We had this guy in my unit. Sgt Treadwell. He'd start firefights with inanimate objects in attempt of obtaining a combat action ribbon. His squad was nicknamed the Ghostbusters

@Soho-Fart

2 жыл бұрын

thats a clever name lol

@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917

Жыл бұрын

lmfaooo

@GeraltofRiviaa88

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jtbush

Жыл бұрын

I can see the jokes now

@BlaneNostalgia

Жыл бұрын

LMAO

"Is he crying?" "No he's not, he's just nervous." "Ok, fuck it. He's crying."

@TheBurnknight

2 жыл бұрын

that is very funny, is that from a movie? surly you woulnt just quote something that we all heard and laughed to, trying to grab some egopoints thinking your original and funny

@timandshannon03

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBurnknight Trolls in the Dungeon! Trolls in the Dungeon!!!!!

@SodaSipper

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBurnknight ur invited to all the parties huh

@BlaneNostalgia

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBurnknight who dug up your mother's cunt?

@himynamelscolin

26 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

And to this day it is rumored that McGraws treasure is still buried in the deserts of Iraq, waiting for it to be recovered by a wandering Second Lieutenant on field nav course.

@theleetworldbest

5 жыл бұрын

Goodwin John ''This point is nowhere around me. There is no desert on the map.''

@twintailMedia

5 жыл бұрын

... theres one officer who will never find those... Sobel. .. He'll be a whole grid off. Rest his soul

@roachboy97

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Frank-pj2tb

4 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@aceofspadesguy4913

4 жыл бұрын

It’s probably not impossible to find them, but I doubt Captain America could give you a proper 8 digit grid coordinate for the cache.

I think the thing that stands about about Captain Mcgraw is that he wasn't a dickhead, he was just a flat out bad officer. He clearly cared or at least tried to care about the men under his command, and he honestly thought he was fostering a sense of fraternity with the soldiers under him. It's kinda sad to see a guy who genuinely tries but doesn't have the necessary skillsets to actually be good, so his intended good nature just comes across as whimsical and annoying.

@dusitthehto1946

Жыл бұрын

I hate to break this that’s because he is prior enlisted guy.

@Katuzzi

Жыл бұрын

​@@dusitthehto1946 What do you mean?

@Demiglitch

Жыл бұрын

@@Katuzzi I think he's trying to say that because Captain America had already been enlisted prior to 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq he already has the camaraderie with everyone and should therefore be more mature regarding the combat and the rules of war. Eric Kocher has talked about the difference between him in the USA and in Iraq. Basically he was a smart guy, but either due to stress or suddenly being thrust into a position of local power, he was both paranoid and commiting "morally questionable" actions. As far as I can tell, his original role was most likely a logistics officer of some kind, but he had the training and they needed people. Kocher says he was "overthinking", analysing different ways he could be killed in his current situation. A mind like that would be very good for logistics, not so good for combat. This of course lead to his war crimes. The looting is easy to explain, he saw something cool and wanted it. A few of his questionable targeting choices, reflected here by him shooting at random stuff or people who may be considered noncombatants is because of differences in interpreting the ROE (Rules of Engagement) and how there are grey areas in the ROE. His biggest crime was the attempting bayonetting of a POW, which would be incredibly bad for him. The show is taking some creative liberties there. In the show I believe he charges at a surrendering soldier, with his bayonet being stopped by a vest or something. According to Kocher, in reality he was poking the POWs with his bayonet and talking to them about Chechnya among other things, which is what got Kocher and a few others reported by the reservists who were attached with them. I don't know how old Captain America was at the time, but Kocher was only 23, so I can empathise with his stress. Kocher was cleared, but it's still a stressful thing to have thrust upon you regardless, especially when you're only a bystander. I think that if Kocher can forgive Captain America, as he says "if you met the guy today, you'd probably like him", it's okay to let bygones be bygones. Captain America's uncle was a colonel in CENTCOM, which probably explains why he was given leeway while overseas, however his general competence before and after Iraq while his was working in the USA in his role at a desk says to me that he is probably someone who just wasn't used right by his superiors. bigthink.com/videos/eric-kocher-on-generation-kill/

@Melody_Raventress

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, seems a classic "wrong place - wrong guy" screwup. I get this horrible feeling watching poor Capt. Mcgraw, he's trying so hard, and failing so badly. I feel embarassed.

@CaptainAhab117

9 ай бұрын

He probably should have been a staff officer, or some other place where his a man of his temperament can be put to better use. Just not leading troops in battle.

"Bravo-3's Commander" "...Can I shoot him?" "Don't waste your ammo."

