@limewireb you sir do not deserve to vote or live in the great US of A... because you do not appreciate the sacrifices these men have gone thru for your safety.
@limewireb Yes, because the innocents who died were purposely targeted by the US and non of them were from friendly fire. And Afghanistan is just FULL of oil, no?
Please educate yourself before making dumb comments on videos that have little relevance to your ranting.
Rangers, Marines, Air Force, SEALS, and spec ops were all involved in this operation. Over 3,500 personel were involved. "Not a Good Day to Die" is a great book about this operation and I would strongly reccomend this book to anyone interested in military history and stategy.
insane how the rangers just went in to get those 2 guys and they got pinned down, then the regular Army guys went in to get the Rangers out, then THEY got pinned down for like 19 hours. doesnt matter how big you think your cocks are Rangers, they shouldve brought a bigger force with them instead of gettin cocky and just goin in. My cousin was with the 2 platoons or regular Army guys, he told me all about it. i can keep goin but ill run out of typing space.
@360Nomad oh okay. don't get mad at me cause i don't really know the name of the areas in afghan, but didn't operation anaconda take place in the shahikot valley?
@LTCimbulletproof Takur Ghar is at the very edge of the Upper Shahikot Valley, Most of the fighting during Operation Anaconda took place in the Lower Shahikot Valley. Between the highest mountains and a smaller mountain called "The Whale", several miles away.
I'm posting this comment because a lot of people think the only branch's involved in this fight were the army and navy. Some of the greatest sacrifices and acts of valor were performed by the SAS and the USAF Pararescuemen and Combat Controllers. A PJ saved many lives going through enemy fire and was short once, then once more, and finally succumbed to his wounds. This man was awarded the Air Force Cross, second only to the nations greatest reward, the Medal of Honor. Please remember this!
The SAS weren't involved. In fact, the SAS weren't even in Afghanistan. The job went to the SBS, their Naval counterparts who are often considered even more elite, but they did not play a part in this battle whatsoever. They were busy fighting Terry and Al elsewhere.
@Richtigify The austrailian SAS were there and provided security The British SAS were not there.. just remember the british SAS is not the only special air service unit in the world.
@RideOrDie5V2B Agreement on this - but the orignal poster/comment said "SAS" whereas the Aussies and Kiwis both technically have different names. We call them SAS but on paper it's actually SASR for Australia and NZSAS for New Zealand.
Hate to be a smart-arse but his comment was pretty inviting to be a dick.
@vekilla88 I do on this one - the fact remains that *technically* the Aussie SAS is actually called SASR and the Kiwi SAS is called NZSAS. For the sake of conversation though, they're all called "SAS".
@frankroman17 I know that. But If they were all able to get Desert Helmets.. What about shirts and pants? Pretty useless to wear desert helmets if everything else is Woodland.
@360Nomad they did have desert combat uniforms. but this operation was conducted the very beginning of march. they are wearing cold weather gear, goretex presumably. the temperatures in the shahikot valley were getting down to the low teens during the night. if you are really interested, check out the book "not a good day to die", the story of the operation and all its planning and cross branch fuckups. you get to see what happens when a airforce general with no combat experience takes charge.
@360Nomad Sometimes Infantry wears Woodland Camo to basically look like shrubs, trees, or grass in a distance! But yea its not that smart to actually wear that type of gear!
@360Nomad: cuz they probably didn't have any other cold weather/wet weather gear. if you notice their rucks too, they're the old style...hell i still have all that shit and wore it over there in 09
@360Nomad only part of the uniform is woodland and thats because of the area they are in. and until you do anything of this sort, you are not at liberty on questioning our military
@TheScifithinker Would you rather have them be killed by snipers because they wore woodland, or survive because they wore DCU? Besides, the right to question to call the military into question when they make an unsound decision is one of the very freedoms they're defending.
@360Nomad Afghanistan's Shahi Khot is a mountainy terrain. It has lots of trees when you reach the mountains and is very hard to hike. These may be the 10th Mountain Division from the US Army that weren't supposed to land in the valley. If the video continued, and this was the 10th Mountain, then you would've seen them fighting for survival against Taliban and Al Qaeda insurgents on the mountain peaks. Also this is late February, early march so the ice is starting to thaw and plants are growing.
this mission was f**ked from the start being a brit with a brother with two tours of afghanistan behind him i read about what goes on over there to maybe try and understand what our boys go through. And i came across a book called "Not a good day to die" by the author sean naylor i think his name was, you wanna understand what this footage and operation was about i suggest you read this book , you will understand that the navy seals cost many american lives on that mountain
Well hell, everybody, a lot of multinational military elements were involved in Anaconda. Christ, even in short term, mission specific operations like Anaconda, SEALS and Rangers were accompanied by a host of other neat people to make shit happen.
I read somewhere we had one SASR trooper in with the US Army in the battle and apparently troopers on an adjacent hill who were able to direct artillery and airpower on the enemy.
Canadian Rob Furlong got the longest ever Sniper shot in this operation (now second longest, a Brit beat it). Canadian Snipers were credit for saving hundreds of American lives during this operation.
what a dumbass.......we (the first in) were 1-87 Inf from Fort Drum.......back in 2001.....there was NO1 there but us, Ranger Batt, SFG, and some "other" elements.. We wore greens for the first bit, then got the "promote me now" collared DCU's. Ahhhh the beginning......K2 was fun!!!!!!! Shahekot was even more fun!!!!!!
AccordGTR Sadly, I am the one that argues intelligently between the two of us. You are the one that keeps changing the subject and looking for an emotional response with these wild accusations and generalizations you make. You are the typical Eliberal. When ever you would like discuss anything in history that you can back up with FACTs and not conspiracy theories let me know. You ever going to answer my question? What has your nation done since WWII for the rest of the world?
AccordGTR this guy is trying to stop arguing with you and wont let it go? Why is that? And he seems to want to talk about what this video is about and you want to talk about all of this other stuff. You seem to be the one that can't argue intelligently dude.
