I worked in an office of military vets, the vast majority combat veterans from the Iraqi war. We all got along great in our civilian job and even after parting from the company, we still kept in touch every year through our Fantasy Football league. One of the folks I knew, James, was a part of this team and an Army combat veteran every year for the past 7 years. Someone that mentored me when we both worked in the same office, rode in my first ever new car on our way to lunch, and always shared a laugh. Unfortunately, I was informed he took his own life this last weekend. Although we were thousands of miles apart for over 5 years, its like I lost a brother. All this to say, check on your battle brothers and sisters, make sure you're there for them. And if you're suffering, reach out and don't be afraid to ask for help.

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry to read this man. I know I'm just some guy on the internet but I really hope you get through this. Stay strong.

@RussianRanger47

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryFeels I appreciate you. We are all in the same boat and although you're some guy on the internet, just taking the time to reply back and send positive energy my way lifts me up a bit. For my friend that passed, the best thing I can do for him is keep him in my memory. I keep an, unfortunately, ever growing wall of pictures of friends on my fridge that have passed over the years so that every day I can keep them in my thoughts and their memory won't be forgotten.

@sfsenthusiast5708

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

@jamesmoore8461

2 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy, I lost my dad to suicide nearly 2 years ago now. Here if you wanna talk, stay strong brother

@batot3617

2 жыл бұрын

im very sory for your loss sir. Wish you all the best as well.

"A million Iraqis are dead because you lied. My friends are dead because you lied."- US Marine

@thepinkfreaks5906

Жыл бұрын

A million Iraqis are dead because you lied,my friends are dead because… that hits different bro

@masaomasaomasaomasaomasaomasao

Жыл бұрын

@StretchyPhrog (context if you didnt know originally) the quotes from a conference where an ex-veteran confronts George Bush saying "Mr. Bush when are you going to apologize for the million Iraqi's that are dead because you lied? You lied about weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) You lied about connections to 9/11! You lied about Iraq being a threat! You sent me to Iraq! You sent me to Iraq in 2003. My friends are dead! Joshua Casteel... You killed people! You lied! You lied about WMDs! A million Iraqi's are dead because you lied! My friends are dead because you lied! You need to apologize! Apologize!" - Michael Prysner. In the conference he saying half of this stuff while getting dragged out by security and by bystanders. There was one thing I saw which I think goes along with this, it said "Freedom of Speech until the Speech that is being said is the truth".

@joecamel4006

Жыл бұрын

Mike Prysner is the name of the veteran who confronted Bush.

@thomasboland540

Жыл бұрын

Casualty figures never reached the millions. Dude was spouting propaganda straight from Sadam's regime

@luichinplaystation610

Жыл бұрын

And he's right

It's so weird to think that this is a historical conflict now

@troopergio

2 жыл бұрын

This battle was fought in the year I was born. To think 2004 is considered as a historic year is really weird to me lol

@scubacuba5127

2 жыл бұрын

@@troopergio ikr? I was born after 9/11 and now I am in the army and it was weird hearing my NCOs talk about the war on terror like it was so long ago even tho I still think of the iraq war being only 5 years ago or something

@JohnDoe-ds1gq

2 жыл бұрын

@@scubacuba5127 i mean technically the war on terror isnt over

@AdmiralAckbar.

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-ds1gq Yer it’s going on in Africa right now as roughly 6,000 US troops are in a couple countries aiding the local governments there fight against Al Shabab

@GiskardRevenlov

2 жыл бұрын

@@troopergio thanks now I feel old

I spoke with a Marine who took part in the second battle of Fallujah. He said the point where he thinks he finally snapped was when he tripped over garbage and ended up being pinned down behind a 6 inch curb trying to make himself as small as possible as PKM rounds were chewing up the sidewalk next to his face, waiting for friendlies to return fire on his behalf. He couldn't help but to start laughing at how ridiculous his situation was.

@fbi6630

2 жыл бұрын

War is hell, Fallujah is one of the toughest American battles since Hue City. God bless the USMC&America

@FakeNvwz

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, why cry. Its better to go out laughing. 🫡

@TheWitac

Жыл бұрын

@@FakeNvwz My thoughts exactly.

@at2t

Жыл бұрын

@@fbi6630 maybe you shouldn't have gone in with no justification then? just a thought

@literalantifaterrorist4673

Жыл бұрын

@@at2t iraq was the 100% unjustified war, afghanistan at least had some legitimacy due to Al Qaeda's threat to national security.

"I felt then, as I feel now, that the politicians who sent us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, rather than organizing nothing better than legalized mass murder." - Harry Patch (1898-2009), last surviving combat veteran of World War One

@DunkTasticMan

2 жыл бұрын

“War is the continuation of politics by other means."

@luigimrlgaming9484

2 жыл бұрын

@@DunkTasticMan most of the time

@JoeSmith-sl9bq

2 жыл бұрын

Shouldn’t have joined the army the.

@xxzombieluck19xx37

2 жыл бұрын

@@luigimrlgaming9484 100% of the time

@natowaveenjoyer9862

2 жыл бұрын

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. -John Stuart Mill

US govt: "yeah the war is pretty much over" Marines: fighting the worst battle since the war started

@majorleagueminuteman1344

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t just Marines...

