![]() This firefight was tragically between us and us."įratricide, he said, is the mortal sin of combat and the most horrific part of war. "This firefight wasn't between us and the enemy. "In that fog of war, through a series of mistakes and human error, Murphy's Law and poor judgment, a horrendous firefight broke out," Willink recalled. ![]() ![]() When he pauses, only the sound of air in the room can be heard. Throughout the talk, the audience is so quiet, rapt in Willink's words, that any and all shifting backstage can be heard if you listen closely. But then, he said, the fog of war rolled in, bringing confusion, chaos, gunfire, blood and death. Army and Marine Corps, the Iraqi Army and his SEALs. He described the participation of troops from the U.S. We had multiple units out on the battlefield fighting the enemy." ![]() ![]() "In one area of that city, during an operation that I was in charge of. "Brutal and determined terrorists ruled the streets with torture, rape and murder," he said. In the TEDx talk, Willink discusses some of the same principles he wrote about in "Extreme Leadership," this time in one brief narrative where he describes a combat action in Ramadi during the spring of 2006. ![]()
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