The latest Green Berets Chronicle has two Marines on it, one of them being the XO behind that letter. Quite interesting

I am a Currahee - was just down the road in Habbaniyah one cycle earlier (we were relieved by 1/110 from 2 BCT 28 ID). Per our BN TOC log we had about 10 contacts per day for our BN. Like most combat veterans I could give a shit less what anyone thinks about me or my time in service as long as I have the respect of the men I served with. As Jocko points out , there is pretty significant documentation regarding everything that happened. Anytime potential civilians were killed we were independently investigated by Navy CID. I’ve listened to Jockos podcasts for years and the depictions of combat in that part of Iraq ring true for me - that is one of the reasons I listen , because sometimes other people can better articulate your own experiences and feelings than you are able to yourself.

As a former Bn Asst OpsO in 2004 in Al Asad, and a Co Cmdr in 2005/6 in Fallujah, this is a precise description of what I saw. I know a whole buncha guys from 3/7 who was in Ramadi at that time. Our SJA took statements and logged every contact in that Fallujah deployment. It was force protection. (BTW, I do remember a Seal Team coming and detaining the wife of a bad guy in Spring '06 in Fallujah. No coordination with my battalion ahead of time. Only reason why I knew they were there is that 8th Marines denied my illum mission out in support of a Plt COP in Amariyah because little birds were in the air space. Detaining a female set my effects campaign with the Muhktars back six months.) Well told, sir.

Medic here, Deployed to Iraq in 07 to FOB Rusty close to Al Sadr City. Ill say I definitely saw some warriors among 2-16 Infantry in that time, and a relentless effort to accomplish the mission by coalition forces. Thanks Jocko for all that you do. (Edit: autocorrections from phone)

Lemme be clear I really like Jocko and his podcast. I’ve listened to many many episodes and have never left one of his podcasts without some kind of valuable lesson or knowledge. Purely and selfishly as a fan I want to see him defend himself because hearing these accusations genuinely hurt me for him because I think so highly of the guy. Love this man

41:07 i noticed chris kyle wasnt on this list of bad asses 😂. Jocko has always kept his distance when it comes to talking about him. Wonder why

What I took from this is and Demings account was that I have no right or reason to draw opinion on an environment or about people I have no first hand experience with. Especially in warfare in foreign lands.

This episode is a breath of fresh air that finally explains the tactical, operational, strategic, and political complexities of conducting multidomain counterinsurgency warfare…. Many out there should be taking notes: Conventional, SOF, OGA, political, etc. Because not many understand the various aspects of different units in a battle space.

One of the roads no one traveled down in Ramadi was route Duster. When we Ripped in, the prior unit hadnt gone more than a quarter mile away from the fob in over 3 months using that route. I worked with ST3 TUB on multiple operations in the beginning of 07. Seth Stone was the commander(red bull) at the time. Some of the worst and greatest memories I have are from operations with them. Seths picture hangs on my memorial wall.

Hackworth talks about this in his book as well. How his "raiders" were used inappropriately to support the main units by being asked to do suicide missions.

I think people are more interested in the beef than the actual truth. Because the truth still isn't good enough for most people if it goes against their biases.

Questions he didn’t answer. Did you know men under your command were unlawfully killing people. Did you lie to your superiors about what you were doing and where you were. Did you ever see a violation or order a violation of the rules of engagement and not reported.

Jocko, thank you for your service... Thank you for taking the time to explain your opinion of the difficult tasks, decisions, problems, & perspective of your time in Iraq. Remembering the over 3615 + Casualties we lost in Iraq, per last released intel, CORRECTION: As of 2006, over 17,381 troops were wounded, treated in the BAGHDAD ER 86th CSH, including Navy Seals, Marines, all service branches. Remembering Elite Rangers Sgt. Ricardo Barraza-24, Sgt. Dale G.M. Brehm-23 (3rd deployments) 2nd/75th Infantry, they were the 119th, 120th members since 3/19/2003 to die in Irag in Ramadi. Prayers and love to all the families who lost a loved one and healing to all, especially the Disabled American Veterans who have to face severe hardships for the rest of their lives, as well as the large number of homeless Veterans that suffer on the streets of our nation today. A prayer for healing to all military branches involved, including the Rangers, Marines, the Seals, Green Berets, and SOF community, and a request to love each other, forgive and let go of criticism. (Save that for the politicians). 20 years is too long to hang on to resentment in any form. It kills your spirit. Just let it go....and be a family. None of us are without flaw.. Love you all.❤️

This reminds me of an upper level manager explaining the big picture/commander's intent to a front line employee who wasn't involved in all the coordination and planning that is required to execute a task. If all the after-action reports and investigations were conducted, reviewed and closed, are these claims by Eric the equivalent of finding proof that sasquatch exists?

