That story had me howling its brilliant. Even the fact they called him owl because he was moving his head is great banter never mind how it gets to big al 50 cal 🤣🤣🤣
Jocko, I'm from the early days of SEAL Team. BUD/S class 45 (the first BUD/S class after they changed from UDTRA class numbers - we started 40 and graduated 9). Met your running mate Leif B. at ST-1during a reunion and turned over pics of SEAL ops in VN for quarter deck playback. Enjoy your takes on team ops. Some things don't change even after years of change. It takes heart to get thru training. It takes heart to get thru multiple deployments. Keep up your good work on defining the leadership qualities it takes to effectively run organizations. I had the privilege of leading 3 platoons during my time in the Teams. 1 sub ops platoon with UDT-13 and 2 direct action platoons in SEAL Team One. Unfortunately the last SEAL killed in the jungles of VN was my point man TM1 Lester J. Moe. He was a great operator and teammate. Years later his daughters connected with me and we have since shared many good times at reunions. You're a great motivational speaker and thinker. Keep up your good work on motivating folks to move beyond their comfort zone and push the limits. The only easy day.......
We were on a military training exchange with the Malaysian military in Kuala Lumpur about 15 years ago. A buddy of mine rented a motor bike in our off duty time and wrecked his bike, within an hour of getting it. He flew over the handlebars and broke his collar bone and had to go the designated Malaysian hospital ER. He was forever known as “Scooter”. He hated that nickname, but once it was apparent that it had stuck, he had no choice but to embrace it.
Had an acquaintance worked as a corrections officer in the local county jail and had an negligent discharge with his weapon. He was from that point forward he was known as "Dangerous Dan".
The Al story almost made me spit out what I was drinking! We had a guy in the Air Force that was a jerk and one day we found out that this guy had to have one of his testicles removed and from that point forward we called him the Uniballer, he hated every single minute of that!
@Theone82 On a long enough time scale, karma does most certainly exist. You cannot live your life forever headless of the consequences of your actions. A person WILL eventually reap what he sows. But. Believe what you will. I don't give a shit. And if you can't see the humor in a jerk becoming the uniballer, well, then that just makes you deserving of pity. Or perhaps you are simply the guy who lost the testicle and you are still upset over it. Need a binky?
@@holdfast1674 I am from Europe so that is a true statement. I love Jocko and Goggings though. Listen to them a lot. I even have a copy of can't hurt me. Cheers
I know exactly what Jocko is talking about regarding accidental discharge. I was a Spec Ops Helicopter Gunner 20th SOS MACV-SOG IN Vietnam 70-72. I remember an event when we were returning from a mission and we were after flight check list procedures. My fellow gunner Robert C. was clearing the round out of his GAU-2b Mini-Gun to make it safe while on the ground. This starts with disconnecting the feeder, removing the bolt cam sector and rotating the barrels to cycle the loaded rounds through to the discharge chute. The round will not discharge without the bolt cam sector being present, since it is the component that guides the round forward into the breech, locks and releases the firing pin causing discharge of the round. After which it unlocks, retracts and ejects the spent casing. The rotation of the barrels is done with the weapon vertical pointing down and the gunner standing on the ground and his legs apart and the muzzle pointing at a point midway between each foot. That is how we train and how we get checked out on being a gunship gunner. So what went wrong? Let me point out that Bob C was actually an Instructor Gunner. Oh the irony. BC forgot to remove the bolt cam sector, making the weapon safe. BC rotated the barrels with a foot in the target zone. BC discharged a round of 7.62 x 51mm NATO through the instep of his GI issue right foot M-1966 jungle boot. Yeah it also went through his foot. Bwwahahahahahahahahahaha. We forever after got trolled on that F-up. He was suspended as Instructor Gunner until he was trained and re-certified. hehehehehehe. My big F-up was forgetting to lock in the pigtail on my safety harness while prepping to go out on a hot exfil and I fell out.
Jocko you should have a chat with Jay Morton (Ex SAS). He quoted you several times in his new book and you both seem to have a similar view on life and self discipline, would be an interesting conversation.
Same thing in the fighter community. In addition, I was surprised by who stepped up, and who didn't, during combat. The bravado beforehand didn't always match up once the bullets started flying.
Speaking of professional reputation, how do you think scandals hurt elite units in terms of their professional reputation amongst the community? We recently had a huge scandal with war crimes here in Australia with the SASR covering things up of over 39 premeditated incidents.
People say how great Delta Force is yet Seal Teams are doing Delta Force's missions. That's because Delta Force made some major blunders and are probably just name only now.
SEAL Team SIX had war crimes also get aired out a few years ago. Im suprised DELTA has gotten off so clean. Either they are just super pro's or that psych eval test they carry out in Selection is doing its job.
@@orlock20 id say the less you hear about a group the more successful they are. Generally when you hear about them its them failing a mission. Only exception I know of is bin ladin.
@@orlock20 Op Red Wings, Takur Ghar, Extortion 17 and Norgrove Rescue. The biggest and most notable black eyes to US SOF in past 2 decades almost always involve the same SOF community.
@@SaberFate Delta Forces was designed in hostage rescue on foreign soil. Both successful and non successful hostage rescues have made the news none of which recently involve Delta Force.
I think the nickname thing is prevalent in much of the military. My father was a pilot in the Marines and shortly after flight school he was in a bar and at some point wound up under the table. One of the guys saw him down there and said "What are doin' down there, Goofy?". The nickname stuck so hard he had his call sign changed from Hawk to Goofy.
Wikipedia has this to say about accidental discharges: "An accidental discharge (AD) occurs when there is a mechanical failure of the firearm. This can include things like firearms that do not have mechanisms to render them drop safe falling a sufficient distance[1], a firing pin stuck forward[2], a sear failing[3], or rounds heating sufficiently to spontaneously ignite in the chamber (as may happen in a closed bolt machine gun)[4]." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintentional_discharge#Accidental_discharge
I was a navy corpsman attached to a marine infantry unit. I had at least two negligent discharges on the range. Most of it was the anxiety of not being a rifle shooter prior to entry. They definitely made me feel like shit afterwards. Arkwardly the first sergeant didn't even chew me out about it.
