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You'll never forget just a tube full of bleeding Americans. | <0>2029<0>2152<0>1238<0>819<0>759<0>611<0>3122<0>1842<0>1328<0>2029<0>3479<0>2205<0>4055<0>1339<0>3309<0>2205<0>765<0>3374<0>3593<0>3519<0>3626<0>871<0>614<0>3310<0>3438<0>866<0>3240<0>196<0>1830<0>611<0>3003<0>1108<0>3466<0>3466<0>3466<0>1108<0>3003<0>1748<0>543<0>1748<0>196<0>527<0>1022<0>919<0>1730<0>386<0>1409<0>16... |
Uh, another guy who had his legs blown off. I mean, like, I'm sitting there, I'm like, I'm like, okay, I thought I was injured. Uh, you guys, you guys are way worse off than I am. It was a very sobering experience. | <0>1338<0>3413<0>2666<0>1573<0>1463<0>374<0>807<0>2578<0>3191<0>1200<0>2799<0>2883<0>2775<0>2379<0>2883<0>2161<0>1442<0>1591<0>411<0>12<0>4027<0>1805<0>3541<0>1094<0>2549<0>2187<0>2873<0>963<0>3492<0>678<0>3894<0>1710<0>1715<0>962<0>3822<0>2716<0>1862<0>497<0>3388<0>3762<0>3762<0>3762<0>3762<0>3003<0>2537<0>1862<0>1862... |
And, uh, I kept signing waivers for the dosages because they were, we were off the charts. Like we were making medical history with the dosages that I was on. Uh, and another side effect of it is central nervous system suppression. | <0>632<0>658<0>658<0>658<0>3713<0>4062<0>3926<0>3930<0>1072<0>1072<0>1961<0>2870<0>2663<0>3150<0>3150<0>1857<0>3447<0>838<0>2645<0>934<0>3413<0>361<0>871<0>2197<0>3585<0>3404<0>3935<0>3551<0>648<0>2205<0>1062<0>2778<0>807<0>2105<0>329<0>484<0>2762<0>3637<0>3365<0>513<0>3133<0>977<0>2711<0>807<0>2030<0>1730<0>304<0>366<... |
And I remembered going by the gasoline, or calling by the gasoline, going by the gas station and looking at the sign for the prices of the gasoline. And my wife asked me a very rudimentary mathematical problem and I couldn't, I couldn't figure it out. | <0>2435<0>1800<0>1730<0>1730<0>3585<0>3722<0>3184<0>3509<0>3509<0>336<0>318<0>807<0>406<0>229<0>2471<0>3647<0>2029<0>3089<0>2013<0>3791<0>3850<0>3184<0>658<0>3781<0>2498<0>3393<0>2044<0>3877<0>566<0>2824<0>3388<0>1978<0>327<0>3246<0>2924<0>701<0>3148<0>934<0>1730<0>703<0>2799<0>2142<0>151<0>1206<0>1240<0>1977<0>2741<0>... |
Uh, and I'm certainly not the smartest guy in the world, but like I should be able to add two plus two and you know, maybe multiply that out a little bit and I couldn't do it and I recognize that in and of myself. Uh, so that night I... | <0>3413<0>3150<0>3150<0>3150<0>3413<0>3377<0>3585<0>3850<0>1052<0>1518<0>374<0>3626<0>3551<0>746<0>2536<0>1687<0>2055<0>1026<0>2934<0>3305<0>915<0>1751<0>34<0>677<0>1422<0>1388<0>2072<0>878<0>2252<0>1882<0>55<0>190<0>1485<0>2161<0>374<0>1422<0>2666<0>3664<0>958<0>1155<0>334<0>3008<0>653<0>3683<0>1427<0>1964<0>658<0>300... |
So I stopped drinking and basically started weaning myself off of the Neurotin because you can't stop it cold turkey because if you do, uh, your propensity for seizures goes through the roof. So you got to graduate yourself out of it. So it took me like six to eight months to get myself off of Neurotin. | <0>838<0>644<0>366<0>1490<0>3447<0>386<0>2161<0>587<0>324<0>2092<0>3123<0>3003<0>744<0>553<0>3735<0>3735<0>3707<0>1800<0>2185<0>2105<0>1038<0>1038<0>871<0>1800<0>728<0>1152<0>458<0>561<0>698<0>1427<0>3980<0>2894<0>3435<0>3184<0>1022<0>2161<0>2029<0>2471<0>3892<0>3421<0>2151<0>3185<0>1331<0>2864<0>1043<0>3447<0>3840<0>2... |
Off all the pills, uh, and I just started working out like a maniac. And that's how I got myself. I did, I did it all on my own. I didn't get on any protocol from the Navy, but I remember that moment where I just couldn't answer that question. I was like, okay, time to, time to shift course. | <0>1882<0>2735<0>2525<0>259<0>3185<0>1388<0>963<0>2666<0>2561<0>3607<0>627<0>2762<0>3066<0>2612<0>4068<0>3858<0>2870<0>3466<0>1775<0>1777<0>697<0>1777<0>484<0>2063<0>838<0>1710<0>3751<0>312<0>2715<0>3617<0>1422<0>3526<0>3185<0>1687<0>3832<0>3822<0>3437<0>1361<0>1575<0>2063<0>2924<0>324<0>2875<0>2161<0>718<0>3154<0>3477... |
Uh, but yeah, so like, and I had never done squats before. So I literally held onto a pole and lowered myself down into a squat and I picked myself up and I just, I just changed stuff. | <0>1693<0>2813<0>2609<0>2616<0>3117<0>724<0>3691<0>3155<0>3713<0>2609<0>3551<0>1773<0>313<0>2488<0>3155<0>1329<0>290<0>4066<0>809<0>1384<0>759<0>746<0>1835<0>3079<0>3617<0>2936<0>3453<0>22<0>3285<0>189<0>1308<0>1245<0>3791<0>3927<0>938<0>3341<0>3566<0>1335<0>4048<0>365<0>1108<0>948<0>1428<0>2004<0>3559<0>3551<0>1773<0>... |
So I could do it and, uh, I remember the first night of sleep that I had that was really good. And my wife could probably point to it on a calendar because I came back from the gym, like I had no responsibilities at work because my squadron was still deployed. | <0>3264<0>1715<0>3373<0>1136<0>3248<0>3637<0>78<0>2185<0>368<0>1388<0>2659<0>2205<0>3693<0>1697<0>3707<0>1123<0>2462<0>698<0>1715<0>3894<0>2055<0>977<0>3003<0>3762<0>3391<0>2799<0>3150<0>2921<0>1603<0>2700<0>3722<0>490<0>1214<0>370<0>3974<0>83<0>3617<0>83<0>1155<0>1768<0>3732<0>3732<0>934<0>2142<0>3880<0>2769<0>1480<0>... |
So, I mean, I literally was like, Hey, come in on Thursdays and we'll give you some e-stem on your leg. That was, that was the therapy. | <0>3421<0>3593<0>37<0>1063<0>915<0>3530<0>3403<0>3607<0>2500<0>3647<0>820<0>1715<0>2883<0>1171<0>2867<0>1789<0>4066<0>1661<0>1100<0>1703<0>1328<0>1715<0>3791<0>1768<0>2082<0>3667<0>1517<0>1100<0>1100<0>2030<0>1575<0>3184<0>1422<0>3637<0>587<0>368<0>3850<0>819<0>768<0>3457<0>3532<0>1152<0>739<0>1277<0>4095<0>1108<0>1533... |
So I went into the gym and I just crushed myself. Came home like covered in sweat and just passed out. Slept good and just continued that routine on and you know, they were saying it would take me | <0>3421<0>3791<0>3691<0>2500<0>527<0>3122<0>1084<0>1094<0>1277<0>1463<0>809<0>1568<0>2432<0>2432<0>1655<0>3556<0>809<0>3729<0>3528<0>2437<0>1200<0>3621<0>3637<0>855<0>2705<0>3370<0>495<0>3603<0>2580<0>1990<0>1129<0>370<0>2773<0>2259<0>3154<0>2369<0>2972<0>1648<0>1830<0>2857<0>1730<0>1238<0>327<0>1307<0>3184<0>1819<0>75... |
A couple years if ever to get back on, uh, full active duty. Cause they didn't know. I mean, because of the nerves, they're like, eh, you reach the end of the medical practice when you start talking about nerves. I've never had, I mean, the doctors with probably a decade of medical experiences saying to me, I don't kn... | <0>3370<0>2436<0>3373<0>1388<0>1206<0>3008<0>2776<0>513<0>2152<0>2589<0>1815<0>3404<0>1328<0>386<0>2099<0>3356<0>480<0>1657<0>3972<0>2684<0>294<0>3973<0>988<0>1978<0>1603<0>2081<0>1777<0>614<0>1414<0>2406<0>1857<0>3607<0>1978<0>3748<0>77<0>2129<0>3008<0>2152<0>365<0>4027<0>3106<0>1570<0>104<0>1715<0>3668<0>672<0>1318<0... |
