I was an AFSOC pilot from 1987-1995 and saw combat operations in Central America and Southwest Asia. I was extremely privileged to work with Army Ranger Battalions frequently and these SF/Special Mission soldiers from Fort Bragg on several occasions, including the Panama Op, Just Cause. I can affirm, without a doubt, that these guys are the most intelligent, tough, mission capable and ready soldiers in the world. It was an honor and privilege to work with these amazing guys.
Dumb people can't be special forces/Green Berets and absolutely cannot make Delta selection. Land navigation on its own takes intelligence. The Green Beret mission is ingratiating/integrating with a foreign local community and training civilians to become soldiers, something a dumb person wouldn't be able to do.
Contrition not sure exactly, but in another interview, McPhee mentions that the name "delta force" is merely a culture thing. Kinda like how the S.A.S is referred to as "the regiment"
wish I joined when I was@ age to do so. Was physically capable but didn't have the mental capability to endure such gruling training. Now it's been flipped. No longer physically capable of handling the training due to drug use. But I'm more than sure I could go through the mental mind fucking part of the training. Due to drug use & 3 months of methadone withdrawals. Since I'm 38, all I can do is give u mad respect for what all of u do.. question; do sociopaths get PTSD?
That advice "theres nothing today that i can't do" is really special. I just got a new job and i have a ton of responsibility. I say this to myself every morning and it helps me so much
kinda funny how he quit his job because of too much physical work and then decided that military special forces would be a better option for him :D great guy.
Yeah, attacking a country based on fabricated intel (weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist) and killing innocent civilians. THIS IS HOW YOU WAR!
Does seem right. All those tests mean nothing compared to being a person that is self aware and has incredible street smarts, can talk to anyone, etc. book smarts does not equate to being successful all the time.
IronVigilance That mentality is probably what got him through it. Everyone else was probably thinking “This sucks so much” and he probably just thought “Man, this is gonna be so cool when I’m done”
@@SASMADBRUV7 Honestly his outlook has changed my workouts recently, focusing on how tough it is and saying to myself this is tough and trying to get through it makes it much harder for me, the outlook of having fun and belittling it actually makes it easier for me, sorta like fake it until you make it.
I loved what I did in the army. It was so fun until I got injured and lost part of my hand. I'll still have those memories, some good, some bad and the friends I've made for a lifetime.
I had heard of this great man before but never followed up on it. Thank God i did. There is nothing in this world that makes my day than to see True American Patriots. MUCH RESPECT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR.🇺🇸🇺🇸
This guy is great to listen to and he’s like a 18 year old when he talks about it and I like that . He’s still that teenager he grew up in the sf community and that’s bad ass just to pass Rasp is amazing
FYI: the youtube channel Combat Story’s had him on his podcast for well over an hour to talk about his life in and out of the military as well as actual combat stories and let me tell you, not only is he a badass he’s also sidesplittingly hilarious
John, I'm a US Coast Guard Veteran who served as a Navigator/Signalman, and Law Enforcement Detail, and was E-5 (2nd Class Petty Officer) at the end of my (enlistment1982-1986). I have now been a Registered Nurse for nearly 36 years, but my time in the service remains one of the most memorable and precious (to me) times in my life. Hearing your story just fills me with emotion. The incredible things you have done and the stories of your progression as a warrior soldier are just awesome and bring back many wonderful memories of my own. Thank you for your incredible service, for sharing your adventure with us, and mostly, thanks for NOT being US Air Force Admin! (I think you'd have been miserable, lol)
Mr. McPhee, first thank you for being the Best of the Best. Thanks to for being a great Patriot. I have the utmost respect for soldiers like you. Your dedication is Most impressive. God bless you.
Okay, my first chuckle was the “5-ton blown so high you couldn’t see it till...”. I was a Navy Seabee before joining the Army, so all of this sounded appealing. Thanks for doing what you did, bro. I’m grateful
Seabees keep it going brother. They are badasses i their kind of way. Out there on bull dozers in enemy lines making bases and shit. Awesome sauce. Go NAVY!
While a combat injury prevented me from attempting SFQC, what little part I played in the Army I am proud of. Although I wish I would’ve been able to at least attend Q, it wasn’t in the hand I was dealt but regardless of how someone served in the Army, they’re still my brothers and I feel closer to them than I do my own blood.
Thank god you got to serve. I came from a military family and when I was 13 I found out that I had a bloodclot in my leg. That and the genetic disorder they found made me unable to serve. I was crushed and still am. The funny thing is I think it hurt my navy vet grandpa who raised me even more than me haha. My family is now glad that I didnt serve after I told them that I would have been a crayon eater (marine) because I am definitely not smart enough to be a navy pilot haha (plus I figured if I went infantry I could potentially take a bullet instead of someone else not that I'm trying to be a badass but rather I get shot than someone with a more fulfilling life)
@@MM-qi5mk what defect did you have? i was born with VSD and was unable to get in active but the guard was able to give me a waiver. after im done with the guard im going to see if i can get in with active if they see i already did some time in.
TGI no this is not how your"war" This is how you totally fuck up all of the Mideast and Afghanistan This is how you create terrorists by invading and occupying other countries
@Warkingman Man Not even close, Britain and France fucked it up by frankensteining their territories into all their shitty little colonies so that when the colonies revolted what was left over was a a total clusterfuck. So yeah
Warkingman Man you don't think that Afghanistan became more fucked up when we have billions of dollars to the most radical Muslims to fight the Russians for us ? You don't think that killing Saddam and then having no clue how to put that country back together again? That now Iraq is allied with Iran and not with the USA is a good thing ? You think that prodding the people over their with " the point of a spear" benefits the USA in some way ?
Damn, this guy is a certified badass. First time seeing him so it looks like I will be binging on "Shrek" tonight. (opens beer) This is my new motto: "Nothing is going to happen today that I can't do." John (Shrek) Mcphee
"Just looking around, rounds going off left and right, explosions, dust everywhere, and I'm just looking around like "is this incoming fire or outgoing fire?" I'm not sure what's going on around here" freaking love hearing this dude describe war, he's just so chill about it!☝️☝️☝️☝️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Now that's a mutha fuckin real soldier right there boy!
He went to Delta selection with my husband. E we became friends with his family. He’s a wonderful person. He’s humble and a really funny guy to relax with.
@@cjtdup5395Wife's of operators/inlisted are considered part of the family. The wife's hold the fort down at home and make an incredible sacrifice to there lives as well. If you just think about things before you type them you can usually avoid looking like a complete donut. Be better
to clear some miss information 11X isnt a Ranger contract its Infantry if your looking for ranger make sure the contract says 11X Option 40 and 11X Option 4 for Airborne and lastly 18X for Special Forces
Jesus H. The beginning of his story is just like mine. I was a welder. 21 yrs old, Went to the air force tried to put me in as a aircraft Mechanic though I wanted Security Forces. Went to the Army became a Damn MP.
