Everyone in the Army is a soldier, Every Marine is a rifleman and every Navy SEAL is a New York Times bestseller.

@Halcyon1861

Ай бұрын

No every Marine is a sniper. You don't need to ask they will tell you everything.

@Mr.Zanderson

Ай бұрын

@@Halcyon1861As a former Marine, I concur this statement.

@AlexM-vh2pu

Ай бұрын

Every Marine might be a rifleman but not every marine is an Infantry rifleman 0311 .

@christophermcfaul5652

Ай бұрын

And PJs save all of your asses!

@robprice1283

Ай бұрын

@@Halcyon1861 The Pouges in the Corps say they are snipers.

I love Mr Ballen, he did something I think the other SEAL bros couldn't? He dissociated from the bro vet identity, and had a whole genuine personality. While making interesting and fun content. All unrelated to being a SEAL.

@alexander1902

Ай бұрын

He did name drop the SEAL name of every single one of his early videos. That's banking off the brand.

@irmabritz4815

Ай бұрын

MrBallens story on the Shawn Rayn show was awesome. There you can see that Navy Seals are just human like you and me 🤷 I think it's just shitty how now everyone that thinks he/she "knows " something wants to air something. I have an absolute distaste for that "antihero" podcast with the "green berets" talking smack on other. They are like children at this stage.

@edscmidt5193

Ай бұрын

@@alexander1902when he was doing tik tok videos only because I’ve watched his KZread videos since he started making long videos and I didn’t know he was a seal for a while, like he mentioned it once after three months of watching. I have two friends in SF and when I found out I was like ok MrBallen is humble and not a bro similar to my buddies. Then I hear that he had this huge serious falling out with seal community and guys were threatening him and shit and I remember think well why does Joko just get to say he’s a seal non stop and his brand is him being a seal

@mzj2998

Ай бұрын

​@@alexander1902 And not one thing wrong about that

@beejuice7972

Ай бұрын

@@alexander1902 But... he was a SEAL. You are allowed to call yourself a SEAL if you are in fact a SEAL. He didn't make it his entire personality.

I'd watched Mr. Ballen for years before I even knew he was a former SEAL.

@jackallen5424

Ай бұрын

Same!

@steviker8413

Ай бұрын

Same

@DSToNe19and83

Ай бұрын

Where have y’all been, he literally made a video about it?

@Joshuasidney1981

Ай бұрын

Same his stories gave me nightmares

@thomasfrederick71

Ай бұрын

@@DSToNe19and83 dude’s made thousands of videos. Its easy to have watched fro years and not see the occasional video where is gets mentioned or talked about.

I think sometimes it can fuck you up when you’ve gone to War for decades and realize you’ve gone to war for bullshit reasons and not all your guys were good dudes

@thomasfrederick71

Ай бұрын

And one of them is trying to send more in whenever he gets a chance.

@tomusmc1993

Ай бұрын

Whether or not that is actually impacting them, nothing more sad and true has been espoused.

@mickeythompson8770

Ай бұрын

So really what's the point to this? Do you know them on a personal level?..social mediA just attacks people with no Consequences.

@darkhobo

Ай бұрын

Yeah and so they deny that reality because it sucks to admit you did bad things with bad people not good things with good people.

@ko7975

Ай бұрын

Fuckinaye it fucks you up!

Mr. Ballen is building a civilian life and very successfully one, too. ❤

@jbug13158

22 күн бұрын

He is doing well in his civilian life, but the connection anyone who has been in combat with him has been broken...We couldn't come close to understanding the loss and pain he's going through because of a broken sub-culture. It breaks my heart that he's going through such a traumatic loss. I hope he can heal.💖

@bigfatno

22 күн бұрын

@@jbug13158 He has said he's been in therapy for what he went/is going through.

I've always said 15% of the seals make 100% of them look like sell outs.

@grnsouth1204

Ай бұрын

Probably more like 1-2%, but you're right.

@thomasgerace4354

Ай бұрын

It's the same story with cops.....social media seems to have accelerated the human tendency to paint ENTIRE groups (police, priests, military, etc) based on the actions of individual members. A cop in LA and a cop in some suburb in Iowa have very little in common to judge one based on the actions of the other. But we do it all the time...

@vsupreme9386

Ай бұрын

@@thomasgerace4354 that's because of the blue wall of silence. All cops get a bad rep because even if a cop is the best cop in the entire world he's not going to snitch on the dirty cops. There would be a lot more public trust in police if the police would start policing its own and holding them accountable more often.

@scottriedesel

Ай бұрын

Maybe 5

@chubss808

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I have the privilege of knowing one. He's been out for a while tho, trains BJJ and smokes a lot of weed now . Idk what he does for work, but he's probably one of the most genuine and nicest dudes I've met. Not like the tools who are part of that 15% you mentioned

It’s weird that only the SEALs are negatively criticizing other SEALs publicly in a community that’s suppose to be a close brotherhood. You don’t see DELTA, Special Forces, PJs, CCTs, Rangers, MSA, MARSOC, EOD, or JSOC doing any of this. It’s only the SEALs doing it. It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen in a military unit publicly airing out their dirty laundry. Very strange.

@SaltySeabee

Ай бұрын

It's the Vanilla SEALs

@philliprousu652

Ай бұрын

@@SaltySeabee did you hear about Bin Laden lol?

@mentalwarfare9040

Ай бұрын

Not really. I work for the pentagon during the hunting years of bin laden and we all knew he was dead. The seals of 2012 killed bin laden older son

@adarkwind4712

Ай бұрын

Well you don't see delta talk a lot in general.

@TargetFinder72

Ай бұрын

I've heard and seen guys from a lot of different groups and branches all talk horribly about seals. It's not just seals that are talking about seals like this, it's everyone. Which I think says a lot about the seals. If everyone and your own people are calling you out then it's probably well deserved. You don't see Delta talking bad about delta but then you don't really see anyone talking bad about them much in general. Whenever you see people talk about Delta it's usually the same old " their quiet, keep to themselves and just get the job done"

Elite SF veterans act like elite teenage girls at the dinner table with their phones.

