I’m a former Marine that served in Desert Storm. I have absolutely forbidden my teenage son from military service.

@randominterestingvideos4733

7 ай бұрын

Smart move

@MK..1558

6 ай бұрын

Good call Sir. That's at least one man saved.👍

@ungaaatioo2359

6 ай бұрын

sir what is your call on the current stance of your country

@JadenFolster

6 ай бұрын

Don't let him move out 👍

@secrets.295

5 ай бұрын

Did u r$ped anybody while u were stationed there?

And here we are 15 years later and nothing has changed.

@craigcombes

14 күн бұрын

It's atleast 10 times worse and I mean this with all my heart

@mphovincent5177

5 сағат бұрын

Act a lot changed but for the worse

My grandfather saw his brother blown to bits beside him in WWII. His mother blamed him directly for that. He was a dark a-hole of an alcoholic for most of the rest of his life. The impact of that war decades ago to just 1 person has spider-webbed out through my extended family. I now teach an 8 year old who wants desperately to be a soldier…and I kind of don’t know what to say.

@kagedz5621

Жыл бұрын

wait until he gets older and show him this if you haven’t already for him to get a better understand of the aftermath of combat

@tonyespinoza3891

11 ай бұрын

Yeah when his older tell him about your grandfather and the experiences of many other soldiers, especially those of Iraq and Afghanistan.

@OhdeesLive

11 ай бұрын

Also tell him that there will never be a stupider push in the history of wars ever again. Not saying there won’t be equal violence or whatever and that the US could’ve avoided D day but if you just look at it objectively now it’s literally the first couple waves just marching to there death with the generals back home knowing that a shit load of troops are just gonna get obliterated and that the mission is just keep sending soldiers until they break through constant gunfire and bomb lines

@asiblingproduction

10 ай бұрын

Tell him that there are other ways to honorably serve your country and be a good man beyond doing whatever whim our elite deems to be important.

@JohnLemieux

9 ай бұрын

Tell him not to wtf you mean you don’t know what to say?

"Denial is the enemy." No truer words. Get the assistance you need and deserve. Help is NOT, repeat, NOT, a sign of weakness. We don't do it alone in combat and we can't do it alone after.

@jetv1471

Жыл бұрын

Wow ! Your last sentence is a profoundly practical statement ! 👍👍 Makes total sense .

@stinkfist4205

Жыл бұрын

Did you let the VA in on this… cuz they are leaving us hanging…

@byongyu5177

Жыл бұрын

Yea

@amandacantrell1146

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and sacrifices for our country. 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲 I totally agree with your statement.

@amandacantrell1146

Жыл бұрын

​@@stinkfist4205 Thank You for your service and sacrifices for our country as well. 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲

If soldiers are psychologically affected at this level by war, imagine civilians caught in It, losing loved ones (children, parents, siblings, etc),their jobs/businesses, their homes; specially weak civilians such as children, elderly, women,etc. In Iraq,Syria,etc; all those wartorn countries have millions of children that grew up with PTSD and they don't receive any help because their countries are just starting rebuilding everything from 0 after the war, with a health system in shambles. The politicians that started this wars are still alive living their lifes as if anything happened.

@arehman1609

10 ай бұрын

They thought them breaking into just random innocent civilians homes and killing women and children wouldn’t effect them cus at the time they thought they were tough.. They chose to go and participate in destroying another country the Afghan or IRAQI people were defending there land just like Americans would defend there land if they were invaded

@FixerUpper-cb3wo

Ай бұрын

Thank u. Finally someone said this. I dont give an F about some soldiers. I am sure u r not American because Americans always view themselves as victims

My father was deployed during Vietnam-Cambodia war. When I was a kid, I often saw him sat alone, smoked a cigarette and played sad guitar songs. Even now I wonder what did he think at those moments.

@tundrawomansays5067

2 жыл бұрын

There are some things that are never discussed in no small part because sometimes, words fail....

@irishfuk3219

2 жыл бұрын

Most times? 27 years in a combat MOS and everytime that I have ever been asked 'what is it like ' it's just simply indescribable. Like the young marine said, ' you're asking each other did you see that ?' You ask because nothing you see smell or hear makes sense to you. Learning to learn to live in that environment and then returning home..... What else is there to say !?! We were never meant to experience war. It's going to damage you in ways you can never imagine If you would have asked me to frame that 4 years ago while I was still active duty, I couldn't have I had yet to begin to experience any of those things. I was too busy being a RANGER .

@irishfuk3219

2 жыл бұрын

@James Estelle Its a must. I don't know what the current data is, it was something like 17 vets died from suicide every day. So anything in that direction is a must. We need so much more.

