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My cousin used to date her. She said her step Das used to tie her to the bed and do bad things. My cousin said she had marks on her. My cousin said she was a nice person.
As a retired Marine, with five combat Deployments, I find it incredibly difficult to believe that fellow Marines who deployed in combat were standing there and shell shock over a 7 ton that just happened to flip over. And that an 18-year-old WM somehow becomes an absolute hero. I would trust but verify the story Marine.
That sounded a bit odd too. But remember, she was not infantry. When you consider the unit? And the fact the deployed were the ones in the rollover? It’s a bit easier to understand.
Its not odd and its not because shes a girl that people have issues with it. She like everyone else was in shock. Thats how her mind processed it. Her view intentionally self focused its how it is if youve been in one of those situation.
Marine Sgt Savannah Cannon you are a survivor and an inspiration for others to never give up on themselves. Looking forward to reading your book. Much respect Sgt Cannon. Semper Fi.
@UrbanValorTV your content NEVER disappoints. You are using your platform to feature service members who have endured and survived through unthinkable trauma and their stories of triumph influences and encourages countless individuals. Well done to you Marine. Semper Fi brother.
First let me say Semper Fi Sister. I just came across your story on Urban Valor, and thank you for sharing it. Thank you for your bravery in speaking your truth, and I hope this helps those in a position of leadership to help our sisters and for them to be more empathetic leaders and I hope it helps any of our brothers and sisters that have had to deal with trauma and abuse. I wish you the best, and hopefully one day we can get people like yourself to run for office.
I've just started listening to this channel for about a month. I haven't commented on any other videos... i just wanted to say she's such a strong person for going through everything she went through and coming out on top! 🙏 I'm buying the book 📖 thank you for sharing you struggles with us IM ALL FOR FEMALES SUPPORTING FEMALES! We are with you sister. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
We all go through 💩 in life. Some, more than others. If you get through it and how you get through it often determines your character makeup, personality and approach to future challenges. Kudos to you Savannah, for slogging through all of that adversity... Rah!! 💪🏽🇺🇸
Thank you for your service, Mrs. Cannon. I also grew up with a physically & mentally abusive stepfather. (alcoholic Marine) My biggest regret is not joining the service. I will say though, that the best part of this interview was the end, where you state how you can turn things around for the better. I say good work, and I am happy that you are doing better!
WTH! This was a horrific story! It had me wishing I was there for her. I’m a female and I had a career in the Air Force, best thing I ever did. What I hear a lot on this page is if you want to be great, be a Marine and that’s not totally correct you can be great in any branch of the military. From what I understand Marines overall is brutal branch for any man so I can’t imagine how she made it through the Marines. Congratulations to her. Regarding her childhood trauma, you could see how she unconsciously followed her mom’s patterns of picking abusive men. We often do what we see. I did that in a different way and overcompensated which I still go to therapy today to be the best person I can be. I didn’t go through all that she did but I had my own issues and struggles so I can appreciate the hard work she’s had to do in order to become the person she is today. She’s very intelligent and I think that had a big part in her recovery. I wish her the very best because she deserves it, we all deserve to be happy. I was happy to hear she was having healthy relationships with other people especially women. We all need someone to talk to and be there for us.
I did 20 years (1995 thru 2015) and I am sorry for what seems to be some shitty leadership you had while deployed. I look back and it is all a blur. Something I always tell myself is this. One of the best decisions I ever made was enlisting but the BEST decision I ever made was getting out
I doubt that she broke her ankle. She sprained it. Nobody runs on a broken ankle. You also go to the hospital, and stay there until you are healed. When you are able to run your platoon has already graduated, and you join a new platoon that is at the point that your old platoon was when you went to the hospital.
You nailed it with leadership. The ones that have a skill or logic to get a job outside of the military get out, and leaves the shitbags to stay in and get promoted to leadership positions.
Wow, what an incredibly strong woman you are. Even as a man, I found your story incredibly inspiring having gone through a ton of trauma myself. I was a soldier in the Army for 8 years, but most of my trauma was mainly from being the sole caregiver to severely ill elderly parents for 12 years. Since my parent's passing, I've been struggling to get my life back on track. I can't thank you enough for writing your book and doing this video. It really gives me a lot of hope and inspiration. Thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart,.
In part, what makes healing possible is sharing our secrets. It helps dissipate the shame. Ms. Cannon has done that. It’s not easy. Hope she chooses to go on and do the work to become a therapist.
I am a Marine that went through a rough childhood....similar to yours. I bet a lot of Marines went through chaos early in their childhood. Perfect place to let out years of pent up agression!!!
its good your mom defended you. Mine didn't it was condoned and actively ignored. All the time. Thousands of beatings and truck rides. Made me hate the world. But now I tell people what not to do to their kids when they are disciplining (not professionally). It makes me feel like I'm helping. Hell yeah, I'll do it just to spite you. Spite is a powerful thing. Bless you and thank you for your service. Thank you for your story. You have brass balls.
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I pray God gives you grace, peace and his mercy. He loves you.
In short: inspirational, open and honest! Nothing else but respect! Thanks for sharing your experiences. I’d urge you to come to Europe and speak! DM if you do. Eager to read your book! Just ordered it. In The Netherlands 🇳🇱at double and a bit the price than that on Amzone.
Was in the Marines 94 to 98. Stationed at 29 Palms, got out as a sergeant. Took night and weekend classes on tuition assistance to get an associates in liberal arts from the college of the desert. You should have gotten at least a Navy/Marine Corps achievement medal for the 7 ton crash. I identify with the dummies reenlisting being in charge of smarter lower ranked peopIe. I am glad you made it through it all. All that pain will probably make you an amazing mom. Never give up!
because misogyny, and especially misogyny in the military. everyone looovvesss a male vets story and believes everything he says, once its a woman, its no longer viable for people and no longer an issue.
