Can't wait for more episodes like "Entomologist Reacts to the Tyranids", "Catholic Nun Reacts to the Sisters of Battle", and "Frenchman Reacts to the Death Guard".
Today on Ridiculous Gear! Bricky affixes bayonets against a screaming Daemon horde, Shy hot wires a Leman Russ, DK is drafted as a white shield, and Slap runs over the regular hosts in his Baneblade!
As a Veteran I can agree with most of this. I didn’t know what warhammer was until a bunch of very high up officers where like.”yo like spend all your money on plastic models it’s like really cool”
I went with a bud to watch a game between him and an officer of a straight up war simulator table top that I never learned the name of. It took hours of them constantly measuring and I was just bored most the time. I actually learned about WH through first playing WoW and reading those lore books first b4 finally somehow finding the better grim dark of WH fantasy.
Two famous lines from the german soldiers manual: - Upon reaching the top of the tree, the soldier stops the climbing motion on their own. - Upon reaching water depth of 1.20m the soldier starts the swimming motion on their own. "on their own" meaning, without being told to do so.
@@LoPro I can attest to this. My officer very nearly got 5 people lost in the woods in the middle of the night. All he had to do was walk us in a straight line from our transport to our tents and somehow failed to notice that the very visible full moon that had been behind the trucks when we left was suddenly in front of us.
ya know, i NEVER understood if this phrase meant dangerous to the enemy thanks to calling in artillery, or dangerous to own troops because incompetent butter bars.
Fun Fact: During WWII, the Army commissioned Warner Brothers to make a very special Cartoon. They were called “Private Snafu” and were intended to train illiterate soldiers in such things as the importance of Weapon maintenance, being discreet off duty, and watching for Booby traps. It was quite the unique cartoon, featuring the voice of Mel Blanc and the occasional writing of Doctor Seuss. It also had adult humor unique to its time, ‘cause it was never intended for public viewing. I would be stoked if I learned some fans were making a 40K equivalent, just to see what they would do with it.
You dont mess with intel guys. Just like you dont mess with supply, cooks, and engineers. Im supply but i believe those things myself. I added engineering bc i wasnt sure if anyone says it. They to creative to mess with XD.
It's like anything if you're doing your job you don't get noticed but if you do something wrong like give bad intel then everyone is going to be on your ass!
Regarding the lack of a list of imperial victory's in the primer. Such a list would 1 be too long for one man to make let alone read. 2 would be a waste of the emperor's blessed paper and 3 such a list would not need to be completed because the forces of the imperium never loses a battle and the existence of a list of victory's implies that a list of loses also exists. Which one again can't exist because the imperium never loses
"a list of victories implies a list of losses also exists" Only if you're capable of believing the God Emperor's holy Imperium could lose. Which is _heresy._
Should’ve asked “What’s his opinion on the all guardsmen party and how realistic it is” My Dad who has served to listen to it with me and he practically said “this is true, all of it”
@@jonezbonez2505 sarge! The Insects Getting out! Sarge: FFS! Started Throwing haymakers to subdue and put the damn toothy thing back to the Big ass Container Jar
There is a saying in the Army, only bite off as much as your rank can chew. The ONLY time I saw a LT tell our CPT, "No that's fucking stupid we're not doing that" was ONLY because the LT used to be an E7 in SF and went green to gold. The CPT agreed it was fucking stupid and they found something else for us to do. 🤣
@@ladywaffle2210 he commissioned. Green is the backing colour of the chevrons of an NCO, gold is the colour of some officers' rank insignia (2LT, MAJ). What had happened was: the Lieutenant used to be an NCO (non-commissioned officer), in other words a sargent of some description, and then decided to commission as an officer.
@@ladywaffle2210 so he joined like any other dude like you and me would/did and was so good he was able to climb up the latter and go to school and be the best at his job not only to make it E-7 (second highest of the Enlisted ranks not in minding warrant officers) but then he went onto special force (SF), like rangers and shit. AND THEN became an officer ontop of all that. A captain 1-2 ranks higher then a Lieutenant (LT) listened to his advice and was like “yup sounds right I’ll listen the total badass” This is just a dumbed down lover version of what the guy above me said.
I'm picturing it now. "Da fuck you just suggest John. That's just fucking stupid and here's why." "You're right Bill. I got a little excited but I'm tracking now." "Your gonna learn yet Sir." *pats shoulder*
Depending on the age of the person who wrote this guidebook he could have very easily been a British Army veteran because until sometime in the 70s every Englishman had to do two years of national service usually in the army.
38:30 Yes. The Marines were advertised as a team, efficient, effective, uncompromising. It's only ever really uncompromising for the lower ranks, but for the upper ranks they make adjustments, they play favoritism, the Marines were supposed to be a family of brothers & sisters but come to find out only a year in that everyone is only out for themselves. This isn't meant to dissuade you from the military if you're just that kind of person but don't believe everything they tell you.
As a general rule. Join the military if you're sure it's what you want to do. If you aren't sure--i.e. you're asking around in comment sections or Facebook pages--then it probably isn't for you.
@@ladywaffle2210 I did JROTC in the 90's and the military was still not what I had expected once in. Granted one bad unit does not make for judging the whole but definitely makes it worthless for the individual. At least today ppl may have a better chance of knowing what they are really getting into with the internet and social media.
@@thehermitman822 I got the advice of "don't join if you're questioning if you aren't sure" from an ex-Army guy with... I want to say 1 tour in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan? Might've been 2 in either, with the 10th Mountain Division.
Slap forgot the MUSTANG. The noble and wild mustang that starts as a private (E-1) and ranks up to Sergeant (E-5) and then transitions into officer ranks. The only Lieutenant that ever gets respect.
I love how Bricky called BS right off the bat on the "intelligent" answer of saying, "I don't know enough to pick a favorite." 90% of my "intelligent" friends got into Warhammer by going, "what is that!? I want that! Give me that!" and ....then.... they realize they're an Orc main.
Listen I loved vehicles but no one imperium faction let me field all the vehicles. BUT ORKS can steal. half my army is just various imperium vehicles with greenstuff and ork bits welded on.
As a soldier myself, for about 9 years now, I'm glad that this discussion happened because there is a lot of overlap with the imperial guard. I wish sorely that i could have talked about my own experience and joy with the relation to Warhammer! I appreciate this episode very much. Thank you!