AccordGTR, I see you're still looking for that Youtube fight. Typical of your kind. And now you try to attack my sense of courage? That's really funny from a guy who only fights his fights on the internet. So brave of you last word guy, so brave.
@ANGRYTACP Just cuz you cannot argue intelligently, now you will make it a personal fight between us? What's next, you're gonna send your buddies over here to hunt me down and blah-blah-blah? Yeah, you guys are typical. You all think fighting and killing is the end-all solution to make the world a better place but all you have done is made more enemies. Everywhere you go, someone wants to throw rocks or truck bombs at you. You are the most hated kind in history. Your making, not mine.
@buttlord123 I don't make up reality. It's easier for me to make sense out of it all when "I'm on the outside looking in". You're only what, 26, playing with scorpions? When I was 12, I used to sleep with my 15-foot pet reticulated python, some say don't make good pets cuz of their viciousness and 6-rows set of needle sharp teeth. LOL
@AccordGTR Oh yeh well I used to water ski behind my 22 ft. anaconda when I was 10!.. some people think they are dangerous harhahrhar durr dee deee.
Btw, I think you do make up your own "reality" in your head, like a lot of people do especially on Youtube.. You believe what you WANT to believe...and its not reality my friend.
@Gilithus the british sniper beat the 2 canadian records by less then 50m... and he was using a larger class of sniper rifle and firing from a fixed position, basicly he had better chance of hittin targets... canadians shot with field snipers and from random unprepared sites
@101andrewj Canadians used a .50 sniper rifles don't get any bigger than that, also he had been shooting from the same site all day, so in fact he had more things in his favour than the British guy.
@Jospehporta .50s are good long range weapons, but smaller more precise calibers do much better... the best long range round now i believe is the .416 designed by barrett
my squad leader was in the 101st during this. he said that the US troops were still freezing even after layers of snivel gear (like in the video) and the taliban were still fighting in man-dresses and sandals. that's fucking crazy.
@klajghajko No they don't even look like special forces. Those soldiers are from an US army airborn division. Btw SF don't show there faces, you should know that.
@bennyronny thats y theres footage of sf on ere n they show there faces on them videos its not denied that sf's exist anymore in fact quite the opposite we see more of them n hear of them more often!
@wopendicular No they never show there faces its against the rules. They have a protected identity. And yes we hear more often about them thats true but it doesn't mean that they can show there faces! They are secretive soldiers, soldiers who you better don't mess with. But still they don't show nothing of them only there equipment but there faces never. That counts for every NATO sf.
@bennyronny so y wen i put navy seals in afghanistan it comes up with a vid of navy seals conducting a mission n oh look their showing there faces u fucking idiot its right ere put it in n watch fool
@wopendicular Are you blind?? They didn't show there faces and when they filmed them than they had beards and there glasses on. An SF member never shows hes face you stupid moron. You don't know a thing about these men. My advice to you is go visit this channel en watch hes clips (labidala).
@Witiyana your right, the americans wer supported by canadian and australian special forces, who took up sniper and overwatch positions to cover the US approach, one of these snipers, a canadian, killed a taliban from nearly 2.5 km away, and without this support, u can guarantee US would have took more casulties
Operation Anaconda was a debacle despite the use of elite soldiers of NATO and Afghan Army regulars numbering 2000 backed up by C-130 gunships, French Mirage fighters and B-1B intercontinental bombers.
Al-Qaeda was originally estimated at 200-300 but later estimates as high as 1000.
NATO casualties <100 including some to friendly fire. A-Q casualties 300 (as per Afghan estimates) to 1000 NATO estimates
A-Q leaders escaped.
US soldiers "floored whole villages" and murdered civilians
@ANGRYTACP Not according the the German soldiers who were there, Were you there? They said in the news that they were shocked at the Americans who would kill civilians if they happened to discover their position. The Germans would simply move away but the Americans would use their knife.
Even today Wikileaks has proved the same thing happening - US soldiers killing unarmed civilians, some for sport.
@AccordGTR Yes I was there and there where no civilians there they had left already as EVERYONE knew this operation was about to happen.
And the German's have been known to get a little 'Excessive" with air power too. Hence the tanker incident. I've been to Afghanistan 3 times now and i'm still amazed at the weird places that civilians turn up in.
If you could cite specific incidents of targeting civilians for sport or target practice that would be helpful instead.
@ANGRYTACP How the hell could they know there was an operation in the area? Wasn't Anaconda supposed to be an ambush?? If EVERYONE knew NATO was there, no wonder it was the Americans that got ambushed.
You know that the average Afghan goat herder/farmer cares more for his crops/goats, just like Vietnam.
Pls wait, I will get you the sources I read about US soldiers being arrested for killing unarmed civilians recently. It was all over the news...
@AccordGTR It was an ambush, just the wrong side got ambushed. At the time it wasnt a NATO op. I know how the Afghanis feel about their stuff but the foreign Talibs and AQ already paid them to leave. I'm not saying US soldiers NEVER did that stuff but it's better to cite specific incidents as opposed to generalizing. BTW it was supposed to be a "Hammer and Anvil" not really an ambush. Hard to be sneaky with a bunch of chinooks.
@ANGRYTACP I know, the ANVIL was supposed to be the ambush and the HAMMER was probably the part that "decimated whole villages"? In any case, I do not believe you had any justification going there when the investigation into the causes of 9/11 was not yet completed. In fact, the 911 Commission left so many holes in the investigation that makes it suspect if the US ever wanted to find out who really was to blame for 9/11, directly or indirectly.
@AccordGTR All right well since you've strayed off the topic and turned this into what you think i'm going to go ahead and stop. I know about the 5 soldiers and hopefully they'll see jail time. "decimated whole villages" again please cite what actually happened.
And just about everything form both sides of the Vietnam war is suspect. The Vietnamese also committed atrocities but that doesn't support your argument. Anyway, i'm done. Good luck with your agenda and propaganda.