@nikolakaravida9670

2 жыл бұрын

@@majorleagueminuteman1344 True, the Army played a large part in Fallujah.

@hirocheeto7795

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikolakaravida9670 Not just Army or Marines. Pretty sure they were saying "wasn't just Americans" in a roundabout way.

@Frosty_coyote

2 жыл бұрын

@@majorleagueminuteman1344 the army lost fallujah twice

@majorleagueminuteman1344

2 жыл бұрын

@@Frosty_coyote no, they didn’t. The changeover in responsibility between the 82nd and 1st Mar Div for al Anbar occurred in September/October of 03. The 1st Battle was in April of 04. While that was happening there was a massive uprising across almost the entirety of the country that spring into summer. The Marines stopped their push into Fallujah and handed it over to Iraqi National Guard at the recommendation of Paul Bremer. US forces weren’t even allowed in the city from May until The 2nd battle in November of 04. Also, tons of Iraqi police and Soldiers fought in and around the city during the entirety of the US occupation. The only living Medal of Honor recipient from OIF was a US Army Soldier whose actions occurred during Phantom Fury. Don’t fall into the mythical realm of Marine Corps historical revisionism.

This flat out feels like the opening of a war movie. I just close my eyes and I see the news broadcast after the opening "black screen" and as the camera zooms into the live footage we see snaps of real soldiers in combat in live footage with the opening credits superimposed over these horrifying images of the conflict. The production and mixing of this is unbelievable as always.

@wisemonke194

2 жыл бұрын

That would be an awesome way to open an alternative history movie with US soldiers fighting Nazis in New York or a joint force of Brits and Americans in London or Ottawa

@caralho5237

2 жыл бұрын

man just the idea of making a movie like this gives me a boner

@Fenix-wg2dp

2 жыл бұрын

and the combat scene is slowed down with a low camera angle i can picture it

@evancentauri5558

2 жыл бұрын

im not very good at editing but i will try to make something like this (kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6Jnz9eyab2dobQ.html)

@bohemianbum6082

2 жыл бұрын

@@wisemonke194 ahem you will see a sad reality of a film in say 20 to 30 years from now if we do survive.... hint, FDR dies in 1933

OIF vet here, I was an infantryman over most of the 2000's and spent quite a bit of time in Iraq doing infantry stuff. This collection of unmistakable radio beeps, BRRRRRRRRT and snap cracklin' pop rolled up on my autoplay and totally caught me off guard with the spectrum of feels that came with it. I write this not to complain but to thank you for reminding me of where I came from and how far I have come since then. The term bittersweet seems accurate but lacking in intensity as I sit here in tears with a hard on. Once again, thank you.

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment, I've had a few vets speak about their experiences on this one. I didn't realise the affect I would have on those who have lived through it for real. I apologise if I caused you any hurt. I hope you and your buddies made it out ok. Take care man.

@darkgardener9577

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryFeels No need to apologize, it's fantastic, a unique way to put history and music together and I very much appreciate it. Keep doing your thing man, it's good.

@ballisticbee1678

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your Service!

@wawrzynieckasprzycki2789

Жыл бұрын

OIL* not OIF

@brohemia6575

Жыл бұрын

​@@darkgardener9577 they thought we were going to run out of oil because fracking didn't seem feasible at the time, but the government contracts were definitely like half of the reason

Fun fact: wojak means "soldier" in polish.

@bionx9098

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@italianspaghett4359

2 жыл бұрын

more like "warrior" or "fighter" than "soldier"

@blaubarschbube4643

2 жыл бұрын

In russian u can say wajak for soldier but nobody uses that word

@kasiadzemik

2 жыл бұрын

@@italianspaghett4359 Not really. I would say "wojak" is rather a specific description of a soldier. An experienced one maybe? Like in the Polish title of Hašek's "The Good Soldier Schweik", "Soldier" was translated as "wojak" (which might be a dumb transfer from Czech, as their vojak is a very default "soldier", but still).

@evanpastor7305

2 жыл бұрын

I though that said bojack from bojack horseman, now i'm imagining bojack horseman in warfare

My dad was a U.S. Marine. He served in Fallujah, still to this day has not told me a thing about what happened there and it really messed him up. I have hardly any contact with him... it's tough. Especially because of the fact he doesn't want to get help and he thinks he's fine. Thanks for posting this video my guy and I hope you have a great day/night. You have earned yourself another subscriber. Edit: Jesus Christ. I had totally forgot about this comment, thanks everyone.

@MrFullmetalgatts

2 жыл бұрын

Become a Marine and he will talk to you

@peterscasny2803

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrFullmetalgatts That's a complicated, but actually very possible.

@stureremil1942

2 жыл бұрын

War crimes.

@unkn0wn223

2 жыл бұрын

@@stureremil1942 yes

@mjjisbest3449

2 жыл бұрын

tell him for me Thank you for service

"I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers." - General William T. Sherman

I’ve never been to war, but basic training taught something about war that I will never forget. I was at the rifle range- it was cold, I was tired, and it was raining. I hadn’t hardly spoken to my family and wondered how things were at home. In that moment I thought of all the men and women who had died cold, tired, hungry, alone, afraid, and confused in war. And there I was training to be a real soldier who could one day meet the same fate. The cool gear suddenly felt like a costume, I despised the idea of war more than ever, and the false bravado presented itself all around me. Yet, I still knew somebody had to stand up and do the job because humanity is deeply flawed. We will always fight, I think. Strive to be strong and peaceful my friends. Never wish for war or glorify it- there is hell enough on Earth as is.

