Green Beret Thoughts on Ukraine
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- What's up everyone?! In this video I am giving my uneducated, layman's version of what we can learn from the Ukraine situation. Drop your comments and let me know what you think!
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Putin is ramping up efforts, clear sign that Ukraine is putting up one hell of a fight!
Yep 👍
Ukraine has done very well so far. But the longer this goes on, the more brutal Putin's actions will become. I expect in the next month he will just start levelling cities just like Grozny or Aleppo.
The longer Ukraine holds out, the more Putin's ego will take a hit and the more likely he'll be to over-escalate the conflict. Hopefully the world is ready to step up when that happens, because Ukraine shouldn't fighting.
How do you know that is the reason? How do you now that they even raping their forces?
Anyone that thought it would be over already doesn't realize the other side has a vote too.
Keep it up man. You're one of the few ex-mil TH-camr who doesn't come across as a turbo bro-vet. Well balanced and Intelligent bloke.
I appreciate that!
I thought it was just me. I was in during the late 80s, and my experience was obviously different than a lot of the younger guys. :-)
I think that is the green beret background they are well trained in my opinion
@@Fr4nkSanchez
Well trained in.. training dissidents in foreign countries. That's a weird (globalist) job to have while simultaneously claiming to be pro America.
Great message Buck! We need as many warriors as possible to keep our way of life free. Semper Fi from an old Marine.
Yes we do!
Relevant, concise, real talk and no bullshit as always Buck! Just wanted to say thanks, starting basic training in august! Alot of tips and motivation at times when I wasn't feeling it, came from the FNG Academy. Nothing but grateful for this platform!
get after it bro! we appreciate you!
Thank you for such good info. The first thing I learned in Basic training back in the 80s was shoot.move and communicate
that's the key!
Yep. When I went through basic at Ft. Benning in 2006, every damn day in formation the drills had us saying in cadence, "Shoot, move, communicate, kill."
Every day.
@@ebannaw hell yeah 👍👍
Real talk, Bro.
Thanks….and thank you for your Service!
First time to the channel here and that was a great video I subscribed and liked, thank you for your service it’s because of people like you that innocent people get to live free. Have a good week
One of my professors in university was former SF (national guard). He said that a lot of SF guys are a cerebral bunch, well read, well spoken, highly intelligent, super motivated, and deadly as hell. After watching this channel, I see he was right.
You have to be. If you look at the original MOS of MACVSOG in Vietnam they were mostly communications MOS. This MOS requires a higher GT score. Gotta be hard, willing, and mostly.....smart.
old vet ! vietnam era ! 71 to 82 really like you
thanks brotha!
Thank you for your Military service and the video.
Hello from Ukraine. SOF of Ukraine rebuilt like US SOF. We have Q corse that is the same US q corse (and there is small analague of q cors - SOFIC like in US SOF). It was create by SOF soldiers of US. SOF of Ukraine is working in confict quite effectively. I"m 8 regiment SOF.
glad to hear man!
Solid insights. Skills and training acquired in SOF is much more than combat. Ukrainians have showed the world their courage and determination when facing invasion. They are doing so for the most noble cause a man can ask: protect your home, your family, and your values.
Been waiting for you to do this video!
appreciate the support
Thanks Sean! This was a eye opener to many. I think anyone who has experienced combat had that thought at least for a second. It's the thought of having purpose again the only real way we know. God bless all who are out there & the Ukraine people.
you the man Jay!
Props for a great video. Too many former operators pretend to have a PhD in international relations. Your tactical analysis makes total sense, and sounds really smart without trying too hard. It's great that you're modest, but it's better that you over-deliver with a quality perspective.
you are way humble and a badass at the same time- I hope you take that as a compliment, because it is intended as one.
Love your vids buck! This is some crazy shit we are able to watch a major conflict in real time! War is changing. Anyways appreciate the fng academy definitely makes me look into sf.
you bet bro!
Thank you for serving this great nation brother 🙏. God bless you bro
I’m just a fucking chef. Been doin it for the past 30+ years. We love those who keep us safe. We love you. Keep it up.
Only Buck can start his video stating he don’t know shit about fuck, and then continue to sound like a genius. The way he explains things makes my whole outlook on situations like this completely different, and quite frankly clearer. I love these videos.
Truer words couldn't have been said. People who always have their mouths open never have their ears open. And the one's who always have the "right" answer's on everything are the one's who usually are not willing to listen to other options. I'm so so glad that you said this and put it out there! Thank you!
Chris Cappy from Task&Purpose did a damn good breakdown regarding Ukraine conflict
He’s still going. Buck should definitely see Chris’s take on this.
