Jocko Willink
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That's what he's doing.
Boom.
Admiral tells him what's going on.
Next picture.
A guy with a sandbag over his head, cuffed, blood coming out of the sandbag.
What's going on with this picture?
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.