@jodinha4225

2 жыл бұрын

"Somebody has to stand up and do the job" What's the job exactly? Die in a far away country in an offensive war? Nobody needs to be in the military, its not an important job.

@pixelgamer2579

2 жыл бұрын

@@jodinha4225 You’re right- in an ideal scenario. Imagine if every nation laid down their arms. Nice thought, eh? Sadly, that’s not likely to happen. Armies exist as a result of the human condition. Tell me, what do you think would happen if NATO forces ceased to exist in this instance?

@AimBitX

2 жыл бұрын

@@jodinha4225 in some cases it needs to be

@AimBitX

2 жыл бұрын

@@pixelgamer2579 I agree with you

@aleksiheija8170

2 жыл бұрын

@@jodinha4225 Username checks out. Yeah it is a nice thought that everyone drops their weapons and sang kumbaya together. However we both know that will not happen. In every country there is a military present. Either your own or someone else's. So yeah war is hell but it is a necessary evil that everyone should be prepared for.

The A-10's brrrrt is definitely a morale boost and a lifesaver for the troops.

@glimmino7304

2 жыл бұрын

Not if you're British, then you're hoping it's not gonna be blue on blue lol

@oGoldero

2 жыл бұрын

@@glimmino7304 And you need to hope to not break formation or not be next to a marine vehicle. Or you probably gonna get blue on blue'd too.

@kgthompson5814

2 жыл бұрын

Warthog death from above

@SeraGGraphics

2 жыл бұрын

You mean the sound of killing the defenders of their homeland?

@Gotobar

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeraGGraphics The Homelands where they kill their own citizens, sure

When I close my eyes, I can see the blinding bright Iraqi sun. I can smell the ever present smoke from the burn pit. I can hear the gun battle across the river in Sadr City. I can feel the grit of sand and salt against my skin. If I listened to this a million times, each time would put me right back there, 19 and unable to understand what it all meant.

@majorleagueminuteman1344

2 жыл бұрын

@@tentacionxxx5711 let your hatred grow! Yes! Your hatred can only help, right? Until one day, you are me. With blood on your hands “for justice”...and someone else calling YOU evil with the hind sight of history... Stunning and brave you are....stunning and brave!

@FOGGYlama123

2 жыл бұрын

@@tentacionxxx5711 don't hate the soldier he was just drafted into a war and following orders if you were drafted into a war with a real good cause you wouldn't couldn't do it

@poopoo7705

2 жыл бұрын

@@FOGGYlama123 the draft hasn't been in effect since the early 1970s

@FOGGYlama123

2 жыл бұрын

@@poopoo7705 alright thank you

@mounir9899

2 жыл бұрын

@@FOGGYlama123 they just went to war because they enjoy it or thought they would enjoy it, all their choice

"That's Vietnam music, can't we get our own fucking music?" ~ Jarhead(2005)

That A-10 coming over is just so great to hear.

@Ullichan

Жыл бұрын

Gets me gosepumps everytime i hear it

Dad was a Captain in 1/8 during Fallujah, just a month before I was born. Always incredible to think that a single bullet going in a different way could have left me without ever knowing my Dad. Three men died under his command, and it will never leave him. Dad is far better adjusted than some, but PTSD is still PTSD. I'm just grateful that he is willing to share his stories with me and tries to live life to the fullest for his kids and for the boys he lost. He's very excited for the Six Days in Fallujah game coming out next year! Thank you for creating the incredible content that you do, it means a lot. EDIT: My father passed away in August at 47, just three days before I started college. My views on him are much more complex now, to say the least (though much of that is concerning his quality as a father and man.) However, I can’t deny there is a pride I feel knowing he is now buried at the Arlington National Cemetery, overlooking the Pentagon, the Capitol, and the graves of many of his men.

@godslonelyman2596

2 жыл бұрын

proof?

@denisg2719

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, it's actualy coming out next year?

@tyegra6665

2 жыл бұрын

@@godslonelyman2596 And?

@godslonelyman2596

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyegra6665 i need proof.

@doctorchaotic3415

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone has their own stories here because they're here.

Was 18 when this shit went down, was there, 3 tours to Iraq, one to Afghan, I am out now, I am 36 now but I am laying here listening to this and smoking a ciggeratte like I did when I was there. I gave up smoking but this does take me back. We also played Gotta get outta this place by the Animals.

@coaboa5339

2 жыл бұрын

My man

@lv9322

2 жыл бұрын

Same bro.

@bluedog843

2 жыл бұрын

18 fuckin years old… I would’ve been just about to graduate from High School when I turned 18. The first year of being a legal adult and yours was spent in hell and mine was spent preparing to put on my grad cap🎓. Such a crazy world we live in.

@burnssy112

2 жыл бұрын

Fucking legend

@DRaven-of2lv

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your sacrifice bro. Godspeed

If any vets here see this and you’re struggling get help I promise it does help. I’m a marine who was deployed to Iraq to do a very different battle I didn’t see or do what the men in Fallujah did but I still needed help and am currently getting it and it has helped so much so please get help and save yourself

@DieEineMieze

2 жыл бұрын

Why do people say war is hell?

