Kris Paronto

Because I hadn't made shit for a year. You guys are paying me 250 bucks a day to sit out here in this beautiful weather, get a shoot gun, and I get to watch you guys just clown show. This is awesome. I'm just unbelievable. How lucky am I to be right here watching the shit show go on? And it was so awesome. It was wonderful. And then, you know, I finished the course.

I had to go home for like two months because my clearance still hadn't cleared yet. And I hadn't got my clearance yet from the State Department. You know, that's when we started to figure out, oh, you know, DOD, NSACI have their own clearances? Oh, I didn't know that. I thought as you got one, they don't cross over. So I had to wait for my State Department clearance. Got it. Went home to my wife.

I had to go home for like two months because my clearance still hadn't cleared yet. And I hadn't got my clearance yet from the State Department. You know, that's when we started to figure out, oh, you know, DOD, NSACI have their own clearances? Oh, I didn't know that. I thought as you got one, they don't cross over. So I had to wait for my State Department clearance. Got it. Went home to my wife.

I had to go home for like two months because my clearance still hadn't cleared yet. And I hadn't got my clearance yet from the State Department. You know, that's when we started to figure out, oh, you know, DOD, NSACI have their own clearances? Oh, I didn't know that. I thought as you got one, they don't cross over. So I had to wait for my State Department clearance. Got it. Went home to my wife.

I said, please don't divorce me, but I'm going to Iraq. That's when the contracting life for the next 10 years took over, man. That was it. And early days, and it was the Wild West, man.

I said, please don't divorce me, but I'm going to Iraq. That's when the contracting life for the next 10 years took over, man. That was it. And early days, and it was the Wild West, man.

I said, please don't divorce me, but I'm going to Iraq. That's when the contracting life for the next 10 years took over, man. That was it. And early days, and it was the Wild West, man.

It was, man, sitting up on top of a building on Haifa Street with my ranger buddy and pigeon shit, overwatching one of our PSD teams, watching Bradley shoot down Haifa Street, spinning the guys in their turrets, spinning because they're, that was, I still remember, that was so cool. Because the up-gunners, they're spinning, making sure they're looking and they're not going to get shot.

It was, man, sitting up on top of a building on Haifa Street with my ranger buddy and pigeon shit, overwatching one of our PSD teams, watching Bradley shoot down Haifa Street, spinning the guys in their turrets, spinning because they're, that was, I still remember, that was so cool. Because the up-gunners, they're spinning, making sure they're looking and they're not going to get shot.

It was, man, sitting up on top of a building on Haifa Street with my ranger buddy and pigeon shit, overwatching one of our PSD teams, watching Bradley shoot down Haifa Street, spinning the guys in their turrets, spinning because they're, that was, I still remember, that was so cool. Because the up-gunners, they're spinning, making sure they're looking and they're not going to get shot.

Because Haifa was bad at that time. That was real bad. And I'm ducking because they don't know if I'm a good guy, but I don't want to shoot me. But just, that was wonderful times, man. Driving down Biop, driving down Irish, Route Irish at 100 kilometers an hour. Fucking making sure that you don't get hit on that overpass.

Because Haifa was bad at that time. That was real bad. And I'm ducking because they don't know if I'm a good guy, but I don't want to shoot me. But just, that was wonderful times, man. Driving down Biop, driving down Irish, Route Irish at 100 kilometers an hour. Fucking making sure that you don't get hit on that overpass.

Because Haifa was bad at that time. That was real bad. And I'm ducking because they don't know if I'm a good guy, but I don't want to shoot me. But just, that was wonderful times, man. Driving down Biop, driving down Irish, Route Irish at 100 kilometers an hour. Fucking making sure that you don't get hit on that overpass.

I loved it. And I had an awesome team. We had a wonderful, just an awesome team. Again, another one, just guys that just, I don't know, got along, but it just, it worked.

I loved it. And I had an awesome team. We had a wonderful, just an awesome team. Again, another one, just guys that just, I don't know, got along, but it just, it worked.

I loved it. And I had an awesome team. We had a wonderful, just an awesome team. Again, another one, just guys that just, I don't know, got along, but it just, it worked.

It was for a time. I mean, there were other dangerous roads, too, like Haifa Street was very dangerous. Route Wild, when you got up to Sadr, was pretty damn dangerous. And even Route 10 at some points were dangerous. And then, of course, Route 10, when it got into Ramadi and Fallujah, of course, were extremely dangerous. And God bless Helveston and the guys that got hung and died there.

It was for a time. I mean, there were other dangerous roads, too, like Haifa Street was very dangerous. Route Wild, when you got up to Sadr, was pretty damn dangerous. And even Route 10 at some points were dangerous. And then, of course, Route 10, when it got into Ramadi and Fallujah, of course, were extremely dangerous. And God bless Helveston and the guys that got hung and died there.

It was for a time. I mean, there were other dangerous roads, too, like Haifa Street was very dangerous. Route Wild, when you got up to Sadr, was pretty damn dangerous. And even Route 10 at some points were dangerous. And then, of course, Route 10, when it got into Ramadi and Fallujah, of course, were extremely dangerous. And God bless Helveston and the guys that got hung and died there.

But Irish was always hot. always something that he was dying or getting hit on Irish. And I loved every minute of it. And I had the best drivers in the world. And when you see a motorcade with three cars and they know, the drivers know what they're doing. And I was very lucky enough that I moved being from the trunk monkey to eventually I became the team leader.