(airplane engine revving)
(wind whooshing)
(thudding heartbeat)
- We are the Navy's best kept secret.
And we're protecting something larger than us.
It's something that I am very passionate about
and I wouldn't change it for the world.
I was 19, cutting meat part-time
which turned into full-time.
I didn't have a defined idea of what I wanted to do.
And the Navy recruiter showed me what SWCC was.
And that's what got me hooked.
SWCC's motto is "On time, on target."
The hours that we put in, in preparation
allow us to maintain that standard.
SWCC, or Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen
are the Navy's elite maritime operation force.
We work closely with SEALs
and all other special operation forces.
We specialize in insertion and extraction
in a clandestine manner.
It doesn't seem like it's a job.
(boat engine revving)
I've done three deployments.
And as an instructor, it's this great feeling
passing on that knowledge
to the newest person in your detachment.
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- Position one set.
(Shouting orders.)
(rapid gunfire)
Clear, clear, clear!
(rapid gunfire)
- Not everyone gets to say that they get to drive boats,
shoot guns and jump out of airplanes for their job.
And then also pursuing school.
Bettering myself.
The Navy has afforded me that opportunity
and I'm grateful for it.
(relaxed ambient music)
Having a steadfast home life allows me
to do the things that we do.
(peaceful music)
(light clicks)
I love to draw, create, and design.
Which crossed over into some of the woodworking that I do.
(saw screams)
I always push myself to
try and learn something new every day.
And I believe that comes from this push
to always better myself on and off duty.
Then you wake up and you go back and you do it again.
(door creaks)
At 24, I decided to write a new chapter in my life.
(intense drumming)
My biggest achievement was not only
the day that I was pinned as a SWCC operator.
But when I was given the opportunity to come back
as an instructor and pay that forward.
(rapid gunfire)
My name is Nick O'Sullivan
and I am a SWCC operator in the United States Navy.