As a Marine in Falluja, I want to give a shout-out to the Soldiers that were there with us. Love you fkn warriors. The medical teams were on point as well.

@soarabove337

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! This is... completely unexpected, my brother-in-arms! I almost wanna walk back some of the pride (bordering on arrogance lol) that I literally just posted. Normally, people just credit USMC for "third time's a charm" on Fallujah, so I'm keen to bring up the time it worked... was the time you also decided to bring along some Army assets with you lol: 1/5 Inf Regt, 1/25 ID (SBCT). Semper Fi bro and the Army keeps rolling along! 🫡

@farhsa_

Жыл бұрын

How many civilian that you kill there ? Just asking

@AfricanLionBat

Жыл бұрын

​@@farhsa_ every insurgent shooting at them was a civilian so that many.

@user-yd8ww5mn4y

Жыл бұрын

​@farhsa_ it's a shame you weren't one of them.

@Cj-mj4xg

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for your service. I was one of the Army tankers that assisted you guys.

We'll never forget the courage of the marines who fought through this city.

@basemanawakens6089

Жыл бұрын

The courage of the marines and US army SOLDIERS who fought there...the only MOH awarded during the battle was earned by a soldier.

@Krevin1775

Жыл бұрын

@@basemanawakens6089 sailors and airmen were there too. But you don't care about them?

@basemanawakens6089

Жыл бұрын

@@Krevin1775 i noticed you didnt mention them either...

@Krevin1775

Жыл бұрын

​@@basemanawakens6089 yes. I only mentioned marines. You took the time to point out another service, but only backed one up, therefore showing the same lack of attention to the other services you were upset about. Every major operation involves all branches. They're all heroes. But I'm a Marine. So go marines rah

@DowntownDeuce2

Жыл бұрын

@@basemanawakens6089 Caveman awakens: Public schools and growing up without a father really affected your development. "I noticed you DID mention them either?" The sad part is you edited your comment once already, and still can't get it right. If you want your comment to be taken seriously, or expect us to read it, you might want to consider reading it yourself. Your channel description is no better. Empty barrels make the most noise...

I was there a marine. Most insane thing I could ever imagine. I made it out in tact thankfully. Alot of good men didn't get that lucky. It was a kick in the balls to hear that a decade later it fell again. I still have the flag I flew over that hell hole

David Bellavia - what a boss. Glad he and so many like him are on our side.

@JG54206

Жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder where we find guys like him.

@ponz-

Жыл бұрын

@@JG54206 I know right? Balls out brave but intelligent. Every time I hear that man’s speech it gives me goosebumps🇺🇸

Fallujah created a special breed of Marine.

The courage those marines had big respect

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt

Жыл бұрын

US army was there as well and fought just as brave

@basemanawakens6089

Жыл бұрын

@@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt well said.

@soarabove337

Жыл бұрын

@@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt Yeah, we were. I carried the radios, so I didn't personally do anything significant, but 1/5 Inf Regt, 1/25 ID (SBCT) certainly did. Between providing top overwatch and monitoring blocks, closing bridges & running TCPs in/out of the city, going in to retrieve, then exfil wounded, and coordinating TACAIR... idk man, but it was "something" lol. Because Strykers are generally quiet, there were plenty of gun runs up & down the streets to perform patrol-to-contact, but it turns out after 18 hrs a day fighting USMC, 0230 recons were generally quiet; I guess they were tired or something lol. In any case, I don't recall ever dismounting until the city was "under control" (which meant there were still plenty of fights still going on, but the masses had been chilled).

It’s weird watching a historical montage of footage that I remember when it was breaking news. I can only imagine what my grandfather felt like. I’m 32.

I remember when those 82nd Airborne guys were posted there and an incident happened in which civilians were killed and wounded back in April 2003. Everything went down hill after that and the Insurgency there was kicking up against the US and Coalition Forces. To this day we still don't know why the Higher Ups at Blackwater USA at the time sent in just only 4 SC into a hostile city when US Forces did a complete withdrawal of the city back in early March.

