Ranger Battling Myths: Inside the Mind of Former Third Ranger Battalion Soldier Part 1
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Great interview ! My MMA coach is former SF hardest guy I've met he's 57 still beating many people at the gym.
When I went through basic a few years ago, I noticed that the guys from upper- middle class did the most complaining and generally had the hardest time.
Yah money = soft times = soft times make soft people
I think we all complained lol but we basically were just talking shit the whole time. I was national guard so I only could get air assault school because I had to go to my unit after basic and couldn't go airborne even though I was offered from the ds then said ur national guard ur gonna havr to wait unti lyour unit which sucked so bad. Only reason I went guard was because they did a waiver for me to get in
@@jakezweigI feel like my whole life’s been preparing me for special operations. Grew up dirt poor on a farm raised by my grandpa, Vietnam ranger vet. A HARD tough man, zero emotion, I wouldn’t even call it tough love, very very mean drunk. I was doing HARD labor from a very young age outside in the snow, rain, 110 degree heat. No rewards no attah boys, no “allowance”, that was just life and the stuff had to be done, I enjoyed it, my childhood was tough as nails but I loved it, wouldn’t trade it for anything, spent all my free time in the woods, and hunting during hunting season, I’d go out in the back 40 and kill a deer at 8-9 years old alone. started to play sports and realized how pampered and soft some of the athletes were, constantly looking for validation constantly needing to be told they were the best always complaining and needing to be told “their okay”, not all of them, but a lot were like that, some of the most physical dudes were that way. I also Grew up breaking wild horses and riding bulls, taught me to stay completely calm cool and collected during absolute chaos and adrenaline, also taught me a lot about mental toughness and controlling extreme amounts of fear while still doing everything you need to do to a T or it could be your LIFE, you watch someone leave on a helicopter and your turn to rides up next…..it’ll make or break you and take you to places in your mind 99% of people never get the pleasure of experiencing. It became peaceful and eerily calm when I’d crawl down in the bucking chutes on top of a 1900lb animal with baseball bats on its head. Grew up very fast. No video games no sitting inside none of that I was operating farm equipment at 10 years old, my grandpa had no farm help, just me. Didn’t have heat or AC growing up alot of the time in the house either, sometimes not even hot water in the winter, I’d get up for school in the morning and scrape frost off my bedroom mirror, straight up and that’s no joke. There were times I still remember vividly at 5-6 years old, eating dry mashed potato mix cause that was all I had. I never thought a single thing about it, it never sucked or anything cause that’s just all I knew, never complained, never blamed anything in life over my childhood cause to me I thought that’s just how life was. That was normal life. My dream is to be in some form of special operations unit, wether it’s army SF or ranger regiment, or something else. I’ve gotten myself in some trouble with a DUI recently, biggest screw up I’ve ever done and still can’t believe I did something so selfish and stupid. I’ve owned it and am on probation doing everything right, no more drinking no more BS. Im still very hopeful that after my probation is over, I will still be able to join. My judge and PO told me I’m not like 99% of the people they see and talk to, they said I’m meant for way more and way bigger things, and after this is over they’d gladly write me letters of recommendation if I needed them. I got a year left to go and I’m using my time wisely. If a 10 mile run is the minimum, I’m pushing for 15-20. If they want 50 push-ups I’m pushing for 100 and so forth. Even though the physical aspect is 1 small part of these selections, I will not show up doing the minimum, to me that’s doing myself a disservice.
Guys from the upper middle class never had to work for anything. That's what you join the rangers for is to fight and the rangers fight like hell rangers are the shit. 7000 days straight of combat that's almost 20 years.
@@michaelrollins806yeah those upper class are funny I don't think they even wipe their own arses 😂 they look at us working class to get anything done right they are good for morale though we all get a laugh at them when life gets hard for them like having to eat your meals amongst the wildlife I had a guy in my unit and he would break down if a fly got in his food it's extra protein 😂 I couldn't understand why he complained he almost died having to prepare a rabbit we caught during the training he was always complaining about being dehydrated probably from all the crying he done at night 😂
I like how dude says “Kayy”
Trademark
It annoys me greatly
@@CarlosVerdinOfficial What a contrast. Peace
“I only had a regular ass swimming pool in my backyard” ain’t nothing regular about an in ground pool in your yard. the advantages people have that they take for granted.
Arizona has 6 cities on the top 10 list for highest percentage of swimming pools. It’s about a 50% chance your house has a swimming pool in the valley.
