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- Former Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf rates nine underwater missions in movies and television for realism.
Stumpf discusses the accuracy of underwater scuba-diving scenes in "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" (2015), starring Tom Cruise; "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), featuring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond; and "National Treasure" (2004), with Nicolas Cage. He also discusses discharging guns and other weapons underwater in "Thunderball" (1965), with Sean Connery; "Alien: Resurrection" (1997); and "Act of Valor" (2012). Stumpf analyzes proper diving technique in "Archer" (2009), "Sanctum" (2011), and "For Your Eyes Only" (1981).
Stumpf served over 16 years in the Navy SEALs - 12 years as an enlisted SEAL and five years as an officer before he medically retired.
You can follow Andy Stumpf here:
Instagram: / andystumpf212
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"Thats not how you play Varsity level hide and seek"
That sentence alone warrants that he return for another video
Lmao I was LITERALLY coming to the comment section to say this 🤣 😂
Also, "Oh, that's a national treasure, all right."
He never had the makings of a varsity hide and seeker
I was sold when he said "Yeah, that's real. Sharks like to go in stuff too."
Some things you just can't learn from textbooks.
So what are Ohio class subs pro level hide and seek?
"If I don't turn and look at it, it never happened"
Words to live by 🤣
yeah... that's a hard negative ghostrider lol.
thats why i always keep drivin
Definition of minding my own💯😂
You don't want to get caught panicking in an uncompromising environment. 🤣
I've tried this with a few bills, poor outcomes so far.
I love how he takes all the romanticization out of being a Navy SEAL.
"Varsity level hide and seek." "Being wet sucks." "We don't do that." "Gunshots are loud, even with a suppressor." "We don't fight with knives underwater."
You missed the best one. "Nope. If I didn't see it; it didn't happen."
"Dry and Warm are two different things." "Phillips head screws is what we used our knives for." "I was so bored I just wanted to look at numbers."
@@MuriKakari truthfully..a flathead or a knife does work with any phillips head screw. 😂 in the field when you have to adjust your equipment and mounts it’s suggested to use your dogtags and wedge them into the screw..i still use my dogtags like a screwdriver.
People have really been fooled by all the Hollywood media propaganda about Navy SEALS...
Yeah and Tom cruise wears heels
I love the highly trained SEAL operator "Nope, not looking, if I didn't see it, it didn't happen"
I did that with a bear outside my tent one time just covered my ears .
Every seal is highly trained.
@@jimclayron417 no way, really?
Even the most badass SEAL operator, even team 6 like Andy was, is a toddler in the water compared to any predator. Might as well ignore it haha
@@richardmathes4383 Can't you like...shoot it?
Honest question, I have no idea of diving or being a SEAL (well I mean some people consider me a seal but that's a different story)
Andy's face is permanently stuck in sarcasm mode and you've got to love it.
Now imagine that as he is your BUD/s instructor. Mother of God! *pukes*
As he says, sarcasm is his primary weapons system.
Jesus is fake
&D. &D Stumpf
@@anitmondal7080 yeah, this one not even close
I love the description of what SEALs do as “varsity level hide and seek”
One of the SEALs that was on the Bin Laden raid was interviewed on 60 Minutes and he described it as the SEALs are good at playing, "pickup basketball," as in they are all good at shooting, moving, and communicating.
Pretty much true
me too Dave, definitly Big Boys Rules
I love how brutally truthful he is on his ratings. It also makes his high ratings even more meaningful.
I think he was only rating the scenes not the whole movie when he gave them high ratings
@@Chris-bz9pg yes he was rating the realism of different movie scenes.
"bloop here we are in the water" Might be the greatest adorable way to describe the moment immediately before a WHOLE lot of people die.
I can’t believe Andy actually did this, he always said he would never do one of these types of videos haha glad to see him finally crack
All that aside I just realized I've never seen Andy without a baseball hat on. Didn't even recognize him.
