A lot of comments of seeing too much "Ross", I disagree... I thought Schwimmer played the "prick" and the "lost leader" perfectly... never saw ANY "Ross" in his portrayal.
@Lightjug I don´t think it has nothing to do with his performance. It´s just his face. He was Ross for so long that it is hard to put it to another character, no matter how good he does it.
It's funny after watching the entire series and then going back and watching this. All the characters that you familiarized yourself with throughout the series, you find them all here, speaking roles or not. It's like a feeling of 'Oh shit, didn't even see him there!'. Don't know if that made any sense to anyone.
The man spent the rest of his life in misery, tried to shoot himself, failed, and died ignominiously, like many troubled, conflicted veterans of that miserable war, who don't wind up getting their tales told on prime-time TV. For Christ's sake, can we show an ounce of compassion, a thimble of understanding, and an iotium of mercy for Herbert Sobel?
Anyone know what rapro B3 jacket he used in episode 1. They are training in England and they reach this barbed wire fence. the scene is on youtube i think.
Too me it looks like a 'the real macCoy's' or a 'eastman'
If you ever head to Toccoa Georgia, go to the Milliken plant near Currahee, you can see some of the original buildings from the training camp. Mind you they weren't wooden as the movie shows, but cheap block structures. The plant is built on the old camp. I should know, I worked there at one time. The buildings still had graffiti from the soldiers trained there.
Sobel was the greatest drill instructor and the worst field commander. If he hadn't trained the EZ company, a lot more of them would have died. If he had commanded them in field, all of them would have died.
I don't understand Americans sometimes. How come everyone hates this guy so much, but loves Patton when he assaults a sick man in hospital.
We tend not to mind having some officer revoke a weekend pass. What we hate is officers who assault sick men, or order them to their deaths in waves. Officers who put their lives on the line are like Wade McClusky and Fred Sherman were heroes to us not grandstanders like Patton.
@nilloc93 Patton did the wrong thing. Eisenhower was disgusted. The thing is that Patton never had to face enemy fire. He was a high ranking general who loved photo opportunities and the press, but was never in the front line. He would have no idea what it was like for a private soldier. He is the worst sort of arrogant bastard I would never want to be led by. I would trust Al Capone more.
@SugarTomAppleRoger Patton was a cavalry officer in WW1 he had been on the front line, and he went along the front all the time in WW2, and the soldier was not SICK, he MIGHT have had a metal condition. have you ever commanded an army group in an invasion before? do not judge those who have and how they do it, Patton had to get his troops in gear or they would have been stuck for weeks, and if him slapping a man who had no bodily harm done to him SAVED troops cause they won faster so be it.
@nilloc93 Shit. I wouldn't like you to be my superior in battle. You are just like Patton, a big mouth, good at publicity, but always well protected from any real danger. Of course I haven't been a commanded an army group in an invasion. Neither has Patton.
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@ilikechinpokomon Agreed for me at first. But throughout the series he kept pumping out solid acting and I believed the character. I think David Shwimmer did an awesome job in this mini series.
yes Ive experienced my airshare of asshole officers in the service too and NCO's but many of them I had alot of respect for and would have followed them into combat any day of the week if push had ever come down to shove, can relate to what some of yall are saying and him in this.
for those of you that have never served in the military, 'weekend pass", means getting to change into civvis after command formation when the CO releases you and then hightailing it off base or anywhere on base and basically within reason doing as you please. Though permanent party stationed stateside now can pretty much do what they want anyway when they get off duty the way it is anymore, at least it was for us in the AF.
Cannot agree with many comments posted here about David Schwimmer´s acting. He did an outstanding job portraying Cap. Sobel. You guys just watched too much Friends.
Sobel should have felt relieved he didn't have to jump in Normandy and that he didn't have to participate in combat during ww2. At least he knew he was going to survive the war, something other soldiers didn't have the luxury to know.
no, it's where you get the privaledge of leaving the base for the weekend, putting on civilian clothes, drinking beer, sex with women, etc... instead of staying on base doing extra duty.
His sons didn't even go to his funeral, or his ex-wife, or anybody from E company. He even tried to kill himself but failed. He lived a life of misery after WWII.
Whenever I watch this I think of the first commanding officer I had when I was in Korea. Though not quite as intense he was in many ways was just like Sobel.