He meant it wasn’t an Olympic pool. Excuses. Most people with a “regular” pool won’t go swim or a poor guy that can go to the Y won’t swim. The advantage is doing the work.
Awesome interview with this ranger. He spitting the absolute truth which these young folks need to hear.
They still don't believe it man
I'm in the sfqc right now, and everyone in my class just wants to get their kill on.
The reason sof veterans don't battle with ptsd like the rest of the military is because they joined up with the intention of getting into combat.
Sof veterans absolutely struggle with ptsd at very high rates, about double the rate of the regular army. It’s not the killing that causes it, it’s everything else.
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Everything else like what
Wtf are you talking about lol sof deal with Ptsd just like regular grunts.... remember 2001-until... infantry and sof were getting after it... infantry had the highest casualties
This was eye opening on a human suffering/attrition level.
Several of my classmates in HS washed out of USMC boot or quit shortly after.
They were all fairly well off kids from a much better background than myself.
At the time it made me think getting through boot wasn’t going to happen for me.
We started with 89 and ended up with 59 in 95.
Guess me growing up in a fucked up household with no stability or food ended up making me mentally tougher.
As a result of that and a full year of training for it, I ended up actually having a decent if not (dare I say) FUN time actually.
when i heard you say one of your guys scored a 7 on the asvab i collapsed
That is barely sentinent.... was homeboy short bus?
You're right about those dips being bad for your shoulders. There's two physical therapist on CZcams named Bob&Brad who say never do dips because they're terrible for your shoulder joints. People don't really start thinking about their body that much until the pain starts. I've change a lot my exercises and thankfully am not too messed up now that I'm my 40's.
Stem cells absolutely man only reason I still have my shoulders
@@jakezweig stem cells are a god send
@@stephen3762 yes they are
I am almost 50 and have the best build I’ve ever had in my life.
I will say that doing dips every single day in a reckless manner probably isn’t good for them. I just do assisted or at best body weight dips only.. not weighted
I did that kind of dip 20 years ago and kept inflaming my mid bicep somehow.
BUT… they still give a lot of tricep and chest activation and are safe if done carefully.
Being going three years straight and no real shoulder issues (fingers crossed)
BOOOM we need a part 2,3,4,5 🔥🔥🔥
It was a 3 hour conversation more to come
Wow! What an amazing conversation! Your videos are like "Must See TV" for young folks! 💯
Share them bad boys
A++++ JAKE, DROP part 2.
Not enlisted, nor could I ever imagine myself enlisting, but damn you are fun to watch and I respect the hell out of you. No bs, straight facts. Keep it up
Fantastic video Mr. Zweig!!!
Very real talk.
Looking forward to the next parts.
I always love when the truths tellers speaks thanks for both of your services
The power to stir up a whole nation of solid, egotistical and utilitarian individuals, and to persuade them that their greatest privilege is to set out and get themselves killed at the uttermost ends of the earth, with no hope of gain for themselves or their children and almost without their understanding against or for whom they are fighting, or why, is a simply incredible phenomenon which makes one afraid when one comes to think about it.
Well said.
@JakeZweig. I thank you for your videos. Some of the material is tough, but needs to have been said. Keep up the good work.
My grandpa was an infantryman & artilleryman First Sergeant who fought on the front lines in the Korean War. He took out a lot of dudes, and he lost a lot of guys that he was responsible for. He probably got some promotions just out of sheer necessity.
Looking back, that man was the physical embodiment of ptsd/shell-shock. But man, was he one hell of a role model without even having to say a single word.
He died in Jan 2012 when I had just turned 17. He never went into detail about his service. When he would bring up just the topic, it would bring him to tears almost immediately.
I wish that my grandpa would have shared and taught me as much as possible at a very young age.
I later ended up joining the Navy with the sole intention of going to bud/s, and got lied to every single step of the way by recruiters, absolutely screwed over on paper, and ultimately unexpectedly discharged on processing-day 4 of bootcamp for “fraudulent enlistment” as a direct-result of listening to my recruiter when he had told me “just say no about that part” on one of the boxes while I was sitting across from him at his desk filling out my medical questionnaire.
I bet my grandpa was on overwatch protecting me from the future BS. If there’s one thing that I’m pretty sure of about my grandpa, is that I bet he wished that he didn’t have the experiences and the memories that he did. There’s a reason why just mentioning the topic would bring him to tears.
You know he was
@@jakezweiggotta love the overwatch.
Really enjoying your videos Zweig
Love the show brother
🔥🔥🔥video!
