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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- This video represents just one mission of many during an 8 month deployment to Afghanistan for our Infantry squad attached to Special Forces. The dangers to life and limb were relentless. This is a small taste of what our troops faced for 20 years because our leadership sent us.
I hope this video brings a sense of pride and honor to our combat Veterans who I respect and love deeply, especially the ones you see here. War is kinetic and mostly you are solving problems while taking fire. On this particular day Mike the SF medic and EOD Parker bravely administered First Aid on the battlefield. SF Ethan took a bullet to the back and thankfully survived. All 3 are heroes in my book. Ethan was the youngest of his team and like so many others paid a high price for his service. I'm just so glad we did not lose anyone.
Now America has left Afghanistan it is easy to wonder why we were sent there and what we put our lives on the line for exactly? On this particular mission I do not recall what the purpose was. I am not sure I knew even on the day. We just followed orders. Our goal each day was to survive. Thinking about it now, does that really suffice as a mission; simply to protect each other from death? Why were we in harms way to begin with?
I for one am glad to know we have removed our soldiers. I care about them. Be mindful of what you absorb from the mainstream media. No one gave a shit about us or the Afghans for 20 years until it was time to leave. Why is that? Because people are sheep and swayed by whatever propaganda they ingest.
We went because of 9/11. We stayed because we had no tangible plan and select entities make a lot of money from war. We left because there was no end goal in sight and finally someone had the gall to take a stand against the war profiteers and get us out of there. It is one of the rare acts of true noble leadership I have seen in our government that I am actually proud of. This was a Commander and Chief actually acting like one for a change. However I will point out 2 events on our exit that epitomize and symbolically capture the entire war in Afghanistan. 1. The Afghan President selfishly fled and abandoned his position and people with bags of money. What the...? That about sums up the wastefulness of what we offer, the kind of people we propped up and the fact it always boils down to the guys at the top getting paid while everyone else sacrifices. 2. In a desperate attempt to get positive media reporting after ISIS-K killed our soldiers helping evacuate civilians, we went ahead and mistakenly drone striked one of our own allies - an aid worker and his children. We murdered them. Innocent kids! Needless, senseless death without justification or accountability. This is what we brought to Afghanistan for 20 years. Although no doubt there will be some positive stories of what was achieved, especially in regards to women's rights, unfortunately the bigger picture is we brought death and money. Death to the innocent and wealth to the corrupt. That is backwards! I for one am glad our troops are not in the line of fire anymore when this is what we had to offer. Ending the nonsense was a righteous act since our presence and conduct has actually only empowered the Taliban and we failed to understand or deal with them properly in the past when we had the chance to.
God bless Afghanistan. I'm not sure who else can truly help them now.
So cool you guys are starting to release some of these videos, dont let what happened to previous generations happen to you. So many hours of footage unfound, either sitting in a box somewhere or even worse tossed in the trash because people didn't know what it was. Assuming TH-cam doesn't go to hell completely you can preserve your part of history here.
Oh occupation video is cool to you! Do you non whites to be less human? Will it be cool if others invade and destroy your homeland?
The funker app is gonna be the next TH-cam if they keep this up
Play
Two Mike
TH-cam is trash
"I'm fine it just hurts like shit" what a warrior
Getting shot ain't fun but surviving it and you got a story in the form of a bullet hole to tell your buds
Anyone note if the injured man was one of the two men standing up in front in the open? I saw those 2 and wondered what the heck...?
Even with a vest getting a bullet feels like getting giant tree log smashed into your ribs.
No, he's a pirate 16:59
@@josephstalin8568 No, this is Patrick
I remember being here in my 2017 deployment It still looks the same. Sent chills up my spine.
@@gawgaw6941 keep your comments to yourself bro. If you didn’t volunteer your own time to help your community or country then you have no right to say a word. Armchair critique. Go back to the couch and let the professionals help keep you safe.
@@gawgaw6941 I need to admit that to you. A guy who hasn’t contributed to anything? I’m good. By the way I didn’t serve there I was just sticking up for those who did. My deployments were in Iraq and I believe that wasn’t a waste. Have a good day. You should take your negativity and hate away from a comment section mostly viewed by veterans. Unless you actually sacrificed your time and efforts for this country, you really have no room to say anything.
