i just found out not to long ago that axe is from my home town in northern cali. his grave is like 10 min from my house, so i went i visited. truly amazing!true American hero
@@discobriscoe1882 20 is an extremely high number for a single soldier who’s not in a special operations unit. And even then it’s still a high number for a single deployment. I don’t think you’re taking into account just how intense being in a prolonged firefight over 10 times is. Let alone another 10
@@Dougfunny37 Nope not really. I was going to be a smart Alec and say a "whole 20 wow". It really depends where your at and what time of year. 173rd Airborne Brigade was in that very same area of Khunar and Nuristan provinces. Red Wings took place in The Pech Valley in Khunar not very far from Waygal and Korengal Valleys. During there 07/08 deployment they were there for 15 months and got shot at almost daily some times for hours at a time. I was in Southeastern Afghanistan in De Chopan District of Zabul Province during that same time frame. We also got shot at quite a bit though maybe not as much as guys in Wygal and Khunar we were probably number three as far as most activity. There were far less firefights than say during the Vietnam Conflict because the Taliban and Al Qaeda understood they were not going to win going toe to toe with US Infantry and Special Operations Forces so they generally use IEDs but I have been in complex coordinated ambushes where they used both together pretty well. I was.
One must give props when props are due......Taliban OWNED the seals and worked the heck out of everyone... flawless victory...helicopter down and seals...dude is a legend
@@bosephusray165 Which helicopter are you talking about. If you talking about Extortion 17 when 18 members of SEAL Team Six were killed that wasn't anyone beating the SEALs they beat the helicopter pilots who were transporting the SEALS. If on the other hand your talking about Operation Red Wings and Marcus Lutrell and his 4 man Special Reconissanse Team that's why Reconissanse is among the most dangerous of military missions. You can only do it with a very small group of people usually 3-7 men. My LRS Team had 7 guys and only 3 actually did the Surveillance and Reconissanse. The others managed Communications. The nature of the mission also requires sacricing fire power for Communications and Surveillance gear. That 4 man SEAL Element only had rifles and two were Semiautomatic Sniper Systems so yeh when they were flanked from the high ground by a superior number with RPK and PKM Machine guns and Mortars they were pretty much outgunned and outmatched just because they are SEALs doesn't make them magic. None the less and despite all the guys that were killed on that mission the mission itself was still a success. The goal of the SEALs mission was only to locate Shah so a larger force of Marines could come in and kill him. The ultimate goal of the mission however was to prevent Shah and his militia from interfering in the 2005 parliamentary elections. As a result of Red Wings Shah and his militia fled to Pakistan and were killed by the Pakistanis and thus could not interfere in the election. What's funny is that another attack a little ways down the road in Waygal Valley in the Village of Wanat Taliban attacked a FOB that had just begun construction. This was a Platoon of about 15 Paratroopers from my unit Chosin Company 2nd Battallion of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. They were attacked in Wanat by a force of somewhere between 200-500 Taliban and they had of the 15 killed but they still won in the end and did not lose a single inch of ground. The difference between these two scenarios was not SEALs vs Army Paratroopers it is simply the fact that while the Paratroopers had not yet received food, water or any of the fortification materials to construct their FOB they unlike the SEALs were well armed and had lots of heavy weapons including light machineguns, 50 Cal, Mk 19 Grenade Launchers and Mortars. Americans almost always win because of possessing superior fire power and being skillful at how to apply it. US Tropps although we ultimately lost the war rarely ever were defeated in battle and the few times they were it waa due far more to our mistakes or lack of preparedness in that situation than it ever did the Talibans prowess in battle.
words couldn't describe how angry i am, watching them remove the personal belongings of the deceased SEALs. it's so hard to watch. RIP heroes of SEAL team 10. and, hats off to the Marines for saving the day.
It wasn't just the marines. You had seals rangers and infantry army and marines hiking from the bottom of the hill all the way up to the top. They started out with 50 or so men. And only had 10 men when they got to luttrell. Rob oniell talked bout it on marcus luttrels podcast. Rob O'Neill was the guy who killed Osama bin laden.
I got emotional watching this..my father died as a Lt Colonel...I sit here at 52 still ever soo proud..Thank you to all those who continue to risk their lives so that we all may live in freedom..as well as those who have fought and died bravely The world does indeed owe you all an immeasurable debt! Godbless you all🙏🏽🙏🏽💖💖💖
Si no invadieran masacraran y saquearan paises a su antojo durante no tendrian ningun muerto pero como les guata seguir haciendolo sin importarle bueno aveces tenes estas consecuencias...
I also. I read the book years before it became a movie and I think Golab deserves more credit and possibly a movie for the shit he himself has been through
Good Job Marines!! Salute Fellow Soldiers!..Ive Watch Lone Survivor And Did All My Research On Operation Red Wings You Fought For Your Brothers And Did What You Had To Do...Thank You For Your Service God Bless You
One must give props when props are due......Taliban OWNED the seals and worked the heck out of everyone... flawless victory...helicopter down and seals...dude is a legend
@@blackbeard0074 anybody on that mountain was a hard bodied mofo I don’t care what unit or branch. Until you’ve dealt with terrain like that, and altitude like that you don’t really know what it’s like.
