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this is CBS In The World. I'm John Batche with Admiral Jim Stavridis.

United States Navy retired a 37-year career and lessons learned for leadership to risk at all

nine conflicts in the crucible of decision. We turn to lesson three, evaluate your resources.

The example here is David Farragut, which is old Navy, but it's a transition,

it's a Navy in the Civil War, David Faragut is remembered now as part of the

1864 re-election campaign of Abraham Lincoln because his victory at Mobile Bay

was a major part of the campaign platform of Lincoln facing the exhausting civil war.

But I learned from Jim that David Farragut was a very careful man. He had resources that he learned from, from the

Battle of New Orleans to conquer the Confederate forces at New Orleans to what he's remembered for as Mobile Bay.

How did David Farragut, who has a history that very much illustrates early America, How did he evaluate his resources,

Army, military on the land and at sea, Jim?

David Farragut, of course course is most famous for this seemingly reckless phrase,

damn the torpedoes full speed ahead.

He utters those immortal words memorized by generations of young midshipman at the Naval Academy.

He utters those words in this battle as his flagship has blown up in front of him.

But he takes the risk to move forward.

And it gets back to a comment we made earlier. First, he has gathered the intelligence. He knows that these

torpedoes, that's what they called mines in the water in those days. He knows these torpedoes have

been in the water a long time. He makes a calculation that he can

probably continue on without losing many more of his ships. And then secondly to

the resource question,

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