I was there from 2016-2017. Good times, witnessed the MOAB.
Blood of an army.
Never be afraid of what will be left of you.
Even those you left behind will take care of themselves
@@LP3me professionals? You misspelled war criminals 🤡🖕💀
I could never deal with the stress these badasses have to endure everyday they are in combat! Thank you to all the veterans past, present and future🙏🏻
Now imagine WW1, 2 and Nam with Hand to Hand Combat
Tango
Even as we left Afghanistan, our greatest weapon is and will always be the fighting Soldier.
You dont left but you guys run away like a coward
@@nurulfakhri6312 I have to agree!...it was our president and political officials, always remember the people you see aren't the people who make up the country! We don't have to be enemies...
Damn straight !
Your weapons are in the hands of Terrorists
@@nurulfakhri6312 They did the right thing, being stuck in there gets you nothing
"We went because of 9/11. We stayed because we had no tangible plan and select entities make a lot of money from war" This sentecene made me goose bumps
And today- it was all for basically nothing as biden gave it all back to Taliban #FJB
@@bige2012 as opposed to what - staying ?
@@FAC321 exactly, trump was planning on pulling out anyway
we went because we gave them help when the russians invaded them but we stayed for oil and eventually they got pissed at us for not leaving and did 9/11
@@epicestpoopmunchergangepm7962 we never got a gallon of oil from Afghanistan. We went to destabilize the Middle East for our greatest ally.
Lots of memories flood back into my head watching this. Good times and bad. Thank you to my fellow military members for keeping the fire going!
Thank you and your buddies for your/their service sir!
Keep losing even if you're sad.
Great work sir
@@Save_gazapalestina did we lose tho last time i checked yall the ones killing and raping your own childeren, your the ones enslaving people who dont agree with you. Keep thinking you won we’ll be back😉
@@kodagerler7125 the war is lost so what
All I can say is, "Thank You." I hope the rest of your life is peacefully spent with your family because you are heroic. Thank You.
y thank you for going in another contry to kill people
@@makedonskilol peace would be nowhere without people willing to fight for it, if you're a coward yourself, then atleast respect the heroes who aren't.
@@gromswowguide7927 i was kid when war was in my contry ,so don t shit me with that u don t know what is it when grenades fall from the sky and when you hear sirens every day while we play ball on the playground.
@@gromswowguide7927 and while you were playing with gamboy in your warm home, our fathers taught us to shoot what u know what is war my hero ?
Well said. As an American we cannot be thankful enough for the brave men and women who risk their lives for our freedom,
Miss my fellow brothers and friends I met and served with in Afghanistan. US and Afghan, some part of myself wishes i was still there with my boys. God bless you brothers. I will never forget you guys.
They are always with you
Same here brother
The text in the description is really sad. Even being aware of the mistake is a great virtue. You are an honest soldier
Well written description. This video is very educational in allowing people to understand the severity of war. It is confusing, complex and full of endless bloodshed. I am glad you have uploaded this video. God bless our troops who fought. I am glad you all went home. It is disappointing and sad so many did not have such privilege.
Sure right about that one, SMH just wishing all the whiney Bratz of this generation understood that too!! Nowadays it seems they think they are born magically "ENTITLED" to the 'Rights' they take for granted ,under the flag they don't even know how to pledge allegiance to anymore...Call themselves "WOKE" but yet walk around oblivious to the fact that their rights were paid in full by the flag drapped coffin...
I've always said it and this video makes me sure even more. Nobody will ever get me to fight upfront or in any capacity in a war. To see this real fight, to get a glimpse of what it's like to be in such a situation ..... It's surreal but still frightening. Buggest respect for everyone doing this. I definitely couldn't
I was Army infantry in the Iraq invasion and your tech baffles me. Much love and respect
asphalt in the doors? We first went with canvas doors, lol...what a dumbass command! My buddies took the brunt
Same here, we had 240's and 50's...these dudes have mini guns lol. I love it though, give our boys the best possible
Thank you all for your service and our freedom. God pls protect our men and women who fight for our freedom.
