Jocko Willink
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
Yeah.
And we did.
Yeah.
Day one.
Yeah.
And it's funny, too, now that you mention it, the Commodore at the time, who was the detailer that I asked to send me back to a SEAL team ASAP, who was the commanding officer when I was in Europe.
So this guy's a friend of mine.
And before we left,
to a speech to the whole team, and I harass him about this to this day.
He's like, hey, the chances are none of you are going to shoot your weapons.
Like this is a different time and all this stuff.
And I think I sent him an email or a webby thing.
And I said, hey, sir, we've been here for 48 hours.
Every single guy in my task unit and some of the techs have engaged.
And he was like, yeah, Roger.
Great guy.
Great guy.
It ended up being pretty specific, and that is setting up sniper overwatch positions in support of the army elements on the ground.
That's kind of one.