Mike Durant
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Podcast Appearances
You know, everybody knew it happened.
And I guess nobody felt like it was worthy of expulsion from the unit.
But I agree with you.
Probably should have.
So then Desert Storm happens.
So we are going to rescue the hostages.
So there were hostages being held when Kuwait was overrun.
They're being held in Kuwait City.
And our mission, called Java Man, is going to be to assault this target in Quaid City and rescue the hostages.
And we trained and trained and prepped.
I mean, we launched off ships.
We had...
mock-up targets on shore.
We trained down off the coast of Florida.
We simulated the targets at Bragg.
I mean, we were freaking ready.
And Desert Storm had not kicked off yet.
And so we're thinking, I was literally going to be the number two bird over the beach in Desert Storm.
And Cliff was going to be number one.
So again, there's this theme here.