Master Sgt. Norman Hooten (Eric Bana) retired after a 20-year career in the army, joining the federal Air Marshal Service and then working as a contractor overseas. After this, concerned by the high rate of opoid addictions and suicides among returning vets, he studied medicine. Dr. Hooten is a full-time medical specialist at the Orlando VA Medical Center, focusing on PTSD and other combat-related disorders, as well as drug abuse.

@Erika.D84

6 ай бұрын

That is a really impressive and inspiring career.

@garykelly3232

6 ай бұрын

Wow, quite a career. He is absolutely an outstanding patriot.

@ShrekJo-we2st

5 ай бұрын

Dude, the character Hoot played by Eric Bana has Nothing to do with Norman Hooten. Hoot is NOT portraying Hooten on the movie.. In fact, Hoot is a fictional character added in the movie. .

@ogBohica

5 ай бұрын

except Hooten has talked about the movie multiple times lmao @@ShrekJo-we2st

@taiwandxt6493

5 ай бұрын

I thought he was a pharmacist.

20:45: Fun fact, the Little Bird pilot who jumps out is Army pilot Keith Jones (CW4). He is playing himself and is re-enacting his rescue of injured Delta operator Daniel Busche. Jones pulls Busch from the wreckage and gives Eversmann the update on the crash site. Jones received a Silver Star for his actions.

@joecee6862

8 ай бұрын

I have a friend who is former Army, he says those Little Bird pilots are amazingly helpful and skilled, and "can do" daredevils. "Land on the roof, pickup ammo, and drop it on your position? Aight, gimme a sec!" 😂🙌

@davecrupel2817

8 ай бұрын

That was Jones?!?! The legend himself doing that?!!! I dont even know what to say!

@dannyalxndr

8 ай бұрын

Wow I had no idea about this

@bjjace1

8 ай бұрын

Kieth Jones deserved the MOH

@notUrRealDad

5 ай бұрын

@@bjjace1jumped out and did some crowd control himself I heard 💥

Randy Shugart actually went to my HS. We named our Gymnasium after him and every year on the anniversary of his death we have 30 min of silence around our flag and a new wreath placed under it while taps is played. Most of the teachers still employed had him in class and it was heartbreaking to hear them reminisce on him and how he was in school. Gary and Randy both embody the brotherhood of the service. They knew the danger and refused to allow one of there brothers to fall alone regardless of the outcome. Thank you for your heartfelt reaction!

@yves78

7 ай бұрын

What school is that? That is awesome to hear how he is remembered

@uhoh6334

7 ай бұрын

Rainbow flag?

@mattking69

6 ай бұрын

30 mins??

@Chrisredfieldlineage

6 ай бұрын

​@@uhoh6334 I hope you're joking

@davidmarino1913

6 ай бұрын

It was such a travesty what happened to them, and even Aidid expressed his condolences about the stripping of the body.

"Arkansas white boys" is a reference to then-President Bill Clinton.

@ThorWildBoar

6 ай бұрын

More so than the President, the White Boys of Arkansas referred to his, and to an extent, Hillary's selection of inexperienced political appointees. It's fair to say that following 12 years of Reagan/Bush along with the collapse of the USSR, Clinton's national security council had a fundamental different vision of the US role in global security. However, in the nine months between Clinton's inauguration and the Black Hawk incident, the national security council and civilian DOD leadership substantively changed the US mission in Somalia while withholding key weapon platforms and restrictive rules of engagement to avoid the optics of the US as an invasion force.

"Gordy is gone man, I'll be outside"

@MoonBeamLaser

Ай бұрын

“…good luck.”

They had some of the actual fighters as consultants for the battle to make it as accurate as they could. The cast and crew were even given a gift that was signed by the actual men as well as a message that said simply "tell our story" written on it

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Thats cool I love when they do that!

The soldiers that had to run on foot behind the convoy ran nearly 2 miles under constant enemy fire after 18hrs of hard fighting. This came to be known as the “Mogadishu Mile” (even tho in reality it was well over a mile)

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Nuts!

@G3000

8 ай бұрын

Provide credible source before you go on making such claims 😶

@ghostgr43

8 ай бұрын

@@G3000look it up yourself it’s a well known fact. Ask any ranger or delta operator that was there.

@G3000

8 ай бұрын

@@ghostgr43 yeah. You go do that too & you will see why I've replied that to him

@belaunder3531

7 ай бұрын

Thats why we run 2 mile on PT test.

21:05 When the first bird crashed down the pilot, Nightstalker Cliff Walcott, who had a reputation a mile wild for what he did in the gulf, had actually angled the nose of the bird down to sacrifice himself and the copilot to try and save the passengers, which was successful

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Wow!

@Gruvmpy

7 ай бұрын

Can you tell me about what he did to earn that reputation, or link something that does?

@felixchrist667

7 ай бұрын

​@@Gruvmpyhe fly the Panama Dictators, Manuel Noriega to US at 1989 Op Just Cause

"Being Brave isnt being not afraid but being scared shitless and doing it anyway" one of the best quotes that really captures what most of these men go through

@websurvivor

6 ай бұрын

As a veteran myself, I can say it captures what's happening in the USA with civilians today and our gun culture. Being brave is not supporting the gun industry that allows people who would do bad things to have easy and abundant access to guns. You might be scared of whatever made up scenario you have of being robbed, but that's what being brave is all about.

@Nick-oh6ms

6 ай бұрын

@@websurvivor im aware im in the military myself and nor am I scared about being robbed i got guns myself and thats why I carry

@websurvivor

6 ай бұрын

@@Nick-oh6ms Exactly. A real man does the right thing and accepts the risk on himself instead of taking the coward way to save himself and put others at risk. Owning guns puts others at risk to save yourself. Owning guns is the coward's way.

@MisterW0lfe

6 ай бұрын

@@websurvivor no, cowards (like you) blame the tool and not the evil people that use it the wrong way. I own, I train, I carry, I don't lie about the problem, like you do.

@badlaamaurukehu

6 ай бұрын

You are explaining this to a woman...

For the movie they actually got the 160th SOAR "Nightstalkers" to create the initial insertion.

@demonslayer1242

8 ай бұрын

Aye

@bornepatrol

7 ай бұрын

From what I have found out they initially weren’t going to be able to get Blackhawk’s but in the end the DOD came to an agreement with them and provided the aircraft and aircrew when needed. It made the movie better for sure.