@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

Bullet*

@sadi5430

3 жыл бұрын

Drama King

@NoobieLandCity

3 жыл бұрын

Friendly fire will not be tolerated

I always found the part where "Captain America" buries his AKs a bit more nuanced that it may have been intended to come off. Notice how he doesn't complain about being talked to like that by a subordinate, he doesn't make threats to him, instead he quietly goes and buries his AKs. The upset look on his face could possibly be taken to mean that he's upset about having to get rid of the rifles, but maybe he's upset that he made his subordinates feel that unsafe.

@travistucker1033

3 жыл бұрын

It's implying that hs lacks all self awareness in his actions.

@MrChase251

3 жыл бұрын

I felt that way about the last scene with LT. Fick. Like he was subtly telling him he had no experience in leading Marines combat and is unprepared for the responsibilities that entails.

@masalanoodles8464

3 жыл бұрын

Then again, he demotes Kocher and Redman to mechanic pool at the end of the show. All because he has an uncle in a higher position. Seems like a nepotism posting, really. Dude was apparently a good Intelligence officer, should have remained there. Combat officers are a different breed. Like Fick and Patterson...

@notanotherpyro

2 жыл бұрын

It also probably has to do with the realization that he may not be cut out for what he spent much of his adult life preparing to do.

@sbraypaynt

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so easy to hate him whilst watching this but you do pity him in that scene. The pain of realising that his subordinates hate and distrust him and that he’s completely incompetent at what he trained to do thinking he was doing fine.

"Denying the enemy transportstion" lol

@invertedv12powerhouse77

5 жыл бұрын

Imagine being a civilian and you watch one american just fire an ak at your car and everyone around him is just watching like "what the fuck"

@requestcontainsinvalidargu185

3 жыл бұрын

*P E O P L E A R E G O I N G T O D I E B E C A U S E O F T H I S*

We had a guy just like this in our company. He was universally hated amongst all enlisted, NCO's, CO's and senior officers. And just like him, he never had a clue how much people despised him.

@shannonroberts681

3 жыл бұрын

How bad was he

@markvianen2282

2 жыл бұрын

Thats the definition of politician

@philconey11

2 жыл бұрын

When I was a corporal, we had a Captain like this guy. On a deployment I straight up told him that all of us fucking hate him because he's a fucking dork, and we take our orders from the First Sergeant over him. Why? Because he asked. He asked a corporal "What do the Marines think of me, Corporal?" Surprisingly, I never heard anything about it.

@skulldozer1462

2 жыл бұрын

@@philconey11 shit if I join the military I'd be praying I'd get some decent officers and not ones like Captain America

@timdillon4876

2 жыл бұрын

so lucky those kinds of officers weren't in vietnam they'd get fragged

This honestly gives me hope that I could be an officer

@drillinstructorfitch5875

6 жыл бұрын

If your dad is not a general you will have to work your way up im afraid

@majormajorasic

6 жыл бұрын

And then work down, and then up some more, really gotta put your back into it and work that shaft.

@howardfortyfive9676

6 жыл бұрын

Why? Are you a shit fer brains too?

@twomouse5572

6 жыл бұрын

He's probably smart in terms of paper work and test scores. Like in Band Of Brothers Lt. Dike was made out to be an self center idiot. But I've read up on he was shelled shocked in the battle of Foy and had to be treated but he served in the Korean war as a Captain.

@S.Clause

6 жыл бұрын

Alex K or score 75 or above on the ASVAB out of high school, and go NROTC. Of course, be screened and qualified to be a Marine. Contact your local Marine Officer recruiting station for more information. They are normally located at the MEPS stations.

McGraw is very lucky that Iraqi Freedom was a relatively quick and bloodless war. This guy was a war crime waiting to happen if the men had real reasons to despise the enemy.

@madronnie9725

5 жыл бұрын

Perry Choi quick, yes. Bloodless, absolutely not. Relative to WWII battles sure 😂

@hellcatdave1

5 жыл бұрын

@@madronnie9725 Our modernized Blitzkrieg tactics saved US lives.

@MrLolx2u

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't really that bloodless to say the least. Sure if you compare to WWII where the US had to fight on multiple fronts at the same time then yes. The bloodloss for Op Iraqi Freedom vs WWII is minuscule but the real bloodshed of Op Iraqi Freedom isn't the actual operation itself but the aftermath. Especially the fight to lodge Saddam and Ba'ath loyalist like the Republican Guards out of towns and stuff is where the actual bloodbath often happens.

@flipierfatalbina4757

4 жыл бұрын

MadRonnie97 Iraqi death count still climbing from bush’s conspiracy theory war

@patthonsirilim5739

4 жыл бұрын

@@madronnie9725 bloodless for the american not so much for the Iraqi

"A little belt-fed today isn't he?" might just be new new favourite phrase.

