As a member of engineering department on a nuclear submarine, we spend a lot of time practicing for things like major fires, flooding, steam leaks, lube oil ruptures, reactor coolant leaks and other major events that could affect the ship. Every ACTUAL event has been minor: a small electrical component lets out some smoke and stops when it's turned off, a seawater leak dripping a few drops per minute, a pressure transient in the lube oil system that causes the backup pump to turn on. As much as I want to do the things I train for, show that all the practice has paid off, I also know that if the real deal hits, it's gonna be very messy and dangerous. So I keep at it, planning and practicing, but hoping to never have to actually do anything.

@firetruck988

6 ай бұрын

but if you do, the training will help you to act swiftly and appropriately to the threat.

@superfamilyallosauridae6505

6 ай бұрын

in certain ways, the real deal on a submarine is worse than the real deal for something like an infantry unit. But USN damage control autism does pay off sometimes, unfortunately. USS Cole, USS Stark would've sunk in any other Navy.

@hambonesmithsonian8085

6 ай бұрын

@@firetruck988keyboard warrior to actual trained professional lmao

@Cheekychappy36

6 ай бұрын

@@firetruck988 no shit Sherlock

@aurthurodonnell6707

6 ай бұрын

isn't a submarine called a boat ? .. out ...

I spent 9 years in the active US Army, and did two deployments as an MP. The 2nd deployment was prison security, really laid back. The first, though, was non-stop mounted patrols with the Iraqi Police, and lasted for 15 months during the Surge. I never once fired a weapon in anger, and only ever aimed my M4 at someone once. As I'd heard it described by an older veteran, "war is long periods of boredom punctuated with moments of sheer terror". I only ever had the terror part for about 5 minutes in 15 months, when I fixated on the roof of my tent, thinking one of the incoming mortars was about to land on top of me. Those videos CivDiv describes are exciting, fast-paced, scary, blood-curdling, thrilling... and were preceded and followed by hours, days and weeks of absolutely nothing!

@odinsrensen7460

6 ай бұрын

"mounted patrols" What, like on horses?

@theblindfoldedpilot1699

6 ай бұрын

I spent 0 years in the armed forces and I'm now still 16 but I'm joining the international Legion of the defense of Ukraine as a unarmed EMT with 0 experience lol

@therealjbc

6 ай бұрын

@@odinsrensen7460 Up-armored humvees and armored security vehicles; "mounted" just means that we did most of our work from vehicles. Interestingly enough, I am a certified spur-holder in the US Army Cavalry! Think of it like a classic frat initiation, but with camouflage and artillery simulators.

@Ksyusha1

6 ай бұрын

@@therealjbc «…weeks of absolutely nothing” on Ukrainian frontlines ?! wow, some guys got very lucky. P.S. There is nothing exciting in this first full blown modern war. Guys who fought since 2014 or were taking part in Soviet war in Afghanistan …..can’t even compare those experiences with the current one. It’s a real hell on earth . If it reminds me of anything then the closest thing would be the eastern front during the WW2.

@koekie7003

6 ай бұрын

@@odinsrensen7460 obviously not. Everyone knows they use donkeys

Great thought provoking episode - “What might have been”. My friend’s grandfather trained as part of a small squad for a critical mission in WW2. He got sick and didn’t go. As a consequence, he was not part of the team that assassinated Reinhard Heydrich. But he survived the war, married and had children. None of the team that went, survived. Frustration, disappointment, guilt, gratitude, sorrow. What might have been.

@mryupjup2203

6 ай бұрын

What went wrong on the mission?

@augistry5439

6 ай бұрын

@@mryupjup2203 Nothing, they completed their mission but were found by the germans after an extensive search, they committed suicide after a 6 hour long firefight with the germans in the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague

@KrokLP

6 ай бұрын

Your friend's grandfather was not able to help significantly worsen the treatment of the Czechs by the Nazis?