Ridley Scott got his back-to-back Best Director Oscar nomination for this movie after Gladiator. It was really well deserved because this film is a technical masterpiece to put together.

It’s just shows how powerful this movie is even after 22 years that people still cry or feel really overwhelmed. I’ve watched this film like a dozen of times and it still overwhelms me to this day. Black Hawk Down has to be one of the greatest modern day war movie and one awesome thing is almost half of the cast you see are now big name stars. Tom Hardy(Mad Max:Fury and the dark knight:Rises),Nikolaj Coster-Waldau(game of thrones),Ty Burrell(Modern Family),Eric Bana(Hulk),Orlando Bloom(Lord of the rings) and many more all started their career with with Black Hawk Down

@AngeloBarovierSD

8 ай бұрын

Ironically, I will never forget one of negative critiques of the film: The reviewer said it was hard to get engaged in the characters because all the frontline soldiers looked the same. Sure, when the movie came out, most of the younger cast were unknowns but I had no problem distinguishing them. And _now,_ decades later, it seems almost a preposterous thought given how many of them became household names. Aside from reviews calling Star Wars a “forgettable Flash Gordon in a pan” and Empire Strikes Back “one of the worst sequels ever made”, that criticism of Black Hawk Down has stuck with me as one of most poorly-aged reviews I’ve ever encountered.

@chanchaniceman

8 ай бұрын

@@AngeloBarovierSD still remember that review and still remember another one making a comparison between Black Hawk Down and We were soldiers saying about how BHD don’t make the viewers engaged with the characters. Don’t remember which but I read it somewhere but love both films in their own ways however prefer black Hawk down slightly more

@t0dd000

8 ай бұрын

Human tragedy knows no expiration date.

@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258

7 ай бұрын

The movie is eternal

@badlaamaurukehu

6 ай бұрын

Seeking approval

Josh Hartnett Ewan McGregor Tom Sizemore (R.i.P.) Eric Bana William Fichtner Sam Shepard (R.i.P.) Kim Coates Jason Isaacs Nikolaj Coster-Walder Tom Hardy Orlando Bloom Ty Burrell etc. The Castlist and Direction of Ridley Scott is just insane. Probably his most underrated Movie.

@t0dd000

8 ай бұрын

I love it when someone comments that a successful film with great reception and esteem is somehow underrated. Heh.

@TqniPvP

8 ай бұрын

@@t0dd000the movie is so underrated that i got pissed btw yes its an underrated war film

@dritzzdarkwood4727

8 ай бұрын

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau...

@stevekjr9563

8 ай бұрын

Tom Guiry. Smalls from Sandlot grew up, enlisted and became a Ranger.

@steveatwater4364

8 ай бұрын

What if you put in the same energy to remember the names of the actual people they portrayed.

"Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction, which no man can imagine..." - Gen. Carl von Clausewitz

@paulleach3612

8 ай бұрын

Or, in common parlance, when you're up to your ass in alligators it's tough to remember you wanted to drain the swamp.

@jackfrostpaintball

8 ай бұрын

Fucking A dude wasnt wrong! thanks for putting this quote here made me research this along with his other stuff. dude was dead on, with his quotes! especially the Fog of war one

"C2 Shughart and Gordon are on the deck." Those two men are my heroes. I was reading that there was about 7 stray dogs on set and were all adopted afterwards.

This is one of my favorite war films. It doesn’t glorify war at all, and also doesn’t pull many punches in terms of graphic realism. It also respects the men who were over fighting over there back in ‘93. And the cast is top tier and the acting is really good

That line from Atto, "Don't make the mistake of thinking because I grew up without running water, I am simple, general." That was brilliant script writing.

I was in the Army when this movie hit theaters. I left the theater with all kinds of emotions. BHD is raw and heartbreaking, but it shows the potential reality of serving in the military. I enjoy your reactions immensely. Keep up the good work 🙂

Fun fact in the beginning when its talking about the 160th S.O.A.R: SOAR stands for Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and they are pilots specifically for special forces. One of their many nicknames are "the nightstalkers" (when the two pilots are arguing about scrabble, one says "touch my limo and I'll spank you nightstalker") because on average they have more "flight hours" at night than most helicopter pilots get during the daytime. They are the best of the best when it comes to helicopter pilots, their job is to take the deadliest men on the planet to and from battle. They regularly fly at night using night vision, for a frame of reference: imagine flying a helicopter that's 60ft long and roughly 70ft wide in pitch black night, and your field of view through your night vision is like looking through two bathroom tissue rolls in front of your eyes. Those guys are truly a different breed of human.

I fly helicopters for the Army, it takes a long time to get good at and even then there is still room for improvement. The pilots depicted are 160th SOAR, which is an even greater skill level.

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service! Thanks for watching!

When I first joined in 99, I served with guys who were in this and several other incidents in Mog. In 2003, I went on my first tour to Iraq, on the invasion. And over the last 24 years, I’ve had 6 deployments. This movie is the most accurate, current era, firefight movie I’ve seen. This is what my experiences were like.

@crewchief5144

8 ай бұрын

A few of my buddies were part of the Marine air contingent in '92-93. My first deployment was to Okinawa in '93 and we heard Africa had stuff going on but no idea about this. I went back to Oki in '94 for a SPMAGTF which went to Somalia specifically to gather and transport the U.N. armor and construction equipment. The entire time we were wondering what the hell happened that had the locals against Americans specifically, but the U.N. turds kept saying it was the Army that pissed them off. When this book came out, it spread like wildfire. We were like "ooooooh, ok. THAT'S why they hate us." Yeah. Sucks to be them.

@ericg7183

7 ай бұрын

A couple of the guys I served with, to include a squad leader, were there. I later served under LTC Steele.

@ericg7183

7 ай бұрын

@@crewchief5144 in the book is one of those panoramic photos, like in high school class photos. My squad leader at the time had been in that fight, and had a copy of the real photo, which included the Delta guys, who were cropped out for the book (OPSEC).

Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart are legends in their own right, and their names command respect in many circles. It's a tragedy that the raid turned out how it did, we lot a lot of good people that day.