I need the full spill on this brother!!!
Very interesting interview - I hope there is a part two
For Jacob you are LUCKY to have your father brother I enlisted 2012 same year as you but I had no help and had no idea what I was doing. And back then there was zero intel on Regiment no hotline to call nothing as you probably remember. So i ended up getting fleeced by the recruiters to doing something I didn't want to do. Didn't even get in fight. 6 years in a rear. Command wouldn't release me to go to RASP and too young for selection. Hope you appreciate your dad brother I got screwed.
Man straight fire 🔥🔥🔥
This show is amazing
This is 🔥
Enjoy the content Jake. I grew up on a working farm and cleaned a slaughterhouse every night after school for minimum wage. We never went without, but there was an expectation to earn your way in life. I was released for medical from RIP with a blown knee, got sent worldwide orders, lucked the fuck out and ended up in a line company with 1/509 Airborne. Worked my way into the BN recon platoon and trained with some hard dudes. My PL was a long tabber that gave us great training. Got jacked on a jump and end up staffing a general. You are speaking facts about things people have no clue about. Keep it up. Well done.
I tell people all the time, join the Army Infantry. A lot of the time a light infantry unit can be all you can take without all the toxicity of the Ranger Batt. If you still feel like you aren't getting your fill you can always apply for RASP. You can still get Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger School in a regular line unit.
Hey man I really like your casts bro. I was a Marine and became a lawyer with no undergrad or law degree. Dad was a crazy, driven Marine and I 💯 if just 20% had been different would be dead or in prison.
You know what we need
Bro you got that whole success at your finger tips but never seeing it before! That was my problem when I was in.
I love how Zweig presses the issue of life decisions. Guys end up in jail, dead, working for the government, or going down less extreme roads. Understanding that folks could have literally ended up on different paths only missing each other by timing and decisions.
Yes sir!!!!!!
Those next episodes dawg, send it
I’m 40 now but looking back I think I could have done a lot more- Marine Corps boot camp at the end I just remember thinking “that was it?” Hardest part- lack of sleep.
RIP to your brothers man I've lost family friends to violence too, just lost an uncle got in shootout
Good stuff Jake. For everybody that thinks yall kidding tell them to look up legendary gunfighters of the Old West West. Most were Civil War Vets that were dog eat dog survivors......
Yes sir
Wish you got to finish the story about your brother.
This should wake people up
Hey brother, you probably moved on from this and won’t read this but thanks for talking about real shit
THATS ALL WE DO!!!! WE BUILD CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE
“Lower middle class” with an in-ground swimming pool lol ok good video Jake.
Drop the second vidddd
lol “ that’s pretty much every seal in this building 😂😂😮😮
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Where’s the rest of the video
I did some training at the Marine base in Yuma, yeah that sound is a little slow but you can get a lot of ass in that town if you're a decent looking guy that's for sure😅😅
It’s funny he thinks a family living off 32k a year, 15 years ago is struggle.
Homie, beef was at 4.75 a pound back then and a 2 bedroom apartment in the south was 575.
Y’all don’t know what poor is…
2008 rent was 1500 home boy
@@jakezweigRent was nowhere near 1500 in 2008 unless you were living in LA or something. Most cities have this data on the web you can see you could get apartment in 99% of this country for 500 dollars 15 years ago.
@@jakezweig not in the south
@@DRHOLEEFOOK correct
@MarkWongMD not in Chicago, unless you were living in an upscale refrigerator box
Riding a little bird shooting mfs in the face with 1st sg. Quit drilling man you already struck oil bro🔥
Where’s part 2
Former 1/75 early 80s. Only 2 Battalions, less slots so it was a bitch to get into. RIP was run by guys from Battalion and they could put their hands on you. Get to Battalion and it didn't stop until you came back from R school tabbed.
Real talk
Yo jake how many mg of glucosamine should I take?
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Are you too old to go into the army? If you wanted too? After being a seal would you still have to go ranger school?
Absolutely
Just graduated basic training had 7 people quit and at least 20 in my division were set back in training for attitude problems and other things. Basic was the easiest thing I’ve done lmao people are soft
Yo you must know my boy pellirito he was in same exact time as you
Out of a 56 man bay we had 3 ppl quit Basic Training. 25% of his class quit? This generation is soft as hell
I had infantry AIT. We had a few people quit in our whole unit but our drill sergeant gave you so many chances. We had someone beat up another soldier got kicked out literally had this kid that was so that made it. U have to be a sorry ass human not to get through basic training yes it's hard but even if u come out of shape like I did u work yourself up to week 8 or week 9. It's not hard but it wasn't easy.
