Navy SEAL Breaks Down Leadership Takeaways from Little Bighorn | Leif Babin

Navy SEAL Breaks Down Leadership Takeaways from Little Bighorn | Leif Babin | Extreme Ownership

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@Hoth1907 9 ай бұрын

Excellent work Leif. IMHO, the most important lesson to be learned here is: never underestimate an opponent you classified as inferior.

@jt.8144 9 ай бұрын

You learn that in "LIFE" PERIOD. lol... seems like you just discovered it on here. NEW NEWS Everyone!

@kevindonovan1194 9 ай бұрын

Well said. The British would learn a similar lesson with the Zulus three years later at Isandlwana.

@leifbabin1512 9 ай бұрын

Important truth!

@matthewdenney-eb1gu 9 ай бұрын

I learned more about LBH in 10 mins than I have previously in my life. Incredible how we can apply the same principles to modern business problems. Fascinating breakdown of what actually happened. Thank you!

@TheHistoryUnderground 9 ай бұрын

Holy smokes, this was outstanding. Hat's off to everyone who had a hand in this one.

@KT-cj5gx 9 ай бұрын

This is where fundamental number 5 was born. “Maximize reconnaissance assets forward”.

@millemaolchannel8608 9 ай бұрын

More of these analysis style videos please Leif! This was great and done very well brother.

@leifbabin1512 9 ай бұрын

Appreciate the support. Great media team doing to work. More videos like this are coming.

@road_king_dude 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely love this! Would love to see more videos breaking down other historical events just like this! 👐

@leifbabin1512 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement. Will keep them coming.

@Obizzil. 7 ай бұрын

The History Underground brought me here, check out their series on little Big Horn, definitely worth a watch

@chrish3650 9 ай бұрын

Excellent guidance thank you professor

@JoshPiland 9 ай бұрын

Appreciated in your book, when your Chief reminded you in Ramadi-that you could’ve moved back to the compound with coordination and cover from overwatch snipers. It worked out for you that day, but he pointed out you could’ve had more guns in the fight. Solid lesson.

@jt.8144 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Someone on here who clearly can comment far from an Elementary School level. Actually stating something learned .

@janet8982 7 ай бұрын

Whoa, this was a great video! The maps really helped you understand the historical military battlefield. Please keep making these videos!

@007MrSwagga 9 ай бұрын

Let’s do more of these. Good show!

@CriticalMass-yu1ec 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service sir 🫡🇺🇲& sacrifice to our great country. Thanks for sharing this rich, awesome history

@richardsullivan6258 7 ай бұрын

Brevity equals clarity. You've summarized this action so well that it's impossible NOT to understand the course of events. Also, you explain the consequences of decisions without issuing judgements -- allowing the viewer to draw their own conclusions and learn. Outstanding!

@amerok3 9 ай бұрын

Awesome, awesome, awesome! Should be viral! More please Echelon Front team! I'm doing all of your courses online, I think you guys are the real deal. Premier leadership company is almost an understatement but beware the ego! Hahaha. Jokes aside, you inspired me to listen to history military/leadership books (about face, etc.). Thank you very much! You guys are indeed helping the World to become a better place IMHO.

@leifbabin1512 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support

@amerok3 9 ай бұрын

@@leifbabin1512 Thank you, your answer is an honour for me.

@bludog4657 9 ай бұрын

Great message Sir. I thought about this country and how we are being divided and losing. I appreciate you and Commander Willink, all the best.

@atenas80525 9 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO! - thanks so much, great for everyone. Awesome!

@Lifeitselfistreasure 9 ай бұрын

Excellent debrief

@Dlt814 9 ай бұрын

My dad was a product of his generation, loving first cowboys and then outer space, as so many children of the 50’s and 60’s did. We went to this battlefield at least three times and I was always struck by the waste of it all. Mostly then Custer was portrayed as a vain hothead seeking personal glory, and so he likely was. But your video gives what happened the depth and dimension I was lacking. For some reason this battle is also now reminding me of the raids at Waco and Ruby Ridge. It feels like those were history repeating itself based on the flaws in leadership you mentioned here.