I wasn’t going to be valedictorian because my class was insanely smart but I lost the top 10 because I got an A MINUS in calculus. So crazy how similar that is lol. You’re an amazing person. This was a great interview. I’m sorry you had to feel the way you did growing up. However. You became a badass. So there’s that. Congrats.
I'm so sorry for all the crap you had to go through. I hope that contractor got fired.. You were a young girl, yes naive and you agreed to have a relationship with him, but he manipulated you. I hope you, and all military personnel, TALK ABOUT YOUR PAIN. You may have to go through a few counselors but there is some one out there for you. Heck, I'll listen to anyone who need to vent! Hugs💖
Ms Cannon, you have such a powerful testimony. You have taught us so much. My biggest take-a-way is how our childhood plays a major role in the companion we choose to be with. I wish you the best on your future journey.
You are a warrior in every sense of the word. I divorced my exhusband because of DV, and I didnt want to subject my daughter to a lifetime of chaos. I stayed single for the very reason of your stepfather. I hope you found peace and contentment because you deserve them.
I’m confused, do they really arrest you for getting pregnant in the military??? I heard of a few women that got pregnant on deployment and was not even demoted…
Why, because some guys don't know how to act? Give me a break. I've watched plenty of the Urban Valor videos to have seen many Marines having to deal with horrible leadership and getting screwed over by the Marine Corps. Being a woman has nothing to do with crap leadership, as there has been crap leadership for male Marines as well.
I love how you guys are talking.All this stuff about her childhood.But don't want to mention the.Sexual abuse typical marine stuff.Yeah, just go ahead and sweep it under the rug on top of that.This video was so hard to find.I had to type the title in word-for-word. Which basically means that this video is being suppressed on purpose.Most likely buy our government thanks guys
Watching this I go through just such a range of emotions from feeling sorry for her, to being incredibly frustrated with her decision to have these relationships and get pregnant on deployment putting EVERYONE mostly herself in danger to screwing coms up and getting someone killed and she wasn’t even supposed to be there, she was told multiple times then it all circles back to..she’s a young kid in a Warzone, shit happens but I wouldn’t want women in my platoon either for this EXACT reason like think about that for just a second, your brother, dad, son or uncle died because a pregnant woman with horrible decision making skills who wasn’t even supposed to be with the unit your loved one got killed in was the reason they died cause she screwed up coms, I feel sorry for her honestly, like I’m at a loss, this is so frustrating to listen to YOU GOT SOMEBODY KILLED AND PREVENTED THEIR MEDEVAC what part of that dont you understand, SHE got medev’d unlike the kid she got killed it’s hard to say she sucks but she kinda sucks dude, objectively
I would like to hear being re interviewed after years of psychotherapy. Her narrative is missing any semblance of personal responsibility for almost any aspect of her life. No one is responsible for what is done to us in childhood but we are all ultimately responsible to fix it, and our mistakes as adults.
All stories by Urban Valor have good content. Sorry I cannot sit through the excepting long stories. 1 was enough. The 1 with the Navy Seal was good but it took 3 days to watch. This one here about the female Marine. ....11 minutes into it. I'm done.
I commented earlier, before watching the complete video ! And I almost wish I hadn't watched, as it reminded me of something stuck in my mind, since leaving the Corps ! I was TAD ( TEMPORARY ASSIGNED DUTY ) to Camp Horno, aboard Pendleton. I was an 0341 ( Mortar Man ), But because I also had a Marine Corps Drivers license, our 1st Sargent during morning formation, advised that there was an opening at the Department of Motior Operating School, and asked for anyone that had a license, if they were interested. For whatever reason, one of my Sergeants at the time, had told me earlier that I should probably look for somewhere to go, besides my Platoon ? Yeah ...? As it turned out, and after having a chat with my 1st lieutenant, I was packing my shit, and moving ! Although he said I wasn't ? Seems the order came down from HQ, and I was in the wind ! Essentially, now in a position to teach Boots how to drive the various Military vehicles, as an instructor ! Long story short, I became the Convoy Commander as we took boots out, to learn on this particular day, how to drive the infamous 2 1/2 Ton ! aka, "Deuce and a Half " truck ! This placed me as the lead vehicle, which then was I believe the M1A1 Jeep ! On this particular day, my fuel level, was low, likely because as I found out, some thought it was O.K. to drive my Jeep, while it was parked at the Schools motor pool, without my permission ! That vehicle was my sole responsibility, as it came with me, from my home Motor pool ! I digress ! I ended up having to drive back to the motor pool for fuel, when I was advised in just that amount of time away, my convoy was involved in some kind of accident ! In a panic, I headed back to the training area, which I believe was the old highway 5, replaced some years before by the Pacific Coast Highway, known as PCH ! As I drove up, I was blocked by MP's but I could see the Carnage ! And a helicopter brought in as a Medivac ! Fortunately none of my Troops were injured, nor Boots in Training ! But that was not the case for Three Marines from a Grunt unit ! As it turns out, the Three had essentially stolen a Jeep and thought they would go for a joy ride. Anyone familiar with the older M1A1 Jeeps, knows there were stickers attached to the dash, stating never to make a turn faster than 15 m.p.h. ! As the Jeeps, could easily flip ! The story told to me by the instructor inside the Duce and a Half involved in the accident, stated as the caravan was in motion, they were met by a Jeep traveling at a fast speed, coming around a blind corner. When the driver of the Jeep seen the Truck, he turned the wheel sharply, trying to avoid a head on collision, but instead brought the Jeep up on Two wheels, slamming into the Truck ! One kids head found it's way under the wheels, and died instantly, while one was thrown and entangled in a fence, next to PCH ! The third lay crumpled in the weeds next to the roadway ! All Three Died ! This was some 44 years ago ! But still haunt's me to this day ! As I have often thought, had my Jeep been in position leading the convoy, that I likely would have been the vehicle struck ! Listening to the Sargent tell her story of her crash, I was shocked to hear it too, was aboard Pendleton. Not that the provost Marshalls office didn't have plenty of photos of accident scenes from crashes on Base ! Now in my late 60's, I often wonder if I have PTSD related to this, as I think somethings I experience, just are not right ! Not that I haven't been exposed to tons of bad shit ! Just the way I rolled, I guess ! I had a hard time relating this, but was hoping that it might have proven cathartic ? But instead, seems to have called up the sick feeling I had that day and others ! And oddly, I don't remember being called into our Gunny's office, that ran the School ! If I was, I simply have no recollection. But for some goofy reason, I think I carry guilt about all of it ? Weird !
