Navy SEAL INTENSE Combat Story

Eli Crane joins Shawn Ryan to talk about his time as a Navy SEAL Sniper, starting his multimillion-dollar company "Bottle Breacher" in his garage, and running for Arizona State Congress. From childhood lessons to failing sniper school, Eli is an example for every American who has ever had to persevere through life's great struggles.

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[LogicalLife]

My Grandpa fought in WW2 and had mortars coming at him one after another. He couldn't stand up and run because of fire from the enemy. He said that as the last mortar was coming down, he suddenly saw my Grandma back home praying for him beside the bed. The mortar landed between his legs and didn't go off. He had no idea why, but he felt like someone was watching over him that day. He was blown up two more times after that and left for dead behind the makeshift hospital but one of the doctors went out back to smoke a cigarette and saw my Grandpa spitting in the air hoping someone would notice because he couldn't move. These men are real heroes!

[sirncr]

My Great Uncle said that mortar and artillery barrages were the single most terrifying thing he endured. He said he'd much rather get shot at or fight tanks

This is a quote from his autobiography talking about mortar/artillery barrages during ww2.
"At least that way you dont see it, dont hear it, you just die, theres a peacefulness to it. Artillery however is like getting told you have cancer, its torture"
Haddon Donald.

[deusvult]

Mortars are scary. Getting into a firefight on a mission? No biggie. Getting mortared walking back from chow? I ran so fast one time I gave myself a concussion and split my head open bc I didn't duck low enough running into the mortar shelter.

[db]

People don’t understand how scary it is to go through mortar attacks. Thanks for sharing this.

[davidyoung]

My dad was wounded by a mortar in WW2. He said the same thing. When you hear the whistle as it falls, you know it’s going to be close. The one that hit him whistled so loud he assumed it was going to be a direct hit. Luckily he was on hilly ground and it hit upslope of him so most of the blast passed directly over him. Even so, he carried shell fragments the surgeons didn’t get out in his legs and back until the day he died.

[bbogster]

Thank you for your service! I'm glad you are here. I hope your stories change the world so humanity can have peace one day.

[Uknow_imright]

When I was in Iraq and i was asleep, i'd hear the mortars being fired outside the wire, I'd hear it whistle, from a dead sleep, my first thought, before I'd even open my eyes was "pleasedonthitme, pleasedonthitme, pleasedontme" and BOOM! It'd go off somewhere else. When we go back stateside, all us barracks rats would tease each other with that whistle and scare the shit outta each other. We did messed up stuff to each other. Good times.

[AlwaysRight]

So true. Rockets are even crazier. That shrieking sound.

[lemuelcasillas]

That whistle and then the concussion from the blast… that’s the scariest thing a human can experience. You hear it, it’s fast but you don’t know where it’s hitting.

[cerealkiller]

That pucker and muscle clench is real af when you hear that idf coming at ya 😂

[strangecreations]

Mortars are hands down the scarriest part of a war zone listening to this gave me chills that whistle and ripping sound is haunting

[adamplanner]

Took me a while to "get over" indirect fire. I remember being at work and using the restroom and all of a sudden loud booms started happening and I swear I was transported back to a portajohn... that was 2009 and I still have moments today. Mortars are scary af

[brindlebucker]

I was an 11 Charlie in the Army (mortars). They call it 'High Angle Hell' for a reason. It's such a simple weapons system, and it hasn't changed a whole lot over the years. But it is still one of the most responsive and effective weapons on the battlefield- particularly against personnel.

Plus it can be used to illuminate the battle space at night, lay smoke screens and/or set stuff on fire.

[richtomlinson]

My late father served in WWII and even though he didn't experience mortars, his ship dealt with ship to shore, and air sea battles, that made memories.
My father also had car accidents, and when he mentioned the sounds of a collision, I think he was sort of also going back to other experiences.
He said he hated the sound of crinkling, twisting metal, probably because of what does to flesh.
He had heard Friendly fire shrapnel hit his ship in battle, and he went around the signal bridge to help pick up a man that was injured from 40 mm anti aircraft shrapnel, and the man was probably shredded in his lower half, and that man died in their arms.
shrapnel whizzing through the air and hitting metal or shrieking rounds must be terrifying.

[RadDadisRad]

That Benghazi show was interesting. I can’t believe as many of them made it out. That chief of station was a total dweeb and I guarantee he wasn’t happy with how he was portrayed.

[tranquilmetalhead]

Yes. For me as a Ukrainian soldier, there's nothing scarier than mortars or artillery fire. A firefight - you can do something about it, right, you can shoot back, throw a grenade, pop a VOG, yell something obscene at the enemy to feel better... But with artillery, once it's coming - it's coming. And the only thing you can do is to pray that it misses. Powerlessness only exaggerates the feeling...

[aaronholmes]

I've been in that situation more than I'd like to admit.

[woodpeckerfiftyfivezero]

I could hear the VC mortars being launched. I was on the floor instantly before any ever hit us. Viet Nam, 68-69

[thefinalgrind]

The first time you hear that certain faint whistle, a hundred thoughts go through your head. "Run right? Run left? Forward? Back? Duck? Tuck? Fuck?" Etc etc etc. Then a boom happens about 500yards away&your buddies laugh like crazy. You think to yourself and laugh at your own ego. That goes away quick when you see their head tilt a bit&the look of fear on their face. Shit gets real quick.

[frankierizzo]

Don't forget that along with the whistle is the vibration of the ground as rounds impact and explode. I got caught out in the open 1 time during an indirect fire attack and I honestly thought that was it for me, I've never felt that helpless.