Marine veterans' YouTube channel gives civilians a taste of special ops

After launching a YouTube channel focusing on video game reviews, two Marine specials operations veterans have found much success and are to the point that they’re fielding offers to work with video game companies. In the seven months since launching Savage Actual, the Marine vets have garnered a loyal following of more than 80,000 subscribers. On their page they “share their thoughts on games, movies and more,” they advertise on their YouTube page. “Join us, share a beer and a laugh. Don’t take us or the world too seriously.” The duo have expanded into cartoons, interviews, lessons on special operations history ― and have taken on a mentorship role for many who wish to follow their special operations footsteps. Patrick Moltrup and Jason Lilley first met while working for the company Goruck, which sells rucking equipment and hosts events that give civilians a small insight into the life of a special operations selection process. Moltrup had joined the Corps in 1991, then spent time in the Army National Guard before returning to active duty in 2002 as a special warfare combatant-craft crewman for seven years. Lilley enlisted in the Corps in 2000 and served as an 0311 rifleman, a reconnaissance…
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