Was in the marines at the same time as this poor woman. Combat vet, was rarely in the rear, and rarely served with women. I have to say this story sounds like most of the stories i heard from other female marines and good friends in the army. Yes i blame the men, that said people are crazy to send women into an enviroment where every animalistic instinct is triggered. WAR IS KILLING PEOPLE! In combat you do so many terrible things that awfulness loses its horror. The Marines have an issue with rape. I know for a fact (from a high ranking officer in HQ) that at least as many men get raped as women do. Sadly you hardly hear about any of it. I love the brothers i served with but suggest anyone who thinks they are going to "serve" think long and hard. God bless you Sgt. Cannon. Thank you for sharing your story. Any Leadership who tries to change anything gets crushed. Lt Col Shueller may be criticized but he was desperate. Most Leadership is to big of pussies to say anything. Make this woman the commandant! Relieve all top Leadership! They are traitors at worst, cowards at best!
26:08 a truck had flipped over people were strewn all over the street, and the NCOs froze and this 18-year-old ranker , a female, was the only one that didn't freeze up and she took charge the situation. That's infuriating just like she says where those ncos around her. Just checked out. Waiting for retirement and hoping they could get a pension and not do anything hard and so their survival skills weren't even in tune anymore? The military is full of mediocrities because I was in it too and I can attest to that. But you do have your like 10 15% of really sharp people who could actually be in the civilian world making more money they chose the military and whether they're in for 4 years or their whole life, they really keep everybody else together
I really feel ya when you are telling your pathway through the SUCK I was in a MEF. .More precisely a MEU. We 3rd bat 3rd Marines we had effectively 900 sausages zero females in the infantry headquarters and engineer support had just about 30-40 females about half of them were bulk feelers. Rihanna those women when we went overseas and deployed definitely got a lot of attention what do they want it or not Camp Hansen literally had like 30 females on it at the very most for 7 months. Lot of inappropriate comments. We were roughly 30 days or so into a MAGTF. me and one of the female tractor trailer driver snuggle away from the hooches and had a bonfire with a couple other Marines and we're screwing around you're supposed to be it was supposed to be no booze outside of the Enlisted Club anyway we got caught me and the three other two other males got us a firm talking to the three females that were kicking it with us all got busted down in rank two of them were corporals so they're down to Lance the other girl ended up a PFC and I mean they came out of hard they gave him a full summary court-martial or whatever right in the field and I never heard nothing about the incident at all didn't even get a page 11 or nothing it was pretty clear that the first sergeant and the xo didn't want WM's supporting the Infantry at all they haven't made comments on telling them to go back to the Air Wing. I never really liked doing PT with the females but I always thought they were all pretty locked down in the field and they did a good job supporting us I know that the top 10 Shooters in our division a good portion of them or females when females only represented like 3%. Thank you Savannah for all you did putting up with all the horney young grunts all the time I definitely know that it was nice to have comm when you're in the shit.
Yeah, our names weren’t on it. But my mom came back from, oddly enough? I believe a trip to Georgia… With a newly fashioned wooden paddle for spanking the shit out of my brother and I with. She hung that shit right on the main rooms wall for anyone and everyone to see. The 80’s were wild man. 😂
This story is amazing...talk about resilience, damn. I was really hoping to hear she went back and kicked her father's ass. She peobably did not and clearly she's a better person than I am.
The 7 Ton experience she described is something i heard of in 2013. You can't drive those vehicles down that road anymore. Connects Mainside with the airwing, I think.
It’s always bothered me that I would end up in a toxic relationships like this young lady’s experience. I come to find out that I was the problem! It was how I felt about myself. Drugs made me deal and ignore how fucked up things are. I just shot K…well, I no longer care to comment…nevermind
@@TjLambo-f3g theres no place in the world that would be okay to hit a child. Let alone pick the object theyre going to be beat with. Stay in denial, thats not normal nor will it ever be.
It’s unfortunate but I got the bs feeling too. I’m sure there is some truth in this story but she actually contradicted herself many times. Throughout the interview you can just tell, she would end one story, (I’m assuming) and it seems by the interviewer expression she would either add more depth to that story or she would move to the next. Idk just my opinion. Either way, I appreciate her service.
