Mike Glover: "It Was a Good Run Killing a Bunch of Bad Guys" | Peak Points
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What happened a week after Mike Glover got out of the military?
He got out September 3, 2001. A week later, September 11 happens.
We immediately deployed to Afghanistan. So I was in charge of all of them. As a new guy. And they didn't want to be the guy that failed their mission and got an American killed. Had a catastrophic failure and crashed a $100 million helicopter, MH-47. Our guys didn't even have uniforms. What did you think of working with the SEALs? It was a good run of killing a whole bunch of bad guys. A week later, Benghazi happens.
The number one priority for me is... I've been dying to ask you this question. You got out September 3rd, 2001. A week later, September 11th happens, the towers go down. What is the first thing that went through your head knowing, you know, Your primary mission was, or your primary goal was to become a Green Beret in Special Operations, kicking fucking doors in, going to combat, that whole lifestyle, and then you immediately know we're at war. Yeah, it was... And you're not in it.
The biggest kick in the balls that I've ever had, because, I mean, backing up a little bit, I had the option to reenlist. Obviously, I was on retention's radar for like, hey, this guy's an airborne ranger qualified dude. He's an E-5. I made sergeant when I was 20 years old. And so I was a team leader in the infantry, had good NCOERs. And so it's like, hey, man, this guy's a good guy we want to keep in the military. But I told them that I want sniper school and I want halo school. in route to 18th Airborne Corps LURS, or Long Range Reconnaissance, or Ranger Battalion. And I was adamant about that. I actually went into a Sergeant Major's office who was the Military District of Washington, so he's a Command Sergeant Major.
He knew my uncle, and he said, Mike, what can I give you to stay in? I said, this is the things that I want. And he goes, which I found out later is true, HALO, or Free Fall School, is not a reenlistment option. And it's not. Back then, you didn't have a lot of incentive for staying in, so they used to give you schools to stay in. And I said, Sergeant Major, well, we can make it an option, right? Because that's what I want. He's like, Mike, I can't do that for you. I mean, I'll call and I'll try. And he did, but it's not an option. So a CSM even can't make it an option. And so I said, okay, that's, that's my, I gave the options on the table and they decided not to facilitate what I wanted as a dream. And so I decided to get out.
I had a buddy who re-enlisted with me that I went to Ranger school with or re-enlisted without me. And he went to third range battalion. He jumped into Afghanistan on October 19th, 2001. Son of a bitch. Um, and so, The moment it happened, I was actually in college and I had gotten out of the military obviously, but I had transitioned into the National Guard component. So I'm sitting in a chow hall at Fayetteville Technical Community College getting my associate's degree so I could further my education and saw the events happen, I did some crazy shit, man. I immediately started making phone calls. I went home. I packed a duffel bag of my equipment. I threw my battle dress uniforms, my camo uniforms in the washer and then dried them and was making calls like, what are we doing here? What's happening? And I was at the time, I was in 30th heavy armor separate brigade and I was in the scout platoon and I was a team leader. So I had a little minuscule position that could affect something, but I knew we were going to war.
So I had a choice to make, which is real easy, which was I'm going back in the fucking military.
Yeah.
So on September 12th, like 09 in the morning, I'm making phone calls to get back in.
I mean, that had to be like. At the exact same time, that's happening to completely separate emotions, one. You know, tragedy, we've just been attacked and a lot of people died. On the other hand, you know what that what comes after and everything you've ever wanted to do since you said you were 10 years old becomes a reality and you're not there i mean that had to be it was one more overpowering than the other
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