There are always that kind of soldiers in the army, scattered all over the place. When I was in the army, I've had a platoon leader like that - although, he had a good idea what he was suppose to do in the field. Harsh, demanding, annoying piece of sh*t most of the time I'd say. But he trained us well, I gotta give im that. He had his moments when he acted like what you can see in Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket". With the exception: he might treat us like sh*theads, but never broke law.
Mild correction in the upper part of the desription; it's Easy Company, 2nd batttalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. ;) Nice vid, keep it up.
MYY SANDWICHHHH!!!!
thesmoothcriminal88 2 weeks ago
RUSTY PIECE OF SHIT!!
xCh34pShOtx 3 weeks ago
PIVOT! PIVOT! PIIVVVOOOOTTT!!!!!
eagle8burger 1 month ago 2
OH NO! MAJOR SHAMPOO EXPLOSION!!!!!
therichardchannel 1 month ago 3
private bullshit
Ryan20128 1 month ago
I Love the way both top comments are about Friends :)
Btw, i cant really see David in this serius shit.. Hahah just doesent work
UndeaadArmy 1 month ago
Pvt. Bullshit
terminator5791 2 months ago
Apparently not a single person attended his funeral... Noone deserves that.
JetXiaoWei 4 months ago
Is there a scene where he comes across a fountain?
BobbyTheRagingDriver 4 months ago
is this the first episode/first part
guccamain 4 months ago
his voice is too funny!
samfringo 5 months ago
PIVOT!
thejcrfactor 5 months ago 4
Did you just breathe some air? pass revoked!
maccas1329 7 months ago 4
why when he sais
i wudnt take this rusdty pice of shit to war
y does he say shit with an english accent
alpha123jay 7 months ago
@alpha123jay he dosnt say it in an english accent
adambelfast1 6 months ago
"Rust on the butt-plate hinge-spring private bullshit Rvoked" :)LOL
1colrhogan1 7 months ago 4
A lot of comments of seeing too much "Ross", I disagree... I thought Schwimmer played the "prick" and the "lost leader" perfectly... never saw ANY "Ross" in his portrayal.
Lightjug 8 months ago 5
@Lightjug I don´t think it has nothing to do with his performance. It´s just his face. He was Ross for so long that it is hard to put it to another character, no matter how good he does it.
bfahren 7 months ago
Private Bullshit hahahaha
MrSpiderPlopper1 9 months ago 2
omg, i cant take david schwimmer seriously in such a tragic situation, only cause of the best sitcom ever...Friends
sensovie 9 months ago
It's funny after watching the entire series and then going back and watching this. All the characters that you familiarized yourself with throughout the series, you find them all here, speaking roles or not. It's like a feeling of 'Oh shit, didn't even see him there!'. Don't know if that made any sense to anyone.
vince2b 10 months ago 4
Red ross, cant just take him seriously after friends lol
Ciocolajs 10 months ago
you people are at the position of attention!!! xD hahaha i love sobel
slyrez 11 months ago
come on ross, take it easy
cabs85 11 months ago
RED ROSS!!
Hartsock91 11 months ago 25
I can not take him seriously
dongsun24ify 11 months ago
"Have youve been blousing your trousers over you boots like a paratrooper?"
lol gotta love Sobel
EGIPredator 1 year ago
WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!!!
mastersina123 1 year ago 6
lol winters face at 0.16 just cracks me up every time
guitarist4747 1 year ago
"rust on the butt plate himstring private bullshit, REVOKED."
Lewy1900 1 year ago
PIVOT !!!!
hudson0815 1 year ago 4
1:08 looks like vin diesel or is it just me
dellguy123 1 year ago
MY SANDWICH!!!!!!!!!!
coolguy8382002 1 year ago
I didn't know Ross was a WW2 veteran.. He ages well I guess..
evildeathmonkey1 1 year ago 2
We were on a break!!
hoLocronKiller 1 year ago
They are wearing plastic helmats right?
8010cookie 1 year ago 2
@8010cookie They are wearing the plastic helmet inner liners. Very common in basic training and AIT.
SCE2AUX 1 year ago
He's going to teach them about... UNAGI
t4t5 1 year ago 31
@ilikechinpokomon He was a Captain not a LT.
MisterSam1000 1 year ago
like how liebgott picks up his bayonet at the end
infantryfilms2nd 1 year ago
Sad that David Schwimmer can´t get more serious roles. He is actually a quite good actor, though all of us think of Ross when we see him.
