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".
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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🤙
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.
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
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.
"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.
I know of a former SEAL operator who quit because he got tired of snatching bad guys out out of their bed in the middle of the night. He said that wasn't what he signed up for.
@@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.
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
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)
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.
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.
@@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.
A cop I worked with was a really big guy. He went to firearms wearing no underwear one time and as he bent down to pick up his brass he split his pants. He was forever known as Package.
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.
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 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)
Sounds like a firehouse... When you screw something up, nobody forgets. We've all done dumb things, but reputations are made or broken on what you do when it counts.
I'm my fire school class one of my fellow trainees fell asleep. He started SNORING. So the instructor (Big angry dude) was in the middle of the lesson and it went something like... "Okay so you take the female end of the hose and the male end and... WHO THE HELL IS BREATHING LIKE A RHINOCEROS BACK THAR??!!" He got the nickname rhino after that lmao
There was a brutal coldblooded Norwegian resistance fighter during ww2 who had a nickname so strong that I think most just took it for granted that his name was “The cheese”
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That woman who became the first female SF soldier had an AD off post and was charged with a misdemeanor. When I was an instructor I had 2 students do exactly the same thing- one of them managed to shoot himself in the arm (2002) and the other just put a hole in a wall (1999). The policy said that if you have an AD you are DONE, period. The 1999 idiot was out of the course the next day. The 2002 moron was medically recycled. I suppose it was because the standards were lowered because of the numbers game and the fact that we were at war, The guy who shot himself eventually graduated but his rep was shit from the get. He didn't have a great career in group and spent most of his time behind a desk. Remember both of these accidents happened when they were in the course and off post. It will be interesting to see how the command handles this situation with the girl green beret
Active Duty Army 68X / 15 Y - 7 deployments between 1996-2006 - Zero AD's - Most of the AD's that I witnessed were LT's popping off their pistols before going to chow. Nickname was "Skippy" -- Reputation for being a walking T.M. IN aviation your T.M.s are bibles and I could tell you which manual, which chapter - and where you needed to go to troubleshoot whatever system you were looking for.
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A buddy of mine was a seal and they called him Dusty even though his name was John. I asked why? They said because he always crop dusted people. (fart as he walked by). So that was his name not John. RIP Marcum.
All i could think of when he said accidental discharge was of dale gribble telling his fake cia flower story to the gun club in the show King of the Hill
I don't know about the SEALS, but in the submarine force, it didn't really matter if someone fucked up outside of work as long as they were good at their job and were a team player.
I joined the Seals when I was 17, I was 250lbs pure muscle and I had been running marathons since I was 14. Born in Wyoming, grew up in South Dakota. They didn't give me a gun during basic training, all they gave me was a large stick...I murdered everyone.
In the 2010s ADs (accidental discharge) were renamed to NDs (negligent discharge) and is punishable under UCMJ. So yea that will fuck with someone’s reputation.
Accidental Discharge means you violated the most basic laws of gun safety you learn when shooting a BB gun. This is why I hate going to public shooting ranges. You have no control over the safety of other shooters. I even hate to go hunting and shooting with friends these days bc so few people grow up shooting guns and are not taught how to properly handle them. I was shooting clays with a buddy once who’s skills I vastly over estimated, I tossed the clay and he went to shoot but the safety was still on, when I yelled at him to take the safety off, he literally turned his body towards me, pointed the barrel of the shotgun directly at me, and said “Whut?”
Speaking of AD I think they call em negligent discharge now. In the late eighties I was on the Dmz in the 2nd inf division our battalion commander had one all be it in a clearing barrel. Mind you they had harped on the men for weeks leading up to the Dmz mission if you had an accidental discharge there will be UCMJ action taken. To make it short I don’t know if anything was ever done to this Lt. Colonel however, he did beat his face in a battalion formation after the mission on Camp Hovey Korea. Five or six years later I’m out and referring high school wrestling matches. During one of the intermissions I’m talking to one of the wrestling coaches who was a prior service marine. We are telling war stories and I mention the accidental discharge by my former battalion commander and he starts smiling. Well it turns out the wrestling coach was married to his daughter, it was his father in law. What are the fucking odds? So yeah dumb shit follows even on the other side of the world lol.