@@idriscam i figured that was why you asked. I am just one of those people that loved Basic. Seeing people be held accountable and being pushed to my physical limits were awesome. i was also just turning 18 when i went. I wish people were held accountable in the real world as it was in boot camp lol
and no military wastes more money like the U.S. military does, I'm a vet and I know...the millions that are just "lost" every year is an outrage and there is zero oversight...just a shrug and the wait for the next year's pile of money to come to them to squander again.
@@stevenm3823 yep they just left a huge cache of weapons and ammunitio in syria when they pulled out instead of transporting it with them they just bombed it so Isis or turkish militants cant take them. They didn't say how much it was but I wouldn't be surprised if it was billions of dollars worth.
He went through when things were actually hard as hell in the military in regards to selections. Nothing is the same as old school army selection programs
Iam older then this guy, but back in the day we went through RIP at Ft lewis, over in north fort, if any one remembers that.But I guess now every thing is done at Ft. Benning, and now they go through RASP, which sounds like a good program. Old days gone, BUT NOT FORGOTEN.
My brother-in-law was a Ranger back in the 80s and worked in private security in Afghanistan a few years ago, where he met a few Rangers. He said Rangers today are light-years ahead of Rangers during his time with them. Rangers are still run ragged, but now they have to be smarter and more precisely trained. It doesn't suck as bad as it used to but they're now a hell of a lot more technically and tactically proficient. Times change, war changes and the military changes with it. While having to endure tough training absolutely helps, it doesn't do much good if you're only suffering and not learning.
When he said "engineer course was a blast" and proceeded to talk about blowing stuff up lol this guy is great. The channel "combat story" hosted by Ryan Fugit had John on multiple times for long format interviews if y'all are interested.
So true...it all comes down to money. I remember my cousin (who was in the SAS) telling me how they were in awe of the equipments and gadgets the Delta boys had. this was back in 04
I bought a pair of German Recce patrol boots from a chap on a course who ordered the wrong size....that and Marino wool socks and a pair of Gortex socks are a useful combo.
"I didn't know people could do that" I cried. I fucking cried. They broke me so bad. Thank you God! They made me hard as woodpecker lips, I cannot imagine my life any other way.
A friend of mine was a door gunner , then a LRRP and Tunnel Rat in Vietnam. He came home to work in construction grouting the inside joints of concrete drainage pipes. One of My Sons has for many years been a Special Forces Doctor. For a Young guy who has not been prematurely burnt out mentally an physically in High School there are a lot of things in the military that are so exciting as to make them insouciant to the rigors of physical hardship and training. My Son had served over 14 consecutive months in various combat situations treating serious wounds by age 20 in Iraq with the 1st Armored Div. And detached for Service with the Reconstituted Iraqi Military and Police Forces as a paramedic prior to achieving selection for Special Forces Green Berets. I
Great story brother. I was told the samething by the Airforce lmao. So I guess the Army it was. 8 years Field Artillery 13E. Almost went SF at Ft Carson OIF 2004-2005 Camp Liberty/Victory BIAP
Yea man, Rangers sounds cool, I think I'll do that. SF would be cool, Green Berets, fuck it I'll do that too. Delta sounds cool, I think I'll do that now.........HOLY SHIT BRO!!! I always envisioned operators of that caliber to be stereotypical. This dude is one accomplished badass and is just so laid back and casual. He definitely had a gifted aptitude for this line of work. And to think he missed out being a USAF maintenance POG on the flight line, LOL. Respect, sir.
i took the ASFAB 1979, at age 16, a year after i dropped out of 10th grade, the recruiter said with my score i should join the Air Force,,but i said no i want Army..i joined the Army age 16 on the Delayed entry program..they sent me to get my physical, and when i turned 17, i was able to physically go in the Army, but i had left home age 15,,and i still had to get parents written permission to go in the Army,, even though i was emancipated two years earlier.. i was Air Cav,,,C Troop 4/9 6th cav BGDE
Seth Segall , Thank you for your service Mr. Segall. I was active 1974-77, I was there when the 6th ACCB was formed, original member or “C” Troop 34th BN 6th BE
@@davidbays9848 did they use motorcycles as scout vehicles strapped to the skids of the UH1 when they started? and were they based out of Fort Hood? the 6th Cav goes way back to the Horse cav the days they were fighting Indians and Mexicans ,,
@@davidbays9848 i found the recruiters video,that the recruiters showed us in high school,. that got me interested in that unit ,so i could ride motorcycles for the army, and still be around Helicopters, also because i grew up racing dirt bikes in a motocross race town,,and my great uncle helped develop the Helicopter,, he was a pioneer of early Vertical Flight as a civil engineer and knew the Wright Bros and worked with Sikorski . he was at Wright Field early 1930s and archived in the national air and space museum in the Smithsonian,, his name was Mandel Lenkowsky that video can be found on here and shows the people in my platoon i was serving with a few years after it was made the video us called "BLACK HORSE SIR" i served under CSM Jesse Smith, and Top Williams and SGT Aguinagua
Thankyou for your service sir, it seems you have sacrificed alot and put in much, may god bless you and your family, may he he pick you up and make you strong again, dont give up, dont you ever give up, and we meet Him together on that day.
Matt T why do i always see canada and british fanboys in all american special ops videos and never see americans anywhere else. bro how much rent space do we have in your head. we know we’re the best you just THINK you are.