@HeathenFitness

Ай бұрын

Fr dude. Very discouraging for me and others than want to join. Fck sake

@jjs3890

Ай бұрын

SF are green berets. I think you mean SO

@Cam11B83

Ай бұрын

Navy mostly...

@nolanfrazier3482

Ай бұрын

@@Cam11B83 You haven't been around many army guys have you?

@Cam11B83

Ай бұрын

@@nolanfrazier3482 I was in the Army - Infantry The drama and swirl is coming Navy Seals.

Nah, it’s not a culture in the military. It’s only a culture with the SEALS. The loudest quiet professionals🤦🏻‍♂️

@arod1766

Ай бұрын

Many marines and rangers are the ones calling out the seals for the war crimes and causing them comrades to get KIA. But all talk about the same group, not all seals.

@brasidas2011

Ай бұрын

I don't know what happened post cold war, but during it I was aircrew on 46s, and we had SEALS and Force Recon doing insertions frequently, and nobody ever said a thing, ever.

@grayhue9846

Ай бұрын

The SOF Divas

@davej0331

20 күн бұрын

​@@brasidas2011Agreed. 🇺🇸

Mr Ballen is a true gentleman

They abandoned Chapman and left him to die while they got scared and ran away. Then they tried to cover it up.

@BadChad3

Ай бұрын

Happens way more than most ever hear about

@emmanuelcalderon1982

Ай бұрын

@@BadChad3sure but then to have the seals claim they did what Chapman did and then when the UAV footage comes out and exposes them they attempt to block his MOH? That’s some slimy 💩

@tylerthegrimm

Ай бұрын

@@BadChad3 and people worship them, why? Cause Hollywood made a couple movies. They are nothing special, they can just run a bit farther and withstand a bit more BS than some folks. They aren't special, and they all end up in the ground like the rest of us, judged by the same God as the rest of us.

@SaltySeabee

Ай бұрын

Facts

@BadChad3

Ай бұрын

@@SaltySeabee hello Seabee. We trained at the same place in Gulfport

Everybody got butthurt when I said it about the SEALs. At least their own community is coming out and agreeing with it.

@arod1766

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your service, and I don’t mean going overseas. Putting your life/reputation on the line for truth is the highest service for humanity in a world darkened by lies

@CharlonClarke

Ай бұрын

agree, I wonder if it'll die down since their own community is coming out about it now

@katyg3873

Ай бұрын

Been saying the same thing for years when I spoke with an ex cct that had the displeasure of working with them. He said there were some truly great warfighters among them but that the leadership and general community was fucking toxic, and a lot of the good guys were held back because of the team emphasis, rather than getting the shit ones up to the level of the good ones.

@mach183

15 күн бұрын

Love the channel !

Some guys just need to close the book on that chapter of their life, Andy Stumpf has even said he hates being only recognized for a career he retired from 10 years ago

@hazegrayprepper4396

Ай бұрын

You are absolutely correct on your statement. I retired from active duty 5 years ago and during the first year I was still pretty nostalgic about my service But as time went on it eventually just became my prior career. We were taught to always maintain humility but it seems a lot of these guys going around causing drama with other members of their community in special Warfare can't seem to let go of their past and pretty much let what they accomplished Define who they are. And of course in the Navy within the chief petty officers Community it's just as bad. I retired as a chief myself and it disgusts me to see how many retirees really cannot seem to let go that they were Chiefs in the Navy and even try and pull that rank b******* in the private sector (I saw it firsthand when I worked as a contractor and had to tell this lady to chill TF out, and she even had the nerve to use shipmate in a condescending tone on another Navy veteran). So much for being taught to be humble and professional....

@alexander1902

Ай бұрын

That's rich, didn't he (like every other SEAL) use the SEAL name ON EVERY SINGLE piece of content early in their career. Now I won't judge him for doing it, he did serve in an SMU and has the credentials to say he served at the highest levels and maintained a solid relation so that is his story to tell but literally every other SEAL is doing the same thing for clout. Chadd Wright didn't even serve in Iraq or Afghanistan but is coming on the platform acting like his deployments to Africa were some top rated secret squirrel stuff. I would take their claims of not trying to take down one another if they didn't name drop their former unit every other sentence.

@QuattroSG

Ай бұрын

I learned my lesson years ago, if you let people know you were in the military, you never get to live it down. It’s impossible to move on and have a normal life if you tell people about it. I have a college education, so now it’s easy to cover down for what I was doing in my 20s if the conversation gets that deep.

@bruble14

Ай бұрын

​@@alexander1902You serve?

@stevecurtiss46

Ай бұрын

I've heard that crap before. My Dad was a WW2 combat infantryman and had PTSD and used it to work harder and never drank or did drugs. It is disrespectful to tell a vet to 'stuff it'

The Navy has gone to great lengths to promote the brand. Now the brand is being called into question. Just the way that life is.

@arod1766

Ай бұрын

It’s sad so many people have no problems with seals murdering children and bragging about it and many other war crimes but as soon as the truth comes out by witnesses then they get offended and accuse the ones telling the truth

@JB-xi2yv

Ай бұрын

@@arod1766 First time witnessing war? Who murders children and brags about it? quote it or stfu.

@grnsouth1204

Ай бұрын

​@@arod1766 if you think that's exclusively a SEAL thing, you really don't get it. It's a war thing, and it happens across all branches and units. This is just a case of being in the limelight so long that it's starting to shine light on the skeletons. But that's the risk you take when trying to be a public presence. The SEAL community is small but not that small and the vast majority of them serve/served honorably and at a level with few peers, but the few are marring their good name. But, that's the price of fame, which the push for came much higher up the ladder than the door kickers.

@MatthewC137

Ай бұрын

Idiocracy arrived hundreds of years early and infects every part of society. That's all that's going on here. The West is saturated with people of very poor character.

