Jocko Willink
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But those guys, they were just, you know, it's what the teams, for me, was always supposed to be and what it was.
You know, that was, that is the teams to me.
When I think about the teams, best job ever, best guys ever.
And all my platoons, I had like just great people.
And yeah, I think, you know, kind of, I,
Everything for me was kind of a bonus.
Like, you know, I enlisted in the Navy when I was 18 years old, you know?
And now I'm an officer.
I hadn't even been to college.
Like, that's a pretty cool bonus.
And now I get to lead troops in combat.
That's a pretty cool bonus.
Now I'm in Iraq.
That's a bonus.
And tasking a bruiser in an incredible war zone.
It's just all a bonus.
My point in saying all that was, it wasn't like I was going to be Admiral.
You know what I mean?
Like it wasn't, I wasn't going to be Admiral.
Well, I mean, I guess I could have been Admiral, but I wasn't, that wasn't my goal.