Im ok with that. Theres a lot of things that go on post operation. A decorated, veteran Navy SEAL died Sunday after a mishap during military free-fall training in Arizona, Navy officials told USNI News. But in the end, you never addressed him directly. HOOVER: And you think that contributed to his decline in custody? MCRAVEN: Yeah, I would say its a little surreal, but, you know, I go back to that whole operation and Ive offered to the American people, regardless of what side of the political aisle you might be on, you know, you would have been proud of the national security team the president, the vice president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, director of national intelligence director of the CIA all of these men and women that came together to do what was right by the nation. On that mission, they were representing a tribe that had trained and bled and hungered for 31 years to redeem itself as sensationally as it had failed in its public debut. Yeah, it was actually a C-130. So I understood pretty quickly that the guys were a little banged up, but they were OK. And so we went from plan A to plan B. Well, thank you president Powers, Provost Fenves, deans, members of the faculty, family and friends, and most importantly, the class of 2014, it is indeed an honor for me to be here tonight. It was going to be a staff job at . And you think that contributed to his decline in custody? MCRAVEN: Yeah, he wasn't in a real good position to negotiate. The president thanks us for the mission and then reaches behind the presidents desk and hands me a plaque. Read the full transcript of McRaven's May 19, 2014 speech right here at Rev.com. He also led the . You got to find out, one, is everybody OK? I can see it on the overhead surveillance. And, oh by the way, the guys are still in the compound. "There is nobody in the U.S. government that thinks we can kill our way to victory, certainly not the special-operations guys," he says, "but what happens is, by capturing and killing some of these high-value targets, we buy space and time for the rest of the government to work.". Thomas O'Connell, then Assistant Secretary of Defense, paid him a visit, and the two shared cigars just outside the former Iraqi President's prison cell. About Obama, without a question to prompt him, he waxes lyrical and at length. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Having said that, I knew bin Laden was about six foot four And I thought, well Im six foot two. He salutes the Greatest Generation and has faith in the new one. There are costs. HOOVER: You know, Ive heard you say that you are the quote biggest fan of the millennial generation and generation and Gen Z. Well, I think its interesting when you think about Westmorelands observation in context. Later, William McRaven shares his story of a horrible parachute accident, which leaves him hospitalized for . So he lay down next to the body and sure enough, the body was about two inches longer. Cartwright, the Marine general, says, "If every time you knock one off all they do is replace him, how valuable was that, particularly if you could have been watching him? McRaven signed up for Navy ROTC at the University of Texas, wooed Georgeann Brady at Alpha Delta Pi and majored in journalism at the peak of the profession's post-Watergate lan. MCRAVEN: Yeah. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retired Navy Admiral and former U.S. special operations chief William McRaven has no regrets about criticizing President Donald Trump, though he said on Wednesday . They pull it up, and there's Saddam. Tell me about that moment and what you heard come through the radio after that. We actually didnt have a drone. And was in charge of SEAL Team Six during Neptunes Spear, the daring operation that took out Osama Bin Laden. And even with that giant beard he had, it didnt take long for us to realize that we had the right guy. And as we're taking off from the C-130 and we're kind of getting out of Baghdad, all of a sudden it hits me - this is going to be the day we're getting him. HOOVER: Admiral William McRaven, welcome back to Firing Line for a special edition episode honoring Independence Day. s parents, as guardians, as teachers, as mentors, as coaches, encouraging the youth of America to develop healthy, happy, good routines is important for the future of this country. McRaven and his four SEAL teams had trained for such a moment, but it was all he could do to follow the news in bed. With otherwise outstanding efficiency reports, however, McRaven won a chance at platoon command in SEAL Team 4. There he produced an original treatise, "The Theory of Special Operations," that the Navy credits with "considerable impact not only on the special-operations community but on [the Defense Department] at large." While freefalling, the man ahead of him deployed his parachute too soon, and McRaven collided with the chute as it opened. She was seriously injured in a parachute accident. "We do raids. Bush famously kept a list of al-Qaeda leaders in his Oval Office desk drawer and drew an X over each face as the target was captured or killed. On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Once there were U.S. commando units in World War II. I had received an intelligence brief the night before from one of the great