Jocko Willink
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Like,
It's a literal no-brainer to me as a kid.
Did you look at any of the other branches or you were just like, I'm going to do that?
You know, of course, the Marine Corps is always tempting for a young kid because the Marine Corps presents such an awesome image and they're such an awesome unit.
But I saw the SEAL teams as, again, it just fit with everything that I thought about being a military personnel would be, would be that.
What age did you enlist?
18.
18?
Yeah.
What did your parents think?
I think they were pretty happy.
Were they really?
Yeah, yeah, because I was, you know, it's like you have a plan.
I love the military.
The military gave me everything.
The Navy gave me everything.
But initially what they gave me was a plan.
This is what you have to do.
If you do these things, you're going to be successful.
And you get a blank slate when you go in there.