This is Jocko podcast number 501 with Kerry Hilton and me, Jocker Willink. Good evening,

Kerry. Good evening. Once we arrived at Camp Ramadi in June, everyone could tell we were not in the

north anymore. Mortar attacks occurred daily, and we were located right against the enemy held parts

of the city. I said that correctly.

The enemy controlled over 75% of the city, from government buildings to hospitals and neighborhoods.

However, we held the edge of the east and the west sides of town.

We had a transition of authority scheduled around June 2006 from their brigade to ours we would officially assume control of the operation and they would go home the plan was set on

the night of the turnover of authority our brigade would attack the city we would

simply push from east and west and meet in the middle no matter how long that

took our unit was again attached to another battalion and We simply pushed from east and west and meet in the middle no matter how long that took.

Our unit was again attached to another battalion and we were still serving conventional roles.

But as a bonus, we would be in a close relationship with SEAL Team 3 task unit bruiser

and began planning for our small kill team operations.

We were a specialized unit within our brigade.

If there was something another unit couldn't do, an area they wouldn't go in, or a sniper they couldn't kill, they called us.

We were embedded with the asymmetric warfare group personnel who helped us develop small kill team tactics

Sensitive site exploitation procedures and mission analysis techniques

We partnered with the Navy SEAL team

Task unit bruiser and built lifelong friendships with them as we fought against the enemy and that right there is a little excerpt from a

book called chop that shit up which is by retired command sergeant major dan pinion and dan was the

first sergeant of the brigade recon troop in Ramadi.

Tasking a brouser, we worked alongside them a ton.

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