Iraq War Veteran Rates 10 Iraq War Battles In Movies & TV Shows | How Real Is It? | Insider

Jay Dorleus, an Iraq War veteran, looks at how the Iraq War is portrayed in movies and TV shows.
He looks at the realism of sniper battles in Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" (2014), starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller; "The Wall" (2017), starring John Cena and Aaron Taylor-Johnson; and "Green Zone" (2010), starring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, and Brendan Gleeson. He discusses his own experience finding and disposing of IEDs when watching "The Hurt Locker" (2008), starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Guy Pearce; Denzel Washington's "A Journal for Jordan" (2021), starring Michael B. Jordan; and "Cherry" (2021), starring Tom Holland. He examines how PTSD is portrayed in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" (2016), starring Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel, and Kristen Stewart. He explains what urban warfare in Iraq was like, as seen in "Stop-Loss" (2008), starring Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; and "Generation Kill" (2008), starring Alexander Skarsgård. Finally, he breaks down the infamous "Triangle of Death," as portrayed in "War Dogs" (2016), starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, and Ana de Armas.
Follow Jay Dorleus:
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Veterans who have been affected by PTSD can contact the PTSD Foundation of America at ptsdusa.org or the Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org.
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  • @mikeymike1792
    @mikeymike17922 ай бұрын

    That PTSD scene is pretty impressive. Nice to see it discussed.

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    they did a pretty job, on the depiction I agree

  • @borntoclimb7116

    @borntoclimb7116

    2 ай бұрын

    This is important

  • @loganwontmiss

    @loganwontmiss

    Ай бұрын

    @@GreenBeretChronicles😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @loganwontmiss

    @loganwontmiss

    Ай бұрын

    @@borntoclimb7116😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @TheSimpleMan454

    @TheSimpleMan454

    Ай бұрын

    Not just on the depiction of PTSD by itself, but the response I really liked as well. "We're not on a battlefield, we're home free. You and me. Look up. What do ya see?" "A lot of smoke." "Yeah, that's there, but it's a machine, you got Destiny's Child behind on the stage right in front of you. See?"

  • @Gimme_Stitches
    @Gimme_Stitches2 ай бұрын

    A retired 1SG mad about a chinstrap, accurate AF.

  • @jamesm3471

    @jamesm3471

    2 ай бұрын

    Indubitably

  • @raylopez99

    @raylopez99

    2 ай бұрын

    But what about those honor guards who have the tiny chin strap that fits just under your lip? ;)

  • @joneszer1

    @joneszer1

    2 ай бұрын

    It would behoove them to unfuck that Kevlar.

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    haha, yep

  • @deronpowell427

    @deronpowell427

    2 ай бұрын

    For real 😂😂

  • @AmpND
    @AmpND2 ай бұрын

    Served two tours as route clearance in Iraq. Dorleus was on point, so happy to hear a fellow engineer layin it down!

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    yes, Thanks

  • @cartesian_doubt6230

    @cartesian_doubt6230

    2 ай бұрын

    Engineers lead the way!

  • @oliveradams1270

    @oliveradams1270

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your service

  • @brunol-p_g8800

    @brunol-p_g8800

    2 ай бұрын

    Congrats for claiming your participation in one of the USA’s invading wars. The entire world hates you for that. That’s like having a Russian soldier happily claiming his participation in the invasion of Ukraine.

  • @lllllREDACTEDlllll

    @lllllREDACTEDlllll

    2 ай бұрын

    Essayons --- 10th

  • @Korasi
    @Korasi2 ай бұрын

    This guys' arms are bigger then my future

  • @user-zv9mk3qr8i

    @user-zv9mk3qr8i

    2 ай бұрын

    😐

  • @Vibe_Raider

    @Vibe_Raider

    2 ай бұрын

    Yup. Its *than also 💀

  • @Korasi

    @Korasi

    2 ай бұрын

    You raided my Vibe bro.@@Vibe_Raider

  • @bonsaw57

    @bonsaw57

    Ай бұрын

    What’s his 3 mile? That’s what I wanna know…..

  • @L11ghtman

    @L11ghtman

    Ай бұрын

    The Army has the absolute biggest beef-men and the absolute scrawniest wiry guys and they can both kill you

  • @7bootzy
    @7bootzy2 ай бұрын

    It's so awesome he speaks so openly about his own struggles with PTSD. We need this now more than ever.

  • @rockzhard2009
    @rockzhard20092 ай бұрын

    this dude was seriously on point. please have him do more of these.

  • @Butter9322

    @Butter9322

    2 ай бұрын

    He's a glorified terrorist. Really helped America by killing Iraqi civilians.