Same here. Alot of stuff is way off mark. I was a SNCO at Leatherneck during this same time. We relieved one of our SNCO's and shipped his bag nasty a$$ back to Pendleton with charges for relationship with an Air Force NCO. Her leadership had to know what was going on,. Several things just seem off target. Then again there's another side to the story and the truth will most likely be in the middle.
I’m surprised that they accepted you in the military having had those mental problems, and having been proscribed Prozac. Even today when they accept anybody, they don’t accept people with that kind of history. 🎉
Do you just not pay attention? She very clearly stated that she lied about it and said she never had any of those issues. Which she followed by stating she did not feel was wrong. As she was told by the medical staff those diagnoses were wrong to begin with. She never should have been prescribed any of that shit. And that the real problem was her environment and abuse at home. She was reacting as a child to a violent and turbulent home life. That doesn’t make you a mental patient. It makes you a child trying to survive in an insanity filled environment that you have to figure out and navigate on your own the best way that you can.
Seems trauma is how many Marines are made. Funny, i went to join the Army and the Marine recruiter caught me while Army recruiter was at lunch, lol. Bet he rubbed that in.
Love our com marines but dosent take much to get promoted at least from my exp and dealing with them. Nothing agints coms but hay good on yea devil for doing everything you did and qcomplushed
Just a note.. have to say upfront when she is describing her chikdhoodnof being "paddled " with a wooden board and being made to go out and pull our own "switches" (sticks for being whipped)... That was always a common childhood growing up in Oklahoma and Texas. Was just a normal thing . Not sure why she made it such a big deal. And as well , shooting up furniture or things..again.. normal. Or more normal than she makes it out to be. And working 40 hours a week at the age of 15 16.. yes most of us be for that generation it was just common.
I was also surprised that she spent so long talking about that. However, I can understand why her father’s actions were labeled as abusive. He sounds so unloving and abusive. It traumatized her, and you cannot argue that just because something is common, doesn’t make it right. It sounds like hell for a child to be constantly afraid. I do think she can learn to acknowledge that it was just a fact of life that parenting was shittier back then. I do wish she would have acknowledged that many people may have had it worse and to not slip into that victim mentality. Think about what our ancestors have gone through 🤔
No. My father had a 2 by 4 with our names on it. I got spanked with it maybe a handful of times. Usally when I did some terriable shit. This woman was physically abused. There is a difference.
Once you receive orders for a duty station, the place you are going to also receives notice you are showing up. That's when the betting begins. Who's going to sleep with the WM first. Non NCO'S, NCO'S, STAFFNCO'S will talk about it. Not everyone participates in it. So it's the higher ranks who get notified, and they spread the word stir the talk.
So she lied about her mental illness to get in, lied about the alleged abuse to cps, lied about getting pregnant from a rape, and we should all feel sorry for her?
Hey my dad always said the same thing. But almost sang it. “Kids are to be seen, and not heard, so shut up you little turds”! But in a joking manor and no hitting or abuse.
Thank you for your service Sgt🎉. Just remember, madam you did not succeed in taking your life because you need to help others 😊. Whether we go through life good or bad, builds character. Continue to stay Blessed. Be you, be well ❤️🩹🇺🇸🕊️
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Hello I am in United States Marine Corps veteran as well. I would like to tell my story how can I get on this channel for an interview.
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We are all happy that you are still here with us, thanks for sharing your story.
Appreciate your words and for you watching 🙏🏼
As a kid, can you imagine living through a horror movie! This young girl fought through the worst and she came out on top!
Yeah. I went through it and was removed from my home. I’m a lot older, it was worse back then
My cousin used to date her. She said her step Das used to tie her to the bed and do bad things. My cousin said she had marks on her. My cousin said she was a nice person.
She has a face only a Mother can love. Keep abortion legal.
@jackharle1251 praying 🙏 for you.
As a retired Marine, with five combat Deployments, I find it incredibly difficult to believe that fellow Marines who deployed in combat were standing there and shell shock over a 7 ton that just happened to flip over. And that an 18-year-old WM somehow becomes an absolute hero. I would trust but verify the story Marine.
That sounded a bit odd too. But remember, she was not infantry. When you consider the unit? And the fact the deployed were the ones in the rollover? It’s a bit easier to understand.
but you wouldnt have an issue with it if it was an 18 year old boy huh?
@@cremepuffleI’d think he was full full of fubaa also
Its not odd and its not because shes a girl that people have issues with it. She like everyone else was in shock. Thats how her mind processed it. Her view intentionally self focused its how it is if youve been in one of those situation.
Marine Sgt Savannah Cannon you are a survivor and an inspiration for others to never give up on themselves. Looking forward to reading your book.
Much respect Sgt Cannon. Semper Fi.
SF 👊🏼🇺🇸🤙🏼 appreciate you watching
This woman has almost got me in tears.. man that just sucks how she grew up with str8 trauma.. glad she made it thru..
🙏🏼thank you
@UrbanValorTV your content NEVER disappoints. You are using your platform to feature service members who have endured and survived through unthinkable trauma and their stories of triumph influences and encourages countless individuals.
Well done to you Marine. Semper Fi brother.
First let me say Semper Fi Sister. I just came across your story on Urban Valor, and thank you for sharing it. Thank you for your bravery in speaking your truth, and I hope this helps those in a position of leadership to help our sisters and for them to be more empathetic leaders and I hope it helps any of our brothers and sisters that have had to deal with trauma and abuse.
I wish you the best, and hopefully one day we can get people like yourself to run for office.
Your words are much appreciated 🤙🏼
I've just started listening to this channel for about a month. I haven't commented on any other videos... i just wanted to say she's such a strong person for going through everything she went through and coming out on top! 🙏 I'm buying the book 📖 thank you for sharing you struggles with us IM ALL FOR FEMALES SUPPORTING FEMALES! We are with you sister. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
She went through hell before she even joined the Marines. I hope the rest of her life is peaceful and successful.
