A Day in the Life of a Deployed Infantryman

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Deployments aren't quite what the movies made it out to be
Music Credits (in order):
Migos - Made Men
It was a Good Day Instrumental
Easy E- Real Motherf*ckin G’s
Young Kurtz - Ice
AUSTIN JAMES - Backseat XE3 featuring Kendrick Lamar and Whethan

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@meshiu2344 2 жыл бұрын

"Why you guys chain smoking right now?" "Cause it makes us better at running." Only a grunt says that shit lmao great video

@the_real_sunny 2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks man!

@user-tq7eu6nq1o 4 ай бұрын

@@the_real_sunnyArmy 💪💪

@PawnchGame 4 жыл бұрын

as active duty marines, its so weird to see how comfortable the junior enlisted can be with an officer. Thats cool as fuck, I love how tight you guys are and how you guys all just vibe. I have a completely different experience here.

@mrmarzo 2 жыл бұрын

I think it really depends on the vibe of your unit/platoon/squad. I've had a platoon next to me that sang together. Meanwhile I had a friend in the Army that told me his unit was so by the books it was annoying. As well as another friend in the Air Force that told me it was pretty balanced overall.

@CailinnNoT 2 жыл бұрын

On deployement Is when we were more relaxed with officers but back in Garrison it was back to norm

@JarretXu 2 жыл бұрын

*salutes butter bar: “sniper check, Sir.”

@sheepdawg6946 2 жыл бұрын

Being an army grunt that worked with several, if not more marines once I got out, the marines are good guys but they had a tendency to really focus on rank opposed to my army experience. If they had seniority over others, they did not tend to join in the work, like army vets. So kind of matches with what you are saying. We all got along great in law enforcement though. Ribbing aside.

@movietimers 2 жыл бұрын

My deployment to Afghanistan was the same. 15 green suiters and 15 civilian contractors. We had a major who was the coolest officer I've ever met. We handled all our business and got it done without drama. I love it that you guys are in the alaskan tents...11 months of living in those will make you appreciate walls, doors, and overall privacy!

@MistressAudio 2 жыл бұрын

I love the random guy just playing pokemon, just vibing with his shiny. Unbothered :') Thank you for your service!

@the_real_sunny 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't even notice that! Thanks for watching!

@feddy__0629 2 жыл бұрын

Wait where is he????

@saitamaman6714 2 жыл бұрын

Mean while the people in that country suffering! Nice.

@toad3222 2 жыл бұрын

@@saitamaman6714 what can they do about it

@saitamaman6714 2 жыл бұрын

@@toad3222 we can fight but then I'm terrorist.

@Ezraaaaaaaaaaaa 11 ай бұрын

10:11 I love the idea of a cat just in the middle of a desert, then just comes across the base and starts hangin out

@campo1018 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t sure what to expect going into this video but it’s perfect. Typical life style there. Not to many worry’s and a pretty enjoyable time of life for the most part. Hope everyone made it home safely thanks for the memories.

@the_real_sunny 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah there's plenty of firefight videos out there. This was 2019 and so a different type of deployment. Dunno why that angers so many people, out of our control lol

@squidward5270 7 ай бұрын

yea fs but also j this n firefights makes u think diff abt life n what other ppl go through u lit drop all the luxury's of j living in America an all the great shit we have to risk ur life its crazy n super thankful for uj@@the_real_sunny

@publicuser2534 3 ай бұрын

Man, super chill in 2019. I was seven years out at that time. Time flies. It was a bit different in 07 and 2010. Looks the same as we left it though…dusty, hot, and the foul odor of oil, shit, and trash 😂Keep up the fight boys, as trivial as it gets.

@campo1018 3 ай бұрын

@ publicuser2534. I bet it was completely different in 07. I really wanted to deploy in 07 but was still in high school. I do miss that heat and and the smell and the memories. I’m guessing it was a lot different for you though. You guys paved the way for us coming in later.

@jamesscott2894 Жыл бұрын

"As an Officer, even while deployed to Iraq, still can't escape Meetings" (and PowerPoints....) Most real thing ever said on any of these "day in the life" videos. Been to Iraq and Afghanilands myself, was legit laughing out loud at parts, just because of how real your guys are here, like "Yup, been there, done that, known plenty of dudes just like them" Coulda been any one of the FOBs I've seen in passing. Best wishes for you and your Platoon for a nice uneventful (safe!) deployment and y'all come back safe and sound

@anthonyhall4170 2 жыл бұрын

Every time i think about reenlisting i see a video like this and it slaps some sense back into me haha. On a serious note thanks for your service guys we’re proud of you!