People's perspective as to what exactly happened varies. What is fixed is the topography and physical evidence. I've constructed a draft Google Earth file which shows movement/positions from a combination of Luttrell's book, intel from Red Wings II and even some anecdotal evidence. Even though I dislike the grandiose language used in Luttrell's book, from my experience (Recon-jungle/woodland/mountainous) I am satisfied with Luttrell's account of the topography, movement, and I can identify the initial OP and OP1 (Murphy's OP on the NE ridge line). Recent anecdotal evidence from Gulab that Shah's men had seen Murphy's team with the goad herders from near the summit is highly plausible and checks out from both the topography and timeline, since the CH-47 insertion was so close that Shah may have been alerted during the night and headed up Sawtalo Sar at first light looking for a fight. This explains how Shah's men knew to sweep down extended line and split on both the N and NE spur lines. What I found later, when reading Luttrell's book and the Google Earth file side-by-side made me ill as the graphics show something unbelievable. Luttrell states verbally and in his book that Axelson must have died from his wounds and from the final RPG hit. He never saw him after the blast but does state that the Taliban were around his body. Although, Red Wings II found Axelson's body further down the valley - did the Taliban relocate the body? No! Luttrell found a cornice to hide under and at dusk claims to have shot 3 Taliban across the ravine. Note that every soldier knows the sound of friendly weapons and enemy weapons, so Luttrell's shots, even though suppressed, would have been obvious to anyone in the area especially a friendly. At night, once Luttrell was climbing toward the NW he states he slips and makes substantial noise. Two hours later he says he was being tracked by Taliban some 200 yards behind him, that they were making noise (talking and breaking twigs). In these valleys at night noise travels long distances, especially upward (Luttrell "you could hear a goat fart"). My Google file shows that Axelson was probably still alive, that the Taliban left him to bleed-out during the night knowing his wounds were too severe for an escape. It was not Taliban pursuers which Luttrell could hear 200 yards behind him, it was Axelson moving towards Luttrell's shots 2hours earlier!!! It was Axelson who was crawling over branches, breaking twigs and possibly calling out. The moment I realised this isn't possible, it's probable, I felt sick. I wish I could link the file here so you could see how close they were. I think deep down Luttrell realised this himself once Axelson's body was found and even though Luttrell raves-on about Murphy throughout the entire book - more than any other figure by far - he decided to name his son Axe because of this knowledge. Luttrell didn't leave Axelson for dead, he left him by accident. I don't believe Gulab found 11 full magazines on Luttrell, I think he's simply had a falling-out and said this to attack his character. As for Taliban numbers, my personal opinion is that the minimum number of Taliban which could achieve these events - given their greatly superior plunging and interlocking fire positions - is no less than 15...probably 20. I do not believe Luttrell's claim of 80-200 Taliban but do believe that with RPG and a single MG fire it most certainly would have felt and sounded like 80+. Operation Red Wings was simply hit by a 'Hasty Ambush' after revealing their position at OP1 on the NE spur line and the decision to relocate back to the first OP ultimately led to their downfall.
Max Headroom wow great work ive researched just about everything I possibly can on this topic just becaus eof how kuch video footage of events. theres a german blogger or journalist who has footage of some other interesting things ive only seen the screen shot but believe they are related as well as looking for the original footagw of the day on the moutain from the talibans perspective obviously if a news team could get it for parts in a short on ahmad shah and his mayhem it must exist I think that could also help indicate more accurate numbers aswell as potential movements and deffensive/offensive tactics taken and made by the seals. great work though man glad to see im not the only one obsessed with it.
Legbiter 14 all I can say for sure is there wasnt some 80 to 200 fighters. its very plausible they were seen and thats why the ambush worked so well wich I may say those guys out in the north east layed out some pretty damn good ambushes. and it may have been axe who he heard i dont know how we could ever prove it
That's crazy... in the beginning of the video you can see some of Shaws troops take a watch off a Seals wrist. If you look closely you can see the firefighters patch on the Seals arm, that's Mike Murphy...
Yes if you learn the appreciate the geographical location of Afghanistan you understand why this is because for majority of history we have had to defend our homeland from invaders for thousands for years it is in our dna now.
Oh sure, I meant In Broader sense. I went through a Marine Boarding school, and USAF Basic/OTC was easier than that.. Their story deserves to be told Ed Daracks book which was slandered as USMC horeshit during the film's promotion.
Downrange Film I read his book and while it was good there were times he came across angry and bitter. Almost like he was upset that Marines were not mentioned as part of Operation Red Wings broader picture. You can tell he resented it but his book was really good. Very detailed
turkeychuck the Four SEALs were on a Recon to confirm Shaw was on Target. Then the following night an Assault Element of SEALs and Marines would assault the compound and kill him
@@carlcarl4179 danny took a 7.62 to the face, only visible bullet wound i noticed, none on his chest, murphy had one in his lower abdomen and i think he had one in the back of the thigh too, unless that was an exit wound since they were firing down, he was killed making a radio call so its probable. marcus was long gone before murphy died, thus why you hear them screaming for him to come back. axelson was shot at the start of the engagement i believe.
@@SiriuslyVega that is in fact correct and according to an actual AAR it stated that Marcus had 11 full mags on him meaning he never fired a single round in the entire fight, therefore he just left his guys to die and tucked his tail and ran, his book and the movie is nowhere near accurate
@@thebadace1280 they weren't then and they had shown themselves to be very powerful, well disaplined. He had about 7-25 men, which had to be claimed to be 200, for Americans to fathom their lethality.
Read something about locals in the area hearing helicopter noises in the region during the night of the SEALs' insertion and that already made Shah's militias aware of the presence of American troops. If it's true then that means the mission has already been compromised even before it started.
That's what the Afghan side of the story says. That EXACTLY. They heard the bird, they went out on patrol and found the rope, and they were following the SEALs from the very beginning. That's why the Marines were never going to use a bird to insert. SEALs got arrogant and, as a result, got dead. It's hard to have any sympathy for them.
Thank you gentlemen for risking your lives for us. You will always receive my support. You are the reason that the United States is safe for my family. God bless!
Taking trophies is quite common. In WW2, Marines were pulling teeth out of dead Japanese soldiers because they sometimes had gold fillings. That's just the nature of the beast when it comes to war.
This video was surprisingly hard to watch. I had to pause at 1:30 because of how infuriating it was watching them trying to take the gear off his body. But these are the realities of war unfortunately. RIP to the seals that died that day doing what they love to do, kick ass.
I wonder why they do that mission..it's very obvious don't know the terrain..they are easily pindown by their enemy..they just only 7 squad..they should have in 1 company.
Eric Walker oh, well I see..but yet still made mistake by their commander according to some account instead sending 1 team composed of 7 man..their commander decided to sent 4 men's.
@gtlip Right on... I was in 2/3 Echo company 2nd Platoon between 2003 and 2006. I believe the OP was in my Platoon. I was in Afghanistan also during Red Wings and Whalers.
I think Marines are sensitive snowflakes and not intelligent enough to comprehend that for thousands of years "soldiers" was a general word to mean anyone in a military.
Michael Murphy is name of the man who led the other 3. He was the commander of the group that Latrell was in, on the Red Wings operation. Rip to all the seals who were killed.
What else would you expect when you drop 4 guys out in the middle of nowhere with no support of any kind. Combine that with the fact they had no communication until after they were in the midst of an ambush. High command must have a hard on for wasting their own boys.