@nickc6882

6 ай бұрын

@@augistry5439 correct, although substitute the word Nazi for the word German. That friend and I actually met, at school, in Germany. We are both mostly British but owe lots to our time in Germany. Growing up in an international, multi-racial and multi religious environment highlights the fact that the problem is always people and ideology, not race, religion or nationality. Heydrich was a fervent Nazi and his treatment of others does not align with the kindness I have always received from Germans and Germany. Within that group of friends, I learned later, was someone whose grand-parents’ best man was Hitler, another whose grandfather was part of the V2 rocket team that was taken back to White Sands and Huntsville to develop what became the Saturn 5 rocket, and a third friend was Jewish and his grand father was the only male survivor of Auschwitz in his family. Add in the part Czech friend whose grand father was part of the Heydrich assassination team. So 2 senior nazis, one Auschwitz survivor and one who tried to kill senior Nazis. … 40 years later their grandchildren were all teenagers growing up together in Germany itself. In that group of friends were also 3 Iranians and 2 Israelis and everyone got along fine. Lunch time conversations would frequently span 4 languages and I developed the valuable life skill of being able to swear fluently in Hebrew, Arabic, German and many other languages. The Heydrich assassination is in 2 movies “Anthropoid” and “Operation Daybreak”. The V2 rocket team was “Operation Paperclip”.

@braveworld2707

6 ай бұрын

Christopher Lee was in Prague filming a Dracula movie circa 1966 IIRC and the Czech military showed up with armoured vehicles. The crew were worried and Christopher Lee said not to worry they were here to see him because he was a bit of a big deal in Czechoslovakia. He knew the men who went on Operation Anthropoid because he had trained them and knew them well. He asked his co-star to go with him to visit his friends.

War tourism is something else lol

I think this shows the importance of a good officer corp. Good soldiers will often be suicidality ambitious for action, and it is the role of the leadership to maintain intelligence of the battlefield and withdraw them from situations that are likely to go poorly.

While some of our citizens run away from our fight, some citizens from other countries run towards it to aid us. With my last breath I'll be thanking you, guys. 💛💙✌

@chezeex

6 ай бұрын

Еба вы переобулись насчет людей на чужой территории

@dvelp7040

3 ай бұрын

yes, all the nazi mercenary bastards are fighting for your poor country, thats it

The best description for it I've ever heard was only 4 words, "hurry up and wait." Sums it up perfectly 😂😂😂

"We dont have a bloodlust" but "we want to do our job which is yo kill" contradictory at its finest😂

@MartinMartin-bh4ke

5 ай бұрын

True, it is weird to put young men in a war and then expect them to be normal back home.

@russianinvader3207

5 ай бұрын

Bloodlust is killing for "fun",so no it is not the same.

Merci! Tes dernieres videos sont plus personnelles sur le coté émotion et psychologies et restent vraiment tres interessantes! Merci Dude!

Loosing a friend is hard man i cant imagine it

@CivDiv

5 ай бұрын

It’s human, we’ll all have that at some point, seriously appreciate the sympathy you have though ❤️

I’m joining the marine corps in exactly a year in a half your videos are very helpful for me. Thank you for your service

@iii3931

6 ай бұрын

have u seen his video on his experience in the marine corp? kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYiK2reRo7yWmqw.htmlsi=Ycu-6WSVz64QGRh8

@iii3931

6 ай бұрын

not tryna put u off or anything but since u look up to him u should consider his experience before u join

@RandomGamerClips

6 ай бұрын

I wish you luck!

@alexanderrodriguez8582

6 ай бұрын

@@iii3931 yeah I saw that video like 4 times

@gavins9846

6 ай бұрын

​@@iii3931The army can be cruel. But I don't have other army to join.

Interesting video. I, as someone who hasn’t served in military as conscription was brought back only in 2015 in my country, do not have real understanding of tactics, but it seems to me that these preparations for missions that do not happen in the end are still benefficial especially if there are fresh new people as they can learn how to conduct themselves, getting hands-down to it believing that this is for real, and they get to experience first hand how to prepare and what to do, without actually getting attacked in the end, meaning that when such situation will happen in future culminating in contact with the enemy, they will have considerable amount of knowledge. Greetings from Lithuania.

Thanks as always for your honest input!

Only thing I've seen tackle the same issues is Jarhead, very nice to hear it from someone who has first hand experience too.

Good stuff! Thank you for your service!

