Jocko Willink, Matt McCusker & Jeff Dye - Mostly Wise #3 - #1139

Aug 20, 2026 · 2h 33m · YouTube

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0:00Did you guys ever consider a career in the military?

0:03I remember I was in graduate school and I would get the reserve emails.

0:07I really thought I was like, damn, 20 grand right now.

0:11I was like, I remember my wife's like, dude, anyone I talked to was like, you're going to hate it.

0:15You can't just go away.

0:16I'm like, it's just the weekends.

0:17And they're like, yeah, every weekend for like, what, four years?

0:21And I was like on the brink.

0:22And then they were like, dude.

0:23And I was like, yeah, I'm not doing that.

0:25I've never considered it ever, ever, not even once.

0:28You could have done a career in comedy.

0:29I don't know.

0:29This could have been a, we could have found out that everyone's original life plans had crossed.

0:34I wish I would have done it.

0:35I could have used some structure, some discipline, some older male influence.

0:39I could have used some everything that the military teaches I think I needed and would have been great.

0:46But because nobody was giving me the discipline to go, hey, you should go do that, I didn't do it.

0:50You didn't even have the discipline to stop becoming disciplined.

0:53Yeah, when you grow up like me, dude, on the mean streets, you know, it's either gang life or basketball.

0:59And I chose, no, that's not real.

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