I remember the first trip to the gas chamber in basic. Our company officer comes in while we are lining up and he isnt wearing a mask. Waits til the fog fills the room and proceeds to have us crack the seal on our mask, let it fill with gas and then reseal it. Gods that was horrible and his smile the entire time was borderline sociopathic
The men in my family are mutants, my brother myself and my father all served and each of us was highly resistant to CS gas so while other guys were choking puking and freaking out we all were trying not to bust out laughing while being forced to sing the anthem. Pisses off both the instructors and the guys with you as they made us stay in longer to try to make us react, only time I got to disappoint an instructor and not get in trouble for it.
After the first exposure, it wasnt bad at all. It's just that first surge. I was a 74D, so most of my time not filling in on other jobs was to just to be in the chamber.
You gotta remember that ye olde cartoons back then, even in the 40s and 50s : were not made for children. They were often either made as entertainment for anyone or typically adults.... what it boiled down was they were more on entertaining themselves whom were adults so you simply just had so much crazy stuff that they made that would go into theaters and eventually onto TVs. Television mostly became popular post WW2 and once it was freely available at the home, people that didn't make income ( kids ) became the prime target so a lot of cartoons were made for them and then for decades it made the stigma that cartoons were for children.
@@woaddragon Sorta. Back in those times Comics were tight lip under a "Code of Ethics" where they get fancy approval and brownie points for having a seal of "no sex no blood no alcohol" materials within super hero comics for anything mainstream. Punches were wiffs biffs and baps, you couldn't even suggest sex and married couples had separate beds. Comics that did want those types of things had to either self publish or basically go indie or "Underground". Until Stan Lee came around and helped get rid that notion when more or less people realized it was okay to talk and show serious real stuff. And then the Frank Miller and the 90s happened and everything was horrible with edge by doing everything that was the opposite LOL
There are several types of veterans, but one notable type are those who got sent to fort Polk This veteran isn't that type, as there are many other types than just "I survived fort Polk, and all I got was this shirt."
Today I learned that the Imperial Guard is, in-fact, of comparable competence and training as the US military. I do not know whether I should be proud of this information, afraid for the Guard, or afraid for America.
I'm going to go with Proud, given the Guard are at times able to hold their own against unholy space demons, sadomasochist murder elves, the B-listers of a Gundam anime, and an army composed of giant Xenomorphs.
I remember not to long ago a War Vet reacting to a Russian Badger video talking about EDF and he went on a very interesting tangent complete with charts. Essentially the joke that America is the final boss of Earth is incredibly accurate. When comparing contributions between NATO members America dwarfs everyone and is basically “America and friends” and in light of recent events with both Russia and China The American government is realizing we accidentally over prepared for War because when we heard about the defenses and weapons Russia and China had we assumed it was comparable to what we have, turns out that’s not the case at all and America has the best weapons, the most weapons, and possibly better trained soldiers than our most dangerous rivals. In Summary America in thinking it’s the Gold standard for warfare wanted to out preform itself twice over to be read for a war with two other superpowers and instead over leveled.
Given what the Guard are capable of, especially including the more famous ones, I would be proud. The U.S. military has accrued some crazy feats over the years.
Too bad the writers almost always (excluding the Krieg and Forgeworld books that usually get it right) deploy singular to 4 regiments which are generally to the size of 10,000 - 25,000 troops to cover fronts comparable to the Eastern Front in WW2. It breaks my immersion every damn time. The eastern front had roughly 2000km of distance at some points in the war, and had an average total manpower on both sides of 9,076750 Soldiers (source wikipedia numbers this is rough yt comment). You want me to believe the imperium is deploying troops in these books of 100,000 to cover fronts the size of continents? Bullshit. They can talk about "Millions of Guardsmen Die each day" but then say the average Guard Regiment is only 20,000. I fix this in my games that Regiment = Army, as in multiple Regiment/Division structures, but the way its treated in fluff irks me to no end.
@@tdab3883 Basically, yeah. But that makes the Plight of Tanith a bit less desperate because that means they have 300,000 left, IE enough people for a "relatively" stable population.
The way I used to think about it was that Regiments was simply much larger than modern regiments. But no, GW writer's simply don't have a sense of scales.
Those numbers are often misleading because that's ALL personel, not fighting troops. In Vietnam America had over 500,000 troops there but less than 70,000 actual fighting men. The Guard are just fighters, the munitorem does the supply, logistics, ect. So sometimes their numbers can make sense. Not excusing all of them though. As much as I loved the Krieg book 6,800 men fighting over a hive city and for a world is completely stupid.
@@ethanflores6252 I was referencing the Siege of Vraks, where it mentions some 500,000 fighting Krieg troopers on a reasonable front, and 2 million logistical support personnel. That is good, acceptable, reasonable scale for Vraks.
I remember I was about 3 months from my EAS, and had a Major get so mad at me for not saluting him (we were both in a motor pool, a no salute area) that he called up my entire chain command to battalion HQ to chew me out. Didn't matter that I was in the right, the Major was mad at me.
It's interesting to hear about an ex-military opinion on the primer, although it's probably useful to remember that W40k was created in the UK during the 80s. So it's pre-internet, meaning that the Militarum is more likely to be based on the British Army than the US. 😉
@@Fpwc2 Oh, absolutely. But I was more thinking that some of the differences mentioned might be explained by the time and geography differences. For example, we explicitly *don't* have separation of church and state. Our Head of State is also the Head of the Church. Our Upper House is The Right Honourable the *Lords Spiritual* and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. (Lords Spiritual are religious leaders, in particular the Archbishops of the Church of England.) So including prayers and hymns in the primer might make perfect sense in that context. 😉
One aspect of being part of NATO is agreeing to a certain amount of standardization in structure and general operating procedures, so that all NATO forces can inter-operate in an Article 5 situation. For founding members like the UK and US, I'd imagine the experience is reasonably close to 1 to 1.
@@mrrodgers0 yes and no, so im active duty US army and have british friends that are also enlisted. We are pretty standardized as far as tactics go but the big difference is cultural. That makes a big difference,the culture of the two militaries influences things like mentality, common practice ect*. So its not at all 1 to 1 and you would DEFINITELY have a pretty different experience in either military Lol.
This is also canonically mentioned in the Cain books. One of the quotes from future Lady-General Sulla: “The most dangerous thing on the battlefield is a junior officer with a compass and a map.” Some things are just timeless!
@@RockyRockthrow Witch is weird since Warhammer is British while a tragedy is not seen as the same as it is in the US Sadly the US is a big consumer base so even companies outside of the US have to cater to them.
The "battle plan never survives contact with the enemy" I believe it was Von Molke the Elder I think. That or it was Von Kluaswitz. Slap was a wonderful guest and this was fascinating! Thanks Slap!