@JohnDoe-wt9ek

Ай бұрын

@@arod1766 Literally every military force in the history of ever has conducted war crimes. Read a book outside your professor's classroom and you'll realize humanity is, in general, awful.

Don't see that with Delta Force

@memback

Ай бұрын

Because they exemplify professionalism.

@bigboicreme

Ай бұрын

Because theyre a bunch of undisciplined cowboys

@Major_Pipps

Ай бұрын

I agree with you. It is also true that you don't have Delta guys getting Hollywood movies and been deals though. I'm sure half the hate is because they are supposed to be covert, and half is over jealousy... If you have Delta start going public the same would happen I'd think. Just my guess anyway

@bigboicreme

Ай бұрын

Because they're a bunch of undisciplined cowboys

@tomdaley9154

Ай бұрын

You prob do. They're humans. They'ree just waaayyy waayy way better at not being public than the seals. Waaaaayyyy better.

That’s what happens when you get a bunch of “Type As” together.

@SAR0311

Ай бұрын

No

@AppalachianWrench

Ай бұрын

I’m personally a fan of Jocko and his outlook on ego. Just bought Discipline Equals Freedom and the EQH book. Jam up stuff! I like how you put it though. The guys you see calling themselves “type A’s” are the ones talking about everyone else.

@user-lw4mf1du7i

Ай бұрын

,,,with no more wars to fight. Some, turn on one another.

Mr Ballen: What is going on? I just want to tell/retell stories of the dark, strange or mysterious. Clarification: Mr Ballen is the only one mentioned here that has never talked crap about anyone else even though he appears to have suffered the most from the alienation.

@sylviamaresca8852

Ай бұрын

Leave Mr. Ballen alone. He seems to be happy doing what he is doing. I didn't even know he was Seals until SOMEONE ELSE opened his big mouth....

@MavHunter20XX

Ай бұрын

@@sylviamaresca8852 I know. I don't know if you heard his story about how the seal community pretty much excommunicated him just because he was trying to, more or less, properly demonstrate/write/whatever his resume to get hired after being int he military. Then you have these turds saying, "I'm hard because I was in the baby seals." Pretty much supporting what you're stating.

@IndiaEight5

Ай бұрын

So??? Just like any other KZreadrs who tell creepy stories online. Leave that man alone.

@MavHunter20XX

Ай бұрын

@@IndiaEight5 Who am I bothering You? I'm vouching for Mr Ballen. Beat it.

@5150Reaper

Ай бұрын

@@MavHunter20XXexactly. I don’t think they read it right. 😆

Once I finished this video 3 seals put out new books

@mybru1

Ай бұрын

Nope it's 18 NY times best sellers and 26 books at this momemt

@_JEBUS

Ай бұрын

Lol which reminds me...didnt Jack Carr say the only reason he joined the seals was to live the experience for inspiration to write Tom Clancy type novels when he got out.

This is happening because Seals spew so much BS about their exploits that they end up getting called out for it. You can only lie for so long.

@MrJoking4fun

Ай бұрын

Exactly. From what little I have heard about the Jocko situation, if that stuff is true, then hell yeah I’d want someone to call it out. This isn’t about getting some details wrong or misremembering. The details given to discredit Jocko indicate misrepresentation of himself to appear a noble veteran however in reality he did some fringe evil shit in the pursuit of personal glory.

@SirensC3

Ай бұрын

You two have no idea what you are talking about. You have absolutely no actual evidence and you are buying into this social media “he said, she said” crap. This is what is wrong with our country today. We see something on social media and think we know what actually happened. It is called cancel culture and shame on you for buying into it. The truth is you have no idea what really happened or why these haters are saying what they are saying. I have watched Jocko’s response and it is very credible. And I still don’t know who is telling the truth. BECAUSE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE! And after 23 years in law enforcement I have seen this crap of attacking fellow officers first hand. The shit talking is mind blowing. And usually has no basis.

@dariuswilliams7509

Ай бұрын

​@@MrJoking4fun The punisher skulls say alot about those seals😂

@lzcontrol

Ай бұрын

Properly installed seals do not spew or leak. Prop shaft seals are a bitch to switch out.

@thebigmon

Ай бұрын

@@lzcontrol That’s what I’m trying to say. The people at West Marine just refuses to give me a refund.

Like the sands through an hourglass. These are the days of our lives

@Generichjm

Ай бұрын

The last thing Elon told me was, “hang on bro, just assume you’re in a soap opera”. He wasn’t lying

@waterhead1027

Ай бұрын

Some of the younger folks might not know where that comes from, lol. You're correct.

@TheAcceleratorMagazine

6 күн бұрын

Soap opera opening before each episode. I can't remember the name but it ran for many, many years. They need to bring soap operas back.... It's life and drama without cell phones.

*Simple: The chickens have come home to roost. Many of them lied and bragged for years. You dont see this with PJs, Rangers, Delta, and Green Berets.*

@rannenw6207

Ай бұрын

With Rangers, yes, you do. Rangers are some of the most used Spec ops tropes for a badass in cinema from books to TV. The difference is they don't get called out all that often. Even one of the most major Military spec ops TV shows Seal Team is written, directed and produced my a former Green Beret and Delta operators.

@jayr3381

Ай бұрын

Agreed. I thought the guy with the beard was going to address that but started yapping about something different

@paullevins5448

Ай бұрын

Very true Delta, Rangers or Green Berets don’t talk about past missions.

@matthewotis3594

Ай бұрын

Not much from MARSOC either

@eddieobrien4394

Ай бұрын

fu, none of y'all can woop us

The Real Houswives now have tridents and ink 😎

When there is no war guys attack each other the bearded guy nailed it

@vettevegas

Ай бұрын

This.

