Alan C. Mack

And I got another one fired at me.

On the way out, yeah.

So the next morning I go over to talk to the general and I say, hey, sir, what'd you think?

And he's like, we had no idea.

You guys sounded so calm on the radio.

Or, you know, we're just...

We flew in the daylight to an area that was well-known that we were going to.

Yeah, I suggested...

to CENTCOM that they drive, which, you know, in hindsight is just as dangerous.

Yeah.

You could drive or you could fly with me, you know?

And when I say me, right, I want to, I want to start this right now is that, you know, I was just one of many, just like me, you know, and the guys, I was reminded after my very first podcast, one of the guys called me and said, Hey, Al,

I noticed you said, I did this, I did that a lot.

As I recall, I was sitting right next to you.

I was like, yeah, yeah, okay, so.

Yeah, well, but also they were taking the same risk and doing the same things as me.

I just happened to be the decision maker.

Those guys have a job that's stressful.

It's the training, you know, it's, well, it's selection who, who the unit takes.

And then, you know, there's certain personalities that work in this situation and others that don't.