You could have just said that. You know I have a pet peeve. I've got a little

Piccadillo and that little Piccadillo is I hate it when people use overly

military or overly technical terms when they could just speak in plain language.

Welcome back to the podcast everybody. You got me, you got Trent, you got our friend

Matt Scholar, Matt is a former parroture. Matt is a former parroture. Man is that is that like a marine thing where they're like I'm not a former

or any?

Once a PJ always. I mean, yeah, I go with former parakement.

I'm trying to be an operation anymore.

Yeah. I can't wait. I say all the time anymore yeah I can't wait I I say it I'm still

active duty which is a thing that's in and of itself Matt welcome to the

podcast man thanks for what's down how are you well good to see you guys

good good man hey so obviously we want to talk we always talk you know with an intro with who are you how did you get to where you are and stuff but just just start us off man how did you get in the Air Force? How'd I get in the Air Force? Well, sort of like any aimless teenager and their late teens trying

decide what they want to do with their life, heavily influenced by pre-social media time.

I saw the movie The Perfect Storm and I've been growing up

being an avid surfer and wind surfer and just really at home and turbulent seas I saw

this movie in this helicopter and this boat

sink and this guy flies out they're all cool and they're cracking jokes in the

back of this helicopter and they get to the seeking boat and this dude jumps out

swims over cools the underside of the pillow

calmly introduces himself to these people in their most dire state and I was

like yeah okay I gotta go got to go do that thought they were a Guard Rescue Swimmer. Went the next day of the recruiter,

walk in, I was like, hey, I want to be a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. I just saw this movie,

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