A.J. is a former Marine and Vietnam veteran. He served with Force Recon and had some pretty harrowing stories to tell. He spent 15 years in the Corps and got out as a Gunnery Sergeant. He also showed me an incredibly long list of specialized training that he'd been through during his military years...everything from HALO jumping to scuba-diving and underwater demolition to helo-casting and SERE. Everything they show in the posters and the pamphlets; everything every young Marine wants to try, though very few ever get the chance. Ironically, A.J. received every last bit of this training AFTER he came home from the war.