Wow.!

I'm sure you are so proud! Please thank him for his service from me.🙏❤️

Please convey my sincere Thank You for his service.

Blessings for your son’s service. Thank you❤

Thanking your son for serving and supporting our country. How special is he? You must be very very proud. Let us keep our Democracy and Freedom alive.

May he rest in peace God bless

@@mariemiller8740 may the innocent civilians the US forces killed rest in peace

I'm so sorry for your loss.

God bless our Vets that gave for their country ❤

Rest Brother. We have your six.

Was he still in the Military when he was killed?

November 1 is my birthday also!

After leaving the military, he became a mercenary. Love this ballad and admire those who fought for our freedom.

@@georgewallerlll496 My Father is an AIR FORCE vet. His birthday is November 27th, same day as Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee.

How sad. 😔

A salute to your husband and warrior

Thank You. 🙂

@@mattfulmer4243 Thank you! I wish I could transport through the internet and shake your hand.

As the Son of an Army man, Grandson of a Navy man, and Nephew of an Air Force Man, I thank you very much for this.

@@s.rry-guld2961 Thanking for everything your Parent, your grandparent and uncle have given to protect freedom in a youtube comment will never be enough. Just know I'm eternally grateful.

Also from the son of a Navy man welcome, Jay & Amber are some of the best you could be hanging with

So sorry for your loss. He was a hero. Thanks for his service. 🇺🇸⚘

Several Great Covers 👏👏👏✌️

@@johnboydTx including Peter, Paul, and Mary

Johnny Rivers has a good cover of this song.

Joan Baez has the most poignant version -- in German, the original version Sagt mir wo die Bluemen sind

Amen!

Same here .....

Oddly, given that I'm in a military family (generations), I would've thought I would've heard this at home, but my first exposure was Bill Murray singing it in Caddyshack (I think).

Yep, haven’t heard this song in ages but I still remember all of the words. God Bless all of our troops. 🇺🇸

Same for me except i was a boy then.

delta takes from all branches. do you know the difference between Seals and Rangers. i will tell you, its scuba training. thats about it. oh and delta is top. then Seals / Rangers. SF is not exactly a fighting force, they do in country and train resistance forces to fight for us.

@@dagnard5707just because they open their selection to all branches does not inherently make Delta Force more elite. They might have more diversity of their member’s original specialty, but they still remain a primarily land-based JSOC force. Navy Seals have the additional SCUBA training, but also perform maritime interdiction operations that Delta Force does not do. I would offer that it would be Navy Seals, Delta Force, Green Berets, and then Army Rangers and Marine Corps Force Recon. Marine Recon is not technically part of JSOC, but they do often participate in special forces operations with those other elite units. You can’t evaluate who is the best by their mission profiles unless you are privy to their missions. Transported them several times, or had them aboard ship with us (Marines), but never fully knew what they were up to other than knowing they were there.

I was talking with an elder gentleman wearing a FORCE RECON. He said that in the 60's, they made Seals into Seals and a week later, talking with an ex-Seal, I mention this and he "Yelp, is true."

Yeah No. Two completely different missions. Each JSOC Unit has a different battle doctrine. You know who has never been bailed out by Delta, SEALs, PJs, Marine Raiders? Army Rangers. Thats' right. Army fuckin Rangers Baby! Rangers Lead the Way! Who is the QRF for all of our JSOCers? Army Rangers, 82nd Airborne, 101st, and other BCTs. So when our boys get bogged down, we make damn sure to get em out of that shit nest they found themselves engaged in. Army Rangers, baby. Best. Hands down!

Former paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne, Delta Force is top, tied for second is Green Beret and Seals, then Ranger. They are all superior and excellent!

I thank them all for their service. I try to always say, “Thank you for your service,” when I know someone is serving or has served, especially those who fought in Vietnam. They didn’t have a choice but were drafted. They were treated terribly when they came home. I was in an elevator once with a man who had a Vietnam veteran hat on. I thanked him for his service and he teared up when I thanked him. It could have been the first time anyone said that to him. If you see an old man wearing something indicating they were in Vietnam, please thank him for his service.

Fought in Grenada lol 😂

@halfogre6373 look, Grenada may have been a cake walk, but for my uncle it was hard because it brought back all of the trauma he suffered in Vietnam. If you have ever seen Apocalypse Now, that movie was based on a true story. My uncle was on the mission to catch that psycho because his unit had gone through some really intense battles and survived. They had the skills needed for that mission. What he saw was so bad, they couldn't include it in the movie. So Grenada may not have been a hard fight, or even close to what their weekend Guard maneuvers were, but he wasn't facing his brothers. He was facing a real enemy no matter how weak, and he had to deal with the horrible flashbacks. Remember that war era veterans suffer far more than any of us can imagine, and the slightest thing could trigger them. God Bless all of our veterans old and young.

Thank you Richard

Thanks for your service, Richard.

Thank you and God bless you!