That seal, pardon the pun, was broken when Jesse Ventura started speaking his mind and started getting attacked about whether he was a member of a team or a UDT. This is probably the reason we are now seeing some of those members calling out against other members and seeing that breakdown of brotherhood. The military is in big trouble when you have operators doing some backstabbing like this. They are supposed to be some of the top members of the military and what it is looking like is a bunch of backyard sissies trying to out someone for something they heard or might have been there, but not there. The "leadership" of the United States military needs to be scrubbed and what they like to call "old fashion" training needs to be implemented right away and kick all of the political shit that has been pushed to incoming recruits, out of the way.

@gallynuts

Ай бұрын

He wasn’t a seal and shouldn’t have claimed it. In my opinion his service was badass enough as a UDT guy.

@alu.304

Ай бұрын

​@@gallynutsif Kirk Scarborough considers James Janos a SEAL, who else's opinion matters?

@arod1766

Ай бұрын

This specific problem is a small group of people inside one seal team leaded by Jocko

@arod1766

Ай бұрын

He was a seal, after finishing BUDS/class 58 he decided to join UDT 12 instead of a seal team. But you’re a seal when you complete BUDS

@grnsouth1204

Ай бұрын

​@@arod1766no, you're not A SEAL until you go through SQT, roughly another 2 years of training. BUD/s is only a selection course that gets you into the pipeline to become a SEAL. Kind of like going to Ranger School gets you a tab, but you're not a Ranger (with a scroll) until you complete RASP and get to the regiment.

My only true gripe with the SEAL community is that they all leverage their 10+ years of military experience to sell overpriced coffee and start-up "7 figure" T-Shirt Companies.

@jamessmith-hq5mr

Ай бұрын

You sound envious of their success. Do you have a problem with guys starting a shooting & tactics training company?

@keithmcneish3190

Ай бұрын

Pro-athletes do this all the time

@jamessmith-hq5mr

Ай бұрын

@SNAKEEATER1776 No one ever seems to have a problem with guys who start a shooting and tactics company after their military career ends, but opening a coffee shop is somehow a bad thing?

@Generichjm

Ай бұрын

Tell me about it, at least the kids are better with my intellectual abilities

@MavHunter20XX

Ай бұрын

yeah, you'd think they at least price it competitively. I never bought the coffee because Reveille coffee at the commissary is cheap and good enough. Heck, if they want me to buy it, at least sell it in a big can so I can store my spent brass when its empty.

I've got a friend that was in the Army for over twenty years. Served the bulk of it in SF. Yet you would never know it if you met him because he isn't a braggart. He spent a helluva lot of time in the Middle East too.

We’re all in an identity crisis, it’s not just the Seals.

@FutilityOfReason

Ай бұрын

True. I've seen (what use to be) the friendly feud between "POGs" and "grunts" turn spiteful since the end of GWOT. There's no one to fight, so they fight each other.

@manualgearshift4965

Ай бұрын

@@FutilityOfReasonagreed. I also believe it’s because us OIF and OEF veterans first identified with the WWII vets since we were avenging being attacked and expected the quick, decisive success of the Gulf War…and find ourselves identifying with Vietnam veterans much more. We thought we were doing the right thing.

@FutilityOfReason

Ай бұрын

@@manualgearshift4965 for me it was 2 maybe 3 years after leaving Afghanistan I find out that the ANA gave up the patrol bases we once occupied to the Taliban. Then 10 years later they give up the whole country. We all knew the ANA wasn't ş hįţ when we were training them, yet the speed at which the Taliban took back Afghanistan was heartbreaking for me. It's as if all the friends I've lost because of that war died for nothing. The tragedy at Abbey gate made it clear that our country doesn't give af about us.

@manualgearshift4965

Ай бұрын

@@FutilityOfReason I fully understand. My turning point was being in Afghanistan and asking leadership what goal was, when will we know we won, while still convincing my troops to keep their heads in the game. My leadership just kept telling me we need to go after the next objective…and then what? The next objective…and then what? The next objective…

@jjs3890

Ай бұрын

How many “identity crisis” cost civilians and marines lives?

11:15 LOL oh man... 'that' Change of Command Ceremony is going down in SOCOM Lore.

@zacharyfindlay-maddox171

Ай бұрын

Bro! That shit floored me! I can't believe that actually happened!

@waterhead1027

Ай бұрын

It went around my job, that's for sure. I'm chuckling thinking about it.

The way Dan Crenshaw tried to stab Eddy Gallagher, in the back. Takes a special 💩 bag personality.

@lonniemonroe2714

Ай бұрын

And that is exactly what Dan Crenshaw is. That & a RINO sellout.

@irmabritz4815

Ай бұрын

Even what he said about Goggins it boggles the mind.

@J-LO_18

Ай бұрын

One eyed Willie

@shovelhead2155

Ай бұрын

Yes everyone should know. That ONE EYED COCK HOLSTER actively worked against Eddie.

@Patchaddictedpolymath

Ай бұрын

He tried to lie about Goggins too. What a fucking tool

The guy with the beard is a good man. Pointing out the good and the bad. And the reasons for both.

I like Chad Wright's perspective. I don't agree with everything he says, but he's the type of guy I'd ask advice from. I think he's honest and fair.

@alexander1902

Ай бұрын

He overstates his time as a SEAL and makes it seem like it was secret squirrel stuff despite only serving on training missions in Africa and never deploying to Iraq/Afghanistan.

@Glee73

Ай бұрын

@@alexander1902 no he did not. he literally says in this video that other seals were on a whole different level than he was.

@jessebailey5962

Ай бұрын

​@@alexander1902you sound like a weirdo.

Nicky, as a 24-year retired Navy veteran. I can tell you FOR CERTAIN that they never blew sunshine up my ass about my service (I was a Naval Aircrewman). Was it an important part of my life; yes. Was it the pinnacle of my career? Hell, NO! The SEALS I met during my time in the service didn't seek out fame and recognition like this generation does.

@martianrays

Ай бұрын

The WW2 vets, like my dad and all the others I grew up around seldom ever, to never, talked about it, and they had it much harder and many, not all, went above and beyond their duty.