It went super well and I want to see more of him on those reacts. I don't know his previous work. Why would he not do a video like that? Did he ever elaborate on the matter?
Yeah thats cool
He did something similar with Bryan called on his channel
Money talks bs walks.
"Act of Valor" was actually ordered by the Navy to boost NSW recruitment. Directed by Scott Waugh, the same guy who had been shooting Navy commercials for years at that time. The movie not only had full support from the US Navy: They used actual active duty Navy SEALs who said they had to make a lot of concessions for the movie to have a theatrical release. The platoon leader, Rorke Denver, wrote a book called "Damn Few" where he dedicates an entire section to the making of Act of Valor.
Thanks for confirming this when he didn't acknowledge that I wasn't sure if he didn't know, since he didn't comment on that, or if I misremembered.
Andy definitely knows this. It’s funny to other SEALs.
It was funny to me, too. Not a combat vet, not even Special Forces. A lot of it was way over the top, comic book stuff.
Rorke Denver is in an episode of Meateater on an Alaskan Bear Hunt w/ Steve Rinella. Cool dude. Stoic, poised, total badass.
Yep! Should check out Trevor Thompson, he was a SEAL who was part of the active duty platoon helping out in this movie
“Varsity level hide and seek” is now officially my favorite way saying special forces missions.
I was a British Army Diver and trained at the Royal Engineer Diving School (REDS) in Marchwood Southampton, England. I was also a course standby rescue diver /instructor at the school for a spell. We mostly trained for reconnaissance, beach assault recces and blowing up obstacles as we were all Combat Engineers too. Mostly we laid charges on the beach and not in the water. Getting there was usually by small fast patrol craft or swimming in from a sub. Navigation and long distance swimming was the main training. It never ever occurred to me that I'd ever have to fight some other diver underwater. The most dangerous equipment I used was an Oxy Hydrogen cutting torch and a Coxs' Bolt firing gun. Both used for salvage work and not combat related. Most diving scenes in the movies are absolute crap and are sometimes ludicrously funny too. But they are movies and the real thing would just be too boring for the viewers I guess.
Russia developed a rifle that fires darts and is essentially an underwater AK called the APS if movies wanna do underwater fights they could always use that it looks really weird and sci fi too.
@@saltylemon4436 also the SPP-1 is imo way fuckin cooler - the assault rifle is kinda ugly lol
shame that if these were ever used we dont know
Finally some whos talking my language its films made to make people go wow why do you really need to state between fact or faked people can make there own mind up im sure films are to make money realty is life you dont watch a film to go oooo thats so fake lol
Respect earned Phillip
@@saltylemon4436 There are also shotgun spears, but its single shot and you have to jab them with it to fire it.
For those who dont know: This guy was part of team 6 and was trained by retired elite covert CIA/navy seal/delta force commando Bryan Callen
I thought Callen worked at NCIS and stationed in L.A.
/s 😆
I don't get the joke, has bryan callen engaged in some stolen valor bs?
The man, the myth, the legend!
@@hzuiel Callen is on Andy's podcast frequently. He is a comedian, and part of his schtick on the podcast with Andy is acting tough like he is SF or a SEAL, but very, very, very obviously overplaying it to obvious farce.
@@danielbrown9368 Hmm, interesting, I don't know too much about Callen outside of his connection to mma, schaub, and rogan, but never seen that side of him I guess.
Love that even a SEAL will say "Screw that" when it comes to cave diving.
Yup! I saw the documentary The Rescue recently about the Thai cave rescue where 2 of the Thai SEALs eventually died. Strongly recommend you watch if you haven’t seen already.
@@thebunnisher109 I'm pretty sure I have. Was a crazy thing I'm amazed they pulled off that rescue at all, though the casualties were of course still tragic.
And he is always jumping out of planes with wing suits flying so that tells me how dangerous cave diving is
A Navy Seal who used to BASE jump and held the world's record for longest wingsuit flight giving a hard pass on cave diving tells you something.