The description says it all, thanks for sharing and putting yourself out there, the man was going to put anyone there and you filled that role selflessly. May home have peace and the rest of life, be better for everyone.
This is what hero’s look like. Taking care of one another. Putting themselves in harms way for each other. God bless you guys. Love our troops.
"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
~SUN TZU
Love it!
Amen 🙏!
Back to your gaming now.
Art of War by Sun Tzu
This is what the dnc is doing now with full support of their ccp masters!
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!"
I am in tears watching this. Thank God for your safe return and, thank you for your service. You and your brothers and sisters are why we still stand as a country. God bless you all.
You guys and gals are bad-ass!
I appreciate everyone of you that serve, in every capacity ofthe service.
I can't come up with words that would convey how proud we are of the daily sacrifice you make, I don't care if you are just resting on your bed or in the field. You guys (including gals, and all others) are still in our thoughts and in my daily prayers.
Thank you, and God bless each of you.
Also, thanks to everyone that served in any capacity for your service.
No gals on the ground podnuh.
That description makes me respect you so so much sir… it makes a man to say What’s Right is Right… what’s wrong is wrong…. It’s just sad to realise that many fathers, brothers, sons, friends, mates, boys did not get a chance to go back home alive fighting someone else’s war… and for what…
I appreciate your service and honesty. You are a true American hero and patriot.
Thank you for the brutal honesty and stark and realistic appraisal you made. I have heard this same thing hundreds of times from soldiers when I was documenting the effects of PTSD and war trauma.
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Super mad respect for are troops men and women and to the ones who payed the ultimate sacrifice may God be on your six 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷👍
I am grateful to you and folks like you who take the time to share your footage and experience. Thank you.
First 3 months in Baghdad Iraq, we were driving plywood and sandbag light skin humvees. These vehicles look luxury compared to what we had. Every IED we encountered was packed with Ball bearings.
Yea no shit. Up armor wasnt even invented. Sand bags did stop small arms fire though, if you stack em deep enough...
Thank you Mark and your brothers of fighting the evil of this world your a credit along with everyone your beside you sir 🙏 👍🏼 💯 respect from 🇬🇧
The first thing i learned in vietnam was when you are ambushed the fire will not stop till you CHARGE the enemy with 52 ton M-48 90mm / canaster round. Nd 16 ton M113a2 APC. m-2 50cal. 4th div. 69th armor 1969
Thanks for your service!
I was with 4th id 1-68 mech infantry for my first unit
A Sincere Thank You to ALL Vets...and especially to you Vietnam Vets that never received the Proper Welcome Home you deserved !
Thank you for you service!
Thank you for your service . Those pissants that treated our Vietnam vets are lower than snake shit . For once I would like to see a documentary about those ahole ungrateful idiots that acted like that . Still thank you a million times over for you and yours sacrifice for this country .
Thank you all for your service. God bless 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
May GOD Bless you brothers. Sincerely, a Fmr. Sgt. 2/504 PIR. OEF II.
An elder war machine, our generation is the most morally bankrupt, ethically misguided, and capable of loyalty that only a dog could beat
I am thankful for you all, thank you for all that you do. True heros
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for your Service and Dedication !!!
God Bless You And Yours !! And I Hope yalls 2022 is stress free ✌️🙃🍾
Sincerely
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Mighty thanks to you and your guys. We appreciate it
People think it’s all up close and personal like in battlefield but the reality is that sometimes you can’t even see the enemy you just know there there
That's the scary part. Not knowing where shots are coming from, truck not moving, Someone shot. These men and woman that lived this stuff have my respect and I'm grateful for everything they do for us.
I sit here some time after my time over there, old, beaten, battered, scarred, all in all none the worse for wear. Seeing these videos takes me back, I miss my team everyday. This new generation of pipe hitter will always have a friend in me thick or thin I’m always on your side. Keep at it.
I love how simple the solution is when they detect an IED… “yep 500lb bomb should do the trick”
That’s how I clear IEDs in Arma 3 lol. I usually just calling an air or arty strike on the suspected area.