Glad to see that us military vets got a major shoutout and incorporation into the podcast, really cool to see. There's a ton more that I and many other vets could go into about not only the primer itself, but also the general lore as compared to modern military doctrine, life, equipment, etc. I myself am a HUGE 40K fan and have long drawn parallels between my service and what it must be like for the guard, astartes, scions, naval ratings, PDF, and more. I'd be happy to give some of my insights into the how and why things probably work the way they do in the lore and are actually not as batshit crazy as they may first appear. In any case, loved this episode and the premise. And I'll say it once again......DO A DARK ANGELS EPISODE OR I WILL CALL ASMODAI TO MAKE BRICKY AND DK REPENT. Shy can watch and laugh maniachly.
Bricky said, "Who would want one of these?" with the new poster, and I was immediately like "...That is fucking adorable, give me all your stock." Though I am the sort of person who would make a Nurgle army and loves monster girls so I accept the title of degenerate.
They know their fanbase, Bricky knows it too but that doesn't stops him from being baffled by the degen, rightfully so. But damn, his disappointment was palpable lol
Also the gas mask conversion reminded me of my first time with one. A dude brought them for airsoft picture day, he had the veitnam era and Soviet gas masks. I got the Soviet one and he didn't realize the rubber bottom. Long story short I was basically in a rubber bag on and I was actually suffocating.
Tonite on Ridiculous Gear: DootDoot steals my joke which is I stole from someone else. Bricky gets enlisted into the army, DK commits warcrimes and Slap is impressed with warhammer lore
13F REPRESENT! But seriously, a lot of that writing and primer stuff is lifted then modified from real-world stuff. I mean, you don't think GW made ALL of that up, do you? As a vet myself , I look at a lot of specifically the Imperial Guard stuff as kinda tongue-in-cheek and satire on real world militaries to fit far better with the grimdark setting. At the end of the day, a Guardsman is just a dude against hopeless odds and the ridiculousness of it all makes me laugh. I love 40K man.
I always thought 40K attracted a lot of WW1 and WW2 enthusiasts, and your standard military nerds, but I guess it also has a fair share of veterans in the hobby. Good to know!
If I had to guess there were probably if not undoubtedly vets who'd served in the British military that worked at G.W. that helped with the creation of the Imperial Guardsman's Uplifting Primer and based it off of their own training manuals and pamphlets. I can't imagine that they vary too wildly from the American versions either, but if anybody from Britain that served in the military wants to comment on this I'd love to hear your input comparing the Guardsman's and now the American stuff to theirs.
If you guys are taking veterans on the show, would love to come on and talk 40K with you guys. I also do a podcast were we bring veterans on as well to talk about their time being in and what they are doing after the military.
Fun thing to do if you have a big group is to fan out into a single file line and spread out 6ft apart. Officers HAVE to salute back. Fun prank to pull on new officers and will get you yelled at by O-5 and up. Best thing I heard was "oh God damnit!" From an ensign who just came out of a building for class.
For those of you who're interested, DK & Slap have their own podcast called "Unidentified Signal 99.9 FM" It's more the pace of Detective Rediculous, but it's really entertaining, and Slap & DK have got great chemistry.
My dad was a Warrant Officer and he explained it as having the authority similar to a First Sargent or a Captain but still technically rank lower than a lieutenant. And enlisted can transition to warrant officer much easier than going officer.
On the topic of know-your-foe, on a more macro scale there is a thing called the Worldwide Equipment Guide (W.E.G.), that gives detailed statistics similar to those found on the tabletop game. This is very important for people working in the HQ section, especially Intel.
I think the original primer was mentioned to have been a parody of British army manuals (not sure if any of the GW writers used to be military or had a sibling, father etc who served). The stuff about listening the veterans reminded me of a WFRP (the fantasy version of warhammer) comment about state troops that no matter who your Elector Count is or your god is, when shit goes bad you shut up follow the vets.
About the poster, i 100% agree with DK, at first i was like meh maybe, however upon hearing Bricky's disdain that boosted my opinion 100% over to DK's side!
My dad was actually a US Army chaplain's assistant. He served from 1995~2005. Though, he was never religious. Lol. Oh, and I personally served in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. I considered joining the USMC afterwards, but was like, nah. We also have a couple of pamphlets. Everything from how to do your haircut, how to use your rifle, how to march, etc. Then there was a separate one that was specifically about knowing the enemy. I don't remember much about it, but it was mostly just info on the North Korean military. What weapons they use, chemical weapons in their disposal, rank identification, etc.
Camel spiders are not dangerous to anything beyond mice. And if they follow you in the middle of the day, it's because of your shadow. Desert is hot and you are mobile shade.
One quote from basic that always stuck with me was "no problem in your life can not be solved by applying the MAXIMUM amount of aggression." fucking atrocious advice.
@37:30 That idea of having no/minimal lights was more common for outposts with low barriers or fences that could be seen through. The lights would make it easier to direct mortars or rockets to occupied areas. Not to mention directed fire from crew serve weaponry and snipers. So most large places had giant concrete barriers that obscure the view.
Seems to me like the more 40k specific stuff is still accurate when considering older militaries and primers, which is fitting since the guard are often inspired by older military forces, so the Propaganda could be counted as accurate in an earlier period, same with the religious fervour.
I remember cbrn training, being in fill military kit, flak vest and helmet, with a gas mask on. I felt like a villain, not because i think the military is, i just felt like some random badguy from the division for some reason
"No you dont get it, the imperium goes to planets that are resource rich, topples their governments, and then puts in their own guys who will do what the imperium wants, does that sound like the US army to you?
To answer the valley question, my team leader was in Afghanistan and most outposts that they'd be at would be in valleys and you had to keep all lights off at night because you were to assume, and were 99.999% definitely, being watched by the enemy. Afghanistan was a nightmare for combat soldiers due to terrain and enemies
Hilarious part about the Imperial Guard is that a Guardman on active deployment (not even in active warzone duty) is by imperial regulation not required to hand over his lasgun, even if an adeptus arbites is trying to put him under arrest because the guardsman is guard first, imperial citizen second - and SHOULD he hand it over, it is an automatic commissar-style execution for letting his weapon leave his hands during active duty without a Guard Superior ordering you to do so.
@@delulu4996 The war crimes are hard to overlook. Its fine when its fictional, but those were real people he killed or took part in killing. And he wasnt forced to like the imperium. He did it of his own free will.
Bricky, DK. The studios needed money and Uncle Sam had the cash. That is how Disney stayed afloat during the war. By making cartoons and licensing images out to the military for crews to use.
The SERE kit in BT in Titanfall 2 is named after the same pilot school in the US military. The idea of the SERE kit in the Titan is to allow the pilot to escape, much like the school of the same name.
