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So it led me to trying to search for as much information as I could find out about them. And in the early 90s, the intranet was not what it was today. So of course I found the book that almost every team guy has read, The Men with Green Faces, all about Vietnam. | <0>2917<0>374<0>406<0>915<0>3376<0>3626<0>2577<0>2883<0>1485<0>3637<0>1490<0>386<0>3008<0>820<0>229<0>229<0>2092<0>3803<0>4066<0>966<0>1472<0>691<0>3585<0>1171<0>2389<0>1467<0>3264<0>3146<0>3744<0>3133<0>1113<0>3837<0>1518<0>3181<0>3539<0>3277<0>2365<0>2229<0>2777<0>3907<0>1587<0>3150<0>1540<0>3792<0>1026<0>43<0>304<0>... |
But it's an awesome book. So I read that and then unfortunately stumbled across the Rogue Warrior series, which as I was saying before we started, I made the mistake of thinking that it was a nonfiction work. | <0>2205<0>1480<0>1321<0>1171<0>3264<0>2258<0>614<0>412<0>3385<0>1587<0>229<0>1856<0>3344<0>2169<0>2589<0>3762<0>2558<0>2066<0>3698<0>4068<0>150<0>3264<0>2248<0>2471<0>2703<0>317<0>3821<0>3045<0>2488<0>740<0>1414<0>1481<0>1526<0>3585<0>1741<0>2152<0>1318<0>2092<0>2594<0>492<0>3022<0>1518<0>3146<0>3594<0>3539<0>3850<0>74... |
And find out until a little bit later that that was incorrect, but I was hooked. And from that moment on, it was... | <0>2704<0>278<0>3300<0>2961<0>2040<0>3754<0>3661<0>1580<0>1308<0>2806<0>1187<0>522<0>3849<0>102<0>2217<0>520<0>1679<0>2075<0>3488<0>277<0>782<0>950<0>950<0>2016<0>3378<0>759<0>3943<0>1517<0>3433<0>3894<0>3414<0>1328<0>1638<0>2766<0>1904<0>2870<0>3936<0>3199<0>2349<0>186<0>2883<0>3223<0>3956<0>1675<0>1278<0>2778<0>2612<... |
Every piece of information that I could find. It's all I wanted to do. It was like a magnetizing force. | <0>2435<0>899<0>2748<0>3008<0>3839<0>3457<0>1405<0>3509<0>3359<0>954<0>404<0>4024<0>3626<0>3840<0>3507<0>104<0>1510<0>3072<0>43<0>1862<0>1730<0>3637<0>5<0>974<0>3240<0>250<0>1422<0>584<0>3488<0>3353<0>1919<0>1318<0>1277<0>567<0>1388<0>2799<0>2152<0>1214<0>819<0>2387<0>3773<0>3874<0>2826<0>562<0>652<0>3535<0>919<0>289<0... |
Uh, I don't have the vocabulary to describe it. People who don't come from our world, it's very uncommon for them to hear that, but you know as well as I do, the SEAL Teams is, is full of people with the same narrative. Oh yeah, I've just always wanted to do this. It was a calling. | <0>147<0>3840<0>3840<0>1777<0>3791<0>2922<0>1858<0>746<0>2339<0>3626<0>1442<0>229<0>1610<0>3748<0>611<0>2500<0>2248<0>2244<0>513<0>1208<0>2459<0>312<0>1883<0>3722<0>3171<0>3647<0>2710<0>924<0>2066<0>2153<0>3862<0>2839<0>3769<0>2870<0>3856<0>3732<0>369<0>2669<0>406<0>492<0>229<0>954<0>2152<0>1518<0>833<0>691<0>2365<0>12... |
Uh, but yeah, I mean the idea was sparked from my dad. And I was 17, still in high school, a junior in high school. And I went to the Navy recruiter and brought the Navy recruiter home because my parents had to sign for me. | <0>2096<0>327<0>3150<0>229<0>3585<0>3976<0>2488<0>3528<0>919<0>895<0>3681<0>1164<0>2116<0>1587<0>144<0>3052<0>1777<0>2494<0>2029<0>3585<0>1710<0>2883<0>484<0>1422<0>147<0>3421<0>770<0>2411<0>521<0>490<0>3390<0>2708<0>3762<0>755<0>3166<0>2316<0>1981<0>3143<0>3912<0>2238<0>1700<0>4062<0>3693<0>1428<0>650<0>3571<0>3769<0>... |
And I had my mom, who was an army brat, and my dad, who was, like I said, served in Vietnam, and I'm sure that they were not. | <0>2663<0>3748<0>3437<0>2703<0>3877<0>3894<0>1518<0>1200<0>3377<0>1858<0>1284<0>3378<0>3894<0>3894<0>1007<0>3359<0>469<0>1171<0>3894<0>2471<0>366<0>2488<0>3172<0>1442<0>3413<0>3681<0>2971<0>3152<0>652<0>2635<0>2152<0>3894<0>229<0>2705<0>326<0>2864<0>3299<0>2830<0>983<0>296<0>2715<0>1968<0>3264<0>3980<0>1119<0>679<0>173... |
Yeah, you still gotta wait til I turn 18 and graduate, but I mean, the recruiter was happy. But I mean, I never took the SATs. I had no Plan B. It's what I knew I wanted to do, and I never | <0>1534<0>1708<0>2609<0>1355<0>1390<0>3002<0>91<0>2448<0>3115<0>882<0>915<0>3667<0>1715<0>932<0>190<0>3832<0>2230<0>1749<0>1655<0>785<0>3158<0>919<0>2989<0>3339<0>2588<0>1858<0>3617<0>376<0>1603<0>3729<0>3595<0>919<0>3593<0>2471<0>1981<0>2332<0>3617<0>1790<0>2369<0>3565<0>1019<0>2700<0>2029<0>1277<0>2877<0>2442<0>679<0... |
Awesome. Yep. And so then you show up at Bud's. Showed up for Bud's January of 97, get some winter. Were you still, were you still 17? I was 18. Nice. | <0>1649<0>3972<0>3972<0>2769<0>3541<0>1346<0>2335<0>3850<0>1157<0>3410<0>4077<0>2870<0>2314<0>2525<0>2525<0>1842<0>83<0>2060<0>3457<0>716<0>2142<0>2133<0>2034<0>348<0>2860<0>2860<0>3873<0>2525<0>2525<0>3155<0>3155<0>2424<0>2424<0>1615<0>2452<0>1445<0>3146<0>2221<0>1981<0>3691<0>2883<0>2070<0>3438<0>3907<0>368<0>729<0>3... |
God, I'd pay mon- I'd give you every penny I have right now to go back. If I could turn back the clock right now, I would make exactly the same choices up until that point in my life. Maybe they would change a little bit later on, but until that point, we're still going down the same road. | <0>2708<0>559<0>2683<0>1185<0>1108<0>1793<0>802<0>133<0>2004<0>1038<0>3069<0>2187<0>2116<0>2398<0>1491<0>931<0>3299<0>1062<0>1480<0>2433<0>819<0>959<0>2110<0>1214<0>566<0>3894<0>2258<0>2398<0>833<0>1277<0>2057<0>413<0>1378<0>2454<0>2049<0>779<0>348<0>3678<0>779<0>2055<0>2715<0>3373<0>366<0>965<0>2898<0>1321<0>1687<0>28... |
With aggressive, A-type, motivated, largely personalities surrounding you. It gets better as obviously the days and weeks go on in training. Some of the people who shouldn't be there are weeded out. And then even the teams, it's like, it can be everything that you want it to be. | <0>1858<0>2659<0>190<0>679<0>3809<0>2881<0>22<0>3421<0>3667<0>73<0>2729<0>3158<0>369<0>73<0>3750<0>180<0>1175<0>3474<0>1671<0>3691<0>1388<0>3839<0>2769<0>698<0>1710<0>809<0>317<0>280<0>1204<0>1472<0>2217<0>3062<0>406<0>1730<0>1384<0>3328<0>652<0>1715<0>2016<0>838<0>1594<0>3373<0>3713<0>3062<0>3379<0>2530<0>259<0>652<0>... |
I mean, again, but it was, it was awesome. I was surrounded by my heroes. I didn't know anything about anything. Uh, I didn't realize that at the time. Uh, but I mean- | <0>2453<0>2453<0>1642<0>3374<0>656<0>3062<0>2598<0>3498<0>2659<0>3909<0>2659<0>3551<0>2105<0>1173<0>1668<0>805<0>5<0>443<0>1902<0>3953<0>208<0>1715<0>1579<0>2648<0>3834<0>2453<0>607<0>495<0>1157<0>3302<0>3566<0>3348<0>3907<0>1485<0>1770<0>915<0>2883<0>3405<0>369<0>3617<0>3952<0>3344<0>3660<0>1967<0>3374<0>1209<0>3211<0... |
People call, yea, people call buds a school, and again, you gotta air quote that, cause you don't. | <0>3405<0>2881<0>1683<0>1891<0>3750<0>932<0>932<0>3374<0>1462<0>3823<0>2150<0>3823<0>890<0>1362<0>775<0>3435<0>3589<0>778<0>191<0>2769<0>2478<0>3421<0>3995<0>2921<0>1422<0>990<0>612<0>612<0>1779<0>3881<0>2046<0>2060<0>1998<0>2289<0>3046<0>491<0>3002<0>1730<0>2563<0>2978<0>1485<0>368<0>374<0>2606<0>1638<0>2471<0>2053<0>... |