Cant believe he survived being unable to walk, surrounded, behind enemy lines, 50 guys walking around looking for you, nobody in the U.S. military knew where he was. Marcus owes his life to Gulab. It's almost a guarantee that Marcus would have not made it out of there being unable to walk with the Taliban looking for him. Even with Gulab saving him, it didnt come without a price. Several of Gulabs villagers died defending the village from the taliban. And for several years later Gulab survived many assassination attempts for helping Marcus. Gulab now lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
@@javiergonzalez1194 That's not true at all. Reddit conspiracy gets the best of all of us, but marcus was engaged in the fight. Trust me. You don't get shot and shrapnel from running. Especially down a mountain
Do you have original released video from the Afghans during that time? I was an engineer with 2/3 and I lost it when my hard drive crashed. That was the only thing I cared for on it.
@@TheSupermanX13 there’s a lot of different version of the ambush video some edited some from different camera angles some of just raw footage there a Reddit post where it Combies all the clips of the ambush
20 yrs , over $2.3t , latest weapons & technology, over 150 different armies. countless lives list on all sides , countless disabled forever, For What?????
One thing that video proves is Marcus Luttrel was lying, there seems to have been 5 men, let's say 10 total for the two Taliban teams, Not 200 as he grossly exaggerated.
@@loganphillips2210 it does matter when you pretend you killed 40 men, when your entire team killed zero and implying murdering goat herders was the right thing to do, as it would have saved them. When we know the team was being tracked for hours beforehand. Also omitting the fact they said if you don't shoot we won't kill you...
@@loganphillips2210 He absolutely ran. People close to this know his injuries were minor and he was recovered with all his ammo. Hes a compulsive liar whose an inside joke amongst many in SF. When I found out how badly he lied I privatized many of his speeches - sofrep.com/news/lone-survivor-uncovered-the-ambush-at-sawtalo-sar/
I wonder if they fire back and killed those some taliban militia..somebody question the account of Marcus Lustrell..according to him they take a lot taliban fighters as long as 50 they could get..But some other testimony who recovered the bodies of navy seals no found every single dead body of taliban..according to some account only 7 or 10 taliban who fought against Navy Seals not 50 or 100 according to Lustrell account.
I applaud the brave fighters of Afghanistan defending their homeland. Just like Americans would there own if a load of Afghanis landed to kill a local sheriff.
Brave fighters of Afghanistan?? You talking about the Taliban who are terrorists and killed over 3000 innocent people hijacking aeroplanes? Seeing these pieces of shit taking the personal belongings of the dead seals, they are nothing but absolute SCUM OF THE EARTH & DESERVE TO DIE!!!!
:( in Luttrels defense, in the future, when he came back in later missions, he was in many firefights. He wasn’t necessarilya coward. Just inexperienced.
D ross.have ever served or been in a fire fight or just a SHIT TALKER IF YOU NEVER BEEN THERESHUT YOUR.MOUTH.HOO YAH.HOO.RAH.SOMETHING YOU KNOW.NOTHING.ABOUT
You're right on about the terrain being as much an enemy as the bad guys. I was in Nam in the Central Highlands and the worst time of my life was during monsoon season in triple canopy jungle. It rained 20 hours a day, and then add to that the snakes, mosquitos, land and water leeches, mud, cold, and wet 24/7, just plain miserable plus humping a five day resupply, I was with a five man recon squad for part of my duty.
Shouldn't have been in Nam to begin with and this is coming from the daughter of a Nam vet!! Only America have the balls to invade someone else's land, slap the people then get offended that they get slapped back
can't too much be off with try this man's stories. you can't drive nothing but believe it. his friends we were found in the Battle field by the enemy. the guy who saved him cooperate his story. this man put his life on the line for his country. there is no reason to doubt what he said. he's the only one that maid it back that says enough
Thank you for everything... I mean it with all my heart... Their are American civilians that live and admire everyone from every branch... It's not just bumper sticker deep..i have 3 friends that served in USMC & one was part Operation Phantom Fury...War is truly hell....ive never experienced it first hand but reliving it (as much as humanly capable) through their stories I honestly believe no book or movie can truly grasp how awful war actually is..I have more respect for any one who is serving or is a veteran than anyone other man or woman and I always will....thank you again.
Rip Danny dietz Mathew axelson Micheal Murphy Shane Patton Erik Kristenson R.I.P. thank you for your service in a couple more years I will become a Marine and honor my country hoorah god bless
Plz talk about Marcus Latrell and how his whole book and movie was Bullshit. The man who took him in and saved his life came to America for the movie premiere, what many don’t know is how he wanted to tell his side of the story, the truth. Well Marcus couldn’t have that. After that it all went down hill. It was not 80 against 4, it was 14 I believe Mike Murphy went to make the call leaving 3 alone, then Danny was hit leaving 2, then Mike was hit. Marcus already said he laid his Rifle down, I believe he left Axe. I believe he ran, leaving Axe to fight for himself and that why it took 2 days for them to find his body so far from Danny and Mike and were Marcus said he would be. Marcus said he was shot 10 times, broke his back but then was cleared to go back out on missions???? No way, complete BS! Marcus is another Chris Kyle unfortunately with his Jessie Ventura story. Sad, but true
@Adam Wheeler there was a bomb planted in the WTC, on this very site there is proof and footage of no planes. im guessing bush said yes to the cia, john f kennedy said no to their plan of harming americans and blaming it on other people, look what happened to him.
today I m going watched this movie which base on real story about bravery I m speechless . I salute that soldier from me and from all neplese people . sallute soldier who always fight with terirrioust
I did alot of digging and from what I know Marcus lied about alot. Even his stories during his public speeches dont exactly match up. I can completely understand if a soldier froze up or even retreated....but to lie about being a hero and then make money from it is kinda twisted.
was grissom the one that tried to brief the seals on the area since the marines had been there a while and the seals just disregarded all his valuable intel bc "were seals were better than you"?
Operation red wing was originally a marine sniper operation, but socom wouldn't allow them to use there helicopters. Wonder if the outcome would of been different.
Hi this is terrorism Islam is not Taliban I am Muslim but I hate that big big big love to those solders for them brave enough to fight those terrorist I hope that this bad people gone I am Human My heart is so sad for this young guys they deserve to live I m so shocked
i just found out not to long ago that axe is from my home town in northern cali. his grave is like 10 min from my house, so i went i visited. truly amazing!true American hero
C T I'm pretty sure there's a statue for him at memorial park across from DeAnza college, check it out. I'm from Sunnyvale
Figured he would b resting in Arlington National Cemetery. I would love to visit his grave, a TRUE HERO in EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD! RIP MEN! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
They re all a inspiration to me. Rest in peace.
