Josh Thurman

Yeah, you're going to get a ride home in the front of the cop car, not the back.

Yeah, you're going to get a ride home in the front of the cop car, not the back.

Yeah, you're going to get a ride home in the front of the cop car, not the back.

Or the fire truck. Yeah. But he also- to this day, has not talked a lot about his military experience. I mean, I think it's very fair to say that the Vietnam era specifically has been treated substantially differently than the GWAT. For sure.

Or the fire truck. Yeah. But he also- to this day, has not talked a lot about his military experience. I mean, I think it's very fair to say that the Vietnam era specifically has been treated substantially differently than the GWAT. For sure.

Or the fire truck. Yeah. But he also- to this day, has not talked a lot about his military experience. I mean, I think it's very fair to say that the Vietnam era specifically has been treated substantially differently than the GWAT. For sure.

And if it was in that era, I don't know how open I would be about my experiences either, given how it was framed, and probably rightfully so, the framing at least, not the treatment. Yeah. We were, I remember the actual car ride when he first brought it up.

And if it was in that era, I don't know how open I would be about my experiences either, given how it was framed, and probably rightfully so, the framing at least, not the treatment. Yeah. We were, I remember the actual car ride when he first brought it up.

And if it was in that era, I don't know how open I would be about my experiences either, given how it was framed, and probably rightfully so, the framing at least, not the treatment. Yeah. We were, I remember the actual car ride when he first brought it up.

We were driving back from an area near Aptos, which is just kind of southeast of Santa Cruz along the Half Moon Bay, or not Half Moon Bay, the Monterey Bay. And it was the first time I'd ever heard that term. And he was talking about basically insertion extraction platforms. And I remember asking him, like, what is a SEAL? And he's like, well, in paraphrasing, this is like 40 years ago. Yeah.

We were driving back from an area near Aptos, which is just kind of southeast of Santa Cruz along the Half Moon Bay, or not Half Moon Bay, the Monterey Bay. And it was the first time I'd ever heard that term. And he was talking about basically insertion extraction platforms. And I remember asking him, like, what is a SEAL? And he's like, well, in paraphrasing, this is like 40 years ago. Yeah.

We were driving back from an area near Aptos, which is just kind of southeast of Santa Cruz along the Half Moon Bay, or not Half Moon Bay, the Monterey Bay. And it was the first time I'd ever heard that term. And he was talking about basically insertion extraction platforms. And I remember asking him, like, what is a SEAL? And he's like, well, in paraphrasing, this is like 40 years ago. Yeah.

You know, they're the special operations, or he probably said special forces of the Navy because he has no shit about Green Berets. Sure. Right. No offense to the Green Berets. This is my dad like 40 years ago. Like, they're special forces.

You know, they're the special operations, or he probably said special forces of the Navy because he has no shit about Green Berets. Sure. Right. No offense to the Green Berets. This is my dad like 40 years ago. Like, they're special forces.

You know, they're the special operations, or he probably said special forces of the Navy because he has no shit about Green Berets. Sure. Right. No offense to the Green Berets. This is my dad like 40 years ago. Like, they're special forces.

And it just seemed really interesting. And I remember him saying that not many people make it through, which was interesting to me at that young age. Yeah. And that the training was very challenging and arduous. And then I found, I think I found the book first, The Men with Green Faces, which at 11, who doesn't want to paint their face green, right?

And it just seemed really interesting. And I remember him saying that not many people make it through, which was interesting to me at that young age. Yeah. And that the training was very challenging and arduous. And then I found, I think I found the book first, The Men with Green Faces, which at 11, who doesn't want to paint their face green, right?

And it just seemed really interesting. And I remember him saying that not many people make it through, which was interesting to me at that young age. Yeah. And that the training was very challenging and arduous. And then I found, I think I found the book first, The Men with Green Faces, which at 11, who doesn't want to paint their face green, right?

So then that led me to probably the movie Navy Seals with Charlie Sheen, which I watched at least a thousand times. thinking that it was going to be exactly what the community was going to be like. It was not. Even though I did get to wear a flight suit doing CQC in my early days, and it was horrendous. They are flame retardant, which also means sweat insulating. They are the worst.

So then that led me to probably the movie Navy Seals with Charlie Sheen, which I watched at least a thousand times. thinking that it was going to be exactly what the community was going to be like. It was not. Even though I did get to wear a flight suit doing CQC in my early days, and it was horrendous. They are flame retardant, which also means sweat insulating. They are the worst.