Uh, but yeaah, I mean I worked myself back, I wasn't done. I didn't want to be done. And I worked myself back to a point where... | <0>2215<0>3791<0>2517<0>2517<0>1777<0>3180<0>1688<0>1108<0>3003<0>3762<0>1108<0>1255<0>1171<0>2074<0>3356<0>1805<0>3894<0>809<0>1240<0>2758<0>478<0>3146<0>493<0>1191<0>2471<0>684<0>2715<0>3850<0>1321<0>2339<0>3691<0>2488<0>2230<0>1062<0>948<0>366<0>990<0>3235<0>3574<0>3593<0>327<0>648<0>4095<0>755<0>809<0>1318<0>324<0>... |
I felt confident again that I could deploy and I was still continuing. So I left and went to buds in 2006 as an instructor, use that time to rehab myself. And then, um, by the time I got to team three, it was about four, four or five years after that injury where I was going through training when you were the OIC to t... | <0>755<0>2298<0>1707<0>2517<0>3115<0>2004<0>2555<0>465<0>1657<0>2748<0>3877<0>2016<0>3038<0>191<0>1376<0>707<0>1485<0>2161<0>3565<0>229<0>2705<0>2795<0>3622<0>1579<0>3837<0>1480<0>1659<0>818<0>453<0>527<0>2764<0>492<0>3264<0>3264<0>406<0>551<0>2875<0>397<0>3561<0>3008<0>753<0>2753<0>513<0>1020<0>1888<0>990<0>2758<0>144... |
I did, I uhm, I didn't have a, it's not that I didn't have a choice, it was the best choice that I had at that time. So when I got shot, I was on my LPO tour. | <0>2355<0>2875<0>1710<0>809<0>2795<0>2488<0>1622<0>1569<0>484<0>3373<0>1328<0>3541<0>3437<0>3374<0>3096<0>1842<0>2934<0>3559<0>543<0>1062<0>1335<0>1335<0>2612<0>1405<0>652<0>2630<0>776<0>3457<0>3713<0>1076<0>2525<0>313<0>3038<0>323<0>3373<0>2881<0>3751<0>3659<0>2152<0>1118<0>2072<0>983<0>1130<0>2055<0>3600<0>2753<0>237... |
Uh, and for people who don't understand the military, it is a mandatory go, no-go wicket for advancement. And they counted it as me not successfully completing it. | <0>2705<0>3150<0>934<0>1294<0>1463<0>3075<0>2619<0>147<0>3176<0>1480<0>915<0>374<0>1777<0>1328<0>850<0>2563<0>636<0>3177<0>1518<0>1816<0>838<0>1028<0>950<0>1171<0>3457<0>2192<0>698<0>819<0>1463<0>698<0>3176<0>1339<0>2530<0>3493<0>2753<0>1265<0>1539<0>2710<0>2710<0>1508<0>3024<0>3472<0>2217<0>3845<0>2336<0>990<0>158<0>3... |
So if you want to march your way from E1 to E9, you have to hit these mandatory career wickets and the jump between E6 to E7 for the enlisted guys is the large jump from mental management to the C suite of the enlisted realm. | <0>1993<0>2060<0>2525<0>22<0>22<0>776<0>3551<0>3235<0>1835<0>2878<0>3530<0>3155<0>1835<0>3750<0>1118<0>3823<0>22<0>2544<0>1118<0>2060<0>2750<0>1517<0>89<0>3927<0>1715<0>2659<0>2144<0>243<0>1990<0>2517<0>1671<0>690<0>2872<0>262<0>2948<0>3055<0>240<0>2366<0>1491<0>3067<0>527<0>809<0>950<0>746<0>1214<0>2657<0>3176<0>1441<... |
They, they judge you only by your service record, unless you have these mandatory wickets, you're getting swept off the table. And so I submitted my chief package twice with a good, uh, | <0>895<0>3892<0>3793<0>1485<0>3821<0>1539<0>3713<0>2060<0>3907<0>2894<0>3255<0>1526<0>3020<0>366<0>2197<0>1773<0>2773<0>37<0>1715<0>331<0>2059<0>2420<0>1079<0>2398<0>1406<0>367<0>397<0>587<0>3668<0>2488<0>919<0>368<0>3894<0>2996<0>1710<0>1339<0>374<0>2471<0>3067<0>3617<0>2889<0>3892<0>687<0>1427<0>1989<0>9<0>1145<0>114... |
Awesome evaluations. I mean, I was doing some, some awesome stuff in my career. I had good awards, uh, good recommendations, good evals from everybody. And two years in a row, they're like, Nope. And so finally I started calling people who probably shouldn't have told me the answer. I'm like, Hey, what's going on ther... | <0>356<0>644<0>607<0>779<0>2332<0>3791<0>3356<0>3176<0>1388<0>3539<0>2948<0>3155<0>2769<0>2055<0>1890<0>1657<0>2703<0>809<0>3791<0>2055<0>1073<0>73<0>3927<0>679<0>196<0>1376<0>2857<0>746<0>3134<0>3003<0>3151<0>1039<0>607<0>2769<0>1715<0>3551<0>652<0>1118<0>3404<0>3404<0>2252<0>3277<0>229<0>2766<0>2766<0>3410<0>1645<0>5... |
And I didn't want to be done with being in the military. And I'm sitting there and I'm like, okay, how, what can I do here? | <0>1697<0>1773<0>1865<0>433<0>2327<0>3327<0>3869<0>114<0>3466<0>1171<0>2060<0>2470<0>313<0>1076<0>1146<0>760<0>1773<0>526<0>280<0>2323<0>882<0>3002<0>3612<0>3295<0>2485<0>3031<0>3146<0>21<0>386<0>65<0>3295<0>2616<0>65<0>3235<0>2133<0>3280<0>2309<0>983<0>1254<0>3224<0>2181<0>2741<0>3850<0>2766<0>1866<0>1171<0>645<0>4095... |
Uh, officer programs and stumbled across the limited duty officer program, which is traditionally for E7, E8s, and E9s. | <0>2420<0>2799<0>484<0>1777<0>1500<0>934<0>2773<0>1202<0>2471<0>1214<0>2230<0>3299<0>2369<0>1890<0>1318<0>2509<0>1427<0>3910<0>1238<0>2500<0>210<0>3285<0>2163<0>1569<0>454<0>247<0>3176<0>3176<0>2379<0>3413<0>3840<0>2412<0>3526<0>2152<0>1485<0>3519<0>2450<0>3404<0>3155<0>2753<0>1777<0>3231<0>2955<0>693<0>1277<0>335<0>39... |
Uh, and there had never been an E6 candidate picked up and so I threw my package in the next year that it came up and was actually selected first out of the whole stable of people that were selected that year ahead of like 5 or 6 other chiefs who ended up getting | <0>2381<0>3150<0>3150<0>3150<0>3150<0>898<0>3668<0>1710<0>1944<0>1200<0>493<0>3447<0>3809<0>3180<0>1587<0>1529<0>768<0>1485<0>3850<0>3002<0>1186<0>1152<0>1707<0>3780<0>3552<0>1587<0>2938<0>4066<0>3413<0>3392<0>3589<0>3413<0>3973<0>3132<0>3762<0>1108<0>2435<0>227<0>1711<0>590<0>3264<0>3373<0>1533<0>898<0>374<0>3457<0>19... |
I'm looking, I'm like, I wanna stay in and I wanna have an impact. This is the only way that I can do it. So that's why I submitted my, my officer package. It was never any burning desire of mine from like years before that. It was just, | <0>1255<0>4062<0>1696<0>3732<0>2450<0>1770<0>2336<0>1206<0>3647<0>1388<0>3593<0>1830<0>3146<0>3457<0>318<0>2634<0>1715<0>5<0>1687<0>3305<0>3373<0>1610<0>2645<0>2799<0>2883<0>2848<0>3540<0>2735<0>1463<0>3184<0>1388<0>2030<0>3850<0>1100<0>1100<0>1171<0>698<0>1773<0>679<0>1544<0>362<0>693<0>1431<0>347<0>87<0>278<0>3621<0>... |
I need to do something to keep moving and that was my route to do it. | <0>1857<0>3976<0>701<0>691<0>1171<0>493<0>3176<0>919<0>3176<0>3176<0>3839<0>1715<0>3447<0>1007<0>1171<0>587<0>1339<0>2029<0>2924<0>3180<0>983<0>2161<0>294<0>1295<0>1331<0>2517<0>294<0>3489<0>1152<0>3552<0>437<0>1777<0>2471<0>3022<0>2441<0>1518<0>3822<0>3629<0>2116<0>963<0>567<0>1614<0>1056<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
I needed to prove to myself that I could still do the job that I wanted to do. I was pissed about it and I was at a point in my life where I was still very tied to what the job | <0>652<0>1655<0>1465<0>1485<0>3839<0>1265<0>3008<0>2864<0>3154<0>1427<0>1232<0>2550<0>2419<0>977<0>3466<0>290<0>1782<0>2530<0>3789<0>2705<0>2282<0>1427<0>2883<0>2379<0>369<0>3008<0>3894<0>1277<0>3693<0>2432<0>3907<0>219<0>3150<0>196<0>247<0>1737<0>871<0>3255<0>332<0>3526<0>3526<0>369<0>3894<0>229<0>2178<0>3858<0>876<0>... |
