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Is there a more accomplished badass than this guy?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:23 pm
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Jonathan Yong Kim (born 5 February 1984) is an American NASA astronaut, physician, U.S. naval officer—dual designated naval aviator and flight surgeon, and former Navy SEAL.
Born in Los Angeles to South Korean immigrants, Kim enlisted in the Navy in 2002. He joined SEAL Team 3 and participated in over 100 combat missions in the Middle East as a combat medic, sniper, navigator, and point man. He has earned a Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat "V" for (Valor), and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. While a sailor, Kim also earned a Bachelor of Mathematics (summa cum laude) from the University of San Diego, and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Harvard Medical School. Kim is also a Aerospace Medicine Dual Designator (AMDD); since its inception during World War I, only 79 individuals have earned the dual designation of both a physician and a naval aviator in the US Navy. In 2017, Kim was selected to join NASA Astronaut Group 22. He launched with Expedition 72/73 to the International Space Station on 8 April 2025 and returned on 9 December 2025, southeast of Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:24 pm to bhtigerfan
Mother fricker was born a year before me and has accomplished more than I ever will in three lifetimes.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:25 pm to bhtigerfan
Pretty impressive. Can he catch a rabbit in a string snare?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:26 pm to bhtigerfan
Good Lord 
I bet his Asian parents still give him grief
I bet his Asian parents still give him grief
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:27 pm to auggie
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Can he catch a rabbit in a string snare?
Probably. Most of the Koreans i work with that come over here immediately turn into rednecks and start doing baw shite, buying lifted F250s that roll coal and start to dip.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:27 pm to bhtigerfan
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Los Angeles
I wonder if he was born to one of the rooftop Koreans during the Rodney King riots
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:27 pm to GEAUXT
This is the kind of immigration you want.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:28 pm to GEAUXT
quote:I thought the same thing.
I bet his Asian parents still give him grief
“Why you no be engineer also! You lazy and stupid!”
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:28 pm to bhtigerfan
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:31 pm to billjamin
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Probably. Most of the Koreans i work with that come over here immediately turn into rednecks and start doing baw shite, buying lifted F250s that roll coal and start to dip.
You ever seen the persimmons they grow on their trees?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:31 pm to TDsngumbo
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Mother fricker was born a year before me and has accomplished more than I ever will in three lifetimes.
No matter how “accomplished” we may think we are, this guy makes everyone else look like a chump.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:32 pm to bhtigerfan
Not too shabby
Only thing he doesn't have going for him I guess is he may not have earned a ton of money. Just based on where he works. Seals make like $100k a year (I have no idea how they figure that # out but government) I think.
He is probably doing perfectly fine, but could have made way more doing another profession likely.
He's got an incredible resume
Only thing he doesn't have going for him I guess is he may not have earned a ton of money. Just based on where he works. Seals make like $100k a year (I have no idea how they figure that # out but government) I think.
He is probably doing perfectly fine, but could have made way more doing another profession likely.
He's got an incredible resume
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:32 pm to auggie
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You ever seen the persimmons they grow on their trees?
Yeah those things, korean wings and Soju bombs are all i consume when we all get together.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:33 pm to bhtigerfan
Dang man share some of the brains with the rest of us. Looks like he has plenty to go around. Seriously though, that’s the American dream right there
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:42 pm to billjamin
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Probably. Most of the Koreans i work with that come over here immediately turn into rednecks and start doing baw shite, buying lifted F250s that roll coal and start to dip.
I live around quite a few.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:44 pm to bhtigerfan
The list is insane.
Navy SEAL
Navy officer
Naval aviator
Flight surgeon
Harvard Med
Physician
Combat medic
Sniper
Navigator
Point man
Aerospace Medicine Dual Designation
NASA astronaut
Silver Star
Bronze Star
Combat “V”
Mathematics degree
Navy SEAL
Navy officer
Naval aviator
Flight surgeon
Harvard Med
Physician
Combat medic
Sniper
Navigator
Point man
Aerospace Medicine Dual Designation
NASA astronaut
Silver Star
Bronze Star
Combat “V”
Mathematics degree
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:46 pm to bhtigerfan
That's a bunch of stuff. Maybe he will write a book.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:49 pm to bhtigerfan
Wow he’s very accomplished.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:53 pm to bhtigerfan
Chuck Norris
Posted on 4/23/26 at 1:53 pm to bhtigerfan
Wonder if he does a residency once he is done with the military. Pretty sure he could get into most any residency (assuming they don’t do auto screening on eras based solely on test stats).
FYI: a lot of military people end up only doing one year of residency and being a general physician and then do a full residency once they get out.
FYI: a lot of military people end up only doing one year of residency and being a general physician and then do a full residency once they get out.
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