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@brownboyfriesrice

Ай бұрын

heya

@maxtaylor5665

Ай бұрын

Are you White Bat??

@bigdaddybuttmaster69

Ай бұрын

your videos are so fucking amazing, from the narration and badass music selection to the way the story was delivered.

@Mitsurugi2424

Ай бұрын

Battle of Takur Ghar. Seal and Delta upper command had a dick measuring contest that got Seals killed.

@solreaver83

Ай бұрын

Port Arthur massacre

"Quickly rebranded from humanitarian efforts, to this is why we don't have free healthcare."

@SITHINDarthImperious

Ай бұрын

We may not have free health care but we have free unhealthcare

@nieljohn6768

Ай бұрын

Haha

@lizdrogt-hill2730

Ай бұрын

LMAO

@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader

Ай бұрын

We lost you know that right

@namenameson9065

Ай бұрын

There's no such thing as free healthcare. Someone has to pay, and what that ultimately leads to is you getting NO healthcare. Socialism is a ponzi scheme trap. Once you get in it, there is no way out.

They were all true warriors but the 2 snipers who volunteered to go to the crash site knowing that they won't come back is like beyond heroic r.i.p to all the servicemen who died.

@smokejaguarsix7757

Ай бұрын

shughart and gordon

@andrewtanczyk4009

Ай бұрын

Why didn’t they take more ammunition?

@monsterman7721

Ай бұрын

@@andrewtanczyk4009 because it was only supposed to be a 1 hour mission they probably didn't think anything would go wrong.

@SuperHornetPilot

Ай бұрын

@@monsterman7721 Yep, that's also why they didn't take NVGs and other such equipment, they didn't expect to be out there after dark and felt they didn't need any of it.

@smokejaguarsix7757

Ай бұрын

@@andrewtanczyk4009 because standard load of 270 rounds is a LOT of weight and they fought off thousands of skinnies on a mission that was supposed to last an hour.

Dan Bush deserves the Medal of Honor. His fight alone on the street completely surrounded was captured on video and is stunning. Probably one of the bravest fights captured on video.

@mr.bombastic413

Ай бұрын

Where can you even see that?

@bostoncopguy

Ай бұрын

@@mr.bombastic413 60 minutes showed the video years ago. I’ve seen it a bunch of times on here.

@FenianAn1mal

Ай бұрын

I recommend you check out dan schillings(ironically he was a AF combat controller during mogadishu) video showing MSgt Chapman earning the MOH . RIP. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZaN_r8yNoce6idI.html

@mrsecuroserv8292

Ай бұрын

If he were to get the CMH wouldn’t that mean he would be the Actual first MH to be recorded. And second would go to John Chapman? (JUST A POSSIBILITY)

@bostoncopguy

Ай бұрын

@@mrsecuroserv8292 absolutely. The battle of Robert’s Ridge is remarkable. Chapman’s bravery and sacrifice would be hard to believe without the video of the entire incident. The narrated video of that battle is incredibly hard to watch. I wish he was more well known. They should absolutely make a movie.

My dad was an operator whose team was tasked with the recovery effort for this op. He knew a lot of the guys who went out on that mission. The story is insane. He told me they were carrying out guys in pieces in trash bags at one point.

@fitz2917

Ай бұрын

Wow your dad was a D boy in the 90s?! Dude probably has some insane stories.

@darugdawg2453

Ай бұрын

Poor planning and underestimating the enemy

@andrewprindiville119

Ай бұрын

@@darugdawg2453 bruh they skip when they fire and shoot from the hip i dont think they were underestimated. maybe just the amount of them

@justzzack

Ай бұрын

@@andrewprindiville119yea because shooting an rpg12 at a moving air target is non chalant

@andrewprindiville119

Ай бұрын

@@justzzack obviously its not nonchalant, thats a bit of a red herring but i digress, but you cant compare there military to ours. you little somali groupie you. thats why 300-700 of them died that day compared to our 18 glorious men

Blackburn lost his grip on the fast rope and plummeted to the ground. He was severely injured. It's a miracle he survived. I met him a few years ago at an event and he's ok, physically anyway.

@z0phi3l

Ай бұрын

He may look and move "fine" but like me, also from that era, pretty beat up physically

@mikethorson4031

Ай бұрын

I know the guy who broke his fall. Went on to do big things. Peace be upon him

@noahstuart606

Ай бұрын

I don’t think any of those guys made it out of Mogadishu ok highly recommend the Shawn Ryan episode with Tom Satterly

sitting here rewatching your videos and u upload a new one? doesn’t get better than this

@PopoMedic

Ай бұрын

👊

@perrysuzuki1747

Ай бұрын

Aye. 🫡🇺🇸

@dntansrqs1341

Ай бұрын

Calm down

@Ted_Sheckler

Ай бұрын

You ever had relations with a woman? I'd say that's better than this.

