Adm. Bill McRaven

7 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 29, 2023 by Adm. Bill McRaven · across every show →

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Mar 29, 2023 negative
Opinion
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…”
Adm. Bill McRaven Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 23:51 Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 29, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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. Bill McRaven Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 14:10 Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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. Bill McRaven Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 18:57 Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 29, 2023
Insight
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…”
Adm. Bill McRaven Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 6:37 Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Insight
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.”
Adm. Bill McRaven Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 13:19 Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Opinion
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…”
Adm. Bill McRaven Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 34:51 Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 29, 2023 positive
Opinion
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.”
Adm. Bill McRaven Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 26:58 Ep 51: Adm. Bill McRaven on Leadership, Modernizing the Dept of Defense & Dealing with China · Joe Lonsdale
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