Jocko Willink
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We were that ready to go to Baghdad.
And my skipper called me to the office and said, hey, what do you think about going to Ramadi?
And I was like, I knew exactly what was going on in Ramadi.
I mean, the intel reports were very clear that Ramadi was a total war zone, total disaster.
And it was the worst area in Iraq.
And I said, yeah, roger that.
And I tried to, inside I was like, oh hell yeah.
Outside, I said, well, sir, you know, there's a couple more things I need.
And I bargained to get like a few, I bargained to get a few more people.
I bargained to get like some computer stuff that we needed for our, you know, for our communication stuff.
And he was like, yeah, I can get you that.
I can get you that.
I can get you these other people.
And I said, I'm in.
And that was it.
Going to Ramadi.
Yeah.
I mean, there was sustained fighting every day.
Like there was soldiers and Marines getting wounded and killed every day.
And this isn't a big area.