I love that one where Ray has had enough of listening to McGraw panic and just hands the Radio to Rolling Stones.

@MrReaper071

3 жыл бұрын

"Fuck it. Write the whole expose on him. I don't care." Ray, probably.

Holy shit, this is like some scrub in ARMA voice chat.

@85cadian

5 жыл бұрын

THEY COULD BE COMIN FROM ALL SIDES!!!

@HaxyShark

3 жыл бұрын

someone told me to "watch their barrel" like okay man how is that going to help

@enterthedragon9427

3 жыл бұрын

@@HaxyShark was he talking about flagging? hard to avoid it in arma 3 tbh

@indeed8211

3 жыл бұрын

holy shit its like literally everyone who does milsim in Arma because that shits cringy as fuck

@ethnicsovereignty2369

3 жыл бұрын

@@enterthedragon9427 still, being super serious in a game where tanks go flying because of rubber-banding is cringe

To be fair I would cry if I had to bury AK's too.

@nostradamusofgames5508

6 жыл бұрын

tis the best firearm ever.

@twomouse5572

6 жыл бұрын

Best to bury you're demons before the entire battalion become's you're worst nightmare

@xmm-cf5eg

5 жыл бұрын

I'd be fucking sad too but in all fairness, if you have an m16 that stolen AKMS should be a last ditch weapon, not your go to primary.

@justaguy723

5 жыл бұрын

@@xmm-cf5eg says the guy who's literally THE AK caliber (we don't talk about 5.45)

@xmm-cf5eg

5 жыл бұрын

@Mike I've actually encountered folks who think I'm a 5.45 mag, In reality its a korean-made 7.62 mag. Cheers!

THEY COULD BE COMING FROM ALL SIDES !!

@mikeclemets863

4 жыл бұрын

Here at Ambush Alley

@Pilkie101

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@seanhk9359

4 жыл бұрын

The intensity in his voice 😆

@xavien9854

3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS IT WE GOT NO ESCORT. JUST OUR THIN-SKINNED HUMVEES AGAINST 70 T-72 TANKS...

@MichaelCollins1922

Күн бұрын

.......Is our Platoon Commander okay?

"These people are worse than the goddamn VC.." My favourite quote

@greatkentuckian9032

3 жыл бұрын

Clearly he has not met with or has any real knowledge about the VC.

@ChrisStavros

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatkentuckian9032 If my enemy called me worse than the VC I'd be flattered

@jamesjoseph1249

2 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this at the gym, and when that line was delivered I nearly dropped the dumbbells. Too good

@2:00 "That's why you're in charge sir" - best freaking response ever!

@sheldon-cooper

4 жыл бұрын

Damn that sarcasm is barely noticeable

@jonbarry4580

4 жыл бұрын

@@lukasledesma742 its a sarcastic way to respond that is above his head, and he is an officer so you can't really be direct

@sicfaciuntomnes5604

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonbarry4580 Precisely... can't say how many times I've used that at work over the years!

@hukama6911

3 жыл бұрын

shame the guy then spitting is edited out.

@joshuasantana685

Жыл бұрын

I’ve known officers that think they knew more then us enlisted, so when they tried to “enlighten” us their “leadership” we often say “Yes sir. You’re our DIVO, sir” in that same tone

He was searching the map for loot before it was cool.

@David-eh9le

5 жыл бұрын

A CO that can read a map? Sth new to me

@jeremydaly8293

5 жыл бұрын

This made me spit my fucking drink out

Eric Nenninger, the actor who played Dave McGraw, was enormously entertaining in this role. His expression over the comms was really well done.

@BlaneNostalgia

Жыл бұрын

they sent us to die!

@patrick4662

8 ай бұрын

he is great. I also loved him in malcolm in the middle.

"To remain calm and stay in a place where you think you will die - that, too, is the definition of insane." Well, shit, by those standards, Captain America was stone cold sober.

Apparently this TV series (and, by extension, "Captain America") is famous enough that when I said "fucking Captain America" after someone said "god speed" in a World of Warships session, EVERYONE knew what I was talking about.

@GAMBANJUJJJ

6 жыл бұрын

**Tim allen sound**

@Jajalaatmaar

4 жыл бұрын

What a fckin stupid comment.

@Pilkie101

4 жыл бұрын

This show is a classic kid

@tomaszskowronski1406

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pilkie101 Its not, went fairly under radar. Its just famous in certain circles, mostly among armchair commandos

@dy031101

3 жыл бұрын

@Kkkk Bbbb I just found out that somebody thinks of my silly offhand comment made 3 years ago as enough of a big deal to be made into a clout-chasing conspiracy 🤣

I loved the little scream he let out when throwing those ak's off the bridge :D

@fireemblemistrash75

6 жыл бұрын

Steve L I think they fragged them after, so those things are as good as burnt warped spare parts. No one would be stupid enough to leave fully functional weapons

@smolkafilip

6 жыл бұрын

Its tougher to retrieve the weapons if they are thrown into a river of a pretty high bridge rather than left on the dead enemies. Also perhaps he took the bolts out and dumped them somewhere else.

