I Could LITERALLY SMELL The ENEMY in FALLUJAH

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I Could LITERALLY SMELL The ENEMY in FALLUJAH

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@americanveteranscenter 3 ай бұрын

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@trainman1209 3 ай бұрын

Why God?

@marksmith161 3 ай бұрын

@1247.cccccc 3 ай бұрын

No American should have ever set foot in Falujiah unless they were there as tourists.

@Coincidence_Theorist 3 ай бұрын

Why were you even there??? Hmm?? Why?? War is BS. No one is down with it. Unfortunately with robots we won’t be able to just say no anymore. #AiWarnedU This hashtag leads nowhere most likely… much like wise words of warning and messages of “just say no “

@Coincidence_Theorist 3 ай бұрын

@@1247.ccccccexactly. Why were you there? Their lives are horrible, and you are what? Stalking them? Everyone i know hates the “thank you for your service”. Why?? They dont want to tell you why. ..:you wont like the reason/s why

@xraystudios3693 3 ай бұрын

Imagine hiding in a room, holding your breath and you hear "I can smell him" Oh boy...

@rxonmymind8362 3 ай бұрын

Just farted too....

@jayrussel7909 3 ай бұрын

>rip massive ten second long fart >”oh by allah… oof” >us soldiers giggle >i giggle >see black Sgt nod at my hiding spot in a pile of rubble >soldiers pull me out >they see my ac/dc shirt that just arrived a month prior to the invasion >black sgt sucks his teeth and grins >”you aight, brown boy.” >hear infidel female natty guard soldiers say “he cute” as they exit my bombed out house

@badmonkey2222 3 ай бұрын

I actually just watched a documentary about the tunnel rats in Vietnam and they said the same things that when there was a VC close they had like this spicy musty body odor that was specific to them or they would see fresh pile of turds and know that they were close. I read all kinds of stuff about this from special forces and it's just a common thing that they have a sixth sense to these things.

@Based_Shogun 3 ай бұрын

They usually don't understand English that well.

@johnlloyddy7016 3 ай бұрын

It would even be more terrifying if he started chanting: " Fee Fie Foe Fum!!! I smell the blood of a human!!"

@velmaholland5673 3 ай бұрын

In Vietnam, veterans report that smell was important too. Vietnamese ate a fermented fish sauce that could be smelled.

@Willrocs 3 ай бұрын

There is a guy who was called the Doug LaTourneau aka Frenchmen he was part of MACV-SOG he gave away all his food and ate what the locals ate so the enemy couldn’t smell him.

@errolkim1334 3 ай бұрын

That fermented fish sauce cost 15 dollar by the way.....

@Bluefalconspiracies 3 ай бұрын

@@errolkim1334garum making stinks.

@uncletiggermclaren7592 3 ай бұрын

And the fresh US troops could be smelled by the enemies too. Their soap and laundry soap and mouthwash and the water proofing they put on gear, could all be smelled. I read a book written by a Vietnamese who fought for the NVA, then almost immediately the war was over, he was part of a local government group in the South, and his book was mostly about the vast effort they had to make, rebuilding Vietnam from the ground up. He actually was pretty fair to the US in his book, but he really did not like the French. Like, his statements about them were obviously exaggerations made because of how much he hated them. Anyway, he stated point blank, that the guerillas could smell Americans were upwind of them, and it was half the smell of their clothing, and half the smell of stuff like mouthwash and soap.

@velmaholland5673 3 ай бұрын

@@uncletiggermclaren7592 not so much the Marines and some army groups who were left out in the field for six weeks without a bath.

@eanschaan9392 3 ай бұрын

Smell is one of those things that people underestimate in terms of how much information it actually holds.

@audreywitko1445 3 ай бұрын

Nurses use our sense of smell daily at an elevated level. There are many disease states that have different odors. Anyone that has served in the military are heroes to me. I am so grateful for their service and that of their families. 💖🇺🇸💖

@FlatlandMando 3 ай бұрын

I've always been good at smell & I keep trying to strengthen that sense. It is also enjoyable when you can detect things others can not.

@shaychylde1 2 ай бұрын

Fact!!!!

@Maria-n6t2d 2 ай бұрын

Smell is very high on the list of senses that trigger memory. Thankfully mine is roast beef with brown gravy and onions at Grammys. 🙏🏼🩷🌸

@rasmAn2 2 ай бұрын

Take it from someone who can't smell, Yes! also most what people think is taste is smell. but, some of taste is so overpowered by smell you never get to experience it unless you lose it. I can now identify most aluminium alloy series by taste. Steel tastes too much of iron to be able to.

@lanegard7103 3 ай бұрын

Seeing guys with grey hair talk about Fallujah is reminding me of how old I am.

@MrTamendez 3 ай бұрын

Same

@miapdx503 Ай бұрын

Ikr! 😂😞

@anonomuse9094 Ай бұрын

What is Fallujah? I was born in 2004, is it something from before I was born or what?

