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Range 15 Red Band Trailer(language NSFW):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss63UOd4P84
Made by Veterans, for Veterans.
A couple of SF fellas, a whole lot of Rangers, JTACs, MARSOC, conventional forces folks from Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, a B1 driver, 2 CMOH recipients, a Navy SEAL(of course :) ), and a bunch of wounded veterans are in it from memory.
Team Sergeant
01-26-2016, 13:38
LOL, can't wait to see this.......
LOL, can't wait to see this.......
Have you seen the "behind the scenes" trailer yet Team SGT?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kmuEZvhzoys
I was lucky enough to be on set for a bit, helping in a small way while I was passing thru coming and going.
You had celebrities like William Shatner on the set, but everyone was like "Oh man! Do you know who that is? That's Tim Kennedy. That's Marcus Luttrell. That's.....".
The main cast hotel bar seemed like a .mil community "who's who", including 2 CMOH recipients.
Can not wait to see it. Been following their progress and it should be great...
Team Sergeant
01-27-2016, 15:52
When I was in Desert "Shield", Saudi Arabia, we held a comedy event and a couple of Army Majors got up on stage and did live comedy. The only thing I remember is how hard I laughed at these guys, there were some of the funniest folks I've ever listened to....
I'm sure this movie will have some great humor, too dark for some, but not for the knuckle draggers.........
(Probably a movie that will offend most AF types.....);)
CAARNG 68W
01-27-2016, 17:09
My favorite Mat Best rap video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJsnEJRUjVs
twistedsquid
01-27-2016, 18:08
"Cult Classic" written all over this one.
When I was in Desert "Shield", Saudi Arabia, we held a comedy event and a couple of Army Majors got up on stage and did live comedy. The only thing I remember is how hard I laughed at these guys, there were some of the funniest folks I've ever listened to....
I'm sure this movie will have some great humor, too dark for some, but not for the knuckle draggers.........
(Probably a movie that will offend most AF types.....);)
On that note TS, there is a story during filming where Nick(RangerUp) was talking to a film industry executive from a big studio/distributor visiting the set, a number of the other main movie cast were moving past them while spontaneously singing like an a cappella barbershop quartet something rather dark, rude, and highly inappropriate for most audiences.
Nick joked that he figured his chances of doing a distribution deal with that studio/distributor pretty much instantly sank to zero.
Yup...it's "kinda" dark.
Yeah, about Nick...lost a good deal of respect for him when he felt compelled to tell everyone to shut up and color regarding women in combat arms branches.
http://rhinoden.rangerup.com/your-opinion-on-women-in-the-infantry-doesnt-matter/
Yeah, about Nick...lost a good deal of respect for him when he felt compelled to tell everyone to shut up and color regarding women in combat arms branches.
http://rhinoden.rangerup.com/your-opinion-on-women-in-the-infantry-doesnt-matter/
I've got to know Nick reasonably well in recent months.
I reckon he's a guy of great character and integrity.
Way down here in NZ we've had the "women allowed to attempt infantry/SOF" issue pass like a speed bump a few decades ago. Granted, we also haven't had combat operations tempo as our big brothers up north(outside of our SOF and limited engagements with our infantry).
We don't see any/many females in teeth arms. It's really been mostly a non-issue for us.
Australia is making the transition as well.
That's doesn't mean it's good, or right, or the same thing as it would appear political interference micromanaged to scary low levels seems to be a vulnerability for you guys.
But it is what it is, especially for a JNCO/junior officer who needs to focus on what is within their ability to control.
While I'm personally and strongly opposed to the full integration for many reasons(like lack of articulated combat capability value, and ignored physiological studies), at my level it's like standing in front of a runaway train.
At best, it's probably an extremely dangerous distraction sucking up resources that could be invested in combat capability, especially for those units that are still conducting non stop combat deployments. At worst, it could mean lives, battles, or even wars lost.
I mostly read it as speaking to the lowest level leaders to do the very best you can with what you've been given, as well as being quite aspirational(maybe too aspirational, a common trait displayed by many officers in officer mode, as an NCO I cynically read the aspirational stuff like "the shit sandwich aftertaste is something to look forward to")
Nick's a big boy and can defend himself, so it's not my job or intent to do it for him, I'm just sharing my interpretation of his article.
But I do reckon that most folks on this forum(based on what I've added here) would see eye to eye on most things with him(although he is a "short stack" like me, so maybe figuratively, if not literally) after having met and gotten to know him.
Just my 0.02c