Right? I though all soldiers got buried in arlington. I guess it's up to the families..
Being a hero seem to be a participation trophy in the US.
That marine captain is no joke. He’s a veteran of over 20 firefights with distinguished honors.
20? 😂in Afghanistan that was a months worth
@@discobriscoe1882 20 is an extremely high number for a single soldier who’s not in a special operations unit. And even then it’s still a high number for a single deployment.
I don’t think you’re taking into account just how intense being in a prolonged firefight over 10 times is. Let alone another 10
@@Dougfunny37 Nope not really. I was going to be a smart Alec and say a "whole 20 wow". It really depends where your at and what time of year. 173rd Airborne Brigade was in that very same area of Khunar and Nuristan provinces. Red Wings took place in The Pech Valley in Khunar not very far from Waygal and Korengal Valleys. During there 07/08 deployment they were there for 15 months and got shot at almost daily some times for hours at a time. I was in Southeastern Afghanistan in De Chopan District of Zabul Province during that same time frame. We also got shot at quite a bit though maybe not as much as guys in Wygal and Khunar we were probably number three as far as most activity. There were far less firefights than say during the Vietnam Conflict because the Taliban and Al Qaeda understood they were not going to win going toe to toe with US Infantry and Special Operations Forces so they generally use IEDs but I have been in complex coordinated ambushes where they used both together pretty well. I was.
One must give props when props are due......Taliban OWNED the seals and worked the heck out of everyone... flawless victory...helicopter down and seals...dude is a legend
@@bosephusray165 Which helicopter are you talking about. If you talking about Extortion 17 when 18 members of SEAL Team Six were killed that wasn't anyone beating the SEALs they beat the helicopter pilots who were transporting the SEALS. If on the other hand your talking about Operation Red Wings and Marcus Lutrell and his 4 man Special Reconissanse Team that's why Reconissanse is among the most dangerous of military missions. You can only do it with a very small group of people usually 3-7 men. My LRS Team had 7 guys and only 3 actually did the Surveillance and Reconissanse. The others managed Communications. The nature of the mission also requires sacricing fire power for Communications and Surveillance gear. That 4 man SEAL Element only had rifles and two were Semiautomatic Sniper Systems so yeh when they were flanked from the high ground by a superior number with RPK and PKM Machine guns and Mortars they were pretty much outgunned and outmatched just because they are SEALs doesn't make them magic. None the less and despite all the guys that were killed on that mission the mission itself was still a success. The goal of the SEALs mission was only to locate Shah so a larger force of Marines could come in and kill him. The ultimate goal of the mission however was to prevent Shah and his militia from interfering in the 2005 parliamentary elections. As a result of Red Wings Shah and his militia fled to Pakistan and were killed by the Pakistanis and thus could not interfere in the election. What's funny is that another attack a little ways down the road in Waygal Valley in the Village of Wanat Taliban attacked a FOB that had just begun construction. This was a Platoon of about 15 Paratroopers from my unit Chosin Company 2nd Battallion of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. They were attacked in Wanat by a force of somewhere between 200-500 Taliban and they had of the 15 killed but they still won in the end and did not lose a single inch of ground. The difference between these two scenarios was not SEALs vs Army Paratroopers it is simply the fact that while the Paratroopers had not yet received food, water or any of the fortification materials to construct their FOB they unlike the SEALs were well armed and had lots of heavy weapons including light machineguns, 50 Cal, Mk 19 Grenade Launchers and Mortars. Americans almost always win because of possessing superior fire power and being skillful at how to apply it. US Tropps although we ultimately lost the war rarely ever were defeated in battle and the few times they were it waa due far more to our mistakes or lack of preparedness in that situation than it ever did the Talibans prowess in battle.
RIP danny Axe & mike
Chris Ortiz what about the others that got blown up try to save them? these men get no credit!
jay cha He isn’t giving them credit, he is simply stating Rest In Peace...
And Danny Dietz, and all others in helo that got shot down
Yeah Danny? And the others
@John s he said danny
Only the dead have seen the end of war.... Respect to the fallen seals
Teško da su bili u mogućnosti da vide kraj rata..
Rip Axe, Mike, and Danny Boy, and to the 16 souls aboard the helicopter coming to help.
A useless war that USA imposed on Pakistan.
Finally Pakistan China taliban won the war in Afghanistan.
To the hell
@@Wissayah To the hell
Wissayah
went
words couldn't describe how angry i am, watching them remove the personal belongings of the deceased SEALs. it's so hard to watch. RIP heroes of SEAL team 10.
and, hats off to the Marines for saving the day.
@@Mark59396 you should go out there and do it yourself than
@@Mark59396 From a youtube nerd viewpoint, you mean!?.
We do the same thing. It's called "pow search team out!"
They looking for Intel they kicked our asses hate to say it but it's true fuked up
It wasn't just the marines. You had seals rangers and infantry army and marines hiking from the bottom of the hill all the way up to the top. They started out with 50 or so men. And only had 10 men when they got to luttrell. Rob oniell talked bout it on marcus luttrels podcast. Rob O'Neill was the guy who killed Osama bin laden.
I got emotional watching this..my father died as a Lt Colonel...I sit here at 52 still ever soo proud..Thank you to all those who continue to risk their lives so that we all may live in freedom..as well as those who have fought and died bravely The world does indeed owe you all an immeasurable debt! Godbless you all🙏🏽🙏🏽💖💖💖
Si no invadieran masacraran y saquearan paises a su antojo durante no tendrian ningun muerto pero como les guata seguir haciendolo sin importarle bueno aveces tenes estas consecuencias...
cry more
thank you for your Daddy’s service! may he rest in eternal peace, God bless
@@katmom99 Thank you! 😁🙏🏽💖
El mundo NADA DEBE a Estados Unidos q se vive metiendo donde NADIE los llama deberian hacer caso a esa hermisa frase q dice YANQUIS GO HOME...
I knew the man who ran to the machine and he recently died of cancer. Thank you to all of these soldiers and may god bless you.
