Thanks for your service and glad you're doing well!!! Keep fighting, the battle to stay sober never ends!!! 9 years clean for me!!! Stay strong and safe brotha!!! 💪
For sure brother! Exact same here! I'm a vet that struggled with addiction for almost 3 years almost last my kids and shit too, sober for 8 and a half years now! It's crazy how little attention struggling vets that fought for the freedom and rights of our people and country get, our own government forgets us when we are no longer capable of serving them....it's sad man, I donate to a few veteran charities and I will continue to do so until I die!!! Any vets struggling that read this please reach out for help..... you'd be surprised just how many people are watching and truly do care!!!! Much love brother!!!! Semper-fi
There are 2 parts to this song that I feel like a lot of people miss of their first listen. First, is the God/Devil gender thing. Listening to.... I hear God as the spouse you come home to. They don't recognize you because war has changed you so much. Devil is himself. He feels evil and like he is undeserving of of help or compassion. Second, is heaven and hell. Wrong side of heaven... heaven is home. He isn't at home. He left "heaven" to defend it, so he doesn't get to experience it. Righteous side of hell.... hell is war. He's gone to war for what he sees as a righteous cause. He is defending his heaven. To keep it pure innocent and untainted.
I watched vet reactions and many have said that it's very common that God would be referred to as female. The motherly relation, feminine loving touch etc. "Wrong side of heaven and the righteous side of hell" Moral issues that soldiers face of they are there to protect their homeland, an honorable act, only they're killing people to do that. Which is a sin. That's where "right or wrong, I can hardly tell" comes in. Going to the lengths of taking lives to defend. Good, going to do whatever it takes. Then, willing to kill to get what you want isn't good. Are you right, or are you wrong?
@@toxikelement1372 Thank you. I just came on to say that. As a Marine Corps wife (& daughter & mother in law) my husband did 4 deployments in Iraq & Afghanistan. When they are in the shit on the front lines, they do (in many cases) refer to God as "She". It's simply comforting. It's crazy there's so much over analyzing that in the reactions. I think the power in this song IS in its simplicity. It gets the point across amazingly this way. If we "judged" countries as we claim to, by how they treat their elderly, their children & their veterans, I think that would be one harsh look in the mirror. It's disgraceful.
I've seen this video 100 times and I still tear up when the man in the suit at the end says "you saved my life brother" he's the man that he carried to safety when they were fighting.
@11:40 the guy in the suit says "You saved my life brother!" As a veteran and father of 2 sons serving in the Army, I have to hold back tears every time I watch this video.
I'm a 52 year old infantry veteran of two wars. It's a struggle every day but I'm making it. Thank you for this, thank you for your time, even if it was only a few minutes, thank you.
Greg, I would like to start off by saying "THANK YOU"! I left the military in 2001. While i was in, i have seen my buddies shot and one decapitated. Once I was out i spent 3 years on the street. No one was willing to help at all. The VA system is a freaking joke! You are nothing more than a number, and herded like cattle to the slaughter. There ended up being a guy whom i did not know at the time, that reached out to me. After a few years, i picked myself back up. I ran into an old friend of mine in about 2008. He and i served together also went to high school together. He had seen some action as well. Went to prison for a while, and is doing better now. 3 of my brothers and sisters could not deal with their situation, nor could they get any help (one was still active duty). They killed themselves. Leaving behind their children and spouses. The military is not for everyone, and everyone's situations are different. however, it can be very rough to deal with. That song drives nails through my heart, as it has deep meanings to me. Thank you again for reviewing this song.
I was a homeless vet and went through my addiction, did time but came through. I’m only 42 and I have been to hell and back a few times. I appreciate you doing this video and your reaction and words were appreciated!! Much love brother!
thank you so much for your reaction. i'm a combat veteran and have lost my marriage, my house and everything to my PTS. I've been fortunate enough to be able to start to build my life again over the last couple of years but every day is a struggle. Again, thank you for your heartfelt reaction to such an important song. "You saved my life, Brother" will always get me. That's real. The statistics have only gotten worse. there are many more homeless vets on the streets and the number of veteran suicides has about doubled to about 1 per hour. this has to stop
FFDP has a lot of videos geared towards military. The lead singer, Ivan, comes from a military family and you can tell this is important to him. Thank you for doing this one.
Man I couldn't hold back my emotions right infront of my wife first time seeing this, I couldn't explain it to her it was just overwhelming. Served in the AF, I didn't see anything like this but it hit hard. And really liked your reaction
My father served in the AF during Vietnam. He was on the flight line and didn't see action, but he had to do things like repair a helicopter that was brought in with casualties still inside the helicopter. He also had a friend become homeless and die on the streets. I wish we could support him more, but he has never been able to say more to us than telling my mother about that helicopter.
As a active duty military spouse currently, it’s crazy seeing your spouse go through 7 war zones and has served 18 and a half years so far. Yes we have survived the whole 18 years and half years so far and I continue to support him
I'm glad you did this reaction. My dad retired from the Air Force after 32 years. I have so much respect for our veterans. I have many in my family. Thank you for your open mind on so many issues. Keep it real.