  • @ElstonGunnII
    @ElstonGunnII2 ай бұрын

    Vets seem to rarely have anything good to say about the Hurt Locker. Interesting how it was so critically acclaimed but seems to have missed the mark on military realism for the most part. Also shoutout to Jay for being on this episode! He didn't mention it in the intro but he was Special Forces (aka Green Beret), his videos are worth a watch too.

  • @dmcgee3

    @dmcgee3

    2 ай бұрын

    Well critically acclaimed by film critics. And for a movie with a $15 million budget they did a good job, albeit not a realistic job. Also a lot of the hype was the usual Oscars circle jerk, Kathryn Bigalow was the first female to win best director and I believe also beat her ex husband James Cameron who was up for Avatar. The academy really wanted to show how inclusive they are. And as far as directing of a movie she certainly deserved it over Avatar. But back to the point the screenplay was written by a journalist imbedded with troops for 2 weeks. Same guy also wrote Zero Dark Thirty, and apparently the story in the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • @ElstonGunnII

    @ElstonGunnII

    2 ай бұрын

    @@dmcgee3 Full disclosure I havent seen it, but I imagine it's high on drama and story but lacking in the accuracy department which critics are gonna take any day over meticulous attention to detail, although it helps for sure. But yeah award shows have always been about industry politics and virtue signalling especially nowadays

  • @alexisborden3191

    @alexisborden3191

    2 ай бұрын

    To be fair being historically accurate and a good movie are 2 different things, some do both some do neither.

  • @unluckytourist

    @unluckytourist

    2 ай бұрын

    Because it's a really good movie. Platoon is a great war movie, even though Oliver Stone's old teammates said it was completely over the top and covered about 50 careers in one.

  • @AngeloBarovierSD

    @AngeloBarovierSD

    2 ай бұрын

    @@dmcgee3JFC, is the Woke Boogeyman in the room with you right now? The Hurt Locker was a fine film (for story and character) and her Oscar was deserved. Avatar was an amazing technical feat by a master of genre film but its story is unimpressive.

  • @bimboalabama5649
    @bimboalabama56492 ай бұрын

    " we can't just leave them (humvees) on the side of the road. We can't take off on foot because now we're leaving government equipment behind and we're running from the enemy and we just don't do that." notice his smile. lol

  • @courage04

    @courage04

    2 ай бұрын

    Afghanistan reference?

  • @SM-nz9ff

    @SM-nz9ff

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@courage04 He was talking about in a battle. But at any rate I literally know 0 vets including myself who actually like Joe Biden no one is worried about such a comment though we weren't the ones holed up in caves in the mountains we had everything but those caverns. We care about what happened and is happening to the people especially women. Biden clearly isn't as caring a person as he'd have you believe, we knew the ANA was about 30% Taliban already and this was reported/known to him. Its not just conservatives that know(not think) Biden is a sub human POS.

  • @brandenantonino23

    @brandenantonino23

    6 күн бұрын

    He should laugh cause Bidens a dumbass

  • @davidwebb1428
    @davidwebb14282 ай бұрын

    Hey this is Jay Dorleus! He has a KZread channel named Green Beret Chronicles. I saw the thumbnail and thought it was him but something was a little off, he wasn't wearing his hat. Jay is starting a mentor program for people interested in the military. I had the privilege of having a 60 minute one on one call with him. He was very helpful and informative. Without a doubt he knows a lot. I have only seen one of the movies here and that was Green Zone. The landmines and IEDs everywhere had to be nerve wrecking but our brave men and women went in anyways. Thank you, Jay and everyone who has served in the military.

  • @cylandar

    @cylandar

    2 ай бұрын

    Why are you talking in 3rd person?

  • @rexbanner2953

    @rexbanner2953

    2 ай бұрын

    @cylandar It wasn't the actual Jay Dorleus typing, nor was the writer pretending to be. His fan was just saying like "Hey, this is Michael Jordan doing this Insider youtube video. Much respect" (FYI, the real Jay is actually replying in the comments as @GreenBeretChronicles )

  • @Dzokhar
    @Dzokhar2 ай бұрын

    Glad to see the Hurt Locker still getting minimal points.

  • @TealJosh

    @TealJosh

    2 ай бұрын

    Ain't no way Hurt Locker is going to get high points from an engineer.

  • @User-54631

    @User-54631

    2 ай бұрын

    It was directed by a woman…..just saying

  • @TealJosh

    @TealJosh

    2 ай бұрын

    @@User-54631 oh, didn't know that. Good to know that civilians are bad at directing military style movies and shows no matter the gender. True equality is finally achieved.