@Spystreak

5 жыл бұрын

Could have also smashed the bolts with a hammer beforehand which actually would render the AKs unfireable

@huntercolson8860

5 жыл бұрын

Hey alpha have you ever physically disabled an AK? That is some chunky thick metal. Throwing them in the river would be more practical then most options although I don’t know the SOPs they were using back then, plus this officer is portrayed as a low speed wanna bee speed bump that just happened to sneak past the back alley coat hanger abortion that allowed him to fuck up other inbreed high speed warrior marines and his whole platoon. Ps I’m drunk

@theterribleanimator1793

5 жыл бұрын

@@huntercolson8860 we can tell.

"They could be comin' from all sides. *They could be **_comin'_** from all SIDES!"*

@orion3253

3 жыл бұрын

"They're everywhere!" -Bob

The comments section is brutal! They're coming from all sides!

@naughtydog201

5 жыл бұрын

GlennForbes20 THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL SIDES!

@highapachelos3286

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@trager8933

4 жыл бұрын

Lol me in a battlefield game xd

@corvusboreus2072

4 жыл бұрын

Almost enough to make you lose your sanity.

@felipefalcao7705

4 жыл бұрын

The difference is that cpt. Sobel was a good officer and leader during basic training but unfit for war, while cpt.”America” was bad at both of them

like someone said in the youtube comments; this guy needs his own miniseries

@Hovis_711

6 жыл бұрын

Your picture made me wipe the 'hair' off my screen... >:(

@sebastienfriolet5773

5 жыл бұрын

You profile pic made me blow on my screen; but I was drinking coffee so There's shit everywhere

@BalrajSingh-nu9bx

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hovis_711 loool

@aceofspadesguy4913

4 жыл бұрын

“How not to be an officer in the military.”

@Rogue_Nine416

2 жыл бұрын

go watch malcom in the middle, eric nenninger plays a similar character there as well

*Throws an armful of AKs off a bridge*

@maxfernando1504

5 жыл бұрын

They had to do that actually, whenever they saw weapons they had to dismantle destroy or confiscate them so other insurgents wouldn't find them and use them

@xmm-cf5eg

4 жыл бұрын

saw a photo where US troops ran over the barrels of SVD and PSL marksmen rifles to render them un-useable, propped them up at an angle and bent every single one of them. It was a damn shame, most of the rifles looked mint.

@sheldon-cooper

4 жыл бұрын

*Y E E T*

@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxfernando1504 Destroying them I get, just throwing fully functional guns into a river isn't really going to hurt them much if they're only there for a few days, anyone who comes across that bridge now has a dozen perfectly working AK's.

@maxfernando1504

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin it looks like either that river might move fast or is deep so they're going to run downstream and probably into the ocean or even just get buried under mud and sand in the river itself, I don't think that some civilians just going on the bridge are going to dive in and know where the guns are or if they even know that guns are in a river somewhere

2:30-2:35 "They're sending us alone against Iraqi Armor?! People are going to die because of this" You don't say.

@stevemcgee99

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. Iraqis. Was that guy a Marine?

@silvesby

7 жыл бұрын

stevemcgee99 yup

@hippolyteduclerc8138

3 жыл бұрын

No one died tho

@Jeffemcd08

Жыл бұрын

@@hippolyteduclerc8138 coz thankfully there was no armour

According to Eric kocher, captain America was too smart for his own good. He would over analyze situations and would focus on the different ways it could go wrong and because of this would panic.

@CrusadiaIX

Ай бұрын

I honestly can relate to that, decision paralysis is a real thing and over analyzing a problem is a great way to make it much worse than it needs to be.

I recently rewatched Generation Kill, and there’s a really good detail with Captain America. All of the actors employed perfect trigger discipline with their weapons, if you watch Cap, he isn’t in most scenes.

@JnEricsonx

4 жыл бұрын

Hell, one of the actual people from GK played themself: Rudy.

Doc is like: I swear to God I joined the Navy, why in hell am I babysitting marines in the middle of the F-ing desert. Am I being Punked?

@hungedteddy7971

3 жыл бұрын

He was probably thinking "I should have went blue side, at least then I could be in an actual fucking Hospital."

@Garrus1995

2 жыл бұрын

Hunged Teddy, What’s cool is that the Doc eventually became an actual doctor after he left the Navy. Happy for his success.