You don't know how to be a, that's another one I get all the time. You don't, you're not a seal at the end of buds. I always tell people it stands for basic underwater demolition seal with the emphasis on the B. It's basic. You can run and do pull ups and you look great with shorts on at beach. I mean, but you don't k... | <0>1335<0>1145<0>1485<0>3280<0>1777<0>753<0>1452<0>1007<0>1105<0>374<0>3894<0>1539<0>3457<0>3421<0>2666<0>809<0>2741<0>2075<0>2060<0>1388<0>2753<0>4083<0>926<0>3667<0>2753<0>1758<0>63<0>819<0>1485<0>3526<0>2016<0>3108<0>527<0>464<0>3397<0>2894<0>779<0>2813<0>2796<0>3905<0>1445<0>3647<0>1628<0>3626<0>698<0>919<0>2099<0>... |
And I think we were taught infinitely better than the people before us. I'm glad to see that that cycle repeats itself. I mean it's a matter of technology and understanding and uh, I mean they've changed the pipeline a little bit, especially what happens after Buds. Cause I went to team five and we did our own Trident... | <0>995<0>809<0>22<0>3484<0>3139<0>1351<0>512<0>915<0>78<0>3488<0>2042<0>2196<0>1265<0>1265<0>1614<0>1693<0>3782<0>1043<0>2635<0>81<0>3593<0>1452<0>3592<0>1878<0>3008<0>1777<0>2441<0>983<0>1579<0>3956<0>2129<0>3176<0>2185<0>229<0>593<0>2379<0>1954<0>1439<0>1770<0>385<0>2716<0>3305<0>2883<0>2488<0>2060<0>2478<0>658<0>146... |
I mean, I tell people it takes five to seven years to even understand what it really means to be a seal. And then probably at the 10 year mark, you're at the top of the bell curve as far as what you're going to be able to do operationally. | <0>2605<0>243<0>2309<0>2374<0>3551<0>3122<0>2374<0>2566<0>527<0>3850<0>78<0>2762<0>934<0>1644<0>2627<0>3802<0>2478<0>3956<0>1209<0>3353<0>2582<0>2766<0>2993<0>3353<0>369<0>779<0>1309<0>3397<0>2144<0>1405<0>3405<0>3708<0>1671<0>2500<0>3144<0>2548<0>324<0>638<0>1270<0>1993<0>324<0>1485<0>1655<0>1396<0>102<0>3780<0>1318<0... |
But still, I mean, I was in heaven. I was in my, I was, I wasn't even 21 yet, living in an apartment in Coronado, riding a bike to work. | <0>3593<0>3235<0>2055<0>3374<0>1990<0>3373<0>1171<0>648<0>3339<0>2934<0>2741<0>2075<0>2328<0>916<0>3668<0>426<0>1968<0>963<0>290<0>3018<0>366<0>3551<0>3374<0>492<0>1480<0>2883<0>2187<0>1775<0>1828<0>2870<0>1036<0>415<0>2612<0>977<0>1687<0>1715<0>3551<0>2959<0>365<0>3003<0>2239<0>3541<0>2142<0>368<0>3008<0>2016<0>2645<0... |
I learned a lot of stuff in bars over beers. Learned a lot of, I mean, you listen to a lot of history. Uh, you learn a lot about yourself. You learn when you should keep your mouth shut because it gets shut for you. I've been taped up in a bar, maybe. | <0>3955<0>1302<0>2443<0>661<0>715<0>723<0>1710<0>1812<0>3046<0>1990<0>2563<0>1526<0>3987<0>3791<0>1780<0>21<0>3235<0>1217<0>495<0>1842<0>1442<0>229<0>582<0>21<0>3264<0>2404<0>4095<0>4095<0>4095<0>4079<0>3914<0>2196<0>1265<0>1171<0>469<0>3133<0>1400<0>694<0>3257<0>3732<0>1431<0>1335<0>2037<0>426<0>1568<0>3963<0>1183<0>5... |
Yes. Reinforcement. Lesson reinforcement. So you need a couple deployments, couple deployments. Two pre-911 deployments, uh, | <0>963<0>3207<0>1198<0>1782<0>1804<0>3347<0>207<0>2410<0>1112<0>3235<0>3185<0>1715<0>2594<0>1914<0>1944<0>3235<0>3480<0>3791<0>3445<0>3215<0>3235<0>259<0>495<0>1944<0>1944<0>967<0>2453<0>3082<0>3295<0>2323<0>3374<0>1175<0>3349<0>259<0>313<0>2799<0>3750<0>2001<0>599<0>2999<0>22<0>3002<0>1890<0>118<0>2870<0>652<0>974<0>1... |
And you know, again, life as a new guy is amazing. Like, here's a rifle, it's yours. And then my first, uh, department I worked in was, I was a secondary comm guy. So I think I had like a PRC 77. | <0>2914<0>368<0>3155<0>4083<0>368<0>3480<0>517<0>3373<0>1977<0>2525<0>73<0>3927<0>3176<0>386<0>3437<0>2488<0>46<0>3528<0>2345<0>1661<0>770<0>2830<0>611<0>3296<0>1965<0>3990<0>2217<0>2016<0>2753<0>2302<0>2288<0>2705<0>1769<0>1488<0>543<0>1335<0>3762<0>4066<0>1710<0>1717<0>686<0>342<0>1732<0>513<0>2369<0>150<0>1386<0>374... |
That I look back at now and it's like I couldn't sell it if I wanted to, so antiquated, but I was so... | <0>3189<0>3123<0>4003<0>1199<0>2607<0>3898<0>406<0>234<0>374<0>3509<0>403<0>2936<0>2398<0>404<0>2813<0>484<0>2129<0>849<0>934<0>570<0>2641<0>1732<0>2224<0>983<0>1485<0>3850<0>3775<0>296<0>3152<0>612<0>2424<0>326<0>1201<0>2092<0>3977<0>229<0>3038<0>829<0>3008<0>1277<0>3097<0>8<0>495<0>3404<0>3801<0>2475<0>3966<0>3168<0>... |
Happy to be where I was. And we, you know, we trained for 18 months and we deployed for six, but my first deployment was to Japan, to the Kadena Air Force Base. And we experimented with how much we could drink and how much we could work out, like which ratio is best? 80-20? 70-30? | <0>620<0>1882<0>43<0>679<0>318<0>2099<0>2029<0>2830<0>3888<0>3246<0>1180<0>1120<0>2548<0>2015<0>175<0>296<0>439<0>1510<0>1457<0>2066<0>2066<0>2162<0>2567<0>3894<0>3359<0>1491<0>919<0>382<0>3373<0>3008<0>318<0>374<0>3990<0>386<0>2748<0>3445<0>2353<0>3637<0>3894<0>484<0>2799<0>2030<0>3813<0>3894<0>1485<0>2099<0>877<0>165... |
The brotherhood that I thought it would be. I was surrounded by my best friends. We all had the same drive. | <0>1989<0>3956<0>196<0>2946<0>1687<0>3791<0>3980<0>3797<0>3589<0>866<0>3589<0>1121<0>1707<0>1973<0>1180<0>3888<0>2705<0>2182<0>1993<0>1815<0>1136<0>3421<0>3832<0>545<0>2989<0>3339<0>218<0>3894<0>3871<0>492<0>2883<0>1388<0>1977<0>3910<0>3665<0>2748<0>746<0>3837<0>326<0>3299<0>2234<0>1566<0>2348<0>2970<0>2185<0>3311<0>18... |
You could have told us to go build sandcastles. We would have had the best sandcastles in the world, because we just go and go and go and go until we get it right. Surrounded by like-minded, motivated people. Come back, did another 18-month work-up. It was like a... | <0>3466<0>3679<0>1415<0>826<0>369<0>850<0>190<0>3839<0>2903<0>484<0>3589<0>2775<0>326<0>2116<0>289<0>2517<0>196<0>3973<0>1376<0>809<0>68<0>46<0>1405<0>1123<0>1022<0>2769<0>1815<0>1618<0>627<0>2176<0>1073<0>1388<0>335<0>196<0>1914<0>3748<0>3873<0>3526<0>2764<0>46<0>3832<0>3707<0>2161<0>759<0>2819<0>1618<0>2921<0>326<0>6... |
Again, you know about 20%, but you think you know about 80. The ratio is just a skew. Uh, went through the whole workup again and then, uh, deployed to Guam. | <0>2197<0>148<0>3821<0>2525<0>2075<0>1858<0>3585<0>91<0>3751<0>3433<0>338<0>2060<0>3373<0>3373<0>2488<0>3264<0>2799<0>3828<0>3008<0>83<0>3850<0>3791<0>335<0>648<0>2129<0>1993<0>3637<0>3668<0>1701<0>2161<0>3413<0>2921<0>2488<0>2516<0>3296<0>658<0>2029<0>2161<0>919<0>3973<0>2864<0>3833<0>698<0>2856<0>1171<0>484<0>3438<0>... |
For six months. And at the same time, we'd go to Australia for a bit. We'd train with the partner forces there. We'd go to the Thailand's, we'd go to Philippines. And then we'd go back and we'd just train and talk about how awesome we were going to be when the Big Mish. Remember the golden Connex box? Big Mish and the... | <0>1777<0>838<0>2773<0>497<0>3277<0>229<0>1675<0>980<0>3534<0>3762<0>3466<0>3038<0>1800<0>3892<0>2161<0>1671<0>1329<0>1801<0>3850<0>2525<0>553<0>3143<0>691<0>3020<0>1491<0>475<0>2217<0>992<0>898<0>409<0>2491<0>2883<0>1171<0>2883<0>1331<0>3377<0>3642<0>2217<0>1073<0>658<0>2785<0>2025<0>3008<0>229<0>1517<0>3309<0>1321<0>... |