The fact that you considered joining means that you have a great heart.
thoughts dont count for much but i appreciate that, we do have gear headed that way, thanks to a bad ass Ukrainian here
@@FNGACADEMY Maybe you can help train them? By the end of this week, they may have tens of thousands of Ukraine Foreign Legion recruits.
You remind me of why I wanted to go sf. SOFREP had video segments, SOF dudes from different components, SEALs, Rangers, MARSOC, they were all sitting in man caves decorated with camo netting and pictures n shit, drinking bud or something, swapping war stories about hell week or sere or some shit. Then came the SF segment, guys sitting in a 50s diner, started by making a toast to the fallen, then a long discussion about geopolitics and strategic thinking. That can tell everything you need to know.
Your a good man we need more people like you. Great videos btw.
God bless you - and thanks for the content.
Much appreciated
I talk about red dawn in my bug out bag video. Amazing info man I appreciate your content!
appreciate it homie
Thanks for the perspective as always buck Love ya💯
you bet homie!
love ya train of thought on matters.....................
Must get in and go. This could be our moment...thank you buck you've done a lot!
You bet!
We love you buck !!!🎈🇺🇸
appreciate ya
Humility = Wisdom. Well said!
I don't know either and I don't blame you brother. There will always be conflict. And many people telling you how to feel about it
Thank you for this video man!
Means a lot!!!
Ty for your honest thoughtful and realistic advice
Nice shout out to the Grunt 11B's. This Leg is helping organize in our Colorado community and raising, growing food.
Always great to hear from ya sean
appreciate ya!
Thanks for recognizing the importance of Group Support personnel in support of SF missions.
You’re bad ass bro humble warrior right warrior
I just said that to my boy yesterday. Its Red Dawn for real in Ukraine. WOLVERINES!!! Bless Ukraine
Another great video Sean. Appreciate this kind of content. I'm concerned about all the ISIS guys that were released when we left Afghanistan. We have weak leadership and everyone is distracted. That seems like a opening for them.
great distraction for sure
Shoot move comunicate. Supply routes and communications are essencial
🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏
Thank you for sharing
You bet!
James Yeager has dropped a couple vids from inside of the Ukraine. He has a poc that got him all hooked up.
I'd love being able to carry this degree of combat knowledge throughout life, knowing I'd stand my ground against any threat. That's one of the many reasons I'm enlisting
no matter what unit you are in, we always rely on each other, there is no one man Army... but a group of GB's Rangers and SEALS could really do some damage
@@FNGACADEMY Hell yeah, I can't wait to be apart of the brotherhood 🤙🏾
Glad to see you giving what you can for those in need, Sean. Also, really cool to see that you understand a lot of the same tactics Russia is doing as an ex CIA personnel. To reference, if you haven’t seen already, Joe Rogan recently had a podcast with Mike Baker covering this topic!
Mike Baker says almost nothing or very common knowledge and the rest he talks out of his ass and just says his opinion
5:15,
Yeah, for a country whose citizens Want freedom, too.
I did my assessment. The medical logistics are currently keeping me sidelined. Not a happy realization...lol.
Still looking for a workaround, though; maybe just as a REMF, helping with logistics or Whatever. Maybe I'll still have the opportunity to put to good use my degree in BnM from THE Johns Hopkins University...lol
BUCK, you're awesome!!!
appreciate it!
Retired Marine here.
You make sense, and I didn't hear any stupid stuff. I've been studying history and geopolitics for over fifty years now, and there's a lot of stupid stuff out there - sometimes I turn into one of those old men yelling at the TV when the dumbassery gets to be more than I can stand - but I haven't heard anything from you that sounded dumb, or wrong, to me.
I retired from the Marine Corps in 1996 - I'm 65 now, and according to the orthopedic types, my skeleton is more like a century old, so I'm not likely to be very useful in my old MOS duties (I was an 0341 mortarman, cross-trained on the M60 machine gun, and I carried a PRC-77 radio for my platoon. Along with being on a gun crew, I was an FO for a while.) I wish I could.
I'm with you on Ukraine. I'm pulling for them, and I don't understand any American or citizen of any other free society who isn't.
As for Red Dawn, personally, I thought it was kind of silly, but I agree on the need to think ahead about a variety of scenarios. BTW, a book you might like if you haven't read it is The Disaster Diaries,: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse, by Sam Sheridan. Each chapter, he took a different end-of-civilization scenario and tried to figure out a skill set he'd need to take care of his family, then went and found subject matter experts to teach him the basics of those skills. Pretty funny sometimes, also practical.