Some information I got from my brother who spent 7 years in the army, and this one is gonna keep DK up at night, because of the vehicles and equipment brought back from Iraq and Afghanistan, Camel Spiders are all over the Mojave from Arizona to east California, they're fucking everywhere now
That poster looks fucking great as hell I need one and they need to make the others as well to have the full list and if there was a video game with girls like this that would be so cool both 40k and fantasy
As someone who deployed as combat arms for the Army, it's amazing how similar yet wildly different the experiences and perspectives I have, both on the primer and the army.
When it comes to religion, the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade is heavily Mormon. It's mainly linguists trained in counterintelligence, interrogation and signals intelligence. The unit is part of the Utah National Guard. Young Mormons will go abroad on "mission work", and learn the local language while there. If it's one of the languages that US Army is interested in, and they join the National Guard, they'll be streamed to the 300th.
Camel spiders are harmless lol. They've got no venom and cant jump. They follow you because they like shade, and even a big one is only 6/7 inches long. The bites hurt but thats mainly the pinch. They do scream a bit tho.
37:53 *(Insert that beginning bit of the **_Red Vs. Blue_** pilot where Grif is asking Simmons why they're in a box canyon in the middle of nowhere here)*
Love the guest and as a current military member I do like how GW gets the Guardsmen right and the organization. They put alot of effort into the Astra Militarum and how they function. It's alot harder as Astartes cause they are a massive SF organization and it's hard to get the information on those tactics compared to basic line troops.
Dk and bricky, I have in my possession a well worn and used a digital camouflage print prayer book provided by a chaplain. Pictures can be provided as well
Fun fact: If you put your head in front of the directional antenna for one of those things while it's on, you get a headache, and then get told that said antenna used to have a sticker warning you not to do that because it could be bad for you 🤣
I'm pretty sure that particular version of the quote was Helmuth Von Molke but it's a universal truth that pops up in one form or another in countless military treatise.
Can't wait for more episodes like "Entomologist Reacts to the Tyranids", "Catholic Nun Reacts to the Sisters of Battle", and "Frenchman Reacts to the Death Guard".
Mycologist reacts to orks.
Perfect comment. Thank you
@@akumaking1 now that is an underrated comment
@@exudeku "There are Daemons inside of these damn machines!"
They already did the french man react to death guard, his name is Pat
Today on Ridiculous Gear! Bricky affixes bayonets against a screaming Daemon horde, Shy hot wires a Leman Russ, DK is drafted as a white shield, and Slap runs over the regular hosts in his Baneblade!
Next time on- Imperial Gear!
40k ways to die in Imperium.
@@YoBen100 you wish there were only 40k ways to die in the imperium.
Next time: Bricky wears a hat, DK wears a hat, and Shy wears a hat.
Bollocks, you beat me to it
As a Veteran I can agree with most of this. I didn’t know what warhammer was until a bunch of very high up officers where like.”yo like spend all your money on plastic models it’s like really cool”
Better than buying a Camaro tbh
@@Scowleasy more expensive, though
I went with a bud to watch a game between him and an officer of a straight up war simulator table top that I never learned the name of. It took hours of them constantly measuring and I was just bored most the time.
I actually learned about WH through first playing WoW and reading those lore books first b4 finally somehow finding the better grim dark of WH fantasy.
@@Scowleasy I had both unfortunately 😂
@@thehermitman822 yes they also played that
Two famous lines from the german soldiers manual:
- Upon reaching the top of the tree, the soldier stops the climbing motion on their own.
- Upon reaching water depth of 1.20m the soldier starts the swimming motion on their own.
"on their own" meaning, without being told to do so.
Drowning because I forgot what depth I needed to start swimming
😆 I went looking for work once as a private "on my own" and didn't hear the end of it. 😆
We were just following orders.
*die grußpflicht entfällt hierbei
@@xMatZx In der Bundeswehr, aber nich in der fucking imperial guard.
“The most dangerous thing on the battlefield is a junior officer with a compass and a map.” -One of the Ciaphas Cain books.
I’d like to argue that it may be the flame thrower troopers on crack in Vietnam
@@solidsentinel1285 Nope. Still the officer. The flamethrowers are still more of a threat to the enemy than their own guys.
@@LoPro I can attest to this. My officer very nearly got 5 people lost in the woods in the middle of the night. All he had to do was walk us in a straight line from our transport to our tents and somehow failed to notice that the very visible full moon that had been behind the trucks when we left was suddenly in front of us.
@@MrSamulai I had to explain constellations to my LT once. In Afghanistan.
ya know, i NEVER understood if this phrase meant dangerous to the enemy thanks to calling in artillery, or dangerous to own troops because incompetent butter bars.
Next Episode: "Local Dominatrix reacts to the Palace of Slaanesh"
YES
@@HH-xe3sk local catholic priest reacts to chaos cults
Notorious serial killer reacts to the night lords
@@ethanvallance4989State Representative reacts to the Minustratum
I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but does Shy really have time to do that on top of having to edit the video?
Fun Fact: During WWII, the Army commissioned Warner Brothers to make a very special Cartoon. They were called “Private Snafu” and were intended to train illiterate soldiers in such things as the importance of Weapon maintenance, being discreet off duty, and watching for Booby traps. It was quite the unique cartoon, featuring the voice of Mel Blanc and the occasional writing of Doctor Seuss. It also had adult humor unique to its time, ‘cause it was never intended for public viewing.
I would be stoked if I learned some fans were making a 40K equivalent, just to see what they would do with it.
I love the chance to see obscure history like that and mock history as well.
Pretty much what they would use for Agri worlders and Orgyns.
Pvt Snafu was great!
I've seen them.
Snafu is one of those words like NASA except it stands for situation normal all f***** up.
I’m glad that intelligence was briefly mentioned, as an intelligence analyst it makes me happy to see that some people acknowledge our existence
bet Intel people have been having a fun time since RU/ UKE thing started.
DIME, man. Intelligence is a key part of anything
You dont mess with intel guys. Just like you dont mess with supply, cooks, and engineers. Im supply but i believe those things myself. I added engineering bc i wasnt sure if anyone says it. They to creative to mess with XD.
It's like anything if you're doing your job you don't get noticed but if you do something wrong like give bad intel then everyone is going to be on your ass!
Who told you to get out of the broom closet! I need to speak with you CoC to let them know their security has been lacking
Regarding the lack of a list of imperial victory's in the primer. Such a list would 1 be too long for one man to make let alone read. 2 would be a waste of the emperor's blessed paper and 3 such a list would not need to be completed because the forces of the imperium never loses a battle and the existence of a list of victory's implies that a list of loses also exists. Which one again can't exist because the imperium never loses
Sounds about right.
