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@russellgtyler8288 Жыл бұрын

The U.S. Air Force is the largest air force in the world. The U.S. Navy is the second largest air force in the world.

@Wildwanderer99 Жыл бұрын

You said Navy. I love Navy

@TreyM1609 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stealing my line. But yes you are correct

@DavidHSouthernGent Жыл бұрын

One thing i just learned recently is that the US doesn't have the largest navy anymore, its China now. Not by much, but little bigger. Then again, China doesn't have our awesome Aircraft Carriers..

@TheGroovyBanana Жыл бұрын

@@TreyM1609 airforce is 1st, navy is 2nd, and US Airborne is 4th.

@user-ty5di3ku6o Жыл бұрын

Yes sir.

@Jml416 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if they still do it, but when I was stationed at Osan AB in South Korea, if you won "airman of the year" you had the choice of a $500 bonus (A lot of money at the time) or you could do a "fly along" in an F-16 jet. I won it and chose the fly along. My friends thought I was crazy for passing up the money, but it was worth it to me. It only lasted about 30 minutes, but it was one the most amazing things I have ever done in my life!

@dreamsrmadeof Жыл бұрын

that is absolutely awesome. I met a man who also was given a flight to seal the deal for reenlistment. He said that was regretful. spent his time throwing up or passed out. maybe the pilot was rough on him.

@Wildwanderer99 Жыл бұрын

@@dreamsrmadeof If I was offered that for just $500, I would have taken it too. Now $5000, I'd have to think about it.

@Jml416 Жыл бұрын

@@Wildwanderer99 $500 was a lot of money at that time. I was only making about $800 a month as an E-4.🤣

@anthonylee5982 Жыл бұрын

Excellent choice...🦾

@LondonWater Жыл бұрын

That’s amazing! I’d lob off my tip to ride in an f-16.

@jonathananderson6057 Жыл бұрын

This video left out 2 branches of the military 1 space force 2 coast guard (they can be sent into actual combat zones if needed)

@Green.P3 Жыл бұрын

Space Force is newer so he probably doesn’t know much about them

@DavidHSouthernGent Жыл бұрын

When Trump added the Space Force, i thought it was the stupidest thing ever. Still is. LOL

@troywalker8078 Жыл бұрын

How the hell is the Space Force a branch of the military? Do they deploy? Do they ever leave their comfy chairs?

@Green.P3 Жыл бұрын

@@troywalker8078 Space warfare like to disable satellites or something

@frenchfry1479 Жыл бұрын

@@troywalker8078 they do satellites, and possibly in the future, military bases on space objects ( unlikely but still in their jurisdiction )

@tbd-5160 Жыл бұрын

I was in the US Army as an infantryman. I was a gunner on the Bradley in Iraq. I was stationed at Fort Hood in Texas. What they don't tell you is what seeing the massive amount of hardware in real life looks like. It's absolutely impressive, even for me, and I saw those motorpools every day.

@iamhuffman Жыл бұрын

1st Cav!!!

@tonikar3455 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your service.❤❤❤

@tbd-5160 Жыл бұрын

@@iamhuffman 1st Cav, 3rd Brigade, 1-12, Bravo, 2nd Platoon

@user-ty5di3ku6o Жыл бұрын

Hooah? Hooah.

@runrafarunthebestintheworld Жыл бұрын

RIP Vanessa

@kentbarnes1955 Жыл бұрын

What's amazing is that US Air Force bomber force = 152 aircraft. During WW2, Bomber raids of over 1000 planes could be flown. Of course the bomb load equivalent of 1 plane now equals dozens of WW2 bomber each.

@taiwanwhite5762 Жыл бұрын

I didn't think that I could jump out of a plane either. Then the Army offered me a $3000 bonus to do it and I was like, "sure".

@AbeFroman19861 Жыл бұрын

My dad was in the army during Vietnam(as a JAG officer) but he declined the opportunity to learn how to jump out of a plane. His reasoning was that if the only way to get somewhere required him to parachute in, that was not a place he wanted to go lol.