Same here brother. I was a WAC

Cheers to General Stiner. I'm not related but I was asked a lot over the years.

@@KarlS-de1zf So I take it that you're a Stiner too?

@@jonstiner3424 Im Karl W Steiner a different spelling, I did 17 years at Fort Bragg and served in the 82nd and SF so I get the confusion 🤣. Oh and my dad's name is John. We're probably all related in antiquity.

@KarlS-de1zf We probably are. Our original name was Stoner. It has been spelled Stiner, Steiner, Stainer. We have a genealogy book about the family. Funny story. I was in the Coast Guard in St. Petersburg. I got hurt and had to go to medical at McDill AFB. Couldn't understand why everyone was being overly nice to me. Later found out that General Stiner was also stationed at McDill at the same time.

There's another number there, not gonna mention it. 180 head count for the group. Volunteer only, four years and not a week more allowed due to the severity of the psychological/ethical stress induced, constant monitoring by multiple experts working from think tanks. No re-enlistment, permanent "Reserve" roster complete with field promitions to either Captain/Colonel in rank to ensure they have the authority to act without interfence should a letter or phone call be delivered while twice using individualized code-phrase in a specific order with follow up confirmation codes that are NEVER written down or logged in. Oh, and all traces are scrubbed and editted via a nasty little software program hooked into every tv, radio, computer system, and all known forms of communication, how much is targeted is dependant on what kinda coolant you use and how much time you have. These guys are often Specialized Psy-Ops, experts in using fear/blackmail/torture to achieve the desired effects with only tapped eggoheads being better at these skills (in theory) and they are on speed dial for these boyos 24/7. Require extremely ridgid dieting, recreation for decompressing, even lovers/emotional connections are provided to ensure they remain as well balanced, well adjusted, and combat ready as possible. All privacy, or the illusion of privacy, is gone. Forever. Amnesiacs are provided upon request, but can't erase memories, only blur and fade it out. On the other hand, best healthcare possible to the death. No betrayals, if you know too much you are given the choice of constant supervision in an area controlled completely by THEM or a suicide mission, followed by another and so on until your luck runs out while utilizing the individual's abilities for maximum effect.

@@robertphillips213 I think you've been reading too many Frederick Forsyth novels.

@@The_Dudester Maybe. Maybe never even heard of thatt author. Fan of Tom Clancy and Richard Marcinko. Only heard about this from a very inebriated (most of a moonshine quart, plus spiced rum and my uncle's 151) Grandfather (Army Ranger, 25yrs, retired, MSgt. 2 year enlistment in the Airforce Commandos. Korea vet.) after a drinking contest that lasted three hours and started with the phrase, "The Navy can't hold their liquor," while sitting next to my Dad (3rd Army, Old Guard) and my uncle (Navy Seal, was helmsman on the USS America when we visited him at Cheasapeak prior to signing up for SEAL training); both of whom are brothers, 6'3"-4" and 245 lbs with builds like Thor in GoW Ragnorak. Turns out, its the old army vet that wins that contest due to treachery (poured his stuff into their glasses a few times after telling a few great dirty jokes). Bare in mind, I was 12 and its been a minute. He talked about that stuff and an experimental "Star Wars" X-10/X-Wing inspired Armed Light Recon jet he saw tested in Nevada using static or ionicly charged sections of "skin" on the nose/wings that lowered or eliminated air friction. Can't tell what may be joking bullshit or what maybe hammered yet true and really cool yet hadn't told anyone for sober reasons beyond his memory at that time. We're primarily Welsh, so we never let the truth get in the way of a cool story.