noncommissioned officers that was part of the Saddam hunt. On the night of the bin Laden raid, there were 13 simultaneous operations in Afghanistan by clandestine "special-mission units" under JSOC, according to McRaven and Petraeus. You know, when we first captured Saddam, he was pompous. One of its central messages was intended to caution against a literal idea of combat: "We will not triumph solely or even primarily through military might. Admiral William McRaven. And I certainly didn't make it to where I was as a result of my own wonderful talents. To be a good leader, you have to be a good communicator. May 29, 2020. Steve Inskeep asked him about a routine parachute jump in San Diego in the year 2001. McRaven: He went from being pompous and arrogant to frankly, just being, you know, a tired, corrupt old man. . There was always an understanding that it was about doing what was right for the country. And eventually, of course, the SEALs execute a mission that all of these guys, in terms of the tactics of it, had done hundreds of times before. Thornton is a former Navy SEAL that was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during a mission in the Vietnam War. There were more serious charges, one of which eventually landed Marcinko in prison. When McRaven jumped he found himself falling at 125 MPH and hitting the parachute of another, who had deployed his chute too soon. I wonder what you think we can do to convince more people to make their beds every morning? Along the way, McRaven sketches the qualities required to pull off something very much like the bin Laden raid, 18 years in advance: "a simple plan, carefully concealed, realistically rehearsed and executed with surprise, speed and purpose." In 2001, McRaven was hospitalized after a parachute accident "kind of . I mean, if thats not service, I dont know what is. on. MCRAVEN: You know, nobody goes through life and is successful all on their own. Bring us back to this moment, will you, Admiral? There were a lot of people that get you to where you are. Judge plans to appoint Special Master to Dominion, Fox News . You wrote in your book, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, quote, I was having one of those feelings, again, inexplicable, powerful, eerie, one I couldnt shake and I certainly couldnt rationalize. And the reason that I am so impressed with this generation, because the 9/11 generation, these young men and women that signed up after September 11th, that raised their hand and said, Im going to join the military, knew that they were taking on the risks, knew that they would probably go to war. So Im getting radio calls from the ground force commander. And then, of course, when we get on target, we didnt know whether or not the entire compound was booby trapped, whether bin Laden was wearing a suicide vest, all those sorts of things added to the risk. And I thought it was a fair question, and it's a question that needed to be answered. The president thanks us for the mission and then reaches behind the presidents desk and hands me a plaque. Will they be, you know, somebody of importance? In a special edition celebrating Independence Day, four-star Admiral William H. McRaven shares stories of heroism from his 37 years of service to America, including details behind the capture of Saddam Hussein and the killing of Osama bin Laden. So while I didnt know at a young age that I wanted to follow in my fathers footsteps, I dont think it took me long before I realized that this was the path that was the right fit for me. McRaven, then a 45-year-old Navy SEAL captain, led a jump exercise near San Diego. "All in all, a pretty good year," McRaven says, "but frankly it has been a big year for us really since 9/11.". Marcinko rented Mercedes sedans with Navy funds, a friend of McRaven's says, "just because he could." HOOVER: We all remember those images of Saddam Hussein the moment that he was captured. And to this day, Moki oversees the triathlon that we run every year as part of our underwater demolition team and our SEAL fraternity. Now, when I walked in, I made sure that my name tags were off and my stars were off. . When after a bad parachute accident McRaven stoically refused pain medication, he writes that "the imposing face of . I couldnt see what was going on inside the building. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. MCRAVEN: Yeah, it was interesting. And then he fired three rounds. And a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better. Yeah, I mean, even to this day, the impact of Moki Martin is with me every day. McRaven oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. I don't know whether I've been dazed. Good to be with you. Years ago the author was badly wounded in a parachute accident and he had to go through months of recovery and rehabilitation. But when we were in training, he did not hesitate to pick me out of a crowd and turn me into a sugar cookie, as we say, where you roll around in the sand, and that kind of good natured harassment on a routine basis. SINGAPORE: Four people were taken to the hospital on Saturday (Jul 10) after an early morning accident involving a taxi and a car at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Selegie . . The Navy brass had established a secret counterterrorist unit under