I've Met a Lot of Really Really Great People on That Ship and I'm Just Like Hey Jocko Like Don't Run Too Fast

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"I guess I went a little quicker than I showed up you know or some of the guys out uh and just to close this out um father hale day steps up to the podium let us pray heavenly father bless and approve this newly commissioned vessel," he said. "There's just a lot of really really great people and um as far as that sall and I were just it was some good times well now is that is that joseph son mike yeah oh mike isYeah it is the weirdest thing right so as you know I read this book mike in the dragons right and it's obviously it's the mike he's named after mike and my friend john

Jocko and George Monsoor. George Monsoor is the father of Michael Anthony Monsoor (April 5, 1981 – September 29, 2006), a United States Navy SEAL who was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.[1] He enlisted in the United States Navy in 2001 and graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training BUD/S class 250 in 2004. After further training he was assigned to Delta Platoon, SEAL Team 3.

Delta Platoon was sent to Iraq in April 2006 and assigned to train Iraqi Army soldiers in Ramadi. Over the next five months, Monsoor and his platoon frequently engaged in combat with insurgent forces. On September 29, 2006, an insurgent threw a grenade onto a rooftop where Monsoor and several other SEALs and Iraqi soldiers were positioned. Monsoor quickly smothered the grenade with his body, absorbing the resulting explosion and saving his comrades from serious injury or death. Monsoor died about 30 minutes later from wounds caused by the grenade explosion.

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