@@The_Dudester As to the group, I've little doubt there's a dozen or so "Duty Oriented Programs" i.e. certain jobs that must be done correctly in the right way for the right reasons by someone whose loyalty and character alignment must be perfectly matched. Sorta like, if a specific location was destroyed (seems like accident/act of God) but one or two people knew it was a cover and couldn't actually be damaged the way others are playing it off as, these two then have specific instructions that must be carried out in response. Or Sec o' D Speeches containing hotwords while adressing specific subjects to the press so that one or two people in the know have their emergency instuctions. People from long lines of military service since Bunker Hill or Valley Forge, loyalty to ideals taught from childhood with years of obeservation in/out of combat and various high stress situations. There are over 100 Million American Citizens, so are you completely dismissive of not one but multiple cherry picking organizations with the highest military clearance recruiting specific people of specific personality types belonging to lienages that are beyond the possibility of sleepers/espionage working against the nation. Especially during the Cold War. I don't doubt they had a Cpt America type guy with a detonator to something snuck under Moscow by a remotely controlled drill or something and all he has to do is check the national news at 11 pm the first tuesday of a month or something and if there's an another of the S of D speaking...well, triggered. Uni-bomber type of triggered, who in of himself is proof that the CIA were doing this crap in the 60's so you know the Army does/did/has operated precisely in that pattern since MK ULTRA (which had over thirty finalistis in the experiment) was de-classified by Presidential order due to suspicion of activity within the States. Check out the free Healthcare offered to African American citizens in the 50/60's complete with provided doctors, "vaccines", and corrective surgery for 5-7 years. That was forcefullu de-classified and confirmed in print on their official website's historical files, yet never appeared on any news feed. Ever. Go check that out before you commenting I'm a liar/wrong or making shit up. Not. Telling it as I recall it and beyond a year my visual memory accuity is only at 60-70% accuracy for writing, 70% colors/shapes, and verbal at 90%. By the way, "Hi, I am R.B.Phillips. Combat Data Analyst and Predictive Simulcrum; if aid is requested by fire teams. Or 'oh shit Alexa' as one friend nicknamed me. My job is to research, simulate, predict, note the patterns that indicate if shit is going sideways with provided solutions directly beneath, analyze structures/soil/geological facts so I know what can/can not penetrate, how far, likelihood of richochet, and strengths/weaknesses that can be of immediate use. Exits, relay info from the Eyesky, co-ordination, provide intelligent solutions to bust prairie dogging desert boyos, detect caverns/cave mapping, investigate/map all water sources above/below, and direct the drone gamers away from assigned teams so accidents are minimal. That's a general summary. Was given a test, scholarship to a very nice military academy (Philipps Academy at Exeter), and groomed, over-educated on gathering relevant data quickly/using imagination, abductive reasoning, and a thorough, exhaustive general understanding for Cause/Effects in Physics/ Chemistry/Geology/Metalurgy/Psychology-Philosphy/Tactically-Tactical Awareness then assigned to my chair at 17 (Dad signed off for it), booted on the 80-ish IBM, grabbed a headset, and I've been here ever since next to five other nerds of varying nerd-age trying to be more helpful than we often feel with the goal keeping one eye open (Hehe, guess the project name, all de-classed now for the regs) for my boils and ghouls with boots on the ground. Oh and praying I am more helpful than I feel sometimes (90% of the time) which I've been told I am very much helpful by said b's and g's. Graduated 2005 if you want to check that background out. 1rst at Vocab in the State, 18th in Math, 32nd Geography, 61rst or 65th at Social Studies, 8th in History, 11th in Science, 14th in Chemistry. For the record, English as a subject goes waaaay too damn deep and complicated then ya got 3 more years of it. Barely passed that subject. That is full transparency: location, source of info, background, pysche overview, education, and profession. Sorry for the rant, I get very irritated when people call me a liar or claim I am not who I am. Truth and facts are very important to me, my job, and my greenies; acquisition, summarization, weaponization, and lastly coherent delivery in order of concern. I do my upmost to avoid lying to myself or others, have to face and deal in facts to design solutions for problems.

Love Johnny Horton!

@@johnsexton2200 Yep! Me too!!!! And I forgot to mention to those who don't know "North to Alaska" was about the gold rush there in the 1890's. And all of these songs were VERY popular in their day! And there are movies, "North to Alaska" and "Sink the Bismarck" But I don't think Johnny's songs made it to either one. As sink the Bismarck was a British production.

It's "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" by Johnny Cash for me (is someone cutting onions in here?). It's a much more gritty song that tells the true, dark and very sad story of an American hero who has inspired thousands of paintings and sculptures based on a photograph of him and 3 other soldiers (all 4 of them from different branches of the military) raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Every American has seen this photo but few know anything about the men in it.

Interesting you mention "North to Alaska" and "The Battle of New Orleans" because I have them and this song on a CD called "Country Classics.". Lots of good stuff on there they could react to. I think they've done one or two. Have they done "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"?

@@NavvyMom Yes, those are great songs. The lyrics of all three of those songs I mentioned by Johnny are forever etched in my mind. Another song I wish they would react to is Marty Robbin's "El Paso". they did a couple of his but not that one. And as far as I can see Johnny Horton would be a new artist for them.

Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸

I was a little girl when this was first released ... I remember singing along with him on the AM radio by my bed at night ... I loved the song and I love America ...

I live in murfreesboro TN .

Thanks for that info. I have this song on a CD, "Country Classics" I think is the title. Love the song, and now it's extra special to learn about him from yours and other comments.

Barry Sadler was murdered while sitting in his car in Panama!

What a time it was.

My Dad was to in Korea he was a Seabee I miss him dearly.

I have the album also. I inherited it from my dad, who was in the US Army for 22 years (1962-1984) & included 13 months in Vietnam.

I was wondering if anyone else knew this! They are actually very fun reads, but apparently difficult to find. I am fortunate enough to own about 15 of them.

@@QueenFornis I searched for 4 years for book 1. All over the US in the pre-internet days. I finally found it sitting on the shelf at the used book store literally across the street from my house. Doh! Yes, the books are very good because they are written with great attention to historical details. The series will never be finished and I am left wondering if Casca was ever given mercy and allowed to finally die. Or does he walk among us still....

I owned all 23 books at one time. Started collecting them in 1985...

I owned all 23 Casca series books for years. Would read and reread them from time to time