@ANGRYTACP I respect your being polite. My agenda is to show you there is nothing new about Iraq and Afghan...US imperialism has been doing this over 110 years. Water torture, hamletting, and civilian massacres used in Philippine-American War 1898, same as today's military. US Marines fought in Siberia, China, Europe, Central America, Caribbean, Pacific even before most of you were born. USMC Gen Smedley Butler said it was all a racket for the Wall Street bankers, not for democracy. What a sham!
@ANGRYTACP decimated whole villages - search in Youtube "Inside Story - US deadly raids in Afghanistan - 10 June 09" about over 100 Afghan villagers decimated in a B-1 attack. Amazing, using $1billion B-1 bomber against mud-walled villagers??! B-1 was designed to attack Soviet missile silos, not 4th world civilian areas. You guys are amazing.
@AccordGTR This also has nothing to do with Operation Anaconda. I'm not saying it didn't happen because clearly the B-1 thing did happen. If I was the JTAC there I probably wouldn't have done it this way. Anyway this is one of the reasons McKiernan (sp) was fired and the ROE changed.
Anyway, would you rather we cut their heads off on Al Jazeera?
@ANGRYTACP I happen to think everything is related - that's what history is all about. Problem with some people, not just Americans, is they have such short memories - they live for the moment. "Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it". Americans go gaga over advanced technology, snipers and medals but their foreign policy and war strategies are outdated-they continue to put more Americans at risk and increase global conflicts. In the end, you guys end up looking stupid
@AccordGTR i'm not going to argue the policies because i agree with you. But, i'm sure no matter what America does you'll fault us for it. If we didn't go to Afghanistan you'd complain about how we're ignoring the people's strife there. Whatever dude. I see you're in the Philippines. What has your nation done for the world since being liberated from the Japanese? Don't bother answering that because you'll be blocked.
@ANGRYTACP WTF - how can you agree with me and still fight the war? That doesn't make sense! Are you a professional killer cuz that's how professional killers or mercs do it. I thought Americans was the land of the free and the brave. Maybe I was wrong eh?
With all due respect, do not bring up Philippine history cuz your knowledge of it is worse than US history, 9/11, Iraq or Afghanistan
@AccordGTR OK I sent sent you a PM but if you google "soldiers killing for sport" you will find out about 5 US soldiers in Afghanistan who were recently arrested for war crimes, keeping skulls and bones like the alien in "Terminator". Not so surprising when in Vietnam, and previous wars, US soldiers committed inhuman atrocities and acted like butchers. I visited the War Remnants in Ho Chi Minh City and was horrified with pictures of American war crimes, as many are.
The Taliban wanted a war with the US and they got it. Not sure they understood the difference between the US and Soviets though. And they definitely underestimated the INFINITE firepower of the US military. Make no mistake kids, though the results may be slow to come, the US and her British, Canadien, Australian, Dutch, German and other coalition friends are doing a fine job.
@phillyslasher BS! Taliban never wanted war with anyone outside of Afghan. In fact, there is evidence that the US State Dept knew they wanted to stop Al Qaeda from using Afghan as a base for attacking the west. This is another typical ignorant view of the war.
Operation Anaconda was hardly a success. Many experts feel it was a debacle and disaster that only showed what NATO would be facing. 10 years later, Germany and other allies are fed up and will withdraw.
Operation Anaconda was in my opinion the largest FAILURE or CENTCOM in this entire war to date. having not enough u.s. drops and relying solely on helicopter gunships, aircraft, and mortarts to hit the taliban and indigenious fighters with limited fire support. this was a case were air lifted 105's could and should have been used to hit taliban hard points the cobras and apaches had to break off from due to heavy aa fire. again not enough ground troops to effectively secure area.
@Rimasta1 Its not just ur opinion...many experts agree including those who fought there
U talk about it in hindsight but it was a failure even before the battle. US intelligence was wrong, assumed Al-Qaeda would run away from NATO troops. Turns out A-Q was far better prepared, stood their ground, ambushed and fought back ferociously. Allies were confused and many were killed by friendly fire.
Before the Operation, A-Q was a physical force. Today, it is an ideology which is far more powerful
@oeyesea Uh, weren't those same snipers indicted for shooting unarmed civilians in a Canadian military court? They were dishonorably discharged. While in the US, medals are given out to heroes like Jessica Lynch who the US Army made up a cock-and-bull story/ The reason for giving out all those BS medals is to make people think about "brave soldiers" and forget the fact they are fighting an unjust war with a BS cause.
hey man i was in Bravo co. 1st batallion all the way. hey you were Cocrans rto? we did that deathmarch man we got droped like 10 klicks away from the obj that sucked and it was so fucking cold. My name is Valle whats yours?
@paratroop82504 i went to scouts after we got back not pathfinders, but i know who you are thinking of, after that i went to Ranger school got my five and went to Regt fuck all that regular leg shit haha, but batallion was also very hyped and over rated as you already know what i mean. yea man got over 100 jumps that shit breaks you down.
canadian light infantry,look at there weapons dum ass,and the way there dressed,army rangers were digital acu's,the last time rangers wore desert camo was 2002,2003. only sf,and shock infantry units wear desert camo.
Hey, before you call someone a dumb ass atleast be right you douche. The Soldiers in this video are US Army, probably 101st Airborne. Op Anaconda was in 2002. Oh an everyone wears Desert Camo, well they did in the US Army untill ACU came out, oh an the Rangers wear Multicam now. The reason you see guys in woodland camo is because at the time their cold weather gear was only in that camo, an not in desert yet. Also, what the fuck is shock infantry.. no such thing.
@oz1pride Think there was SOF from some other countries too. And yea my bad 10th Mountain was there as well as the 101st with some Snipers from 3PPCLI attached to them.
@sigmikel85 Did the 101 even do anything other than camp in the valley? Or the Rangers flying in getting shot all to hell because the helo's weren't capable of communicating with the SOF recon teams in place telling them NOT to go to the peak? Overall we got a lot of KIA opfor, but the blunders on our side should have NEVER happened.
@RJEwing85 sorry wrong video Operation Anaconda(KW1) is some kid playing video games. Look up Kuma\War: Operarion Anaconda. and Operarian is not a type O its how they spelled it.
