Earl is hilarious. This guy is a patriot, hero and funny as hell. His dry sense of humor killed me. Great interview.

At first, I was offended that Evan didn't stand and salute...but then I realized that in the presence of the MOH he was fully hard and didn't want the video to get flagged and removed from youtube. Thank you Evan.

@KevinDiazx11

8 ай бұрын

Notice the same thing while I have a hard on also

@PlumbingArkansas

8 ай бұрын

Lmao!

@curseoffenrir

8 ай бұрын

LOL

@scottsherman5262

8 ай бұрын

This comment gives me solace...I'm not normally throbbing erect during these types of podcasts (I always am).

@Justanotherwhiteguyyabish

8 ай бұрын

Nah bro he didn’t want us to see how short he is next to that giant with the big medal on his neck

Earl has one of the most intense combat stories I’ve ever heard. And he tells it all so nonchalantly with a great sense of positivity and humor, and is much better looking than Evan. Evan is very short.

@calebzentz2077

8 ай бұрын

@internet_internet this made me laugh way harder than it should have 😂

@glenncunningham6397

8 ай бұрын

I really wish he would have referred to the 40mm grenade launchers as "noob tubes"

It's like when your best friend is awarded the highest honor in valor. Earl is a cool guy anyone would want to have a beer with. Thank you for your service Earl

Heard his story on another channel. He's telling it again here and I'm still listening to the whole thing again. Earl is a great interview.

I understand about being accosted about 'stolen valor.' I served 24 years, with the first half being in special ops. Due to knee and back issues, I re-trained into a computer job after seeing limited action in 5 different combat zones, and seeing 25+ countries, which put me in contact with loads of other computer people, and they dont normally see so many medals (even though most of my awards were fairly pedestrian within the special ops community). I constantly had people 'pulling my rip' (verifying my medals). And I didnt have a MOH, and cross-service badges, so I can imagine that making him a huge target. Big respect for him. Humble, but a real badass!

This dude is my idol. I haven't laughed so much during a combat story type podcast ever.

I guarantee Evan is going to hire Earl 😂 his face lit up when he said he didn’t know what he was wanting to do.

@mercureygaming5584

8 ай бұрын

We can only hope just heard of this guy today and he’s amazing I hope to hear more from him

@DJJ81

8 ай бұрын

I hope so, that’d be dope

Hearing these outstanding men's stories is amazing! Thank You Evan for providing us with this.

Small world, I bumped into Earl multiple times when I was in 2/1. Crazy to think he was two doors down from my office. Take care dude and keep crushing it!

I was at FOB Shank when this happened. I was part of an ISR drone unit that had a sister unit at Ghazni. I saw the videos and pics of that place afterward. There were dead Taliban all over the place. They breached the wall, entered the camp and blew up as much stuff as they could including themselves. It was a horror show for sure. The shot cards he is talking about, the Afghanis had those on Shank. They also had cell phones. This why you don't let the locals on your camp. They will try to kill you! Biggest mistake I ever saw letting the locals on with comms.

Finally another one over an hour 😂 y'all are busy, but these are great. Thanks Evan 🇺🇸

An HONOR to just hear this story, from the mouths of the guys that actually did the work. THANK YOU !!!

Thank God Earls on our side ! God Bless 🙏 America !

Amen...bottle to throttle. Hardest hurdle (for me ) when I was Med Retired. Thank you for sharing that very short note. That monster is always there. Certain months where brothers were lost....have to pre-plan for those.

The medal is not the value. The value is in the person.

@yukefort8402

8 ай бұрын

That’s super deep. You should totally write books man.

@nmr6988

8 ай бұрын

Actually, there's value in both. The same could be said of our flag.

@hawkman302

8 ай бұрын

@@nmr6988 the flag doesn’t mean anything unless it has a group of people to uphold the ideals for what it stands for. You don’t understand that anything can mean anything, but it’s not worth anything unless it brings value to a group of people. Once the good people in this country move away, the flag means nothing as it once was known to stand for something.