  • @adrian4987

    @adrian4987

    2 ай бұрын

    @@User-54631 u tried

  • @sketchygetchey8299

    @sketchygetchey8299

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TealJoshwhat’s insulting is that they didn’t even bring a Military Technical Advisor! Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, and Full Metal Jacket all at least had one (even played a role in the movie).

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
    @picahudsoniaunflocked54262 ай бұрын

    This dude's great & he's been thru so much so young. Can't imagine being treated for PTSD then being able to calmly witness triggering movie clips yet still deliver excellent commentary, including about PTSD itself. Brother deserves nothing but peace until the end of his long happy healthy life.

  • @chickenisindeedmystyle7316

    @chickenisindeedmystyle7316

    Ай бұрын

    does he

  • @miroBGgsi
    @miroBGgsi2 ай бұрын

    I would like to see episode of Iraq War Vets doing a reaction to scenes ONLY from Generation Kill, that would be awesome.

  • @unsaken

    @unsaken

    2 ай бұрын

    I love that show

  • @codyandrex152

    @codyandrex152

    2 ай бұрын

    They are already in the show though X)

  • @cameronjuntti4749

    @cameronjuntti4749

    14 күн бұрын

    Every Iraq vet I’ve spoken to, and honestly WoT vet in general, has told me that Gen Kill is the most realistic piece of media made so far. I’ve seen it a minimum of a dozen times, it’s hand in hand with Band of Brothers for me.

  • @westnilesnipes
    @westnilesnipes2 ай бұрын

    These veteran react ones are always fascinating because of each person’s varying experiences.

  • @LucaZ283
    @LucaZ2832 ай бұрын

    This was by far the best narrator ever

  • @Fatherofheroesandheroines
    @Fatherofheroesandheroines2 ай бұрын

    As a veteran of Iraq this was odd because I was thinking about Iraq today.

  • @TheSuperi9

    @TheSuperi9

    2 ай бұрын

    thats right your life must be miserable due to the wrongs you committed there.

  • @Colorfullll

    @Colorfullll

    2 ай бұрын

    You dont need to shame the guy, hes been through enough.​@@TheSuperi9

  • @santanalz

    @santanalz

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TheSuperi9If you're in the military, ANY military, and you don't follow orders, really bad ******* happens to you. So, shut up ya child.

  • @CWHistory07

    @CWHistory07

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TheSuperi9 Can you not

  • @TheSuperi9

    @TheSuperi9

    2 ай бұрын

    @@CWHistory07 What the truth hurts

  • @garretyeager1469
    @garretyeager14692 ай бұрын

    This is one of the most on point breakdowns I have ever seen; Especially regarding PTSD. Good to see someone speaking openly about needing to seek help to resolve their issues.

  • @jimborowe970
    @jimborowe9702 ай бұрын

    The thing about American Sniper that pissed me off the most was him going and clearing houses with the Marines. He got down there and apparently the Marines had no idea how to clear a house, in the middle of the battle of Fallujah. Lol, for real, at that point those Marines had no need of some lone Navy SEAL to come down and show them how to do their job with a sniper rifle.

  • @midnightq69

    @midnightq69

    2 ай бұрын

    He didn’t use a sniper rifle to help them clear houses though, he used a Mk18 mod 0 CQB.

  • @thetoxicsurvivor2739

    @thetoxicsurvivor2739

    2 ай бұрын

    He used a m110. It’s the same rifle he was providing overwatch with.

  • @jimborowe970

    @jimborowe970

    2 ай бұрын

    The point is, it’s kinda insulting to assume that these Marines were as clueless as they appear in this movie. I get that it’s a movie, but it this point I think the Marines a pretty good idea of what they were doing. He could’ve gone in there with 4 knives taped together to make a sword and my point would be the same.

  • @midnightq69

    @midnightq69

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jimborowe970 you a marine? Soz but if we’re talking which branch is collectively the biggest dumbass, it’s marines. It’s a movie for entertainment, chill out.

  • @panzerkeks8530

    @panzerkeks8530

    2 ай бұрын

    This scene always bugged me too. Also the hand signals like they had no idea what they mean

  • @gavinkarnage
    @gavinkarnage2 ай бұрын

    about time yall released this era

  • @TealJosh
    @TealJosh2 ай бұрын

    Respect to fellow military engineers. Combat or not. Love y'all.

  • @yashjoseph3544
    @yashjoseph35442 ай бұрын

    Hey! It’s the guy from the Green Beret Chronicles KZread channel. You have inspired me and I’m going to start the process of going Army SOF and pursuing my true dream instead of what my family is pressuring me to do. I will keep watching your videos and hope you keep doing what you’re doing. Thank you.