@griprep3506 10 ай бұрын

I saw the same vid you watched and it made me want to enlist more.

@anthonyhall4170 10 ай бұрын

@@griprep3506 so enlist lol

@anorginalname805 8 ай бұрын

Damn it made me miss it, you must’ve been a pussy while you were in huh?

@tylermontoya408 6 ай бұрын

@@griprep3506 Nah this also reassured me about never re-enlisting, ever, even if there’s a fire. But it depends on where you’re at in life. If you’re a single 20 something year old dude send it, go live it up with the boys good and bad times together. Once you get older though and have a family you’ll definitely not want to find yourself overseas perpetually burdened by an excess of empty time and how to fill said time meaningfully. Working out 3 times a day, watching movies and playing video games gets old after a while. I relived this when I became a Wildland firefighter in California. So much downtime it was almost unbearable. Anyways good luck to you brotha whatever you do

@andrews6211 2 жыл бұрын

That guy sitting on the cliff watching the trucks seemed cool. Hope your deployment is over guys and you guys got home safely.

@Commandodesigns 2 жыл бұрын

Legit... As a Company Commander X3, it checks out... Good work bro...

@normandy1140 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video, man. I remember the first time I went to Iraq. First thing I noticed was the sun. And the taste of sand and grit that I sometimes got when I drank water. I smelled dust everywhere. And I always heard some sort of humvee, Stryker, etc. Lots of aircraft. I went on R&R in 2006. I flew back into Atlanta and I thought, whoa, everything is so modern and clean. Nothing is covered in dust anywhere.

@Foxy_grandpa_J 7 ай бұрын

This brought back some memories!! I was deployed at Camp Bastion and FOB Lightning in 2016. I was an FO for my infantry boys. Definitely miss those times and the friends I was around. When I was in, I thought all that comradery stuff was BS, but I miss those guys every day and truth is it's hard to keep up comms with each other just living through our daily lives. Hope you and everyone in this video are doin well, sir. RLTW!

@alanparadis5061 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a look into your life for a day, but more importantly, THANK YOU for Serving!!!

@JohnathanWick_92M5 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your time and service. Thank you for the Contant. I really appreciate it. Stay safe. “If you can’t be careful, be deadly”

@mustachesally4134 2 жыл бұрын

From experience back in 2004 as an 11B, I will you that if you are an active member from age 19-21, Infantryman have a lot of pride and ego is through the roof. Then overtime, about your 2nd to 3rd year, you start to really hate it. Waking up early in the am, PT, train, break, lunch, PT again. Depending on orders of the day, you end up going back to the same routine over and over again. When my battle buddies arrived in the mid east in 2005, we found ourselves ready but outmatched when it comes to ground combat against folks who knew their environment and as a foreign invader, the locals appear to be good people but really, they are against you and they communicate to "insurgents" our positions. They study our positions , path and daily patrol routines that often times we have to change it. To reduce the risk of getting wounded or killed by enemy fire, if we suspect there is an enemy positioned in a house, we have no choice but to warn any residence in the area , evaluated the situation before making a decision to have armor inflict damage to that house. We then get sent to that house after the damage. Most of the time, we were correct of our findings but there were times the insurgents were in that position, they leave the house and leave remnants that they were there, we then damage the house and the locals are pissed off at us. And repeat. Hence the folks did not like foreign invaders in their country regardless if you feel like you were liberating them or not. The whole deployment to mid east was a pointless engagement. We had an agenda but the no clear agenda on why and what the hell for. We were early 20 somethings . Young, patriotic and full of pride. Deployment was boring but it made you miss home like no other. I got out, used my GI bill to pay for college and I never looked back of my past. For new generations of today, I hope there is no war to fight. Modern combat will leave you thinking life is precious.

@badabing8152 8 ай бұрын

dude shut up lmfao

@Destiny15 5 ай бұрын

Any tips for surviving combat and minimising chances of getting shot?

@elmaswilo1666 4 ай бұрын

@@Destiny15for real I want to enlist in the Marines but I dont want to get deployed in the Middle east

@Destiny15 4 ай бұрын

@@elmaswilo1666 from what I’ve seen you just need to stick to training and listen to your squad leader 😂

@limbogt747 3 ай бұрын

@@Destiny15I’ve heard stories where a leader got their whole team wiped out it’s all a gamble really

@ChixNugt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@coconuthead1361 2 жыл бұрын

Love that the medic just randomly punches you. Same thing in the Marines, Corpsmen are beings that run on pure hatred of others.

