First, Fast, Fearless: How to Lead Like a Navy SEAL

CHAPTER 15

No Man Left Behind

Since the inception of the SEAL Teams in 1962, SEALs have been engaged in every American conflict. We’ve been involved in overt operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and covert operations that remain highly classified to this day. During all of these missions and often under extreme combat conditions, we have never left a man behind on the battlefield. It is known throughout the organization that if you go into harm’s way, we will come get you, no matter what it takes.

The most famous example was depicted in Lone Survivor, in which four SEALs were overrun by a large group of enemy Taliban in the remote mountains of the ...