@deathlarsen7502

2 жыл бұрын

wasting gouks probably

@ajack1889

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a Vietnam vet, two tours as a Chinook helicopter door gunner, clearing LZs with an M60 all day. Survived a helicopter crash when a slingload his CH-47 was carrying hit a hill, got a huge gash on his stomach and had to stitch himself up immediately after the crash. He stayed in the Army basically his entire life and was an E-9 CSM (Command Sergeant Major) when he died. He seemed normal to the outside world, but he had the worst temper in the world at home. Certain things would trigger him and he'd "snap" and go psycho. He almost took my head off with a shovel once, we were doing yard work. I surprised him, approached him from behind while he was focused on something in front of him without announcing myself. Good thing I was a boxer and had fast reflexes, because if I didn't duck reflexively when he immediately swung that shovel at my head I'd probably be dead or a vegetable. My dad was a great man, taught me a lot about life but I also feared him, he was intense. He was a Drill Sergeant for years before reaching the higher enlisted ranks, so he had a voice that could freeze your blood cold and the temper to match. When I was a young dumb kid, around 5-6 years old, I asked him "Did you ever kill anyone in Vietnam dad?" while we were riding in the car. I'll never forget how he looked at me out the side of his narrowed eyes. There was a long pause, so long I thought he wasn't going to answer me. Then he replied in a calm but VERY serious voice: "...There are certain questions you don't just go around asking people boy." and I instantly shut up and we rode the rest of the way in silence.

PTSD doesn't have to be full blown events either. It can be little changes that quietly effects the individual for a lifetime. In the end we are never really the same as much as we try and continue what society deems a normal life. While celebrities and athletes are put on a pedestal wondering how many millions they will make playing a game or acting, the people who fought and saw horrible things are wondering how am I gonna make it through today.

PTSD is indicative of ones humanity. Experiencing those kinds of things SHOULD be devastating. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

@KarmasAbutch

2 жыл бұрын

This is true 💯 people who lack a conscience or empathy do not develop ptsd. Psychopaths do not get PTSD

@FixerUpper-cb3wo

Ай бұрын

​@@KarmasAbutchIt's quite funny how u put things up. Getting conscience & empathy after the fact is laughable 🤣🤣🤣. U all go to war over a lie. These soldiers got what they deserved. Everybody cry a river for these soldiers, nobody cared about the 1 million d€ad Iraqis thanks to people like them. Not an ounce of sympathy should go to them

@JustAnOrdinarySimmer

8 күн бұрын

@@KarmasAbutch So you are saying Army = PTSD unless you're a psychopath? stupid.

That voice is legendary. I grew up with listening documentaries with the narrator voice

@blackmediawiki1988

2 жыл бұрын

I believe his name is Will Lyman

@issaomar5698

2 жыл бұрын

Narrator. Yes. A story is only as great as the voice that tells it.

@touchofgrey5372

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackmediawiki1988 The very best!

@Fluke_Starbucker

2 жыл бұрын

Ted Copel maybe?!🤔

@touchofgrey5372

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fluke_Starbucker Yes, he is also great! But, it is Ted Coppel!

My new must-see-tv are Frontline documentary's. Good old fashioned journalism.

@VivekSharma-rb7id

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. This is gold.

@l0wrid3r88

2 жыл бұрын

@Ashley Supertramp 🤡🤡🤡

@AmazingJayB51

2 жыл бұрын

Remembering watching Frontline with my father when I was a teen, I’m now 50. Always has been a insightful broadcast.

@tonysylvester3349

2 жыл бұрын

And from what ive seen with them its totally unbiased journalism as well. Thats a quality most media have lost their integrity in.

@Vranabg

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonysylvester3349 it really isnt unbiased which is hard to notice unless you're knowledgeable on the topic at hand

One of the BEST DAMN DOCUMENTARIES I have EVER seen since I came home in 2010!!!!

@mikelballard5041

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you made it back, Joey. Thank you for doing a tough job for all of us.

@paulsuprono7225

2 жыл бұрын

One finds oneself silently exclaim - 'That could have been me' ! 💀🇺🇸

@burtthebeast4239

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir. God bless you ALL 🙏

@statesk8r

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service Joey 🇺🇸

@joeyd.OEF.2010

2 жыл бұрын

When someone takes the time to write a "Thank You" in a comment, you know it's Genuine !!!! THANK YOU!!!

My Grandpa was a Marine back in Korea, and I always looked up to him for what he did for our Country. I wanted to be like him, I almost joined the Marines right out of high school back in 1999, but my Grandpa told me that if I stayed home that he would cover all my college expenses. I never did join the Marines, instead I did two years at Pensacola Christian College and two years at Rogue Community College, and here I am 20 years later as a Paramedic in Medford, Oregon. My Grandpa saved my life, his actions kept me out of harm's way. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by this bogus War.

@gaystraightguy

Жыл бұрын

COWARD!!!

@uPSIDEdOWN577

7 ай бұрын

Wow you would’ve been in Iraq after 9/11

@monika2745

6 ай бұрын

From one Ambo driver to a fellow ambo driver, well done mate for deciding to help people as a para

@jocia9017

3 ай бұрын

“Almost joined” 😂🖕

@Jakuboooooooooo

Ай бұрын

He did fuck all for our country tho?

When it comes to documentaries, there ain't nobody who can put their foot where Frontline foot's put. On another level.

@shirleyjbaker1096

2 жыл бұрын

💯

@Kakashi-kw3jc

2 жыл бұрын

I concur

@larsini0

2 жыл бұрын

frontline of 2005 was much better than the watered down frontline of 2020.