Thank you for your honest and not fake review to an amazing song and video. What's worse than finding out one of your squad or platoon mates has fallen on hard times and you need to help them is to find out you have to wonder how why you didn't see the issues they had and it's too late to help them, because they didn't get the help they needed and did something drastic. Vets will go to the doc about a bad back or a bum knee but sadly won't talk about the mental side and what's worse is when they do, they are either ostracized or blow off as faking if you can believe that. Again, thank you for this honest reaction.
This song makes me so sad for the fact that it just shows what our vets go through when they return. I try my best to thank every veteran for their service because we wouldn't have the freedoms we do if it weren't for them. There definitely needs to be more done for them when they return, especially those who experienced combat. If you want another gut wrenching song, I actually covered A Reason to Fight by Disturbed on my own channel. Thank you all vets here in the comments and everywhere who served.
I appreciate your reaction and support. My uncle served in Vietnam. Naturally, he doesn't ever talk about what he went through, but I've seen the deep scars on he back, shoulders, and chest. His way of coping has been to develope a very messed up sense of humor and not everyone in the family appreciates it. I'm one of the few in the famoly that has a similar sense of humor to him, so I always laugh at his jokes and pranks. I do remember when he and my aunt were moving, I helped clean out his private office and found a plaque that was awarded to him for disobeying direct orders from his commanding officer. He ran, under fire, from his trench to the munitions trench to help them with a jammed gun. And he was rewarded for it. As I mentioned, he doesn't ever talk about it, but I've seen his scars. I kid you not, the scar on his chest looks like a pouncing lion. I see that scar as truth of his bravery and I show him nothing but love and respect each and every time I see him.
You hit the nail on the head. Veterans get so little support from the government when they get back. In addition to a home, they don't get the mental health support to deal with the PTSD and how to transition from active war one day back to family life the next. Some have a strong family or friends who can help them through, but some don't. Appreciate this reaction.
1st time hearing this band. Great video. We should have more than one day to honor veterans in this country. It is a sad situation when every veteran can't get the help they need. Thoughts and prayers go out.
Brings tears every time cause my family is pretty military. A grandpa in ww2, an aunt in desert storm, my father in viet nam, my older bro in the navy stationed in japan helping keep the peace against pirate in the sea of china. It's not just the VA and government ignoring vets. It's the VA being underemployed and under funded. Vet's being too prideful to go to the VA for help, the VA having months or years long wait list for certain things. The VA does the best they can, but more vets than should fall through the cracks due to various reasons. Homeless vets, alcoholic vets, and veteran suicide are swept under the rug as one of the 3 big shames the government hides and the larger populace don't really know about. Homeless vets, homeless teens, and orphan children needing adoption. Veterans get help, but not all. It's a shame, a complete shame. It's worse that sports players get paid WAY MORE than they do, too! Military should get paid out the ass, not entertainers, not athletes, not politicians. I don't include the president in 'politician' cause they're a puppet of congress, meant to take hits. Even they should get paid more than athletes, but they only make like $60k a year. You can see the amount of stress they go through with just one term. Look at Obama, went in with perfect young-man hair, after his first 4 years, half of it was grey af. But military should get paid among the most. They put their lives on the line and don't even know if they'll come back alive once they're stationed somewhere. They deserve to be treated and paid SO well. They should be the ones going around with lambo's, diamonds and chains, and big-ass houses. Not musicians, not football stars, not Congress.
I am a Veteran of 30 yrs in the Military. I joined at the start of Desert Storm and decided not to go to college to become a Chef. I cry every time I watch this video because none of this happened to me but I know others that have had to deal with the VA system and get nowhere. Thank You to all the Vets Past, Present, And the Future for your sacrifice.
We enlist for more reason than can be listed. We sacrifice for love. We suffer for our sacrifice and are looked at like monsters when we open up about what we have done or seen. Some embrace the monster and learn to live with him. Some become the monster and get lost in the system. Some give in to the monster and are lost. Thank you for your reaction to this. It means more than you know to see someone care.
Thanks for this amazing reaction my Father Served 22 years in the military messed him up really bad since he went 2 tours In Vietnam and all. another Great Song by Five Finger Death Punch just like this one is Gone Away amazing song.
Thank you for the reaction. Everyone needs to see this video for the facts. As a disabled combat veteran ptsd is a mthfker. It destroys you from the inside. And yea once they are done with you they are done!
thanks for actually watching the video and acknowledging/noticing the story behind it,(all the key points ) im not a huge fan of music videos but this one is serious and really puts a perspective on the song itself.
I just finished 21 years active army combat medic, you notice I say brother on a lot of your videos, I say it because I feel I’m a pretty good judge of character and I know you are a good man. People talk shit about how I call some people brother, it’s deeper than just a slang word for many of us, has nothing to do with color, race or so on, it’s about what I believe is in the persons heart, I don’t use loosely and I know what I have done so I don’t give 2 shits what people think of how I choose to speak. Thank you for another great reaction!❤️
There is a homeless veteran in Statesville NC. This man is named Roger. He will seem to be talking to himself. Found out he is the ONLY surviving member of his platoon. He tells everyone he is hanging out with his platoon buddies. 😢😢😢❤❤❤
Thanks Greg! Your reaction is appreciated by this Veteran! Here's another piece of info that boggles the mind. The VA. is this Nation's Largest Govt. Agency!! Yet here we are!! In 2021 a Brother or Sister Veteran took their own life every hour of the day. that's 24 a day on average, and over 7,000 in a year. The situation is unacceptable! Thanks again for bringing this to the attention of your viewers!!
