Same here, a lot of knowledge in that gentleman 😎👍👍

JB certainly seems like a fantastic dude with lots of stories to tell about his time in the military. I loved listening to my great grandfather tell me stories of his time in WW2 and at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Same with my cousin who is in the Marines and my friend who is a retired Army veteran.

Thanks

Mark of a great interviewer!

You’re awesome

Yeah thats good of her that, the've got a lot more knowledge so listen to what they've got to say 👍👍👍

He is my kind of NCO. I'd sail with him.

@@robertf3479 10-4 on that! What's your 20, and I'm 10-19.

@@janstan8407 Retired from the Navy in '93, Hampton Roads area near Norfolk, VA. Could have retired on Social Security a couple of years ago, but I need a reason to wake up in the morning and the wife doesn't like having me underfoot all the time.

@@robertf3479 Ha, yeah I get it. I miss the south and the attitude.I never felt more at home with people than in Texas. Great land, good people.

Thanks lad's (MEN lol) for your service, 💯%RESPECT

Inside my hatch huh, I think the chieftain would come fight me

That's what was intended. Equipment can be repaired or, in this case replaced. But it's this ability to protect their irreplaceable crews that cause the crews to love their machines. I trust your son is doing okay.

Thats awesome that nice one 👍👍 yeah they done the job they were built for

Every platoon had that one stubby antenna truck

Yup, sure was. I remembered that about 20 minutes after we were done filming

WOW F##K, im really glad your son was ok, but WOW yeah them poor soldiers & all that have lost their lives, but DAMN 19 just married & with a baby MAN 😢😢😢💔

Aww BTW 💯%RESPECT to your son & all ppl in the service and that have served ALL THE BEST FROM 🇬🇧🇬🇧

The Germans were way ahead on a lot of tech stuff.

Not really.

Next video with JB is on Thursday!

Thank you

Thanks, I appreciate it

We still had enough boom boom to get the job done, but yeah showing restraint sucks

Leadership ain't a popularity contest. You're supposed to carrying the weight. Same goes to anyone in any superior positions in any workplace. Both civilian and serviceman should learn about responsibility of leadership in order to create something better.

@@Joshua_N-A I totally agree. I currently have a manager who has trouble putting his foot down when not doing it does more harm than good.

THANKS for your insight bro, but mainly for your service THANKYOU 💯%RESPECT

@Ford I spent as little time in Bradleys as possible. They are great Infantry assets for fire support and anti-tank operations, and for getting us from point A to B quickly, but once again, I did not like being in the back of those things either. Just get me there and let me out. Firing ports? Is that what those things were for? We used to blow cigarette smoke out of them. In all my years in the Army, I never saw anyone use them for actually firing. Infantry are trained to move, run, jump, dive, roll whatever it takes to maneuver on the enemy. You can't do any of that in the back of any armored vehicle. You're trapped in a steel can with little to no observation of the terrain or enemy. We are so packed in the back, it's almost impossible to move around anyway, much less put your weapon out of a little hole while looking out of a periscope. Most Bradleys didn't even have them anyway. It's simply not conducive to effective fighting and a waste of Infantry assets. As far as fighting out of a HMMWV is concerned, there were times where only my gunner was engaging the enemy with his M240B or M2 .50cal MGs while we were moving. Once we stopped my dismount and I would open our doors and use them as cover to help out the gunner. I was able to maintain contact on the radio or toss the handmike to my driver and let him send reports since he stayed in the vehicle and in his driver's position. Using the doors as cover offers you enough cover until we could get a better assessment of the situation and make adjustments. (I know, lower legs are exposed). There was even times my driver would exit and return fire if necessary. Many times if I left the vehicle to another fighting position, my driver would follow in the truck, if possible and maintain visual contact with me and the dismount gunner (M249). I cannot cover every scenario we ran across here, but my point is this: The HMMWV is an awesome fighting vehicle if used appropriately and can withstand an incredible amount of damage. It may not look pretty afterwards, but it will get you home. More than once we limped back to the COP of FOB with black burn marks on one side of the truck, blown tires and shattered glass - got her fixed and went back out the next night. It took 7.62 with no issues and grenade fragments just chipped the paint. Was it indestructible? Absolutely not, and we knew that. Nothing is guaranteed but if you know a vehicles capabilities and limitations, and use it accordingly, AND you get lucky, it will run circles around the flailing, little bit top heavy MRAP both literally and figuratively.

@Ford Firing ports on MRAP vehicles were actually included in the original South African ones in the 1970's and 1980's. look up the Casspir. It has firing ports.

Thanks, appreciate it

Yup that's the one

Isn’t it like an extended Glow rod

Thank you! Cheers!

We did a video on the RG33 too, check it out, you should get a kick out of it

@@bradm3a3 Not seeing any MRAP reviews on your channel. . .

@@bigsarge2085 it's another one with sofi on her channel

@@bradm3a3 Roger. Great job in the videos, by the way.

@@bigsarge2085 thank ya much

I only ever saw rollers on HMMWVs a couple of times, but I bet they did the job, heavy looking mofos though

@@bradm3a3 They had to be welded at 500 degrees (whole assembled unwelded part temperature), in the summer, wearing full leathers....fack that was hot.

@@lorka42 that sounds like the least fun thing to do during the summer, but thanks for doing it

Thanks

I'm thinking about doing a channel, pretty daunting but I appreciate the support

Do I have a tow truck business?

@@bradm3a3 Tonia says so, over in Los Santos, she keeps getting Franklin to do your work you bad boy!!!

We also have a fairly robust volunteer program for people to help keep these things from rusting away to nothing

Thanks, never been call dogs bollocks before

@Charlie Ramsay You sure can get me back to answer questions. As far as living in these goes: we had FOBs (forward operating bases) that we lived on, or some level of base or camp so we didn't have to spend more than a day or two on these. The caiman here is very roomy and wouldn't be too bad to live off of though if the need arises. As for if the Gunner was in the gun when we hit a mine: let's just say everyone would know we got hit, the Gunner had a sling seat so that would be fairly flexible in a blast, the big threat would be an ejection from the vehicle. Gunners had a harness that actually attached them to the vehicle and kept them from being thrown from the hatch. Hope this helps clear up your questions.

I feel your pain, as a 91B, the ASV was my least favorite vehicle to wrench on. Not maintenance friendly! Lol

Yep

They had alot of outside contractors submiting MRAPs and theres 2 models that are like big like this that were used commonly and the new HUMVEE replacement was birthed from the program

One of my units missions in 04-05 in iraq was route security, and I'll tell ya what, there was never a quiet day, it was like a marathon of cops on tv, just more bombs and slightly less domestic abuse