In a podcast that he was on, the fat electrician said that after releasing this video he got messages from people saying that this guy was their mailman for their entire childhood and they had no idea that their friendly mailman was quite possibly one of the biggest badasses in WWII.

As a retired Pathfinder in the 101st ARBN, i will promise you McNasty is a hero and legend, and Doc (Nick) tells the story well

On the blister thing..... country boys didnt wear shoes most of their childhood... I would be willing to guarantee he could run full speed up a gravel road with no shoes on, no problem.

As a us army Infantry paratrooper Vet of 12 years from 2002 to 2014 i can tell you ,yes we are that crazy

In America we have something similar to beans on toast, we literally call it "shit on a shingle"

Unfortunately Pathfinder school in the US got discontinued during COVID and they have yet to bring it back.

Jake was a man who knew his own worth and wasn't going to salute anyone who hadn't been proven at least as worthy as he was.

The fat electrician also did a video on the RAFs anti hero, Sir Douglas Bader. If you haven't seen it yet, you should definitely react to it. The guy had no legs and was one of the best pilots in the RAF during WWII.

Nick has so many interesting stories from a Polish bear to a Marine corps horse are just two of his animal stories but the story of the submarine that sank a train is one of my favorites

Thing is too, just how clever Jake was. His fearless temperament combined with that is truly scary.

When I served in the 82d Airborne (1980s) my fiancé lived in the Raleigh area. Her next door neighbor was Charlie Dohun who stopped me one day to chat for a while when he saw my unit patch. We talked a bit about the 82d and how nice it was to get an hour or so away and leave the grunt life behind for a while. Charlie had been a paratrooper too. In fact, he was played by James Caan in the movie "A Bridge Too Far", and he was an antihero too.

This one was absolutely worth my time watching the original and this reaction as well as other reactions

President Lincoln on General US Grant, who many considered a drunkard, ‘I can’t spare him, he fights’

Yo! Nic is awesome, The Fat Electrician videos are fantastic, he's a great story teller of military history. The Iranian navy video provoked my purchase of a "It's never a war crime the first time" hoodie.

Growing up in America in the 1930s through the 1950s. Lots of Bare-footed kids. Living on Farms, we only had hard shoes for attending church and school. They were hand-me-downs. California had puncher vines called Goat-Heads, balls with long spikes. Born in 1950 in May, My first new pair of shoes, was 10 years old.

Great reaction. Just subscribed. Jake was definitely a BadA$$. I was an Army Brat in the 60-70's here in the States at Fort Campbell. . My father flew a Med Vac chopper for the 101st Airborne 3 tours from 67,-69. Unfortunately he passed away in 74 when I was 10. Appreciate everyone who served in the service, and for those families who've lossed love ones in any war.

He didn't fire his pistol into a sign. He fired both MP's pistol(s) into the sign after having taken them from the MPs.

If he grew up rural poor in the depression had to hunt, he probably didn't wear shoes. Therefore would have had VERY calloused feet. So it makes some sense if he didn't get blisters on the ruck march.

I was in the light infantry at Ft Ord CA in 92. 11C Carried the prc77, a hundred pound radio. My feet were pretty good and I used issued boots. I can relate to Jake's distaste for mps. My friend's dad was an SF LTC, I called him Mr not sir. 🤣E-4 Mafia Lightfighter 🇺🇲

I retired from the 2-506th PIR at FOB Falcon, Iraq in 2005. The same battalion that McNiece was in, as well as Easy Company from Band of Brothers. Its why I requested the assignment. The unit was slated to be deactivated again.This version is from McNiece's book and McNiece being McNIece, did some "embellishing". But, in fairness, Fat Electrician downplays the 100+ mile march. More than 75 completed the march. The entire 2-506th completed the march. Only 75 completed it without help, including all of Easy Company's 3rd Platoon. The march was only 118 miles (Camp Toccoa to Ft. Benning). BUT...the temperature at night was below freezing. The first morning, their equipment was completely frozen to the ground. The winds averaged 25mph and there was freezing rain for most of the march. Only the last 18 miles was on a paved road (Atlanta to Ft. Benning). For some reason, McNiece counts the last 18 miles twice. Despite all this, the 2-506th completed the march in LESS THAN 75 HOURS.

I'm sure you're being overwhelmed with suggestions of what to cover next from TFE but please do World War Tree. It's the greatest example of "show of force" I think I've ever heard of. SGT (RET) Pahman, Jesse C. 88M, United States Army

I’ve been jumping around TFE reaction videos for a couple hours now and I have to say, you’re definitely one of the best by only stopping to add your personal experience. Keep it up brother and Semper Fi.

