@@98Prynce wait til you get to like the 25mm or 30mm guns that are on the m3 Bradley's or Stryker vehicles. Lol There's also a pretty "awesome" video of an apache taking out some taliban in the mountains with its 30mm and you're seeing everything on the thermals, and it's just like gahh damn!!!.
Also I do admire the fact he said he won't tell you how to make explosives, but it's so crazy now and days you can buy books and learn how to make home made explosions. It's crazy!
My grandad would talk about 'nam like this. He was in the Army Core of Engineers. They wpuld drop him an some guys with heavy equipment in to make touch-go's as he called it. Said they would pour diesel fuel and agent orange with gas in the tunnels an set them on fire.
Protecting us from who u still think The Afghan war was necessary ?? Lmaooo bro how many vets and politicians have to come out to tell u the war was a scam ?
@@Engineeringpreparedness86YOU, doof. See how you’re sitting comfortably behind your screen able to talk s*&t like you’re actually built like that? People like this guy make it possible.
I did 8 yrs in the Army, deployed once to Afghanistan. I saw some crazy stuff but listening to him tell this story sends chills down my spine. I was 21 when I deployed and he was 18 doing way more than I could ever imagine. I pray he maintains a sane mind as he ages. Sometimes things set in much, much later. Thanks for sharing your experiences Nick!
our government is a crooked crook that teaches our youth to commit injustice & unconstitutional acts on those from other countries. too bad you werent smart. only those who cant find themselves go to the military
@@selfiekroos1777 your right but when you want everyone in the world in on your life thats going to be the normal response 🤷♂️ keep it to yourself if thats the case
@@21deangelo yea I guess so if your a Nigga who likes to gossip and pillow talk and feel like they have the right to talk and talk and talk like a female like u clearly are
Nick has probably offed like close to three digit numbers of people. He became famous for being a sniper with 33 kills in a single deployment, but he deployed multiple times in multiple roles, under the ranger battalion, which like he said, had missions back to back everyday during the height of the GWOT. Absolutely insane.
As an Army Vet myself, salute to my Bro! Glad you made it home safely! Them 50 cals ain't no joke either.. I was 19K. Abrams Tank crewman and our TC has a mounted 50. I was a loader and had a 240 mounted. When I wasn't loading, I was driving. I was a beast driving a 70 ton machine! 💪🏼💯
I am a Marine war vet from the first GULF WAR and seeing a body get hit with a 50 is like mist. We had blood on our gas mask like sweat or dew. That was the one that messed me up.
Man………… my dad served 8 years in the marines and this is by far is one of the most intriguing stories I’ve heard from a member of the service. I hope his sanity doesn’t go away in the near future. That’s a warrior we are listening too‼️
The sound alone of a .50 M2 popping off is enough to deter the average man from ever wanting to be in a gunfight!!! I can listen to my guy talk all day💪🏿💪🏿!!!
Back in the day my gramps and I shot at his friends spot. One day I see these 1/2 in steel plates with holes big as my head in them. I ask what is this? Grandpa says they had the .50 cal out on a tripod sending shots. I knew that day what power was when it came to that gun.
@@stevend.bumgarner6134 A . 50BMG bullet makes a perfectly round hole 0.5" diameter in steel plate targets, so where this " head sized hole" story came from, I don't know. 😉
@@thelotus8285 he’s pose to lead he’s being interviewed or would rather have Vlad over talking him and cutting him off with stories from guys he kno that went to war 😂
I've watched all 5 parts so far and Shawn's questions were already answered by Irving. Listen to Irving telling the story then listen to Shawn's follow up questions. It seems redundant, don't it?
@@patrickbaxter9965 those people are brainwashed and they are happy about it lol, he is a criminal he didnt fight for any freedom he was just an ''official'' mercenary for lobby interest and nwo
@@patrickbaxter9965 It’s guys like him that keep your ass free. Believe me if another country could take us over they would, but they don’t in large part because of guys like him.
May all the fallen soldiers rest in peace 🙏🏽 you will never be forgotten. This man has seen so much and has lost so much in war. Hope he continues to have healthy mental and health.
Hearing these stories right he ypu returned home from deployment each time, made me realize we weren't kids play fighting anymore. I watched you grow from imagining these events to actually living them and seeing the effects they had on you. Thank you for being my hero and never giving up!!!! Good job Nickolodeon!!!! Love you big bro
I read his books in the army, he’s a beast and he always keeps it 100 he’s a great representation overcoming any obstacle thrown at you he’s 100% honest about every flaw and mistake he made in life 💪🏾
This has to be one of the most disturbing interviews but also very enlightening I have a whole new level of sympathy for our soldiers and hopefully this young man is getting the services he needs I know I would need many years of therapy after doing and seeing all the death and destruction
We should also have sympathy for the "enemy" whose country was invaded so that Western corporations could make billion dollar profits from infrastructure projects, weapons manufacturing and petrochemicals.
I’m glad that Vlads audience is getting to hear & see these types of stories as opposed to all the BS , this is REAL world shit , different ballgame , folks don’t realize how good they have it.
Go to chicago or charllote hospital and talk with the staff about victims of streeet gang drug shootings or stabbings shotguns rifles and all the mods are avaivable to street gangs and organizians aswell
Good we have it? Who signs up to go kill people overseas? None of these stories are on your homelands you got it good regardless. This vlad interview is b.s.. he a murderer not a hero.
It's the same thing family. They just got you brainwashed into thinking that if it's the military and "for our country" then it's ok and "real" but it's all the same. Murder is just that, murder
Maaan after hearing this guy talk about what he did and saw, I now understand why these dudes come home and kill themselves. You have to live with that the rest of your life, I don;t know how he sleeps!
You can tell this dude is just telling the facts he doesn’t talk like he is proud of it or anything you can just tell the guy actually has a heart even though he was killing people who deserved it the guy is just a genuine good guy you can tell and that shit has changed him deeply
That’s the problem with people. They think just because it’s our country that the killings are justified. They also forget the fact they kill innocent women and children as well as rape them. Do you think the people on the other side think they are killing people who “deserve” it???