@johnkonrad5040

Жыл бұрын

The entire thing was dumb. Both Mattis and Conway begged with the administration not to go for a fight and simply sidestep things with outreach to the tribes, but hey... Get to drop WP on civies, so... Fallujah sucked. A lot of needless death.

@CounseledRope97

Жыл бұрын

Abu ghraib pretty much galvanized the insurgency.

@kingsman3087

Жыл бұрын

@@CounseledRope97 lol taliban "insurgents" took back their country like nothing

@soarabove337

Жыл бұрын

@@johnkonrad5040 I was there Nov 2004 & don't recall any significant use of WP lol. Also, there weren't a lot of "civilians" in Fallujah by then; the PsyOps encouraged anyone that considered themselves to be non-combatant to leave (we even provided temporary food & shelter until ops were concluded to those that left); vehicles on certain hardballs & ANY vehicle near intersections were instructed to move, if the vehicle was valued; we made it VERY clear nearly 4 weeks out that "we're coming soon... save what's important to you & leave the town (small city) if you don't want to fight". Just like an impending hurricane, sure there were hangers-on ("this is my home, I'm not leaving" sorts of deals and we knew / respected that as best we could in such conditions), but indeed, "war is all hell" and we did what we could preemptively so that it'd be a tight fight only with those we needed to focus on. Our experience was exactly that: those that remained wanted to fight; fight's on, indeed.

@johnkonrad5040

Жыл бұрын

@@soarabove337 Look buddy, all I can say is that PsyOps encouraging, doesn't always mean able. You get a lot of folks regardless who decide to protect property, or you get folks who simply can't leave because of their socioeconomic disposition - And that number ain't small. I don't know what role you played, but WP happened, the Army acknowledges it's use as an incendiary. There's a reason why higher-ups didn't want the thing in the first place.

It's shocking to see the stark difference in outcomes between Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq has certain societal foundations that Afghanistan does not. It should be marked as a huge accomplishment to the Iraqi people to build a society back up after its dissolution to the point where they can retake a major city from insurgents. Through all the bloodshed in the middle east, I only hope that the outcomes we have in either Iraq or Afghanistan will actually benefit those living there.

@Sup_Mate

Жыл бұрын

Are the differences really that stark? ISIS took over shortly after we withdrew, seizing 100s of millions of dollars in U.S. military tech, forcing us to re invade.

@kekistanimememan170

Жыл бұрын

Those insurgents early on were nationalists pissed of at the Provincial government for disbanding the police and military. Oh and medical institutions as well ,such liberators. Once those errors were fixed you had most nationalist on side to fight extremists.

@sartajparveen2001

10 ай бұрын

​@@kekistanimememan170True. In fact most ISIS soldiers were veterans of Sunni militias like sons of Iraq. These insurgents either join ISIS for coalitions or join ISIS in response of every one who opposed them in Iraq Yazidies, Shias, Kurds. Where they were extremely radicalised and shed that blood that was unheard in the modern world. It shows that a war never truly ends and keeps coming back in different forms.

Cold line, someone else will raise your sons and daughters. Love that dude.

To all the marines that fought in this battle. Yall have some big balls.

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@owenparish1793

Жыл бұрын

What about US Army?

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt

Жыл бұрын

@@owenparish1793 they were in it just as much as we were. They too have big balls

@crumply5959

Жыл бұрын

@@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt yes

Hell yeah, I was part of this and I'm glad you're covering this operation. As much as we tried to minimize civilian casualties and collateral damage, we had to do what was necessary. Got to do a few missions with RCT 7, great guys.

I remember clearing houses Street by Street Cameron always said and done falling back and re-clearing every house again cuz the insurgents were just reoccupy them. It's a miracle I am still alive just about everyone in my squad received the purple heart if not two

Cheers to our Vets! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 I hope Six Days in Fallujah comes out soon. We need better understanding of our history

When my life flashes before my eyes, I wanna do something worth watching. That’s why I want to join the Marine Corps.