I scored at the top percentile in the country on the ASFAB test. A few months after that I was in a crash. Lost multiple organs and had temporary and permanent internal fixtures in both legs and feet. When the Navy and Airforce came knocking they immediately left. One of the biggest disappointments in my life. Living in this great country and receiving all of its rights and opportunities and not being able to contribute to its gifts hurt. Everyone should go through basic training. To be part of a tribe you are expected to fight and protect said tribe. Most aren’t willing to do that anymore! Here’s to our military. Most underpaid job in history
I have respect for every member of the armed forces, except I just can not fight for a country thats run by pedofiles and doesn't give two shits about veterans. Nothing but respect for those men in the field that are giving their life for these fat fucks. Just doesn't seem right
Here's the real deal. 83 percent of world trade is done in US dollars. But it's just numbers in a computer from our bank in THAT country, to our central bank in New York. For example. Iran can't do trade, because their US dollars for trade, is in a new York bank. Sanctions freeze that account. So they can't do trade to get food and medicine. It kills millions in said country because they can't buy food and medicine for their people. UNLESS citizens get tired of it and overthrow their government. Remember Hillary Clinton getting busted selling arms to rebels? Overthrow governments that don't do what we want, by arming the civilians when they're ready to overthrow their government. It's a cheaper alternative to dropping bombs for the US. They destroy economies and starve millions, because it's cheaper for the military. Unreal. Basically, the world is tired of the United States fucking up world trade, organizing coups to overthrow leaders that aren't working towards US interests of privatization of natural resources. So they're doing away with the US trade dollar, and they're coming up with a new global monetary system for trade, so sanctions from US will literally have zero effect on economies, and trade. Once the world doesn't need US dollars for trade anymore, all that printed money is garbage. No one will need it. The dollar is dying. It's why gold and silver are up. Countries are gobbling it up, to use that for trade until the new trade system is in place. Death of the dollar folks. It's been propped up globally since 1973 when Nixon made that deal with the Saudi's, and the rest of the world followed for convenience. It isn't convenient anymore. We're committing terrorism because of the "Petro Dollar". The world is sick of it. Once other countries don't need our dollar for trade anymore, demand goes way down for thr dollar. But it's supply, ALREADY is too much, and they haven't even got the new monetary trade system operational yet. Once the dollar is dead and can't be spent, workers won't want to work anymore. They're going to want to be at home protecting their children from looters turned killers who want to feed THEIR children. So truckers won't be shipping food to stores. Workers won't be there to stock shelves, people won't be there to run and manage power grids..... And once police can no longer communicate with each other via radio because there's no power, it's on. Our government needs us right where we are. BROKE. So we BORROW. Loans for cars, houses, college. Fed reserve is a private bank. I don't give a fuck who tries to say it's government agency. It's fucking owned privately. This time, they went too far. We're done folks. This is the real truth, you won't see on TV. Because our media is owned by the people they're supposed to be investigating. Our largest corporation leaders, sit on the pentagon board next to Jeff Besos and the Military industrial complex. The dollar is collapsing. The price of gold, directly reflects the devaluation of the dollar. It now takes ALOT of us dollars, to buy an ounce of gold, int he same way it takes ALOT of Spanish pesos to buy a penthouse in New York. The military industrial complex is spending 800 BILLION dollars in weapons every year, to make sure they're stockpiled when we go belly up, in the event of foreign terrorism when it happens. Even scarier, to protect themselves from domestic threats. Civil War. First, they'll take our guns. But ky biggest worry, what if when the lights go out, and police can't effectively police, we go after each other? The government is fueling our hatred for one another. So we fight each other. Whoever is left standing, will be slaughtered by our government/Israel. I believe, Isreal will occupy this land. They don't want to be over there anymore. One nuke, their country is gone. Israel will try to occupy America. I'd say the federal reserve is a major part of this. Abraham Lincoln cheated the central banking by passing a bill allowing access to necessary funds from the bank for wars. To pay for everything war related, as well as payment for the soldiers. That pissed them off. Eventually over time, the federal reserve was created, took that idea, and ran with it. Perpetual war calls for unlimited printing and exchange of dollars. But it's difficult to get wars started, seeing as how the federal reserve isn't government owned. It's privately owned. You have to find, a way, to infiltrate our democratic process. Well, you print money for the country. It's easy to get, and disperse to buy your way anywhere if you approach the right looking people after a physiological assessment. It is my belief, the Federal Reserve is responsible for all of this. When other countries stop using our US dollar for trade, they also kick our central banks out of their country. Time to either assassinate him, or get that countries citizens to do it by using sanctions to starve them of food and medicine, so they DO revolt. It was clear in the roswell crash, their reach, or contamination of our government, wasn't that extensive at time. Because a part of the military they didn't own, released a press statement in newspaper form about a flying disc being recovered in Roswell New Mexico. Days later, the story was changed. It was clear, in that moment, the Federal Reserve realised they needed to extend to all areas of our government. The military industrial complex has found a way to spend 800 billion dollars a year in "Defense". The only way the federal reserve would be ok with giving away free funding in treasuries like that every year, is if they're willing to do it, dare I say, encourage it. To print more and more dollars out of thin air. Our government keeps us broke. Clinton passing NAFTA, allowing China to steal our middle class by taking all our companies and granting them free trade back into the country to still make the same money. Because it seems to me, our government NEEDS us to be broke. They need as many of us as they can, to be broke. So we BORROW. Loans for cars, houses, school, furniture, and other things. The American dream is painted in 30 year old movies as getting a loan to buy a white picket fence house and brand new Volkswagen. The federal reserve, is responsible for ALL of this. The military industrial complex IS stemmed from the federal reserve. The CIA, is stemmed from and controlled by powerful people connected with the federal reserve. I can't even imagine the tech and the facilities the CIA has. All paid for, by funding from the Fed. Print dollars, hand it off to the CIA for their operations of global control. The federal reserve CURRENTLY needs war. Trump, won't give it to them. They, will ensure he doesn't get re-elected. Mark my words. The next president of 2020, will let Bolton, Pompeo, esper, and Abrams off their leashes, to start world War 3 with Russia and Iran.
Josh wood. I get it and understand why that's a confusing statement. Please don't be offended, I mean this with complete respect but you have to experience war to understand. some of the greatest experiences in my life time were spent in Iraq and I value the knowledge gained. Just to clarify, Spec Ops are the only ones living at Saddam's palace....most of us ground pounders lived in very primitive accommodations. hope that helps? Take care.
My lowest score on my ASVAB was in admin. I got to fix helicopters. They gave me a dangerously sharp pencil for all the paperwork I had to do...sorta like admin.
2:40 11X is not an Army Ranger. “11” is infantry and the "X" means that the specific job is not known at the time of enlistment. The job will be determined by the current needs of the Army when basic training is complete. I personally enlisted as 11X and was assigned to be 11C (mortarman) after completing basic.
Matthew Jelinek Awesome. Congratulations. I joined in 2001. Invaded Iraq. Got out when my contract was up. Some advice... Enjoy basic training. It’s brutal, but pretty awesome. Their purpose is to break you down, over stress you, then build you back up. Just roll with it and do your best so you are proud of yourself. People have done it before you, and people will do it after you. Its just work. They will yell at you and make you work, but you will not die. And you will do a lot of badass things. Rifle, grenade, at4 (rocket launcher), 203 grenade launcher, machine guns, bayonet, nbc, mines, repelling, ... Embrace the stress and enjoy it. Don’t just float through your time in the Army. Make sure to always strive for your fullest potential. It absolutely makes a difference. Be able to look back and know that your squad was the best that it could be, and your daily efforts were a huge part of it; your squad could not have been that good without you. Also, when you deploy for combat, you will want to be the best, for your brothers and to survive. If you go to combat. Never give up. No matter what. Also, you will make the best friends that you will ever make in your life. You will have brothers for life. I still communicate regularly and fly across the country to visit brothers who I served with almost 20 years ago. Don’t take it for granted. If you leave the Army after your commitment is complete, you will find that adults are just too busy with work and family, not interested in that type of friendship, and you will never have the comradely and friendship that you will have in the Army. If you leave the Army, you will be so far ahead of the civilians in regard to putting in work daily and smashing goals. In general, everyone is soft, scared of hard work, driven by material possessions, and never satisfied. Deploy and get some perspective on the world. All we really need is a toothbrush, some food, and some clothes, and we can be happy and achieve any goal. Feel free to hit me up if you have any questions. Congratulations!