@trels203

Ай бұрын

​@@dntansrqs1341 no u

I was there. Thank you for putting this together. This is what no greater love looks like.

@Isaiah68Actual

Ай бұрын

@@tommymac6755 Welcome home, brother!

@SPAZZ7Y

Ай бұрын

Thank u for what u did I'm proud to be an American

@markus_amelius

Ай бұрын

John 15:13, my favorite verse.

@inthedarkwoods2022

Ай бұрын

Sure you were

@bigboicreme

Ай бұрын

🧢

Here’s a cool fact from the rescue. At one of the crash sites, while under intense fire from all directions and still in the process of freeing the body of one of the pilots, a wounded and understandably panicked sergeant entered one of the APC’s sent to rescue them and demanded that they leave immediately. The Malaysian APC driver, knowing most of the Americans were still outside, simply responded in broken English with: “No, no. We stay” What a line.

@goodshipkaraboudjan

Ай бұрын

Anyone who worked with Malaysians have high praise for them. Australia and the UK have a permanent presence there forward deployed. There is a reason they stamped out a Communist insurgency, South Vietnam and the US sadly ignored the lessons learned.

@cyanideinmycereal1077

Ай бұрын

SE Asians don’t give a fuck bro there’s footage of that one ISIS siege in South Philippines with mfs like laughing mid firefight those dudes are built different

@armyboybrodie

Ай бұрын

The Malaysians don’t get enough credit for what they did that day

My math tutor in High School was one of the Rangers involved in this Mission, Such a crazy and sad story I didn't even know how to respond when I found out he was there. And you never would've known, he was the nicest and most laid back yet helpful tutor I ever had and he didn't wear anything or carry himself in a manner that would suggest he was ever in the military.

@TheCaptainbeefylog

Ай бұрын

That's what we call a "gray man". Looks vanilla, but actually a deadly mofo wearing slacks.

@tropicalpines4585

Ай бұрын

@@TheCaptainbeefylogActual gray man, not someone wearing grunt style t shirts and a G shock watch.

One of my drill sergeants was in Mogadishu for the operation. He said the movie did a good job of showing the brutality, but it didn't do a good enough job of showing the soldiers who were having a blast during the combat. He said that at this point, many of the dudes in the unit were war junkies, so they were laughing as the bullets were slamming into the walls around their heads.

@sternonisoil

Ай бұрын

If you love your job you'll never work a day in your life.

@thecobra45

Ай бұрын

“Holy shit, that rpg was close, how’s Jenkins doing? Jenkins?” “THIS IS FUUCKIIINNN AWESOMEEEEEE!!!!!!!”

@JV24573

Ай бұрын

@@thecobra45LEEEEROY! JENK-INS

@Robpearceknives

Ай бұрын

One of the RTO’s at the police academy I attended was one of the Rangers in this mission. He taught the Use of Force coarse and discussed several scenarios based off his experience in Mogadishu.

@NurseAmamiya

Ай бұрын

Ain't no blud indirectly said war is fun 😂

A bit more details about the rescue since a lot of people overlooked this: It was headed by the 10th Mountain Division, technically, but what they lacked it armor, having on Humvees. The only forces nearby who had armor the Pakistanis and Malaysians. The Malaysians had Condor APCs, four wheeled, German-made armored cars, while the Pakistani had old M48 and M60 tanks for fire support. There was a fight going on with the higher ups since 10th Mountain just wanted to commandeer the Malaysian APCs. However, the Malaysian Army 19th Batallion, Mechanized, had battlefield experience of their own and extremely competent soldiers at this point, objected. They eventually reached a compromise where the combat teams dismount and leave only the vehicle crews and the 10th Mountain. The Pakistanis soon pulled out of the battle due to the lack of night vision equipment, making it hazardous for them to fight. The Malaysians and the 10th Mountain pushed on. It should be mentioned that the Malaysians were the UN QRF for the area, so the Malaysian brass was royally pissed when the US didn't even tell them about an op going on, only finding out after the first Black Hawk was shot down. To see this other side of Operation Gothic Serpent, MALBATT Misi Bakara is a dramatized retelling of the events (it's on Netflix).

Big thanks to the Malaysian armed forces that helped get American troops out of there.

@ahmedhussein1694

16 күн бұрын

Shouldn't have been there in the first place. Should mind your business, all those men died for no reason other than for Isreali backed hegemonic world order. 😊

Scary to think of a region where an apple has more value than an AK.