Wait, the 50cal? Because I saw someone comment recently on another video
Thank you for uploading videos about operation red wings. I've been following this for years now and like learning new things about this.
I also. I read the book years before it became a movie and I think Golab deserves more credit and possibly a movie for the shit he himself has been through
Good Job Marines!! Salute Fellow Soldiers!..Ive Watch Lone Survivor And Did All My Research On Operation Red Wings You Fought For Your Brothers And Did What You Had To Do...Thank You For Your Service God Bless You
@Nicholas Rodriguez everyone thinks the marines are the badasses, its annoying really.
You obviously never read gulabs version of lutrells lies.
One must give props when props are due......Taliban OWNED the seals and worked the heck out of everyone... flawless victory...helicopter down and seals...dude is a legend
@@blackbeard0074 anybody on that mountain was a hard bodied mofo I don’t care what unit or branch. Until you’ve dealt with terrain like that, and altitude like that you don’t really know what it’s like.
The movie is trash, why would you waste time.with it?
Credit to the Marines who got the job done.
Jocko Willink
Xin Loi army rangers did the marcus rescue
No
Josh Wilson Negative.
thats very wrong
god bless the fallen SEAL team 10
OrbzakaAlex Preach!
@Zarrar 9 As a Christian I will not curse you, but I hope you realize how evil you are and change how you present yourself.
@Zarrar 9 The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. God bless you, you're gonna need it.
@Zarrar 9 so you will be in hell soon buddy God doesn't like terrorists and people that kill medics
@Zarrar 9 wherever Taliban die i spit on there grave lol same with you and your shit country
People's perspective as to what exactly happened varies. What is fixed is the topography and physical evidence. I've constructed a draft Google Earth file which shows movement/positions from a combination of Luttrell's book, intel from Red Wings II and even some anecdotal evidence.
Even though I dislike the grandiose language used in Luttrell's book, from my experience (Recon-jungle/woodland/mountainous) I am satisfied with Luttrell's account of the topography, movement, and I can identify the initial OP and OP1 (Murphy's OP on the NE ridge line).
Recent anecdotal evidence from Gulab that Shah's men had seen Murphy's team with the goad herders from near the summit is highly plausible and checks out from both the topography and timeline, since the CH-47 insertion was so close that Shah may have been alerted during the night and headed up Sawtalo Sar at first light looking for a fight. This explains how Shah's men knew to sweep down extended line and split on both the N and NE spur lines.
What I found later, when reading Luttrell's book and the Google Earth file side-by-side made me ill as the graphics show something unbelievable.
Luttrell states verbally and in his book that Axelson must have died from his wounds and from the final RPG hit. He never saw him after the blast but does state that the Taliban were around his body. Although, Red Wings II found Axelson's body further down the valley - did the Taliban relocate the body? No!
Luttrell found a cornice to hide under and at dusk claims to have shot 3 Taliban across the ravine. Note that every soldier knows the sound of friendly weapons and enemy weapons, so Luttrell's shots, even though suppressed, would have been obvious to anyone in the area especially a friendly.
At night, once Luttrell was climbing toward the NW he states he slips and makes substantial noise. Two hours later he says he was being tracked by Taliban some 200 yards behind him, that they were making noise (talking and breaking twigs). In these valleys at night noise travels long distances, especially upward (Luttrell "you could hear a goat fart").
My Google file shows that Axelson was probably still alive, that the Taliban left him to bleed-out during the night knowing his wounds were too severe for an escape.
It was not Taliban pursuers which Luttrell could hear 200 yards behind him, it was Axelson moving towards Luttrell's shots 2hours earlier!!! It was Axelson who was crawling over branches, breaking twigs and possibly calling out.
The moment I realised this isn't possible, it's probable, I felt sick.
I wish I could link the file here so you could see how close they were.
I think deep down Luttrell realised this himself once Axelson's body was found and even though Luttrell raves-on about Murphy throughout the entire book - more than any other figure by far - he decided to name his son Axe because of this knowledge.
Luttrell didn't leave Axelson for dead, he left him by accident.
I don't believe Gulab found 11 full magazines on Luttrell, I think he's simply had a falling-out and said this to attack his character.
As for Taliban numbers, my personal opinion is that the minimum number of Taliban which could achieve these events - given their greatly superior plunging and interlocking fire positions - is no less than 15...probably 20. I do not believe Luttrell's claim of 80-200 Taliban but do believe that with RPG and a single MG fire it most certainly would have felt and sounded like 80+.
Operation Red Wings was simply hit by a 'Hasty Ambush' after revealing their position at OP1 on the NE spur line and the decision to relocate back to the first OP ultimately led to their downfall.
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Max Headroom Wow man. I read the book like 3 times. Thank you for all this.
Max Headroom wow great work ive researched just about everything I possibly can on this topic just becaus eof how kuch video footage of events. theres a german blogger or journalist who has footage of some other interesting things ive only seen the screen shot but believe they are related as well as looking for the original footagw of the day on the moutain from the talibans perspective obviously if a news team could get it for parts in a short on ahmad shah and his mayhem it must exist I think that could also help indicate more accurate numbers aswell as potential movements and deffensive/offensive tactics taken and made by the seals. great work though man glad to see im not the only one obsessed with it.
Max Headroom you're basing a lot of stuff on a google file we haven't seen. So this is all BS as of right now.
Legbiter 14 all I can say for sure is there wasnt some 80 to 200 fighters. its very plausible they were seen and thats why the ambush worked so well wich I may say those guys out in the north east layed out some pretty damn good ambushes. and it may have been axe who he heard i dont know how we could ever prove it
That's crazy... in the beginning of the video you can see some of Shaws troops take a watch off a Seals wrist. If you look closely you can see the firefighters patch on the Seals arm, that's Mike Murphy...
Not only that but you can see the bullet hole in his stomach. Rest in peace Mike
@W.Ƨ._eazy 7 where to go to see that? can you send me a link?
@W.Ƨ._eazy 7 thanks bro.. I don't support terrorism as well... I'm just an army thing fanatic.
Yeah just weird how the patch is on his left arm and all pictures of him the patch is on his right arm
Right. Which is why everyone now knows this story is bullshit. Nothing adds up.
Wow. This is the first time I've heard this part of the story, I believe.
Mad respect to all that put their life on the line during this operation.
Cool to see the actual footage
They've been fighting over there since the beginning of time and will continue till the end of time.
