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Jocko Willink
Accolades and accomplishments
1. Willink led Task Unit Bruiser, SEAL Team THREE in some of the war in Iraq’s toughest, continuous urban combat as part of The Battle of Ramadi.
2. Under Willinck’s leadership, Task Unit Bruiser played a crucial role in the re-taking of the city of Ramadi and restoring stability to the once violent city. As a result, his task unit became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the Iraq War.
3. After Ramadi, Willink went on to serve as the Officer-in-Charge of Naval Special Warfare Group One Detachment for three years. There, he designed, developed and oversaw the training of all West Coast SEAL Teams.
4. For his tour in Iraq as a platoon commander, Willink received the Bronze Star with Combat “V” and for his leadership of Task Unit Bruiser, he was awarded the Silver Star.
5. He is one of the co-founders of Echelon Front, a leadership training and consulting group that uses the lessons and skills learned by Willink and co-founder/fellow Navy SEAL, Leif Babin, during their military service to educate and train leaders and organizations to achieve total victory.
As a navy seal motivational speaker, Willink likes to give presentations on the importance of accountability and having integrity in every aspect of your life.
Mike Hayes
Accolades and accomplishments
1. His last job in the Navy was the Commanding Officer of SEAL Team TWO, which included ten months as the Commander of a 2,000-person Special Operations Task Force in southeastern Afghanistan.
2. In the white house, he served two years as Director, Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council.
3. During George Bush Administration, Hayes was responsible for the START Treaty, where he produced a new proposed START Treaty and conducted negotiations with the Russians in Moscow.
4. During Obama’s administration, Hayes led the White House response to President Obama’s first major foreign policy showdown — the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia.
Rorke Denver
Accolades and accomplishments
1. Commander Rorke T. Denver has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and other international hot spots.
2. He starred in the hit film Act of Valor, which is based on true SEAL adventures.
3. His New York Times bestseller, “Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior,” takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program.
4. In his second book, “Worth Dying For: A Navy SEALs Call to a Nation,” Denver tackles the questions that have emerged about America’s past decade at war — from what makes a hero to why we fight and what it does to us.
Chad Williams
Accolades and accomplishments
1. Chad Williams is a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, CNN News Room, Anderson Cooper 360 and more.
2. Today, Chad is the bestselling author of his book, SEAL of God and a high in demand keynote speaker. Drawing from his experiences as a SEAL, Chad grabs hold of his listeners, illustrating the SEAL mindset and ethos that revolve around leadership, teamwork, integrity, safety, mental toughness, discipline, overcoming adversity and grit.
Brent Gleeson
Accolades and accomplishments
1. Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran with multiple tours in Iraq and Africa.
2. When he left SEAL Team 5, Brent turned his discipline and battlefield lessons to the world of business and has become an accomplished entrepreneur, writer, and acclaimed speaker on topics ranging from leadership to entrepreneurship and marketing.
3. Brent is the Co-founder and CMO of Internet Marketing Inc., a full service digital marketing agency recognized by the prestigious Inc. 500 and the San Diego Business Journal as one of the fastest growing private companies in the country the last three years in a row.
4. Brent has also starred in several reality shows including NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes where he and Chris Kyle of American Sniper along with other former special operations professionals were paired with celebrities to compete and raise money for charities like Wounded Warrior Project.
Mark Divine
Accolades and accomplishments
1. At twenty-six he graduated as Honor Man (#1-ranked trainee) of SEAL BUD/S class number 170.
2. Mark served for nine years total on active duty and eleven as a Reserve SEAL, retiring as Commander in 2011.
3. His leadership of teams was so effective the government tasked him with creating a nation wide mentoring program for SEAL trainees. Not only did it increase the quality of SEAL candidates, it reduced BUD/S attrition rate up to five percent.
4. He is the of three books, titled, The Way of the SEAL, published by Reader’s Digest, and 8 Weeks to SEALFIT and KOKORO Yoga, both published by St. Martin’s Press.