@@barkerbarkerbarker fantastic advice AB, I hope that kid listened to you and that he was successful. You’re right about the friendships, I was an Air Force pilot. And then an airline pilot for 35 years, those types of bonds made during all that training and in real time missions, and in real world conflicts stay with you forever.
The UK forces were training and fighting in Urban warfare in combat during the 1970's Belfast and Ulster long before Afghanistan or Iraq and the SAS are bloody brilliant.
+mike andrade ok dude, hop off the Xbox. There are no Marine "Special Forces". There are Marine Special Operations, but even they didn't exist until 2006. They were so incompetent they got kicked out of Afghanistan. I'm not rooting for the Brits at all, I wholeheartedly believe there is no finer fighting force than American Special Operations, but this Marine fanboy crap is pretty ridiculous.
November 10, 1775, Philadelphia, PA marines were formed an trained to a elite standard in comparison to anything english had you wana argue the fact we won an are america or are you flat out ignorant? Cause i think we won that fight Derp an as far as marsoc an sof is concerned how many black ops groups or spec of branch is gonna speak up an say they have a sof??? they did it in 2000's to get the recruiting class of elites to join lol you might be brain dead but i doubt that sas can even compare to cia or the fact af does more bo then sas does LOL an thats international haha
+mike andrade first of all, learn to form a coherent sentence lol. I know you jarheads aren't the brightest, but that was the worst butchering of the English language I've seen in awhile. And no, the Marines do not, nor did they ever hold a candle to the SAS. No, the Air Force does not do more black ops than the SAS. No, Marines didn't win the revolutionary war (if that's even what you were trying to say with your 3 year old grammar). In fact, nothing in your little incoherent rant was factual whatsoever lol. But way to prove my point.
I fucken love this guys attitude it's like nothing fazes him meanwhile everyone it's getting killed in special forces training and ranger School and this guy is like this is awesome!!!
"There's nothin that's gonna happen today that I can't do."
Even after bein outta the Army for 12 years these are still words to live by.
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All males at a young age need to have this instilled in them as they mature.
@@hairyelder5019 Especially these days, where weak men are creating hard times.
I was an AFSOC pilot from 1987-1995 and saw combat operations in Central America and Southwest Asia. I was extremely privileged to work with Army Ranger Battalions frequently and these SF/Special Mission soldiers from Fort Bragg on several occasions, including the Panama Op, Just Cause. I can affirm, without a doubt, that these guys are the most intelligent, tough, mission capable and ready soldiers in the world. It was an honor and privilege to work with these amazing guys.
Thank you for your feedback, and thank you for your service
@@TriggerTimeTVid agree but one thing: always always love working with the brits man,they always joking
I love how all the super elite special forces guys are all so grounded, articulate, and thoroughly badass.
I could listen to this dude all day!
i think you have to have a certain level of intelligence to get into the special forces
You have to listen to his talks in his own website. No heads and tails completely clueless about what he's saying
@@mevass8822no heads and tails? What does that mean?
Dumb people can't be special forces/Green Berets and absolutely cannot make Delta selection.
Land navigation on its own takes intelligence. The Green Beret mission is ingratiating/integrating with a foreign local community and training civilians to become soldiers, something a dumb person wouldn't be able to do.
Then best ones are.
75th ranger, Special Forces, and Delta operator aka a bad ass
Conner Ashford no "D" word lol
C Marshall Why does he always say that?! Being in Delta is great private sector marketing..
Contrition not sure exactly, but in another interview, McPhee mentions that the name "delta force" is merely a culture thing.
Kinda like how the S.A.S is referred to as "the regiment"
Its not its actual name. The real name is Combat Action Group and they answer to very few people.@@ib3scope
AKBuilder762 an expert right here.
I bet ya $0 this guy is delta 😏
Could listen to a hero like that talk all day! Nothing like a confident soldier!
heroic babykiller
wish I joined when I was@ age to do so. Was physically capable but didn't have the mental capability to endure such gruling training. Now it's been flipped. No longer physically capable of handling the training due to drug use. But I'm more than sure I could go through the mental mind fucking part of the training. Due to drug use & 3 months of methadone withdrawals. Since I'm 38, all I can do is give u mad respect for what all of u do.. question; do sociopaths get PTSD?
ain't hard killing innocent men women n children
What hero bitch, he a baby killin pussy
Look up the reeper
That advice "theres nothing today that i can't do" is really special. I just got a new job and i have a ton of responsibility. I say this to myself every morning and it helps me so much
kinda funny how he quit his job because of too much physical work and then decided that military special forces would be a better option for him :D great guy.
Florian Flatterfloss yeah I guess he didn’t like his job.
@@BangingHmers boss* because he went for jet mechanic first so he liked working on stuff
Florian Flatterfloss he didn’t quit he job because it was physical he didn’t want to do it for 20 years dumbshit
vbot111 reeee
@@BangingHmers lol what brah?
This dude is an animal. A very humble, level headed individual. This is how you war
Yeah, attacking a country based on fabricated intel (weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist) and killing innocent civilians. THIS IS HOW YOU WAR!
The irony. Only scored high enough to be a secretary in the Air Force and goes on to be a delta operator
Shows that hard work and an unshakeable will to succeed can get you somewhere.
The air force gets 10x the applicants compared to other branches. Definitely harder to get in.
Weird. Doesn’t seem right
Does seem right. All those tests mean nothing compared to being a person that is self aware and has incredible street smarts, can talk to anyone, etc. book smarts does not equate to being successful all the time.
@@nitronitro1274 yep
Major respect to this man. And all special operations veterans! They are all badass individuals!
Really enjoyed this interview. Love the humble, down to earth way he speaks. I could listen all day.
Everyone is freaking about how hard RASP and SFAS is. Meanwhile, Shrek is like "Oh, that might be kinda cool."
IronVigilance That mentality is probably what got him through it. Everyone else was probably thinking “This sucks so much” and he probably just thought “Man, this is gonna be so cool when I’m done”
@@vanmorgan1867 I'm glad you two pointed this out. Im being honest when I say this had changed the way I think completely and I'm grateful for it.
@@SASMADBRUV7 Honestly his outlook has changed my workouts recently, focusing on how tough it is and saying to myself this is tough and trying to get through it makes it much harder for me, the outlook of having fun and belittling it actually makes it easier for me, sorta like fake it until you make it.
All of his life choices began with
“That would be pretty cool”.
