Not the person you responded to, but YouTube has a ton of ex Special operations guys talking about their experiences. One navy seal I watched talked about his experience staring into the eyes of absolute evil. Since he referred to this enemy combatant as evil you would imagine it must be some hardcore insurgent veteran with years of combat experience right? Nope, it’s a 14 year old kid.

Sorry, I'm not a good story teller and I don't want to make up details on stuff that happened a long time ago.

I'm just remembering vibes on a second-hand account. I most vividly remember this woman who married/dating a SEAL saying they went swimming somewhere and he just disappeared while swimming. She started panicking and was searching for him for a couple minutes until he emerged behind her and scared her? Can't remember the end of that one, but I do remember thinking that this dude was a fucking creep despite her being pretty nonchalant about it. She mentioned his ego a lot.

One of the people I've met directly a few years back was a Green Beret who told us at length how he killed socialists in central america during the 80's and how he felt like everyone hated him after wards in College. Understandably so, glad he didn't hide that part.

From what I remember they would hide near areas that were well traveled for a prolonged period of time, he said days, and ambush people crossing by. I think I recall him saying that they trained people too.

I met a former Marine prison warden, he probably dressed up what he really was, he was a massive loser "the boss will give me a raise" type. Who would brag about how they'd beat inmates especially from what he was saying the clearly mentally ill ones.

I've also met military people who ranged from fascist to just massive libs with their head in the sand to based people who were just scamming the system so they could get out and make ends meet.

I meet a lot of different people and I tend to listen more than talk in real life, but my memory sucks so sorry if you were looking for something more. There's way more but I'm no longer confident in the details or it's too personal to share.

Also, you don't need my stories, you can go online and see that SEAL who ran so much he pissed blood or the guy who raised Isabella Janke (Sonichu stuff)

Get him talking about people he worked with