"One time i knew a guy for eight years, never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometime."
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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
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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
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.
"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."
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.
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
Two things that will get me to click on any Jocko video:
-The word SEAL
-BTF Tony Eafrati
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.
That Owl > Al > Keith story is pretty funny, the build up was great! 😆
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
Jocko gave his dad “the talk”
😂😂
I wish he would with mine. Lol
I really do like the good and more relaxed vibes between Echo and Jocko in the older content.
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.
3:57.
“Big Al 50 Cal” story is so funny!!!!
Possibly one of the best Jocko clips of all time.
Owl is definitely a cooler name than Al.
I think somtimes a guy just finds himself the right role models
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.
It took me a couple times until I realized that ‘cuss’ meant ‘of course’ lol
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 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? 🤣
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
Big Owl 50 Cow
I laughed hard..
💀
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
“Cuss I do” 😂 golden
We had a dude we called chiggers because after going to the field once he was covered in those tiny red bugs called chiggers.
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
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?
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.
Thank you Jocko for your podcast and advice.. 👍
My god this is awesome; adding this one to favourites
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
In month 7 of quarantine and I am convinced I will be an important SEAL team member after lock down.
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.
"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.
Getting lost on land nav. Shawn Ryan hears this and is like “hey man it fucking happens”
"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.
Thank You for your time!
why did you join the seals ?
ME: i want a funny nickname...äh...i mean serve my country and shit ^^
Its not how you're buried that counts. Its how you're remembered.
I know of a former SEAL operator who quit because he got tired of snatching bad guys out out of their bed in the middle of the night. He said that wasn't what he signed up for.
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.
I had “accidental” discharge last wked, she wasn’t impressed but since then made up for it
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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
I still remember our DM having an ND in front of our Company Commander. That was a decade ago. No lie, that crap sticks.
@scrimpy Designated Marksman and Negligent Discharge.
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)
Lmfao
Guy: stay alive, yknow?
Jocko: yep yep
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.
"My name is not 'Al' at all. It's 'Owl'!" "Big Owl 50 Cal to you, buddy!"
I’ve been apologizing to my wife for ADs for decades now.
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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.
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
A cop I worked with was a really big guy. He went to firearms wearing no underwear one time and as he bent down to pick up his brass he split his pants. He was forever known as Package.
Tony’s a great story teller. And that Owl story is hilarious and is a pretty cool nickname at the same time 🇺🇸🔱
Does this apply to David Goggins?
What did David goggins do?
Tony needs to come back onto the podcast
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.
The seals guys put a big smile on it face. They're solid fucking guys. Most of them
Congrats on the 1 million subscribers guys! 😎😎
It's kinda cool that these nicknames have their own etymology to them.
That makes sense. So one's reputation is dependent on the degree to which they manifest or violate operational values in their behavior.
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 think they could do a whole podcast on nicknames
The same things are true as a plumber.
I got nothin but respect for anyone who has ever taken their oath to country.
It's no wonder the smallest things can stay with you for decades when the norm is extreme competence in the units.
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)
Lol solid im on abpod cast now realll things
For those that don't know. Jocko Willink is so beastial.....
He's the base player model for a survival game.
Sounds like a firehouse... When you screw something up, nobody forgets. We've all done dumb things, but reputations are made or broken on what you do when it counts.
I'm my fire school class one of my fellow trainees fell asleep. He started SNORING. So the instructor (Big angry dude) was in the middle of the lesson and it went something like...
"Okay so you take the female end of the hose and the male end and... WHO THE HELL IS BREATHING LIKE A RHINOCEROS BACK THAR??!!"