Operation Anaconda was late 2001 I believe. Ten plus years later we are still there? Why?
smithraymond09029 1 day ago
@TheScifithinker also well said!
thejonathan130 2 months ago
@911timm well said!
thejonathan130 2 months ago
@limewireb you sir do not deserve to vote or live in the great US of A... because you do not appreciate the sacrifices these men have gone thru for your safety.
thejonathan130 2 months ago
Operation oppression kill civilians and defend oil wells and make sum BS UP ABOUT 9/11 and terrorists
limewireb 3 months ago
@limewireb fuck off dude
911timm 2 months ago
@limewireb Yes, because the innocents who died were purposely targeted by the US and non of them were from friendly fire. And Afghanistan is just FULL of oil, no?
Please educate yourself before making dumb comments on videos that have little relevance to your ranting.
USMCnBNSFdude 2 months ago
@MattyG676 i won't buy the book, i'll just ask my father about operation anaconda because he was in it, lol
TheScifithinker 3 months ago
@AngelsNA34 Very sad how the SEAL teams could do nothing to get to Rogers in time....
MattyG676 4 months ago
Rangers, Marines, Air Force, SEALS, and spec ops were all involved in this operation. Over 3,500 personel were involved. "Not a Good Day to Die" is a great book about this operation and I would strongly reccomend this book to anyone interested in military history and stategy.
MattyG676 4 months ago
@AngelsNA34 cool
HDNighster1 4 months ago
Fuck you last poster....
ranger2187 5 months ago
insane how the rangers just went in to get those 2 guys and they got pinned down, then the regular Army guys went in to get the Rangers out, then THEY got pinned down for like 19 hours. doesnt matter how big you think your cocks are Rangers, they shouldve brought a bigger force with them instead of gettin cocky and just goin in. My cousin was with the 2 platoons or regular Army guys, he told me all about it. i can keep goin but ill run out of typing space.
xUSMCx4xLIFEx 5 months ago
I heard the longest ever confirmed sniper kill happened during this operation
MrJammydodger1995 6 months ago
is this us marines?
sniperfan24 6 months ago
HOOAH
Lucky73096 6 months ago
@USArmySunDevil so did PPCLI
TheCFarmy 7 months ago
Medal Of Honor R.I.P. Neil C Roberts (Rabbit)
Psfreakman300 8 months ago
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360Nomad 9 months ago
are these rangers?
LTCimbulletproof 10 months ago
No, 101st Airborne!
PablitoGM 9 months ago 4
@PablitoGM ah, gochya. i couldn't see their patches.
LTCimbulletproof 9 months ago
@PablitoGM and the 10th Mountain Division...my company was a big part of this operation..
USArmySunDevil 9 months ago
@USArmySunDevil C co?
Whitelightening10 7 months ago
@Whitelightening10 YEp, Cobra Company
USArmySunDevil 7 months ago
@USArmySunDevil Same here.
Whitelightening10 7 months ago
@PablitoGM 10th Mountain was a big part of this as well...
USArmySunDevil 8 months ago
@PablitoGM or the 10th mountain division or 1-87th division
vekilla88 6 months ago
@vekilla88 1-87 is part of the 10th Mntn
Whitelightening10 5 months ago
@PablitoGM nah dude only rangers were sent to roberts ridge w/ the seals
Kewldude164 4 months ago
@LTCimbulletproof The Rangers didn't play a very large role in Anaconda other than the abortive rescue at Takur Ghar.
360Nomad 9 months ago
@360Nomad oh okay. don't get mad at me cause i don't really know the name of the areas in afghan, but didn't operation anaconda take place in the shahikot valley?
LTCimbulletproof 9 months ago
@LTCimbulletproof Yes.
360Nomad 9 months ago
@360Nomad so is takur ghar something separate?
LTCimbulletproof 9 months ago
@LTCimbulletproof Takur Ghar is at the very edge of the Upper Shahikot Valley, Most of the fighting during Operation Anaconda took place in the Lower Shahikot Valley. Between the highest mountains and a smaller mountain called "The Whale", several miles away.
360Nomad 9 months ago
FUCK TALIBAN!!!
slight93 10 months ago
DOWN WITH HYDER ,TREBON AND COMPANY !! YOU COST ME THERE LIVES !!!! BLADER COULD OF KEPT THIS OP ON TRACK !!!
miykel29 10 months ago
total fuck up by trebon,hyder and the higher echolons !!!! blader was shut out after all his good work !! they cost men there lives !!! SHAMEFULL
miykel29 10 months ago
ha! rare footage, never thought youd be cooking coffe with c-4
MrDabianh123 10 months ago
wa gwan batty man
recon7964 10 months ago
I'm posting this comment because a lot of people think the only branch's involved in this fight were the army and navy. Some of the greatest sacrifices and acts of valor were performed by the SAS and the USAF Pararescuemen and Combat Controllers. A PJ saved many lives going through enemy fire and was short once, then once more, and finally succumbed to his wounds. This man was awarded the Air Force Cross, second only to the nations greatest reward, the Medal of Honor. Please remember this!
drothefuture 10 months ago 16
@drothefuture forgot to mention TACP's
usafpj3 9 months ago
@drothefuture thing is, people think paratroopers are army and same with SAS
walkertexasranger33 9 months ago
@drothefuture one of the 5 second.
kidnebs 8 months ago
@drothefuture
The SAS weren't involved. In fact, the SAS weren't even in Afghanistan. The job went to the SBS, their Naval counterparts who are often considered even more elite, but they did not play a part in this battle whatsoever. They were busy fighting Terry and Al elsewhere.
Richtigify 7 months ago
@Richtigify The austrailian SAS were there and provided security The British SAS were not there.. just remember the british SAS is not the only special air service unit in the world.
RideOrDie5V2B 6 months ago
@RideOrDie5V2B Agreement on this - but the orignal poster/comment said "SAS" whereas the Aussies and Kiwis both technically have different names. We call them SAS but on paper it's actually SASR for Australia and NZSAS for New Zealand.
Hate to be a smart-arse but his comment was pretty inviting to be a dick.
