You were on a helicopter leaving Baghdad and you suddenly wanted to turn it around. We were holding our breath . You were in the joint operation center and you heard the C squadron commander who was on the ground saying, we have Jackpot. Take us inside the Joint Operation Center at that moment. When I went to visit guys in the hospital, they always said, I want to get back in the fight. Thank you for your service. HOOVER: You write about a skydiving accident that you were in in 2001 that nearly cost you your life. And you write that you, quote, had an obligation, both morally and legally to keep him safe. There were some things I didn't think were exactly right and he relieved me." I dont know, as a young boy, whether I thought I would follow in my fathers footsteps, what I knew was I loved the camaraderie. Oh, absolutely. She was seriously injured in a parachute accident. Admiral William McRaven (ret), former commander of Special Ops during OBL raid, writes: "Truth be told, I am a pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, small-government, strong-defense and a national . Few believe it will be his last. His father, a career Air Force officer, was stationed at Pope Air Force Base, now known as Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg. 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. Retired Navy Adm. William H. McRaven has written a new book called, "The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived." McRaven knows about heroic deeds, having directed the 2011 U.S . So Im getting radio calls from the ground force commander. This year, a decade later, their paths finally crossed. After jumping from the plane, McRaven noticed the jumper below him had pulled his chute, and it was coming at him fast. Then, I thought, well, you know, thats probably not very distinguished for the three star admiral to be lying down next to the body. MCRAVEN: (Laughter) Again, some things are better not questioned. "If I was a loose cannon, he was too rigid. And so I really didnt kind of come off the business end of this mission probably until later that evening when finally I was able to hit the rack. Yeah, it was actually a C-130. Admiral William H. McRaven is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed and the New York Times bestsellers Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations and The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived. Michael E. Thornton - BUD/S Class 49. Admiral McRaven also explains how it isn't necessary to change everyone's lives for the world to change. William McRaven, former University of Texas System chancellor and retired U.S. Navy four-star admiral, joined the school as a professor in national security in 2018. Good to be with you. In 2001, McRaven was hospitalized after a parachute accident "kind of . Operation Neptune Spear stripped al-Qaeda of its iconic leader and offered a kind of recompense for the traumas of 9/11. Retired Adm. William McRaven earned fame for leading US special-operations forces on some of their most well-known missions. He had leadership skills we'd expect from a guy who had 35 years in the military." For most of the past decade, McRaven hunted down high-value targets overseas. I think he still felt that he would come back into power. And frankly, I didnt want to engage him in a conversation. But I'm stunned. McRaven oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. William McRaven: The Admiral. Today on the show, Admiral McRaven and I discuss why something as simple as making your bed every day can lay the foundation for success in every aspect of your life, how a parachuting accident taught him an important lesson on avoiding self-pity and learning to rely on the help of others, and why rolling in the sand as a . Patient and ingenious work by U.S. intelligence agencies marked a spot tentative, but more likely accurate than not on the map. 2. I knew that there would have to be some sort of follow on action against Al-Qaeda. And of course, it started in SEAL training. But that was still many hours after the mission was concluded. I mean, it showed that we as Americans can do the hard things and do them well. And at one point in time, a senior chief petty officer, Navy SEAL senior chief petty officer, he said, Admiral, I don't get it; why are we still doing this? And then he fired three rounds. So a static line parachute is where you hook up inside the aircraft, the freefall you jump out with a parachute on your back. The mishap happened when Chief . And I took the opportunity to call up my boys and say, you know, my daughter was with us and explained it to her as well, that her life was about to change for dad. The second helicopter, which was supposed to come in and land on the roof, lands outside. I couldnt see what was going on inside the building. Those were the Wild West days of special operations, and McRaven did not share his commander's easygoing attitude about rules. As they neared the release point, one of the men below McRaven drifted directly underneath. "The SEALs were happy, I was happy, and nobody was getting in trouble except Bill McRaven," he says. ), "The President was at all times presidential," he says. We werent going to put him in a cell with other people, that his days as the leader of Iraq were over. 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. we are two days after veterans day and that was the occasion for this event. Take us inside that closet as you watched your SEALS enter Pakistan and clear the compound floor by floor. I couldnt see what was going on inside the building. 