Commander Richard Marcinko, a creative, mercurial and extravagantly profane enthusiast of commando arts. I need to go personally identify the remains before I can kind of come back and tell you for certain its bin Laden. We put the body bag on the hangar floor and its a rubberized body bag. HOOVER: Take a look at President Obamas speech to the nation the night of May 1st, 2011. And the SEALs entering the room did absolutely the right thing and shot him, not knowing whether or not he was wearing a suicide vest or what was happening at that instant. Eventually, it will pass, and you will win. I mean, if thats not service, I dont know what is. I guess he did.". and will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. INSKEEP: You tell story after story after story in this book. The Navy admiral was celebrated for the success of his plan, and was the runner-up for Time's Person of the Year for the operation. HOOVER: Bring us back to this moment, will you, Admiral? What were you feeling in those moments? You were on a helicopter leaving Baghdad and you suddenly wanted to turn it around. MCRAVEN: Well, the Joint Operation Center, we refer to it as the JOC, was probably about a hundred people that are sitting in a room with a lot of computers. But it was pretty clearly bin Laden. Starting your day off by completing a task will initiate your momentum to do the next task, and then the next, and so on. We noted early on that you managed to get through a severe injury because of a commanding officer who maybe bent the rules a little bit, although you never confirmed that. When the chute blossomed the two parts went different ways and took his legs with them. So whenever people begin to lose hope about the future of the country and whether or not the men and women will continue to serve, I think weve seen this movie before. There was something about the new intelligence, something about the confidence of the intelligence, something about everything. "If I were to react to a ship takedown in a foreign port or an embassy in a foreign country, the Eagles would stick out like a" O.K., well, that's as much of the quote as you get in TIME. Tell us about that. Capture him if you can, but if he presents a threat at all, any threat whatsoever, kill him.. And when it did, the leg with the pilot chute went one direction, and the leg with the risers went the other direction and kind of snapped me in two. He has unique facial characteristics. Then, I thought, well, you know, thats probably not very distinguished for the three star admiral to be lying down next to the body. What I would offer is I think when he finally realized that he no longer had his palaces, he no longer had his generals, he no longer had his handmaidens, he went from being pompous and arrogant to frankly, just being, you know, a tired, corrupt old man. Tell us about that. McCraven is best known as the Navy SEAL commander who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The bad news is, when a parachute opens, it blossoms. MCRAVEN: I had a moment of relief, you bet. So it broke my pelvis several inches apart, you know, ripped muscles out of my stomach and my legs, fractured my back, and I landed about two miles from the drop zone. "He was climbing the steps, and it was agony, step by step. What happened was the down blast from the helicopter hit this 18 foot high wall, created a vortex, kind of a vacuum over the blades, caused the helicopter to lose lift. TOM HANKS: Four skiffs carrying armed men. I unzip the body bag and without getting too graphic he obviously didnt look too good, he had a couple of rounds in his head the beard was a little smaller, I think, than what we usually anticipate. This is a disturbing phenomenon to me because I dont believe our democracy long range is going to work unless theres an attitude in our society and particularly among our young, that they have an obligation of service. McRaven made headlines in August when he wrote an op-ed condemning President Trump saying, "Revoke my security clearance, too." Now Fox News is reporting that last month, just a few days after penning the op-ed, McRaven left a prominent post with the DIB over the incident.. McRaven said in a 2019 interview. William H. McRaven was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina. So, yes, we believed we had bin Laden. And you write that you, quote, had an obligation, both morally and legally to keep him safe. So I was doing a freefall operation out in Southern California outside San Diego. You know, he ate as well if not better than a lot of the soldiers that we had. Of course, as we began to come in to target the one helicopter loses lift as it got over the target. Youre watching PBS. Firing Line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by and by Corporate funding is provided by Naval Special Warfare Group 1 began the hunt for Osama bin Laden without its commodore, and he soon stepped down from command. I'm not exactly sure what's happened. What do we need to do next? Ill lie down next to the body just to see whether or not the remains are a little longer. And he raised his hands, and he says, you know, I'm Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq, and I'm here to negotiate. And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made, that you made. Well, you