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Green beret rated “real cool” lol
The man is like an onion. He has layers.
Well they do call him Shrek
Haha
To the start of this video, I'd have to say that Afghan goat herders and Vietnamese rice farmers are slightly better
Ha ha
And he’ll make you cry
Engineer course was a "blast" lol
Engineers lead the way hooah! Essayons!
@odinn62 Engineers go out with a Bang. Never did that, but I have heard stories. They are all 3rd party.
@@TacticalRick507 yes that’s what up
Laughed so hard I busted
I love the quote by SGM (Ret.) John "Shrek" McPhee, "There is nothing that's going to happen today that I can't do."
It was what his friend said to him.
@@TBendez yeah but then Shrek stole it
@@calbonar211 what a thief
@@frostbitepokin9520 I have no recollection of making this comment lol. I think I was trying to make a joke or something but even I don’t get it .
I loved what I did in the army. It was so fun until I got injured and lost part of my hand. I'll still have those memories, some good, some bad and the friends I've made for a lifetime.
Andrew Gubanic what happened if you don’t mind me asking ?
Thank You for Your Service!
I had heard of this great man before but never followed up on it. Thank God i did. There is nothing in this world that makes my day than to see True American Patriots. MUCH RESPECT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR.🇺🇸🇺🇸
I now live by the motto “Nothing is going to happen today that I can’t do” it really helps me to say that every morning
This man is the real life Solid Snake. Thank you for your service. You have my utmost respect sir.
“It’s just a box!”
You clown lol… dudes nothing but a bonehead murderer.
SNAKE? MORE LIKE A KING COBRA😅😅😅THESE KIND OF MAN ARE VERY RARE. HAS HE SAID THE (F) WORD😅😅
I'm from El Salvador a different country now
Tank you for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Love the humility of this guy.
This guy is great to listen to and he’s like a 18 year old when he talks about it and I like that . He’s still that teenager he grew up in the sf community and that’s bad ass just to pass Rasp is amazing
I'm a 20 year Navy vet but this guy is on another planet. So good to have people like Shrek serve.
FYI: the youtube channel Combat Story’s had him on his podcast for well over an hour to talk about his life in and out of the military as well as actual combat stories and let me tell you, not only is he a badass he’s also sidesplittingly hilarious
John, I'm a US Coast Guard Veteran who served as a Navigator/Signalman, and Law Enforcement Detail, and was E-5 (2nd Class Petty Officer) at the end of my (enlistment1982-1986). I have now been a Registered Nurse for nearly 36 years, but my time in the service remains one of the most memorable and precious (to me) times in my life. Hearing your story just fills me with emotion. The incredible things you have done and the stories of your progression as a warrior soldier are just awesome and bring back many wonderful memories of my own. Thank you for your incredible service, for sharing your adventure with us, and mostly, thanks for NOT being US Air Force Admin! (I think you'd have been miserable, lol)
"Yeah, I went to Tora Bora, kinda famous battle. But those Adidas boots though:D"
Mr. McPhee, first thank you for being the Best of the Best. Thanks to for being a great Patriot. I have the utmost respect for soldiers like you. Your dedication is Most impressive. God bless you.
Thank you good sir....from an old Veteran.
This guy should have his own show. He’s a living legend
Okay, my first chuckle was the “5-ton blown so high you couldn’t see it till...”. I was a Navy Seabee before joining the Army, so all of this sounded appealing. Thanks for doing what you did, bro. I’m grateful
Seabees keep it going brother. They are badasses i their kind of way. Out there on bull dozers in enemy lines making bases and shit. Awesome sauce. Go NAVY!
While a combat injury prevented me from attempting SFQC, what little part I played in the Army I am proud of. Although I wish I would’ve been able to at least attend Q, it wasn’t in the hand I was dealt but regardless of how someone served in the Army, they’re still my brothers and I feel closer to them than I do my own blood.
Thank god you got to serve. I came from a military family and when I was 13 I found out that I had a bloodclot in my leg. That and the genetic disorder they found made me unable to serve. I was crushed and still am. The funny thing is I think it hurt my navy vet grandpa who raised me even more than me haha. My family is now glad that I didnt serve after I told them that I would have been a crayon eater (marine) because I am definitely not smart enough to be a navy pilot haha (plus I figured if I went infantry I could potentially take a bullet instead of someone else not that I'm trying to be a badass but rather I get shot than someone with a more fulfilling life)
@@MM-qi5mk what defect did you have? i was born with VSD and was unable to get in active but the guard was able to give me a waiver. after im done with the guard im going to see if i can get in with active if they see i already did some time in.
Thank you for your service and personal sacrifice.
allalone of course he’s not going to answer because he used some pussy excuse to not serve. Typical pussy
This is how you war.
TGI no this is not how your"war"
This is how you totally fuck up all of the Mideast and Afghanistan
This is how you create terrorists by invading and occupying other countries
@Warkingman Man Not even close, Britain and France fucked it up by frankensteining their territories into all their shitty little colonies so that when the colonies revolted what was left over was a a total clusterfuck. So yeah
Brainwashed MORON >>>>>> @Warkingman Man
@@jrjohnryanjr Who lit the fuse on your tampon girl?
Warkingman Man you don't think that Afghanistan became more fucked up when we have billions of dollars to the most radical Muslims to fight the Russians for us ?
You don't think that killing Saddam and then having no clue how to put that country back together again? That now Iraq is allied with Iran and not with the USA is a good thing ? You think that prodding the people over their with " the point of a spear" benefits the USA in some way ?
Damn, this guy is a certified badass. First time seeing him so it looks like I will be binging on "Shrek" tonight. (opens beer)
This is my new motto: "Nothing is going to happen today that I can't do." John (Shrek) Mcphee
Same i am going to remember that forever.
Me too
My motto is gonna be “nothing can happen today that Shrek can’t do!”
He’s telling the truth, RIP was no joke, got an extra jump, too.
"Just looking around, rounds going off left and right, explosions, dust everywhere, and I'm just looking around like "is this incoming fire or outgoing fire?" I'm not sure what's going on around here" freaking love hearing this dude describe war, he's just so chill about it!☝️☝️☝️☝️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Now that's a mutha fuckin real soldier right there boy!
"let me get more hot water in the gold sink" straight up died laughing
He went to Delta selection with my husband. E we became friends with his family. He’s a wonderful person. He’s humble and a really funny guy to relax with.
Thank you for your service :)
Thank you both for your service!
@@FribbzzWhy are you thanking her for “her service”?
@@cjtdup5395Wife's of operators/inlisted are considered part of the family. The wife's hold the fort down at home and make an incredible sacrifice to there lives as well. If you just think about things before you type them you can usually avoid looking like a complete donut. Be better
Most delta operators are humble
They are not navy seals who brag
I kept nodding to almost everything he said
@Ssaa nn or maybe because he is an intelligent guy who really knows his stuff...
