SCOUT SNIPER: The most FEARED Marines on the Battlefield | Silver Star Recipient Ethan Nagel
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Inspired by military films and literature growing up Ethan Nagel knew he wanted to be a part of the military brotherhood and serve among the best warriors on the planet. This drive and determination led Nagel into the United States Marine Corps Infantry.
After completing his first deployment to Barwana, Iraq in 2006, Nagel was eager to get back into combat and take the fight more directly to the enemy. He qualified and completed training to become one of the deadliest warriors on the battlefield - a Marine Corps Scout Sniper.
On July 29, 2009, deep in Afghanistan and working alongside 10th Special Forces Group, Nagel and the small force he was with stumbled upon a meeting of high-level Taliban insurgents. During the ensuing firefight Nagle displayed extraordinary courage under fire and would subsequently be awarded the Silver Star for his actions.
Interview recorded on November 4, 2023
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Video Credits:
Interviewer - Luke Ryan
Director of Photography - Umit Gulsen
Editor - Daniel Taksas
After serving 12 yrs, 3 combat tours and etsing in 08', guys like this have always had my highest respect.
And you have mine! Thank you for your service
The greatest fraternity on earth.
Semper Fidelis🇺🇸
YEMX
Semper Fi 91-08
I am convinced that i sleep safe in my corner of the world because of the work that guys like these put in. Big hug, big love!
There is no doubt
You do. Sleep well.
He dreaming well ,is it really freedom their fighting for ,or is it for rich politicians pockets and the old rich man that know each other,
@@DKarGarage Considering the deal they make joining the armed forces i highly doubt that the motivation is to make a fat cats pockets bigger.
Absolute nonsense
I am so thankful that you are recording these veterans stories. These people are our current “Greatest Generation”. I respect them every bit as much as those who saved the world in WWII. Their stories should be recorded and remembered. They have made incredible sacrifices so that the free world can sleep at night.
Did you just compare today’s military to THE GREATEST GENERATION EVER???
@@scottbowles9574 yes I did, and I have family in both. Additionally the generation who founded this country and who reunited it were pretty great too.
Exactly 💯
Don’t disrespect the Vietnam veterans once again. Respect all combat veterans regardless of era.
@@mangravy2000 my dad is a Vietnam veteran. He was a PJ who spent almost three years in county. I don’t understand your comment. I’m not disrespecting any era veteran.
I Graduated Marine Corps Scout Sniper School on 2/24/79 - At the Camp lajune rifle range !!!
Both my parents three brothers and two sisters, Marines !!!
Congratulations! Thank you for your service
Dude recounted his entire service and I lived it as he told it! What a storyteller! Thank you for sharing and thank you for your service 🇺🇸
Not just talking tough. They LIVED it. 💯
Facts.
Fun Fact during the first Battle of Fallujah the US Command had an investigation launched due to the large number of headshot kills against Those holding the city that they thought the Marines were executing combatants who'd surrendered, Forgetting the fact EVERY Marine is a rifleman first, no war crime was committed in this regard and it speaks to the training the Marine Corps once gave every Marine.
@@jericho1-4 I've seen this story often and the source isn't the most credible. The wording in the 2005 COMBAT ARMS issue makes it sound like a trijicon ad but in any case, the head was the only target available in a lot of cases in the urban combat that took place there so it'd make sense that there were a lot of headshots. That or these super marines suddenly disappeared afterwards. "In Fallujah, Iraq Marines with ACOG-equipped M16A4s created a stir by taking so many headshots that until the wounds were closely examined, some observers thought the insurgents had been executed." Nothing against marines btw, just don't like sensationalized BS that gets spread around so often these days. They're plenty proficient in real life, no need for tall tales to display that.
@@jericho1-4 If you actually know about a formal investigation launched by CENTCOM, please do provide the details. Would be an interesting read for sure.
Shut up
I watch veteran podcast and interviews constantly, and this man is one of the most well spoken, and articulate people I have watched. He made me feel like I was there several times!!
