Andy Stumpf
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God, I think it would be awesome if we weren't alone. Like, come on down, guys. Let's have a beer. If you wanted to nuke us, you could have done it already. So I want it to be aliens. But I don't think it is. And the best example of why I don't think it is, is I can point people towards Operation Neptune Spear, which I was not involved with. But that was the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
God, I think it would be awesome if we weren't alone. Like, come on down, guys. Let's have a beer. If you wanted to nuke us, you could have done it already. So I want it to be aliens. But I don't think it is. And the best example of why I don't think it is, is I can point people towards Operation Neptune Spear, which I was not involved with. But that was the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
God, I think it would be awesome if we weren't alone. Like, come on down, guys. Let's have a beer. If you wanted to nuke us, you could have done it already. So I want it to be aliens. But I don't think it is. And the best example of why I don't think it is, is I can point people towards Operation Neptune Spear, which I was not involved with. But that was the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
And a lot of people made a big deal about that. But to me, from somebody who was peripherally familiar with one of the programs involved with that. And almost nobody focused on it was the actual helicopters that were used to get there. And we left one of the helicopters in the courtyard because it crash landed. The technology being used with those helicopters, I never rode on those things.
And a lot of people made a big deal about that. But to me, from somebody who was peripherally familiar with one of the programs involved with that. And almost nobody focused on it was the actual helicopters that were used to get there. And we left one of the helicopters in the courtyard because it crash landed. The technology being used with those helicopters, I never rode on those things.
And a lot of people made a big deal about that. But to me, from somebody who was peripherally familiar with one of the programs involved with that. And almost nobody focused on it was the actual helicopters that were used to get there. And we left one of the helicopters in the courtyard because it crash landed. The technology being used with those helicopters, I never rode on those things.
I don't even think I actually saw them in person. But again, I was peripherally aware that that program existed. They had to create those things, test them only at nighttime. They had a reduced signature with both radar and sound. And my point in that is there are a lot of things that our government, specifically military,
I don't even think I actually saw them in person. But again, I was peripherally aware that that program existed. They had to create those things, test them only at nighttime. They had a reduced signature with both radar and sound. And my point in that is there are a lot of things that our government, specifically military,
I don't even think I actually saw them in person. But again, I was peripherally aware that that program existed. They had to create those things, test them only at nighttime. They had a reduced signature with both radar and sound. And my point in that is there are a lot of things that our government, specifically military,
that they are developing that they're not going to tell anybody about until they have to or until it meets the front page news criteria, which I was shocked. People can go on to Google. I'll talk about the program broadly because people can go on to Google and see pictures of that helicopter in the courtyard in Abbottabad. That, to me, was the biggest surprise that came out of that operation.
that they are developing that they're not going to tell anybody about until they have to or until it meets the front page news criteria, which I was shocked. People can go on to Google. I'll talk about the program broadly because people can go on to Google and see pictures of that helicopter in the courtyard in Abbottabad. That, to me, was the biggest surprise that came out of that operation.
that they are developing that they're not going to tell anybody about until they have to or until it meets the front page news criteria, which I was shocked. People can go on to Google. I'll talk about the program broadly because people can go on to Google and see pictures of that helicopter in the courtyard in Abbottabad. That, to me, was the biggest surprise that came out of that operation.
Talking to the guys that were there that night, they're like, yeah, man, it was just another Tuesday, a totally average target. That asset sitting there that I guarantee you was exploited by foreign adversaries within 24 hours was shocking to me. So I know that those programs exist. How that ties into the drone stuff and why they're in New Jersey, I'm not so sure.
Talking to the guys that were there that night, they're like, yeah, man, it was just another Tuesday, a totally average target. That asset sitting there that I guarantee you was exploited by foreign adversaries within 24 hours was shocking to me. So I know that those programs exist. How that ties into the drone stuff and why they're in New Jersey, I'm not so sure.
Talking to the guys that were there that night, they're like, yeah, man, it was just another Tuesday, a totally average target. That asset sitting there that I guarantee you was exploited by foreign adversaries within 24 hours was shocking to me. So I know that those programs exist. How that ties into the drone stuff and why they're in New Jersey, I'm not so sure.
And even though as much as I wanted to be the little green men, I'm reminded that there are areas out there in our government or in contractors working with our government where they're really pushing the front-leaning edge of what is possible. And the government's not going to tell us until either one of those things gets shot down or they're forced to.
And even though as much as I wanted to be the little green men, I'm reminded that there are areas out there in our government or in contractors working with our government where they're really pushing the front-leaning edge of what is possible. And the government's not going to tell us until either one of those things gets shot down or they're forced to.
And even though as much as I wanted to be the little green men, I'm reminded that there are areas out there in our government or in contractors working with our government where they're really pushing the front-leaning edge of what is possible. And the government's not going to tell us until either one of those things gets shot down or they're forced to.
You know, I did not want to go to BUDS as an instructor. I was injured on a target actually with the Delta guys. We were doing a cross-training deployment. I got injured in Iraq and the command I was at basically said, we're moving at a velocity that we don't need somebody who can't walk right now. So I got sent to BUDS and I didn't want to be there because I was loving my old job.
You know, I did not want to go to BUDS as an instructor. I was injured on a target actually with the Delta guys. We were doing a cross-training deployment. I got injured in Iraq and the command I was at basically said, we're moving at a velocity that we don't need somebody who can't walk right now. So I got sent to BUDS and I didn't want to be there because I was loving my old job.