Brian McDermott

You've lost that much muscle mass.

You're mentally and physically exhausted, and then you've got to go do these commando tests.

So when you finish those commando tests, should you have passed them, you're in zombie state.

It's ridiculously hard to pass.

I think we joined up with 64 guys, and we had 13 that passed out.

Wow.

And we lost the other mob, and that's quite regular.

So...

When I was in the Marines, we, part of your duty, the British military and all services of the military would do this.

You had to go on a peacekeeping mission in Northern Ireland.

And there's a bit of a backstory to Northern Ireland, which I won't get into.

but it can get tasty while you're over there.

And we spent five months over there in a pretty hot area.

So we were busy while we was there.

And then when you get back, and you go through a range of experiences while you're there, which change who you are, there's no doubt.

But then when you get back from there, if you go on operations anyway, you get a load of weeks leave.

You get maybe four or five, six weeks leave.

So we had six weeks leave.

Said, right, fellas, don't want to see you.

Away you go.