I’ll second this
He reminds me of Rhodes scholar Karl Marlantis Vietnam veteran (best story) PTSD before it was battle fatigue. Definitely check it out. Ken Burns documentary
@@georgecoull1883thank you very much for the recommendation, appreciate it
God bless you Little Brother. You’re a BAMF.
Semper Fi.USMC. 81-88
Best one I’ve seen yet great storyteller of his experience. He gave his perspective and his buddies i could visibly see the battle in my mind.
He is an amazing story teller and also hosts the Nine Line Podcast gathering other veteran stories!
What’s he’s podcast
A humble man. It was an honor to listen to his story.
It’s so good that your website’s interviews don’t have the interviewer asking a million questions that completely destroy the flow of the stories these war fighters have to tell.
Thank you for your service. My son will grow up free knowing people have sacrificed everything so he can be here and live his life❤
Such leadership from a young enlisted Marine. The training, maturity and leadership he displayed is what makes fighting the US military so difficult.
You are a true hero sir!! We need 200,000 more of you!!
Marine promotion is wild. 3 combat deployments, silver star, scout sniper qualified, and an E4. In the army he would be an e6
It's our crayon diet! OOHRAH brothers!!!!!!!!!
And rightly so
How long are Marine Corps deployments? I believe they deployed and took over an AO for about 7 months, rotate back group 1 month off, then 6 month workup to go deploy again. Meanwhile, the Army conventional forces deployed for 12 months standard, and were routinely extended / stoplossed to 15 or even 18 months. So 3 combat deployments could be 21 months in the Marine Corps, but 36 to 48 months in the Army. That would about matchup with the E4 vs E6 rating.....
@@swingeasy987 Man, that is pretty cool that you know that. I’m in between army and marines right now and i love reading comments and just picking everyone’s brain. I was worried at the guys comment bc ik rank equals money but thanks for clarifying! have a nice day man
@user-ne2cu2vf7y Make no mistake, rank is hard to earn in combat arms especially in the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps believes in small unit leadership. Which in practice means they'll give you the leadership role. But nay not necessarily give you the rank for a year or two
Dude ran that operation with the poise and determination of historic generals and commanders he should have received Medal of Honor
Warriors tend to seek opportunities to be tested by fire. His young man most definitely passed his test!
Semper Fi!!!!!! ususususus... Dear American Marine, Thank you so much for your service and lovely dedication to Our Beautiful USA, Semper Fidelis again. Please Strong American Marines.🥰😍🤗❤🤍💙💯💪🙏👍
This brother needs an upgrade to Navy cross.......for his humble attitude.
The Marine corps is too frugal.
God bless you brother
I am left with despite his pride he remains humble in the experience. Despite the wretchedness of the moment there is a thankfulness for the chance to prove himself. Long live the United States Marine Corps.
Thank you for your service, courage and sacrifice to volunteer to make a change in life 🇺🇸💪🏻
This guy needs his own podcast, he's made for it!
for those wondering, his unit was V3/3. I never met him but i served in the same unit during the same deployment. He was right, we were getting it in with the enemy back in those days. V3/3 was deactivated in January 2023. Semper Fi. America's Battalion.
I was in India co. 3/3 1980-1982. Fortes Fortuna Juvat!!
thank you
Silver star? What he did that day I thought warranted the Medal Of Honour.
Politics
WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/PETITIONS.
Thank you brother.
We are Free because of this man and his Band of Brothers.
I wonder if he knew my friend - scout sniper who passed in the line of duty. These guys saw an unbelievable amount of hardship to go take care of bad guys. Thank you.
Semper fi did my tours in 03, 04-05 in Iraq.. best worst times in my life. Semper Fi!
No need to censor the language. We want to hear unfiltered recounts.
Shout out the medevac pilots too who risked it without a second thought and landed in a hot ass zone like that.
Proud to be a brother. Semper Fi. The Corps was built on the dedication and perseverance you showed.
This man was an amazing storyteller
Thanks for posting/interviewing. Most importantly, thanks for your service Ethan.
Wow awesome story, thank you for your service
Thanks for watching!