@@MartinHurleylife I'll take option 1 marty
@@MrMordy-ii9nb thanks brother :)
@@MartinHurleylife anytime ;)
to clear some miss information 11X isnt a Ranger contract its Infantry if your looking for ranger make sure the contract says 11X Option 40 and 11X Option 4 for Airborne and lastly 18X for Special Forces
Really cool interview.
This guy has an honorable soul.
Jesus H. The beginning of his story is just like mine. I was a welder. 21 yrs old, Went to the air force tried to put me in as a aircraft Mechanic though I wanted Security Forces. Went to the Army became a Damn MP.
335john military police are
I Was 18 and basic was a breeze. but they do lean on elders for help and leaders for the young boys.
Are you not all that old?
@@idriscam i am 40. but i loved basic. I loved getting my ass kicked.
@@09fatbobmike reason i asked, i have heard this mainly from soldiers who went through within the last 10 years or so. Before it went soft ect.
@@idriscam i figured that was why you asked. I am just one of those people that loved Basic. Seeing people be held accountable and being pushed to my physical limits were awesome. i was also just turning 18 when i went. I wish people were held accountable in the real world as it was in boot camp lol
"No country spends money on their soldiers like we do"....and it's worth every penny. So thanks Shrek.
and no military wastes more money like the U.S. military does, I'm a vet and I know...the millions that are just "lost" every year is an outrage and there is zero oversight...just a shrug and the wait for the next year's pile of money to come to them to squander again.
@@stevenm3823 yep they just left a huge cache of weapons and ammunitio in syria when they pulled out instead of transporting it with them they just bombed it so Isis or turkish militants cant take them. They didn't say how much it was but I wouldn't be surprised if it was billions of dollars worth.
And here we are in debt
I'm Canadian and will tell you Shrek is a God to me mans a true hero can't get enough of his talks
He went through when things were actually hard as hell in the military in regards to selections. Nothing is the same as old school army selection programs
Hey “Zero “ Christ Bless you and Thank you for everything you have done for America and your brothers you chewed dirt with!🇺🇸
Iam older then this guy, but back in the day we went through RIP at Ft lewis, over in north fort, if any one remembers that.But I guess now every thing is done at Ft. Benning, and now they go through RASP, which sounds like a good program. Old days gone, BUT NOT FORGOTEN.
My brother-in-law was a Ranger back in the 80s and worked in private security in Afghanistan a few years ago, where he met a few Rangers. He said Rangers today are light-years ahead of Rangers during his time with them. Rangers are still run ragged, but now they have to be smarter and more precisely trained. It doesn't suck as bad as it used to but they're now a hell of a lot more technically and tactically proficient.
Times change, war changes and the military changes with it. While having to endure tough training absolutely helps, it doesn't do much good if you're only suffering and not learning.
When he said "engineer course was a blast" and proceeded to talk about blowing stuff up lol this guy is great. The channel "combat story" hosted by Ryan Fugit had John on multiple times for long format interviews if y'all are interested.
Good video. Thanx for posting.
Nothing's Gonna Happen today that I can't do. So Inspirational
He can tell a story he's very funny not many people can tell good stories he's definitely one of them.
They laughed at me and signed me up got to love the recruiters..
Wow, there's a handful of over achievers in life life and then there's this fella. What a career.
Thank you.
“The army don’t got these boots” shows you right there cag doesn’t answer to the army.
Its CAG of course they dont 😂😂
“A Secretary” you can hear the confusion he felt 😂
Ikr
thanks for sharing your story, very inspiring
Very Cool Video..... Thanks for Sharing!
Love his honesty
Be aware of the " hey son speech" 😂
Love his humility
*His name is Shrek*
I think that's Yiddish for monster
Mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?
I’ve listened to this a few times interesting guy that’s for sure have to respect that 🇮🇪🇺🇸
So true...it all comes down to money. I remember my cousin (who was in the SAS) telling me how they were in awe of the equipments and gadgets the Delta boys had. this was back in 04
Thank You ✌
Honesty, outstanding!
You know you're a badass when they nickname you "The Sheriff of Baghdad"
I bought a pair of German Recce patrol boots from a chap on a course who ordered the wrong size....that and Marino wool socks and a pair of Gortex socks are a useful combo.
This guy is AWESOME. Funny as a mother too.
Great closing statement.
I looked up the Adidas GSG9 boots. Pretty sick.
"I didn't know people could do that" I cried. I fucking cried. They broke me so bad. Thank you God! They made me hard as woodpecker lips, I cannot imagine my life any other way.
Well spoken individual - the Air Force screwed up by not grabbing him.
Two things that slows down a soldier- Food and taking a shit, at least that’s what I notice.
Case of beer.
9:20 what does he mean by board?
The commander, troop SGM, cadre etc, psychologists etc interview you.
Richard A Pena ah, thanks
A friend of mine was a door gunner , then a LRRP and Tunnel Rat in Vietnam. He came home to work in construction grouting the inside joints of concrete drainage pipes. One of My Sons has for many years been a Special Forces Doctor. For a Young guy who has not been prematurely burnt out mentally an physically in High School there are a lot of things in the military that are so exciting as to make them insouciant to the rigors of physical hardship and training. My Son had served over 14 consecutive months in various combat situations treating serious wounds by age 20 in Iraq with the 1st Armored Div. And detached for Service with the Reconstituted Iraqi Military and Police Forces as a paramedic prior to achieving selection for Special Forces Green Berets. I
Most veterans are always soft spoken but they’re real bad ass
11xray is the green beret contract though..unless you could get either/or with it.
RIP 1981 ,1/75 you know when there were only 2 Batts and it was hard.
No one gonna question how he got Shrek as a nickname?