know, there are people who I meet every day who have no idea I ever spent a day in uniform. And then, of course, when we get on target, we didnt know whether or not the entire compound was booby trapped, whether bin Laden was wearing a suicide vest, all those sorts of things added to the risk. And Maybe the World . And on the plaque is a Home Depot tape measure. You told the SEAL Team Six, This mission is to capture or kill bin Laden. I said, hey, son, how tall are you? And as I say in the book, kind of inexplicably, I just had this feeling that this was going to be the night that we got Saddam Hussein. Yeah, I would say its a little surreal, but, you know, I go back to that whole operation and Ive offered to the American people, regardless of what side of the political aisle you might be on, you know, you would have been proud of the national security team the president, the vice president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, director of national intelligence director of the CIA all of these men and women that came together to do what was right by the nation. And a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better. william mcraven on his time in the military and his criticism of president trump. HOOVER: That night, you watched the raid from the Joint Operation Center, where you sat in a small closet with a view of the entire center while communicating privately with the White House. Never once did he say, why me? Im absolutely ok with that. And so what we had to do pretty quickly was to make sure he understood that he was a prisoner of the United States and we were going to treat him well. McRaven, who served as the ninth commander of the U.S. Special Operations command from . INSKEEP: You're in a command position in Iraq, in a senior position in Iraq. Taking Apart al-Qaeda So if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. ), (See TIME's 2008 Person of the Year: Barack Obama. And frankly, I didnt want to engage him in a conversation. ", A Fourth Star Capture him if you can, but if he presents a threat at all, any threat whatsoever, kill him.. Do you mind recounting it? He bought them. I had been talking to the leader of the Army Task Force. The lead, in fact, had led them to Saddam. And then two days later, when I was back in Washington briefing the Congress, I get a call to come over to the White House. William H. McRaven. "He was a bright guy, but he didn't like my rude and crude way," Marcinko said. 3 commander twice a year. And, oh by the way, the guys are still in the compound. I mean, hes just a remarkable, remarkable inspiration. Well, thats true of every mission you conduct, youve got to be able to delegate to people that you have trust and confidence in. The good news is, as I fell a couple hundred feet or a thousand feet or so, the parachute finally opened. And some folks were a little dismissive. I mean, it showed that we as Americans can do the hard things and do them well. He's sure he would have surrendered to self-pity and . So a static line parachute is where you hook up inside the aircraft, the freefall you jump out with a parachute on your back. I wonder what you think we can do to convince more people to make their beds every morning? HOOVER: You write about a skydiving accident that you were in in 2001 that nearly cost you your life. The good news is, as I fell a couple hundred feet or a thousand feet or so, the parachute finally opened. I mean, who in the world is going to join the military for relatively low pay, to put your life at risk, et cetera, et cetera? A natural storyteller, he shared highlights from his high-profile career at a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last week. Four skiffs carrying armed men. Routines, good routines, healthy routines are important. HOOVER: Admiral, youve led sailors through harrowing missions. ", Does killing high-value targets make sense as a recipe to defeat al-Qaeda? So there was always concern about the Pakistanis engaging. MCRAVEN: Thank you, Margaret. And then in 1983, as you mentioned, he had a head-on bicycle accident and then was paralyzed from the chest down and has been since that time. At the time, Admiral William H. McRaven thought that this accident put a definitive end to his career. INSKEEP: How have people in the military that you have known dealt with the reality that they put their lives on the line, in some places lost arms or legs, for this purpose that turned out to be false? Then it was back to operations. The second helicopter, which was supposed to come in and land on the roof, lands outside. When the lead helicopter lost its lift and crash-landed in an animal pen, one participant in the video call said he thought he might vomit. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, // A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. Bin Laden lay low and stayed alive. But the fact of the matter is, I didnt want to engage with him. "[They] kind of snapped me in two," McRaven said. (Photo Credit: United States Navy / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) McRaven's plan was successful and bin Laden was killed by SEAL Team 6 on May 2, 2011. I didnt think much of it. INSKEEP: You refer to remembering this incident, this kindness of effectively overlooking the regulations, you think, and how you behaved later as a commander, as the wars began in Iraq and Afghanistan. So whenever a shot is fired, somebody is reporting through the chain. Unsure of his altitude or even where he was, he still had the frame of mind to reach for his ripcord, and pulled it. