Dakota Meyer

I just have to wake up every day, put my shit on, go on a patrol, and live a simple, simple life.

Yeah, it's harder, right?

I mean, it's a hard way of life.

It sucks.

You're away from your family.

You miss it.

And I do think that, yeah, the rose-colored glasses is one aspect of it.

I think that our mind is natural to remember the good things.

It's a survival instinct that we get rid of the bad things, right, if you process it.

But I think you only remember the good times.

And I think that...

I think that those are the aspects of what they miss.

I think they miss the simplicity of being deployed.

I think they miss the camaraderie because you are close to your people, right?

And I think that's what's missed.

But I have to question anybody that says that they missed getting shot at.

If you get past it, hold on.

But I think that where people, what people really need to come, and usually men, this is usually a men's conversation, right?

I've never, to today, I've never had a female come to me and say, I want to go to combat or I want to get, you know, I can't wait to go get in a gunfight.

So like maybe, maybe it'll happen to me.