🙏🏼thank you
She’s a bop
@OGMicrobio that's quite the accusation.
We all go through 💩 in life. Some, more than others. If you get through it and how you get through it often determines your character makeup, personality and approach to future challenges. Kudos to you Savannah, for slogging through all of that adversity...
Rah!! 💪🏽🇺🇸
Thank you for your service, Mrs. Cannon. I also grew up with a physically & mentally abusive stepfather. (alcoholic Marine) My biggest regret is not joining the service. I will say though, that the best part of this interview was the end, where you state how you can turn things around for the better. I say good work, and I am happy that you are doing better!
Thank you 🙏🏼🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼
A True Warrior....Thank You for Sharing
Appreciate you watching 🙏🏼
Proud of you. Thank you for your service ❤
Appreciate your support 🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼
My dad abused me as well and there's no revenge sweeter today than showing him how much i love my children
Deeply grateful for you and to you, Cpl Cannon ❤
Thank you for your Service.
Much appreciated🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼
I’m a vet and I think you’re pretty awesome.
Thank you for your Service!🇺🇸🕊️
Thank you for serving with us 🫡🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼 and I agree she is awesome 💯
WTH! This was a horrific story! It had me wishing I was there for her. I’m a female and I had a career in the Air Force, best thing I ever did. What I hear a lot on this page is if you want to be great, be a Marine and that’s not totally correct you can be great in any branch of the military. From what I understand Marines overall is brutal branch for any man so I can’t imagine how she made it through the Marines. Congratulations to her. Regarding her childhood trauma, you could see how she unconsciously followed her mom’s patterns of picking abusive men. We often do what we see. I did that in a different way and overcompensated which I still go to therapy today to be the best person I can be. I didn’t go through all that she did but I had my own issues and struggles so I can appreciate the hard work she’s had to do in order to become the person she is today. She’s very intelligent and I think that had a big part in her recovery. I wish her the very best because she deserves it, we all deserve to be happy. I was happy to hear she was having healthy relationships with other people especially women. We all need someone to talk to and be there for us.
I did 20 years (1995 thru 2015) and I am sorry for what seems to be some shitty leadership you had while deployed. I look back and it is all a blur. Something I always tell myself is this. One of the best decisions I ever made was enlisting but the BEST decision I ever made was getting out
I doubt that she broke her ankle. She sprained it. Nobody runs on a broken ankle. You also go to the hospital, and stay there until you are healed. When you are able to run your platoon has already graduated, and you join a new platoon that is at the point that your old platoon was when you went to the hospital.
You nailed it with leadership. The ones that have a skill or logic to get a job outside of the military get out, and leaves the shitbags to stay in and get promoted to leadership positions.
True.rahh
Hello woman . Thank you for your military service and being strong .
This woman had been stress inoculated from childhood.
Wow, what an incredibly strong woman you are. Even as a man, I found your story incredibly inspiring having gone through a ton of trauma myself. I was a soldier in the Army for 8 years, but most of my trauma was mainly from being the sole caregiver to severely ill elderly parents for 12 years. Since my parent's passing, I've been struggling to get my life back on track. I can't thank you enough for writing your book and doing this video. It really gives me a lot of hope and inspiration. Thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart,.
In part, what makes healing possible is sharing our secrets. It helps dissipate the shame. Ms. Cannon has done that. It’s not easy.
Hope she chooses to go on and do the work to become a therapist.
I am a Marine that went through a rough childhood....similar to yours. I bet a lot of Marines went through chaos early in their childhood. Perfect place to let out years of pent up agression!!!
Thank you for your service ma'am
Your support is much appreciated 🤙🏼
Such a miserable situation, huge failure on behalf of the military. I’m glad you pulled through!
God bless you, lifetime warrior!!!
I'm only up to the 15th minute and this is fucking rough. How many people join the services who already have PTSD!
Many.
its good your mom defended you. Mine didn't it was condoned and actively ignored. All the time. Thousands of beatings and truck rides. Made me hate the world. But now I tell people what not to do to their kids when they are disciplining (not professionally). It makes me feel like I'm helping. Hell yeah, I'll do it just to spite you. Spite is a powerful thing. Bless you and thank you for your service. Thank you for your story. You have brass balls.
I pray God gives you grace, peace and his mercy. He loves you.
Thank you 🙏🏼
In short: inspirational, open and honest! Nothing else but respect! Thanks for sharing your experiences. I’d urge you to come to Europe and speak! DM if you do.
Eager to read your book! Just ordered it. In The Netherlands 🇳🇱at double and a bit the price than that on Amzone.
God bless you young lady. I hope you find a peaceful existence now even though it’s hard to deal with everything you been through.
Was in the Marines 94 to 98. Stationed at 29 Palms, got out as a sergeant. Took night and weekend classes on tuition assistance to get an associates in liberal arts from the college of the desert. You should have gotten at least a Navy/Marine Corps achievement medal for the 7 ton crash. I identify with the dummies reenlisting being in charge of smarter lower ranked peopIe. I am glad you made it through it all. All that pain will probably make you an amazing mom. Never give up!
Thank you for sharing your story. Sorry for what you had to endure. Thank you for your service
Getting pregnant was her ticket out..😂
What a dad to have I can imagine on his death bed the regret he will have
300% respect
Let.
's talk about the Marines sexually abusing her.Why haven't we brought that up in the comments ?