@HarumiAida 9 ай бұрын

Interesting but good video. Thank you LT for giving us a glimpse into what you guys do while on deployment. I liked the video. You guys take care. STAY SAFE. God bless and thank you for your service.

@ProspectFilmRoom 10 ай бұрын

My platoon patrolled 1-2 times a day almost every day for 14/15 months (I took over mid-tour). Only break they got was tower duty for a month, and even then we were still pulled to augment major operations. Sometimes you get a maintenance day for your gun trucks but on those days you’re cleaning weapons, looking at maps, hang out, and then a few hours to watch a movie or game it up. Patrols can be 2-4 hours, but operations can mean 14-20 hour days and you’re sleeping out in sector (in houses, battle positions, in your trucks at some other patrol base). Contact with the enemy depends on how kinetic your battle space is. If you get assigned to a hot sector like an enemy support zone, you’ll be shot at frequently and IEDs are a daily threat, plus the locals are harder to win over (We used to deliver beanie babies to little kids in enemy areas). Even If you are pulling base security and rarely leave the wire, those entry points are high-payoff targets for the enemy and they get attacked frequently (drive-by, mortars, car bombs, sniper fire, etc.) War in the 21st century is hell sometimes.

@whatisthat4556 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your service

@yugiohboosterpackvirgin4496 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all are vibing keeping each other positive and strong that’s great :)

@flynnryan25 Жыл бұрын

Damn that’s 2 yrs ago? You guys got the upgrade! I still got my defective ACH from deployment. They said we could keep em. We got new ones to replace them. They stayed in the box … that’s the army for ya!

@fleekyd819 2 жыл бұрын

just came up in my recommendations but ive been laughing at your tik toks for a while now, about to mob out of fort hood soon for a 9 month, thanks for the content man! got a sub

@nicholesartor637 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your day

@the_real_sunny 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BASTOSMEDIA 6 ай бұрын

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

@Ezraaaaaaaaaaaa 11 ай бұрын

8:16 I love how everyone is just hangin out, just chillin and talking

@richardnoah2922 9 ай бұрын

wonder where the lower enlisted are XD

@froginthewaves8450 2 жыл бұрын

Super neat stuff, thanks for sharing!

@tomjoseph4397 2 жыл бұрын

Love the cat! It's a mental health expert.

@James-wh8fl 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video! Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

@LoNGruNer22 2 жыл бұрын

crazy. my boys always send your tik toks to the groupchat and who wouldve thought we were in the same unit

@zach_blackburn 5 ай бұрын

That gym was actually badass ngl

@Youngentrepreneur777 4 ай бұрын

Love the channel bro!

@bobdylan7432 Жыл бұрын

Watching this is just hitting all the feels. I miss my brothers so much. I remember one night we didn’t have to go out on patrol and we were just wild. One of my battles pulled the steps away from my chu and he opened the door to ask me to go to the gym. Of course I wanted to go, so I go to step out and faceplant the ground. My squad was laughing, I was laughing. After that I plotted my revenge. We had these wooden closets in our chu’s for each troop and my chumate was out, so I took a golf club and beat the everloving piss out of his pristine closet. Chu mate comes back and asked what the fuck happened. I calmly told him quillman(the guy who pulled my steps) just came in and said “fuck benson”(my chu mate) and destroyed your closet. After that every morning benson would pound on quillmans chu and wake him up by shoveling rocks and moon dust into his chu until we went back state side 😂 Sorry for the book but thanks for posting your adventure. Regulars by god!

@rcr3158 Жыл бұрын

Ohhh goodness I can still smell the gasoline from the generators lol. And the pretend powder scrambled egg for breakfast classic lol

@FLBased Жыл бұрын

The turkey bacon wasnt bad.

@publicuser2534 3 ай бұрын

You sure it wasn’t diesel? The smell I remember is a combination of burning oil, burning trash, and the shit ponds 😂

@davidhawkinsjr.3796 2 жыл бұрын

Love the 90’s rap man

@optio256 19 күн бұрын

Expert Infantry Badge and Ranger qualified. Well done sir! 🪖

@jaybinning2890 3 ай бұрын

even chilln in the fob you can tell it's an infantry unit. The bottom of hose hose needs to be able to go below the level of the liquid it's filling from, otherwise gravity just shoves it all the way back the way it came, and those drums def looked lower than the fill port. Gotta have someone kink the line near the can, when the tube is full so you can shove the other end of the tube down the fill neck into the tank. Go Ordinance! Haha.

@omikronairsoft6037 2 ай бұрын

God bless you man

@lougarcia1485 Жыл бұрын

Love from California baby!!