One of my vacation pastimes is mountain hiking. My favourite regions are Utah and New Mexico, but Mt. Everest? I know better, and the only people who really know what they're doing up there are the Nepalese guides.
I agree that if a former SEAL fears cave diving, no one should be doing it unless they've truly made peace with their maker.
Andy, thanks.
I had two "buddy breathing" events. Well, one and sort of one. I recall both whenever I see movie scenes like those.
My friend and I were diving a sink hole in the middle of an orange grove in Florida. We were at about 100' and could feel my air getting "tight." I pulled my J valve and started swimming towards my friend who was about 50' away, same depth (I know, too far). About the time I got to him, my reserve was giving out and I gave the hand signal for no air. We headed for the surface buddy breathing with no panic. What I didn't realize is that I swallowed a crapload of water during the regulator mouthpiece exchanges (no octopus rig) on the way and barfed it all up when we surfaced.
Second one, cave diving in Crystal River, Florida. My friend and I were diving a "bowl" where there was about a 6' sort of triangular hole near the bottom of the bowl. I'd been there before many times and it was my friend's first time. Once you got past the hole entrance, it opened up into a really cool cave and you could poke around in there. It wasn't all that big (you didn't need a guide rope), but just looked cool. My friend was having trouble equalizing his ear pressure at the entrance (about 40') to the hole, so I went on without him (never leave your buddy!) While poking around, I found a smallish entrance to another cave I'd never seen before. I poked my one arm and light into it and saw another huge cavern. So, I tried to go in. Well, as I tried, my tank was hitting the top of the entrance and I had no idea my air valve was turning off every time I hit the top. Finally, I went to take a breath, and no air...just the clicking of my regulator diaphragm. I pushed myself out of that hole, tried a few more times to breathe, no dice, just clicking. I made for the triangular entrance and there was my friend, still trying to depressurize his ears. I made the "no air" signal and his eyes went as wide as dinner plates...no offer of his mouthpiece. I almost pulled it out of his mouth to take a breath, but he was a new diver and I thought that may freak him out so I said "screw it" to myself and just made for the surface. I just about made it when I was a few inches from the surface and just *had* to take a breath, swallowed a crapload of water again and the next 5 minutes I was coughing up my lungs.
Lessons learned:
The Sink Hole:
Don't let your buddy get too far from you.
When you pull a J valve "at depth" go for the surface right away, 4 or 500 psi doesn't last long.
I wasted a lot of that by swimming too far to my buddy.
The Cave:
Never go anywhere without your buddy close at hand.
Even though he knew hand signals, he was shocked and frozen to see me give the no air signal.
I should have stopped trying to get into the cave and the first bump. Later, I realized that I could have taken my tank off, pushed it through the hole, then my body.
I should have recognized that my air had turned off. Had I, I could have just reached behind me and turned it back on.
I also should have dumped my tank and weight belt before heading up on the final push for the surface. I had to use more air in my body to propel the "extra" weight.
Bottom line - I'm lucky to be here.
Jesus
Panic is a killer, glad you're ok
Fake story
Wow, thanks for sharing your incredible experience
😯😯😯😯😯 i got a panic attack just reading your story …
"You don't have to use a flare. I mean, they make flashlights!"
That sounded a lot like my dad when, out of sheer laziness, I was using a flathead screwdriver on an allen screw.
"You know... we do have other screwdrivers in the house..." (we kinda had about 40 screwdrivers, but I was too lazy to go and pick one)
I love it when professionals point out the nonsense!!!
They need to have him review any of the Steven Seagal movies.
I hear he's a huge fan of him...
Lmao that would be hilarious 😂
I think for that one they just need to get a nutritionist
Steven Seagull
Shhhhh you know that's a trigger for him
@@coachkota1774 🕊🕊
Unlike many of the other older SEALs or military guys they've had, Andy is very much active on social media and up to date on information with the military and modern culture. Business Insider definitely lucked out getting him on for this!
Old doesn’t always mean outdated or irrelevant. Old heads have a ton of accumulated wisdom to share. Always have respect for them.
