No. It would be more like "I am capable of doing exactly what I need to do in order to survive, organize or solve these very specific and complex situations that are easy to mess up." Think of these tabs and badges as a doctoral certificate.
@@user-mj8zf4qq7u what makes you think being in the hood is harder than being in a FOB surrounded by people who want to kill you? Plus, he’s a medic and they work in teams.
@@zhixianuan5664 to be more specific, its the Special Operations Diving Supervisor Badge. Yeah it's a tough course, but for Navy SEALs, Marine Raiders, Force Recons etc its not a problem for them cuz that's their nature.
@@FunSize23jordan I'm not a Navy SEAL and I'm not talking on their behalf. I'm just stating some facts. In order to become a Navy SEAL, candidate must go through a very intense underwater demolition and dive training where many aspects are taught during phase 2 of their BUDS.
Dang! He has the long tab!! Specal Forces , Ranger, Airborne Jump Master, Master Blaster, Air Asault, Pathfinder, and I think thats a scuba badge Respect !!
I NEVER even thought about a career in SoF. I was I was career 11B and retired 11Z When I was in Ranger school (enlisted into the Rangers for six years) we had a First Sergeant who always asked about our boot fit, feet, extra socks powder and also laces .. I never forgot that when I became a squad leader to 1st Sgt... This is a really great advice from this outstanding SOF operator. 11B 1985-2009 11Z retired Sky Soldier.
I came here to admire this stud of a man, the frame, the stack, the command presence, ya we can all agree we still want some of that even tho we are retired and or done with that type of work
There is one item of GI gear that can be the difference between a live grunt and a dead grunt: socks, cushioned soled OD green, try and keep your feet dry while we're out humping. 1st Sgt Klein sure knows his stuff.
@@devinsen363 I mean, it is the internet, and I doubt you are asian too. The real problem is that a non asian like you think that we are somehow better than each other. If you think a ethnicity is superior than another, you need your head checked.
Damn it man, I wanted my chest on my uniform to look stacked like that when I first enlisted. I was talking a lot of shit about getting them too. Unfortunately, Sham shield tore my ass a new one.
I didnt even see all those patches, damn this guy is super enthusiastic to say the least lol. I see the ranger, airbourne and sf tabs. But what are those other ones?? And is he some kind of master sergeant too?? Respect bro that's a brilliant attitude you got there.
He's a First Sergeant. Same grade as Master Sergeant (E-8) but you are the head NCO in your company, or even platoon in some units. diamond on his chest rank is how you tell 1SG from MSG
@@paratrooperlane7022 was just finishing my 2nd enlistment,when dept of army was telling us that we could not wear the green jungle boot any longer they approved the all black jungle boot,a great era was now over,considering the history of that particular military boot with the us armed forces.....sad times indeed
@@larryodiaga6000 I was in 83, we had jungle boots and jungle fatigues/BDU/Cammies, jeeps, M16A1, Hueys, C rations, etc. I join the guard in 2008 at 48 years old, and the uniform and boots suck. Plus the kids in my unit were lazy as hell, we took a PT test and none of these kids pass it. My last PT test was in 86 and I pass it.
Maybe a bonus tip to do what you want with: If you haven't already joined and got some time, walking barefoot alot could help callus your feet and be beneficial.
And stay away from those ''silky smooth'' moisturizing lotions you can buy at the store. ''soft'' or ''silky smooth'' is definitely not what you want your feet to be when you attend those courses.
Been learning this stuff since I was like seven from Boy Scouts, useful info! Although, I was hiking 50 miles through mountains with rivers, and nearly got trench foot because my socks weren’t wicking. It was the last day and it wasn’t bad so I was fine lol.
Great video! Foot care is healthcare! I am a men's feet and foot care enthusiast and have an Instagram account dedicated to the subject. Keep up the good work 👣👍🙌
That's the Special Operations Diver Badge. Not many of those cuz only 1 dive team in a company. Except for CAG, ISA & RRC, the ones that commonly wearing this badge will be Green Berets in dive teams and Long-Range Surveillance units in dive detachments.
Is this advice also for civilian work? I work at Walmart stocking merchandise at night. I use steel toes shoe. It's heavy but necessary. Like preventing pain when a pallet fall on my feet or pallet jack fail to stop and hut the back of my heel.