I talked to the guy who ran the local gun club who was a Korean war veteran. I brought in a slew of books and asked which should I read first if I get drafted in a major conflict. He recommended the books by Poole and to only read books by vets. He said the thing to remember is that you are going to do things you never imagined in order to survive. It will be horrible but you have to do it. I talked to my grandfather who fought in WWII and asked him what you need to do to survive. He said to NEVER volunteer because it was you basically agreeing to suicide. Also, learn to sew. Also, take cover, don't get flanked, and take out targets of opportunity.

@kubaglow1387

5 ай бұрын

You seemed to have understood the completely wrong lessons from them. Please, don't let these incorrect ideas consume you and interfere with you actually being a productive member of society. Touch some grass and understand that the US will never see conflict in its lifetime. (On home soil)

Hey Cis, I'm a former Part of the EUMAM Mission Ukraine in Germany. And what i experienced was and is traumatic. It didnt let me sleep for days. Not just seeing the Ukrainian Soldiers suffer from tragic experiences. I was able to talk with them in their language. I can never explain how it was. No one would ever understand what these people go through. Even more it hurts me that people talk so casually about the war and the thousands of man that have fallen. Not just the Ukrainian side. Im sure the russians experience the same. Even tho the Ukr'S showed kidness towards us (friends) they lost every humanity against their enemies. I'm sure i'd talk the same way about the people that raped and killed my family. Invade my country and makes me lose every right of freedom. I dont wish anyone to win this war. I just hope for peace. And i concider myself as a soldier of peace. (There will be people disagreeing with this, but its my opinion) Been in army for 18months. Joined with 17, finished Recruiting with 17 and got deployed (in country) nearly in an instant. I dont think i was ready for what i saw. I was a child and still am one (with current 18 years). I cant imagine to experience what they did. Just their stories are chilling enough. War is awfull. Still im ready to fall for my country every day. Thank you everyone. This comment maybe got a bit emotional. If it did, i'm sorry. Big Regards to you, our comrades and Rest in peace. Every fallen man. We all are human.

@DonaldDuck666

6 ай бұрын

Trauma/PTSD is building up when you age there is a reason they recruit younger people because the brain and neurons are not developed yet to fully comprehend what happened.

@gabyspan940

6 ай бұрын

guns dont bring peace...only death... history proves this

@FrancoITA505

6 ай бұрын

Imagine forcibly fighting for a corrupt leader who destroyed your nation! I feel sorry for the Ukrainians, they deserve better

I was told by a veteran it was like training for the NFL and never playing a match.

these videos of yours really are one example of people being born for war and I have to respect that tbh

Aww you cut right before he said, “the baby”. Great video, as always!

I'll always advocate for people to join the service if they're able bodied. A lot of people get skittish over the idea of a firefight which I understand but there's lots of options that won't put you directly in combat. Granted, the expectation to perform is still there but hey I joined the Navy as an Intelligence Specialist and the only time during my service I even touched a firearm was in boot camp, shooting at a paper target. I want more people to realize there's so much to gain both in benefits and in personal growth and development. It's a life changing experience and enlisting was the best decision I ever made.

@Kreyz404

5 ай бұрын

I feel sorry for you

@patrickbateman202

4 ай бұрын

Army is stupid if you dont want to die, coming back injured and thinking your life will be same is retarded thinking. People wont care and you will probably die alone as addict cuz no woman want to deal with your mental and physical struggles its 2k23 and it just meat market at the end of the day.

You’re a really respectable guy and these stories are all impactful, from what I’ve watched.

I did a deployment to Afghanistan in 2005. People don't understand that the bulk of what happened is what almost happened. haha. You get in situations where things are unfolding and everything is responding and adjusting as things change and then nothing happens or it happens to other people. Those stories are not as sexy and exciting unless you've also been in those situations - it's hard to understand or place value on a "could have been" or "almost happened" unless you know. haha. The reality is that this is the reality. This is what it is really like.

@FTWIHA

6 ай бұрын

50% of War is waiting for something to happen that never actually happens, 40% is just sitting around bored and the last 10% is Combat, though if you're deployed in COIN most of that is going to be just you getting shot at, maybe returning fire in the general direction they might be.