@claypillar309

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully you don’t have to watch it every night when you fall asleep though.

@andreskhounxay2928

Жыл бұрын

War is not something worth watching. Doesn't take a genius to know that.

@MachineGunPepe

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a comment made by a recruiter. 99.9% of Marines are cutting the SgtMajs grass and sweeping and buffing the floors. This was a small time in history and very likely you will not experience anything like this today.

@thaxtoncook5427

Жыл бұрын

I tried but Obama fucked me. Changed tattoos policy. All because of a tattoo on my forearms. Obama made it to where u can't have anything below elbow. I'm 31 now. I serve my country in a different way, the southern way. At the rate we are going I'll get my chance to defend our nation. Unless Jesus comes back. May we never fall, tear down the NWO.

@justsomeguy1141

Жыл бұрын

If you call doing war crimes on poor countries worth watching then have at it

Best and scariest part of my entire ,life.. we were soldiers once and young

@stefanschleps8758

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. Semper Paratus

@user-ni7qk9gc9c

Жыл бұрын

For the sake of buisness

@Leep_Actual

Жыл бұрын

Bot ^ 🤖

@UnknownUser-fe5zu

Жыл бұрын

Legit book

I think this is one of the most epic videos I've seen. He said we don't want war. But for those who do want war we can guarantee you that someone else will be raising your sons and daughters!

@soarabove337

Жыл бұрын

You should go check out Sadr City footage; some of the same Army units (Strykers) that um "assisted" 🙄Marines on their third & successful attempt at Fallujah also secured SC. David Bellavia's speech was indeed moving.

The bayonet on the end of that weapon.. Gives me chills

@Krevin1775

Жыл бұрын

Insane to think about. Ordering bayonets in the 21st century is wild

I was with RCT-2 just after the battle. I can’t tell you how many times we convoyed in and out of Fallujah seeing those shot up road signs.

Thanks for 1080p video,people seem to think it was a myth

@PotHead98

2 ай бұрын

Footage is over 20 years old and most of it is shot with a hand held camcorder. You think they have high quality cameras just out in war😂 its literally just a small 2004 camcorder

@1776-or-die

2 ай бұрын

@@PotHead98😂……….I think the joke went over your head…… There are 3 documentaries of the same video with only one being able to play in 1080…..I dare you to sit through this in 360p…..

Helluva time to be a Marine in Anbar that year. RCT-7! Semper FI!

God bless America and there brave soldiers 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Respect from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

“Those who want to fight to the death. We will accommodate them”

@rickyyanto6181

Жыл бұрын

Russia is waiting for you in ukraine ... don't be a coward

I was 4 years old when this happened. My uncle was in the marine corps. He doesn’t talk about it, not sure what battle he was in. He was in during this time but I don’t think he was there. I have so much respect to all the warriors who fought in any battle

@dragonpandabearmeme8136

Жыл бұрын

your uncle was a warcriminal who shoots innocent civilians

After listening to Cody Alford's story this gives me chills

God bless those Marines...remember them on 11 November.

Probably the most badass acceptance speech for the medal of honor that I personally know of. Goosebumps every time.🇺🇸

I remember the months before this battle started we were conducting nightly raids to capture HVTs but had no idea just how many insurgents were flooding the city.

Thank you for putting your asses on the line so we can remain free. I know many of you have sacrificed your lives for the sake of our freedoms please, if you are ever in Arlington national cemetery for Air Force, active or non-active Air Force personnel, I ask to please pay your respects to my uncle Colonel Robert Priest, US, Air Force Vietnam. He was a fine uncle and a soldier and the pilot.

When you push fear to the side for your brothers. Those are some Devil Dogs. Semper Fi Hero’s.

F'n goose bumps every time. I served with those men! God Bless their troubled souls. 1st BN 3d Marines - Charlie Co

RIH Sgt Shields and CPL Velez... Miss ya every day.....