The question still remains whether 50 BMG can actually kill someone without hitting them. In answer to this claim, soldiers from war times with experience have dismissed this as a myth. They reported that regardless of the strength of this bullet, it can’t do anything without hitting anyone.
Definitely a myth. If you go to the range and shoot a 50 cal at a piece of paper and miss by an inch, the paper will not even move, so of course it’s not going to rip someone’s arm off by missing 2 feet away. Just a myth that’s easily disproven by basic physics and ballistic science. On top of the many videos of people debunking it.
@@Meowhsss Right, of all people a special ops sniper should definitely have known that’s not how it works, and he should be able to explain exactly why that’s not how it works using simple physics. Funny thing is he’s always a guest on Matt’s channel (Demolition Ranch) and Matt is one of the people who has put out videos to debunk this myth lol.
This is a great example of a strong minded individual. Many soldiers come back who have been through the same or more or less the same, and are absolutely devastated and in a f'd up mindframe. Not saying this guy doesn't have any PTSD ,but he is obviously able to understand and rationalize what he did/why he did it. That first kill and the dream that he said he had that night is crazy and kimd of creepy. He says he as the fan spun he was covered in the deceased's blood. Insane how our brain works and processes things especially traumatic experiences. It's almost as if his conscience was feeling guilty with blood on his hands. This is definitely one of the most articulate men I've seen interviewed about their time serving.. respect
@@sungazer603 they definitely do screen men before but to be fair many strong minded,good willed men can go to war " normal" and come back " destroyed"..war is far from pleasant or easy...
I don't think you know his story. Irving talks about his PTSD all the time and damn near taking his own life. But he managed to over come all that and started writing books.
@@sungazer603 You sound ignorant. You get screened beforehand. There is quite literally 0 ways to know how somebody will react to a certain trauma, until that trauma is presented. If we had ONLY people who felt 0 trauma afterwards, we’d probably have 10 people deployed. And they’d all be psychopaths. No regular person gets no trauma after killing somebody..
I can remember shooting the 50 for the first time in training and they use to tell us that we couldn’t shoot ppl wit it, u can only shoot at equipment…. My 1st Sgt. came to me and said “u see ur enemy wit a helmet on, a weapon pointed at u or even a flack vest…. U shoot, that’s equipment”
I kinda understand it when he says he told himself it wasn't real. As a firefighter I see and do alot of wild shit nothing on his level at all. But going into fire, climbing a ladder with a saw and trying to put hole in the roof of a house that's on fire, pulling out victims, standing in front of flames that can flash over and kill you at any moment. I just tell myself in the moment I'm an actor in a movie doing my own stunts to get through it. I don't think about it until I'm in bed at night looking at the ceiling like he said certain situations pop up in my mind and I trip out on it then. Spooky af he does it the same way that's crazy
This is my nephew, and I'm so PROUD 👏 of him. He is the reason that Americans can sleep well at night knowing he was one of MANY men and women guarding us. Love you, nephew! 🇺🇲🇺🇲👏✌️✌️💯💯
@@THISISLolesh he was guarding convoys. The foot soldiers aren’t the ones invading, it’s the politicians. Soldiers are just doing their job, want someone to be mad at? Go talk to the shiny politicians.
@@CuRSE-TM Don't even make sense.. 'Soldiers are just doing their job' is such a terrible fucking argument, they said the same shit with the Nazis. Bro, I want you to pause for a minute, be silent, look in the mirror and really think about what you just said. It's the politicians right? but these guys follow them lol.. The politicians are so evil and corrupt but these saints follow their orders? Anyone with a lick of common sense knows that makes them pawns and extensions of those politicians? The foot soldiers aren't invading? what?? I'm so confused, they're the ones in the foreign country with the big guns, tanks, indiscriminate bombs dropped by planes, how exactly aren't they invading.. You know what, never mind that shit was the most retarded reply I've ever received, fake deep.
@@ultramag0343 I don’t think they call it anti tank rounds just to scare people 😂 but I don’t know too much about modern military technology anymore anyways
@@ultramag0343 bro nobody cares what you think.... You're a random on a youtube comment section, this guy is the real deal. You could be making all that up. We take his word over yours 🤣
One of the most interesting interviews I ever seen. The composure of this man to describe everything so calmly. I bought his book years ago and never got around to reading it. I think it's time.
Now I see why these guys come home from deployment and go crazy. Not everybody built to handle death and seeing that type of stuff, especially if its your own people and you see a friend die in that way. It’ll mess you up. Government needs to do better at mental health facilities for vets seriously. Most of these guys are just kids really under 25 seeing this type stuff.
You see, black people will say this in one breath but then defend Kanye in the next and say he don't need to take meds. Grown ass men changing their tune more than high school girls based on who the person in question is and how popular/cool they are.
Dude he caught me totally off guard with that ptsd dream. I thought he was gonna say something like he met the man in his dream or something and he just so calm is like "He was my ceiling fan"
I could listen to this guy tell stories for hours...he's got an attitude like he'd be respectful out and about at grocery stores and what not, but also got a gleam in his eyes that you wouldn't want to piss this man off
people who dont follow this warrior and read his books wont understand he battled with telling these stories when he first got back home. Like really struggled. After his family and kids got him grounded back to civilian life and he went in to writing his first book took a immense amount of growing and mental guidance. He has a solid fvckin team through and through he solid now and able to speak on anything calmly now because he knows he home and thats what matters.
I remember his first appearance on Sofrep back when they were cool. He had just left the Army and you could hear his tone was different back then. This was a long time ago though you might be able to still find the podcast one of the early ones.
I've been following Nick for years he's a solid dude. He was very proficient at his job and has a heart of gold. For anyone that's interested, the book " The Reaper " is amazing.
