That soldier is a great story teller. He needs to write a book about his experiences once this war is over.

@GetIntoItDuhh

Жыл бұрын

He’s a LARPing POS

@cannotfindmyshoes3

Жыл бұрын

🤞 Hopefully we'll all still bé hère to enjoy reading ANYTHING when this War IS over.

@mostlychimp5715

Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to hearing more about the "damn keen" mad christian lad.

@LewisB3217

Жыл бұрын

@@cannotfindmyshoes3 we will be, fearmongers aside

@zero95lucky

Жыл бұрын

@@LewisB3217 I'm not an alarmist nor a fearmonger, but I am a realist. Given the mental stability of the Russian Dictator & threats he's made in the past, this war going nuclear is still a distinct possibility. Not to say it's going to happen, or even likely to, but is certainly possible.

These interviews have been absolutely fantastic

@tbrowniscool

Жыл бұрын

Lindybeige is a great interviewer

@pscheidt

Жыл бұрын

These are perhaps the most important videos of the past year.

@seanpoore2428

Жыл бұрын

@@user-kd2qd1sh3o doesn't matter which side you're on, this is a good historical document of an average soldier on the front lines of a modern conflict

@196cupcake

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly.

@pscheidt

Жыл бұрын

@@user-kd2qd1sh3o When a Russian says something is true, it is propaganda. When a Russian calls something propaganda, that means it is true.

This guest is the best thing on KZread I've seen in ages. He needs his own podcast.

@AXharoth

10 ай бұрын

100% xD a national treasure this guy is

That story about babushkas giving away pickles, honey, watermelons and garlic & chili conserves was quite heartwarming. Sort of the light that shines in the darkness in these stories. I bet it did wonders for the morale of these guys, made them remember what they were fighting for and that it was worth it.

@rhetoric5173

9 ай бұрын

The spaniard was acting like a tourist, nothing spy worthy about what he did.

@binbows2258

9 ай бұрын

@@rhetoric5173 Attempting to steal a military officer's laptop. Very normal tourist behavior.

This guy needs his own channel. What a story teller 🥇

@marcaurel2610

Жыл бұрын

Damn right!

@RitzOriginal1

Жыл бұрын

Hes a fraud

@britishsaviour1549

Жыл бұрын

Other peoples stories though and telling them as his own experiences

@bladesnchill

Жыл бұрын

This guy was thrown out of the Legion almost right away. 7 months? HELL NO. I know the top 3 command officers there. He is just trying to make money out of a fairytale. He was thrown out for being 100% unreilable and out of control. I see THAT part has not changed.

@volk528

Жыл бұрын

@@bladesnchill and your evidence for all that is......

He is definitely a British soldier lmao. The way he describes sending a man to one of the worst fates possible, but then remarks on how good the sausage he got from it was without batting an eye screams British soldier to me

@BergenDev

Жыл бұрын

Well that Spaniard kinda sent himself there. The sausage was a bonus.

@57thorns

Жыл бұрын

It is how you handle it. The Spaniard would have been dead if the Ukranians were not a modern, western democracy. (Struggling yes, even before the invasion in 2014.) If you want any reason why Ukraine should be members of NATO, EU and any other international association they want, the way they treat spies and prisoners of wars should be all the proof you need.

@RM-qn3ro

Жыл бұрын

War Can be appealing for lot of shmmmlshy peopl.p

@nigelmiller500

Жыл бұрын

He didn't lose much weight over there.

@flyingosom202

Жыл бұрын

wanna be British soldier

Hello from Kyiv. And, cant even find proper words to appreciate this man, and all he told us how its to be a foreign volunteer in Ukraine in times of war. Some stories difenetly made me ashamed of some people in my country, and some were inspiring. And probably, I will never understand what moves foreigns, who come to different country to fight on its side, for its freedom. All i can say is just a THANK YOU A LOT! Thank you for being on our side in such horrific time. Thank you for spending a part of your life to stand for our freedom. Thank you. My english is terrible so sorry for that

@patrickyoung3503

Жыл бұрын

Just like to add my thanks to this soldier who obviously believe in freedom . I'm just an old Irish man who believed in freedom from English Empire .

@jonathon5411

Жыл бұрын

​@@patrickyoung3503 yes russia is trying to fight the empire so sorry they sacrificed ukraine

@salvadorscar6057

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathon5411 ​ Today, we fight, because russia wants to be empire. Because russian people still have empireal mind. They're sitting in houses, never saw a washing machine, never saw a toster. But their mind was set up to think that they are Great. They got nothing, no dreams, no freedom, goverment doesnt give a f about them, but they are Great. Just think about it - a country that imports gas all over the world cannot supply 25% of its population with gas. A country that pays with FIREWOOD and HERRING for the death of a husband, father, son mobilized for war.

