I served in 1984 for eight years in the US Army thank you for posting this it brings back memories I was a high school dropout no one would give me an opportunity except the United States Army I was a high school dropout the recruiter drove me every single day to and from an adult high school when I got my diploma he said do I want to join still I told him no one else would give me an opportunity give me 8 years in the service went to college after I got out I got into the medical field I want to thank the US Army for the opportunity and the values it gave me to succeed in life when no one else wanted to give me that opportunity thank you for posting this. I salute all my brothers and sisters who are currently serving some In Harm's Way and I thank them for their faithful service. Before the army the word can't was stuck in my head after basic training the word cannot was no longer stuck in my head the Army taught me you that you can succeed in anything you do if you try very hard
In the Short time I’ve been in so far, I’ve met former druggies, gangbangers, people from poverty stricken families and also people who had no where else to go. The one thing they all had in common was a drive to do something different, and to be better and that right there filled me with pride like nothing I’ve ever felt before.
Be All You Can Be is more than a recruiting slogan. It is what every person should strive for, being the very best they can. In todays society, our youth need the motivation to stay out of gangs, stay off the streets, and focus on the much bigger picture. That much bigger picture is Being All They Can Be in doing their part to Building A Better America. I don’t recall when Be all you can be first became our slogan, but I do remember hearing it doing my 20 years of active duty from 72 -92..
I hate to say it when I went in in 83 it was still seen by a lot of people as being a place for ignorant losers.....I kept my joining under wraps when I was in high school.....I had one guy who was a jock who had some how found out I was going in say to me "Why the fuck are you joining the Army?".....I went to a good high school where almost 100 percent went on to university....I am so glad I went in....
ngl if that commercial was redone in the same way but just better camera and played with the same song for tv nowadays I'd probably sign up I'm weak for catchy shit
I graduated HS in 1983 and joined the Army a few months after graduating. The Army paid me a LOT better than a full time job I had before joining and I got 3 promotions within a year since the Army promoted based on your performance and not a test or a popularity contest. I chose the Infantry but as a Tank Destroyer (MOS 11H) and I went to a lot of “career enhancement” schools which gave me some interesting skill sets. The perception of low IQ people being in the Infantry is far from reality, it got that perception thanks to McNamara’s Morons during Vietnam where they lowered the minimum IQ from 83 down to 70 but over the years since, the average IQ of an Infantryman is 120 since we hate doing the same boring job every day, we prefer fluid environments where we face challenges. The Army gave me a lot of benefits I enjoy now since I retired from Active Duty in 2009, no other civilian career will give you financial and medical benefits if you get injured and I’m well compensated.
My son was 99th percentile on ASVAB. He chose 11B and aspiring Ranger. Brilliant, self-reliant young men don't want 9 to 5's. The military, especially the Army is a perfect fit.
@@alchemicalsoul I’d be damn proud if that was my son! Well done dad! I never had the courage to go to Ranger school, a few of my buddies did and this was back in the late 80’s when things were a bit harder. I’m guessing his career will be fruitful and I know he won’t have to work around liberals (well, maybe on a rare occasion).
If I had addressed my First Sgt. like that, he would have ripped my head off and called me every name in the book. I can hear him now. "Oh, what are we fucking friends now? Listen up, fuck stick. Don't EVER fucking talk to me again! I'm not your pal!"
I got frost bite in both hands, wounded in right arm, my lower back ain't been the same since joining, ptsd has affected me and the VA keeps trying to give me drugs....i was being all that i can be. Thanks Gov!!
The callous treatment that vets get is something horrifying. I met a vet on the street the other day, he had been disabled and also had no home, but still had his old ID Card from when he was in during the 80s. Sometimes I see that and wonder if that’ll one day be me at the end of my service.
I think a lot of the disconnect comes from people who may not have had to face a lot of adversity in their life. I’m grateful that people don’t have to face those struggles in modern society, but my struggles in life made me into who I am today. Even though Americans have better lives today than they did 40 years ago, I think the lack of perspective is a big problem. When your back is against the wall, you quickly figure out what’s the most important to you. Public service, whether it’s the military or something else, gives you the opportunity to find out what those things are. I think if more people took the opportunity to serve, they’d figure out that their family, community, and country are the most important, and all the other bullshit doesn’t really matter.