@@Benjamin-fu5ij That's not my point, when I refer to their age, I'm talking about how a lot of the older SOF guys who aren't active with the community, don't know about the changes in technology, weapons, and tactics used by the military, and end up criticizing something that wasn't around when they were in, cause they just weren't aware of it.
Jocko Willink, Mike Ritland 2 more examples of people who are active in the social circuits including podcasts.
This is also inadvertently an interest of his lol. He trashes the logistics of movies on his own
@@deejay1534 Ohh okay, that’s fair.
Fun fact. In 2015, Tom Cruise set a record for holding his breath for 6 minutes during/training the diving scene in M.I.: Rogue Nation.
However, that very record would be broken by almost 2 full minutes during the filming Avatar II: The Way of the Water. Clocking in at 7 minutes 47 seconds, is Kate Winslet.
Was it a shark? “If I didn’t look, it didn’t happen” man that sounds terrifying! Badass tho! Fearless! What a legend!
Love how chill he is, some team guys take themselves too seriously and looks like they can’t take a joke out of movie scenes
anti jocko
Andy definitely doesn’t take himself seriously at all. Listen to his podcast. It’s good.
As for the anti Jocko comment, Andy and Jocko are good friends.
@@chittarthdhingra8792 they are actually 2 peas in a pod. Checkout their times on each other's podcasts
Thats what i always hated about vet seals. This guy is pretty down to earth
"If I don't look, it didn't happen." As a person who has done multiple night dives, this is exactly how you have to approach things. XD
“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming” -Dory, from finding nemo
Yes, because it's probably some hideous, tentacled *thing* from the abyssal depths. You could not *pay me* to go diving, day or night, in any more than about ten feet of water. Maybe. *shudders*
Why not to look? I don’t get it
@@lohxinkai3427 there are a lot of sea creatures that hunt at night. Some of them are dangerous, some of them aren't. To avoid freaking out it's best to pretend that whatever touched you is a fish instead of looking back and seeing what it was.
@@MrWhiteVzla ohhhh. But what if it’s really a dangerous creature and decides to attack the person?
From a military family of veterans, thank you Andy for your service!
Cool to see Andy step out of his comfort zone and do one of these videos. Very very smart guy and complete badass. Not only was he a navy seal with seal team 6 but he's one of the most well respected team guys in the community. Well done sir.
Love the expert and his calm and clear way of communicating. That's one of the best episodes of your series. As being a diver too, I'd love to hear more from him and his experience.
@@Eddo2122 thanks for the suggestion. Already downloaded an episode to listen into it👍
The Mike Glover ones are great. Plus anytime he’s with Jocko.
He’s been on Joe Rogan’s podcast a few times too that are a good listen. He told a crazy story of getting into a hand to hand fight with a terrorist and having to kill the guy with a rock. He also has a few world records with the squirrel suit, the guy is a complete badass.
Exactly this. Its very easy to understand what he's saying. Even when I'm multi tasking, I'm able to absorb the information well.
He hinted on his podcast that he had worked with trained dolphins in the SEAL teams. But he never went into it probably because they aren't supposed to mention it at all. But that's the story I want to hear.
Lmao so much logic in this clip. “They had all those guns and they didn’t spend $5 for a pocket knife??”
*Dude lights underwater torch*
Andy: We have flashlights you know
00:00-00:35 Intro
00:36-02:56 Tomorrow never dies
02:57-04:02 Mission Impossible
04:03-06:15 Archer
06:16-09:37 Act of Valor
09:38-12:26 Thunderball
12:27-14:31 Alien: Resurrection
14:32-16:35 National Treasure
16:36-18:01 For your eyes only
18:02-19:51 Sanctum
One of my favourites so I figured I‘d make it easier for y‘all to watch😁
Cheers guys
Cool info! Tx!
Ty
Guy is a legend. The fact that we have these guys looking after us is extremely comforting.
