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I served under Col. Terashima, absolutely outstanding man and a true warrior

"I can't let my friends starve" I salute you Sir

I served under Colonel Terashima and he’s one of the humblest and most genuine officers I ever met. His efforts saved many Afghan interpreters lives as well as their families during the withdrawal.

This guy is one of the best you've had on here, and you pretty much always have great guests on here. He is informative, good personality, and you can absolutely feel his emotion when he talks about certain topics. 10/10

"Barry" is absolutely the best depiction of PTSD I've ever seen from Hollywood. Mr. Terashima stated it perfectly - it's an out-of-body experience when you realize that you've seen and done things that are not "normal" in the civilian world. Even when people know you were a soldier, it's taboo to talk about actually killing. And there are so many mundane things in every day life that trigger war veterans - the smell of bbq, a doll on the ground, waking up to shadows in the room. It's more than the "paranoid military vet" stereotype that we see in most movies.

You can tell this guy is not over his PTSD. Well-explained and well-considered evaluations.

When he got a little choked up when discussing PTSD I almost cried, my Grandfather fought in the Vietnam War and he had moments like that where he would get overstimulated and it would all rush back to him, and it reminded me of that. Also nothing but respect for sending his own money to the interpreters still stuck in Afghanistan. You shouldn't have to do that, our country should have taken far better care of the interpreters. Thank you for your service Col. Terashima.

4:50 - He just confirmed that the rooftop pistol shootout scene on "The Naked Gun 2½" is 100% real.

As a former javelin gunner, the second I saw how close the target was to the jav I thought "nah way too close" and then immediately Col. Terashima mentioned the minimum arming distance. Good to see high level officers know their weapon systems. Also that dudes backblast was NOT secure.

If Colonel Terashima reads this, thank you for your service sir, as well as to those who served with you.

The part where he said he still supported his friends hits really hard. You can def tell he means it and they that they still mean a lot to him. )=

This guy was great. You need to bring him back for more.

Fascinated by languages and how people speak. I’ve noticed that regardless of ethnicity, if you’re a U.S. Marine, you speak in a very specific way. White, Asian, black, Hispanic, all marines sounds like…marines. Their cadence, intonation, pronunciation, enunciation. Really amazing, it speaks to the uniformity and strength of the culture of the corps. Semper Fi!

My drill sgt back in 2014 was in the battle of Outpost Keating. He ended up getting a silver star. Everyone was awarded bronze or silver stars and two medal of honors. He said that movie was very realistic.

I’m glad he brought up Outpost. Such a fantastic and underrated movie directed by Rod Lurie, an actual West Point graduate, so you know the realism was on point.

As an Army veteran, myself, I was never in Afghanistan. I was, however, in OIF 1 in Iraq. I find it remarkable for this man to sit here and watch this clips with such a calm demeanor. Any warzone still resonates heavily with me when I see it.

I hope this guy’s grandkids someday appreciate how strong and great their grandpa is.

You can hear him kind of holding himself back when he talks about his PTSD. Outstanding evaluation of the films he's reviewing.

I've got a sweet scar on my neck from a fire fight in Iraq in 2006. A piece of hot brass that ejected from my weapon bounced off my buddies kevlar and landed inside the collar of my flak vest. My skin actually stuck to it and peeled off when I pulled it out.

Y'all always have excellent experts on for these videos, but Colonel Terashima is next level. Please bring him back if he's willing, this was extremely informative