Chris Fettes

And I don't want to make anybody mad, but the special part of Special Forces is the guys, the individual person, right? Like, not the call sign part. Once we light cigarettes on a quiet target, we start calling each other by our names part, you know? And we know a little bit about, you know, the closest guys anyways, where they grew up from, what their childhood was like.

And I don't want to make anybody mad, but the special part of Special Forces is the guys, the individual person, right? Like, not the call sign part. Once we light cigarettes on a quiet target, we start calling each other by our names part, you know? And we know a little bit about, you know, the closest guys anyways, where they grew up from, what their childhood was like.

And I don't want to make anybody mad, but the special part of Special Forces is the guys, the individual person, right? Like, not the call sign part. Once we light cigarettes on a quiet target, we start calling each other by our names part, you know? And we know a little bit about, you know, the closest guys anyways, where they grew up from, what their childhood was like.

And they're all similar stories. Yeah. You know, the thing they, I know that they've studied with psychologists at different units, and they've been doing this for a while, probably, I mean, at least since I was there over a decade ago, 20 years too, I think that they started to

And they're all similar stories. Yeah. You know, the thing they, I know that they've studied with psychologists at different units, and they've been doing this for a while, probably, I mean, at least since I was there over a decade ago, 20 years too, I think that they started to

And they're all similar stories. Yeah. You know, the thing they, I know that they've studied with psychologists at different units, and they've been doing this for a while, probably, I mean, at least since I was there over a decade ago, 20 years too, I think that they started to

We're trying to figure out what is that thing, what's the thread that's in common between us guys that causes us to get through those selections without quitting, right? And just keep driving through all the suffering and have that. It's not just this, oh, it's mental fortitude, you know, is that...

We're trying to figure out what is that thing, what's the thread that's in common between us guys that causes us to get through those selections without quitting, right? And just keep driving through all the suffering and have that. It's not just this, oh, it's mental fortitude, you know, is that...

We're trying to figure out what is that thing, what's the thread that's in common between us guys that causes us to get through those selections without quitting, right? And just keep driving through all the suffering and have that. It's not just this, oh, it's mental fortitude, you know, is that...

we all experienced some sort of adverse childhood thing, some trauma, some hardship, some thing, right? That instead of some people would go become drug addicts or some level of coping for that, whatever was missing, and I could go through a whole list of that stuff. instead decided to just go do shit and never quit, right?

we all experienced some sort of adverse childhood thing, some trauma, some hardship, some thing, right? That instead of some people would go become drug addicts or some level of coping for that, whatever was missing, and I could go through a whole list of that stuff. instead decided to just go do shit and never quit, right?

we all experienced some sort of adverse childhood thing, some trauma, some hardship, some thing, right? That instead of some people would go become drug addicts or some level of coping for that, whatever was missing, and I could go through a whole list of that stuff. instead decided to just go do shit and never quit, right?

And my opinion about that is that it has a little connection to validation as well, right? Because our reputation is that's all it is. We just need constant validation from each other in order for our reputation to be good, right? And we fall outside of that. That's the most stressful thing. That's even more stressful if you ever get labeled, you know, that's,

And my opinion about that is that it has a little connection to validation as well, right? Because our reputation is that's all it is. We just need constant validation from each other in order for our reputation to be good, right? And we fall outside of that. That's the most stressful thing. That's even more stressful if you ever get labeled, you know, that's,

And my opinion about that is that it has a little connection to validation as well, right? Because our reputation is that's all it is. We just need constant validation from each other in order for our reputation to be good, right? And we fall outside of that. That's the most stressful thing. That's even more stressful if you ever get labeled, you know, that's,

It's worse than if I'm getting shot at by a PKM. That guy, yeah. And you have little moments where you fuck something up and for a little while you might be that guy and you're like, that's the worst feeling ever. I got to get out of this at any cost. I'll do anything for validation to be out of this and be successful. in the good, in the green.

It's worse than if I'm getting shot at by a PKM. That guy, yeah. And you have little moments where you fuck something up and for a little while you might be that guy and you're like, that's the worst feeling ever. I got to get out of this at any cost. I'll do anything for validation to be out of this and be successful. in the good, in the green.

It's worse than if I'm getting shot at by a PKM. That guy, yeah. And you have little moments where you fuck something up and for a little while you might be that guy and you're like, that's the worst feeling ever. I got to get out of this at any cost. I'll do anything for validation to be out of this and be successful. in the good, in the green.

It's all related to that. And then that's a long answer to that question. But when you get out, You don't have that there anymore. Where do you get the validation from? You've got to figure out how to self-validate. You've got to go clear all of the reasons why you needed that in the first place. You have to reinvent. Yeah. That's what you have to do. You have to reinvent.

It's all related to that. And then that's a long answer to that question. But when you get out, You don't have that there anymore. Where do you get the validation from? You've got to figure out how to self-validate. You've got to go clear all of the reasons why you needed that in the first place. You have to reinvent. Yeah. That's what you have to do. You have to reinvent.