By far most true reaction to this song. Can see you are full lights on and not making vid for views. Every step in the song could see you taking it in up until the "credits" lol. thank you for giving this song and the subject the respect it deserves. Easy subscribe
That was by far the most solid reaction to this video I’ve seen a lot of them too. Be the first reactor to react to their video that dropped 7 hours ago called the tragic truth a song they wrote in 2011 but they just the video now
Too many of my battle brothers and sisters come back with horrors in their minds from what they've seen. Those horrors destroy them and they can't refocus their minds to not being at war. And the government we bled for throws us away. It's hard. Thank you for speaking on this, sir.
Thank you brother I am a veteran and I have seen a lot of horrible things in my time in the service thank you for your kind words and yes there are plenty of us who are not getting the help that we need myself included
I was an Army scout in O.I.F. when I saw this video, hit some feelings man., for real. When I got back my ex took my 2 month old son (born Veteran's day) the year I got back and left. I am glad they made this video, song, Thanks for your perspective on it. :)
I'm right there with you brother, I enlisted in the Corps in 94 married my highschool sweetheart and had two boys by 2000, everything was going great she knew what my career plans were and said she supported me. Then 9/11 happened at the time I was an 0321 with 3-6 MAGTF and deployed to the stan. walked through hell that first one, came home and got served divorce papers first day home, she took the kids and moved back to where we came from. The fucked up thing was by that time I had put in 8 years and was getting out she knew this yet just bounced, so I signed on the line mailed the papers back and reuped in the same fucking day. Next time I got states side her dad and mine brought my boys to see me if it wasn't for him I would have had no access to my sons at all , Being a Vietnam army vet he couldn't believe she would do what she did or deny me the right to see my boys, I hated her for that, first time I got to hold my sons they were 3 and 5 years old man. I ended up putting in a little over sixteen years my boys are what kept me grounded and as close to sane as one can hope to be after all that I lived through. I have my demons and darkness that I have to deal with like everyone who deployed I could have easily ended up on the wrong path brother plenty of times I almost did, shit rides me real hard sometimes but I look at my boys and know I can't let that shit win. Not after everything they have done for me just by loving me. Stay strong brother, we may wear a different uniform and not have the same blood but we are brothers all the same, we are here for you got your six brother Semper Fi.
One of the biggest things about the military: we are one color, the color of our uniform. Be it green, blue, camo, doesn't matter, we're all brothers/sisters, and we depend on each other to have our backs. IGY6. After being discharged I lived out of my car for 4 years. No shelter to call home. Working on my degree hoping it would land me a job (which it didn't, it made me even MORE overqualified for any job I applied to in my field of study/knowledge). Depending on friends for a shower here and there. I had friends to help. Not all of us do. Many of us wind up not just homeless, but feeling friendless as well. Especially those that get stricken with PTSD (like the guy screaming in the street in the video). This condition alienates most people around the veteran - and those that the condition doesn't drive away, get pushed away by the veteran because he/she feels lesser than them, as if they are imposing or as if they are being "pittied". This triggers their PTSD often, as well. I remember trying to give a $20 to a veteran on the side of the road one day, and he cursed me out, yelled at me that I didn't understand his pain driving around in my pretty SUV, crumpled up the bill and threw it back at me. He of course didn't understand that that was 1 of my last 2 $20 for the month, and that I FULLY understood what he was going thru, and that it had taken over a decade for me to be able to trade in my broken-down 2004 cavalier for a used SUV that I could barely afford the insurance for (was in fact at that time being paid for by my father-in-law) but needed b/c I had a family to care for. You have to be so careful when trying to help veterans, you don't know what might trigger them.
On my wall sits a calender, on that calender is a bunch of dates with little more than a name and a rank that would mean nothing to anyone else but me. Those are my brothers I would give anything to trade places with. When those days come I always find my self watching these reaction videos. If for nothing else, I am thankful to Five Finger Death Punch for making it so I am less alone on those days.
Thank you my friend. You always have kind words for all people. One big issue is that those of us that served or are serving now signed a contract with the government and wrote them a blank check for our lives. But they didn't sign a contract with us and generally won't write us a check. It's disheartening to see all the wasted money going to insane things that could be helping vets in ne3d.
I love this song, but it brings me to tears everytime! A lot of bets including myself aren't homeless, but we still fight our own battles and thank you for your kind words, Greg
Real quick comment. First. Thank you for doing this video. Tears me apart every time. Same with 5FDP’s Gone Away. The scene with the little girl and you said you thought she was his daughter and you said oh she was just being nice. What you don’t realize is “her pulling her away” is what happens with military divorces.