Because it’s better then some EOD tech losing his life over defusing it. Also they were on mission so it’s faster to drop a bomb and get going. We cleared like this in Fallujah sometimes.
Occam's razor in practice.
The simplest solution is usually the best solution.
@@finchwaddledog5026 Feel an acronym coming on… Hold on… KISS- Keep It Simple Stupid
@Jesus Isn'tReal nice dude! Yeah I called for fire with the C130 gunship, Basher on station. Now that was intense.
I am always praying for our military.🙏🏻 especially since I have a soldier. Thank you all. Stay safe!!
i appreciate the brave warriors who fought this pointless war. great soldiers failed by leadership at every turn.
And yet our soldiers are being booed at as they come home. As if they they had a choice.
@@Clone_of_Darth_Revan Are they really?? That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard... God, people can be so damn clueless.
@@LeNomEstYves yeah they are, our men deserve better.
@@Clone_of_Darth_Revan 100%. They always have. People say they're so thankful and God bless out troops while they're deployed but when they come home they get treated like shit and people stop caring. Always been like that for some reason. Makes no sense to me.
A soldier that fights a pointless war is a coward and an affront to freedom
Thank you for sharing..may God bless you all for keeping our families safer.
It’s amazing how clam they are under all the gun fire.
Bro did you hear that mini gun? They feel very safe 😅
It all boils down to what they were trained to do and how they will react when it kicks off.
@@dimorphos8916 My God, I've never seen that on a vehicle, only a helo. I hope it punched holes in lots of those evil bullies.
Not their first rodeo.
The description man .. hit me hard .. mad respect to you ..
Reading the description I couldn't agree more. I come from a military family myself. Only my mother and I I were never in the military. My father, sisters, and brother are still in the military.
I have the utmost respect for veterans and soldiers. Even though I live in the Netherlands, we are allies and so in a way U.S. soldiers also defend my freedom by putting their lives on the line. So thank you for your service.
One of the most immersive combat videos I've seen
Glad you all made it out safe. Thank you for your service!
Thank you for your service and bravery ❤
Medics are the baddest dudes. Trained to be a savage, can save lives and has to go where a guy just got hit. Baddest dudes out there hands down
That's a bad medic, then.
You grab the guy where he was shot and drag him to a safe place where the medic can treat him.
You don't risk the 1 guy in a platoon who can save everyone else by making him run to the wounded one. You get a pair of grunts to pull the wounded one over to the medic while the others provide cover fire.
@@whitescar2 thank you for making it clear you have zero experience lol
@@davidw6828 He’s actually correct. Unless we’re still living in WW2 time or have not developed anything, the medic does not expose themselves like that unless they can’t do anything else. Usually you remove the wounded person from the spot he was hit if that’s possible.
PJs: hold our beers
Thanks for posting video and for the in-depth info in your description. Much respect for you guys. ✝️
The hardest part about being in theater is locating where the enemy is shooting you from. HOORAH to the troops!!
A US veteran from this war have told me that most of the time they don't see their target so they send suppressing fire to a direction they believe their getting shot. Basically fuck everything from that direction.
@@fuzzbol LOLOLOL That's now how that works. We have Spotters,, that target enemies for us. Once we determine the direction of fire, our Spotters pull out the scopes, determine range and number of enemies and equipment to the best of their ability and then we determine the best course of action and which weapons to use to neutralize them. In a lot of places in Afghanistan and Iraq, etc. you have heavy civilian populations, that you don't want to radicalize by accidentally killing their people. There's a lot of political stuff connected to war,, that's never talked about on the news.
@@RodZilla11 you think Afghanistan is a heavy populous country LMAO it looks like a bare mountain range wasteland with no one living in it
The sounds of the mini gun is amazing . It tickles
This is some of the best footage I've ever seen!
How huge and impresive the trucks are. Amazing
I give a big salute to these worries still fighting.
it gives me goosebumps, got my cousin fighting for ukr and i cant imagine what soldiers were feeling those days, god bless em all
Based on the 100s of war videos I've watched, I have come to the realization that 90% of firefights is just you randomly shooting to where you think the enemy is. You don't see them.
