (USS Rentz FFG-46) same class as the USS Samuel B. Roberts out there in the Gulf escorting tankers at that time as well. We were also part of Praying Mantis, and it was a LOT of fun! I later went on to serve aboard the USS Iowa (BB-61), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and my last ship was the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). I was an Electronic Warfare Operator and Technician in the Navy, and I'm sure you've found out by now that a 68W is an Army Combat Medic. Keep up the great work, I'm about to watch your reaction to the Houthis playing silly FAFO games with an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, another poor decision by an Iranian proxy. Slava Ukraini!
I used to hang with a Navy guy that was a submariner. He told me he had combat ribbons for times when America was not at war with anyone. He could not elborate as it was still classified.
< Also an Air Force vet. Curious question: why would he know about an operation that involved a completely different department of the military nearly 20 years after he got out of the Air Force?
Seeing someone watch his videos for the first time is always a hoot. Glad you enjoyed it! The rest of his stuff is also fantastic. I've made mead using champagne yeast. Had to add more sugar after the yeast were done to make it not taste like jet fuel. Aged it for 9 years. Some of the best stuff I've ever tasted once I was finished with it.
I love watching Britts react to American military videos. It's always funny and you can see the actual respect from them in real time. Great video, I subscribed and can't wait to see more from you.
The Fat Electrician has many sound bite like " It's never a War Crime the first time." May favorite expression of his is, "Putting war heads on foreheads." His information is correct, he would be the greatest history teach. Thanks for your reaction video. PS Most Americans feel the same way about the British as you feel about Americans. God bless you all.
@@slightlySuperiorschools have to cover a wide range of all sorts of topics. Little nuggets like this story are not taught. The Fat Electrician covers a lot of stuff that you would of never learned in school. Cant learn it if they dont teach it, Einstein.
@@slightlySuperior So I'm a hypocrite for calling you on an unprovoked and douchey comment? You know nothing about the OP, and out of nowhere you decide to insult him. Maybe instead of randomly replying to comments that have nothing to do with you with unnecessary negativity, you won't get called out. And I didn't insult you. I don't know you, so I have no way to judge based on one interaction. I called your comment douchey (). Have the day you deserve.
New sub here! Dude, you don't have to worry about hurting his views! Other channels do reactions to his content, it only gives his channel more exposure (plus, you're linking his video)! As an American military veteran myself, I HIGHLY encourage you to do more reactions to his vids! You'd be supporting a fellow veteran! 😉
Basically, the Iranian leadership went and said "Let's mine international waters, what's the worst that could happen?!" And the morning sun on the flagpole cast four shadows that day.
"America views oil as more valuable than it's citizens" Never have I been so offended by something I completely agree with. How dare you... say the quiet part out loud lol
A sinking ship cant save anyone. neither can a ship with no fuel. sometimes you have to go look for fuel instead of looking for survivors. that doesnt mean fuel was more important than the people needing saved, on the contrary the fuel is the very means needed to save them.
@@Xinuka what the fuck kind of Chinese propaganda is this? The joke of America invading countries for oil died in 2010ish when we started fracking. We got plenty of Dino juice, please let me know how “Dino juice” translated into mandarin, I bet it’s great.
Be careful muting or skipping his ads. He has some amazing content in some of them. Also he has said that he doesn’t mind reaction content as long as it’s not someone just leaving the video playing.
@@implosion1476 Well, that depends. This style of reaction definitely does fall under fair use, but I have seen some reactors that will leave the room with the video still playing. Most decent reactors will consider the original creators opinions when it comes to reacting to it.
No bulshit I have watched this reaction of yours probably 10 times, it's my absolute favorite because it was you seeing T.F.E for the first time and it was so much fun to see the blending of my two favorite channels !
Agreed on the Soviets doing recon. It wouldn't bother me (i was a Scout in the Army), but you're right. Don't get too flashy with new equipment, and act professional. We have an audience. Show em we're the best!
The comment about "going back for ice cream" is a reference to the US Navy have two ships in the Pacific that produced ice cream for US soldiers (see his video about why ice cream was so important). US destroyers were paid in ice cream for every downed pilot they recovered, so there was a competition amongst them.
For all foreigners to know: Most of our wars were started by someone touching our boats. Never touch an American boat. Seriously, Praying Mantis: Escalation because you touched our boat. Iraq, Iran, just about anyone who's picked a fight has touched our boat. That never goes well.
Poor guys on that Iranian ship. Leadership didn't care for their own citizens and young People....That is tragic. Who are going to take care of those kid's parents, in their old age. "War is the Sum of All Vices" (Stonewall Jackson).
Jackson also believed that war should be so devastating that your enemy is utterly demoralized and beyond fighting. If he had been allowed his way, we would be discussing Jackson's exploits in the North rather than Sherman's in the South.
Dude your commentary on why that Soviet ship was present in the first place is specifically why I enjoy watching military vets react to videos like this. 100% that ship was there to gather as much information on US naval capabilities and techniques used in "modern" combat at that time. As funny as it is to imagine the Soviets being there purely for their own entertainment, it very certainly wasn't just for that reason alone. I appreciate your insight added into videos like these! 👍
I’m guessing every time Russians or Chinese, or North Koreans or USA flies planes or pilots boats close to other countries or to their ships they are checking procedures, verifying radio frequencies or coding systems.
Lived in Maine my whole life. Became a structural welder and all I heard about my whole life was the history and importance of Bath Iron Works Naval shipyard. Maine is a really underrated state in history. Just a bunch of hardworking alcoholics holding the line 💪🏼🤟😂
Being a puddle pirate, I served on 3 ships, the 2 largest, no more then 210feet long with a crew of around 90. Size wise, you get the picture. EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE on board had to go through damage control school. My primary job was in charge of the ships communications meaning I ran the radio room with 3 sometimes 4, operators. But we all had to attend every damage control class and participate in every fire fighting, flood, damage control situation the Navy could throw our way during training (they ran the training facility in Mayport FL).
Oh I'm glad I've ended on this rabbit hole! I was infantry so I have no understanding of the navy stuff but I love how you and I both have the same pauses to laugh. This was great dude!
There's a bit about American pilot culture that may not be known outside of that community. When a mission group is out they don't radio back asking for guidance on anything. They have their objectives and the authority to deal with unexpected situations according to their own discretion.
America... "Don't mess with MY boats"
Japan... "DONT MESS WITH THIER BOATS!!!!!!"
Spanish... " yeah listen, whatever as long as it's not their boats"
Algeria and tunisia... "Uhh uumm"
@@andrian_syah1430in rememberance of the USS Maine (1898), Spain should be saying “Don’t mess with Americas boats !”
heh yeah Japan made that mistake and America made the sun rise twice over two japanese cities :P Dont touch there boats
Hey guys it's prob a good idea to not touch our drum set (boats)
Omg...that's funny.
My Father was on the USS Samuel B Roberts when it got hit by the mine! the crew is the only reason it didnt sink, they worked hard as fuck.
