Kris Paronto

As much as God looks at me and goes, man, I cannot keep this guy straight. Right. Isn't it? It's just, he did it. And I didn't want to go to him. Me being Tano, like, Ron, eat shit. I've done enough. I don't want to do this shit, man. Tano, get out there. Oh, fine. And yeah, it saved lives. It did. It was just, it was 24, 36 hours before the attack.

We went through base-wide training, medevac, casavac plan. How do we handle mass casualties? Damn. Yeah. So that just shows you how awesome Ron is. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but the attack happened. I remember, I remember we were just laying there and me and Boone were on QRF. We always had, you know, we always had a team on QRF standby.

We went through base-wide training, medevac, casavac plan. How do we handle mass casualties? Damn. Yeah. So that just shows you how awesome Ron is. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but the attack happened. I remember, I remember we were just laying there and me and Boone were on QRF. We always had, you know, we always had a team on QRF standby.

We went through base-wide training, medevac, casavac plan. How do we handle mass casualties? Damn. Yeah. So that just shows you how awesome Ron is. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but the attack happened. I remember, I remember we were just laying there and me and Boone were on QRF. We always had, you know, we always had a team on QRF standby.

Every team would be up and then we always had guys that were on a, that's all they did all day. 24 step, 24 hours. We were on that QRF. So end of the day, we're thinking, fly a day, my gosh, almost time to go home. I got a few more days left, extension. I even remember we were watching two of the greatest movies ever made. I had just watched Battleship. and I was watching Wrath of the Titans.

Every team would be up and then we always had guys that were on a, that's all they did all day. 24 step, 24 hours. We were on that QRF. So end of the day, we're thinking, fly a day, my gosh, almost time to go home. I got a few more days left, extension. I even remember we were watching two of the greatest movies ever made. I had just watched Battleship. and I was watching Wrath of the Titans.

Every team would be up and then we always had guys that were on a, that's all they did all day. 24 step, 24 hours. We were on that QRF. So end of the day, we're thinking, fly a day, my gosh, almost time to go home. I got a few more days left, extension. I even remember we were watching two of the greatest movies ever made. I had just watched Battleship. and I was watching Wrath of the Titans.

And we get a call on the radio, and you can hear the gunfire, but it's not really, because there's always gunfire. Yeah. I thought maybe somebody's having a wedding or something. You can hear the... And... We get a call on the radio, and it was from our team leader, G.R.S. He goes, G.R.S. needs you in the team room. And it was about that monotone, not a lot of excitement.

And we get a call on the radio, and you can hear the gunfire, but it's not really, because there's always gunfire. Yeah. I thought maybe somebody's having a wedding or something. You can hear the... And... We get a call on the radio, and it was from our team leader, G.R.S. He goes, G.R.S. needs you in the team room. And it was about that monotone, not a lot of excitement.

And we get a call on the radio, and you can hear the gunfire, but it's not really, because there's always gunfire. Yeah. I thought maybe somebody's having a wedding or something. You can hear the... And... We get a call on the radio, and it was from our team leader, G.R.S. He goes, G.R.S. needs you in the team room. And it was about that monotone, not a lot of excitement.

And at least I didn't think it was. I didn't hear the excitement. So Boone did roll over me, and he's like, dude. He's like, what the fuck did you do now? Because he thought I pissed somebody off again. And I go, dude, I ain't done anything. I've been a saint all day. Dude, I swear, I just want to go home, man. Because... Nine times out of ten, if we got called, I did something.

And at least I didn't think it was. I didn't hear the excitement. So Boone did roll over me, and he's like, dude. He's like, what the fuck did you do now? Because he thought I pissed somebody off again. And I go, dude, I ain't done anything. I've been a saint all day. Dude, I swear, I just want to go home, man. Because... Nine times out of ten, if we got called, I did something.

And at least I didn't think it was. I didn't hear the excitement. So Boone did roll over me, and he's like, dude. He's like, what the fuck did you do now? Because he thought I pissed somebody off again. And I go, dude, I ain't done anything. I've been a saint all day. Dude, I swear, I just want to go home, man. Because... Nine times out of ten, if we got called, I did something.

I had a placard from the movie Tropic Thunder where Sergeant Cyrus, the Robert Downey Jr. character, I actually wasn't a placard. It was a piece of paper, and I'd laminated it, and it said, never go full retard. And if a CIA case officer did something stupid, I'd put it on their desk so they'd see it in the morning. I'd do stuff like that. I just love picking. I love picking on them.

I had a placard from the movie Tropic Thunder where Sergeant Cyrus, the Robert Downey Jr. character, I actually wasn't a placard. It was a piece of paper, and I'd laminated it, and it said, never go full retard. And if a CIA case officer did something stupid, I'd put it on their desk so they'd see it in the morning. I'd do stuff like that. I just love picking. I love picking on them.

I had a placard from the movie Tropic Thunder where Sergeant Cyrus, the Robert Downey Jr. character, I actually wasn't a placard. It was a piece of paper, and I'd laminated it, and it said, never go full retard. And if a CIA case officer did something stupid, I'd put it on their desk so they'd see it in the morning. I'd do stuff like that. I just love picking. I love picking on them.

The Jason Bournes. So Boone's been with me for 10 years. I mean, we hadn't worked together continually, but we've been in different spots for 10 years, from State Department on to OGA. So he knows me. He's like, dude, what the hell did you do now, you son of a bitch? I was like, nothing, bud. I've been good. I promise you. And then the urgency came. It was about 30 seconds later, though.

The Jason Bournes. So Boone's been with me for 10 years. I mean, we hadn't worked together continually, but we've been in different spots for 10 years, from State Department on to OGA. So he knows me. He's like, dude, what the hell did you do now, you son of a bitch? I was like, nothing, bud. I've been good. I promise you. And then the urgency came. It was about 30 seconds later, though.

The Jason Bournes. So Boone's been with me for 10 years. I mean, we hadn't worked together continually, but we've been in different spots for 10 years, from State Department on to OGA. So he knows me. He's like, dude, what the hell did you do now, you son of a bitch? I was like, nothing, bud. I've been good. I promise you. And then the urgency came. It was about 30 seconds later, though.

He said, Juris, we need you in the team room now. And it was... And you just know, you've been doing this long enough. I've been doing this long enough. All right, it's time to go. And I look at Boone and we're getting our gear because we kept some of our gear in our lockers, but our quick ready gear, our body armor and our M4s, our P-shooters, we kept right by our bed on QRF.