@WordMadeFlesh777

6 ай бұрын

Lol I didn’t 4 years in the CG and I always joked that the theme phrase was…something almost cool happened. Lots of gearing up and rolling out to nothing burgers.

@ChazMicheals

6 ай бұрын

Spot on. Some of the experiences that I look back on the most with a bit of relief were times where things were unfolding and should have or almost went seriously wrong. Those (in hindsight) are more terrifying than some engagements, how badly things could have played out in other ones that ended up not being as kinetic. Often you are one decision or development away from a very bad day.

Are "hand me down" kits common? I would assume weapons and munitions would be from your government/supporting group, but what about what you wear? I know the US has some control over that too, but do people run their own gear too? Does the new guy get the terrible Xbox controller?

@capslock4959

6 ай бұрын

New guy always gets the shitty mad catz 3rd party controller 😢

I was in OEF, got into 1 firefight, and didn’t even shoot my gun at the enemy(was waiting for the perfect kill shot but most of them died as I waited). Most of the deployment was pretty boring and mundane. It was a simple life though and I sometimes miss it.

Stay safe out there man.

A universal truth my grandfather and every military member I've ever spoken with said"there's one saying you'll know by heart if you get into the military,HURRY UP AND WAIT" I would have waited,but they didn't want me so civilian life it is

Hey Civ. I’d be interested to see you make a video on the gear you used as a guerrilla as well as a foreign legion fighter. In your scenarios fighters often use whatever they can get their hands on and it would be interesting to see your experiences with different systems and equipment and what your set up was and why.

@fat_biscuits3928

Ай бұрын

He cannot tell you that, he is a fraud!

I am very happy to see that you are doing well mate..Your life is like a movie to most of people..I wish u all the best in future and keep your head safe

All soldiers can relate to this, if they have any field experience. Waiting for "things to happen", preparing for "things to happen", being told that "things have changed", experiencing that the enemy does something unexpected or does nothing at all... In the same time, prepapring for this and staying sharp, staying strong, keeping routines... And then IED happens!

Thank you

Als alter NVA Soldat rate ich einfach die Lage real zu betrachten. Russen und Ukrainer sind Leiden gewohnt.

My father alway said "Die Hälfte seines Lebens wartet der Soldat vergebens" which translates as "Half of his life the soldier waits in vain." ;)

Softair's mil sims taught me to have a huge amount of patience and developed my waiting skills, I can't even imagine real war

So sorry to hear that and i think the family of your friend will need it more than me im so sry man

@CivDiv

5 ай бұрын

More than enough man, thank you so much though. This is gonna make a huge difference to them ❤️

Go home Yankees. 🏡

@kennyskomputers1009

6 ай бұрын

not your problem what people do

"people jump on that opportunity" (speaking on dangerous volunteer missions) - civdiv Word to the wise, I don't recommend doing that. I know of more than one situation where everyone died. You could only have survived if you were not there. Sometimes a commander might intentionally "forget" someone, in order to save his life. I know of a marine that was only spared because he was ordered to do task assignments as a punishment for a minor infraction, instead of going out and training with the rest of his squad. None of them had a chance.

@kais2345

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, especially being a foreign merc/volunteer, who knows what sort of positions you're going to be put in

o love to see ppl talking about their experiences

Praying for the best for preparing for the worst.

i really appreciate the non bullshit from this Man, great content, giant balls, thank you for your service.

"if you make a plan god laughs at you" rob o neill "no plan survives contact with the enemy" moltke the elder, dwight d eisenhower ye war tends to not follow the plan

Much respect towards you and your teammates! Takes a lot of guts to willingly put yourself into a war zone to fight for what you believe is right! May your aim be true and your bullets find their mark! Stay safe and god bless!

Its like two very different wars - 2022 and 2023.

@kam2894

6 ай бұрын

how so?

@rowangoldsmith1269

6 ай бұрын

@@kam2894 2022 was a piece of cake but 2023 not so much

@Vova3iLvova

6 ай бұрын

ukraine is not allowed to win, if you believe anything else you are wrong

@bigglesharrumpher4139

6 ай бұрын

@@Vova3iLvova No - YOU are wrong....think Russia in Afghanistan....how did that turn out? The US found out the same thing.

