Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

But he did as directed, replying on the radio, “Roger that. Stand by.” It should have taken no more th ...

confidently, but also allowed me to focus on the bigger picture—in this case, monitoring the actions of ...

possible. Teams within teams are organized for maximum effectiveness for a particular mission, with leaders ...

that affects strategic decision making. With SEAL Teams—just as with any team in the business world— t ...

effective command and control. Other times, the officer gets stuck in the back of the train, on cleanup duty ...

“So how do they know who is in charge?” I asked. “Without a clear chain of command—people knowing w ...

“So one branch manager leads twenty-one people, and the other branch manager leads two people?” I ...

building and growing.” “So what would you say the ideal size would be for a team or branch in your com ...

of the platoon commanders, and again, they would pass my guidance down to their subordinate leadership.” “Could ...

strategic goals, and what impact it has, they can then lead, even in the absence of explicit orders.” ...

“Junior leaders must know that the boss will back them up even if they make a decision that ...

PART III SUSTAINING VICTORY ...

SEAL Team Three, Task Unit Bruiser, Charlie Platoon Mission Planning Space at Camp Marc Lee. Ordnanc ...

CHAPTER 9 Plan Leif Babin RAMADI, IRAQ: HOSTAGE RESCUE “They have IEDs buried in the yard and bunkered machi ...

Our intelligence indicated the hostage location was a house on the outskirts of a Ramadi suburb. The ...

available: our own armored Humvees and two U.S. Navy HH-60 Seahawk helicopters. We put ...

Back at our SEAL camp, known as “Sharkbase,”^1 we finalized an innovative plan designed to catch the t ...

you have to pull the trigger, make sure the people you kill are bad.” With that, the brief concl ...

in our plan. Our goal was to maintain the element of surprise and hit the bad guys before they even real ...

charge on the door. BOOM! It’s on, I thought to myself. With an Iraqi hostage to rescue, we had pla ...