@Zach0451

Жыл бұрын

​@@jonathon5411 ???

@sochaoracza1506

Жыл бұрын

It is the ethics and faith in the righteousness of the cause

Very sobering to hear the casualty percentages. You read about WW2 as if it is something bizarre in the distant past, but this struggle is a reminder of how bad things can get in warfare.

@jakemocci3953

Жыл бұрын

Lot of similarities with Iran-Iraq

@buddermonger2000

11 ай бұрын

When you're not at the top, when you're not with the best equipment at all times, this is what happens. It's only the best armies who can have these huge casualty ratios.

"There's no IED in the watermelon" That was a good one, it's incredibly interesting hearing from this guy though, he shares his experience very well. Also gives interesting insight on how things were working on the Ukrainian side of things

@57thorns

Жыл бұрын

It is pretty clear that the Americans were not used to being 100% welcome.

@harolde.lochleitnerjr.8006

Жыл бұрын

These wird’s will become legend 😂

"So by now the officers were a bit....angry." What a fascinating human insight these interviews are. Thank you gentlemen ❤️

@richardb22

Жыл бұрын

And the spy was digging a trench to keep himself warm . 😅 . Properly and justly prosecuted though

@111076tom

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget to honor him for joining the side of the assholes shelling children for 8 years... Fascinating human no doubt. But you actually spell it faschist.

@billhanna2148

Жыл бұрын

I loved the sausage part 🤣😂

@drjerry5389

Жыл бұрын

How do you defend NATO meddling in this conflict?

@VyantQuijt

Жыл бұрын

@@drjerry5389 how do you defend Russian meddling in this conflict?

The more of these interviews with Mr McDonald I hear, the more respect I have for him. Plus, despite all the grimness, just laughing out loud from time to time.

so glad he's came back safe and thank you lindybeige for keeping up with this series, was worried earlier last year as to this man's fate

This series is one of the best conversations I have seen on Ukrainian war. This is honest, still professional and respectful and also Bristish humor (sharp). Just 100% one of the best out there. This tells us what is happeing among those who who do the walk and not about those who do the talk. Thank you. You guys should make a book of these series, write it down.

@danielbabb4776

Жыл бұрын

what are some other good interviews that you've seen? I'm thinking of doing a compilation where I bring a bunch together

@jcbonly

Жыл бұрын

I would agree. One of the best I've seen aswell.

@samuelmmmk181

Жыл бұрын

@@danielbabb4776 look at WillyOAM or willy beating cancer

@YuriPetrovich

Жыл бұрын

​@@danielbabb4776 James Vazquez on @speakthetruth was great also

@LiberalsHateFacts

Жыл бұрын

Russia has a population roughly equivalent to the combined population of the UK and France. The full list of countries standing against Russia includes: .. Canada, the UK, Australia. France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, and the US. . Russia has a resource disadvantage that has been measured from 25-to-1 to as much as 40-to-1. . 1) In 1991 the US and the UK persuaded Ukraine to give up its Nukes in return for a promise that Russia would never invade. Backing away from the commitment would be VERY problematic for geopolitics. It ain't gonna happen. 2) In 1991 Ukraine was the wealthiest of the former East Block countries. You can determine what the Russians have been up to since then by comparing the 2020 GDP (PPP) per capita figures for three countries to Canada’s $US 45,000. a. Russia …. …. $24,000 b. Ukraine … … $12,000 c. Romania .… $24,000 3) No one ever promised Russia that NATO would not expand Eastward … NEVER. That was just Putin's try at the old NAZI trick of repeating a lie over and over and over again until everyone accepts it as truth. 4) This is not about Zelenskyy or Putin, it is about 43 million Ukrainians who want to be Free. . It is highly likely that Ukraine already has a number of Dirty Bombs ready for when they might be needed. They are easy to make, and Ukraine has all the material needed to manufacture HUNDREDS. Here's a list of the potential targets, starting with the most likely: .  Grozny, Chechnya  The Kremlin  St Petersburg  Minsk, Belaruss . OK, now put your head between your knees and kiss your A$$ good bye. . HAVE A NICE DAY . 502

"A major is a rare and exotic species of wildlife [in the US and UK". Lol, My sister became a major in the army (she's retired now). I heard a story about my cousin's husband being in the army, and once she spoke to him, everybody treated him more respectfully once they found out they knew each other personally. I suppose this statement explains that.

@mandowarrior123

Жыл бұрын

Of course, you know people in high places, and if you know a major and didn't say who else might you know? Plus, there's always a bit of nepotism, and if someone might rise quickly it might do to ride the wake. Furthermore, you might need a favour one day, it pays well if someone can put in a good word when you need it.