They weren't making you feel like shit, they were giving you shit for a mess up. Improve and come back better. I'd be worried if they didn't say anything.
Goggins retired as a SEAL Chief. He had tons of respect. His abrasiveness was BECAUSE he saw guys slacking off using the trident to sham out of getting better. He goes into more detail in his book..He said the same thing Jocko said. A lot of guys got lazy when they passed BUDs and he didn't. They didn't like that he called them out on it.
To jocko or anyone else in the comments, I am a freshman in high school and I struggle to stay focused on school and priorities, I always get focused on girls or my friends and push of the important stuff and my work ethic sucks but I’m a smart kid and know I can do better anyone have any advice
You’re a freshman. You’re young. We were all that way. If you want a work ethic, volunteer for something. Sports, church, band, whatever. Building a solid routine will help with school work and such, but no guy ever regretted chasing girls in high school so don’t be so hard on yourself.
I’m 16 and a half and I kinda struggle the same way. I get to caught up in girls, lose my self control at times, maybe don’t workout or whatever and I hate myself afterwards. I think you need to define a very clear goal in your mind of what you want and what is truly important to you. Are these girls and friends going to be there for you in 10 or even 5 years? Or is building an insane work ethic going to be something that is helpful in years to come? Good luck man hope this helps
It sounds like you know what you have to fix. But, you're a freshman. I was the same, but found my way. I didn't become a SEAL, but I became a Marine....just a little better! Joining the military changed my life, gave me self-discipline and pride, and credit the Marine Corps for the successes in my life. You'll find your way.
Nick names are the same in the Fire Brigade. My station officer was a good a friend and passed away after I moved abroad. I received a call at 01:00 and a woman asked me if I was "Stimpy". His girlfriend went through his phone to find my details to inform me my friend had died and all she found was my nickname. She apologized that she didn't know my name, even though I called my friend every few weeks to stay in touch.
I was a navy seal, I didnt use guns I was so strong I would just throw the bullets. I also had an adamantium katana and I would cut tanks and helicopters in half with it.
Not a seal but I feel your reputation isn’t built off one instance. Instead it will be built upon repeated behavior. People catch on to trends, if you wake up and strive to do the right things, people will overlook the outlying moments of failure.
Shoot your gun when your not supposed to.- He's talking about Dan Bilzerian. He got kicked out 1 day before graduating as A seal member for fooling around and shooting his gun when he was not supposed to.
Yeah he never came close to passing buds. Made up some lie about micro fractures in his legs to get out cause he couldn't handle it. That's what I heard anyway.
We were out on an op and the Lieutenant JG in charge wandered away and somehow stepped onto a plank covering a hand dug brick lined well. He stood waist deep in the water for 2 hours before we found him. One of the Vietnamese sailors with us called him Lt. Fall-in-well, and the nickname stuck, and forever more he was called Lt. Fall-in-Well by everybody.
I dunno, I imagine those dudes are all rippin it pretty gnarly, like you’d have to have one raucous asshole to stand out farting amongst these dudes. But the possibilities...now that is some funny shit, there have to be dudes with unfortunate Nicknames that aren’t as cool as Big Al 50 Cal.
AD is something that stays with you forever. The better the trained you are when you do it, they talk the more about it. When an office worker does it, it's just a funny story that underlines that deskjob even with having a military rank doesn't makes one a true soldier. But when an SF guy does it... that brings serious shitstorm from everybody. When I was deployed, we had two ADs during that time. One was a corporal, who was a PT instructor for trainees at home. The other was an SF guy. We had a lot of office workers, logistic personell, mechanics, signallers, etc, and the only two ADs during that time were done by two of the most trained people out there. You can imagine the shit they received for their remaining time there.
its the same in the British army 45 years later and lads i served with are still known by their nicknames. One person i know was called Bomber, his container came loose parachuting, he bombed the DZ.
Speaking of the AD's, a blip from the podcast that mentioned the "he was decocking" moment would be hilarious. I could listen to BTF Tony on the podcast for days. good stuff🤙
This is the one thing I loved about bring an infantryman...everyday you're treading hard to keep up with the next guy and not be "that guy" whether it's an ARI, AD, DWI, short call for fire on an op etc etc...out here in civilian land most mopes have no clue
This is so true,one of our guys started preparing an rpg on training for practice targeting by simple planting it on the ground in the middle of the cover. Captain almost wanted to kill him on the spot and never gave him a chance to shoot even from the rifle by the end of the contract and we also avoided him at all costs
@@megga0 My point is no seal on youtube or anywhere else will speak of it or even include it in the many books they write these days. He spoke of teams and reputations and quite frankly the seals reputation has been less than stellar the last few years. I have yet to hear one seal condemn it or even acknowledge it. I’m sure there are many honorable seals now and in the past but to ignore the mistakes or crimes of seals isn’t helping anything.
So glad I came across this podcast. Senior Chief Eafrati is a legend in the SEAL Community. When it comes to reputations, his is one of a hardcore, pipe hitting mf’er.
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I you told me Jocko was the default LMG gunner in some FPS game I'd buy it without question lol that guy looks like a military heavyweight champion in every possible way xD
One of the benefits of growing up in DOD schools as an Air Force brat is that if you screwed up in a memorable way, you had a 50-50 chance of starting with a clean slate at your dad's next duty station. Most of the kids in your class were from somewhere else.
"Former Marine? " Once a Marine Always a Marine I know this because a young Lady called Me on this when mentioning her Father. But I Know That Wasn't Jocko's Point. Best Wishes! M.H.