Yeah it isnt like the games
Depends, this terrain is unforgiving.
@@latinEU Pretty sure they can attach some sensors all around the truck to detect fast approaching projectiles. And based on their speed, size and direction, can calculate the origin of the bullet.
You can high the most advanced weapons but that won't put up against defending your land and knowing your terrain.
Take a good look at Vietnam. We had advanced technology, better weapons etc.
Kinda off topic but related in a way. This is why aliens can't invade us full force because of our terrain, us knowing it, and fighting for our lives and land. Even with their advanced technology (+1000s years more advanced then us). Our mountains, forrest, islands, etc. So they do it with other types of warfare like poison in water, radiation, vaccines, drugs, alcohol, etc etc.
@@cambodianriverpig7613 lmao this isnt call of duty bud.
Glad you made it back brother, thank you for your service ✌🏻
Thank you for their service in killing those peasants
@@frilink - you obviously never served your country, must be nice to be able to sit back and criticize someone who put themselves in harms way for others, rather than actually doing something. You don’t have a clue living in your safe bubble
I was an 11b with a conventional unit then I went to the 82nd 203 and Afghanistan sucked I liked Iraq way more it’s was more CQB there . Afghanistan your making contact 300 + meters away and fire n maneuver very well and would attack when it was hood for them not when it worked in favor. There great soldiers hats off to them n it’s a tough county to fight in very difficult. I was lucky to be part of a QRF for the SF guys in several occasions and rarely did anything our special forces are excellent soldiers and should be commended thank you brother job well done and much respect
My heart aches for your man who was shots it hurts like crazy oh breaks my heart and now they have to get him to medical within the golden hour omg I hope he’s ok . I got hurt but I didn’t get shot cought fragments from n RPG tour into my hip and when they went in they noticed I had severe arthritis and I had to have a hip replacement yea that was the and of my career. I joined when I was 35 so I figured I would retire when I was 55 had it all planned out . I made 4 years of my 6 year commitment just devastated me crap god speed men god speed
Its so sad this war end up being all for nothing. Good men dieing for the interest of those who couldn't care less.
So much respect for this brave soldiers God bless them and there families
God Bless our Warriors 🦅🇺🇲
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He was just shooting to alert his friends in the tali where you are is all. Glad you came back.
Arms manufacturer: 4:44 How many inches of steel do you want?
Army: YES
I hope with this many layers of steel, anti-spall and composite that it can resist a RPG and 14.5 Cal.
That might be for efp's as they have a grill system for RPGs and the right steel can easily stop _"most"_ large caliber rifle rounds.
@@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 that's why they use it like a mini mobile command center or bunker in far range engagements.
Thank you very much for helping protect my family.
Dude on the minigun definitely loves his job
Honestly super glad for these, never know when I’ll need it
12:07 18D the doctors of the battlefield, just submitted the waiver today hopefully I can get in and pursue my dream of being a SOF medic someday.
Thank all of you for your service especially the guy who took a round.
Wish you the best of luck 🤞
Thank you to all who serve.
Thanks for the awesome video, and thanks for your service
Good luck for all the soldiers that are brave enough to go to Afghanistan
Can’t imagine how shitty this would be in contested airspace and/or a remote region with no CAS or MEDEVAC option
So many parallels to Vietnam it’s literally insane.
I have mad respect for the people out there
pawns for rich people
@@Corrosion37 Yes sir couldn’t agree more
Always amazing how little you can see in all the confusion.
Love that Pirate flag
Y’all be safe if you’re still up there ✊🏼
Obviously not
pirate flag makes me cringe...
Not exactly Mr current affairs, are you?
@@robashton8606 this is old
He man thanks for sharing this with us, much respect and appreciation towards you guys.
That guy at the beginning giving away their position for his tali mates.
Powerful description & overall message
This, right here, is why the Afghanistan mission failed. The coalition never understood that the Afghan police were hated more than the Taliban by the ordinary people. It wasn't long before _everyone_ in Afghanistan saw coalition troops as either a) an enemy, or b) useful idiots they could hoodwink into killing their tribal enemies for them. All anyone had to do was say that a particular compound had Taliban in it and the coalition would come along and obligingly drop a bomb on the place.