@jaif7327

2 жыл бұрын

@@DieEineMieze Because war only involves bloodshed and hollywood likes to glorify war. War is hell, hell is eternal punishment to the soul.

@JoeyMace28

2 жыл бұрын

@@DieEineMieze Like the guy above me said. Once the war "ends", it never ends. Every man who went through that battlefield will wear the mental and psychical scars until the day they pass, then it "ends".

@teutonicorder3905

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aouf1 you are human trash, people like you who would say this to a man who has seen hell on earth and you have the guts to say weak. God Forgive You.

@fredericksacramento677

2 жыл бұрын

@@DieEineMieze because it is

fun fact, the flag on the soldier's arm should be facing the other way, the stars need to point forward. Much like how a flag would look if it were to be carried into battle on a flagpole

@MrZackattack15

2 жыл бұрын

America moving forward 💪🏻🇺🇸

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I made a mistake on that, shouldn't have happened.

@freeslop

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryFeels sure, just accept ur mistake

@mfquandary

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrZackattack15 the flag in your pfp is facing downwards though

@americanineverywaybutcitiz2330

2 жыл бұрын

@@mfquandary no mistakes were made.

"Der Eiensam Posten" but you've realized you wont be back by Christmas / but the great war isn't as great as you thought it would be

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Man you keep coming up with banger ideas

*White phosphorus is a common allotrope used in many types of munitions. It can set fire to cloth, fuel, ammunition, and flesh.*

@nikolakaravida9670

2 жыл бұрын

*Can you even remember why you came here?*

@ataturkgaming5810

2 жыл бұрын

*do you feel like hero yet?*

@santacatarinaball7091

2 жыл бұрын

*why are we still here, just to suffer, every night i can fell my leg, and my arm...*

@poposbtw

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikolakaravida9670 None of this would've happened if you just stopped

@andylee237

2 жыл бұрын

What is this from?

My father served in the Gulf war as an UN and British SAS peacekeeper. I went to visit him once when I was young and made him angry over something trivial and he threw a chair across the room and started screaming about how he watched as his friend was shot in the head when he stood up to take a piss in a ditch. He felt awful the next day and I told him I wasn't mad at him because of it, I was sad for him... War really changes people in the absolute worst ways.

My brother wasn't at Fallujah, but he was on from 2002-2010. Infantry sniper, Army. 82nd airborne then 1rst armored He's told me plenty of combat stories where he doesn't kill people. But I know he has. There's no way an infantry sniper did 4 tours in war and doesn't kill somebody. I know of two stories. First story was the first time he killed someone. They took contact from a few insurgents(he was a regular grunt at this point. He'd go through sniper school later). He saw a guy with a gun, centered his Iron sights, pulled the trigger. And the dude fell. After the shootout his squad leader took the head wrap from the insurgent and gave to him as trophy. He didn't like how it made him feel. Second story he was on gate guard. A vehicle started heading for his gate wouldn't slow down, wouldn't respond to warnings they threw smoke they fired warning shots. Vehicle wouldn't stop. My brother aimed at the driver, killed him. Next thing he knew. Two kids came out crying their eyes out. He killed their father. He wasn't an attacker. But for some reason he didn't slow down and stop. He still loses sleep over that. They did an investigation he wasn't found guilty. Because he followed proper procedure and rules of engagement and the vehicle legitimately did look like an attacker. I know he has more stories. He just won't tell me. I hope one day he does. I don't think those memories should be glorified. But I think they need to be remembered and written down in history. What he takes with him to the grave would only perish forever. But ultimately i must respect his choice. I would later enlist myself as a commo tech. Then go to college and get a degree in history and commission as a Field artillery officer. Joined as a Private. Now I'm a First Lieutenant about to pin Captain. I haven't deployed. But vets from this era get the utmost respect from me because my brother is one of them. I'm a big nerd. Hope to transfer to strategic Intel. So I can somehow contribute and be worthwhile to a peace time army as somebody with no real experience.

@zeryath2695

2 жыл бұрын

wow im really impressed! fingers crossed for you and your brother, those stories are always interesting to hear for me. great respect to you, good service. greetings from poland!

@Cyph3rX

2 жыл бұрын

You sound like a good person. I say this and expect you to not like it; but there is no honor in serving in the current US Military. This is a war mongering machine, that will use you and abuse you for their own personal profit. Your country needs you more at home. I wish I could look you in the eyes and tell you this. - Former army 19D

@frenchguy8375

2 жыл бұрын

I wanna comment a question but thatjust seems disrespectful. Greetings from Canada.

@GoatGuitars6

2 жыл бұрын

That squad leader probably committed a warcrime

@jordanasparadoxproductions8401

Жыл бұрын

Man the second story is definetlly sad but it's hard to tell whos just a civilian and whos a Foe

I had a friend in my acting class who was in The Second Battle of Fallujah as a Marine. He didn't talk about it much except saying that it was really crazy over there and it was tough to deal with the PTSD sometimes. He was the nicest guy and I had a lot of respect for him because you could tell he was definitely struggling some days with the PTSD. We lost touch, but I still think of him sometimes and hope he's doing okay.

