Mike Durant

Where's the terrain?

You know, all those things, you're constantly, they're changing, they're dynamic, and you've got to keep track of all that in addition to doing all this.

So, and I was good at all that.

I mean, I'm not suggesting I was the goat, but I was pretty damn good.

And so I didn't really struggle with assessment or the training at all.

I mean, the washout rate is fairly high, but I got through it pretty well.

And it's, you know, it's physical fitness, it's a psych eval, it's a swim test, it's land nav, it's, you know, life-saving, it's all that stuff, you know.

And

It was so early on in the development of the unit that we didn't have what is now Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion.

We didn't have anything.

The training was done by operational unit guys.

So your instructor

is a flight line guy who just got assigned to go provide flight instruction for these new guys.

There was no- It was like a extra duty.

Right.

Now, my class was actually the first Green Platoon class.

So it's just coming to life.

What does that mean, Green Platoon class?

It's the training.

It's like Green Team, right?