I meant I derived so much of my personality and who I was from that job because it was all that I had focused on for the vast majority of my life at that point that I didn't | <0>1579<0>3664<0>2352<0>421<0>1038<0>465<0>1108<0>1748<0>4077<0>2645<0>1577<0>2753<0>1518<0>3377<0>1365<0>2609<0>2229<0>1277<0>1890<0>1427<0>3264<0>447<0>942<0>3535<0>1715<0>3907<0>2150<0>1306<0>2543<0>1693<0>2046<0>3223<0>3373<0>3907<0>1730<0>713<0>1211<0>2543<0>2226<0>1208<0>122<0>2669<0>1687<0>866<0>1659<0>2516<0>39... |
I didn't know who I would be without that. So it was a combination of all of those things that just kind of kept driving me towards going back. And there was, I mean, there was never a second's hesitation. I like, I knew I was going to not stop. I just didn't know that the road, the road which I was going to take to n... | <0>2488<0>3158<0>3320<0>4055<0>3606<0>3752<0>1388<0>915<0>2799<0>460<0>2217<0>1094<0>1485<0>1485<0>756<0>1277<0>81<0>4077<0>1675<0>2566<0>1573<0>1812<0>3466<0>1108<0>1960<0>3593<0>3820<0>1715<0>2420<0>2081<0>2471<0>1768<0>3038<0>632<0>4024<0>3500<0>871<0>797<0>2753<0>1422<0>3435<0>234<0>3117<0>2705<0>2762<0>1997<0>1711... |
And if we're being totally honest, a lot of that is by design. | <0>2106<0>3376<0>809<0>1462<0>1105<0>3146<0>969<0>3002<0>3574<0>1715<0>484<0>1094<0>3373<0>652<0>2008<0>1793<0>3850<0>2030<0>307<0>3984<0>2205<0>948<0>3762<0>3762<0>1108<0>4095<0>406<0>1392<0>1816<0>1671<0>2577<0>2378<0>1198<0>3180<0>2488<0>2710<0>1517<0>3910<0>63<0>3672<0>290<0>1031<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
I'm sure it is. The military and especially the SEAL teams. What do we do to our buddies who want to get out? You know, like I am thinking about getting out. Hey, fuck you, quitter. | <0>1338<0>2748<0>83<0>1273<0>3530<0>2001<0>599<0>939<0>522<0>3002<0>495<0>3593<0>374<0>2474<0>2577<0>3751<0>2715<0>2197<0>3587<0>3295<0>368<0>1405<0>3421<0>2127<0>1752<0>1719<0>2923<0>2309<0>2966<0>2966<0>4026<0>3182<0>2995<0>3457<0>317<0>426<0>1715<0>3732<0>3132<0>2004<0>990<0>218<0>756<0>3158<0>3876<0>1235<0>3974<0>2... |
Naturally puts on a set of blinders, which I think is essential to make us as effective as we are. | <0>3526<0>1751<0>1800<0>3339<0>3062<0>2773<0>11<0>1270<0>2934<0>2336<0>2796<0>2857<0>1659<0>4008<0>3150<0>1883<0>648<0>2105<0>2030<0>3751<0>355<0>1579<0>2775<0>4029<0>2717<0>546<0>3144<0>3307<0>1432<0>1073<0>1027<0>2881<0>668<0>2668<0>864<0>645<0>3875<0>2060<0>3457<0>1405<0>3532<0>3456<0>3641<0>217<0>1659<0>2682<0>1388... |
Because they would have failed their ORE. Okay. I mean, the platoons would come, or like, you know, uh, the SCA would be like, hey, uh, | <0>1835<0>3405<0>3457<0>3096<0>3833<0>623<0>1190<0>313<0>2258<0>2544<0>2525<0>1835<0>593<0>3950<0>65<0>1642<0>3612<0>2341<0>3445<0>2860<0>311<0>3902<0>2860<0>691<0>1368<0>936<0>1775<0>738<0>2075<0>668<0>2323<0>3045<0>824<0>3713<0>22<0>607<0>3061<0>1851<0>103<0>2683<0>2815<0>3339<0>1639<0>2815<0>2703<0>1171<0>3435<0>138... |
Uh, and so the, you know, like I put my officer package in, but let's say like 20% of me was like, you know what? This is just a means to an end. I'm going to figure out a way. | <0>144<0>1696<0>1696<0>2666<0>3117<0>516<0>368<0>1355<0>782<0>3449<0>1445<0>374<0>144<0>2659<0>850<0>3213<0>484<0>1512<0>1112<0>2348<0>3447<0>3751<0>3373<0>374<0>1638<0>703<0>3637<0>1719<0>2795<0>954<0>3307<0>290<0>1335<0>3762<0>1649<0>3828<0>2094<0>22<0>598<0>1139<0>3828<0>3823<0>1276<0>1152<0>3370<0>1329<0>1488<0>139... |
of the LDO manual in a tactical leadership position, which I eventually worked, uh, my way to not by any kind of design, but I went to team three as a training elf. | <0>1071<0>3691<0>37<0>1671<0>2966<0>2175<0>1659<0>1485<0>1730<0>932<0>954<0>3707<0>3707<0>2187<0>1422<0>1659<0>158<0>1171<0>1587<0>385<0>1517<0>3910<0>2715<0>2705<0>1734<0>3435<0>664<0>3922<0>645<0>4062<0>1467<0>3637<0>679<0>3667<0>3995<0>2060<0>300<0>2588<0>1715<0>3020<0>1422<0>3677<0>789<0>2705<0>1414<0>465<0>1989<0>... |
And you know, they're getting ready to send people to Afghanistan and no one's ever set foot there. And you know, the skipper. | <0>632<0>3096<0>2978<0>3821<0>3821<0>2978<0>1526<0>3020<0>805<0>1376<0>3003<0>2492<0>3003<0>3762<0>2589<0>3637<0>368<0>374<0>4072<0>2542<0>1214<0>493<0>1715<0>2155<0>1214<0>2375<0>3713<0>1097<0>3850<0>3823<0>1485<0>3713<0>3626<0>2336<0>1217<0>1273<0>2432<0>3647<0>983<0>939<0>898<0>3277<0>2475<0>3585<0>2030<0>3780<0>698... |
And so I like just kinda started going out there again and then like went out to nylon when they, when the troop failed their land warfare, I went out with them and tried, just to try to go and do smart stuff to help them out, to relieve some, give the leadership some distance and space. | <0>535<0>2046<0>491<0>3995<0>2302<0>3505<0>1967<0>22<0>681<0>3701<0>969<0>1830<0>2055<0>3713<0>3421<0>2459<0>2323<0>366<0>3750<0>3264<0>2735<0>262<0>1073<0>1858<0>1007<0>2544<0>144<0>2560<0>3445<0>587<0>3155<0>2758<0>2094<0>22<0>2060<0>144<0>1171<0>2144<0>1738<0>229<0>3373<0>313<0>1500<0>3551<0>2799<0>3719<0>1500<0>277... |
Oh yes, we can do that and you should. And they just, they weren't, because you know, you get a junior officer in a community full of A types and most of the people that work for them | <0>2525<0>1419<0>3235<0>3374<0>776<0>1400<0>3447<0>3667<0>3557<0>2733<0>2773<0>3374<0>1998<0>2777<0>1773<0>2309<0>3603<0>1171<0>1208<0>3752<0>3214<0>3214<0>3214<0>3214<0>2451<0>2060<0>2060<0>2060<0>2374<0>2328<0>3749<0>2000<0>3319<0>693<0>911<0>2873<0>168<0>3046<0>2046<0>2953<0>3096<0>2470<0>1175<0>2470<0>1175<0>3002<0... |
Put your enemy on their heels. You don't need to be on your heels at all. Like take their space and time away to make a decision. Shorten their, shorten your OODA loop and get in the middle of theirs and just start wreaking havoc. | <0>932<0>4063<0>2088<0>3359<0>397<0>1693<0>1254<0>3713<0>786<0>3693<0>653<0>3840<0>746<0>3509<0>3176<0>1730<0>877<0>3181<0>151<0>1265<0>2129<0>190<0>756<0>3713<0>3939<0>3861<0>3909<0>2336<0>2775<0>2543<0>818<0>818<0>457<0>2782<0>77<0>3668<0>3320<0>2729<0>597<0>12<0>3062<0>1813<0>2098<0>3875<0>3850<0>1485<0>2762<0>3413<... |
Uh, but you gotta have, again, time in the saddle to be comfortable making those calls. And a lot of it, I noticed, was pattern recognition. Like, oh, I've seen this. Okay, uh, high ground's over there. Sure, let's get some guys over there. | <0>959<0>1777<0>898<0>234<0>2075<0>3907<0>1171<0>3437<0>1043<0>2769<0>1614<0>1730<0>3155<0>915<0>3123<0>1715<0>652<0>2549<0>3894<0>22<0>3850<0>1240<0>898<0>2299<0>2075<0>369<0>2638<0>366<0>1388<0>492<0>3287<0>231<0>698<0>785<0>1485<0>3943<0>1623<0>612<0>3840<0>3264<0>276<0>2663<0>2972<0>898<0>3589<0>3589<0>1659<0>2499<... |