To all of the "few" awesome fighters who sacrifice so much for the many of us ...may the angels always be on your doorstep helping you return home.
Semper Fi brother
Team spear!! Good to see yah again. Take care
Wow, thank you for all your amazing service!
I was there late ‘06 to late ‘07. FOB Justice. You brought back memories I thought I’d forgotten about. Thanks for doing the job.
🇺🇸“I’m gonna die in a pile of brass🇺🇸
Semper Fidelis Brother, well done!
1st Force Recon Co. 86-94
You can tell he's a really smart guy
Genuine badass
Thank you for your astonishing tale of bravery and survival, told with such humility.
Semper Fidelis, Brother. Outstanding service and sacrifice.
I was Army Field Artillery and we trained with Marines at Fort Sill. They were amazing people and very dedicated. We were walking to our firing point with scooby door lunch boxes amd the Marines were cammo'd up and the Marine platoon was low crawling. Yut Yut Yut. Amazing stuff.
Thank you for keeping us all all safe
Seriously, you were a corporal that took care of your brothers and you eliminated 3 high value targets while disrupting the meeting of Taliban leadership. You were a true man, Marine, American and brother. Glad you survived brother.
God bless you thank you for your service ❤️.
Thank U for your Sacrifice and Service
And Thank U for Sharing
Stay Blessed
Sempre Fi…
Good story. Thank you! We'll done.....I'm in awe.
NOT DEAD YET. Semper Fi.
Best line ever!
Quite the story. Thank you, Cpl.
It was so cool to hear him be able to say he did everything he could. It hurts so bad to hear These young men say: I should have been there. I should’ve died there with my friends. It’s good that he was given that gift. This is a great man and a hard worker.
Wow. Much respect to this warrior.
Absolutely riveting story...This young man embodies all that is good in our country...Thank you sir for putting it all on the line for your team...and...may God bless you all the days of your life...🙏
I wish I was there with these Marines. I served 90-94, missed the Gulf War…pretty empty feeling. Then the guys that lived this stuff like Ethan most of the time say “thank God you didn’t have to do this” …
Clear and riveting story telling by Ethan about his service as a Marine. So happy you made it back home ! A true Warrior hero. Please stay sound of mind for what you went through and did for our Country. You had what it took. We need more men like you in our Military. I had one friend Randy that was in Afghanistan with you on 4 tours of duty and saw intense door to door combat fighting. Another friend is Dan who was a sniper like you, who took enemy fighters out. My other buddy John was in the Air National Guard in Afghanistan supplying you guys. We are all midwest guys from your neighbor state of WI. My wife was a manger of a local VFW club for 20 years. Thank you so much for your service Ethan. God Bless and welcome home !! ❤
God bless you always brother 🙏❤. Thank you for your service 🙏 ❤
It’s too bad the Marines are no longer training Scout Snipers. They putting in Squad Sharpshooters.
Seriously ? I been out 20 plus years that’s insane
Thank you for your service
Awesome that’s there is a forum for their stories. We can’t forget these men & women. Regardless of how one feels about this war, we cannot forget.
Good on ya mate, the world needs more real men like you.
Thank you my friend and brother.
Kudos, thank you sir, semper fi brother!!
I had a guy on my crew in the fire department that was a scout sniper in the Corps that did two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. He is probably the most humble person I’ve ever known. I was actually surprised he was in the military
Semper Fi brother, God Bless u and thanku, please stay safe my friend!!!
This man is a hero. Some people talk about reasons for these battles in its entirety, but these men were just doing their job that they get paid to do.
Thank You For Your Service Blessings And Please Be Safe ✌️
This man is the face of the military along with few others imo. A true leader,,selfless and obviously LOVES his country. Thanks 4 your service Cpl. Ethan Nagel.
This is the type of person you dream of serving with. Selfless. Fearless. Courageous beyond description. Wow. Thank You For Your Service!!!
Great speaker your one hell of a guy
My time in service is so insignificant. Thanks brothers.