Notice how loud he's talking. It's from consistently being in proxitimy of fired artillery shells and gun training that eventually deafens the vet's eardrums. Permanently.
No, it isn’t!! 😄 That’s just the assertiveness the military has embedded into him. Many vets, recently discharged speak like that, but not all and it’s not a lot of them. Not saying no one who formally served doesn’t behave in such a way, but you’re reaching without having more context from HIM. I know plenty of servicemen who served and they don’t speak so loudly like that. And not to mention he’s young, and no longer serving so he wasn’t around it that long.
Yeah thats not necessarily true, I noticed after working at music gigs you get used to yelling just so that people can hear you (even when music isn't playing). I'm sure its the same when you're on the top of a military hummer rolling across the desert.
The fact that I always tell people I’ve seen people hit with the 50 cal down range and they’re body explodes and the legs keep running is crazy. My friends be thinking that I was being dramatic about things I’ve seen down range. Most definitely sending this clip too them
You were never in bondage. America is the big bully. Going around killing folks while your citizens are being oppressed and killed too is not honorable.
I hope this man really has some type of peace in that mind of his... That type of carnage, constantly tho. Things that can never be unseen...😔. This world.
I was hoping that you had your own channel so I could post this on your channel. I just read your book and I want to thank you for your service. Thank you so much and so happy Bruno got how safe!!!!
Thank you For everything you did man! Cant Put into words how much i appreciate what you did! Hope the rest of your life is way calmer and you can enjoy it in peace!
Idk how someone who was trained by the military can sit there and say if you miss someone with a .50 cal it will rip a limb or do damage. Anyone who believes that should not own firearms.
That claim has been around since before he was in, It's basically a myth or wise tale, So I don't directly blame him, He probably heard it from other service members, And assumed it's true.
Incredible amazing accounts of real war stories. I am dumbfounded. It is a miracle he and the other soldiers can function mentally. That's why they need therapy and our support.
That's EXACTLY WHY they need the BEST INCENTIVES when they get back home!! There's NO REASON why they should have to beg their own country for handouts!! Its ridiculous!!!
One of my best friends was a 50 Cal. Gunner, and he would tell me that if one of those bullets passed you (it didn't have to hit you) would tear a limb off. Never believed him because how can you even imagine that?
What are you talking about no one comes to america to attack it your goverment made 9 11 happen just for an excuse to invade another country people like him are the invaders of other countries
Bruh I met a dude once who served in Iraq, I asked him about it, he just stared at me with a blank stare, like he was reliving a nightmare while awake.. I can never forget the look on his face, it was a cold numb blank look. He never replied and walked off.. That told me all I needed to know , war is a lot more grim than what you see in the movies, I wouldnt want to live with them memories boy!!
A sack of potatoes? That’s dark, whole interview is kind of dark in an interesting way. Very informative too. You can tell he was in the service just by how concise and to the point he is when he talks
Your mind actually has a protection mechanism that keeps you sane when it comes to said experiences. Kind of similar like how rape victims can completely black out the moment as the mind is providing protection
Yea this hit me hard. I was a first responder tryna help poeple out of a burning car. And remember that a callee the back seat clear of passengers because my mind thought it saw a pillow stuffed under the passenger seat. Like with the stuffing coming outta the pillow case. Welp my mind was wrong it was a kid that had been burned to death. That night and until this day I can’t understand how I didn’t recognize him as a person. It still ficks with me. It makes me feel better to know that my mind not the only one that did that.
He’s absolutely right no video games or movies prepare you for down range, the craziest relation I have with this video is the .50 cal description he gives, it’s accurate to a tee, they literally blow the body apart, and I feel like him and other young guys like myself can relate our brain makes it seem almost not real, so it doesn’t really phase us, I have PTSD, Bipolar disorder type 2 and major depression from my deployments
A two foot miss won’t take a fucking arm off man. Shit, a one inch miss won’t do much if anything. He’s legit, but no clue what he was talking about there, if his career weren’t verifiable that single statement would make me question everything he says.
@@hankymcspanky1113 i never said that was accurate, but when a belt fed is going off, its easy to overexaggerate. He definitely was not off when he said theyd blow your body up. I can put my mothers life on it, that if you get hit in the shoulder with a 50, its taking it with it as a soveneuir.
And a 2-3 inch will definirely graze you even with a 7.62. I dont know about taking chunks out of you but hell ive been grazed by small arms friendly fire so that doesnt seem far off.
He explained the "liberation" of taking another human beings life. I never have hopefully won't ever have to but when I was 18 I listened to a Vietnam Veteran tell me about his experience after his first "kill" and he basically repeated what Mr. Nichols explained and added that the sense of "liberation" means you know you can kill again 💯
Probably one of the wildest stories my brains ever soaked in "his upper body...went away...and just his legs took like 2 more steps" i mean wow. It's one thing for me to hear that and imagine it, but to actually see that is really something.
This guy is my favorite sniper next to Carlos hathcock. Dude is legit ,new school but OG mentality. Cool guy for sure glad he made it and is doing good
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This is a legendary interview. Never heard nothing like this in the Army. Glad he survived all his deployments. Real warrior we’re looking at.
Really? Lol It's like there first think every combat vet I've met and or know will tell me. That .50 will turn you into a mist. Lol 😄
@@Deadly_fox512 mist is crazy lol
@@98Prynce wait til you get to like the 25mm or 30mm guns that are on the m3 Bradley's or Stryker vehicles. Lol There's also a pretty "awesome" video of an apache taking out some taliban in the mountains with its 30mm and you're seeing everything on the thermals, and it's just like gahh damn!!!.
@@Deadly_fox512 The bullet is HUGE!!!
Also I do admire the fact he said he won't tell you how to make explosives, but it's so crazy now and days you can buy books and learn how to make home made explosions. It's crazy!