Chris Kyle even admitted to shooting a woman in his book, in a TIME interview, and on a TV interview. How can Jocko say, "...no women or children were ever engaged by anyone in TU Bruiser, ever." (1:40:54)

Jocko: If you had your own gym, what kind would it be? Echo: Curls?

The guy has no credible allegations whatsoever. All he says is "everybody knew XYZ", providing only the most vague outlandish accusations with zero evidence or corroboration, and painting highly complex processes as super straightforward and casual. It's simply not possible for things to have occured the way he describes them. Maybe there's some truth to what he's saying, I don't know 'cause I wasn't there, but the way he presents things is unbelievably bad faith. There's always nuance to things, ESPECIALLY such high pressure situations, and for him to present things as super simple/straightforward is painfully biased. And let's not forget this guy tried to imply that Seth Stone's death was intentional... The guy is a clear scumbag, and he pretends like he's doing this shit "for the good of the teams"... it seems quite clear there's an agenda to try and stain Jocko... I wonder why...

This is a textbook example of the indirect approach. Good job, always professional jocko!

The indirect approach, nice.

Day 33 of jocko let’s get John Stryker Meyer on Joe Rogans podcast before he’s gone he wants to go on

I’d like to see Jocko address the Chris Kyle fabrications. I understand not speaking ill of the dead, but the truth matters.

Australian SAS got caught with War Crimes too,

Always a great cast when Berke is on! 💯

Good Morning Gentlemen.

Jocko, you need to sit down with this former SEAL who has made these accusations about your colleagues and your conduct when you were leading Task Unit Bruiser. The comments range from accusations of poor character to being complicit in actual war crimes. Your whole brand is 'integrity'. Your fanbase deserves this. - - - - - - - - - - - - - EDITED 28/04/24 - 12 days after originally commenting. Since commenting, I have come to realise Jocko's comments about the Gaza conflict, the ongoing genocide, etc. were made (coincidentally, I'm sure) just before these accusations started. We are about to enter yet another "summer of love". I for one am against the way Israel is conducting war and inflicting genocide upon a civilian population, and I'm even more disgusted with the way our own politicians in the West behave with Israel, as if they are under some sort of spell. However, I can smell the coming psy-op a mile off, where millions of young people have been almost lead to this place. I suspect the extension of government powers in "response" to this unrest has already been planned out well in advance. Keep your heads screwed on, guys.

Thank you for putting this out Big Guy! Much love Jocko & David, -Team Bulldog

Eric Deming is accusing jocko and Kyle of war crimes on civilians. Jocko needs to answer these videos by brent tucker and green beret chronicles

Also the fact that alleged devgru and Delta guys are saying hey you're daylights are going to get Marines targeted waaay worse. Jocko allegedly ignored these tips

Bro the investigation stuff give me a flash to the Marines. A staff sergeant berated a lance corporal saying some pretty horrible stuff to him off work hours. I wasn't even there and I was questioned about it by a major. Word does really travel fast in the military. I can't tell you what it was like when Jocko was in, but I can say it hard to get way with stuff now.

Thanks for a great show fellas!

Hey jocko, remeber when team 6 was reading the after action reports on all the sniper kills? And they sent a few of their snipers to ramadi to see if they could get in on all the action and then quickly noped out because they saw what chris kyle was really doing? Pepperidge farms remembers

In Bayji in late '05, we had a month or so where things got bad for us, but this was only a short span during our stay there. Most of the rest of the year, primarily in the Tikrit area, was fairly quiet and mundane. That bad month was where our Rakkasans ⛩⛩⛩took the first three casualties of the brigade that deployment, nearly 20% of our total for the entire year--one small FOB during one month. It could have been worse, but most of the attacks on our base were inaccurate, thankfully, and the IEDs hadn't become sophisticated enough to defeat our best armor...yet (that would come later, unfortunately, with EFPs and more complex devices). All this to say that Bayji and Tikrit were nothing compared to Ramadi at its height. I couldn't fathom what level of hell they went through during the battle of Ramadi.