Your dad and his mates are LEGENDS.
Respec! That's one heck of a hustle, mammoth levels of effort to keep a ship from sinking like that, never mind not splitting in pieces with no structure below. Legends indeed
The cable idea was genius. Those DCmen were built different.
f*** . . I didn't know this. Thank you for sharing it!
Miracle she didnt sink - sitting duck that she was
Japan was in the corner like "DON'T FUCK WITH THEIR BOATS! HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING FROM OUR MISTAKE?!"
It's hard to rile up a sailor, but once you do watch out.
Fr😂 no matter what you do, don't touch the boats!😂
“Hell hath no fury like when you touch my fucking boats!”
They learned pretty quick, got fucked American Style.
*Tripoli has entered the chat*
Shout out to America without you we would have lost as a brit soldier 65 thank you for the help with the Falklands were we served amazing brothers across the pond resect to you USA
The USA did not supply soldiers during the falklands war. It was all British soldiers. The US supplied intelligence and fuel. No soldiers.
❤🤝
We still try not to let anyone know how much we were involved in the Falklands. 😮
We love our UK brothers and sisters as well. ❤
To be fair, many Americans wanted to sit it out, and were even after France was subsumed and poor Churchill's Dardanelles raid was messed up. The America First Committee was caricatured by Dr. Seuss, some lesser-known cartoons. With an unpopular message which criticizes our actual owners.
"It's never a war crime the first time." Dude, I have to remember this one.
The Fat Electrician’s motto
He has so many great one liners that honestly deserve to be on shirts like:
“Please, for the love of God, don’t mess with America’s boats.”
And my personal fav:
“Strategically Transfer Equipment to Alternative Location. (S.T.E.A.L.)”
What does War Crimes rhyme with? That's right, Fun Times.
@@GeneralHavek Calm down there, Canada.
@@GeneralHavekCanada please... Calm down
For those not from the United States, and those too young to remember Ronny “Raygun” Reagan, that clip where RR says “I’m here to help.” is actually part of a joke he once made. The whole remark was… “The scariest words ever spoken are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”. Just an FYI.
Yes, I was going to mention that too!
Reagan was pretty much The Devil but that's a good quote.
@@andyb1653 it’s a cliche, but RR really was a “complicated guy”. He did a lot of things that in the long term caused some incredibly intractable problems, like turbocharging inequality, and breathing new life into racism. But he really did have a great sense of humor and I honestly believe that in his heart he was a patriot.
The REAL monsters were the hardcore fanatics that loved a believable lie and the feeling of power that came with using them. People like Rodger Stone, Leo Leo (who hated being called that preferring “Leonard Leo), Rupert Murdoch, Newt Gingrich, Grover Norquist, Jerry Falwell (who started out in Wall Street and was known for the quote “if you want to make real money get into religion), and others. THEY’RE the ones who twisted conservatism into the sick combination of fascism and insatiable greed. If RR could see the party he spawned he’d be spinning in his grave.
@@miketully9905blah blah blah
@@andyb1653no, communists like you are
He was a combat medic, has a severly sarcastic sense of humor, but he'd be one hell of a history teacher!!!
Nic's sense of humor is pretty standard for most military folks. Something I really appreciate.
He actually is trying to get his masters actually. He wants to be a history teacher. All I can say is I envy the kids that gets his class.
I tell everyone he's the history teacher I wish I had!
Well, actually, Nic stated he wanted to start fact-checking and revising history books... and to do so, you must have a history degree. That's why he is getting his degree. If he does decide to become a teacher, I'm going back to high school lmao @shinigami9851
@@novemberoscar98 ah okay thanks for the correction.
As a cocky has-been paratrooper, even I shudder at the thought of effing with BOTH our oil AND our ships. Great reaction sir, instant subscribe.
Our oil and ships? You mean other people's oil and ships we paid for. F our military. They're nothing but spoiled robber barons.
Let’s not forget the tension we had with Iran. They held our hostages for 444 days until Reagan was elected and they were finally released.
This seems proportional to me.
Let's not forget the fact candidate Reagan's campaign was in negotiations with Iran to ensure that our hostages weren't released until AFTER the 1980 election. Some of us watched the entire Iran-Contra hearings. Reagan was crooked as fuck.
He managed to convince the Iranians to not release them so he could win an election.
People never understand. They think proportional is 1 for 1. But you have to remember 50 to 1 is ALSO a proportion.
@@AM-go3sl The Reagan campaign behind closed doors Camden a patch with Iran to keep the hostages till after the election as to show weakness of Carter.
@@broodhunter21or 5000 to 1
The oil rigs weren't producing oil by then. They were used as outposts for the Revolutionary Guard and a forward base of ops for the Iranian Navy for doing things like scattering mines in international waters.This was known by everyone at the time. The existence of anti-air guns mounted on the structure should be dead giveaway to anyone interested.
Yeah the first time I heard this story I was a bit confused as to why they’d have anti-air guns on an oil rig to begin with, so I must’ve missed when The Fat Electrician literally stated early on the video that the oil rigs are no longer drawing any oil but are instead being used as military outposts.
They were mostly being used as operating bases that they operated their speedboats out of as scouting vessels for their blockade.
He mentioned that
Thank you for pointing out something that was clearly mentioned in the video. This really people that have attention deficit disorder
That is obviously why they took them out. Governments always know a million more things than any investigative journalist or reporter. Do not underestimate spies 😂
68W (normally referred to as 68 whiskey) is the MOS code (military occupational specialty; aka job) for a combat medic in the US Army. So when he says he's a former 68W, just take that as, he's a former combat medic in the US Army. Hope that helps!
Makes so much sense especially when there’s those posers doing that stolen Valor bullshit
He be Doc... don't fuck with Doc
Specifically reserves if I remember correct. Idk if the MoS changes between active and reserve units….
@@ryanhamstra49he spent some time Active duty and deployed. No, the MOS doesn't change when you're Reserve/Guard, it's set by Big Army
@@MisterW0lfehe raised his hand and was supposed to deploy, but he never did. He makes that very clear and several of his podcasts. I mean no disrespect.
To all service members current and former, Thank You For Your Service. Love from a thankful American
“It’s never a war crime the first time” was the mantra of Canada’s military in WWII.
And ww1. They used food to bait the germams then threw grenades
@@BouncingZeusto quote the HLC channel, “Canadians have only 2 modes; overly nice, and straight up genocide.”
Yes it was. The Canadians had fewer resources available than other nations, so they got real creative in how they prosecuted their war efforts. They were celebrated as being famous or infamous depending on which side you were on. LOL The Fat Electrician goes into more detail about this in another one of his videos.
@@BouncingZeusSounds like strategy to me
It was mainly WW1, we had to pull back a bit in WW2 cause we went a little too far in WW1
British royal marine : "Why didnt i know about this? "
America: It was just monday for us mate
Just an 8 Hr Work Shift Really a Normal Day 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Only kinda.
It was also in the 80's, this wasn't like last years or so.....unless you follow serious military encounters, most people today won't know about it.