Great story brother. I was told the samething by the Airforce lmao. So I guess the Army it was. 8 years Field Artillery 13E. Almost went SF at Ft Carson OIF 2004-2005 Camp Liberty/Victory BIAP
Yea man, Rangers sounds cool, I think I'll do that. SF would be cool, Green Berets, fuck it I'll do that too. Delta sounds cool, I think I'll do that now.........HOLY SHIT BRO!!! I always envisioned operators of that caliber to be stereotypical. This dude is one accomplished badass and is just so laid back and casual. He definitely had a gifted aptitude for this line of work. And to think he missed out being a USAF maintenance POG on the flight line, LOL. Respect, sir.
i took the ASFAB 1979, at age 16, a year after i dropped out of 10th grade, the recruiter said with my score i should join the Air Force,,but i said no i want Army..i joined the Army age 16 on the Delayed entry program..they sent me to get my physical, and when i turned 17, i was able to physically go in the Army, but i had left home age 15,,and i still had to get parents written permission to go in the Army,, even though i was emancipated two years earlier.. i was Air Cav,,,C Troop 4/9 6th cav BGDE
Seth Segall , Thank you for your service Mr. Segall. I was active 1974-77, I was there when the 6th ACCB was formed, original member or “C” Troop 34th BN 6th BE
@@davidbays9848 did they use motorcycles as scout vehicles strapped to the skids of the UH1 when they started? and were they based out of Fort Hood? the 6th Cav goes way back to the Horse cav the days they were fighting Indians and Mexicans ,,
Seth Segall , yes they did, I was a Crew Chief on a “H” model Huey
@@davidbays9848 i found the recruiters video,that the recruiters showed us in high school,. that got me interested in that unit ,so i could ride motorcycles for the army, and still be around Helicopters, also because i grew up racing dirt bikes in a motocross race town,,and my great uncle helped develop the Helicopter,, he was a pioneer of early Vertical Flight as a civil engineer and knew the Wright Bros and worked with Sikorski . he was at Wright Field early 1930s and archived in the national air and space museum in the Smithsonian,, his name was Mandel Lenkowsky
that video can be found on here and shows the people in my platoon i was serving with a few years after it was made
the video us called "BLACK HORSE SIR"
i served under CSM Jesse Smith, and Top Williams and SGT Aguinagua
@@davidbays9848 i was a Grunt ..19 delta -10
Thankyou for your service sir, it seems you have sacrificed alot and put in much, may god bless you and your family, may he he pick you up and make you strong again, dont give up, dont you ever give up, and we meet Him together on that day.
best quote
"You'd be foolish to fight us in land warfare." Hooah!!! The countries on the sidelines better recognize who daddy is.
Canadian forces ?? 🤫
*Laughs in Afghan*
Matt T why do i always see canada and british fanboys in all american special ops videos and never see americans anywhere else. bro how much rent space do we have in your head. we know we’re the best you just THINK you are.
@@BurnedSpace 2nd tier special forces 🖕
Essayons!!! Brother! Sappers blow shit up, so Rangers can lead the way after Route clearance and initial Virgin ground entry!
I scored at the top percentile in the country on the ASFAB test. A few months after that I was in a crash. Lost multiple organs and had temporary and permanent internal fixtures in both legs and feet. When the Navy and Airforce came knocking they immediately left. One of the biggest disappointments in my life. Living in this great country and receiving all of its rights and opportunities and not being able to contribute to its gifts hurt. Everyone should go through basic training. To be part of a tribe you are expected to fight and protect said tribe. Most aren’t willing to do that anymore! Here’s to our military. Most underpaid job in history
Ooo shushhh
I have respect for every member of the armed forces, except I just can not fight for a country thats run by pedofiles and doesn't give two shits about veterans. Nothing but respect for those men in the field that are giving their life for these fat fucks. Just doesn't seem right
Here's the real deal. 83 percent of world trade is done in US dollars. But it's just numbers in a computer from our bank in THAT country, to our central bank in New York. For example. Iran can't do trade, because their US dollars for trade, is in a new York bank. Sanctions freeze that account. So they can't do trade to get food and medicine. It kills millions in said country because they can't buy food and medicine for their people. UNLESS citizens get tired of it and overthrow their government.
Remember Hillary Clinton getting busted selling arms to rebels? Overthrow governments that don't do what we want, by arming the civilians when they're ready to overthrow their government. It's a cheaper alternative to dropping bombs for the US. They destroy economies and starve millions, because it's cheaper for the military. Unreal. Basically, the world is tired of the United States fucking up world trade, organizing coups to overthrow leaders that aren't working towards US interests of privatization of natural resources. So they're doing away with the US trade dollar, and they're coming up with a new global monetary system for trade, so sanctions from US will literally have zero effect on economies, and trade.
Once the world doesn't need US dollars for trade anymore, all that printed money is garbage. No one will need it. The dollar is dying. It's why gold and silver are up. Countries are gobbling it up, to use that for trade until the new trade system is in place. Death of the dollar folks. It's been propped up globally since 1973 when Nixon made that deal with the Saudi's, and the rest of the world followed for convenience. It isn't convenient anymore. We're committing terrorism because of the "Petro Dollar". The world is sick of it.
Once other countries don't need our dollar for trade anymore, demand goes way down for thr dollar. But it's supply, ALREADY is too much, and they haven't even got the new monetary trade system operational yet. Once the dollar is dead and can't be spent, workers won't want to work anymore. They're going to want to be at home protecting their children from looters turned killers who want to feed THEIR children. So truckers won't be shipping food to stores. Workers won't be there to stock shelves, people won't be there to run and manage power grids..... And once police can no longer communicate with each other via radio because there's no power, it's on.
Our government needs us right where we are. BROKE. So we BORROW. Loans for cars, houses, college. Fed reserve is a private bank. I don't give a fuck who tries to say it's government agency. It's fucking owned privately. This time, they went too far. We're done folks. This is the real truth, you won't see on TV. Because our media is owned by the people they're supposed to be investigating. Our largest corporation leaders, sit on the pentagon board next to Jeff Besos and the Military industrial complex. The dollar is collapsing. The price of gold, directly reflects the devaluation of the dollar. It now takes ALOT of us dollars, to buy an ounce of gold, int he same way it takes ALOT of Spanish pesos to buy a penthouse in New York. The military industrial complex is spending 800 BILLION dollars in weapons every year, to make sure they're stockpiled when we go belly up, in the event of foreign terrorism when it happens. Even scarier, to protect themselves from domestic threats. Civil War. First, they'll take our guns. But ky biggest worry, what if when the lights go out, and police can't effectively police, we go after each other? The government is fueling our hatred for one another. So we fight each other. Whoever is left standing, will be slaughtered by our government/Israel. I believe, Isreal will occupy this land. They don't want to be over there anymore. One nuke, their country is gone. Israel will try to occupy America.
I'd say the federal reserve is a major part of this. Abraham Lincoln cheated the central banking by passing a bill allowing access to necessary funds from the bank for wars. To pay for everything war related, as well as payment for the soldiers. That pissed them off.
Eventually over time, the federal reserve was created, took that idea, and ran with it. Perpetual war calls for unlimited printing and exchange of dollars. But it's difficult to get wars started, seeing as how the federal reserve isn't government owned. It's privately owned. You have to find, a way, to infiltrate our democratic process. Well, you print money for the country. It's easy to get, and disperse to buy your way anywhere if you approach the right looking people after a physiological assessment.
It is my belief, the Federal Reserve is responsible for all of this. When other countries stop using our US dollar for trade, they also kick our central banks out of their country. Time to either assassinate him, or get that countries citizens to do it by using sanctions to starve them of food and medicine, so they DO revolt.