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. And I certainly didn't make it to where I was as a result of my own wonderful talents. Police in Goulburn, a city in New South . Now available in bookstores everywhere, or go to time.com/specialops to order your copy today. If you can't complete a small and mundane task each morning such as making your . You got to find out, one, is everybody OK? He said, well sir Im six two. 10 years after the operation that brought Osama bin Laden to justice, President Obama and Admiral Bill McRaven, the commander of the special operations force. 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. And even with that giant beard he had, it didnt take long for us to realize that we had the right guy. So admittedly that particular operation was a lot sportier, a lot further, a lot more political ramifications, a lot riskier for a lot of reasons, but basically similar to things that we do every night. Retired Adm. William McRaven earned fame for leading US special-operations forces on some of their most well-known missions. . "I want to confirm we have a call of 'Geronimo EKIA,' " he said evenly. So anybody that claims that theyve got a helmet cam video, nobody was wearing helmet cams. And I took the opportunity to call up my boys and say, you know, my daughter was with us and explained it to her as well, that her life was about to change for dad. 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. William H. McRaven was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The family including his two older sisters moved to Texas while William was in elementary school and settled in San Antonio. And every day that I went in, he tried to engage me in a conversation. So I saw some young SEALs standing nearby. 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. Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this number-one New York Times best seller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal).. Theyre all kind of crammed into this small room with General Brad Webb, who was my liaison to the White House at the time. And then he fired three rounds. Once there were U.S. commando units in World War II. And in the case of the rescue of Captain Phillips, the guys on scene made all the right calls. And that little bit of levity kind of helped me through the rest of the night. That was a day that I think motivated all of America to go forth and realize that we had to bring justice to bin Laden, to bring justice to Al-Qaeda and to do what we felt was right for the country. Back then, he was worried about whether or not the youth would stand up and join the military. Will they be, you know, somebody of importance? I mean, there were risks every time we came close to the Pakistani border or crossed the Pakistani border, the Pakistanis were not concerned at all about engaging us. General William Westmoreland joined the original firing line with William F. Buckley Jr. in 1979 for a conversation called, quote, the crisis in the US military. Sign up for notifications from Insider! But I also knew at that moment that life was about to change. McRaven: The SEALs entering the room did absolutely the right thing and shot him, not knowing whether or not he was wearing a suicide vest. And you know what? 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. She was seriously injured in a parachute accident. And that little bit of levity kind of helped me through the rest of the night. But before all that, he had to recover from a terrible accident. "He was a bright guy, but he didn't like my rude and crude way," Marcinko said. No air strikes (yet). 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. Later, William McRaven shares his story of a horrible parachute accident, which leaves him hospitalized for . MCRAVEN: Yeah, it was actually a C-130. Again, this was 2003 so the technology wasnt quite as sophisticated as it is today. What kind of intelligence did we get off the target? All rights reserved. . And, oh by the way, the guys are still in the compound. The sentiments appear to be mutual, for McRaven and his special-operations units. I wonder what you think we can do to convince more people to make their beds every morning? There was always an understanding that it was about doing what was right for the country. Years ago the author was badly wounded in a parachute accident and he had to go through months of recovery and rehabilitation. Naval Special Warfare Group 1 began the hunt for Osama bin Laden without its commodore, and he soon stepped down from command. Eight weeks later came the surprise attacks of Sept. 11. Bin Laden lay low and stayed alive. But it was a relatively straightforward mission in terms of the first part of it. Did you have a sense that you would follow in your fathers footsteps? So I reflect back on that 10 years ago and Im just proud to have been a small part of it. Credits. MCRAVEN: If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day and will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. He was a Vietnam vet. "All in all, a pretty good year," McRaven says, "but frankly it has been a big year for us really since 9/11.". Admiral William McRaven commanded the Special Forces who captured Saddam Hussein. MCRAVEN: You know, nobody goes through life and is successful all on their own. News Skydiving Death Australia. 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 . But at the end of the day, you have to confirm the jackpot. 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. INSKEEP: He wasn't in a very good position to negotiate, I suppose. We have had a lot of times in the course of the last 20 years where we thought we had the right individual and then we get them back and we look at everything from their fingerprints to their DNA and we find out its the wrong guy. 