So I did the Force Recon thing with the training and going to schools and everything else. I just left that place, you know? I left green side and they told me, “We’re going on deployment again.” What the fuck? I’m not going to leave because I was going through NAVPERS, the personnel unit out there, and they were like, “You choose your rate, you choose your fate.” I’m like, “Fuck, man!” Being with 2/7 I wanted to further my career and go blue side and do blue side things. The reserve unit that I went to was Forward Force Reconnaissance. First of all, after you got out of the Navy, what motivated you to go join the Army?Īaron Jacinto: I left active duty and I went to the reserve. Richard Hayden: Let’s go ahead and let’s move into your deployment. Present: Richard Hayden, Oscar Garza, Aaron Jacinto and Louis Roark Interview conducted on Januin San Antonio, Texas Part 2 of Oscar and Aaron's interview can be found here. They also discuss the recent suicides in 2/7 and share some of their happier memories of military life. After being MEDEVACed to San Antonio, Oscar was able to help him through his recovery. In Part 3 of their interview, Aaron discusses being injured in Afghanistan and the challenges he has faced since the injury.
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