Hey, they're going to come around this building. Don't ask, don't, don't ask me now. Just go over there, please. Like you can see it's pattern recognition from time in the saddle. And because I was exposed to awesome people throughout my career and I watched them and I wrote down what they did. And I just have always ... | <0>3668<0>2598<0>11<0>2935<0>3082<0>35<0>2735<0>3349<0>1842<0>2060<0>2769<0>3593<0>3150<0>2733<0>289<0>898<0>3750<0>3480<0>3927<0>1026<0>1610<0>3792<0>1746<0>2648<0>1730<0>1582<0>1472<0>616<0>491<0>850<0>368<0>607<0>3002<0>1490<0>3062<0>3185<0>1618<0>2442<0>2630<0>1865<0>22<0>2733<0>2060<0>2142<0>1967<0>598<0>1444<0>43... |
You know, uh, so I went through the last, you know, the troop commander from that troop was like, Hey, we're, you're going to come over. I was supposed to be the opso on that deployment at a firebase that was in between the two platoons. One of the officers was having a kid. | <0>2161<0>368<0>1842<0>3791<0>3067<0>2277<0>2642<0>3791<0>3791<0>3791<0>2999<0>1355<0>2530<0>2142<0>3235<0>779<0>850<0>3617<0>1073<0>782<0>406<0>1189<0>2488<0>2999<0>2741<0>2713<0>2957<0>869<0>133<0>2152<0>3413<0>1618<0>374<0>1610<0>4083<0>679<0>2323<0>553<0>838<0>3447<0>2530<0>1214<0>583<0>583<0>2773<0>1094<0>1207<0>3... |
He wanted to stay back for about the first month, month and a half. And so they had no AOIC. I'm a minted O1 at this point, freshy butter bar. One of my favorite things to do totally in the side was to put my camis on with my butter bars and I'd go to the ops meetings over a group and I would let like, uh, | <0>3875<0>191<0>3642<0>3593<0>2710<0>2282<0>698<0>1685<0>3791<0>599<0>3472<0>2799<0>366<0>2775<0>1830<0>1007<0>746<0>2838<0>1518<0>1981<0>1715<0>3299<0>1518<0>2499<0>3837<0>949<0>3621<0>652<0>1007<0>2144<0>1382<0>3694<0>2385<0>2930<0>2870<0>4048<0>632<0>1800<0>553<0>1710<0>3850<0>3373<0>368<0>1977<0>191<0>374<0>3528<0>... |
E6's and E7's like talk to me like as a brand new guy cause I always, I mean I look relatively young and they're like, you know, later on once you got some. | <0>3257<0>75<0>2029<0>2462<0>849<0>809<0>2030<0>3850<0>2030<0>587<0>3433<0>8<0>1696<0>3347<0>2769<0>3850<0>1478<0>3037<0>3980<0>2460<0>361<0>1730<0>3061<0>1569<0>2530<0>3045<0>2787<0>526<0>3457<0>1073<0>1332<0>3612<0>3448<0>21<0>2458<0>3667<0>3253<0>619<0>3528<0>1112<0>433<0>1780<0>11<0>1277<0>543<0>1688<0>715<0>433<0>... |
Yeah, so, you know, the, the true commander was like, hey, do the last month, the training was, which was the San Clemente block. Uh, so went out there with the San Clemente block. Uh, the skipper was like, hey, go over there as the opso, but we're going to slide you out with this platoon. We're having some. | <0>2734<0>3374<0>3823<0>3542<0>607<0>4083<0>932<0>1388<0>460<0>2328<0>3713<0>3155<0>3791<0>2799<0>2178<0>2412<0>3176<0>809<0>2378<0>1108<0>3176<0>193<0>2443<0>679<0>2799<0>967<0>593<0>3617<0>1118<0>3556<0>593<0>696<0>190<0>1668<0>11<0>1865<0>1842<0>1022<0>3791<0>2087<0>1719<0>2443<0>3539<0>1730<0>1238<0>3904<0>1842<0>1... |
Uh, and I think, I think, and this is me speaking for why I think he did that. I think he did me, he put me out there as a, | <0>374<0>374<0>3413<0>1587<0>1587<0>1587<0>2511<0>3803<0>2437<0>3821<0>3668<0>3875<0>1772<0>1773<0>3002<0>1532<0>1276<0>365<0>789<0>2585<0>3457<0>3457<0>2475<0>1962<0>3015<0>4095<0>3762<0>693<0>728<0>1463<0>3002<0>2055<0>2769<0>3008<0>397<0>3637<0>3008<0>3637<0>3637<0>587<0>386<0>770<0>3493<0>1191<0>2753<0>366<0>3976<0... |
As a safety mechanism, I don't know. I don't think he had anything else to do. Uh, so I went out there and, uh, he ended up being relieved. And then, uh, the skipper, I mean, I was an 01 wearing 03. | <0>3038<0>1715<0>2030<0>3535<0>3735<0>2029<0>1328<0>2988<0>2244<0>147<0>234<0>1095<0>2298<0>144<0>988<0>746<0>3359<0>374<0>1842<0>2541<0>3776<0>232<0>1769<0>4095<0>1851<0>2525<0>1526<0>2826<0>2710<0>368<0>2703<0>809<0>2432<0>1539<0>3320<0>2161<0>2244<0>144<0>3287<0>454<0>1152<0>2773<0>3667<0>1536<0>1728<0>1422<0>2004<0... |
Uh, and 04 when Scott wasn't paying attention, because I would just take his collar devices off and go, whatever. It's not like I'm an 03 either, so I would just put on whatever collar device I could get my hands on. | <0>2624<0>1414<0>2081<0>3150<0>385<0>3707<0>553<0>1022<0>542<0>3927<0>895<0>3128<0>3128<0>892<0>3850<0>1449<0>3722<0>3857<0>2799<0>2185<0>1842<0>3735<0>2830<0>838<0>716<0>716<0>587<0>820<0>1112<0>986<0>3952<0>3005<0>312<0>3458<0>1067<0>3880<0>1715<0>1487<0>1202<0>3235<0>293<0>1157<0>4080<0>385<0>3264<0>2070<0>1043<0>39... |
If I could find some general stars, I'd have been rocking those things. And, uh, I mean, it was one of the best deployments of all the stuff that I did while I was in. I think what I was the proudest of is a lot of the guys I deployed with were people that I had put through Buds. And to see them overseas on their firs... | <0>3484<0>824<0>2442<0>3448<0>3447<0>3185<0>652<0>2059<0>1827<0>2860<0>1577<0>593<0>3927<0>1399<0>3530<0>770<0>1372<0>1592<0>2451<0>3539<0>2799<0>1990<0>3235<0>1400<0>4009<0>1469<0>433<0>2442<0>3995<0>374<0>3732<0>645<0>2185<0>2155<0>1518<0>3185<0>3980<0>3377<0>2716<0>1773<0>3791<0>2453<0>2323<0>2958<0>967<0>949<0>2122... |
Uh, and the only word for it is, is afraid to do something because of the consequences. You know, there's, there's, as you know, there's a lot of oversight. If you pull the trigger on somebody, you had better be able to articulate why you did that. | <0>2339<0>877<0>207<0>327<0>2325<0>317<0>2333<0>2808<0>3125<0>3175<0>3898<0>1768<0>1954<0>3146<0>3720<0>1954<0>2197<0>672<0>317<0>1996<0>2710<0>3850<0>1715<0>2323<0>326<0>3445<0>696<0>3175<0>2509<0>3526<0>3024<0>3176<0>3713<0>1715<0>1518<0>3873<0>3176<0>2185<0>1206<0>1133<0>374<0>2775<0>1236<0>1094<0>1603<0>1331<0>2339... |
Uh, you need to be able to conduct yourself over the radio. You have to be able to paint the picture. There's a correct way to brief. There's the ways that, you know, you got to play, you know, it's mental judo, you know, and interacting with people and to see these young guys who had no experience and afraid to | <0>2381<0>1777<0>2471<0>2450<0>2460<0>2450<0>2517<0>614<0>2029<0>191<0>3320<0>1485<0>1171<0>126<0>1799<0>3472<0>221<0>3175<0>366<0>650<0>3055<0>312<0>3791<0>1518<0>1981<0>2864<0>147<0>1575<0>3184<0>221<0>2432<0>3488<0>1485<0>1882<0>2205<0>1485<0>2197<0>2185<0>2099<0>983<0>148<0>289<0>1062<0>2205<0>1800<0>3181<0>2152<0>... |
I'm afraid it's not probably the best word, but hesitant to make decisions. And then at the end of the deployment, just. | <0>2569<0>1007<0>2935<0>2030<0>2525<0>2258<0>1480<0>2471<0>1171<0>1094<0>1095<0>3956<0>1579<0>2488<0>2762<0>327<0>3255<0>2735<0>196<0>2488<0>983<0>3332<0>2546<0>1873<0>2870<0>3480<0>2978<0>3966<0>3002<0>317<0>2406<0>3907<0>3894<0>3894<0>698<0>2029<0>3478<0>1544<0>2790<0>3716<0>1108<0>2282<0>3751<0>3002<0>809<0>1719<0>1... |