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    lets get it

  • @infin8ee

    @infin8ee

    2 ай бұрын

    Good on you. Do for you not what others think you should. Good luck

  • @Vivi2372

    @Vivi2372

    2 ай бұрын

    I am so sorry that your dream is to serve in a military and for a country that actively makes the world a worse place for everyone.

  • @yashjoseph3544

    @yashjoseph3544

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Vivi2372 Except it doesn't. We are currently living in the most peaceful and prosperous time in human history and it's still improving slowly across the world. The stats prove it. I know what my nation has done in the past. I am not naive. However, I also know that some people, especially terminally online people, love to blame the US for stuff that it had nothing to do with, and I will call them out for it.

  • @Shadow.behind.mountains

    @Shadow.behind.mountains

    2 ай бұрын

    Let’s get it. Lol last summer I was with my brother in law (I think that’s how one says it?) and was doing outdoor carpentry for a man from Peru his name was Roberto. He showed his tattoo and pictures of when he was a young combat diver. Then he said “he’s going to become a comando soldier” to my brother in law, I laughed and he looked at me and said “why are you laughing!? I’m serious!” 😅

  • @DougsterCanada1
    @DougsterCanada1Ай бұрын

    Thank you for your service. Bless all who served. - Respect from Canada

  • @vinhpham361
    @vinhpham3612 ай бұрын

    Notice how he is not introduce himself as “special forces” even though he was in special operation . That’s a real dude right there. He also have youtube channel.

  • @zacharymartin5033

    @zacharymartin5033

    2 ай бұрын

    11B isn't special forces its general infantry.

  • @vinhpham361

    @vinhpham361

    2 ай бұрын

    @@zacharymartin5033 yes it isnt, but he is a green beret.

  • @Glee73

    @Glee73

    7 күн бұрын

    He was 12b, combat engineer and later went on to be a green beret. ​@@zacharymartin5033

  • @ReezeGoingSenseless
    @ReezeGoingSenseless2 ай бұрын

    Always dope to hear from folks who experienced the nasty.Thanks, Insider! Also, bring more doctors for medical scenes please 😗

  • @Camopar87
    @Camopar872 ай бұрын

    Thank you for serving and sharing your story

  • @DNARevolutions
    @DNARevolutions2 ай бұрын

    3:55 - Insider shows a picture of an Aimpoint Comp M2, not an IZLID.

  • @ERIKBAY5.56

    @ERIKBAY5.56

    2 ай бұрын

    Was thinking the same. Plus the image stating "CQB" and the number two guy carrying a bolt action sniper rifle at 07:30.

  • @sakalaathletics

    @sakalaathletics

    2 ай бұрын

    Also shows a grenade launcher on the humvee instead of the m2 when it gets to the river scene.

  • @AngeloBarovierSD

    @AngeloBarovierSD

    2 ай бұрын

    Insider does this type of stuff often. Their producer should get the subject of the interview to review the graphics before the video gets published.

  • @iamlegion3093
    @iamlegion30932 ай бұрын

    Standards and Regulations, there troop. Needed more AR 670-1 issues. Great video loved it, dude was awesome!

  • @One_of_Gods_Warriors
    @One_of_Gods_WarriorsАй бұрын

    Love jay and his channel great to see him branching out and doing other stuff

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman98212 ай бұрын

    Jay Dorleus, thank you for your service.

  • @JulesA-C
    @JulesA-C2 ай бұрын

    What great reviews. Thanks

  • @crazyredwood1488
    @crazyredwood148815 күн бұрын

    I really appreciate how he gave his reasons for the scores he awarded. A nice recap of everything he'd said by that point. Fantastic and informative, as all of these are.

  • @user-ze9dd9cm3e
    @user-ze9dd9cm3eАй бұрын

    His judgement is critical,his breakdown of real world experience vs Hollywood is next level,I'm lovin the scores!!

  • @graydonpanzica330
    @graydonpanzica3302 ай бұрын

    8:17 I'm sorry about your friends, Jay. Thank you all for your service. Bless you.