@beingatliberty

Жыл бұрын

the who you know routine is not necessarily a healthy club of merit, but at least he didn't previously name drop

@bandit6272

Жыл бұрын

It's also a rank you don't typically see in command of a unit, in the US military at least. A captain usually commands a company/battery etc. A lieutenant colonel usually commands a battalion. But in between those two ranks you have a major, who may be the battalion XO (executive officer, basically 2nd in command), but is otherwise off somewhere on some higher ranking officer's staff. So it's the kind of rank we lower enlisted types saw less than the ranks immediately above and below it. I mean, our battalion commander would occasionally come by and give a speech (as officers like to do), but his XO was usually in the background somewhere or off doing whatever it is XOs do. Hardly ever saw him. So yeah, majors were unusual to see

@magnificentbastard5085

Жыл бұрын

@@bandit6272 In Britain a company commander would be a major with a captain as their 2IC. The regimental 2IC would also be a major along with a whole bunch of other staff officers like the OM and QM (though those could be captains). A major is not particularly high ranked, as far as British officers go, and is neither all that rare nor all that exotic. They have about the same time served as a corporal.

@bandit6272

Жыл бұрын

@Magnificent Bastard Then your military is far different. However, the idea that, generally speaking, a major has the same time in service as a corporal, sounds like bs to me.

The story about the little girl really got to me. That just makes me sick. I can't imagine how the soldiers had to have felt.

@TohaBgood2

Жыл бұрын

Pigs. That really makes ones blood boil. You can see his eyes flash with rage when talks about that too. I suppose putting a bunch of holes in the boats was pretty much a necessary measure at that point.

@brianmarshall1762

Жыл бұрын

It’s sad, but the same thing is happening on the Russian side of the battle lines. Watching independent journalists reporting from the DPR and LPR and they say (with footage interviewing the citizens) that the Ukrainian artillery are hitting civilian areas. This is what makes war so terrible. It’s not just the soldiers that die or get hurt.

@TohaBgood2

Жыл бұрын

@@brianmarshall1762 No. Russia is responsible for those deaths too by definition. They invaded in 2014 and they re-invaded again in 2022 for the current conflict. If Russia had not invaded Ukraine then none of these people would be suffering. Or are you going to claim that Ukraine would bomb its one regions without the Russian army on its territory? And I have seen the same over Russian propaganda about the supposed "Ukrainian bombings since 2014". The only problem is that there are still no graves, no IDs of victims, no independent investigations, no human rights groups to confirm, nothing. Literally no proof whatsoever beyond a few shoddy online videos shot by Russian propagandists.

@brianmarshall1762

Жыл бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 is Russia responsible for the 50 odd pro Russia, Anti coup protestors burned alive in a building in Odessa that sparked off the breakaway regions? You are a sheep if you think there are any good guys in this conflict.

@brianmarshall1762

Жыл бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 as for the proof, the organisation for security in Europe have reported on it repeatedly during their time in the DPR etc. Repeatedly. Stop swallowing propaganda and think for yourself.

Another absolutely amazing interview. Love he doesn't pull any punches or try to sugar coat anything. Very close to uncensored. Literally everything I love about some Brits.

One of my old housemates was a Belarusian girl who was in the habit of stocking up large quantities of potatoes and pickles. She told me it's just something you get used to doing when you grow up in a country where famines are not unknown, and where, if such a thing does happen, you can't depend on the government to bail you out. I expect that kind of thinking is very common in rural Ukraine, too.

@sigmamaleaffirmationhypnob7340

Жыл бұрын

it is pretty common. We have so many pickled fruits and veggies and preserved meat that hasn't been used for ages it's insane.

@user-ny1cc6eg2v

Жыл бұрын

There were 3 artificial famines in Ukraine, organized by Moscow: in 1921, in 1932-33 and finally in 1946-47. Ten millions victims alltogether. We remember!

@57thorns

Жыл бұрын

Sweden is beginning to forget about the famines, but just a generation ago gathering wild mushrooms and berries were not just a nice day out for the family (with tasty food as a benefit) but a way to make sure you had food for the winter. These days it is more of a luxury, even among those that conserve more than they can eat.

@probablythedm1669

Жыл бұрын

@@57thorns Probably why the government has been sending out information about keeping a stockpile at home. We all saw the mess that was just staying isolated for a week or two if you got covid... Can't say I'm always great at keeping reasonable stock at home, depends on when in the month. Right after pay, sure, I'm good for a month or more, but at the end of the month its time to restock again.

@kakhakheviashvili6365

Жыл бұрын

I mean, having at least several weeks worth of food in your household is never a bad idea no matter where do you live. Even if society stands, you may have a streak of bad luck and instead of going around asking for food it's better to have a padding that would allow you to rebound gracefully. Without becoming dependent or indebted to someone.