The way you describe your partner force reminds me about the ANP in our AO,these guys were worse..constantly high during ops on raw opium and they were all hooked on valium (not that I really blame them for that). We tried to equip them with modern gear but it all made its way to the market D+1:P

Stand with you brother. Nicki shouldn’t give the time of day of what ppl are saying. This is the way you handle bs lies in behalf of what is going around these days. Calling out our warriors and saying ohh there exposed is the new cancel culture. Job well done site and thank your for your leadership in task force bruiser !

I'm going to add something about the Green Beret Chronicles in our high school football team that I had made the choice to not be a part of. For personal reasons. That team Had as much drama as some of the stuff that was brought up on that podcast, from steroids to hard drugs leading to murders and a lot of other things that never got brought up at all. Obviously, these things aren't good, but this is the reality of life. If anyone is going to be held accountable for the war situation, we need to go to the very top and ask if we should have even been in any of those wars at all. The answer is no. We shouldn't have been there. The CIA shouldn't have created a situation to put people willing to do questionable things in the first place. "You want a killer dog, but you don't want that dog to kill. That's not how life works. Anyone who has worked at a corporation knows that there is what happened and there is a politically correct way to describe what happened. So to have some do-gooder come out and say these guys didn't do things the Boy Scout way. But neither was the enemy. If these situations are to be addressed, it needs to start from the top down officially and unofficially. For the known players to the unknown. Hold everyone accountable or hold no one accountable. To be a human that accepts everyone, criminal or not, is very Jesus-like. To live life for the experience is a Zen-like quality. You can't do that if you're being too careful. So who has the proper way of living, Jocko style or the proper Boy Scout ethics.

Thank you for all yr Service and Sacrifice, God bless you all and yr families, thank you

Wonder if Eric Deming making another video on this one?

Saying that Chris Kyle was a war criminal and a wife beater against Taya is specific

I used to drive down route Irish by myself in a civilian SUV in early ‘04 quite often and without drama of any kind. Yet, when I was going out near Fallujah there would be 3 vehicles, myself and my team along with a PSD team and about 10 AKs amongst us. Like has been previously said, the 2 places are only about 40 miles apart but at the time like being on a different planet.

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." ~ Salt from My Attic 1928, John A Shedd

The personality it takes to cover up for war crimes is the exact personality it takes to profit from them.

Saw the title and figured Jocko was answering his recent allegations of failure and total lack of care for his fellow frogmen. Hope to hear some extreme accountability from him soon.

My squad leader spoke of Ramadi being the 7th layer of hell. Sorry if you guys think this man did anything wrong. We forget what happened in both great wars and Vietnam. It’s the way of war. If there’s a finger to point blame it’s not against the is man but towards the political system that put our heroes in this war. Same ppl who claim bs is the same who take a knee when the anthem is played. Good man and good work. Long live task force bruiser !!!!

Was stationed in Fallujah an Al Asad and Al Walid FOB in Iraq. Each was night an day compared to each other. Ran IED sweeps,Convoy security, patrols of the MSRs. We ran to just about every base mentioned here. Ill never forget Route Michigan an Mobile. We mostly got mortered in Fallujah an in Al Asad it was so big they barely reach the inner perimeter. But on the road it was only IEDs. On The Fob our mission was to train the Iraqi Police force an work along side the Iraqi. Border patrol. That was a whole different experience on its own.

I really dont have a dog in the fight, i like Jocko but ill never meet him, so it really doesnt matter. But, just a few reasons why i think Deming is full of shit. 1. Hes been out since 2016 or 17, he could have called Jocko out long before now. 2. The Marine account i heard from Deming was not named and used autobot to tell the story. 3. Jocko has had more Seals on then just team mates and they all hold high regards for him, unless hes gonna say all the Seals Jocko has had on are bullshit Seals. 4. Jockos got alot of love from Marines from what ive seen, pretty sure Marines would have called him out long ago. Marines at least the ones i know dont normally pussyfoot around. What has Deming do for society after he got out??? Think he just jealous. But, thats just my opinion! Its still America for now, so think what you like.

I felt awkward when Jocko talked about the bad guy hiding behind the kid and how they shot the bad guy, but didn’t say what happened to the kid…like if this was the same situation as the accusation of shooting through the kid that would be weird..