This interview is really powerful. I never heard anyone be this open and graphic about their experience in war. I have a new understanding of PTSD
Natural killers
My grandad would talk about 'nam like this. He was in the Army Core of Engineers. They wpuld drop him an some guys with heavy equipment in to make touch-go's as he called it. Said they would pour diesel fuel and agent orange with gas in the tunnels an set them on fire.
he signed up to have PTSD...
@@jshad1074 Tread lightly homie you're talking about a American hero
@@jshad1074 You would never say that to his face.
Ive heard this guy talk about his PTSD dreams before and its truly terrifying. Thank you so much for your service and protecting us man.
Protecting us from who u still think The Afghan war was necessary ?? Lmaooo bro how many vets and politicians have to come out to tell u the war was a scam ?
Can I have a link please
Lmfaooo. Protecting who? 😂😂😂😂
@@Engineeringpreparedness86dumbass smh
@@Engineeringpreparedness86YOU, doof. See how you’re sitting comfortably behind your screen able to talk s*&t like you’re actually built like that? People like this guy make it possible.
I did 8 yrs in the Army, deployed once to Afghanistan. I saw some crazy stuff but listening to him tell this story sends chills down my spine. I was 21 when I deployed and he was 18 doing way more than I could ever imagine. I pray he maintains a sane mind as he ages. Sometimes things set in much, much later. Thanks for sharing your experiences Nick!
I couldn't imagine having to deal with any aspect of war yall are true Gs...
@@sjf1981 I’m not even close to this guy, I’m regular Army. He’s what people try to do and fail by the hundreds every year.
Like he said he probably wouldn’t have changed if it wasn’t for his kids made him come back in tune with Western Side reality
HOOAH (Ft. DRUM NY HHB 3-6FA)
our government is a crooked crook that teaches our youth to commit injustice & unconstitutional acts on those from other countries. too bad you werent smart. only those who cant find themselves go to the military
The depth of how he explains he has to deal with the killing is deep bruh
Duhhh it’s war you taking lives what you expect 😂 real life shit this not no gimmick
Deep as your cheeks 😂
the depth is deep huh?
No he's just explaining it like it happen I hate when they sugar coat things its so annoying
Y’all weirdos know exactly what he saying and the first woman agreed but still gotta be negative lmao 🤦🏾♂️
My dad was in Vietnam and he always has terrible nightmares... Thank you for your service, to any vets out there reading this
This guys calmness while describing his crazy war stories is beyond scary
Well trained
What’s he supposed to do? Sit there and cry and scream while telling the stories? Lol
@@saintxeno777
You're absolutely correct. His massa Uncle Sam trained him well
@@kray2723 lol every country has a army lol the army main priority is to kill targets
Probably some good satisfaction recalling the time he really fucked over a stupid mf too!!
Hopefully as he ages he wont lose his mind. Just him describing what he has seen with his own eyes gives me chills
Some people are mentally solid enough to not let it bother them. But if people keep nagging him to break down he just might.
he was struggling very badly but said he turned it around a while ago
Totally agree
@@selfiekroos1777 your right but when you want everyone in the world in on your life thats going to be the normal response 🤷♂️ keep it to yourself if thats the case
@@21deangelo yea I guess so if your a Nigga who likes to gossip and pillow talk and feel like they have the right to talk and talk and talk like a female like u clearly are
Nick has probably offed like close to three digit numbers of people. He became famous for being a sniper with 33 kills in a single deployment, but he deployed multiple times in multiple roles, under the ranger battalion, which like he said, had missions back to back everyday during the height of the GWOT. Absolutely insane.
This is hands down the most epic and interesting interview I've heard on Vlad.
I agree this is like some lifetime Psycopath type ish
You gotta give it up to Irving because it's obvious that Prez didn't prepare well enough for this interview.
Yea I've seen this guy on other platforms before but never seen him go into detail
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Period
He was about to say “we were lighting them up” but he stopped himself that’s respect
“we was killing shit”
i mean he did say he was lighting them up 2 3 times prior lmao so how much respect was it really.
@@bustdownkevin7712naw he said we was gettin it in lol
Shut up
Respect? Brah he killed him f respect
As an Army Vet myself, salute to my Bro! Glad you made it home safely! Them 50 cals ain't no joke either.. I was 19K. Abrams Tank crewman and our TC has a mounted 50. I was a loader and had a 240 mounted. When I wasn't loading, I was driving. I was a beast driving a 70 ton machine! 💪🏼💯
Salute homie
Turd polisher
I am a Marine war vet from the first GULF WAR and seeing a body get hit with a 50 is like mist. We had blood on our gas mask like sweat or dew. That was the one that messed me up.
Damn!
Damn!
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Wow!!
Damn!
Man………… my dad served 8 years in the marines and this is by far is one of the most intriguing stories I’ve heard from a member of the service. I hope his sanity doesn’t go away in the near future. That’s a warrior we are listening too‼️
your dad was a pog dont worry.
Yea he's gone... I can see the mental flaking already
@@serenityalreadykno2639pog?
@@serenityalreadykno2639You and the people liking your comment are pathetic for talking like that about a man you don’t even know.
Lmfao. Your dad’s a liar and so are you.
That was the most terrifying ptsd dream I’ve ever heard, it was so vivid the way he talked about it that I could just envision it somehow.
So far this may be the best interview I’ve watched on vlad in a while, need the rest ASAP.
We are not free We’re still governed but in comparison to other countries I’d much rather be here
Facts
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@@thomasking786 Lol, I’ll wait.
Pray this brother keeps his sanity...this is wild now you understand what some of the soldiers come home with.🙏🏾
He look like he just got done partying the night before😂
Man tht shii krazy bruh
@@BangBang-kq1kf Facts, he seems very well adjusted despite seeing some brutal shit.
He has a gift.
The sound alone of a .50 M2 popping off is enough to deter the average man from ever wanting to be in a gunfight!!! I can listen to my guy talk all day💪🏿💪🏿!!!
Back in the day my gramps and I shot at his friends spot. One day I see these 1/2 in steel plates with holes big as my head in them. I ask what is this? Grandpa says they had the .50 cal out on a tripod sending shots. I knew that day what power was when it came to that gun.