I learned in the US Navy: "Familiarization breeds contempt." It was a favorite saying of one of the COB's (senior enlisted) I served under. At first, I didn't understand, but I fully understood his point by the time I was out. This interview series has been great.

@daze4341

Жыл бұрын

It could also be the officers are plugging holes for lack of enlisted who are getting killed until fresh recruits arrive . Could be the officers are inspiring courage , could be the lead from the front , your life is as important as mine and I'm truly with you not just in spirit but in the right side by side ?

@NoPantsBaby

Жыл бұрын

@@daze4341 most likely they refused to fight unless they got a specific paygrade.

@chrisazure1624

Жыл бұрын

The mission is greater than men's lives. It is a brutal reality. If you know your men personally, it is harder to send them into harms way.

@weemissile

Жыл бұрын

I think it's more like, leave a degree of separation between the fighting men and people making commands decisions so that when they get sent into a shitstorm to die, the soldiers direct their anger towards their NCOs and not the guys really in charge.

@chrisazure1624

Жыл бұрын

@@weemissile That too.

What an epic series this has been. I really hope we get to hear from this soldier again soon

@redbastard9711

Жыл бұрын

He clearly ran away from the front lol cdoubt hes going back anytime soon lol

@wayneanderson419

Жыл бұрын

Clearly has done more than you ever will. And learn to spell while you are at it

@gtc239

Жыл бұрын

​@@redbastard9711 Your wish lol, i doubt you'd be as brave as him little Russkie boy.

This is best first-hand perspective I have experienced regarding the front line military conditions in Ukraine. It is rare to find a nuts & bolts soldier like this with such superb storytelling skills; I am looking forward to more in the future!

Blackadder: "Have you seen any spies?" Smith: " Nein!" Blackadder: "Nine?"

@memeboi707

Жыл бұрын

bloody underrated

The special forces people I met never boasted or bragged once about their exploits. In my experience the quietest person in the room is the one you need to worry about.

Absolutely fantastic series of interviews. Thank you for organizing the interviews. Really excellent interview skills. The soldier talks and explains while being skillfully guided by Lloyd.

The reason why you don't piss the guy with the still off is because it's SUPER easy for him to "accidentally" not remove the first part of the distillate that contains the methanol (and potentially some aromatics such as benzene) and suddenly you've got methanol poisoning and can end up temporarily or even permanently blind or even dead, not to mention you've got a killer headache. Smart move on their part.

@Orinslayer

Жыл бұрын

Do you really think they'd risk retaliation by trying to poison an entire russian army?

@MrBendylaw

Жыл бұрын

The Russians executed a bunch of Romani in one of the occupied cities a few months back over some suspected alcohol poisoning. I thought, at the time, how easy it would be to feed them straight methanol. Consequences aside, you could 'improve' a battalion of Russians that way, no problem.

@user-yh7zc9ke4s

Жыл бұрын

It's just about producing, if you don't pay there will be no moonshine produced. Imagine living under occupation, you poison someone, and his comrades will kill you next day.

@bbasil1312

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, smarter yet would be recognise that the main enemies are ones who sit in kremlin and stay home, but oh well

@johnfisk811

Жыл бұрын

He saves that for the Russians.

The Soviet doctrine was that their troops feed themselves in war, making the logistics much easier. In the Winter War, a Soviet surprise attack on a Finnish camp collapsed when they found a cauldron of sausage soup (this was called 'the sausage war'), and the Soviets stopped the attack to eat, allowing the Finns to organise and counter-attack.

@mariadekelver2240

Жыл бұрын

Just too weird I read your comment tonight. I was thinking this afternoon that all the Ukrainian soldiers need to do is set up a pot of stew (filled with their choice of meat) and cook it on an outdoor fire. Wagnerites are so hungry they will come to the smell of food.

@brainrot4919

Жыл бұрын

The Russian military doctrine really does turn their soldiers into inhumane orcs.

@smokey6292

Жыл бұрын

​@Ž Š it didn't 🤦‍♂️ American propaganda at its finest 🇺🇲🤡

I genuinely don't know whether to laugh or cry listening to these interviews. Sometimes, both; one after the other.

Already this is primary source history. Fond remembrances back to last year's successful counter offensives. I so hope old mate is doing OK. You can see he's sustained some hearing damage. I hope his heart and head are still OK and he finds some well deserved happily ever afters now he's done his bit.

As a former U.S. Army Soldier, who served in Afghanistan, I find these interviews to be excellent and I can relate to many of his stories. Only soldiers really understand. I also get the problems with people who have been professional soldiers for years yet never really deployed and don’t do well in Austere environs, it can be quite annoying when a superior clearly isn’t cut out for the combat environment.