You're a "former Marine" ... Ex Marine is reserved for dishonorably discharged Marines. "Former Marine" is the correct terminology. As a matter of fact if you call someone that says they are a Marine 'ex-Marine" and they don't correct you. I highly doubt that's an actual Marine.
Ya ive heard the term " inactive Marine." But that doesn't seem like a practical way of speaking. " Inactive Marine " seems overly P.C. unless you are specifically addressing a person's status.
It's weird hearing a service man use the term, 'former marine,' I used that term with a marine buddy of mine who had been honorably discharged and was quickly corrected. "Once a marine, always a marine." I've never served a day in my life, but I hung onto that because it felt important.
Complex narrative ( thank you) is that difficult stream of conversation, and within the ‘mental toughness’ community at times more challenging, to have thorough discursive reasoning ( the whole hul ) within the dialect. Literally, when all you have is ten seconds, talking/listening is more important than breathing ( the 2nd most approved on a list of psychologist approved techniques). Read more to keep that source of content flowing and delegating between memorized passages and improvisation *SOF Mental Toughness by Lawrence Colebrook the audible recording I’m always sneaking up on after warmups with other texts, as premier and most challenging to perform yet undeniably comprehensible.
The story Reminds me of the Paul Simon song you can call me Al ( jokes aside sounds like a good guy, always good to be aware of your surroundings. More power to him)
I wanna know how 295 got his nickname. Was he the best of buds class 295 or what do yall think the story is there? I cant thing of a weapon with 295 in it so im stumped. (Scratching my head)
I was just a grunt. Everybody who finds out tells me they were GOING to be a seal and they never even served. Just such an unbelievable job the more I learn about it. There is no way in hell I would have made it. Kudos to you savage bastards. Seriously thank you for what you did and continue to do.
Agreed. Don't knock yourself though, infantry fighting skills aren't that far off from SF guys. They just get the missions, the equipment, the training, and the bragging rights. Still lots to do
@@cuauhtemocmorisco3493 no goggins is not a team guy. He became a seal for the challenge not for the service. He kept reliving buds while deployed and overdoing pt instead of focusing on the mission. Still love goggins and his book.
Goggins is a piece of shit he wanted to become a SEAL( which I'll give him credit for,it's no mean feat) for a bullet point on his resume. I'm not saying it hasn't happened it's not like I've talked to everyone that's met him but I've neither read nor heard ONE positive thing about him or his service. Being a good athlete does not mean you'll be a good teammate.
In the Army, I was on an EOD team, and a lot of the same principals applied there, even when we would get attached to SF teams. I everyone had a nickname on my team, so good some so-so.
There are a number of guys that I only knew by their nickname. Only to find out years later that it wasn’t a real name. The story about Al, got me to thinking and remembering senior chief Delear (not sure on the spelling). He was the training officer at 22 when I checked in there. Talk about reputation. That mans story is epic.
He's an asshole, but not as much of an asshole as Goggins... I legitimately believe he was fit enough to get into Devgru, but his toxic nature likely kept him from it
yeah, accidental discharges are not that big of a deal in some situations. I've had a couple while holding on target, getting ready to squeeze the trigger and the rifle discharges, surprising me. I would not be embarrassed to admit that at all. Rather, I'd test the rifle to see what the trigger pull is. Oh, inner ring.
My sick name was slaughter, most people didn’t know my real name. I was a really good high school wrestler. When I joined up at 17 they started calling me baby slaughter after WWE wrestler Sgt slaughter. After a few years of proving myself and a little older they just dropped the baby part. This nickname was a double edge sword. it was a conversation starter BUT when I was in the bar there were many a night a tough guy would come up wanting to challenge me.
From what I’ve gathered from interviews and whatnot is that Goggins wasn’t really much of a team player. Everyone respected him but not everyone liked him. He’s more about being the best individual you can be and pushing yourself to your limits, but he comes across kind of arrogant. He’s just a different breed of human. I don’t think he’d fit in anywhere. Read his book. It’s quite good
I knew a guy in the Aus Airforce. There was a guy at his base who had a habit of suddenly shouting "I'm gonna shit myself." before immediately evacuating the room. One time he did this in the mess hall. Unbeknownst to everyone else he had blasted an arse powered beam of gas from the crack of his pants which travelled directly upwards hitting the ceiling and dispersing across the entire room. The gas descended on the room hitting those on the bar stools first travelling downards onto the couches last. Sometimes he would do this inside a tiny unventilated radar shed in the middle of the desert. I regret not asking if the guy ever got a nickname.
Ive heard so many hilarious nicknames in my time. I knew a bloke who's nickname was Phil. His name was Jason. It started when we were on the ranges and our instructor started ripping him and said his facial feature reminded him of a 5mm grouping. Which then turned into 5mm Phil. Also knew a Uzi. Didn't know his real name. But it was cos his eyes pointed in opposite directions so you never knew where he was looking lol.
I was "the guy" who had an ad AND same time I lost my rifle. (Luckily this was only a field practice and not real deal) Not my proudest moments and because of that I got demoted. And now every time I a meet new face. My partner tells everyone that lost his rifle and had ad. You just can´t escape that. Did not happen in the US. 6h Sleep is no problem but this field practice was our first "real" one in 6 months. Detailed story we were patrolling and had done 24 hour shift. I had left my "plate and fork" into a camp because this should've been only a 6 hour set before we go to sleep. Well hours go by and we hear on radio that enemy is scouting the area and we cannot leave our post yet. Yeah all good no problems but my patrol mate kinda lost his motivation for some reason and that affected me also. He had water and food but didn´t share it even thou I shared mine with him. Any case fast forward to last 5 mins of the shift before we get picked up, radio yells that we should go to the extraction point. At the exc point we wait for the vehicle and this is where things go wrong. I take off my gear since the "mission" is over and we are just waiting to go barracks. When the new guys arrive I accidentally pull trigger because I didnt had str to lift the weapon properly and the ad happens. No big deal I was aiming ground. New guys have no idea where to go, so I tell my mate to take my stuff and I show the easiest entrance and brief them about the mission. I was so tired I told my friend to take my stuff into the car and wait there. (Our team leader was there, I was squad leader) When I come showing off the places and go back to the car I don´t see my stuff and proceed to check car. For some reason I had my other gear there but not my rifle. I was so tired that I had laid my rifle on the grass like 1 meter from me. I didn't find it so our team leader got really frustrated and came out of the car and started looking for it. He found it in like 10 sec. >Learned my lesson hard way never ever be too tired to control your gun properly and never give up your gun. Still pretty annoyed to my friend because he couldn´t do shit but whine for 24 hours.