You can be within standing distance and still feel kickback
@@stevend.bumgarner6134 A . 50BMG bullet makes a perfectly round hole 0.5" diameter in steel plate targets, so where this
" head sized hole" story came from, I don't know. 😉
My mans was super down to talk to me and my son for a good 20 minutes at the airport. He’s a legendary guy.
Shawn Prez is doing an amazing job at this interview. I feel as though we would all react the same way he does to these stories
Great point.
Stop lying, dude. Irving is leading this interview.
@@thelotus8285 he’s pose to lead he’s being interviewed or would rather have Vlad over talking him and cutting him off with stories from guys he kno that went to war 😂
I've watched all 5 parts so far and Shawn's questions were already answered by Irving. Listen to Irving telling the story then listen to Shawn's follow up questions. It seems redundant, don't it?
@@thelotus8285I agree , interview is good but could’ve been 10x better if it was more conversation based .
“Where’d you shoot em”
…..”everywhere”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No cap
Nah u ain't peep when bruh say we was getting it in 😂😂😂😂😂😂 bruh ass gone
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I spent a year in iraq in 2008 I was 20. I did nothing compared to this man. I hope he keeps his mental coolness and understands he’s a hero to many
Hero to many fool to the masses systems made
Hero about what?
I asked the same question what is he being hero about or what 😂😂🤣🤣
@@patrickbaxter9965 those people are brainwashed and they are happy about it lol, he is a criminal he didnt fight for any freedom he was just an ''official'' mercenary for lobby interest and nwo
@@patrickbaxter9965 It’s guys like him that keep your ass free. Believe me if another country could take us over they would, but they don’t in large part because of guys like him.
May all the fallen soldiers rest in peace 🙏🏽 you will never be forgotten. This man has seen so much and has lost so much in war. Hope he continues to have healthy mental and health.
Hearing these stories right he ypu returned home from deployment each time, made me realize we weren't kids play fighting anymore. I watched you grow from imagining these events to actually living them and seeing the effects they had on you. Thank you for being my hero and never giving up!!!! Good job Nickolodeon!!!! Love you big bro
I read his books in the army, he’s a beast and he always keeps it 100 he’s a great representation overcoming any obstacle thrown at you he’s 100% honest about every flaw and mistake he made in life 💪🏾
Made man by the systems of evel
Nickname is reaper
He keeps it about 99 I’d say, he bullshitted about the 50 cal ripping a limb off without actually hitting.
Never anticipated parts of interviews more than this one
This was just wow… he was so calm describing it but you do get a hint of quivering in his voice near the end. He’s definitely still dealing with it.
This has to be one of the most disturbing interviews but also very enlightening I have a whole new level of sympathy for our soldiers and hopefully this young man is getting the services he needs I know I would need many years of therapy after doing and seeing all the death and destruction
We should also have sympathy for the "enemy" whose country was invaded so that Western corporations could make billion dollar profits from infrastructure projects, weapons manufacturing and petrochemicals.
I rock with Vlad but let’s be honest he wouldn’t let this man speak this is a dope interview so far.
I think he would lol dude is a licensed killer not some rapper or former gangster
Yeah your right vlad loves cutting people off
In the first part,the interviewer confirmed this man killed 30+ and then questioned his parents intelligence, I was like "Vlad, is that you?"
@@geraldwatkins6134 33 plus within one six month deployment
Lol you know Vlad.. “ I recently interviewed a mob boss who blah blah..” he has to match everyone’s story with one of his own.
My fam was in desert storm, and the shit he's seen still affects him to this day. Human beings aren't meant to see that type of shit.
humans are no different from animals.When we are put in enviorments where there are no laws and straight survival, we become animals..
God bless this man’s head don’t know how he so confront-able talking about it I appreciate your service
I’m glad that Vlads audience is getting to hear & see these types of stories as opposed to all the BS , this is REAL world shit , different ballgame , folks don’t realize how good they have it.
Go to chicago or charllote hospital and talk with the staff about victims of streeet gang drug shootings or stabbings shotguns rifles and all the mods are avaivable to street gangs and organizians aswell
@@djsjsjsu he’s a right wing type. Your wasting your words.
Good we have it? Who signs up to go kill people overseas? None of these stories are on your homelands you got it good regardless. This vlad interview is b.s.. he a murderer not a hero.
It's the same thing family. They just got you brainwashed into thinking that if it's the military and "for our country" then it's ok and "real" but it's all the same. Murder is just that, murder
@nazaihervin111 I'm right wing (Conservative), and I'm from those areas! My man said you're wasting words🤣🤣🤣.
I hope his mental health stays strong 💯
GOD WILL KEEP that intact ask and belive you have received peace will be apon him
@@michaelmendez9715 he’s a murderer
@@michaelmendez9715 god might takes it for the sins
looks like it. but you never know
Maaan after hearing this guy talk about what he did and saw, I now understand why these dudes come home and kill themselves.
You have to live with that the rest of your life, I don;t know how he sleeps!
You can tell this dude is just telling the facts he doesn’t talk like he is proud of it or anything you can just tell the guy actually has a heart even though he was killing people who deserved it the guy is just a genuine good guy you can tell and that shit has changed him deeply
Then why is he talking about it??! 😒
@@daddyfamlittle6262 just cause someone talks about something doesn’t mean their proud of it clearly you haven’t been through some shit in life
@@daddyfamlittle6262 because he was asked... and he's doing an interview?
He became a sniper after that deployment, you should listen to his stories on TH-cam.
That’s the problem with people. They think just because it’s our country that the killings are justified. They also forget the fact they kill innocent women and children as well as rape them. Do you think the people on the other side think they are killing people who “deserve” it???
The question still remains whether 50 BMG can actually kill someone without hitting them. In answer to this claim, soldiers from war times with experience have dismissed this as a myth. They reported that regardless of the strength of this bullet, it can’t do anything without hitting anyone.
