Footage taken from the invasion of Iraq captures the now famous "battle streamers" speech from Recon Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Ferrando that was reproduced by HBO in Generation Kill.

This is a cool piece of history, and I'm glad I was able to locate it before the algorithmic history stompers at YouTube managed to get their boots on it. If you've seen the show Generation Kill produced by HBO, and based on the book written by Evan Wright, then you're probably familiar with this speech.

This is the actual speech, as it was recorded on the day it was given.