Richtigify 6 months ago
@Richtigify mate no offense but u have no idea what u are talking about.
vekilla88 6 months ago
@vekilla88 I do on this one - the fact remains that *technically* the Aussie SAS is actually called SASR and the Kiwi SAS is called NZSAS. For the sake of conversation though, they're all called "SAS".
Richtigify 6 months ago
@drothefuture I actually heard that there were 2 Air Force Pararescuemen that were awarded the Air Force Cross for this operation.
zachiary56 6 months ago
@drothefuture desert*
ryan216inf 6 months ago
@drothefuture Senior Airman Jason Cunningham, USAF PJ, Moody AFB, Ga... I attended his funeral in 2002.
3rdLdr 2 weeks ago
Why is everyone wearing Woodland Camo?
360Nomad 1 year ago 8
@360Nomad no other camo had been created yet. this is back in 02'
frankroman17 11 months ago
@frankroman17 I know that. But If they were all able to get Desert Helmets.. What about shirts and pants? Pretty useless to wear desert helmets if everything else is Woodland.
360Nomad 11 months ago
@360Nomad they did have desert combat uniforms. but this operation was conducted the very beginning of march. they are wearing cold weather gear, goretex presumably. the temperatures in the shahikot valley were getting down to the low teens during the night. if you are really interested, check out the book "not a good day to die", the story of the operation and all its planning and cross branch fuckups. you get to see what happens when a airforce general with no combat experience takes charge.
mooseknuckle311 11 months ago
@360Nomad Sometimes Infantry wears Woodland Camo to basically look like shrubs, trees, or grass in a distance! But yea its not that smart to actually wear that type of gear!
JesseG381 9 months ago
@360Nomad other Camo was in wash
HeadSHOT604 9 months ago
@360Nomad cause they havent got there Desert yet? or its a green terrain?
lakotadak 8 months ago
@360Nomad: cuz they probably didn't have any other cold weather/wet weather gear. if you notice their rucks too, they're the old style...hell i still have all that shit and wore it over there in 09
dustin720 8 months ago
@360Nomad Cause its 2002?
Corzizzle 7 months ago
@360Nomad Its properly named ACU/BDU (aka Army Combat Uniform/Battle Dress Uniform) not woodland...
IxPURPLExKUSHxTVxI 7 months ago
@IxPURPLExKUSHxTVxI BDUs come in both Woodland and Desert Variants.
catsareweapons 7 months ago
@360Nomad Because the Army didn't have enough Deser color cold weather jackets
ryan216inf 6 months ago
@360Nomad WtF?!?!?
AlexandarProdaction 4 months ago
@AlexandarProdaction All the 101st Paratroopers were wearing woodland camo shirts.
360Nomad 4 months ago
@360Nomad it was the early months of the invasion, of course it would take some time for the now known ACU and MARPAT to be developed.
sawyerbobby 3 months ago
@360Nomad only part of the uniform is woodland and thats because of the area they are in. and until you do anything of this sort, you are not at liberty on questioning our military
TheScifithinker 3 months ago
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360Nomad 2 months ago
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@TheScifithinker Would you rather have them be killed by snipers because they wore woodland, or survive because they wore DCU? Besides, the right to question to call the military into question when they make an unsound decision is one of the very freedoms they're defending.
360Nomad 2 months ago
@360Nomad did you not notice the area is greener
thejonathan130 2 months ago
@thejonathan130 Looks more snow than desert or green.
360Nomad 2 months ago
@360Nomad They're wearing Desert BDU's underneath those woodland field jackets. Notice the helmet and pants.
USMCnBNSFdude 2 months ago
@360Nomad Afghanistan's Shahi Khot is a mountainy terrain. It has lots of trees when you reach the mountains and is very hard to hike. These may be the 10th Mountain Division from the US Army that weren't supposed to land in the valley. If the video continued, and this was the 10th Mountain, then you would've seen them fighting for survival against Taliban and Al Qaeda insurgents on the mountain peaks. Also this is late February, early march so the ice is starting to thaw and plants are growing.
The1GuyW 3 days ago
In the begining they are US Marines?
PcGamerPaul 1 year ago
Canadians were involved
PcGamerPaul 1 year ago
@PcGamerPaul and canadians set military history rob furlong search him up
OUR (canada) MILITARY MEANS BUSINESS
alexmini123 1 year ago
@alexmini123 Yeah but a british sniper beat him
PcGamerPaul 1 year ago
@PcGamerPaul no he didnt
the british sniper did it on a completely still target and it took him over 7 shots so i think our guy still takes the cake : )
alexmini123 1 year ago
this mission was f**ked from the start being a brit with a brother with two tours of afghanistan behind him i read about what goes on over there to maybe try and understand what our boys go through. And i came across a book called "Not a good day to die" by the author sean naylor i think his name was, you wanna understand what this footage and operation was about i suggest you read this book , you will understand that the navy seals cost many american lives on that mountain
pez19821 1 year ago
Well hell, everybody, a lot of multinational military elements were involved in Anaconda. Christ, even in short term, mission specific operations like Anaconda, SEALS and Rangers were accompanied by a host of other neat people to make shit happen.
MrJamesaffliction 1 year ago
the Australian SASR were also in Operation Anaconda
thegreensmirf 1 year ago
@thegreensmirf Woot ,And Canadian JTF2 .All 7 special forces all pro
PcGamerPaul 1 year ago
@thegreensmirf
I read somewhere we had one SASR trooper in with the US Army in the battle and apparently troopers on an adjacent hill who were able to direct artillery and airpower on the enemy.
Witiyana 1 year ago
@Witiyana Not true
Whitelightening10 7 months ago
Canadian Rob Furlong got the longest ever Sniper shot in this operation (now second longest, a Brit beat it). Canadian Snipers were credit for saving hundreds of American lives during this operation.
GreatWhiteNorth82 1 year ago
what a dumbass.......we (the first in) were 1-87 Inf from Fort Drum.......back in 2001.....there was NO1 there but us, Ranger Batt, SFG, and some "other" elements.. We wore greens for the first bit, then got the "promote me now" collared DCU's. Ahhhh the beginning......K2 was fun!!!!!!! Shahekot was even more fun!!!!!!