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Adm. William McRaven, who may be best-known as the Navy SEAL commander who oversaw the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, about his new memoir. On Sept. 11, 2001, McRaven was recovering at home in Southern California from a freak parachute accident that had nearly killed him four months earlier, crushing his back and pelvis. What are you trying to tell me there? Now, when I walked in, I made sure that my name tags were off and my stars were off. So there was always concern about the Pakistanis engaging. William McRaven delivered MIT's 2020 Commencement address. McRaven says civilians die in fewer than 1% of the raids, a good record in close urban combat, but it still means U.S. commandos are killing noncombatants twice a month. But having said that, I mean, the troops are thoughtful. I couldnt see what was going on inside the building. Making your bed as easy to do. This is a disturbing phenomenon to me because I dont believe our democracy long range is going to work unless theres an attitude in our society and particularly among our young, that they have an obligation of service. Theyre the superheroes. But that was still many hours after the mission was concluded. William McRaven retired from the US Navy as a four-star admiral, as the commander of the United States special operations command and as the longest serving Navy SEAL in the history of our country . But that was still many hours after the mission was concluded. We fly in by helicopters, we assault compounds, we, you know, we grab the bad guy or whatever is required, and we get out. Copyright 2019 NPR. We were holding our breath whether he could make it. The drill was to jump at 13,000 feet and once you dropped to 5,500 feet, you pulled your ripcord. HOOVER: You know, you were also in charge of a very successful high seas rescue of Captain Phillips, who was held hostage by pirates off the coast of Somalia. But occupied France and John F. Kennedy are not what usually come to mind when special operators look for a reference point. If bin Laden had his hands up and he clearly was not a threat which was going to be difficult because you dont know whether or not theyre carrying a suicide vest underneath but if he had come out of that room with his hands up and clearly not a threat, we had an obligation, a legal obligation, a moral obligation to capture him. The New York Times reports that Vice Adm McRaven was asked in February by Mr Panetta to come up with various proposals for a military strike on the compound where Bin Laden was believed to be . Caption. What were you seeing? Rochor exit ECP traffic accident involving a van and a car on 15 February 2017 around 9.34am. So, yes, we believed we had bin Laden. All the men went off to World War Two, and then they came back and rebuilt the country. Admiral William McRaven, welcome back to Firing Line for a special edition episode honoring Independence Day. Then, as commandos set explosive charges around the wounded aircraft: "We're going to destroy the helicopter.". We did. Television, film and video games have infused popular culture, and the political debate, with the power of special warfare to get the job done on the cheap. Four-star Admiral Bill McRaven, former commander of the U.S. Special Operations and Navy SEAL, has led a high-profile careerincluding facing Somali pirates, Osama Bin Laden, and his own commander in chief. Copyright © 2014 Time Inc. All rights reserved. The compound could still be booby trapped. You know, when we stood up an all volunteer force, I remember thinking initially, well, this will never work. Admiral William H. McRaven, Address to Class of 2015, 18 January 2014. In April 2011, while you were serving as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command, you were gearing up to take down Osama bin Laden. Will they be the next president or prime minister of Iraq? And sure enough, by the time we got back, the great Army Special Operations unit had gotten the lead. As the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, he led a force of 69,000 men and women and was responsible for conducting counter-terrorism operations worldwide. Toward the end, with the assault team moving from room to room, McRaven stepped unexpectedly away from the screen. His father, a career Air Force officer, was stationed at Pope Air Force Base, now known as Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg. Take a look at this video. We had a helicopter with an optical ball on it that was providing our ISR, our video coverage, if you will. And as I was descending, I noticed that there was . Eric Thor Olson (born January 24, 1952) is a retired United States Navy admiral who last served as the eighth Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) from July 2, 2007 to August 8, 2011. Im absolutely ok with that. Retired Navy Adm. William H. McRaven has written a new book called, "The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived." 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