I just know this from buddies that fought in the WoT and from other youtube channels. You stay away from the walls, not necessarily because of an RPG hit, but because all of those building are brick, stone, or clay some some kind so if a bullet hits the building at an angle it is very likely to simply travel down the wall so if you're standing right against it you'll end up getting hit by a ricochet. Mike Durant did an interview and talked about how some time prior to this mission a Nigerian UN Base was captured by the Somalis and they tortured everyone they captured to death. In Mike's words, "If they would do that to their fellow Africans, what would they do to a white American?" Also, he wasn't hit by a gun's buttstock in real life, it was one of his comrades severed arms. They literally tore them to pieces. The women were actually known to be particularly brutal because there was a cultural expectation to take vengeance is someone killed your husband so dead or captured soldiers were one of the only ways to really take out their aggression. The two Delta Snipers knew what they were asking. They knew their odds were terrible. Bravery is an understatement. It's one thing to risk your life when you IN the crap. It's another thing to be safely above the crap, ask to go in, get denied multiple times, and continue to ask to go in, knowing you're going to die.

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment!

@slopcrusher3482

8 ай бұрын

the book gives the exact same reason why he said to stay away from walls. He knew bullets would ricochet down the wall

@outsideriehl

5 ай бұрын

Did you see the Shawn Ryan podcast with Tom Sutterly where he talked about Randy Shugarts wife not using trashbags anymore cause apparently they recovered parts of his body in black trashbags. I still tear up thinking about her.

@billallen4793

4 ай бұрын

The women of the native Americans were in charge of torturing prisoners also, for the same reasons!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠

@carmencurras4050

24 күн бұрын

​@@slopcrusher3482He mentions one of the wives but not by name. He also said that in the trash bags they put the remains that he thought were Gordon, Shugart, Cleveland and some others. But I have also read about how Shugart's wife (that also is a nurse) was told to not go to identified Randy's body herself, so she sent a brother, and the brother told her that the body was intact but the face was totally smashed until made unrecognizable, he identified him for the intact body, so he wasn't torn apart or in the trash bags....

I heard a super fucked up thing about the scene where the pilot Durant is taken captive. 29:05 We're shown him get hit in the head by a rifle and then beaten further before that one dude steps in and stops them. I listened to a podcast with Durant and he said that it wasn't a rifle that hit him, it was a severed limb of one of the Delta Snipers who had come to rescue him. The Somalis literally tore them apart after they killed them.

@Thane36425

8 ай бұрын

At least some of that crew was badly mangled, and not all of them were recovered. There are books written by 10th Mountain soldiers who talk about this. They said how often enemies were captured and torn to bits by the mob. It wasn't just in Mogadishu but other towns as well. It is interesting to note that many Somalis were also disgusted by this, referring to the class that did this in unflattering terms. Durant was first captured by a group of fighter hoping to sell or trade him, most likely. However, Aidid's men ended up with him and he was taken to a place and given minimal care but also protection until he was released.

@JackmG87

7 ай бұрын

That's not what happened. We watched both of them be dragged through the streets of Somalia for weeks after, all limbs attached. You got bad intel.

@JackmG87

7 ай бұрын

​@@Thane36425I'd have to dig my book out, but Durant actually spoke highly of the guy that was trying to render aid to him after he was moved for the second time. Can't recall his name. They allowed him to have a bible that he was chronicling his capitivity in, and this guy thought that he was just very religious and making personal notations in scripture.

@Thane36425

7 ай бұрын

@@JackmG87 That's right. He seemed to have been taken by freelancers or another militia group, then was taken by Aidid's men. Aidid's minder looked after Durant for the duration. What's really odd is that the main resuce convoy seemed to have passed very close to where Durant was first being held, close enough that Durant was worried for his safety.

@Thane36425

7 ай бұрын

The mutilation of the crew was in other sources, not the Bowden book. One of the others mentions it and it was recounted elsewhere. There is some validity to this. Some of the Pakistanis who were ambushed and killed were mutilated. It was also not uncommon for this to happen in the regular intertribal fighting either. I think it was the book by a 10th Mountain officer "Somalia on 5 Cents a Day" or something like that, where accounts of that fighting related how captives were sometimes torn apart by rival groups. The accounts often had the Somalis themselves putting this on the "lower class" people and some of the educated, middle/upper class people seemed ashamed at this behavior.

20:46 The other Delta sniper suffered a dislocated shoulder during the crash, so Dan Busch essentially had to single-handedly hold crash site 1 until the Rangers and Delta arrived on foot. Though he was evacuated on the Little Bird helicopter, he didn't survive his wounds which included a gut shot below the front plate of his body armor. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

There is a LOT to unpack from this film. First of all, the two Delta guys that dropped in at the end and died, posthumously recognised for their bravery, are 100% legends. Just about the most selfless act I have ever heard of, and as someone that not only grew up in the army as a brat, but then went on to serve myself, that is very significant and I have met and worked with some incredible people that did unbelievable things and were similarly decorated. I encourage everyone to watch the behind the scenes/making of, videos that exist. This to me is the best one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h55ll8NtoanVocY.htmlsi=jG8XB7JkPNcpJ4XS The actors talking about the bootcamp that they went on is very enlightening, particularly the actors that spent time with Delta, but the most poignant thing is what happened at the end of it. As one of the actors tells it - “On the last day of boot camp, we all got an anonymous letter pushed under our door. It thanked us for our hard work and asked us to ‘tell our story true’ and it was signed from all the boys who died.”

@30AndHatingIt

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll be watching that.

@stevekjr9563

8 ай бұрын

Gordy's gone man.

@davecrupel2817

8 ай бұрын

That last part....man....😢

@SeanHendy

8 ай бұрын

@@davecrupel2817 I know. Having seen this originally in the cinema, I got the DVD when it was released and this was in the DVD extras. Emotive stuff.

@JayMH409

8 ай бұрын

What the movie doesn't show was why they were fighting from inside the helicopter. At least one of the other crew members were still alive and they were defending them as well.

Watching this movie as a boy is what made me want to sign up for the military. Also, interestingly enough, the events in the movie Hotel Rwanda is what happened right after. The events depicted in this movie are what causes the international response in that movie.

