All Thing Cool Military Videos/Stories

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I watch a lot of UTUBE and see lots of great clips and guessing I’m not the only one, so thought it would be a good thread.

Not intended as a political thread, so I’m not posting it in the OTB.

Start it off with how they feed submarine crew and keep their morale up with great chow -

What Food Submarine Saillors Eat

U.S. Navy submarine crews receive a premium food budget to maintain morale during isolation. For a 90-day patrol, a submarine must load 40,000 pounds of prov...

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[Gopher_In_NYC]

Great one about Hacksaw Ridge -

5 Things That Really Happened With Desmond Doss𤯠#military #faith

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[GophersInIowa]

I watch a lot of UTUBE and see lots of great clips and guessing I’m not the only one, so thought it would be a good thread.

Not intended as a political thread, so I’m not posting it in the OTB.

Start it off with how they feed submarine crew and keep their morale up with great chow -

What Food Submarine Saillors Eat

U.S. Navy submarine crews receive a premium food budget to maintain morale during isolation. For a 90-day patrol, a submarine must load 40,000 pounds of prov...

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MN license plate on the wall 10 seconds in

 

[GophersInIowa]

I know it’s not real life video but this scene from Band of Brothers always gives me chills.

 

[Ope3]

Teddy Ballgame had the Right Stuff.

Ted Williams’ piloting skills save slugger in Korea | Baseball Hall of Fame

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HoFer Ted Williams was John Glenn's Wingman on Korean Conflict combat missions.

Gotta be a Hollywood film in there somewhere.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

I watch a lot of UTUBE and see lots of great clips and guessing I’m not the only one, so thought it would be a good thread.

Not intended as a political thread, so I’m not posting it in the OTB.

Start it off with how they feed submarine crew and keep their morale up with great chow -

What Food Submarine Saillors Eat

U.S. Navy submarine crews receive a premium food budget to maintain morale during isolation. For a 90-day patrol, a submarine must load 40,000 pounds of prov...

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My second in command at one of my previous stops was a US Navy submariner and he always had one of my favorite comments about being on a sub; "140 men go down, 70 couples come back up".

Just classic

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

My second in command at one of my previous stops was a US Navy submariner and he always had one of my favorite comments about being on a sub; "140 men go down, 70 couples come back up".

Just classic

I toured a WWII one on The Intrepid museum and was shocked at how small they were then - no way I could be in thst tight a space for so long - that’s a type of mental toughness I can’t fathom.

I wa also shocked at how gigantic an aircraft carrier was - awe inspiring. I heartily recommend that as a stop whenever anyone asks about cool things to do when visiting NYC - far more impressive to me than the Empire State Building

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Teddy Ballgame had the Right Stuff.

Ted Williams’ piloting skills save slugger in Korea | Baseball Hall of Fame

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HoFer Ted Williams was John Glenn's Wingman on Korean Conflict combat missions.

I knew he was an decorated Naval aviator, but didn’t know the board about Glenn thanks.

He was also considered one of the best amateur fly fishermen. How good?

Ted Williams was not only one of baseball's greatest hitters, but also a legendary and decorated fly fisherman. His legendary angling prowess focused on "The Big Three"—tarpon, bonefish, and Atlantic salmon—and he is a member of the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame.

Gotta be a Hollywood film in there somewhere.

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[Gopher_In_NYC]

Animals have more courage than I do -

This Horse's Bravery Turned the Battle Around

Discover the incredible true story of Reckless the horse and her heroic service during the Korean War.Witness how a brave mare became an unlikely legend at t...

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[fan of Ray Williams]

Probably a little off track, but the Netflix documentary on Grant was good. Goes through his rise, then demise and his rise again and all his military battles.
As an aside, worked in a lot of nuclear plants and when you go into the control room it’s extremely strict and all/most are former Navy and worked on nuclear subs. Dudes can be some a-holes.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Only Mel (WW II vet) would think and do something like this. What a crazy kook -

Mel Brooks A man that taught the world to laugh about some of the hardest periods in history

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[Gopher_In_NYC]

Probably a little off track, but the Netflix documentary on Grant was good.

It’s all good. My HS history teacher and head football coach, hated him, called him the worst President ever in addition to Useless Grant.

I actually learned a lot from his class and it was hilarious as he had an acerbic sense of humor.

Goes through his rise, then demise and his rise again and all his military battles.
As an aside, worked in a lot of nuclear plants and when you go into the control room it’s extremely strict and all/most are former Navy and worked on nuclear subs. Dudes can be some a-holes.

did you guys call anyone Homer?

 

[Ope3]

I knew he was an decorated Naval aviator, but didn’t know the board about Glenn thanks.

He was also considered one of the best amateur fly fishermen. How good?

Ted Williams was not only one of baseball's greatest hitters, but also a legendary and decorated fly fisherman. His legendary angling prowess focused on "The Big Three"—tarpon, bonefish, and Atlantic salmon—and he is a member of the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame.



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Williams affinity and ability as a fisherman is what connected the friendship with Bobby Knight.

That and Sid.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Probably a little off track, but the Netflix documentary on Grant was good. Goes through his rise, then demise and his rise again and all his military battles.

Thanks for the recommendation. I somehow missed that one when it came out. Just flew through the 3 episodes and it is very good.

I tend to think he’s become an extremely underrated figure in American history. His not so good time as president in some aspects and the rise of the “Lost Cause” myths overshadow how great of a general and leader he was.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

I think I shared this a few years back and it may not TOTALLY be related but what the hell, the thread is moderately light on contributions and with advancing dementia, I can pretend this is the first time I shared it (but I think I did).

Growing up in the sticks of central/northern Minnesota, one of my winter weekly tasks assigned by the old man for the years I was around 10-13 years old was shoveling snow and hauling firewood inside from the shed at the end of the driveway for an old French woman (and her pain in the ass dog "Monsignor") that lived on the other side of the lake from us.

Every now and then, I would see some new person come to visit her for a little while, stay for a little while and leave. Turns out, I find out years later that she was a court reporter for the Nuremberg trials and those were people that were coming to interview her about her experiences as someone who was at the trials every day from start to finish. What a thing to have experienced, I would give just about anything to see and hear inside the courtroom what went on during those trials, the reactions of people in the building, the testimonies, etc.