I love the "if i don't look at it, it didn't happen"
That probably sums up my whole life hahaha
Exactly! I laughed at that also! I’m also a diver and “bumps” are hard to ignore! 😂
@@mikeweathersby7060 Dude, so am I, and I have a few underwater scare stories where I thought I was gonna have a heart attack and die, including a very funny one where a 3 foot spider crab jumped on me out of nowhere. I couldn’t process what I was looking at and literally thought I was being attacked by an alien creature. I screamed like a little schoolgirl 😄
@@LordAsturgis lol! Exactly! I had a little “run in” with a spiny lobster! He didn’t like my distance from his reefy home! Lol
This guy is great.” If I don’t look it didn’t happen” what a legend.
jesus loves you
Love how he just Noped at even acknowledging the presence of the very animal that's bumping into him. Doesn't even wanna know what it was. Can't blame him. Good nerve control.
This guy is the most laid back, funny Seal i've ever listened to....glad i stumbled upon this video.
As a former sport diver who has exhausted my air supply at 108’ with my partner having wandered 40’ away…I really appreciate your comments on the last scene. I have to say that this is one of the most accurate and appreciated reviews of action scenes by a former navy seal I’ve ever viewed. You were accurate and informative without being arrogant and dismissive. I was never “man enough “ to be a seal, but had I been, I would have certainly been honored to serve with you. Vietnam era US Army vet humbled by those who gave and especially those who gave all.
Were you tethered together ? At 108’ would you even have 40’ LOS?
@@unnamedchannel1237 sport divers aren’t tethered
I’m dying to know what happened in your diving incident. I have been on maybe 10 dives. I’m always the first to go through my air supply. Your situation has come up in my brain as a “what if” scenario many times.
I think everything was super spot on, although why last one is 7? It looked like possible scenario.
Anyone who served in that tropical hellhole is plenty "man enough" in my book
I like Andy a lot more than most former SEALs. He knows his business, but he doesn't seem to take himself too seriously.
He was a Tier 1 Operator (DEVGRU) and is as humble as they come. He also took a "spicy" 7.62x39 round in the hip...so yeah..he's awesome and funny AF!
@@muriloninja FACTS! Gold Squadron
You should listen to Rob Oneill as well, dude’s also so chill and hilarious. I hope Andy invites him to his podcast one day
Do you know most former SEALs?
@@ken0746 Robert O’Neill always seemed like this until you hear about him getting thrown off a commercial plane over a 3 oz piece of cloth.
It’s just such a grandstanding thing to complain about it. They’re annoying; I get it; get over it.
he's right about those bullets. I remember going through night fire hearing them go TINK off all my gear. it put things in perspective for sure.
Excellent review. Mr. Stumpf was truly informative, offered genuinely entertaining comments and was very down to earth.
Quite the opposite of most of other so called "expert rates movies" videos where the commentator is so full of himself I often quit the video halfway through.
And he probably has more 'real mileage' under his belt that some of those other "experts".
I am so glad Andys on this, he needs more exposure, one of the best men ever his personality and perspecive is amazing
yeah man, seems like a super positive & driven guy. also like that he doesn't seem to be permanently stuck in hardcore man mode
@@pasta-and-heroin Most operators arnt stuck in "hardcore man mode" lol w.e. that means, i highly recommend you check his podcast out great stuff
He's the toughest rater I've ever seen in these kind of breakdown videos. He didn't feel the need to be nice for the sake of it. If he has to give a 0, he'll give a 0.
That's what I like about military people. No sugar coating, just facts. Deal with it.
I think he was way to nice with Archer; yes its a cartoon, but its still BS.
I am a huge fan of Archer for its humor and some other elements, but on combat realism it gets a solid ZERO. To its credit, it doesn't even try to be plausible. Tactical turtlenecks all the way : )
@@lexprontera8325 I get that Archer is comedy/satire, but in these kinds of lists I want ruthless facts ;)
Its not the worst though, that would be Disney/Pixar stuff shoe-horned in and treated with kiddie-gloves. Yuck.