This film is amazing. It's one of those that i can't believe it managed to be filmed. So much action; so many incredible shots and scenes. I admire how it tells the whole situations from a strategic point of view, showing not only the multiple infantry perspectives, but the ones from the helicopters and the command. It really builds all of them as protagonists. And of course, it also make you feel empathy for a lot of the different individuals and their relationships with each other. It's like a mini Band of Brothers, where you finish up caring for a lot of them. For me, best war film. It really shows a battle with the sufficient complexity it should be shown, and even with its emotional narrative. (Some films only manage to show one of this two: the strategic complexity, but not the emotion; or the emotion, but not the complexity.)

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment!

@Szkorbut7

5 ай бұрын

Could you marry me you are amazing@@holddowna

I'm not gonna lie. Your reaction to this movie is the best I've seen out of people who don't usually watch war movies. Awesome stuff Ames.

@holddowna

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Out of my element as I don’t know anything about war/military stuff

I was watching the news as this was happening. I was horrified as I saw Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart’s bodies dragged out and violated by the rampaging mob on the news broadcast. I dreaded the moment in the film when this scene was about to take place. The film was not as disturbingly graphic as that news broadcast. I still cry whenever I watch this masterpiece.

@wolfgangkranek376

8 ай бұрын

In reality the pilot wasn't the only survivor of the crash, but like Gordon and Shughart everyone besides Durant did get killed by the mob.

@millierockin1949

8 ай бұрын

Shouldn’t have invaded a country for no reason and made the local situations tangibly worse than before they arrived

@funnyspoon5120

8 ай бұрын

shouldnt have killed some of our men@@millierockin1949

@30AndHatingIt

8 ай бұрын

Lol what??? Somali erupted into violence on its own. It’s literally the only justified conflict since WW2, with the first Gulf War being questionable. It was literally genocide, with attacks happening on peace keeping forces. Let me guess, you’re the type of guy who says we shouldn’t have stepped in and saved South Korea after the North invaded?

@ujohnlynch2341

8 ай бұрын

@@millierockin1949 Was this an invasion?

Blackhawk Down and We were Soldiers were the two movies that made me join the U.S. Army Infantry. Both movies came out a few months after 9-11, and in 2002 I graduated the Infantry school...I was deployed to Ramadi Iraq 03-04. I just realized that 20 years ago today, I was somewhere in Ramadi.

Sir Ridley Scott is a very competent director. He has proven it time and time again with films such as Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven (Director’s Cut only) and so many others.

@FolkenV4

7 ай бұрын

slet me add couple or more Ridley scott's movies : The Martian, American Gangster and an underrated one Matchstick Men

So many wars and conflicts seem so unnecessary and avoidable, but at the same time they seem so necessary and unavoidable. If you step in you're in the wrong and if you don't step in you're in the wrong. All I know is I'm thankful for all those that have served, past present and future.

@qbasicmichael

8 ай бұрын

It seems to me like what is happening in haiti now could be compared to somalia. But i don't thjnk there is any appetite for intervention now. Somalia is probably why we didn't intervene in rwanda.

@bigdaddy741098

8 ай бұрын

@@qbasicmichael you get criticised either way, usually by the same people. It doesn't make sense and is why no one knows what the right thing to do is. And then there's the problem of who exactly stands to benefit from it, it's always the wrong people who end up suffering.

"What that sound would do to your eardrums would be crazy" The VA has determined that your hearing loss is not service related.

"So many doors, windows, and rooftops. You don't know where they're going to come out from.", the joys of urban warfare.

I'll never forget the first time I watched this. I was beyond stressed through the entire movie and that night I had nightmares all night about it. The bravery our soldiers display in horrific times surrounded by bloodshed and death is mind boggling to say the least. May the fallen rest sweetly now.

@holddowna

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Totally stressful

This one always hits everybody in the feels. Just shows how well made it is.

I love that line, 'I trained to make a difference" I trained to make a difference too, sometimes that was fighting, other times it was helping, even helping the enemy. I loved and miss being a combat medic.

29:34 Air Force Pararescueman Tim Wilkerson is barely seen in the movie, but he was awarded the Air Force Cross for repeatedly risking his life to provide medical care to wounded Rangers. This included a 45 meter run back and forth between two buildings to retrieve critically needed medical supplies while under intense gunfire. Seeing him miraculously survive this run, one Ranger said "God must really love medics!", and others joked that the Somalis kept missing Wilkerson because he was such a ridiculously slow runner that they were firing too far in front of him.

Jeff Strueker did an interview about his role in this battle and it's worth a watch. Pretty amazing guy

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Cool I’ll check it out

I remember the news footage of the bodies being dragged through the streets!! RIP!!! Better men than I could ever be!!!❤

@n0madtv

8 ай бұрын

Same

@thescrambler692

8 ай бұрын

Yep, this was way before youtube and smart phones but the footage was on the tv for all to see. It was very disturbing and infuriating.

@afroartist1086

8 ай бұрын

As disgusting and disturbing as the act was, at the same time you gotta keep in mind the frustration and struggles of the Somali people at the time. When the US airstrike killed many of their elders, they felt the US had basically eliminated any hope of peace.

@n0madtv

8 ай бұрын

That has nothing to do with parading a dead body through a mob@@afroartist1086 It takes a level of sociopathy and primitive immaturity to gloat over a dead body, not to mention picking it up and dragging it around while actually celebrating, dancing and yelling about it. These were not a people with any concept of peace, let alone hope.

@ThrashTillDeth85

8 ай бұрын

@@afroartist1086 There wasn't gonna be a chance at peace even before that. The warlords wouldn't allow it because they'd be giving up their power, and they'd amassed quite a lot of it during that time. That doesn't excuse them acting like barbarians with the bodies of the men at the super 64 crash site at all.

I usually don't like reaction videos but the way you show compassion and seem to have a kind heart makes your videos enjoyable to watch! Thanks and keep it going.

Shugart and Gordon exemplify with the true meaning of being an infantryman and a Ranger. There is footage of what happened to them. May they forever rest in peace.

First time watching. Love your reaction. This film never gets old to me. As someone stationed at Benning 3rd batt 75th rangers, its cool to know the history of what my fellow vets went through. A+ and 👍👍

Just to add some context to the final scene where they finally return to base, that crowd was cheering for the soldiers. Most people in the country hated Aidid, and so they were happy to see the UN fight against him and his militia.

