Jonny Kim-SEAL,Silver & Bronze Stars, Summa Cum Laude graduate in Math, Harvard Med School graduate, in NASA astronaut training-34 Years Old *Update*
Read his WIKKI, it makes his accomplishments even more impressive.
I didn't think that was possible.
June 13, 2022, 09:47 AM
iron chef
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Originally posted by Modern Day Savage: Not to take a single accomplishment away from Kim, but it would be interesting to know what his upbringing was like. I'd be willing to bet that his parents' values and guidance instilled his lifetime pursuit of excellence...as well as his desire to serve.
His childhood was far from idyllic. His parents primary source of income came from owning & operating a liquor store.
His mother was upset that Jonny didn't have a plan to go to college after HS graduation. First generation Asian immigrant parents aren't exactly enthusiastic about their kids enlisting, especially during active deployment combat operations.
When Jonny was a HS senior, his father blew a gasket and threatened to kill his family. Jonny's father was killed in a SWAT standoff.
If you care to hear about Jonny Kim's background, Jocko Willink (his former SEAL team leader) has this long interview w/ him.
June 13, 2022, 09:50 AM
TMats
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
_______________________________________________________ despite them
September 02, 2024, 01:29 PM
Sigmund
Navy SEAL astronaut doctor Jonny Kim will blast off into space next year
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim is scheduled to head to the International Space Station in March along with two Roscosmos cosmonauts.
by Jeff Schogol Posted on Sep 2, 2024 7:00 AM EDT
Navy SEAL, Harvard Medical School-trained physician, and astronaut Jonny Kim is scheduled to serve as a flight engineer aboard an upcoming space mission next year, NASA recently announced.
Lt. Cmdr. Kim is expected to be launched into space in March 2025 along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft. The three men plan to spend about eight months at the International Space Station.
As part of his space mission, Kim will conduct scientific investigations and other tasks to help prepare the space station’s crew for future missions.
To say that Kim’s resume is impressive would be a vast understatement. He served as an enlisted Navy SEAL and was later commissioned as an officer. He is also a dual-designated naval aviator and flight surgeon. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of San Diego and went on to graduate from Harvard Medical School and intern with Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital...
Wow. Completely different from my first assessment. But his achievements is even magnified at least 1000 times in my estimation.
Thank you for posting.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
April 08, 2025, 12:15 PM
Sigmund
This is an older thread.
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim reaches ISS with two Russians
by Eric Lagatta USA TODAY April 8, 2025
An American astronaut has reached the International Space Station with two Russians to begin an eight-month orbital mission.
Jonny Kim, who was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017, arrived early Tuesday morning at the orbital laboratory with his two cosmonaut crewmates after launching just hours ago on a Soyuz capsule from Kazakhstan. Kim, 41, is now among four Americans living in orbit – though astronaut Don Pettit is due to depart in the weeks ahead to return to Earth...