@NotJustAnotherAverageJoe

2 жыл бұрын

@@hungedteddy7971 Nah, he was a SOF doc, he wanted this

For all of his combat incompetency, you have to admire the fact that Capt. America didn't berate his men, even though the men lower than him were questioning his orders, threatening him, etc. When he buries the AKs after Kocher threatens to fuck him up if he uses one again shows that he just wanted the respect of his men. Not a bad person, or even that bad of a leader (when compared to Encino Man), just incredibly paranoid and fearful

@senorcheems8388

3 жыл бұрын

The real kochsr said he was a nice guy but he was too smart for combat or something like that

@michaelccozens

3 жыл бұрын

That's not an admirable quality; it's just one more way he failed in his leadership. These were Recon Marines we're talking about; zero excuse for that kind of incompetence.

@ctrain149

2 жыл бұрын

I like that he had the humility to bury the AK rather than ignore the words of his brothers.

@coda8525

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelccozens I mean it IS an admirable quality to be fair, just not in this setting that's the whole point of him saying it.

@michaelccozens

2 жыл бұрын

@@coda8525 It really isn't. As leadership, you can't allow the chain of command to be undermined. That way lies anarchy. That's not to promote the "never question me" dictatorial approach, but there are protocols for these kinds of things. Sure, if he were another person in a completely different context, it could be very admirable, but that's not what's under discussion.

I can't stop laughing when he says "they could be coming from all sides" in panic. I think that's how I would behave in a situation like this. XD

The first time I saw Dave carrying all those AKs after the ambush I thought he was trying to collect them all.

@ONEIL311

4 жыл бұрын

MadRonnie97 ak mon

"little belt fed today isn't he?" hahaha

Suddenly I have a newfound appreciation for how out-of-place the dramatic screaming in war movies is in actual war

"you need to become insane...... to survive in combat............... yeah...." Words to live by.

@Activated_Complex

4 жыл бұрын

I half expected to him to follow that up with “some day this war’s gonna end.”

My favorite gen kill moment with captain America was when they're checking combatants on the ground from the previous night's raid and upon hearing that there is one still alive, captain America orders him to be shot. Which, so far as I understand, is a serious war crime.

As an average civilian even Cap is hilarious and by military standards putting everyone at risk, kinda feel a tiny sadness for him. Guy probably joined to fight for the country without knowing how high strung or panicky he can be. And probably as he says in the end, he might be thinking everyone is insane and that he is the calm guy. Poor fella. I hope nothing bad came to him

@LordVader1094

3 жыл бұрын

Okay but he tried bayonetting prisoners twice. Fuck that guy

@DangerIncFilms

3 жыл бұрын

I think someone mentions after the bayonetting incident that either his father or uncle is a Colonel. Nepotism in the military is still nepotism.

@michaelccozens

3 жыл бұрын

Hell with that. If he cared about his country, he wouldn't stay in a position whose responsibilities he obviously can't fulfill. He's in it for personal glory, even if it means endangering everyone around him.

@megajimmyfive

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordVader1094 He didn't actually try bayoneting them he was just scaring them

@Rudeljaeger

Жыл бұрын

Your comment is three years old but anyways: McGraw (Captain America) was actually a competent officer....stateside. Once he arrived in Iraq, he just broke down. His "Captain America" persona is nothing like he was in the past.

"I summon a Korean teabag, no bingo." The subtitles trying to make sense of Arabic are amazing.

@meatiest1989

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

I have had a couple of officers (USN) that we honestly wondered why they were allowed to wander around loose. We had one we actually petitioned a CPO to not let him out on deck unescorted lest he 'fall' overboard at night! "movement RIGHT, nine o'clock!!!" so numbnuts called for a position 180 to where he just called movement report!

@tinycockjock1967

3 жыл бұрын

fooman2108 Did you have a role switch every day for who is gonna um, do the deed?