@111076tom

Жыл бұрын

So how many years did you waste in Afghanistan? How many civilians did you murder? How did it turn out? Did you leave it a better place than before you came? What did it cost your country? What did it cost the Afghans? What did the Afghans ever do to you, that made you waste your life _hunting_ innocent humans on behalf of the elites and the MIC?

@InitialFailure

Жыл бұрын

As a Soldier who's entire career was GWOT (until the end of it) entering service in the early 2000s, I can relate to all sans the much greater casualty tally. The "worst day" for us seems like almost every day, day after day, week after week, sometimes month after month, in Ukraine. NATO is learning a bunch from the real world R&D, which is the Russo-Ukraine war/conflict. I hope these lessons don't go to waste.

@banmadabon

Жыл бұрын

@@InitialFailure war is always a waste...

@douwehuysmans5959

Жыл бұрын

@@InitialFailure What do GWOT and R&D stand for?

@InitialFailure

Жыл бұрын

@@douwehuysmans5959 Global War On Terrorism, Research and Development.

Not just commenting on history, but recording it from a primary source. Well done, Nic, these interviews have been very special.

@ravener96

Жыл бұрын

I mean, i hate to be a downer, but lets keep things in perspective here. Outside his word we dont actually have any evidence he did any of what he said. He seems genuine enough to me, but its important to not overbuy what you hear.

"Some could call him an idiot, some could call him the hero of the bloody legion." That's a great first line to a story.

Fantastic series. So insightful, and really helps to give a first hand perspective on the reality of the war.

@Bornst3ll3r

Жыл бұрын

Asif u gave him a fiver

As a former artilleryman of the Danish army with two deployments to ex-Yugoslavia and one to Afghanistan I wouldn't hesitate to team up with Big Mac in an armed conflict. I've watched the entire series and this guys seems absolutely solid.

@charge61

Жыл бұрын

Knows too much for a short stint TA volunteer. Guy is a fake.

@111076tom

Жыл бұрын

As a former working-ant for the empire you mean? Like when the two scandinavian countries bombed Libya to pieces. That sure left a mark. Did you manage to kill any children while in Afghanistan? (Of course you did, but as a chicken with an oversized gun, you probably didn't see, did you?)

@drjerry5389

Жыл бұрын

Where you educated on Swedish Bofors artillery, like the Archer?

@kaknakful

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom You 3 have you own thing going on all on your own huh? All roughly at the same time... Not the same poster at all.... nooo.... not same bot at all. You guys are getting pretty damn predictable in your nonsense, you know.

@drjerry5389

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tomYou got a point! Look at Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan today with human and drug trafficking! Regime change wars have so far totally destroyed these countries!

These interviews are absolutely phenomenal! I've been a voracious consumer of all things Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, and it is a totally different experience hearing about the most micro level of events that are usually only told from a 15,000 foot view. I would seriously listen to this guy for 80 hours.

When I was in the TA in the early 80's our company commander was a Major and he was like one of the lads and an amazing leader. Whilst we were rock climbing he shouted out, 'don't try this just yet lads'. Then proceeded to go down a 100 foot rock face forwards at high speed. It's nearly 40 years ago and I still remember it like it was last week, lol........

Kudos to Lindybeige for the interview and to his guest for the stories and service. Fascinating. The Wondrium advert was hilarious too.

Your channel has always been awesome. Providing this interview series is next level though, thank you both for making it happen.

Thanks so much for this, I enjoyed every word of the interview, I keep in touch with front line updates every day, but this offers such new dimensions for real life on the ground

Could listen to this guy speak for hours. Superb interviews

This is one of the better resources on the Ukraine war to westerners in my opinion, particularly English-speaking westerners. Everybody knows a chap like this. and I, for one, am thankful this man answered the call.

@111076tom

Жыл бұрын

Better resources: (YT-channels) The New Atlas The Duran Alexander Mercouris History Legends

@hannes4223

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom Those are about as credible as the Russian MOD, you could at the very least provide some pro-Russia sources not funded by the Kremlin.

@jacqdanieles

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom ah yes, the Kremlin Shill Society members ...

@Vhalikuporamee447

Жыл бұрын

​@@111076tom Lazerpig and Perun would like to have a word with you.

@christopherconnolly5340

Жыл бұрын

I don't know anyone like Joe, unfortunately.

"swans are not known for hovering".... I really value the things I learn from Lloyd.

@wobblysauce

Жыл бұрын

They look like they do when attacking.

@mandowarrior123

Жыл бұрын

Swans can't take off an inch under 22' run up is my random swan fact bouncing around my skull.

@theguy9208

Жыл бұрын

@@mandowarrior123 so i could hopelessly trap fully flight-capable swans in a 20x20 yard? That sounds fun

The ads for a lindy beige video are basically just a second video on a different topic. Love it. Great interviews from this fella!