@DieEineMieze

2 жыл бұрын

Call him 🥺

@afterfall8133

2 жыл бұрын

@@DieEineMieze we have a saying if you love and care of someone sometimes you need to let them go and live their own life

@pervasz

2 жыл бұрын

You are a good friend

@el_gamer21136

2 жыл бұрын

Them Iraqis made him pray for god every day and night to save him

@punishedwaluigi3518

Жыл бұрын

@@afterfall8133 not with a vet tho, they might not be there if you let ‘em deal with everything alone.

"ballad of the alamo" but your surrounded by the mexican army

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

👀

@lego1168

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryFeels do it man, it would be great. any version of the Alamo really. course I think Johnny cash version or Marty is the best

@delta5-126

2 жыл бұрын

@@lego1168 Fine by me but im gonna suggest the Harry Simone version, sadly doesn’t have the cowboy part in the end.

@signs80

2 жыл бұрын

My great great great great grandpa was there, family is still here to this day

My dad is a former British Royal Marine (he was blown up by 3 IEDs in 2011 in Afghanistan) he served 3 tours in Afghanistan and other places such as Northern Ireland fighting the IRA and such. He also fought in the Iraq War and all he has said to me about it was that it was all a load of shit in his opinion it was a way for NATO to look like they were fighting the war on terror when they weren’t at that point in time. I recently told him that I also want to join the Royal Marines as an officer at 18 (like he did. I am at the moment 15) when I told him he walked out of the room and I could hear him crying. I asked him why he was crying and he said “I don’t want my only son to go and serve and potentially get injured like I was or killed (the IEDs caused him to lose a lung and he still has shrapnel in his body to this day) I don’t ever want you to know what it feels like to watch people you think of as family die” he was in command of 120 Royal Marines in Afghanistan all of whom he thought of as brothers and he had to burn some of their dead bodies so that the taliban wouldn’t use them as trophies. I will always remember one thing he said to me about getting blown up which is “I came to terms with dying in a trench in Afghanistan, not seeing my kids grow up or finish school or get married.”

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story. Your dad is an inspiration, I am so sorry he got hurt but learn from him - he definitely knows what he is talking about. All the best to you and your family

@collinwiegand2828

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad he survived, IED’s will mess you up.

That A-10 pilot is god himself to the soldiers

"Bosanska Artiljerija" but you're a citizen in Sarajevo during the Yugoslav Wars or "Sarie Marais" but you're a Boer soldier returning to your farm during the 2nd Anglo-Boer war (sorry if the titles are too long)

@nidalokulasu316

2 жыл бұрын

1st but with ratne igre

@bobob8820

2 жыл бұрын

Bosanskap artelirija je based

@SetuwoKecik

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobob8820 while I'm agree, based on what?

@italianspaghett4359

2 жыл бұрын

@@SetuwoKecik based on events of Yugoslavian civil war

@SetuwoKecik

2 жыл бұрын

@@italianspaghett4359 neat, although I'm expecting Bob to answered it instead.

My dad told me how during that battle he was sitting in a hanger, bag between his legs, ready to get on the plane to head over there. He was Air Force Security Police at the time, stationed at Andrews AFB. It was a few years before he even met my mom... Scary to think how close I was to not even being born.

@neverbeaten1146

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately my man not to downplay your pops service but he was sec force; in the air force. He wouldn't have been boots on the ground in the battle or really any battle at the time hell even now. You would have been born regardless my guy, and you don't just sit there with a bag between your legs ready; mobilization takes a lot of planning and it isn't just cancelled especially at the height of the war. All service is better than no service but it just sounds like papa is blowing it out of proportion due to not going into a ground pounder branch; I.E. marines or army and actually seeing some shit. What do I know, just a dumb dumb bullet catcher myself.

@staycxld

2 жыл бұрын

>Air force He was never in any danger dude. There's like 1 or 2 MOS's in the whole USAF that even see combat.

@joeblow9657

2 жыл бұрын

@@staycxld Yeah, you're forgetting that during Iraq, any combat trained troops, even security force ones would often be called in to do patrolling/relieve infantry units. He might've been ready to go if things went sideways.

@staycxld

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeblow9657 In the Army or USMC, yea, not the Air Force dude.

@williamzhu9160

2 жыл бұрын

@@staycxld technically they're called afsc's but yea. there are a good amount that see combat: pjs, ccts, tacps, sr, eod, and yea, that's basically it plus the officer versions of them as well as all of the guys that are in planes and shit like pilots, cso's, flight medics, door gunners, and loadmasters. secforce can see very light combat. they're technically combat capable, but more often than not, they're patrolling bases and scanning id's. it's only if it's totally gone to shit and they need every combat capable guy out there that they really see combat.

I read a book about the operations in south Fallujah some months ago, they set up bases in the middle of enemy territory instead of the usual circle around, front line approach, lead to non-stop shootouts, rockets, car bombs, it's like one of those video games where the enemy mobs keep coming with different weapons and units but in real life.

@tundrabanks3647

Жыл бұрын

Do you recall the name of the book?