@matthewotis3594

Ай бұрын

I was taught in high school by a former UDT man. He was the mildest more modest person I've met. Didn't even know he was udt except my dad knew him.

@wrp3621

Ай бұрын

@@martianrays Same with my dad, he was a .WW2 Marine and proud of it. But it wasn’t his whole life. Most of those guys went on and made a life for themselves. Say what you will about him, but John Mcain was right when he said “ They’re professional vetrans, and thats not what it’s about “.

@TheOneAndOnlyFoFo

Ай бұрын

Odamn how dare they speak about their experiences. I'm sorry but that's a terrible means of existence. God, what a terrible burden to force upon those individuals who sacrificed enough. Let them talk about their terrible experiences it doesn't diminish what others went through, but this fake azz macho randy savage act is embarrassing IDC if you've served or not. That doesn't grant you any excuse. Cope in your own way and don't judge.

@justin80082

Ай бұрын

95% of Mr Ballens Channel and podcasts have nothing to do with being a Seal so wtf!

No one is above criticism.

Navy Seals have more drama than high school girls.....not a "ninja" or a "top gun" just a regular 'ol "dumb dumb!"

@lzcontrol

Ай бұрын

Navy Seals do a great job keeping water out of hulls (shaft seals). Navy SEALs execute SOF core activities.

I didn’t know Mr. Ballen was a Navy Seal. I watched him all the time.

@alexander1902

Ай бұрын

Lol he name dropped it on all his early videos

No one hears a word from the POL, comm or medical troops who are just as important to the mission.

I am an Army guy. I was in a unit that would work with the Seals at times. In the Army you are taught to be a "quiet professional". The Seals described it to me that it is the complete opposite. They actually are encouraged to talk about it and market themselves as the best of the best. It is too bad they find the need to argue amongst themselves. They have no reason to do this.

Much respect for Mr. Ballen 👏🏼 I didn’t even know he was a former seal until someone else on YT mentioned about his past. 🤔 I want to say it was well over past two years of hearing him tell creepy stories 😂

David Goggins is the realest person on this planet. He legit brought receipts to shut up all his critics on Chips & Caviar podcast

@AnthonyZ94

Ай бұрын

He has a good consciousness and fair judgment.

@vettevegas

Ай бұрын

Stealing souls.

@scat_in_da_hat6648

Ай бұрын

He’s entirely too over the top

@_DMNO_

Ай бұрын

​@@scat_in_da_hat6648 And? That's the point. Goggins built himself on being over the top. Millions listen to him telling them that they shouldn't be scared or ashamed to be the very best they can be, and then keep getting better.

@scat_in_da_hat6648

Ай бұрын

@@_DMNO_ you’re defending the online persona of a stranger who would most definitely hate you if he knew you, you might want to re-evaluate cause you certainly won’t be carrying the boats

Most former seals THAT WE HEAR FROM REGULARLY are just super cringe shills.

@shaun5047

Ай бұрын

Personally I like Jocko’s content. Dude was a Seal Commander and literally looks like a GI Joe but I’ve never heard him play the I’m a badass role. lol I thought it was cool that he openly admitted if some guy tried to pick a fight with him in public his 1st move would be to walk or run away from the situation.

@user-wc8lu7qd2m

Ай бұрын

@@shaun5047that and all the war crimes he committed…Jocko is a joke.

@Hawke734

Ай бұрын

@@user-wc8lu7qd2myou made an account specifically to talk shit about other people? That’s crazy. A grown man taking time out of his day to do that 🤦‍♂️

@ricklyons6125

Ай бұрын

correct. quiet professionals were the standard.

@cliffordsplaylist

Ай бұрын

​@@user-wc8lu7qd2m

On the verge of WW3 and we’re talking about this BS.

@mybru1

Ай бұрын

If you believe that then you need to stay of the internet

@bodazaphfa

Ай бұрын

@@mybru1 you’re definitely “special.”

@soto9679

Ай бұрын

@@mybru1u definitely in the special needs forces

@torlekjpec5708

Ай бұрын

​@mybru1 America is directly launching attacks into Russia from Ukraine and Russia is conducting nuclear strike tests just off Florida coast.

@bodazaphfa

Ай бұрын

@@torlekjpec5708 absolutely correct.

There will always be haters out there. However there is a lot of shit that is happening that’s not ok. We’ve had SEALS kill other service members because they were caught, there were multiple Marines that also came forward about some of these folks and the things they did in Ramadi. I have seen leaders not give a shit about their men, in 2007/08 deployment our team leader went on 8 missions with us while we got worked. But he wanted them awards when we got back for himself while we got screwed. Point being there has been multiple issues inside of the SEAL community and with some other SOF units and it needs to be fixed.

@jjs3890

Ай бұрын

💯

Mr Ballen has to be one of the most humblest dudes out there

I kid you not I was legitimately watching your video of Jocko & the Chris Kyle incidents to just refresh myself and “wutda yu know”

So much for the "Quiet Professional" 😂

Navy seals have more drama than a high school teenage girl

@WilliamPierce-mi7nv

Ай бұрын

it's worse lol

Another great video - thanks for sharing the stories that make an impact.

I think an overlooked reason for the sniping and infighting is because very few SEALs have distinguished careers. The harsh reality is they spend 95% of their time training and not going on noteworthy missions. The only ones who do are the DevGru guys, but that's extremely few. So you have a fighting force who doesn't really get used all that much, and the few who do can expect a lot of bitterness from the majority of SEALs who don't get the primo deployments. Believe it or not, most SEALs spend their entire time in service on Navy ships with the rest of the sailors, doing absolutely nothing. This is why all they have to talk about are BUD/S stories. It's honestly the most action they ever get.

@johnnymojito69

Ай бұрын

True. Also on ops. They allowed the myth of constant combat and multiple kills each mission. Truth is lots of dry holes. Lots of guys got no kills. It's a shame it takes away from the job itself. Guys doing heaps of jobs, lots of combat but no kills. Makes guys feel like it's not enough. So the lies start.

