Daniel P. Driscoll

And armor is an odd branch in the Army.

You basically pair like very heavy tankers like who are using these exquisite pieces of equipment with scouts who are kind of the lightest formation we have as an Army.

So I ended up choosing the scout path, trading with a guy, finished armor school, went to ranger school, which there are two distinct memories from all of these Army schools that stand out to me forever.

One is in basic.

I can remember it was like a couple of days after starting basic training.

And our drill instructor, Wilburn, had picked somebody to lead our basic training platoon.

And I thought I was more talented than that person, and I should have been the leader.

So I just, after one of the formations went up and I thought rationally explained to her why I was a better choice.

And as you can expect, Sean, that went terrible.

And so I will never forget the humiliation of realizing that that is not what the Army is.

And it is my job to shut the fuck up and do what I am told and not provide other commentary.

And then the other one is Ranger School, where it's the only time I can truly recall.

It was mountain phase.

We were walking up a hill.

I think I was carrying like a 249.

And I slipped and I fell down and I just couldn't get up.

Like it was, I was exhausted.

I was tired.

We hadn't eaten.

I had lost 25 pounds at that point.