Brother, this is what history channel should be.

@NachoManBoy4

Ай бұрын

Yes! History channel sucks now with all the Bigfoot and alien shit

Let us not forget when the Un forces finally arrived, and there wasn’t enough room in the trucks, many were forced to run the “Mogadishu mile”!!! I can’t even imagine those last few minutes/hours waiting to get the hell out of there! Great video!!!

@TheOz91

Ай бұрын

The Mogadishu Mile was really to get to another rally point just outside the battle zone. The troops then mount on the vehicles and then go to the stadium. The Malaysian movie MALBATT Misi Bakara portrayed this part correctly.

@kevinlapalme9357

Ай бұрын

@@TheOz91 ya I guess they had a staging area outside the hot zone, but the trucks did take off on them not realizing they were meant to be cover for those on foot!!! Crazy

@TheOz91

Ай бұрын

@@kevinlapalme9357 Yeah, despite them having faced combat (the Malaysians did quite a lot during UNOSOM including capturing HVT, escorting aid convoys, and hostage rescue like the op to rescue CNN journalists from the Hotel Paradiso) but these still were a lot of young guys from the countryside who were sent to far flung places. The combat was intense that even the officers decided that they should get the hell out

Black Hawk Down is a bonafide masterpiece, I watched it again recently, it is still amazing. Easily one of the best war fims ever.

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

Ай бұрын

If you can find the deluxe edition it’s definitely worth it. It has documentaries on the events as well as making the movie and interviews with a lot of the guys who were there.

@All_Hail_Chael

Ай бұрын

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Oh nice, I LOVE that kind of thing.

@dcorica79

Ай бұрын

❤

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

Ай бұрын

@@All_Hail_Chael I got the deluxe DVD when it came out and spent WAY too much on it but I think everything from it is available online now. Definitely worth a watch.

@hurppe6308

Ай бұрын

my top 3 war films (by enjoyment) would be 1. the unknown soldier, 2. mosul and 3. black hawk down

Smacked me in the face how good this video was

@lappy5797

Ай бұрын

popo never disappoints

@KingViajez

Ай бұрын

Bro watched it on 2X speed

Earl Fillmore was not on the helicopter that went down. He was fighting with the rangers to rescue the helicopter that went down. On there way there he got shot! Earl was a true badass! One of the youngest member of Delta force ever!

I remember reading Black Hawk Down while I was in a military academy for wayward teens like it was yesterday. A lot of the details in the book are burned into my brain, to this day. This video took me back to a pivotal year of my life, and I appreciate that, Popo Medic. Excellent work, as always.

@unknown-de3kg

Ай бұрын

The part that stuck with me for some reason is the "combat jackoff" lol.

@Jordan-ct7kq

Ай бұрын

What was the academy name?

@TheElbowMerchant

Ай бұрын

@@Jordan-ct7kq Grizzly Youth Academy.

Fun Fact: DEVGRU operators were also there. It isn’t really talked about, but they were there. At one point they had their crosshairs on Aidid’s head, but were told to stand down.

@roofer3608

Ай бұрын

Covered in the Book, Mark Bowden even credits them along with the "D Boys" for helping keep things together when fog of war and combat effectiveness would start to break down. Rick Kaiser (ST6) is on a recent episode of; The Team Room.

@jjducci

Ай бұрын

@@2301CE my dad’s good friend is CPT Mike Steele, now COL, but that’s how I know. I didnt know there was a book. Thanks, definitely gonna give it a read. 👍

@pigeonmane

Ай бұрын

fun fact when i went to somali some aunties tried to find my lineage and trace me to my tribe and my whole familys related to him

@jjducci

Ай бұрын

@@2301CE now I’m interested. My source was Captain Mike Steele, now Colonel, but he’s a good friend of my dad. Thanks for the response. I didn’t know there was a book written about it, outside of Blackhawk Down. Most people go and see the movie, and they think, that Mission was a failure… the sad thing is, they completed their mission. They got all of their lieutenants like they were ordered to, but because of the lives loss to the incident, everyone looks at that like a failure, which is total BS. That’s like saying we lost World War II, because we lost Pearl Harbor… I wish people were more intelligent…

@mikethorson4031

Ай бұрын

I heard it was just two Red Team guys.

Black Hawk Down is still one of the greatest military movies of all time. Just a masterpiece.

@Totally.not.gay23

9 сағат бұрын

I agree, I’m on a military movie binge. Do you know any good films?

