You’ve never seen war like this.
In an exclusive new docuseries from Vet TV, U.S. military veterans open up about fighting Russian forces in Ukraine—and they aren’t holding anything back. No filters. No fluff. No polished Pentagon script. Just raw, uncut battlefield chaos straight from the guys who were actually there.
“They tried to advance. We f**king shoot the st out of ’em through a window, f**king launching grenades at ’em, until they stopped…” one vet says casually in the opening episodes.
He recalled trying to figure out which body parts belonged to which guy during the aftermath.
Welcome to Embed Actual, the new 11-episode docuseries that puts cameras on the real front lines of the Ukraine-Russia war.
It follows Ethan Nagel (USMC Scout Sniper) and Chris Naganuma (Army Infantry) from Project Leaflet as they embed with units made up of Western volunteers, Ukrainian Special Forces, and everyday civilians turned soldiers.
The featured outfit is the infamous Chosen Company—a group of American combat vets who gave up the comforts of home to kill Russians in a country most Americans couldn’t even find on a map five years ago.
So why do these men leave everything behind—jobs, families, safety—to risk death on a foreign battlefield?
This series doesn’t give you a cookie-cutter answer. It shows you. You’ll hear their unfiltered motivations, watch them fight in firefights that make your palms sweat, and witness the brotherhood that forms in the crucible of real war. Not the Call of Duty kind. The kind with missing limbs, PTSD flashbacks, and no guarantee of getting out alive.
“Artillery is going off around me. The Russians are shooting RPGs. And adrenaline is a hell of a drug—I won’t lie,” one veteran says in a moment that’ll leave you staring blankly at your screen.
And look—this isn’t a recruitment ad. This is what the war actually looks like when you drop the narrative and bring the camera into the trenches. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to go from DD-214 to back in the suck on your own terms, Embed Actual is your front-row seat.
Watch the full season now—readers of The Salty Soldier get 50% off an entire year of Vet TV and a free limited edition shirt by signing up here: https://www.veterantv.com/
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