Saaah93 1 year ago
The man spent the rest of his life in misery, tried to shoot himself, failed, and died ignominiously, like many troubled, conflicted veterans of that miserable war, who don't wind up getting their tales told on prime-time TV. For Christ's sake, can we show an ounce of compassion, a thimble of understanding, and an iotium of mercy for Herbert Sobel?
Etherdave 1 year ago
"You PEO!PLEEEE (spit) are at the POSIIITIONNNNN (spit) of aTTENTIONNN" man that part reminded me Ross so much. :D
Jorvas25 1 year ago 4
@Jorvas25
XD
14unavailable 1 year ago
lols randalman :56
daf867 1 year ago
Anyone know what rapro B3 jacket he used in episode 1. They are training in England and they reach this barbed wire fence. the scene is on youtube i think.
Too me it looks like a 'the real macCoy's' or a 'eastman'
Ialocin85 1 year ago
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tehBLAX 1 year ago
If you ever head to Toccoa Georgia, go to the Milliken plant near Currahee, you can see some of the original buildings from the training camp. Mind you they weren't wooden as the movie shows, but cheap block structures. The plant is built on the old camp. I should know, I worked there at one time. The buildings still had graffiti from the soldiers trained there.
darkyoda 1 year ago
wow, Sobel looks realistic
101stAirborneSince44 1 year ago
@eminem3113 Oh, I agree =D
XxGermanBitchxX 1 year ago
That man trained 'women' and turned them into men :]
XxGermanBitchxX 1 year ago
what up with the that rusted POS moved at the end bad prop no pass for you
notesone12 1 year ago
hahaha well i have to admit its funny cause hes ross and god is ross funny but its god damn funny XD
Vale9712 1 year ago
did they send me daughters when i asked for sons?
shylildude 1 year ago
Sobel is a BITCH
thewarmachine97 1 year ago
I cann't hear the voice ! Shit
TheJaysang 1 year ago
winters would be a damn good captain america
balio 1 year ago
No matter how serious he is
A always giggle when I see David Schwimme
daiduongdao 1 year ago
@daiduongdao lol me too XD
TheNatJean 1 year ago
"rust on the butt plate hinge spring private bullshit
DevilzRock97 1 year ago
ROFL @ilikechinpokomon
Same with me
MrProgrammingX 1 year ago
"oh! she didnt think it would be that big of deal!"
"Ok, WHO are you talking to when you do that?!"
haha ROSS!
jenjen5678 1 year ago
We were on a BREAK!!!!!!!!!!
impulse051 1 year ago 8
For some reason, I remember Sobel getting very angry about a Sandwhich..
"my sandwhich... MMYYYY SANNDWHICHH??!??"
KaliberKing 1 year ago 6
Sobel was the greatest drill instructor and the worst field commander. If he hadn't trained the EZ company, a lot more of them would have died. If he had commanded them in field, all of them would have died.
gavifalcon 2 years ago 100
@gavifalcon but they dont how he would have reacted in real combat!
celtagas 1 year ago
@gavifalcon most of them died but i understand what u mean
ThaSweKillah 1 year ago
@gavifalcon true
MaksTheMarine 11 months ago
@gavifalcon
Hahaha well said!
dycarbon1 8 months ago
@gavifalcon I was just gona say that :) well thumps up :)
TheIcelandicPatriot 8 months ago
@gavifalcon Damn straight.
SoapTavish141 7 months ago
I don't understand Americans sometimes. How come everyone hates this guy so much, but loves Patton when he assaults a sick man in hospital.
We tend not to mind having some officer revoke a weekend pass. What we hate is officers who assault sick men, or order them to their deaths in waves. Officers who put their lives on the line are like Wade McClusky and Fred Sherman were heroes to us not grandstanders like Patton.
SugarTomAppleRoger 2 years ago
guy in hospital was NOT sick!
pbl1 1 year ago
pbl1. He was sick. That is why he was in hospital. Patton was a bastard. If they did kill him in the end, well, good riddance.
SugarTomAppleRoger 1 year ago
@SugarTomAppleRoger the man was not sick he was either A: shell shocked or B: a coward
nilloc93 1 year ago
@nilloc93 Patton did the wrong thing. Eisenhower was disgusted. The thing is that Patton never had to face enemy fire. He was a high ranking general who loved photo opportunities and the press, but was never in the front line. He would have no idea what it was like for a private soldier. He is the worst sort of arrogant bastard I would never want to be led by. I would trust Al Capone more.