@WJWeber 5 ай бұрын

@@AbeFroman19861your dad is a straight g lmfao

@heatherscott1265 Жыл бұрын

There is also the United States Coast Guard to add to that. They too have “Sea Duty” and are deployed to multiple locations, for varying lengths of time.

@giveupnow000 Жыл бұрын

You probably knew this, but until 9/11 Coasties were part of DOT - only shifting to DoD during war. Obviously - this no longer applied.

@roberthudson1959 10 ай бұрын

@@giveupnow000They still aren't part of the DoD, the Commandant is not a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and USCG assets are not available to combatant commanders.

@giveupnow000 10 ай бұрын

@@roberthudson1959 That is not inconsistent with my comment "only shifting to DoD during war" meaning actually declared - not merely Authorizations of Force. So for now Department of Homeland Defense it is. DOT no longer applied, obviously

@Frankie5Angels150 9 ай бұрын

Per capita, the USCG had higher casualties that the Navy in Vietnam.

@user-ty5di3ku6o Жыл бұрын

Millie is so funny even when she's not trying to be 😂. "Big..." "How big?" "We're gonna find out!" 😂

@yambo59 Жыл бұрын

Freedom is never cheap - either in money or lives.

@scottstewart5784 Жыл бұрын

It's not just about raw numbers - Russia has "more.' It's really about how many are running, equipped to the current standard, and staffed with professional (and volunteer) trained crew. Also command and control.

@marke7441 Жыл бұрын

It seems to me that Russia tank number probably needs to be updated

@karinwolf3645 10 ай бұрын

Russia may have more tanks, but ours actually run!! 😆😆

@giannolamichael Жыл бұрын

The US now also has the United States Space Force as well which was forked from USAF. A few years back as its own division of the US Military

@thomasohanlon1060 Жыл бұрын

The same way the Air Force was "forked" from the U.S. Army, remember it was called the US Army Signal Corp Aeronautical Division (1907-1914). then in U.S.A.A.C. (1926-1942) then it became the USAAF (1941-1947) then it went to the U.S. A.F. September 18, 1947 Yes there are a few names missing I know, but I'm old and figure you all can look up what I left out.

@mythoughts5615 Жыл бұрын

Spent 2003-2014 doing rotations, Marines. The only time I was ever involved with anything pertaining to water was the various training exercises throughout my active service period yet I spent so much time on sand I get a sense of nostalgia when I go to the beach

@williambranch4283 Жыл бұрын

In my on-base civ contractor career, my fellows trained 8,800 beginning pilots over the 22 years I was there.

@ronniefarnsworth6465 Жыл бұрын

This video is about 5 yrs old, the modern US Navy CSG is 1 CVN, 1 CG, 4 DDG, 3 AOR, 1-2 SSNs. We don't have any active FFGs until the New Constellation class are built in about 2026' and we don't have Corvettes (FSG), we have (LCS) Littoral Combat Ships. Semper Fi

@garycamara9955 9 ай бұрын

I was in the Navy. When I was on the Ticonderoga we launched a plane every 28 seconds. When the starboard cat went down we launched a plane every 30 seconds. (One cat) Then when the port cat went down we did full deck launches, a plane every 33 seconds. We couldn't recover while launching.

@christophermckinney3924 Жыл бұрын

The $680 billion is from a few years ago. This year it is over $800 billion ON BUDGET, and another $200+ billion OFF BUDGET in supplemental appropriations and secret expenses.

@JustMe-gn6yf Жыл бұрын

The United States Marine Corps phased out the M-1 Abrams a couple years ago, the Abrams was designed for the army and never fit the Marines military doctrine

@corinnepmorrison1854 Жыл бұрын

Plus, they can count on our patriotic citizens to back them if needed!! ❤️🇺🇸💝

@jessicamorrell4713 Жыл бұрын

Also many civilians are heavily armed.

@corinnepmorrison1854 Жыл бұрын

@@jessicamorrell4713 Exactly!!

@cpob2013 Жыл бұрын

"I think I would prefer not to invade mainland America, for there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass"

@elhpasu Жыл бұрын

2nd Amendment!!