He has plenty of time in service and time in grade. Enlisted promotions in Army Special Forces once a senior NCO are difficult. Basically you cannot be promoted to Master Sgt unless you are an 18z ASF Senior Sgt
I heard all sorts of weird s**t about breaking boots in but always figured you broke your feet in, not broke the (issued) boots in. You def need to build up the miles too, there’s no shortcut to conditioning.
Back in the day, with leather boots, in Belgian air commando, we go in the sea with boots, and walking 5 miles with it to return at the base. Never broke boots so fast.
For real. Duct tape works miracles for your feet xD I got turf toe recently while rucking and two half strips of duct tape is all I need to stabilize the toe and keep on training haha.
The funny thing is the most important thing hes got on that uniform is that CIB Special forces Where an Infantry badge but Infantrymen don't wear nothing from SF So that's gotta tell you something about that badge
@@tramatt74 I see but that's a bit strange bcoz PJs doesn't attend this course instead they attend their own paramedic course, which is 9 months compared to this roughly 6 months SOCM, but both award the same level of certification.
I have a question that I’ve always wondered since I served. Do SF and Rangers look down on regular army infantry? Do they see us as lesser than or a joke?
@@dallasyap3064 my really good friend who just retired from 3rd group said we aren’t looked down on like we are lesser than. He served with me in an infantry unit first but he’s my friend so I always wondered how we are really looked at. I don’t think the military could do without the infantry but just my opinion
9 dislikes on this video... Who is really that depressed about themselves, that they would dislike a educational video with a badass in it?! Lol For Real!!! Who?! They must be upset they didn't get selected or that they thought they were getting foot porn but didn't. Lmal
The badges that this dude have is basically saying, Don’t mess with me or someone else will be raising your kids
Yeah.
No. It would be more like "I am capable of doing exactly what I need to do in order to survive, organize or solve these very specific and complex situations that are easy to mess up." Think of these tabs and badges as a doctoral certificate.
he wouldn't last a day in the hood and that's facts
@@user-mj8zf4qq7u what makes you think being in the hood is harder than being in a FOB surrounded by people who want to kill you? Plus, he’s a medic and they work in teams.
@@rafaelmartinez1368 hood is tougher, end of conversion.
I just came here to admire the stack
Yup no one is here to learn about foot care. We just wanna stare at your uniform. This dude is the truth
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! LOL 100%
Yep
He needs a badge that says, "Continued on next uniform."
@@darrenrobinson777 lol yea!
this comment is the golden truth lol
I didn’t come here for the foot care, I clicked to look at all the tabs and to see what this 1SG hasn’t done in his career. Very impressive.
yep, same man. Also its 1SG
He also served as a Lebanese NAVY SEAL
this dude is stacked. super soldier.
Triple tab, 5 stacker!
Like mega stacked
Leland Gaunt “Airborne” is part of the unit SSI (meaning that the unit itself is airborne, with the exception being the 101st) and is not a skill tab.
Been to the hardest schools in the whole DOD
All he's missing is a HALO lol and Crew Chief.
That scuba patch tho. I know that sht ain't easy at all.
Well yeah, but some may find it easier than the others.
That’s a U.S. combat diver badge. It’s a super tough course
@@zhixianuan5664 to be more specific, its the Special Operations Diving Supervisor Badge. Yeah it's a tough course, but for Navy SEALs, Marine Raiders, Force Recons etc its not a problem for them cuz that's their nature.
@@dallasyap3064 u a navy seal? or just talking on their behalf?
@@FunSize23jordan I'm not a Navy SEAL and I'm not talking on their behalf. I'm just stating some facts. In order to become a Navy SEAL, candidate must go through a very intense underwater demolition and dive training where many aspects are taught during phase 2 of their BUDS.
Dang! He has the long tab!! Specal Forces , Ranger, Airborne Jump Master, Master Blaster, Air Asault, Pathfinder, and I think thats a scuba badge Respect !!
Master Blaster?