@RandomZen411 Ай бұрын

@@anonomuse9094A city in Iraq

@anonomuse9094 Ай бұрын

@@RandomZen411 ah, cool

@ij1376 3 ай бұрын

"Humans have an inferior sense of smell." War vets:

@solidtank7957 3 ай бұрын

Yep, it is so hard imagine an animal like a dog or a deer with 100x better sense of smell than a human.

@DevisToutCourt 3 ай бұрын

We're like in the middle, and I think it's better like that because I don't want to smell people's farts from a mile away

@williambigbills-9665 3 ай бұрын

Not a vet but I can smell rain coming, eyes are super sensitive to movement, and ears are keen to the sounds of movement too. I honestly think we’re slowly evolving out of our hunting instincts and into more self preservation instincts as humans and a few of us have a bloodline of hunters, soldiers, woodsman, or any other work/activity that requires survival skills that are always tinkering on “civil” and “savage” traits.

@__-fm5qv 3 ай бұрын

@@williambigbills-9665 Tbh I think most people can smell rain coming and that sort of thing. It's just that in our modern lives most people haven't learnt that skill or tuned into what that smell is or what it means. In the grand scheme of things humans don't have an amazing sense of smell, but it is a lot better than a lot of people give it credit for. And does serve the purpose of short term weather prediction, and smelling harmful bacteria, that sort of thing.

@Cheese_Authority 3 ай бұрын

It's not that ours is bad it's just that dogs and cats's are better

@user-rt5ep4ux2g 3 ай бұрын

I remember when my buddies little brother came back after a 3rd tour. My god! I felt so bad for him. I wasn’t really close to him because of the age difference, but I would go there and sit with him in dead silence just because. Just a couple years ago he thanked me while he broke down. Time definitely helped. I couldn’t let him take his own life, I just knew from the way he talked, that’s where it was going. He finally shared stories after 2 years of silence. All these years later and I’m more close to that “little kid” than I am his big brother

@DaddyDumptruckDeluxe 3 ай бұрын

Wow OMG you're such a hero

@gregoryv.zimansr4031 3 ай бұрын

It is really sad that these vets are taking their lives at a crazy number. It's about 22 a day. Thank you for saving his life. You are a real hero.

@typeorulz 3 ай бұрын

Much respect.💯

@PomonaMason 3 ай бұрын

Some of us, are dead even if we came home. Suicide is just the formality. Not being dramatic, just stating the truth. I got no family, no friends, and I can't wait for God to take me, sadly he is making me wait longer than I had hoped for.

@GenuineLhachwen 3 ай бұрын

@@PomonaMasonI know it sounds trite, but maybe He hasn't taken you home yet for a reason. I cannot tell you what that reason is. I wish I could. But you're still in a war whether you realize or not. Not sure if the God you speak of is the same as mine... but if it is: the war is not against flesh and blood but principalities, powers and the darkness of this world. Learn about the weapons for this war otherwise you are a disarmed warrior in the middle of a vicious battle. Take 'em up and fight and that may be enough purpose until you discover more.

@DeliaHale-oy2vh Ай бұрын

This is why every combat veteran should be given the opportunity to be interviewed, to share their experiences.

@kingfobbit399 3 ай бұрын

Just like in Infantry school, we were taught to dig up cat scratch holes and look at the waste of the opposing force to determine if they are well supplied or foraging. This MOH recipient is sharing valuable knowledge.

@mithvibes4727 Ай бұрын

"sgt, what does the dookie tell us" "he's close... and he's weak..."

@rimrunz1795 Ай бұрын

..... scatologic forensics

@kingfobbit399 Ай бұрын

@@rimrunz1795 The Sh*tty part of SALUTE report.

@user-pe1zs2pn4n 3 ай бұрын

He’s the first vet from this theater of war that I’ve ever heard talking about this

@robinhoode9364 3 ай бұрын

I just watched an interview of a guy who volunteered in Ukraine and mentioned being forbidden from using strong deodorants because they could be smelled by the enemy

@blistersonmyfingers9321 3 ай бұрын

@@robinhoode9364 you learn that stuff in basic training

@droidnick 3 ай бұрын

Right.. the only thing I smelt in OEF was my 240 and mk19. Ended uo being shot in the head, but made it out of the turretvand home.

@blistersonmyfingers9321 3 ай бұрын

@@droidnick had a battle buddy get his face and shoulders broken from a RPG hitting his turret shield.

@JohnDoe-wt9ek 3 ай бұрын

He wrote a memoir of his time in Iraq. "House to House". Its really intense.

@dclong- 3 ай бұрын

Aside from this, when we got back to America, the smell of deodorant, perfume, body wash, and fabric softner would be so overpowering that it would make you nauseous.

@dclong- 3 ай бұрын

@matthewdavidson7062 the fkn worst.

@JR-zi9vj 3 ай бұрын

@@TheREALHeisenberg-1821that makes sense even normally those things are strong as hell

@venivinivinci 3 ай бұрын

Duuude fast food just driving by those places turned my stomach couldn't eat fast food for months

@stuntmankustoms8991 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I still can't use heavy perfumed cleaning supplies. Makes me nauseous

@t.n.1116 3 ай бұрын

Deodorant really? So B.O. was preferable? What did it smell like after getting used to it?

