US Marines in Afghanistan "The Best and Worst Years of my Life" (Part 1)

"Ghost Town"

Part 1 of a 4 part documentary video about men from Golf company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines in a ghost town in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

LCpl Daniel Hinther
Weapons Co. 3rd Marines

1stLt Brendan Mahoney
Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines

SSgt Luke Medlin
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines

This is an Associated Press video essay by Raul Gallego Abellan.
The music is by Ian Mader.

I take no credit for the making of this video. All credit goes to the Associated Press and the creators, editors, and publishers of this video.

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• marines
• afghanistan
• helmand
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[Freedom3777]

Take away their pay checks, body armor and porn, and they'll quit.

In the end it is always the local Militia that stands 100% behind the American People!

No pay, no fancy metals for killing kids, no media support.

The Few The Proud The American Militia!

[pandresa]

@Freedom3777 i'll still do it without body armor. fuck that'll make patrols a lot easier. but dont take my pay or my porn.

lets see ur local militia locate close with and destroy.

[eklanta]

I was there with them

[pandresa]

@eklanta bless u dude. im on my way.

[eklanta]

@pandresa . who are you with?

[pandresa]

@eklanta oh no not with anyone. on my way as in in the DEP still. i ship out in november to MRCDPI

[pandresa]

@eklanta MCRDPI*

[bigbear1189]

fuck chuck norris and super man us marines are my heros

[Jmbrown0311]

@Freedom3777 What does American militia do? Don't they train in the woods and perform wannabe scenarios, then after done you go take a hott shower and eat hott home made food, watch a movie with your family then get tucked into bed by your mommy. Get up in the morning to shit in a porcelain toilet without flys swarming around your ass in 120+ degree weather. Damn your tough as shit.

[Jmbrown0311]

@Freedom3777 Who the hell are the American militia? Oh ya I got a sweet medal for cutting a kids throat at a 90 degree angle the. I got a bronze star for shooting a kid in the stomach and letting him bleed out while video taped it. Your a dumbass. Medals are for valor and bravery. I would still do what I did without any of that shit

[marineskabar]

@Freedom3777 its not always about the pay. for me its about serving. i wouldnt care if i got medals or not, i wouldnt care if i wasnt getting paid. ide still do it no matter what.

[blackhawkvietnam]

True heroes don't wear a cap TRUE HEROES wear DOG TAGS

[christorreyson]

Respond to this video... who round up civilians and turn them into real men and killers...we have the balls to go abroad AND defend here...u have done none of that...and we dont care about pay checks...the right to call ourselves US Marines is payment enough and WE HAVE EARNED IT....tooo bad ur not man enough to have the same title...see u when we are running ur l;ocal militia bitch...and u will address us as SIR

[christorreyson]

@Freedom3777 fuck u pussy... we would never quit...thats what makes a marine a MARINE u jealous fuck.. oh and by the way... ALL of the Marines i served with wanted to throw their armor away, we were requiered to wear it so eat shiot bitch...and another thing... unlike the malitia, Marines go ABROAD to other countries...we take the fight to them u fucking ass-hole....does the malitia do that?! and another thing...when this country gets invaded it will be US Marines

[Ihateopp]

@Freedom3777 dumb

[beefhoss60]

@eklanta I trained them.