Great interview, Joe. Former US army sgt. here...And thanks for your service and sacrifice. Cheers and Best to you.

@rickysmyth

Жыл бұрын

Arent the US soldiers a bit on the cowardly or lazy side? Like they can't function if the enemy is stronger as they're used to having the ability of just getting an enemy position in front of them blown up rather than do hard work digging trenches and such like everyone else?

@azerd1535

Жыл бұрын

@@rickysmyth What? based on what info, this guys personal experiences? Just because he fought with some poor Americans does not mean all are that way, as the extraordinary amount of US volunteer footage displays. The US simply sent the majority of volunteers and as such has a notable amount of the poor volunteers there too.

What an absolute treat to have another video out of this brave lad. Lindybeige never ceases to satisfy

@texajp1946

Жыл бұрын

Probably just a warcrime attacking some poor ethnic Russian Ukrainian, a lot of this goes on, the fascist Kiev regime and their azov sbu attacks, tortured and kills Russian speaking Ukrainians

@AverageAlien

Жыл бұрын

Brave or just stupid. Hard to tell. Putting his life on the line for someone else's war, some fake, contrived garbage for the elites

@DARKOvibrations

Жыл бұрын

He’s a bullshitter

@Invictus13666

Жыл бұрын

Why are you in love with a liar?

@porc1429

Жыл бұрын

@@Invictus13666 ?

He's baaaack! Yay!!! What a treat this afternoon to get more inside peaks, esp spy stuff. The casualties are depressing, but please have him back on the regular. Is he still working there, I can't remember... Best to ya Joe!

I was in USMC aviation. In aviation you can't turn around without seeing an officer, mostly captains an below, but often majors an lt. colonels. Full bird colonels were rare.

@harrisonb9911

Жыл бұрын

Outside of usmc aviation they are rare.

@worldcomicsreview354

Жыл бұрын

Apparently the British navy has more admirals than ships.

@Hypernefelos

Жыл бұрын

Aviation is where the officers go out to fight and enlisted men stay back. Whole different ethos, I believe.

@jon_j__

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that basically because all pilots are officers, and they each have a few enlisted who keep their plane running? Compare this with a Captain in the army, who is in charge of a hundred or so enlisted, and where it's the enlisted (not the officer) who are the tip of the spear?

@Hypernefelos

Жыл бұрын

@@jon_j__ Yes, that's the reason. Back in the day there'd be more enlisted men within aircrews (e.g. in B-17s), but by now it's all officers.

Honest conversation, so rare to find nowadays. Keep them coming boss

Great interview. Thank you Lindy!

These interviews are probably the best thing I've ever seen on youtube. I even broke the habit of a lifetime and made a donation after the last one :)

I’m Ukrainian and I’m not in the army but I find these videos very inspiring and insightful. Thank you for your service 🇺🇦🙏🏻

@111076tom

Жыл бұрын

Can you tell us why Kiev have been shelling Donbass for 9 years?

@niktonic5379

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom Because Russians started an insurgency there... They should go home to Russia.

@misterserious3522

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom because it was filled with Russians trying to implement Holodomor 2.0 after having been imported during and after Holodomor 1.0 ethnic cleansing. Every non-Russian in Ukraine fully understands that Russia intends complete extermination of Ukrainians, this being Russias intent for centuries.

@ShakaCthulu

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom UA hasn’t been shelling Donbas for 9 years, but when it was shelling in Donbas it was because Russia had troops there. Look up Strelkov, Igor Bezler, Mangushev, and the “little green men”. Strelkov has said multiple times there’d be no separatists in Donbas if the Russians weren’t there. And it’s KYIV, vatnik scum.

@Lovi89

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom because Russia armed them to the theeth and made them a rouge state?

"If he's smart and organized and he's getting everything done, promote that man!" great words to live by

It seemed damn long at the beginning, but i watched it through the course of the day. Be safe. I’ve watched all your interviews. You are a brave soul! 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

@smokey6292

Жыл бұрын

🇺🇲🤡

I really hope Joe survives this conflict and opens a butcher shop in Ukraine called the Counter-Espionage Sausage Co. The advertising slogan could be "Our recipe is a national secret!" Commercials could have the same Spanish guy always trying to sneak in and steal ingredients for the Russians and getting caught in the process.

@BigMakBattleBlog

Жыл бұрын

Like it

@sigurdvonliebenfels3304

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he can hire the famous "Cannibal of Kyiv" as the chef.

@111076tom

Жыл бұрын

That will have to bee in western Ukraine, as the east will be Russian in a few years...

@ng.tr.s.p.1254

Жыл бұрын

@@111076tom B*llsh*t, the dust hasn't settled yet.

Let's go! More history that won't be in the books, such a treat.

Great interview and channel glad I found it!

Love these interview videos. I could watch 100 of these.