No gonna lie, the book about Jake McNiece, as told from his perspective: "The Filthy Thirteen: From the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle's Nest :The True Story of the101st Airborne's Most Legendary Squad of Combat Paratroopers" was my first and still most treasured book in my growing collection of war literature. Bought my own copy after getting one of a friend on loan. There's a whole lot of great stories, so let me pick one for you, about the pathfinder drop into Bastogne: He said he'd take black and orange smoke grenades on the jump. Black to signal he landed off target, and resupply planes need to find a different drop zone. Or orange to go ahead with the drop on his position. Understanding the perilous situation of the encircled troops, Quote: "...I did not have anything on me but orange smoke grenades. I did not take any black. I was going to look like an orange juice tank exploding. I thought twenty was better than ten under any circumstance when landing in the middle of 5 million Germans."

Amazing story! Thanks for sharing.

I know guys like this in the Navy. They were badass. We just followed them.

Great reaction. The eager beavers is one of the best stories!

Huge Fat Electrician fan here. I highly recommend Cassius Clay, Wake Island, and theEager Beaver’s old, 666

My theory on why Jake was able to complete that 136 mile road march without a blister or changing his socks, is because he grew up as 1 of 10 children in south west USA. His family probably could not afford shoes, so he went barefooted. He probably hunted, trapped, & fished barefooted. I'm sure it would be extremely hard to supply shoes for 10 children if you are poor, during the great depression. Of course children feet grow every year, requiring a new pair every year. They most likely can't pass them down through the younger children because they would just be too worn out. That's my best guess.

23:20 The point of being a professional is, that when you come in contact with a other professional, you already know what they can do, you know what you can do, and with minimal words accomplish the prescribed goals given to you and the other professional within reason.

The British Mosquito episode is fantastic!

Super great video. Thank you for sharing.

he didnt fire HIS pistol into a sign, he took the MP's pistol and fired into a sign.. crazy...

As others have said in reactions to this TFE video, Jake grew up during the great depression. Jake was most likely one of those kids who got around with no shoes which will give you calluses on your feet making them tougher, plus shoes back then weren't as good as they are today. Jake doing a 136 mile ruck march without changing his socks and not getting a single blister is most likely due to having tough feet.

Never did 136 mile ruck but I did do about a 32 mile ruck non stop while in. A trick I learned was to soak your feet in rubbing alcohol leading up to toughen the skin up and then every morning and night leading up spray anti perspirant deodorant all on your feet. The anti perspirant stops your feet from sweating. Did the whole ruck without changing my socks and had no blisters. I was actually amazed it works.

US military training centers around "the mission" and not "your commander." they build it in such a way that if command crumbles, even entry level troops have an idea of how to advance the battlefield. mixed squadrons and platoons can instantly regroup with very little discussion and proceed with a mission that advances the overall idea. it's an amazing structure, and is very good at giving the idea of the overall mission to even low level troopers so that, in the event of a bad drop, they still can TRY to complete it. as a communications and tech expert, i was still given training on how to use a satellite communications dish as a weapon. example: samsung 1000W microwave for supper tonight... that tech comes from satellite comm units. the generic "klystron" amplifier for satcom communications is very similar to the unit used to microwave your popcorn. hot stuff, but WAY hotter. we use about 5 watts to communicate to a satellite over 22k miles away. you use 1000 watts to heat up supper. well, the klystron is capable of over 5000 watts of sustained power.... so, we were taught how to aim our satellite dishes at the enemy, and power our units to full 5000 watts, and then evacuate. at 5 watts, a bird could fly in front of the dish, and instantly fall out of the sky. 1 thousand times that power. no bullet in the US inventory was as powerful...... and the USAF satcom troops were trained in how to use that. 1km range, instant COOKED body tissue. and that wasn't with a BIG satcom dish. the bigger the dish, the more BOOST the 5000W had. my 20 foot dish when i was stationed in europe, could cook a turkey in 2 minutes at over 1km range (the bigger dish was over twice the size....) 25 years ago. our new stuff is nastier. (i know, because i was responsible for the MILSTAR satcom system going full live in about 2000/2001, after solving a classified problem, while working with Lockheed on our current missile defense system. USAF is the most powerful force on the planet. we tell everyone else where to go.) not against the Geneva Convention.... yet.... "it's not a war crime the first time."

Hey there combat ready guy little tid bit of information they left out of the video was medals that jack received he received 4 bronze stars 2 purple hearts and the legion of honour medal from France

The amount of badasses that came out of the US during the Second World War is genuinely so wild, even to us who live here. If you haven’t already, I do advise looking at nicks video on Roy benevidez, who was a soldier who WOULD NOT GO DOWN, and his video on the limping lady Virginia Hall.

“Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose, to accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it." -Bruce Lee

Pathfinder is a school in modern times. At least in the USAR. It's a pretty rigorous one at that. It has an attrition rate commensurate with the importance of the job. Nowadays, it is used primarily for designating, clearing, and organizing, drop zones or helicopter landing zones. I had an acting Platoon Sergeant who was able to attend and pass. It is one of the few badges, alongside HALO, CAB, CMB, and CIB, that immediately earns respect. It is also one of the "walk-on" schools available to Soldiers of the 101st Airborne (AASLT) after they get an Air Assault badge. I never attended, but heard about it. Anyone who was anyone had the Pathfinder badge in their 'Tower of Power'. That said, it was usually only given to Old Salts. (E-6 to E-7.) At least in my small slice of the US Army, it was also one of the schools that showed you knew your shit. The others being ARC and ARSLC. Which, for 19D, was "the shit".

