The Day the Glock 19 Saved His Life

Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee — Force Recon Marine turned Green Beret turned Medal of Honor recipient — walks through the 9-minute gunfight at FOB Ghazni that nobody should have walked away from. A 5,000-lb VBIED breaches the wire. 15 fighters in vests with brand-new Chinese AP ammo pour through behind it. Plumlee jumps into a Toyota, drives toward the explosion, and pulls straight into their half-circle at 10 meters. Then his rifle jams on the first round. What happens next is one of the most surreal close-quarters fights of the entire war — a Glock 19 versus seven vested fighters, a hand grenade lodged in a wounded man's hip, vests cooking off from rifle hits, and a blast that knocks him down 10 feet from the source. Earl tells it straight. No theatrics. No tactical-expert routine. Just what happened. Full episode:https://youtu.be/reWIGNe8D-0?si=EkaUMMYJ8oQVe2X0 00:00 The Toyota and the Half-Circle 01:30 "We Are Deer" — 10 Meters from 7 Vested Fighters 03:30 Drew Buck Gets Hit Every Time 05:00 The Rifle Jams 06:00 Glock 19, No Reload, Closing the Distance 07:30 The Grenade in the Hip 09:00 Vests Cooking Off From Rifle Fire 10:30 The Blast 10 Feet Away 12:00 The Dead Check 13:00 "God Takes Care of Drunks and Fools" #BlackRifleCoffee #MedalOfHonor #GreenBeret Learn more about why Black Rifle Coffee Company is America's Coffee: http://brcc.coffee/2rgH6vu Check us out on social media: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/blackriflecoffee Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blackriflecoffeeco LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/6978821 X: https://x.com/blckriflecoffee Did you know that we are on Amazon? http://amzn.to/2oFoBek