Benjamin H. Milligan is a former US Navy SEAL, author, and military historian that served in SEAL Teams from 2001 to 2009. A native of Indianapolis, he received a BA in History at Purdue University before deploying with SEAL Team 4 in Europe and deploying into combat at SEAL Team 5. Since then, he's penned 'By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs', a gripping history chronicling the fits and starts of American Special Operations the ultimate rise of the Navy SEALs from unarmed frogmen to elite, go-anywhere commandos as told by one of their own. He's a father, writer, and speaker on leadership, organizational change, and American history at various universities, military commands, and veteran’s events.
So where did SEAL Teams originate, and how were Vietnam Green Beret's a part of their story? What kind of situations have helped to grow Special Operations, and what characters have worked against that progress? And when it really comes down to it, is there any truth to the myth that the Navy despises SEAL Teams? One thing's for sure - with a published SEAL Historian on the couch, researched answers are soon to follow. Let's meet Ben.
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00:00 - Intro
12:19 - Why SEAL Teams Exist: The History of the Green Berets
19:15 - Archival Access & Research Requests - How to Write a Book at 4:30am
36:10 - ChatGPT and the AI Conundrum - How Artificial Intelligence Changes History
41:00 - Born in Indianapolis
52:01 - A Purdue Graduate on the SEAL Team Track
01:02:14 - The Slowest Swimmer at Hell Week
01:15:32 - Destined for Europe at SEAL Team Four
01:20:04 - Combat Deployment at SEAL Team Five
01:35:33 - Writing the Book 'By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs'
01:42:44 - The History of SEAL Teams - JFK and the Myth of Special Operations Warfare
01:53:08 - Provincial Reconnaissance Unit - Why PRU's were the Most Effective Element of SEAL Teams
02:02:39 - The Reason the SEAL Teams Became the SEAL Teams We Know Today
02:11:54 - Does The Navy Resent SEAL Teams? Why SOCOM Should Become it's Own Branch
02:25:59 - Are We Still The Good Guys? Finding Atrocities in SEAL Team Histories
02:30:45 - The Reason Hell Week Exists - Planning for D-Day in the 40's
02:39:59 - A Warm Welcome from the SEAL Community - On Silent Professionals Writing Books
02:46:30 - Questions from Patreon
03:01:08 - Bootstrapping History - Where America's Next War Will Be Fought
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