@Thawhitestguyeva

2 ай бұрын

Says the guy without the medal…

@hawkman302

2 ай бұрын

@@Thawhitestguyeva the medal is just a symbol of an action thematic brings great respect to the person. But it itself is just some cheap metal. The person who is deserving of great respect is the value. Keep being incompetent.

I initially thought this Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee might be related to Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley. Both of these Men are indeed Warrior Legends. Both served exemplary careers and will forever be enshrined within the lore of the US Army. However, the spelling is just a letter off. Regardless, both of these Men are exactly why America can sleep in relative safety every night. God Bless MSG Plumlee (MoH) and RIP CSM Plumley (Silver Star).🇺🇸 (CSM B Plumley was the right hand man/CSM for then Lt Col Hal Moore at the first battle in the Ia Drang Valley.... colloquially known today as the "We Were Soldiers" battle)

@jayjones6904

8 ай бұрын

Thinking same thing at first

@mikecavanaugh257

8 ай бұрын

@@jayjones6904 They both have quite the dry, direct and sardonic wit in common. Then when he told the story about how his Dad corrected him after he had squared away that younger private, I immediately thought of the personality of CSM Plumley with his young troopers. I disagree with his Dad however. I'm assuming Plumlee had every reason to correct what he saw, as all Senior Non Coms do. I doubt this kid who got an earful from a MoH recipient is going to think less of MoH guys, but rather will tell the story as how he once had a MoH Master Sergeant put his jump boot in his ass as a Private. Lesson learned. These guys are no BS types and absolutely expect to see the same standard throughout the system. Send it, I absolutely agree. As it should be. 🇺🇸

earl is great. if anyone needs a podcast, this guy does.

By far one of the best interviews of all time. I have great respect for this man. He's a humble killer.

That retirement and slow down of tempo after retirement is so on point.

The dry humor is deep among us. Much appreciated.

This was so fun to watch what a pleasure …I’m 56 and beat the hellup but would still go static line again… great interview made me laugh so hard thanks guys

What an amazing story and career. Semper FI! I wish you the best in Retirement!

Thank you sir for your honesty and your story. Remember your service is to yourself first for you are a part of the country and thank you for serving our country! Taking care of me, Randy

I love Earl…Marine, A team , B team , Medal of Honor

The most interesting conversation / interview I've heard this year.

My 4th. Time watching this video and Earl seems so relaxed and good natured. Seems like a guy you’d like to know and hang out with. These guys make it seem like signing up so you can serve with them. What a great group of guys to serve with.

PLACE AT THE TABLE!!! STARTING DEFENSE !!!! Great reference. So intense for a young Marine. Glad you found your calling.

Y'all are all awesome. Huge thanks to all Veterans, not just Mr. Plumlee. Awesome history, awesome man, to include Mr. Hafer. Keep "Gittn'-er-done" in all things.

Nice interview thank you gents. Earl, your a beast.

Thanks for preserving this American history

“Let’s not keep bouncing dice , I need your feedback.” All leaders , military and private sector can learn from those words. Awesome dude. Much respect!

both these guys are awesome dudes. thank you for your service boys.

I didn't remember my DI's names 30 days after bootcamp was over, but I do remember my service number assigned in 1969.

Drew should stay away from you. LOL! Hands down the best story I have ever heard in my lifetime. Amazing! Thank you! Your honesty and valor is amazing! The dry sense of humor? LOL! You made me laugh at something so horrific, and yet you can not only tell the story but punch line it! That is amazing!

"Or... God takes care of drinks and fools and I'm dual qualified." 😂😂

Awesome interview!

Yea, a CAR on an Army uniform might draw some criticism, I suppose, especially with the extra USMC things. How would you like to be the one to eat crow after accusing him of stolen valor?