@Johnathan23k 6 ай бұрын

You'll mature extremely well if you sign up. The more you stick with it, the quicker you'll rank up. Everybody's growing and Ill be enrolling in like 2 years

@Riotskunk89 5 ай бұрын

God i miss the infantry. Life was so difficult, but at the same time so damn easy. There is no better freedom

@CiiDisabledGang 8 ай бұрын

I was born with one arm, and wanted to go to the navy seals, but was denied at 17 when trying to join the navy at the recruiters. It sucks, but thank you for your service brother! 🇺🇸

@usacycling5949 7 ай бұрын

well... no shit you have 1 arm, almost everything required by you would not be anything useful, that's why people who lose their arms or legs in war get sent home right away.

@Destiny15 5 ай бұрын

I’m gonna leave this here to see where this goes

@CiiDisabledGang 5 ай бұрын

@@usacycling5949 watch my one arm phlebotomist & Glock videos and you’ll see I’m more than capable to serve in the military 🪐🔱🇺🇸

@alihasanaxe4936 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely moronic if you actually thought they'd be able to find a use for a cripple.

@user-sv5bm9iu5z 4 ай бұрын

Not trynna be funny bro, but why in da hell did you think you was getting in with one arm

@DeffoNotToucan Күн бұрын

All I could hear when the coffee was made was Ewan McGregor saying "can't be too fine, can't be too coarse"

@guglielmotranchina249 2 жыл бұрын

Leg blasters? Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

@alimurtev7406 2 жыл бұрын

awesome !! RESPECT

@KAMiKAZE-T.V. 2 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to do this everyday lmao

@codyguerrero100. Жыл бұрын

I'm signing tomorrow n I'm stoked to finally do something different with my life

@fallingbed 3 ай бұрын

How's life been so far?

@maliksworld8467 Ай бұрын

howd it go

@mauricew4524 4 ай бұрын

Oh shit! The electrician was my DS!!💥🔥💪

@DarthestWiffiest 2 ай бұрын

My 11B unit hated our 11C guys because for an entire year they never left the FOB and threw tantrums when they got FOB guard duty. At the end of our tour in 04 a grand total of ZERO rounds were sent by our 11C's. The Paladin crews we had on the other hand were absolute rockstars with their return fire.

@amadexmilby7309 Ай бұрын

Hey, hittin a dart while your hittin chest. Good shit.

@nitroxylictv Жыл бұрын

I died when you said "trying to fix the generator" I feel like thats all you guys ever do lmao

@theninedivides6851 2 ай бұрын

7:24 hit the shit out of me with nostalgia amazing song

@bobbobobob2013 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers from your local HHC sniper section 😎 y'all had fun with those Hudson rucks

@the_real_sunny 3 жыл бұрын

Legendary rucks

@keowar 6 ай бұрын

surprised the army has nicer stuff on their deployment than i did on my deployment in the air force. I worked on A-10s but it was pretty fun.

@adammathers4879 2 жыл бұрын

Fairly similar to the Marine Corps on deployment, except you guys are more chill.

@NixxSlays 2 жыл бұрын

I was in fort wainwright 2017-2020. Hated that place

@chltmdwp 10 ай бұрын

Im about to be 32 and preparing to go to the Army OCS. A prior Air Force enlisted too.

@jamesdelaney3797 2 ай бұрын

5:45 It was a Marine GUARANTEED

@TheCity619 2 жыл бұрын

SPC Clarke is the true definition of that e-4 mafia

@lottpetersen7930 7 ай бұрын

War Kitty deserves more content, perhaps even a promotion.

@goobersmoochers1553 2 жыл бұрын

Almost a 1 to 1 of what my deployment in Saudi Arabia was like except instead of ground combat drills i had air defense drills

@911babygoat 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video man.

@the_real_sunny 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@kimsitaku 2 жыл бұрын

Great history 👏

@PapaPerk360 3 ай бұрын

Home boy rocking a coyote brown Quicksilver shirt?!? SWAG!

@maxdavies5776 2 жыл бұрын

Deffinately need the kevlar flexi neck cover.

@natestew16 Жыл бұрын

I’m 27 now and I wish I would have served . I would have loved the experience of fighting on top of the jelling as a squad just must be amaizng

@SupremeBapeTV Жыл бұрын

Dude you can still join if you have that much passion about it just go stop being scared

@Threee_Eyez 4 ай бұрын

I am 32 and I go to MEPS this coming Monday..

@RootinNRuttin 2 ай бұрын

Go for it dude!. I was 26 when i went in. It’s not too late. Don’t live with that regret man! That’s why i went in so late. I didn’t want that regret of not joining the fight.. you got this! Once you serve, you’re apart of a brotherhood that NOBODY can take away from you! You’ll one day be buried with honors (hopefully when you’re old!) and flag presented to your family! Nothing more honorable than that man!

