Alan C. Mack

Well, I think,

You know, when I talk about doing the mission, you know, it's always very objective, very sterile.

It's like, well, you do it, you know, the training, but it's people, right?

And that's why we have Memorial Day is to, you know, honor them.

No, this is the, this is, but this is the side that.

This is the side that, you know,

once again, guys like me are out doing the mission and now they're doing it, you know, I'm done.

And there's guys rowing the boat without me, you know, and that's the thing you never really want to leave.

You know, you feel like I'm going to miss the next thing, you know?

And like I ended up, I was in the training company, training new Chinook pilots when they got bin Laden and got by the very guy, the very flight lead that I always thought would get him.

Yeah.

Cause we, we would, uh, all through the years, we kind of knew where he was, you know, and I say that, you know, with understanding how Intel works, right.

You know, we knew, you know, if you put your hand on a map, he's in that area, but you can't actually get, right.

Unless you know where he is.

So as you rotate out, your replacement comes in, you give him the Intel and okay, we're thinking, you know, here is where he is, you know?

And, uh, it's like, that guy's going to get him.

And the guy that always followed me turned out to be the guy that actually got him.

Yeah.

Yeah, of course you wanted to be you.

Yeah, I wanted to be me.