SugarTomAppleRoger 1 year ago
@SugarTomAppleRoger Patton was a cavalry officer in WW1 he had been on the front line, and he went along the front all the time in WW2, and the soldier was not SICK, he MIGHT have had a metal condition. have you ever commanded an army group in an invasion before? do not judge those who have and how they do it, Patton had to get his troops in gear or they would have been stuck for weeks, and if him slapping a man who had no bodily harm done to him SAVED troops cause they won faster so be it.
nilloc93 1 year ago
@nilloc93 Shit. I wouldn't like you to be my superior in battle. You are just like Patton, a big mouth, good at publicity, but always well protected from any real danger. Of course I haven't been a commanded an army group in an invasion. Neither has Patton.
SugarTomAppleRoger 1 year ago
'' Ross xD lough out load! ''i whouldent take this Rusty peace of shiet to war!!!'' xD
egdqv13234 2 years ago
Sobel would be a great kick ass drill instructor
skyofcastle 2 years ago
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EvilMonk3y1999 2 years ago
cant take the Lt. seriously because he was in friends ROSS lol
ilikechinpokomon 2 years ago 118
I know man i agree. when he first came out shouting i thought he was taking the piss. i thought it was a parody or something. hehaho
EvilMonk3y1999 2 years ago
get away from my SISTERRRRRRRRRR
skyofcastle 2 years ago 9
@ilikechinpokomon I agree.
Nouw001 1 year ago
@ilikechinpokomon
omg that's so true
TheDarkNobleOne 1 year ago
@ilikechinpokomon Me too I was laughing my ass off when I first saw this part.
PRR4000 1 year ago
@ilikechinpokomon I had tha same problem but I think hi were enuogh goood actor to solve it. After 10 minutes he wasn't Ross for me.
horvmyke 1 year ago
@ilikechinpokomon Agreed for me at first. But throughout the series he kept pumping out solid acting and I believed the character. I think David Shwimmer did an awesome job in this mini series.
CrazyMunky84 5 months ago
@ilikechinpokomon No one can! seriously...Ross? IN THE ARMY?! EASY COMPANY? I guess he was hiding dinosaurs somewhere...
zymeth0628 5 months ago 2
@ilikechinpokomon he gets jumpy and you say "That's our Ross!"
zymeth0628 4 months ago
Hahaha how do they confuse luz and malarky?
sgtrosenberg 2 years ago
If Lt. Sobel lead the men of Easy company into combat, a lot of them would have died.
He lacked leadership skills.
During training, he talked the talk, but couldn't walk the walk
BroadCastTuber 2 years ago
I would like to be an officer one day...after I do my time being just as good as everyone else
nardcore7805 2 years ago
yer i agree , but also its made me hate him as well as sobel...stupid i know but id like 5 min with the son of a bitch...!!!!..lol
208STROKER 2 years ago
yes Ive experienced my airshare of asshole officers in the service too and NCO's but many of them I had alot of respect for and would have followed them into combat any day of the week if push had ever come down to shove, can relate to what some of yall are saying and him in this.
SaturnOwner26 2 years ago
and alot of overseas bases too depending on where in the world your stationed at.
SaturnOwner26 2 years ago
for those of you that have never served in the military, 'weekend pass", means getting to change into civvis after command formation when the CO releases you and then hightailing it off base or anywhere on base and basically within reason doing as you please. Though permanent party stationed stateside now can pretty much do what they want anyway when they get off duty the way it is anymore, at least it was for us in the AF.
SaturnOwner26 2 years ago
y do they have different helmets in training?
bagys101 2 years ago
they look like just the plastic liner...there is a metal shell that goes over the top of it.
Saucifyde 2 years ago
yeah but they look smaller
bagys101 2 years ago
The more you bleed in training, the less you bleed in combat....where other men are actually trying to kill you.
Sometimes, within bounds, it's good to give the men something to hate.
Trapster99 2 years ago 5
Ross is so funny (david shcwimmer) one of the best tv series's ever
superdj961 2 years ago
I´m so glad I never watched 1 episode of Friends..
I thought David Schwimmer did a fantastic job at portrying Cpt. Sobel..
10/10
daedalos90000 2 years ago
Cannot agree with many comments posted here about David Schwimmer´s acting. He did an outstanding job portraying Cap. Sobel. You guys just watched too much Friends.