American here. I love a bit of bangers and mash or a nice sausage roll or a Sunday roast better yet. I have no problems with British food, except maybe beans on toast, but we do that too (usually when we're too drunk to make anything else).

To be fair Jake McNiece is an Oklahoma country boy from the depression. He probably didn't wear shoes for a significant portion of his childhood. I myself have much better access to shoes than he likely did growing up, I still go barefoot extremely frequently and grew up on hill made of loose iron ore and nettle grass. I ran track in school barefoot and keep a serrated sawblade knife handy incase my foot gets an itch, because the skin on my feet is so tough my fingernails physically cannot do the job of scratching them. His feet were probably tougher than mine, so yeah, I can believe the no blister thing.

Jake didn't get blisters on the march because kids of that generation, especially in rural America, went barefoot during the summer.

For those who dont know, Fort Benning is now Fort Moore named after hal moore

The reason he didnt get blisters is probaly because of being a country boy running around bare footed as a kid,getting his feet calloused af,just my guess

You should check "Winter Soldier OD's On Meth, Becomes Unkillable - Aimo Koivnen. On Fat Electrician.

Next Fat Electrician you should check out is the legless pilot who fought for the RAF during world war 2

I can explain a possible ways he avoided the blisters. From personal experience if you harden your feet by walking barefoot all the time you avoid a lot of injuries that other people get. He grew up extremely poor during the great depression. It would make sense that he rarely got new shoes. Also tracking in the forest barefoot helps reduce noise because you look at what you are actually walking on while planing your path. Second method is tight boots with your socks worn in a method that doubles up in a few places. third your gate would actually matter. Most people don't really think about how they walk but it really changed between being barefoot, wearing sandals and wearing boots/shoes. Oh, and those ww2 bags were default 96 pounds and even then they suggest extra gear to be added on. extra socks and ammo mostly.

McMaster wrote a successful book about his WWII experience

I've done some research on several of his stories. I found on all points he's historical accurate. It's almost like he took the historical version and added a bunch of F-bombs and other colorful words and descriptions to it. So I would believe his stories are utterly and completely accurate.

Never give an order you know wont be obeyed.

3:50 Don't touch US ships should be a parable by now. 9:36 Consider the man was 1 of 10 kids growing up dirt poor during the depression. He probably didn't own a pair of shoes before he was 15-16. Calluses like that last a long time. I was out after my 1st enlistment for probably 3-4 years before the baling wire calluses on my hands went away. I could pull mashed potato pans straight out of the oven without mitts during my galley rotation in boot camp. 13:52 I went to Captains Mast 3 times in 4 years exonerated on all charges every time. The 1st time I actually DID what they accused me of. I got in a fight. I'm not sure if the Captain believed me or respected my leadership ability to get the OTHER GUY to tell the same story that we were just goofing around and it looked like something it wasn't. Solid react.

Great to hear from a British military veteran seeing what our guys really did as we have you guys.. Jake equalls American badass equal to Dale Earnhardt , Thanks man oh kudos to anyone that made it out of Bastone

I would like to hear more about your insight about Jake's experience in England. I listen to TFE all the time. When I watch a reaction video, I'm looking for more insight.

Jake a got damn beast.😂😂💪🏾

Forgot one thing We never learned anything about this in history class...

I would like to see you react to his video on Roy Benividez TMM

I love a traditional English breakfast!!! I also think that America does breakfast soooooo much better than anyone else.

Eh, shooting a street sign is probably going to be much less of a big deal in the US than the UK. Where I live a good 45% of the road signs have bullet holes in them anyway. That shit's normal.

If you have never seen The dirty dozen I suggest you watch it it is an excellent movie from the time

USAF ccts originated from us army pathfinders

Airborne!!

Beans are absolutely disgusting

Just gonna subscribe here real quick dont mind me...

As a former marine it’s the quite one’s small and mean with heavy 🍒😜

Dude don't really mind you talking just pause the video stop talking over Nick Uther then that it was a good video

Balance your sound volumes. Your voice is loud, and the video is quiet in comparison.

I love your reactions...I do not love your gulping. :( Maybe swallow away from the mic...?

Hey Combat Ready HQ, not to be hypocritical, but you really need to move where your little window of yourself while reacting to the videos to either the lower right or left side you’re covering up some of the content usually and I have stopped watching your videos early and moved on to different content providers offerings because I find it detracting from the being able to enjoy watching. Please don’t take it personally because I would love to watch your reactions, just offering some advice that might be helpful.

We call them the greatest generation for a reason. And they absolutely earned that title.