I was in Afghanistan and had similar situation with the guys running behind the vehicle. We were on a mountaintop for 3 days and when we were coming down, we had several heat casualties. We had a convoy come and pick up the guys and gear, and the rest of us were walking bsck to the COP. The trucks would go drop off everythin and come back and pick up more. They did this like 4-5 times, and still didnt get everybody, it was a company size element that was moving. The rest of us walked around 10 miles back to base carrying all our gear and the gear of the guys that they couldnt carry back with them.

The two Delta guys that landed at the second helicopter crash were both awarded the Medal of Honor they’re some of them most badass operators to serve our country, Delta force really are the best of the best

This movie is a prime example of why you don't work with or negotiate with evil....you eradicate it with massive use if force

@plnkfloydian7814

8 ай бұрын

Ya okay bud

@SpOoNmAn365

8 ай бұрын

​@Kashgari watch your mouth son

One of theeeeee best movies ever made.. Watched this more than 50 times and still gets me every single time.

That line "there's a fucking rocket in him sir". Perfectly captures the humor (that militants need to have to help stay sane) and terror of war.

Randy Shugart and Gary Gordon. Absolute Gods amongst men.

Ames, that's what's great about war movies they get you in your feels.

I first seen this movie when I was in high school, it is still in my top five “it’s what you do right NOW, that makes a difference” that line is still with me to this day.

When this movie came out, the survivors of Operation Gothic Serpent (what the movie is based on) commented that the movie followed what actually happened on so many points it was unreal. Alot of the dialog and character portrayals were as close to what was actually said, and how they actually behaved during the operation. Example is Mcnight being fearless. He actually acted that way to inspire his men. Or the "what you do now" speech when convoy returned to base, that was actually spoken by the guy.

I served in the Marine Corps infantry, and got out of the military in May 1992 (as a Desert Shield/Storm/Stay veteran). I went to see this movie in theatre when it came out. I was with my girlfriend Erin at the time. She kind of pushed me to see it with her. I was still in my seat after the lights came on, and everyone but us two left. I couldn't stop crying. She couldn't understand why I was in tears. She dumped me two weeks later for a college baseball player.

@Pavia1525

5 ай бұрын

Was the ball player named Jodie? Semper Fi!

@scout3058

5 ай бұрын

@Pavia1525 🤣🤣🤣🤣 No, his name was Matt and he was actually a pretty cool guy. She fucked him over in the end too.

@FHMER21

27 күн бұрын

Sounds like you dodged a bullet, my friend.

As a Dutch former Marine, "07-"11 trained in Air Maneuvre Combat (basically, Heli Insertion) who did 1x Afghanistan, Uruzgan, this hits somewhat home. It's an outstanding movie based on a FUBAR mission. The odds the American brothers faced here was FUBAR. They held their own amazingly. A must-see movie indeed.

Tom Sizemore was an incredible actor!! He did a lot more than soldier roles. I highly recommend True Romance!!!! Amazing movie, written by Tarantino!! Directed by Ridley Scott’s brother!! There’s a scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper that is beyond amazing!!!

My dad served in the Marines in the Middle East. When he was deployed, I got into watching war movies. It was sort of a way to connect with him while he was gone. I've seen most of the war movies from the 80s onward. For some reason though, despite all of the violent and sometimes graphic war movies I watched, this is the one that gave me huge amounts of anxiety for a while after I watched it. I was a wreck for a while. This is a great movie, in my opinion. And the cast is absolutely amazing to me. Not only the big-name actors, but even the supporting cast are almost all actors that I recognize from other roles, even if I don't know their names. I don't think there's a single person with a speaking line that I can't name at least one other movie or show they were in. While this may not be the "best" war movie in terms of popular opinion, it may be my favorite one. I'm glad you decided to react to it. Hope you're having a good weekend! ✌🤓

@davecrupel2817

8 ай бұрын

Has your dad ever watched this movie? If so, what did he think of it?

@BubblyRainbows

8 ай бұрын

@@davecrupel2817 My dad doesn't watch war movies. He's fine with silly action movies where one guy fights an entire army or something, but he won't watch actual war movies. The only one he ever watched with me was "Saving Private Ryan," and he sat there silently through the whole thing, like a statue. I haven't asked him to watch another one with me since. I get it. I guess maybe war movies aren't so exciting and dramatic if you've lived through something similar. I don't watch movies featuring things that caused me trauma. It makes sense other people might feel the same. ✌🤓

@davecrupel2817

8 ай бұрын

@@BubblyRainbows I'm genuinely surprised he sat through saving private ryan. And i completely understand that. Give him my thanks for his service when you can.

@BubblyRainbows

8 ай бұрын

@@davecrupel2817 Will do. I'm sure he'll appreciate it. I hope you're having a good day!

It is so refreshing to see someone with a physical collection of film media behind them. This was the first video I just found from your channel and right off the bat, I could see you're genuine with your reactions. I subscribed and look forward to many more great videos and reactions. Many thanks. 🎬👍

I was part of the mop-up MAGTF that went in to get the U.N. equipment in '94 but didn't know crap about this incident until the book came out. The timing of this movie, post 9/11 was immensely helpful to the recruiting effort and that was a full year before the invasion of Iraq. I knew several kids that joined specifically because of the camaraderie displayed in this film. Ridley Scott did a great job capturing it and even with his Aussie accent slipping in here and there, Eric Bana delivered some of the best lines that are a summation of what I heard during my 23 years in the Marine Corps. "It's about the men next to you." Some people get it, but until you've been on a defensive line and literally looked over and shared a silent smile with the guy next to you before or during an attack, it's just not quite the same.

@millierockin1949

8 ай бұрын

Don’t care about how you bonded with people over destroying an entire country and subjugating it’s people for opium and gold.

This is one of those great films that I dont think I'll ever watch again.

I was stationed at The Pentagon as a Marine and one of the most hallowed areas is the heroes wall where you can read all the names of those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. This happened while I was there and for a while they had the two large pictures on display of the 2 Special Operations soldiers that died fighting off the attackers at crash site 2. It was always a quiet place even during the day but at night, it was surreal. Nothing but respect from one combat veteran to another.

I was a junior in high school when this happened. I remember watching on TV as the fallen US servicemen were drug through the streets of Mogadishu. It's what inspired me to become an Operator.