@carlamarlene2927 3 ай бұрын

I hear that when soldiers /intelligences were getting ready to go in, they would spend a while eating and drinking everything the locals do so as to not be detected by smell

@jamram9924 3 ай бұрын

In combat, we learned to observe on a much different level than military members that were exposed to the daily activities. You develop hyper vigilance and situational awareness. We later learned that our neurons grew additional dendrites, thanks to years of research from our Vietnam brothers. We are not the same when we return to the states and we never will be. You can’t go to these far away corners of the Earth, use all of your sense and expect to be the same person before your deployment.

@karlbarnett5863 3 ай бұрын

Great comment. Thank you for your service.

@serahloeffelroberts9901 2 ай бұрын

I knew a Vietnam veteran who even 50 years later wanted to sit with his back to a wall and able to see every entry and exit to a room.

@jimmymcgill2557 Ай бұрын

that's absolutely wild how the brain grows extra 'branches' so to speak under hyper stressful situations like combat, it's no wonder vets suffer so much when they come home..i imagine it's like the brain thinks it's missing a vital ingredient to survive by just not having to constantly be on your guard, i think it would help if there was a way to get vets into jobs at home that require a lot of situational awareness and the like, something like security or escorting people around

@gforceforever Ай бұрын

@@serahloeffelroberts9901, I believe we all do it, whether or not intentionally.

@gforceforever Ай бұрын

@@jimmymcgill2557, it's certainly why I chose security. Hypersensitivity to noise and vibration, as well as hypervigilance, are not easily overcome. I might as well get paid to be me. My sniffer is very tuned, as well.

@Former11b 3 ай бұрын

Human waste smells wayyyy different than animal. Even if you can’t see it, you can smell it and you know someone’s been there. I was also a non-smoker, in the Iraqi tobacco was very harsh, so I could smell those guys from a way away at night especially, not sure if it was the cooler temperatures or the humidity change, but if someone had recently smoked a cigarette, I could generally smell them from a distance

@DG-EditsYT 3 ай бұрын

Definitely as a non smoker with a good sense of smell I agree

@JC-bd5uj 3 ай бұрын

I worked in a jail and i dont want to relate experiences but most def humans and blood/feces smell. Iron, cavities, feces, etc.

@NickRanger 3 ай бұрын

That's me when im hunting. I have no idea why hunters smoke. I can smell them for a few miles away sometimes.

@ragamuffin19d8 3 ай бұрын

Royales

@CordobaGeneral1234 3 ай бұрын

War criminal

@acebongboy 3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of David Hackworth's memoir. Early on, he describes being in the Korea War and being able to smell the enemy's presence from their body odor, the garlic they ate, etc.

@Deltron1337 3 ай бұрын

my great grandpa called germans Krauts til the day he died, swore up and down he could smell the Germans from a mile away and that's what kept him alive was their smell.

@stevehope6283 3 ай бұрын

When fighting the Italians the allies could smell the garlic on them. Cigarettes were another attractant.

@davidwilliamson4937 3 ай бұрын

Hackworth…”Tiger Force” 1/327th Infantry….Beckwith…”Delta Force” 2/327th Infantry 101st ….my Commander in Vietnam. C. co.2/327th Infantry Battalion 101st Airborne Division…

@michaelj6392 3 ай бұрын

@@stevehope6283Vietnam too. The Viet Cong made pungent food and the smell came off their bodies as well.

@thehighvaluecat9313 3 ай бұрын

So they smelled like Italians ?

@DoorKicker 3 ай бұрын

Great uncle always said “If it smells fishy, it’s an ambush. Interpret that how you want.”

@GunShark0 Ай бұрын

He was in 'Nam wasn't he? I've read that the Viets ate some kinda fermented fish that gave off strong smells.

@jedadiahamaral2761 3 ай бұрын

I’ve been talking about the corpses everywhere for years and just been given looks like I was a lunatic, thank you for sharing this.

@Daisynottheflower 3 ай бұрын

do people not realize that its a war or something? do they think bodies just blink and vanish when you leave the area like a video game?

@jedadiahamaral2761 3 ай бұрын

@@Daisynottheflower it’s more of a refusal to believe Saddam was wiping out his enemies like a genocidal maniac , we found corpses everywhere, wells, conex containers, semi truck trailers stacked to the top with corpses they used tractors to stuff in just baking in the sun, he was slaughtering his people and I wake up from nightmares of just the smell alone. Meanwhile American school children tell me it was an unnecessary war and all I can think to myself is “ well at least the Kurds still exist “ and don’t get me started on the WMD issue , we didn’t find nukes but we did find ICBM’s and an intercontinental ballistic missile is more then capable of mass destruction 🤷🏻‍♂️

@jcbbb 3 ай бұрын

Well since you're a young girl from Idaho it's weird to hear it from you

@Buglife.352 3 ай бұрын

@@Daisynottheflowerof course they.just de-spawn right?