@matthew-jy5jp

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely the best journalism today is Frontline and PBS

@OanhSchlesinger

2 жыл бұрын

Your comment sounds like a tongue twister 😛 👍

If Afghans or Iraqis, etc had made a film like this it’d be a completely different story.

@lilylove8267

3 ай бұрын

This

@troylee4196

27 күн бұрын

Would be nice to see how war and conflict affects others Guess you'd have to infiltrate some pretty offended groups which is no easy task

I'm 70% disabled for PTSD. The C&P exam was painful but the help I am getting now was worth it.

@thomasc5817

Жыл бұрын

@@scottanderson6418 I did enough shrooms to last a lifetime...😂. I'm a hippy with hair down to my azz...😂. I keep a good supply of Cannibas with me. Legal where I live.

@TheSushiandme

Жыл бұрын

I'm going through 3 psychologists and 1 therapist... the VA can't figure out which broken I am, lol 😂😂😂

@redbaron9029

9 ай бұрын

Serves you right.😂

@thomasc5817

9 ай бұрын

@@redbaron9029 huh?

@jaredwilliams9891

9 ай бұрын

you're not broken brother@@TheSushiandme

I often wonder about the PTSD the Iraqis have gone through.. would anyone even care

@kidneytransplant2843

7 ай бұрын

No

@BuckshotsSmokeLounge

16 күн бұрын

Me too..

@BuckshotsSmokeLounge

16 күн бұрын

And about caring.. People barely care here in the US, God knows how worse it is for the others

@JustAnOrdinarySimmer

8 күн бұрын

@@kidneytransplant2843 So why should we care about people who proudly join the army wanting to go to war but come back regretting everything? us westerners invaded their country...every western soldier who complains of PTSD brought it upon him or herself...fuck em! The people of Iraq however, excluding the taliban.....

Excellent documentary. PTSD is no joke. Continued healing to all military injured.

@tonywilson4713

Жыл бұрын

It has been prevalent for 1000s of years and for 1000s of years its been ignored. The kings, emperors, caliphs, dukes and politicians have NEVER CARED about the soldiers they send to war or the consequences that it causes. They look at the win-loss columns and territory they gained or lost and nothing more.

@turtle19dad

Жыл бұрын

Don’t tell the Federal Government that. They just wanna steal our benefits.

@gaystraightguy

Жыл бұрын

the muslims WON

@Soulaimane955

Жыл бұрын

They will heal in hell soon ... Getting ptsd by killing children is a pretty bad ass thing

@toby1439

Жыл бұрын

@@Soulaimane955 Maybe the children shouldn't have been fighting there in the first place.

Frontline is a work of excellence.

Why would anyone think these brave men and women wouldn't have issues, seeing the things they've seen?. Soldier or not they are human beings,God bless all of them.

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

Brave? Bullies are cowards. They went there with powerful tools and had the backing of 40 other NATO mass murdering nations against a weak impoverished opponent. And what they did to their prisoners is beyond imaginable.

@gaystraightguy

Жыл бұрын

the muslims WON

@user-nn5kk7gm8d

Жыл бұрын

@Strawberry’s Shortest cake Stupid and naïve maybe, but brave. Hell no.

@anonymousgh608

Жыл бұрын

@@user-nn5kk7gm8d you’re right. They’re stupid and naive. There nothing bravery about them

@hudanassiri

Жыл бұрын

Seeing the things they’ve seen? Or you mean they’ve done? The things that caused them to have ptsd is from the things they’ve caused

When the best documentary channel offers their content for free..... amazing

I'd rather be numb than scared... Man that hits home

@ad5232

Ай бұрын

It makes sense though. I think they call it disassociating.

"Cowardice" should never be used against a soldier currently serving, especially one who has sought mental health help. Considering the backlash Andrew suffered, it seems pretty brave.

@fridaywithmateobonus2477

2 жыл бұрын

Andrew is a good friend of mine ... top shelf human being!!!

@joeyd.OEF.2010

2 жыл бұрын

I think cowardice SHOULD STAY on the table in the Military. There ARE those who DO commit acts of "cowardice" . I just believe the "brass" should HAVE TO look into it EXTENSIVELY before being able to charge a Soldier, Sailor Airman or Marine with that charge. BTW, dont take offense about me using words in "caps". I just think it gets my opinion across the way I am thinking or speaking it.

@fridaywithmateobonus2477

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeyd.OEF.2010 The way I see it ... if a guy buckles under pressure ... it is a training deficit ... who trained the guy. Blame him. Leadership 101.

@joeyd.OEF.2010

2 жыл бұрын

@@fridaywithmateobonus2477 in that case , yes, definitely a training issue.. I've personally seen that type of situation in Afghanistan. That's another soldier that shouldn't be charged. I'm just saying, there ARE acts of actual "cowardice". Though far and few between.

@fridaywithmateobonus2477

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeyd.OEF.2010 mostly in ranks of 0-4 and above

When the soldier said "the women tried to reach the white flag after she was gunned down" . I was in tears, OMG that's one hell of scar ,which will haunt forever.