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"One time i knew a guy for eight years, never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometime."
Ron my man!
Their own zip codes
Ron Swanson is my spirit animal.
It's the life - and when you meet up w/ him again. You pick up right where you left off 😂😂
Been there in a similar situation.
Keith > Owl > Al > Big Al 50. Cal.
Loved that story.
Lol same
Great example of the game “telephone”
That story had me howling its brilliant. Even the fact they called him owl because he was moving his head is great banter never mind how it gets to big al 50 cal 🤣🤣🤣
Normal name to sweet nickname back to normal name to another sweet nickname.
Big Al 50 cal haha...LOL
Jocko,
I'm from the early days of SEAL Team. BUD/S class 45 (the first BUD/S class after they changed from UDTRA class numbers - we started 40 and graduated 9). Met your running mate Leif B. at ST-1during a reunion and turned over pics of SEAL ops in VN for quarter deck playback. Enjoy your takes on team ops. Some things don't change even after years of change. It takes heart to get thru training. It takes heart to get thru multiple deployments. Keep up your good work on defining the leadership qualities it takes to effectively run organizations. I had the privilege of leading 3 platoons during my time in the Teams. 1 sub ops platoon with UDT-13 and 2 direct action platoons in SEAL Team One. Unfortunately the last SEAL killed in the jungles of VN was my point man TM1 Lester J. Moe. He was a great operator and teammate. Years later his daughters connected with me and we have since shared many good times at reunions. You're a great motivational speaker and thinker. Keep up your good work on motivating folks to move beyond their comfort zone and push the limits. The only easy day.......
May God bless you, sir!
“The only easy day was yesterday!!!!”
Total Respect Sir...
Thank you for your service !
Welcome home
email him amd get in touch, tell your stories on the podcast
That is such a badass name "Big Al 50. Cal" would've loved to have a nickname like that.
Yeah, Big Keith Weapons Chief wouldn't have been quite as epic.
U probably not gonna get one with a pfp like that
Big Al 50 Cal or... Keith lol
seriously. my nickname was "fuck"
@@Ophio117 yeah fk not this guy again last time he left a poo stain on my sheet
Echo’s biceps have a different reputation than the rest of him. They have their own Social Security number too.
All the testosterone that should’ve gone into his voice getting deeper went to his biceps lmfao
Jocko’s are probably bigger, he just wears long sleeve t-shirts and is a bigger dude all-around, so proportionally they don’t look as out of place.
Post code.
Jocko - Good evening biceps!
Biceps - Good evening!
Each.
Getting lost would be my specialty 😂😂
me too.....me too
Hell yeah bro we would call you "compass."
Same..
I'm god now with my Garmin Fenix6 pro
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We were on a military training exchange with the Malaysian military in Kuala Lumpur about 15 years ago. A buddy of mine rented a motor bike in our off duty time and wrecked his bike, within an hour of getting it. He flew over the handlebars and broke his collar bone and had to go the designated Malaysian hospital ER. He was forever known as “Scooter”. He hated that nickname, but once it was apparent that it had stuck, he had no choice but to embrace it.
Two things that will get me to click on any Jocko video:
-The word SEAL
-BTF Tony Eafrati
Had an acquaintance worked as a corrections officer in the local county jail and had an negligent discharge with his weapon.
He was from that point forward he was known as "Dangerous Dan".
Dirty Dan!
Had a guy I worked with have a negligent discharge in a bathroom... he’s known as ricochet Roy
Why would a CO have a gun? They don’t carry them . Especially at the county jail
"I did a lot of dumb shit"
Jocko, immediately proving their previous point "Yes I know that, let me tell you all about your dumb shit"
Jocko: "Affirmative, your data points indicate multiple red flags."
"Al's not my name at all!" 🤣🤣🤣
Is al your middle name?! 😂😅
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The Al story almost made me spit out what I was drinking!
We had a guy in the Air Force that was a jerk and one day we found out that this guy had to have one of his testicles removed and from that point forward we called him the Uniballer, he hated every single minute of that!
Should call him up on the phone and ask if there's a Mrs. Tess Tickle?
@Theone82 Laughter. You gain laughter. Karma is funny. Don't you know that?
@Theone82 On a long enough time scale, karma does most certainly exist. You cannot live your life forever headless of the consequences of your actions. A person WILL eventually reap what he sows. But. Believe what you will. I don't give a shit. And if you can't see the humor in a jerk becoming the uniballer, well, then that just makes you deserving of pity. Or perhaps you are simply the guy who lost the testicle and you are still upset over it. Need a binky?
Cyclops.
That Owl > Al > Keith story is pretty funny, the build up was great! 😆
Being arrogant and egotistical you not gonna last long... Dan Bilzerian aight imma head out.
You obviously haven’t met many SEALS
@@holdfast1674 Proud and confident is different than arrogant and egotistical
@@holdfast1674 I am from Europe so that is a true statement. I love Jocko and Goggings though. Listen to them a lot. I even have a copy of can't hurt me. Cheers
The instructors in both classes he was in are the reason he didn’t graduate. They hated his attitude so much they didn’t want him on the teams.