Had to cut my journey through your playlist to watch this one. I love your content and your reactions. Keep it up.🫡

Saw this in the theater. Being on the big screen with THX surround sound made it much more intense. My shirt was soaked in sweat when the copter went down.

I served with the 10th Mtn unit that actually went in at the end to save the soldiers that were stranded (not at the time of this but afterwards). Every year we do a run called the Mogadishu Mile where we run the distance that they ran to get out of the city. During these runs veterans from that battle actually join us in commemoration of what happened that day. I had a chance to speak with one of them, I don't remember who, but he said that while this movie was changed for Hollywood the spirit of what happened was very much intact and the changes weren't nearly as much as many other retellings of historical events. I agree with your assessment that this movie is visceral, that is a great word for it. War is visceral and if this movie can share that sensation I think that's a good thing.

"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."

@johnpalmer3848

8 ай бұрын

-- George Orwell

Only criticism I have of the film is the down play of the Pakistani and Malaysian forces that went out in the armored convoy. Pakistanis had 1 killed 10 missing (likely dead) 30 wounded. And Malaysian had one killed multiple wounded, all while defending the crash sites while the long process to cut out the dead pilots went on. The film just makes it seem like they drove there and drove back and didn't fight, when they DID. And that they were rude forcing the Rangers to walk when it was the Rangers decision to do so.

13:58 you're right. For example, Keith Jones the pilot of the little bird, which is evacuating Daniel Busch at crashside 1 did the same thing in 1993. But it was a narrow street and he had no idea if the helicopter would fly out, because the rotor blades scratched the walls by the landing. He made it out. That's an example, how good the pilots of the 160th s.o.a.r. are. Btw he was send to the filming by the army. He was asked, if he would portrait himself and he did.

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Too good! Thanks for your comment!

@who346

8 ай бұрын

@@holddowna here I aome more info about the Somalia disaster.. United States navy had a expidionary force right off the coast with 10000 marines able to deploy immediately. There were ac130 gunships available with 3 hours... This was all denied by the Clinton administraion... 10 years late Secretary of state Hillary Clinton refuse air assets that were within 2 hours for the Bengazi *embassy attack costing 13 American lives.. Wr now have 5000 troops in Niger being in same situation now. Remember MEN ARE DISPOSABLE and Not Needed...

One of my gaming buddies in the late 90s was involved in this incident. When this movie came out he said it did a great job of showing what the incident was like.

@jasonbritt2497

6 ай бұрын

One of my Drill Sgts never talked much at the end of the cycle we ask another why he never talked…. We where told he was one of the guys portrayed in this movie and had countless confirmed kills with an E-tool bc they ran out of ammo. Glad I had him as a DS as he was hard and everyone in his plt was slated to go to 75th, 101st, and 82nd as infantrymen. His grit prepared us for what was to come. Nearly half of my basic training platoon was killed during the war on terror.

Great reacting and commentary, young woman. It was a tough watch and you handled it well. You are a great mix of toughness blended with a lovely soft heart and soul. Thank you for being so perceptive and understanding. You are one of my favourite commentators. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Australia. 🇦🇺

Love your reactions! Couple more really good war movies you should watch are Hacksaw Ridge (WWII) and We Were Soldiers (Vietnam War).

What a great review. I appreciate your personal investment in the subject matter and your immersion into the film. AND the debrief at the end. Really well thought out format. I’ll be watching more of your videos.

This was one of those movies I never got around to seeing so thanks, Ames, for being my guide for this film. It must have been a really tough one to edit with all the continuous action, but I thought you really did a good job keeping the flow going. Perhaps a more light-hearted film next time? 😀

It's not the best structure for the story but Mike Durant was on Jocko Podcast 312. Turns out if you're a special forces pilot you got some badass stories :)

The dogs that you see crossing in front of the vehicles, on several occasions, that was not planned in the filming, they were local stray dogs that got in and some were left in the filming, they had the habit of crossing every time a vehicle passed, this was commented by Ridley Scott in the director's comments on the DVD.

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Thanks for this comment!

at the start of the movie the chalk leader says "we're rangers, not some sorry ass JROTC" ROTC : Reserve Office Training Corps - Military training for college students to train them to become officers while they attend college. So when they graduate college they are 2nd Lieutenants JROTC : Junior ......- a high school course for people interested in attending ROTC when they get to college. You dont get anything upon graduation, its more of just a "get a demo of the ROTC experience" so he basically says they are not high school students playing pretend, they are well trained soldiers who know what they are doing.

You're the best reviewer on KZread. Very emotionally charged. You highlight the emotion and stress of the movies.

19:33 - You comment that it's so stressful because of all the doors, windows, rooftops, etc. I remember when I first deployed as an infantryman in Samarra, Iraq, that sentiment you expressed had a physical manifestation for me. At the end of the day (two missions a day that included a walking "presence patrol") I still remember my eyeballs and what felt like my _brain_ feeling absolutely exhausted, every single day. Never in my life in any other context have I needed to move my eyes that much (scanning EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY), and process that much information. Every vehicle parked or moving (is it overloaded? sagging? how many people inside? descriptions? anything unusual or suspicious?), every person standing or moving (hands? weapons? hiding anything? eye contact? description? how many? are they communicating with anybody? are they watching?), doorways/windows/rooftops/shadows/corners/everything.... It legitimately was its own kind of exhaustion that wasn't my tired legs, my aching back, my cardio. And even once you're used to it, the challenge became not being complacent with the sheer amount of information you have to see and assess every single day, every single mission. Trying to remember to treat everything with equal potential despite the quiet days. That particular deployment was the hardest and most dangerous one I had. 15 months of intensity. They blockaded roads and burned tires and trash just like you see in this movie. Countless firefights, ambushes conducted and hit by, deaths and wounded given and taken, and nearly everything/anything you can imagine in the context of combat. Hell, even a Silver Star in my platoon. Anyway.