"a list of victories implies a list of losses also exists"
Only if you're capable of believing the God Emperor's holy Imperium could lose. Which is _heresy._
"Stop lying, vox-caster."
The imperium never loses. They simply fail to win immediately.
@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong you sir, are truly of the faith
Should’ve asked “What’s his opinion on the all guardsmen party and how realistic it is”
My Dad who has served to listen to it with me and he practically said “this is true, all of it”
Makes sense since the players were all former military if I remember it right. It's why the all guardsman party is as good as it is.
@@jonezbonez2505 sarge! The Insects Getting out!
Sarge: FFS! Started Throwing haymakers to subdue and put the damn toothy thing back to the Big ass Container Jar
@@jonezbonez2505 That would explain a LOT.
Check out 'The Hooligans of Kandahar' by Joeseph Kassabian. Its the real life All Guardsmen Party in Afghanistan.
There is a saying in the Army, only bite off as much as your rank can chew.
The ONLY time I saw a LT tell our CPT, "No that's fucking stupid we're not doing that" was ONLY because the LT used to be an E7 in SF and went green to gold. The CPT agreed it was fucking stupid and they found something else for us to do. 🤣
I get everything in this up until "went green to gold". Can you explain for a fool?
@@ladywaffle2210 he commissioned. Green is the backing colour of the chevrons of an NCO, gold is the colour of some officers' rank insignia (2LT, MAJ).
What had happened was: the Lieutenant used to be an NCO (non-commissioned officer), in other words a sargent of some description, and then decided to commission as an officer.
@@piritskenyer Ah, got it. Thank you so much!
@@ladywaffle2210 so he joined like any other dude like you and me would/did and was so good he was able to climb up the latter and go to school and be the best at his job not only to make it E-7 (second highest of the Enlisted ranks not in minding warrant officers) but then he went onto special force (SF), like rangers and shit. AND THEN became an officer ontop of all that. A captain 1-2 ranks higher then a Lieutenant (LT) listened to his advice and was like “yup sounds right I’ll listen the total badass”
This is just a dumbed down lover version of what the guy above me said.
I'm picturing it now. "Da fuck you just suggest John. That's just fucking stupid and here's why."
"You're right Bill. I got a little excited but I'm tracking now."
"Your gonna learn yet Sir." *pats shoulder*
Depending on the age of the person who wrote this guidebook he could have very easily been a British Army veteran because until sometime in the 70s every Englishman had to do two years of national service usually in the army.
And warhammer came out in the 80s so timeline matches
Yup, and the UK and US share NATO training standards, so it makes sense that their training materials would be very similar.
38:30 Yes. The Marines were advertised as a team, efficient, effective, uncompromising. It's only ever really uncompromising for the lower ranks, but for the upper ranks they make adjustments, they play favoritism, the Marines were supposed to be a family of brothers & sisters but come to find out only a year in that everyone is only out for themselves. This isn't meant to dissuade you from the military if you're just that kind of person but don't believe everything they tell you.
As a general rule. Join the military if you're sure it's what you want to do. If you aren't sure--i.e. you're asking around in comment sections or Facebook pages--then it probably isn't for you.
@@ladywaffle2210 Quite literally what she said.
@@ladywaffle2210 I did JROTC in the 90's and the military was still not what I had expected once in. Granted one bad unit does not make for judging the whole but definitely makes it worthless for the individual.
At least today ppl may have a better chance of knowing what they are really getting into with the internet and social media.
@@thehermitman822 I got the advice of "don't join if you're questioning if you aren't sure" from an ex-Army guy with... I want to say 1 tour in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan? Might've been 2 in either, with the 10th Mountain Division.
@@ladywaffle2210 Ppl are sure all the time of failure they are about to dive into.
Slap forgot the MUSTANG. The noble and wild mustang that starts as a private (E-1) and ranks up to Sergeant (E-5) and then transitions into officer ranks. The only Lieutenant that ever gets respect.
I love how Bricky called BS right off the bat on the "intelligent" answer of saying, "I don't know enough to pick a favorite." 90% of my "intelligent" friends got into Warhammer by going, "what is that!? I want that! Give me that!" and ....then.... they realize they're an Orc main.
Channeling that loota spirit.
Listen I loved vehicles but no one imperium faction let me field all the vehicles. BUT ORKS can steal. half my army is just various imperium vehicles with greenstuff and ork bits welded on.
Bricky, the boy scouts was made as an organization to raise and pre-train future leaders and officers, so yes it was very much on purpose.
As a British Vet I can relate too alot of this. CDRILS is the acronym that will forever be embedded into my grey matter.
As a soldier myself, for about 9 years now, I'm glad that this discussion happened because there is a lot of overlap with the imperial guard. I wish sorely that i could have talked about my own experience and joy with the relation to Warhammer! I appreciate this episode very much. Thank you!
I remember the first trip to the gas chamber in basic. Our company officer comes in while we are lining up and he isnt wearing a mask. Waits til the fog fills the room and proceeds to have us crack the seal on our mask, let it fill with gas and then reseal it.
Gods that was horrible and his smile the entire time was borderline sociopathic
The men in my family are mutants, my brother myself and my father all served and each of us was highly resistant to CS gas so while other guys were choking puking and freaking out we all were trying not to bust out laughing while being forced to sing the anthem. Pisses off both the instructors and the guys with you as they made us stay in longer to try to make us react, only time I got to disappoint an instructor and not get in trouble for it.
After the first exposure, it wasnt bad at all. It's just that first surge. I was a 74D, so most of my time not filling in on other jobs was to just to be in the chamber.
If the guard primer listed all the guard victories, it'll be as almost as long as the Lex Imperialis
Good, we needed more support beams.
You gotta remember that ye olde cartoons back then, even in the 40s and 50s : were not made for children. They were often either made as entertainment for anyone or typically adults.... what it boiled down was they were more on entertaining themselves whom were adults so you simply just had so much crazy stuff that they made that would go into theaters and eventually onto TVs. Television mostly became popular post WW2 and once it was freely available at the home, people that didn't make income ( kids ) became the prime target so a lot of cartoons were made for them and then for decades it made the stigma that cartoons were for children.
The same thing happen to comics
@@woaddragon the French still remember how to make good comics for adults.