@neilgavin5752 9 ай бұрын

Excellent analysis here.

@WarShanty 9 ай бұрын

I love these breakdowns!

@R.Tafolla 9 ай бұрын

Love this style of video.

@thomasantrobus7655 9 ай бұрын

I've been there, they said the ghost of Custer and his men are still marching on certain nights down that road

@joryiansmith 9 ай бұрын

This was super cool and informative 😎

@davidhechler5882 7 ай бұрын

Hind sight is always 20/20. Yes, splitting his forces that day was a bad move. However, Army tactics at that time taught that fighting the Indians you needed to get them in a pincer movement to cut them off from running away. Custer had no idea what he was up against that day or how many. The battle of the LBH was a situation where everything went wrong that day.

@liberty2four2 9 ай бұрын

Sun Tzu agree: "It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two. If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

@jasonfarmer4490 9 ай бұрын

Great video. Followed a link from history traveler. I'm going to assume Custer went to military school. Hard to think what they were teaching in those academies in the later 1800s like you pointed out its easy to say this and that sent went wrong after we see the results. Anyways great moral and points here about teamwork sir.

@barry3045 9 ай бұрын

this applies to industrial work as well, good talk .

@HandsIntoHistory 7 ай бұрын

Excellent!! I'm curious though: how does modern technology change this? If they could have had communication like we have today (walkie talkies, cell phones, etc), which, I assume modern military has now with mics in their helmets and such, would that have changed how far away they would go to split up, and could they have supported each other better having electronic communications??

@73joebrant 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the BEST video ive seen on the attack of little bighorn!!!! You just got a Life Time Subscriber!

@chrish3650 9 ай бұрын

I Live for thiiiissssss😂🎉

@horizon42q 7 ай бұрын

Excellent Describes an a successful operating room team in surgery.

@gregoryweis5836 7 ай бұрын

To the point that Custer was reckless, I look upon the situation differently. From what he saw of the large Indian trail along Rosebud Creek, Custer knew the Indian village was large and that he would be up against about 1,500 warriors - which was correct. The Indians did not crush Custer with overwhelming numbers. He attacked a village that could be defeated utilizing the same flanking tactics employed at the Powder River and Washita campaigns. The size of the Indian village has been exaggerated over the years to account for the cavalry defeat at the hands of “savages.” In reality, the village occupied an area that ran only 1 mile long (not 4 miles) that conformed closely to the river. Over the years the more sensational and inaccurate the battle became (resulting from historical fiction writers that just wanted to sell books), the greater the number of Indians evolved and the more Custer is made out to be a buffoon for attacking them. The total population was a maximum 8,000 individuals - not 15,000 to 20,000 that some writers have erroneously over-stated. Custer had no intention of engaging the Indians on the broken uplands. He had sent Reno to attack and HOLD the Indians in the valley, an area more conducive to cavalry battle manuevers with their long-range carbines. Reno was attacked by only 200 warriors, but he panicked and fled only 20 minutes after the skirmish line was formed! Custer intended to descend into the valley at Ford D which was north of the Indian village. Custer could see many women and children amassed across the river and he pulled back to Cemetery Ridge to await Benteen’s arrival - which of course never came since Benteen halted his command at Reno Hill for over an hour with only desultory gunfire from the smattering of Indians there at that time. Because of this delay, and Reno’s flight from the valley that freed up Indians to venture northward, warriors were able to increase their numbers at Calhoun Coulee, Calhoun Hill, the Keogh Sector and eventually Custer Hill. With Benteen’s battalion, Custer would have had 5 companies and 350 men to capture enough women and children that could have ended the battle. However, because his supporting commanders (Benteen and Reno) failed their orders, Custer found himself engaged alone on terrain that provided the advantage to his adversary. Custer’s “team” left him alone twisting in the wind. Also, not all the 1,500 warriors did battle with Custer. Warriors were scattered all over the 4 mile long battlefield with many staying in the village to protect the women and children. It is false to assume that all warriors present did battle with Custer. In addition, even though Custer did split up his forces, he had sent two messengers back to Benteen and the pack train telling them to be quick. Custer knew that Benteen had accomplished his off trail scout and was following Custer’s trail along Reno Creek. Custer knew this due to Boston Custer having passed Benteen’s battalion as he rode from the pack train to his uncle’s position at Medicine Tail Coulee. Custer also had his Right Wing stationed at Calhoun Hill to keep approaching warriors at bay and to act as a facilitation marker for Benteen. To say there was no communication or strategy between the battalions is not accurate. Yes, Custer did make some mistakes, but what battle commander hasn’t?

