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Being in a riverine environment is definitely different animal.
I love being out on the water. I love just that feeling when
you driving on the boats and you get that wind flowing.
You can smell the air. I grew up on small boats my whole life.
I grew up boating. I grew up on the rivers. I grew up on water.
So this is something that I've loved to do before I could walk really.
A year after I graduated High School, I realized I wanted
to try something else. So I decided to join the Navy.
It's called a SOC-R, Special Operations Craft Riverine.
It's 33 feet long, 9 feet wide. It's got two turbo charged diesels,
each one 440 horsepower. So that's 880 horsepower. Top speed is
40+ knots. This is probably the fastest boat I've been on.
With the Bucket System, it's like a boat with breaks.
I mean you can bring this boat from 40 knots to a complete stop
in about one and a half boat lengths.
I just love drivin' the boats right now.
That's my favorite thing in the world.