Uh, it was, uh, stationed at, uh, team five still, and I was living in the Archstone Apartments right by the Ikea in Mission Valley. Watched the second one go in live. Yeah, I remember it, uh, was living with a buddy and, uh, my wife, we'd been married for six months and watched the second one go in live. And then you... | <0>1480<0>2645<0>366<0>374<0>3791<0>3691<0>3626<0>1715<0>3850<0>2406<0>2010<0>2957<0>1587<0>3668<0>1217<0>607<0>2459<0>3376<0>716<0>3181<0>1171<0>1710<0>22<0>2369<0>1623<0>652<0>652<0>1561<0>3176<0>1007<0>2900<0>2142<0>3850<0>3850<0>3845<0>3240<0>2317<0>3821<0>1710<0>3748<0>1981<0>3791<0>2379<0>2703<0>2152<0>553<0>2161... |
There can be a lawsuit on that one. And then the second one, there was no doubt whatsoever. And I didn't know, I mean, looking back, I didn't have | <0>471<0>2447<0>1105<0>2441<0>176<0>2047<0>3244<0>3914<0>598<0>2935<0>1833<0>3999<0>3295<0>2442<0>1708<0>259<0>21<0>3535<0>3535<0>3295<0>607<0>3480<0>850<0>3067<0>2883<0>2543<0>2415<0>331<0>4062<0>3791<0>3626<0>2871<0>562<0>83<0>3617<0>2142<0>3061<0>2543<0>2753<0>3722<0>1819<0>2299<0>2131<0>809<0>1485<0>289<0>4022<0>23... |
He was, but I mean, I can only imagine being in your shoes. I would have been like, I don't really care. This is what my calling in life is to be. I don't, I don't care if I'm in line to get the Nobel prize for something like, we'll just put that on the shelf and I'll come back and get it. | <0>3134<0>1804<0>2645<0>768<0>3015<0>823<0>2437<0>1568<0>3176<0>3186<0>3176<0>1730<0>229<0>932<0>2775<0>1480<0>2520<0>813<0>3894<0>1944<0>3748<0>2848<0>2748<0>3783<0>203<0>2594<0>3910<0>1719<0>2099<0>2875<0>2161<0>2187<0>1641<0>3055<0>2856<0>1730<0>2705<0>3456<0>366<0>1422<0>3617<0>122<0>2488<0>294<0>3822<0>3334<0>3339... |
Yep, go out to the east coast and did the vast majority of my combat deployments out there. | <0>3038<0>3373<0>234<0>2934<0>366<0>2799<0>2030<0>1568<0>369<0>3176<0>3748<0>2715<0>3373<0>3791<0>2762<0>1245<0>2435<0>1730<0>553<0>1710<0>3373<0>1485<0>2185<0>2178<0>1331<0>1862<0>3404<0>691<0>2427<0>2826<0>3873<0>3837<0>1367<0>413<0>691<0>3850<0>2705<0>3894<0>544<0>545<0>3359<0>1800<0>196<0>2221<0>934<0>3927<0>3668<0... |
What an eye-opening experience. You know, from, like I said, going from conceptual, shooting at paper targets, and training hard and realistic to being on a two-way range for the first time. I mean... | <0>1575<0>697<0>2804<0>2355<0>3413<0>3791<0>1675<0>2594<0>701<0>3266<0>3266<0>3990<0>631<0>2029<0>2762<0>1145<0>1335<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>2353<0>374<0>2460<0>2317<0>3693<0>2182<0>3748<0>3877<0>324<0>648<0>3117<0>3541<0>1597<0>898<0>607<0>1318<0>807<0>4008<0>3348<0>746<0>644<0>2626<0>3798<0>3837<0>1022<0>2448<0>3264<0... |
Uh, the first target I ever was on, uh, I think my helicopter had 27 rounds in it and the door gunner got shot in the face right in front of me. And I'm in mop level four. | <0>1365<0>2488<0>3437<0>2488<0>3377<0>2955<0>1108<0>9<0>1108<0>3466<0>1526<0>374<0>517<0>383<0>3447<0>1830<0>1545<0>275<0>542<0>312<0>307<0>2053<0>3157<0>3008<0>2988<0>4090<0>728<0>3509<0>3404<0>406<0>2543<0>3840<0>690<0>1442<0>1277<0>1329<0>1108<0>3003<0>2182<0>3003<0>3003<0>1989<0>1108<0>9<0>1026<0>611<0>3791<0>3791<... |
We had a 4 hour 47 flight on the way to the objective and 30 minutes out we got all of our stuff on to include our gas masks and the blowers. | <0>361<0>151<0>3612<0>2934<0>2762<0>3732<0>1526<0>527<0>1129<0>2460<0>2450<0>2415<0>484<0>2799<0>3299<0>1748<0>3973<0>1098<0>666<0>1328<0>2459<0>2609<0>1777<0>1442<0>1219<0>2752<0>3621<0>1598<0>4095<0>1335<0>2221<0>4075<0>1111<0>611<0>3404<0>1007<0>1238<0>1240<0>3791<0>1598<0>361<0>1315<0>2715<0>2569<0>264<0>1882<0>102... |
But, I mean, so this is my first real target ever, and it's, uh, we're hitting the number one Ken Bio target in Iraq, uh, right after the war kicked off. And I was on the third 47, they came in and they blew the power grid, uh, by an A-10 strike. | <0>2607<0>1842<0>1157<0>3535<0>3621<0>759<0>3797<0>1344<0>3248<0>3155<0>3556<0>216<0>1858<0>3457<0>3457<0>776<0>2453<0>598<0>607<0>83<0>2733<0>746<0>2799<0>2142<0>2055<0>2404<0>1614<0>3762<0>3898<0>2510<0>1171<0>3457<0>3845<0>2500<0>2511<0>3466<0>3264<0>2735<0>697<0>1730<0>809<0>2729<0>1428<0>3331<0>1113<0>3246<0>3662<... |
Uh, before we landed, and then they landed the helicopters in between the fireball and the city. So we were backlit. So each subsequent helicopter that came in, uh, took more rounds. And by the time ours came in, we started taking rounds at about a minute out. I didn't even know what they were. I'm just sitting there ... | <0>147<0>1675<0>196<0>2799<0>3732<0>1441<0>3493<0>820<0>3180<0>1710<0>553<0>809<0>2328<0>1715<0>2152<0>3005<0>527<0>1171<0>3713<0>55<0>2710<0>2525<0>2336<0>147<0>2332<0>3122<0>3414<0>2988<0>1339<0>3891<0>1485<0>1339<0>3133<0>2129<0>1669<0>1485<0>1855<0>1180<0>2248<0>1575<0>2517<0>1620<0>1856<0>1388<0>3532<0>2692<0>1993... |
I'm suffocating myself because my weapon strap is over the hose. It's supposed to be giving me the air. Uh, and, you know, there was some sparks. Nobody, nobody hurt on the bird. Not a single one of our guys shot. And then right before we touch down, the door gunner just falls over. And then, you know, the top of his ... | <0>3140<0>1108<0>2762<0>3421<0>652<0>3448<0>2144<0>2935<0>658<0>3894<0>2488<0>2055<0>3791<0>3135<0>3385<0>526<0>1472<0>3899<0>189<0>2142<0>374<0>3079<0>1405<0>2715<0>2715<0>1480<0>2775<0>3593<0>490<0>2471<0>2592<0>3621<0>3373<0>2500<0>11<0>3264<0>3551<0>3910<0>1265<0>2081<0>2627<0>2029<0>703<0>1171<0>289<0>2099<0>3176<... |
Tied my, you know, tied my jacket around his head and it just took off. And away we went on our first combat operation. But the whole thing was just surreal. And that leap. | <0>9<0>1842<0>2488<0>3348<0>374<0>3447<0>632<0>3466<0>4048<0>3762<0>3762<0>3088<0>3176<0>1480<0>1675<0>290<0>3762<0>3762<0>3762<0>1145<0>1842<0>3348<0>3713<0>884<0>1638<0>2284<0>1328<0>599<0>3791<0>3002<0>967<0>939<0>1169<0>1145<0>3088<0>513<0>513<0>3973<0>2705<0>2217<0>1328<0>1039<0>593<0>1432<0>290<0>1346<0>2004<0>31... |
I didn't realize how surreal it was till the next morning when I woke up and I was like, phew. Man, I hope this is survivable. | <0>955<0>1775<0>809<0>3713<0>2296<0>3617<0>3008<0>778<0>1321<0>3791<0>1685<0>3821<0>1842<0>599<0>2151<0>838<0>2517<0>3509<0>2776<0>866<0>406<0>484<0>2705<0>3150<0>2176<0>679<0>2507<0>3277<0>3184<0>2748<0>587<0>3798<0>2230<0>2185<0>1620<0>1620<0>3617<0>366<0>1812<0>3144<0>2648<0>838<0>2339<0>2523<0>1540<0>3262<0>691<0>2... |
