Part 1 (Winning the War Within) Chapter 1: Extreme Ownership Flashcards
At the heart of leadership is _________
extreme ownership
Extreme Ownership means being ____ and _______ responsible for everything that happens during his guidance and control
truly, ultimately
If we truly have our eyes fixed on victory, we have to set our _____ aside
egos
Accepting what has happened and owning up to our failures takes ____ and ______, which is why it deserves the highest form of recogintion
humility and courage
Each step his subordinates takes is a result of his _______
leadership
owning up to a teams failures allowed a leader to assess its _________
weaknesses
When subordinates see how their leader takes full responsibility for what happened, he then becomes a ______ and his ownership will be contagious
role model
The war story in Chapter 1, Extreme Ownership is about:
Friendly fire AKA blue on blue between allied Iraqi soldiers and a SEAL sniper team.
The U.S Army M1A2 is a
Abrams Main Battle Tank
Task Force _______1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division
Bandit
________ 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
Loopholes
Red smoke grenades used by American forces is a general sign for _____
Help
The figurative _____ of ____, often attributed to Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz. Clausewitz never actually used the term ____ of _____
fog of war
“war is the realm of ________”, On War by Carl von Clausewitz 1780-1831, Prussian general and military theorist
uncertainty
Enemy insurgent fighters called themselves _______, Arabic for “those engaged in jihad”. Americans shortened the the name to _____ for expediency
Mujahideen, Muj
U.S Marine Cops _________ teams coordinate with American Attack aircraft in an effort to bomb enemy positions
ANGLICO (Air-Navel Gunfire Liaison Company)
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
Quick Reaction Force
_________, 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
Heavy QRF
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
PKC - Russian belt fed machine gun
the term “_________” determined the exact position of other SEAL teams and passed the info to other friendly units in the operation
Deconflicted
Like most houses in Iraq, there was an _____ wall around the house
8 foot
______ on _____ - friendly fire - the worst thing that could happen
blue on blue
_____ 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.
X-Ray Platoon, Seal Team 1
“Now what do you got” refers to
needing to know the status of his men
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.
(APC) Armored Personnel Carrier
In the blue on blue fight, how many soldiers were KIA
One Iraqi Soldier
Where Jocko had his field computer set up to receive emails from higher headquarter
Battalion Tactical Operations Center
CO stands for
commanding officer
In typical fashion for Navy mishap, the CO had appointed an ______ ____ to determine the facts of what happened and who was responsible
investigating officer
The senior enlisted SEAL at the command, the CMC stands for
Command Master Chief
The military euphemism for someone to fire
“relieve”
SITREP stands for
Situation report
Taking complete ownership of what went wrong is what a leader does, even if it means getting _____
fired
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
Blue on blue was a risk that had to be mitigated as much as possible, but the risk could not be eliminated.
The most complex and difficult of all warfare
Urban Combat
The historic battle of Hue City was in
Vietnam
_____ _____ _____Managed all training for West Coast SEAL Platoons and task units in preparation for combat deployments was run by Jocko.
Training Detachment One
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
Extreme Ownership
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.
Principle
_________ is the number 1 characteristic of any high-performing winning team.
Extreme Ownership
If an individual on the team is not performing at the level required for the team to succeed, the leader must _____ and ____ that underperformer
train, mentor
If underperformers cannot improve, the leader must make the tough call to ______ them and _____ others who can get the job done
terminate, hire
Extreme Ownership requires leaders to look at an organizations problems through an ______ lens of reality, without emotional attachments to agendas or plans
objective
Knowing that, due to ____, some people bristle at the idea of criticism and coaching no matter how constructive
ego
The direct responsibility of a ____ included getting people to listen, support, and execute plans
leader
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
true
