Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China
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Admiral Bill McRaven is an American hero and former Commander of U.S. Special Forces Command who oversaw the planning and execution of the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. He's a retired Navy SEAL and four-star admiral whose command experience and academic writings helped shape U.S. Special Forces into the finest fighting force in the world. He's also a best-selling author and former Chancellor of the University of Texas System. In this episode, Adm. McRaven shares leadership lessons from his distinguished career, explains how the Bin Laden raid almost went awry, and reflects on why his "Make your bed" commencement address went viral to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. He also weighs in on current events like modernizing the Defense Department, Russia's surprising failures in Ukraine, and how the U.S. should address the rise of China.
00:00 Episode Intro
08:20 Leading the Osama bin Laden Raid
12:33 Make Your Bed
23:05 State of the U.S. military
30:23 Russia's failed "modernization"
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Loved it! This man is a great example of so many vitues and a true lider.
If you ask me, I say that this man is the best military leader after Douglas McArthur.
Great talk, very inspirational! Thanks.
Hi, I’m a woman in her 20s and I’m training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL. How should a woman prepare for BUD/S? How are women treated in BUD/S? Do you have any advice for preparation? I’m a civilian and I want to go enlisted. According to what some BUD/S dropouts told me, one female SEAL candidate broke her legs in Basic Orientation (BO) which is the first two weeks of BUD/S, another female SEAL candidate broke her legs in BUD/S Prep and a third female SEAL candidate got rolled back in BO for stress fractures. None of them made it. Evan Eichler told me that one of the women he trained was medically dropped from BUD/S because she broke her ankle. According to the SEALSWCC Scout Team, most female SEAL candidates struggle with load bearing and just don’t have enough durability. Women have weaker bones and tendons than men, studies have shown that women develop stress fractures 3x more often than men. Do you have any advice for becoming more durable?
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Жыл бұрын
My advice is you find a mate and learn to cook
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2 ай бұрын
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Russia is using Ukraine to practice and assess their own failures. They will eventually get better at it if they can keep it up.
@gingerlicious3500
8 ай бұрын
Not if they kill off all their young men and bankrupt their economy. Russia was dealing with a demographic crisis before the war and they are running very short on 20-30 year olds. And you can't create new and advanced weapon systems if you don't have an economy that can support the R&D or procurement at scale. Russia already struggled with that, as demonstrated by the Su-57 program. Not only was the product sub-par, but they've only ever been able to make less than 20 airframes. Contrast that with the F-35, which is more advanced and is closing in on a thousand units produced, despite it not being in operational service as long as the Felon. Sanctions on Russia are starting to bite very hard. Just look at the value of the Ruble. Look at Russia's government deficit. Consider that, prior to the war, New York CITY had a larger GDP than all of Russia.