Blackhawk down has been a major influence in my life. I worked with Blackburn over in Iraq on a private security contract. I have met Michael Durant at a conference, have met Hooten in FL at a whiskey bar, and I have seen many artifacts in museums of the US Army Museum and Special Operations Museum. This has been one of those missions that hit home for me while I was in the military.

Great summary video. I was a sophomore in high school when this happened. I remember having a discussion about this in health class. Lots of kids were like "We need to help them. What if we need help from them some day?" I was on the side of "What the hell could Somalia ever do for us? We shouldn't be over there. It's not our problem." I still feel the same today, but we still keep throwing tax dollars and bodies into fights that aren't ours. I used to think maybe one day we'll wake up and stop trying to play world police but as an adult and now know that US politicians don't have humanitarian reasons behind these actions. to quote Hilary Clinton, "Never let a crisis go to waste."

@Rebirthhhhhh

Ай бұрын

It is necessary and imperative that the US keeps being the world police. What happens over there MATTERS over here

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

Ай бұрын

@@Rebirthhhhhhhow so? Tiny failed states like Somalia have zero effect on the US unless we let their people into our country.

@hueco5002

Ай бұрын

@@Rebirthhhhhhdisagree entirely. The US has a prerogative to ensure global trade remains unrestricted. At most, that means smoking Somali pirates. That doesn’t mean getting involved with toppling dictators.

@kyotra

Ай бұрын

@@Rebirthhhhhh Unless it directly affects the nation and its citizens, no it does not matter. It is not our job to solve their problems.

@fatrat6988

Ай бұрын

I agree. What happened in Somalia did not affect us and there was no need for America to solve Somalian problems

Remember, warlords and politicians are capable of causing famine and starvation.

bro the music combined with story telling in Popo medic video keeps getting better, I can't wait to see what topic is covered next in his style

The soundtrack was amazing….well done!!!

Dom Pilla is from my hometown in south jersey. Thank you for your service brotha and rest in peace as well as everyone else who lost their life fighting. You guys are not forgotten

how has this dude never put out a video that wasn't incredibly interesting. Keep up the good work man!

Always was hoping this would eventually be covered.... could watch your style of story telling for hours on hours. As always Popo another great vid.

It’s unfathomable the amount of courage, strength, willpower and fortitude required to endure such an event. We truly are lucky they are such brave men and women willing to fight for our freedom.

Just saw a few of these videos and so glad my history teacher showed me this in high school. Definitely a movie that was destined to be made.❤ Thank u for this video popmedic

I always get chills when I see you posted a new one. Thanks Popo Medic

I remember watching a documentary with a news crew who went back to Mogadishu several years after this battle. Many residents blamed the plight of Somalia on the Americans not staying and helping them longer, and some of those blaming the U.S. had actually participated in the battle against them. It's was unbelievable. Everyone loves to hate and blame America.

@reeperrad6764

Ай бұрын

Bs

@zuesadam7143

Ай бұрын

Somali here Total bullshit Locals never wanted you there and still don't

this is one of my favorite information formats ever, please never stop, your stuff is great

Great doc, Popo Medic... as usual! I remember watching the Somalis dragging a dead serviceman through the streets on the news back then. I'll never forget that $hit. I read Duran's book 'In the Company of Heroes' and the Blackhawk Down book. The movie did a pretty good job converting the book into a film.

Thanks for telling their story so well!

damn back with another banger, top quality stuff popo!

when i say i love your channel I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL dude your a legend

i've heard this story 4 times, yet you cease to amaze me. You are one of my favorite youtubers, thank you. Keep up the good work My dad actually knew and played DnD with a guy that was here. I think he was the one that talked about making perfect coffee in the movie, not sure. He passed away from covid in 2020, would've loved to meet him when I was immersed in military stories. May they not be forgoten.

Heck yes! Popo Medic making my work day better with dope contents

Your research and production quality is always top notch , thank you .

FINALLY ANOTHER POPO MEDIC VIDEO! you have no idea how much i look forward to a video upload from you popo, amazing video like usual much love

As usual, extremely well done. They keep getting better!!!! Thank you for the great content.

This channel deserves way more subscribers, consistently awesome content

Man, I love your style of documentary videos. Keep these coming!

I stumbled across one of your videos and I was instantly hooked!!! The production value and time you take in making these videos is truly outstanding. Looking forward to your upcoming work!!!

Always posting great videos. Thank you

ive been looking foward to this!

Man you never miss with these vids bro. The consistency is insane

one of the best channels on youtube, thank you and thanks for all you do

My first platoon daddy was a driver in the Humvee convoy. He's not in the movie but he is mentioned a couple of times in the book. He was one serious dude.

