Jocko Willink

And again, we just did this 48 hours ago.

And someone in the platoon, it wasn't me, thank God, someone in the platoon says, are we really going to do this again?

And the platoon commander just quietly says, he says, well, you know, we don't have to.

But would that be the right thing to do?

and not another word was said, we got in the water because you have to do the right thing.

You're a frog man, you're a seal, you have to do the right thing.

It's the hard choice right now.

We just did it 48 hours ago.

There's been no shift in the sand.

There's been no obstacles put in, but this is what we do.

And for me, that statement, is it the right thing to do?

stick with me for the rest of my career.

And this guy, you know, I remember getting towards the end of that platoon.

And again, when your platoon is your life and somebody makes it that good.

And that was the first thought that I had about trying to become an officer.

Because I said to myself, this guy made life so good

for me and these 16 guys in this platoon.

Someday, if I can, I want to make life good for 16 guys in a platoon."

And that was the very first thought that I had of following his path.

And that's what I did.