Jocko Willink
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There's special operations, which I guess, you know, from England, this is the SAS and the SBS.
So those are the two sort of units that we get compared to the most.
And so a Navy SEAL is a part of the Navy, but you're the special operations component of the Navy.
And the term SEAL is actually an acronym, which stands for Sea, Air, and Land.
Because even though we're in the Navy, we are trained to operate in the sea, in the air.
So in the sea, meaning we dive.
In the air, meaning we parachute and rappel.
And then on the land, meaning we conduct land warfare operations.
And you take all those things, combine them together, and that's what our job consists of.
Yeah, no, I was 18 years old when I joined the Navy and I joined on a contract that got me sent to SEAL training and it took a year to get through.
So I was 19 when I finished that up.
But there's always debates about...
well, don't you want someone that's more experienced?
And I actually loved the fact that I was basically raised in the SEAL teams.
It was just awesome.
It was an awesome way to grow up.
It was an awesome way to spend those years of your life learning the trade that you wanted to learn.
And so I thought it was awesome.
And I think it worked out pretty well.
There is usually the...