  • @Xaviier9090
    @Xaviier90902 ай бұрын

    JAY!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

  • @gamingpro3532
    @gamingpro3532Ай бұрын

    Thank You for your Service. 🙏❤️✝️🇺🇸

  • @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control
    @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control2 ай бұрын

    1-8 Cav here, I was a tanker in Baghdad for about 2 1/2 years over seas and the only movie I've seen about my conflict that really impresses me was Sand Castles. Some urban ambush stuff I've dealt with many times they do quite well there. And yeah we did a lot of our work in trucks just like any grunt. Tanks were used about 25% of the time on missions. American Sniper does a good job of getting the look right though. No question there that's good attention to detail. My big beef with movies about our recent conflicts is mostly that they are set in such rural circumstances, and I've never seen war from the countryside, only in highly populated areas. And it simply looks different than what you usually see portrayed in film. It's not very exciting just having a roadside bomb explode with no movement to contact. Or evading a rooftop ambush and retuning later with a battalion or brigade element. So the movies that do show those types of things tend to be shown from POVs I'm not familiar with, like helicopters or EOD. Long story short, we saw a lot of war but actually did very little shooting. And people don't want to see that very much. We had to be very careful about returning fire and our enemies were very keen to not be found, so the name of the game was just staying alive and making sure our responses were fast and no one panics.

  • @hoghogwild

    @hoghogwild

    2 ай бұрын

    Good day, a question if I may. Were you in country around June/July 2004 around Al Rashid delivering almost 70 tonnes of seeds, fertilizer and 5 tractors for the local farmers? For their/your efforts, 1st Battalion was rewarded with 5 KIA and multiple wounded. "Honour and Courage" Glad you made it home.

  • @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control

    @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control

    2 ай бұрын

    @@hoghogwild We were in Camp Falcon and our sector was Abu Dsheer on the southern part of the city. Very poor part of town. 2nd tour we were up in Baladiyat/Oubedi out of Camp Rustimayah, but we lived out in sector in fortified bunkers for most of that. Can't remember which company in our battalion had the farms to the southeast of us but they had some nasty IED problems on those canal roads. Thanks for the kinds words!

  • @HyphyJuice916
    @HyphyJuice916Ай бұрын

    9:26 looks so damn accurate and real. I've never seen this movie but it looks damn good as far as realistic gunfire and explosions.

  • @roberthipolito1351
    @roberthipolito13512 ай бұрын

    Jay from GreenBeretChronicles. Been following his channel for a while, good stuff.

  • @Ice_48
    @Ice_48Ай бұрын

    Thank you for your service sir. You and our American troops have every ounce of my respect

  • @keth8947
    @keth89472 ай бұрын

    Insider needs to get a group of veterans and have them just sit and talk about stories; I can guarantee the conversation would blow civilians minds.

  • @paulhargrove7929
    @paulhargrove79292 ай бұрын

    love my sappers. (referring to PTSD clip in any considered low to advanced stages) good to see you (who ever the speaker is) keeping composure when being shown all these flashes of triggering clips (p.c) clips. i hope you were able to decompress and gather yourself before being left to your own mechanisms to make it home or wherever you had to go to get home alone safe and sound. i know all to well being shown flashes of war clips and battle damage and asked to identifying and explaining in barney style terms to people never having being there having to re-lase your boots and baby-sit reliving in detail actions taken on combatants (direct/indirect) stream line personally experienced sustained visible/no visible injuries and brothers who paid the ultimate respect during deployments and after reintegration that you've witnessed at a young age and re-lived yearly after at least 6-8 months between another round of 12-15 month rotations just to be told your time is up thank you and sent on your way with a breathing exercise or a thanks for sharing and a cautious unsure approach to a hand shake. those First steps outside are so different and the air doesn't even smell the same when you see people just going about their normal days with minimal attention to detail and that initial alone time sitting by yourself in you vehicle is a blessing to eventually come around from and to regaining the suppression of any first thought urges. Replacing images of war with images of family ,friends, priorities, obligations, and remembrance honoring ones lost that you continue to live selflessly and hopefully gives answers to not immediately drive to the nearest watering hole or dive bar and do stupid stuff because of displaced aggression,depression,or aggression. i applaud your growth, you learning from your experiences good and losing your freedoms you've fought so hard for and get back in the fight confidently displaying growth and maturity. and for anyone else watching and possibly struggling , drill in the understanding that you're not alone and nothing is impossible.

  • @kenpettus8348
    @kenpettus83482 ай бұрын

    Thank u bro

  • @blue3g1
    @blue3g12 ай бұрын

    Great info

  • @jackson857
    @jackson8572 ай бұрын

    Very informative. I like this guy.

  • @sera2775
    @sera27752 ай бұрын

    GK great series, glad it got 9 In regards to former military (or other style videos) reviewing depiction on film, i think consider bias of how they think it should be, rather than is. Still very interesting

  • @user-kr7yh8vw9m
    @user-kr7yh8vw9m2 ай бұрын

    I really enjoyed this ratings from a real veteran, it teaches us a lot of what he and his compatriots went through. That PTSD scene was fantastic, a splendid representation of the trauma the soldiers had to endure after they returned home.

