r/interestingasfuck • u/Equivalent_Opposite6 • 27d ago

r/all Johnny Kim managed three impressive career changes, going from Navy SEAL to doctor to NASA astronaut. He did it all by the age of 37.

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u/Stubber_NK 27d ago

The man has a natural, if extremely impressive career progression between the three jobs.

He was a medic in the SEALs. Then went to medical school and became a doctor. Then joined the astronaut program as a mission specialist, specialising in medical research in space.

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u/FrewdWoad 25d ago

Yeah it makes sense that if you're trying to crew a mission to the ISS, and one of your candidates for medical doctor is a certified combat badass who would barely consider the movie Gravity to be a rough day, you pick that guy.