@friedrichkoenig3901

2 жыл бұрын

shouldn't the pity and sympathy be for the innocent dead woman?

@arunkumar1610

2 жыл бұрын

@@friedrichkoenig3901 yeah i cried mainly for that women. But that soldiers confession showed he was just sympathetic as us. Considering their situation , suicide bombers are major threat there.

@bassheadlife492

Жыл бұрын

She shouldn't have kept charging everyone pointing guns at her

@anacmarulanda

10 ай бұрын

Tears for both of them, both are victims of the government puppets and corporate interests ❤

@anacmarulanda

10 ай бұрын

@@bassheadlife492we should’ve have been there in the first place!

Im a train conductor, a couple days ago . My engineer was a vet. A MP who spend 2009/2010 in Afghanistan. The storys he told me. He told me his whole military career..i was fascinated by it. It was really cool. Man we gotta take better care of our vets.

Is it just me who is patiently waiting for these documentaries that seem to be taking forever to premier. Omg! Just run em like last week.

@WJWeber

2 жыл бұрын

No. I actually get excited when they announce. I also love how the content is so enjoyable I can just listen like it’s a podcast most of the time. The financial crisis was a great one.

@davidsawyer1599

2 жыл бұрын

I am not trolling you. You realize that these last half dozen are old?

@1mtnmama879

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidsawyer1599 fortunately they now have it on the screen for a bit in the beginning....ought to have it on screen whole time so ppl understand.....context matters - thanks for pointing it out to some who prolly didn't know 💪🇺🇸💪

@pauly5421

2 жыл бұрын

What do you expect from the fake media

@elbarca223

2 жыл бұрын

Quality programs. These take time to produce high-quality work. Frontline has been doing great work and thus informing us, not the news, but the news behind the news; not just what happened, but also why it happened and continues to happen. Make us think critically about our roles and actions.

I deployed to Afghanistan in 2012-13 to the Panjwai District in Kandahar as an Infantry Line Medic. I got out of the Army in 2015 with mental problems I didn't understand. I didn't seek treatment until 2017 after 2 suicide attempts. My mother begged me to get help and I finally listened. The stigma of mental illness when you are on active duty is very real. You suck it up and carry on. Since seeking treatment and taking the proper meds I am so much better. I hope anyone with PTSD or these other mental problems seek help, it is worth it.

@danielvillagra7292

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service, brother. Praiyng for you!

@Mudmuffin

Жыл бұрын

third times a charm

@MrFirefly3000

Жыл бұрын

You had no business going there

@Tammym44

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service ❤

I did 2 tours in Somalia during Kenya-Somalia war and i understand. I came back, left the army and tried adjusting to the civilian life. It is said a soldier may leave the battlefield, but carries the war home. My family broke up, I drank more and more. PTSD is real and soldiers should be helped. I really hate the army and none of my kid will ever join the army. I fought and suffered for them and multiple generations to come from my lineage

@danieltallon5087

Жыл бұрын

blah blah blah

@celestinenyaramba

29 күн бұрын

Thank you for your service Afande , some never came back home hope you got well

One thing they won’t tell you is that during the Great War ,ww1, some soldiers came to the breaking point in battle and got out of the trenches and ran into the enemies guns because they couldn’t take it anymore. I had to learn about that from the British. This country won’t tell you about things like that. Whatever that is , it is not cowardice .

@craigcombes

14 күн бұрын

I never knew that but it makes sense that it would happen. Thanks for the information.

Truly heartbreaking…most of these soldiers are just kids.

@puppiesgoarf664

2 жыл бұрын

They signed up to invade a country and kill innocent men women and children so they got what they deserve

@Dustinwhy8

2 жыл бұрын

@@puppiesgoarf664 that wasn’t thier decision to invade. You’re blaming the wrong ppl.

@StarrTile

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dustinwhy8 Agree 100% ! I was barely past 17 when I joined, out at 20 ! If war happens I had nothing to do with that decision...serving does NOT always mean killing, but with evil out there we MUST have a military

@foiredede

2 жыл бұрын

@@puppiesgoarf664 Some of them had no other choice if they wanted to have a chance at a decent life with a decent education, some of them joined out of a sense of patriotism and duty to their country, some of them signed up to kill, most of them were lied to from a young age, not a single man feeding the war machine expects to be chewed up and shred to pieces by it, war is declared by old men, and fought by the young.

@lmdeboom

2 жыл бұрын

@@puppiesgoarf664 These people are not psychopaths. That's the reason they suffer after coming home. These men are patriots and believe they are serving their country.

16 years later this documentary finds me just glad to be here.

No sympathy from me. US army nurdered my grandmother and grandfather

Thank you frontline, for all that you do.

Very, very good documentary. People need to better understand PTSD. Mental healthcare needs to be a priority for everyone, not a 'shame'

@mikeny5020

2 жыл бұрын

I do have PTSD myself and I’m no coward and that was cowardly act! no buddy like to die in war but what did he think was going to happen when you sign up🤡

@jesusinsideful

2 жыл бұрын

not only for the disorders but how US must cope with other country without war and to avoid such mental disorder.May God bless people of US

@yandenuts

2 жыл бұрын

Well if they didn't travel to other countries and shoot innocent people. Problem solved. Focus on the Cause, not the symptom..