My man thank you for your honest response. I was just north of Bagdad, 3ID Infantry OIF 3. For about the first 2 weeks your butt is wired shut. After that you could care less about what if's, what you've seen or had to do. Get 3 or 4 hours of sleep than go right back out back out again. Auto-pilot kicks in, we would get angry, did that Bastard just shoot at me? Well you can imagine what did!
Hey man ptsd is real. I have a good buddy and all the things in this video he went thorough. I did all I could for him.luckly he is now working in an organization helping vets with his same issue's. Some times you have to go through hell to show people heven.
Its very sad my cousin served 8 years in Afghanistan received the purple heart got on leave, 2 years later took his own life. Its really heartbreaking to see how veterans struggle after they come back it is.
I tried hard, I Was in Afghanistan in 09. Lost a buddy there, I got home, went to school, became a medical professional. I thought that I could help myself by helping others. I descended into madness, lying to myself. I eventually lost my job and my apartment, nearly lost my life to my own hand. I was on a waiting list for the VA for months until the police got involved because I tried to kill myself. I can no longer work and am fully disabled, even though I look fine on the outside. Counselling and medication keeps me functional, but just barely. There are not enough resources out there to help all the vets that need it and I know there are guys and girls much worse off than me. And we are also part of the problem, because someone who is a warrior, who is willing to die for others and sees themselves as a protector feels weak and powerless when asking for help. It takes more strength than we ever showed in battle to admit that we can't beat something, when all our lives we've been beating the odds, overcoming impossible obstacles, doing things that normal people would never attempt. But even we can't fight the demons in our head alone. Nobody can. RIP Sgt Ryan C Adams KIA 02Oct2009 951st En Co (SAPPER)
A lot of people go through a lot of horrible things in life. Keep that in mind always. I treat everyone with respect unless I'm treated otherwise. You never know someone's struggle.
I’ve been watching your reactions for a while good to see you do some rock like this too, major respect to all past present armed forces thank you all for you service
My husband was a Vietnam veteran, with PTSD, they can be scary. We stayed together until lung cancer I think was agent Orange took him in 2017, miss him
Not all veterans see the battlefield, but a veterans experience things that they probably shouldn’t. I am a veteran of the United States Navy, I did not see battle per se, but I did see the effects of battle. I got out of the service 30 years ago, but I still remember like it was yesterday, seeing what happened to the USS Stark.
I'm a vet, from Denmark. In my country, veterans are treated differently in the sense that, our social security net is far better than it is in the States. That said, I still struggle to make ends meet, but at least I have a roof over my head and enough money to make myself eat every day. Enough also to pay for meds and such. If I were bound to the streets after having served, I'd run amok.
Brothers... The Cop considers the Vet his brother, even if they weren't in the same platoon. Same with Jacoby in the end. That man was his Brother. My Father was a Vietnam Vet.
Metal is like that, brother. You're about to dive DEEP if you're planning to get in to metal. It's not just yelling and screaming - they REALLY being saying something.
Bring tears every time. Was a homeless vet at one point battling addiction. Doing good now though. Thanks for this one.
Congratulations!!!
Thanks for your service and glad you're doing well!!! Keep fighting, the battle to stay sober never ends!!! 9 years clean for me!!! Stay strong and safe brotha!!! 💪
God bless you🙏🇺🇸❤
And thank you for your service ❤ 🇺🇸 🙏
Thank you for your service brother. Glad to hear you are doing good. Keep your head up.
For sure brother! Exact same here! I'm a vet that struggled with addiction for almost 3 years almost last my kids and shit too, sober for 8 and a half years now! It's crazy how little attention struggling vets that fought for the freedom and rights of our people and country get, our own government forgets us when we are no longer capable of serving them....it's sad man, I donate to a few veteran charities and I will continue to do so until I die!!! Any vets struggling that read this please reach out for help..... you'd be surprised just how many people are watching and truly do care!!!! Much love brother!!!! Semper-fi
There are 2 parts to this song that I feel like a lot of people miss of their first listen.
First, is the God/Devil gender thing. Listening to.... I hear God as the spouse you come home to. They don't recognize you because war has changed you so much. Devil is himself. He feels evil and like he is undeserving of of help or compassion.
Second, is heaven and hell. Wrong side of heaven... heaven is home. He isn't at home. He left "heaven" to defend it, so he doesn't get to experience it. Righteous side of hell.... hell is war. He's gone to war for what he sees as a righteous cause. He is defending his heaven. To keep it pure innocent and untainted.
I understood the general concept of the song but this helps! Thank you for the breakdown
I've heard this a song so many times and never got that reference. Thanks for the perspective!
I watched vet reactions and many have said that it's very common that God would be referred to as female. The motherly relation, feminine loving touch etc. "Wrong side of heaven and the righteous side of hell" Moral issues that soldiers face of they are there to protect their homeland, an honorable act, only they're killing people to do that. Which is a sin. That's where "right or wrong, I can hardly tell" comes in. Going to the lengths of taking lives to defend. Good, going to do whatever it takes. Then, willing to kill to get what you want isn't good. Are you right, or are you wrong?