Months, and then years, and you know, two decades now. And now decades. Yeaah, and it was, and it took me a little bit of time to get up and running to be, | <0>104<0>833<0>3135<0>3618<0>2525<0>491<0>2105<0>1414<0>1414<0>329<0>2710<0>632<0>4062<0>2710<0>264<0>3617<0>3181<0>2369<0>3762<0>3762<0>4095<0>290<0>3466<0>2328<0>1481<0>1485<0>4095<0>77<0>3008<0>3593<0>1575<0>1748<0>2785<0>2027<0>3278<0>3539<0>2986<0>1351<0>317<0>3045<0>374<0>652<0>967<0>307<0>1967<0>3134<0>2826<0>15... |
To be comfortable in that environment, but I developed a level of comfort in that environment. And if I'm being totally honest, I mean, I loved it. | <0>1335<0>296<0>1384<0>3585<0>2875<0>3284<0>454<0>2471<0>1020<0>2648<0>1388<0>406<0>2511<0>2511<0>1223<0>81<0>1710<0>191<0>3437<0>2549<0>1463<0>611<0>795<0>2221<0>3541<0>3125<0>2087<0>290<0>3973<0>3798<0>3691<0>1480<0>1171<0>290<0>1649<0>3339<0>1463<0>1108<0>4095<0>3097<0>1136<0>3679<0>1074<0>2769<0>484<0>1218<0>877<0>... |
Loved it. It was, I mean, I understand that it's high consequence and that it's high risk and that there's, there's matters of life and death and decisions that are being made, but that's where I want to be. I mean, that I was like, yes, this is what I came to do to fight for the values that I believe in and to fight ... | <0>1441<0>2548<0>2535<0>1442<0>2492<0>4034<0>2406<0>955<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>1481<0>1277<0>1238<0>1388<0>1526<0>1880<0>804<0>977<0>3797<0>229<0>3968<0>2875<0>1485<0>1277<0>290<0>977<0>3413<0>1050<0>3403<0>404<0>493<0>3266<0>3637<0>1598<0>1442<0>1529<0>2705<0>3621<0>2641<0>1777<0>1862<0>446<0>2705<0>1769<0>83<0... |
Heavy gear that was not buoyant, it was not designed for swimming. | <0>1171<0>1858<0>2442<0>3448<0>3349<0>1473<0>3592<0>3353<0>3176<0>2029<0>1655<0>3556<0>3539<0>3404<0>1603<0>3888<0>3617<0>3966<0>2799<0>3150<0>3373<0>2072<0>3493<0>3180<0>1800<0>1800<0>3297<0>1610<0>3894<0>3592<0>983<0>385<0>3377<0>2030<0>3850<0>3413<0>1331<0>3968<0>3075<0>3592<0>1819<0>2864<0>3307<0>1960<0>3133<0>1214... |
And you only learn that with time in the saddle. Like it takes experience to understand like, okay, I can use this lithium battery that probably costs nine dollars. | <0>1569<0>811<0>809<0>3176<0>386<0>327<0>1518<0>1118<0>144<0>3171<0>3509<0>983<0>583<0>327<0>3373<0>147<0>2406<0>1775<0>2612<0>1428<0>1785<0>3448<0>3910<0>3822<0>3413<0>1671<0>3850<0>2762<0>3570<0>787<0>545<0>290<0>1145<0>2105<0>2641<0>3791<0>1730<0>1730<0>3234<0>3668<0>698<0>1405<0>3751<0>2857<0>365<0>1730<0>2917<0>28... |
I didn't turn it on the whole time and I'm gonna huck it, you know? I think I can use it again. I mean, but I mean everything changed. The tactics changed. The gear changed. The way we trained changed. It was amazing what happened post 9-11. All the stuff we thought was gonna be crazy effective because it worked in Vi... | <0>1489<0>3944<0>1865<0>2935<0>3158<0>1253<0>4023<0>2773<0>1842<0>1500<0>176<0>613<0>1596<0>2883<0>484<0>1977<0>2075<0>1118<0>1526<0>2707<0>189<0>3551<0>898<0>3480<0>967<0>1773<0>2070<0>65<0>1865<0>1832<0>495<0>3443<0>2563<0>1602<0>510<0>1835<0>1835<0>3556<0>2453<0>447<0>433<0>951<0>15<0>2733<0>4022<0>80<0>714<0>2251<0... |
And then you still got to add that experience though. The people, I mean, like you could, you could read a book and then go do it for real. And you need the combination of the two to have that confidence. And then you can impart it on somebody else. And you know, history just like, like you said, the Vietnam guys, lik... | <0>83<0>3299<0>2799<0>1842<0>2298<0>484<0>151<0>983<0>83<0>83<0>3359<0>2826<0>362<0>1171<0>3176<0>809<0>3176<0>3637<0>3421<0>374<0>1265<0>1010<0>3218<0>3413<0>2185<0>3248<0>1730<0>4056<0>2705<0>83<0>1597<0>1730<0>316<0>1384<0>490<0>614<0>4058<0>1463<0>307<0>3176<0>1111<0>3593<0>1485<0>2488<0>2710<0>3378<0>3880<0>3155<0... |
But man, it doesn't work in Baghdad. Yeah. You know, and then we had a tactical shift again in probably 2006, 2007. You know, it's just, it's that I think is what separates our community from a lot of other ones. Like we're malleable, but we have leadership that's like, listen, this isn't working in real time. We need... | <0>755<0>2044<0>1277<0>3235<0>3999<0>517<0>2509<0>1118<0>1118<0>1307<0>3980<0>860<0>1277<0>2327<0>931<0>2398<0>128<0>2258<0>2780<0>4055<0>2703<0>2298<0>2878<0>1161<0>3566<0>2952<0>1775<0>2433<0>542<0>484<0>3621<0>2060<0>1400<0>2592<0>3344<0>593<0>824<0>2303<0>2775<0>1367<0>1478<0>283<0>1734<0>3223<0>716<0>573<0>3750<0>... |
I was at team five, right, so we would go to Alaska and do cold weather training, and the team three guys were off driving DPVs. I mean, there wasn't even talking in between the teams, so there was so much skill set, and of course, I mean, if you were at team three, I wasn't telling you shit. You know, I'd give you th... | <0>3443<0>3791<0>22<0>2826<0>3002<0>243<0>3079<0>898<0>2488<0>2176<0>3934<0>3927<0>3264<0>1526<0>2075<0>1945<0>2894<0>838<0>932<0>2217<0>1974<0>3135<0>3285<0>4074<0>3927<0>850<0>493<0>289<0>559<0>3404<0>406<0>1856<0>144<0>3008<0>572<0>3990<0>1641<0>1206<0>1118<0>102<0>785<0>3134<0>2770<0>2973<0>2329<0>3406<0>2876<0>283... |
Yeah, like you said, no doctrine. And then finally we had, you know, the trade at, you know, East coast and West coast and, you know, sharing information and coming together and lessons learned and all that stuff that I think largely professionalized the force from a paperwork perspective, but has impact on the battle... | <0>2506<0>967<0>1977<0>2577<0>3606<0>648<0>3134<0>2516<0>1730<0>2769<0>2741<0>3479<0>1318<0>144<0>2934<0>898<0>1804<0>3181<0>3082<0>2136<0>3854<0>2199<0>3822<0>207<0>229<0>679<0>3910<0>3854<0>2875<0>3132<0>1649<0>948<0>1057<0>2452<0>83<0>2766<0>1711<0>3668<0>2589<0>1414<0>3693<0>361<0>755<0>3246<0>2092<0>464<0>1377<0>3... |
I mean, I got issued overwhites at team five. They wouldn't issue us tan BDUs. Cause we were a Southwest Asia platoon. And I'd look at the guys wearing the chocolate chips. | <0>2082<0>2934<0>1998<0>1525<0>2047<0>698<0>2948<0>1730<0>3239<0>11<0>584<0>2336<0>3493<0>1767<0>972<0>316<0>554<0>4019<0>2772<0>1795<0>2423<0>1318<0>1074<0>3377<0>2488<0>3407<0>136<0>3733<0>543<0>1858<0>2928<0>3020<0>990<0>3488<0>3175<0>3183<0>3713<0>323<0>3488<0>406<0>2883<0>3421<0>2749<0>561<0>368<0>2710<0>1485<0>34... |
I'll trade you for these Woodland cameras. It's just a different world, but I'm actually extremely grateful that I got to see both sides of the coin, because if you never got to see that evolution, uh, you're missing a huge piece of who we are as a community. | <0>691<0>2773<0>2958<0>3555<0>785<0>2733<0>3166<0>1902<0>262<0>581<0>770<0>3598<0>2001<0>2341<0>3260<0>407<0>850<0>236<0>2824<0>1832<0>3542<0>776<0>430<0>3458<0>474<0>1584<0>1944<0>3748<0>1944<0>3023<0>3349<0>3402<0>1451<0>3154<0>1007<0>2972<0>2510<0>2008<0>3665<0>3447<0>119<0>83<0>1996<0>2128<0>596<0>1399<0>35<0>2009<... |