@Vova3iLvova

6 ай бұрын

​@@bigglesharrumpher4139 You ever heard what Assange said about US - afghan war? t US government doesnt want a successful war, they use the war to wash money out of tax payers into their pockets. Same here, if there was clear intent to destroy russia even on ukrainian territory this would have happened in the first year alone. instead they gave russia half a year+ to mine every meter and build fortification, and supplied just enough for our survival. And all you hear ukraine gets billions every month, where the fuck do these billions go??? we donate out of our own pockets to for critically needed fpv drones, civilian trucks, gear, optics, cloth. anything civilians can legally buy that is of need and use. all on less than $500 a month salary. all could have been prevented by destroying military plants penny in a dollar. instead we have these arbitrary limitations on how we can and cant use nato weapons on russian territory, why? fears of escalation they say. but somehow we bomb what ever the fuck we wish - infrastructure military complexes, warships, etc. with ukrainian made drones and how does russia respond??? THEY FUCKING DONT. yet the west is still protecting russia with their limitations. but how does russia fund all of this with sanctions that were supposed to cripple the country by now TWICE. well biden took care of that too, by restricting oil production in the US and driving global oil prices which GREATLY benefits russia. two years in TWO years in into these supposed DRACONIAN sanctions and nobody expected russia to simply circumnavigate these sanctions by neighboring countries? all these talks of rusia is falling, maybe, at what rate? a much slower rate than ukraine.

Crazy how much training goes into soldiers on both sides, just to be decommissioned by a hot piece of shrapnel from a 1 in a few thousand ordnance impacts.

Crazy seeing those local fields before they started looking like the surface of the moon. 😢

Are American allies, are truly,not just fighting for freedom they are brave beyond the words! They fight badly wounded for each other, trust me I seen it, with them for three months, there fire support saved me and viper 22 , God bless you all men, woman!!

Hello I hope you stay very safe! Thank you my friend!

What gloves would you recommend?

Love the vid. I always say the part nobody talks about is how long it takes to load all your magazines.

When I was in helmand in 11' we got intel we had a squad sized taliban element with rpks and rpgs on motorcycles in our AO. They woke us up at 1am to go out and find them and dispatch them. We stayed out of the wire for 2.5 days and saw nothing. We did end up going back to the same area a month later and were ambushed probably by the same guys

War is 98% boredom 2% fighting... You can go a whole deployment and not get into a gunfight..

@paran0rmvl467

5 ай бұрын

it depends. Mobilised (conscripted, drafted) ukrainian or russian troops would not agree with you.

@tickleboi6581

5 ай бұрын

If you count sitting in a trench praying that you live another hour as boredom

Man, when you're going to be a grandpa, your stories will be the best.

Video looks great. Tell me are you a pmc? What company are you with?

In the Uusimaa Brigade we used to call this desire to fight "sotaståndis" or "war boner".

Alright CivDiv! Thx for the footage, hope you had an excellent Turkeyday,.. and washed it down with some WILD Turkey (101). It’s hard to soar with the Eagles 🦅 when you’re surrounded by Turkeys 🦃

This is how war is, its a lot of waiting and walking.

support from 🇺🇦 ❤

I like you just one thing right after you said it was before mobilization you said we were probably going to go against some conscripts

Great video! Reminds me of the movie Jarhead

Mike Tyson quote everyone has a plan until you get hit in the face

I don't understand. Which organization were you with in these conflict zones?

As goes the saying "I have noticed plans are useless but planning is invaluable"

Hope all is well man. Haven’t made it 30 seconds into the video yet so you might answer this. Any more mission footage coming our way soon?

Could u do a another video like this but with just loads of Ukraine content please ❤

Civ div just wanted to say thank you for your service I’m Scottish and wish I could help more slava Ukraine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦

grow some balls & fight on the front line

that nissan patrol is sick

It’s all a game before someone dies.

The average combat time in efficiency per soldier during the Second World War was 4-5 minutes, out of almost 6 years of conflict. And with all the ammunition used, it equals 5000 rounds that soldier needs to deploy. And that is including the atomic bombs, which really wasn't much in the grand scheme of the war.