@blazergamer6425 3 ай бұрын

@@DaisynottheflowerPeople forgot a war was going on from 2005 on up and just recently realized that we were still in the GWOT when we pulled out of Afghanistan, there are people nowadays that legit forgot the Russo-Ukraine War is in fact STILL going on, the moment that it stops being front page is when people forget almost immediately that's Americas super power it's to forget important things even as they are happening kinda like with that Boeing whistleblower that was assassinated people talked about it for like a week then everyone just forgot about it. Edit:word

@dinomorell5163 3 ай бұрын

My father who fought in Korea said if you smell onions in the air to get ready to engage or fix bayonets cause the Koreans were close & trying to ambush our men.Sometimes our boys would send in the K9s to attack the enemy & once you heard the screaming then they would be shot down. So many crazy stories my Marine father told me.

@JasonD81 3 ай бұрын

I would love to hear your father’s story I thank him for his service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@CLOUD2K1 3 ай бұрын

Go Cardinals!

@donovins360 3 ай бұрын

I’m sure with that tactic, he only got the bad ones. Surely. Supreme logic. That’s how we won that mideastern war. Send in the dogs! 😅

@JustOneMoreTaskMom 3 ай бұрын

@@donovins360I believe it was ww2 where we came up with the idea to train hundreds of thousands of dogs to storm beaches. The idea was, Asians have a smaller stature that dogs would have a small chance to overpower them. Millions of dollars were spent to make a training facility on an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. The idea was scrapped after it was found that the dogs wouldn't follow direction or want to push forward under shelling and fire.

@joshbranch1730 3 ай бұрын

is this the "someone else will raise your sons and daughter's" guy?. fkn legend

@gregoryserpan8690 2 ай бұрын

Yes 🇺🇸

@hansblitz7770 2 ай бұрын

Glad I don't need to worry about that. Also, step dads are cucks.

@Justin-of5cj 2 ай бұрын

💯🫡😂

@MrTamendez 3 ай бұрын

I was deployed twice to Fallujah. Trust me, you can definitely smell them. I also remember getting a hand written letter from a girlfriend. The smell of the letter was overpowering. I had asked her if she sprayed the letter with perfume, she said no. When you’re used to smelling like salt and living with 40 other men outside the wire, smells are definitely heightened.

@rolymagnus9735 3 ай бұрын

I still have dreams from my time there…but nothing will bring me back to fallujah the way a smell does…it is so visceral and instant…transports you to the very same place where you first smelled it… I wish war on no one… Semper Fi my brethren

@bower31 3 ай бұрын

I have had this happen a few times around people. Smelling something that instantly brings me back to various things in the USMC, and it stuns me for a second. People never believe me when I try to tell them.

@MrJohnnyguns666 3 ай бұрын

Yeah the … has to stop.

@DayMan.. 3 ай бұрын

@@MrJohnnyguns666 cope

@jamesweir659 3 ай бұрын

Semper Fi

@Vandal1985 3 ай бұрын

@@bower31gasoline is a big one for me. I’m always reminded of the Corps when I smell gas

@groverstreet7128 3 ай бұрын

My grandfather was a marine during ww2. My grandmother would tell me after the war he became a butcher. When someone of asian descent came into the store, he could smell them from the back of the grocery store.

@markfryer9880 3 ай бұрын

My brother was married to a Japanese woman and so their dog got used to being around Japanese women. One day my brother was taking his dog on the train to the city and as he walked out onto the platform he walked past two Asian girls. The dog paid no attention to the first girl but went crazy for the second girl. When my brother enquired, it turned out that the girl was Japanese. 😮 Somehow, the dog had picked the difference between the two girls?

@MicMc539 3 ай бұрын

Australian Aboriginals preferred to eat Asians because White men are ''too salty''.

@allenlindsey1175 3 ай бұрын

That's interesting. A large part of Asians don't even sweat It's called Anhidrosis.

@dannynoriega1601 3 ай бұрын

Every race has a smell

@jameson32 3 ай бұрын

@@dannynoriega1601 Part of me wonders how much is genetic, and how much is diet.

@boredgrizz6037 3 ай бұрын

I will forever be grateful that I got to meet this legend during my battalion’s Ball. He gave a speech and brought Rip-its to put in the grog.

@thJune 3 ай бұрын

Rip its?! That man indeed is a legend then lol.

@megwenger8756 3 ай бұрын

Americans need to know what their veterans and service men went/going through. Keep speaking. Teach us!

@petergriffinson1907 2 ай бұрын

Our government treats them like 💩

@RAAM855 3 ай бұрын

I volunteered at my local VA hospital and spoke to a Korean war vet who was one of the Chosin few. He said he knew when the PLA was gonna attack cause you could always smell em from a mile away. Cause many did not have proper cold footwear and so had necrosis from frostbite on their feet. Thats one thing they really dont prepare you for the smell of war and decaying flesh.

@globalkaos67 3 ай бұрын

That is a certain kind of smell. Worked at a hospital as an orderly and smelled that for a few years before I realized what it was. One day I uncovered a guys foot and it was black from gangrene. I turned several shades of green as the nurse was asking me if I was ok. I wasn't. I still smell that smell to this day if I'm in a store and I just know.

