John Fussell

And then you look at... You know, life just catches up with people. You know, my brother's a knucklehead. He's working at Goldman Sachs, making five times what I'm making. You know, like, I'm out of here. His boat's awesome. Yeah, you know what I mean? You start seeing the real world out there, you're like, wait a minute.

And then you look at... You know, life just catches up with people. You know, my brother's a knucklehead. He's working at Goldman Sachs, making five times what I'm making. You know, like, I'm out of here. His boat's awesome. Yeah, you know what I mean? You start seeing the real world out there, you're like, wait a minute.

And then you look at... You know, life just catches up with people. You know, my brother's a knucklehead. He's working at Goldman Sachs, making five times what I'm making. You know, like, I'm out of here. His boat's awesome. Yeah, you know what I mean? You start seeing the real world out there, you're like, wait a minute.

You know, it was cool when I was doing the fun stuff, but I think that's... So we got into writing. We wrote the thesis about the retention problem. Got to do some fun stuff. Because of that, I got sucked into... We overhauled that year. We overhauled the way we did the whole interviewing process for all the young officers trying to come in. Which was really cool.

You know, it was cool when I was doing the fun stuff, but I think that's... So we got into writing. We wrote the thesis about the retention problem. Got to do some fun stuff. Because of that, I got sucked into... We overhauled that year. We overhauled the way we did the whole interviewing process for all the young officers trying to come in. Which was really cool.

You know, it was cool when I was doing the fun stuff, but I think that's... So we got into writing. We wrote the thesis about the retention problem. Got to do some fun stuff. Because of that, I got sucked into... We overhauled that year. We overhauled the way we did the whole interviewing process for all the young officers trying to come in. Which was really cool.

The head guy, Captain, was in charge. We put together a panel. We had about eight of us on the panel or seven. We had to sort of level the playing field. And we each kind of had our lanes. I asked a lot of moral dilemma questions. And so we each had our lanes. And because we had almost 1,000 applicants, and we whittled that down on paper to a little under 500.

The head guy, Captain, was in charge. We put together a panel. We had about eight of us on the panel or seven. We had to sort of level the playing field. And we each kind of had our lanes. I asked a lot of moral dilemma questions. And so we each had our lanes. And because we had almost 1,000 applicants, and we whittled that down on paper to a little under 500.

The head guy, Captain, was in charge. We put together a panel. We had about eight of us on the panel or seven. We had to sort of level the playing field. And we each kind of had our lanes. I asked a lot of moral dilemma questions. And so we each had our lanes. And because we had almost 1,000 applicants, and we whittled that down on paper to a little under 500.

So we did 400-some-odd interviews over six months. And that was all the Academy guys, all the ROTC guys. Oh, just to go to NSW? Everybody. The prior enlisted guys, everybody. And... That was wild and hysterical, man. But it was kind of mind-numbing, too, because we had to ask the same stuff to make it fair. So hundreds of interviews. I'm like, oh, here goes Bob again.

So we did 400-some-odd interviews over six months. And that was all the Academy guys, all the ROTC guys. Oh, just to go to NSW? Everybody. The prior enlisted guys, everybody. And... That was wild and hysterical, man. But it was kind of mind-numbing, too, because we had to ask the same stuff to make it fair. So hundreds of interviews. I'm like, oh, here goes Bob again.

So we did 400-some-odd interviews over six months. And that was all the Academy guys, all the ROTC guys. Oh, just to go to NSW? Everybody. The prior enlisted guys, everybody. And... That was wild and hysterical, man. But it was kind of mind-numbing, too, because we had to ask the same stuff to make it fair. So hundreds of interviews. I'm like, oh, here goes Bob again.

He's going to ask that same question. Oh, my God. You know, you just don't know. But what got fun was... You know, occasionally after even one or two questions, the guy would be a resounding thumbs up or thumbs down. Like, I love this guy's in. The first question he was in. He just knocks it over the left field wall in the first question. Or this guy's definitely out.

He's going to ask that same question. Oh, my God. You know, you just don't know. But what got fun was... You know, occasionally after even one or two questions, the guy would be a resounding thumbs up or thumbs down. Like, I love this guy's in. The first question he was in. He just knocks it over the left field wall in the first question. Or this guy's definitely out.

He's going to ask that same question. Oh, my God. You know, you just don't know. But what got fun was... You know, occasionally after even one or two questions, the guy would be a resounding thumbs up or thumbs down. Like, I love this guy's in. The first question he was in. He just knocks it over the left field wall in the first question. Or this guy's definitely out.

But we still owe them the next 45 minutes. They got to finish the interview. And so those are the only ones that ever got to be kind of fun. Because people were kind of... Sie führten uns in verschiedene Richtungen und fragten uns lustige Fragen. Das war für uns ein Mentalfall, denn ich habe hundertmal die gleiche Frage gestellt. Aber eines war mir besonders wichtig.

But we still owe them the next 45 minutes. They got to finish the interview. And so those are the only ones that ever got to be kind of fun. Because people were kind of... Sie führten uns in verschiedene Richtungen und fragten uns lustige Fragen. Das war für uns ein Mentalfall, denn ich habe hundertmal die gleiche Frage gestellt. Aber eines war mir besonders wichtig.

But we still owe them the next 45 minutes. They got to finish the interview. And so those are the only ones that ever got to be kind of fun. Because people were kind of... Sie führten uns in verschiedene Richtungen und fragten uns lustige Fragen. Das war für uns ein Mentalfall, denn ich habe hundertmal die gleiche Frage gestellt. Aber eines war mir besonders wichtig.

Diese Jungs konnten nicht miteinander unterbrechen. Sie sahen nicht einander. Aber ich hatte die Co-Captains, ich weiß nicht, wo diese Jungs heute sind, die Co-Captains des Navy-Lacrosse-Teams. Ich erinnere mich nur daran, dass ein Mann besonders groß war und ein anderer auf der kurzen Seite war. Das ist alles, was ich erinnere. Sie waren beide sehr gut zusammen, in zwei Fragen.

Diese Jungs konnten nicht miteinander unterbrechen. Sie sahen nicht einander. Aber ich hatte die Co-Captains, ich weiß nicht, wo diese Jungs heute sind, die Co-Captains des Navy-Lacrosse-Teams. Ich erinnere mich nur daran, dass ein Mann besonders groß war und ein anderer auf der kurzen Seite war. Das ist alles, was ich erinnere. Sie waren beide sehr gut zusammen, in zwei Fragen.