@@woaddragon Sorta. Back in those times Comics were tight lip under a "Code of Ethics" where they get fancy approval and brownie points for having a seal of "no sex no blood no alcohol" materials within super hero comics for anything mainstream. Punches were wiffs biffs and baps, you couldn't even suggest sex and married couples had separate beds. Comics that did want those types of things had to either self publish or basically go indie or "Underground". Until Stan Lee came around and helped get rid that notion when more or less people realized it was okay to talk and show serious real stuff. And then the Frank Miller and the 90s happened and everything was horrible with edge by doing everything that was the opposite LOL
My favourite electronic warfare story is when a winnebago deployed raspberry jam to disable the radar of spaceball 1.
There are several types of veterans, but one notable type are those who got sent to fort Polk
This veteran isn't that type, as there are many other types than just "I survived fort Polk, and all I got was this shirt."
Stationed 00-05 then the whole unit moved to Ft. Lewis for my last yr in.
Heh heh. Mikeburnfire.
What a Hazard
*Insert zach's nightmare screams here*
I came here for Zach Hazard references and I got them. I am satisfied.
Pretty sure MajorKill ordered at least half their stock of that poster. Man's right arm is gonna be jacked next video.
Bold of you to assume he didn't order all of it
Today I learned that the Imperial Guard is, in-fact, of comparable competence and training as the US military.
I do not know whether I should be proud of this information, afraid for the Guard, or afraid for America.
The answer is Yes-
I'm going to go with Proud, given the Guard are at times able to hold their own against unholy space demons, sadomasochist murder elves, the B-listers of a Gundam anime, and an army composed of giant Xenomorphs.
Yes is the answer for reason of both
I remember not to long ago a War Vet reacting to a Russian Badger video talking about EDF and he went on a very interesting tangent complete with charts. Essentially the joke that America is the final boss of Earth is incredibly accurate. When comparing contributions between NATO members America dwarfs everyone and is basically “America and friends” and in light of recent events with both Russia and China The American government is realizing we accidentally over prepared for War because when we heard about the defenses and weapons Russia and China had we assumed it was comparable to what we have, turns out that’s not the case at all and America has the best weapons, the most weapons, and possibly better trained soldiers than our most dangerous rivals.
In Summary America in thinking it’s the Gold standard for warfare wanted to out preform itself twice over to be read for a war with two other superpowers and instead over leveled.
Given what the Guard are capable of, especially including the more famous ones, I would be proud. The U.S. military has accrued some crazy feats over the years.
Too bad the writers almost always (excluding the Krieg and Forgeworld books that usually get it right) deploy singular to 4 regiments which are generally to the size of 10,000 - 25,000 troops to cover fronts comparable to the Eastern Front in WW2. It breaks my immersion every damn time. The eastern front had roughly 2000km of distance at some points in the war, and had an average total manpower on both sides of 9,076750 Soldiers (source wikipedia numbers this is rough yt comment). You want me to believe the imperium is deploying troops in these books of 100,000 to cover fronts the size of continents? Bullshit.
They can talk about "Millions of Guardsmen Die each day" but then say the average Guard Regiment is only 20,000.
I fix this in my games that Regiment = Army, as in multiple Regiment/Division structures, but the way its treated in fluff irks me to no end.
That' why you grab gw numbers and add one or two zeros
@@tdab3883 Basically, yeah. But that makes the Plight of Tanith a bit less desperate because that means they have 300,000 left, IE enough people for a "relatively" stable population.
The way I used to think about it was that Regiments was simply much larger than modern regiments. But no, GW writer's simply don't have a sense of scales.
Those numbers are often misleading because that's ALL personel, not fighting troops. In Vietnam America had over 500,000 troops there but less than 70,000 actual fighting men. The Guard are just fighters, the munitorem does the supply, logistics, ect. So sometimes their numbers can make sense. Not excusing all of them though. As much as I loved the Krieg book 6,800 men fighting over a hive city and for a world is completely stupid.
@@ethanflores6252 I was referencing the Siege of Vraks, where it mentions some 500,000 fighting Krieg troopers on a reasonable front, and 2 million logistical support personnel. That is good, acceptable, reasonable scale for Vraks.
I remember I was about 3 months from my EAS, and had a Major get so mad at me for not saluting him (we were both in a motor pool, a no salute area) that he called up my entire chain command to battalion HQ to chew me out. Didn't matter that I was in the right, the Major was mad at me.
Sounds about right
My father was Army. He told me they'd joke about when in doubt, salute everyone.
Wish our motor pool was. Just flight lines at my posts.
I was in the Navy. Our version of the primer was called the Bluejackets manual. Years later stuff in there was on our promotion tests.
It's interesting to hear about an ex-military opinion on the primer, although it's probably useful to remember that W40k was created in the UK during the 80s. So it's pre-internet, meaning that the Militarum is more likely to be based on the British Army than the US. 😉
True but the basics haven't changed that much. The only change in modern warfare in the past 50 years is a bigger focus on insurgencies.
@@Fpwc2 Oh, absolutely. But I was more thinking that some of the differences mentioned might be explained by the time and geography differences.
For example, we explicitly *don't* have separation of church and state. Our Head of State is also the Head of the Church. Our Upper House is The Right Honourable the *Lords Spiritual* and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.
(Lords Spiritual are religious leaders, in particular the Archbishops of the Church of England.) So including prayers and hymns in the primer might make perfect sense in that context. 😉
One aspect of being part of NATO is agreeing to a certain amount of standardization in structure and general operating procedures, so that all NATO forces can inter-operate in an Article 5 situation. For founding members like the UK and US, I'd imagine the experience is reasonably close to 1 to 1.
@@mrrodgers0 yes and no, so im active duty US army and have british friends that are also enlisted. We are pretty standardized as far as tactics go but the big difference is cultural.
That makes a big difference,the culture of the two militaries influences things like mentality, common practice ect*. So its not at all 1 to 1 and you would DEFINITELY have a pretty different experience in either military Lol.
Yes, Orks do care about human teef, because Ork ones deteriorate with time. Humies have small teef, but they stay forever.
No they dont, they dont like Humie teef, because they're too puny!
Does this mean Imperial Guard's 2nd lieutenant does get lost in the field just like a real one in the Army?
Except it's the commisar who goes to "find" him
Butter bars never change no matter the universe
This is also canonically mentioned in the Cain books. One of the quotes from future Lady-General Sulla: “The most dangerous thing on the battlefield is a junior officer with a compass and a map.” Some things are just timeless!
Or the marine corps. (Man oh man did our devil dog officers not know how to read a map at times.)
Which ways North on here again?
I was hoping to they would talk about Talarn Desert Raiders and how a certain event in 2001 ruined that factions future
Had the same thought here
Please explain the event!
@@alfredhoenicke376 9/11
@@RockyRockthrow Witch is weird since Warhammer is British while a tragedy is not seen as the same as it is in the US
Sadly the US is a big consumer base so even companies outside of the US have to cater to them.