We lost about a quarter from my BCT company. Not all were SM who quit but medical and injuries also
Dude, word! I went through in ‘92 when BCT/AIT was only 12 weeks long. In fact, we had several that wanted to quit, but the Army wouldn’t let them. The hard core quitters simply failed their PT test; repeatedly. But, fuck I loved it! I couldn’t believe I got paid for that crap! Then went to AB School, which was a cake walk. RIP, that was no joke, that’s where we lost A LOT!
People have quit basic training since Washington crossed the Delaware. Get out of here with your stupid generational bullshit.
Thank our public education system.
Is there a part 2 ??
PART 2 3 4 5 6
Does anyone have a link to the study he is referring too?
Rand 1998 1999
ooookayy
yes sir
What’s the difference between seals and rangers ? Rangers have guys that are scuba qualified, Recon Rangers are a tier one unit?
Not much different
Do you think that you could get an EOD 89D on to talk to sir?
I have one but he can not talk now
I looooooove ❤❤ Army. Rangers are my guys. If I could have done it all over again...I would have went Army. My family are Marines.
My little brother is a 19 year old screw up. He is 5’7 130Lbs. Is there anything in the military that he can do? He’ll be in prison in 18months if he doesn’t change.
Plenty of guys in the military who were screw ups. Idk the extent of legal problems some had but they got in. Depending on what they score on the ASVAB (higher the better) the more opportunities he would have.
Send him to the army man
@@jakezweig yessir. Army will take him. Hell sadly we had a pedophile as one of our mechanics.
I have an associates but dont give a shit about college right now. Is pursuing SARC a bad idea if I dont want to do medicine afterwards but just want to mature more?
If you don’t give a shit now, you won’t give a shit later. Whether you’re in college, the military, or a job, the people judging your performance won’t give a shit that you don’t give a shit. Choose a path and quit making excuses.
already showed I can do 2 years there so got it done regardless just deciding the next step@@JC-qh6wl
Community college is way better than a 4-year university unless you're going to the 4-year for a job you know is going to be getting you a $80,000+ starter job such as chemical engineer. I went to community college then transferred to a 4-year. The 4-year classes are worse because there are usually 100+ students in popular classes then your paper gets graded by a teacher's assistant. You're paying thousands of dollars per month for crap at 4-year. I left university and started a business as a personal trainer.
@@JC-qh6wl MASSIVE REPONSE
@@rwdchannel2901 great plan
This interview went south real quick lol.
I'm with you on the child trauma creates it achievers ,
But in my later years come to find out it doesn't fill the void, ever. It's not healthy or a good thing to have.
Yo you're not even doing it just as I was in third batt alpha co 3rd platoon 3rd squad yo it is crazier than that, fighting 3 to 4 times a day in your own squad and then you go out at night you're clearing out bars your Friday safety briefing your platoon sergeants telling you you better win
So was this guy in the army?
Yah
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In regards to successful. It really doesn’t matter regarding demographics. It honestly matters on how you were raised. Whether it was a silver spoon, and the right masculinity, or in the mud with the right masculinity. Just harder for some and lowered demographic areas to succeed, while others with the silver spoon have the confidence right out the gate. Until they find out that they have been riding on their families coat, they begin in feeling inferior.
People at the lower lower end, have what is called “limited beliefs”. Which may look like they don’t want to be successful, they just don’t know how. They don’t know what they don’t know, it is up to them to take responsibility and find a mentor and leverage somebody who has money to fund their education. It all boils down to laziness People do not want to do things in process, they want instant gratification. Instant gratification we see all the time, especially on the Internet. People want value quickly and don’t want to take the steps in order to get there. They chalk it up that it’s few and far between, and stay in their own little world. Some people may call them “playing it”, however, they just don’t know what they don’t know
Simple, you need masculinity in your life
Great interview and channel. Please stop saying you’re lower middle class when you have a pool in your backyard.
LOL this is texas everyone has a pool
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Love it. Navy here going through boot camp the toughest gangster dudes from Chicago New York with all their stories on how tough they were. When it can time for pool comp these dudes couldn’t get far enough from the pool and I had never seen so much fear in a dudes face. I was a fish growing up at the beach zero issues with the water.
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Broo I just commented how many times I have seen marines and rangers out here in California getting punked by cartel and gangsters. Just because you were getting shot at as an adult doesnt mean we didnt as kids. My brothers are all active gangsters that would pop off in church and lets go!