Typical SEAL, threatened by movies.
Good job Andy. Always keeping it one hundred percent accurate and always humble.
LOVE the explanation about the ballistics, and how SUPPRESSORS work, it is NOT a silencer.
He looks like Ryan Renolds gone through Navy Seal. The sarcastic face alone cracks me up.
I've watched quite a few of these "How Real Is It"... this one rings more true than any others I've watched. This guy was awesome and on point.
Yeahh
Make sure to check out his podcast Cleared Hot, and his interviews with Joe rogan. He’s an amazing man.
I love listening to the pros! I'm an indie game developer and if I ever undertake a project going for the actual/realism, stuff like this is gold. Definitely subscribing. Thanks for your service and the education!
I love it too! I'm just a normal dude but it's fascinating.
you are not alone, always some good info to pick up for a mechanic or story.
Just make sure you don't lose sight of it being a video game.
More of Andy Stumpf please - informative and entertaining
17:33 "If I don't look, it didn't happen." For his next gig this guy should become a football ref.
Andy is very hilarious, he obviously mastered the skill of sarcasm. Also very knowledgeable, and looks like a down-to-earth guy. Much enjoyed.
Two minutes already and this guy made me laugh way more than I expected. Great video!
I cannot get enough of these videos. It's especially interesting to hear the "experts" talk too. They've all been so engrossing.
Andy is the man and a pleasure to listen to. His scariest story on the JRE podcast has to be diving with a closed-circuit rebreather and, after a few hours, being able to hear the gurgling sound of water that had made its way into the scrubber cannisters. F that noise!
andy was/is a beast and the way that he articulates everything so clearly is great. i hope the media "reviewing business" gets more guys that are actually prevalent in specops communities. i do hope that other special operations guys can get more exposure, because it does feel like almost completely navy seals reviewing these types of movies.
Yeah Nicholas Irving repped the Rangers, would love to see more Spec ops guys, maybe even some pilots
Very straight, to the point, no nonsense commentary. Like!
What I liked most about this video is the criticism was mostly constructive based on experience with a level of humbleness instead of the typical arrogance you see in 99% of similar videos…….I enjoyed the entire video, thanks!
“Uhh I don’t know if I can give this a technical review?”
Insider: “Too damn bad - you’re giving it a 2”
They probably asked him to give a number after the cut.
The greatest "average" SEAL?
I enjoy listening to all of Andy's content. Highly underrated - but some know the truth Mr Tier 1.
Andy and Mike Glover are the best.
The best ones are the guys no one knows about.
Glover was never Delta, he was only support. He purposely vaguely mentions it every time so it gives people the illusion of him having been CAG.
Rocketman, you are wrong. Mike glover was in delta, but didnt stay long. He never uses the word delta, but mentions he went for selection and got in.
Good lord let’s stop overusing the word “operator” which is being stolen from Delta Force. Tier 1 is any SOF unit, generally, and then there are counter terrorism units that are one tier above that…basically tier nothing. Yes Andy was Seal Team 6 or whatever acronym you want to use.
Thank you for clearing these things up. Civilians can drive you crazy with these questions.
A great and sensible review, Andy.
Next: Real aliens rate scenes from alien movies
Watching Promethius.
"Yeah wow. . .no. This is all wrong."
"That's not how you play varsity level hide and seek." This is the only way to refer to stealth ops from here on out.
Good video, good evaluations and of course simple and direct to the point. Plus, you weren't showing off speaking "commando slang"!! Kudos man!!
"If I don't look, it didn't happen" that is a bold decision with everything that lives in the water.
Andy is always funny and knowledgeable, that 20 minutes went way too quickly!
Andy was hilarious with his deadpan delivery and total honesty about how scary it can be.
Thank you for your amazing service
17:42 the power of denial xD
A likeable character, good communicator and definitely someone you’d want on your team.
Andy isn't just a Navy Seal....he's a gotdamn Tier 1 DEVGRU operator and was a team leader.