The smell of that city still haunts me and it’s been 18yrs

You all and glad most of our bothers and sisters made it home..

@amadorsolis2609

Жыл бұрын

Thank you much.

My buddy was there. I can remember his phone call beforehand. I could tell he was worried. Those guys saw a lot. I am surprised there weren't more MOH for the fighting.

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt

Жыл бұрын

There should have been

@ATXGrunt

Жыл бұрын

Fully agree.. I know one for sure that should of gotten it....

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt

Жыл бұрын

@@ATXGrunt everybody in my squad got a purple heart some even two I've seen many acts of bravery during Fallujah. Including somebody jumping on a grenade to save his fellow Marines

Wish I could've been in for this. Had alot of Fallujah vets in my unit and it was definitely one of the golden eras of the Marine Corps. Sidenote, whoever decided to have Marines invade the city right before the Birthday is a fucking genius... I can only imagine how intense the 10th was for the insurgents. They basically fought werewoves during a full moon🤣

@johnkonrad5040

Жыл бұрын

Eh. In my opinion, the corps excelled later on in 2006 and 2007 in Anbar, as well as 2009 with the surge to Helmand. Getting into scrapes, but actually holding ground, and not needlessly wasting life for it. Fallujah sucked. Imagine being surrounded by death, grime, and misery. Anger sustaining you fight to fight, but everything being fucking bleak.

@mr_beezlebub3985

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call it a golden era. Too many good people lose their lives.

@CounseledRope97

Жыл бұрын

War isn't glorious

@johnl6973

Жыл бұрын

@@CounseledRope97 Well, the Marine Corps prides itself on a long history of warfare. Considering it's a warfighting organization, the best eras and the history that is treasured are the bloody battles won either against the odds, or that dealt a decisive blow to the enemy's war effort.... It's not fun losing friends, but we all volunteered. Not just to be in the Marine Corps, but to be in the infantry. I miss my friends, but they were fucking warriors that died doing what they love, and I will always celebrate them. I decided to get out because of politics, but I'll never go full hippie and ignore that some people live for the fight.

@CounseledRope97

Жыл бұрын

@@johnl6973 no, what I'm saying is war is hell.

Damn. That was a rousing speech!

I was surprised to see Sgt Bellavia @07:08 still showing the warrior spirit he and his platoon brought to Phantom Fury 20 long years ago. He tells his story in his book "House to house", his description of the gritty, bloody details of fighting the so-called "war on terror", against a murderous, suicidal enemy makes for one of the best combat accounts of the Iraq war -

That speech at the end...🥲🇺🇸🦅 GOD BLESS AMERICA DAMN IT GOD BLESS ALL OF AMERICA!!

The last speech was historical.

Nobody mentions how brave the people of Fallujah fought for their City, indeed history is written by the winner.

@sartajparveen2001

10 ай бұрын

Hmmm. Operation Phantom fury was the second offence in fallujh. Americans lost the first one.

I was there and I re live this everyday

"On April 9th, offensive operations were suspended for political reasons. In May US forces withdrew and handed control of the city to the all-iraqi Fallujah brigade, which dissolved and joined the insurgency." -Genuine face-slap moment

@sartajparveen2001

10 ай бұрын

The real face slap was when 90% of Sunnis boycotted the national election. It was clear that civil war is inevitable and to this day Iraq never truly stabilised. It's just a matter of time when any other malitia like ISIS or Al Qaeda will gain enough influence to re-enter in Iraq.

thank you for your service

With profound respect, thank you all who go in harm's way...

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

RIP Hodges

I'll say this as a vet. We never should have been there or anywhere else in the middle east. All these guys died for nothing. About 8 years after this battle Iraqi forces gave the entire city up the ISIS and it was in enemy hands again. All gains erased. Never die for another man's soil or his war.

@justinv6132

25 күн бұрын

Warriors join the infantry to fight. Doesn’t matter where it is.