@@Bwoods151 Yeah makes sense, his arrogance would get him and his comrades killed
I know exactly what Jocko is talking about regarding accidental discharge. I was a Spec Ops Helicopter Gunner 20th SOS MACV-SOG IN Vietnam 70-72. I remember an event when we were returning from a mission and we were after flight check list procedures. My fellow gunner Robert C. was clearing the round out of his GAU-2b Mini-Gun to make it safe while on the ground. This starts with disconnecting the feeder, removing the bolt cam sector and rotating the barrels to cycle the loaded rounds through to the discharge chute. The round will not discharge without the bolt cam sector being present, since it is the component that guides the round forward into the breech, locks and releases the firing pin causing discharge of the round. After which it unlocks, retracts and ejects the spent casing. The rotation of the barrels is done with the weapon vertical pointing down and the gunner standing on the ground and his legs apart and the muzzle pointing at a point midway between each foot. That is how we train and how we get checked out on being a gunship gunner.
So what went wrong?
Let me point out that Bob C was actually an Instructor Gunner. Oh the irony.
BC forgot to remove the bolt cam sector, making the weapon safe.
BC rotated the barrels with a foot in the target zone.
BC discharged a round of 7.62 x 51mm NATO through the instep of his GI issue right foot M-1966 jungle boot. Yeah it also went through his foot. Bwwahahahahahahahahahaha. We forever after got trolled on that F-up. He was suspended as Instructor Gunner until he was trained and re-certified. hehehehehehe.
My big F-up was forgetting to lock in the pigtail on my safety harness while prepping to go out on a hot exfil and I fell out.
Saying jockos real name in the mirror three times summons him at 4am whilst benching 1500lbs.
Good.
I was big army and still remember the names of the guys who had an AD ...25 years later. You can never run away from that , ever .
And god said to John “come forth and you shall be granted eternal life”. But John came fifth and won a toaster.
Sounds about right
I’m guessing God knows how to spell fourth.
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That would ruin the pun.
@J.G. H. you really think I missed the pun??
@J.G. H. the fact of the matter is that YOU missed the joke. SMH
3:57.
“Big Al 50 Cal” story is so funny!!!!
Jocko you should have a chat with Jay Morton (Ex SAS). He quoted you several times in his new book and you both seem to have a similar view on life and self discipline, would be an interesting conversation.
My dads almost 60, former 2and battalion ranger . One of his buddies failed the land nav test and they still tease him about it
2nd
Yup, nicknames stick forever.
Owl is definitely a cooler name than Al.
Murdering Green Berets is pretty bad for one's reputation from what I hear as well.
@@jb2166 True. But getting killed in combat does not equate to murder regardless of nation of origin.
Oh yea man let’s assume that of all team guys, since we’re using that logic I’ll assume you’re a idiot for posting this.
Getting your ass kicked by a cook, and biting his nose half off to 'win' should count too.
@@finished6267 92G are some angry people.
Hipster Jihadist How do you know anything about teams or the SOFT community? Honest question.
I really do like the good and more relaxed vibes between Echo and Jocko in the older content.
Jocko gave his dad “the talk”
😂😂
I wish he would with mine. Lol
Same thing in the fighter community. In addition, I was surprised by who stepped up, and who didn't, during combat. The bravado beforehand didn't always match up once the bullets started flying.
I literally laughed out loud at finding out why Al was called Al 😂😂😂
Possibly one of the best Jocko clips of all time.
I think somtimes a guy just finds himself the right role models
Speaking of professional reputation, how do you think scandals hurt elite units in terms of their professional reputation amongst the community? We recently had a huge scandal with war crimes here in Australia with the SASR covering things up of over 39 premeditated incidents.
People say how great Delta Force is yet Seal Teams are doing Delta Force's missions. That's because Delta Force made some major blunders and are probably just name only now.
SEAL Team SIX had war crimes also get aired out a few years ago.
Im suprised DELTA has gotten off so clean. Either they are just super pro's or that psych eval test they carry out in Selection is doing its job.
@@orlock20 id say the less you hear about a group the more successful they are. Generally when you hear about them its them failing a mission. Only exception I know of is bin ladin.
@@orlock20 Op Red Wings, Takur Ghar, Extortion 17 and Norgrove Rescue.
The biggest and most notable black eyes to US SOF in past 2 decades almost always involve the same SOF community.
@@SaberFate Delta Forces was designed in hostage rescue on foreign soil. Both successful and non successful hostage rescues have made the news none of which recently involve Delta Force.
I think the nickname thing is prevalent in much of the military. My father was a pilot in the Marines and shortly after flight school he was in a bar and at some point wound up under the table. One of the guys saw him down there and said "What are doin' down there, Goofy?". The nickname stuck so hard he had his call sign changed from Hawk to Goofy.
Was he out drunken by a SEAL?
No such thing as an accidental discharge, only negligent discharges
Equipment malfunction happens
Wikipedia has this to say about accidental discharges:
"An accidental discharge (AD) occurs when there is a mechanical failure of the firearm. This can include things like firearms that do not have mechanisms to render them drop safe falling a sufficient distance[1], a firing pin stuck forward[2], a sear failing[3], or rounds heating sufficiently to spontaneously ignite in the chamber (as may happen in a closed bolt machine gun)[4]."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintentional_discharge#Accidental_discharge
I’m sure there are medications to help with that.
Thanks for the correction. I don't think these SEALs knew.
Agreed. Only NDs
It took me a couple times until I realized that ‘cuss’ meant ‘of course’ lol
I was a navy corpsman attached to a marine infantry unit. I had at least two negligent discharges on the range. Most of it was the anxiety of not being a rifle shooter prior to entry. They definitely made me feel like shit afterwards. Arkwardly the first sergeant didn't even chew me out about it.
Feels bad...
They weren't making you feel like shit, they were giving you shit for a mess up. Improve and come back better. I'd be worried if they didn't say anything.