NE146D9R 1 year ago
AccordGTR Sadly, I am the one that argues intelligently between the two of us. You are the one that keeps changing the subject and looking for an emotional response with these wild accusations and generalizations you make. You are the typical Eliberal. When ever you would like discuss anything in history that you can back up with FACTs and not conspiracy theories let me know. You ever going to answer my question? What has your nation done since WWII for the rest of the world?
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
AccordGTR this guy is trying to stop arguing with you and wont let it go? Why is that? And he seems to want to talk about what this video is about and you want to talk about all of this other stuff. You seem to be the one that can't argue intelligently dude.
Whitelightening10 1 year ago
AccordGTR, I see you're still looking for that Youtube fight. Typical of your kind. And now you try to attack my sense of courage? That's really funny from a guy who only fights his fights on the internet. So brave of you last word guy, so brave.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP Just cuz you cannot argue intelligently, now you will make it a personal fight between us? What's next, you're gonna send your buddies over here to hunt me down and blah-blah-blah? Yeah, you guys are typical. You all think fighting and killing is the end-all solution to make the world a better place but all you have done is made more enemies. Everywhere you go, someone wants to throw rocks or truck bombs at you. You are the most hated kind in history. Your making, not mine.
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR You think you have it alllll figured out don't you...
buttlord123 1 year ago
@buttlord123 I don't make up reality. It's easier for me to make sense out of it all when "I'm on the outside looking in". You're only what, 26, playing with scorpions? When I was 12, I used to sleep with my 15-foot pet reticulated python, some say don't make good pets cuz of their viciousness and 6-rows set of needle sharp teeth. LOL
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR Oh yeh well I used to water ski behind my 22 ft. anaconda when I was 10!.. some people think they are dangerous harhahrhar durr dee deee.
Btw, I think you do make up your own "reality" in your head, like a lot of people do especially on Youtube.. You believe what you WANT to believe...and its not reality my friend.
buttlord123 1 year ago
im guessing these are 10th mtn soldiers rather then 187th inf soldiers since they dont have torri patches on the side of their helmets
MrPelhambay 1 year ago
This video makes the operation looks boring as hell.
RoyalDog214 1 year ago
@RoyalDog214 lol but u gotta consider, u think he wants to be holding the camera when the action starts?
webber121 1 year ago
this the operation with the longest confirmed kill?
ztjone01 1 year ago
@ztjone01 It was broken a while back by a British sniper who got like a mile and a half or something.
Gilithus 1 year ago
@Gilithus the british sniper beat the 2 canadian records by less then 50m... and he was using a larger class of sniper rifle and firing from a fixed position, basicly he had better chance of hittin targets... canadians shot with field snipers and from random unprepared sites
101andrewj 1 year ago
@101andrewj Canadians used a .50 sniper rifles don't get any bigger than that, also he had been shooting from the same site all day, so in fact he had more things in his favour than the British guy.
Jospehporta 1 year ago
@Jospehporta .50s are good long range weapons, but smaller more precise calibers do much better... the best long range round now i believe is the .416 designed by barrett
101andrewj 1 year ago
CANADA ROCKS!!
SkeTchSuCka 1 year ago
i want to see ther longest sniper kill
mw2chap123 1 year ago
@mw2chap123 That was awesome. But it had a sad ending. Stupid CNN
justinpaoli 1 year ago
my squad leader was in the 101st during this. he said that the US troops were still freezing even after layers of snivel gear (like in the video) and the taliban were still fighting in man-dresses and sandals. that's fucking crazy.
atheist6in6a6foxhole 1 year ago
@atheist6in6a6foxhole lol u mean Mresses (man dresses) and mandals (man sandals)?
ztjone01 1 year ago
@ztjone01 haha of course brother. duly noted.
atheist6in6a6foxhole 1 year ago
im guessing these are SF
klajghajko 1 year ago
@klajghajko No they don't even look like special forces. Those soldiers are from an US army airborn division. Btw SF don't show there faces, you should know that.
bennyronny 1 year ago
@bennyronny oh wow of course i would miss the obvious...thanks for lettin me know
klajghajko 1 year ago
@bennyronny thats y theres footage of sf on ere n they show there faces on them videos its not denied that sf's exist anymore in fact quite the opposite we see more of them n hear of them more often!
wopendicular 1 year ago
@wopendicular No they never show there faces its against the rules. They have a protected identity. And yes we hear more often about them thats true but it doesn't mean that they can show there faces! They are secretive soldiers, soldiers who you better don't mess with. But still they don't show nothing of them only there equipment but there faces never. That counts for every NATO sf.
bennyronny 1 year ago
@bennyronny so y wen i put navy seals in afghanistan it comes up with a vid of navy seals conducting a mission n oh look their showing there faces u fucking idiot its right ere put it in n watch fool
wopendicular 1 year ago
@wopendicular Are you blind?? They didn't show there faces and when they filmed them than they had beards and there glasses on. An SF member never shows hes face you stupid moron. You don't know a thing about these men. My advice to you is go visit this channel en watch hes clips (labidala).
bennyronny 1 year ago
@klajghajko Nope it the 187th Infantry Regiment and the 101st Airborne Division!!!
lilzokiller3 1 year ago
my dick is an anaconda
MedicmanFP 1 year ago
I read if it wasn't for Australian SAS watching from another hill directing fire the Americans would have suffered alot more casualties
Witiyana 1 year ago
@Witiyana your right, the americans wer supported by canadian and australian special forces, who took up sniper and overwatch positions to cover the US approach, one of these snipers, a canadian, killed a taliban from nearly 2.5 km away, and without this support, u can guarantee US would have took more casulties
101andrewj 1 year ago
@Witiyana Wrong.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
Operation Anaconda was a debacle despite the use of elite soldiers of NATO and Afghan Army regulars numbering 2000 backed up by C-130 gunships, French Mirage fighters and B-1B intercontinental bombers.