The most dangerous place to be. I always wanted to be in the position where there's going to be a decision to be made. Like that, that's just the way that I want to be. Like where's the most dangerous place to be? Where's the most optimal place to be? Put me in coach. I'm going to be right here. | <0>2412<0>3222<0>1575<0>2775<0>3526<0>1710<0>1730<0>1452<0>3012<0>2705<0>3956<0>597<0>2282<0>2116<0>2099<0>3585<0>2710<0>75<0>3222<0>1414<0>543<0>2780<0>2813<0>1116<0>1303<0>3447<0>406<0>3667<0>3592<0>1238<0>122<0>2875<0>493<0>2161<0>3585<0>1579<0>2136<0>3780<0>1100<0>2773<0>3184<0>490<0>1513<0>2705<0>3837<0>819<0>2187... |
And then to try to teach other people to do that exact same thing and then to step back. That to me is probably what I'm the most proud of as the growth of the people that I was there with. | <0>2261<0>871<0>2710<0>3821<0>728<0>338<0>3526<0>3003<0>3762<0>3003<0>1989<0>1719<0>397<0>441<0>3595<0>857<0>3780<0>2432<0>3907<0>1852<0>1414<0>3393<0>511<0>969<0>3307<0>2710<0>1844<0>877<0>3435<0>3803<0>2780<0>693<0>1775<0>3762<0>3762<0>1339<0>1485<0>2883<0>3033<0>994<0>2435<0>355<0>3334<0>3832<0>2244<0>1517<0>2875<0>... |
What you're going to do tactically. I mean, the SEAL teams have made their mark kinetically, but we get our go no go off of PowerPoint. Absolutely. I mean, that's the, I've had briefs come back because the helicopter was facing the wrong way on the insertion slide. I've almost gotten the fist fights. I'm like, listen,... | <0>3898<0>1500<0>1022<0>561<0>969<0>1318<0>2155<0>374<0>3782<0>2795<0>1384<0>2799<0>2230<0>400<0>936<0>3856<0>1748<0>691<0>3894<0>368<0>3176<0>1485<0>1748<0>2075<0>809<0>3850<0>491<0>3373<0>3135<0>3002<0>658<0>3894<0>2550<0>3850<0>389<0>1335<0>2525<0>3447<0>679<0>3894<0>3892<0>1306<0>374<0>3972<0>3702<0>3515<0>2517<0>3... |
What the battlespace owner wants. Cause we don't make sense to a lot of people who don't come from our background. And you gotta learn, you gotta learn to read what they're saying and speak their language. And then you just, you gotta maneuver. I mean, that's the biggest thing is you gotta maneuver and then, then you ... | <0>871<0>1422<0>2516<0>3626<0>2488<0>447<0>504<0>1793<0>622<0>312<0>234<0>1981<0>1319<0>614<0>1769<0>877<0>326<0>811<0>3592<0>2538<0>3604<0>1359<0>3828<0>3457<0>815<0>3751<0>1400<0>1526<0>2741<0>2705<0>2500<0>3956<0>2001<0>1816<0>426<0>3176<0>2075<0>3589<0>1388<0>3488<0>1388<0>1388<0>652<0>3894<0>2199<0>2989<0>1214<0>2... |
It is a bureaucracy. You said it's kind of a bureaucracy. It is the biggest, I mean it's 100% bureaucratic. I mean it's amazing. | <0>3374<0>396<0>3535<0>2032<0>1323<0>3185<0>644<0>2748<0>3850<0>3155<0>3457<0>3002<0>3480<0>3295<0>3927<0>1400<0>2137<0>2598<0>1977<0>313<0>3445<0>275<0>2787<0>2284<0>3535<0>3612<0>2733<0>3374<0>4050<0>3729<0>778<0>963<0>3713<0>1560<0>3374<0>2030<0>296<0>3312<0>915<0>508<0>3848<0>1175<0>3320<0>2378<0>3532<0>3262<0>580<... |
And as an E5, you're like, I just, I just want to go jam my mags up and then make them empty. | <0>9<0>2096<0>3713<0>3535<0>2060<0>1655<0>368<0>1500<0>1569<0>2217<0>1858<0>1816<0>2733<0>3378<0>400<0>3749<0>2385<0>3300<0>150<0>871<0>1748<0>3339<0>3927<0>3841<0>368<0>1715<0>3348<0>3075<0>1112<0>2588<0>967<0>2176<0>327<0>512<0>3349<0>3618<0>3791<0>464<0>1038<0>780<0>3265<0>3858<0>693<0>2314<0>2883<0>2978<0>3125<0>36... |
I know so much about PowerPoint that I could never forget if I wanted to. So horrible. You... So that was an awesome deployment though. | <0>2369<0>3437<0>374<0>144<0>607<0>1977<0>1518<0>1500<0>2773<0>983<0>2730<0>196<0>1882<0>566<0>2365<0>866<0>382<0>1074<0>805<0>3990<0>3868<0>648<0>493<0>3678<0>1862<0>4074<0>2748<0>3452<0>982<0>3509<0>0<0>3750<0>3541<0>1575<0>1265<0>1579<0>1517<0>720<0>2748<0>559<0>2230<0>2645<0>3748<0>327<0>327<0>3151<0>3246<0>3246<0>... |
It was awesome for different reasons. I mean, don't get me wrong, I as an 01, I was carrying generally my 301 mag and two javelin missiles to high ground positions and coming back with them all empty the majority of the time. So I got to have, uh. | <0>744<0>2150<0>1388<0>3551<0>1359<0>2735<0>1683<0>4083<0>3348<0>3927<0>3809<0>1485<0>809<0>3927<0>1518<0>3008<0>317<0>2030<0>715<0>151<0>3176<0>2517<0>1452<0>3020<0>2766<0>2541<0>3437<0>3235<0>1738<0>2231<0>2488<0>3413<0>2758<0>1100<0>1094<0>3435<0>3140<0>2004<0>866<0>2072<0>3248<0>374<0>1710<0>1318<0>2327<0>2753<0>86... |
So I got to have a little bit of what we'll call a hoot and then, but again, professionally developing for me too, because I didn't have any experience being an opso for a task unit. And you want to talk about relationship stuff that sometimes, you know, the base that we were on, I just developed a relationship with t... | <0>22<0>2966<0>2142<0>2059<0>15<0>3535<0>3530<0>3349<0>1628<0>1628<0>2336<0>3593<0>3643<0>492<0>406<0>3691<0>290<0>3803<0>1422<0>3180<0>1902<0>2883<0>3270<0>374<0>3593<0>969<0>2158<0>495<0>3082<0>1642<0>3082<0>355<0>2070<0>3096<0>2995<0>3535<0>2289<0>3821<0>3175<0>3331<0>1366<0>1844<0>122<0>2659<0>190<0>3278<0>915<0>59... |
And it ended up, I was selling myself. We had a great relationship. I could come to him the day before, be like, hey, we're looking at doing this. He's like, yep, no problem. Let me know. Let's line up a QRF. And it just, it's so much... Pulling the trigger is easy. | <0>2914<0>3821<0>3134<0>3114<0>365<0>3003<0>9<0>3466<0>3433<0>1737<0>3823<0>89<0>1511<0>2516<0>3751<0>495<0>775<0>1480<0>2666<0>3551<0>890<0>2525<0>517<0>2004<0>1062<0>543<0>3894<0>2525<0>1351<0>3894<0>2542<0>462<0>31<0>698<0>2889<0>2451<0>2777<0>4004<0>2585<0>3181<0>2960<0>2762<0>3240<0>703<0>1480<0>3598<0>2689<0>3713... |
All the stuff you gotta do to get to that point is so hard and it just doesn't make the movies because it's boring. | <0>2004<0>1895<0>2471<0>521<0>2336<0>3551<0>3421<0>652<0>1118<0>369<0>1171<0>3593<0>963<0>3008<0>2934<0>2060<0>2826<0>386<0>3378<0>3668<0>1339<0>1118<0>809<0>4090<0>866<0>3435<0>1463<0>3781<0>2406<0>2437<0>655<0>1139<0>3850<0>3421<0>312<0>2500<0>990<0>990<0>3820<0>1422<0>2338<0>2645<0>2753<0>677<0>2450<0>1675<0>3307<0>... |
Uh, you were Czech? I got there in August of 2010. | <0>977<0>2659<0>1977<0>2659<0>2516<0>3137<0>2659<0>1668<0>3374<0>1085<0>3182<0>2585<0>3146<0>2165<0>3921<0>3214<0>3374<0>1638<0>3984<0>2014<0>1351<0>778<0>3445<0>2197<0>3617<0>3146<0>2924<0>1793<0>3593<0>2129<0>614<0>3122<0>2776<0>1715<0>1339<0>1208<0>144<0>298<0>397<0>1587<0>648<0>1145<0>3615<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>20... |
It's not really an op so much like the guy is not the CEO. He's the OIC. So a lot of those positions, there's redundancy. There was a training warrant, you know, like there was also. | <0>3183<0>3002<0>3060<0>2164<0>1864<0>65<0>2094<0>698<0>546<0>1331<0>1500<0>3850<0>3223<0>2336<0>2092<0>1769<0>374<0>2773<0>2775<0>3823<0>855<0>2432<0>317<0>2787<0>313<0>1100<0>2289<0>1206<0>2645<0>3376<0>2509<0>983<0>144<0>3873<0>3002<0>3360<0>2978<0>3353<0>138<0>2280<0>3898<0>3839<0>696<0>1715<0>3823<0>511<0>3240<0>1... |