@@Elienguitar I think them giving him shit is what made him feel like shit lol
Gotta think the last description fits David Goggins... why he talks about being abrasive and not fitting in
Goggins retired as a SEAL Chief. He had tons of respect. His abrasiveness was BECAUSE he saw guys slacking off using the trident to sham out of getting better. He goes into more detail in his book..He said the same thing Jocko said. A lot of guys got lazy when they passed BUDs and he didn't. They didn't like that he called them out on it.
@@JesusChrist2000BC im sure he didn't read his book. Keyboard warriors dont read books lol
Loved the Big Al 50 Cal story. Loved that nickname too hahaha
To jocko or anyone else in the comments, I am a freshman in high school and I struggle to stay focused on school and priorities, I always get focused on girls or my friends and push of the important stuff and my work ethic sucks but I’m a smart kid and know I can do better anyone have any advice
Dont allow your self to make excuses. Shit on your self everyday and hate that aspect about yourself. And your either gonna sink or swim.
Its what i did and do
You’re a freshman. You’re young. We were all that way. If you want a work ethic, volunteer for something. Sports, church, band, whatever. Building a solid routine will help with school work and such, but no guy ever regretted chasing girls in high school so don’t be so hard on yourself.
I’m 16 and a half and I kinda struggle the same way. I get to caught up in girls, lose my self control at times, maybe don’t workout or whatever and I hate myself afterwards. I think you need to define a very clear goal in your mind of what you want and what is truly important to you. Are these girls and friends going to be there for you in 10 or even 5 years? Or is building an insane work ethic going to be something that is helpful in years to come? Good luck man hope this helps
It sounds like you know what you have to fix. But, you're a freshman. I was the same, but found my way. I didn't become a SEAL, but I became a Marine....just a little better! Joining the military changed my life, gave me self-discipline and pride, and credit the Marine Corps for the successes in my life. You'll find your way.
BTF " tattoo'd on ya foe head" classic Sam Adams Boston voice! Love what you guyz do!!
The first time I heard him say “ah cus” I was like what the fuck did he say????
My Texan accent is probably just as strong.
Which accent do y’all think is worse, New England or Texan?
Nick names are the same in the Fire Brigade. My station officer was a good a friend and passed away after I moved abroad. I received a call at 01:00 and a woman asked me if I was "Stimpy". His girlfriend went through his phone to find my details to inform me my friend had died and all she found was my nickname. She apologized that she didn't know my name, even though I called my friend every few weeks to stay in touch.
I was on a convoy in the marines and got my stick lost in the middle of the night. That was in 2003 and i’m still embarrassed about it
Gahdamn. What was that stick ever for and why did you guys need it in the middle of the night? 🤣
I was a navy seal, I didnt use guns I was so strong I would just throw the bullets. I also had an adamantium katana and I would cut tanks and helicopters in half with it.
When does your movie come out?
I have no idea what an adamantium katana is but the first bit was funny, I am so strong I just throw the bullets
@@watsappenin2865 adamantium is type of vibranium (Captain America’s shield) and it’s what’s in Wolverines claws (and skeleton).
I have loved many of Jocko's guests, but Tony is who I want to see back the most! BTF Tony!
Not a seal but I feel your reputation isn’t built off one instance. Instead it will be built upon repeated behavior. People catch on to trends, if you wake up and strive to do the right things, people will overlook the outlying moments of failure.
True.
The one little screw up thing just serves as an inside joke/fuel to the fire.
Ball busting is a language/culture. Part of the brotherhood.
Shoot your gun when your not supposed to.- He's talking about Dan Bilzerian. He got kicked out 1 day before graduating as A seal member for fooling around and shooting his gun when he was not supposed to.
Bilzerian's stories are BS
@Chibo Boo 🤣 Can't say that I disagree with you
He wasn't 1 day away from graduating. He us so full of shit
Yeah he never came close to passing buds. Made up some lie about micro fractures in his legs to get out cause he couldn't handle it. That's what I heard anyway.
Big Owl 50 Cow
I laughed hard..
💀
We had a dude we called chiggers because after going to the field once he was covered in those tiny red bugs called chiggers.
Was getting caught part of your master plan!?
Bane: "Of cuss!"
We were out on an op and the Lieutenant JG in charge wandered away and somehow stepped onto a plank covering a hand dug brick lined well. He stood waist deep in the water for 2 hours before we found him. One of the Vietnamese sailors with us called him Lt. Fall-in-well, and the nickname stuck, and forever more he was called Lt. Fall-in-Well by everybody.
"My last desk pop was Septemberrrrrrr 08."
The other guys.
Better not fart loud in the SEALs because that would definitely be a new nickname
'Broken SEAL'
Bullfrog
I dunno, I imagine those dudes are all rippin it pretty gnarly, like you’d have to have one raucous asshole to stand out farting amongst these dudes. But the possibilities...now that is some funny shit, there have to be dudes with unfortunate Nicknames that aren’t as cool as Big Al 50 Cal.
“Cuss I do” 😂 golden
I had “accidental” discharge last wked, she wasn’t impressed but since then made up for it
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The story about “Owl” was hilarious.
AD is something that stays with you forever. The better the trained you are when you do it, they talk the more about it. When an office worker does it, it's just a funny story that underlines that deskjob even with having a military rank doesn't makes one a true soldier. But when an SF guy does it... that brings serious shitstorm from everybody.
When I was deployed, we had two ADs during that time. One was a corporal, who was a PT instructor for trainees at home. The other was an SF guy. We had a lot of office workers, logistic personell, mechanics, signallers, etc, and the only two ADs during that time were done by two of the most trained people out there. You can imagine the shit they received for their remaining time there.
20-30 years ago the saying “Quiet Professionals” was a real thing. You didn’t know who was who.
its the same in the British army 45 years later and lads i served with are still known by their nicknames. One person i know was called Bomber, his container came loose parachuting, he bombed the DZ.