@suckthehead1

2 жыл бұрын

Wounded warrior project does the best they can to help troops with ptsd. If u can afford to donate please go to WWP

@djondjon

2 жыл бұрын

@@yandenuts It's not necessarily that simple. Yes, shooting people could cause PTSD, but there are are also many other causes of PTSD.

The part where they revealed Jeff's suicide caught me off guard somewhat. It made me cry. So sad to know there are so many other service members who have suffered the same fate. God Bless our troops.

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you cried bullies killed themselves. Bully sympathiser. If you were a human being, you'd feel sorry for the victims.

@statesk8r

2 жыл бұрын

@@jubairomar2676 uhhhhhhhhh I do feel bad for victims of war but this documentary is about the soldiers. Why are you so mad at me for? These soldiers didn't decide what to do. They followed orders. I think the wars were pretty stupid but yet they happened. Not the soldiers fault.

@hulioo4637

Жыл бұрын

@@statesk8r blah blah blah

@Thrashman-ye4cf

Жыл бұрын

@@hulioo4637 woah edgelord over here. Sorry your mommy and daddy didn’t show you attention so now you just need to lash out against the soldierrrs, MAAAAN.

@toby1439

Жыл бұрын

@@jubairomar2676 Yeah veterans fighting terrorism are bullies. What a load of bs.

My fiancé named Luis V. served in Iraq as well. He's a specialist. He missed his combat friend who died in a car accident when they got out of the army. The only thing my fiancé is sensitive about is hearing a stuff that has been slammed. And he's outlet for his PTSD is playing online games which i support him.

@MyEgoReal

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm good keep it up

@08Stella

9 ай бұрын

Playing games online is a pleister on the wound, a kind of escape... not the solution. He is still running... xx..

@rein3684

8 ай бұрын

@@08Stellaeveryone has their outlets.

@ocatazzip124

6 ай бұрын

@@08StellaSays the person with complete anonymity, sitting behind a screen writing this on a keyboard or phone😂 Its pathetic how you people act on here compared to real life.

@08Stella

5 ай бұрын

@@ocatazzip124 Not sure what you mean... like you are sitting behind the screen ridiculing what YOU THOUGHT I had said? Is that what you mean with "you people act on here"? I said it in a decent manner and would say it in real life too. Look up any serious issue how ppl deal with it (drinking, smoking, gambling, shopaholics, alcoholics, drug users, overeaters, overworking, underachievers... ) and you'll see I didn't say anything wrong. We are all in the same group. We distract ourselves from the real issues, emotions that we don't want to feel. Only the TOOL is different. This is a serious issue, I am not the one with a smiley in my comment. Not nice at all...

As a veteran with ptsd and being a retired sfc I know for a fact that so much stigma is around seeking help for mind and body.

@secrets.295

Жыл бұрын

I hope you suffer a lifetime for committing war crimes.

@courtneycoley8487

Жыл бұрын

Plz seek help if u haven't. They don't report it now. My husband sadly took his life. Iraqi Veteran. 2 hours. 😢

@TheNewYorkie

Жыл бұрын

@@courtneycoley8487 I'm so so sorry for your loss! This is absolutely devastating. My heart physically aches for the heroes who come home bruised and battered but have no support to help them cope with the horrors they faced at war. Sending you much love. I hope you will somehow find strength and peace to deal with his loss. 🤍

@TheNewYorkie

Жыл бұрын

@@courtneycoley8487 what do you mean by 2 hours?

@ayten3617

11 ай бұрын

My best friend/neighborhood was infantryman in Marines, did 3 tours in the middle east. This was around 2009-2013. He would be 34 years old this November, if he was still with us. Sadly took his own life about a year after coming home. We lived and worked together when he got back, he must have had PTSD or something, I remember he would only sleep while I was awake, he would randomly puke or throw up or start to gag. He always kept his shoes on, always had a loaded pistol with him, kept a loaded combat shotgun Mossberg in his back seat (the one he blew his head off with), he came back dependant on opiates which he said many people get dependant on over there, he said the locals would trade them opium for things like cigarettes food drinks candy playing cards etc... He also didn't talk much to other people and would just stare into space alot. It was sad.

Frontline documentaries are so details and vary well presented. Great work ...

I hope the Sergeant who explained that refusing the order, realising he needed help and asking for it was seen as weakness, knows now that what he did actually took incredible strength, courage & self awareness.

Very sad war destroy human life. My prayer goes to everyone. Thank you for your service.

Love this program!! Keep up the good work

“Soldiers heart” is such an old term that was interesting to see as your title. Something that was written about in old histories of shell shock, panic disorder, in early psychology literature. These experiences damage both the mind and body. Not only in war but war is perhaps the most profoundly damaging. I’ve worked with combat veterans. It’s not something that humans are designed to withstand or participate in.

These guys and girls that put these stories together are real journalists . I watched this in 2005 and watched it again today , and just breaks my heart .

