Dino Mavrookas

It was based out of Long Island. It was ran by a retired captain, a guy named Drew Bissett. And he just put together a network of SEALs, or retired SEALs from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey. And once a month, everybody would just go and meet up. And there would be all these recruits that want to be SEALs. that would go and train for the day and then get mentored by these retired SEALs.

It was based out of Long Island. It was ran by a retired captain, a guy named Drew Bissett. And he just put together a network of SEALs, or retired SEALs from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey. And once a month, everybody would just go and meet up. And there would be all these recruits that want to be SEALs. that would go and train for the day and then get mentored by these retired SEALs.

It was based out of Long Island. It was ran by a retired captain, a guy named Drew Bissett. And he just put together a network of SEALs, or retired SEALs from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey. And once a month, everybody would just go and meet up. And there would be all these recruits that want to be SEALs. that would go and train for the day and then get mentored by these retired SEALs.

So I ended up going to that a few times, and I was like, you know what? This is exactly what I wanna do. This is how I had the impact. Culture, mission, impact, everything was there. And finished college, got my degree in 2003, and I enlisted the day I graduated. Wow. What a career change there. Yeah. It was pretty bold. My parents had no idea what I was even talking about.

So I ended up going to that a few times, and I was like, you know what? This is exactly what I wanna do. This is how I had the impact. Culture, mission, impact, everything was there. And finished college, got my degree in 2003, and I enlisted the day I graduated. Wow. What a career change there. Yeah. It was pretty bold. My parents had no idea what I was even talking about.

So I ended up going to that a few times, and I was like, you know what? This is exactly what I wanna do. This is how I had the impact. Culture, mission, impact, everything was there. And finished college, got my degree in 2003, and I enlisted the day I graduated. Wow. What a career change there. Yeah. It was pretty bold. My parents had no idea what I was even talking about.

They were like, the what? You did what?

They were like, the what? You did what?

They were like, the what? You did what?

And so my daughter, for the listeners, my daughter's nine years old. She's been into gymnastics since she's three. It's nothing we pushed her towards. I mean, candidly, my kids are 15 months apart. So when they were three years old, we took them to gymnastics because there was a trampoline and something to bounce on on a Saturday afternoon.

And so my daughter, for the listeners, my daughter's nine years old. She's been into gymnastics since she's three. It's nothing we pushed her towards. I mean, candidly, my kids are 15 months apart. So when they were three years old, we took them to gymnastics because there was a trampoline and something to bounce on on a Saturday afternoon.

And so my daughter, for the listeners, my daughter's nine years old. She's been into gymnastics since she's three. It's nothing we pushed her towards. I mean, candidly, my kids are 15 months apart. So when they were three years old, we took them to gymnastics because there was a trampoline and something to bounce on on a Saturday afternoon.

And through that, she just fell in love with the sport and has become really good at it to where now my wife and I are like, okay, do we make this investment? Do we homeschool? Do we drive her an hour and a half to a gym that can train her at the level in which she needs to be trained at if she wants to go to the Olympics? Which is, that's her goal.

And through that, she just fell in love with the sport and has become really good at it to where now my wife and I are like, okay, do we make this investment? Do we homeschool? Do we drive her an hour and a half to a gym that can train her at the level in which she needs to be trained at if she wants to go to the Olympics? Which is, that's her goal.

And through that, she just fell in love with the sport and has become really good at it to where now my wife and I are like, okay, do we make this investment? Do we homeschool? Do we drive her an hour and a half to a gym that can train her at the level in which she needs to be trained at if she wants to go to the Olympics? Which is, that's her goal.

So, my daughter, again, who's nine, says, you know, I wanna go to the Olympics. I'm like, okay, well, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna homeschool, we're gonna drive to the gymnastics gym, we're gonna do all of these things for you. But is that really what you want? Or do you just wanna be good at gymnastics and have fun? Do you wanna go to a

So, my daughter, again, who's nine, says, you know, I wanna go to the Olympics. I'm like, okay, well, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna homeschool, we're gonna drive to the gymnastics gym, we're gonna do all of these things for you. But is that really what you want? Or do you just wanna be good at gymnastics and have fun? Do you wanna go to a

So, my daughter, again, who's nine, says, you know, I wanna go to the Olympics. I'm like, okay, well, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna homeschool, we're gonna drive to the gymnastics gym, we're gonna do all of these things for you. But is that really what you want? Or do you just wanna be good at gymnastics and have fun? Do you wanna go to a

division one school and be a really good gymnast and have fun with the sport or do you want to go to the olympics which is there's four girls on the olympics team which one do you want she goes i want to go to the olympics okay let me tell you what that takes

division one school and be a really good gymnast and have fun with the sport or do you want to go to the olympics which is there's four girls on the olympics team which one do you want she goes i want to go to the olympics okay let me tell you what that takes