Jocko Willink
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capsizes or the motor dies, I forget which.
I think it's just the motor died.
And we get the pilot and we come back and now we got a down boat.
And the guys who, when I took over the platoon, some of the guys were kind of friends with the old officer.
And so there was a little bit of that.
And some of the guys didn't like the old officer.
And so there was a little bit of a friction, right?
And I, so this boat's down and the guy's like, we're in a perimeter.
And the guy's like, dude, we got to call admin.
We got to call the trucks down here and get this boat towed back.
And I was like, we're not doing that.
And they're like, well, what are we going to do?
And I go, this is what we're doing.
And I gave him the plan and I,
I put on my fins and took the boat and I was like, hey guys, I'm gonna, you guys are gonna paddle this boat.
They're like, they're looking at me like I'm crazy.
Like paddling a boat through the surf, like this is buds.
And I said, we're gonna, and as soon as we get like deep enough, we'll set up a tow line.
And we did have a good tow, long tow line.
And I remember I put, beatered my weapon into the boat and I got in the water.