I came back from that deployment and I was talking to, uh, the officer detailer about what I would need to do to continue my career. And she said, well, you know, since you haven't done your AOIC or your OIC tour, we're going to need you to do is two back to back AOIC, OIC. Then you're going to do your, you know, your... | <0>620<0>770<0>967<0>2999<0>1944<0>3927<0>2799<0>374<0>1587<0>1575<0>1518<0>374<0>2328<0>2328<0>2875<0>2549<0>538<0>3264<0>521<0>1687<0>29<0>1277<0>1427<0>3008<0>3008<0>1799<0>229<0>1406<0>2675<0>2004<0>1649<0>3691<0>1823<0>1620<0>352<0>352<0>3488<0>1265<0>1819<0>1830<0>1318<0>1655<0>855<0>3240<0>2868<0>3973<0>3973<0>3... |
We, we can stop right now, like my wife's not gonna tolerate that, like I think she's at the vast limit. I was at the limit, my body, like my ankle, I almost had to medivac myself out a couple times, like roll my ankle extremely bad on a, on an offset patrol in, like | <0>1463<0>3667<0>318<0>1526<0>3713<0>2506<0>3780<0>1122<0>565<0>2810<0>819<0>936<0>114<0>959<0>3246<0>1575<0>1265<0>3823<0>2485<0>2813<0>2079<0>1084<0>2374<0>1715<0>1331<0>3797<0>561<0>2666<0>3150<0>3150<0>2471<0>2549<0>2710<0>3248<0>3248<0>2883<0>809<0>2838<0>2703<0>3668<0>587<0>3082<0>1440<0>3669<0>1315<0>664<0>1710<... |
Laying on target with my foot up in the air, it just, I was, I recognized it like my time was over. Uh, so I researched what it would take for me to stay in and continue and it was not tenable. So I was just going to get out of the military and I was five days from my separation date and went to go get my physical and... | <0>2092<0>2883<0>583<0>632<0>3840<0>3437<0>2715<0>2357<0>1265<0>2185<0>3678<0>2404<0>1388<0>1265<0>1388<0>3526<0>2875<0>2567<0>3431<0>678<0>2809<0>2075<0>397<0>1715<0>2857<0>1062<0>543<0>1644<0>932<0>2055<0>290<0>3803<0>1071<0>1108<0>1989<0>2441<0>1463<0>2970<0>2733<0>2375<0>2991<0>374<0>809<0>3850<0>3002<0>635<0>1816<... |
Uh, they extended me a year. I mean, I had to go. I went out to NICO out at Bethesda, did that as far as the kind of the horsepower for the ride up. Got the whole full assessment done and ended up getting medically retired, which was a huge benefit to myself, all thanks to that doc who was like, no, I'm not, I'm not g... | <0>435<0>374<0>3150<0>809<0>553<0>3751<0>3532<0>3668<0>2710<0>493<0>3176<0>3176<0>2185<0>3637<0>369<0>587<0>3373<0>1265<0>2799<0>1852<0>3307<0>1376<0>3003<0>9<0>3762<0>1989<0>9<0>3466<0>3466<0>1610<0>1219<0>2226<0>3488<0>3008<0>190<0>3480<0>2152<0>289<0>151<0>1569<0>1518<0>83<0>366<0>3850<0>3943<0>1231<0>3180<0>2594<0>... |
I was in the same way. Even after getting shot, my medical record was thin. And you know, I was going through the questionnaire and the interview at the actual discharge physical and he's like, what? Like you couldn't find any of the documentation. And then I left Nike with like 300 pages. And if you read that thing, ... | <0>2999<0>3443<0>1977<0>3791<0>779<0>22<0>3850<0>2645<0>1388<0>3823<0>3005<0>2075<0>1719<0>779<0>3008<0>3457<0>3320<0>3641<0>3215<0>3152<0>3888<0>1365<0>3180<0>2883<0>2332<0>3185<0>2471<0>3509<0>3180<0>1575<0>1715<0>3751<0>1587<0>216<0>191<0>2705<0>3693<0>728<0>809<0>493<0>2029<0>3593<0>3171<0>1575<0>3222<0>366<0>2008<... |
Like, you read that thing and I'm like, oh my gosh. Uh, and then, you know, you gotta wait to the bureaucracy, submit a package to the med board and six months later they're like, okay, you're out. And that was it. That was it. No retirement ceremony. I just was like, hey, uh, went and talked to the, oh, I see. I was ... | <0>3332<0>548<0>3791<0>2935<0>2323<0>2115<0>3289<0>3289<0>2177<0>1471<0>1471<0>1471<0>1655<0>151<0>2155<0>3713<0>3480<0>1517<0>3892<0>553<0>3541<0>3246<0>3414<0>2989<0>3435<0>1940<0>3837<0>4071<0>3157<0>2323<0>2144<0>365<0>1108<0>4066<0>2666<0>374<0>3413<0>1777<0>484<0>3180<0>290<0>3466<0>1710<0>1710<0>3707<0>3707<0>17... |
It's almost lunchtime, I'm gonna leave now and I'm never gonna come back. | <0>2957<0>3762<0>4066<0>3038<0>3850<0>3305<0>3235<0>1200<0>2060<0>2588<0>1842<0>1862<0>2541<0>2799<0>2883<0>368<0>3585<0>919<0>561<0>63<0>144<0>3377<0>3175<0>648<0>1335<0>366<0>2185<0>3437<0>1862<0>807<0>3509<0>3509<0>366<0>1862<0>4080<0>3542<0>2323<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
Yeah, and so I literally went in, I was like, hey, it's almost lunch, uhm, I'm gonna leave, I'm not gonna come back. He was like, alright, cool, see you later. I had some terminal leave saved up at like 90 days worth, and I just, gone, never went back in. | <0>1481<0>1710<0>2883<0>2488<0>234<0>1685<0>1715<0>3045<0>1977<0>2775<0>1321<0>2060<0>2934<0>2826<0>374<0>1007<0>151<0>3668<0>3376<0>3457<0>3791<0>512<0>3927<0>3248<0>374<0>3907<0>401<0>3610<0>653<0>3413<0>229<0>3973<0>366<0>3297<0>3373<0>1730<0>366<0>229<0>2441<0>1230<0>3509<0>3187<0>229<0>2488<0>1815<0>4086<0>2152<0>... |
I think I went and got my DD214 or like my retirement ID card like a year later. | <0>1243<0>2826<0>386<0>2703<0>3943<0>3593<0>3894<0>2585<0>1819<0>3595<0>1485<0>369<0>3176<0>3417<0>3008<0>1196<0>2471<0>3123<0>2161<0>1730<0>2471<0>3782<0>294<0>2715<0>1214<0>538<0>2715<0>3402<0>2197<0>1062<0>1124<0>1768<0>3158<0>703<0>2471<0>2471<0>2197<0>703<0>2161<0>3781<0>2471<0>3240<0>553<0>221<0>1463<0>2058<0>269... |
I got retired the last day of June 2013. Okay. So I'm coming up on, uh, this year will be four years. Uh, I had, fortunately I was kind of double dipping on weekends. I had a job that I was doing on the weekends. So I transitioned to doing that full time. | <0>3621<0>2703<0>2935<0>1214<0>1730<0>1842<0>1638<0>3445<0>492<0>866<0>866<0>775<0>1645<0>2030<0>3966<0>3457<0>3713<0>1579<0>1655<0>1315<0>221<0>1238<0>2185<0>3839<0>3048<0>645<0>1431<0>1919<0>983<0>3067<0>3008<0>1208<0>2230<0>2099<0>3780<0>1491<0>1491<0>365<0>2538<0>290<0>290<0>1775<0>2592<0>366<0>3535<0>3791<0>1862<0... |
I flew hard. I mean, I was just flying a ton. Uh, I got my pilot's license on my own when I was in and then all the rest of the licenses came in the two to three years after, after I was in, but I just was cranking out hours. I had a company that I was working for that was paying for all the training so I could fly as... | <0>3013<0>1696<0>2806<0>548<0>3999<0>3020<0>1500<0>1922<0>3157<0>3753<0>2053<0>151<0>355<0>2585<0>1084<0>374<0>397<0>1715<0>770<0>1780<0>3248<0>3176<0>3176<0>1842<0>144<0>3176<0>3168<0>1649<0>3943<0>144<0>3150<0>1518<0>3150<0>2883<0>3150<0>3180<0>4095<0>415<0>3539<0>2787<0>934<0>122<0>691<0>3240<0>2336<0>627<0>2635<0>3... |
Uh, I did charter flying for a bit. Uh, I mean, I was managing licensing and sponsorship deals for an organization. | <0>1603<0>583<0>1200<0>1200<0>2871<0>1522<0>1710<0>632<0>2773<0>3152<0>2517<0>3447<0>2769<0>1518<0>2883<0>3894<0>746<0>484<0>1575<0>191<0>2378<0>2883<0>2369<0>1038<0>465<0>1062<0>144<0>3180<0>3180<0>866<0>866<0>3135<0>492<0>3180<0>2799<0>3180<0>3373<0>1074<0>1031<0>3894<0>1800<0>2799<0>1579<0>3585<0>1171<0>672<0>1011<0... |