Andy wasnt in long enough to be a DEVGRU TL. He had to return to regular Teams after getting shot on his 2nd Iraq deployment with A Sqn.
He specifically states he switched to Officer because he wasnt gonna get promoted due to his limited time at DEVGRU.
he got really lucky with that AK round. he could easily have died or lost the use of his leg totally if it went even a tiny fraction in another direction.@@vitigaymer1053
I love this guy. Accomplished and a sense of humor without being megalomaniacal.
His comments and reactions are PRICELESS
One thing to add on to the radio one, radio waves don’t penetrate water very well so it’s actually impossible unless they had a transmitter the size of a building in which case they can get like 30 feet of range. That’s why subs need to surface or send up a buoy with a wire to communicate.
Very Low Frequency communications still works underwater and quite well at that. It just has a lower baud rate. So messages are slower than realtime voice.
Though the specifics of VLF and ULF signalling infrastructure are not easy to hide given how large the land based transmitting antennas are.
*disclamer*While i have never done it, i understand the theory of wave propagation.
Ok: That close you dont have to have a huge signal. low lower the freq and hope for the best bc who knows what is in the water to further hamper your abilities.
varsity level hide-and-seek is the best euphemism for SEAL operator that I've EVER heard
This was great. Enjoyed that commentary.
I love the "if I don't look, it can't hurt me" approach to bumping things in the water XD
“NOPE IM NOT, IM NOT gonna look at that,im gonna pretend it didn’t happen”😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a cave diver, I appreciate the honesty about how risky it is to do that kind of diving. I love it, but it takes intensive preparation just to do a simple 1500 feet in let alone 500, and there's a strict importance of mindset. If you make 3 mistakes: wake up late, get stuck in traffic, stub your toe, forget something, etc. that takes you out of the dive before you even get into it. I have more than a few cave diving/tech diving buddies who will call dives before even leaving the house or reaching the dive site if they reach their "rule of 3's". Not to mention, if you wake up and for whatever reason you're not feeling it or you get there, you're all kitted up, but you're just not feeling it. You follow the golden rule of diving: Any diver can call any dive at any time. No pressure, no jokes, nada. We all know what can happen if you try to force yourself and sadly Sanctum kinda showed that.
Insider: You should talk to Paul Heinerth and have him judge cave-diving/tech diving/diving in movies and tv. I'm sure there's gotta be enough content out there for you to pick his brain. Not to mention his stories of diving in icebergs with I think it was Discovery before one collapsed shortly after they got out.
Useful information. Thank you.
@@Samuelfish2k thanks! didn't think anyone would actually read it lol
@@KelseyWolf I’m constantly a few minutes late to work and spend the 1st hour or so more nervous than I outta be because of it. Your advice, I need to follow some of it.
@@Samuelfish2k I'm glad it helped you out! I have the same kinda issue so when I learned to dive it really helped me do better about some things like planning and being more forgiving to myself
That's wild. I think cave diving is one of the dumbest things a person could do and y'all must want to die or something. I would go over Niagara falls before doing that. But suit yourself lol
'that's not how you play varsity level hide and seek'
Genius
Andy stumpf getting the recognition and exposure he deserves!!
I think his rank should be mentioned. And his medals. God knows he worked hard for them.
Also .. 17 years doing field ops? Wow.
This was both amusing and maybe one of the best of these. Thank you Andy and I hope you decide to do another.
Surprisingly entertaining, humorous, and informative. Upvote
This guy was great. Great sense of humor, storytelling and analysis
LOL at the shark/sea lion/ dolphin comment “If I didn’t look it couldn’t have happened”. Balls of steel.
I remember hearing the propmaster from Thunderball got a call from the Special Boat Service about the breathing device, they asked how long one could stay underwater with one, to which the propmaster replied "as long as you can hold your breath"
I really loved the way he explained in detail
Just found your channel
Thank you for your service
I like this guy's mindset "If I don't see it, it didn't happened"
Andy is great. Such an accomplished career, but always so humble. Go get em Andy!