I agree. Very messed up. I have a sister and 3 daughters. I would be devastated if anything like this happened to them. I'd end up in jail.
because misogyny, and especially misogyny in the military. everyone looovvesss a male vets story and believes everything he says, once its a woman, its no longer viable for people and no longer an issue.
I wasn’t going to be valedictorian because my class was insanely smart but I lost the top 10 because I got an A MINUS in calculus. So crazy how similar that is lol. You’re an amazing person. This was a great interview. I’m sorry you had to feel the way you did growing up. However. You became a badass. So there’s that. Congrats.
Appreciate you watching 🙏🏼🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼
I'm so sorry for all the crap you had to go through. I hope that contractor got fired.. You were a young girl, yes naive and you agreed to have a relationship with him, but he manipulated you. I hope you, and all military personnel, TALK ABOUT YOUR PAIN. You may have to go through a few counselors but there is some one out there for you. Heck, I'll listen to anyone who need to vent! Hugs💖
🙏🏼thank you
Thank you!
So let's grow a pair and address the real problem
Ms Cannon, you have such a powerful testimony. You have taught us so much. My biggest take-a-way is how our childhood plays a major role in the companion we choose to be with. I wish you the best on your future journey.
You are a warrior in every sense of the word. I divorced my exhusband because of DV, and I didnt want to subject my daughter to a lifetime of chaos. I stayed single for the very reason of your stepfather.
I hope you found peace and contentment because you deserve them.
The thing that gets me every time about the interviewees on this channel, is that they almost never seem to realise they are truly, truly amazing.
Leaving the USMC was the best day of my military career, lol. Four years and three combat deployments were enough for me.
What a story... Wow... Sgt Cannon, you're beyond amazing
This is why I would never join military ever
I’m confused, do they really arrest you for getting pregnant in the military??? I heard of a few women that got pregnant on deployment and was not even demoted…
To me this was a commercial on why women shouldn't be in the Marines
Why, because some guys don't know how to act? Give me a break.
I've watched plenty of the Urban Valor videos to have seen many Marines having to deal with horrible leadership and getting screwed over by the Marine Corps. Being a woman has nothing to do with crap leadership, as there has been crap leadership for male Marines as well.
Or why some men shouldn't be in the Marines.
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I love how you guys are talking.All this stuff about her childhood.But don't want to mention the.Sexual abuse typical marine stuff.Yeah, just go ahead and sweep it under the rug on top of that.This video was so hard to find.I had to type the title in word-for-word.
Which basically means that this video is being suppressed on purpose.Most likely buy our government thanks guys
Watching this I go through just such a range of emotions from feeling sorry for her, to being incredibly frustrated with her decision to have these relationships and get pregnant on deployment putting EVERYONE mostly herself in danger to screwing coms up and getting someone killed and she wasn’t even supposed to be there, she was told multiple times then it all circles back to..she’s a young kid in a Warzone, shit happens but I wouldn’t want women in my platoon either for this EXACT reason like think about that for just a second, your brother, dad, son or uncle died because a pregnant woman with horrible decision making skills who wasn’t even supposed to be with the unit your loved one got killed in was the reason they died cause she screwed up coms, I feel sorry for her honestly, like I’m at a loss, this is so frustrating to listen to YOU GOT SOMEBODY KILLED AND PREVENTED THEIR MEDEVAC what part of that dont you understand, SHE got medev’d unlike the kid she got killed it’s hard to say she sucks but she kinda sucks dude, objectively
I am left with the unfortunate observation that she is not able to acknowledge that she was the author of a few of her own misfortunes
I would like to hear being re interviewed after years of psychotherapy. Her narrative is missing any semblance of personal responsibility for almost any aspect of her life.
No one is responsible for what is done to us in childhood but we are all ultimately responsible to fix it, and our mistakes as adults.
You people are sick.
Let's hear from them marines that said that's not what or how it happened
All stories by Urban Valor have good content. Sorry I cannot sit through the excepting long stories. 1 was enough. The 1 with the Navy Seal was good but it took 3 days to watch. This one here about the female Marine. ....11 minutes into it. I'm done.
who cares. stop watching vet stories then
Good lord the last thing she needed was join the military she needs therapy
God bless you lady
🙏🏼thank you
12:45 laughed and then realized she should be sad
Praise the LORD JESUS CHRIST Sargent Savannah Cannon has came a mighty long way by the grace of GOD
I commented earlier, before watching the complete video !
And I almost wish I hadn't watched, as it reminded me of something stuck in my mind, since leaving the Corps !
I was TAD ( TEMPORARY ASSIGNED DUTY )
to Camp Horno, aboard Pendleton.
I was an 0341
( Mortar Man ),
But because I also had a Marine Corps Drivers license, our 1st Sargent during morning formation, advised that there was an opening at the Department of Motior Operating School, and asked for anyone that had a license, if they were interested.
For whatever reason, one of my Sergeants at the time, had told me earlier that I should probably look for somewhere to go, besides my Platoon ?
Yeah ...?
As it turned out, and after having a chat with my 1st lieutenant, I was packing my shit, and moving !
Although he said I wasn't ?
Seems the order came down from HQ, and I was in the wind !
Essentially, now in a position to teach Boots how to drive the various Military vehicles, as an instructor !
Long story short, I became the Convoy Commander as we took boots out, to learn on this particular day, how to drive the infamous 2 1/2 Ton ! aka,
"Deuce and a Half " truck !
This placed me as the lead vehicle, which then was I believe the M1A1 Jeep !
On this particular day, my fuel level, was low, likely because as I found out, some thought it was O.K. to drive my Jeep, while it was parked at the Schools motor pool, without my permission !
