 From the moment you start in the Navy everyone is really hitting home Motivation and dedication and all these core values that you don't really understand at the time But over you know over the course of a career you start to understand really well and taking away my eyesight didn't change Any of that the decision to move forward was easy. It was just a split instant You know, I can do all the things I used to do I just had to do it with my eyes closed now and also, you know, my affiliation with the Paralympics now has shown Me a lot of very inspirational stories a lot of people putting up with adversity and Not making that an excuse and getting out there and and seeking success in other avenues and that's truly inspiring to me It's funny because there are direct parallels. I was a diver for six years and Say 90% of the diving I did was not glamorous diving was in The mucky waters in Norfolk from Virginia Beach down where you can't see anything so I've had to practice tying knots and Dragging up things and finding finding my gear and navigating without being able to see so It's a direct parallel to what it's like now. And so it wasn't that unfamiliar It's the only downside to blindness now as you you know, you can't go up to the surface and start seeing again But at the same time, this was not the first time that I had to navigate blind. So I was prepared pretty well coincidentally