He got the nickname rhino after that lmao
@@sneakysnickersnoopy haha... that’s exactly how it happens!
Haven’t watched yet but I feel like Jackos gonna target David goggins lol
There was a brutal coldblooded Norwegian resistance fighter during ww2 who had a nickname so strong that I think most just took it for granted that his name was “The cheese”
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That woman who became the first female SF soldier had an AD off post and was charged with a misdemeanor. When I was an instructor I had 2 students do exactly the same thing- one of them managed to shoot himself in the arm (2002) and the other just put a hole in a wall (1999). The policy said that if you have an AD you are DONE, period. The 1999 idiot was out of the course the next day. The 2002 moron was medically recycled. I suppose it was because the standards were lowered because of the numbers game and the fact that we were at war, The guy who shot himself eventually graduated but his rep was shit from the get. He didn't have a great career in group and spent most of his time behind a desk. Remember both of these accidents happened when they were in the course and off post. It will be interesting to see how the command handles this situation with the girl green beret
Active Duty Army 68X / 15 Y - 7 deployments between 1996-2006 - Zero AD's - Most of the AD's that I witnessed were LT's popping off their pistols before going to chow.
Nickname was "Skippy" -- Reputation for being a walking T.M.
IN aviation your T.M.s are bibles and I could tell you which manual, which chapter - and where you needed to go to troubleshoot whatever system you were looking for.
Jocko when will you address the Seal Team 6 cowards who left John Chapman to die and fight alone after he saved them?
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A buddy of mine was a seal and they called him Dusty even though his name was John. I asked why? They said because he always crop dusted people. (fart as he walked by). So that was his name not John. RIP Marcum.
In the SEALS you have a accidental discharge your Nick name will be AD 😂
All i could think of when he said accidental discharge was of dale gribble telling his fake cia flower story to the gun club in the show King of the Hill
I don't know about the SEALS, but in the submarine force, it didn't really matter if someone fucked up outside of work as long as they were good at their job and were a team player.
Big Al 50 Cal,I like that name!
I would absolutely go with that name and toss Keith away.
I joined the Seals when I was 17, I was 250lbs pure muscle and I had been running marathons since I was 14. Born in Wyoming, grew up in South Dakota. They didn't give me a gun during basic training, all they gave me was a large stick...I murdered everyone.
Dude ur a clown 🤡
In the 2010s ADs (accidental discharge) were renamed to NDs (negligent discharge) and is punishable under UCMJ. So yea that will fuck with someone’s reputation.
Accidental Discharge means you violated the most basic laws of gun safety you learn when shooting a BB gun. This is why I hate going to public shooting ranges. You have no control over the safety of other shooters. I even hate to go hunting and shooting with friends these days bc so few people grow up shooting guns and are not taught how to properly handle them. I was shooting clays with a buddy once who’s skills I vastly over estimated, I tossed the clay and he went to shoot but the safety was still on, when I yelled at him to take the safety off, he literally turned his body towards me, pointed the barrel of the shotgun directly at me, and said “Whut?”
Big AL 50Cal. My new gamer tag.
These kind of stories make me regret not joining the services
Speaking of AD I think they call em negligent discharge now. In the late eighties I was on the Dmz in the 2nd inf division our battalion commander had one all be it in a clearing barrel. Mind you they had harped on the men for weeks leading up to the Dmz mission if you had an accidental discharge there will be UCMJ action taken. To make it short I don’t know if anything was ever done to this Lt. Colonel however, he did beat his face in a battalion formation after the mission on Camp Hovey Korea. Five or six years later I’m out and referring high school wrestling matches. During one of the intermissions I’m talking to one of the wrestling coaches who was a prior service marine. We are telling war stories and I mention the accidental discharge by my former battalion commander and he starts smiling. Well it turns out the wrestling coach was married to his daughter, it was his father in law. What are the fucking odds? So yeah dumb shit follows even on the other side of the world lol.
I need to make a damn meme of a owl with a a 50cal 🔫🦉