That vehicle was my sole responsibility, as it came with me, from my home Motor pool !
I digress !
I ended up having to drive back to the motor pool for fuel, when I was advised in just that amount of time away, my convoy was involved in some kind of accident !
In a panic, I headed back to the training area, which I believe was the old highway 5, replaced some years before by the Pacific Coast Highway, known as PCH !
As I drove up, I was blocked by MP's but I could see the Carnage !
And a helicopter brought in as a Medivac !
Fortunately none of my Troops were injured, nor Boots in Training !
But that was not the case for Three Marines from a Grunt unit !
As it turns out, the Three had essentially stolen a Jeep and thought they would go for a joy ride.
Anyone familiar with the older M1A1 Jeeps, knows there were stickers attached to the dash, stating never to make a turn faster than 15 m.p.h. !
As the Jeeps, could easily flip !
The story told to me by the instructor inside the Duce and a Half involved in the accident, stated as the caravan was in motion, they were met by a Jeep traveling at a fast speed, coming around a blind corner.
When the driver of the Jeep seen the Truck, he turned the wheel sharply, trying to avoid a head on collision, but instead brought the Jeep up on Two wheels, slamming into the Truck !
One kids head found it's way under the wheels, and died instantly, while one was thrown and entangled in a fence, next to PCH !
The third lay crumpled in the weeds next to the roadway !
All Three Died !
This was some 44 years ago !
But still haunt's me to this day !
As I have often thought, had my Jeep been in position leading the convoy, that I likely would have been the vehicle struck !
Listening to the Sargent tell her story of her crash, I was shocked to hear it too, was aboard Pendleton.
Not that the provost Marshalls office didn't have plenty of photos of accident scenes from crashes on Base !
Now in my late 60's, I often wonder if I have PTSD related to this, as I think somethings I experience, just are not right !
Not that I haven't been exposed to tons of bad shit !
Just the way I rolled, I guess !
I had a hard time relating this, but was hoping that it might have proven cathartic ?
But instead, seems to have called up the sick feeling I had that day and others !
And oddly, I don't remember being called into our Gunny's office, that ran the School !
If I was, I simply have no recollection.
But for some goofy reason, I think I carry guilt about all of it ?
Weird !
F ( ) C K . . . M A R I N E ~ glad you made it through the sh!t storm
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Don’t blow a gasket people but there might be something to that notion that women probably need to stay out of combat arms. At least co-ed units.
its called men being power hungry and thinking they know how to do every thing
Was in the marines at the same time as this poor woman. Combat vet, was rarely in the rear, and rarely served with women. I have to say this story sounds like most of the stories i heard from other female marines and good friends in the army.
Yes i blame the men, that said people are crazy to send women into an enviroment where every animalistic instinct is triggered. WAR IS KILLING PEOPLE! In combat you do so many terrible things that awfulness loses its horror. The Marines have an issue with rape.
I know for a fact (from a high ranking officer in HQ) that at least as many men get raped as women do. Sadly you hardly hear about any of it. I love the brothers i served with but suggest anyone who thinks they are going to "serve" think long and hard.
God bless you Sgt. Cannon. Thank you for sharing your story.
Any Leadership who tries to change anything gets crushed. Lt Col Shueller may be criticized but he was desperate. Most Leadership is to big of pussies to say anything.
Make this woman the commandant!
Relieve all top Leadership! They are traitors at worst, cowards at best!
26:08 a truck had flipped over people were strewn all over the street, and the NCOs froze and this 18-year-old ranker , a female, was the only one that didn't freeze up and she took charge the situation. That's infuriating just like she says where those ncos around her. Just checked out. Waiting for retirement and hoping they could get a pension and not do anything hard and so their survival skills weren't even in tune anymore? The military is full of mediocrities because I was in it too and I can attest to that. But you do have your like 10 15% of really sharp people who could actually be in the civilian world making more money they chose the military and whether they're in for 4 years or their whole life, they really keep everybody else together
I really feel ya when you are telling your pathway through the SUCK I was in a MEF. .More precisely a MEU. We 3rd bat 3rd Marines we had effectively 900 sausages zero females in the infantry headquarters and engineer support had just about 30-40 females about half of them were bulk feelers. Rihanna those women when we went overseas and deployed definitely got a lot of attention what do they want it or not Camp Hansen literally had like 30 females on it at the very most for 7 months. Lot of inappropriate comments. We were roughly 30 days or so into a MAGTF. me and one of the female tractor trailer driver snuggle away from the hooches and had a bonfire with a couple other Marines and we're screwing around you're supposed to be it was supposed to be no booze outside of the Enlisted Club anyway we got caught me and the three other two other males got us a firm talking to the three females that were kicking it with us all got busted down in rank two of them were corporals so they're down to Lance the other girl ended up a PFC and I mean they came out of hard they gave him a full summary court-martial or whatever right in the field and I never heard nothing about the incident at all didn't even get a page 11 or nothing it was pretty clear that the first sergeant and the xo didn't want WM's supporting the Infantry at all they haven't made comments on telling them to go back to the Air Wing. I never really liked doing PT with the females but I always thought they were all pretty locked down in the field and they did a good job supporting us I know that the top 10 Shooters in our division a good portion of them or females when females only represented like 3%. Thank you Savannah for all you did putting up with all the horney young grunts all the time I definitely know that it was nice to have comm when you're in the shit.