Feels weird having historical events happen in the 2000s Idk why

@venity8705

Жыл бұрын

Fr

@traceytraced

28 күн бұрын

Blame Bush and 9/11

Sometimes I feel like I want to join the military, you know? Shoot guns, fight terrorists and insurgents, keep people safe, etc. Then I watch a video such a this and read comments like the ones below telling stories of how governments keeps shitting the bed during warfare and suddenly I feel VERY happy that I'm a civilian. Thanks for this one, man. If only to give people like me a faint feeling of what is must've been like.

@husseinoskovjino9398

2 жыл бұрын

Go become a soldier Go fight meaningless unnecessary wars Just to kill insurgents having their own families and dignity for their homeland and making you think again about your decision or your mind thinking they are Terrorists Sadly by that time you are both not civilians and two guys pointing gun at the other one And The least brainwashed Will win

@beachballa93

2 жыл бұрын

@@husseinoskovjino9398 You have an incredibly naïve view of who those insurgents were. Go listen to anyone who saw them face to face. The majority were evil and deserved to be exterminated.

@tgr1312

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad that we fought off terrorists and tried to keep the peace. But at the same time we really did fuck up a lot in the middle east. Besides defeating isis and terrorists groups, we didn't have any business to deploy. In certain cases, the deaths were in vein. Like Vietnam and most recently Afghanistan. And we also abandoned our allies like the Kurdish. We fought along side the kurds and died with them. To keep them safe. We were the reason that Turkey, Isis and many other terrorist groups and Arab countries didn't kill the kurds off. And we abandoned them like that. In conclusion, yhere's many examples of good and bad in the Middle East, but there was a lot of bad in the Middle East.

@Condobius

2 жыл бұрын

@@beachballa93 Listen to who? American soldiers? or the Iraqi people?

@joshuajoaquin5099

2 жыл бұрын

@@Condobius both sides, no unbiased but that will be impossible since almost everyone is biased on one thing

"Be advised, im coming in hot" *BRRRTT* thats an american made craft built to shoot 3,900 freedoms per minutes.

@michaelsoland3293

2 жыл бұрын

There is quite a bit of disike for using those, especially early in Iraq given how problematic they were before the C variant.

@spaceshiba575

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsoland3293 I didn't know that! thats a good fact! also i assume most newly aged vehicles suck at first until a few different variants are tested!

@michaelsoland3293

2 жыл бұрын

@@spaceshiba575 Oh don't get me wrong the C model still sucks and the A-10 is a horrible plane, there's a reason the Air Force keeps trying to get rid of it regardless of who's in charge. It's just that it used to be a lot worse.

@spaceshiba575

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsoland3293 aren’t they switching it in trade for the f35

@michaelsoland3293

2 жыл бұрын

@@spaceshiba575 so operationally they’ve pretty much been using the B1, F15, F16, hell even the F22 and now the F35. But yea the F-35 can also do CAS like pretty much every other plane in the Air Force’s arsenal that can have bombs strapped to it so it’s also replacing it.

Ex husband of a family friend was a vet that fought in Fallujah. Messed him up bad he was never the same after. Only thing i've heard him talk about was when one of his squad-mates legs got blown off. He vividly remembers a child running through the middle of the gunfight, picking up his buddies bloody boot from the middle of the street, pulling out the dismembered foot, and running off with the boot.

Godbless this man and his work

Went to a military school had a cadre that was in fallujah. All the other cadre called him God and he never cracced a smile. Man can quite us down just by walking in the room and standing there his presence was very heavy.

@averagejoe8358

2 жыл бұрын

What a legend. The CO at my Air Cadets Squadron piloted harriers during the Falklands war, and used to conduct air strikes on ground targets. One time he was nearly shot down by AAA, and he just heard a massive screech as several parts flew off. Only reason I know that is because one of my mums friends knows him.

@SentioBonus

2 жыл бұрын

Romans called that heavy presence due to war experience "gravitas"

My uncle served in the battle of Fallujah and I have never met him in person, but the stuff I heard and the videos I have seen make me respect him for it.

@alexius4587

Жыл бұрын

God have mercy on him

This isn't even a video. It's a masterpiece.

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you're too kind

@anhvule9009

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, and the people in the comments are awesome

The craziest thing is how calm their voices are in the middle of firefighting. I could imagine if you have to pretend like fire fighting is "normal" because you're using a "normal" voice, you're subconsciously normalizing being in that heightened environment for yourself

@1812bhw

3 ай бұрын

A calm voice in the middle of chaos can help others focus and concentrate

This was actually very well made in terms of the feels I get when closing eyes and listening to it, great job

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed

"This is Vietnam music man. Cant we get our own music?"

Something i didn't know I needed, brilliant work!

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@manofmann8901

2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up @historyfeels, you'll have a few hundred thousand subs in no time

That A-10 sounds epic 😮😮

War, war never changes.

I've been watching all your videos. As someone who did a few tours over there.. This one hit different, man.

Most vets don't talk about fallujah because a large portion of the "insurgents" were civilians and protestors who defended their homes. If someone invaded America, we too will take up arms and fight them off. If we lose, we are branded as "insurgents" too. It's how it goes.

@levistrauss5378

2 жыл бұрын

You don't have very many legal protections if you're not wearing a military uniform of an internationally recognized state.

