Tom Drake

One song I remember was a name poem song. It was basically a war protest song from the Vietnam era. And they would just play that at super high decibels. Plus they had all kinds of like psychological, I mean, they would try to break you in terms of you being American and they would bring up all the literal facts

about all the issues that, yeah, there's some dark history in America and it's going across the continent and pushing all the indigenous peoples out of the way and slavery. They would actually tell you the truth. In training. In training about your own country. And that was one way, because that was indoctrination.

about all the issues that, yeah, there's some dark history in America and it's going across the continent and pushing all the indigenous peoples out of the way and slavery. They would actually tell you the truth. In training. In training about your own country. And that was one way, because that was indoctrination.

about all the issues that, yeah, there's some dark history in America and it's going across the continent and pushing all the indigenous peoples out of the way and slavery. They would actually tell you the truth. In training. In training about your own country. And that was one way, because that was indoctrination.

They would basically attempt to re-indoctrinate you, but they had to basically separate you from your own culture and your own history. And pointing out, of course, all the worst of its evils. I'll put evils in quote. Wow. Some of which were pretty dark. There's no question that there are aspects of American history that are dark. We're not a perfect nation.

They would basically attempt to re-indoctrinate you, but they had to basically separate you from your own culture and your own history. And pointing out, of course, all the worst of its evils. I'll put evils in quote. Wow. Some of which were pretty dark. There's no question that there are aspects of American history that are dark. We're not a perfect nation.

They would basically attempt to re-indoctrinate you, but they had to basically separate you from your own culture and your own history. And pointing out, of course, all the worst of its evils. I'll put evils in quote. Wow. Some of which were pretty dark. There's no question that there are aspects of American history that are dark. We're not a perfect nation.

But we are America.

But we are America.

But we are America.

Pretty challenging.

Pretty challenging.

Pretty challenging.

I went to water survival, Homestead Air Force Base, which doesn't exist anymore because of Hurricane Andrew. But I was there before that. So this is still 1980. 81 now. We're now in 81. So I went through water survival. That was the funnest one. That one is still strange, but it wasn't psychological. It was just learning how to survive if you found yourself having to bail out of an airplane.

I went to water survival, Homestead Air Force Base, which doesn't exist anymore because of Hurricane Andrew. But I was there before that. So this is still 1980. 81 now. We're now in 81. So I went through water survival. That was the funnest one. That one is still strange, but it wasn't psychological. It was just learning how to survive if you found yourself having to bail out of an airplane.

I went to water survival, Homestead Air Force Base, which doesn't exist anymore because of Hurricane Andrew. But I was there before that. So this is still 1980. 81 now. We're now in 81. So I went through water survival. That was the funnest one. That one is still strange, but it wasn't psychological. It was just learning how to survive if you found yourself having to bail out of an airplane.

So parachutes, they would take us out into Biscayne Bay. And it's funny, because that was a fun part. It was the very last of the training. Some people go the other way. They don't end up with the nice training. They end up with it first, and then they go to the real survival school. But this was water survival, and it was several days. But we're out in the bay.

So parachutes, they would take us out into Biscayne Bay. And it's funny, because that was a fun part. It was the very last of the training. Some people go the other way. They don't end up with the nice training. They end up with it first, and then they go to the real survival school. But this was water survival, and it was several days. But we're out in the bay.

So parachutes, they would take us out into Biscayne Bay. And it's funny, because that was a fun part. It was the very last of the training. Some people go the other way. They don't end up with the nice training. They end up with it first, and then they go to the real survival school. But this was water survival, and it was several days. But we're out in the bay.

You know, with all the sharks floating around. And they would actually lift you up into a helicopter. Now, for safety, they wouldn't bring you all the way up. But you'd have to learn, depending on your ground or air, what it was like to get onto the hoist or what was at the bottom. So there's different ways they could extract you.