Dino Mavrookas

So she did a lot to support me through all of that. Did five deployments, I think, in five years. Very, very busy. And then the last deployment, it might have been the second to last deployment, was really the reason why I decided to get out.

So she did a lot to support me through all of that. Did five deployments, I think, in five years. Very, very busy. And then the last deployment, it might have been the second to last deployment, was really the reason why I decided to get out.

So she did a lot to support me through all of that. Did five deployments, I think, in five years. Very, very busy. And then the last deployment, it might have been the second to last deployment, was really the reason why I decided to get out.

It wasn't because I didn't like the job anymore, and obviously you always love the guys, and you love being around, like people ask me, do you miss the teams? I actually don't. I don't miss the job. I miss the guys. I miss just hanging out. But it was our last deployment, I was, I won't say where I was, but we were with a foreign unit predominantly.

It wasn't because I didn't like the job anymore, and obviously you always love the guys, and you love being around, like people ask me, do you miss the teams? I actually don't. I don't miss the job. I miss the guys. I miss just hanging out. But it was our last deployment, I was, I won't say where I was, but we were with a foreign unit predominantly.

It wasn't because I didn't like the job anymore, and obviously you always love the guys, and you love being around, like people ask me, do you miss the teams? I actually don't. I don't miss the job. I miss the guys. I miss just hanging out. But it was our last deployment, I was, I won't say where I was, but we were with a foreign unit predominantly.

I was managing, it's like five or 600 foreign special forces soldiers in this outstation. And wow, we were trying so many different experiences to being on missions that were approved by the president. I was not on the Bin Laden raid, just for the record. I don't even like throwing, leaving that possibility out there.

I was managing, it's like five or 600 foreign special forces soldiers in this outstation. And wow, we were trying so many different experiences to being on missions that were approved by the president. I was not on the Bin Laden raid, just for the record. I don't even like throwing, leaving that possibility out there.

I was managing, it's like five or 600 foreign special forces soldiers in this outstation. And wow, we were trying so many different experiences to being on missions that were approved by the president. I was not on the Bin Laden raid, just for the record. I don't even like throwing, leaving that possibility out there.

I learned about that with a broken ankle and I was in bed in Virginia Beach and I saw it on CNN like everybody else. But being on missions that were approved at that level to running five or 600, like SEAL Team Six just opened up the door of experiences. And so I'm on this deployment in this really shitty part of the world.

I learned about that with a broken ankle and I was in bed in Virginia Beach and I saw it on CNN like everybody else. But being on missions that were approved at that level to running five or 600, like SEAL Team Six just opened up the door of experiences. And so I'm on this deployment in this really shitty part of the world.

I learned about that with a broken ankle and I was in bed in Virginia Beach and I saw it on CNN like everybody else. But being on missions that were approved at that level to running five or 600, like SEAL Team Six just opened up the door of experiences. And so I'm on this deployment in this really shitty part of the world.

And we had all these regulations and red tape of what we could do and what we couldn't do with the foreign units. And so we're training them, we're working with them, we're doing all these things. And then this bad guy that we've been tracking for months pops up and he's, four miles from where we are on this mountain somewhere. And we're like, great, let's go throw our stuff on.

And we had all these regulations and red tape of what we could do and what we couldn't do with the foreign units. And so we're training them, we're working with them, we're doing all these things. And then this bad guy that we've been tracking for months pops up and he's, four miles from where we are on this mountain somewhere. And we're like, great, let's go throw our stuff on.

And we had all these regulations and red tape of what we could do and what we couldn't do with the foreign units. And so we're training them, we're working with them, we're doing all these things. And then this bad guy that we've been tracking for months pops up and he's, four miles from where we are on this mountain somewhere. And we're like, great, let's go throw our stuff on.

We'll go get them. We'll be back by dinner. And because of the political environment, we being the US soldiers that were there and my team, we couldn't leave the base. We did not get approval to leave the base. So we went through this whole rigmarole where we're like, OK, you go get them. We'll be here. We'll tell you where to go. And it was just this game of telephone.

We'll go get them. We'll be back by dinner. And because of the political environment, we being the US soldiers that were there and my team, we couldn't leave the base. We did not get approval to leave the base. So we went through this whole rigmarole where we're like, OK, you go get them. We'll be here. We'll tell you where to go. And it was just this game of telephone.

We'll go get them. We'll be back by dinner. And because of the political environment, we being the US soldiers that were there and my team, we couldn't leave the base. We did not get approval to leave the base. So we went through this whole rigmarole where we're like, OK, you go get them. We'll be here. We'll tell you where to go. And it was just this game of telephone.

And we're watching the ISR feed, trying to direct them into the bad guy. The foreign unit couldn't find them. They're walking around in circles. I'm calling back to headquarters. If you just let me go, I'll be back in 10 minutes. And we couldn't get that approval. And so they walk around for six hours, they can't find him, the guy gets away.

And we're watching the ISR feed, trying to direct them into the bad guy. The foreign unit couldn't find them. They're walking around in circles. I'm calling back to headquarters. If you just let me go, I'll be back in 10 minutes. And we couldn't get that approval. And so they walk around for six hours, they can't find him, the guy gets away.