@AngeloBarovierSD

8 ай бұрын

Oof. I can only imagine what that’s like. The closest I ever came were two plainclothes security gigs, one with a VIP ex-politician and the other with a movie star when a credible threat was communicated. The first was tense but we had UC and uniformed LEOs (and I’m sure special agents from two countries though I was never told) all around. Spent the night expecting to be caught in the middle of a terrorist attack. … but the second incident is the one you reminded me of. All we had to do was get the movie star from the restaurant to her hotel on foot (it was a film fest and the streets were crammed with people, so no cars). We had a couple of big guys doing CPP but my management and her top guard recruited me. Something like: “You’re smart, you have good eyes, so you’re lead-left.” It had to be no more than 300m from door to door but I’ve never been so hyper-aware in my life. Like you said, eyes scanning, brain on fire, heart racing. And this was in Toronto, Canada, surrounded by “friendlies”, only on guard for one individual who probably wasn’t even armed. Yet I can recall the whole short journey in alarming detail. My skinny butt in a black suit, no weapons, and no training for actual CPP was, uh, well it wasn’t how I thought the night was gonna go. I think about that and then what it must have been like, ramped up in intensity and in actual danger, longer distances, and repeated patrols, in an actual war zone. I’m not sure my brain can process that level of heightened awareness and stress. War is hell. Glad you made it home. Hope you’re well.

@Trepanation21

8 ай бұрын

@@AngeloBarovierSD Great comment with your experience as well. I've always considered that there's a different kind of exhaustion in a scenario like yours, specifically _because_ of the "surrounded by friendlies" context. It's almost the exact opposite intersection of my experience, tbh. You're trying not to miss the needle in the haystack (and you're protecting someone), and I'm trying to determine which potential danger is more dangerous to _me_ or _us,_ since we're all a target. I've always said that I feel like it would somehow be scarier or more stressful to have what I refer to as 'a career in conflict' when the context _isn't_ war. At least on deployment, it's kind of a bubble, a different lens, and you can sort of put your game face on for the duration of the deployment and put your brain in a different kind of box. As opposed to when you already live around the regular city with the regular hustle and bustle and have to do that work... Having to put your game face on in the same kind of places that you buy groceries in your sweatpants seems like it could be more emotionally weary. Anyway. I'm still here. Cheers, man. Glad those days went without a hitch for you.

The book of the same name is worth reading. They basically cut every non-American point of view to shorten the story down to film length, so the book has a lot of missing context for what's happening.

@Jericho396

8 ай бұрын

Nah, just watch the movie and take a shot everytime someone yells "RPG!!" Way more fun.

@t0dd000

8 ай бұрын

Agree. Great book and really fleshes out the situation better.

Awe Ames!!!! lol, the movie hasn't begun and you're already crying.

@holddowna

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Rough watch! Thanks for being here!

I saw this in theaters and it was so overwhelming! I couldn't shake the feeling from it for a couple days. Such a horrific story 😢😢😢😢

Hey, just watched your reaction to this, and I have a suggestion for a reaction video. This suggestion is the movie "The Hunt For The Red October." It is an awesome military fiction movie that was based on the book by Tom Clancy. It is, in my opinion, a phenomenal film.

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

heard this is an amazing movie!

That's why we do MOUT training. MOUT stands for Military Operations in Urban Terrain. I was also in Ramadi in 2004. It was my first deployment as a 19 year old Infantry Rifleman in the US Marines.

This is 1 of the best war movies ever made. It's raw and doesn't paint American soldiers as invincible. After this movie i began reading about the history and politics even different forces perspective that came to help. So much went wrong and most of the Rangers were kids. What Randy and Gordon did was more amazing then what was portrayed in the movie (watch Mike Durant discussing it). Bravo Ridley for showing the most human war movie.

There were three force packages planned for this mission. One was very light, mainly Delta and some of its support elements backed up by the Tenth Mountain Battalion there in Mogadishu. This was turned down as too small. A large element with tanks, Bradleys, even an AC-130 or two, plus Delta and Rangers. This was the one turned down as being too large and visible. The middle option was Delta, Rangers, the helicopters, Humvees and trucks, plus support elements. This was viewed as large enough to do the job but not too visible. The force was supposed to be slightly larger but a full Ranger platoon was cut shortly before they deployed, thus taking away an airfield defense/QRF force. As it was this force really was too small. It worked as long as nothing went wrong, but it did. They had just enough trucks and such, but as they started losing them, it became a nightmare with dead and wounded jammed in so tightly that the living could barely fight. Ironically Sgt. Struecker was the convoy navigator as he had studied maps of the city in detail. With him gone, nobody else really knew the area getting around was even harder than it would have been. A QRF group was sent as show in the movie, but it drove into an ambush. The ambush was triggered early, and if it hadn't the QRF would have been chopped up worse than it was, and might have been destroyed. As it was, another element could supposedly see the Durant crash but could not get to it.

RIP Sam Shepard (November 5, 1943 - July 27, 2017), aged 73 RIP Tom Sizemore (November 29, 1961 - March 3, 2023), aged 61 And RIP the 19 soldiers of The Battle of Mogadishu MSG Gary Ivan Gordon (August 30, 1960 - October 3, 1993), aged 33 SFC Randy David Shughart (August 13, 1958 - October 3, 1993), aged 35 SSG Daniel Darrell Busch (July 30, 1968 - October 3, 1993), aged 25 SFC Earl Robert Fillmore Jr. (June 16, 1965 - October 3, 1993), aged 28 MSG Timothy “Griz” Lynn Martin (July 9, 1955 - October 3, 1993), aged 38 CPL James “Jamie” E. Smith (February 16, 1972 - October 3, 1993), aged 21 SPC James M. Cavaco (February 12, 1967 - October 3, 1993), aged 26 CPL Richard “Alphabet” W. Kowalewski Jr. (March 31, 1973 - October 3, 1993), aged 20 SGT Dominick M. Pilla (March 31, 1972 - October 3, 1993), aged 21 SGT Lorenzo M. Ruiz (June 21, 1966 - October 3, 1993), aged 27 SSG William “Wild Bill” David Cleveland Jr. (January 27, 1959 - October 3, 1993), aged 34 SSG Thomas “Tommie” J. Field (April 11, 1968 - October 3, 1993), aged 25 CW4 Raymond “Ironman” Alex Frank (May 11, 1948 - October 3, 1993), aged 45 CW3 Clifton “Elvis” P. Wolcott (January 20, 1957 - October 3, 1993), aged 36 CW3 Donovan “Bull” Lee Briley (December 19, 1959 - October 3, 1993), aged 33 SGT James Casey Joyce (August 15, 1969 - October 4, 1993), aged 24 PFC James Henry Martin Jr. (March 17, 1970 - October 4, 1993), aged 23 SFC Matthew “Matt” Loren Rierson (September 29, 1960 - October 6, 1993), aged 33 SGT Cornell Lemont Houston Sr. (June 22, 1962 - October 6, 1993), aged 31 Gone but not forgotten.