Al-Qaeda was originally estimated at 200-300 but later estimates as high as 1000.
NATO casualties <100 including some to friendly fire. A-Q casualties 300 (as per Afghan estimates) to 1000 NATO estimates
A-Q leaders escaped.
US soldiers "floored whole villages" and murdered civilians
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR There where no civilians in the area.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP Not according the the German soldiers who were there, Were you there? They said in the news that they were shocked at the Americans who would kill civilians if they happened to discover their position. The Germans would simply move away but the Americans would use their knife.
Even today Wikileaks has proved the same thing happening - US soldiers killing unarmed civilians, some for sport.
Civilians live all over Afghanistan you know.
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR Yes I was there and there where no civilians there they had left already as EVERYONE knew this operation was about to happen.
And the German's have been known to get a little 'Excessive" with air power too. Hence the tanker incident. I've been to Afghanistan 3 times now and i'm still amazed at the weird places that civilians turn up in.
If you could cite specific incidents of targeting civilians for sport or target practice that would be helpful instead.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP How the hell could they know there was an operation in the area? Wasn't Anaconda supposed to be an ambush?? If EVERYONE knew NATO was there, no wonder it was the Americans that got ambushed.
You know that the average Afghan goat herder/farmer cares more for his crops/goats, just like Vietnam.
Pls wait, I will get you the sources I read about US soldiers being arrested for killing unarmed civilians recently. It was all over the news...
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR It was an ambush, just the wrong side got ambushed. At the time it wasnt a NATO op. I know how the Afghanis feel about their stuff but the foreign Talibs and AQ already paid them to leave. I'm not saying US soldiers NEVER did that stuff but it's better to cite specific incidents as opposed to generalizing. BTW it was supposed to be a "Hammer and Anvil" not really an ambush. Hard to be sneaky with a bunch of chinooks.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP I know, the ANVIL was supposed to be the ambush and the HAMMER was probably the part that "decimated whole villages"? In any case, I do not believe you had any justification going there when the investigation into the causes of 9/11 was not yet completed. In fact, the 911 Commission left so many holes in the investigation that makes it suspect if the US ever wanted to find out who really was to blame for 9/11, directly or indirectly.
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR All right well since you've strayed off the topic and turned this into what you think i'm going to go ahead and stop. I know about the 5 soldiers and hopefully they'll see jail time. "decimated whole villages" again please cite what actually happened.
And just about everything form both sides of the Vietnam war is suspect. The Vietnamese also committed atrocities but that doesn't support your argument. Anyway, i'm done. Good luck with your agenda and propaganda.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP I respect your being polite. My agenda is to show you there is nothing new about Iraq and Afghan...US imperialism has been doing this over 110 years. Water torture, hamletting, and civilian massacres used in Philippine-American War 1898, same as today's military. US Marines fought in Siberia, China, Europe, Central America, Caribbean, Pacific even before most of you were born. USMC Gen Smedley Butler said it was all a racket for the Wall Street bankers, not for democracy. What a sham!
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP decimated whole villages - search in Youtube "Inside Story - US deadly raids in Afghanistan - 10 June 09" about over 100 Afghan villagers decimated in a B-1 attack. Amazing, using $1billion B-1 bomber against mud-walled villagers??! B-1 was designed to attack Soviet missile silos, not 4th world civilian areas. You guys are amazing.
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR This also has nothing to do with Operation Anaconda. I'm not saying it didn't happen because clearly the B-1 thing did happen. If I was the JTAC there I probably wouldn't have done it this way. Anyway this is one of the reasons McKiernan (sp) was fired and the ROE changed.
Anyway, would you rather we cut their heads off on Al Jazeera?
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP I happen to think everything is related - that's what history is all about. Problem with some people, not just Americans, is they have such short memories - they live for the moment. "Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it". Americans go gaga over advanced technology, snipers and medals but their foreign policy and war strategies are outdated-they continue to put more Americans at risk and increase global conflicts. In the end, you guys end up looking stupid
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR i'm not going to argue the policies because i agree with you. But, i'm sure no matter what America does you'll fault us for it. If we didn't go to Afghanistan you'd complain about how we're ignoring the people's strife there. Whatever dude. I see you're in the Philippines. What has your nation done for the world since being liberated from the Japanese? Don't bother answering that because you'll be blocked.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
@ANGRYTACP WTF - how can you agree with me and still fight the war? That doesn't make sense! Are you a professional killer cuz that's how professional killers or mercs do it. I thought Americans was the land of the free and the brave. Maybe I was wrong eh?
With all due respect, do not bring up Philippine history cuz your knowledge of it is worse than US history, 9/11, Iraq or Afghanistan
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR OK I sent sent you a PM but if you google "soldiers killing for sport" you will find out about 5 US soldiers in Afghanistan who were recently arrested for war crimes, keeping skulls and bones like the alien in "Terminator". Not so surprising when in Vietnam, and previous wars, US soldiers committed inhuman atrocities and acted like butchers. I visited the War Remnants in Ho Chi Minh City and was horrified with pictures of American war crimes, as many are.
AccordGTR 1 year ago
@AccordGTR There was no alien in Terminator dude... You're getting Arnold's movies mixed up. Predator is the film you're looking for.
Ficko66 1 year ago
@Ficko66 Oh yeah you are right hehe. Well, you got my meaning
AccordGTR 1 year ago
wow, look at that excellent camo!!!
green in yellow!
RevitalizedVessel 1 year ago
The Taliban wanted a war with the US and they got it. Not sure they understood the difference between the US and Soviets though. And they definitely underestimated the INFINITE firepower of the US military. Make no mistake kids, though the results may be slow to come, the US and her British, Canadien, Australian, Dutch, German and other coalition friends are doing a fine job.
phillyslasher 1 year ago
@phillyslasher you spelled canadian wrong, but i agree with your comment
peintureballe 1 year ago
@phillyslasher BS! Taliban never wanted war with anyone outside of Afghan. In fact, there is evidence that the US State Dept knew they wanted to stop Al Qaeda from using Afghan as a base for attacking the west. This is another typical ignorant view of the war.