@@toxikelement1372 Thank you. I just came on to say that. As a Marine Corps wife (& daughter & mother in law) my husband did 4 deployments in Iraq & Afghanistan. When they are in the shit on the front lines, they do (in many cases) refer to God as "She". It's simply comforting. It's crazy there's so much over analyzing that in the reactions. I think the power in this song IS in its simplicity. It gets the point across amazingly this way. If we "judged" countries as we claim to, by how they treat their elderly, their children & their veterans, I think that would be one harsh look in the mirror. It's disgraceful.
Thank you for this comment. I didn't think about it like that.
"You saved my life, brother" gets me everytime...
Exactly
I've seen this video 100 times and I still tear up when the man in the suit at the end says "you saved my life brother" he's the man that he carried to safety when they were fighting.
Same here.... My heart drops every time I see this video. We all need to do more for our vets!
@11:40 the guy in the suit says "You saved my life brother!" As a veteran and father of 2 sons serving in the Army, I have to hold back tears every time I watch this video.
This one hits home please show respect to our great Veterans
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As a veteran thank you!
Thank you as a 100% disabled veteran.
I'm a 52 year old infantry veteran of two wars. It's a struggle every day but I'm making it. Thank you for this, thank you for your time, even if it was only a few minutes, thank you.
Greg, I would like to start off by saying "THANK YOU"! I left the military in 2001. While i was in, i have seen my buddies shot and one decapitated. Once I was out i spent 3 years on the street. No one was willing to help at all. The VA system is a freaking joke! You are nothing more than a number, and herded like cattle to the slaughter. There ended up being a guy whom i did not know at the time, that reached out to me. After a few years, i picked myself back up. I ran into an old friend of mine in about 2008. He and i served together also went to high school together. He had seen some action as well. Went to prison for a while, and is doing better now. 3 of my brothers and sisters could not deal with their situation, nor could they get any help (one was still active duty). They killed themselves. Leaving behind their children and spouses. The military is not for everyone, and everyone's situations are different. however, it can be very rough to deal with. That song drives nails through my heart, as it has deep meanings to me. Thank you again for reviewing this song.
I was a homeless vet and went through my addiction, did time but came through. I’m only 42 and I have been to hell and back a few times. I appreciate you doing this video and your reaction and words were appreciated!! Much love brother!
thank you so much for your reaction. i'm a combat veteran and have lost my marriage, my house and everything to my PTS. I've been fortunate enough to be able to start to build my life again over the last couple of years but every day is a struggle. Again, thank you for your heartfelt reaction to such an important song. "You saved my life, Brother" will always get me. That's real. The statistics have only gotten worse. there are many more homeless vets on the streets and the number of veteran suicides has about doubled to about 1 per hour. this has to stop
Thank you are not big enough words to say that... I hope you are doing better now.... God bless and be safe..
FFDP has a lot of videos geared towards military. The lead singer, Ivan, comes from a military family and you can tell this is important to him. Thank you for doing this one.
Man I couldn't hold back my emotions right infront of my wife first time seeing this, I couldn't explain it to her it was just overwhelming. Served in the AF, I didn't see anything like this but it hit hard. And really liked your reaction
My father served in the AF during Vietnam. He was on the flight line and didn't see action, but he had to do things like repair a helicopter that was brought in with casualties still inside the helicopter. He also had a friend become homeless and die on the streets. I wish we could support him more, but he has never been able to say more to us than telling my mother about that helicopter.
If you liked this one, FFDP has one you really need to react to, it’s called “Gone Away”. Very good!
My mom just passed and that song came on and I lost it. Great song
Gone away is a good song!
It was a re-make from offspring both are very good!
This song brings me to tears every time...our veterans get treated like shit!
Empathy is a gift….hope you never lose it my man
As a active duty military spouse currently, it’s crazy seeing your spouse go through 7 war zones and has served 18 and a half years so far. Yes we have survived the whole 18 years and half years so far and I continue to support him
Amazing reaction!
That last part always gets me when that dude says you saved my life brother.
"You saved my life, brother...it's going to be ok"
F*cks me up everytime...
I'm glad you did this reaction. My dad retired from the Air Force after 32 years. I have so much respect for our veterans. I have many in my family. Thank you for your open mind on so many issues. Keep it real.
I wish every reactor out there would do this one so that many more viewers would see this message.
one of my favorite songs. the video hits deep for real. seen it so many times and it still brought a tear to my eye
Blessings to all our Veterans, those serving and their families 💖
Thank you for your honest and not fake review to an amazing song and video. What's worse than finding out one of your squad or platoon mates has fallen on hard times and you need to help them is to find out you have to wonder how why you didn't see the issues they had and it's too late to help them, because they didn't get the help they needed and did something drastic. Vets will go to the doc about a bad back or a bum knee but sadly won't talk about the mental side and what's worse is when they do, they are either ostracized or blow off as faking if you can believe that. Again, thank you for this honest reaction.
This song makes me so sad for the fact that it just shows what our vets go through when they return. I try my best to thank every veteran for their service because we wouldn't have the freedoms we do if it weren't for them. There definitely needs to be more done for them when they return, especially those who experienced combat. If you want another gut wrenching song, I actually covered A Reason to Fight by Disturbed on my own channel. Thank you all vets here in the comments and everywhere who served.
