Larry Vickers

Not really so much. I was still too young for that. Because, you know, Vietnam ended 70, early 70s. I mean, I was born in 1963. Yeah. So when it's ending, I'm seven, eight years old. So not really. Nicht wirklich. Wenn ich älter wäre, 100 Prozent. 100 Prozent. Wie hast du die Armee ausgewählt? Warum hast du sie ausgewählt? Mein Vater war in der Armee, also direkt ab und zu.

Not really so much. I was still too young for that. Because, you know, Vietnam ended 70, early 70s. I mean, I was born in 1963. Yeah. So when it's ending, I'm seven, eight years old. So not really. Nicht wirklich. Wenn ich älter wäre, 100 Prozent. 100 Prozent. Wie hast du die Armee ausgewählt? Warum hast du sie ausgewählt? Mein Vater war in der Armee, also direkt ab und zu.

Und du wirst es lieben. Das ist eine tolle Geschichte. Ich habe Scott darüber gesprochen, als ich hier war. Mein Vater hat immer von den Rangers gesprochen. Er hat die Rangers in hohem Stil gehalten. Er hat sie auf einem Pedestal gelegt. Also habe ich mir gedacht, ich werde in die Armee gehen und ich werde ein Ranger sein.

Und du wirst es lieben. Das ist eine tolle Geschichte. Ich habe Scott darüber gesprochen, als ich hier war. Mein Vater hat immer von den Rangers gesprochen. Er hat die Rangers in hohem Stil gehalten. Er hat sie auf einem Pedestal gelegt. Also habe ich mir gedacht, ich werde in die Armee gehen und ich werde ein Ranger sein.

Und du wirst es lieben. Das ist eine tolle Geschichte. Ich habe Scott darüber gesprochen, als ich hier war. Mein Vater hat immer von den Rangers gesprochen. Er hat die Rangers in hohem Stil gehalten. Er hat sie auf einem Pedestal gelegt. Also habe ich mir gedacht, ich werde in die Armee gehen und ich werde ein Ranger sein.

Ich ging in den Army Recruiter und bekam ein kleines Papier über Kriegsarmee. Das erste war Infanterie, dann Artillerie, dann Airborne, Jazz 1 und Rangers. Ich lese über die Rangers und das ist, wo ich gehen werde. Ich bemerkte, das ist keine Lüge, eine weitere Seite. Ich fliege es öffnen, Special Forces. What's this? I started reading about Special Forces.

Ich ging in den Army Recruiter und bekam ein kleines Papier über Kriegsarmee. Das erste war Infanterie, dann Artillerie, dann Airborne, Jazz 1 und Rangers. Ich lese über die Rangers und das ist, wo ich gehen werde. Ich bemerkte, das ist keine Lüge, eine weitere Seite. Ich fliege es öffnen, Special Forces. What's this? I started reading about Special Forces.

Ich ging in den Army Recruiter und bekam ein kleines Papier über Kriegsarmee. Das erste war Infanterie, dann Artillerie, dann Airborne, Jazz 1 und Rangers. Ich lese über die Rangers und das ist, wo ich gehen werde. Ich bemerkte, das ist keine Lüge, eine weitere Seite. Ich fliege es öffnen, Special Forces. What's this? I started reading about Special Forces.

And then, you know, at the very end, they had me. I mean, I was hooked. It said, if you don't think you can make it, don't even try, because only the best can wear the Green Beret. And that was it. Dude, I said, that's it. I'm going to be a Green Beret. I'm going to be Special Forces. At that point, their PR department worked on me. I mean, it worked like a champ.

And then, you know, at the very end, they had me. I mean, I was hooked. It said, if you don't think you can make it, don't even try, because only the best can wear the Green Beret. And that was it. Dude, I said, that's it. I'm going to be a Green Beret. I'm going to be Special Forces. At that point, their PR department worked on me. I mean, it worked like a champ.

And then, you know, at the very end, they had me. I mean, I was hooked. It said, if you don't think you can make it, don't even try, because only the best can wear the Green Beret. And that was it. Dude, I said, that's it. I'm going to be a Green Beret. I'm going to be Special Forces. At that point, their PR department worked on me. I mean, it worked like a champ.

They wanted to snag somebody, and they snagged me like a big dog. 100%. So you could go straight into it back then? At that time, yeah, they had what they called, informally we called it the SF Baby Program. And they needed bodies. Because this is post-Vietnam, they needed people. So yeah, you could go straight in off the street, right out of high school and go through the Q-Course.

They wanted to snag somebody, and they snagged me like a big dog. 100%. So you could go straight into it back then? At that time, yeah, they had what they called, informally we called it the SF Baby Program. And they needed bodies. Because this is post-Vietnam, they needed people. So yeah, you could go straight in off the street, right out of high school and go through the Q-Course.

They wanted to snag somebody, and they snagged me like a big dog. 100%. So you could go straight into it back then? At that time, yeah, they had what they called, informally we called it the SF Baby Program. And they needed bodies. Because this is post-Vietnam, they needed people. So yeah, you could go straight in off the street, right out of high school and go through the Q-Course.

As a matter of fact, I graduated and I was 18 years old. Oh shit. Yeah, I was. I graduated May 7th, 1982. And I turned 19 June 27th, 1982. Wow. Yeah, I was a Green Beret for about a month and a half before I turned 19. Holy shit. Yeah, 18 years old. Didn't know anything, dude. I didn't know anything. In hindsight, that SF Baby program was stupid. They didn't have it for very long.

As a matter of fact, I graduated and I was 18 years old. Oh shit. Yeah, I was. I graduated May 7th, 1982. And I turned 19 June 27th, 1982. Wow. Yeah, I was a Green Beret for about a month and a half before I turned 19. Holy shit. Yeah, 18 years old. Didn't know anything, dude. I didn't know anything. In hindsight, that SF Baby program was stupid. They didn't have it for very long.

As a matter of fact, I graduated and I was 18 years old. Oh shit. Yeah, I was. I graduated May 7th, 1982. And I turned 19 June 27th, 1982. Wow. Yeah, I was a Green Beret for about a month and a half before I turned 19. Holy shit. Yeah, 18 years old. Didn't know anything, dude. I didn't know anything. In hindsight, that SF Baby program was stupid. They didn't have it for very long.

I think they kind of realized this is dumb. And then they put parameters on it. You had to be in the army for a certain amount of time before you could try out for SF and all that kind of stuff, which made perfect sense. Because I got here on one SF team. I'm 19 years old. I didn't know anything. I mean, I got, you know, I'm curious about your thoughts on this, because I think that I think that

I think they kind of realized this is dumb. And then they put parameters on it. You had to be in the army for a certain amount of time before you could try out for SF and all that kind of stuff, which made perfect sense. Because I got here on one SF team. I'm 19 years old. I didn't know anything. I mean, I got, you know, I'm curious about your thoughts on this, because I think that I think that

I think they kind of realized this is dumb. And then they put parameters on it. You had to be in the army for a certain amount of time before you could try out for SF and all that kind of stuff, which made perfect sense. Because I got here on one SF team. I'm 19 years old. I didn't know anything. I mean, I got, you know, I'm curious about your thoughts on this, because I think that I think that