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. I mean, he was, to me, the gold standard in Navy SEALs. Ten years later, Adm. McRaven would help avenge the September 11th attacks by overseeing Operation Neptune Spear. They just know me as the make your bed guy. So if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. Then, in 2001, came the parachute accident and the long climb back. ), (See TIME's 2008 Person of the Year: Barack Obama. Retired Adm. William McRaven and Nicholas Rasmussen, former National Counterterrorism Center director, discuss the raid on the Usama bin Laden compound in Pakistan in commemoration of the 10th . 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. "Look how much of their leadership we've taken apart and how long it's taken, and the movement is still not dead," says Wade Ishimoto, a former Delta Force intelligence officer. . Tell us about that. Did you have a moment of relief at that point? Having said that, I knew bin Laden was about six foot four And I thought, well Im six foot two. Now, in the case of Saddam Hussein, it was pretty obvious. INSKEEP: You write that somehow your staff sometimes lost people's paperwork. An experienced skydiver and another man died in an accident in Australia over the weekend after falling out of a plane. I didnt want to because I didnt want him to think that he was somehow important enough to be able to engage El Jefe, as he called me. You know, we had a lot of kind of heated discussions in the meetings I was in, but there was never any rancor. But they do know you as the make-your-bed guy. You said, quote, As a commander, you would like to be in ultimate control of all of the decisions, but the reality is you cant be. William H. McRaven is a retired four-star US Navy SEAL admiral and author of the number one New York Times best-seller Make Your Bed (2017).During his almost 40 years of service, McRaven became commander of America's anti-terrorist and hostage rescue operations, which included the capture of Saddam Hussein and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. I never asked him the specific details. Dazed at the impact, he pulled his cord only to find himself tangled up in the parachute's lines. Youre watching PBS. So I saw some young SEALs standing nearby. On the downside, "relative superiority" does not last long. Still, there was something more elemental in the final transaction. MCRAVEN: Yeah, it was interesting. McRaven speaks respectfully of Bush as Commander in Chief, saying he "made some very, very tough decisions." But in the end, you never addressed him directly. In his Kabul headquarters as outgoing U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus pumped his fist. What were you feeling in those moments? McRaven charmed the civilians on staff over late-night beers at the Smith & Wollensky steak house. The good news is, as I fell a couple hundred feet or a thousand feet or so, the parachute finally opened. HOOVER: Saddam Hussein became your prisoner when he remained at your camp longer than originally expected, about 30 days. And Ive seen it in this current generation, the millennials and the Gen Z. HOOVER: In 2003, you were the commander of Task Force 714 in Iraq. "He was climbing the steps, and it was agony, step by step. . If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. He never had his hands raised. Stay up to date with what you want to know. Of course, as we began to come in to target the one helicopter loses lift as it got over the target. It obviously had a lot of political risk with it, and I dont want to minimize the risk. And youve probably seen the iconic photo from Pete Souza. You know, he ate as well if not better than a lot of the soldiers that we had. By the time I landed back in Baghdad, the force was moving towards the target and within, you know, within an hours time, the Armys special operations guys that were working for me had had, in fact, captured Saddam Hussein. "I would contend he was the smartest guy in the room. We go through this cycle every couple of decades. I was heading out of Iraq, heading to AL U.D.(?) . And even though I was broken-hearted at the time, I was intent on getting kind of back in the fight and being able to support my fellow special operations warriors. MCRAVEN: Oh, absolutely. I had been talking to the leader of the Army Task Force. With her father by her side, she laughed off the injury . Unfortunately, an SCDF paramedic pronounced a person dead on the scene. Routines, good routines, healthy routines are important. With otherwise outstanding efficiency reports, however, McRaven won a chance at platoon command in SEAL Team 4. All the men went off to World War Two, and then they came back and rebuilt the country. I mean, it showed that we as Americans can do the hard things and do them well. So I think all of those kind of clicked in my mind. According to Shin Min Daily News, the motorcyclist allegedly sustained fatal injuries . Admiral William McRaven, now retired, thought commanding the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, would be the crowning achievement of his 37 years as a Navy SEAL."I . I said, hey, son, how tall are you? 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. And every day when I would come in, he would try to engage me. MCRAVEN: You know, I think the military guys - what I know is, you know, we go where the nation asks us to go, and we do what the nation requires us to do. 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. 20. Eventually, it will pass, and you will win. I didnt want to engage with him because, frankly, I didnt want him to, at least psychologically, think that he was a VIP, that he was somebody important enough to be able to engage me in conversation.

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