I love the wisdom you bring to these reactions. 🔥 Veterans get treated like shit in this country.
I appreciate your reaction and support. My uncle served in Vietnam. Naturally, he doesn't ever talk about what he went through, but I've seen the deep scars on he back, shoulders, and chest. His way of coping has been to develope a very messed up sense of humor and not everyone in the family appreciates it. I'm one of the few in the famoly that has a similar sense of humor to him, so I always laugh at his jokes and pranks. I do remember when he and my aunt were moving, I helped clean out his private office and found a plaque that was awarded to him for disobeying direct orders from his commanding officer. He ran, under fire, from his trench to the munitions trench to help them with a jammed gun. And he was rewarded for it. As I mentioned, he doesn't ever talk about it, but I've seen his scars. I kid you not, the scar on his chest looks like a pouncing lion. I see that scar as truth of his bravery and I show him nothing but love and respect each and every time I see him.
This song hits very hard. Thank you for your support and kind words toward our military!!!
You hit the nail on the head. Veterans get so little support from the government when they get back. In addition to a home, they don't get the mental health support to deal with the PTSD and how to transition from active war one day back to family life the next. Some have a strong family or friends who can help them through, but some don't. Appreciate this reaction.
This is why I'll always stand for our flag... not bc of politics but bc my son and others serve!!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for the support brother, much love. This song hits hard.
1st time hearing this band. Great video. We should have more than one day to honor veterans in this country. It is a sad situation when every veteran can't get the help they need. Thoughts and prayers go out.
This band is made up entirely of veterans if my memory isn't completely off.
Brings tears every time cause my family is pretty military. A grandpa in ww2, an aunt in desert storm, my father in viet nam, my older bro in the navy stationed in japan helping keep the peace against pirate in the sea of china.
It's not just the VA and government ignoring vets. It's the VA being underemployed and under funded. Vet's being too prideful to go to the VA for help, the VA having months or years long wait list for certain things. The VA does the best they can, but more vets than should fall through the cracks due to various reasons. Homeless vets, alcoholic vets, and veteran suicide are swept under the rug as one of the 3 big shames the government hides and the larger populace don't really know about. Homeless vets, homeless teens, and orphan children needing adoption.
Veterans get help, but not all. It's a shame, a complete shame. It's worse that sports players get paid WAY MORE than they do, too! Military should get paid out the ass, not entertainers, not athletes, not politicians. I don't include the president in 'politician' cause they're a puppet of congress, meant to take hits. Even they should get paid more than athletes, but they only make like $60k a year. You can see the amount of stress they go through with just one term. Look at Obama, went in with perfect young-man hair, after his first 4 years, half of it was grey af.
But military should get paid among the most. They put their lives on the line and don't even know if they'll come back alive once they're stationed somewhere. They deserve to be treated and paid SO well. They should be the ones going around with lambo's, diamonds and chains, and big-ass houses. Not musicians, not football stars, not Congress.
I am a Veteran of 30 yrs in the Military. I joined at the start of Desert Storm and decided not to go to college to become a Chef. I cry every time I watch this video because none of this happened to me but I know others that have had to deal with the VA system and get nowhere. Thank You to all the Vets Past, Present, And the Future for your sacrifice.
We enlist for more reason than can be listed. We sacrifice for love. We suffer for our sacrifice and are looked at like monsters when we open up about what we have done or seen. Some embrace the monster and learn to live with him. Some become the monster and get lost in the system. Some give in to the monster and are lost. Thank you for your reaction to this. It means more than you know to see someone care.
Thanks for this amazing reaction my Father Served 22 years in the military messed him up really bad since he went 2 tours In Vietnam and all. another Great Song by Five Finger Death Punch just like this one is Gone Away amazing song.
Thank you for the reaction. Everyone needs to see this video for the facts. As a disabled combat veteran ptsd is a mthfker. It destroys you from the inside. And yea once they are done with you they are done!
thanks for actually watching the video and acknowledging/noticing the story behind it,(all the key points ) im not a huge fan of music videos but this one is serious and really puts a perspective on the song itself.
I just finished 21 years active army combat medic, you notice I say brother on a lot of your videos, I say it because I feel I’m a pretty good judge of character and I know you are a good man. People talk shit about how I call some people brother, it’s deeper than just a slang word for many of us, has nothing to do with color, race or so on, it’s about what I believe is in the persons heart, I don’t use loosely and I know what I have done so I don’t give 2 shits what people think of how I choose to speak. Thank you for another great reaction!❤️
Na brother you aren't wrong. We are all brothers and sisters. And thank you for your service brother
@@jameslacourjr2223 thank you brother ❤️
There is a homeless veteran in Statesville NC. This man is named Roger. He will seem to be talking to himself. Found out he is the ONLY surviving member of his platoon. He tells everyone he is hanging out with his platoon buddies. 😢😢😢❤❤❤
Thank you brother, for recognizing real. I'm a Veteran of the " New" wars. Love your content. Much appreciated. RANGERS LEAD THE WAY.... that's all
loved your reaction! my first time here, you have an amazing outlook on life! I'm 64 years old and you inspired me! Thank you!