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree 100%

  • @kenbrovost9653
    @kenbrovost9653Ай бұрын

    This guy is a former Green Berets if I remember right. Humble of him not to bring it up

  • @jameslarsen5764
    @jameslarsen57642 ай бұрын

    So everyone is aware, Jay isn’t just a 1sgt, he was Special Forces baby 🇺🇸🦅🦅

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    lets get it

  • @suprarcjpop545

    @suprarcjpop545

    2 ай бұрын

    No one cares, they ran away from Afghanistan.

  • @Vivi2372

    @Vivi2372

    2 ай бұрын

    Imagine thinking that's a good thing. American jingoism is a disease.

  • @zeroonezero6270
    @zeroonezero62702 ай бұрын

    Super generous ratings on 4/10 movies when he says, “none of this makes sense at all.” Thank you for your service. You’re extremely knowledgeable.

  • @pjetrs
    @pjetrs15 күн бұрын

    To quote the great warrior poet Ice Cube: If the day does not require an AK, it is good.

  • @Sleepyboiwonder
    @Sleepyboiwonder2 ай бұрын

    This man is literally a national hero

  • @dotdarkness

    @dotdarkness

    Ай бұрын

    Respect for him

  • @mrlolmw2
    @mrlolmw2Ай бұрын

    Huge shoutout for talking about PTSD in this

  • @satwakibhattacharya2075
    @satwakibhattacharya20752 ай бұрын

    The John Cena movie, very honest rating❤❤ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES SIR❤❤

  • @thebeastmk2
    @thebeastmk22 ай бұрын

    I glad that you saw that you needed help and got it

  • @borntoclimb7116
    @borntoclimb71162 ай бұрын

    Greetings from Germany. I love those movie reaction Videos. Some movies are pretty good but the most are just silverscreen hocuspocus.

  • @michaelchallis4129

    @michaelchallis4129

    2 ай бұрын

    AKA movie magic.

  • @prointernetuser
    @prointernetuser2 ай бұрын

    GreenBeretChronicles represent!

  • @secondhandlyon2603
    @secondhandlyon26032 ай бұрын

    In "green zone" that sniper had to be a noob because he was skylined and even I could have spotted him with my 55 yr old eyes.

  • @user-ig3el6zt6c

    @user-ig3el6zt6c

    2 ай бұрын

    Silhouette

  • @rush0wr987
    @rush0wr9872 ай бұрын

    18:09 what about thermal scopes? And thank you for your service.

  • @ice-cold4342
    @ice-cold43422 ай бұрын

    I was a grunt patrolling route Michigan between fallujah and ramadi and American sniper pissed me off straight bs

  • @Bans94
    @Bans942 ай бұрын

    Got to hand it to the Iraqis, dudes new how to fight. Shame the whole war had to happen to begin with. So many good lives lost for no reason.

  • @user-ig3el6zt6c

    @user-ig3el6zt6c

    2 ай бұрын

    The bathast are the bad guys. Literally the arab version of the nazis

  • @Vivi2372

    @Vivi2372

    2 ай бұрын

    I mean the war didn't have to happen at all. But that's the sort of thing that does happen when presidents and their lackies don't get called out on obvious lies.

  • @yashjoseph3544

    @yashjoseph3544

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Vivi2372 Any war is one of choice, but this is the wrong framing. The question wasn’t to invade by an arbitrary date or let stability reign. The sanctions regime was actively collapsing, thanks to countries like Jordan, France, Germany, and Russia. Had it collapsed entirely, Saddam Hussein could have rebuilt his weapons programs. In some ways, of course, there is always a choice. In this case, then, the choice was to constrain Saddam or allow the restoration of his power. The status quo was not an option. Bush didn't lie. Bush (and Vice President Dick Cheney) read the intelligence presented them. Sometimes, that intelligence was wrong. The problem wasn’t Bush-era politicization of intelligence. The problem was more systematic and, as the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency sought to deflect blame, it remains unresolved. The core problem is that much of the Iraq-era intelligence rested on either signals intelligence (e.g. intercepted phone calls) or human intelligence (e.g. debriefing defectors). Hussein had bluffed even his own people about having weapons of mass destruction. That meant that generals speaking to each other on the telephone might make reference to a capability they believed Iraq had and debriefs of defectors deemed not to be deceptive reinforced this claim, because the defectors also believed Saddam’s propaganda. How to avoid multiple streams of bad intelligence each reinforcing each other? Lost in the blame game is the fact that there still is no answer.