Uh, I bounced back and forth from Iraq to Afghanistan, uh, for basically four years straight. Everything between three to... | <0>3393<0>3791<0>652<0>3791<0>1321<0>1321<0>1321<0>293<0>3373<0>2197<0>1569<0>1007<0>2769<0>1587<0>1240<0>3082<0>2375<0>3839<0>2284<0>527<0>221<0>2217<0>73<0>2525<0>3927<0>521<0>521<0>3404<0>490<0>2510<0>691<0>583<0>3593<0>2142<0>2420<0>3637<0>1800<0>1715<0>1122<0>2875<0>3968<0>1710<0>1587<0>3297<0>3378<0>3239<0>1696<0... |
Four months, they were shorter in duration. Uh, so I ended up in my career, I've been to Iraq three times and Afghanistan five. | <0>261<0>1707<0>2379<0>2043<0>981<0>2336<0>1422<0>406<0>1388<0>3532<0>3876<0>406<0>21<0>1832<0>3595<0>1954<0>3952<0>1265<0>2896<0>512<0>3217<0>2753<0>3976<0>884<0>716<0>1095<0>3134<0>1111<0>1737<0>1737<0>2936<0>1027<0>2066<0>3635<0>1031<0>652<0>3437<0>2488<0>3850<0>3373<0>597<0>2075<0>3713<0>2883<0>1579<0>1038<0>142<0>... |
Yeah, uh, I equated to going to Vegas, uh, and you can play craps for a really long time and you can be on a great heater. Uh, and then at seven is going to come up and bite you and hopefully you don't have a lot of chips on the table. | <0>3038<0>3713<0>3595<0>366<0>175<0>1632<0>1480<0>3377<0>3413<0>652<0>1882<0>1649<0>1335<0>3003<0>3762<0>1989<0>3850<0>3079<0>348<0>1645<0>809<0>2921<0>1388<0>809<0>2710<0>2055<0>2848<0>4029<0>1730<0>1306<0>3155<0>3008<0>3894<0>1710<0>3892<0>318<0>3551<0>3740<0>3133<0>977<0>1544<0>3413<0>413<0>3971<0>2029<0>686<0>229<0... |
Yeah, I got, uh, I got shot from about 15 feet away by a guy in a window that I didn't see and I was staring at that window for 10 minutes before I, I was sitting on a ladder looking into a courtyard where they were trying to determine | <0>1206<0>1171<0>3480<0>3612<0>2848<0>2881<0>374<0>290<0>2826<0>374<0>3150<0>652<0>3377<0>959<0>543<0>738<0>2703<0>3892<0>2488<0>1346<0>3281<0>3367<0>3922<0>2715<0>1777<0>484<0>1830<0>2799<0>2626<0>229<0>2488<0>898<0>2471<0>3297<0>770<0>2144<0>3155<0>698<0>3850<0>2506<0>3176<0>3176<0>3861<0>318<0>1422<0>2753<0>583<0>21... |
Uh, which building was the one that we were actually going to make entry on? And they determined that the building that I was looking at | <0>1649<0>144<0>1331<0>1331<0>1338<0>2178<0>2004<0>9<0>290<0>3524<0>1422<0>1073<0>2948<0>3153<0>3526<0>1321<0>3589<0>679<0>324<0>382<0>1442<0>3526<0>3783<0>3840<0>1671<0>819<0>2864<0>566<0>1815<0>2785<0>1669<0>289<0>1441<0>2185<0>289<0>3234<0>3155<0>3452<0>2099<0>2099<0>196<0>1769<0>3803<0>3762<0>3003<0>2492<0>1108<0>1... |
Was the one we were gonna make entry into. Actually gonna back it up a little bit. So we walked by this building originally. The lights were off. Cause I was walking point at the time. So we went down an alley. | <0>1748<0>866<0>3240<0>1480<0>1645<0>2775<0>1427<0>389<0>234<0>1422<0>866<0>1238<0>819<0>29<0>3894<0>728<0>414<0>2115<0>3373<0>2856<0>819<0>2029<0>3679<0>3176<0>3155<0>819<0>1422<0>543<0>2004<0>437<0>1944<0>2773<0>3439<0>2197<0>3589<0>1240<0>860<0>3509<0>3246<0>2669<0>332<0>3424<0>1182<0>3264<0>1422<0>3894<0>3898<0>216... |
Uh, you know, we're not always the best ninjas. We made a little bit of noise. So a guy comes out of a house. We pursued him into the house and made additional noise. | <0>977<0>1365<0>652<0>1365<0>3791<0>1835<0>2161<0>3839<0>1307<0>1945<0>3413<0>3377<0>3923<0>1715<0>2116<0>191<0>3601<0>2030<0>3679<0>698<0>1715<0>3378<0>2703<0>2060<0>3224<0>990<0>11<0>3153<0>2726<0>2561<0>1967<0>3264<0>694<0>977<0>2004<0>3386<0>3264<0>1129<0>3509<0>441<0>355<0>3307<0>1038<0>2063<0>3748<0>3894<0>2769<0... |
While we were doing that, uh, securing that to make sure that, uh, maybe it wasn't the guy. We weren't exactly positive of the location, so maybe that could have been the guy. | <0>1834<0>1238<0>484<0>3435<0>3894<0>3184<0>2129<0>679<0>493<0>3850<0>3910<0>234<0>4095<0>3762<0>1331<0>1338<0>46<0>2705<0>1276<0>2708<0>3822<0>289<0>3373<0>3413<0>1132<0>2185<0>355<0>2292<0>3636<0>2441<0>679<0>1587<0>1919<0>2406<0>3377<0>2460<0>147<0>1277<0>3363<0>3008<0>586<0>1620<0>1074<0>2924<0>3539<0>413<0>229<0>2... |
So it wasn't, and we backtracked and went back down that alley. And, uh, the guys who were doing the, they were fixing the target, | <0>3066<0>652<0>2991<0>1659<0>1321<0>3927<0>3839<0>1579<0>2152<0>2226<0>1240<0>1240<0>500<0>428<0>795<0>1287<0>77<0>3509<0>2924<0>1240<0>2868<0>3088<0>3822<0>88<0>713<0>3856<0>2569<0>1883<0>4055<0>2205<0>1062<0>1145<0>1145<0>1697<0>2875<0>632<0>809<0>648<0>3003<0>3053<0>1620<0>484<0>1392<0>827<0>1620<0>1488<0>3003<0>30... |
Uh, trying to determine which building it was going to be. They needed some time. So I threw a ladder up on a wall because I'm not a huge fan of not being able to see over things. Climbed up on the ladder. I was just looking at the outside of a building and the lights were on this time, which defeats a lot of the tech... | <0>207<0>1777<0>3935<0>3509<0>2634<0>3837<0>397<0>245<0>3184<0>3297<0>1813<0>406<0>3593<0>289<0>3528<0>3837<0>2152<0>2099<0>3020<0>1139<0>1171<0>2432<0>2710<0>770<0>679<0>1842<0>1842<0>3823<0>1022<0>2055<0>3813<0>3056<0>3122<0>3720<0>2284<0>221<0>2336<0>1365<0>2196<0>86<0>2062<0>1921<0>3140<0>32<0>26<0>1954<0>1738<0>31... |
And I could see plainly into the window. I never saw a shadow. I never saw a curtain move. I never saw anything. | <0>632<0>3679<0>3707<0>3707<0>3707<0>3707<0>3647<0>1485<0>3310<0>3762<0>2441<0>386<0>212<0>2563<0>2187<0>327<0>3713<0>3828<0>3713<0>1100<0>2008<0>990<0>3373<0>191<0>3647<0>2500<0>3122<0>1549<0>3585<0>3509<0>1617<0>3264<0>1777<0>1121<0>3922<0>3214<0>1332<0>2110<0>3593<0>256<0>1688<0>3973<0>1423<0>2875<0>2864<0>3880<0>51... |
They finally gave me the go ahead, hopped off the ladder, and I remember being in the corner of the courtyard by myself for a little bit. | <0>3413<0>1331<0>1441<0>2115<0>2748<0>1518<0>919<0>2161<0>587<0>3373<0>77<0>2152<0>2517<0>2703<0>2525<0>2758<0>1441<0>362<0>1038<0>3882<0>348<0>2324<0>1777<0>1569<0>63<0>1422<0>2517<0>3748<0>807<0>3809<0>1862<0>693<0>2385<0>4022<0>3319<0>223<0>3262<0>1414<0>594<0>3509<0>1478<0>3115<0>819<0>3488<0>3176<0>3626<0>1432<0>2... |
Before, uh, two other guys came over with me, and I almost approached the door on my own. | <0>1620<0>3732<0>2354<0>3026<0>338<0>929<0>1265<0>1265<0>2864<0>3691<0>2517<0>3180<0>2785<0>3528<0>335<0>3439<0>817<0>2616<0>2269<0>1610<0>1959<0>294<0>567<0>954<0>3184<0>3307<0>1376<0>2433<0>1415<0>1480<0>2901<0>3657<0>2239<0>1659<0>3140<0>2511<0>1388<0>3592<0>3832<0>8<0>1448<0>1145<0>1335<0>2051<0>2251<0>567<0>1202<0... |
Uh, because I had before, and it was dark and I had the shadows and it was kinda like an American house where there's, uh, uh, it was like an L. | <0>543<0>1777<0>1007<0>2339<0>3143<0>3927<0>1842<0>1850<0>3782<0>871<0>1830<0>666<0>1886<0>3797<0>3762<0>3466<0>2270<0>2685<0>3284<0>2488<0>1265<0>1948<0>1710<0>3452<0>819<0>513<0>2637<0>2471<0>1129<0>3370<0>3359<0>1944<0>180<0>2710<0>1027<0>884<0>3722<0>374<0>1480<0>2336<0>2769<0>3894<0>3264<0>3166<0>2642<0>2339<0>144... |