Coming down, gone away, and when the season's change are also great songs with powerful videos by them.
Check out "Wash it all Away" another great song they did. Great reaction bro!
Thanks Greg! Your reaction is appreciated by this Veteran! Here's another piece of info that boggles the mind. The VA. is this Nation's Largest Govt. Agency!! Yet here we are!! In 2021 a Brother or Sister Veteran took their own life every hour of the day. that's 24 a day on average, and over 7,000 in a year. The situation is unacceptable! Thanks again for bringing this to the attention of your viewers!!
By far most true reaction to this song. Can see you are full lights on and not making vid for views. Every step in the song could see you taking it in up until the "credits" lol. thank you for giving this song and the subject the respect it deserves. Easy subscribe
That was by far the most solid reaction to this video I’ve seen a lot of them too. Be the first reactor to react to their video that dropped 7 hours ago called the tragic truth a song they wrote in 2011 but they just the video now
Such a great video with so much truth in it.
Too many of my battle brothers and sisters come back with horrors in their minds from what they've seen. Those horrors destroy them and they can't refocus their minds to not being at war. And the government we bled for throws us away. It's hard. Thank you for speaking on this, sir.
This really hits home I was homeless for a while. But thank God a lady came and helped me
Thank you brother I am a veteran and I have seen a lot of horrible things in my time in the service thank you for your kind words and yes there are plenty of us who are not getting the help that we need myself included
Brings tears each time I see the video. We need to do to do more to support our troops
I was an Army scout in O.I.F. when I saw this video, hit some feelings man., for real. When I got back my ex took my 2 month old son (born Veteran's day) the year I got back and left. I am glad they made this video, song, Thanks for your perspective on it. :)
I'm right there with you brother, I enlisted in the Corps in 94 married my highschool sweetheart and had two boys by 2000, everything was going great she knew what my career plans were and said she supported me. Then 9/11 happened at the time I was an 0321 with 3-6 MAGTF and deployed to the stan. walked through hell that first one, came home and got served divorce papers first day home, she took the kids and moved back to where we came from. The fucked up thing was by that time I had put in 8 years and was getting out she knew this yet just bounced, so I signed on the line mailed the papers back and reuped in the same fucking day. Next time I got states side her dad and mine brought my boys to see me if it wasn't for him I would have had no access to my sons at all , Being a Vietnam army vet he couldn't believe she would do what she did or deny me the right to see my boys, I hated her for that, first time I got to hold my sons they were 3 and 5 years old man. I ended up putting in a little over sixteen years my boys are what kept me grounded and as close to sane as one can hope to be after all that I lived through. I have my demons and darkness that I have to deal with like everyone who deployed I could have easily ended up on the wrong path brother plenty of times I almost did, shit rides me real hard sometimes but I look at my boys and know I can't let that shit win. Not after everything they have done for me just by loving me. Stay strong brother, we may wear a different uniform and not have the same blood but we are brothers all the same, we are here for you got your six brother Semper Fi.
One of the biggest things about the military: we are one color, the color of our uniform. Be it green, blue, camo, doesn't matter, we're all brothers/sisters, and we depend on each other to have our backs. IGY6. After being discharged I lived out of my car for 4 years. No shelter to call home. Working on my degree hoping it would land me a job (which it didn't, it made me even MORE overqualified for any job I applied to in my field of study/knowledge). Depending on friends for a shower here and there. I had friends to help. Not all of us do. Many of us wind up not just homeless, but feeling friendless as well. Especially those that get stricken with PTSD (like the guy screaming in the street in the video). This condition alienates most people around the veteran - and those that the condition doesn't drive away, get pushed away by the veteran because he/she feels lesser than them, as if they are imposing or as if they are being "pittied". This triggers their PTSD often, as well. I remember trying to give a $20 to a veteran on the side of the road one day, and he cursed me out, yelled at me that I didn't understand his pain driving around in my pretty SUV, crumpled up the bill and threw it back at me. He of course didn't understand that that was 1 of my last 2 $20 for the month, and that I FULLY understood what he was going thru, and that it had taken over a decade for me to be able to trade in my broken-down 2004 cavalier for a used SUV that I could barely afford the insurance for (was in fact at that time being paid for by my father-in-law) but needed b/c I had a family to care for. You have to be so careful when trying to help veterans, you don't know what might trigger them.
I am a Marine Vet Momma and we need to do more for our veterans! 🙏💔
Love five finger death Punch with their new music.
On my wall sits a calender, on that calender is a bunch of dates with little more than a name and a rank that would mean nothing to anyone else but me. Those are my brothers I would give anything to trade places with. When those days come I always find my self watching these reaction videos. If for nothing else, I am thankful to Five Finger Death Punch for making it so I am less alone on those days.
Thanks for your support brother...6 years in the USMC here.
Thank you my friend. You always have kind words for all people. One big issue is that those of us that served or are serving now signed a contract with the government and wrote them a blank check for our lives. But they didn't sign a contract with us and generally won't write us a check. It's disheartening to see all the wasted money going to insane things that could be helping vets in ne3d.