I hope Lindy brings us more of Joe's First Hand Accounts. Great Interview, great way of Making this Series - and an absolutely Veteran's Respect to Joe: I salute you, Sir!

@sam8404

Жыл бұрын

FYI that's just his channel name, his real name is Lloyd.

He’s very easy to listen to and really seems to know his salt.. I hope there are more episodes coming down the line 🤞🏼

Usually I skip the ad break but it was a treat to see lindybeige talk about dinosaurs for like 5 minutes

Absolutely loving the interviews

Is Spain some kind of KGB base in EU nowadays? Recently Polish border guard stopped for questioning two Spaniards scuba diving nearby oil port/refinery in Gdańsk. According to them they have been searching for amber... in bad weather at night using underwater scooter. Hopefully it was only about drugs smuggling.

@i.h.9829

Жыл бұрын

In Europe I think that Austria plays that role.

@AverageAlien

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully.

YES! I have been waiting for these videos to return, checking weekly as I deeply respect both Lloyd and Joe! Thanks for sharing your story. These videos are history.

Fantastic interview giving a lot of understanding of the dirty business of war. This guys ability to observe many details and retell them is amazing!

@juliagarb

10 ай бұрын

Your basic animal instincts kick in

Haha. The patch on the front of his jacket says, "I'm Special."

@dominicczajka6005

Жыл бұрын

Yep....special needs.

It's terribly sad that he has these stories to tell but ... he does tell a damn good story!

A lot of respect to our brother here in this video and all the rest that volunteered to help. I'm very glad you had the opportunity to have some really good discussions and recollections, this has been an excellent set of videos.

Priceless. What a sense of humor combined with intellect. Thank you for your service!

Absolutely the best interviews ever. I tend to come back from time to time. And might add that the wondrium intro is the most sincere and fun commercial and pitch ever. Thinking of having a browse.

My maternal grandfather who lives in the suburbs of Warsaw was in the resistance as a teenager, his neighbour was in the resistance as well, and he told a story of how they caught a suspected German spy who was a Pole also in the resistance, but they were not sure, so they sent a couple of guys to the fellows appartment in the center of Warsaw to comb it for evidence. after really turning the place inside out, they ound a Gestapo passage card with the fellows name on it, that gave him acces to the Gestapo HQ in Warsaw. After the proof was secured they returned and had to decide how to off the spy. Someone suggested to give him one of the cyanide glass ampules they had to commit suicide with if caught, but a capsule that had gone bad, that they had been told to never use. So they thested it n the spy to see wath happens. In stead of dying immediatly, the fellow started frothing at the mouth and started to scream in agony so loud that one of the chaps jumped on him and throttled him with hi bare hands so the screams would not alert any passers by.

@BigMakBattleBlog

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@jerribee1

Жыл бұрын

That's the sort of thing you don't read in history books.

@simonsmite6600

Жыл бұрын

You would think they would torture him for what he knew and had said.

@hughprattis7494

Жыл бұрын

😢

@bustavonnutz

Жыл бұрын

And people are shocked the Poles would create camps like Zgoda; there were no good guys in WWII.

The Russian army ethos has not changed in 75 years. Their frontline soldiers defecated at the most unusual places, like libraries, tearing random pages out of the books to wipe their rears, and leaving all that in the room after they moved on. Captured in written memoirs from the de-nazification of Budapest, January-February 1945.

@stevencooper4422

Жыл бұрын

In this case they rely on private military contractors to do all the heavy lifting for them, while they simply occupy the buildings already empty, or destroyed by artillery

@idimo7976

Жыл бұрын

And?

@vitapont7338

Жыл бұрын

@@idimo7976 no "and". Period. Russian army may be the 2nd army of the world, but then this must be from the bottom, in terms of moral. Looters, rapists, giving a crap whereever the like, even in their bunkers. "Liberating" civilians from their valuables. The similarity of these events repeating tells a lot about Russia itself, and it's never ending hordes of agressors. I hope the failure in Ukraine will break Russia's appetite for more violence once and for all.

@honkhonk8009

Жыл бұрын

@@stevencooper4422 The Wagner group tried to take on the Americans one time. They werent even mercenaries. They were all full on SPETSNAZ. The entire group of Wagner that were sent, were all utterly anhilated by the 18 year olds in the American military. They just used MQ9's and wiped them out with zero casualties. Apparently it was so humiliating for Russia, that the Americans didnt want to risk the story getting popular, so it was only a short segment on the BBC. A humiliated enemy is unpredictable so it does make sense.

@idimo7976

Жыл бұрын

@@vitapont7338 What makes it different from any other army?

Thanks for the interview!

This series of interviews has been so insightful and interesting.

Damn, that story about the little girl just broke my heart. And I know there are many more stories like that all throughout Ukraine. Is Joe planning to go back to Ukraine?