You know ,it happens. 😊
@@robnicholson4433 Yea, I joined the army in 99 and never heard of this until a couple years ago. I rarely saw local news as a kid in the 80's and 90's much less world news. No internet was so different to todays "lemme google that". If I wanted to know something I had to go to the library or look into our family's way out of date encyclopedias.
Honestly, Praying Mantis became the equivalent of going to the store for bread, eggs and milk and walking out with 5 bags of groceries.
In America blowing up some boats with our boats is just like going to the grocery store.
@@scottchampionor the occasional island
Regular trip to Buc-ee's then.
Casually glances at Operation: Paul Bunyan.
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Yeeeaaah.
😂😂😂😂
In America, particularly the South, we have a phrase: "don't start none, won't be none." It applies; always, everywhere.
Fat Electrician is a FANTASTIC story teller. No matter what the story, he has incredible pacing, energy, and humor. Can't go wrong with any of them.
Facts TFE is the best
Love the film he did àbout the USS Wisconsin.
@@ladyfreedomrockswell shit! Now I have to go look it up. I'm sure I saw it. I need to make sure.
as a former navy hull tech in the early 90s who served on at-sea fire party and did a lot of dc work, lemme tell you, the crew of the samuel b roberts were absolute legends to us.
How can you work fast enough to keep a ship that damaged from sinking, I keep running the image in my head and keep wondering how is that possible
They trained for that day for years is the answer
The Flying squad! USS Constellation CV-64
Master chief said get more duct tape!
Tip O the hat to,USN.
@@christopherroberts6089first off they were probably at damage control condition Zebra (completely compartmentalized so there would not be massive flooding) and we train constantly for this kind of scenario.
Served on 7 ships over my career. Thankfully never having to deal with anything like this.
The fact of the matter is that at the end of this conflict, the reality of Iran's military capacity was affected for decades, while for America it amounted to a footnote in the history books and an incident that could be swept under the rug. The idea that Iran's leadership thought that putting mines in a massively trafficked international trade lane had even the slightest chance of doing anything other than provoking a fight they could not win was insane.
I have to say, when he first mentioned the dive team discovering the mines were Iranian, I expected the divers to moe them into Iranian waters. I realize that's a dangerous proposition, but it would have been fun watching Iran discover their mines had made their way home.
That's more than a dangerous proposition, that's an effectively impossible proposition.
A mine isn't well-designed if it's something that's easy to disarm or move.
Even if there wasn't a risk to the divers, and they could spend hours working on the mines, without using a nearby support ship since those mines are designed to detect ships and detonate, most naval mines are like 400-500 pounds, and the ones in use by Iran in this incident were a particular type where the mine is also tied to an anchor that weighed who knows how much. The mass of the mine means that even if it were neutrally buoyant and wouldn't need constant effort to keep from sinking, it would still be difficult to move. The mooring means though that it actually isn't neutrally buoyant, the explosive payload at the top is, but as a whole the mine sinks. The tether to the mine is typically a heavy chain, and a rope alone is hard enough to cut underwater, let alone a chain.
@@ralphm6901
They were just checking the temperature..Trust Me!
"For me, it was Tuesday."
Well they are Iranian!
America: Don't fuck with our ships.
Japan: DON'T FUCK WITH THEIR SHIPS!
"They'll drop a fucking sun on you!.. Twice!"
The fat electrician... The history teacher I wish I had.
Agreed ! But he tells it so fast, I would never get any notes taken.
Robin Willaims all over again. Laugh at the first one and miss the next three. @@dallasarnold8615
Yessssss tbh I HAAAAAATED HISTORY until him!!! Tysvm Nick u enduce maaaaany family discussions
For real hands down everyone would've payed attention
First time I saw this I told my wife the exact same thing
I was in the U.S. Navy for 30 years. I was the CO of an aircraft carrier. This guy Is spot on. Exactly how we think.😂
God Bless America and our fantastic sailors!
@duckie5232 my youngest is a Marine vet married to a fish eating ball bouncer. That's some real chaos. 🤣
@@sportsmom165 rah! 😎👉
"Ice `em!"
He said to verify the ships ID. He didn’t say HOW. 😂so they buzzed the ship…😂
In the US Navy, our firefighting & DC training begins in boot camp, and, when you're at sea, you were drilled on it CONSTANTLY.
The Navy investigators confirmed that the mine was of Iranian manufacture from the fragments that were recovered.
You got that right! I signed on in 1966, went to boot camp in San Diego in early 1967, and had something like a "Intro to Damage Control" and "Fire Fighting." My rate was Electronics Tech Communications (ETN), but the Navy's approach was that you're going to be on a ship; you'd better know how to help keep it floating. For all of my 10 years on active duty, we covered some part of that training during every duty day on board ship. It didn't matter what job you really had.
I mean, in the late 90s the DC schooling in boot is basically learning how to talk over sound-powered phones...
@@ExUSSailor And there really were no other parties who would have done it.
I have always been told, that in the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the USMC EVERY service member has 2 jobs, if you are in the Army, your primary job is whatever the Army trained you for specifically, BUT you are ALSO an infantryman, in the Navy, you have your Specific job, BUT you are also a FIREMAN, and in the MARINES, you are whatever you were trained for BUT you are also a Rifleman, now to my knowledge, the Air Farce has no such equivalenced system.
Being ex-Navy during the Reagan years I smiled all the way through this
The reason why the quote from Ronald Reagan is so important is this. Here's the whole quote. "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." -Ronald Regen
I am not a huge fan of Regen but i agree with him on that quote
Truth
I've yet to hear anything Reagan did that deserves even half the flack he gets. Maybe, maybe the deficit spending, but the debt thing has been a problem since Roosevelt decided to deal up a new set of welfare drains.
Are u stupid lol you depend on the government for everything lol
Ronald Reagan was the best president in my lifetime
My uncle was a United States Navy pilot for over 20 years. He retired when he could no longer pass a flight physical. As a young child I was allowed to go on what the Navy called a "Tiger" cruise on the USS Enterprise. I got to ride in the back seat of one of the first FA-18B fighters. I know what it feels like to be going Mach 1.2 at 50 feet off the water. I have a video of the rooster tail of water thrown up by the jet wash. It was taller than the tail of the jet. Then my uncle pulled up and I got to ride straight up on the 30 foot column of fire from the after burners of the jet. I will never forget that ride. The Navy stopped the Tiger cruises the next year and a lot of teenage Navy relatives lost out on the best recruiting tool in history. I have ridden on USS Enterprise, USS McKean, and another frigate in the late 1980s.
The Navy still does tiger cruises, its just up to the CO and operational tempo of the ship in question. I personally had two done while aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (cvn-72). Often there just wont be enough rack space aboard ships for civies to use or you just wont have time to just leisurely travel.
@@nerocaesar9249 my dad was on the lincoln when it got out of dry port off the east coast and was supposed to be a world tour but iran was fucking around trying to find out agian why we dont free health care
The USS Independence CV-62 still had tiger cruises in the 90’s.