This is the second video of yours I’ve commented this on. I have helmet cam footage of the initial push if anyone would like to make a video with it. I kept it suppressed for all these years but part of my healing was to not suppress the past anymore. I mean it’s 4 days worth of constant fighting, I have 6 close quarter kills all recorded, there’s an ambush that happens from the tree line outside of the city, there’s rpg hitting bravo taking out 3 of our men. The second day has us pinned in a small alleyway for a couple hours because of a sniper that was actually really god damn good. On the 4th day is when I get shot and then we get blown up while doing evac. I’m lucky, I could have been one of the 107 that were killed during the push.

@TheBigChad

10 ай бұрын

@@sha-meem6474 no they don’t get paid per dead body. Depending on who you are with, contractors get paid from 100k to 400k. No quota. And we didn’t bomb mosques in phantom fury. There was no bombing. It was a push on foot, sweeping house by house getting insurgents out of the city. Civilians fled days before so that’s another debunk.

@TheBigChad

10 ай бұрын

@@sha-meem6474 there was ONE mosque that we sent a couple 500lb bombs into but it wasn’t because it was an attack on Muslims, it’s because there were a lot of insurgents held up and barricades inside of this big building.

@robmckay7289

7 ай бұрын

Dude u should upload that vid u got to KZread. There's not enough footage of this battle, people need to see what our soldiers go thru.

Compare this battle and the Siege of Mariupol and it shows why the United States and all other free nations should be feared by its enemies. The contrast with the time it took to complete the mission and casualties says it all. Also amazing speech.

@daniboi4067

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Ukraine 🇺🇦 Has lost over 120,000 KIA + another 200,000+ casualties.

@casualgerm

Жыл бұрын

@dani boi but they're still learning and still fighting. They started out as an undisciplined force, and in less than a year, they managed to hold off an alleged 2nd superpower with very little training. I'd say they deserve a bit more admiration than what you presented in your comment.

@alqaeda7040

Жыл бұрын

Lightning strategy is the best than stretched out long periods of conflict

@vulk4n_

Жыл бұрын

@@daniboi4067 i guess you get your info from RT lmao

@Sam-sl1uy

10 ай бұрын

I mean the comparison isn't a good one, they fought insurgents, not a NATO-trained army.

Romans 13:3-5 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. Amazing footage. Thank you to each man and woman who made history and a special thanks to the cameraman

God bless u all thank u 4 all u have done to serve our U.S.NATION thank u 4 your sacrifices u have some & to continue doing STAY SAFE GOD HAVE MERCY UPON U.S.NATION ♥️ 🇺🇲❤

@stefanschleps8758

Жыл бұрын

Be brave, stay strong. With gratitude and forgiveness what can go wrong?

Holy recruiter video

Army was there too! Great video

22 infantry of the first infantry division .. that shit sound so hard when he said that I thought he was gonna throw up gang signs

RIP SGT Peralta

@gabesauceda1842

Жыл бұрын

You know Raphael Peralta?

I know Marines who fought in The first and second taking of the city.

that was a great speech in the end 🇺🇸

David representing the All America City Buffalo NY yet thank you for your service

It was a bad day to be a bad guy.

RIP all my brothers that fell 1/9 INF, 2ID

this should be a usmc ad ngl

Lance Corporal Corey Carlisle was badly wounded in this battle. A great man.

@billlam7756

Жыл бұрын

Lance coolies doing all the dirty shit lol

For anyone wondering what the song beginning at 2:10 is called, it’s Synth War by Christopher Willis

@Bigdaddycletus

8 ай бұрын

Do you know what the intro song is?

@spacewalrus999

8 ай бұрын

@@Bigdaddycletus Change Is Good - Midnight Noir

@Bigdaddycletus

8 ай бұрын

@@spacewalrus999 thanks what was the second song called (sorry)

Early 04 was crazy and I miss those days

After 5 combat tours of Iraq….Fallujah was the toughest Then I went to do 3 tours of Afghanistan Glad I’m retired. Semper to all of my brothers that never made it home. Can’t believe time went by so quick. Now I feel old. The new generation calls me a scary army guy that has PTSD that will come in here and kill us all…..but I got an EMT certification, saved a guys life in the same office I worked. These snowflakes are a disgrace…..and they are all over.

