Jocko Willink

But other than that, I don't think I knew one single person in there.

I mean, he knew exactly who I was.

So he got the word out.

Yeah, I mean, yeah.

I mean, Tony's as hard as they come.

And Tony has an outstanding reputation and had an outstanding reputation.

And so, you know, he knew me.

So that was that.

And, you know, my platoon in Baghdad had done a lot of stuff.

And so we, you know, had a lot of experience at that time, you know.

At that time, it was a lot of experience.

And, you know, like I said, I was an enlisted team guy for eight years.

So at a minimum, you couldn't lie to me about what the radios could or could not do.

You couldn't lie to me about, like, basic team guy stuff.

You had to tell me what was what.

Had to tell me the truth about stuff.

So I would say about halfway through the workup, they said, all right, you guys, Bruiser's going.

And look, Bruiser's going to Iraq.

We're like, yeah.

So we were planning to go to Baghdad and work with the ICTF, which is the Iraqi Counterterror Force.