@Jake-dh9qk

2 жыл бұрын

@@what-uy7go Just read what happened in 1st battle of fallujah.

@themanwithallthewrongopini3551

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what sucks so much about open carry countries during war. I remember a video of a veteran telling how he saw men gunned down, but when coming closer the RPGs and AKs were unloaded and they were just showing off their guns.

@t_train3796

2 жыл бұрын

@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 wrong place, wrong time.

@nieno9760

2 жыл бұрын

@@t_train3796 Dude what the fuck is wrong you. Is this what you are really saying to innocent civilians being massacred. Do you say to the victims of school shootings or to the victims of 911. You're disgusting

Califoria dreaming. On such a winter's day.

@dingokingo

2 жыл бұрын

true.

@Luda_is_taken.Try_Ludoed228

2 жыл бұрын

It's not about weather

On loop for an understanding amount of hours

"I wish I was in Dixie" but you're spending Christmas Eve in a trench outside of Petersburg

I'll be making 2 videos for Armistice day next week, one for the British and one for the German perspectives.

@lilseansolo9678

2 жыл бұрын

Please do Jamie’s cryin by Van Halen but you’re surrounded by Lebanese soldiers

@gerardobuenrostro5136

2 жыл бұрын

do one about Mexico war on drugs

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

@@RedBonkleMan8534 Afghan war will get covered at some point yep

@smokeit8518

2 жыл бұрын

Do a nirvana one but you don't win this battle

@smokeit8518

2 жыл бұрын

Lake of fire or something

During my second time going back to Afghanistan for contracting work I had two guys who were in the push to Iraq. One was a Marine and other Army (he was also in during the surge). Both told me how chaotic it was along with the number of friends they had were KIA. The Marine told me how stupid and chaotic things happened while he was there. If there was one thing I learned about the Marine, he was with the 2/2 Warlords. As for the Army guy? He served next to the Marine's unit in Iraq and he too had quite the stories he shared with me. Both guys were awesome to work with and talk to. Other Marines and Army combat veterans I met and talked to were in during surge in Iraq or the push to Marja (Afghanistan).

fun fact: Wojak is a polish volunteer in Iraqi war.

I love how the speech blends into the song

Fallujah 1 and 2. My Dad was in the Corps from 1995-1999. He was offered a promotion to sergeant if he stayed for one more term. If he did, he’d be in 1999-2003 (or 2000-2004 I don’t know for certain). Either way, he was in the First Marine Division and it’s kinda unsettling for me to think about what would’ve happened if he accepted the promotion. He instead left, married my Mom, and they’re still together today. I was born in 2001 and my parents adopted me. The idea of Dad likely going to Afghanistan and Iraq, because of his next term encompassing the two years where those wars began, is genuinely terrifying to me. Life could’ve been completely different for him and our entire family. I asked him his thoughts about the promotion and how it would likely end up with him going to war. He says it unnerves him as well and is glad he left and married my Mom. I’m posting this to show that veterans of all branches have priorities as well, regardless of whether they have family. Some choose to stay in and serve, others choose to leave. If my Dad didn’t leave, I likely wouldn’t have the same parents as I have now. Thankful for all who’ve served in their nation’s militaries, because despite everyone having different experiences, at the end of the day, we are all human beings and sometimes we can’t truthfully know where our next decision will lead us towards in the next day, week, month, or year. In Dad’s case, it’d likely send him to war.

My dad was a marine recon sniper in the first war of fulijah and he doesn’t barely talk about it. What he was doing was super confidential and his regiment isn’t even listed there

@mrwafflezz7624

2 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Jennings yup he came in contact with him 2 times in his time in Falluja. He says it was the scariest thing not knowing where the shots are coming from.

I listened to this song while touring some of the greatest places in San Francisco, down the coast to LA and it will forever give me huge chills of those crazy memories

Love this channel. The a-10 was a nice touch.

I wasn’t in the combat unit when I was active duty but I know those surrounding sound is something that I don’t want to hear for real. California Dreaming with hellish sound gave me mixed feelings and it hit me hard.

Holy this is THE most I've ever felt, I could imagine how hard it was for the Marines.

@gingerisland6877

2 жыл бұрын

I met a SSgt back in 2019 when I was in the school house who was in Fallujah. Fallujah was fucked, the enemy headquarters if im not mistaken was in a mosque. Or whatever their churches are called. So they couldnt be bombed, even though the city had been cleared of civilians there were still some civilians left in the city. The diddy for Fallujah is "House to house, street to street" because they went through the city, that way. Clearing houses and streets, those houses would be marked reminding the troops which houses were cleared. Only thing is, it was common for the enemy to retake cleared houses. So even though they were previously cleared it was never safe and always had a possibility of flanks. The SSgt told us a story of his group getting attacked while clearing a house, I cant remember exact details. But I know he mentioned a buddy dieing and him taking shrapnel along with more wounded. He was kinda fucked up still, physically due to surgery and trauma. He developed a stutter, oddly the most common injury ive seen from prior combat marines. This is all from memory so I recommend doing your own research I couldve missed some details

@husseinmokdad2006

2 жыл бұрын

@@gingerisland6877 “Whatever their Churches are called”🤦🏽‍♂️

@wingedsn8670

2 жыл бұрын

@@husseinmokdad2006 it says a lot about the type of people who glorify fallujah

@gingerisland6877

2 жыл бұрын

@@wingedsn8670 It really does

@MOJAHED-XAN

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's harder for the Iraqis seeing your country get destroyed without reason and all the world see you as the evil one

all of these channels with this music/mix. makes me feel grounded that human history was created and we lived too see the tale

Thanks for the history lesson in the description.

