Jocko Willink

Hey, sir, that guy resisted.

He got subdued.

He probably could have been shot, but our troops are disciplined.

And instead of shooting him, they captured him.

They had to subdue him.

They used minimum force required.

And now they've got him handled.

And now they take a picture of it.

So, like, these little things where I realized that's the level of scrutiny we're under.

And...

That's why, again, when I became a troop commander, being able to translate and explain to the guys what is going on and what the visibility is and how much it matters, what you do as an E4, as an E5 in a SEAL platoon, it has a strategic impact for the nation in some cases.

And that was really clear with Abu Ghraib.

but also for the SEAL community.

And if we are not professional, we don't get work.

And that's not, I'm not saying that for the benefit of the SEAL teams, I'm saying that for the benefit of the country, because SEALs are good at what we do.

And if we're not getting jobs that we should be getting because of these kind of ancillary actions, it's bad for the country.

It's bad for our war fighting capabilities.

So I learned a lot about that when I was the Admiral's aide.

And there was another couple of huge cases.

There was, you know, I got to hear about what was happening from a legal perspective.