@kettelbe 3 ай бұрын

Should be easy tho they are too many body for science donors. They even ise some corpses for police murder crime scenes study in the wild under cages to prevent big animals to eat those...

@floydholder597 3 ай бұрын

I had a cousin that was wounded and spent the "Battle of the Bulge" in a field hospital in Bastogne and he said the smell of all the other soldiers with frostbite was the worst thing he went through during the entire war.

@brianbaird1503 3 ай бұрын

those were Chinese

@floydholder597 3 ай бұрын

@brianbaird1503 "PLA" is the Chinese army's acronym for "People's Liberation Army". 😊✌️🇨🇱

@12345678910111213829 3 ай бұрын

My old coworker was in Fallujah. He told he sensed a guys presence cause he could smell his BO in the air. Turned around and the guy was right behind him, he ended killing that man in hand to hand combat. He told me he still smells that same BO at night sometimes, and sees that man in his room.

@txlyons2937 3 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ, that's intense.

@BladeFitAcademy 3 ай бұрын

That is spooky.

@edwardsisson3580 3 ай бұрын

poor guy😢

@puckered6036 3 ай бұрын

Nice made up story

@ryanlewis6344 3 ай бұрын

@@puckered6036lol u spend a lot of time hunting and killing in war or u just needed something to whine about?

@Doorkicker505 3 ай бұрын

I was a Border Patrol Agent in AZ. When I was tracking groups to the desert at night, I could tell if they were close. I could smell them. It's hard to describe

@jakewillits4678 2 ай бұрын

So youre the one that is trafficking humans over our border huh

@valkyrie40k 3 ай бұрын

David is an absolute GWOT legend. We had similar experiences in Sadr city.

@jackpeters2884 3 ай бұрын

I don't mean to compare my experience to a MoH recipient, but to share a similar story. I remember we had a period that we had to go about 40ish days without showers when I was in the Army. One of our medics left with a guy that got evac'd one afternoon and the medic ended up coming back the next day. He managed to get a shower while he was gone and I remember walking up to greet him and I could smell him clear as day from probably 40 yards away. To me, he smelled like he almost drowned in the perfume section. The smell, though pleasant, was as strong as the smell of a rotting corpse. I teased him about it, but he told me all he had done was taken a normal shower with a bar of soap. That moment made me realize just how bad we must stink. We ended up rotating out of that area a few days later and i still remember getting my first shower afterwards. It was barely above room temperature water, but I thought I was in heaven.

@user-ym9wb2mk5e 3 ай бұрын

Yep. We went about 3 months in Kuwait without a shower, only “prostitute” baths. For 15 years after leaving, I still had to leave running water on in my house just to hear it. You def have a heightened sense of smell when everyday things are gone, anything with soaps or perfumes can put you in a tailspin for awhile.

@l33t007 3 ай бұрын

My Grandfather was in the Army during WW2 and certain smells would instantly make him double over puking and this was a man who was the embodiment of stoic quiet man who went thru the Liberation of Buchenwald. My Mother is a Marine Vietnam vet and both her and her follow vets all had some very particular smells that would be like flipping a switch in their brains. Now I understand why. I only wish I would've known sooner.

@BeachsideHank 3 ай бұрын

@@user-ym9wb2mk5e “prostitute baths." I assume that was some form of birdbath or?

@Dixiesoul345 3 ай бұрын

My dad was a WWll Marine veteran and he told me that out in the jungles soldiers would catch rain water in their helmet so they could wash with it just to make them feel a little bit cleaner.

@user-ym9wb2mk5e 3 ай бұрын

@@BeachsideHankCanteen water, rag and wipe the arm pits and crotch. Not much else when you don’t have running water, lol.

@shripperquats5872 3 ай бұрын

The brain is a powerful thing. It is highly adaptable in ways you cannot comprehend until you look back

@jackmadden7564 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, Sir. Respect for all Veterans for all Wars.❤❤❤❤

@MagsVision 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@keenb3041 3 ай бұрын

This man gave one of the hardest speeches in American war fighting history

@Merr_Khan 3 ай бұрын

15 yrs later i still can't turn off the attention to detail.

@brianjones9780 Ай бұрын

I can relate. I was homeless for years and often had to fight for my own safety or to not be robbed. Nowadays if I get in a tense situation, I don't get tunnel visioned, instead I see everything in my peripherals and can't turn off my situational awareness. I'll be stuck like that for hours. Feeling like I'm staring through everything but also seeing everything at the same time. I prefer to be out in nature now away from people.

@wadepedro2166 3 ай бұрын

This dude has probably the most badass speech I’ve ever heard. A lot of you have probably heard it too but aren’t recognizing him. He’s the one that said "We don't want war. But if you want war with the United States of America, there's one thing I can promise you, so help me God: Someone else will raise your sons and daughters." Medal of Honor recipient. David Bellavia. BAMF

@Notimportant253 3 ай бұрын

He won a Medal of Honor for a war that was completely void of any. How ironic. Sounds like a real badass, razing cities to the ground, destroying whole civilizations, murdering parents and even kids cause some asshole in a suit at the white house gave him a narrative that reinforced his belief in the supremacy of his own nation. The war in Iraq was America picking up a smaller, insignificant brown country, throwing it against the wall as hard as we could, then trampling it for over a decade before declaring victory and moving on to the next one. Nothing honorable about the politicians who waged the war, the profiteers who instigated it, or the random Joes from Nebraska and Pennsylvania who stupidly signed up to fight for them.

