Part 1 (Winning the War Within) Chapter 3: Believe

Question 1

Another important concept that leaders must have a deep understanding of is ____ in the mission

Answer 1

belief

Question 2

When they are faced with a mission which is so difficult to have faith in, the authors share that they should take time to ______ the command

Answer 2

internalize

Question 3

questionable commands will requiring thinking from a ________ level

Answer 3

strategic

Question 4

If he cannot see the greater good, then he can never be a true ____ in the mission; he can never be an effective leader. Only once we have become a true _____ can we have the power to execute a mission correctly

Answer 4

believer

Question 5

There is a need for a leader to impart a general understanding of the “___” of the command, and not just concern himself with the “what”

Answer 5

why

Question 6

He must provide detailed guidelines on how their ___ ___ goals can be sustained by a new plan

Answer 6

long term

Question 7

A good leader must show that he is an ________ person

Answer 7

approachable

Question 8

One must be able to show his comrades that he is willing to _____ to their concerns with judging their competence in the job

Answer 8

listen

Question 9

Chapter 3 was called ______

Answer 9

Believe

Question 10

Chapter 3’s war story is about getting assigned a “bad”/”unwanted” order, and changing you perspective to see why you received that order. In this case, the SEAL’s were assigned ______ security forces to work with. The SEAL’s assignment was to train these soldiers. Jocko realized that if they did not train these forces, then the U.S would be providing security in Iraq for decades/generations. The SEAL’s plan was to reduce the insurgents enough so that the ______ troops and police could handle a less substantial enemy

Answer 10

Iraqi

Question 11

In Chapter 3, the application to business story is about a CEO who is reducing the _____ compensation plan for low producing sales people. The employees are concerned that the new plan will drive out good employees to competing companies. The principle is that the mid-level managers and work force do not understand why the CEO has this new program and fail to ask the questions due to her status as a boss. They in turn, do not believe in the program.

Answer 11

Sales

Question 12

Chapter 3 is titled ___ by Jocko Willink. Sharkbase, Camp Ramadi, Iraq: Questioning the mission

Answer 12

Believe

Question 13

The SEAL’s in TUB were to execute mission “by, with, and through _____ security forces.”

Answer 13

Iraqi

Question 14

The SEALS had the best gear in the world which included

Answer 14

encrypted radios, night-vision goggles, infrared lasers, lights and markers, uniform Kevlar vests and helmets

Question 15

Some of the arguably worst conventional combat troops in the world were

Answer 15

Iraqi Army

Question 16

In 2003, the U.S. led _____ _____ _____ disbanded Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army completely

Answer 16

Coalition Provisional Authority

Question 17

Most Iraqi soldiers were incapable of doing even a few _____ or _____

Answer 17

push-ups or jumping jacks

Question 18

Some Sunni soldiers remained loyal to Saddam, but most Iraqi soldiers where Shiites, and many saw _______, the fiery cleric hostile to Americans and closely allied with Iran, as a national her.

Answer 18

Muqtada al-Sadr

Question 19

Sunni’s are

Answer 19

The largest denomination of Islam

Question 20

Shiites are adherent of the _____ branch of Islam

Answer 20

Shia

Question 21

A Iraqi shia cleric, politician, and military leader

Answer 21

Muqtada al-Sadr

Question 22

Iraqi soldiers uniforms were a mix-and-match collection of military clothing in American, Soviet, or Middle Eastern Camo. The variety of clothing made it difficult to distinguish _____ from ____. Some soldiers wore sneakers or sandals

Answer 22

friend from foe

Question 23

Web gear means

Answer 23

load bearing equipment

Question 24

The weapons that the Iraqi soldiers carried were a mix of rifles confiscated from insurgents, many of them poorly made Iraqi or Chinese copies of the ______. some were so rusted that the sites could not be adjusted

Answer 24

AK-47

Question 25

The mission was to go into hostile enemy territory with these ragtag Iraqi soldiers and fight against hardcore insurgent ______

Answer 25

Mujahideen

Question 26

Covering our “six” means covering our

Answer 26

backside

Question 27

The strongest weapon in the Seal teams is there

Answer 27

brotherhood

Question 28

If the U.S. could not train the Iraqi soldiers to defend their own country than who would defend it?

Answer 28

The US military - who would be stuck there for generations

Question 29

The good Iraqi troops called themselves jundhis which in Arabic means

Answer 29

soldiers

Question 30

The SEALS ticket to leave the base and push out into enemy territory was the

Answer 30

Iraqi Soldiers

Question 31

CONOPS an acronym for _______ is a document that lays it the basic idea of an operation for the approval by higher headquarters

Answer 31

concept of operations

Question 32

Unilateral operations are

Answer 32

SEAL only

Question 33

DAs are

Answer 33

Direct-action capture/kill raids

Question 34

In the last 2 years, enemy attacks are up ______%

Answer 34

300

Question 35

The most important question had been answered: ____ Once he analyzed the mission and understood the critical piece of information, he could then believe in the mission. If he didn’t believe, then there was no way to convince his SEALS to believe. If he expressed doubts, the derision of the mission would increase exponentially and it would fail

Answer 35

Why

Question 36

A _____ _____ _____ run is where two SEALS run through a hailstorm of enemy fire across an open street to retrieve a wounded soldier

Answer 36

Medal of Honor

Question 37

The Iraqi soldiers proved useful in ways that the SEALS didnt consider such as,

Answer 37

• they knew how the doors and gates were secured and would quietly pop them open by hand with little effort
• They could tell the bad guys from the good
• they could discern dress, mannerisms, and Arabic accents that were different from the local populace

Question 38

The seals took the iraqi soldiers into some of the biggest battles in Ramadi over the course of

Answer 38

6 months

Question 39

In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true _____ in the mission. A leader must align his thoughts and vision to that of the mission

Answer 39

believer

Question 40

Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are apart of something greater than ______ and their own personal ______

Answer 40

themselves, interests

Question 41

Leaders must take a step back and deconstruct the situation, analyze the strategic picture, and come to a conclusion. If the leader cannot determine a satisfactory answer themselves, they must ask the question up the _______ until they understand

Answer 41

chain of command

Question 42

It is ______ on senior leaders to take the time to explain and answer the questions of the junior leader so that hey can too understand why and believe

Answer 42

incumbent

Question 43

Belief in the mission ties in with the fourth Law of Combat which is

Answer 43

decentralized command