@Natso_1 11 ай бұрын

Yes, God bless America!! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅

@SouthsideSox007 Жыл бұрын

I’m proudly a National Guardsman! My dad and uncle are vets. My brother is currently serving overseas. Thank you for the respect you’ve shown our military.

@gregleighton6172 Жыл бұрын

Have you guys been to the Mach Loop in Wales? UK and American military jets fly the loop for training. You can hike up the hills and be as high if not higher when the jets (helicopters come through also) come through. You can basically look right into the cockpits when they come whipping through.

@kpgrubb1 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! And thanks for your reaction! There's one thing they didn't mention. The US military doesn't leave anyone behind. And they back you up 100%. When I was in, I always felt like I had the entire US military might behind me. Were I to get in trouble, someone would always come to help, no matter what it took. Thankfully that never happened. But there are multiple cases of the US military coming to a single soldier's aid. The US military rocks.

@Frankie5Angels150 9 ай бұрын

Biden left a lot of people behind in Afghanistan. But before him, true.

@Phoenix-J81 9 ай бұрын

My husband is a US Marine. Freaking amazing guys and gals. Smaller force, but elite AF.

@johnmcdonald157 5 ай бұрын

Phoenix The Marines are the best, hands down!

@ExUSSailor Жыл бұрын

When was this video made? We decommissioned our last frigate, the USS Ingraham FFG-61, in 2015, and, sunk her as a target in 2021.

@xJamesLaughx Жыл бұрын

Not to mention the US Marines do not even use the M1 tanks anymore and got rid of them in favor of more mobile vehicles more in line with their missions.

@jaylenflanagan1295 11 ай бұрын

Facts video is old as dirt we got a whole bunch of new stuff

@user-gd1wq8cl7i Жыл бұрын

We still rely on the UK and you are important to us. Thanks for your support as we stay close together. Luv from the US.

@trevor3013 Жыл бұрын

That video about the bases is a good one! Definitely should check it out. That guy makes excellent videos. I also recommend his video about the US cutting off china's chips as it was a pretty big deal when it happened and he really goes in depth (US vs China the war you can't see)

@rg20322 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree - after watching it around a year ago I was shocked at how many US bases (not counting inside the US) there are in the rest of the world. 800 is a low number and it's for projection for quick strikes around the world, which makes total sense.

@CookiesNMilf Жыл бұрын

We’re the big brother that protects our little siblings from bullies. We got you! ❤️

@lonaballard6082 9 ай бұрын

Nothing or no one will mess with our British family!!!❤

@tlee717 7 ай бұрын

I love how everyone knows immediately the a-10

@gregdiamond6023 Жыл бұрын

James, if you ever get to go up eat bananas before. The pilots say it’s the only food that tastes the same coming up as they do going down.

@spuds416 Жыл бұрын

When I enlisted in the USAF in 1981 we had 900,000 Airmen when I retired in 2001 we were down to 360,000 Airmen in my career I've loaded hundreds of B61and B57 Nuclear bombs.

@RandyBoBandy. 7 ай бұрын

Canadians and Brits should be thankful we allow you to do your thing.

@GEL0_12 Жыл бұрын

Abundance of vehicles and weaponry in general, amazing thing is the quality

@sallyintucson Жыл бұрын

See if you can find pictures of Davis Mothan Air Force Base in Arizona. Commonly called “The Boneyard” by locals, it has thousands of planes stored there. Other bases around the country store tanks and other equipment.

@T-riter Жыл бұрын

Just recently I was coming home from work and there was a train full of big dog Abrams tanks. The highway is about 25 miles long in between the towns that I live in and work in…… the train was same length never seen anything like that before in Texas 😳🥺🇺🇸🇬🇧God bless America!!!