I salute all my brothers and sisters in uniform and as veterans too. Served in US. ARMY. Mos 45T Bradley Fighting Vehicle Engineer and previous in Louisiana ARMY National Guard in Mos 15p/93p Aviation Flight Operations Coordinator. Was in Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait. I wouldn't change anything for the love, respect, skill training , comrades that I met while in service on active duty. Attached to 2nd U.S. Marine Division as we had Bradley Fighting Vehicles that have mussle launcher where as Lav-25: Marine vehicles did not have. The Marines borrowed one of ours Nd little up Saddam's Republican Guard Force and they became toast together with The M-1 Abraham's Tank riding together in force Reconnaissance and I tell you with absolute truth they lit up the enemy like the fourth of July!
I served in 1984 for eight years in the US Army thank you for posting this it brings back memories I was a high school dropout no one would give me an opportunity except the United States Army I was a high school dropout the recruiter drove me every single day to and from an adult high school when I got my diploma he said do I want to join still I told him no one else would give me an opportunity give me 8 years in the service went to college after I got out I got into the medical field I want to thank the US Army for the opportunity and the values it gave me to succeed in life when no one else wanted to give me that opportunity thank you for posting this. I salute all my brothers and sisters who are currently serving some In Harm's Way and I thank them for their faithful service. Before the army the word can't was stuck in my head after basic training the word cannot was no longer stuck in my head the Army taught me you that you can succeed in anything you do if you try very hard
Well done. Many success stories out there like yours.
Just one question: What happened to your face? You look like a mad dog!
In the Short time I’ve been in so far, I’ve met former druggies, gangbangers, people from poverty stricken families and also people who had no where else to go.
The one thing they all had in common was a drive to do something different, and to be better and that right there filled me with pride like nothing I’ve ever felt before.
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Awesome story. That’s an outstanding NCO who knows what leadership is all about, helping others become the best version of themselves.
My favorite version of the Army jingle!! Thank you for this. 30 years later. Full Emotional Closure!
The be all you can be was the best slogan and the best recruiting commercials by far
Even the current one “be all that you can be” ads are soulless corporate slop and not patriotic or inspiring enough
Probably the best military recruiting commercial ever made
Be All You Can Be is more than a recruiting slogan. It is what every person should strive for, being the very best they can. In todays society, our youth need the motivation to stay out of gangs, stay off the streets, and focus on the much bigger picture. That much bigger picture is Being All They Can Be in doing their part to Building A Better America. I don’t recall when Be all you can be first became our slogan, but I do remember hearing it doing my 20 years of active duty from 72 -92..
I hate to say it when I went in in 83 it was still seen by a lot of people as being a place for ignorant losers.....I kept my joining under wraps when I was in high school.....I had one guy who was a jock who had some how found out I was going in say to me "Why the fuck are you joining the Army?".....I went to a good high school where almost 100 percent went on to university....I am so glad I went in....
92G FTW! Never fired a bullet but sure fired up some pretty HOT STOVES!
ngl if that commercial was redone in the same way but just better camera and played with the same song for tv nowadays I'd probably sign up I'm weak for catchy shit
I graduated HS in 1983 and joined the Army a few months after graduating. The Army paid me a LOT better than a full time job I had before joining and I got 3 promotions within a year since the Army promoted based on your performance and not a test or a popularity contest. I chose the Infantry but as a Tank Destroyer (MOS 11H) and I went to a lot of “career enhancement” schools which gave me some interesting skill sets. The perception of low IQ people being in the Infantry is far from reality, it got that perception thanks to McNamara’s Morons during Vietnam where they lowered the minimum IQ from 83 down to 70 but over the years since, the average IQ of an Infantryman is 120 since we hate doing the same boring job every day, we prefer fluid environments where we face challenges. The Army gave me a lot of benefits I enjoy now since I retired from Active Duty in 2009, no other civilian career will give you financial and medical benefits if you get injured and I’m well compensated.
My son was 99th percentile on ASVAB. He chose 11B and aspiring Ranger. Brilliant, self-reliant young men don't want 9 to 5's. The military, especially the Army is a perfect fit.
