Dino Mavrookas

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.

The impact that I'm able to have here as an operator is going away. And if I'm going to be away from my family for six months, I want it to be for a really good reason. And so I decided at that point that I was going to get out, go back to business school. I got back from my last deployment two weeks before my son was born.

The impact that I'm able to have here as an operator is going away. And if I'm going to be away from my family for six months, I want it to be for a really good reason. And so I decided at that point that I was going to get out, go back to business school. I got back from my last deployment two weeks before my son was born.

The impact that I'm able to have here as an operator is going away. And if I'm going to be away from my family for six months, I want it to be for a really good reason. And so I decided at that point that I was going to get out, go back to business school. I got back from my last deployment two weeks before my son was born.

So I was fortunate to make it back and ended up going to business school six months later.

So I was fortunate to make it back and ended up going to business school six months later.

So I was fortunate to make it back and ended up going to business school six months later.

I was taking it one enlistment, one four-year block at a time. But again, I thought I was going to do four. I was at 11. I was kind of thinking through the business school thing and I hadn't made my mind up. And that, that just really made my mind. I was like, okay, like I'm going to go start a new career. I'm going to go get into business. I'm 34 years old.

I was taking it one enlistment, one four-year block at a time. But again, I thought I was going to do four. I was at 11. I was kind of thinking through the business school thing and I hadn't made my mind up. And that, that just really made my mind. I was like, okay, like I'm going to go start a new career. I'm going to go get into business. I'm 34 years old.

I was taking it one enlistment, one four-year block at a time. But again, I thought I was going to do four. I was at 11. I was kind of thinking through the business school thing and I hadn't made my mind up. And that, that just really made my mind. I was like, okay, like I'm going to go start a new career. I'm going to go get into business. I'm 34 years old.

Like, I'm just going to go do it now because Everything has changed, and the impact that I can have as an operator is what I felt at that time had been diminished. And it was the right time for me with family, physical stuff. I look at guys that had two knee surgeries and two shoulder surgeries, and I never got to that point. I was getting close. And it was the right time for me.

Like, I'm just going to go do it now because Everything has changed, and the impact that I can have as an operator is what I felt at that time had been diminished. And it was the right time for me with family, physical stuff. I look at guys that had two knee surgeries and two shoulder surgeries, and I never got to that point. I was getting close. And it was the right time for me.

Like, I'm just going to go do it now because Everything has changed, and the impact that I can have as an operator is what I felt at that time had been diminished. And it was the right time for me with family, physical stuff. I look at guys that had two knee surgeries and two shoulder surgeries, and I never got to that point. I was getting close. And it was the right time for me.

I look back and I actually say, I'm like, you know what? It wasn't too early, it wasn't too late. It was 11 years was my time.

I look back and I actually say, I'm like, you know what? It wasn't too early, it wasn't too late. It was 11 years was my time.

I look back and I actually say, I'm like, you know what? It wasn't too early, it wasn't too late. It was 11 years was my time.

No, I always wanted to go back and get an MBA at some point. I don't know why. I was just interested in business school. And then I think I liked education. And then I was really interested in finance because I bought Google and Apple stock while on deployment in 2008. And it turns out if you bought stock in 2008, it just did really well. So I was like, oh, this finance thing's interesting.

No, I always wanted to go back and get an MBA at some point. I don't know why. I was just interested in business school. And then I think I liked education. And then I was really interested in finance because I bought Google and Apple stock while on deployment in 2008. And it turns out if you bought stock in 2008, it just did really well. So I was like, oh, this finance thing's interesting.

No, I always wanted to go back and get an MBA at some point. I don't know why. I was just interested in business school. And then I think I liked education. And then I was really interested in finance because I bought Google and Apple stock while on deployment in 2008. And it turns out if you bought stock in 2008, it just did really well. So I was like, oh, this finance thing's interesting.

So I showed up to business school completely naive and not knowing anything. I didn't know which way it was up. I didn't know what I was talking about. And I thought I had two years to figure it out. Come to learn that's not how business school works. So you get to business school, and within two weeks, the school starts asking, okay, what are you recruiting for? What do you want to do?