Hearing all of this makes me even more grateful that I decided NOT to join the military when I was young. I'd always suspected that it was a cruel and ignorant organization with a culture that didn't value its personnel. My father told me stories of how threatened he and his fellow airmen were by the Air Force during his service in the Vietnam War. I've also heard that the modern Marines treat their people the worst and see their lives as very cheap, in and out of combat (from Terrence Popp - on KZread if you want to hear from him about this). The most sickening part of this issue is how the 'macho' culture is present in civilian life as well, with an incredible parallel stigma toward and ignorance of mental illness in American society. You can clearly see why we have such a high level of veteran suicides in the country right now - a culture of condemnation and ridicule combined with a gross ignorance of the nature of mental illness derived from trauma. I just thank God there are some professionals out there (like Grossman and the psychologists) that understand the problem clearly and can educate those of us who are willing to learn.

@horusthehorse

2 жыл бұрын

I think you should do a little homework on Dave Grossman (who is indeed a gross man) before you send that piece of literal human fecal matter any praise.

@peterhuber1702

2 жыл бұрын

@@horusthehorse No need - I've read his books and have been following his work in the civilian sector for years - what's your beef with him?

@marsdenk.6162

Жыл бұрын

Well said,War is a Racket and All wars are Bankers Wars.

@billionear

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. You my friend are the real patriot.

@user-wp6iw2mg9y

9 ай бұрын

Well it is called the service for a reason.

Absolutely superb. Reminder that even soldiers r normal human beings who are courageous and fragile at the same time. They have witnessed so much horror.

@secrets.295

Жыл бұрын

Soldiers are bloody murderers & rapists. When you go to war over a lie, there is a special place in hell for people like them

@yayaabdulahihasan7749

9 ай бұрын

They didn't witnessed any horror but they are the ones that have done the horror.

@south1328

8 ай бұрын

@@yayaabdulahihasan7749correct

@theslayer-re6uh

28 күн бұрын

@@yayaabdulahihasan7749 That horror was made by our corrupt leaders. Don't blame the gun, blame the man.

It is no wonder that less than 1 percent of the population serves in the US military. Most young people and their families don’t want this trauma fighting in unwinnable and unending wars against terrorism.

@6688ya

2 жыл бұрын

It's all about money and power , it's not about freedom (free-Dumb) or democracy, all that patriotism is bullshit , the u.s a warmonger state ( president einsehower warn about military industrial complex) Just like Mexico 🇲🇽 is a Narco state , just like the war in drugs has always been bullshit , it's money money ,money , and to incarcerated people of color , there is a reason why the majority of people of color are incarcerated and the whites are the minority

@stangdriver8

2 жыл бұрын

A little under 10% of Americans arrive in the Military. The 1% number is the percent of Americans that serve in Combat Arms.

@irishfuk3219

2 жыл бұрын

We always send the poor

@yannick245

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's 0,5% at any given time. So the percentage of people that served in the military must be much higher.

@frankhynd885

2 жыл бұрын

@@yannick245 There are around 19 million U.S. veterans according the Department of Veterans Affairs, representing approx 7.5% of the U.S. adult population.

I would be GUT WRENCHED to hear people tell me thank u for your service.. know the truth behind it all is horrible to all the innocent people lives lost.

In 2015 the Death Penalty Information Centre stated that “at least 10% of the current death row-that is, over 300 inmates-are military veterans. Many others have already been executed.” I've no doubt that undiagnosed or untreated PTSD has a big part to play here.

I did two tours in Iraq I'm 60 years old now and still dealing with pstd, my wife left me because of my anger that I didn't have before my second tour, what keeps me grounded is that I have custody of my son I will never allow him to join the marines as I did. But God is good I'm much better than I used to be.

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol seriously you believe in God after causing so much pain and suffering to the people?

@findingian001

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry sir

@chopperchopper1418

2 жыл бұрын

I pissed but I direct at how deserves it, It's not you or your family, it's the government hiring people from India to work at the VA, iam used to death seen alot n I wasn't in your combat, You don't kill 1 cow, you kill the whole herd, mad cow disease its in the VA.

@themarinman8339

10 ай бұрын

@@jubairomar2676exactly

I watch this for the first time with tears, I was born in 1949 in HongKong. My late father was captured by Japanese army when he was doing business in China.He was in the Hainan camp, he was kept alive because he knew how to drive a truck. after the war ended he came have and stared family and business. Business fail and he have mental illness. the family through he was lazy. There was no PTSD at those days.I was raised by my god parents. my god mother is my moms good friend. My God father was a soldier fought the Jepenese. He talk a lot about the war at dinner time after drinking the rice wine my god mother made.. I was he only audience. Because my god mother alway rolled her eyes and said he told the same story. All this years I believed he fought for the KMT ( Chiang Kai Shek ) because he alway said what a hero-appearance he had on the house. the 3 thing he repeated and repeated was the big scare on he forehead and the only medicine the soldiers had was garlice and how their used the stews to fixed their shoes when they march. I was young but I just assume the soldiers wore leather boots. sometime I rolled my eyes with my godmother too thinking that he was BS. No until the lock down I had time to watch the history KZread, and I saw the Moa soldiers wearing sandals or even No shoes. and because the Moa's soldiers got chased and killed by the real soldiers.I stared to realized and cried many time while I was watching those KZread. Even my god father was hiding the fact that he was the Moa's solider ( it was dangerous at that time ) but when h e talk about how the villager willing to risk their own life to help them. His eyes lifted up and I know he was so proud. He never talk bad about other soldiers Because all soldiers are frighting for the same reason . and it was the commandos that they trust keep them frighting the evil force with they highest integrity... their life. No any pills and Therery can replace the Integrity and respect from their own hearts. I sing Ave Maria everyday as my prayer to all service. There are no different why they put their lives into the course.