I love this song, but it brings me to tears everytime! A lot of bets including myself aren't homeless, but we still fight our own battles and thank you for your kind words, Greg
Definitely need to check out more of those five finger videos!
Definitely his daughter.. give your love ones a hug
Real quick comment. First. Thank you for doing this video. Tears me apart every time. Same with 5FDP’s Gone Away. The scene with the little girl and you said you thought she was his daughter and you said oh she was just being nice. What you don’t realize is “her pulling her away” is what happens with military divorces.
I'm glad they put the Brother as the one with his shit together.
I've watched so many of your reactions and coming from a retired veteran this one hits home brother.
Gone away , wash it all away ,
bad company ,Jekyll and Hyde , also have two different versions of blue on black are good ones to..
Yeah…. This is powerful.
Brother, thanks for watching. Please spread the word about what you have seen and help our troops.
THANK YOU.
Thank you for reacting to Wrong side of heaven. I'll never be the person I was before the army, but I'm doing well. I appreciate you brother
My man thank you for your honest response. I was just north of Bagdad, 3ID Infantry OIF 3. For about the first 2 weeks your butt is wired shut. After that you could care less about what if's, what you've seen or had to do. Get 3 or 4 hours of sleep than go right back out back out again. Auto-pilot kicks in, we would get angry, did that Bastard just shoot at me? Well you can imagine what did!
America!
Excellent reaction, such a heavy topic and I am glad it made you see people differently.
I think your reaction and the fact it got you to think is the purpose of the video
Great video, great reaction.
The daughter was being nice and the mother pulled her away from "the dirty homeless" guy. She reminded him of the daughter he lost.
I'm here to say the name of my good friend, Tim Nield. He succumbed to his injuries sustained during his time of service.
I’ve done 17 years in prison this song always gets me
Bless you greg, soo glad to see you up
This explains my life story after the Service,Now I work for the VA it helps me everyday
Hell yeah, perspective bro. I learn more everyday when I try to understand.
Hey man ptsd is real. I have a good buddy and all the things in this video he went thorough. I did all I could for him.luckly he is now working in an organization helping vets with his same issue's. Some times you have to go through hell to show people heven.
Its very sad my cousin served 8 years in Afghanistan received the purple heart got on leave, 2 years later took his own life. Its really heartbreaking to see how veterans struggle after they come back it is.
I tried hard, I Was in Afghanistan in 09. Lost a buddy there, I got home, went to school, became a medical professional. I thought that I could help myself by helping others. I descended into madness, lying to myself. I eventually lost my job and my apartment, nearly lost my life to my own hand. I was on a waiting list for the VA for months until the police got involved because I tried to kill myself. I can no longer work and am fully disabled, even though I look fine on the outside. Counselling and medication keeps me functional, but just barely. There are not enough resources out there to help all the vets that need it and I know there are guys and girls much worse off than me.
And we are also part of the problem, because someone who is a warrior, who is willing to die for others and sees themselves as a protector feels weak and powerless when asking for help. It takes more strength than we ever showed in battle to admit that we can't beat something, when all our lives we've been beating the odds, overcoming impossible obstacles, doing things that normal people would never attempt. But even we can't fight the demons in our head alone. Nobody can.
RIP Sgt Ryan C Adams
KIA 02Oct2009
951st En Co (SAPPER)
To suffer from PTSD is hell on earth every day and it's hard to deal with it. And without any help there is no way out
A lot of people go through a lot of horrible things in life. Keep that in mind always. I treat everyone with respect unless I'm treated otherwise. You never know someone's struggle.
I’ve been watching your reactions for a while good to see you do some rock like this too, major respect to all past present armed forces thank you all for you service
This is real and so sad for these heros. ❤️🙏
Good job young man. Love from Ga.
FFDP are very patriotic. thank you veterans
You are great, love you're reaction !!!!!!!!
Thanks for seeing what we whnt trou and understading !
My husband was a Vietnam veteran, with PTSD, they can be scary. We stayed together until lung cancer I think was agent Orange took him in 2017, miss him
Not all veterans see the battlefield, but a veterans experience things that they probably shouldn’t. I am a veteran of the United States Navy, I did not see battle per se, but I did see the effects of battle. I got out of the service 30 years ago, but I still remember like it was yesterday, seeing what happened to the USS Stark.
In basic training they used to tell us, " there is only one color and that's green"
….I love this song ….
Greets and cheers
MIK
I'm a vet, from Denmark. In my country, veterans are treated differently in the sense that, our social security net is far better than it is in the States. That said, I still struggle to make ends meet, but at least I have a roof over my head and enough money to make myself eat every day. Enough also to pay for meds and such. If I were bound to the streets after having served, I'd run amok.
When they covered Bad Company's song Bad Company I read one of them was still active in the military
Awesome reaction bud! It's still hard to watch this because of how close this is personally.
Brothers... The Cop considers the Vet his brother, even if they weren't in the same platoon. Same with Jacoby in the end. That man was his Brother. My Father was a Vietnam Vet.
Metal is like that, brother. You're about to dive DEEP if you're planning to get in to metal. It's not just yelling and screaming - they REALLY being saying something.
This song always make me cry everytime I heard it and reading what happens to our veterans