@fooman2108

3 жыл бұрын

@@tinycockjock1967 Tin can sailor, plane guard one night out of five, Radar picket (supposed to be on week out of four (in reality five weeks straight), UNREP (under way replenishment at LEAST twice a week, VERTREP (Vertical Replenishment (helicopter bringing in groceries about every other UNREP) NOPE wouldn't know anything about that. Changing role every DAY... why wait so long? Most day we would perform one of our Destroyers 'Roles' about every THREE HOURS!! WELCOME TO THE TIN CAN NAVY! Instead, we had Mister O'Reagan (who had a thing about knowing where the carrier is at all times. We were coming out of the Gulf and doing a 'changeover' (one Carrier Battle Group for another). Mister O'Reagan is losing it being nervous that the carrier might do something and hit us (there were two carriers in THAT HEMISPHERE at that time and BOTH WERE IN VIEW (though both at LEAST 10 miles away). And he would be out there at least every THREE MINUTES lest three lookouts (whom were wrapping up a five month long deployment stand three watches a day EVERY day for FIVE MONTHS), three signalmen (who watched for flashing light/signal flag messages 24/7), along with 8 watch-standers on the bridge (with exactly the same view he had), AND at LEAST 5 radars, 10 radios, AND A watch section in the combat information center below his feet!, MISS SOMETHING. Now one of our senior lookouts (though junior NCO's) knew Mister O'Reagans 'thing' about knowing where the carrier was at all times (and knowing the bridge phone talker was a WORLD CLASS IDIOT (another 'how is this guys walking around unsupervised' type), As I walked by to rotate watch positions said, "ya'll watch this..." He then reported the carrier (there were TWO, NEITHER WITHIN TEN MILES OF US, AND MISTER O'REAGAN WAS LITERALLY STANDING NEXT TO ME (ON THE OTHER BRIDGE WING, I WAS STANDING STARBOARD LOOKOUT, HE PORT), when the bridge phone talker reported the carrier was TWO THOUSAND YARDS AWAY, TURNING ON A COURSE TO RAM!!! (two thousand yards is ONE NAUTICAL MILE!!!!) The idiot bridge phone talker (being a moron) repeated the alert (I could see ONE of TWO CARRIERS ON THAT HALF OF THE PLANET WITH MY BARE EYES AT LEAST TEN MILES AWAY GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION WITHOUT MY BINOS!). Mister O'Reagan drops his Binos to his chest runs into the bridge SPRINTS across the bridge at a FULL RUN, forgets to duck for the hatch and KNOCKS HIMSELF OUT!! SLIDING TO FEET OF THE OTHER (THE GUY WHO HAD MADE THAT CALL) LOOKOUT, ALSO OUT THERE WAS THE CAPTAIN (COMMANDING OFFICER) (WHO HAD NOT HEARD THE CALL, JUST SWIVELED HIS BRIDGE-WING CHAIR AND YELLED INTO THE PILOT-HOUSE TO HAVE THE DUTY CORPSMAN LAY TO THE BRIDGE ON THE DOUBLE!!! Fortunately, God does truly bless, fool, drunks, dumb animals, and little children (and most of us qualify on at least two accounts) because he was back a day later (though with a pretty good cut on his head!) ROFLMAO No I am NOT familiar with officers like Captain America (P.S. this is an old story, our skipper was USNA (football hero too), and has a tour in the land of bad things in river patrol boats! and seemed to think nearly 600 foot of Spruance class Destroyer was a PBR....

We have a Former Marine recon who is a Dept of Veterans affairs "Police" officer who is exactly like this Capt.!!!

@nateo200

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Marine Oh boy....must be a lot of fun!

@2NDCBT

8 жыл бұрын

+nateo200 Nateo200, Dude, That's not even the half of it. He thinks he's a REAL Cop. Jacking up all of the elderly veterans. Real tough guy. Lol.

@kllk12ful

7 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for you then

@howardfortyfive9676

6 жыл бұрын

Better you than me.

@davidbeattie7093

6 жыл бұрын

Sucks to be you having to deal with that kinda bullshit the VA Cops at the Hospital I go to are pretty decent about shit.

"A little belt-fed today, isnt he?" LMAO

OMG HES CARRYING EVEN MORE AKs

reminds me of that one time when my drill sergeant was talking about this one west point captain he hated so he took apart his rifle and dumped it in the porta potty

@tommyatkins2527

5 жыл бұрын

oh dear lol i hope it took him all night to clean

The scariest thing is that guy is probably still in charge of people somewhere

@theironcross2933

4 жыл бұрын

The real guy was actually very smart, as eric kocher said, "too smart for warfare"

@shadow435100

2 жыл бұрын

The real guy died a hero's death funnily enough saving his own men. It seems like through all of his "intelligence" he was a good soldier under all of it.

@skylla7452

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadow435100 pretty sure hes still alive tho

@shadow435100

2 жыл бұрын

@@skylla7452 look him up I an relatively sure I read he died as a hero saving his men in some bumble fuck African country

@gino14

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the word is "Neurotic." If it makes you more thoughtful than sure, but if you're in charge you better do a damn good job of hiding it. Spilling your concerns with gusto over the comms like that turns you into a walking morale sink

How someone like this got a college degree and then made it through OCS and was actually given command of a unit is beyond me. And it really gives me hope that my dumbass could still be an officer.

@sErgEantaEgis12

9 ай бұрын

IIRC he was originally a logistics officer and was good at his job but not at handling combat.

@slopcrusher3482

Күн бұрын

Nepotism. The reason most military leaders who fuck up massively get into their position.