The long end of the LB in the garage and then there's that path that goes to the front door and then it breaks off and then there's that window right there. That was the window I was looking at. I was just gonna go to the corner to set security for the breach and I almost left the shadows. It's like, you know what? No... | <0>3003<0>1376<0>2753<0>866<0>3150<0>3180<0>587<0>809<0>1388<0>3781<0>1641<0>2883<0>1659<0>1485<0>972<0>1277<0>104<0>3906<0>1954<0>3443<0>2436<0>2786<0>397<0>2875<0>2096<0>631<0>3837<0>504<0>3023<0>3116<0>3621<0>644<0>2332<0>2705<0>748<0>29<0>3347<0>513<0>2406<0>3534<0>1230<0>2327<0>3307<0>3399<0>1864<0>228<0>2430<0>35... |
And right at that corner that I was going to post myself up on there was a window and I wasn't going to turn my back on the window without taking at least a quick peek in it. And as soon as I turned my head to look in that window, I heard a crack and a round hit me high up on the hip and spun me. | <0>1697<0>3585<0>553<0>1171<0>3888<0>1687<0>2823<0>2282<0>1478<0>1649<0>1518<0>130<0>83<0>1587<0>3413<0>366<0>3264<0>386<0>3894<0>1480<0>2336<0>296<0>954<0>3910<0>3264<0>2753<0>1442<0>1265<0>327<0>1117<0>3135<0>1935<0>3837<0>1376<0>3617<0>2365<0>819<0>2705<0>3310<0>112<0>229<0>3894<0>191<0>3256<0>207<0>1145<0>543<0>138... |
And then, this is the only time I've ever felt it in my life, the true sensation of time slowing down. It really, it was, it was almost like the movies. It's probably the only thing I can say it was ever like the movies, but it slowed down. | <0>2129<0>3750<0>1273<0>2011<0>2995<0>2408<0>3850<0>4010<0>2883<0>2522<0>229<0>542<0>83<0>4009<0>3927<0>2336<0>1217<0>3177<0>898<0>2548<0>2057<0>1919<0>855<0>616<0>1138<0>3146<0>820<0>1388<0>3832<0>1152<0>428<0>428<0>3264<0>1485<0>3850<0>3376<0>3380<0>1315<0>3541<0>1919<0>3665<0>2748<0>2766<0>3438<0>2917<0>1981<0>3180<... |
And spun me towards him and when it hit, I pushed off a little bit with my right foot. I think just instinctually can I kind of push me down and there was a vehicle in the driveway and I ended up stuck underneath the vehicle. I had a shotgun on my right hand side and the bungee cord got stuck on the undercarriage. | <0>3597<0>553<0>3585<0>3421<0>2705<0>1265<0>235<0>1671<0>3155<0>1730<0>289<0>3123<0>1376<0>551<0>457<0>1924<0>3966<0>3894<0>2169<0>229<0>1468<0>581<0>1059<0>3821<0>1772<0>2873<0>1812<0>3122<0>2443<0>1445<0>2038<0>1566<0>521<0>2298<0>3898<0>1388<0>229<0>3894<0>3918<0>1074<0>2572<0>1819<0>3877<0>2421<0>2569<0>2669<0>2336... |
I'm laying on top of my gun. Can't get it staring at full auto fire from like 15 feet away out of a window. Guy's just up on his knees just hosing. | <0>3359<0>2092<0>1422<0>2703<0>3046<0>1378<0>3874<0>243<0>73<0>691<0>1331<0>229<0>374<0>2244<0>3008<0>2650<0>3393<0>1485<0>543<0>2780<0>693<0>2780<0>1145<0>1382<0>148<0>148<0>3015<0>3637<0>1307<0>3269<0>2449<0>3049<0>8<0>3780<0>2914<0>2766<0>2542<0>1318<0>3861<0>978<0>1196<0>1659<0>2879<0>1883<0>283<0>425<0>867<0>1857<... |
And, uh, probably three seconds occurred, or expired, and I mean obviously all hell broke loose from people on our side, uh, engaging the window. | <0>744<0>1800<0>1800<0>191<0>2488<0>144<0>2081<0>3160<0>3150<0>234<0>290<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3762<0>3003<0>3762<0>3003<0>3199<0>1062<0>2999<0>2800<0>1687<0>3528<0>990<0>3488<0>3155<0>3509<0>587<0>3850<0>3595<0>245<0>3359<0>73<0>491<0>1432<0>3386<0>3003<0>9<0>1108<0>567<0>2019<0>1265<0>1265<0>3177<0>234<0>290<0>290<0... |
Some of it was, uh, our guys were too close to a breach. I mean, a lot of it was, it was some fog of war stuff from a unit that you wouldn't associate necessarily with the fog of war, but it, you know, it happens. | <0>2097<0>607<0>3373<0>2799<0>2934<0>1769<0>3589<0>3691<0>805<0>3264<0>770<0>3762<0>150<0>1675<0>1657<0>1777<0>290<0>225<0>43<0>2420<0>3789<0>1500<0>3370<0>2962<0>2848<0>2650<0>2316<0>513<0>331<0>954<0>3146<0>686<0>3636<0>1393<0>3509<0>3791<0>3135<0>898<0>2075<0>3593<0>3435<0>3519<0>2055<0>2713<0>3038<0>3637<0>75<0>202... |
Yeah, but you know, it surprises you at some levels more than others. And it was, you know, they wanted to get internal. Get the breach on the door. Get the breach on the door. So we put a C6 strip charge up, which is a very large explosive charge that runs the length of the door. Put it on the hinge side. | <0>3374<0>441<0>512<0>3462<0>400<0>3013<0>433<0>190<0>1187<0>2577<0>2577<0>1977<0>3045<0>3828<0>313<0>1816<0>3828<0>3667<0>3850<0>1750<0>2462<0>2734<0>2659<0>2819<0>21<0>4050<0>2993<0>2588<0>1254<0>2928<0>2762<0>2133<0>990<0>2336<0>866<0>1118<0>2001<0>2471<0>3582<0>2659<0>11<0>1073<0>3008<0>1715<0>3429<0>3769<0>1961<0>... |
So there was some people who were shot on the inside, there were some people who were shot on the outside, and then there were some people who were hurt from the explosion. So they had little birds coming in grabbing people, uh, I ended up getting thrown in the back of a Bradley. | <0>3264<0>3725<0>2616<0>818<0>1265<0>2753<0>2196<0>1715<0>679<0>3713<0>1388<0>3943<0>2753<0>884<0>3214<0>1332<0>1084<0>2110<0>915<0>2475<0>3585<0>1526<0>2030<0>1129<0>2383<0>2635<0>1156<0>2471<0>3880<0>3297<0>3880<0>229<0>3888<0>3689<0>3745<0>2471<0>1319<0>1530<0>2672<0>2752<0>199<0>1815<0>2516<0>3180<0>877<0>2324<0>18... |
With a guy who jabbed me with a 14 gauge needle and hadn't prepped the bag, so he pulled it back out and I told him at that point, you're done with any medical treatment at this point, I'll handle my own stuff from here on out. | <0>1463<0>593<0>2703<0>1684<0>2488<0>3443<0>1365<0>901<0>1730<0>1858<0>3894<0>3894<0>493<0>1315<0>3556<0>94<0>3782<0>229<0>1171<0>3894<0>3240<0>1180<0>1102<0>2379<0>2753<0>3524<0>2889<0>1485<0>493<0>1206<0>1067<0>2226<0>3606<0>3526<0>3561<0>3287<0>1659<0>866<0>4069<0>1240<0>3175<0>2092<0>679<0>2471<0>2566<0>1198<0>2205... |
Really like an army medic, he was just shaking, I'm like, you're good. I'm gonna live, I think, so just take it easy. Take it easy. But, uh, I mean, I didn't do anything differently that night that I hadn't done before, hundreds of times. | <0>526<0>3214<0>3289<0>294<0>3617<0>2635<0>386<0>2230<0>3169<0>3980<0>1323<0>1773<0>2060<0>3556<0>368<0>151<0>3155<0>397<0>2777<0>1273<0>3376<0>3457<0>212<0>3707<0>809<0>2296<0>2561<0>2672<0>3679<0>75<0>365<0>3762<0>1989<0>3762<0>75<0>369<0>1171<0>3008<0>2633<0>1015<0>1208<0>3973<0>1365<0>506<0>433<0>2070<0>3110<0>3373... |
You know, I just, I was on the wrong side of the bullet. And it, it, uh, it actually really rocked my confidence. It was... | <0>9<0>75<0>3176<0>1777<0>2471<0>2055<0>2705<0>3413<0>2799<0>934<0>1214<0>1328<0>2613<0>2769<0>3264<0>2332<0>3240<0>196<0>1659<0>866<0>290<0>744<0>1171<0>3376<0>2433<0>3123<0>209<0>2710<0>3466<0>1587<0>374<0>1777<0>2517<0>207<0>290<0>3038<0>3331<0>644<0>2773<0>2111<0>2991<0>2776<0>3593<0>587<0>1921<0>898<0>3722<0>3837<... |
