This is Jocco podcast number one ninety one with echo Charles and me, Jocco

Willink. Good evening echo. Good evening.

Some nights I wake up, drenched in sweat. I have dreams and some people might

call them nightmares, but that would not be accurate because I'm not scared and

I'm not anxious. I'm actually amped and I'm ready. And the dream is usually

about some bad situation unfolding really quickly. Some operation gone the

sideways and I'm in a building somewhere or in a bunker or in a ravine of

some kind and the enemy is maneuvering and they're bringing it. And I'm with a

small group, a squad, maybe six rate guys and we're low on ammo and I'm about

out and one of the guys is hit and he's hit bad and we can't move and we can't

leave and this is it. And the enemy is pressing closer and I'm prepping

grenades and as I'm prepping grenades I got my head down because they're laying

down fire and the enemy is advancing and we're killing some of them but

others are getting through and the enemy fire increases. And if I'm in a

building I hear the door open up and I can hear them entering the building and I

do a quick assessment. I got three grenades and I got a half a mag left and I

got my K bar. Then I'm ready to get it on. And I pull the pin on one of the

grenades and I roll it down the hallway toward the stairs and it explodes. Then I

hear RPGs launch and one explodes a little distance away but then the next one

explodes on the wall right near me and it knocks me out. And then I come to and

I check for my rifle. I'm grabbing for my rifle but it's not there and so I

reach for my pistol but my pistol's gone too. And then I feel for the rest of my

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