Captain America in MCU never looked the same after watching this mini series.

Dude was fire in Malcolm in The Middle though

@tildenkatz5581

3 жыл бұрын

Frfr

Every time I shoot an AK on full auto in a video game now, I yell "FOLLOW MY TRACERS!"

If you close your eyes, he sounds a bit like Will Ferrell.

@justaguy723

5 жыл бұрын

Say that again, but slowly.

@coinexplorer

4 жыл бұрын

R281 I can hear it

I am not in the army, and my situations was no where near as dangerous as being in the military. However I was kinda in a similar situation as captain America. It’s suggested in the book and the show that Cpt. America was never meant to be in combat. But for some reason his superiors moved him from a logistics office job to a high ranking position in combat. So the guy was basically put in a situation he never asked for or was fully prepared for. I went through a similar situation, and just like Cpt. America, I was humiliated. I was hired to be an assistant at a TV Network. It’s a high pressure job. But I’ve don’t it before and I’d done it well. On my first day there, they suddenly told me I’d be the technical director of the show. They probably did this so that they didn’t have to pay more for an experienced director. This was a wonderful opportunity, but I had no experience or prior training. For those of you who don’t know, this is kinda like promoting a cashier to the position of district manager. Or a private to general. I was very stressed and didn’t know what I was doing. I tried to be confident and in the end I just looked like a fool. I quit and found another job I was more prepared for. I was able to leave. Cpt. America had it worse because his situation was more dangerous and obviously inescapable. I hope he’s better today.

"if you have a nickname for an officer, I don't want to know." 6:30 Oh-shit

@slin0053

2 жыл бұрын

the look on his face that just screams "so _this_ is why he's called captain america"

“Is he crying” “No he’s just nervous” “Fuck it he’s crying”

I love the look Fick gives him at the end. Like, “this guy is fucking insane.”

I hear the phrase "FOLLOW MY TRACERS!" in my head at least ten times a day.

I had a CO like this in my Army Reserve Unit. He left us and got transferred to a combat unit, 6 months later the O3 got demoted to an E6.

@Phoenix_OP

3 жыл бұрын

HA. Bad Leadership at its finest

when he thros the AK's over the bridge and yells out....yeargghhhhh priceless

Ray: Is he cryin? Iceman: No. He's just nervous. Cpt America: We're gonna die here! Iceman: Ok, Fuck it, he's crying XD

What a badass.

@1048Kane

8 жыл бұрын

Anne Alexander You mean the most bad ass war hero of our time.

@Captain_Confused

8 жыл бұрын

+Trollie McG Totes McGoats, should give him a Medal of AMERICA.

@2thomask

7 жыл бұрын

Trollie McG. I can feel the merica

@justaguy723

5 жыл бұрын

More like liability

@davidj3841

3 жыл бұрын

Chad

This man makes Foxhole Norman look like Captain Ronald Spiers.

We didn’t have anyone quite that bad while on deployment, but when we came home one of my best friends ended up pretty close to Captain America . He never killed anyone who wasn’t armed but the war really messed him up in his civilian life and he’s still messed up almost 15 years later . It’s really sad

I always felt quite sad when I see him burying the AK's. Seemed to me in that scene that he was always trying his damnedest, but unfortunately he wasn't blessed with the skill to make it all happen. I would always laugh at the shit he did in every other scene, but when this part came around I had nothing to say.

Remember kids never let Charms into your fucking vehicle, this is true for both the Marines and the Army.

@Red_Beard2798

6 жыл бұрын

I think it'd be worse if you had people with Irish blood in your vehicle; I mean there's a reason "The Luck of the Irish" is considered ironic

@Chrinik

6 жыл бұрын

If it is well known that Charms are a bad omen and tossed as much as possible...why does anyone even pay for them to be in MREs? I mean, I can think of why, contracts and stuff...or maybe to just perpetuate the ritual...but for real.

Dave: I suffer from ptsd from my time in the military Other guy: what happened Dave: I had to give up my AKs

Out of fucking nowhere, "Anybody want a Charms?" lol

The disbelief in "He's got his fucking bayonet out..... Doing his Rambo."

I cannot count the number of times I listened to a long string of philosophical word salad from a superior officer, nodded and said “Yes Sir,” then walked away thinking “What the f-- was he talking about?”

Sorta reminds me of Captain Bannon from World In Conflict (Video Game). Always pushing for "US Hero".

@redgeneral5792

6 жыл бұрын

The dude even sounds like him.

@rickyray2794

5 жыл бұрын

Dude! You're so right! But at least Bannon redeemed himself.

To be fair, I'd love to get my hands on a collection of automatic AKs.

I just love when Ray hands the reporter the radio. That is a "I am so done" moment.