@@mk_gamíng0609 the British don't see it as a horrible tragedy that was perpetrated by terrorists?
So... Slap has METAWL BAWKSES that basically deny the electronic witch?
The "battle plan never survives contact with the enemy" I believe it was Von Molke the Elder I think. That or it was Von Kluaswitz. Slap was a wonderful guest and this was fascinating! Thanks Slap!
It was von Moltke the elder, Eisenhower remarked that the plan is useless but planning is essential.
Glad to see that us military vets got a major shoutout and incorporation into the podcast, really cool to see. There's a ton more that I and many other vets could go into about not only the primer itself, but also the general lore as compared to modern military doctrine, life, equipment, etc. I myself am a HUGE 40K fan and have long drawn parallels between my service and what it must be like for the guard, astartes, scions, naval ratings, PDF, and more. I'd be happy to give some of my insights into the how and why things probably work the way they do in the lore and are actually not as batshit crazy as they may first appear.
In any case, loved this episode and the premise. And I'll say it once again......DO A DARK ANGELS EPISODE OR I WILL CALL ASMODAI TO MAKE BRICKY AND DK REPENT. Shy can watch and laugh maniachly.
Bricky said, "Who would want one of these?" with the new poster, and I was immediately like "...That is fucking adorable, give me all your stock." Though I am the sort of person who would make a Nurgle army and loves monster girls so I accept the title of degenerate.
We out here man
The biggest tragedy of our world is that monster girls don't exist irl
They know their fanbase, Bricky knows it too but that doesn't stops him from being baffled by the degen, rightfully so. But damn, his disappointment was palpable lol
As soon as the Space Balls thing came up I just imagined a mortar team hanging a jar of raspberry jam
If at all possible please do try and get Mikeburnsfire on a similar episode like this.
Top tier content is there for the taking
To be fair, I only said "Chubby Nurgle Gal". I never specified ANYTHING
Grandfather Nurgle loves the new poster and is going to hang some in his garden.
Also the gas mask conversion reminded me of my first time with one. A dude brought them for airsoft picture day, he had the veitnam era and Soviet gas masks. I got the Soviet one and he didn't realize the rubber bottom. Long story short I was basically in a rubber bag on and I was actually suffocating.
Tonite on Ridiculous Gear: DootDoot steals my joke which is I stole from someone else. Bricky gets enlisted into the army, DK commits warcrimes and Slap is impressed with warhammer lore
13F REPRESENT!
But seriously, a lot of that writing and primer stuff is lifted then modified from real-world stuff. I mean, you don't think GW made ALL of that up, do you? As a vet myself , I look at a lot of specifically the Imperial Guard stuff as kinda tongue-in-cheek and satire on real world militaries to fit far better with the grimdark setting. At the end of the day, a Guardsman is just a dude against hopeless odds and the ridiculousness of it all makes me laugh. I love 40K man.
I always thought 40K attracted a lot of WW1 and WW2 enthusiasts, and your standard military nerds, but I guess it also has a fair share of veterans in the hobby. Good to know!
If I had to guess there were probably if not undoubtedly vets who'd served in the British military that worked at G.W. that helped with the creation of the Imperial Guardsman's Uplifting Primer and based it off of their own training manuals and pamphlets. I can't imagine that they vary too wildly from the American versions either, but if anybody from Britain that served in the military wants to comment on this I'd love to hear your input comparing the Guardsman's and now the American stuff to theirs.
Bricky poking DK the gretchin with a choppa: "DO DA BIG BOSS VOICE!"
If you guys are taking veterans on the show, would love to come on and talk 40K with you guys. I also do a podcast were we bring veterans on as well to talk about their time being in and what they are doing after the military.
Email them
@@alejandrorivas4585 going to have to thanks bud. 🫡
The boy scouts were started by a Ww1 vet to teach boys basic skills with the massive loss of male life many would have been father's
I just realized that the ice in their glasses is Not floating and can no longer unsee it
"Oh hey, this is Nito." -Gravelord Bricky.
Fun thing to do if you have a big group is to fan out into a single file line and spread out 6ft apart. Officers HAVE to salute back. Fun prank to pull on new officers and will get you yelled at by O-5 and up. Best thing I heard was "oh God damnit!" From an ensign who just came out of a building for class.
This is by far ADRIC'S most interesting episode in my opinion.
Instantly bought the poster as soon as I saw the link for it!
For those of you who're interested, DK & Slap have their own podcast called "Unidentified Signal 99.9 FM"
It's more the pace of Detective Rediculous, but it's really entertaining, and Slap & DK have got great chemistry.
My dad was a Warrant Officer and he explained it as having the authority similar to a First Sargent or a Captain but still technically rank lower than a lieutenant. And enlisted can transition to warrant officer much easier than going officer.
Also pay
@@elliotyourarobot that too
“Have that degenerate of fans.”
Bricky…have you READ the comments in your videos?
On the topic of know-your-foe, on a more macro scale there is a thing called the Worldwide Equipment Guide (W.E.G.), that gives detailed statistics similar to those found on the tabletop game. This is very important for people working in the HQ section, especially Intel.
I think the original primer was mentioned to have been a parody of British army manuals (not sure if any of the GW writers used to be military or had a sibling, father etc who served). The stuff about listening the veterans reminded me of a WFRP (the fantasy version of warhammer) comment about state troops that no matter who your Elector Count is or your god is, when shit goes bad you shut up follow the vets.
About the poster, i 100% agree with DK, at first i was like meh maybe, however upon hearing Bricky's disdain that boosted my opinion 100% over to DK's side!
My dad was actually a US Army chaplain's assistant. He served from 1995~2005. Though, he was never religious. Lol.
Oh, and I personally served in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. I considered joining the USMC afterwards, but was like, nah. We also have a couple of pamphlets. Everything from how to do your haircut, how to use your rifle, how to march, etc. Then there was a separate one that was specifically about knowing the enemy. I don't remember much about it, but it was mostly just info on the North Korean military. What weapons they use, chemical weapons in their disposal, rank identification, etc.
Camel spiders are not dangerous to anything beyond mice. And if they follow you in the middle of the day, it's because of your shadow. Desert is hot and you are mobile shade.
They still need to be purged tho.
Chewing on stuff bigger than them is threat enough. Like do they do it due to scarcity of food in the desert?
@@scrollkeeper5272 they don't do that. Only if you pick them up, or corner them.
This was both genuinely informative and raucously funny. Probably one of my favorite episodes of the podcast.
One quote from basic that always stuck with me was "no problem in your life can not be solved by applying the MAXIMUM amount of aggression." fucking atrocious advice.
