Part 1 (Winning the War Within) Chapter 3: Believe Flashcards
Another important concept that leaders must have a deep understanding of is ____ in the mission
belief
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
internalize
questionable commands will requiring thinking from a ________ level
strategic
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
believer
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”
why
He must provide detailed guidelines on how their ___ ___ goals can be sustained by a new plan
long term
A good leader must show that he is an ________ person
approachable
One must be able to show his comrades that he is willing to _____ to their concerns with judging their competence in the job
listen
Chapter 3 was called ______
Believe
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
Iraqi
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.
Sales
Chapter 3 is titled ___ by Jocko Willink. Sharkbase, Camp Ramadi, Iraq: Questioning the mission
Believe
The SEAL’s in TUB were to execute mission “by, with, and through _____ security forces.”
Iraqi
The SEALS had the best gear in the world which included
encrypted radios, night-vision goggles, infrared lasers, lights and markers, uniform Kevlar vests and helmets
Some of the arguably worst conventional combat troops in the world were
Iraqi Army
In 2003, the U.S. led _____ _____ _____ disbanded Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army completely
Coalition Provisional Authority
Most Iraqi soldiers were incapable of doing even a few _____ or _____
push-ups or jumping jacks
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.
Muqtada al-Sadr
Sunni’s are
The largest denomination of Islam
Shiites are adherent of the _____ branch of Islam
Shia
A Iraqi shia cleric, politician, and military leader
Muqtada al-Sadr
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
friend from foe
Web gear means
load bearing equipment
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
AK-47
The mission was to go into hostile enemy territory with these ragtag Iraqi soldiers and fight against hardcore insurgent ______
Mujahideen
Covering our “six” means covering our
backside
The strongest weapon in the Seal teams is there
brotherhood
If the U.S. could not train the Iraqi soldiers to defend their own country than who would defend it?
The US military - who would be stuck there for generations
The good Iraqi troops called themselves jundhis which in Arabic means
soldiers
The SEALS ticket to leave the base and push out into enemy territory was the
Iraqi Soldiers
CONOPS an acronym for _______ is a document that lays it the basic idea of an operation for the approval by higher headquarters
concept of operations
Unilateral operations are
SEAL only
DAs are
Direct-action capture/kill raids
In the last 2 years, enemy attacks are up ______%
300
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
Why
A _____ _____ _____ run is where two SEALS run through a hailstorm of enemy fire across an open street to retrieve a wounded soldier
Medal of Honor
The Iraqi soldiers proved useful in ways that the SEALS didnt consider such as,
- 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
The seals took the iraqi soldiers into some of the biggest battles in Ramadi over the course of
6 months
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
believer
Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are apart of something greater than ______ and their own personal ______
themselves, interests
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
chain of command
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
incumbent
Belief in the mission ties in with the fourth Law of Combat which is
decentralized command