The total failure to grasp the nature of the dynamic in that country is genuinely mystifying. The people were trying to tell the coalition all the time: they just didn't want to hear it. They wanted to see things in terms of good guys and bad guys, black and white. The situation in Afghanistan is shades of grey, always has been. Simplistic thinking lost the West that war.
No, it’s just that like Vietnam, public opposition to the war and liberal garbage in the U.S. is forcing troops to pull out, nobody is winning and losing. It’s ironic you say black and white, yet you say we completely “lost” a non existent war when in reality nobody from either side is really winning anything. I don’t know why you are so obsessed with the Afghan Police anyways, it is completely out of our jurisdiction to simply wage war against a country’s police force, regardless of their standing status. The purpose of the intervention in Afghanistan was to kill terrorists, not demonize cops.
20yrs of absolute pointless. George Bush and Tony Blair should be in jail.
@@z43u And it _really_ succeeded in that purpose, didn't it? Haven't been bothered by terrorism since, have we?
Oh, hang on...
And FYI, it wasn't necessary for anyone to demonise the ANP: they'd already done it themselves. If we'd wanted to be seen as the "good guys", then perhaps not constantly backing up, arming and paying one of the nastiest groups of scumbags in the entire country would have been a good idea?
Not that it matters - you've spectacularly missed the point anyway.
@@z43u The unjust entry into Afghanistan was to keep up an appearance of fighting terrorism, while actually enriching 1% stakeholders and learning how to control us. Afghanistan/Al Qaeda/Osama bin Laden had 0 to do with 911.
@@z43u it’s nothing like Vietnam. The opposition to the war was way different, there was support at the start and everyone had to say they “support the troops” and people did. During Vietnam no one gave a fuck about the troops, my dad volunteered in the army in 69 and was on the dmz from 70-71, no one thanked him for his service til after 9/11. The U.S’s plan in Vietnam was to kill as many nva and north Vietnam supporters and disrupt supply
Lines. The nva and north Vietnam’
Supporters were way more into it then the ARVN and much better at fighting. They never tried to push past the dmZ and start taking over the north the U.S thought the north would stop if we killed enough and it didn’t matter to them. Really the biggest similarity is when you kill people you create more enemies and it will never stop
thank you for all the work you boys did
Thank you all active and retired military members.
It's crazy to think that kids today will grow up on war movies set in the mountains and desert. Like how my gen grew up with it being war movies in the jungle.
Your service is appreciated!
Thank you for your service ❤
it looks so Hectic and intence, yet its just like 20-30 guys.
dont even wanna imagine the scale of WW2 battles
2:18 Can't stop to think. "Just another regular day" don't see no fear in any of them. Got my most humble respect.
I am amazed that the American don’t use portable drones with a camera to survey the area and to locate the talaban.
Not all SOF units have it as it depends on what they specialize in but yeah I'd agree since the Taliban we're in the open.
Man thank you for all you guys do. For realz.
Most Americans and even most troops don't know that the MRAP is a South African designed vehicle. Oshkosh got the rights to build it in the US.
Boy was that thing fun to work on. And the 7 tons
Interesting
Bad enough to endure war, but doing it in a desolate, rock-strewn shit-hole like that... Looks like the surface of Mars. Much respect from a Cold War era Navy vet.
You’re a legend brother! thank God for your service! Truly! You’re ever out Utah way and need a place to crash, u got a place. Come over to the US, do some snowboarding in the greatest snow on earth in Park City Utah, I’ll pay your ticket and take ya out on the slopes, any SF in this video come over and I’ll take ya boarding at one of the greatest resorts on earth , I got housing and transport up and around, you guys deserve the vacation this winter, hit me up.
This I'd how our troops should have been treated.....we should take care of them like a national treasure, after giving their lives, their room and board here in the US should be taken care of, or if they want to be independent independent work for a living, that option is there for them too....dusted, we have shitty VA hospital service and shitty mental health services, and benefits that, if you are a gun owner, want allow you to be that AND be eligible for certain benefits at the same time. Had a friend who is a veteran that needed mental health help, got help, but simultaneously stripped him of his children and of his right to own weapons (which in retrospect, did mire for him in terms of helping him to relieve stress.)