@gmac9987 Жыл бұрын

Our airplane "graveyard" ( the boneyard )is larger (contains more aircraft) than most air forces around the world. The U.S. Navy (which in this case includes the Marine Corps) is the second largest Air force in the world after the U.S. Air Force. Just think about that for a second

@komdivmaklenskov1105 Жыл бұрын

At 4:39 That F-15C is Trigger from Ace Combat 7 lol

@marcstov 10 ай бұрын

we love our friends in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

@adamcarpenter7823 Жыл бұрын

The US Army has only 6200 M1 Abrams tanks. Sounds small compared to others until you realize that the M1A1 Abrams can fire will moving ... accurately and while moving at 42 MPH ... making it one of very few that can do such a thing and no one else has nearly 6200 of them! One of the reasons the Iraqi army with their relatively recent Russian tanks stood no chance. Not to mention that this beast of a tank also shoots self-sharpening, armor penetrating depleted uranium rounds.

@giveupnow000 Жыл бұрын

satellites via USAF are launched at various bases - although sometimes military payloads such as satellites are launched by contractor rockets.

@bobdole7697 Жыл бұрын

THE US NAVY IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND LARGEST AIRFORCE IN THE WORLD BEHIND THE US AIRFORCE.

@mike7099 Жыл бұрын

I just tuned in to hear what kind of Brit accents they had because I like em all (Posh, Cockney, Liverpool, etc).❤😊

@teresatrimm2454 Жыл бұрын

We have to be massive because we have to protect our allies as well as ourselves.❤ From Alabama

@WestTXRedneck1972 Жыл бұрын

The Air Force used to also work alongside with NASA but now they have the United States Space Force that typically deal with the space side of things. Also a lot of times folks don't even think about the US Coast Guard as being part of the military forces.

@yourbestpallshawn4139 6 ай бұрын

Brothers, cousins, where family.

@noahshaffer15 Жыл бұрын

I like how they forgot about the coast guard

@christophermckinney3924 Жыл бұрын

The US space program began as part of the Air Force before NASA existed.

@kylebeckley194 Жыл бұрын

Many of those overseas 'bases' are a single radio tracking radar to watch satellites or a station to enable submarine communications or other small installations. So the number can sound more impressive than it really is. The amazing part is how many countries allow these installations

@CZR1951 9 ай бұрын

My Son will be graduating High School Class of 2024. His plan is to go to University and Major in Aerospace Engineering, while in school he will be doing AFROTC for the Air Force. God Bless You Son follow your goals and get this. 🇺🇲👍🙏

@lyonanddebanderson4418 Жыл бұрын

The reason behind the large military and fighting spirit from The United States is that of a defense and protector role. We fought to be a free county in 1776 and will keep that way. If you walk by a sleeping tiger don't go up and poke it, let it sleep and all will be good. (WW2 quote from Japan admiral); We do not wish to rule the world, but we will protect ourselves and our allies both foreign & domestic. Sgt. Anderson, USAF 1987-1991.

@mindyrolston3915 8 ай бұрын

We do have a space force now another branch of our military. It is located in Cocoa Beach Florida. I was just down there at that bass about a month ago they are still in the process of changing everything. Also saw a couple rocket launchers at that time

@patrioticz2858 Жыл бұрын

9:13 a lot of their tanks and tank crews were given to the army

@XxAverageJoexX Жыл бұрын

Mapping every US base is a decent video.

@shadowangel3995 Жыл бұрын

More military videos, please? James, if you want to get a glimpse of what it’s like in a fighter jet, watch the Top Gun movies. The other big group that they didn’t mention and is often overlooked due to their primary duties being protecting the mainland of the US is the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard does help in overseas operations; much of the old war time videos that are used in military documentaries were shot by Coast Guard members.

@Staxx0 Жыл бұрын

3:16 actually yes those are missiles and we have nukes that look like that. but the tip of the nuke breaks off into 4 or so smaller nukes but they're all 40x more powerful than the ones we used in ww2.

@quality_content.dianosour 9 ай бұрын

I first tought that is not a missile. And i dont know why, but i still cant beleive you. No offense or anything.

@Staxx0 9 ай бұрын

@@quality_content.dianosour all good it's understandable to not believe it.

@briankgarland Жыл бұрын

That was a just a quick summery. It didn't cover a LOT.

@billwell9266 Жыл бұрын

Air National Guard base 3 miles from my house is getting F35s in 2 weeks. Will get to see them flying low coming and going.

@TheBeesleys99 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! That will be awesome!