The Stennis still does Tiger cruises the last I knew as well.
You are incredibly lucky to have such an amazing memory of time with your father. I’d gladly give 20 years of my lifespan to have such a memory. For a couple reasons, one my father and I never got a chance to bond like that and two I’ve always wanted to be a jet pilot, tried to but couldn’t pass the military physical due to an inherited condition. That experience would have been so awesome. Thanks for sharing that story!
America is CONSTANTLY held back from deal out harsh enough consequences that Iran has never really "found out" .
Yep. We still owe them for that whole embassy thing.
Mr. Peanut gave iran the impression they can do whatever without consequences.
So incredibly true.
@@robertmcdonnel1608 as did Obama and now bumbling joe
see a pattern? ...
I was actually Damage Control in the US Navy back in the early 90’s. They had an amazing training facility on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. They had a section of a ship inside a facility to train for flooding. It was called the USS Buttercup. It was actually my favorite part of our training. The assigned me to pipe patching. I think they were really testing us because I’m 5’ 2”and the pipes were along the overhead. There was a 6’ guy next to me on wall shoring. I yell at him that he’s now on pipes because there was no way I could reach them. We actually set a class record for getting it under control. I miss that part of it.
It's always been the problem with Iran: Disconnect. Their army does what it wants, when it wants. The same for it's small Navy. Only when things go horribly wrong does it diplomatic leadership even get contacted. The basic concept is avoidance of responsibility. If their military takes a chance and scores a gain, they get a parade. If they take a chance and screw up, their politicians say "We had no idea this was going on." *shrugs* All one needs to do is follow the activities of Iran since the 80's to know this is true. Think of all the organizations they finance which create chaos, and continue to do so.
Understanding the history - Iran had a relatively moderate, educated populace going through reform of governance. But because Britain and the US and O&G - well, instead of allowing and supporting the transition: They went and reinstalled the regime. And the rest is kind of history - What ended up happening is revolution, leading to the Authoritarian Theocratic Regime of today taking over.
When you have an Authoritarian regime - loyalty matters over all else. When you have a Theocratic regime - loyalty to the religion matters above all else, and in basically every Authoritarian and Theocratic government that has ever occurred, corruption has always occurred leading to exploitation and abuse, and a loss of top tier talent as top tier talent tends to question and look for better ways, and if you can prove a better way: The establishing hierarchy looks bad, and that is a terrible thing right?
You can imagine that the current day Iranian regime isn't ran by the best. The best emigrated when they could, the best got persecuted. And so what you get, is a bunch of Yes men - someone at the top proposes a solution, and everyone, no matter how bad the idea, no matter the consequences will tend to say "yes boss".
Now we get into their goals: Well - if you don't have an external enemy, your people are liable to rally against authoritarians given time. You NEED a threat outside of you that is not existential, but constant enough to continue galvanizing the populace against the threat in a rallied way which allows a complete shut down of dissension against the regime to go without backlash.
So why does Iran fund those organizations? Because it keeps a degree of instability around Iran - and that Instability creates the very foundational justification for literally everything else going on inside the country in one form or another.
@@formes2388 you are a thousand percent correct because President Nixon was standing behind the Shah of Iran.. he was overthrown because there were a fraction of American politicians and leadership who were for him and others who were going around behind his back talking with the Ayatollah... AWFUL!!! AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT LIKE THAT BUT OUR DAMN GOVERNMENT PEOPLE ARE AND IT PISSES ME OFF BECAUSE THEY SAID HORRIBLE EXAMPLES.. THEY MAKE EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE US LOOK BAD WHEN WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT..
If not for those people that did everything exact opposite of President Nixon, & the same ones who wanted him out so bad including a lot of Republicans and the establishment, Iran would be just like it was before.. women used to be able to wear jeans and drive there before the Ayatollah came to power. Sad! The people who call themselves progressives don't do anything but take a great big wrecking ball into something and destroy it and put it back in the 14th century..
@@formes2388Well we know this about Iran now. They lived under the Shah and decided that they would prefer a life under Shariya.
We know how Iran has layers of financed and trained terrorist armies, ie Hezbollah, Quds Force, Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Hamas, to name but a few.
You haven’t even touched on the militant Islamic crazies (mullahs, et al) who have been fighting the rest of the world since 632. THAT is the driving force.
They are tribal, murderous and committed, and probably nothing will deter them.
They train and support the Hamas terrorists and will continue to wage war on Israel until they are vaporized.
Stop making excuses for them. They’ve had chances to live as normal peaceful people but no.
@@duncanidaho2097 spot on, well said.
Yea, no hate to the Iranian people but when I hear them online talk about their capabilities, it’s always related to spirituality or religion, not actual capabilities in terms logistics or technologies.
When he said, "Bologna mist, cloud #1", I about lost it! 🤣
My favorite line was “if the American people find out, I’m gonna have to get real proportional”
Because America is the fraction people 😂
That is badass.
"A gun behind every blade of grass" "The giant that will never sleep again"
As payback we created the sun and dropped it twice. Yea we are the fraction people and you better believe we will show you how "proportional" we will get.
No one in Iran thought “strategically” but you gotta admire their tenacity.
With all their oil, Iran _could_ live comfortably *_IN PEACE_* if they want to. Key phrase--IF THEY WANT TO.
But--They think they're on a mission from God. So...that cancels out all common sense.
The people believe they are on a mission from god. The leaders are on a mission to keep their mansions while their people suffer.
But-but, they're the religion of -pieces- _peace,_ right? Right??
The Mad Mullahs want a Persian Empire, with their flagellating brand of Islam, and killing girls for not having their heads fully covered.
Well..the people mostly do want that...its their oppressors that are so fucked up and delusional...
If history has proven anything, it's that messing with US ships is the worst thing you could possibly do, because the US has absolutely no chill when it comes to her ships. The Barbary pirates, the British, the Spanish, the Germans, the Japanese, the North Koreans, and now the Iranians all figured that out the hard way.
My Dads fellow WW2 vets were almost referential when Pearl Harbor Day came around, it was awesome solemn.
Classic example of "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
The Marines were formed because of the Barbary pirates. Like, the marines exist PURELY because someone fucked with our boats.
Yeah … some folks are slow learners. Or they just don’t learn from history. Either way, at the end of the day they are educated.
@@lisanadinebaker5179 Well said.
golden rule of the US Military: DO NOT touch our FUCKING BOATS
And every branch knows this. We all know, Do not touch the boats. 😂
here comes the sun
So true and most of the ships are joked as being held by paint.....But Regan did stop the Star Wars we built a great Hollywood set in Huntsville Al and then proceeded to say ok you asked We win... Everyone believed his bluff
Ex navy here, don't fuck with our Boats.
@@davidisles4009Wise words. Five of my six sons are military, three soldiers, one sailor, one marine. My sailor son is the missile technician on an Ohio class boat. ❤
"just anyone else want to find out what it's like to chew 5 gum?"