@anthonygarland949 3 ай бұрын

His speech is nice with that ending. I've watched it a couple times.

@anderson22555 3 ай бұрын

You boys got kicked out by men with flip flops and after market AK😂.

@Yakfan20 3 ай бұрын

Lol we instigated the war and still lost what a dumbass quote

@greenaum 3 ай бұрын

"We don't want war". So why keep going to all those other people's countries with the weapons and everything? That kinda _sounds_ like someone who _does_ want a war, a little bit.

@l.b.7543 3 ай бұрын

I was in a tank on the March to Baghdad in 2003…he is absolutely correct about heighten awareness about smells while in combat.

@JagMan-dp4lb 2 ай бұрын

God bless this man & all of the other soldiers

@scottyp13339 3 ай бұрын

Dude gave one of the hardest speeches of all times too

@toddfulbright3901 3 ай бұрын

These guys don’t get the recognition they deserve look what they all have had to live with the rest of their lives. Much respect

@tjeym8897 3 ай бұрын

Well it was a war that was not ours to fight we killed bare folk in a spot that had nothing to do with us 😂😂😂why do you support killing of random folk across the globe by our men ?

@PromQWearsPrada 3 ай бұрын

Wonder what the people of Iraq had to live with… ancient cities destroyed lives wrecked… not much recognition on their part either. What was the war in Iraq about again? Wmd? Or just creating constant turmoil in the Middle East? Because it worked wonders

@randyrod4298 3 ай бұрын

@@PromQWearsPradait was about baby Bush finishing his daddy’s war. Weapons of mass destruction that weren’t there. Remember ?

@charlesforrest7678 3 ай бұрын

Baby-bush was upset cause of contract put-out on his daddy😮

@djcb421 3 ай бұрын

@PromQWearsPrada lmao like the veterans in the USA knew what was about to happen. You talk like we all knew we were being tricked and went along with it.

@BrokenTengu99 3 ай бұрын

The story of how this Warrior won the Congressional Medal of Honor is just so completely and utterly badass.....❤

@user-ym9wb2mk5e 3 ай бұрын

It’s not the “Congressional”, just called The Medal of Honor…

@BucketheadHead-ut2eg Ай бұрын

Thank You for Your Service !!! And to All our Veterans ❤❤❤❤❤

@1murder99 3 ай бұрын

After I had been in the jungle for a couple of months without regular bathing, no deodorant,, not smoking and no after shave I became able to smell Vietnamese. I thought I was becoming an animal.

@AGMI9 3 ай бұрын

you were brother, becoming part of the jungle

@1murder99 3 ай бұрын

@@AGMI9 It was useful.

@AGMI9 3 ай бұрын

@@1murder99 dont worry I feel the same after afghan, did some training in the jungle, you Vietnam vets deserve all the respect, not only at war with people but also with the jungle

@rxonmymind8362 3 ай бұрын

Imagine what animals can smell with their highly adaptive noses. Like dogs. Crazy.

@markfryer9880 3 ай бұрын

Smell, particularly from Rum was why the British Army gave up on issuing the daily Rum ration to soldiers in Malaya/Malaysia during the Emergency. They discovered that they could be smelled by the Communist enemy and obviously you don't want to give your enemy an unfair advantage against your side. Post Vietnam, the Australian Army was still very conscious of personal smell of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers. Much emphasis was placed on low odour deodorants and insect repellent, so the Aussie summer favourite Aeroguard was a big no no! Cigarettes are another give away. Just some of the things that you learn in the Australian Army Reserve! Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Reservist '88 to mid 90s.

@oveidasinclair982 3 ай бұрын

Situational awareness, you have it or you don't and if you don't; you better hang out with someone who does.

@duneflower8279 Ай бұрын

To all veterans & members of the armed forces, God bless you & your loved ones. Thank you for your service.

@mrinnopadnah8316 3 ай бұрын

Mr. Bellavia, you are a hero, and an inspiration to your team - and men everywhere. I very much hope to meet you one day. God Bless.

@chadwhitman1811 3 ай бұрын

Situational awareness

@uncle_Samssubjects 3 ай бұрын

*hyper awareness being on dead ground can do that.

@chadwhitman1811 3 ай бұрын

@@uncle_Samssubjects It definitely focuses your attention.

@johncoaleii1423 3 ай бұрын

I developed PTSD through a misspent youth. It left me hyper vigilant and always consciously aware to the most minute details. I'm never able to relax I'm always reading body language, environments, atmosphere. It is kind of a super power once developed but their that ability to read things come problems like sensory issues. I don't like loud bangs or unexpected peripheral movement. Those two things can awaken a monster on the wrong day.