Definitely a myth. If you go to the range and shoot a 50 cal at a piece of paper and miss by an inch, the paper will not even move, so of course it’s not going to rip someone’s arm off by missing 2 feet away. Just a myth that’s easily disproven by basic physics and ballistic science. On top of the many videos of people debunking it.
@@ThumperG What a mind boggling dumb thing to say coming from special operations sniper, embarrassing. Makes me question everything else he says.
@@Meowhsss maybe he just doesnt know this dude has dont everything he says
@@Meowhsss Right, of all people a special ops sniper should definitely have known that’s not how it works, and he should be able to explain exactly why that’s not how it works using simple physics. Funny thing is he’s always a guest on Matt’s channel (Demolition Ranch) and Matt is one of the people who has put out videos to debunk this myth lol.
Was looking for this comment I was sure that was a debunked myth
This is a great example of a strong minded individual. Many soldiers come back who have been through the same or more or less the same, and are absolutely devastated and in a f'd up mindframe. Not saying this guy doesn't have any PTSD ,but he is obviously able to understand and rationalize what he did/why he did it. That first kill and the dream that he said he had that night is crazy and kimd of creepy. He says he as the fan spun he was covered in the deceased's blood. Insane how our brain works and processes things especially traumatic experiences. It's almost as if his conscience was feeling guilty with blood on his hands. This is definitely one of the most articulate men I've seen interviewed about their time serving.. respect
Yep if your going come back all messed up then they should not go . Doctors should so screening before hand.
@@sungazer603 they definitely do screen men before but to be fair many strong minded,good willed men can go to war " normal" and come back " destroyed"..war is far from pleasant or easy...
I don't think you know his story. Irving talks about his PTSD all the time and damn near taking his own life. But he managed to over come all that and started writing books.
@@sungazer603 You sound ignorant. You get screened beforehand. There is quite literally 0 ways to know how somebody will react to a certain trauma, until that trauma is presented. If we had ONLY people who felt 0 trauma afterwards, we’d probably have 10 people deployed. And they’d all be psychopaths. No regular person gets no trauma after killing somebody..
The ones that handle it best are actual psychopaths. In fact, most SF guys are the same way. You have to be to do what they do.
I can remember shooting the 50 for the first time in training and they use to tell us that we couldn’t shoot ppl wit it, u can only shoot at equipment….
My 1st Sgt. came to me and said “u see ur enemy wit a helmet on, a weapon pointed at u or even a flack vest…. U shoot, that’s equipment”
I kinda understand it when he says he told himself it wasn't real. As a firefighter I see and do alot of wild shit nothing on his level at all. But going into fire, climbing a ladder with a saw and trying to put hole in the roof of a house that's on fire, pulling out victims, standing in front of flames that can flash over and kill you at any moment. I just tell myself in the moment I'm an actor in a movie doing my own stunts to get through it. I don't think about it until I'm in bed at night looking at the ceiling like he said certain situations pop up in my mind and I trip out on it then. Spooky af he does it the same way that's crazy
You guys are strong. Fr 💪🙏
thanks for your brave work my dude
Thank you my guy 🙏🏾💯
Hey man I may never see you but I’m appreciative of your craft. Thank you. Cheers 🍻
doing your job you singed up for this shit aint a sercet
This is my nephew, and I'm so PROUD 👏 of him. He is the reason that Americans can sleep well at night knowing he was one of MANY men and women guarding us. Love you, nephew! 🇺🇲🇺🇲👏✌️✌️💯💯
Glad he on our side! Maaaaan if he was my family sheeeeeeet every cookout he’d be telling me a story lol.....he needs a movie!
He wasn’t guarding, he was invading.
@@THISISLolesh he was guarding convoys. The foot soldiers aren’t the ones invading, it’s the politicians. Soldiers are just doing their job, want someone to be mad at? Go talk to the shiny politicians.
@@CuRSE-TM Don't even make sense.. 'Soldiers are just doing their job' is such a terrible fucking argument, they said the same shit with the Nazis.
Bro, I want you to pause for a minute, be silent, look in the mirror and really think about what you just said. It's the politicians right? but these guys follow them lol.. The politicians are so evil and corrupt but these saints follow their orders? Anyone with a lick of common sense knows that makes them pawns and extensions of those politicians?
The foot soldiers aren't invading? what?? I'm so confused, they're the ones in the foreign country with the big guns, tanks, indiscriminate bombs dropped by planes, how exactly aren't they invading.. You know what, never mind that shit was the most retarded reply I've ever received, fake deep.
Smh
If you’ve ever fired one of those things you know he’s not exaggerating!
@@ultramag0343 I don’t think they call it anti tank rounds just to scare people 😂 but I don’t know too much about modern military technology anymore anyways
@Ultra Mag 03 I think on a machine gun if you keep hitting it in the same area it will go through I thimk
@@ultramag0343it was designed as an anti tank round you dunce
@@ultramag0343 makes sense to me. I have no argument 🤝🏽😂
@@ultramag0343 bro nobody cares what you think.... You're a random on a youtube comment section, this guy is the real deal. You could be making all that up. We take his word over yours 🤣
One of the most interesting interviews I ever seen. The composure of this man to describe everything so calmly. I bought his book years ago and never got around to reading it. I think it's time.
I want to read his book.
This man should never have to worry about money or his health for the rest of his life.
Too bad the government won't do that for him.
Now I see why these guys come home from deployment and go crazy. Not everybody built to handle death and seeing that type of stuff, especially if its your own people and you see a friend die in that way. It’ll mess you up. Government needs to do better at mental health facilities for vets seriously. Most of these guys are just kids really under 25 seeing this type stuff.
You see, black people will say this in one breath but then defend Kanye in the next and say he don't need to take meds. Grown ass men changing their tune more than high school girls based on who the person in question is and how popular/cool they are.