He looks so much like a young Lister from Red Dwarf I kept expecting him to refer to stupid people as 'smeg heads'.

@comdo831

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he is Lister gone back in time.

For the old USSR system, a lieutenant is like sergeant in British army, a captain is like a sergeant major in British army and a major is like a lieutenant in British army,

The look on his face talking about the little girl who got mortared was gut wrenching.

@KiwiCatherineJemma

Жыл бұрын

Surely that one story alone epitomises the shocking waste of life that Russia's war of invasion, has caused in Ukraine. He knew of that one most tragic case, which he told us about. Unfortunately similar events must surely have happened at least another 10,000 times, or more. That is the dreadful toll of entirely unnecessary war, on innocent civilians, just trying to live their daily lives.

@vitapont7338

Жыл бұрын

And now imagine how the local Ukrainian soldiers felt about that... And still they had to restrain themselves and not shoot the cynical Russian POWs, as they were necessary for exchanging theirs in captivity.

@shmekelfreckles8157

Жыл бұрын

@@KiwiCatherineJemma you’re saying this as if russians are shelling civils

@guddahmit4866

Жыл бұрын

​@@KiwiCatherineJemma "entirely unnecessary war" like Ukraine government and its masters haven't told over a dozen times, that the Ukrainian Civil war and all those years were a preparation for such conflict with Russia, and they were preparing militarly taking Donbass region and Crimea

@guddahmit4866

Жыл бұрын

​@@vitapont7338 tell that to dozens of Russian POWs who were shot and tortures throughout this war by Ukrainians and their mercs

Are there anymore of these to come? utterly fantastic content

@themog4911

Жыл бұрын

"utterly fantastic" not sure those words fit together :)

Humanising such a horrific situation (as only a Brit can) has been absolutely wonderful to hear. Thank you.

@banmadabon

Жыл бұрын

Aaaah the brit...So humane!

@hagestad

Жыл бұрын

BTW if a Brit tell you someone is living like swine that's really telling something. Brits specially on holiday are one of the more disgusting human beings. And not like its some kind of news. They all now it and entire world of client services know it.

@stefthorman8548

9 ай бұрын

@@banmadabon you indian or something? if so, yes, they brits when to india, an completely peaceful country that eats grass like cows suddenly gotten attacked by the big scary brits, the peaceful, and united Indians didn't stand an chance, is that how you saw it? funfact, the indians weren't humane, they burn their widows alive, before the brits stopped that

Thanks for the interview, Joe is such a great story teller!

This guy is an amazingly compelling story teller.

Very informative interview, thank you for the foresight into the campaign 👍

I just realized his insignia says “I’M SPECIAL”.

@chullychullster3077

Жыл бұрын

Not just any old special but "my mum said I'm special"

@MrManBuzz

Жыл бұрын

It actually says "Mama said I'm special". It's funny some people saw the "I'm special" part and took it as him thinking he's full of himself, when if anything he's taking the piss out of himself with that badge. He seems like an interesting fella to say the least. I'd certainly enjoy a few drinks chatting with him.

We need more of this guy. What a great storyteller soldier!

Excellent flower arrangement as usual

Love these interviews so much. They are a fantastic resource in addition to the news and smaller first hand information. It rounds out the understanding of the wat so much. This man is a real hero. Protecting not just Ukraine l, but the whole world when no one asked him to.

The most fascinating telling of the Ukraine saga I've heard yet. Absolutely brilliant interview. I could listen to this bloke go on for days

oh yes! another joe interview 🎉 i’ve learned so much listening to this man, he’s a great storyteller and i appreciate you both filming these insights ❤

Absolutely brilliant series of interviews.

This interview series has been facinating.

Thanks again to you both. Brilliant insights. A very human way to get across what’s happening and the experiences you have had. I would thoroughly recommend these interviews to anyone.

I could listen to this young man all night best wishes to him and I hope he keeps safe

I could definitely rewatch these interviews again and again. Big Mac is one of the best story tellers!

Brilliant Interview from this Lad, massive respect for you and everyone at your side

The end bit about being given food reminds me of Iraq. We were given this massive stock pot of some red stew with lamb in it and fresh pita type bread. I swear that was the best meal I ever had

These interviews are so interesting! Joe is a very interesting person generally and would be great to hear from others returning home from the war!

@scottfreedoms9584

Жыл бұрын

It would be great to interview someone Joe served with.

Please do more of these they're so good

GREAT interview, as always, sir.

Very nice of you Lloyd to interview such a man and give everybody unbiased insight to what is actually happening there on the ground

He's a great story teller! I could listen to him all day!

What an amazing lad! Thank you a lot for such an interesting interview.

Taking it you still haven’t checked this guys passport stamps