@MrErnieHanks 3 ай бұрын

That's autism

@gandalfstormcrow5434 3 ай бұрын

Simmer down son. Don't think you'll see much combat up the road from your moms house

@_mergg 3 ай бұрын

@@gandalfstormcrow5434Why would you denigrate this person like that?

@_mergg 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for adding your experience. Same, here.

@aaronritchie6426 3 ай бұрын

@@gandalfstormcrow5434you’re a braindead prick if you don’t realise that people can go through horrendous, life and death trauma for extended periods of time without being in the military.

@rebeccahamilton1227 3 ай бұрын

Love Mr.Bellavia! He is not only our local hero in wny, we can also listen to him on our local am radio station. Thank you for your service, sir! 🎉❤

@Herperof1000derps 2 ай бұрын

Did he stop the Iraqis from invading you?

@nikip9161 3 ай бұрын

God bless each and every soldier. Most of us could never thank you enough. 🇺🇲❤️

@blackagent4754 3 ай бұрын

No thanks.

@Dudeliness 3 ай бұрын

@@kpg1973 Lol these weirdos in this comment section. These guys invaded innocent people's homes and now they police our streets 😂.

@conradinhawaii7856 3 ай бұрын

it was the same in "my war" in Vietnam. And I have absolutely no doubt that it has been the same for every war before and after that, going back to the Greeks and Romans over 2,000 years ago. There is nothing more horrible in this life that to be caught in a war... Any war. 💔

@lizs8853 3 ай бұрын

@conradinhawaii7856 Thank you for your service. I'm glad you made it home.

@conradinhawaii7856 3 ай бұрын

@@lizs8853 Thanks. And no one was happier than I was. 😊

@raymondjhaugenjr2165 3 ай бұрын

Thank you sir for your service and sacrifice, a true hero. May God bless your soul

@kittyblaine7917 3 ай бұрын

Civilians don’t think about this part of war and conflict…is it any wonder why so many come home with memories that they can never unsee that haunts them for the rest of their lives…God Bless every soldier that is was and will ever be…your service is so priceless and simple thank you never seems enough 🙏🌹🛐🇺🇸

@Tatrick94 3 ай бұрын

Had the honor of going to watch him speak at Fort Riley when I was still active. It was a small group from multiple units at Riley and he passed around his MOH for all of us to hold. Truly incredible experience

@robinx4231 3 ай бұрын

I was in no way special forces or even anything special in the infantry..but definitely smells from populated areas gave clues. People smell a certain way, vehicles, buildings, areas, weapons..all have different smells in different ways depending on what's going on. Real helpful in the job.

@Thatguy45407 3 ай бұрын

White people smell like honey...mexicans corn...black like unwashed hair or like old man cologne toned down way way down..indians middle eastern like curry or incense.all races together smell like a sneeze..

@ObathSoar-gx5gs 2 ай бұрын

This man is speaking truth , he's a soldier and trained

@BennilocoLoves 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much for your service and keeping us here at home safe! 🇺🇲💙🤗

@Locust13 3 ай бұрын

If he smelled someone he knew someone was there, if he saw something fresh where everything else wasn't fresh he knew someone was there.

@kevinbazarek 3 ай бұрын

is this comment for people that didn't watch the 30 second clip? or is this for yourself or something

@drelocs2878 3 ай бұрын

@@kevinbazareklmao 😂

@danchris4287 3 ай бұрын

Yes, that is exactly what he just said

@tuut1241 3 ай бұрын

Yes Captain Obvious! 🫡

@f1ref1rst62 3 ай бұрын

@@kevinbazarekfor real, I’m convinced KZfaq shorts had made everyone a troglodyte.

@sethmoberly3154 3 ай бұрын

Had the exact same thing help in Ramadi and during the 2003 push. We got so accustomed to the smells that we picked up differences quickly, they often led to IED factories or hides. You can also smell it when they’re trying to hide after engaging us.

@cncministries53787 3 ай бұрын

Ty for your service and GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU

@destroygaryfunky7053 3 ай бұрын

My heart goes out to all our servicemen and women who had to deal with that brutal, unnecessary war .

@blackagent4754 3 ай бұрын

My heart goes out to the civilians and the men who defended their country from an invading force due to an unnecessary war. They matter, too, ya know.

@connieadams607 3 ай бұрын

Strep throat is rheumatic, fever. It will damage your hear valve’s … I had it in 1967 in high school. Now I am 75 years old and …. 2 year’s ago I had open heart surgery and a triple bypass and replaced two heart valves. BECAUSE OF Strep throat, a.k.a. rheumatic fever.

@ChromeLinedOriental 3 ай бұрын

This guy delivered the hardest speech in human history.

@infidel202 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for fighting for our freedom

@leongabaenjr4968 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much sir David Bellavia for your services! God Speed!

@wire54321 3 ай бұрын

Thank You for your Service!

@sammyhill69 3 ай бұрын

What did it achieve?

@kbonh22 3 ай бұрын

For anyone that doesn't know this guy's story. He went into a building alone in the pitch black and killed like 5 insurgents, some in hand to hand combat.

