This is Jocko podcast number 487 with Echo Charles and me Jocko Willink. Good evening, Echo.

So I got asked a question the other day. What can I do to be a good new guy in a platoon?

And this is a pretty common question because when you show up at a seal team you you want to be a good guy but as I

thought about answering that question being a good new guy in a seal platoon is actually the same as

being a good human being right yeah and listen being a new good good new guy in a seal

platoon there's some things right

you got to have weapons proficiency you know you want to be a good shot you got

tactical knowledge you got to understand you got to learn how to utilize terrain you

got to know your demo like there's some skills that you need but beyond those skills

of the job to be a good seal to be good frog man you've got to have more than just the skills

And so as I thought about the things that I was told when I was a new guy because you're gonna get guidance

What's that what's that thing they say now?

Unrequested guidance.

Unsolicited advice.

You're gonna get some of that.

But I'll tell you what, some of that stuff that I got told

and that young new guys get told,

and that then I told and other older guys told the new guys

It's stuff that is can be very powerful if you take it to heart and you carry it through and some of those things carry through

My entire life and so I wanted as I started thinking about some of those things I wanted to do a little podcast about

Things that land on you as a new guy

that you can carry through your whole career and so I actually reached out to Bobby Holland lead

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