@jamescoay 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh idk if you picked these songs but we got the same taste in music😂 made the vid even better

@the_real_sunny 2 жыл бұрын

Yep I did haha

@michaelellis392 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was an infantryman in Iraq in 04-05. It wasn't nearly as chill. We fought daily. And I mean daily

@chrisbenson2430 Жыл бұрын

That’s the dream. No one goes to benning so they can deploy and not see combat.

@odgreen5655 Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbenson2430 Well a lot more do than admit. It's the dream to the men who haven't been and the nightmare to those who have.

@denno3124 4 ай бұрын

@chrisbenson2430 Ha! You know how many non combat MOSs go there for basic?

@user_z01 Ай бұрын

The dream until you do it

@MonumentToSin Жыл бұрын

The "MTV Cribs" reference just dated this video with accuracy lol

@stephenwilson9872 5 ай бұрын

Someone loyal to the core value of your life

@PandaManThe_G 8 ай бұрын

we need to see more of the war kitty!!!

@williamwilliams6044 Жыл бұрын

You and your boiiis make me want to go back to the blue side 😂

@connor392 2 жыл бұрын

Fuarrrrk! Can't wait to be out in the fields

@Ducky2964 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

@ItsMobs 2 жыл бұрын

Dope vid i watch your tik toks as well

@CHMA_Shortimer 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, I hope the war kitty is alright

@MrAzizisse Жыл бұрын

Great content LT. Glad to see the daily life in the deployment. Pls touch on the top age limit one can commision as officer. Does it help more if u have Masters degree.

@the_real_sunny Жыл бұрын

Hey man, I'm not exactly sure but I believe it's in the 30s somewhere

@MrAzizisse Жыл бұрын

@@the_real_sunny great . So do u have to deploy in order to rank up fast as officer in Reserve ? Do all branches of military take same basic military tactics and leadership courses ? If ur Airforce do u still take same basic courses as infantry officer ? How fast can u rank up to Colonel in reserve ?? Love the Military.salutes

@the_real_sunny Жыл бұрын

@@MrAzizisse each branch (Army, airforce etc.) has very different courses and tactics, I suggest you talk to a recruiter or do some research online. Early promotions as an officer has to do with time served and nothing to do with deployments until the rank of Major generally and then after that it becomes much more competitive. I have no idea about reserve promotions but I'd imagine it's slower

@MrAzizisse Жыл бұрын

@@the_real_sunny thank you so much Sir.

@cameronash5492 2 күн бұрын

I'm curious if you knew a SFC Daniel Bach or a SSG Wyngad they would've been on that deployment. They were 2 of my drill Sgts and they were amazing.

@robertbailey3057 2 жыл бұрын

I vote for more screen time for fraternity brother soldier lol

@learning1646 14 күн бұрын

Love you brother ❤️❤️❤️🙏🇺🇸❤️

@Thatbasedcat Жыл бұрын

10:11 They deploying cats now. 😹😹

@dylanwilliams4459 2 жыл бұрын

I need to hear what y'all did with the kitty after y'all left🥺

@maxdavies5776 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@oldnatty61 2 жыл бұрын

Electric Pineapple in the house!

@Shushus-cz9lk 9 ай бұрын

I was at ft.wainwright 2010 and Kandahar in 2011

@zacheuswells Ай бұрын

Had this question for a bit, i knew the army was chill with drinking but i didn’t know smoking was allowed, what are the restrictions on alcohol, cigs, pot, cigars all that stuff

@VictorLaVance 2 жыл бұрын

Did your whole platoon make it back safely?

@josephvega3763 Жыл бұрын

That Lt is cool as shit

@rawcanonmedia7117 8 ай бұрын

It’s crazy cause back in the day we couldn’t dare record or even show anything on a deployment prior to the 2010s

@RootinNRuttin 2 ай бұрын

Right?! Watching this my brain was screaming OPSEC!!!! Take it down!!!! But then i remembered we ain’t there anymore.

@isaiahkoufos3573 2 жыл бұрын

PV2 Lyle is lucky he’s gonna have a deployment patch by the time he’s PFC

@TheDogondone 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap a ton has changed since 2003

@RootinNRuttin 2 ай бұрын

Lol i bet!!! Before 2013 we were fighting an actual war. Y’all began the wiping out of insurgents. By ‘13 all was left were some pissed off survivors trickled around everywhere doing hit and runs and once we finally left out of there, the terrorists called it a “victory” 😂 riiiiiight