He Became a Navy SEAL After Watching Rambo 🤯
A Navy SEAL describes how watching the first Rambo movie at age 10 as a Jehovah's Witness kid inspired his lifelong dream of becoming a SEAL. He spent his childhood making weapons and spears in the woods, influenced by that early cinematic experience.
Summary
The speaker recounts how his childhood was fundamentally shaped by watching First Blood, the first Rambo movie, at the impressionable age of 10. Despite being raised as a Jehovah's Witness, his father took him to see this R-rated film, which left a profound impact on his young mind. He was particularly captivated by the survival aspects and weaponry depicted in the movie, especially Rambo's knife. This early exposure led him to spend considerable time in the woods as a child, crafting spears and making weapons, essentially role-playing what he had seen on screen. The speaker notes that Navy SEALs were relatively unknown in the 1980s, with most people not knowing what a SEAL was until around 1990 when a Charlie Sheen movie brought them into popular consciousness. Despite this obscurity, by middle school he had already decided he wanted to join the Navy, driven by that childhood inspiration from the Rambo film.
Key Insights
- The speaker watched First Blood at age 10 despite being raised as a Jehovah's Witness, when his father took him to see the R-rated movie
- The Rambo movie left such a strong impression that he spent his childhood in the woods carving spears and making weapons
- Nobody knew what a Navy SEAL was in the 1980s until around 1990 when a movie with Charlie Sheen brought them into popular consciousness
- The specific image of Rambo's blade and survival skills had a lasting impact on his 10-year-old impressionable mind
- By middle school, he had already decided he wanted to join the Navy based on this early childhood inspiration
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Transcript
[0:00] You wanted to be a seal since 11 years old. Spent a lot of time out in the woods carving spears, making weapons. >> That's why I bought this for you. It's a movie prop. I saw the first Rambo at 10. Jehovah's Witness kid. My dad takes me to see first blood rated our movie. I was like, "Holy cow." That image you get in your head at 10 years old. Just being in the woods, the freaking blade that he had. When you're impressionable at that age, it leaves a big mark on your brain. Nobody knew in the ' 80s what the freak of Seal was. Till like 1990 when the Seals movie came out with…
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