@princerose233 Жыл бұрын

How do you know that? Sounds like someone talks too much and needs a court marshall.

@Fergus_0703 Жыл бұрын

@@princerose233 it’s called freedom of information. It’s not like the air national guard is conducting special operations. Most assets going into different units can usually be known by civilians either through the military announcing it or through multiple government FOI websites. At least that’s how my country works and it’s less freedom-ish than the US.

@Fergus_0703 Жыл бұрын

@@princerose233 and it’s court-martial ;)

@billwell9266 Жыл бұрын

@@princerose233 it's been all over our news for 2 years dunce

@jimmiee5491 10 ай бұрын

So talking about the aircraft carriers we have 11 that is supported by 10 other ships so due to math since 11 aircraft carriers and 110 ships following those 11 aircraft carriers

@aarondavis8433 Жыл бұрын

They did not mention The newly formed "space force" or The US coast guard (more of a defense force) The coast guard also has ships , aircraft, amphibious forces

@gmac9987 Жыл бұрын

The coast guard only becamr part of dept of defense after 9-11. They used to be under dept of transportation. But still, their mission and aircraft are not direct combat oriented. And the space force is only 3 years old and is really a useless gimmick created by someone who was desperate to build a legacy

@jamesmorozov5594 Жыл бұрын

Our military is the best thing our tax dollars pay for. Also, they have us armed sitizens backing them up as they defend us. One America.

@bitrunner2000 10 ай бұрын

even 5 months ago when this video came out, that video they watched was out of date - they didn't cover Space Force, which has taken over most of the satellite systems. keep in mind that NASA is a civilian government organization, not military.

@clwomble Жыл бұрын

He said 62,000 tanks, but showed 6,200 on the screen. I think 6,200 is the real number. 62,000 is a shit load of tanks.

@briandiff1459 Жыл бұрын

heres the numbers that really matter 131,000,000(400,000,000+).. thats the force number of armed US Citizens(number of firearms they possess) ! To put that into context, if you were to combine ALL of the worlds military personnel, youd have a much smaller force of just around 90,000,000 ! "Behind every blade of grass..."

@morleychute 9 ай бұрын

Pretty sure we have way more than 800 I know. It causes somewhere around a 150 billion. Just to maintain the bases around the world.

@protonneutron9046 Жыл бұрын

The forgot to list all the Navy amphibious warfare ships. These are massive and carry US Marines, attack helocopters and F-35 stealth fighter/bombers.

@mikeet69 Жыл бұрын

FYI while the USAF number of personnel seems big it recently has shrunk to the SMALLEST number since the USAF became a separate service. When I was in the number was over half a million during the Cold War.

@jimmiegiboney2473 Жыл бұрын

Thumb Up #547! 👍 You're welcome! As usual, thank you! 😊 Notes: Hmm. I see more British people wearing clothes that promote our stuff than I see Americans wearing clothes that promote your stuff! It was nice to see your reactions! 😄

@kirbyblackburn8550 Жыл бұрын

She will agree with anything you say😂😂😂

@OpenSourceIntel806 Жыл бұрын

The US navy actually has 22 aircraft carriers not 11 it has 11 super carriers and 12 more smaller carriers for the marine corps so you can say the US marines has it's own navy and air force within the navy an amphibious fighting force with it's own naval and air power

@richardmuckle7998 Жыл бұрын

That is what a ballistic missile it’s

@jettron1 8 ай бұрын

Couple things. The U.S. Marines in many instances are the "Tip of the Spear" while the U.S. Army are the occupying force. That being said I'd like to point out that the United States has never been an "Concurring" Force.

@roberthudson1959 10 ай бұрын

All of His Majesty's Armed Forces combined have less personnel than the United States Marine Corps, the smallest of the four traditional services.

@Tam58851520 Жыл бұрын

The Air Force rocket is the launch/deployment of military communication and intelligence gathering satellites.

@RedneckRapture Жыл бұрын

Video's a bit out of date, the US Marines gave up their tanks. It also didn't mention that the US has 68.7 million militiamen.

@CrazyDee279 Жыл бұрын

Serving in the US Navy and US Army, kool video

@angrygrim1394 Жыл бұрын

that's 800 known US bases. There's some that are under wraps.

