Nick Lavery

Yeah, there was an interesting... ongoing discussion about that exact thing. Once it became more and more of a trend and in those pockets of the world, while technology exists, you know, to a degree, it's mostly word of mouth as that spreads, but it moves fast. Like that line of communication can move fast because they've really mastered it over, you know, millennia in that area specifically.

Yeah, there was an interesting... ongoing discussion about that exact thing. Once it became more and more of a trend and in those pockets of the world, while technology exists, you know, to a degree, it's mostly word of mouth as that spreads, but it moves fast. Like that line of communication can move fast because they've really mastered it over, you know, millennia in that area specifically.

There were discussions of this, of, hey man, like, are you this like known figure that's now maybe a higher threat risk to what we're doing because people want to capture you or kill you and say like, we killed the machine. Is this a concern that we need to have? And it was kind of thrown around almost jokingly at first.

There were discussions of this, of, hey man, like, are you this like known figure that's now maybe a higher threat risk to what we're doing because people want to capture you or kill you and say like, we killed the machine. Is this a concern that we need to have? And it was kind of thrown around almost jokingly at first.

There were discussions of this, of, hey man, like, are you this like known figure that's now maybe a higher threat risk to what we're doing because people want to capture you or kill you and say like, we killed the machine. Is this a concern that we need to have? And it was kind of thrown around almost jokingly at first.

And then towards the tail end of that first Afghanistan trip, it became like a legitimate discussion. So it was something we were cognizant of. It didn't affect what we did or how we did it. In fact, you had plenty of my team guy knucklehead brothers that were like, good, we want us to have an additional target because we want more people to come and try to play the game. They want to duke it out.

And then towards the tail end of that first Afghanistan trip, it became like a legitimate discussion. So it was something we were cognizant of. It didn't affect what we did or how we did it. In fact, you had plenty of my team guy knucklehead brothers that were like, good, we want us to have an additional target because we want more people to come and try to play the game. They want to duke it out.

And then towards the tail end of that first Afghanistan trip, it became like a legitimate discussion. So it was something we were cognizant of. It didn't affect what we did or how we did it. In fact, you had plenty of my team guy knucklehead brothers that were like, good, we want us to have an additional target because we want more people to come and try to play the game. They want to duke it out.

So it's like, great, let's make this louder so that we can go find ourselves in contact, which is also very common amongst team guys, especially in those environments. So- Was it a concern? I can't say it was a concern. It was something that we were aware of, but it really didn't change anything. It's like chumming in the ocean for sharks. Kind of like that. Yeah. Yeah.

So it's like, great, let's make this louder so that we can go find ourselves in contact, which is also very common amongst team guys, especially in those environments. So- Was it a concern? I can't say it was a concern. It was something that we were aware of, but it really didn't change anything. It's like chumming in the ocean for sharks. Kind of like that. Yeah. Yeah.

So it's like, great, let's make this louder so that we can go find ourselves in contact, which is also very common amongst team guys, especially in those environments. So- Was it a concern? I can't say it was a concern. It was something that we were aware of, but it really didn't change anything. It's like chumming in the ocean for sharks. Kind of like that. Yeah. Yeah.

Immediately post 9-11, actually during 9-11, was the initial surge of desire to serve. I ultimately stayed in school, grinded out the rest of my degree, barely. So the sight of joining the military got a little bit less clear. And I started going down some really poor lanes, making some really poor choices towards the latter year of my college career.

Immediately post 9-11, actually during 9-11, was the initial surge of desire to serve. I ultimately stayed in school, grinded out the rest of my degree, barely. So the sight of joining the military got a little bit less clear. And I started going down some really poor lanes, making some really poor choices towards the latter year of my college career.

Immediately post 9-11, actually during 9-11, was the initial surge of desire to serve. I ultimately stayed in school, grinded out the rest of my degree, barely. So the sight of joining the military got a little bit less clear. And I started going down some really poor lanes, making some really poor choices towards the latter year of my college career.

But then it was maybe during my last term, it ended up being my last term or last semester, that I kind of re-zeroed in back on that target. And now it's 06, and we're surging now in both Iraq and Afghanistan. So it's like, man, not only is this game still being played, but we're ramping things up. Initially, post 9-11, I had this fear that this game was going to be over and done with like that.

But then it was maybe during my last term, it ended up being my last term or last semester, that I kind of re-zeroed in back on that target. And now it's 06, and we're surging now in both Iraq and Afghanistan. So it's like, man, not only is this game still being played, but we're ramping things up. Initially, post 9-11, I had this fear that this game was going to be over and done with like that.

But then it was maybe during my last term, it ended up being my last term or last semester, that I kind of re-zeroed in back on that target. And now it's 06, and we're surging now in both Iraq and Afghanistan. So it's like, man, not only is this game still being played, but we're ramping things up. Initially, post 9-11, I had this fear that this game was going to be over and done with like that.

I mean, I was really angry and wanted to serve, but I wanted to finish playing ball and graduate. So I was kind of stuck. And Because my only real context of military warfare was really like Desert Storm in the early 90s. And I was obviously a young kid, but that was over very, very quickly. So that was kind of the context I had to go off.

I mean, I was really angry and wanted to serve, but I wanted to finish playing ball and graduate. So I was kind of stuck. And Because my only real context of military warfare was really like Desert Storm in the early 90s. And I was obviously a young kid, but that was over very, very quickly. So that was kind of the context I had to go off.

I mean, I was really angry and wanted to serve, but I wanted to finish playing ball and graduate. So I was kind of stuck. And Because my only real context of military warfare was really like Desert Storm in the early 90s. And I was obviously a young kid, but that was over very, very quickly. So that was kind of the context I had to go off.