Jocko Willink

not the OPSO, but as an OPSJO, he was the detailer.

And I was friends with him.

And I called him and I said, can you please get me back to a SEAL team right now?

And he said, Jocko, this war is going to last a long time.

finish college.

And I said, sir, I can finish when I can do all mine, like whatever.

And he goes, finish college.

This award's going to last a long time.

And I didn't believe him at all, but he was right.

And I always want to make sure I make this point.

He told me later that everybody called him.

Everybody that wasn't at a team, everyone called him.

I was just one of the other guys that called him.

It wasn't like I was extra motivated.

No, I was just as motivated as everybody

wanted to get back to a team and so he sent me when i finished college 2003 again like awesome he sent me to seal team seven seal team seven was like the next deploying team i got seal team seven and my old xo from seal team two was the commanding officer and

He welcomed me aboard, and then a week or two later, he fired a platoon commander and put me in charge.

Oh, shit.

And so... And we were slated to go to Iraq.

And we left, I don't know, a few months later.