Yes if you learn the appreciate the geographical location of Afghanistan you understand why this is because for majority of history we have had to defend our homeland from invaders for thousands for years it is in our dna now.
I thought the seals were working as recon/intelligence to gather info for the USMC
Oh sure, I meant In Broader sense. I went through a Marine Boarding school, and USAF Basic/OTC was easier than that..
Their story deserves to be told Ed Daracks book which was slandered as USMC horeshit during the film's promotion.
I read ED Daracks book,I thought it was a well detailed book.It was good to read another take on Red Wings.
turkeychuck Also to protect the Marines, as they say in the movie (even though this may not be credible) "Shaw killed 10 marines last week".
Downrange Film I read his book and while it was good there were times he came across angry and bitter. Almost like he was upset that Marines were not mentioned as part of Operation Red Wings broader picture. You can tell he resented it but his book was really good. Very detailed
turkeychuck the Four SEALs were on a Recon to confirm Shaw was on Target. Then the following night an Assault Element of SEALs and Marines would assault the compound and kill him
1:30 is actually Mike Murphy’s body after the ambush, you can tell especially by the red patch he had on his shoulder
Murph challenge for life RIP SOLDIERS
Ahhhh it is him that’s sad
Yeah In the full footage it shows mike and danny’s bodies.
@@carlcarl4179 danny took a 7.62 to the face, only visible bullet wound i noticed, none on his chest, murphy had one in his lower abdomen and i think he had one in the back of the thigh too, unless that was an exit wound since they were firing down, he was killed making a radio call so its probable. marcus was long gone before murphy died, thus why you hear them screaming for him to come back. axelson was shot at the start of the engagement i believe.
@@SiriuslyVega that is in fact correct and according to an actual AAR it stated that Marcus had 11 full mags on him meaning he never fired a single round in the entire fight, therefore he just left his guys to die and tucked his tail and ran, his book and the movie is nowhere near accurate
1:32 Captain Murphy he has the red patch
He was Lieutenant Michael Murphy. Not Captain
Lieutenant you idiot
@@elijahgarcia-castro3726 chill ass hole
"WHOO!! FIRST FIREFIGHT!!" yeah buddy you dont wanna be in a firefight with these guys lmao
@@multikilla7758 sha dont play no games
@@nodre6111 shah and his crew have been dead for years now 😂
@@thebadace1280 they weren't then and they had shown themselves to be very powerful, well disaplined. He had about 7-25 men, which had to be claimed to be 200, for Americans to fathom their lethality.
@@multikilla7758 he's saying the Shah the guy they are after is very dangerous.
"Successful mission" we got ambushed three times, but their leader was sort of wounded. So great success!
Read something about locals in the area hearing helicopter noises in the region during the night of the SEALs' insertion and that already made Shah's militias aware of the presence of American troops. If it's true then that means the mission has already been compromised even before it started.
That's what the Afghan side of the story says. That EXACTLY. They heard the bird, they went out on patrol and found the rope, and they were following the SEALs from the very beginning. That's why the Marines were never going to use a bird to insert. SEALs got arrogant and, as a result, got dead. It's hard to have any sympathy for them.
Just imagine if the Afghans had the same weapons and training
That's why Afghan Taliban won and fake puppet government lost.
They don't .. and never will. That's why they've lost over 100k people to 7k from the Americans . Embarrassing number
Probably the worst fighters in history. If it wasn't for IEDs it would be even worse lmao straight trash 🗑️
Easier than hunting deer
@@DEACONR6155 you idiot the Americans lost 😂
Thank you for this video!
Thank you gentlemen for risking your lives for us. You will always receive my support. You are the reason that the United States is safe for my family. God bless!
Operation Red wings was hell that us civilians could never fathom. RIP Danny, Axe and Mike. Fly high brothers.
Its sick watching the Militia sit next to Murphy's body and trying on his boots, and taking his watch. Like animals.
@blamthekaboom yes the deadly game. They knew what they signed up for, but still, it's awkward when it's on video. That's rare in war
Taking trophies is quite common. In WW2, Marines were pulling teeth out of dead Japanese soldiers because they sometimes had gold fillings. That's just the nature of the beast when it comes to war.
@@Bengals6211 sad truth
This video was surprisingly hard to watch. I had to pause at 1:30 because of how infuriating it was watching them trying to take the gear off his body. But these are the realities of war unfortunately. RIP to the seals that died that day doing what they love to do, kick ass.
I wonder why they do that mission..it's very obvious don't know the terrain..they are easily pindown by their enemy..they just only 7 squad..they should have in 1 company.
Eric Walker oh, well I see..but yet still made mistake by their commander according to some account instead sending 1 team composed of 7 man..their commander decided to sent 4 men's.
Eric Walker they should have killed the goatherd or take as prisoner until the end of their mession.
@John Smith just don’t watch it they show axes severally disfigured face and raid and steal there stuff
@@prod.deathwish it was actually Danny Dietz's disfigured face because you can tell by tattoo on his abdomen ,Axe didn't have a tattoo
Gotta love the Marines and all US Warriors!
We all recognize the Marines with their rightful name until 3:44 where the subtitles say "soldier". You hate to see it...
I participated in Whalers and Redwings. 2/3 Echo
@gtlip that is correct...
@gtlip Right on... I was in 2/3 Echo company 2nd Platoon between 2003 and 2006. I believe the OP was in my Platoon. I was in Afghanistan also during Red Wings and Whalers.
@gtlip same to you brother...
Does anyone know the name of this NARRATOR?
He does an excellent job & I’ve heard him on several VIETNAM TH-cam videos.
Anyone noticed that this movie is almost the same as the Medal Of Honor with the characters Voodooo, Preacher, Mother and Rabbit ?
Close but the final mission of MOH 2010 was directly inspired by Operation Anaconda that took place at takur gahr in 2002
Wow ..wouldn’t have guessed a video of any part of this event existed. Bless you boys 🫡
I don't think marines are called soldiers. Soldiers are army.
AD Olata marriens are shit in this terrain.55% of the area is in talibans hand
Dumbass comment I’ve ever heard in my life
Marines are call Marines army are call soldiers you right bro
I think Marines are sensitive snowflakes and not intelligent enough to comprehend that for thousands of years "soldiers" was a general word to mean anyone in a military.