@tomatos9445

Жыл бұрын

FUCK YEA!!!!

@BaconEatingRAIDBoss

Жыл бұрын

I can reassure you the next time an opportunity like this presents itself, there will be LEGIONS upon LEGIONS of men and women who'll willingly join the cause to fight back evil. It's all politics these days since there's no major or direct threat actively shooting rounds at us, but the threat looms and so do we. ~ Semper Fi

@jovinonavarro3467

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir I was in the Marine Corps from 2003-2011 and went to Iraq twice and I definitely agree with you! The new generation is full of selfish entitled Pu**ies who are offended by everything and think the military should be politically correct in the things it does and enforces to include training and policies! There is no room in the war fighting business to be soft and politically correct!

@MountaintravelerEddie

Жыл бұрын

@@jovinonavarro3467 that’s why I’m glad I retired when I did

@soarabove337

Жыл бұрын

Nice. Who were you with? 1/5 Inf Rgt, 1/25 ID (SBCT) here.

"Your hearing lost it's not related to Battle"

Love this channel!!!

May God have mercy on them all. With love from a grateful nation.

@stefanschleps8758

Жыл бұрын

I like the way you think.

wow this video was incredible thank you❤ i’m canadian but i love my neighbour’s army a ton

The most hardcore shit to ever watch when I was a child.

I love the ending speech.

You know its bad when you have a bayonet on an m16

@jamescollins9121

5 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

Hears to enemy shots, " GET THE 50 CALL BRING AMERICA ON THAT THING"

Those three guys at the stairs, hahahaha. “Shot him 5 times and he is not there anymore”

We had no business there..

@stefanschleps8758

Жыл бұрын

You are correct. It was an obvious attempt to hijack public sentiment so Halliburton could steal oil, the deaths of every American soldier who died in Iraq is Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld fault, who lied through their teeth to make themselves wealthy. But once we go in let the military do their job, to eliminate the other army, not build a peace. If America is to continue any imperialistic endeavors it must have a corps of peace builders, even then they will not be welcome in totally alien cultures such as the middle east.

@basemanawakens6089

Жыл бұрын

Yup.. thousands of lived lost and billions wasted...the American empire is on a decline.

@lando1gamez473

Жыл бұрын

if we had no business there we wouldn't be there. we had a reason to be there it was just sugarcoated

@basemanawakens6089

Жыл бұрын

@@lando1gamez473 wmds that never existed?

@lando1gamez473

Жыл бұрын

@@basemanawakens6089 llke i said sugar coated

AR vs AK debate has been settled. The AR in the hands of Marines ruled Fallujah.

Semper Fi brothers and sisters

The courage of us troops back then... beyond imagination! Long live USA!

RIP LT DAN M.

"they rather die than come out and surrender, so their going to die"

Let's fucking go!!!! These guys were legit warriors. Way to get me motivated while I'm chugging this beyond black outta this og Ak47 mug

America stands. We will defend ,we will defeat this evil we find ourselves under seige from

Hell yes! I remember watching this and getting ready to join in 07

Semper FI

Post the battle of Haifa Street 🙂

GET SOME

Negeri yg tangguh

It wasn’t just Marines, Soldiers fought at the same time,

Hoorah 🫡

HOOYAH!!!

It’s crazy I was a baby will are troops was fighting for there lives

God bless our entire fighting foce

@stefanschleps8758

Жыл бұрын

I like the way you think.

I’d love to know the type of camera they used in filming this

Semper Fi

how quickly we forget

Hm...its almost as though we never should have invaded Iraq or something...

Hahaaa. He said those who want to fight to the death, we can accommodate them! LOVE MY COUNTRY

GET SOME MARINES

God Bless those devil dogs

Excellent video that I wish people understood more.