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Jocko Podcast

41: SEAL Vet Tony Eafrati, Scariest Moments, Prepared to Die, Early Days, Transitioning to Civilian Life.

Jocko Podcast

Jocko DEFCOR Network

Management, History, Business

4.831.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2016

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHdur0fmxis 0:00:00 - Opening 0:10:27 - Who is BTF Tony Eafrati? 0:17:10 - Allowing Leif to Give Orders to the men... 0:29:04 - Failures in Planning 0:31:26 - Ups and Downs of THE BATTLEFIELD, and how it made Tony "feel." 0J:36:11 - Funny Story about Jocko 0:39:47 - Tell-tale signs that someone is Good to Go, or Not up to Snuff. 0:43:37 - Has Tony disagreed with an order from Leif or Jocko. 0:47:33 - One driving characteristic that separates a "dominant alpha Team guy" from everyone else. 0:51:37 - In the Teams, what are the biggest Reputation builders and killers? 0:59:38 - What makes a great NCO? And who was the best Tony/Jocko knew? 1:05:37 - IN COMBAT: Accuracy VS. Volume of Fire? 1:11:16 - Tony's perspective working for Jocko. 1:13:38 - The Early Days when Tony & Jocko were the "young" guys. 1:19:40 - Tony's BEST Story(s) about BTF. 1:23:41 - Tony's thought Process on what strategies/ tactics to use against the enemy. 1:28:25 - Tony's most Difficult thing he's ever did as a SEAL. Most fearful moment. 1:30:20 - Tony's favorite piece of Kit. 1:32:20 - Number 1 Quality that allows a leader to lead others into uncomfortable scenarios. 1:35:16 - Tony's attitude toward DEATH. 1:37:41 - Training New guys entering the Platoon. 1:41:05 - Civilian life: Putting the high of WAR behind you. Are you still searching? 1:47:35 - How do you keep your head in the game when one of your Squad is killed? 1:54:08 - Why is Tony "hard"? 2:03:10 - Dope Internet/Onnit Stuff Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Jocco Podcast number 41 with Echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink.

0:07.6

Good evening, Echo. Good evening.

0:11.3

And tonight we are lucky to have a guest on the podcast.

0:19.8

My friend, my teammate, my brother, Tonya Frattie.

0:27.4

And I'm going to start the podcast by reading a speech that I wrote when Tony retired from

0:35.2

the teams.

0:38.0

And for whatever reason, some reason that I don't remember, it was a work or job or some

0:43.4

travel or something, I couldn't actually be there to read this myself.

0:51.1

And that's the way the team is.

0:54.1

You do your job.

0:55.1

That's the priority.

0:56.1

Tony would understand that I wouldn't be there.

0:58.8

It would be no big deal to him.

1:01.0

And I acted like it was no big deal to me.

1:06.2

But I wanted to be there and I should have been there.

1:09.0

And I wrote a speech and I emailed it to one of our friends, one of our bros, another

1:16.4

seal master chief.

1:18.6

And he read it there.

1:20.8

But I should have been there to read it myself.

1:25.0

And you will hear that this speech is kind of like Tony is.

1:32.0

Draw it straight forward and real.

1:36.4

And so here's the speech that I wrote for Tony when he retired.

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