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U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Jonny Kim has an amazing story. Kim is a NASA astronaut, but that's not all...
As a teen he set his sights on becoming a Navy SEAL and after graduating from high school did exactly that in 2002. He deployed on a number of special warfare combat missions and was a highly-decorated SEAL operator. He then was commissioned an officer and went to Harvard Medical School, becoming a Navy physician. Finally he applied for and was accepted for astronaut training, as part of which he went through flight training, soloing in the T-6 trainer. He then went on to be a qualified Navy helicopter pilot, receiving his Naval Aviator wings in March of 2023. All this despite a difficult childhood with a family that emigrated from South Korea and an abusive father who was shot to death in an angry confrontation with police when Kim was 18. I wish him success in his walk on the moon or beyond sometime in the future! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Kim
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04-19-2023, 07:32 AM | #2 |
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That's great, but did he stay at a Holiday Inn last week?
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04-19-2023, 09:15 AM | #3 |
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Is he trying to get closer to the sun to energize??
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04-19-2023, 11:12 AM | #4 |
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Great podcast by Jocko on Jonny Kim.
https://jockopodcast.com/2020/03/18/...tor-astronaut/ |
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04-20-2023, 06:44 PM | #5 |
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04-21-2023, 07:28 AM | #6 |
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That's the problem with these kids today - they can't make up their minds and stick with anything. Hopping from one dodgey career to the next.
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