David Goggins
Accolades and accomplishments
1. David Goggins the Navy SEAL, one of an elite group of military men regularly sent on some of the toughest missions in the world, needed more of a challenge for himself, so he set about conquering the hardest sporting events known to man.
2. Today, David Goggins is considered to be one of the greatest endurance athletes in the world.
3. David is the only member of the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training (including two Hell Weeks), the U.S. Army Ranger School (where he graduated as Enlisted Honor Man) and Air Force tactical air controller training.
4. He has completed multiple ultra-marathons, triathlons, ultra-triathlons, bike races and arduous mountain ascents, setting new course records and regularly placing in the top five.
5. His achievements made him the subject of a lead feature in Runner’s World, where he was named “Running Hero”, and Outside Magazine named him “The Fittest (Real) Man in America.” The Navy SEALs even asked him to be their poster-boy and appear in a recruiting commercial.
Mark Owen
Accolades and accomplishments
1. He graduated high school in 1994, and then enrolled at Biola University, a small Christian college near Los Angeles, where he studied social sciences.
2. He spent four years with a SEAL team in California before transferring to a Virginia Beach-based unit in 2004. After two years, he was assigned to a different Beach-based SEAL team, where he stayed until leaving the service in the spring, Navy records show.
3. According to his book, that unit was SEAL Team 6, and it was the top-secret team selected to carry out the bin Laden mission.
Marcus Luttrell
Accolades and accomplishments
1. Motivational Speaker Marcus Luttrell is a former Navy Seal whose heroic story was the source of inspiration for the major motion picture Lone Survivor released in 2013.
2. Marcus and his fellow Navy Seals displayed unmeasurable patriotism, courage and sacrifice during a recon mission known as Operation Red Wings in 2005.
3. In 2007, Marcus published a New York Times Bestselling book titled Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Red wings and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. He now travels the country as an inspirational Motivational Speaker and operates his own foundation to help wounded warriors and their families.
4. He also founded the Lone Survivor Foundation in 2010. The foundation provides therapy and support to wounded warriors and their families.
Diego Ugalde
Accolades and accomplishments
1. He served three combat tours in Iraq, he learned the skills and value in being effective in leading, communicating, and operating under some of the most stressful environments on earth.
2. He has mentored and trained both highly ranking SEAL officer and enlisted teammates as well as senior members of foreign military allies in cross-cultural leadership, communication, and teamwork.
3. When he retired, he founded The Trident Approach which is designed to improve team dynamics through elite mentorship. Creating inspiring and trusting work environments is his new- No Fail Mission. It truly is- All About The Familyhood.
Brandon Webb
Accolades and accomplishments
1. He is the founder and CEO of Force12 Media, a digital publishing company that reaches tens of millions monthly, and is the largest military content network on the Internet.
2. Brandon is a New York Times bestselling author, and has been regularly featured in international media as a military and Special Operations subject matter expert.
3. He has contributed to ABC, NBC, FOX, CNN, BBC, SIRIUS XM, MSNBC, The San Diego Union Tribune, and The New York Times. His latest non-fiction work, Among Heroes (Penguin-Random House), published in May 2015.
4. In 2012 he founded The Red Circle Foundation (RCF), a non-profit with a 100% pass through model (every dollar donated goes to the mission). RCF is focused on supporting families of the Special Operations community through emergency memorial, medical, and child enrichment program (camps & scholarships) funding.
5. Brandon is also an active member of the Entrepreneurs Organization New York (EONY).
Joseph Teti
Accolades and accomplishments
1. Joseph Teti is a veteran of both US military and US government special operations units.
2. He is a former Force Recon Marine, Army Special Forces “Green Beret”, and a former operative in a highly classified government counter-terrorist unit.
3. He has extensive experience and training in fully armored vehicle operations, advance team operations, motorcade operations, CAT (Counter Assault Team) operations, and surveillance /counter-surveillance operations.
4. He is also the co-star of the show Dual Survival on the Discovery Channel, and has survived in every climate and terrain on the planet, ranging from the jungles of Sri Lanka, to the glaciers of Norway to the deserts of Oman.
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