Michael Murphy is name of the man who led the other 3. He was the commander of the group that Latrell was in, on the Red Wings operation. Rip to all the seals who were killed.
The unheard stories of the Marines.
What else would you expect when you drop 4 guys out in the middle of nowhere with no support of any kind. Combine that with the fact they had no communication until after they were in the midst of an ambush. High command must have a hard on for wasting their own boys.
Cant believe he survived being unable to walk, surrounded, behind enemy lines, 50 guys walking around looking for you, nobody in the U.S. military knew where he was.
Marcus owes his life to Gulab. It's almost a guarantee that Marcus would have not made it out of there being unable to walk with the Taliban looking for him.
Even with Gulab saving him, it didnt come without a price. Several of Gulabs villagers died defending the village from the taliban. And for several years later Gulab survived many assassination attempts for helping Marcus. Gulab now lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
It was 12 people at the most not 50
@@roach6992official estimate is 20.
8-15 and apparently Marcus just straight up ran
@@javiergonzalez1194 That's not true at all. Reddit conspiracy gets the best of all of us, but marcus was engaged in the fight. Trust me. You don't get shot and shrapnel from running. Especially down a mountain
@@javiergonzalez1194 your confusing a real SEAL badass combat veteran with yourself.
Do you have original released video from the Afghans during that time? I was an engineer with 2/3 and I lost it when my hard drive crashed. That was the only thing I cared for on it.
@Jay S. yeah and it had one of our firefights when we were in a lumberyard.
@@rpnvg it has a part of it but not the lumber yard video.
@@TheSupermanX13 there’s a lot of different version of the ambush video some edited some from different camera angles some of just raw footage there a Reddit post where it Combies all the clips of the ambush
Getting a tattoo for axe. True embodiment of the warrior spirit.
Did ya get the tattoo?
That’s lame if you don’t know him dude
Rip💔 Soldiers... Thanks for the Courage of GULAB...
20 yrs , over $2.3t , latest weapons & technology, over 150 different armies. countless lives list on all sides , countless disabled forever, For What?????
One thing that video proves is Marcus Luttrel was lying, there seems to have been 5 men, let's say 10 total for the two Taliban teams, Not 200 as he grossly exaggerated.
5, 10, 200 don’t matter still gotta give the man respect, that situation was as close as u can get to living hell
hes a coward run away left his friends to save his ass you can hear in the video 1 of them calling for him to help and comeback
@@loganphillips2210 it does matter when you pretend you killed 40 men, when your entire team killed zero and implying murdering goat herders was the right thing to do, as it would have saved them. When we know the team was being tracked for hours beforehand.
Also omitting the fact they said if you don't shoot we won't kill you...
@@loganphillips2210 He absolutely ran. People close to this know his injuries were minor and he was recovered with all his ammo. Hes a compulsive liar whose an inside joke amongst many in SF. When I found out how badly he lied I privatized many of his speeches - sofrep.com/news/lone-survivor-uncovered-the-ambush-at-sawtalo-sar/
@@Alex-cw3rz That goatherder story is another lie most likely made up by Patrick Robinson to question the ROE
1:30 is Michael Murphy's body
That's Michael Murphy. I've seen the unedited version on liveleak.
Frank-O but didn't Murphy have a desert tri colour camo shirt on and not woodland and also the patch on his arm is what Murphy was wearing.
Dave Harow sorry I got them mixed up
I wonder if they fire back and killed those some taliban militia..somebody question the account of Marcus Lustrell..according to him they take a lot taliban fighters as long as 50 they could get..But some other testimony who recovered the bodies of navy seals no found every single dead body of taliban..according to some account only 7 or 10 taliban who fought against Navy Seals not 50 or 100 according to Lustrell account.
Sad things they even take some of their belongings..I wonder they got ambushed and pindown.
Is the lone survivor this story is incorrect. It was axa, marcus m, Murphy and danny i think,
I applaud the brave fighters of Afghanistan defending their homeland. Just like Americans would there own if a load of Afghanis landed to kill a local sheriff.
Brave fighters of Afghanistan?? You talking about the Taliban who are terrorists and killed over 3000 innocent people hijacking aeroplanes? Seeing these pieces of shit taking the personal belongings of the dead seals, they are nothing but absolute SCUM OF THE EARTH & DESERVE TO DIE!!!!
That short vid must be from some bigger movie. What is title of that documentary?
SEALs got destroyed. Luttrel ran with his tail between his legs. The Marines came in and destroyed them. To be fair there was only 4 SEALs
:( in Luttrels defense, in the future, when he came back in later missions, he was in many firefights. He wasn’t necessarilya coward. Just inexperienced.
You wouldnt even have balls to join the army you weenie
Marines are trash 🗑
D ross.have ever served or been in a fire fight or just a SHIT TALKER IF YOU NEVER BEEN THERESHUT YOUR.MOUTH.HOO YAH.HOO.RAH.SOMETHING YOU KNOW.NOTHING.ABOUT
the video at 1:13 is danny… that’s really sad
A shout out to the marines who avenged our navy seal brothers.
Mmh
Those goat herders kicked you out, when you will avenge that?? 😆
@@thunderbear0 you don't know what the hell your talking about.
@@warringtribes6689The American public kicked us out lol. The president planned it terribly aswell.
@@NastyNate18Bwho tf is us? Ur from Ukraine focus on Russia first lol
You're right on about the terrain being as much an enemy as the bad guys. I was in Nam in the Central Highlands and the worst time of my life was during monsoon season in triple canopy jungle. It rained 20 hours a day, and then add to that the snakes, mosquitos, land and water leeches, mud, cold, and wet 24/7, just plain miserable plus humping a five day resupply, I was with a five man recon squad for part of my duty.
I only did jungle training in Panama with my fellow Marines. Anyways it was hellacious to say the least.
Would you be willing to talk about it for a few minutes in an interview?
Shouldn't have been in Nam to begin with and this is coming from the daughter of a Nam vet!!
Only America have the balls to invade someone else's land, slap the people then get offended that they get slapped back
Rip to navy seal team
Hey down range when are you going to up load the video you said you were working on
ojarrid m
can't too much be off with try this man's stories. you can't drive nothing but believe it. his friends we were found in the Battle field by the enemy. the guy who saved him cooperate his story. this man put his life on the line for his country. there is no reason to doubt what he said. he's the only one that maid it back that says enough
The guy who saved him absolutely does not corroborate Marcus story.