That was a great line I totally forgot those commercials. They were such weird fever dreams.
The "moody teenager of the Middle East" analogy you used to describe Iran is so accurate, lol.
You know who Mossadegh was? He was a democratically elected president who had the temerity to privatize their own oil industry. The CIA and the British toppled him and installed the Shah. Why do you think the hostage crisis occurred?
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Incorrect. The Shah was already ruling over Iran when Mossadegh was overthrown. He ruled from 1941 until 1979 when he was overthrown. Mossadegh was elected in 1952, 11 years after the Shah’s reign was established. If you’re gonna be mad, at least be mad about the right things.
@@MRCATL3emotional damage😂😂. Get your history right my man...wow. everything he said above is true...just looked it up.
@@goldmagikarp9579 Sadly he wasnt great enough to keep his Country, if he was so great why was his people behind him. and reading from Wikipedia doesnt make it right alot of things a skewed to how Westerners sees it.
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It’s funny that instead of trying to prove I’m wrong, you just go ‘Well you’re right but I don’t like that so I’m gonna nitpick about what you said because I don’t want to acknowledge you being correct’ lol. I never said anything about how good of a ruler he was, I said when he ruled. Why are you bringing up stuff that don’t have anything to go with the topic?
The army literally says “you can always do it once.” They use that shit a lot too. I walked out and started taking video of my nephew’s first ride in an Apache helicopter. I got yelled at, I said “sorry sir, won’t happen again.” A family member who was there asked if I was going to get in trouble. I said, trouble? No. You can always do something once. Trouble comes if I do it again. 😂
Just gonna throw this out here; when he says they sinched the keel together with steel cable he means it. They literally sewed the bottom of the ship together like how a surgeon closes a wound after surgery.
Freaking amazing considering they did this while under all that pressure AND they were underwater during it lmao
Yea I was wondering how they dealt with the water coming in. Fucking mad lads
My father was a Navy doctor in the late 70s. US Navy shipboard damage control crews are no joke. They are military firemen with a license to kick ass. Don't give up the ship!
68w medic is a combat medic specialist. They handle severe cases until they can get brought to the field hospitals.
Classic example of “Fuck around and find out”
I genuinely love how proud this guy is to be an American citizen. It’s refreshing to hear a Brit say something good about us. 😂 The good ol’ US of A welcomes you!
Dude, I'm another one. Born a Brit and a Citizen of the USA for the past 25 years. I have been able to do amazing things because of this country. I'm now 69 and my wife and I live in quiet retirement in Western Washington. There's no place on earth I'd rather be. I absolutely love this country.
@@PaulLemars01then we are blessed and glad to have you. Best wishes and thank you for some hope. so easy to follow the horrific media perception the US receives (some deserved tbf) but a lot undeserved.
The Ronald Ragen quote was "The nine scariest words in the English language, I'm from the Government and I'm here to help."
"It's never a war crime the first time"
My favorite t-shirt
That Ronald Reagan quote was his own attempt at taking a poke at his own government...he said those were the 9 worst words you could ever hear "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
Never let your Marines or SEALs get bored... Or your pilots... Bad things may happen, but the stories are great!
Former USMC A-6 Intruder avionics repair tech here (Sgt, 1981-1989)...
1. the Bombardier/Navigator in the A-6 sits beside the pilot, not behind him.
2. The A-6E, which is what the USN & USMC had in the 1980s-90s, had a turret under the nose with both an infrared camera (with zoom) and a rangefinder/bomb guidance laser, which let them hit a 10' diameter spot from anywhere within a couple miles of the target (they did need some altitude for the bomb to hit that far from the drop point).
3. The only reason for that dive attack was they had used all their laser-guided bombs and only had an unguided "dumb" bomb left - but the A-6E had a really good bombing radar and computer. ;)
Today we'd just say "it's a smart bomb but the smarts are on the cloud!"
I honestly thought the pilot was just trying to have a little fun lol
Both of these content creators are pretty damn good at what they do
Dude, you’re going to love this channel. Military based and hilarious.
not to mention, TFE is an Army vet himself so it makes it that much sweeter!
Military, Based and Hilarious
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I told him he had to watch the fat electricians Barbary pirates videos. 😂😂 That one and this one are my 2 favorites..
@@bzkshane exactly! I'm laughing my ass off and I'm a 56-year-old woman but my dad was in the Navy 26 years.. I went to college for two years then Parris Island and Marine Corps & finished 4 years active and my BS. I applied for OCS and went to Quantico to the naval officer because I wanted to be a lawyer. The military covered ALL OF THAT. For 3 years I went to school and busted my ass and I kept my GPA up at 4.0 just to make sure they paid my tuition. When I was going to law school I was in the reserves, & could have been pulled out if any time if NEEDED.. thankfully that didn't happen. I loved working with JAG. But I was raised around guys and worked around a lot of guys so they never offended me with anything they say. As long as they didn't hit on me, we were good.
I was there.
The tanker escort mission was called Operation Earnest Will. When we would enter or leave the gulf through the Straits of Hormuz, Iran would light us up with their Silkworm missile radars. And steaming around in mined waters is rather nerve-racking.
I was on the USS Merrill (DD-976), SAG B, during this engagement. We wound up doing all the shooting on the Sassan oil platform because Lynde B. McCormick's gun had dropped sync and was "walking" and they couldn't fix it in time.
After the engagement we had a joke: How does the Ayatollah inspect his fleet... Glass Bottomed boat.
The Soviet Udaloy destroyer was gathering intel.
A few details wrong, but it doesn't detract from the story and NO ONE gets ALL the details right.. I love Nic's presentation. I've seen most of his videos and they are awesome.
I didn’t know that only your ship fired on the platform! I was part of the Marine detachment that set the explosive charges. I picked up a few small “artifacts” while moving about the platform. One of them was a piece of shrapnel that was resting in the bottom of a trench that was carved out of the helipad by one of your shots. The 5” groove started shallow and grew deeper as it grazed over the surface, finally penetrating completely. Thanks to you I know which ship fired the chunk of metal I’ve been holding for 36 years!
@@johnsoule2417 I was standing EW Console Operator (AN/SLQ-32) and one of our other guys was my Radio Operator.
The only time I got nervous during the operation was when we had an inbound F-4 and he got a little too close for comfort. Guns had dropped sync and couldn't pick him up, and he was in Sea Sparrow's blind spot (cut-outs), so they couldn't fire on him, and I didn't have his radar, yet. I believe he got within 20 NM, suddenly Sea Sparrow picked him up, Guns picked him up, and I picked up his radar. He bugged out because he knew he was going down.
I think the other thing that bothered me about Earnest Will was steaming around in mined waters. Very nerve-wracking...
It's interesting to get another perspective on what happened.