@alexander1902

Ай бұрын

That's Chadd Wright, he only ever went to Africa and tries to really milk that for all it's worth.

@johnnymojito69

Ай бұрын

Some guys just build it up in their own heads they are true badasses. And others with 10 times the career feel they haven't done enough. It's societys fault for lapping it all up tho. Buying into to the veteran bs. Soldiers are soldiers. Not leadership experts. They are in charge of people who HAVE to do what they say. Some of the weakest mindset people I know have written books on leadership and resilience. All absolute frauds. Don't listen to any oth these online ex vets, including jocko. They are the worst, have done the least, and are the furthest from what they sell.

@Trumpulator

27 күн бұрын

You're not lying! 💯

I love Ballin’s channel! Bring on the weird and strange stories haha

Well for Marcus its different. The taliban had gopros during operation red wings. You can even hear "Marcus come back" being yelled several times.

@Nave4x4

Ай бұрын

Wait until you see the predator drone footage... It's going to be even worse.

@rickrobinson8417

Ай бұрын

Where can I find that?

@Gearparadummies

Ай бұрын

There were no GoPros in 2005. The camera the Taliban used to film the SEALs were fixed and very low quality.

@alu.304

Ай бұрын

​@@Gearparadummiesyet the ISR footage was State of the Art at the time and tells the true story 👍

@Mr_Clean

Ай бұрын

​@@rickrobinson8417google: operation Red wings from Taliban perspective. They released camera footage of it a couple days after. The first post that comes up is an old Reddit thread that still has the video. You can hear someone I assume Mike Murphy yelling "Marcus help Marcus come back"

I’m in the top of my career field in & after The USAF you know what I was I’m not a SEAL, Ranger, Green Beret, MARSOC Raider, I’m an aircraft mechanic & retired as an E-8 at the top of my field you SF guys I thought would have more discipline you made me proud so many times; I’m not proud right now 🇺🇸

I just read ‘Code over Country’ by Mathew Cole. The only way I can explain the SEAL TEAMS is comparing them to Oliver Stone’s 1986 film ‘Platoon’. They have their Sgt. Barnes and Sgt. Eliases. The community leans more to Sgt. Barnes’ leadership, the Special Operations community as a whole is fatigued from all the f ups and coverups. It’s a lot to take in. I’ve read a lot of Richard Marcinko’s work, Robert’s Ridge, and Lone Survivor. I suggest reading ‘Code over country’.

@MadMeave

Ай бұрын

Nahhh, the Tesl Housewives are more interesting than these knobs trying to one-up each other. Like this one time at band camp…

@lost1croc

Ай бұрын

Lone Survivor is pure military fiction. Marcus “Full Mags” Luttrell capitalizing on the deaths of 19 men in a mission that was an absolute crap show from the get go is just dirty. Tell the truth.

@michaelray5023

Ай бұрын

@@lost1croc Yeah that was a cover up. Obviously, you have to cover that story up if you want to keep getting funding for the TEAMS. If you listen to Marcus’ interviews long enough, you can hear him say that telling the ‘story’ was part of his job. I don’t think it was his idea to tell the story the way it was told. The Navy put him in shitty situation during the operation and now he’s another shorty situation helping the navy cover up this story. ‘Code over country’ talks about these cover ups in detail. From the beginning of Seal Team 6 all the way to the murder of Green Beret Logan Melgar. There are SEAL vets that want to call out the corruption.

All this time I thought Ballen was just a story teller.

Ego is the great killer of small men. Save your fight for the real enemy.

Perhaps it's starting to be that some of the coolest people in the Navy now are those serving in submarines, the "silent service" folks.

@deltaalfa3521

Ай бұрын

Where did YOU serve? 🙄🙄

@John-isAround

Ай бұрын

Keflavik Iceland, Norton AFB, George AFB, California, Assault Craft Unit 5, Camp Pendleton, California, Sigonella Sicily, CG-18 Pearl Harbor, AS-19 (Submarine Tender), Guam... ​@@deltaalfa3521

@John-isAround

Ай бұрын

Keflavik Iceland, Norton AFB, George AFB California when Air Force, Assault Craft Unit 5 Camp Pendleton ​California, CG-18Pearl Harbor Hawaii, AS-19 (Submarine Tender), Guam, Sigonella Sicily, when Navy...@deltaalfa3521

@alu.304

Ай бұрын

​@@John-isAroundthey usually ghost when you do that🤣👊🏻

@jessebailey5962

Ай бұрын

​@@deltaalfa3521where did you go loser?

I felt like I had a connection(veteran connection) with “MrBallen” before I found out he was a seal. Good dude.

Solid breakdown, Nicky

People hate on them because they wanna be in the club of quiet professionals, but are nothing near that. Just ride into the sunset. I retired and left my Army life behind. They don’t do that these days, they want to use the SOF title for personal gain because GWOT has made operators sexy.

@jjs3890

Ай бұрын

If it’s true that they got marines and civilians killed because they want to play cowboys, then they deserve to get called out, exposed and punished.

My brother, I love the way you put it!! Thanks

I’ve heard the teams are nothing like they was 20 years ago

@fredishoes

Ай бұрын

Bruh, nothing is like it was 20 years ago.

@blackandy973

Ай бұрын

20 years ago the guys in charge had no combat experience unless they were in the first pushes of the gwot

@Nperez1986

Ай бұрын

I'm words of Han Solo..."It's true"

@EckRD

Ай бұрын

GWOT just started 20 years ago and the standards were dropped. Y'all thought it was the regular dudes or gals that slip through the cracks? 😂 What the good or decent leadership meant was, turds and REAL shitbags like the Seals who killed Melgar for example slip through.

@TCraig00

Ай бұрын

20 years ago the teams were nothing like it was 20 years before that. Not a very insightful comment. Not much about the military culture is the same as 20 years ago.