How do i sign up for this ?

Yo just wantet to say thank you that you risk your live to save others i think you deserve this its not much but its something

@OG_Doener

5 ай бұрын

Hope you ok

@CivDiv

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much man. Not sure if you knew this, but a friend of mine was recently killed on the frontline, and this money will go directly to his family for helping funeral expenses. They will know you donated. Thank you so so much

@CivDiv

5 ай бұрын

I’m doing good, same with you :)

When I was younger, I had a glazed over mindset towards war history, but what I think of now when i see depictions of war in media are of the horrors of war. The majority of the videos I've seen online might have been glamorized select depictions of war that heavily favor the recording side (cameraman never dies, ww2 bomber armor survivorship bias, etc etc), but all I can really think of when I watch those videos now are the terrible physics of it all. The snap and whizz of the bullets zipping by meters from the camera, a fine layer of dirt rising almost in slow motion when a mortar lands near the trench, a blurred out portion of the screen at points to respect the fallen, and many times either it be Ukrainian or Russian, videos on the platform show soldiers dying terribly and visciously, and that's the part I truly hate about war videos coming from Ukraine. I dont know what the politics are surrounding it, the arguments for depicting it for educational purposes, but it sickens me to see these men die on video, viscerally.

7:00 Im sorry but this caught me so off guard lmao

"We dont have bloodlust" yea yeaaaaa suuuuuuure buddy "We're just very excited to go and do our job" which is "our job is to kill". Ahhhh right, no bloodlust at all, just another day at the office xD. Cope harder my man, you're definitely not a psycho.

Храни тебя господь.❤

random question: why did you have to use a generic AK in Seria? were you not given a gun when deployed, like an m4?

@nathanvenable6734

5 ай бұрын

he went there as a volunteer, completely unaffiliated with the US military

You’re videos are so inspiring bro .

Good job.

Do you prefer the AK over the AR?

I deployed to the UAE just south of the strait of hormuz, gunner on a 34ft patrol boat with an M2 in con 3 everyday. Never saw any Iranians, heard some stuff on marband but that's all.

Hurry up and wait. Yeah, had it happen as well.

And here I was thinking this was going to be about 'going'. How to do the number 2 in the field surrounded by your brothers and sisters. Anyway.

How can we join you?

the part nobody talks about? that wet wipes are the best thing EVER.

I mean, since you're sooo smart, and fought in ALL of these conflicts, even speak the languages: Russian, Farsi as well as the regional dialog diferences. It shouldn't be difficult to prove. RIGHT!

The way you described that assault plan in the beginning... be happy that did not happen, that plan sounds like some new guy stupid shit a new guy would think of

You fight for ukraine!? so you see a lot of nazis!! Are they still singing "We take Crimea this year"!??

No way you described trench warfare as exiting

You look like an elf dude!

I can now interact with a trained killer what a strange world we live in, I mean I always could talk to a military man but it is a bit different I don’t think he would talk to me about kills this is a bit strange to me feel unsettling

Gonna be honest. This was not what I expected it to be.

What is the army like?

Let's see those HONORABLE DISCHARGE PAPERS. It's called a DD214... I want to see your name, and a DL to back it.

Ahh civ divvies; attacking deserted villages ,frontal attacks on empty trenches, harlarious pantomime, u do know mr Z has just bought 2 super yachts!,

Maybe I'm stupid, but I never thought about it until you said you didn't go to a mission. So how does a day for a soldier look like. Because apparently you are not always on the field. So what do you do when you are not on the filed? Where are you? How does the process of going to the filed look like? What decides if you go? Can you make a video about the "behind the scenes" of being in the war?

Hey can you make video talking about close to death moments in combat (if you've had any) or close to death moments of your friend's/someone yk.

@KrokLP

6 ай бұрын

Go jerk off to movies and novels if those experiences are what you want to hear people live through

Smart.

Yea dude, you got lucky. You were definitely gonna get smoked by a “conscript”.

this is the exact mentality that causes a more developed mind to see grunts a cannon fodder.

Look in his eyes... He is broken