101Dobermanns 2 years ago
Sobel should have felt relieved he didn't have to jump in Normandy and that he didn't have to participate in combat during ww2. At least he knew he was going to survive the war, something other soldiers didn't have the luxury to know.
quest8899 2 years ago
i dont understand. what is a 'weekend pass'?? weekend pass to where...disneyland???help
KuostA 2 years ago
isnt when u go home? for the weekend i think./...
dudedude675 2 years ago
no, it's where you get the privaledge of leaving the base for the weekend, putting on civilian clothes, drinking beer, sex with women, etc... instead of staying on base doing extra duty.
nutcra 2 years ago
@KuostA You'd leave the base -- put Civis on -- and drink and all of the benefits <3
XxGermanBitchxX 1 year ago
Id say a rusty peace of shit would make a bigger infection XD
gustaf2adolf 2 years ago 6
it's funny the way sobel throws the bayonet to his right, as he is walking off Liebgott retrieves it from the left.
avfcASTONVILLAavfc 2 years ago
What's the name of the guy infront of Randleman on the far left?
avfcASTONVILLAavfc 2 years ago
to: avfcASTONVILLAavfc
i think John Martin is the guy infront of Randleman
hedgy24 2 years ago 2
srry but its Rose from friends... i cracked up luaghing as soon as i saw him like this... bad role to be in. lol
Riple101 2 years ago
His sons didn't even go to his funeral, or his ex-wife, or anybody from E company. He even tried to kill himself but failed. He lived a life of misery after WWII.
nipa2011 2 years ago
whoa. forrealz?
dudedude675 2 years ago
I just can't watch this scene without being reminded of Ross Geller when he's angry!
VCK9009 2 years ago 3
Agree, i Cant take him serius because he reminds me so much of how angry ross could get^^
Tkdlolboy91 2 years ago
haha me too, he cant eescape the ross geller character
soteromontana2 2 years ago
The way he shouts "you people are at the position of attention!" is very Ross-esque!
VCK9009 2 years ago
Malarkey is the man!
DanielVolker 2 years ago
I think its pretty cool how the soldiers set their guns like that when he addresses one of them.
bserusha 2 years ago
rust on the butt plate hinge spring private bull shit, pass revoked
XD
username157157157 2 years ago 6
I find it saddning nobody went to Sobels funeral. Sobel could train men and without him they wouldnt have been what they were. Sobel was a great man.
1PAcouchpotato 2 years ago 2
Sobel was awesome as a trainer, he built the best company of US Army. But he wat to much of a wuss when it comes to real combat.
Ludzburg 2 years ago
It's really hard to take Schwimmer seriously after watching Friends for couple of years
N20TO 3 years ago 7
lol...ross as a soldier
monkeynutts8 2 years ago
Actually, it's impossible.
You can't take him seriously as a soldier.
Scenes where he appear seem so fake.
makokun9 2 years ago
sobel was good but he couldnt lead
brandonlamchops 3 years ago
i would'nt take this rusty piece of shit to war
69chrger 3 years ago 3
Whenever I watch this I think of the first commanding officer I had when I was in Korea. Though not quite as intense he was in many ways was just like Sobel.
KTKTRock 3 years ago
There are always that kind of soldiers in the army, scattered all over the place. When I was in the army, I've had a platoon leader like that - although, he had a good idea what he was suppose to do in the field. Harsh, demanding, annoying piece of sh*t most of the time I'd say. But he trained us well, I gotta give im that. He had his moments when he acted like what you can see in Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket". With the exception: he might treat us like sh*theads, but never broke law.
XupicorA 2 years ago
Mild correction in the upper part of the desription; it's Easy Company, 2nd batttalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. ;) Nice vid, keep it up.
ZeZanZa 3 years ago
hey mykerex were u get these vids frm?
69chrger 3 years ago
It's Ross!!!
AirRiflePaintball 3 years ago 4
or maybe its Russ
loopy1980 3 years ago 5
hhaha yeah, after getting married he went to war haha
soteromontana2 2 years ago
I figured with a rusty bayonet he would get an extra weekend pass.
ThunderAppeal 3 years ago 3
Absolutely!I thought about that too.
MazeMurdersOfHeaven 3 years ago 2
david schwimmer is hilarious when he's being badass. Private bullshit
dulaneyj 3 years ago 8
"malarkey's slang for bullshit, isn't it?"
lmao! one of sobel's best lines! =P
danigirl 4 years ago 5
Sobel is my favorite character
677325 4 years ago