I was young, I was my mid-twenties where I wanted to be operating at the level that I wanted to be operating at. And, I mean, I couldn't walk for almost a year. I had hemiplegia, like paralysis of one side of my leg. I had drop foot for a year. | <0>3003<0>1108<0>2537<0>2336<0>3966<0>3637<0>3377<0>2799<0>2248<0>2769<0>43<0>2185<0>3287<0>1655<0>3927<0>871<0>1518<0>369<0>632<0>770<0>1432<0>871<0>1422<0>229<0>2471<0>559<0>1575<0>406<0>2129<0>1485<0>1485<0>1206<0>1655<0>241<0>2053<0>490<0>1265<0>221<0>3297<0>2152<0>3135<0>1422<0>2517<0>1422<0>1422<0>2517<0>83<0>343... |
They don't know if it, I mean they don't know. It either hit the sciatic nerve as it went through or the shockwave short-circuited it. Either way the result was the same. It fried it all the way down to, uh, | <0>664<0>1491<0>3661<0>3713<0>2733<0>3297<0>3839<0>3589<0>1388<0>2525<0>2075<0>3156<0>1414<0>1335<0>1414<0>2751<0>2734<0>716<0>3522<0>151<0>3457<0>3376<0>3373<0>3593<0>2955<0>740<0>3657<0>809<0>2029<0>3176<0>3593<0>2766<0>1329<0>2051<0>81<0>1967<0>3002<0>768<0>75<0>16<0>2055<0>495<0>355<0>3601<0>3595<0>2103<0>2582<0>16... |
So when I was in the back, when I got to the hospital in the green zone, my biggest complaint was that my ankle felt like it was snapped in half. | <0>3003<0>229<0>1240<0>3707<0>1409<0>2503<0>2092<0>2004<0>1748<0>1198<0>3264<0>221<0>3435<0>697<0>2756<0>3791<0>277<0>1388<0>2883<0>691<0>1687<0>2092<0>3373<0>2230<0>83<0>3871<0>2030<0>2432<0>691<0>1331<0>2053<0>46<0>2634<0>406<0>612<0>2432<0>3626<0>289<0>545<0>919<0>2509<0>3592<0>958<0>3174<0>1569<0>3976<0>2928<0>3488... |
And like I still have never had a surgery, never broken a bone. Everything is still inside of my pelvis. They just wrapped the wound with ace wrap and drug me out of the compound. I mean, that's literally it. And then they went back to business, but. | <0>1697<0>2875<0>3707<0>2602<0>3894<0>1198<0>2051<0>2278<0>1828<0>114<0>1428<0>2231<0>3539<0>2970<0>3660<0>1526<0>2336<0>1579<0>3509<0>1862<0>1365<0>2543<0>3594<0>2059<0>3855<0>221<0>2840<0>1108<0>3762<0>75<0>1730<0>2753<0>229<0>3127<0>1856<0>151<0>3894<0>2460<0>1441<0>1277<0>3003<0>3003<0>4095<0>3003<0>3803<0>3657<0>3... |
I thought that I was like, my ankle has got to be destroyed somehow. So they cut my boot off like very gingerly and they're looking at it and they're like, your ankle is totally fine. But that was by far the worst part of it was the, the neuropathic issues for like a year and a half, almost two years. It felt like I h... | <0>1857<0>180<0>165<0>3782<0>2525<0>2799<0>3373<0>2176<0>234<0>3248<0>4029<0>691<0>1261<0>2663<0>3003<0>3973<0>2460<0>2142<0>2775<0>2197<0>294<0>3797<0>2703<0>1277<0>1480<0>1037<0>3707<0>3075<0>2511<0>3594<0>3789<0>3347<0>1409<0>2029<0>1919<0>312<0>409<0>1392<0>1819<0>1255<0>2129<0>1038<0>1098<0>1007<0>2799<0>1857<0>32... |
And so the Navy, I mean, I had like 14, 15 pill bottles. Uh, I mean, I was taken two, three, four ambient staying awake. | <0>1481<0>2978<0>3850<0>679<0>3679<0>2602<0>1730<0>2935<0>492<0>1730<0>1850<0>746<0>2766<0>3344<0>2589<0>2569<0>1102<0>1441<0>2471<0>2055<0>3176<0>1485<0>1449<0>3266<0>3479<0>3860<0>3353<0>756<0>648<0>2389<0>1422<0>1620<0>1819<0>3952<0>1659<0>2499<0>2972<0>2612<0>3769<0>3930<0>3978<0>3978<0>4068<0>924<0>2612<0>290<0>17... |
It was, of course, the only way to up that game is to combine it with Captain Morgan, which I did in a variety of dosages. Uh, so I would sleep, but wake up exhausted. I mean, it was, it was rough. It rocked me as a person and as, uh, as a seal. Uh, I didn't know if I was gonna ever come back from it. | <0>2769<0>2096<0>545<0>2415<0>2922<0>2762<0>3509<0>1575<0>229<0>2703<0>2936<0>484<0>1480<0>46<0>2488<0>3585<0>3637<0>553<0>3894<0>1339<0>1707<0>289<0>1277<0>480<0>2645<0>1277<0>2004<0>1732<0>3984<0>1240<0>2818<0>756<0>3255<0>1924<0>3008<0>3894<0>1277<0>1579<0>2948<0>2483<0>213<0>3848<0>895<0>122<0>3307<0>4068<0>1510<0>... |
I went to Bud's, uh, as a basically a break to rehab myself. Uh, I mean, like so even still today, I can't feel my left leg from the knee cap down. I roll my ankle all the time. I'm just used to, I'm used to it. | <0>151<0>313<0>3235<0>151<0>151<0>1400<0>526<0>366<0>1427<0>2183<0>1335<0>9<0>1108<0>3762<0>1857<0>3413<0>3373<0>527<0>3280<0>3353<0>1715<0>191<0>196<0>2516<0>2883<0>2336<0>963<0>3850<0>2713<0>2663<0>3003<0>3003<0>1376<0>1376<0>1793<0>1265<0>1265<0>1675<0>2044<0>1108<0>9<0>3003<0>3003<0>3466<0>620<0>652<0>2775<0>2957<0... |
Yeah, I mean, I don't do any like lateral stuff because if I catch my left foot to the outside, that's the role that I can't stop is the one of the outside. So I mean, I still train as hard, if not harder than I used to. I'm just super cautious with what it is that I do. And I tailor it all towards the stuff that I do... | <0>259<0>1865<0>983<0>1836<0>433<0>2689<0>2795<0>2060<0>3750<0>2014<0>1139<0>824<0>2488<0>895<0>2525<0>2645<0>1858<0>2471<0>3339<0>374<0>3373<0>2506<0>2152<0>1171<0>2883<0>3595<0>990<0>2577<0>2764<0>3809<0>890<0>607<0>3264<0>1696<0>2826<0>2432<0>703<0>2703<0>2775<0>2769<0>898<0>237<0>1301<0>3789<0>2588<0>3266<0>3307<0>... |
Yeah. You want to talk about, you know, you watch all these movies where, you know, guys are just getting drilled and they're running at it and like, I'm going to be the biggest warrior ever. And like, I was flat on my back. I mean, I was fricking done training. There's nothing I could do pinned under a car. Uh, neede... | <0>4062<0>3248<0>3176<0>915<0>1118<0>3782<0>3157<0>3472<0>1463<0>2488<0>366<0>289<0>1463<0>3008<0>1422<0>678<0>3264<0>3150<0>1318<0>3966<0>2185<0>3180<0>3894<0>386<0>2055<0>2343<0>929<0>2471<0>3877<0>366<0>2205<0>2558<0>844<0>1510<0>2870<0>1329<0>1697<0>3008<0>2581<0>3148<0>3437<0>2773<0>3907<0>1152<0>1405<0>3842<0>332... |
The, uh, the belt I was wearing that night has the second round that the guy shot at me. It burned the belt for like two inches and then the copper jacket is still in the belt itself. That's how close I got to getting hit even higher up in the hip. Like the pelvis, I don't think I would have survived that one if that ... | <0>2432<0>3585<0>144<0>2517<0>2669<0>3626<0>3526<0>1321<0>1659<0>2975<0>3039<0>1094<0>2705<0>2989<0>3877<0>3894<0>3719<0>2072<0>2717<0>3707<0>2115<0>1240<0>1517<0>2903<0>2995<0>2030<0>2715<0>1669<0>3123<0>2934<0>729<0>934<0>2185<0>1890<0>1748<0>948<0>963<0>2830<0>839<0>3951<0>1445<0>3922<0>2735<0>607<0>3849<0>2155<0>23... |
I got home about two days after it happened. They flew me, they medevaced me to launch stool. I decided I didn't want to stay there, so I checked myself out and got a Delta ticket and flew into New York. | <0>3509<0>807<0>898<0>2832<0>1804<0>1518<0>3180<0>191<0>919<0>756<0>3307<0>3123<0>4095<0>3762<0>4095<0>2004<0>1480<0>229<0>2488<0>2517<0>1222<0>3803<0>838<0>2075<0>3488<0>1685<0>698<0>698<0>2462<0>1365<0>1857<0>3497<0>2248<0>1991<0>1240<0>484<0>1038<0>234<0>2183<0>3762<0>1108<0>963<0>3735<0>3155<0>3927<0>895<0>3894<0>3... |
