Jocko Willink
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The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
Yeah.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
Actually, probably quite a few months later, because I graduated in, like, June, July, showed up at the team, and we went on deployment in September.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
So...
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
That's, you know, good relationships with people, work hard.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
And, you know, he had a platoon commander that wasn't doing a good job.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
So he put me in there.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
This was in 2003?
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
2003.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
That's certainly grateful.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
So were you on the invasion?
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
No.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
So SEAL Team... Three.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
SEAL Team Three did the invasion.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
SEAL Team Five had kind of established Baghdad.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
And then I went in and relieved them.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
How was it?
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
It was the best thing ever.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
It was awesome.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
Yeah, so this was my fifth deployment.
The Shawn Ryan Show
#257 Jocko Willink - Commander of SEAL Team-3 Task Unit Bruiser aka "The Punishers"
No, this was my sixth deployment.