Speaking of the AD's, a blip from the podcast that mentioned the "he was decocking" moment would be hilarious. I could listen to BTF Tony on the podcast for days. good stuff🤙
There's a gigantopithecus blacki raiding my bird feeder. The bug zapper does nothing!
try a 50.cal
You sure its not just jocko in a bigfoot costume?
This is the one thing I loved about bring an infantryman...everyday you're treading hard to keep up with the next guy and not be "that guy" whether it's an ARI, AD, DWI, short call for fire on an op etc etc...out here in civilian land most mopes have no clue
This is so true,one of our guys started preparing an rpg on training for practice targeting by simple planting it on the ground in the middle of the cover. Captain almost wanted to kill him on the spot and never gave him a chance to shoot even from the rifle by the end of the contract and we also avoided him at all costs
would this pertain to the seals who murdered an army ranger?
It was a Green Beret and what’s Your point
@@megga0 My point is no seal on youtube or anywhere else will speak of it or even include it in the many books they write these days. He spoke of teams and reputations and quite frankly the seals reputation has been less than stellar the last few years. I have yet to hear one seal condemn it or even acknowledge it. I’m sure there are many honorable seals now and in the past but to ignore the mistakes or crimes of seals isn’t helping anything.
Seals are notorious for being full horrible people. Literally the worst of the SF community
So glad I came across this podcast. Senior Chief Eafrati is a legend in the SEAL Community. When it comes to reputations, his is one of a hardcore, pipe hitting mf’er.
why did you join the seals ?
ME: i want a funny nickname...äh...i mean serve my country and shit ^^
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Does this apply to David Goggins?
What did David goggins do?
Getting lost on land nav. Shawn Ryan hears this and is like “hey man it fucking happens”
I’ve gotten to do some land nav courses with my brother while he was at West Point, it was a cool family day thing.
I you told me Jocko was the default LMG gunner in some FPS game I'd buy it without question lol that guy looks like a military heavyweight champion in every possible way xD
Thank you Jocko for your podcast and advice.. 👍
One of the benefits of growing up in DOD schools as an Air Force brat is that if you screwed up in a memorable way, you had a 50-50 chance of starting with a clean slate at your dad's next duty station. Most of the kids in your class were from somewhere else.
I always hated the commander's kids on the base in Havre.. '77/'78.
In month 7 of quarantine and I am convinced I will be an important SEAL team member after lock down.
"Former Marine? " Once a Marine Always a Marine
I know this because a young Lady called Me on this when mentioning her Father.
But I Know That Wasn't Jocko's Point.
Best Wishes! M.H.
I think former Marine is more appropriate than "ex-Marine". I don't really take offense to former. Still a Marine but formerly in the Corps.
You're a "former Marine" ... Ex Marine is reserved for dishonorably discharged Marines.
"Former Marine" is the correct terminology. As a matter of fact if you call someone that says they are a Marine 'ex-Marine" and they don't correct you. I highly doubt that's an actual Marine.
Ya ive heard the term " inactive Marine." But that doesn't seem like a practical way of speaking. " Inactive Marine " seems overly P.C. unless you are specifically addressing a person's status.
DISCIPLINE: System of managing time, maximizing time, to achieve results, pursue, goals. Get Some!
It's weird hearing a service man use the term, 'former marine,' I used that term with a marine buddy of mine who had been honorably discharged and was quickly corrected. "Once a marine, always a marine." I've never served a day in my life, but I hung onto that because it felt important.
I would agree - perhaps because he become a SEAL instead? It's more of an evolution than a retirement then!
@@hywzl That's an honest way of looking at it.
@@hywzl SEAL and Marine are brothers since Marines are operated by the NAVY.
Complex narrative ( thank you) is that difficult stream of conversation, and within the ‘mental toughness’ community at times more challenging, to have thorough discursive reasoning ( the whole hul ) within the dialect. Literally, when all you have is ten seconds, talking/listening is more important than breathing ( the 2nd most approved on a list of psychologist approved techniques). Read more to keep that source of content flowing and delegating between memorized passages and improvisation
*SOF Mental Toughness by Lawrence Colebrook the audible recording I’m always sneaking up on after warmups with other texts, as premier and most challenging to perform yet undeniably comprehensible.
The story Reminds me of the Paul Simon song you can call me Al
( jokes aside sounds like a good guy, always good to be aware of your surroundings. More power to him)
Your word. Telling the truth helps
I wanna know how 295 got his nickname. Was he the best of buds class 295 or what do yall think the story is there? I cant thing of a weapon with 295 in it so im stumped. (Scratching my head)
"If you do something dumb one time, everybody is going to know about it forever."
Oh, so being a Navy SEAL is kinda like being on Facebook.
No shit!
Twitter if it was a hardcore meritocracy instead of a hardcore mental institute.
I was just a grunt. Everybody who finds out tells me they were GOING to be a seal and they never even served. Just such an unbelievable job the more I learn about it. There is no way in hell I would have made it. Kudos to you savage bastards. Seriously thank you for what you did and continue to do.
Agreed. Don't knock yourself though, infantry fighting skills aren't that far off from SF guys. They just get the missions, the equipment, the training, and the bragging rights. Still lots to do
"if you're an arrogant egotistical guy everyone's gonna hate you"
*cough* dan bilzerian
He was never a navy seal.
@@gateway199999 exactly, the instructors at buds would never let such an arrogant guy in
@@gateway199999 he's a faker wannabe
i didnt knew about that one
Why do I get the feeling that jocko dosent like David goggins.
Goggins has said himself that he pissed off a lot of people in the Teams, so I wouldn’t doubt it.
@@SurfingBullDog I know right, I wondered for the longest time why he was't on jocko's podcast.
Because Goggin's over did it in the seals lol he went where others were too tired to do. Gotta be crazy to do that stuff
@@cuauhtemocmorisco3493 no goggins is not a team guy. He became a seal for the challenge not for the service. He kept reliving buds while deployed and overdoing pt instead of focusing on the mission. Still love goggins and his book.
