United States Navy SEALs

And remember that Eisenkot rose through the IDF's Yerroah Golani Infantry Brigade.

They're like the Navy SEALs type of Israel.

and was OC Northern Command, served as chief of staff of the IDF from 2015 to 2019.

You never heard of him, because he's not a real good politician.

But how many times have we done these attacks like in Venezuela and even in Israel and Iran? At what point has it amounted to World War Three as we would as we've seen in the movies? And this, you know, obviously, everyone is entitled to their opinions about this.

And instead of sharing our opinions, I'm going to let this Navy SEAL explain why he isn't worried about Iran.

And I love what he says here.

What is your overall take on the situation?

We could get you to review one, but the things you're saying, like taking it on a tractor to be beat up, they're going to be like, that sounds like a liability.

They want me to go on adventures with Navy SEALs for buying one of their watches and

they don't.

Yes, and you take your watch and however beat up it gets, it's not their problem

love that.

I was going to guess like the B-movie script or the Navy SEAL copypasta.

Oh.

Now, for the uninitiated, Tom, can you explain the probably obvious conceit of your podcast?

You know, direct to video Scott Adkins action stuff.

It's a he's a Navy SEAL.

Dolph Lundgren has a cameo in this.

He plays a like Navy SEAL commander guy.

And now we're talking.

Now we're talking.

all these places.

The military, the military, especially the SEAL teams, guess what? Change of rotation every, wait for it.

Two years.

Typically in the SEAL teams.

You got ahead of me, right? So this is where I was going, right? And you guys in the teams, y'all were forced to maintain high levels of professionalism and also knowing that if you are doing something that's going to potentially damage your relationship with somebody, it's the relationship...

The relationship that you are potentially doing damage to is a relationship you have with a person that you're going to need to know that they 100% will be doing their job when it matters because it could cost you both their lives.

Because of the nature of what was on the line when your leadership changes happened, what things could you say were most helpful for y'all in the teams? Because the individual stakes were immediate and high whenever those leadership changes happened.

Yeah.

Those dogs are amazing.

Um, as a matter of fact, uh, I brought up the Navy seals and when Osama bin Laden was, was killed, um, a Belgium Malinois was in that mission and actually on that mission and, and leading the mission.

inside of that home and that those are bad dogs and one more quick thing if you'd like to learn more about that dog you there's actually a book written by his handler he was in all kinds of Navy SEAL Missions.

It's a great book.

I think Daniel Coyle and Culture Code would be another one up there in terms of psychological safety.

Looking at high-performing teams, it sounds daft as a teacher to look at the Navy SEALs as kind of the example we should aspire to, but kind of the way they install psychological safety and their teams and their recruitment and how they work together No one feels safer than when you're in a cohesive, well-put-together team that is all striving for the same direction.

So again, it comes back to clarity.

It comes back to trust, accountability, and coaching.

The problem is, like you mentioned, if those steps don't come to you when you need them, it's the same as not even knowing.

What does work is rehearsal, rehearsal, rehearsal, rehearsal, right? When we get to the point like Navy SEALs train and train and train and train.

And when they're in that situation, they don't think they just do.

So if what you can train yourself to do is to either use the most important frameworks, you're not thinking them through anymore.