@@travelinman482 CIB joke I’d assume
@@captaf1 master blaster is a master parachutist you dirty leg
Yep, scuba bubble
No HALO though 😉
Master parachute, pathfinder, air assault, Scuba, and CIB holy shit this guy is probably sgt major by now
Damn, first sarnt did everything we wish we could do
Wish I had this video back in 98. I got out in 08 and the bottom of my feet still look like a prehistoric bedrock.
damn 1SG! you got all the chest lettuce there is! I want to be like you one day.
GO GO GO! Cheering you on from Australia
I NEVER even thought about a career in SoF. I was I was career 11B and retired 11Z When I was in Ranger school (enlisted into the Rangers for six years) we had a First Sergeant who always asked about our boot fit, feet, extra socks powder and also laces .. I never forgot that when I became a squad leader to 1st Sgt...
This is a really great advice from this outstanding SOF operator.
11B 1985-2009 11Z retired Sky Soldier.
What BAT were you in?
Special forces, ranger, airborne. All he needs left are sapper, mountain, and honor guard. Then he is guaranteed to be SMJ of the Army!
AR-670-1 says you can only wear 3 tabs at a time
@@gregbradley4072 DAMN! ...or, that would run out of space ;D
You don’t earn mountain tab. it’s like being in an Airborne unit, just part of the unit itself and being in the unit like 10th MTN u get the “tab”
@@packzilla I think soldiers get trained in mountain warfare will earn the tab. My last unit officer wore the tab in our unit and we're not the 10th.
He's probably also Delta Force!
That's what we call a DAMN GOOD SOLDIER!!! Thank you for your service Brother!!
I came here to admire this stud of a man, the frame, the stack, the command presence, ya we can all agree we still want some of that even tho we are retired and or done with that type of work
I served in the 82nd from 02-07. This 1SG is absolutely stacked. Please teach more!
There is one item of GI gear that can be the difference between a live grunt and a dead grunt: socks, cushioned soled OD green, try and keep your feet dry while we're out humping. 1st Sgt Klein sure knows his stuff.
Damm first sergeant is stacked all the way what a savage 🔥
19 years out and still practice the basics of clean and dry feet, and footwear
My dad, ww2 and korea veteran, used to say 'if you cant walk, you're dead'..always look after the feet!!!
Lol baby wipes, Vaseline, and 100 mile hour tape got me through selection 😂
the BEST video of what you need to know.
Great data! Thanks, 1SG!
This guy is awesome!!!!
This man is a super hero with that sick stack
Back in the day you could only have three badges stacked for the tower of power.
And nail care too. Take care of the nails
Ask Lieutenant Dan for more socks.
Klein is stacked out
You’re definitely a Korean... Lot of respect to ya.
Who cares. Any east asians like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are usually extremely elite.
@@homelesslukeskywalker7277 People who are Asian care. Don't lump us all together.
Some are better than others. Especially through our eyes.
@@devinsen363 Lmao, I am Chinese. You think Koreans are better than Japanese or Chinese? Are you serious?
@@homelesslukeskywalker7277 sure you are.
@@devinsen363 I mean, it is the internet, and I doubt you are asian too. The real problem is that a non asian like you think that we are somehow better than each other. If you think a ethnicity is superior than another, you need your head checked.
Damn it man, I wanted my chest on my uniform to look stacked like that when I first enlisted. I was talking a lot of shit about getting them too. Unfortunately, Sham shield tore my ass a new one.
Me too bro 😂😂
And the shenanigans that ensued after receiving your shield. Lol
Great advice .. thank you for sharing
Deodorant stick - I always put this on my feet and it worked for me to prevent blisters.
I literally came here to look at that stack.
Top got the stack going on.
1SG’s tabbed up. Only thing missing is a sapper tab.
Bad ass M’Fer my respects
damn top, save some badges and tabs for the rest of us.
*Me at home on the couch nodding along*
This dude single-handedly keeps the sewing shop outside of post in profit.
thanks for explaining the 2 sock way
I didnt even see all those patches, damn this guy is super enthusiastic to say the least lol. I see the ranger, airbourne and sf tabs. But what are those other ones?? And is he some kind of master sergeant too?? Respect bro that's a brilliant attitude you got there.
