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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:54 Ed's Recon Background
00:05:08 Al's Navy Corpsman / Paramedic Background
00:08:38 Post-Vietnam Military
00:12:56 Infantry in the 80s
00:16:04 The Marines Took His Left Nut
00:20:20 Beirut Bombing
00:23:20 Peacetime Military / Zero Defect Mentality
00:27:12 Recon Indoc
00:35:30 Recon Missions in Iraq
00:39:45 Alan Leaves the Navy for the Fire Service
00:43:38 Immigrating to the US
00:49:02 Become a Fire Fighter
00:52:37 Becoming a Private Military Contractor
01:04:01 Contractor Training
01:05:36 Weapons Carried by Contractors
01:10:18 The Most Dangerous Areas
01:16:35 Careful What You Wish For
01:20:59 Taliban Punish Their Own
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