The most impressive thing out of all of this is Andy keepin it PG.
Never ceases to amaze me the capabilities of the Navy seals thank God for their service and thank God they're there when we need them .. thank you to all you guys and ladies from an army brat
Are seals the only combatants that keep us safe?
Andy is hilariously sarcastic but also admirably humble. He’s alway self deprecating in a funny way which conceals the truth, which is that he wasn’t just a Navy SEAL he was on Green Team. That’s right, Andy was on Team 6 aka DEVGRU which is the Tier 1 unit that took down Bin Ladin.
Green team isn't seal team six, green team is the selection process where you try out for seal team six, green meaning new/beginner. After he graduated green team, he joined Gold Squadron. Red Squadron killed Bin Laden, not Gold Squadron.
@@JohnDoe-fg9ng I did not know that, interesting.
Tier 1 is any SOF combatant, for god sakes…Let’s throw all the acronyms in there for good measure “SOP” “SOF” DEVGRU SEAL USASOC SPECOP OPOP SPOPOP DEMOP BEEBOP
Green team is the internal recruitment team as well as the selection phase of joining NSWDG, and it was Red that executed Op Neptune Spear.
@@dasboot9471 no tier 1 units are not all sof
fun fact: in WW2 the Italian navy unit "Decima Flottiglia MAS" had a batallion of specialists called NP, "Nuotatori Paracadutisti", AKA Para-Divers, whose insertion method was exactly that: in case the insertion via boat or submarine was not possible, they would parachute off the coast, swim ashore or up to the port, and perform the raid as necessary (usually demolition of landing obstacles, or saboutering ships at the port). They were supposed to be deployed for the invasion of Corynth, but the German forces occupied the city by land before the Italians launched the offensive from the sea, and for the invasion of Malta and Crete, but they were considered unnecessary, and as far as we're aware they have never been deployed in their intended purpose
After "Thunderball" had been released, Sean Connery was asked by high ranking members of the American Navy how long that breathing apparatus would allow a man to remain underwater. His response was simple -- It depends on how long he can hold his breath
As somebody who spent 5 and a half years in the Navy as a stoker (RAN) and now work as a naval contractor I totally agree with his statement of if you want to do the most amount of damage to a warship and only have access externally to the ship, destroy the A-brackets or the propeller shaft.
Love this guy he's straight to the point with no sugar coating.
Andy is the greatest. He's like this literally all the time. Give his podcast Cleared Hot a listen, it's awesome.
Andy Stumpf Podcasts are one of the best on TH-cam/Spotify
He has such great guests
He’s the Man 👌🏻💪🏻👏🏻
When I had TV I loved watching seal team on CBS propels the Navy seals in the hearts and minds of the citizens who appreciate their service greatly thank you
I would have liked to see reactions to "the Abyss" movie scenes. As it was really filmed completely under water, whole shooting days under water, and they had these real underwater scenes where (spoiler alert) the main character is under water in a suit filled with water, holding his breath for every take. After each take they needed to remove the helmet quickly and get breathing apparatus to him so he could breath, and there was a scene where the safety person was not there and he almost drowned because he didn't get the breathing apparatus in time. So think about the work that you are not just holding a breath, but you are locked in a water tight suit with helmet and whole suit is filled with water.
The making off is very interesting to watch, and made to respect even more the whole movie.
Yes! I was thinking of The Abyss and fully expected to see a clip or two. That movie made me so claustrophobic! Great vehicle scenes.
"The surface tension of water can be like concrete and *CLAP*. You can kind of do the math." I am crying
Love this honest to no bullshit review from a former seal. A really chill and funny one too.
Andy Stumpf is the most informative former active Naval SW operator on here. I like that he is very articulate. I like how smart, and engaging he is. you would never guess at a cocktail party that he was DEVGRU and did stuff we civilians never will see. His interview with Matthew Cole is very good