Max tabs you can wear are 3 and max amount of badges you can wear on your chest is 5
He's a First Sergeant. Same grade as Master Sergeant (E-8) but you are the head NCO in your company, or even platoon in some units. diamond on his chest rank is how you tell 1SG from MSG
@@nothingness2000so if you have more than 3 tabs, which ones do you wear?
Back in my day, Jungle Boots. Some guys in my unit didn't even wear socks.
at bragg that was all we wore year round 1989-1995,they should could hold a spit shine
@@larryodiaga6000 Best boots the Army ever had.
@@paratrooperlane7022 was just finishing my 2nd enlistment,when dept of army was telling us that we could not wear the green jungle boot any longer they approved the all black jungle boot,a great era was now over,considering the history of that particular military boot with the us armed forces.....sad times indeed
@@larryodiaga6000 I was in 83, we had jungle boots and jungle fatigues/BDU/Cammies, jeeps, M16A1, Hueys, C rations, etc. I join the guard in 2008 at 48 years old, and the uniform and boots suck. Plus the kids in my unit were lazy as hell, we took a PT test and none of these kids pass it. My last PT test was in 86 and I pass it.
@@paratrooperlane7022 your good man,them was the good ole days
*Lt. Dan has entered the chat*
My feet and I want to thank 1SGT Klein. 🦶 🇺🇸
Maybe a bonus tip to do what you want with: If you haven't already joined and got some time, walking barefoot alot could help callus your feet and be beneficial.
And stay away from those ''silky smooth'' moisturizing lotions you can buy at the store. ''soft'' or ''silky smooth'' is definitely not what you want your feet to be when you attend those courses.
Thank you😺
Leuko tape is the business. Best there is no exception.
Thank you sir 🙏👍
Hands, feet, neck, balls - extra socks warms them all!
That’s my dive buddy Casey.
Been learning this stuff since I was like seven from Boy Scouts, useful info! Although, I was hiking 50 miles through mountains with rivers, and nearly got trench foot because my socks weren’t wicking. It was the last day and it wasn’t bad so I was fine lol.
I thought this was going to be comedic in nature... this works as well.
This dude is STACKED with achievements holy shit😂
Lol,yeah the stack got me to
He is also a seal that man is truly a legend
What are you talking about? Why would an SF E8 be a SEAL lmfao
@@UnitedStatesofAmerica1984 he was a SEAL according to guys who served with him on FB.
This guy has the most stacked uniform I have ever seen, first sergeant airborne-ranger-sf-wtf
Great video! Foot care is healthcare!
I am a men's feet and foot care enthusiast and have an Instagram account dedicated to the subject.
Keep up the good work 👣👍🙌
His uniform top is a lot more different than the standard.
well right hes unconventional. he can wear patagonia if he wants,.
@@DezyreHD well of course. I'm just pointing it out. Looks cool as hell
Cuz he's in JFK SWCS and formerly a Green Beret.
He is wearing Patagonia. LoL
Whoa I've never seen the scuba patch on before so cool
its a "dive bubble" patch
I’ve seen one in my time but they are rare
@@Oxide4000 i mean not rare here on bragg. quite common to be honest
@@DezyreHD Bragg is one thing y’all are special. Not too many in Ft Hood where I was. Only one I ever seen.
That's the Special Operations Diver Badge. Not many of those cuz only 1 dive team in a company. Except for CAG, ISA & RRC, the ones that commonly wearing this badge will be Green Berets in dive teams and Long-Range Surveillance units in dive detachments.
Beaucoup Tabs. All types of Qualified.
Dang, this dude is legit...
those lowa boots are insanely well to wear, military or not
Rambo is this guy's errand boy.
Got the power tower
I don’t know why I watched this video but I did till the end.
Is this advice also for civilian work? I work at Walmart stocking merchandise at night. I use steel toes shoe. It's heavy but necessary. Like preventing pain when a pallet fall on my feet or pallet jack fail to stop and hut the back of my heel.
25km march with 37.5kg of weight with no blisters thanks to advice such as this.
How do you prevent swamp foot esp in environments like FL? Not a solider but for hiking/outdoors
this guy is a fucking beast look at that uniform
He has plenty of time in service and time in grade. Enlisted promotions in Army Special Forces once a senior NCO are difficult.
