Bill Thompson

His name was Al-Bader Parad.

But yeah, my job was not, I always say this on podcasts because the veteran community is wild right now.

They love to cut each other down right now.

There's something weird going on where, like obviously lying.

Yeah, call the people out.

I prefer to call people out face to face.

But I always make sure people know I was not a cool guy.

Like sometimes I got to dress like one.

You know, for a few years I didn't wear any uniforms and I got to grow my beard out and act like a cool guy.

But I was really a nerd for cool guys.

I've literally got pictures of myself

down in the holo or in Afghanistan or anywhere else and tape around my glasses and Pez dispenser and my radio and collection equipment looking like a true blue American nerd.

But I was not the guy who kicked the door in, I was always the guy who pointed the door out.

So I'd be safe in the Humvee in the back, you know, eat an MRE and somebody that looked like another gorilla, you know, like Annie Stumpf or Tim Kennedy or someone like that.

I'd be like, is that the house?

I'd be like, pretty sure that's the house.

You guys might want to be safe, but go ahead.

I'll be in the Humvee.

I'll be out here or I'll be in an airplane above, you know.

And yeah, it was it was.