He was a marine serving at Camp Boston when the Taliban ambushed the base and formed an attack. He remembers this experience often as a door gunner in the Marines. He describes it as the best job in the Marines. His job includes working closely with GAU-17 Gatling gun, that allows him to shoot at 3,000 rounds a minute.

By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffrey Lehrberg. - http://t2navy.m7z.net/view_single.asp?id=12757, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1098768