Sounds like Marcus ran honestly
😢 thank you for your service
excellent book! btw down range film I'm a big fan of your channel. Are you a veteran?
Yea, USAF Recce, Nothing like the Marines who chased Shah though, these guys deserve to tell the story imo.
btw thank you for your service sir
thank you for your service down range, I leave for USMC boot camp in a couple of weeks so wish me luck
Hey man.
The Marines are pure bad ass, and I wish you all the very best of luck. Keep us posted recruit
Down Range Film thank you, I've been working really hard to get in good physical shape, so I hope it pays off, Hoorah
Hello Downrange Film, do you have the full Video of the entire fight of the 4 Seals?
@ Jay Steele ; thanks Dude
A shitty reminder of my deployment to chowkay and pech river valley Kunar afgh. 2008-2009
Jesse Roth Thank you for serving bro. From my family, thank you for the huge sacrifice. My cousin was a marine in 2/5 did 10 years
Michael McClure the pleasure was all mine
I was in the korengal 08 09
Thank you both so much, gentlemen. Really hope your both well & because you have earnt everyone's respect and gratitude
Thank you for everything... I mean it with all my heart... Their are American civilians that live and admire everyone from every branch... It's not just bumper sticker deep..i have 3 friends that served in USMC & one was part Operation Phantom Fury...War is truly hell....ive never experienced it first hand but reliving it (as much as humanly capable) through their stories I honestly believe no book or movie can truly grasp how awful war actually is..I have more respect for any one who is serving or is a veteran than anyone other man or woman and I always will....thank you again.
Yeah I saw the part with all the sandbags on the ground did they haul those with them
Well done, brothers
What documentary did this come from?
Hey Chris, its called Inside the Afghanistan war (2012) link bit.ly/2HMPRVx
Great respect ❤ from India you have done good job RIP died one , tq gulab.
Iron sights, from one hilltop to the other, one shot, saved the medevac
Couldnt have been more perfect than that
For the guy who did the single shot to save the chopper from and rpg is a G
Aimbot
They all are
Anywhere to watch the full video?
Lol without out air support I wonder how many battles they would actually win.
legate lanious the same could be said about any armed forces anywhere... having air superiority is almost always a key factor in battles.
Nothing, the british came and were humiliated when the afghans killed 16000 of their army in one battle in 1837. No air support at that time.
Lol without weapons I wonder how many battles they would actually win.
Where can I watch this complete episode..?? Anyone..?
Rip Danny dietz Mathew axelson Micheal Murphy Shane Patton Erik Kristenson R.I.P. thank you for your service in a couple more years I will become a Marine and honor my country hoorah god bless
shows marines and calls them Soldiers..
"one engaged in military service"
Who cut the video shory
RIP. Thank you for risking your lives for a better World.
did u deete all ur vids or was it youtube cuz i have a srs question
Privatized.
Who is watching this ,in the middle of corona , BLM along ..
BLM can go to hell
What's the name of this documentary. PLEASE
Most of the damage done by the attack helicopters uff a tuff fight
What’s the name of this documentary?
God bless America!✊
America is a terrorist country
The 9/11 attacks were carried out by the us government and bush
Plz talk about Marcus Latrell and how his whole book and movie was Bullshit. The man who took him in and saved his life came to America for the movie premiere, what many don’t know is how he wanted to tell his side of the story, the truth. Well Marcus couldn’t have that. After that it all went down hill.
It was not 80 against 4, it was 14
I believe Mike Murphy went to make the call leaving 3 alone, then Danny was hit leaving 2, then Mike was hit.
Marcus already said he laid his Rifle down, I believe he left Axe.
I believe he ran, leaving Axe to fight for himself and that why it took 2 days for them to find his body so far from Danny and Mike and were Marcus said he would be.
Marcus said he was shot 10 times, broke his back but then was cleared to go back out on missions????
No way, complete BS!
Marcus is another Chris Kyle unfortunately with his Jessie Ventura story.
Sad, but true
What documentary is this from?
What's is America's problem in Afghanistan? Did Afghanistan invade USA? Nein I didn't think so
@Adam Wheeler 911 Was done by your own people
@Adam Wheeler there was a bomb planted in the WTC, on this very site there is proof and footage of no planes. im guessing bush said yes to the cia, john f kennedy said no to their plan of harming americans and blaming it on other people, look what happened to him.
@Adam Wheeler the way the bomb exploded on the tower was one, and why aren't you asking for the links with no planes
how do i get to the big video
1:35 this is the body of Mike Murphy as the remove the watch from his corpse. Rest in peace and thank you sir
glad yaw have this i try rxplain the terrain the pech and surrouding valleys
today I m going watched this movie which base on real story about bravery I m speechless . I salute that soldier from me and from all neplese people . sallute soldier who always fight with terirrioust
Was this marine unit 2-3?
Team Afghan 💪
How chilling is it when he says " if you do not fight we will not kill you" id be like yup im gonna die either way here
Imagine how much Marcus wanted to be apart of this mission
@Stephen Zuppo Nice to see someone did his research....he was/is a coward who left his friends to die.
I did alot of digging and from what I know Marcus lied about alot. Even his stories during his public speeches dont exactly match up. I can completely understand if a soldier froze up or even retreated....but to lie about being a hero and then make money from it is kinda twisted.
All it takes is look at the 2005 photo of lutrell. Very clean face.contradicting his story of sustaining major injuries including to his face.
Are you a navy seal or military intel. I wanna know how you got this information
You didn’t serve, you didn’t do the job, and you weren’t there… so STFU.
Please captain, don't ever be conflicted about killing terrorists.
RIP. Godspeed to All the Men and Women in Harm's way.
The movie and real footage is a big different.. they should have sent recon marine not seal team 6
Actually, a 6-man marine sniper team was going to do it.
Good job marines
was grissom the one that tried to brief the seals on the area since the marines had been there a while and the seals just disregarded all his valuable intel bc "were seals were better than you"?
Lutteral has told lies
Operation red wing was originally a marine sniper operation, but socom wouldn't allow them to use there helicopters. Wonder if the outcome would of been different.
Hi this is terrorism Islam is not Taliban I am Muslim but I hate that big big big love to those solders for them brave enough to fight those terrorist
I hope that this bad people gone
I am Human My heart is so sad for this young guys they deserve to live I m so shocked