Mike Durant

And we put, the first thing was rocket pods.

So we could put, actually we could have put four rocket pods on there, two on each side, 19 rockets a piece.

So that's a lot of rockets and miniguns.

And the bird's kind of ready, but it's not really been signed off by anyone.

And just cause happens.

Now, just cause,

before the op went down was called Blue Spoon.

And we've been practicing this thing.

I just kind of read up on it before we got together today.

According to this book, we've been practicing it for two years.

I knew it was years, but that's about when I got to the unit.

It was two years before that.

So my whole time in the unit, we've been talking about Blue Spoon, which is take down Panama.

And just before Christmas, 1989,

All the criteria are met, and we get to go.

And it was, again, just that mission, I would argue, one of the most successful we've ever done as a nation.

I mean, 26 targets at each hour.

SEAL Team 6 had multiple targets.

Delta rescued Kurt Muse out of Modelo Prison.

I was at Riojada where we had the largest airborne drop since Vietnam and like 21 other targets.