Wow!!!! What an amazing story!!! Thank you!! 🫡🇺🇸
Semper Fi brother. That’s the way to take care of business. Doc E 1/9 STA 92-95
You got shot twice and they didn’t send you home. I saw tons of Marines at Al Qa’im that had been shot and still going on patrol….no one talks about that.
You my friend are a BEAST!!!!
Got a new subscriber. This content is top tier !
This guy is motivated!!!
Semper Fi Bro! Way to lead from the front and bring it to the enemy!
I find it strange to hear guys like talk about going on a shift from 2200 hr to 0800 hrs and talking about how hard it was. I'm sure it was, but it was also very different from when I was a platoon leader in an Airborne Infantry combat unit in Vietnam. I took over that platoon of 42 men in April 1968 and we were on full alert in the field 24/7 from that do on. The closest we ever got to having a break was my platoon was assigned to guard a bridge for a week on Hwy 1 leading into Hue. We only got fired up one night during that week. The whole rest of the time we were running company-size search and destroy patrols through the day every day when we were trying to make contact and develop the situation. And then every night I divided my platoon, which down to an operating strength of about 24 men by then, into two ambush patrols. The platoon sergeant took one and I took the other and we went out at night and set up ambush positions. During this time we were involved in many fights. Some major, involving more than one company for two days or more. And some "minor" involving a platoon or a squad in a rifle fight for their life. Life was just one long combat patrol day and night day after day and night. We were always sleep deprived and dehydrated but we always had plenty of C-rations or freeze dried LRRP meals and ammo. We started on the coastal plain north of Hue and eventually cleaned up the NVA regiment operating in our AO to the point where we went a week without making contact. At that point we moved our AO into the mountains and started working toward the Ashau Valley hoping to find resupply camps and trails leading to the Song Bo River. I liked operating in the mountains better than I did on the coastal plain along "The Street Without Joy". We found fewer booby traps there and more NVA who would fight you tooth and nail. Eventually my replacement came in and my job changed to Company XO. That same day I was involved in the most up front and personal shootouts I had experienced. Over a period of about 3 hours or so it was a face to face gunfight in a confined perimeter measured in meters. My platoon lost three men killed. My two point men in the initial burst when they walked into the dug-in bunkers of the NVA base camp, and my medic was killed in a burst of gunfire toward the end of the fight. We found 6 NVA bodies, all small arms fire, and multiple blood trails leading off into the woods. The jungle was so thick that I never did see an enemy soldier I just fired where I could see bushes moving. When I finally located their positions we put a storm of bullets and 90mm recoilless flechette rounds into them that had an immediate calming effect. I was med-evaced out the next day. But this pretty well sums up the type of day-to-day activity we experienced in the spring of 1968 in our post-tet offensive. Sometimes it was my platoon on point and sometimes it one of the others, but in April and May we went 29 consecutive days making enemy contact. A duty shift was 24 on and 24 on again, day after day, month after month. There was only one of my "original" airborne troops that made it out without at least one Purple Heart.
Thank You Sir True Warrior and Service to Our Country and My Condolences To You and Your Family and Friends Lost 😇❤️😇❤️❣️ Salute To Your Service Men Amen 😇❤️😇❣️
What a man What an example of sacrifice
Goosebumps
I was deployed to helmand province with 1/5 I was lucky didn’t get into any crazy situations
God bless 🙌
Way to go brother!
Love your recollection.
Better than me. Listening to you is great. Marine Artillery here.
Strangely I miss that miserable unbathed life. Who knows why. 😂
Whatever.
We survived.
God bless Corporal Nagel.
modest man...real deal.... Semper Fi ....brother...
respect
Killing with humor, they have that armor.
Cool to see. I live an hour from fairmont.
Semper Fi brother.
Semper Fi my brother!
Love ya mate.
God bless.. Thank you for your sacrifice...
Salute
A young STUD Marine, a “Cpl of Marines” Silver Star awardee, HERO. Semper Fi 75 - 05 👏👏👏🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺!
Thank you for this channel. Can you add period pictures of the guests.
Semper Fi, brother. I co. 3/3 1980-1982