It was clear in the roswell crash, their reach, or contamination of our government, wasn't that extensive at time. Because a part of the military they didn't own, released a press statement in newspaper form about a flying disc being recovered in Roswell New Mexico. Days later, the story was changed. It was clear, in that moment, the Federal Reserve realised they needed to extend to all areas of our government.
The military industrial complex has found a way to spend 800 billion dollars a year in "Defense". The only way the federal reserve would be ok with giving away free funding in treasuries like that every year, is if they're willing to do it, dare I say, encourage it. To print more and more dollars out of thin air.
Our government keeps us broke. Clinton passing NAFTA, allowing China to steal our middle class by taking all our companies and granting them free trade back into the country to still make the same money. Because it seems to me, our government NEEDS us to be broke. They need as many of us as they can, to be broke. So we BORROW. Loans for cars, houses, school, furniture, and other things.
The American dream is painted in 30 year old movies as getting a loan to buy a white picket fence house and brand new Volkswagen.
The federal reserve, is responsible for ALL of this. The military industrial complex IS stemmed from the federal reserve. The CIA, is stemmed from and controlled by powerful people connected with the federal reserve. I can't even imagine the tech and the facilities the CIA has. All paid for, by funding from the Fed. Print dollars, hand it off to the CIA for their operations of global control.
The federal reserve CURRENTLY needs war. Trump, won't give it to them. They, will ensure he doesn't get re-elected. Mark my words. The next president of 2020, will let Bolton, Pompeo, esper, and Abrams off their leashes, to start world War 3 with Russia and Iran.
Why be cannon fodder? The government only takes! Tell me what you get in return except more freedoms taken away.
Any war were fighting right now has absolutely nothing to do with our country
Lol "is this incoming fire or outgoing fire, I'm not sure what's going on here" this guy is describing a fire fight like it was nothing.
Joshua wood it’s a scary true statement. Sometimes no one knows what’s going on till the dust clears.
Josh wood. I get it and understand why that's a confusing statement. Please don't be offended, I mean this with complete respect but you have to experience war to understand. some of the greatest experiences in my life time were spent in Iraq and I value the knowledge gained. Just to clarify, Spec Ops are the only ones living at Saddam's palace....most of us ground pounders lived in very primitive accommodations. hope that helps? Take care.
My lowest score on my ASVAB was in admin. I got to fix helicopters. They gave me a dangerously sharp pencil for all the paperwork I had to do...sorta like admin.
How did he score low for the Air Force but then high enough for Special Forces?
How much time to make E 9 ?
I wonder if I saw your legacy at Departamento Militar Cinco near Copalchan?
He is a character
2:40
11X is not an Army Ranger. “11” is infantry and the "X" means that the specific job is not known at the time of enlistment. The job will be determined by the current needs of the Army when basic training is complete.
I personally enlisted as 11X and was assigned to be 11C (mortarman) after completing basic.
Nice. I enlisted as an 11X Option 40 about a month ago. Ship out to basic in a couple of weeks.
Matthew Jelinek
Awesome. Congratulations.
I joined in 2001. Invaded Iraq. Got out when my contract was up.
Some advice...
Enjoy basic training. It’s brutal, but pretty awesome. Their purpose is to break you down, over stress you, then build you back up. Just roll with it and do your best so you are proud of yourself. People have done it before you, and people will do it after you. Its just work. They will yell at you and make you work, but you will not die. And you will do a lot of badass things. Rifle, grenade, at4 (rocket launcher), 203 grenade launcher, machine guns, bayonet, nbc, mines, repelling, ... Embrace the stress and enjoy it.
Don’t just float through your time in the Army. Make sure to always strive for your fullest potential. It absolutely makes a difference. Be able to look back and know that your squad was the best that it could be, and your daily efforts were a huge part of it; your squad could not have been that good without you. Also, when you deploy for combat, you will want to be the best, for your brothers and to survive.
If you go to combat. Never give up. No matter what.
Also, you will make the best friends that you will ever make in your life. You will have brothers for life. I still communicate regularly and fly across the country to visit brothers who I served with almost 20 years ago. Don’t take it for granted. If you leave the Army after your commitment is complete, you will find that adults are just too busy with work and family, not interested in that type of friendship, and you will never have the comradely and friendship that you will have in the Army.
If you leave the Army, you will be so far ahead of the civilians in regard to putting in work daily and smashing goals. In general, everyone is soft, scared of hard work, driven by material possessions, and never satisfied. Deploy and get some perspective on the world. All we really need is a toothbrush, some food, and some clothes, and we can be happy and achieve any goal.
Feel free to hit me up if you have any questions.
Congratulations!
@@barkerbarkerbarker Thanks for the advice man. Much appreciated.
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@@barkerbarkerbarker fantastic advice AB, I hope that kid listened to you and that he was successful. You’re right about the friendships, I was an Air Force pilot. And then an airline pilot for 35 years, those types of bonds made during all that training and in real time missions, and in real world conflicts stay with you forever.
The UK forces were training and fighting in Urban warfare in combat during the 1970's Belfast and Ulster long before Afghanistan or Iraq and the SAS are bloody brilliant.
lmfao look into marines special forces sassys got nothing on us XD
+mike andrade ok dude, hop off the Xbox. There are no Marine "Special Forces". There are Marine Special Operations, but even they didn't exist until 2006. They were so incompetent they got kicked out of Afghanistan. I'm not rooting for the Brits at all, I wholeheartedly believe there is no finer fighting force than American Special Operations, but this Marine fanboy crap is pretty ridiculous.
November 10, 1775, Philadelphia, PA marines were formed an trained to a elite standard in comparison to anything english had you wana argue the fact we won an are america or are you flat out ignorant? Cause i think we won that fight Derp an as far as marsoc an sof is concerned how many black ops groups or spec of branch is gonna speak up an say they have a sof??? they did it in 2000's to get the recruiting class of elites to join lol you might be brain dead but i doubt that sas can even compare to cia or the fact af does more bo then sas does LOL an thats international haha
+mike andrade first of all, learn to form a coherent sentence lol. I know you jarheads aren't the brightest, but that was the worst butchering of the English language I've seen in awhile. And no, the Marines do not, nor did they ever hold a candle to the SAS. No, the Air Force does not do more black ops than the SAS. No, Marines didn't win the revolutionary war (if that's even what you were trying to say with your 3 year old grammar). In fact, nothing in your little incoherent rant was factual whatsoever lol. But way to prove my point.
not factual? it is in the history books bud please learn to read then come back an troll none sense :/
Why doesn't he explained what the board is?
Imagine if this man has become an admin in the Air Force. These recruiters steered him to the right place well.
Cool thanks for sharing 🍺🎅👌🎄🇺🇸
I fucken love this guys attitude it's like nothing fazes him meanwhile everyone it's getting killed in special forces training and ranger School and this guy is like this is awesome!!!
Thanks bro