@37:30 That idea of having no/minimal lights was more common for outposts with low barriers or fences that could be seen through. The lights would make it easier to direct mortars or rockets to occupied areas. Not to mention directed fire from crew serve weaponry and snipers. So most large places had giant concrete barriers that obscure the view.
This man needs to be a returning guest, please!
40:54 - I wonder what Tyranid tastes like? 47:15 - I thought you guys unofficially declared Ork teeth are Dollars and Humie teeth are cents.
Human teeth are gold coins, ork teef are chocolate coins in gold wrapping.
Seems to me like the more 40k specific stuff is still accurate when considering older militaries and primers, which is fitting since the guard are often inspired by older military forces, so the Propaganda could be counted as accurate in an earlier period, same with the religious fervour.
Can confirm as AF Chaplains assistants we are issued crozier’s at tech school
42:44 *internal screaming*
and they can leap virtically
*EXTERNAL SCREAMING*
so I am not joining the army for that reason
7:55 great work on the pictures. They're funny and the Mary Poppins in the targeting display is hilarious.
I hope one day they will do a Black Templar episode
Day 12 of asking. Seriously I thought they'd do it by now
The more we ask, the delay is bigger
@@cesaralfredomorocho2086
Just Look at The hawk boy boys. (not gonna say that name)
Thank You Shy for the poster, Blessings of Nurgle upon Thee
I remember cbrn training, being in fill military kit, flak vest and helmet, with a gas mask on. I felt like a villain, not because i think the military is, i just felt like some random badguy from the division for some reason
Us military are the bad guys irl, mostly since ww2
"I thought you said this was a parody of fascism. We do this in the US Army too."
You must be thinking of the ATF
"No you dont get it, the imperium goes to planets that are resource rich, topples their governments, and then puts in their own guys who will do what the imperium wants, does that sound like the US army to you?
@@nullakjg767 That's just the ATF except replace resources with constitutional rights.
@@nullakjg767
No, that’s the CIA AND The US army.
@@requiemlul3140 nope, that's actually China and Russia that steal resources and put smaller counties into massive debt.
To answer the valley question, my team leader was in Afghanistan and most outposts that they'd be at would be in valleys and you had to keep all lights off at night because you were to assume, and were 99.999% definitely, being watched by the enemy. Afghanistan was a nightmare for combat soldiers due to terrain and enemies
-8:34 Confined Spaces Navigation was one of my favorite exercises for basic firefighter!!!
I’m sorry but as a grunt I have to say it FUCKIN POG!!!!!! But for real welcome home and glad you made it back safe from your deployments man
Hilarious part about the Imperial Guard is that a Guardman on active deployment (not even in active warzone duty) is by imperial regulation not required to hand over his lasgun, even if an adeptus arbites is trying to put him under arrest because the guardsman is guard first, imperial citizen second - and SHOULD he hand it over, it is an automatic commissar-style execution for letting his weapon leave his hands during active duty without a Guard Superior ordering you to do so.
'Not grimdark enough'
Its pretty grimdark if they actually have a US veteren who served in our recent wars. Thats a literal imperial soilder without morals.
@@nullakjg767 what the hell is your problem?
@@nullakjg767 damn you sell knives with all that edge bud?
@@nullakjg767 Sounds like a T'au player. All salty because you are not good enough to play Imperial Guard.
@@delulu4996 The war crimes are hard to overlook. Its fine when its fictional, but those were real people he killed or took part in killing. And he wasnt forced to like the imperium. He did it of his own free will.
33:55 - That would be the _Tactica Imperialis_ that DK refers to.
Bricky, DK. The studios needed money and Uncle Sam had the cash. That is how Disney stayed afloat during the war. By making cartoons and licensing images out to the military for crews to use.
8:25 Have you ever wanted to stab your enemy in the face from miles away well have we got the weapons system for you !!
My archnophobic ass when they talked about camel spider was fucking shook
That poster made my friend a 40k fan...
The SERE kit in BT in Titanfall 2 is named after the same pilot school in the US military. The idea of the SERE kit in the Titan is to allow the pilot to escape, much like the school of the same name.
Some information I got from my brother who spent 7 years in the army, and this one is gonna keep DK up at night, because of the vehicles and equipment brought back from Iraq and Afghanistan, Camel Spiders are all over the Mojave from Arizona to east California, they're fucking everywhere now
Well that is just $#/!
I just googled what those are and I don't think I'll ever go to Arizona.
Next episode, bricky reads the blue book and joins the army.
Wish I would've joined the cyber warfare while I was active duty
For the record, the camel spider at 42:13 is actually 2 of them. Looks like one is holding onto the other's butt for some reason.
Perhaps they finished doing it and the female has just started to eat the male
That poster looks fucking great as hell I need one and they need to make the others as well to have the full list and if there was a video game with girls like this that would be so cool both 40k and fantasy
As someone who deployed as combat arms for the Army, it's amazing how similar yet wildly different the experiences and perspectives I have, both on the primer and the army.
When it comes to religion, the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade is heavily Mormon. It's mainly linguists trained in counterintelligence, interrogation and signals intelligence.
The unit is part of the Utah National Guard. Young Mormons will go abroad on "mission work", and learn the local language while there. If it's one of the languages that US Army is interested in, and they join the National Guard, they'll be streamed to the 300th.
Camel spiders are harmless lol. They've got no venom and cant jump. They follow you because they like shade, and even a big one is only 6/7 inches long. The bites hurt but thats mainly the pinch. They do scream a bit tho.
37:53 *(Insert that beginning bit of the **_Red Vs. Blue_** pilot where Grif is asking Simmons why they're in a box canyon in the middle of nowhere here)*
Love the guest and as a current military member I do like how GW gets the Guardsmen right and the organization. They put alot of effort into the Astra Militarum and how they function. It's alot harder as Astartes cause they are a massive SF organization and it's hard to get the information on those tactics compared to basic line troops.
Nice I was a 13F fire support specialist as well
Dk and bricky, I have in my possession a well worn and used a digital camouflage print prayer book provided by a chaplain. Pictures can be provided as well
(21:00 or so) The Scouting movement was started in Great Britain and founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell, a general in the the British Army.
I really enjoy when real soldiers give input on warhammer and 40k
30:05 this question! Bricky’s never seen “Men who stare at goats” with George Clooney
Fun fact: If you put your head in front of the directional antenna for one of those things while it's on, you get a headache, and then get told that said antenna used to have a sticker warning you not to do that because it could be bad for you 🤣
I'm pretty sure that particular version of the quote was Helmuth Von Molke but it's a universal truth that pops up in one form or another in countless military treatise.