Adm. Bill McRaven
Professor of National Security, UT Austin. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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As Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, McRaven oversaw the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden and later served as Chancellor of the University of Texas System. He is the author of multiple bestsellers, including Make Your Bed, and currently serves as a professor of national security.
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15statements
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Everything Adm. Bill McRaven said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
McRaven: Claims of Wokeness Infiltrating the Military Are Blown Out of Proportion
“There's this concern about wokeness but I will tell you that when a survey has been done regarding, you know, talking to the young kids, why did you join? Where did wokeness fall out? Yeah, it was not high on their concerns, and I will tell you in my discussio…”
McRaven: US military today is probably finest in world history
“In terms of the quality of the military, I would tell you, I still think that the military that you see today is probably the finest military in the history of the world.”
McRaven: High-risk detainees were never released during his Iraq command
“Where there were detainees that we held that we thought were, should never be released in the entire time I was in Iraq, we certainly didn't release them. Some of them went to went to Guantanamo.”
McRaven: Special Operations Was Never Unduly Constrained by Rules of Engagement
“I never really felt that we were constrained. I mean, every time we had a bad guy that we thought we needed to go capture we were always in a position to do that. And we did it a lot.”
Adm. McRaven: Military must fast-track promotions for exceptional young talent
“So yes, we've got to figure out a way to recognize talent early and figure out how it moves quicker through the chain of command.”
McRaven: US is still struggling with hypersonic missile technology
“So when you look at hypersonic missiles out there, we're still struggling with a little bit of hypersonic technology.”
McRaven: Russia Modernized Tanks and Aviation but Failed on Soldiers and Tactics
“We've been watching the Russian modernization program over the last 10 or 15 years, you know, and so, I mean, they went from the, you know, T-seventy-two, T-eighty, T-ninety tank, they've modernized their aviation fleet and everything else. I mean, we saw this…”
McRaven: Russian Generals Died on Front Lines Due to Flawed Command Systems
“Their command and control systems were not very good. Of course, a lot of their generals had to come, come to the front lines and they were eliminated on the front lines because their command and control systems weren't good.”
McRaven: Millennials and Gen Z are not soft, entitled snowflakes
“I'm the biggest fan of the millennials and the Gen Z that you'll ever meet. And that surprises a lot of people because there is this narrative out there that the millennials and the Gen Z are these soft, entitled little snowflakes. Well, I'm quick to point out…”
McRaven: Organizations rarely encounter situations someone inside hasn't seen before
“And I would always bring in the men or the women that had the experience, that had seen this before, because rarely in warfare, and I would offer rarely in, whether it's diplomacy or rarely in the corporate world, Is there a situation that somebody in your org…”
McRaven: Bin Laden raid helicopter crashed due to wall-induced rotor vortex
“The down blast from the helicopter hit that concrete wall and created a vortex, basically a vacuum over the top of the lift, of the blades. And so the pilot kind of lost lift and then careened off into the what we refer to as the animal pen.”
McRaven: 24 personnel deployed on the ground during bin Laden raid
“Well, we had about 12 guys in hel, 24 guys on the ground total.”
McRaven: Making your bed creates momentum to accomplish daily tasks
“Because when you get up and you make your bed and you, again, you take a little pride in it, then it kind of motivates you to do another task and another and another.”
McRaven: Saddam Hussein never made his bed in US custody
“I would go in every day that we had Saddam to check on him to make sure that you know, he was appropriately taken care of. And his bed was always kind of rumpled, not made.”
Adm. McRaven: Military is actively recruiting from the commercial tech sector
“The military has You know, we've been looking at a lot of ways to recruit, you know, great young men and women from the tech world to kind of help the military deal with some of the tech challenges that they're dealing with.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Adm.'s full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 AMERICAN OPTIMISTLEDGER | Professor of National Security, UT Austin | 1 | 15 | 100% 4/4 | full record on American Optimist → |