John Allen
speaker
2,188 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2013
last heard 31 Aug
John Allen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's hard to imagine that.
But the the way the the men, frankly, that I've seen in in special operations, it's so
Like you want so badly to be somebody that the others rely on and trust.
It's like reputation is everything and
That anything that could potentially damage the way you view yourself, if you think your reputation is damaged, it's it's crushing.
So, like the guys chasing the dragon, they worry that frankly, guys like myself, even though I've had again the one combat tour, that I somehow think less of them because they haven't seen combat.
I don't, not at all.
I'm I'm like I've done one tour.
Similarly, guys that have been close to tragedy, close to death and destruction, but they themselves never were hurt.
They as well suffer from this idea.
Do other people think that I just got really lucky?
Even though you saved these people's lives, like you're winning awards for saving people's lives, dude.
So it's just like it's a big mindfuck, to be honest.
There's just so much.
identity wrapped up in it and I think I struggle with it a lot on the way out.
D you you have kids.
You got a boy?
I do have a boy.
I have a son who's about to be six and two d and two girls who are older.
Would you let him do what you did?
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