  • @SirsasthNigam.
    @SirsasthNigam.2 ай бұрын

    "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" (2016) & "Generation Kill" (2008) -most real

  • @AdamEdenhofer-lu5mx
    @AdamEdenhofer-lu5mx18 күн бұрын

    thank you to all past and present soldiers for your service and sacrifice

  • @1986svs05
    @1986svs052 ай бұрын

    Generation Kill is a 10 out 10 for me.

  • @christianmcglothren6024
    @christianmcglothren6024Ай бұрын

    My gramps was a green beret and he loved this episode

  • @Kingnome
    @Kingnome2 ай бұрын

    It’s good to see an honest take on Chris Kyle fictional god like film portrayal. I’m sure the host got lot of hate for it.

  • @andersonandrighi4539
    @andersonandrighi45392 ай бұрын

    I'm not a soldier. Had contact with soldiers that went to Iraq and most did not believe in WMD. They fought because it was their job and also few people held Sadam Hussein in high regard.

  • @nw2861
    @nw28612 ай бұрын

    Please include scenes from Mosul and Girls of the Sun.

  • @noahmcdonald686
    @noahmcdonald6862 ай бұрын

    It's interesting to see how Jay sees the role of an interpreter here 20:50. Insider released a similar video recently that had an Afghan war veteran pointing out that, in fact, interpreters are more than just there to translate.

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    Once I got to Special Ops, my interpreters did more, but in big army, they just tranlated.

  • @infin8ee

    @infin8ee

    2 ай бұрын

    Cultural translation?

  • @HistorysRaven
    @HistorysRavenАй бұрын

    I don't know the specifics of the scene with the interpreter, but I do want to make an observation: Interpreters aren't just there to translate. We have translators. I was one. Not a combat-oriented translator, but a translator nonetheless. Interpreters are there to actually dig into what's being said, also what's not being said, and how it's being said. What First Sergeant said is he wanted a translator, not an interpreter.

  • @snowroaches
    @snowroaches2 ай бұрын

    We knew there was no reason to go to Iraq in 2002 when they started talking about it.

  • @93kornography
    @93kornography2 ай бұрын

    It’s relieving to see that there is still quality content on the internet, not just mindless tik toks. Real people discussing the skills they’ve learned from mastering their craft.

  • @sigspearthumb3249
    @sigspearthumb32492 ай бұрын

    3:56 That's not an IZLID, that's an Aimpoint Red Dot Sight, a Comp M2, I believe. 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @HeavyJay1421
    @HeavyJay1421Ай бұрын

    Ya'll need to get the FNG academy together on this insider

  • @erikfldt390
    @erikfldt390Ай бұрын

    Nice commentary. Glad they got a combat engineer instead of EOD, probably because they'd have to wait 12 more hours for EOD to show up. I think the biggest thing Hollywood misses is the paranoia of what happens next with IEDs and the endless loop of trying to outsmart insurgents. I haven't seen that depicted well enough. Not to mention they always have unarmored trucks in the movies like it's still 2003. By 2004 or 2005, Humvees had tons of modified armor, the Dukes and Rhino systems, and weighed as much as a bus despite being a third the size. They also never really show the damage a 50 cal can do and how loud it is, especially when you're in the trucks.

  • @NatoBro
    @NatoBro2 ай бұрын

    Brother looks like he could get back in the fight. 👍

  • @AoNLobby
    @AoNLobby2 ай бұрын

    Don’t be modest, you’re him. Tell them you are a green beret.

  • @mentlinc

    @mentlinc

    2 ай бұрын

    Modesty is the most honorable characteristic a man can have.

  • @AoNLobby

    @AoNLobby

    Ай бұрын

    @@mentlinc Fair enough

  • @jaysonjay2601
    @jaysonjay26012 ай бұрын

    Now, I have a list of to be watched war movies.

  • @101Supercritic
    @101Supercritic2 ай бұрын

    I'm sorry to those that were sent to Iraq under false pretenses

  • @tyno_skt
    @tyno_sktАй бұрын

    I really love these series, but it was to my understanding that the directors purposely set up the charges incorrectly so that the "evildoers" couldn't learn the real way these armies functioned

  • @williamcooper9379
    @williamcooper93792 ай бұрын

    He's correct 5 to 10 meters grenade distance 360 and no wedge or staggered formation has slow as route clearing and we fell behind we never tried to go ahead or turn sometimes it would be literally 5-6 extra hours

  • @mentlinc

    @mentlinc

    2 ай бұрын

    Hours behind the vehicles?