"Po šumama i gorama" but you are being shelled by the Prinz Eguen Division's mountain artillery in Bosnia

@TheColonelMargotic

2 жыл бұрын

fuck yes.

Thats a sub right there fam! New favorite “But you’re” creator beside Jormungandr!

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

I owe a lot to Jor for the Doomer genre. Happy to contribute and thanks for the sub!

Reading the comments as it plays is a ride. Holy shit

Why didnt i discover this channel long ago?? This is amazing!! Amazing “history feels” concept!!! Please make more vids, they are amazing!!

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Lots more planned thanks!

In Polish "Wojak" is a colloquial name for "warrior" or "soldier".

@YourMOM-hs4zd

2 жыл бұрын

no bo polacy są wszędzie

Your channel can only go upwards from here man, keep it up!

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

When I was younger I never understood why we would call these soldiers our “boys”. Recently I saw a soldier and I finally understood it. My heart is heavy with what we ask these boys to do.

@fishnujish1511

Жыл бұрын

Merely boys dragged from the system that has failed them. Wasted and grinded away in the fires of war.

@MrBlablabla119

Жыл бұрын

@@fishnujish1511 Just one more expendable resource in capital's game to dominate the world. The more young people can be made aware of that reality before suffering the same fate, the better.

This is the 10th time I watched this video, keep it up

Knew a few dudes that took Fallujah during Phantom Fury. Non-stop fighting for fucking days. House by house, street by street. Pure unadulterated fucking chaos.

Ive been to california a couple times recently, I always felt like I was pinned down by insurgents.

@000tragicsolitude4

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard its been getting pretty bad recently. People doing shit in broad daylight

@francomiranda706

2 жыл бұрын

@@000tragicsolitude4 eh its just sensationalism really. Realistically crime happens ever minute everywhere. You get 10 videos of a crime in broad day light over the course of a month, and you can convince the whole world that any place is falling apart.

@datboyhimself5674

2 жыл бұрын

@@francomiranda706 you’re not wrong Los Angeles has been fucked since the cocaine epi

@thekeyandthegate4093

2 жыл бұрын

@@francomiranda706 True, but in the urban areas of Cali, you'll see it happen for yourself. Most of the shit that happens doesn't even get reported on because it's so common. Same with New York. Huge urban areas seem to have this trend.

This video gave me chills for some reason.

Can't believe it's been almost 20 years now. I can still remember everything like it was yesterday. Hell I can remember a day in fallujah better than I can remember what I did last tuesday

This channel is a work of art

Thank you for your work

Iraq 🇮🇶❤

Right as the a10 brrted the music got kinda cheery for a sec, beautiful!

"Le Roy Engloys" but the your heavy cavalry are stuck in the mud in Agincourt? or smth like that

Amazing video again mate I’ve been waiting for one like this 👍🏻

wow you edited this really good

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks fam

This is already in my running playlist

Never clicked on one of these videos before but I finally did. It's almost surreal and brings up a lot of mixed feelings... '04 could've been yesterday in my mind, and there's so much shit that's happened since then. I wasn't expecting to have a reaction like this from what I thought was going to be some kind of meme video.

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it, a feeling of melancholy is what I try to achieve

@JJ-si4qh

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to me

Geez, its just scary to hear this, great video, I can't imagine what it must have been like to fight there

It was a hell of a fight.

@lunoky5142

3 ай бұрын

So hot and dry

POV: You're an NCR trooper who was told the Mojave Campaign would be easy, it's just Tribals and Roman cosplayers.

Your channel fills a niche, I love it

This stuff is dope, bringing back flashbacks and old memories

I’m from Russia, and reading the comments I understand you. great love and respect to you, no politics should separate us 🙏🏿🇷🇺🇺🇸

this should be an intro for a show or movie

I cant belive this was one year ago, I still remember when this was uploaded

I love this channel. God bless you friend.

This is a weird aesthetic that I didn't know I needed.

Imagine being an insurgent.. whilst fighting on your own high street against foreign forces.

@HistoryFeels

2 жыл бұрын

Good point, I guess it depends on which side you view things from

I don’t know if it’s the song, or the audio that got me But I felt a sense of dread listening to this. I’d never heard the song nor audio before, and yet it made every single hair on my body stand up, I don’t know what feeling I have right now, but it’s one I’m very unsure what to do with

@YukariAkiyama

6 ай бұрын

Its the background ambiance. The gunfire, the radio chatter, the explosions and confusion.

why does this work so well

As a kid I never understood the full meaning behind all the violence in the world and especially the invasion of Afghanistan and iraq. But just hearing those first words and how men fought to the bloody death over lies

Thank you

This is a Goddamn masterpiece my friend!!

I definitely read this as Felucia and was like "that's Star Wars silly"

@ArghyadeepPal

Жыл бұрын

Well we did lose Jedi Master Aayla Secura on Felucia