Seals are a JV football HS drama

The whole thing is funny because it seems that so many people overlook the fact that these Seals and other SOF troops that have found success on social media and other forms of media and entertainment will become a beacon. A beacon of light where someone that may know them personally or know someone that was close to them can reach out to that light and get some shine on themselves. They can be jealous, envious, or feel that the individual doesn't deserve the attention and money based on X, Y, and Z. That they didn't do as many combat missions or wasn't with a particular Tier 1 unit or whatever. When you become famous, you attract those who seek to tell the "truth" about you or seek to get some shine themselves since they have a similar background in the military. When you are part of an SOF unit (Operator or support member), you see and hear many things about almost everyone in your unit on some level. So, I'm not shocked to see this mess on social media between former operators. They are out in the civilian world and trying to find a career and social media is just one avenue they can travel down. This is the world we live in now where even the most secretive units will have members who will put themselves in the spotlight by using their military qualifications and experience to become a brand in the civilian world. Well, for each successful operator, who made it on the civilian side, you'll find one that is looking to follow in their steps, to expose them, or do both. In the end, it's just entertainment when it's out in the public eye. Operators got bills like everyone else and you need exposure to get clicks and views in order to impact that subs count.

The only former SEAL i listn is Shawn Ryan…. I love his podcasts and the respect he gives to the people he interviews… He never did any chest thumping about is prior service.

i distinctly remember bumping into SEALs on base in Al Qaim. they were abject dickheads to us jarheads out there in the streets doing the daily shit they were too cool to do.

@curtislear4842

Ай бұрын

As a lowly Infantryman, I too encountered these jackasses in Afghanistan. Super full of themselves and extremely arrogant. Oddly enough, we worked with and around the "Secret Squirrels" aka the Green Berets- those dudes were cool AF. Not a single stuck up person in their groups.

8:55 this bit reminds me of a quote: "I studied war, so that my son could study business, with the hopes that my grandson could one day study the arts."

@KH-rt3ef

Ай бұрын

Artists are just contractors with an abysmal work ethic.

Appreciate this and other analysis

My dad was UDT. He could not enter Korea because his two brothers were in Korea and wouldn't leave their unites. He was put on a tugboat, headed to California were he would become a instructor. The skipper of the Abinaki told him that the ship was going to be converted to a submarine rescue ship. The ship would need two divers , and he could send my dad to the Navy's salvage dive school. My dad agreed. His loved the school and the salvage diver community. My dad said they were the true professionals. Over my life my dad repeated " cocktail is a poor substitute for confidence ".

Clout is a hell of a drug

Yeah. I liked SEALs, Green Berets, and the rest of our special operations a lot better when they were mysterious, we never heard about them, and they kept their stories to themselves. Like a lot of veterans, some of them can't just let it go and move on. I particularly dislike the blind worship of the military in general. It's all to support the military-industrial complex while waving the flag senselessly.

@carpeomnia2011

Ай бұрын

I agree, the support of the military is necessary in the US. It’s a warrior society, and more for the US than any other country… our wealth and way of life is maintained by the value of the American dollar… our dollar is supported by oil, GDP, and the dollar being dominant in international affairs/business. Something needs to maintain that status quo and secure trade routes… force projection..

@nolanfrazier3482

Ай бұрын

And yet, you still don't know much about them. You, like many others, fundamentally misunderstand what being secretive in the military is. Do you know anything about their deployment cycles? Anything about the current status of their training pipelines, class numbers, new developments involving the unit? Tactics? Unless you really hunt for it, all your info is likely outdated or non-existent. It doesn't matter that we know SOF exist, or that we know about raids that took place 10+ years ago. It affects nothing. Other than someone thinking "Oh wow, a SEAL/GB/Ranger" when being told, do you think an operator is affected in any other way?

@AlexM-vh2pu

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that was before the internet ,social media, you tube etc. Now they have a platform to tell their tales.

@jeremyschipp

Ай бұрын

​@AlexM-vh2pu A certain group of veterans are unfortunately blabber mouths. A family member of mine does not make a big deal of his twenty plus years of service very modest about it. Only reason he joined wanted something more exciting than a desk job in New York City.

@IbnRushd-mv3fp

Ай бұрын

@carpeomnia2011 that "status quo" being maintained is what's killing this fucking country, believe it or not *maybe* if your standards of living weren't so unreasonably high you wouldn't have a housing crisis AND mass immigration ON TOP of a economic crash every 6 or so years. you barely have functional healthcare, a hyper consumerist market apparatus and a unplayable national debt. how do you older americans look at this world today and not be ashamed?

I love your shirt! My RICOH GRIII SE is my favorite camera of all time!

Remembering every detail from a gun battle to the detail is very hard. I have a reunion with my unit every few years and not all of us remember the battles the same. Its great to have a brother fill in some extra details and nobody gets pissed if we miss minor details. Adrenaline and fear mess with your head big time in a fire fight, don't care how trained you are, its like a heavy drug.

Why is it always seals getting in cat fights. No other SOF unit seems to have this problem.

@dchiznit209

Ай бұрын

Not to this level…part of it though has to do with their limelight

@Kriegter

Ай бұрын

They do its just not publicized because the units themselves aren't Hollywood bs

@mybru1

Ай бұрын

Oh no they are. I've worked alongside a few former rangers and TACP guys in the DRC and let me tell you those guys can yap if they want to and glorify themselves. Hell we've had former french foreign legionnaires , Australian, German and austrian and South African guys and gals with us and they were dumbstruck by their behaviour

I struggled to assimilate to civilian life for years after retiring. Completely get it.

@rich3154

Ай бұрын

You and me both, I retired 13 years ago, and still struggle today with work, and understanding civilians and they definitely don't understand me. I did 4 tours in Iraq, and was combat wounded in 2006.

Just realized, 3of7 sounds like an angry Mr Rogers! 😆

I needed to hear this from Chad. Thanks for making this video Nicky.

More more more please!!! We want more special forces drama 🎭 please!!! 🙏

If you think Marcus Luttrell is telling the truth about Red Wings you may need to watch the ISR feeds. He did not fight the enemy he left his teammates and ran.