I mean, I, I jump at Scott F San Diego all the time. And if you work in the sport for any period of time, you'll be at 10, 15, 20,000. It's not, it's not uncommon, but in the military, it's just, that's the school bus to get to work. So it's an ancillary skill set at best. So I couldn't pursue it until I got out. | <0>471<0>3995<0>3376<0>2340<0>983<0>3894<0>3834<0>1842<0>2659<0>2538<0>625<0>2516<0>2883<0>3488<0>1773<0>969<0>2883<0>1355<0>3264<0>3079<0>2715<0>374<0>3447<0>2055<0>3668<0>3821<0>527<0>3240<0>89<0>46<0>2221<0>958<0>3180<0>3668<0>3637<0>3894<0>3435<0>3185<0>2517<0>2848<0>1579<0>2016<0>2705<0>3493<0>1990<0>210<0>2523<0>... |
But I, uh, when I got, it was hard for me when I got out, if I'm being honest. | <0>335<0>1865<0>1100<0>597<0>1816<0>259<0>3791<0>234<0>740<0>3222<0>1145<0>1145<0>3003<0>2205<0>871<0>3373<0>1334<0>130<0>1308<0>3005<0>2336<0>1842<0>1439<0>321<0>679<0>1491<0>365<0>4095<0>1108<0>3028<0>2441<0>3509<0>2488<0>3791<0>1331<0>2099<0>3592<0>229<0>1730<0>3713<0>1734<0>1518<0>1737<0>3264<0>2030<0>3192<0>2205<0... |
I got to a point where I couldn't watch the news anymore. You know, 2013, all of the ground in Iraq that was sweat and blood and tears of people that we know to gain was being eroded. And I describe it like watching the tide go out an inch at a time until all of a sudden it's gone. | <0>4083<0>3603<0>1452<0>2634<0>866<0>492<0>2989<0>2230<0>3935<0>3894<0>1422<0>3377<0>770<0>2099<0>3008<0>2129<0>2055<0>1890<0>1697<0>3008<0>493<0>88<0>43<0>2278<0>2498<0>3347<0>2705<0>527<0>3008<0>3155<0>3146<0>2029<0>3637<0>3176<0>1206<0>2185<0>899<0>3749<0>3749<0>2424<0>1038<0>3693<0>2004<0>2883<0>2336<0>1388<0>1773<... |
And I used to make the news. And now I'm sitting here on the couch watching it and I had to turn it off and I really struggled with finding... | <0>4066<0>2136<0>809<0>3713<0>212<0>374<0>2928<0>648<0>2029<0>1208<0>2705<0>977<0>3762<0>9<0>3762<0>3003<0>4066<0>1463<0>3413<0>327<0>838<0>1460<0>1730<0>3990<0>1862<0>703<0>3621<0>3865<0>11<0>1422<0>3797<0>3500<0>587<0>1384<0>3984<0>3621<0>1944<0>2775<0>1715<0>374<0>969<0>1518<0>1819<0>2231<0>3309<0>2710<0>3552<0>1491... |
Something that I thought mattered and it's, it's, it was tough for me. I didn't think a lot about what I was going to do when I was out, when I was in for reasons that we kind of already talked about. It's a natural path that you take when you're in. | <0>1880<0>1518<0>1710<0>2594<0>2775<0>441<0>3002<0>3264<0>3447<0>652<0>3189<0>1108<0>3003<0>3762<0>3003<0>2099<0>1579<0>3154<0>2002<0>2099<0>1038<0>1748<0>3003<0>3003<0>3762<0>1697<0>809<0>2379<0>3532<0>918<0>809<0>793<0>504<0>2150<0>1388<0>2369<0>3443<0>2176<0>1026<0>819<0>2187<0>365<0>2488<0>3875<0>2016<0>2966<0>553<... |
Uh, but it took me like a year and a half to really get my head on straight and figure out what it is that I want to do. I still don't even know how I'm going to do it. | <0>3413<0>2488<0>3782<0>1388<0>2150<0>4083<0>3894<0>2127<0>3667<0>3637<0>3008<0>3445<0>838<0>1737<0>593<0>1059<0>2729<0>3693<0>365<0>1108<0>1467<0>3713<0>3541<0>3435<0>221<0>1526<0>1539<0>338<0>1655<0>658<0>327<0>2645<0>3668<0>2883<0>1518<0>1518<0>3966<0>397<0>2685<0>3892<0>1993<0>2029<0>2144<0>252<0>3509<0>1862<0>2415... |
But I know that I want to make a difference. I want to do, I want to make this country a better place than it is right now. I want to take the awesome stuff that I was exposed to when I was in the teams from the people that I was fortunate to be surrounded by. | <0>1238<0>1321<0>3956<0>290<0>147<0>1171<0>374<0>11<0>2441<0>3420<0>2316<0>1598<0>2875<0>2116<0>931<0>2012<0>648<0>1707<0>977<0>3762<0>1180<0>1575<0>1769<0>366<0>1575<0>3184<0>3347<0>3176<0>3008<0>3894<0>3305<0>1238<0>1769<0>1376<0>3762<0>1335<0>1062<0>1016<0>1265<0>895<0>3617<0>1526<0>1100<0>645<0>365<0>3803<0>191<0>3... |
And make people better with that information. How I'm going to do that, I don't know, but that's kind of the circular path that I'm on, like half of my year. And the other half, I just dress up in a squirrel suit and jump out of airplanes and off of cliffs. Which is nice. | <0>1665<0>171<0>3005<0>3526<0>1376<0>3003<0>3466<0>305<0>4062<0>2185<0>632<0>1665<0>3038<0>1120<0>3977<0>1202<0>173<0>3404<0>1016<0>2004<0>3222<0>1748<0>229<0>2705<0>3791<0>190<0>2627<0>1238<0>3900<0>3907<0>1208<0>365<0>3443<0>1659<0>1679<0>2432<0>3176<0>1126<0>3248<0>1155<0>1331<0>3791<0>3642<0>3593<0>2516<0>2092<0>13... |
It doesn't suck. I'm not gonna do it forever though. I mean, I look at it as something that's enriching for me and empowering for me, but, uh, | <0>2000<0>2197<0>1998<0>535<0>24<0>694<0>2175<0>400<0>1171<0>3110<0>2796<0>1118<0>3551<0>1321<0>413<0>4079<0>2455<0>2385<0>652<0>3791<0>652<0>3253<0>652<0>2804<0>190<0>1536<0>812<0>2323<0>2142<0>2715<0>715<0>1668<0>3373<0>3803<0>543<0>1431<0>1696<0>1100<0>138<0>3943<0>809<0>2883<0>1388<0>850<0>3823<0>191<0>95<0>3479<0>... |
There's a, there's a timeline for how long I could do it. I mean, I'm a bad landing away from not being able to jump anymore. And I, and I take it very seriously. I have a very structured training protocol. I don't let myself get out of currency, whether it be jumping or packing parachutes or. | <0>809<0>2060<0>2826<0>3892<0>116<0>1108<0>1145<0>1108<0>3003<0>3762<0>3606<0>3447<0>1715<0>2883<0>144<0>406<0>1748<0>2555<0>1108<0>1071<0>948<0>1842<0>691<0>1816<0>3898<0>3956<0>1719<0>2199<0>3748<0>327<0>4008<0>3180<0>3478<0>1501<0>361<0>1388<0>1250<0>2295<0>148<0>2936<0>492<0>207<0>1587<0>2488<0>866<0>1200<0>3707<0>... |
Jump off of a cliff or your jump out of an airplane or something will happen that surprises you and I try to avoid that at all costs because I find that, you know, that's when the catastrophic stuff can occur. | <0>379<0>1463<0>3589<0>3349<0>2769<0>492<0>1331<0>1659<0>3595<0>1118<0>83<0>3452<0>1265<0>1265<0>1775<0>3257<0>118<0>439<0>1161<0>2870<0>3508<0>1738<0>2488<0>3480<0>2187<0>3377<0>877<0>1231<0>3668<0>1318<0>3861<0>1715<0>1858<0>1157<0>144<0>1842<0>1480<0>426<0>1517<0>2509<0>2705<0>484<0>3994<0>1977<0>1715<0>368<0>915<0>... |
It's, uh, you gotta find the next step. I mean, you and I both know people who derive their entire identity from what they used to do. And it's tough to sit back and watch them not be able to depart from that because it becomes self-destructive. | <0>4062<0>2710<0>3740<0>1715<0>374<0>3691<0>484<0>898<0>3467<0>3762<0>3762<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>75<0>919<0>553<0>2488<0>593<0>1007<0>691<0>2054<0>1512<0>770<0>3390<0>2903<0>2666<0>1675<0>290<0>290<0>1335<0>465<0>2663<0>366<0>1730<0>1730<0>2129<0>3413<0>1842<0>2799<0>2883<0>2775<0>983<0>1575<0>191<0>191<0>1422<0>866<0... |