So even though I'm pretty decrepit physically now, I can still teach. I was a marksmanship instructor for a while in the Marine Corps, then again as an instructor at the New Mexico Corrections Academy in my second career (my official job was mental health, doing the psych screenings on applicants and teaching some classes, but it was pretty slow a lot of the time, so I got the tactical guys to run me through their weapons instructor certification classes and started moonlighting on the range whenever I could. They told me I was the only person in the Department who was officially qualified both to shoot someone and then to ask them, "And how did that make you feel?")
Thanks for this video. Interesting how events have gone in the year and however much longer since you recorded it. It's actually looking like the Ukrainians might succeed in driving the Russians out of their country, if the rest of the free world keeps up our material support.
Great point 3:30. People who will act like they know everything are people u need to look out for because they will lie to u in order to save face, and they can't be trusted.
I’m 41 . I really like the Green Berets more listening to FNG academy I was 0311 Marine in the early 2000’s. I like the Green Beret stuff.
You were in 3/1? So was I, in the late '70s, in the 81s platoon. Were they still at Horno when you were in that battalion?
@@JimFinley11 lol Camp Horno. Balls of the Corps .
21 bravo! ALCATRAZ! Bring it. Sapper’s got it. Make room!
you haver to link up with 17 FEB !!! thank you for your perspective
I was a Combat Medic and i'll do what i can to help my family/ community and other Soldiers to defend America.
you addressed this in your video: don't go unless you have support or connection to some group that really values you...there are bad reports of people getting in groups of trainees who were targeted by their cell phones, torn up passports, cannon fodder...
I was hoping to hear more tactical stuffs but thanks for the vid.
Real talk.. This convo should be chopped up next month tho.
Thank you insight is amazing
3:50,
Absolutely
Good information. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
First thing, I am NOT military, but yeah, Intelligence and COUNTER Intelligence is the first thing you need in any given encounter
Best message here for any American. Watch Red Dawn. Ponder how that could have been made long before NOW. And take action. Get your ass in shape. If you don't own weapons. Get some, and acquirer and maintain competency w/ them.
I’m not pursuing a military career, just yet, however I too am studying to get a degree in organizational leadership🤙
lots of ways to define leadership, common thread i found throughout the program -care about your people-
Great ad at the end lmao
My ETS is soon and I'm absolutely having that conversation. My former team mate is Ukrainian and he's there right now. I'm single so it's all on me. We'll see.
Regarding the Ukrainians, as you said the key for them is to hold out as long as possible. If the majority of the country can keep up the resistance, they absolutely can outlast the Russians.
Thanks Buck, I have been waiting for this one, and I am glad you took your time to take in your thoughts. Unlike me who just goes absolutely nuts 😅
If anyone knows a group in Poland or something that I can join, any kind of organized rag tag group, where we can assist with refugees or something and not get in the way, just for like 2 weeks or something, I don't really care what it is, as long as I'm there and I'm doing something.
Thanks
why would you do this ?
They can do it, the Russians did with Stalingrad in WWII. With the man-portable anti-tank weapons sent to the Ukrainians, it’s a real force multiplier. The 3:1 rule of combat states that in order for the attacker to win the battle, his forces should be at least three times the force of the defender. That means Russia would to have AT LEAST 600,000 soldiers in the fight. They don’t. They can’t “keep” these captured cities, especially when the real underground insurgency starts. - Russia has been slapped hard and licking its wounds from DAY 1 of this war. It’s crazy as hell.
those would be game changers
@@FNGACADEMY
I was with you right up to the point where you remarked “lowering standards” bit. It makes you sound like a triggered, conservative snowflake and sexist towards women. As a Vet, I’m all for giving women a “helping hand” in becoming a war fighter in the US military. Whenever WW3 kicks off, the US will be like Ukraine in that we’ll need everyone on deck. Grab your rifle and follow me.
@@travelinman482 He literally said he wants as many people to get into SF as possible WITHOUT lowering standards. It was while saying that's the point of this channel: to increase the number of qualified operators by motivating people to better themselves and REACH the high bar by earning it the right way
@@FNGACADEMY mark my words, if the russians actually take over ukraine or do catastrophic damage to either the ukrainian power structure or citizenry: Ukraine becomes Iraq/Afghanistan/vietnam for the russians almost overnight.
@@travelinman482 shut up
Training and educating forces to fight against acts of aggression like this is a big reason why special forces exist in the first place, right? I've heard we have SF deployed there who I hope they're helping Ukraine fight the good fight, really the most important fight any of them will ever experience - the direct fight for their homes and their freedom. Legitimately scary shit that nobody should ever have to go through.
exactly
ah. I get why they call it "De Oppresso Liber". In English: to liberate the oppressed. Basically teaching victims to stop Big Bullies.
