Coleman Ruiz
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I guarantee it.
And we would walk around the grinder and ask.
And I mean...
You know, this isn't going to pass an independent review board, but it's got to be 90 to 95%.
And most of them do it before Wednesday.
For me, it was one thing specifically.
I felt like I was alone if I didn't have the team.
So I don't know what it would be for other people, but I was like, if I don't have this team, then what team do I have?
So I'm not leaving.
You could crank up the cold and misery as high as you fucking want.
but I'm not leaving.
I don't think I was aware of it then Andrew, but I just, you know, again, it's in, it's in retrospect.
It was certainly the case for me.
I mean, when I got, again, I don't really like to overdo these things because it tends to feed the mythos a little, but when I got to buds, Andrew, like I, when I got to the Naval Academy, I had a very strong sense of this is my chance.
And, you know, you develop over the years and you spend time thinking about this and having mentors.
When I got there, that was very much my first time of, you better bring the nastiest shit on the planet because I'm not leaving here.
Like, it's just not, I'm not, I'm just not going, you know?
And there's a Navy bit to it too.
Like, I didn't want to do anything else in the Navy.
So back to fear, I was afraid I would get stuck