People shouldn’t judge any Jocko or any other war fighter , if you weren’t present for it, opinions really don’t matter. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion of course. After Gallagher situation, everything is questionable. Most units loss people. Some were at 70% in Ramadi. Deming waited a long time to make allegations. All I can speak on is November 7, 2004. Everywhere was different

Regardless of what we might think about Deming, his character and accusations...Jocko should at some point really tackle the whole Luttrell story. Perhaps even get Luttrell himself on the podcast, though I don't see that happening.

I was 11B but never left the country because there wasn't anything happening in the mid-90s, so my unit never deployed. Jocko got into such depth here, I almost feel like I was there. I can understand pretty well what was happening over there from his description. This is the most I've ever learned in three hours about something in my life.

Well it's just a basic fact that his reputation has been attacked. I think if Jocko wants to defend it its gonna take more than a podcast with his friends. Some of us just want to see the drama but I believe most people want the truth. No good decent person wants to believe that these guys we heard and believe heros are not. Unfortunately we are all skeptical because of how man times we have been lied to.

Has ANYONE EVER heard Jocko mention ANYTHING about Roberts Ridge? I never have.

Loved this podcast episode. I was In ramadi from 04-05. Though my contact experience wasn’t as intense as others’, I definitely got my share

At about 1 hour and 50 minutes or so in, Jocko talks about guys bragging on him. I can relate. Throughout the years, you get a reputation, and hopefully it's a good one, filled with ethics and morals. Staff used to say to me that the administration wouldn't "mess" with me. I'd have to correct them right away.. letting them know that oh, yeah they'll mess with me, if I do the wrong thing. Staff would say it in a complimentary way, however I had to remind them that I was no different than they were. Screw up on accident, be ready to answer with honesty. Screw up intentionally? You're done.

I agree that he and other members of the popular SEAL community should probably address to some degree what Eric Deming and Brent Tucker have said. The things being said and alleged are not insignificant and if they are true then it is a bit of a disappointment to us as fans of these people especially when they build a brand on integrity and honesty and brotherhood and then profit from said brands. For those interested in looking further into this check out Eric Deming’s interview with not only Brent Tucker (which is the main chunk of accusations and information) but also The Green Beret Chronicle podcast with Eric Deming. The later goes into Jockos info more substantially.

I’m guessing this is in response to the videos that other seal has been in saying how Jocko and Chris Kyle were committing war crimes to get recognition?

Duty and Dishonor: The Marines Revelation of Task Unit Bruiser. Jocko's past

"There is no mission that is worth the life of one of my guys." "There will be a risk on every mission." This flies in the face of what nearly every American believes about military personnel, and everyone should hear this message.

Is this the response to the Eric Deming allegations?

They did these Direction action missions and ended up costing us dearly on our end in Anbar providence for their actions while we built relations with the community or tried to atleast.

war in general it seems tends to become more complicated the higher up the ranks is goes...guessing' there's reason why theres special forces, & and there's this and that branch ect.

Great how IRAQI war veterans are fighting over who did the least war crimes

Good morning brothers! Let’s get it today!

Thanks for the podcast. It's always good to get another perspective. Thanks for the motivation warfighter.

I'm glad Jocko took the time to explain his side in great detail. Makes total sense. IYKYK

Jocko flanking. Genius. Well done. However Jesse Ventura didn’t get knocked out

Just address the allegations and say they’re true or false

Plot twist: Eric Deming is actually bankrolled by Jocko to cook up some wild publicity stunts. But on a real note, you’ve served, and I haven't, so I don’t really know what war feels like. It’s out of line for me to say if any old school club rules were broken... or not.

thank you for your service

Is this about W Bush and Cheney?

So war crimes don't happen because it's impossible to get away with. Got it😂

Does jocko still do a podcast with darryl cooper?

So basically Jokco is saying, yeah it's kinda true but it's not as bad and they let us do it/said it was okay, so it was ok. Because if the government says so that makes it truth apparently.

TU bruiser maintained the moral highground? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 meanwhile chris kyle murdering just for fun apparently jocko what about the allegations that you started a business while on active duty and funneled contracts to your own business? any extreme ownership in addressing these allegations that are now coming out?