The men ive known from iraq and Afghanistan who saved a mucker and ended up taking a round dont feel they are heroes or anything special. Ine i served with lost his lower leg after drawing fire so we could get to cover. In my eyes he went above and beyond his attitude was he is lucky we all got home. In my eyes all these men are heroes

Amazing top brass had a hard time justifying his actions to warrant MOH. Congressman and SF community had to fight to get this done. Teamwork Earl. Just like your time as a crayon eater. Well deserved!

Ty to all of our past and present veterans and service members God bless ya'll

I like how he said I was just lucky

Thank you for your service and I wish all current and retired veterans peace and a life of blessings. I do wonder if a Medal of Honor recipient could ever loose the medal for any reason and if anyone ever has?

This guy is great

Great episode

Great interview and I also like how Earl quoted the character Steve Latimer from a movie called The Program at the 13:46 part of the interview 😂😂😂

No hero should have to wear a fucking mask when he gets this medal.

Great interview and an honor to listen to

My friends and I share you guys spirit. Different category (concrete guys) but we share a lot of the same attitudes. Maybe because the ole man was a marine corps staff Sargent. Thankfully he talked my individual thinking ass out of joining. He's right they'd had a time with kid like I was.

Your jumper who did seven static lines in three armies into three wars is incredible. But he world record for most operational jumps is held by Corporal Des Archer of 1 Commando, Rhodesian Light Infantry. He did 73 operational jumps between 1977 and the end of the war. Towards the end the tempo was so high and so close to base, some troops did three round jumps in one day from DC3s.

A guy who had been an aa instructor, green beret, sniper worked at a private security company I was employed by. He told us his students laced jump boots like he did, even years later. He should have picked his nose... 😂 brilliant!

I feel that 90% of the guests on your show are well deserving of the MOH. I only say 90% so as allow for leaving some inherent value of the award, itself. Otherwise it would have zero value. It's somewhat of a conundrum because ALL of you deserve the full weight of its rarity.

Very good interview.

Sirs thanks for the smiles!! And also not going rouge lmaooo

Evan's laugh is the best.

Semper Fi! Keep at it Bother.

🏆🙏🇺🇲🤗🎖️ Thank you for sharing

Great video

Yeah, platoon 2102, SSgt. Agurs, and for me the experience was valuable, but I had to leave because I was no longer a "True Believer" and the crayons suddenly tasted like wax. I saw "Polar Express" and got the clue.

Great episode! Just realized Evan doesn't blink! Possible Alien:)

Federal law says the medal is priceless. BUT it costs less than $60 for the Ait Force which is larger than the Army & Navy

Nice work.

He's only 40 years old. Few live to see their medal at all but it definitely took some years off this guy

Such a humble hero who wouldn't want to go into the breach with this man.

BRO EVAN I WAS ALSO IN BRAVO 2-54 “Bulldogs!” I mean it’s infantry OSUT, who really cares right but now I feel like we are kindred spirits.

I’m going for stem cells Monday!

Awesome interview!! He reminds me of Josh Rowson

I glad Even sat down to talk to the lead singer of Bloodhound Gang.

We deployed to right where bales did his summer of love event immediately after the event for 9 months it was a wild time

“Most stressful el prez” hahahaha

It is so interesting to hear his Marine stories because I was in the Army infantry 91-95 with a former Marine FAST Team member. It was an early Marine socom unit. He said they were just high speed guards all over the globe. Other than taking down the arrahan tank farm in Panama they didn't do much.

Cool dude. Cool story!

Humble

Great episode I want to see Mike Glover interview Earl now

The average grunt makes do, but the recons got the really good stuff.

The Generals say “I took a crap this morning, why don’t I get a Medal of Honor”

There's a man in England, Lord Ashcroft, who has amassed the world's largest private collection of Victoria Cross and George Cross medals. As of this writing the collection contains over 10% *(230+)* of all the medals ever awarded, and is housed in the Imperial War Museum in London, along with documentation on each recipient and why the medal was awarded. I was kinda amazed that *the average value, at auction, for a Victoria Cross medal is in excess of 400,000£ ($488,000).* *It's too bad there isn't some equivalent type of Medal of Honor collection displayed in an American museum with full accompanying documentation on its recipient and what that person did to justify its award.*

Earl I hope you come to Gainesville, Tx for the MOH days I've around 50 of you guy's Because of what I do I have been given 2 challenge coins- I would like for yours to be my 3rd.