@@toddhutchins2492 I really appreciate you sharing this extra insider’s perspective, Todd. As a self-taught military historian this is like finding a gold nugget! You are correct when saying no single presentation seems to get every detail right, but all the highlights are here. Of course you know we didn’t just “send a couple of Hueys” full of Marines to set charges. The Trenton did have a couple of UH-1Ns but our main ride was the CH-46. We were covered by AH-1T Cobras which added 20mm and TOW missile fire to the 5” gun damage. The Sassan GOSP was truly massive with multiple platforms connected by catwalks. There was visible damage almost everywhere, some of it obviously fresh, but I suspect some might have already been there. Perhaps from an Iraqi attack? At any rate, it was a battle station. Ammunition stores were cooking off from burning fires sending metal in random directions. I can see why the Sirri platform wasn’t raided! After each platform was “cleared” (using concussion grenades) the Marines of MAGTF 2-88 (B Co. 1/2) gathered intel items for analysis. We even took a ZU-23-2 and hoisted it under a CH-46 for transport back to the Trenton. The gun was almost completely intact except for a fresh shrapnel gouge in one of the barrels, courtesy the Merrill. The same choppers then turned around and began the process of transporting around 3000 pounds of explosives over to us. Due to some previous experience with explosives, I and another Corporal were ordered to stay back and assist setting up the charges. I had a rifleman and a grenadier from my fireteam as well. A SNCO from EOD was in charge of the setup plan. We used lots of C4 blocks, but also improvised 40 pound cratering charges to destroy other 23mm ZU emplacements and stacks of Iranian ammo. We even used Bangalore torpedos along the catwalks. All of this work took several hours for our small group! With everything set to go off together from a det cord, the Gunny lit the timed fuse and we got on the last CH-46 out. I saw Gunny looking at his watch on the flight back to the Trenton, sweating and praying I’m sure, that everything would work. I never saw the explosion, as it went up when we were still airborne.
Glass Bottom Boat. Ha! 😂
Trivia: Earnest Will was the first Operation that had Navy SEALs, Special Boat Units, and 160th Special Operations Aviation working together. It foreshadowed the modern future of SOCOM working with Big Navy and Marines.
The story of how the Samuel B Roberts survived the mine hit is an epic story in and of itself.
The mine detonated directly under the engine room - blasting the lower level of the engine room upwards into the upper level, completely flooding the space. the ship literally had a fracture line running completely across the ship.
Basically, the keel was broken, which is normally a death sentence for a ship.
This is like a guy getting shot in the heart, with a shotgun, at close range (you can see through his chest), the emts manage to keep his vitals up enough to get him to the hospital & save his life.
Yeah, that ship had epic level (s++) damage control. Most ships (like every ship in the world, except the roberts), would be on the bottom of the ocean.
Taffy 3. That ship has an amazing name with an amazing history
Just as epic how they fixed it. Instead of scrapping the ship, they fabricated a completely new, engine room module. In the Navy yard, they cut out the wrecked engine room and grafted the new engine room into the existing remainder of the hull.
@@BlindMansRevenge2002 I think alot of officers in the navy pushed for it, as it would be a slap in the face of the officers and crew of the Roberts.
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Portland Maine here!!! I remember the Samuel Roberts in our shipyards and watching it go back out to sea. My dad was a retired gunner on destroyers for 28 years and he talked about his guns like they were human with personalities! Lol! There were some adventures lol!
68W is the designation for combat medic in the US Army since 2002. It used to be 91B but they changed the training so they also changed the designation for the MOS (military occupational skill). That being said, The Fat Electrician is awesome and has many videos on individual military jobs and historical incidents.
Additional note, they changed the title from Combat Medic to Healthcare Specialist.
Healthcare specialist
"dose anyone else need to know how it feels to chew 5 gum" made me lose it lol
I originally thought he said “Chew 5 (inch) gun(s)
I knew the crew of the Roberts were good, but that repair job while at sea is truly special. That would be hard enough in dry dock. Wow.
I was in the Navy, my job was Electronic Warfare; missile defense, threat recognition, etc. These conflicts with Iran were the proving grounds for my job. I was lucky to have an instructor who was serving on a ship in the gulf during this conflict. In the post WW2 era, very few naval battles have taken place. As much of a pucker factor it had to be for the sailors, the fact that our equipment proved its efficacy in those fights made it easier for us to do our job. A lot of lessons learned, but equally confusion. In all my time in I never got a straight or consistent assessment of what happened with the USS Stark.
My instructor told us while he was there Iran was doing bombing runs on Iraq, and were not targeting US ships. But the Iranian aircraft would fly south, approach his U.S. Navy ship, turn on their missile targeting radar, and then break west before getting too close. Until one day the Iranians didn't turn. They continued south, turned on their targeting radar. My instructor was on watch at the time. He saw them coming. He told the TAO, TAO told the captain. The captain waffled and wouldn't give permission to fire on them, but he did give my instructor permission to fire countermeasures in case they launched missiles. My instructor launched chaff, the Iranian jets flew right over the ship and then broke west to go attack Iraq. The Iranians basically bet their lives on trolling the Navy, probably trying to bait them into attacking.
In God we trust, all others we monitor
@promontorium and this constant taunting behavior contributed to the eventual downing of an Iranian commercial airliner by the USS Vincennes. There were many other factors and I am not trying to open up a debate as to blame or fault. But the repeated and continued harassment of our ships by Iranian crewed F14s was constant strain. And a Captain's first responsibilty is to protect his ship and crew. Period. On the flip side, an airliner in the Gulf finally convinced Iran that they could not win, and all parties were at the negotiating table within the year.
Much appreciation to you and your family for your service in our Navy. All the best!!
You don't touch our oil... but you sure as hell DON'T TOUCH THE BOATS!!!
A 68W Medic is an Army combat medic. Usually a high level of training to handle trama and critical care in the field.
OMG, I'm loving this guy! Had to have kissed that Blarney Stone, cuz he's got a silver tongue. All of his jokes and double entendres are spot on
It’s a medic not a combat medic, there is no distinction between medics attached to combat units or hospitals it’s luck of the draw we all go through the same training. Not saying that’s a good thing, buts it’s the way it is now do to politics and has been for a few decades.
I’m seriously feeling the love from the Brits lately with videos like this. Trust me when I say it’s mutual. American service members appreciate the shit out of you guys ❤
Britt US Bromance proving we're all just little napoleons on the inside.
American civvies too. Special Relationship my Anglo stepbro. What? Don't make it weird dude.
it certainly is love you guys
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The "repercussions" were simple. If you can't play nice, you can't play in the water with everybody else
Glad to see more people liking Fat Electricians stuff, it's the exact kind of history lesson I would have loved in school. The ones he did on the Mosquito plane and the 'Real life starfox' were great because he looked at UK military stuff too with the exact same level of charisma. Don't worry about taking from his views because your reaction was exactly the same as mine and now more people know about him. Feel free to react to more. Happy new year too! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next 👍
I like how Fat Electrician gets to the brass tacks of the historical stuff and doesn't get lost in the minutia.
considering he talks about two different operations that took place 6 whole MONTHS apart as if it was the same day, and most of the people here are too lazy to even find out the facts and just take his word for it, hardly gives weight to him being some kinda history buff let alone someone teaching lessons... come on man do better at least for yourself.