If you’re on here and you think that this is not a direct response you’re probably a little slow and two you’re most likely not a combat veteran. From my perspective he addressed what Eric Deming said 1. He wasn’t on the ground in Ramadi 2. He’s (Deming) speaking about things he doesn’t actually know. 3. It’s all documented go read it if you want to know what happened. Eric Deming is speaking rumor what Is Jocko going to do ? Just sit there and argue with him and say “no I didn’t “ for two hours? Read between the lines and draw your own conclusions. As a vet the general consensus is “ my guys know what I did and where my heart was f-- anyone that wasn’t there and your opinion”🫵that quote is for all you folks talking about what the “listeners deserve”

Eric is saying some things about Marcus and joko... He needs to answer them...

When you say “It was my fault” for everything and anything your accountability loses value. Not everything is your fault. It doesn’t always need to be explained. Just adjusted for. When you continually take “extreme ownership” by admitting fault to the entirety it also appears as if you’re only clearing your conscious. All you need to do is state your piece about the environment, and paint the picture like you did. That’s all you need.

Great episode 🔥🔥

Extreme ownership? Didnt address a single direct accusation. Went in circles. More of a lawyer than a soldier. More people need to realize this guy went out on the ground f all.

I gotta say everything jocko said here sounded honest and sincere. I wonder why that other seal said all that crap about him if it wasn’t true. I wonder if someone mislead him or what. Crazy stuff

I was in 3ACR We definitely got shit done and jock hit this on the head.

It’s hard to say whether the guy is right or wrong. A lot of fog of war. It was war tho evil things happen on both sides.

I hear a lot of war crimes lately. Not sure why they didn’t notice doing medical experiments on their neighbor’s children

All SOF units who didn’t have specific missions fucked over a lot of Army and Marine Corps infantry units. They went into our area of operations and started hitting areas that we had locked down. A lot of those botched raids resulted in grunts being killed by people who had a child killed in a raid or in an air strike that SOF called in. CAG and Rangers were probably the most polished SOF forces in Iraq. Green Berets abandoned their core mission to turn every ODA into a wannabe CAG force. SEALs who didn’t operate at the DEVGRU level were running around making shit up. They would steal our targets who did not deserve a SOF strike. At the end of the day, none of us should have been there.

I found it more than a bit ironic that Jocko's recent videos discuss lies, war crimes and leadership without directly addressing the damning claims made against him by his fellow seal on these very same issues.

That Eric guy has trashed every special forces guy who was able to monetize after the military. I wish every vet could monetize the same way. Even Eric.

Thank you for not caving into the stupid drama.

Bros I don't comment very much on youtube videos but I'm going to say a couple things here. First off, war is literal hell, nice friendly behavior isn't going to win a war. Our enemies are treacherous. We gotta do what we gotta do. Last thing this Jocko guy seems like he's pretty darn good at war, let's don't judge him based on rumors. We need people like him.

Explain the contracts

Why not clear up the Jesse Ventura accusations as well. That guy had his character attacked and career upended.

I listened to both "accusation" podcasts....terrible! it was like listening to a "Navy Karen" complaining with no actual facts. This podcast is to the point....who would, with any reasonable understanding, believe the accusations?

Why not just address the allegations directly? Instead of using the context of discussing war crimes in another conflict so you can indirectly reiterate your version of events and what a great job you did. Seems odd.

Jocko just answered Eric Demming Spectacularily,...let's see if Eric can respond

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Please get Eric Deming on the podcast and address his allegations head on.

Posted at 2 am lol

Jocko, is very, very intelligent and reserved,... bring Eric on,.. my money goes to Jocko,.... Eric needs to prove his back stabbing

Hey man we’ve been hearing a lot stuff about you lately, it’d be good for you to come out and say something about it.

I clicked on this when I saw the title. I thought Jocko was gonna address the allegations...I'm kinda disappointed. I've never had to see combat in any of my deployments yet, so I personally am not going to judge you for what is right or wrong. I can't comprehend the common stressors in a person when in a war zone, I just wanna know if they are true.

“The indirect approach” - I don’t know if the alpha male extreme ownership indirect approach is appropriate when you have countless eyewitnesses, after action reports, criminal history, and even predator drone footage claiming you to be a war criminal and a bad leader.

I like Jocko. I have some acknowledged bias there. I would have to go read all the POVs covering over what happened. I may or may not do that. My personal view is as Americans we should do our best to uphold strong moral standards. I also acknowledge that the incompetence of our political leadership in festering 20 years of war only to result in the same or worse actors in charge. It’s a harsh moral/belief injury for me. American and Coalition lives and bravery wasted. As far as the “bad guys” > Fuck’em