Dont rely on the government for anything
@@clarencejones8180 WHAT? Kanye ain't never KILLED nobody🤦🏿♂
@@clarencejones8180 Black people aren’t a hive mind, weirdo
@@MrMikelew2929 So he don't need meda?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
With how articulate and precise he is, it’s so powerful to hear this. God bless him and our country. Hope he’s sleeping well these days.
very disturbing and traumatic for the brother but refreshing to listen to something different rather than rappers.
Dude he caught me totally off guard with that ptsd dream. I thought he was gonna say something like he met the man in his dream or something and he just so calm is like "He was my ceiling fan"
So grateful for these types of ppl and sad all at the same time… our minds aren’t fit to handle this type of destruction
This one of the interviews I will watch when the full interview gets released.
Man, I hope this guy is able to live his life in peace. He seems mentally strong, but that is a lot to ask of a human being.
I could listen to this guy tell stories for hours...he's got an attitude like he'd be respectful out and about at grocery stores and what not, but also got a gleam in his eyes that you wouldn't want to piss this man off
people who dont follow this warrior and read his books wont understand he battled with telling these stories when he first got back home. Like really struggled. After his family and kids got him grounded back to civilian life and he went in to writing his first book took a immense amount of growing and mental guidance. He has a solid fvckin team through and through he solid now and able to speak on anything calmly now because he knows he home and thats what matters.
Literally was going to say that
I remember his first appearance on Sofrep back when they were cool. He had just left the Army and you could hear his tone was different back then. This was a long time ago though you might be able to still find the podcast one of the early ones.
I've been following Nick for years he's a solid dude. He was very proficient at his job and has a heart of gold. For anyone that's interested, the book " The Reaper " is amazing.
Notice how loud he's talking. It's from consistently being in proxitimy of fired artillery shells and gun training that eventually deafens the vet's eardrums. Permanently.
No, it isn’t!! 😄 That’s just the assertiveness the military has embedded into him. Many vets, recently discharged speak like that, but not all and it’s not a lot of them. Not saying no one who formally served doesn’t behave in such a way, but you’re reaching without having more context from HIM. I know plenty of servicemen who served and they don’t speak so loudly like that. And not to mention he’s young, and no longer serving so he wasn’t around it that long.
Yeah thats not necessarily true, I noticed after working at music gigs you get used to yelling just so that people can hear you (even when music isn't playing). I'm sure its the same when you're on the top of a military hummer rolling across the desert.
@@Tonshmar He said he was on 120 missions. I'm guessing that's a lot of concussive noises to be around.
The fact that I always tell people I’ve seen people hit with the 50 cal down range and they’re body explodes and the legs keep running is crazy. My friends be thinking that I was being dramatic about things I’ve seen down range. Most definitely sending this clip too them
To them fam" to"
@@marvinsinclair9245 u go around correcting people on spelling? Gotta have a great life 🙃
@@hardheadpaco6415 He's grading TH-cam comments for college class lmao.
@@marvinsinclair9245
While you're at it. It's also "their" body.. not "they're" body.😁
is it a clean cut or can you see where the bullets ripped the guy
I could listen to this dude tell these stories all day! He's talking about the definition of gettin' it in!
I hope the best for this man in his future in wealth and in health. Thank you for your service !
We need more of this I can't wait for the full interview to come out 🔥🔥🔥
Thats crazy the nightmare about the guy he killed being strapped to the ceiling fan and flying apart sounds demonic like sleep paralysis
He wasn't strapped to the fan. He was the fan.
That’s what I thought too. It makes you wonder what happens to someone’s soul after an experience like that.
This is one of the episodes where you constantly wait on the next episode
This was an 18 year old kid who didn’t wanna die. He gave up his peace of mind so we can all be free. We should all be grateful.
Man that nigga is fine
You were never in bondage. America is the big bully. Going around killing folks while your citizens are being oppressed and killed too is not honorable.
Don’t flatter yourself he did it for the paycheck😂
we were free already stop it. i still respect him but lets not pretend any war after ww2 was for freedom
@@BigHogg no his dream was actually to be a navy seal clown follow foot steps of his military parents
Bro he telling the stories so well and detailed that it makes me feel like that I was three with him. Powerful interview
I'm ex military army and these are the stories I had to hear daily. We always say" some people about that life"
I have family who served in the army but refuse to answer questions or mention anything about kills. Deep ish
Doing that at 18 is incredible!! It says a lot for them to put you in that situation and trust you to take that shot at that age. Much respect!!
This is crazy man , this is one of the best interviews ever for sure
You like it huh lol
I hope this man really has some type of peace in that mind of his... That type of carnage, constantly tho. Things that can never be unseen...😔. This world.
Writing gives him peace.
I was hoping that you had your own channel so I could post this on your channel. I just read your book and I want to thank you for your service. Thank you so much and so happy Bruno got how safe!!!!
Thank you For everything you did man! Cant Put into words how much i appreciate what you did! Hope the rest of your life is way calmer and you can enjoy it in peace!
🤣 “Where did you shoot him?” “Everywhere.”
Dat shit had me rollin
@@jefegordo116 bro said lower body legs was running while the upper body is gone☠️🏳️
Idk how someone who was trained by the military can sit there and say if you miss someone with a .50 cal it will rip a limb or do damage. Anyone who believes that should not own firearms.
That claim has been around since before he was in, It's basically a myth or wise tale, So I don't directly blame him, He probably heard it from other service members, And assumed it's true.
“His body turned to jello, like water vapor” is crazy 😂
He said this nigga spilled out the car.
Where’d you shoot him ?
Everywhere
Nah bro said “where’d you hit him?”
“Everywhere…” took me OUT💀💀
His descriptions produced the most cartoonish imagery in my head. It seems he has a way of interpreting it as not real, maybe in order to cope
@@spinningbackkick6021 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“Where’d you shoot him?”
“everywhere”
Thank you for your Service Nicholas ..
This goes to show you never ever know who your dealing with
Incredible amazing accounts of real war stories. I am dumbfounded. It is a miracle he and the other soldiers can function mentally. That's why they need therapy and our support.