Operation Anaconda was hardly a success. Many experts feel it was a debacle and disaster that only showed what NATO would be facing. 10 years later, Germany and other allies are fed up and will withdraw.
Furlong was merely propaganda
AccordGTR 1 year ago
Dont forget my homies, the canadian snipers we saved a lot if us troops
godparent999 1 year ago
Operation Anaconda was in my opinion the largest FAILURE or CENTCOM in this entire war to date. having not enough u.s. drops and relying solely on helicopter gunships, aircraft, and mortarts to hit the taliban and indigenious fighters with limited fire support. this was a case were air lifted 105's could and should have been used to hit taliban hard points the cobras and apaches had to break off from due to heavy aa fire. again not enough ground troops to effectively secure area.
Rimasta1 1 year ago
@Rimasta1 Its not just ur opinion...many experts agree including those who fought there
U talk about it in hindsight but it was a failure even before the battle. US intelligence was wrong, assumed Al-Qaeda would run away from NATO troops. Turns out A-Q was far better prepared, stood their ground, ambushed and fought back ferociously. Allies were confused and many were killed by friendly fire.
Before the Operation, A-Q was a physical force. Today, it is an ideology which is far more powerful
AccordGTR 1 year ago
operation anaconda = lay down and watch choppers fly...
CellisJacob 1 year ago
@CellisJacob act like hero's run mouths off play gangsta music but when it comes down too it cant do jack with out air support
werekilledbycowards 1 year ago
@CellisJacob thats what i'd do if I could those low lives aren't worth one calorie of american energy.
renegadekav 1 year ago
hahaha. COWARDS!!!
mcriza2007 1 year ago
1986-1988, Gardes, 56 ДШБ!
android1038 1 year ago
Did the Canadian snipers ever receive the medals the US tried to give them but the Canadian government wouldn't allow it?
oeyesea 1 year ago
@oeyesea yes they did receive them
Ramjam9000 1 year ago
@oeyesea Uh, weren't those same snipers indicted for shooting unarmed civilians in a Canadian military court? They were dishonorably discharged. While in the US, medals are given out to heroes like Jessica Lynch who the US Army made up a cock-and-bull story/ The reason for giving out all those BS medals is to make people think about "brave soldiers" and forget the fact they are fighting an unjust war with a BS cause.
US govt loves war. Americans love medals.
AccordGTR 1 year ago
theres snow in afghanistan?
jordanmarkis 1 year ago
yep mountain ;)
geo4benny 1 year ago
yeah duhh
ChristinoMark 1 year ago
I was the Lt.Col. RTO. with the TAC. I'll never forget those days being up on that hill side. Leader Rakkasaans
lilrush76 1 year ago
hey man i was in Bravo co. 1st batallion all the way. hey you were Cocrans rto? we did that deathmarch man we got droped like 10 klicks away from the obj that sucked and it was so fucking cold. My name is Valle whats yours?
ROBOCOPER 1 year ago
@ROBOCOPER hey man you're not the same Valle that went to the Pathfinder company once we got back are you??? that'd be a small world
paratroop82504 1 year ago
@paratroop82504 i went to scouts after we got back not pathfinders, but i know who you are thinking of, after that i went to Ranger school got my five and went to Regt fuck all that regular leg shit haha, but batallion was also very hyped and over rated as you already know what i mean. yea man got over 100 jumps that shit breaks you down.
ROBOCOPER 1 year ago
oh man good video....brings back some memories...that shit was cold as balls..Rakkasaans!!!!
paratroop82504 1 year ago
what batallion i was in 1st b co.?
ROBOCOPER 1 year ago
jock wallace is still waiting for his bronze star mr krudd
sasmick1 2 years ago 11
exactly my thoughts mate
loadup28 2 years ago
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@sasmick1
He doesn't deserve one.
ANGRYTACP 1 year ago
Nice video. At 1:05 someone is either pouring something or taking a leak.
stanstanner 2 years ago
canadian light infantry,look at there weapons dum ass,and the way there dressed,army rangers were digital acu's,the last time rangers wore desert camo was 2002,2003. only sf,and shock infantry units wear desert camo.
Californianboy626 2 years ago
Hey, before you call someone a dumb ass atleast be right you douche. The Soldiers in this video are US Army, probably 101st Airborne. Op Anaconda was in 2002. Oh an everyone wears Desert Camo, well they did in the US Army untill ACU came out, oh an the Rangers wear Multicam now. The reason you see guys in woodland camo is because at the time their cold weather gear was only in that camo, an not in desert yet. Also, what the fuck is shock infantry.. no such thing.
sigmikel85 2 years ago 3
@sigmikel85 im pretty sure it was 10th mountain involved in op anaconda. :) plus some special forces from usa and australia.
oz1pride 1 year ago
@oz1pride Canadians Sniper teams were also involved in Anaconda.
GreatWhiteNorth82 1 year ago
@oz1pride Think there was SOF from some other countries too. And yea my bad 10th Mountain was there as well as the 101st with some Snipers from 3PPCLI attached to them.
sigmikel85 1 year ago
@sigmikel85 well said bro. Semper Fi
kalzx 1 year ago
@sigmikel85 Did the 101 even do anything other than camp in the valley? Or the Rangers flying in getting shot all to hell because the helo's weren't capable of communicating with the SOF recon teams in place telling them NOT to go to the peak? Overall we got a lot of KIA opfor, but the blunders on our side should have NEVER happened.
studpat 1 year ago
@sigmikel85 the dudes talking about halo odst what a dumb shit.
therikoforever 1 year ago
@sigmikel85 BTW just letting you know it could have very well been my boys A co 1-87th INF BN 10th MTN DIV they were with the "teams" during this...
RJEwing85 1 year ago
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srcetme 1 year ago
@RJEwing85 sorry wrong video Operation Anaconda(KW1) is some kid playing video games. Look up Kuma\War: Operarion Anaconda. and Operarian is not a type O its how they spelled it.
srcetme 1 year ago