Part 1 (Winning the War Within) Chapter 1: Extreme Ownership

Question 1

At the heart of leadership is _________

Answer 1

extreme ownership

Question 2

Extreme Ownership means being ____ and _______ responsible for everything that happens during his guidance and control

Answer 2

truly, ultimately

Question 3

If we truly have our eyes fixed on victory, we have to set our _____ aside

Answer 3

egos

Question 4

Accepting what has happened and owning up to our failures takes ____ and ______, which is why it deserves the highest form of recogintion

Answer 4

humility and courage

Question 5

Each step his subordinates takes is a result of his _______

Answer 5

leadership

Question 6

owning up to a teams failures allowed a leader to assess its _________

Answer 6

weaknesses

Question 7

When subordinates see how their leader takes full responsibility for what happened, he then becomes a ______ and his ownership will be contagious

Answer 7

role model

Question 8

The war story in Chapter 1, Extreme Ownership is about:

Answer 8

Friendly fire AKA blue on blue between allied Iraqi soldiers and a SEAL sniper team.

Question 9

The U.S Army M1A2 is a

Answer 9

Abrams Main Battle Tank

Question 10

Task Force _______1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division

Answer 10

Bandit

Question 11

________ are created by either explosives or manual tools. They allow SEAL snipers to observe and engage enemy fighters while remaining somewhat protected from enemy fire

Answer 11

Loopholes

Question 12

Red smoke grenades used by American forces is a general sign for _____

Answer 12

Help

Question 13

The figurative _____ of ____, often attributed to Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz. Clausewitz never actually used the term ____ of _____

Answer 13

fog of war

Question 14

“war is the realm of ________”, On War by Carl von Clausewitz 1780-1831, Prussian general and military theorist

Answer 14

uncertainty

Question 15

Enemy insurgent fighters called themselves _______, Arabic for “those engaged in jihad”. Americans shortened the the name to _____ for expediency

Answer 15

Mujahideen, Muj

Question 16

U.S Marine Cops _________ teams coordinate with American Attack aircraft in an effort to bomb enemy positions

Answer 16

ANGLICO (Air-Navel Gunfire Liaison Company)

Question 17

QRF stands for __ ____ ____. Can consist for 4 U.S armored Humvees w/ M2 .50 Cal heavy machine guns, and a dozen or so U.S. soldiers

Answer 17

Quick Reaction Force

Question 18

_________, a section (meaning 2) U.S M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks with 120mm main guns and machine guns. If requested it meant that someone needed serious help

Answer 18

Heavy QRF

Question 19

A Russian designed belt-fed medium machine gun that fires a deadly 7.62x54R(7.62mm x 54mm rimmed) cartridge, generally in hundred-round (or more) belts. The PKM/PKS are common variants. The U.S. military in Iraq used the designation “____”, with the Cyrillic spelling for “PKS”. PK stands for Pulemet Kalashnikova

Answer 19

PKC - Russian belt fed machine gun

Question 20

the term “_________” determined the exact position of other SEAL teams and passed the info to other friendly units in the operation

Answer 20

Deconflicted

Question 21

Like most houses in Iraq, there was an _____ wall around the house

Answer 21

8 foot

Question 22

______ on _____ - friendly fire - the worst thing that could happen

Answer 22

blue on blue

Question 23

_____ Platoon form SEAL Team ___ in Vietnam, split up and when they bumped into each other, both sides thought it was the enemy and engaged in a firefight, leaving one of their own dead. That was the last _____ platoon in the SEAL Teams.

Answer 23

X-Ray Platoon, Seal Team 1

Question 24

“Now what do you got” refers to

Answer 24

needing to know the status of his men

Question 25

M113 _____ ____ _____ A tank-tracked vehicle first used by the U.S. forces in Vietnam, employed in Iraq for troop transport and casualty evacuation. With a crew of 2 or 3, it can carry up to 10 personnel.

Answer 25

(APC) Armored Personnel Carrier

Question 26

In the blue on blue fight, how many soldiers were KIA

Answer 26

One Iraqi Soldier

Question 27

Where Jocko had his field computer set up to receive emails from higher headquarter

Answer 27

Battalion Tactical Operations Center

Question 28

CO stands for

Answer 28

commanding officer

Question 29

In typical fashion for Navy mishap, the CO had appointed an ______ ____ to determine the facts of what happened and who was responsible

Answer 29

investigating officer

Question 30

The senior enlisted SEAL at the command, the CMC stands for

Answer 30

Command Master Chief

Question 31

The military euphemism for someone to fire

Answer 31

"relieve"

Question 32

SITREP stands for

Answer 32

Situation report

Question 33

Taking complete ownership of what went wrong is what a leader does, even if it means getting _____

Answer 33

fired

Question 34

The U.S Army and Marine conventional commanders took the debrief points as lessons learned and moved on. They understood something the SEALS did not which was

Answer 34

Blue on blue was a risk that had to be mitigated as much as possible, but the risk could not be eliminated.

Question 35

The most complex and difficult of all warfare

Answer 35

Urban Combat

Question 36

The historic battle of Hue City was in

Answer 36

Vietnam

Question 37

_____ _____ _____Managed all training for West Coast SEAL Platoons and task units in preparation for combat deployments was run by Jocko.

Answer 37

Training Detachment One

Question 38

The leader is truly and ultimately responsible or everything. That is what _____ _____ is, the fundamental core of what constitutes an effective leader in the SEAL Teams or in any leadership endevor

Answer 38

Extreme Ownership

Question 39

The _____ of Chapter 1 is : On any team, in any organization, all responsibility for success and failure rests with the leader. The leader must own everything in his/her world.

Answer 39

Principle

Question 40

_________ is the number 1 characteristic of any high-performing winning team.

Answer 40

Extreme Ownership

Question 41

If an individual on the team is not performing at the level required for the team to succeed, the leader must _____ and ____ that underperformer

Answer 41

train, mentor

Question 42

If underperformers cannot improve, the leader must make the tough call to ______ them and _____ others who can get the job done

Answer 42

terminate, hire

Question 43

Extreme Ownership requires leaders to look at an organizations problems through an ______ lens of reality, without emotional attachments to agendas or plans

Answer 43

objective

Question 44

Knowing that, due to ____, some people bristle at the idea of criticism and coaching no matter how constructive

Answer 44

ego

Question 45

The direct responsibility of a ____ included getting people to listen, support, and execute plans

Answer 45

leader

Question 46

In chapter 1's application to business, it examines an intelligent VP whose plan is failing because he is failing. They explain that you need to take blame for things that aren't working and implement corrective measures to fix the problem starting with what are you going to do differently

Answer 46

true