From the Frontlines: Combat Marine Recounts Iraq Invasion 2003

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Жыл бұрын

This week’s Urban Valor episode features Marine veteran, Roland Vandenberg. Roland was born in Inglewood, CA and grew up in the desert of Lake Los Angeles. He came up in the party crew scene of the 90’s and was kicked out of multiple high schools. Roland made his way into the Marine Corps and ended up on the frontlines during the Invasion of Iraq in March 2003. He would go on to conduct multiple deployments and had to medically retire due to an injury he sustained while in service. Roland is now the Co-Founder of Romeo Echo USA.
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@jonathannorris3997 Жыл бұрын

When you’re from lake Los Angeles watching this 😂😂😂😂😂

@capnjack4341 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I'm a VIETNAM vet. We all got our stories, both good and bad. I'm proud of you.

@sappereliteconstructioncom9948 10 ай бұрын

We are proud of you as well! Thank you for your service ❤

@zico1583 Жыл бұрын

Much respect brother

@Daily_Dose_of_Ibuprofen Жыл бұрын

love these stories. keep up the amazing content

@toyag638 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@littlepils4187 Жыл бұрын

Inspiration to me. Thank You. Romeo - Echo.

@skulllimon425 10 ай бұрын

Dude how the hell do people not know about your channel i already have listen to like 5 of your episodes in less than a week(correction is been 12 episodes that already have listen too). Am glad your documating all this stories and that ones that are about to come to your channel. your content is gold. Great stuff defitnely one of my favorites now.

@saileshnatenatesan8495 11 ай бұрын

Awesome interview, thank you 🇺🇲

@paladin1544 Жыл бұрын

Talking helps and listening to this brings back so many memories. Be well brother. War is not a great thing.

@teresamartin8344 11 ай бұрын

Deeply grateful for you and to you

@thewatcher4552 Жыл бұрын

One of my great friends and Marine brothers was from Compton, and you joined a year after I did so we were probably at Pendleton together. I also was in the Battle of Nasiriyah in 03. Task force Tarawa Semper 😢Fi!

@bluedog101c 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@tylercarter3967 Жыл бұрын

so much respect for this man, and all the others that have given stories for us all to listen to. i hope to see this channel grow, this channel deserves more than 25k subs and i say that with respect.thank you.

@danteruiz9985 Ай бұрын

All I do at work is slap on some of these videos and listen for hours. Every single soldier you’ve had on here talks very proper, I can almost imagine the story’s they tell. Thank you all for your service, goodbless you all

@yvngcharlz Жыл бұрын

Thanks for what you do man. Love these stories.

@scottdore4890 Жыл бұрын

Great story's thank you for sharing these moments of these military folks you rock best regards from Maine

@d.rcarrera6599 4 ай бұрын

Roland, Whatever you are doing seems to be helping you greatly. Keep doing it. Take good care of yourself and family. I am glad you made it home. Tough decisions leading to unfortunate situations are many times out of one's control. In the midst of chaos, the rules of engagement are not always clear. You did your job and you are a very conscientious human being. Thank you brother

@UrbanValorTV 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate that brother

@domteneglia9121 11 ай бұрын

STUD!! Thank God for you Marine. I truly appreciate you. Semper Fi

@williamstone1536 11 ай бұрын

Amazing! God Bless him and his business!

@Semperf11 3 ай бұрын

24:10 I know that feeling . Great feeling seeing buddies from high school in the corps randomly y’all just meet

@12lilacbushes Жыл бұрын

I watched your Uncle get pulled out of His Semi-truck and viciously attacked! I watched from the Live helicopter.....hugs!

@czarc7666 9 ай бұрын

Lmfao that’s fucked up!🤣🤣

@theone6two3 Жыл бұрын

You seeing your homie from HS , overseas is a trip , small world

@dannycalder1638 Жыл бұрын

Powerful

@grandpahooligan Жыл бұрын

This dude seems chill af

@thewatcher4552 Жыл бұрын

I can relate to this in so many ways. 😂 Somehow, my rackmate got his hands on an extra MRE during the crucible. We ate that thing so fast and buried the trash😅 That was the best meal @ P.I.

@jamesdawson1666 Жыл бұрын

Well good to see a fellow devil from my desert I'm from boron ca only thing between lake la and I is Edward's afb and nasa I to as well a devil dog vet joined in 99 and was with 3/4 kilo Co weapons plt 0331 and my other mos is 0341 during invasion every thing in this interview sinks deep with myself we are always haunted by the horrors of this invasion

@TwoBun Жыл бұрын

Vitamin B1 Thiamine supplement is helping me a lot, wow. Wow! Also taking some B6, but it's more reactive flush, heat and redness.