@lost1croc

Ай бұрын

Profiting off his fallen Brothers is the gross part. Not sure how that dude lives with himself.

I'm only a civilian that comes from a military family, but as far as I'm concerned, vets can leverage their experience any way they want - they've paid those dues! Way back in the 60s & 70s they ran TV commercials that said, "You're best bet... hire a VET!" in an effort to get companies to hire Vietnam veterans who had hard-to-get life skills. How is this any different? As for me, I don't care what your level of service was. You earned the right to go out there and use every bit of experience you have to make a great life for you and your families! Oh, and thank you for your service!

Excellent video 👍

The way I see it, one would hope to leverage their military experience in civilian life. SEALs are known to be highly competitive and, in some cases, sociopathic.

I love Goggins not because he was a SEAL but the circumstances surrounding his life. Idc who you are but it’s inspirational

@lost1croc

Ай бұрын

Not real sure how Goggins gets lumped in with these accusations since his whole thing has nothing to do with bragging about alleged combat exploits, but about overcoming obstacles in your life, his being a prime example. Is he extreme and over the top? Yes, but he at least lives what he preaches even if you don’t like it.

All I have to say to each and every person that is serving or did serve I thank you for you service and sacrifice

My grandfather would tell me all the time, when there isn't that united common goal, all the egos eventually clash.

You are the Navy Seals. You Guys are one of the most elite Units ever assembled. I as a retired Marine, Hate listening to Veterans putting each other down like this. But we do! God Bless!

@lymanfaith1183

Ай бұрын

Amen. I am retired Air Force. This stuff within the military community does none of us any good. It actually makes us look like divas and clowns.

@cringlemcshingle

Ай бұрын

Not every veteran, or active duty member, is worthy of respect or recognition. Some of em can really get fucked. You should know better

@Nperez1986

Ай бұрын

It's the fame that came along after they went public....greed doesn't so well

@thebigmon

Ай бұрын

Yet, I don't see this with diva BS with Delta, a unit that's even more elite than the Seals.

@Dziugenonas

Ай бұрын

A unit so elite that they get btfo by 10 sheep fuckers with AK's

Remember when the SF community used be called Quiet Professionals? It used to be 15-20 years before they would talk about operations. The Seals were making book deals while still active. It is embarrassing.

Wow out of all of the special operations command it’s seems like the SEAL’s are no better than a group of high school cheerleaders

There is a reason Army Special Forces are generally the true quiet professionals.

"Special" forces indeed

@jjs3890

Ай бұрын

Green berets are special forces. I think you mean special OPPs.

How can you trust people on a team if they will come out and talk about you?

Chadd is straight forward. Spouse was boots in Nam and came back to go into hiding, confused. Behaviors were obvious but the stories didn’t come out till 50 years later with a diagnosis of severe ptsd when he was almost 70. The war conditioned and isolated him leading to a miserable life full if stressors and sleepless nights. He survived! Amen

Honestly all the arguments simply reminds me of High School Mean Girls.

Never hear much about Delta pimping their selves out. The real quiet professionals.

@willhickey7387

Ай бұрын

Because there exploits are all still classified.

@grnsouth1204

Ай бұрын

Lol they used to be, and have tried to get back, it just wasn't as popular. SEALs have the limelight at the moment, but it'll swing back to SF/Delta eventually.

@_JEBUS

Ай бұрын

Nicholas Irving aka the "reaper" once said that rangers were better operators than seals. When asked why he said "well nobody ever has to come rescue us" . A little jah at Marcus Littrell. Rangers were the ones that went and picked him up from the village he was hiding at.

@Grastiars1

Ай бұрын

Because seals and delta are not the same level of SF. Devgru is what a lot of people think of when they hear seals, but that’s just not the case. Rangers and Seals are a better comparison along with Devgru and Delta.

I have questions. How is it that the statement that it's not your job to hold people accountable. But wasn't it or isn't it the job if Navy Seals or SOF to hold people accountable? So if I'm understanding this correctly. It's not okay to hold people accountable when it's them, but it's okay to hold other people accountable? Then your channel should stop then, right? Because aren't you posing the question and idea about accountability

@MrMruck05

Ай бұрын

Exactly, that's why this is all coming out because leadership wouldn't hold people accountable.

"We dont hunt our fox in public" Sir David Sterling Special Air Service "We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go Always a little further: it may be Beyond the last blue mountain barred with snow, Across that angry or that glimmering sea, White on a throne or guarded in a cave"

This middle of the road path speech is so dumb. You’re criticizing someone who built something on lies/crimes and continues to do so. No one would harbor any enmity for their success if they were truthful. Just bringing truth to light.

@chogokin666

Ай бұрын

This right here 👆

@MavHunter20XX

Ай бұрын

Except sometimes the truth is a health risk. E g, Boeing whistle blowers.

@Cam11B83

Ай бұрын

100%

@grnsouth1204

Ай бұрын

But currently we just have the say of one guy on the internet about another guy on the internet. Until evidence is presented then we don't know if it's built on lies or not. It's easy to jump on a bandwagon, but we should probably wait until evidence is presented.

@chogokin666

Ай бұрын

@@grnsouth1204 One guy, not including all the Marines in the area of operations, the enlisted SEALS who reported Gallagher, the NCO's who were blown off by SEAL officers running the task force..

Im impressed with Mr.Ballens storytelling skills. He’s fun to watch .good for him and Chad.

You never see Delta Force doing that ignorant shit Navy Seals do.

I have great respect for US Navy seals, I tried but was discouraged cause of my swim inability. I still got into navel intelligence and had many great experiences. Same goes for the other branches special forces.

in Australia this is called the 'tall poppy syndrome'; it tests bullshit and sorts the wheat from the chaff

@scotthayden0525

Ай бұрын

Bang on point bro!

Love the video. Mr B if I remember correctly. did not flaunt is Seal it was just a in his profile, I love his stories and did not know until recentaly thathe was a SEAL.