@holddowna

8 ай бұрын

❤️

@carlox1266

8 ай бұрын

RIP to the hundreds of civilians killed in the crossfire , they mostly seem to have been forgotten .

@stoneyday558

8 ай бұрын

Corporal Mat Aznan bin Awang (Dec 28, 1960 --October 4, 1993) aged 33

This is a classic! Another war movie for you might be The Unknown Soldier from 2017. A Finnish war movie, based on a novel by the same name, written by a Finnish World War 2 veteran and based on his wartime experiences. Little Finland fighting the mighty Soviet Union. It has some dark humor, and lots of darkness. And it is extremely well done.

A friend of mine I met while at Fort Drum, James Martin, from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, was lost that day. He was a brave guy who was lost way too soon. Every soldier who serves deserves way more than is received.

This movie largely inspired me to enlist. Little did I know I’d end up in the exact company: B co 3/75 75th RR. 20 years after this event of course, but it was the best job I ever had. This is still one of my favorite movies

A beautiful movie by Ridley Scott. I was in the Army at this time. 1st batt, but injured, and at battalion. This should NEVER have happened. This war was quite literally started by CNN, which copied the plot of a James bond movie. Their puppet, Clinton, was doing terrible, and they wanted him to look strong, pump his numbers, get all his scandals off tv such as Whitewater and Paula Jones, and his terrible tax hike. So CNN, ran news of what was going on over there, around the clock, even though the UN was over there. So they continued this, until Hillary, sent troops, but we were so limited in our rules of engagement. All our boys, some of the best men to have ever lived, died over there, for good Clinton headlines, and CNN ratings. The fact that Clinton sent our boys in there, with zero backup, zero heavy metal, zero armor, zero artillery, or Bradley's or tanks, or A-10s or Spectres, tells u all u need to know.

@Harv72b

8 ай бұрын

That is a gross oversimplification of the actual facts on the ground, supported by cherry-picked bullet points of varying levels of truthfulness; in other words, exactly what I expect to read on the internet these days. This particular operation was only part of what the US military (and UN forces) were there to do. The special forces detachment, along with the US Army Rangers, were there _solely_ to hunt for Aidid and combat his forces. The US Army 10th Mountain Division, which _did_ have heavy equipment to include armor on site, was there to assist in the UN mission and to provide backup to the Rangers. As mentioned in this movie, neither of those groups were informed of the mission beforehand because of operational security, and were therefore not prepared to fight their way into the city center on a moment's notice. The planning failures which led to the catastrophic events in the Battle of Mogadishu were solely the result of commanders outside of the region underestimating the level of resistance which the militias could muster and overestimating how quickly and seamlessly the Rangers could accomplish their tasks. It had nothing to do with politics. Not sure how you missed this during your own time in the US Army, but the President does not plan military operations. The military plans them, including how many forces and of what disposition is required to accomplish the mission. The President only gets involved in the sense that he (and maybe one day, she) makes the final decision on whether or not to execute a mission of this nature, and sometimes chooses which of several mission packages (put together by the military) to use. The forces deployed and the rules of engagement are drawn up by the Pentagon and then approved by the Commander in Chief.

@philmullineaux5405

8 ай бұрын

@@Harv72b whatever floats ur boat. I had friends, soldiers, officers, NCO folks over there. And if u don't think the Whitehouse wasn't intimately involved in running the show over there, well, just look at what LBJ was doing during Vietnam.

@Harv72b

8 ай бұрын

@@philmullineaux5405 I spent 7 years on active duty working in intelligence. I was just another enlisted guy, but by virtue of serving under one particularly outstanding O3 at my first duty station I sat in on operational planning sessions as well as on detailed after action reviews. The National Command Authority lays down the general objectives (and, yes any general limitations on what can be used where), and it is then up to military officers to plan the actual mission. In the instance of Mogadishu, the problem was that commanders in the area of operations were worrying about the worst case scenario (which is essentially what happened) while higher-ups at the regional & national level saw it as just another snatch & run mission and refused the additional assets requested for the operation. Not Clinton, neither Bill nor Hillary. It was ultimately up to General Garrison to determine whether his forces could complete the mission without additional backup, and he gave the final go-ahead. And, to his credit, accepted full responsibility for that decision. I'll tell you what I tell far too many others online nowadays: if a subject interests you that much, *read up on it* from every source you can find. Sift out the misrepresentations & outright lies and get to the facts on your own. Don't rely on what some podcaster, who will always have their own agenda in mind, tells you to think. Don't rely on what I tell you to think, for that matter. But don't disregard *any* source solely because it runs counter to your own predispositions on the matter. With that, I wish you a happy and fulfilling life, and thank you for your service to our nation.

Your reactions are so genuine. I remember this in the news as a kid.

There's bravery, and there's Gordon and Shugart. It's hard to fathom such selfless sacrifice. They knew what they were doing and were ready for glory. First Medal of Honors after Vietnam, and they were beyond well deserved. There are no words other than "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Best reaction I've seen for Black Hawk Down. Great job.

"Roger that. We know what we're getting into." MSG Gary Gordon & SFC Randy Shughart earned their Medal of Honor. Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother

I was in Somalia, but my unit redeployed back to the States about two weeks before the battle of Mogadishu.

The 2 snipers Shugart and Gordan were awarded the Medal of Honor giving their lives .. they knew they were gonna die...

Pietro Scalia won an Acadamy Award for cinematography for this movie. I had an opportunity through an odd circumstance to see it at his house shortly after the ceremony. Your comment on how beautiful the cinematography reminded me of this memory.

Hello, it's the first video I've seen of you and I'm amazed at the intensity with which you experience a movie. You are incredible, of course I am already subscribed and I will continue to like your reactions. ❤❤❤

The humvee driver that went back out, Sgt Strueker, was my chaplain at Fort Benning