James Pomerantz

I would have been somewhere in between there.

I would have been somewhere in between there.

I would have been somewhere in between there.

How many guys pass out? Probably not that many in the tread unless they- Not on the tread.

How many guys pass out? Probably not that many in the tread unless they- Not on the tread.

How many guys pass out? Probably not that many in the tread unless they- Not on the tread.

But I do recall all of you guys laughing your asses off at me after you failed me. Of course. Yeah. What else are we supposed to do? I gave you all a great laugh. Oh, well, hey, this guy tried to pretend that he died. Oh, it happens to all of us. It's amazing.

But I do recall all of you guys laughing your asses off at me after you failed me. Of course. Yeah. What else are we supposed to do? I gave you all a great laugh. Oh, well, hey, this guy tried to pretend that he died. Oh, it happens to all of us. It's amazing.

But I do recall all of you guys laughing your asses off at me after you failed me. Of course. Yeah. What else are we supposed to do? I gave you all a great laugh. Oh, well, hey, this guy tried to pretend that he died. Oh, it happens to all of us. It's amazing.

OK. So we end up. Our platoon and our sister platoon ended up kind of winning that sort of battle. I guess that was going on. I'm a new guy, so I didn't really know too much of what was happening. Yeah, it's above your pay grade a little bit. I'm just busting my ass as hard as I can.

OK. So we end up. Our platoon and our sister platoon ended up kind of winning that sort of battle. I guess that was going on. I'm a new guy, so I didn't really know too much of what was happening. Yeah, it's above your pay grade a little bit. I'm just busting my ass as hard as I can.

OK. So we end up. Our platoon and our sister platoon ended up kind of winning that sort of battle. I guess that was going on. I'm a new guy, so I didn't really know too much of what was happening. Yeah, it's above your pay grade a little bit. I'm just busting my ass as hard as I can.

And then when they said, hey, we need you to work hard because we may be able to augment and go to Afghanistan with dev group guys. I was like, I'll do whatever you want me to do. So we ended up getting chosen for that. We deployed, went to Afghanistan, attached to Red Squadron. We were there for about three months. It was pretty cool. Came back. Then we went to the Philippines.

And then when they said, hey, we need you to work hard because we may be able to augment and go to Afghanistan with dev group guys. I was like, I'll do whatever you want me to do. So we ended up getting chosen for that. We deployed, went to Afghanistan, attached to Red Squadron. We were there for about three months. It was pretty cool. Came back. Then we went to the Philippines.

And then when they said, hey, we need you to work hard because we may be able to augment and go to Afghanistan with dev group guys. I was like, I'll do whatever you want me to do. So we ended up getting chosen for that. We deployed, went to Afghanistan, attached to Red Squadron. We were there for about three months. It was pretty cool. Came back. Then we went to the Philippines.

Did a trip in Philippines, Basilan Island, came back and I did an Iraq tour to Crete, Kirkuk. And then while we were leaving Iraq, we're in Kuwait, I get the call that my wife was taking the kids and moving back to Indiana. So she was leaving me. And so- While you were overseas. While I'm overseas. Man, that's- It was rough. Not like there's a great time to receive that call.

Did a trip in Philippines, Basilan Island, came back and I did an Iraq tour to Crete, Kirkuk. And then while we were leaving Iraq, we're in Kuwait, I get the call that my wife was taking the kids and moving back to Indiana. So she was leaving me. And so- While you were overseas. While I'm overseas. Man, that's- It was rough. Not like there's a great time to receive that call.

Did a trip in Philippines, Basilan Island, came back and I did an Iraq tour to Crete, Kirkuk. And then while we were leaving Iraq, we're in Kuwait, I get the call that my wife was taking the kids and moving back to Indiana. So she was leaving me. And so- While you were overseas. While I'm overseas. Man, that's- It was rough. Not like there's a great time to receive that call.

My first response was, you know, good riddance, you know, fine. I'm going back to the teams. I'm- Yeah. But after a couple of weeks, I talked to my lieutenant and he said, we can get you a billet at Great Lakes if you're interested, which is in Chicago at Navy boot camp. It was like a dive motivator? Bud's Prep was there. Oh. So we had the Bud's Prep program. So I went and LPO'd Bud's Prep. Okay.

My first response was, you know, good riddance, you know, fine. I'm going back to the teams. I'm- Yeah. But after a couple of weeks, I talked to my lieutenant and he said, we can get you a billet at Great Lakes if you're interested, which is in Chicago at Navy boot camp. It was like a dive motivator? Bud's Prep was there. Oh. So we had the Bud's Prep program. So I went and LPO'd Bud's Prep. Okay.