@romanbelic776 8 ай бұрын

20:55 it doesn't get more emotionally difficult than that

@bookreaderson 5 ай бұрын

Being the best. Ego. Hanging out with non sports team school mates. Not being best. No ego

@wildbill60 Жыл бұрын

👍💯🇺🇸

@marine47ncaa25 9 ай бұрын

Idk why but as a civilian I find “Sergeant” and “Staff Sergeant” to be the coolest sounding ranks. Obviously “Gunnery Sergeant” is peak coolness but idk man, maybe it’s all the movies but it’s seems like the biggest bad asses are always E-5 to E-9. No cool factor in the brass, you gotta work for a living to be considered a badass💪🪖

@eazy1174 6 ай бұрын

Gunny is a sick name to be called. I still call my mentor from my time in as Gunny, even tho hes retired and I've been a civilian for 10 years

@fitness_with_boobie5240 Жыл бұрын

Looking back they really try to draft us with the call of duty games heavy recruiting at the schools and the news would water down things soo much these stories tell the truth about what they don't want us to hear

@yuhere9241 Жыл бұрын

🇺🇸

@jameslopez958 9 ай бұрын

My Cousin is a Gulf War Veteran and he doesn't say One Word About It! So I don't know if he will ever be able to Talk?

@1nk0gn3gr0 10 ай бұрын

The IT story 😂😂😂 brooo I’ve been there 🤣

@geoffsmith76 Жыл бұрын

Man… that was some raw shit. Transitioning out of the Corps was ROUGH… You don’t realize how much you depend on having good people around you to help you make better decisions until they aren’t there… instead they are scattered throughout the country again. And there were no cell phones then. Plus there was a stigma about asking another Marine for his parents phone or address.. was considered kinda gay. And THANK YOU for seeing how broken the system was/is as far as VA Loans and navigating for VA Disability!

@unreleasedplug5454 10 ай бұрын

He’s wearing the same shirt and looks just like the paratrooper 😂

@rsparkes01 Жыл бұрын

I love me some Roland. Sexiest voice in LA

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt 10 ай бұрын

You look familiar sgt

@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt 10 ай бұрын

I was 3/5

@adaniel2224 Жыл бұрын

Orah Staff Sergeant

@StatesideHeathen 11 ай бұрын

When I watch these videos of yours, I research the Marines/Soldiers that you're guest(s) mentioned were K.I.A. just to see who they were...& honor their memories.. Cpl. Johnathan Taylor as mentioned at 27:51 had the exact same birthday as me 08/14/1987! Fuckin really hits home man. May He R.I.P. two of my personal friends never made it back from Afghanistan: Pfc.Brice Scott & Pfc. Tan Ngo. Never Forget. ❤️🇺🇸

@DGillian6406 Жыл бұрын

Nope

@mikethemechanic7395 Жыл бұрын

I feel bad for Iraq and Afghanistan vets. I served Army 93/97. I joined to see combat. I wished I was in Vietnam as a kid in the 80s. I never got my wish. Got out pissed off. 9/11 hit. Had a recruiter call me and asked me to rejoin. I knew my military history. I told the recruiter. “ The Russians lost. Why would the US do any better? I developed PTSD from not seeing combat in Somalia. And also I developed anger toward 9/11 vets. I would carry a gun and wait for a 9/11 vet to disrespect me about my peacetime service. I knew I could see combat. But it was a lost cause. Over 20 years later. I was right. After the withdrawal of Afghanistan my PTSD went away. It was cured. I pity 9/11 vets. Stupid war and most of lives. I don’t get the beards and Vietnam vet look. You will never see vets before 9/11 with beards and arm tattoos..

@DA-br9xd Жыл бұрын

PTSD from not seeing combat that just went away when the US pulled out of Afghanistan, huh?

@thetruth7300 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’re a hater. POG

@MsRotorwings 11 ай бұрын

You developed PTSD from NOT seeing combat?

@jasonbourne2171 10 ай бұрын

Imagine kicking in someone's front door then play a traumatized victim cause you killed some innocent ppl lol tf is wrong with this guy. "What if I didn't do it an my guys got killed" "mfr what if you if you walked outside an get struck by lightning " lol

@milkcam 9 ай бұрын

Okay Jason Bourne

@dman7626 Жыл бұрын

No no no, you shouldn't if been there. Claiming that a Iraqi family who you gunned down in Iraq shouldn't if been in their homeland shows what's wrong with America. You shouldn't of been there.