That's why I could never get vets to talk about what they saw.
That's EXACTLY WHY they need the BEST INCENTIVES when they get back home!! There's NO REASON why they should have to beg their own country for handouts!! Its ridiculous!!!
4:43 thas crazy…. Nicca said “it’ll do that “ lol
One of my best friends was a 50 Cal. Gunner, and he would tell me that if one of those bullets passed you (it didn't have to hit you) would tear a limb off. Never believed him because how can you even imagine that?
Watch the video of a 50 cal missing a dears head. It's on TH-cam.
Your friend is absolutely correct
@@mandoblack8654I don’t have the stomach to watch that, but my morbid curiosity wants to know what happens.. is it terrible?
@@aaronbrown4366 bro it will fuck your mind up
@@mandoblack8654Keith Warren hit that deer close to the eye. Bullet didn’t expand that’s why he thought he missed it
Men like him are the reason we get to live comfortably and in peace here. His service = our freedom.
Men like him are the true champions of society without them there is no society. And the men who get up every day to work also.
@@Slipknott9641 entirely agree.
What are you talking about no one comes to america to attack it your goverment made 9 11 happen just for an excuse to invade another country people like him are the invaders of other countries
You should educate yourself on the iraquí war, our freedom wasn’t in jeopardy… last time soldiers actually fought for our freedom was WW2
@@Jluna16 Americans live their life of privilege because of the evil things the country does. Nothing you can do about it.
This is a Real MAN right here. Much respect to you brother. Nothing but love ✅💯🖤💪🏾
“Where’d you shoot him”?
“Everywhere”
Drill music bar 😂
That dream is horrendous prayers to bruh
The way he holds his composure 👏
Interviewer:😮Where did you shoot him?
Nick:😑Everywhere
I’m sorry I just couldn’t help but laugh at that lol
That's the coldest thing I've ever heard 💯
RLTW mf
4:13 that's not true
An 18 year old will be sent to do this shit but can't enjoy a beer at a bar or a joint with his buddies. Our system don't make sense
Wow. This makes me think about things differently… my brother operated a tank for a while and never speaks about it so I hope he’s doing alright.
Bruh I met a dude once who served in Iraq, I asked him about it, he just stared at me with a blank stare, like he was reliving a nightmare while awake.. I can never forget the look on his face, it was a cold numb blank look. He never replied and walked off..
That told me all I needed to know , war is a lot more grim than what you see in the movies, I wouldnt want to live with them memories boy!!
Its the repetition. Again. Again. Again. Your mind either deals with it. Or not.
This moved me in a way I can't describe. Overcome with empathy and a bit of sadness. Praying for all who experience such horrors.
Anybody that's ever fired a 50 cal knows the awesome power and exileration you get from the experience.
You can hear it in his voice towards the ending, god bless his heart and thank him for the sacrifice he made for all of us
Dude really said "poof" 🤣🤣🤣
@4:23 "Where'd you shoot em?" "Everywhere 😐" gahdayham lol
A sack of potatoes? That’s dark, whole interview is kind of dark in an interesting way. Very informative too. You can tell he was in the service just by how concise and to the point he is when he talks
I could imagine that though. These people are trying to take your life
@@Brhoward31 well what would you do if outsiders were in your homeland how can we be mad at them defending themselves
Your mind actually has a protection mechanism that keeps you sane when it comes to said experiences. Kind of similar like how rape victims can completely black out the moment as the mind is providing protection
Yea this hit me hard. I was a first responder tryna help poeple out of a burning car. And remember that a callee the back seat clear of passengers because my mind thought it saw a pillow stuffed under the passenger seat. Like with the stuffing coming outta the pillow case. Welp my mind was wrong it was a kid that had been burned to death. That night and until this day I can’t understand how I didn’t recognize him as a person. It still ficks with me. It makes me feel better to know that my mind not the only one that did that.
💯😭😭😭😭
So a man got shot in half and his legs took two more steps. WTF. I’d lose my mind. No wonder these veterans have PTSD.
As a bravo 4 myself, you find ways to "make it work" you never forget the first...I can still rem how many scars, freckles, moles, some had.
He’s absolutely right no video games or movies prepare you for down range, the craziest relation I have with this video is the .50 cal description he gives, it’s accurate to a tee, they literally blow the body apart, and I feel like him and other young guys like myself can relate our brain makes it seem almost not real, so it doesn’t really phase us, I have PTSD, Bipolar disorder type 2 and major depression from my deployments
A two foot miss won’t take a fucking arm off man. Shit, a one inch miss won’t do much if anything. He’s legit, but no clue what he was talking about there, if his career weren’t verifiable that single statement would make me question everything he says.
@@hankymcspanky1113 i never said that was accurate, but when a belt fed is going off, its easy to overexaggerate. He definitely was not off when he said theyd blow your body up. I can put my mothers life on it, that if you get hit in the shoulder with a 50, its taking it with it as a soveneuir.
And a 2-3 inch will definirely graze you even with a 7.62. I dont know about taking chunks out of you but hell ive been grazed by small arms friendly fire so that doesnt seem far off.
@@lucaswalden6006 a 2-3 inch miss won’t even knock over a deck of cards, stop lying
He explained the "liberation" of taking another human beings life. I never have hopefully won't ever have to but when I was 18 I listened to a Vietnam Veteran tell me about his experience after his first "kill" and he basically repeated what Mr. Nichols explained and added that the sense of "liberation" means you know you can kill again 💯
That's just being a psychopath
Probably one of the wildest stories my brains ever soaked in "his upper body...went away...and just his legs took like 2 more steps" i mean wow. It's one thing for me to hear that and imagine it, but to actually see that is really something.
This guy is my favorite sniper next to Carlos hathcock. Dude is legit ,new school but OG mentality. Cool guy for sure glad he made it and is doing good
this man deserves his own movie...
💯
Right like American sniper