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thanks homie
Don't forget about a book signing in Denver Co♥️🇺🇸❄️🥶
Great video buck!
Thanks!
Great video!
I almost went to Ukraine also and on my own. I wasn’t a combat role so I was going to walk in from Poland and just try to help how I can. Like you said now with the job description of being a GB I found a new calling
Why ??? would you do this ?
Good job brother
Thank you!
Well said. Set up a rally point too for if god forbid this goes sideways.
When this kicked off my Spider Senses fired off big time. I looked in the mirror and seen a 56 year old, 100% disabled Vet. I hung my head and sat back down. This war is showing just how Ill prepared and poorly planned this invasion is. Russian can never win, the geurrilla war will eat them up over time.
wise words
appreciate it
in electrical school right now ex Canadian infantry reservist, on the fence about abandoning my resposibilties to do what's right. My family really doesn't want me to go but my hero's are our forefathers that fought in the great wars, I know the answer to what they would do and its weighing heavy on my mind. Do you think reg service members would make fun of me if i made up flyers for a kit drive to post around the base? the gear requirment for ukraine is the biggest obstacle, i had to hand all my gear in after service, i have nothing and i need about 5000$ cad worth of shit for a year long deployment there.
Video starts around 4:00
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Love the content..
thank you
Respect
GO GO GO!!!
This we'll defend!
You should make a discord bro where people either have been in before, currently are in or plan on joining the military where everyone can talk about real world events like this ukraine thing with Russia etc etc and if anyone has questions about certain things pertaining to the military either you or whoever else is in there can help answer those folks is questions it’d be super cool plus gives you another way to interact and meet people aswell as have a section for pinned announcements where people always know when there’s stuff to come and or go and stuff
been meaning to look into that
the price of Freedom is constant alertness and willingness to fight back.
many people joining territorial defense forces of Ukraine without any basic protective gear and body armor and as a patriots they're fighting for freedom even being shot.
is anyone here willing to help with SAPI plates level 4 to protect Ukrainian people's lives?
Surprised you weighed in on this. Definitely getting your intel from Ukraine Ministry of Defense. Still good insight as usual on the non political/pc parts.
same man wasnt in SF but I was in the Army and when shit hits the fans somewhere all the citizens start asking all kinds of shit
Bro there’s some former SAS dudes out there rn wrecking havoc !!
probably lol
Know a former sf/ranger on the way now. Godspeed to all of them
You have to double check this info but from what I'm getting the "Georgia Legion" is entirely made by ret US and EU SF, mostly 101 and 82 airbone and US Rangers. The most important thing you have to check, though, is if the US allows you to get into one of those ENG only speaking units in Ukraine. In Italy, just to make an example, actually it's a crime to do it and when you will return home you will be prosecuted, while in the UK they made a specific law to allow it. Just double check it. As for the rest you need to go, in person, to your nearest consulate because you have to pass an interview with their ukranian military attache.
@@brownsrevenge303 I’m pretty certain the Georgian legion is for the Georgian soldiers who fought Russian aggression in the early 2000s. I do believe they accept Americans and other foreigners but this Georgia is the country Georgia not the state.
No room for glory in the community
There's a difference between US SF and EU SF. As it always happens US first thougth is to don't get involved, no matter what. We all saw that both in the WWI and in the WWII. Just ask to an ex Brit marine if he isn't already in Ukraine or on the way to get it there. You just have a different culture Buck. The Foreign Ukranian Legion and, as far as I know, the so called "georgia legion" is all made by eng speaking ret vets, 101, 82, army rangers and so on. It's just a matter of culture + being a SF dad
I’m heading over to Poland soon to volunteer and then to Ukraine if possible
@@forgiveusmen You got some real skills and balls Terror Billy, or you just posing? If you're going, I'd love to see the journey and wish you luck.
There is a reason why PsyWar exists. I encourage Ukrainian fighters develop communication by any means. I hope the U.N. supplies communication systems so we can assist from all sides.
People all over need to invest in ham radios. It denies info control.
Hold your horses, it ain't the same as fighting dirt farmers bro lol.
One good source of intel on whats going on in Ukraine is a guy named Willy. He has a TH-cam channel called Willy beating cancer. He was a Crew Commander in the Australian army and served in Afghanistan. At least it is one perspective to glean from.
Also Operator Starsky.
Is there any way to have you go there or just across the border to train foreign volunteers since that is your creed. Maybe create some semblance of combined arms units, I realize it takes time, but create specialized battalion size unit
Yup
GET IT
A few months later…………………Ukraine is still doing it !!!!