@@alchemicalsoul I’d be damn proud if that was my son! Well done dad! I never had the courage to go to Ranger school, a few of my buddies did and this was back in the late 80’s when things were a bit harder. I’m guessing his career will be fruitful and I know he won’t have to work around liberals (well, maybe on a rare occasion).
@@echohunter4199 that last sentence was so retarded. You should be ashamed.
If I had addressed my First Sgt. like that, he would have ripped my head off and called me every name in the book. I can hear him now. "Oh, what are we fucking friends now? Listen up, fuck stick. Don't EVER fucking talk to me again! I'm not your pal!"
Hahahahahah! No shit bro.
"Oh, what are we fucking friends now?"
🤣
I got frost bite in both hands, wounded in right arm, my lower back ain't been the same since joining, ptsd has affected me and the VA keeps trying to give me drugs....i was being all that i can be. Thanks Gov!!
The callous treatment that vets get is something horrifying. I met a vet on the street the other day, he had been disabled and also had no home, but still had his old ID Card from when he was in during the 80s. Sometimes I see that and wonder if that’ll one day be me at the end of my service.
lol that apache pilot does the computer kid Brett Rambo thumbs up
Who are you? Patrick Bouillon nsa.gov
That’s not an Apache. That’s a cobra
@@davidbliss3220 Zackly.
Makes so upset to see this. Only 40 years ago. Americans were still great and had pride for ourselves and our country. How did we lose it so fast..
I was thinking the exact same thing.
High Schools brain wash them
Preach
I disagree. America's sons and daughters will always have pride in this country.
I think a lot of the disconnect comes from people who may not have had to face a lot of adversity in their life. I’m grateful that people don’t have to face those struggles in modern society, but my struggles in life made me into who I am today. Even though Americans have better lives today than they did 40 years ago, I think the lack of perspective is a big problem. When your back is against the wall, you quickly figure out what’s the most important to you. Public service, whether it’s the military or something else, gives you the opportunity to find out what those things are. I think if more people took the opportunity to serve, they’d figure out that their family, community, and country are the most important, and all the other bullshit doesn’t really matter.
I have no regrets. Glad I joined.
I knew the guys doing push up. They were in the Ranger Bn with me!
God bless America 4ever, deployed 1991. Class of 90
Army bringing back "Be All That You Can Be."
This is the best one
Guys winding a mainframe tape drive
"Because we need you...to diiiiiie" (singing).
0:08😂 Decoding an intercepted Korean transmission from Kim II Sung.
This was about 40 years after ww2
I wonder if any of them have two mums...
Push your self to the limits that,s army I grew up on Gi joe. Not Emma 2 moms
We're is Emma?
Its Emma's granduncle LOL.
Now rebooted for the 21st century.
💙👍
What happened to us?
Be all You Can Be for The Zios
Emma has two mothers doe….
Rest in the good news 👍 okay bye
0:12 what is she looking at?😕
armed law enforcement with reflective vests🦺
Beau mems !! 👍🔥💪🙏👌🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ooorah!
I salute all my brothers and sisters in uniform and as veterans too. Served in US. ARMY. Mos 45T Bradley Fighting Vehicle Engineer and previous in Louisiana ARMY National Guard in Mos 15p/93p Aviation Flight Operations Coordinator. Was in Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait. I wouldn't change anything for the love, respect, skill training , comrades that I met while in service on active duty. Attached to 2nd U.S. Marine Division as we had Bradley Fighting Vehicles that have mussle launcher where as Lav-25: Marine vehicles did not have. The Marines borrowed one of ours Nd little up Saddam's Republican Guard Force and they became toast together with The M-1 Abraham's Tank riding together in force Reconnaissance and I tell you with absolute truth they lit up the enemy like the fourth of July!
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Freaking army going woke since 1981
the army that cant win a war... unless its Grenada or panama
I think we did pretty well in both 20th century world wars. How does your third world banana republic military compare?
*...Lives in a shithole country*
Kek
Get ratioed
The Army can win a war. It’s corrupt politicians and elites that curtail that.
Sighed up in 2003. Got out in 2013. 10th Mountain infantry!
I think this slogan is really designed to attract ambitious goal oriented people which what the military should try to recruit.