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I knew a guy that was a freaking electronics tech, but loved guns and $hit. He made connections with Jews while in the Navy (he was not jewish himself), and they were talking about cross service, or doing the challenge. Well they told him, you don't have to do all that stuff -- you can come work in Israel as a PMC (this was during the first intifada). They were like you can come work as a sniper if that's what you want, it's no problem. He went to work there, where he was doing security right on the border as a sniper like they said. He could already shoot really well and stuff, so all he had to do was some real basic indoc courses. He said he loved it, and the ROE was much better than ANYTHING that you'd be bound by in the US military. Pretty much was given discretion to go hot LOL. With just that on his resume, he got pretty much any job he wanted as a PMC after that. Just goes to show you that intelligence and connections get you everywhere. All these people trying to get into this line of work by busting their a$$ jumping through endless hoops and brutally senseless shit tests just to MAYBE have a shot at combat someday LOL. Plus if you do the US "operator" thing, when you retire, you're DEFINITELY on a government watch list and they tirelessly try to hem you up (look at what happened to Larry Vickers recently). Plus your body is shot out at age 40. He never had to deal with the BULLSHIT in the US military, no only constantly trying to pass constant shit tests, but with everybody around him constantly trying to sabotage him and his career. You were in the US military, you know what I'm talking about. That's the worst part of it, all the backbiting careerist SOBs that can only advance themselves by tearing YOU down. Also look at how they prosecuted Sailors and Soldiers in Iraq with MURDER and $hit for just doing their job. Then there's the fact that you'll still be considered totally expendible dogshit no matter how good you are. Look at operation redwings or Extortion 17. Total setup from the top. That's my view. My friend got TONS of trigger time, and made TONS of money doing what he loved, and still has the connections to go and get some trigger time whenever he wants basically (he's in Israel now). I know it makes a lot of "badass operators" seethe, that's why I like the story. My point is, go this route if you can rather than setting yourself up for total failure in the US Military's specop "community".
How can I find myself these connections and where can I look to get started?
I have noticed a common phrase that has been repeated several times “I will be out of shape by the end of boot camp/ basic” can someone elaborate because I confused about this
Believe it or not, you don't do as much in basic/boot camp as some people do out on their own.
@@benignobrionesiii interesting is it like that with all boots and basic? Because marine Corps boot seems like they exercise the most and keep candidates in shape but I could be wrong
@@LeonSebas I mean you are constantly doing pushups, situps, pull ups and running. I think it's mostly gym rats. Cause they won't be lifting like they usually do. They'll be in bootcamp/basic for months without seeing a gym. Until they get to their duty station.
@@LeonSebasright so what he’s saying if you’re into muscle and banging steel you’ll lose lots of that muscle mass. Lots. Ppl that go to Basic in OK shape come out looking way better
If you're a gym head or do long distance running....yeah you losing that. One guy in my platoon had played D1 football. The physicality was easy for him. If you're already really challenging yourself physically at a high level...that won't be an issue.
Fight 🔥 with 🔥 or if your a seal, then you fight 🔥 with 🌊💦.
Bro you started a travel business in the first grade?
trapping raccoons and squirrels was killing it
@@jakezweig Nice!
Say class brother. Not enough do.
I’d like your perspective on the airforce special operations community? Someone like Brian Silva isn’t preaching hey we are all crazy motherfuckers. Is this crazy mf mentality coming from seals and rangers are more direct action?
The air force SF are a bunch of smart jobs. Heavy education surgery, TCAP ...
The myth is Jake. He hates kids
Big ass words at the bottom.
Hey Jake I want to get the pdf and talk to you doctors told me I’m overtraining hope to follow the pdf and rest program
Jake.zweig@gmail.com
You running 60+ miles a week and swimming 30k meters a week?
Respect to this guy, but another typical “im a humble guy and I don’t brag” and proceeds to brag about himself for the next 30 min
see you are not understanding what he is saying...... not bragging just talking the facts
Everyone wants to be gangster until it’s time to do gangster 💩
Everyone wants to be an Airborne Ranger until it’s time to do Ranger 💩
Everyone wants to be a Navy Seal until it’s time to do Seal 💩
That’s why all the opportunities are earned, not given, I don’t care who you are.
I am going to be a Ranger 💯 no matter what it takes 🔥🙏🫡
Easy to type very hard to live ....better get hard first
WHATS THAT RUN TIME ??? ❤😂😂