In regards to his back surgery outcome (1:23:17) and what his step-father told him, I had a surgeon tell me basically the same thing about 20 - 30 years ago. I'm going to write it down this time, and present it to any other doctor in the future who thinks cutting me is a good idea. I wish I had it for the most recent (two weeks ago) doctor I saw. Also, I agree with his comment regarding the bottle of hooch. I'll cite him, his Medal of Honor, and this video. Aside from this remark, I loved his story. Great guy.

Nice.

The crazy guy was SSG Bales I wasn’t in his unit but they were attached on our Brigade, and boy did IEDs increase after that.

Is there a across the bored medal for all combat veterans? I know they have combat badges but I think they all deserve a medal for their bravery and the thanks for what they done. No matter how bad ass you are 99.9% of combat vets will suffer some kinda mental wounds. I also think the purple heart is given out to willy-nilly and I've heard many WW2 and Vietnam Vets talk about how they believe that also. Thanks to all that have served or serving even if you never seen battle because even if you join in peacetime a war can pop off overnight. ❤ GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!

@davidkohler7454

8 ай бұрын

Yes there is. You get a campaign ribbon for deployment. And of course the ataboy buttons. And the participants award...

@landonmartin457

8 ай бұрын

@@davidkohler7454 thank you for explaining that. I believe anyone that serves their country either has honor and patriotism before joining or will have when they get out but those who serves in combat has a stronger sense of honor and patriotism either before or after. My childhood best friend and I were going in the Navy after high-school but we had a BAD wreck, I broke my neck but he was perfectly fine. That was the end of my dream but he served 7 years in the Navy, 13 years in the Marines and I'm still so proud of him for that, he was kind of a shit head growing up lol He would call me from Iraq and either cry or not say much but I always told him I didn't care that it was 2-3 o'clock in the morning here, he could call me anytime. Thanks again for explaining this for me.

I’d sit in on or take leadership speaking courses from Earl. That’s a guy I’d follow. Can’t say that about a lot of guys I’ve worked with or for. Especially not my current boss lmfao

So, um, he basically used the exploding taliban mod for video games irl.

He sounds like the guitar player from slayer Kerry king . But this guy is a bad ass

FYI, a Victoria Cross awarded to Cpl John French posthumously for his actions at Milne Bay 1942, recently sold at auction for $1.46 Million.

Actual medal cost is cheap, the meaning behind them is invaluable

Military collections would create value. For instance collecting everything I could from the great war. Or something

Y'all might not want surgery, but, check out the M6 artificial disc. Good talk. I guess I'll leave it there.

Garrison's crap. Always loved training, and going out being productive. Uniform b.s. was always second fiddle to me. Boots, Hershey bar was fine. That reflection stuff I can, have and still do. But it was for important things. Not just because I'm showing up.

I have absolutely no idea what my drill sergeants names are

Army of one Hu

When did you graduate bravo 2/54? I was 2/54 late 1997.

Dude God had his hand covering you should just go ahead and testify to his Goodness

everybody remembers their Sr Drill Instructor. Ssgt Imes.

❤️👍🏻🇺🇸🥃

I cant hear the name plumlee/plumley without thinking of ia drang

I can relate to his experiences being accused of stolen Valor. Except I don't have a MOH. I did, however, serve in the USAF for 12 years, and the Army for 8. So my ribbon rack looks ridiculous. Even though none of them really mean a lot. Still, a lot of civvies think I am some sort of war hero 😂

$150-200K My brother in Christ that is what we call MARK-UP. Holy shit.

Quality control at the HME lab 😂