DEVGRU Squadron Commander and Lobo Institute Co-Founder | Eric Oehlerich | Ep. 128

Eric Oehlerich is a retired U.S. Navy Commander (SEAL) from the Naval Special Warfare component of the USSOCOM’s Joint Special Operations Command. He is a Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security with the Middle East Institute, an Analyst for ABC News, and the Lobo Institute’s Co-founder. Check our Eric’s organization here: https://www.loboinstitute.org Today's Sponsors: 👇 A-TAC FITNESS (Veteran owned and operated) https://www.ATACFITNESS.com Use the promo code "TEAM10" for 10% off! Selection Starts Here. GROUND NEWS https://GROUND.NEWS/TEAMHOUSE Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/teamhouse and compare more than 50,000 news sources. Ground News frees people from blindspots and makes media bias explicit. Thanks for supporting the companies that support the show! Want 2 bonus episodes per month and access to the bonus segments? Subscribe to our Patreon!👇   / theteamhouse   Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store... Social Media Links: The Team House Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.team.house?... The Team House Twitter:   / theteamhousepod   Jack’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm... Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21 Dave’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_parke?s=21 Team House Discord:   / discord   SubReddit:   / theteamhouse   Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Jo... The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team... Intro music by    / remixsample   Want to sponsor the show? Email: 👇 [email protected] #DEVGRU #JSOC #sealteam6 00:00 Intro 02:50 Origin story 09:45 From BUD/S to platoon leader 12:55 9/11 and the start of the GWOT 15:45 Afghanistan early 2002 24:30 Search & seizures on ships going from Pakistan to Somalia looking for bad guys. 33:15 Afghanistan 03'-04' 41:00 Taking over Murph's SDV Team 45:00 The SEAL Delivery Vehicle mission and how hard it is 53:25 Assessing for DEVGRU 56:35 Showing up to the team room as newly minted DEVGRU Officer, Green Team, & culture issues within the SEAL teams 1:06:20 Richard "Dick" Marcinko 1:09:25 Hairy missions in Afghanistan 1:14:35 Fighting AQAP/Yemen, Christmas Day 2009 1:33:33 Near Peer engagements and the role SOF will have in the future 1:38:45 USA vs China 1:41:50 Viewer questions