It can't last forever. I mean, you're renting your Trident. It's not yours. You're- | <0>2889<0>3668<0>3668<0>3898<0>2488<0>144<0>2284<0>1862<0>43<0>3404<0>959<0>3929<0>3929<0>413<0>1238<0>1710<0>3585<0>1993<0>2029<0>2498<0>1485<0>3373<0>2042<0>2197<0>1800<0>2185<0>3433<0>2161<0>324<0>587<0>2197<0>3995<0>3877<0>2609<0>620<0>3364<0>1038<0>3003<0>1108<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>1989<0>3466<0>227<0>2903<0>3353... |
At best you can move the marker in the SEAL teams, hopefully in the right direction, maybe leave a little bit of legacy. If you did, you know, the legacy that you should leave is making it better than when you got there, but that's the best you can do. And then you got to put it away. Even if you do 20 years with the ... | <0>2266<0>1463<0>3024<0>809<0>3601<0>3002<0>2030<0>3637<0>1485<0>3181<0>1710<0>1710<0>3413<0>3894<0>493<0>648<0>1108<0>1277<0>871<0>229<0>1388<0>990<0>990<0>492<0>1545<0>1919<0>3359<0>2253<0>3341<0>1883<0>3691<0>3541<0>3038<0>648<0>2030<0>3907<0>191<0>1467<0>2029<0>919<0>2185<0>3264<0>3122<0>2921<0>2096<0>527<0>1655<0>... |
Uh, but what I needed, I needed a purpose. And that's where I started doing, you know, fundraising for the Seal Foundation. That to me was huge. Teaching the military guys, which kind of felt like I had. | <0>1108<0>3656<0>3150<0>484<0>207<0>1620<0>3596<0>932<0>2760<0>3175<0>3561<0>2328<0>928<0>3435<0>3320<0>645<0>935<0>1862<0>2864<0>1631<0>1960<0>2038<0>1108<0>1108<0>405<0>3726<0>3037<0>2096<0>3413<0>46<0>1007<0>2946<0>2715<0>3850<0>3980<0>2197<0>1485<0>1318<0>1579<0>493<0>2029<0>2029<0>458<0>1545<0>144<0>229<0>2715<0>3... |
Not a foot in the fight, but I had some impact again and just trying to shorten their learning curve. | <0>1665<0>2092<0>3791<0>779<0>2762<0>990<0>1758<0>3005<0>1526<0>1830<0>2199<0>809<0>1324<0>3791<0>3668<0>895<0>3850<0>2244<0>1318<0>1579<0>1240<0>3509<0>3438<0>3679<0>1800<0>1463<0>3176<0>3535<0>312<0>1201<0>1388<0>3365<0>1315<0>284<0>1954<0>3407<0>1277<0>3547<0>677<0>2946<0>3347<0>587<0>2988<0>366<0>3373<0>3067<0>1432... |
Uh, because we expect these guys to know so much stuff that if you could just shorten their learning curve and give them a little bit of space to breathe, you know, to take the stress off. | <0>3666<0>3762<0>1025<0>2517<0>1777<0>484<0>1777<0>3528<0>3370<0>593<0>3134<0>1491<0>1173<0>1377<0>2808<0>3158<0>1993<0>1152<0>983<0>2389<0>2462<0>3340<0>3215<0>3130<0>1517<0>648<0>2389<0>2762<0>312<0>2705<0>1769<0>3943<0>397<0>2889<0>1587<0>3871<0>2298<0>2404<0>3204<0>3541<0>2639<0>2058<0>977<0>4066<0>2883<0>3637<0>12... |
Yeah, and it makes them better at learning the other stuff, because they're less stressed out, they have a better understanding, and it's just... | <0>2029<0>3823<0>2298<0>324<0>735<0>2309<0>779<0>3002<0>3376<0>3751<0>561<0>2799<0>3480<0>3617<0>1388<0>1321<0>1945<0>2826<0>1800<0>3373<0>1715<0>2055<0>3551<0>1480<0>1707<0>3447<0>3551<0>2716<0>1659<0>2488<0>3850<0>312<0>3447<0>3791<0>2282<0>3700<0>2806<0>1404<0>268<0>778<0>3096<0>2703<0>147<0>3036<0>2666<0>697<0>37<0... |
And like 90% of the stuff I teach, I'm like, listen, it's pattern recognition. I saw this so many times and then I did this and it defeated that. So just do this. Just trust me and do this and you'll be better. And then they do and they're like, oh wow, that was awesome. I'm like, yeah, I know. That's why I told you. | <0>1108<0>838<0>3002<0>2666<0>2505<0>1998<0>3626<0>1321<0>492<0>2008<0>4050<0>2863<0>638<0>1688<0>1277<0>1111<0>2795<0>1270<0>1432<0>3155<0>385<0>2516<0>2030<0>484<0>2799<0>3823<0>3457<0>2588<0>3791<0>2471<0>1579<0>374<0>3850<0>648<0>648<0>1108<0>4034<0>963<0>2406<0>1038<0>3621<0>370<0>1328<0>3898<0>2715<0>1276<0>3184<... |
Yeah, uh, so obviously they're, I think they're the last stat I heard there's 40,000 service based organizations that help. | <0>2029<0>3176<0>3374<0>2999<0>2181<0>2799<0>2799<0>144<0>144<0>932<0>2030<0>1715<0>11<0>2500<0>3580<0>678<0>2060<0>3551<0>2710<0>2710<0>3457<0>3176<0>3176<0>3670<0>1394<0>2197<0>4004<0>1649<0>2525<0>2826<0>2509<0>151<0>3373<0>3373<0>2799<0>1399<0>1400<0>1399<0>1977<0>3943<0>2703<0>1977<0>3264<0>809<0>2883<0>1638<0>186... |
A buddy of mine recommended, uh, | <0>3150<0>2659<0>658<0>492<0>144<0>3413<0>1710<0>3585<0>1579<0>3123<0>3123<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>3003<0>2492<0>3898<0>3435<0>3152<0>334<0>3894<0>983<0>3248<0>826<0>2378<0>2378<0>3526<0>1517<0>3559<0>1346<0>2004<0>1620<0>484<0>611<0>1331<0>327<0>3246<0>2178<0>2427<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068... |
Uh, but to me, that was the link to finding a purpose again, because I realized that, okay, my, my days of putting my toes on the line are over, but there will always be people with their toes on the line. And the next best step is let's create a buffer for the families to step in. Cause I mean, you've seen it. It's a... | <0>652<0>652<0>1129<0>37<0>3122<0>3018<0>1388<0>778<0>2525<0>1094<0>2928<0>3823<0>511<0>1118<0>2775<0>527<0>3457<0>1485<0>770<0>3927<0>2795<0>1730<0>3894<0>3621<0>366<0>2087<0>312<0>369<0>227<0>2099<0>1813<0>1715<0>3789<0>2864<0>4038<0>1816<0>3691<0>1696<0>1517<0>2030<0>778<0>3479<0>2710<0>421<0>1145<0>2555<0>3762<0>9<... |
The knock on the door is a tornado wrapped inside of a tsunami with a hurricane at the same time. And it is destructive. So let's try to do something that helps the families. Uh, and that's what the Seal Foundation does. Everything from educational support to legacy preservation. | <0>2666<0>3180<0>2053<0>490<0>521<0>2348<0>3153<0>3519<0>4008<0>2471<0>2775<0>983<0>2057<0>1277<0>3123<0>1329<0>1346<0>1544<0>331<0>327<0>2946<0>1463<0>3854<0>1171<0>1094<0>1422<0>677<0>958<0>2215<0>493<0>2055<0>746<0>2488<0>3647<0>147<0>1722<0>3551<0>2773<0>3008<0>3894<0>1777<0>3783<0>919<0>1711<0>1206<0>1277<0>1816<0... |
Uh, and everything in between. I mean, you can go, the Navy Seal Foundation has an awesome website. | <0>147<0>1388<0>1388<0>3180<0>144<0>4062<0>3457<0>4069<0>1007<0>374<0>2875<0>1261<0>3299<0>513<0>492<0>3990<0>2840<0>819<0>3637<0>1485<0>3297<0>915<0>648<0>2060<0>2666<0>3585<0>919<0>1405<0>1710<0>2921<0>3413<0>2339<0>622<0>409<0>3155<0>374<0>2705<0>3307<0>1108<0>3003<0>3762<0>1502<0>3726<0>2987<0>1566<0>3899<0>3264<0>... |
Uh, and there's people who do go fund me's, which is what I did, or go to the foundation and donate directly. Cause I mean that there, you can look at their rating as well too. It's like 96 cents at every buck goes to what they, a spouse that's going to go to. It's awesome. Like it's a great foundation. | <0>2381<0>3413<0>898<0>2488<0>967<0>979<0>493<0>3626<0>2703<0>1171<0>3155<0>1208<0>368<0>1768<0>3943<0>1388<0>4062<0>1485<0>1957<0>2336<0>3927<0>898<0>231<0>756<0>3875<0>3592<0>2934<0>3966<0>1517<0>1990<0>366<0>3601<0>317<0>2289<0>2471<0>538<0>3943<0>1094<0>1517<0>770<0>490<0>229<0>1100<0>1100<0>2773<0>191<0>1318<0>406... |
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