@ref1112 9 ай бұрын

You all should see the latest U.S. research on the chaos due to lack of leadership and panic. Many soldiers died running away. They undermined the brave warriors.

@ryananderson2207 2 ай бұрын

Great video!

@safaull 9 ай бұрын

Sooo good, Leif ! Sadly, this whole thing is rooted in greed and ego.

@matthuitt1004 7 ай бұрын

Custer was probably trying to capture the village before General Terry’s column got there so that he would not have to share the GLORY !!!

@FINALLYOUTAFTER7 9 ай бұрын

8:19 this was me leaving the military

@survivaldoggy 9 ай бұрын

I have been waiting to hear Jocko address this, THANK YOU SIR! My grandmother's maiden name was Armstrong. Her cousin married Custer and he took her name. Custer let his racism lead his men to the slaughter. It's nice to hear a breakdown of the errors from a modern day warrior. In your opinion, is there any way the US Army could of won this battle with the available resources? God bless sir.

@leifbabin1512 9 ай бұрын

If they had consolidated forces, I believe victory was possible for the 7th Cavalry

@survivaldoggy 9 ай бұрын

@@leifbabin1512 Right on. Thanks for the reply sir, have a great day.

@survivaldoggy 9 ай бұрын

@leifbabin1512 One other thing, would you consider doing a breakdown of the battle of Wanat? I had friends there. It would be interesting to hear your take on it.

@Montanaj419 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@LammersQuarter 9 ай бұрын

More...

@jamesdenecochea5709 7 ай бұрын

The "Traditional Homeland of the Lakota/Dakota(Sioux)", was northern Minnesota and Wisconsin...NOT... The Black Hills. The Black Hills, since about 1500, were at various times, claimed and occupied first by the Arikara, and subsequently by the Cheyenne, Crow, Kiowa, and the Arapaho. Not until 1776, when the Sioux defeated the Cheyenne, did the Black Hills become "a sacred Sioux site".

@CinRife 5 ай бұрын

We Lakota fought by societies yes but alot of them fought and hunted as (tiyospaye) close relatives...alot of brothers cousins uncles best friends fought next to each other during the defense of the invader. This is why we left no man behind.

@martinmallasch2814 9 ай бұрын

He failed to mention the fact the wagon train had Gatlin guns, that is the only reason the Indians didn't over run the group, custer ran ahead without the gatlin guns, fatal mistake

@moth450 9 ай бұрын

Custer was incompetent and so was reno.

@leifbabin1512 9 ай бұрын

Custer was a highly experienced Civil War veteran with a proven record of success. Often our greatest strengths can be our greatest weaknesses. Custer’s was being Default: Aggressive. Which served him well previously but got him and 210 of his men killed at Little Bighorn. Reno has been demonized by many, and there is much to criticize: drinking during the battle, etc. But if Reno didn’t fall back and take and hold the high ground when he did, there would be no 7th Cavalry survivors of the battle.

@moth450 9 ай бұрын

@@leifbabin1512 no. A leader always gets knowledge of the battlefield before sending troops in . He was thirsty for blood and smelled victory before securing victory

@jaysmith8347 9 ай бұрын

@@leifbabin1512 Bingo! Reno may not have been the best leader, but he and Benteen were outnumbered and under fire for almost two days and they saved their half of the regiment. By the way, I've always wondered if Custer would have read Clausewitz's "Principles of War" when he was a cadet? He violated several of those dictums in this battle.