Goggins is a piece of shit he wanted to become a SEAL( which I'll give him credit for,it's no mean feat) for a bullet point on his resume. I'm not saying it hasn't happened it's not like I've talked to everyone that's met him but I've neither read nor heard ONE positive thing about him or his service. Being a good athlete does not mean you'll be a good teammate.
In the Army, I was on an EOD team, and a lot of the same principals applied there, even when we would get attached to SF teams. I everyone had a nickname on my team, so good some so-so.
Yeah, but that is a field you might not get a second chance if you screw up.
There are a number of guys that I only knew by their nickname. Only to find out years later that it wasn’t a real name. The story about Al, got me to thinking and remembering senior chief Delear (not sure on the spelling). He was the training officer at 22 when I checked in there. Talk about reputation. That mans story is epic.
Thank You for your time!
My god this is awesome; adding this one to favourites
I still remember our DM having an ND in front of our Company Commander. That was a decade ago. No lie, that crap sticks.
what is DM and ND?
@@scrimpy7692 Designated Marksman and Negligent Discharge.
Like Michael Murphy’s AD with Andy. Sometimes I wonder if that didn’t have an impact on June 28th.
The point you made about arrogance immediately made me think of Rob O'Neil. He must've been a real number to work with.
He's an asshole, but not as much of an asshole as Goggins... I legitimately believe he was fit enough to get into Devgru, but his toxic nature likely kept him from it
yeah, accidental discharges are not that big of a deal in some situations.
I've had a couple while holding on target, getting ready to squeeze the trigger and the rifle discharges, surprising me.
I would not be embarrassed to admit that at all.
Rather, I'd test the rifle to see what the trigger pull is.
Oh, inner ring.
"My name is not 'Al' at all. It's 'Owl'!" "Big Owl 50 Cal to you, buddy!"
My sick name was slaughter, most people didn’t know my real name. I was a really good high school wrestler. When I joined up at 17 they started calling me baby slaughter after WWE wrestler Sgt slaughter. After a few years of proving myself and a little older they just dropped the baby part. This nickname was a double edge sword. it was a conversation starter BUT when I was in the bar there were many a night a tough guy would come up wanting to challenge me.
Tony’s a great story teller. And that Owl story is hilarious and is a pretty cool nickname at the same time 🇺🇸🔱
A nickname given by brothers in arms is more valuable than the name your parents give you.
That makes sense. So one's reputation is dependent on the degree to which they manifest or violate operational values in their behavior.
wonder what Goggins' reputation among the teams was...
He has said before that people did not like him
He was so toxic I imagine they would have outright refused to let him go to Devgru because he is such a toxic asshole
From what I’ve gathered from interviews and whatnot is that Goggins wasn’t really much of a team player. Everyone respected him but not everyone liked him. He’s more about being the best individual you can be and pushing yourself to your limits, but he comes across kind of arrogant. He’s just a different breed of human. I don’t think he’d fit in anywhere. Read his book. It’s quite good
@@jonathanstache1634 He is such a massive toxic asshole that his team might have fragged him... if he ever deployed that is XD
I wonder what David Goggins name was?
I knew a guy in the Aus Airforce. There was a guy at his base who had a habit of suddenly shouting "I'm gonna shit myself." before immediately evacuating the room. One time he did this in the mess hall. Unbeknownst to everyone else he had blasted an arse powered beam of gas from the crack of his pants which travelled directly upwards hitting the ceiling and dispersing across the entire room. The gas descended on the room hitting those on the bar stools first travelling downards onto the couches last. Sometimes he would do this inside a tiny unventilated radar shed in the middle of the desert. I regret not asking if the guy ever got a nickname.
Ive heard so many hilarious nicknames in my time. I knew a bloke who's nickname was Phil. His name was Jason. It started when we were on the ranges and our instructor started ripping him and said his facial feature reminded him of a 5mm grouping. Which then turned into 5mm Phil.
Also knew a Uzi. Didn't know his real name. But it was cos his eyes pointed in opposite directions so you never knew where he was looking lol.
I was "the guy" who had an ad AND same time I lost my rifle. (Luckily this was only a field practice and not real deal) Not my proudest moments and because of that I got demoted. And now every time I a meet new face. My partner tells everyone that lost his rifle and had ad. You just can´t escape that. Did not happen in the US. 6h Sleep is no problem but this field practice was our first "real" one in 6 months.
Detailed story we were patrolling and had done 24 hour shift. I had left my "plate and fork" into a camp because this should've been only a 6 hour set before we go to sleep. Well hours go by and we hear on radio that enemy is scouting the area and we cannot leave our post yet. Yeah all good no problems but my patrol mate kinda lost his motivation for some reason and that affected me also. He had water and food but didn´t share it even thou I shared mine with him. Any case fast forward to last 5 mins of the shift before we get picked up, radio yells that we should go to the extraction point. At the exc point we wait for the vehicle and this is where things go wrong. I take off my gear since the "mission" is over and we are just waiting to go barracks. When the new guys arrive I accidentally pull trigger because I didnt had str to lift the weapon properly and the ad happens. No big deal I was aiming ground. New guys have no idea where to go, so I tell my mate to take my stuff and I show the easiest entrance and brief them about the mission. I was so tired I told my friend to take my stuff into the car and wait there. (Our team leader was there, I was squad leader) When I come showing off the places and go back to the car I don´t see my stuff and proceed to check car. For some reason I had my other gear there but not my rifle. I was so tired that I had laid my rifle on the grass like 1 meter from me. I didn't find it so our team leader got really frustrated and came out of the car and started looking for it. He found it in like 10 sec.
>Learned my lesson hard way never ever be too tired to control your gun properly and never give up your gun. Still pretty annoyed to my friend because he couldn´t do shit but whine for 24 hours.