@@low-keygneiss63 your correct. Our vets from Vietnam don't even get the treatment they deserved either.
I should have signed up to serve in our Military and damn near did, all I had to do was take the ASVAB and I would have been golden. I most def would have passed, cause I passed the practice test easily 3 times in a row. The same exact day I was make my appointment to take the main test we found out my wife was pregnant with our first baby girl lol, we have 4 beautiful kids now, 3 girls and 1 boy. Right then after jumping with Joy lol literally, I told her I wasn't going. She even said it would be ok if I still wanted to cause she knew it was my dream and always was... I just couldn't leave her like that and knowing all the hardships that she might encounter, I think that day I gained an enormous amount of her respect. Now we have been together 16 years, I'm only 36 so we've been together literally half our entire lives and I hope I have the rest of mine with her. Thank You for all that you've done for us, we will never forget you and everyone else!
That mini gun is amazing! I’d hate to be down range of that thing! 😂
I'm glad you guys have those it shows a real truth about how they are
Very impressive equiptment, the Taliban must be very happy with it, and all donated free by America too.
It was all smashed before they left.
@@snowflakemelter1172 Thats what the media told you is it, so how come the Taliban are better dressed and equipped than ever ?, Wallmart maybe ?
@@neilisagum7623 the US didn't " donate" to them the ANA ditched it all and ran away.
@@snowflakemelter1172 Really ?, and here was me thinking the ANA ran away immediately after the Americans ran away, but in essence they all ran away I suppose.
@@snowflakemelter1172 are you talking about their mismatched uniforms? You think that they have an unlimited supply of this stuff but they don't. The guns are all show and they barely have enough mags for their own weapons. They are attempting to instill terror in Americans because that's their goal.
Thank you for sharing this
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Thank you for your service!! Best combat video I have seen 👍
You sir are one brave and amazing man. I would be so afraid to get out of that truck, but you even walk towards the incoming fire like it's nothing. How are you so calm when yr buddy has been shot in the back and yr just so chilled and possibly walking to yr last moments. Amazing how brave you guys are. T must be so painfull to hear yr men getting killed or injured over the radio. I couldn't imagine how that would hurt.i hope that yr safe and sound back in the land you love. Thank you for everything you did for us fools safe at home. 🙏🙏🙏
God bless our troops. Keep every man and woman safe in our fight for freedom. Thank you to all of our military, with my whole heart, that I can lay down at night and sleep peacefully, knowing that I am safe
You're far more likely to be killed by the military you pay for than by every other army combined.
They are fighting against freedom...
@@5002strokeforever you again? No one cares about how much you hate our military or military in general. Go back to Reddit. It was made for people like you. Seriously you'd probably make friends there. They come up with dumb shit that isn't even worth debating. Quit trying to force others to join your little crusade against our hard working men and women who actually threw their freedom away so we can keep ours
I agree. At least we don't have to worry about another country breathing down our necks while we sleep. All thanks to our branches working in coordination.
I'm greatfull for all the men and women who served for our country no matter the end result at the end of the day the future of our country depended on that war thank u all that served
How was Afghanistan ever an existential threat to the USA?
@@whitescar2 he wants others in his country to fight wars for 1sr@hell
Thanks for the efforts of these soldiers and the 100,000 Afghan soldiers who were killed in this war. But the blood leaders traded these. I am in Afghanistan and I saw what a betrayal it was.
@Dustin P Dear friend, we will never forget the hard work of American and Afghan soldiers. When we were children, in 2003 and 2004, when we saw American tanks, we would go to them and they would greet us with chocolate and pens. But for now, they are teaching children hatred and guns. The result is a generation that remembers only war and guns. Freedom is wealth, but we no longer have it, but we experienced it in your presence for several years. Finally, thank you to all the American people for their support.
Thank you guys so much.
Rest in peace my brothers who gave their lives in OEF.