Kris Paronto
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So I, you know, I'd go over there and even though there was a language barrier, I'd go in there and with their CEO, with their head guy, and we, I drink chai and we just sit and we try to communicate. And it was fun. I enjoyed it. Played soccer. on that rocky soccer field where PT was.
So I, you know, I'd go over there and even though there was a language barrier, I'd go in there and with their CEO, with their head guy, and we, I drink chai and we just sit and we try to communicate. And it was fun. I enjoyed it. Played soccer. on that rocky soccer field where PT was.
I remember PJ, whenever he, I don't want to say his name, but he broke his ankle out there because there's just rocks everywhere, you know, and then we'd run up Gecko, you know, run up the mountain, do PT in the morning and, It was awesome. And we had a great team there. That team rivaled the Benghazi team. That was one of the best teams where everybody got along.
I remember PJ, whenever he, I don't want to say his name, but he broke his ankle out there because there's just rocks everywhere, you know, and then we'd run up Gecko, you know, run up the mountain, do PT in the morning and, It was awesome. And we had a great team there. That team rivaled the Benghazi team. That was one of the best teams where everybody got along.
I remember PJ, whenever he, I don't want to say his name, but he broke his ankle out there because there's just rocks everywhere, you know, and then we'd run up Gecko, you know, run up the mountain, do PT in the morning and, It was awesome. And we had a great team there. That team rivaled the Benghazi team. That was one of the best teams where everybody got along.
Myself, Curly, the TL we had there, Rebel, he was awesome. One of the best TLs. Again, another guy that qualified if he was a contractor, but he became a staffer, one of the good staffers. Curly X Bixler Joseph, who passed away in a motorcycle accident, you know, the following year, he just got hit while he was driving his motorcycle too fast.
Myself, Curly, the TL we had there, Rebel, he was awesome. One of the best TLs. Again, another guy that qualified if he was a contractor, but he became a staffer, one of the good staffers. Curly X Bixler Joseph, who passed away in a motorcycle accident, you know, the following year, he just got hit while he was driving his motorcycle too fast.
Myself, Curly, the TL we had there, Rebel, he was awesome. One of the best TLs. Again, another guy that qualified if he was a contractor, but he became a staffer, one of the good staffers. Curly X Bixler Joseph, who passed away in a motorcycle accident, you know, the following year, he just got hit while he was driving his motorcycle too fast.
And Mushroom, who was a old force recon Marine, old Marine, Who doesn't like an old, crusty Marine? Great guy. And then Joe Dirt. Joe Zart. Joe Dirt. Dirtay. But Dirt. Joe Dirt. 10 Special Forces group guy. And everybody just got along. It was wonderful. It was just, and everybody, it was one of those, again, teams where you could go out and do stuff and nobody really needed to say anything.
And Mushroom, who was a old force recon Marine, old Marine, Who doesn't like an old, crusty Marine? Great guy. And then Joe Dirt. Joe Zart. Joe Dirt. Dirtay. But Dirt. Joe Dirt. 10 Special Forces group guy. And everybody just got along. It was wonderful. It was just, and everybody, it was one of those, again, teams where you could go out and do stuff and nobody really needed to say anything.
And Mushroom, who was a old force recon Marine, old Marine, Who doesn't like an old, crusty Marine? Great guy. And then Joe Dirt. Joe Zart. Joe Dirt. Dirtay. But Dirt. Joe Dirt. 10 Special Forces group guy. And everybody just got along. It was wonderful. It was just, and everybody, it was one of those, again, teams where you could go out and do stuff and nobody really needed to say anything.
You didn't even need to work together. You just, everybody just knew what everybody was going to do. And you just roll out. I loved it because it was all at night. And going out and wrapping up guys at night was fun. It was hot, so we didn't get a lot of ops. It wasn't like you guys, where you guys were constantly going. But when it was, it was fun.
You didn't even need to work together. You just, everybody just knew what everybody was going to do. And you just roll out. I loved it because it was all at night. And going out and wrapping up guys at night was fun. It was hot, so we didn't get a lot of ops. It wasn't like you guys, where you guys were constantly going. But when it was, it was fun.
You didn't even need to work together. You just, everybody just knew what everybody was going to do. And you just roll out. I loved it because it was all at night. And going out and wrapping up guys at night was fun. It was hot, so we didn't get a lot of ops. It wasn't like you guys, where you guys were constantly going. But when it was, it was fun.
And then at that time, too, is also when we lost Jeremy Wise and we lost Southside at Coast. So that's when the tactics changed, too, or the... The standards, operating procedures changed where we had to search people that were actually coming in.
And then at that time, too, is also when we lost Jeremy Wise and we lost Southside at Coast. So that's when the tactics changed, too, or the... The standards, operating procedures changed where we had to search people that were actually coming in.
And then at that time, too, is also when we lost Jeremy Wise and we lost Southside at Coast. So that's when the tactics changed, too, or the... The standards, operating procedures changed where we had to search people that were actually coming in.
They wouldn't just let them on the base because, you know, for those that don't know, I don't think the movie's that great, but I do like that scene actually is pretty good. It was Zero Dark Thirty. where they showed what happened where the CIA chief of base let the double agent on too far and he blew up. That was accurate. That was Southside. That was Jeremy. Doc Wyatt didn't die.
They wouldn't just let them on the base because, you know, for those that don't know, I don't think the movie's that great, but I do like that scene actually is pretty good. It was Zero Dark Thirty. where they showed what happened where the CIA chief of base let the double agent on too far and he blew up. That was accurate. That was Southside. That was Jeremy. Doc Wyatt didn't die.
They wouldn't just let them on the base because, you know, for those that don't know, I don't think the movie's that great, but I do like that scene actually is pretty good. It was Zero Dark Thirty. where they showed what happened where the CIA chief of base let the double agent on too far and he blew up. That was accurate. That was Southside. That was Jeremy. Doc Wyatt didn't die.