Basically you cannot be promoted to Master Sgt unless you are an 18z ASF Senior Sgt
I want to see his service uniform, he maxed out his tabs and badges
My body hurts just looking at all that chest candy and tabs.
Followed this advice and am now stuck in a tree. Please advise.
I heard all sorts of weird s**t about breaking boots in but always figured you broke your feet in, not broke the (issued) boots in. You def need to build up the miles too, there’s no shortcut to conditioning.
Back in the day, with leather boots, in Belgian air commando, we go in the sea with boots, and walking 5 miles with it to return at the base. Never broke boots so fast.
@@artiknanook9189 UDA-VVE?
@@IO-zg8md Exactly :)
Blister products? You mean duct tape?😂😂😂😎
I’ve used it.
Leland Gaunt nothing works better!
For real. Duct tape works miracles for your feet xD I got turf toe recently while rucking and two half strips of duct tape is all I need to stabilize the toe and keep on training haha.
Being Airborne is, like, literally, the funnest thing a person can do 🇺🇸🦇
Changing Socks Is The Easiest Care
After Every PT
What ocps is he wearing?
Why do people powder their feet? I’ve never understood the point behind that.
less friction and it absorbs excess moisture. take some corn starch and rub your hands in it, you will feel your hands get dry and slick
Also it helps prevent fungus build up
I never changed new socks unless they legit got soaking wet, just add more powder
Combat Jump airborne, cib, pathfinder, air assault, scuba. Oh fuck yeah
He does not have a combat jump.
Try Tepezcohuite 💪🏆💪
Somehow I got the feeling he's the kind of DI that yells a lot.
0:55, that doesn't look safe.😂
Well shit stack daddy
*POP THAT BLISTER!*
Tabs and badges..
Anyone know what boots he was holding
lowa zephyr
The funny thing is the most important thing hes got on that uniform is that CIB Special forces Where an Infantry badge but Infantrymen don't wear nothing from SF So that's gotta tell you something about that badge
Klein 2024
What level of emergency care does the SOCM qualifies graduates, Advanced EMT or Paramedic?
Paramedics
@@tramatt74 I see but that's a bit strange bcoz PJs doesn't attend this course instead they attend their own paramedic course, which is 9 months compared to this roughly 6 months SOCM, but both award the same level of certification.
What's that patch next to airborne/jump master
Pathfinder
Talk about a BDU resume! Shit!
Go Army has an OF?
How do you toughen your feet gradually?
Develop callus
Go for a few rucks a week over a few months, gradually increasing weight and intensity
Literally just ruck and keep your blisters.
Ruck in sandals on rocky terrain. Rambo's muscles will be on your feet in no time.
Were the SF forced to pass women like the Rangers?
What are the chest patches? I see airborne, air assault, marksmanship, dive team, what’s the last one?
Nope, airborne, air assault, pathfinder, combat diver, combat infantry badge
Top: Combat Infantryman Badge
Upper left: Parachutist Badge
Lower left: Air Assault Badge
Upper right: Pathfinder Badge
Lower right: Special Operations Diving Supervisor Badge
@@dallasyap3064 technically that is Jumpmaster badge.
@@TX_Lawyer well yeah, but more specifically, that's the Master Parachutist Badge.
@@dallasyap3064 no likes a smartass
Someone try to explain the E X T R E M E L Y loud intro and outro sounds? Yeah, he's badass. Yeah, topic is cool. But hey?
are you allowed to bring your own footcare products to SFAS like moleskin or leukotape?
Yes
I have a question that I’ve always wondered since I served. Do SF and Rangers look down on regular army infantry? Do they see us as lesser than or a joke?
yes
I think that depends on individual perception.
@@dallasyap3064 my really good friend who just retired from 3rd group said we aren’t looked down on like we are lesser than. He served with me in an infantry unit first but he’s my friend so I always wondered how we are really looked at. I don’t think the military could do without the infantry but just my opinion
@@coreyanderson7505 yes it's true that infantry is important, different units for different jobs. I don't look down on infantry.
W
9 dislikes on this video... Who is really that depressed about themselves, that they would dislike a educational video with a badass in it?! Lol For Real!!! Who?! They must be upset they didn't get selected or that they thought they were getting foot porn but didn't. Lmal