@@retsamyar i can't say that's too big of a stretch after I've set through a two hour college history lecture that covered 200 years. It's fairly certain that our current school systems couldn't deal with Nick's "Teaching Style" but I could guarantee you, the students would be paying far more attention to his lecture that any that I ever attended!! 🤣👍
They touched our boat. What did anyone expect to happen.
My brother served as Sonar on a sister ship to the Roberts, the frigate Doyle, who ended up retired because in a drydock period they found out the keel was cracked from wear and tear, and had been so for years, and was driving around deployments perfectly fine.
Those old Perry-Class FFGs were built different.
Even though you served your home country, i dont care. Thank you for your bravery and sacrifice. And i wish you the best.
You also need to take into account this was just after the Iranian hostage crisis (November, 1979- January, 1981) so there was an underlining bit of retribution meted out by the US Navy (Unofficially of Course).
My dad *loves* telling that story. Someone stuck a mic in the Republican presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan's, face asking what he'd do about the Iranian hostage crisis. Without hesitation, he said, "Nuke Tehran."
*Minutes* after Reagan was inaugurated, the hostages were released. Iran did *not* want to find out if he was serious!
@@brigidtheirishseriously! I wish we had an American president so decisive now
@@imurgodsgod I wish we had a Congress that'd *let* the president be that decisive.
People freaked out over Trump's wall idea, completely ignoring that the *roads* would still be open. We just wouldn't be dealing with people dying of dehydration on our side of the border after *walking across a desert* or surviving just to end up as little more than slaves in some orchard. Because both of those are totally America's fault as a whole. Which is like blaming a homeowner for a trespasser getting hurt when the homeowner isn't even there. Then getting mad that the homeowner wants to build a fence that'd keep trespassers out.
@@brigidtheirish careful there, your flying a little to close to the sun with those wax wings…. It would be a shame if something were to happen
@@imurgodsgod What does the myth of Icarus have to do with my comments?
As an American , this man is like a National Treasure.. He's a U.S. Army Veteran i do believe.. I love this guy, and he's definitely the topical American male.. I would like to say that I've watched a few videos on the Royal Marines.. And all i can say about those guys is that I've got nothing but RESPECT for THE ROYAL MARINES.. Pretty Badass group of individuals.. 🇬🇧🦅🇺🇸
I think he was an army medic. 68Whiskey is a combat medic IIRC. While I feel man has not evolved yet enough to avoid war, the Iranians fired on neutral shipping, then fired on the US navy trying to protect that shipping, they have it coming.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts actually shares its name with a WW2 ship that fought in the Battle off Samar. It became known as 'the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship' as a part of task group Taffy 3. The original is currently the deepest shipwreck ever found from WW2, which was a few years ago.
Basically, don’t mess with anything named USS Samuel B Roberts. Doing such things doesn’t help your life expectancy
I thought that was the Johnston.
@@swj719 the Johnson is the 2nd deepest shipwreck ever found. It was the deepest until the Sammy B. took the title
@@dogloversrule8476NoNo, I mean the part about the "destroyer that fought like a battleship"
@@swj719 yes, that was the Johnson. The Sammy B was a destroyer escort
One of my favorite things in this video is when he talks about the attack on the civilian cargo ship, he does a little gesture with his hand like there’s going to be a picture of the speed boats and his editor very clearly didn’t catch on, so there isn’t a picture there.
*"Do not mess with America(or Great Britian). We will come for you, Nobody can hide from our military."*
This is soo good man! I loved your perspective. I'm shocked I never heard of this battle as well. That guy is freaking hilarious and a fast talker! I'm glad you paused the video to comment so I could digest what he had just said , each time(as a civilian).
Congrats on your dual citizenship. Always love the Brits!
This reminds me of a quote i heard “if america sends an f22 after you, they are giving you a chance to give up, if they send an f15, they are going to piss on your grave”
You should check out the time the USS Wisconsin flattened half a town after an artillery position opened fire on her. They got the artillery position too. Her British escort broadcasted over the radio "Temper, temper."
Fat Electrician did a video on it. It was both educational and hilarious
You got a lot wrong there. The big Wisky flattened the artillery position only not a town and it wasn’t a British escort it was an American destroyer. But hey you got the “temper temper” and the battleship right.
@@tarn1135 Well that's what I heard & read from more than one source.
@@NVArt001 Sorry to tell you, but those sources are very wrong. A number of channels and historians have covered that incident, and it was most definitely the Destroyer USS Buck that signaled "Temper Temper" to Wisky, and it was only the enemy position they fired on. Now, they OBLITERATED said position with absolute overkill, but they definitely did NOT fire on a town.
Shout out to our UK Brothers from across the pond!
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I run around TH-cam looking for first-time reacts of The Fat Electrician because of this video.
Great reaction! US Navy (1986 - 1995) and US Army (1995 - 2019) Veteran here. I was on a Frigate (USS Rentz FFG-46) same class as the USS Samuel B. Roberts out there in the Gulf escorting tankers at that time as well. We were also part of Praying Mantis, and it was a LOT of fun! I later went on to serve aboard the USS Iowa (BB-61), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and my last ship was the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). I was an Electronic Warfare Operator and Technician in the Navy, and I'm sure you've found out by now that a 68W is an Army Combat Medic. Keep up the great work, I'm about to watch your reaction to the Houthis playing silly FAFO games with an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, another poor decision by an Iranian proxy. Slava Ukraini!
The Fat Electrician is a great story teller and can make any story hilarious. The history he tells is also fascinating!
My Dad is an AIR FORCE vet from the early mid 70's. I jad never heard this story and he told me they're so many things people don't know.
I used to hang with a Navy guy that was a submariner. He told me he had combat ribbons for times when America was not at war with anyone. He could not elborate as it was still classified.
< Also an Air Force vet. Curious question: why would he know about an operation that involved a completely different department of the military nearly 20 years after he got out of the Air Force?
Seeing someone watch his videos for the first time is always a hoot. Glad you enjoyed it! The rest of his stuff is also fantastic.
I've made mead using champagne yeast. Had to add more sugar after the yeast were done to make it not taste like jet fuel. Aged it for 9 years. Some of the best stuff I've ever tasted once I was finished with it.
I love watching Britts react to American military videos. It's always funny and you can see the actual respect from them in real time. Great video, I subscribed and can't wait to see more from you.
The Fat Electrician has many sound bite like " It's never a War Crime the first time." May favorite expression of his is, "Putting war heads on foreheads." His information is correct, he would be the greatest history teach. Thanks for your reaction video. PS Most Americans feel the same way about the British as you feel about Americans. God bless you all.
My favorite is about why he doesn’t like Association Football…
“If I wanted to watch nobody score all night, I’d put a mirror over my bed.”
I love his phrases but warheads on foreheads is old old lingo, predates him by half a century at least.