@Moon___man 3 ай бұрын

is it legit or is it like that dude from austrailia who got medals and a fake story for shooting civilians lol

@protipskiptoendofvideoandr286 3 ай бұрын

@Moon___man it's all on video bub. Just watch it

@dickjohnson9582 3 ай бұрын

@Moon___man he actually just murdered an innocent family while they were sleeping

@Wolverine329 3 ай бұрын

@@Moon___man This is 100% true, there was a journalist (Michael Ware) embedded with his platoon and featured in the documentary “Only the Dead”.

@enriqued8401 3 ай бұрын

Hand to hand? What he couldn't smell them?

@RavensAchilles513 3 ай бұрын

Incredible instincts and enhanced senses. You guys are amazing! Thank you for your service!💜🇺🇸💜🙏

@boundarysentinel4181 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. It is a blessing that such a well spoken Vet lived through those times, and indeed the agony of the mind since, to leave testimony for future generations that war is truly and always been hell.

@sammyhill69 3 ай бұрын

They rarely want to be thanked. It should rather be "we are sorry that politicians put you through hell".

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 3 ай бұрын

@@sammyhill69. I don't know any vets with that attitude.

@willdavis7966 3 ай бұрын

Bro, the guys that were coming over from Syria, definitely smelled different. They had fresh clothes, fresh grease on their AKs, clean hands. And they fought differently. De Oppresso Liber/ Semper Fi 🇺🇸

@philosophyofmany4317 Ай бұрын

May God bless and I thank him for his service.

@user-gg8sr7wu8s 3 ай бұрын

God bless you for your bravery and service✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸

@MT-tn4ei 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, sir.

@SentientSandbox 3 ай бұрын

It never leaves my mind.

@kevinjang2075 2 ай бұрын

David Bellavia, thank you for your service. God nless you.

@phyllishannah7203 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 ❤🇺🇸for your military service to our country America 🇺🇸.

@josephcrotty9553 3 ай бұрын

2004 was a year I will never forget.

@pepp4560 3 ай бұрын

I was in Baghdad when the big push began on Fallujah. It sounded like WWII, even from 22 miles away.

@bobdixon4998 3 ай бұрын

Much love and respect to you Mr Bellavia!

@noble360 3 ай бұрын

Can't even come close to imagining that.

@benjaminmcclure6298 3 ай бұрын

When I saw the podcast where a guy was speaking about his grandpa who fought in Normandy on D-Day, then recalling watching Saving Private Ryan with his grandpa, who had to leave the room during the opening scene because he started smelling diesel fuel!!! That was sooo intense to even hear that story. Because I’ve always thought that being in that situation would make you more worried about death or how you would react, but you never thought about what you would smell 60 years later. Military combat has got to be one of the highest sensory overloads that any human could experience.

@thecook8964 2 ай бұрын

Well said

@Dogwateratgames 2 ай бұрын

Rip 🪦 great grandpa vets are truly built different

@refax808 3 ай бұрын

America bringing freedom and democracy!

@vetagainsttrump16 3 ай бұрын

I was there...he was with 2-2 in vilseck, I was in 1/6 in Bamberg... Glad to see a big red one brother up there

@ALiberalVeteran 3 ай бұрын

I read his book House to House before I joined the army as an infantryman and it pumped me up so much.

@TJ24050 3 ай бұрын

I read the book when I was with 1-18 2nd brigade 1ID before our 06-07 deployment to Baghdad. My XO was a tanker attached to 2-2. Lt. Hartman was interviewed on the Ultimate warfare series on the military channel about Fallujah.

@McShag420 3 ай бұрын

Yikes.

@mathewpribek5126 3 ай бұрын

Same hometown as this guy. I want him to represent us in Congress so bad. He's normal and classy and he has earned it

@Whoknows285 3 ай бұрын

Piece of sht

@CoreyJayB 3 ай бұрын

Great book

@user-by4hz3cf1i 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service and sacrifices! God bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@dustingiles 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service sir we thrive as a nation because of warriors like you

@se6586 3 ай бұрын

Guy murdered for Raytheon and you’re celebrating it still? The glass is shattered buddy, wake up. Travelking 6000 miles to kill people in their homes is NOT defense

@MicMc539 3 ай бұрын

Thrive? Looked out a window lately?

@dsadik666 3 ай бұрын

Great joke. 👌

@MicMc539 3 ай бұрын

Homeless, Junkies and broken Infrastructure as far as you can see! Dumbocracy in action!

@hopek59 2 ай бұрын

Oh my Thank you for serving our country

@1961Lara 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@glenjohnson9302 3 ай бұрын

My combat was elsewhere, but i can relate to similar things and the extra awareness is still with me after 40 years.

@saturnineace2324 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

@yeetboi6806 3 ай бұрын

I could listen to him all day , one funny badass

@darlatidwell6255 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your service. 🙏🇺🇲👍💕

@Jemmyjo 28 күн бұрын

How horrible. These people who fight our wars, so we can stay safe at home, are heroes beyond measure.

@eco. 3 ай бұрын

My grandfather during the pacific campaign in the Philippines was also able to describe the odor of Japanese troops near his position because the smells carried a distance on the wind through the jungle