"Okay f*ck it, he crying." Lt. Fick 😂

5:06, best clip, his reaction is priceless.

The fuck does he know about the VC?

@murphyjack90

7 жыл бұрын

What he read I suppose?

@ShakeyMacShake

6 жыл бұрын

Padraic Register Someone mentioned he served in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghan. Not sure how true that is because yo be only a captain would mean he would have to have commissioned from the ranks.

@slopcrusher3482

Күн бұрын

⁠@@ShakeyMacShake lol he absolutely did not serve in Vietnam. Use your critical thinking skills. Had he served in Vietnam, even if he had been 18 and signed up to be a grunt in 1973, he would have been 48 in 2003. He wouldn’t have been a squad leader. He would have been higher up.

Thanks for the names! It’s cool finally getting to know who those less known people were!

I love how all the other marines just shake their heads in disbelief that he's in charge XD

I wish they would have put when he bayoneted that guy in here

@Kimstatus

7 жыл бұрын

i regret forgotting to to put that part :(

@bmoneyc23

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel bobaniel and when he got them stuck after marking the mine field

@Kimstatus

7 жыл бұрын

the part when insano man yelled touch down?

@bmoneyc23

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel bobaniel after they crashed when trying to evacuate the guys who got blown up by the mines

@Kimstatus

7 жыл бұрын

ummmm my goodness its been while... i cant recall haha ill ahve to watch the series and try to find that part...

The reporter picked up on the vibes that this idiot was about to be friendly fired. Can you imagine the actual discussions on whether to do it or not?

Such a brave competent officer.

Missing the scene where he tries to bayonet the POW

Those AKs he threw off a bridge were in all likelihood in fireable condition, if not barely scratched by that drop.

@odinlindeberg4624

5 жыл бұрын

Could be that some parts had been thrown away, and I imagine the barrels would be bent plenty (at least for shooting at anything above a hundred meters) from that drop.

@freshfrozen3035

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a airborn in Iran Iraq and they were issued G3s but everyone wanted AKs He told me that he found a AK under sand and he picked it up Wiped it and oild it and it worked

"Oh my god, is he crying?" "No, he's just nervous." "We're gonna die out here! they sent us to die!" "Okay, fuck it. He's crying."

"Should I shoot him?" "Don't waste your bullet.." fucking gold

Captain America was a danger more than help. What he meant by “being calm in a place where you could be killed” only showed how scared he was. This is when the men’s realized he was scared shitless and couldn’t not function under pressure.

"That's why you're in charge sir" 🤤

6:48 lol his reaction

Oh man, when tosses those AKs over that bridge. "RRRAAAHHHHH!" I fuckin lose it every time, lol.

One of my favourite scenes involving Captain America was the one where one of his Humvees made it over a bridge into a town before the bridge was blocked. He's freaking out on the radio, calling for support, screaming that's he's got men dying in there, when the Battalion Executive Officer, Major ?, shows up. He calmly shuts off Captain America's radio and then proceeds to fix the situation.

For all his idiocy, he was right to be nervous about the airfield assault with no intel. That was a reckless move by Godfather

@greenbrickbox3392

Ай бұрын

It was extremely reckless, they got lucky that there wasn't any Iraqi armor there

I just can't get over the helmet chin straps. The chin straps man, do you see them? This show is so close to real life, the HMMWV engine sounds, the flaks, the radio communications...and then the chin straps! THE CHIN STRAPS!!!

@yeungscs

3 жыл бұрын

didn't that one guy lose his helmet because he wasn't wearing his chin strap?

@keloid7682

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I actually got a helmet similar to that, I always figured I set the chin straps wrong. So I ended up constantly adjusting it until I saw the show.

@120masterpiece

3 жыл бұрын

@@keloid7682 If you don't know the chinstraps on this show are obviously fake airsoft replicas.

This guy is what made this show comedy gold !^^ Love Captain America " We will destroy your village " kek

Amazing mini-series.

Reminds me of Captain Bannon from World in Conflict

"Okay, fuck it... he's crying." Could have been Shakespeare.

All in all...great acting!

" He's got his fucking bayonet out....doing his Rambo. "

I thought he was insulting Lt. Fick at the end, then realized he was saying a noteworthy quote.

@Paperweight64

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he was hinting that he wanted a psych evaluation.

@drdiscostu

3 жыл бұрын

Ficks offsider than says "is it just me or did that actually make a lot of sense?" Good response I think

If Jerry Smith from Rick and Morty became a Marine Captain, you'd have Captain America.

GK is such a underrated show

This was a blast to whatch. Laughed my ass off.

So this is where Cadet Hason from Marlin Academy ended up. Guess, Commandant Spangler really "broke" him.