@jimreily7538

Жыл бұрын

So he was in the Kuomintang ? Where was he fighting ? In Hong Kong ? A fascinating story

Took me 20 odd yrs to admit I had a problem . Cost me job and my marriage. For God's sake ...... ASK !!! You are NEVER alone The guys who had yr back then will still have your back now !!

I served 4 tours each time worst .....PTSD did destroy me for a long time and still haunts me .......meditation helped alot

If you're struggling with PTSD or other mental health issues please get help. Don't bottle of up and keep it to yourself. Never underestimate the power of talking to somebody you trust.

In Canada we have lost more of our soldiers to suicide after coming home then those who died in Afghanistan. It is shameful how we leave so many of them to rot .

@gregoryyancey6081

2 жыл бұрын

That's sad.

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what happens when you torture prisoners, desecrate Qur'an (look up the recent reports regarding by BBC/Al jazeera) bully the weak and unarmed kill civilians.

@alaskayoung3413

2 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting to hear coming from being an American soldier bc we have had very similar numbers. 22 a day for last few years. Makes it seem more normal hearing other countries similar to us have them same issues.

@alaskayoung3413

2 жыл бұрын

@@jubairomar2676 that’s funny bc what I saw was the taliban torturing pow’s, civilians, Christians, raping little boys, making women suicide bombers, hiding behind the civilians so they accidentally get shot, and using their religion as a shield bc they know we won’t attack mosque or during prayer etc.

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

@@alaskayoung3413 You didn't see what you're claiming. You're a liar. And Christians don't live in Afghanistan 😂😂 the "raping of boys" was done in US controlled area overseen by US military. Torture is your thing, Trump got voted in power after pledging to bring back harsher torture methods, Obama admitted to torturing people. And you dropped hundreds of bombs on mosques, graves, schools, hospitals, markets and weddings in Afghanistan. You're a terrible liar.

FRONTLINE ❤ KEEP UPLOADING YOUR DOCUMENTARIES ON KZread

What do you honestly expect to get out of war aside from trauma?

@jonransdell

Жыл бұрын

They literally sold their souls for money and benefits.

@AnuragSingh-hi9ly

11 ай бұрын

For US, Oil

@arehman1609

10 ай бұрын

They chose to go and participate in destroying another country the Afghan or IRAQI people were defending there land just like Americans would defend there land if they were invaded

@anthonyfuqua6988

9 ай бұрын

​@AnuragSingh-hi9ly India uses tons of oil too and benefits from the global security that our military provides. The U.S. obtained no oil in the Iraq War. The new government got it and Afghanistan has no oil.

@LiterallyGod

9 ай бұрын

@@AnuragSingh-hi9ly i mean individually as a soldier you genius.

PBS FRONTLINE PLEASE ADD THE WOUNDED PLATOON.

@Jay-jb2vr

2 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔

Very good documentary , stay strong brothers🇺🇸

This really sheds light on what happens to so many of our vets. We need to do better.

these, cameramans, journalists are professional at work. 💕

Outstanding documentary 👏 👌 i suffer PTSD, not from combat experience...........but mine from a emergency hospitalisation where i died twice and spent 9 weeks in ITU......the drugs and experience realky warped my mind so i can only pray for these people who suffer.....god bless you all and good luck.........

@marsdenk.6162

Жыл бұрын

Did you meet Jesus? Did you leave your body??

@550.91D

3 ай бұрын

He might have did ​@marsdenk.6162

I'm in.A big thanks for this.

Thank you for this documentary that you have made and how much I understand what that this documentary is teaching about and needs to be seen

The best documentary channel 👏

Man this is a good documentary. PTSD is real man.

My son and daughter in law are in the Air Force. Praying for them daily 🙏🙏🙏

@deathlarsen7502

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO the Chair Force. why they may get a paper cut! PTSD from that and the chow hall ran out of break pudding.

Great documentary on PTSD

I could really relate to this, good job

I have severe anxiety, PTSD, Depression, Insomnia. I've seen a lot and been through more than any normal human being should.

@stevenquick4315

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both brother. It’s still one day at a time. Just don’t quit today, every day.

@mikelballard5041

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you make your way through all that garbage, Steve. I appreciate you.

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

Why should any feel pity for the bullies?

@stevenquick4315

2 жыл бұрын

@@jubairomar2676 Sorry I missed you. Maybe next time.

@darrin3364

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service 🙏 ❤

A country that hurst its own people so much cannot be successful for very long. Frontline, your content is just top quality work !

