So let's see where we can start this story out, but we're here today with Aaron Williamson and tell me first off about your Marine Corps background and first of all before we even get in any of that as many of the

listeners would agree appreciate your service I'm sure you hear that all the time

but I think that it can't be overstated can't be over said. I'm someone that I feel like I've lived a privileged life. I have two great parents. I feel like I live in a great country. I'm not the most you know I'm not going to be like waving an American flag around like a

maniac or anything but I am proud of this country and I am proud of the freedoms that I have and I I don't think those things for granted. You know I get to when I was you know I retired from powerlifting but for a long time I got the opportunity to play powerlifting for like 10 years and it's because I didn't have to worry about my house being blown up by somebody or not to worry about terrorism or I didn't have to worry about some of these things and a lot of that is because of guys like yourself so I really appreciate that that that means the world to me because I wouldn't have been able to develop any of the stuff that was able to develop and I got friends you know know, that they make some money and they do some things and all they complain about is taxes. I'm like, hey man, if the taxes are making our lives easy like this, then I'm okay. I'm okay with that payment you know so thank you.

I appreciate that. The military means a lot to me. Growing up my my childhood was pretty rough and when I was 18 I didn't have much direction.

I got in a lot of trouble and the Marine Corps was kind of my salvation.

And you said you grew up in Florida.

Yeah, Daytona Beach, Florida.

That was when Spring Rake was...

I was going to say that's a good place again in trouble.

Yeah, it was pretty chaotic.

But when I joined the Marine Corps, a little closer with the Mike, yeah, there you go.

When I joined the Marine Corps, I ended up finding a lot of stuff about myself that I didn't know existed,

leadership qualities and just the mental fortitude.

So I excelled, I got, I was was a meritoriously promoted out of boot camp again out of school of infantry went to my first duty station

I was infantry oh three 11 rifleman.

I wanted to be Recon, but it didn't work out that way.

But I had a unique Marine Corps career

because my first duty station was a line company, infantry company.

And then I ended up having special duties after that,

which was the Marine Corps body bears. It's a 15-man section of the Marine Corps, body bears.

It's a 15-man section of the Marine Corps.

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