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Jocko Podcast

34: Leif Babin – Ambushed Cops, Benghazi, Tempers, SEAL Combatives

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4.8 β€’ 31.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 3 August 2016

⏱️ 169 minutes

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Summary

0:00:00 - Opening 0:10:27 - Is Darkness Taking Hold? 0:24:18 - When to fire someone. 0:37:32 - How Leif and Jocko met 0:58:08 - Thoughts on Bengazi 1:04:16 - Best BBQ in Texas? 1:06:52 - Having Hard Conversations 1:11:55 - SEAL Combatives and MMA 1:19:06 - Dealing with Tempers. 1:28:18 - Thoughts on Cops being ambushed. 1:52:20 - Metallica or Pantera? 1:54:05 - Thoughts on the deaths of BUD/s Students 2:07:34 - Dealing w/ rules of engagement. 2:12:36 - How often did you guys get shot in the body armor or helmet? 2:15:38 - Would Leif/Jocko consider politics? 2:19:32 - Muster 2016 Info 2:23:06 - Remembering Marc Lee, Aug 2nd 2:37:30 - Closing Support this podcast at β€” https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content

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0:00.0

This is Jocco Podcast number 34 with Echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink. Good evening, Echo. Good evening.

0:11.0

And tonight we have a guest on the podcast back for a second time, my brother, Lafe Babin. Good evening, Lafe. Good evening. Good to be back with you.

0:23.0

And if you don't know who Lafe Babin is, real easy thing to do is go back to Jocco Podcast number 11 and listen to that. I give him a long introduction and tell you about who he is.

0:35.0

Guy that I served in the SEAL teams with. And like I said, go back to 11.

0:44.0

I think you guys wrote a book, yeah.

0:47.0

I wrote a little book called Extreme Ownership. I'm sure we'll talk about that tonight. Lafe was the one of the two commanders that worked for me in the Battle Ramadi when we deployed in 2006.

0:56.0

And just one of my brothers.

0:59.0

So thanks for coming on the podcast. Thanks for having me.

1:11.0

What do you say to a man that by his own admission has no soul? Why would you say anything?

1:24.0

I've thought about it a good deal.

1:28.0

But he wasn't nothing compared to what was coming down the pike.

1:34.0

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. I don't know what their eyes was windows to.

1:42.0

And I guess I'd assume not know.

1:48.0

But there is another view of the world out there and otherwise to see it. And that's where this is going.

1:57.0

It has done brought me to a place in my life I would not have thought I'd have come to.

2:06.0

Somewhere out there is a true and living profit of destruction.

2:13.0

And I don't want to confront him.

2:17.0

I know he's real.

2:20.0

I've seen his work.

2:24.0

I walked in front of those eyes once.

2:28.0

I won't do it again.

2:31.0

I won't push my chips forward and stand up and go out to meet him.

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