Thanks for your service

Excellent documentary 👏👏👏

We turn young men and women into weapons, send them to do and see horrible things, and expect them to come home to readapt to peacetime life......22 a day.........22 a day. The wars never end for any soldier who has been in combat.

@Penguin24766

2 жыл бұрын

"Only the dead have seen the end of war " Plato I think ? Anyway It describes the agony well

Very good documentary! Brings light to the mental health issue that was taboo. Maybe still is but shine a little bit of light to the subject.

When you talk about Shell shock and the pussification with the wording of the condition, it reminds of a lot of George Carlin's had to say about the subject.. Which I always took to heart, bless you for bringing it up

Best documentaries on KZread bar none.

I wonder how many of these service people has succumbed to the darkness here in 2021?

@fatimals5228

2 жыл бұрын

Thousands of unheard hero’s so sad

Nobody wins in war. You either lose your life. Or lose your humanity. Lest we forget all the fallen. Not just our own. 🙏🙏🙏

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

This was not a war. 40 mass murdering power nations vs an impoverished group.

@Go-go-super-guru

2 жыл бұрын

@@jubairomar2676 oh shut up. They were backed by Russia. AND the Mujahedeen compensated the families of fallen soldiers. To call them an impoverished group is outright disrespectful to the countless of elite trained jihadists who lost their lives to these legal terrorists with nothing more than a gun license, determine who has the right to kill.

@jubairomar2676

2 жыл бұрын

@@Go-go-super-guru who were backed by Russia again? And how exactly?

@Go-go-super-guru

2 жыл бұрын

@@jubairomar2676 my apologies. The USSR. How? Only with the biggest military supplies, equipment and advisors that it had ever given to any other country. Shall we go down this road?

Thank you. you are so loved. God Bless

A very good documentary.

Will Lyman’s narration is Frontline’s golden goose.

@info_public

2 жыл бұрын

goose-step?

@cdr861532

2 жыл бұрын

That really is true. That voice is iconic. When you hear that voice, you know what you are about to watch is quality stuff.

@markdumoulin4775

2 жыл бұрын

Right! 👌 He and Peter Coyote are unmatched as narrators.

I love you FrontLine!👍❤️ From Montréal I wish you all the best as well!🙏👍

Great documentary.

This is really good. Heartbreaking and illuminating. It's sad in our country the folks who are made to suffer and lose for the "winners" and rich people to get what they want.

If you just felt sorry??????? Al the civilians Allah see every thing

I saw my buddy get pinned in between the wall and a k-loader. He didn't make it. I wasn't able to speak on it until recently with the help of the VA. It has most definitely traumatized me beyond repair. My buddy lost his life...and I've pretty much lost mine. Only difference is I'm still breathing...damn.

الله يعينك يا عراق 😢

Brilliant documentary

Thank you for serving , God Bless you.

Can't wait love Frontline always get the truth out

My Great-grandfather knew about this problem. He apologized to me when I was an adult and explained that it was part of the cost we all paid and continue paying for our part in the last centuries global wars. He participated in both. It blew my mind to find it only starting to be covered and actually disputed! In the nineties. Terrible shame.

That first guys story about how he shot that woman. That was someone’s daughter, could have been someone’s mother, their sister etc. We hear his story and how sad he is and whatever but imagine the feelings of the Iraqis that were the real victims from all of this.

Gosh, I love Frontline.

Finally, the long wait is over👏👏

@aharonemanuel4010

2 жыл бұрын

Ya

I was in Iraq in 2005-2006 for OIFIII up in Kirkuk for counter IED route clearence and to train the Iraqi Army. Then 2010-211 for operation New Dawn. 116th BCT. Under the 1st. Infantry division.

@1mtnmama879

2 жыл бұрын

thank you sir or ma'am (thinking sir based on time frame and duty) for your service, your loyalty, and your losses 💪🇺🇸💪

@ImZeroDayz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. I'm broke but if their is anything I can do for you, just ask.

@donkEEpunch85

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you're doing well! After this program, I worry for all you guys. I'm in MT. If you're local and ever need anything, lmk.

@irishfuk3219

2 жыл бұрын

Hoo ah

@1st_ID_doc

2 жыл бұрын

Iron Rangers! From a brother, 1-34th Armor, 1st BCT, 1st ID, OIF 1-2. Part of me has never left that damn place...

Really a huge acknowledgement 🤩♥️🏅

This brings everything back to life

Thank you all for your unselfish service. God bless you and your families.

Hats off to PBS frontline to take up such a sensitive subject , in India today if you make this kind of documentary you will be branded as anti-national for sure .

@pamelaporter4750

2 жыл бұрын

That's most unfortunate when just the opposite is true; there's nothing more patriotic for noncombatants than to care for veterans.

@OmmerSyssel

Жыл бұрын

Equal documentaries have been made in several European countries. PTSD is a well-known and public recognised issue.

@buddy3852

Жыл бұрын

@@OmmerSyssel this was in 2005. Here in the US especially then it still had a stigma. Still does now of course but not as bad.

Thank you for the video

Plain and simple! Frontline documentary