Steve Bunting
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So we did have some guys going straight to MARSOC.
You know, I had other guys that if you were a fleet returnee and you had a combat deployment or two under your belt, they'd send you straight to force recon.
So luckily for me, I got paired up on a team that had junior guys in it.
So I had, it wasn't just me, the new guy, but there was a lot of junior recon Marines as well.
So we're all cutting our teeth at the same rate.
And same pace.
But dude, I had a tremendous platoon sergeant.
Was well-decorated, just war fighter.
Took it seriously, really embodied what it was to be a reconnaissance Marine.
And he did right by us.
We trained our faces off, man.
Nice.
We trained.
There was war on the white space.
There was no vacation.
You're not going home.
If there's free time, you're going to go sleep on a bush and report on an empty field, send up comm shots, practice E&E plans, breakout drills.
Like, yeah, he made men out of us.
Badass, man.
So what were you guys doing in Africa?