The paddle thing is disturbing. This poor girl
Yeah, our names weren’t on it. But my mom came back from, oddly enough? I believe a trip to Georgia… With a newly fashioned wooden paddle for spanking the shit out of my brother and I with. She hung that shit right on the main rooms wall for anyone and everyone to see. The 80’s were wild man. 😂
What’s the contractors name.. asking for a friend
This story is amazing...talk about resilience, damn.
I was really hoping to hear she went back and kicked her father's ass. She peobably did not and clearly she's a better person than I am.
The 7 Ton experience she described is something i heard of in 2013. You can't drive those vehicles down that road anymore. Connects Mainside with the airwing, I think.
It’s always bothered me that I would end up in a toxic relationships like this young lady’s experience. I come to find out that I was the problem! It was how I felt about myself. Drugs made me deal and ignore how fucked up things are. I just shot K…well, I no longer care to comment…nevermind
Grew up getting my ass kicked, picking my switch frm a willow tree. It's good for ya, builds character.
thats child abuse and is literally researched and proven to stunt you as a person.
@@cremepuffle lol 😂 that may be my friend. But where I'm from, and how we're raised around here, it's good for ya.
@@TjLambo-f3g theres no place in the world that would be okay to hit a child. Let alone pick the object theyre going to be beat with. Stay in denial, thats not normal nor will it ever be.
We got us a god dam war hero 😅😅😅
Dude! I see her at work!
Semper fi Marine
I call bs on this whole story !
Why? Because you treat your family bad. Coward.
It’s unfortunate but I got the bs feeling too. I’m sure there is some truth in this story but she actually contradicted herself many times. Throughout the interview you can just tell, she would end one story, (I’m assuming) and it seems by the interviewer expression she would either add more depth to that story or she would move to the next. Idk just my opinion. Either way, I appreciate her service.
Same here. Alot of stuff is way off mark. I was a SNCO at Leatherneck during this same time. We relieved one of our SNCO's and shipped his bag nasty a$$ back to Pendleton with charges for relationship with an Air Force NCO. Her leadership had to know what was going on,. Several things just seem off target. Then again there's another side to the story and the truth will most likely be in the middle.
This chick is badass
Salute
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So, hopefully your “father” is taking his forever sleep but if not can you at least give us his name?
Fuck that was heavy
That was 15 years ago though lol
♥️… stay up
I’m surprised that they accepted you in the military having had those mental problems, and having been proscribed Prozac. Even today when they accept anybody, they don’t accept people with that kind of history. 🎉
Do you just not pay attention? She very clearly stated that she lied about it and said she never had any of those issues. Which she followed by stating she did not feel was wrong. As she was told by the medical staff those diagnoses were wrong to begin with. She never should have been prescribed any of that shit. And that the real problem was her environment and abuse at home. She was reacting as a child to a violent and turbulent home life. That doesn’t make you a mental patient. It makes you a child trying to survive in an insanity filled environment that you have to figure out and navigate on your own the best way that you can.
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Damn. She should’ve been a Corpsman!!!!
Fanatical Texan religious types…sounds about right.
Seems trauma is how many Marines are made. Funny, i went to join the Army and the Marine recruiter caught me while Army recruiter was at lunch, lol. Bet he rubbed that in.
Semper fi. Devil Dog.
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Rahh Devil.
Love our com marines but dosent take much to get promoted at least from my exp and dealing with them. Nothing agints coms but hay good on yea devil for doing everything you did and qcomplushed
Just a note.. have to say upfront when she is describing her chikdhoodnof being "paddled " with a wooden board and being made to go out and pull our own "switches" (sticks for being whipped)... That was always a common childhood growing up in Oklahoma and Texas. Was just a normal thing . Not sure why she made it such a big deal. And as well , shooting up furniture or things..again.. normal. Or more normal than she makes it out to be. And working 40 hours a week at the age of 15 16.. yes most of us be for that generation it was just common.
I was also surprised that she spent so long talking about that. However, I can understand why her father’s actions were labeled as abusive. He sounds so unloving and abusive. It traumatized her, and you cannot argue that just because something is common, doesn’t make it right. It sounds like hell for a child to be constantly afraid. I do think she can learn to acknowledge that it was just a fact of life that parenting was shittier back then. I do wish she would have acknowledged that many people may have had it worse and to not slip into that victim mentality. Think about what our ancestors have gone through 🤔
Normal….👀 bless your heart
No. My father had a 2 by 4 with our names on it. I got spanked with it maybe a handful of times. Usally when I did some terriable shit. This woman was physically abused. There is a difference.
I didn’t even comment on this channel why am I getting screwed with just watching this video
Semper Fi Marine
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Once you receive orders for a duty station, the place you are going to also receives notice you are showing up. That's when the betting begins. Who's going to sleep with the WM first. Non NCO'S, NCO'S, STAFFNCO'S will talk about it. Not everyone participates in it. So it's the higher ranks who get notified, and they spread the word stir the talk.
Errr devildog!
big surprise.
What a waste of Marine Corps time and expense. Sad.
And civilians wonder why USMC doesn't want WMs deployed to war. This chick is a waco!
So she lied about her mental illness to get in, lied about the alleged abuse to cps, lied about getting pregnant from a rape, and we should all feel sorry for her?
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Hey my dad always said the same thing. But almost sang it. “Kids are to be seen, and not heard, so shut up you little turds”!
But in a joking manor and no hitting or abuse.
Thank you for your service Sgt🎉. Just remember, madam you did not succeed in taking your life because you need to help others 😊. Whether we go through life good or bad, builds character. Continue to stay Blessed. Be you, be well ❤️🩹🇺🇸🕊️
Appreciate your words and for watching 🙏🏼🤙🏼🇺🇸👊🏼