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Married before you joined the Navy? I wasn't. So I, I've had a couple of appointments, you know, single,

married and then married with kids.

And I would say they're all different.

You know, definitely the married with kids, I think, is a huge paradigm shift.

You're like, ah, I don't know if I, you know, not to say single individuals are the only ones that should be, you know, fighting the wars, but, uh, it definitely gave you pause. You're like, yeah, maybe should look at something else, you know, because for me, it came into folks like, I have a priority, you know, as I got kids. So you'll have to forgive me because being from

Australia where slingshots are illegal I don't know a lot about kind of

American military so did you so and is it you did you join the Navy in order to

join the Navy SEALs or is do you just aim right for the Navy SEALs how

does that happen well one so sad slingshots are illegal you know hopefully

that I don't know if they are I was being a bit hyperbolic yeah they might be depending on the sure How does that happen? Well, one, I'm so sad, slingshots are illegal. Hopefully that changed.

I was being a bit hyperbolic.

They might be, depending on the, how quick they can shoot.

So what, yeah, so there's four branches of the military, and then each of the branches have, you know, different subsets.

So in the Navy, the Department of Navy, you've got aviation,

you have surface warfare. One of those components is special operations, which the seals fall under.

So yeah, so when I went into, I did what's called Officer Candid School. So I went that path

and the Navy's great and saying like, hey, if you want to be a pilot,

let us know and we'll see if there's a slot available and based on your scores and whatnot,

you may or not get a slot.

And I was like, well, I'm going to go seals.

My second option will be seals and my third option will be seals.

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