Terry Houin

It's fortunate because I didn't really know what to expect, so I had no expectations of what I was getting into. I showed up and did the work and was like Kevin was saying, I was average at best in green team, but I didn't fuck anything up. No safety violations. I didn't kill anybody, so I made it through.

It's fortunate because I didn't really know what to expect, so I had no expectations of what I was getting into. I showed up and did the work and was like Kevin was saying, I was average at best in green team, but I didn't fuck anything up. No safety violations. I didn't kill anybody, so I made it through.

It's fortunate because I didn't really know what to expect, so I had no expectations of what I was getting into. I showed up and did the work and was like Kevin was saying, I was average at best in green team, but I didn't fuck anything up. No safety violations. I didn't kill anybody, so I made it through.

It's funny because I did two deployments and this is like pre anything really going on other than, you know, we're doing FID or foreign internal defense. training locals, doing a little bit of like counter drug stuff, but not anything crazy. I'm like, Oh, I'm pretty cool. I know what I'm doing. I've been in for five years.

It's funny because I did two deployments and this is like pre anything really going on other than, you know, we're doing FID or foreign internal defense. training locals, doing a little bit of like counter drug stuff, but not anything crazy. I'm like, Oh, I'm pretty cool. I know what I'm doing. I've been in for five years.

It's funny because I did two deployments and this is like pre anything really going on other than, you know, we're doing FID or foreign internal defense. training locals, doing a little bit of like counter drug stuff, but not anything crazy. I'm like, Oh, I'm pretty cool. I know what I'm doing. I've been in for five years.

And then you show up over there and you're like your peer group at that point, you're like, Oh fuck, this is, this is like the cream of the crop. Like some of the guys I had in my green team were just absolute legends. I'm like, I got to really step up my shit. Like I thought I was cool at team four, but like not here. Always a bigger fish. Yeah. Oh yeah.

And then you show up over there and you're like your peer group at that point, you're like, Oh fuck, this is, this is like the cream of the crop. Like some of the guys I had in my green team were just absolute legends. I'm like, I got to really step up my shit. Like I thought I was cool at team four, but like not here. Always a bigger fish. Yeah. Oh yeah.

And then you show up over there and you're like your peer group at that point, you're like, Oh fuck, this is, this is like the cream of the crop. Like some of the guys I had in my green team were just absolute legends. I'm like, I got to really step up my shit. Like I thought I was cool at team four, but like not here. Always a bigger fish. Yeah. Oh yeah.

And I was, and I was the youngest guy in the class. So I was the baby. How old were you at this point? Uh, 25. Okay.

And I was, and I was the youngest guy in the class. So I was the baby. How old were you at this point? Uh, 25. Okay.

And I was, and I was the youngest guy in the class. So I was the baby. How old were you at this point? Uh, 25. Okay.

Uh, so I've been married 26 years, I think.

Uh, so I've been married 26 years, I think.

Uh, so I've been married 26 years, I think.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

around and before anybody even knew what that was it is there a point where your wife and or your kids like turn around wait hold on dad does that well it just kind of grew they grew up like that so my wife she's from that well it's not from the community but we started dating when i was a team four so she's just been around seals in that community and other girlfriends why so she just understood what was going on and when 9-11 kicked off

around and before anybody even knew what that was it is there a point where your wife and or your kids like turn around wait hold on dad does that well it just kind of grew they grew up like that so my wife she's from that well it's not from the community but we started dating when i was a team four so she's just been around seals in that community and other girlfriends why so she just understood what was going on and when 9-11 kicked off