My favourite is the STEAL acronym.
Strategic Transfer of Equipment to Alternate Locations.
@@chuckmalone8873 I had never heard that phrase before I heard it from him. I think he is very clever.
He's an excellent TH-camr! I have learned a lot more from him than I have in school.
@@slightlySuperior Unnecessarily douchey comment.
@@slightlySuperiorschools have to cover a wide range of all sorts of topics. Little nuggets like this story are not taught. The Fat Electrician covers a lot of stuff that you would of never learned in school. Cant learn it if they dont teach it, Einstein.
Yea your not wrong but they ignore big info that every citizen should know.@@turtleturt3261
@@slightlySuperior So I'm a hypocrite for calling you on an unprovoked and douchey comment? You know nothing about the OP, and out of nowhere you decide to insult him. Maybe instead of randomly replying to comments that have nothing to do with you with unnecessary negativity, you won't get called out.
And I didn't insult you. I don't know you, so I have no way to judge based on one interaction. I called your comment douchey ().
Have the day you deserve.
A 68-W Medic is a fancy term for a military Combat medic. I believe the "68-W" stands for the battalion he was in.
New sub here! Dude, you don't have to worry about hurting his views! Other channels do reactions to his content, it only gives his channel more exposure (plus, you're linking his video)! As an American military veteran myself, I HIGHLY encourage you to do more reactions to his vids! You'd be supporting a fellow veteran! 😉
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@@OriginalHuman plus in a podcast he said he liked people doing reactions of his content
@@mrk-mk8pg Yeah, I believe his stance on it is just making the history known more than anything.
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Yup. I found his channel through a reaction, and now I’m hooked
Basically, the Iranian leadership went and said "Let's mine international waters, what's the worst that could happen?!" And the morning sun on the flagpole cast four shadows that day.
I’m glad to hear you young men have the beliefs that I was brought up with, and one of the reasons I served this country!!!
Coming back to watch this. First video I ever watched from this channel and it’s been a great journey ever since.
"America views oil as more valuable than it's citizens" Never have I been so offended by something I completely agree with. How dare you... say the quiet part out loud lol
They put petroleum in our food and medicine. It's crazy!
Everything you use every day is maid with oil. And if you green freak's. Want to go back to riding horses. Than. Keep it up
@@TracysavedbyChrist It's used in virtually everything including our clothing.
A sinking ship cant save anyone. neither can a ship with no fuel. sometimes you have to go look for fuel instead of looking for survivors. that doesnt mean fuel was more important than the people needing saved, on the contrary the fuel is the very means needed to save them.
@@Xinuka what the fuck kind of Chinese propaganda is this? The joke of America invading countries for oil died in 2010ish when we started fracking. We got plenty of Dino juice, please let me know how “Dino juice” translated into mandarin, I bet it’s great.
“Why have I never heard about this” is an exact quote I’ve said while watching this man’s videos I don’t know how many times!
Be careful muting or skipping his ads. He has some amazing content in some of them. Also he has said that he doesn’t mind reaction content as long as it’s not someone just leaving the video playing.
Well damn. I see Nic replied, so most of my comment has become obvious. 🤣
Too bad if he didn't Iike reaction content as it falls under fair use anyway
Checkmate
@@implosion1476 Well, that depends. This style of reaction definitely does fall under fair use, but I have seen some reactors that will leave the room with the video still playing. Most decent reactors will consider the original creators opinions when it comes to reacting to it.
Where his wife asks to use add revenue for breast reduction surgery. 😂. He quickly said something like well no adds for today
No bulshit I have watched this reaction of yours probably 10 times, it's my absolute favorite because it was you seeing T.F.E for the first time and it was so much fun to see the blending of my two favorite channels !
Agreed on the Soviets doing recon. It wouldn't bother me (i was a Scout in the Army), but you're right. Don't get too flashy with new equipment, and act professional. We have an audience. Show em we're the best!
The comment about "going back for ice cream" is a reference to the US Navy have two ships in the Pacific that produced ice cream for US soldiers (see his video about why ice cream was so important). US destroyers were paid in ice cream for every downed pilot they recovered, so there was a competition amongst them.
For all foreigners to know: Most of our wars were started by someone touching our boats. Never touch an American boat. Seriously, Praying Mantis: Escalation because you touched our boat. Iraq, Iran, just about anyone who's picked a fight has touched our boat. That never goes well.
Ww2 pearl harbor
Ww1 not US but left NY harbor lusatania
Spanish war Uss Maine
War of 1812 brits stealing US sailors
No escalation, only "proportional kinetic response"
The USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) was repaired after this mine damage and was in service until it was retired in May of 2015. Very impressive!!
Poor guys on that Iranian ship. Leadership didn't care for their own citizens and young People....That is tragic. Who are going to take care of those kid's parents, in their old age.
"War is the Sum of All Vices" (Stonewall Jackson).
Jackson also believed that war should be so devastating that your enemy is utterly demoralized and beyond fighting. If he had been allowed his way, we would be discussing Jackson's exploits in the North rather than Sherman's in the South.
Dude your commentary on why that Soviet ship was present in the first place is specifically why I enjoy watching military vets react to videos like this. 100% that ship was there to gather as much information on US naval capabilities and techniques used in "modern" combat at that time. As funny as it is to imagine the Soviets being there purely for their own entertainment, it very certainly wasn't just for that reason alone. I appreciate your insight added into videos like these! 👍
I’m guessing every time Russians or Chinese, or North Koreans or USA flies planes or pilots boats close to other countries or to their ships they are checking procedures, verifying radio frequencies or coding systems.
A friend of mine was one of the SEALS in Charlie group. They were "most displeased" that their day was "ruined." (Read 'boring.')
The phrase “Bologna Mist Cloud Number One” makes me smile every time I see this video in any manner. It’s such a perfect description
Lived in Maine my whole life. Became a structural welder and all I heard about my whole life was the history and importance of Bath Iron Works Naval shipyard. Maine is a really underrated state in history. Just a bunch of hardworking alcoholics holding the line 💪🏼🤟😂
Being a puddle pirate, I served on 3 ships, the 2 largest, no more then 210feet long with a crew of around 90. Size wise, you get the picture. EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE on board had to go through damage control school. My primary job was in charge of the ships communications meaning I ran the radio room with 3 sometimes 4, operators. But we all had to attend every damage control class and participate in every fire fighting, flood, damage control situation the Navy could throw our way during training (they ran the training facility in Mayport FL).
Ha. Never heard of Puddle Pirate before, I had to look it up. That's a good one lol.
Didn't the policy of "everyone is a firefighter (on a vessel)" come about because of the USS Forrestal incident?
Oh I'm glad I've ended on this rabbit hole! I was infantry so I have no understanding of the navy stuff but I love how you and I both have the same pauses to laugh. This was great dude!
There's a bit about American pilot culture that may not be known outside of that community. When a mission group is out they don't radio back asking for guidance on anything. They have their objectives and the authority to deal with unexpected situations according to their own discretion.