According to the man himself, he was largely driven to be a SEAL to prove to himself that he was strong enough to protect his mother from his father. He was an enlisted SEAL medic, I think he told a story about when another team guy was holding an antenna in the desert so he could send an assignment back to the US while in the middle of a combat deployment.
Task Unit Bruiser, SEAL Team 3.
Task Unit Bruiser, SEAL Team 3.