Uh, I got picked up by another plane and my wife met me at the stairs of the aircraft in Oceania, the Naval Air Station there with my son in a stroller and she was pregnant with our second child. | <0>3180<0>3150<0>3150<0>3150<0>1388<0>3437<0>1094<0>374<0>1152<0>406<0>366<0>3373<0>3180<0>3894<0>2826<0>1518<0>1710<0>2161<0>3176<0>2029<0>3597<0>3707<0>1710<0>1117<0>3377<0>1406<0>1084<0>1100<0>2087<0>2015<0>871<0>1587<0>2412<0>493<0>4062<0>3320<0>3038<0>648<0>290<0>1335<0>1989<0>2182<0>2717<0>877<0>1919<0>369<0>1206... |
And about a week after that, my resting heart rate was sitting at like 150. I was sweating profusely in a ton of pain and they take me to the hospital. | <0>2129<0>2488<0>3146<0>1768<0>3488<0>2889<0>2074<0>366<0>1118<0>3373<0>1526<0>1693<0>174<0>2135<0>1414<0>693<0>3257<0>3540<0>3018<0>1748<0>2549<0>2915<0>2471<0>3480<0>3850<0>3968<0>2221<0>2471<0>2864<0>2542<0>3630<0>2984<0>2205<0>3264<0>1719<0>3038<0>3842<0>3739<0>3171<0>518<0>3339<0>180<0>3146<0>3528<0>386<0>3002<0>1... |
And I remember talking to like this, I think I was an E5 at the time. So I was talking to this little punk E2 corpsman who was checking me in. | <0>3284<0>3713<0>658<0>3793<0>658<0>3713<0>2185<0>1667<0>3762<0>3762<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>2663<0>3894<0>2471<0>3980<0>3592<0>678<0>43<0>919<0>2055<0>3626<0>3373<0>3438<0>3176<0>3751<0>312<0>3268<0>2799<0>386<0>2197<0>234<0>1491<0>1491<0>2626<0>3246<0>3882<0>2099<0>2406<0>2826<0>1738<0>324<0>2538<0>2205<... |
And he's like, you know, what's the nature of injury? I'm like, you know, gunshot wound to the hip. And I kid you not, he's, he's like writing this stuff down. He stops and he looks at me and he goes, self-inflicted? | <0>1440<0>966<0>3762<0>3762<0>744<0>368<0>553<0>553<0>3585<0>369<0>1715<0>374<0>3155<0>3155<0>3223<0>327<0>3791<0>491<0>1171<0>658<0>55<0>3373<0>3509<0>1171<0>1378<0>2059<0>3667<0>317<0>3713<0>2437<0>1199<0>3490<0>1166<0>1238<0>382<0>2029<0>2433<0>382<0>1480<0>3297<0>374<0>3176<0>2773<0>2197<0>1575<0>3894<0>1579<0>3176... |
And my wife's sitting there looking at this, she's just like, what's, what's going on? Like she has very little understanding of the military medical system. I sat in the waiting room while they took people in with the sniffles and the flu for four hours. | <0>939<0>1500<0>1737<0>3067<0>1308<0>2734<0>3751<0>598<0>155<0>919<0>3556<0>2703<0>231<0>1658<0>2087<0>3997<0>1568<0>2966<0>2773<0>3155<0>3155<0>1719<0>1715<0>3373<0>809<0>634<0>3943<0>3551<0>1273<0>2870<0>871<0>1388<0>1935<0>2404<0>3837<0>782<0>327<0>1118<0>3626<0>3151<0>2054<0>1819<0>484<0>3447<0>1361<0>1488<0>1641<0... |
Uh, in the war, you know, given where we were at that time. And they wanted to come have all the doctors, all the residents come in. They're like, Hey, can they come in and check out the wound? Like we've never seen a gunshot wound. | <0>1031<0>898<0>1331<0>209<0>1388<0>2615<0>866<0>232<0>929<0>2753<0>915<0>2864<0>3913<0>3199<0>3593<0>753<0>3353<0>3585<0>147<0>1485<0>1277<0>543<0>1335<0>1688<0>2092<0>929<0>2471<0>3894<0>929<0>3146<0>1388<0>3892<0>1467<0>3413<0>2799<0>231<0>1388<0>4062<0>75<0>1685<0>2991<0>3240<0>1388<0>963<0>1452<0>3612<0>3828<0>229... |
I'm like sure, if you bring a pint of morphine with you and juice me up first, I don't care what you do. Like I just couldn't sleep. I was in so much pain. Uh, the treatment that I got from the military. | <0>3528<0>3541<0>3266<0>2777<0>3915<0>2881<0>2133<0>2471<0>1208<0>3894<0>229<0>553<0>3741<0>948<0>290<0>3762<0>3003<0>4095<0>1108<0>1276<0>1620<0>3791<0>1842<0>1730<0>369<0>1321<0>866<0>2185<0>1169<0>2619<0>3927<0>227<0>686<0>1485<0>3307<0>1329<0>3894<0>317<0>698<0>1204<0>782<0>3606<0>1655<0>1315<0>3713<0>3264<0>658<0>... |
05. Yeah, early 05. It wasn't awesome. They weren't used to seeing a lot of that stuff. Uh, yeah, I got pills and I got sent home and kind of largely left to my own devices, which was not a smart call at the time. | <0>2579<0>3791<0>3377<0>1913<0>3185<0>593<0>355<0>1200<0>3341<0>2053<0>3127<0>3713<0>335<0>259<0>3318<0>1308<0>3791<0>1630<0>2374<0>3132<0>3393<0>191<0>3943<0>1321<0>1118<0>83<0>321<0>898<0>3264<0>1328<0>2341<0>216<0>1463<0>304<0>3359<0>369<0>3457<0>2030<0>2741<0>3850<0>1730<0>313<0>1659<0>484<0>2883<0>2488<0>46<0>2055... |
I mean, in my career, I felt like I was a race car in fifth gear going around turn four and then somebody dumped the tranny into reverse and there was just pieces everywhere. And I had to kind of put it back together myself and it sucked at the time. | <0>3413<0>3894<0>1730<0>691<0>3616<0>2883<0>4062<0>1145<0>1384<0>3803<0>87<0>2328<0>382<0>1687<0>1976<0>3404<0>2197<0>1463<0>2471<0>3592<0>3135<0>1816<0>2766<0>3990<0>3541<0>3840<0>3974<0>2989<0>236<0>3850<0>1978<0>2471<0>1129<0>748<0>3353<0>2087<0>1710<0>3668<0>3637<0>972<0>3509<0>1304<0>3404<0>1200<0>1469<0>2207<0>42... |
I mean, she's pissed about it, the treatment that I got, but I mean, the military did what they were doing at that time. You know, I don't hold them against it or hold it against them at all. Uh, but it sucked for sure. | <0>954<0>3005<0>3907<0>4045<0>1208<0>2856<0>3038<0>3008<0>3966<0>3693<0>2840<0>374<0>1171<0>2030<0>3780<0>567<0>2813<0>2285<0>1823<0>349<0>1265<0>2135<0>2129<0>4083<0>1784<0>3299<0>3626<0>3133<0>1478<0>3439<0>2053<0>1777<0>234<0>1789<0>2066<0>1961<0>987<0>634<0>977<0>1748<0>1277<0>3589<0>1816<0>2904<0>2629<0>2110<0>389... |
You know, one of the worst things about the whole thing was actually the flight out of Balad and a C-141 full of stretchers of people that were wounded far worse than I was. Just the noises that were being made on that flight from Balad to Landstuhl. | <0>1669<0>3008<0>3617<0>527<0>83<0>1388<0>3435<0>2471<0>1773<0>509<0>1730<0>1858<0>1579<0>374<0>1331<0>484<0>789<0>9<0>9<0>4095<0>3803<0>3657<0>1108<0>426<0>492<0>300<0>1526<0>191<0>3287<0>814<0>1555<0>809<0>2563<0>289<0>2498<0>75<0>4095<0>4095<0>290<0>229<0>1217<0>3388<0>3148<0>2284<0>2773<0>191<0>1231<0>254<0>3166<0>... |
Uh, I was very fortunate, I had a doc who was assigned to me and I was just like, hey, knock me out, right, like I don't want to hear this anymore. And I had the guy just basically just juice me up until I fell asleep for the whole flight. But what an experience. | <0>1365<0>3447<0>327<0>4095<0>3339<0>3373<0>1715<0>1007<0>3146<0>746<0>4008<0>245<0>3907<0>2715<0>22<0>1094<0>648<0>2285<0>1815<0>3187<0>1094<0>4062<0>296<0>3421<0>2748<0>2734<0>3342<0>2875<0>3854<0>583<0>1842<0>2775<0>2055<0>3264<0>406<0>3880<0>1801<0>4003<0>3741<0>2398<0>1108<0>3003<0>9<0>3003<0>3762<0>465<0>3526<0>4... |
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