  • @marianotorrespico2975
    @marianotorrespico29752 ай бұрын

    --- IT IS ABOUT TIME . . . that a real soldier reviews battle movies.

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    haha

  • @astrangeodor
    @astrangeodorАй бұрын

    the sniper ya’ll brought on said the exact opposite about the sniper scene, running was much better than crawling

  • @eloquentsarcasm
    @eloquentsarcasmАй бұрын

    EOD grunts are a different breed, they go into a situation KNOWING things ain't right, and they have to un-f*&k things so the rest of us can get thru. I hold them in the same level of respect as the 160th SOAR chopper jockeys, those guys were utterly fearless when it came to getting us out of nasty situations and as long as I live, if I run into a Nightstalker, they will NEVER pay a cent for booze. Sua Sponte brothers, 30 years later I still miss that life, as much as it sucked at times.

  • @Enhancedlies
    @Enhancedlies2 ай бұрын

    was the battle of Nasiriyah a level on call of duty 4? or am I going insane?

  • @TruckingWithMike

    @TruckingWithMike

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah it was lol. It’s the same mission Sherpred grabs Allen and tell him you apart of my Task Force.

  • @MsFunology
    @MsFunology19 күн бұрын

    Many times I watched a war movie, I thought that doesn't make sense, especially the over fire and the shooting of snipers from the out field. I feel better now that my confusions were actually understandable.

  • @renatolaranja52
    @renatolaranja522 ай бұрын

    First time seeing Jay without a hat

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    I felt naked

  • @thediner8929

    @thediner8929

    2 ай бұрын

    I can see why. Hide the balding. Jay, they might think that you were a Seal with hairline like that.

  • @Glrsteve
    @Glrsteve2 ай бұрын

    @3:55 he references an “Izlid” that photo that is put up and pointed to with an arrow is not an izlid. It’s just a red dot optic.. FYI

  • @juzrhyme712
    @juzrhyme7122 ай бұрын

    Judging by his accent and his last name I can tell Jay is of Haitian Descent

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    Yuup

  • @michaelmalcolm8392
    @michaelmalcolm83922 ай бұрын

    Should look into the movie "The Beast" and react to it. It's about Afghanistan. From I think the first Afghanistan conflict

  • @domruns9472
    @domruns9472Ай бұрын

    I like when the older guys can admit they shouldnt of even been there. Glad we ended the war finally

  • @gogoforromeo9598
    @gogoforromeo9598Ай бұрын

    As an atropia veteran I agree with everything this guy said

  • @capkory
    @capkory2 ай бұрын

    yoooo it’s Jayyyyy

  • @oguzsamsa2628
    @oguzsamsa26282 ай бұрын

    2:32 real info right here.

  • @GreenBeretChronicles

    @GreenBeretChronicles

    2 ай бұрын

    thanks

  • @didyouknowamazingfacts2790
    @didyouknowamazingfacts27902 ай бұрын

    What bothers me in movies is when I see them shooting in full automatic. That is not how it work. 100 percent of time you should be shooting in semi. It's suppose to be a precision weapon. Also you should only be shooting when you have a target in your sight picture

  • @noahvapestoo4837
    @noahvapestoo48372 ай бұрын

    I get farming octopus, If we want to save them then why not farm them. If we didn't then we would fish them to death. Sure if we ban it doesn't mean China or another country will ban it too. But if we farm it, it may be a better life and cheaper for the economy. Idk the economic perspective but there are pros and cons to everything. Just because we choose not to eat octopus doesn't mean the rest of the world does.

  • @tomhumphreys3929
    @tomhumphreys39292 ай бұрын

    How has this channel not had Craig Harrison on reacting to sniper videos?

  • @TapRackTyler
    @TapRackTyler2 ай бұрын

    How do you do movie react videos with out getting it blocked from copyright issue? Trying to do one on my channel as well but having issues.

  • @SKaR64
    @SKaR6424 күн бұрын

    Good analysis of all. I wasn't deployed to Iraq, but I thought The Hurt Locker was awful. It had several issues.

  • @bobsilentjay7611
    @bobsilentjay7611Ай бұрын

    Wow, I can't believe they got the Hulk to breakdown movie scenes. I'd have figured he's pretty busy

  • @ronnie_5150
    @ronnie_51509 күн бұрын

    I was pretty disappointed with 'American Sniper'. When he called his wife on a Satellite phone in the middle of gunfight, I was like, "Yeah, this movie sucks."

  • @richardhansen5027
    @richardhansen5027Ай бұрын

    The Long Road Home was one of the most realistic by far. Sadr City in 2004.

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