Very great video as always. Please keep up your content. I have an idea for a topic and it would certainly be very interesting if you dealt with the terrorist attack at the Olympic Games on September 5, 1972.

Thank you popo you just made my day!!!!❤

Much love brother!! I’m about to binge watch your content!!! It’s been a minute.

I love your podcasts, i truly think you are under appreciated

Another absolute banger of a video

I understand the tediousness of life and thank you for taking the time out of your life to bring us quality entertainment .hope all is going well and thank you once again for the work you put into the KZread community we will always be patiently waiting for your videos man !

Always great videos from you. Keep em coming.

Nicely done. Informative and respectful!👍

bro always cooks with the intro music

That is my grandfather unit and friend's with Mike Durant thanks Popo for making this video I love your videos are pretty good I hope you reach 1 million subscribers

A family friend was part of the convoys during this. He never talks about it much, but after seeing this he wanted me to say the following. "Thank you for telling the story how it was. It wasn't pretty or romanticized, but that's how it's gotta be told. I'm just glad we aren't forgotten. I lost some good friends during that mess, and seeing people I've never met who were never there give them the respect they earned in that god forsaken city makes me tear up. Thanks for making an old Ranger smile." -Sgt. "Yogi"

Thank you for taking the time to make these! I can binge these all day! And have before lol

Incredible video as always. Intense, yet so moving. Rest in peace to the fallen soldiers who put their lives on the line to protect one another.

Hooray!! Popo dropped a video!!

You keep getting better and better man! Absolutely love your videos

Maaaan your editing style is so dope!

"between 133 and 700" floppies, slotted.

These guys were the real deal!

WOW I was asking for this 1-2 years before from you ! Thanks

After reading the book I felt like this was a pretty amazing portrayal of this story, thank you for the killer content

Popo its night i need to study buttttttt....

Not a very complete story. Didn’t cover on the Malaysian and Pakistani rescue force along with the 10th Mountain Division and so on…

@S.NGWanjiru

20 күн бұрын

Those were the UN, not strategic base like the US.

@alexwright9875

7 күн бұрын

Another huge error with this vid is that he says "US and NATO forces" which is incorrect, they were UN forces, and also the night vision 'footage' of the incident is not from Somalia 1993, camera quality is far too good and they all have M4s so unless all in that shot are delta (which is unlikely) the footage is not from this event

Perfect timing, I was just bingeing your videos again

This video is literally better than any US Army recruiting video

"F@c

That's the big difference between the USA and China and Russia, whoever. We don't leave our men or women purposely behind like cowards. We're willing to die for each other, not for terror or power. That's what makes us great. Honorable. Rip to the operators who lost their lives that day, and the civilians who needlessly starved.

thank you brother for another beautiful video cant wait to see your next video

I've been waiting for this episode for a long time. 👍

By taking back Mogadishu, you mean getting their asses handed to them by an underestimated force and having to run for their lives out the hot zone?

They didn’t take back anything

after hearing tony cowdenbeath words on the Shawn Ryan Show podacast i can’t help but feel empathy and gratitude towards these men. warriors under god doing the whole world a favour and yet no one notices. god bless the troops that help my country

Awesome vid! The aftermath really set the tone!

worst recap of what that day ever, if you want youtube money at least put in the effort.

Bro this channel deserves so much more subscribers the edit and clips all together and the story plus the music omg bro I got goosebumps this was awesome

Popo, love and appreciate your work keep it up

Awesome video man! Keep up the good work!

What is crazy is you can't just fire a RPG into the air. The R stands for rocket, which means if anything solid is within around 100 ft of the back of the weapon the shooter would more than likely die. It is called back-blast.

Another amazing episode. Thank you for sharing their story.

Great work as always! 👍 documenting Hero’s.

one thing thats really cool is that Gen. Garrison accepted full responsibility for the outcome of the raid. we dont have brass like that anymore.

@oldphart-zc3jz

8 күн бұрын

Only the Navy punishes command failure. More people than Garrison screwed up. Using light forces was mostly an act of vanity and hubris. AC-130s and heavy armor in the first place would ensure no Blackhawks went down in the first place. Helicopters cannot be made truly rugged and the world is littered with shot down rotary winged aircraft. The Army should scrap the Key West agreement and field fixed wing long loiter attack birds.

Another beautiful documentary popo. Thank you for telling their stories

Shawn Ryan interviewed Tom Satterly. Thats an interview ill never get tired of rewatching/listening.

I did a research paper on this for my English class. So awesome that youre doing a video on this

Love your videos man, keep up the good work.

Glad to see his new video pop up on my recommended list.

Wow. Very well put together video!

Love your channel i look forward to each episode.

bro again with the darksynth it goes hard