@Wolverines77 Жыл бұрын

Not all of those 800 bases have hundreds or thousands of troops at them. About ⅓ of them have about 100 or fewer troops at them...

@michaelpeer1753 Жыл бұрын

I have to fact-check the video. NOWHERE in the Constitution of the United States does the phrase "Army of the United States" appear, unless you count "Army and Navy of the United States," which appears in Article II, section 2. The Constitution doesn't even authorize the maintenance of a standing army, only the Navy and MILITIA (Article I, section 8). An army can be raised; if it is, it wouldn't not be referred as the "Army of the United States," because that's what it is. Basically, the way they said it, they made it sound as if our Constitution created the Army and Navy. They were, in fact, created by Acts of Congress.

@Joseph-ny5rr 8 ай бұрын

This is what we show and tell you about ;)

@suzannelouisiana1025 Жыл бұрын

Yes I would like to see it military base

@JonBroun Жыл бұрын

We have 800 known military bases. there are more that we don't know about.

@carsongrover9924 Жыл бұрын

The U.S. Air Force owns and operates the C-M5 Super Galaxy, the largest military aircraft in the world. Look it up

@fakshen1973 10 ай бұрын

Logistics. Logistics. Logistics. Everyone forgets about that part of the US military. They have caches everywhere on the planet. There are layers upon layers of transportation systems and solutions to get anything and everything everywhere. In the early 1980's, Great Britain had to scratch everything together just to drop one bomb on one runway at the bottom of the Atlantic by comparison. They were barely able to do it.

@colinmurphy3707 10 ай бұрын

The US Air-force along with Space Force does launch many rockets to space including fatalities.

@johng3752 Жыл бұрын

Hello! from a brother across the pond.

@steeljawX Жыл бұрын

Something I do not know the answer to, but something to think about and try to guess as well is, if you took out all the electrical wiring in every single US Military item (vehicles, planes, ships, weapons, satellites, radars, bases, etc) and connected them all together; exactly how far into space would it reach or how many times could it circle the planet? Now also repeat this kind of thought experiment with other nations militaries and you'll see a huge difference. I'm not saying the length of cable means bigger and better army, it just means that that nation has more resources they're using. The US would be huge, but stack them with NATO, I'm sure we're going to Pluto and back a couple times, good gravy.

@carsongrover9924 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Coast Guard & Space Force

@olafm4767 Жыл бұрын

You also have the space force (no one in the other military branches will admit they are real) and the coast guard. The Coast Guard is mostly a defensive force and search and rescue, but they do have the resources to take on drug cartels.

@paullucas7460 Жыл бұрын

We are more than friends We are family ........ I Love the brits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jeffreywolfe6313 Жыл бұрын

They missed the planes the Navy has.

@TheGelatinousSnake Жыл бұрын

A lot of “USA military big” videos get put into perspective if you think of The United States as a Union of 50 small countries with an Average population of 5.7 million people each. If you added all of Europe’s military forces together, It’s kind of like being surprised that Europe has a lot of military. It’s the resources of almost an entire continent working together.

@reneehomen2226 Жыл бұрын

Not to mention what they keep top secret.

@jameshoover7798 Жыл бұрын

The video totally missed Army Aviation.

@markc8160 Жыл бұрын

This video is old. First the Marine Corps divested all of their tanks and tube artillery in favor of mobile rocket systems. Second, the Navy does not have any frigates or corvettes, they are in the early stages of building their first frigates since the Perry class was decommissioned in the early 2000s. The Army also does not have no where near 1,000,000 personnel. The facts in the video was on about 50% correct.

@marieneu264 Жыл бұрын

5:14 I’m with you, James. It’s a dream of mine to ride in a military jet.

@mikeg.4211 Жыл бұрын

Our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, got it right 160 years ago when he said: "Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide." There is a note of caution in that true quote that more people here should be aware of.

@williambranch4283 Жыл бұрын

That is why the "oath" is "against all enemies foreign or domestic.

@mikeg.4211 Жыл бұрын

@@williambranch4283 well said!