First came admiral mcraven and then plus 60 former. In yemen, admiral mcraven at jsoc argued for an iraqstyle task force to be deployed to hunt alqaeda cells in the. Joint special operations command from 2011 to 2014 who oversaw the 2011 navy seal raid in pakistan that killed alqaeda leader osama bin laden was the first to step forward to call out the republican president donald trump by letter on his unprecedented action of revoking the former cia director john o. Following the thread of jsoc, painstakingly probing scarcely reported night raids, traveling from afghanistan to yemen to. William mcraven is the retired navy admiral who was commander of the u. As commander of naval special warfare group one, captain mcraven was leading a 1,000foot freefall exercise in the summer of 2001, when an accident occurred that could easily have cost. Following the thread of jsoc, painstakingly probing scarcely reported night raids, traveling from afghanistan to.
He commanded joint special operations command at the time one of its units, seal team six, infiltrated pakistan and killed osama bin laden. Retired navy admiral william mcraven, the former top commander of the u. Sixyearold walker greentree is a kid in a military family who was determined to find out, so he wrote to admiral william mcraven. Special operations command, believes president trump needs to.
Those who did probably knew mcraven from dirty wars, a 20 documentary marketed as a revelatory investigation into the bloodsoaked exploits of the joint. Mcraven previously served from june, 2008, to august 2011 as commander of joint special operations command jsoc and from june 2006 to march 2008 as commander of special operations command europe soceur. In a conversation with tina brown at the women in the world san antonio salon, admiral ret. He is a navy admiral and former commander of seal team 3, acclaimed for leading the mission to find osama bin laden. Mcraven discussed drafting women, getting boots on. Mcraven previously served from june, 2008, to august 2011 as commander of joint special operations command jsoc and from june 2006 to march 2008. Boy writes to deadliest man, gets response business insider. Vaughn, billy vaughn, named the jsoc commander and 2011 time magazine runnerup admiral william h. Mexico, where the water comes together and creates a swampy patch of terrain, a muddy bog that. William mcraven, surrounded by afghan national army forces, listens to hajji sharabuddin, whose family members were. Mcraven takes helm of special operations command in europe rear. The joint special operations command jsoc is a subunified command of the us special operations command ussocom. The commander of ussocom between august 2011 and august 2014 was admiral william harry mcraven.
In this file photo taken on january 24, 2012, admiral william mcraven, commander of the joint special operations command jsoc, listens as president barack obama delivers his. Vice admiral william h mcraven, commander joint special. William mcraven deserve credit for jsocs resurgence. William mcraven bio, age, family, wife, speech, book. Today he is a rear admiral, and his new job is one that could not rank higher on president george w. I venture upon certainty that someone will read this and think i. And from august 2011 to august 2014, jsoc was a death squad commanded by admiral william mcraven. The shadowy jsoc general expected to be next leader of. Mcraven was assigned as the deputy commanding general for operations at joint special operations command in fort bragg, n.
William mcraven headed the joint special operations command, or jsoc. Mcraven retired admiral william mcraven is the ninth commander of united states special operations command ussocom, headquartered at macdill air force base, florida. From 2015 to 2018, he was the chancellor of the university of texas system. He is married to georgeann brady mcraven and has three children. Gold star parents billy and karen vaughn decided to respond to the oped because they knew that admiral mcraven had politicized the move by the president. The joint special operations command jsoc is a component command of the united states special operations command ussocom. Ussocom ensures the readiness of joint special operations forces and, as. It is charged to study special operations requirements and techniques, ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, and develop joint special operations tactics.
William mcraven settled in as the new commander of the. Trump slams seal commander who orchestrated bin laden raid. The man who commanded the seal team that hunted down and killed osama bin laden studied to be a reporter. If the pulitzer prize board establishes a new category for killing the worlds most wanted terrorist its a safe bet bill mcraven. The families report never receiving a copy of the ramp ceremony as is customary. The then current commander william mcraven visited the affected family, offered them a sheep in restitution and apologized for the incident. Now fox news is reporting that last month, just a few days after penning the oped, mcraven left a prominent post with the dib over the incident the dib, on which mcraven served, was created during the obama administration by thendefense secretary ash carter. Army joint special operations command jsoc, united.
He oversaw the 2011 navy seal raid in pakistan that killed alqaeda leader osama bin laden. Inside the military program that put women in combat. Vice admiral william mcraven the commander of joint special operations command showed up with two sheep, and in the cultural understanding of the. He previously served, from june 2008 to june 2011, as the 11th commander of joint special operations command jsoc headquartered at fort bragg, n. Shortly after william mcraven assumed command of jsoc in 2008, he faced a status of forces agreement with iraq that prevented u. Bill mcraven is the ninth commander of socom, headquartered at macdill air force base, fla. Admiral william mcraven make your bed commencement. Admiral mcraven was born 6 november 1955 at pinehurst, north carolina, but moved as a young child to san antonio, texas. What the media didnt tell you about the retired navy.
Joint special operations command us jsoc from 2011 to 2014 and oversaw the bin laden raid, targeted trump in his oped, writing, through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation. Former top special operations commander says trump needs. Report on special ops killing of pregnant afghan women. His gold star parents are furious with navy admiral william mcraven who penned a scorching oped in the washington post to president trump after john brennans security clearance was pulled. A cynics guide to john brennan and william mcraven. He is 64 years born on november 6, 1955, in pinehurst, north carolina.
Jsoc is the elite special ops force that killed osama bin laden and has been at the tip of the spear from bush to obama. Admiral william mcraven is the ninth commander of united states special operations command ussocom, headquartered at macdill air force base, florida. Commencement address by admiral william mcraven at ut austin. Mcraven on monday took over as commander of the stuttgart, germanybased u. President barack obama spoke with navy vice admiral william mcraven, commander of joint special operations command, at fort campbell, ky. Jsoc breaking defense defense industry news, analysis. Mcraven delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, university of texas at austin. Read the full transcript of mcraven s may 19, 2014 speech right here at. The joint special operations command jsoc is a component command of the united states. The eyes of texas are upon a man who kept to the shadows the. William mcraven is an american retired navy admiral.
William mcraven, about the 1970 son tay prison raid in north vietnam. Mcraven gave a commencement speech at the university of texas often referred to as the make your bed speech. Mcraven assumed command of special operations command europe soceur on june 26, 2006. Mcraven at campbell army airfield in fort campbell, ky. The leader of a jsoc unit in iraq, known as kbar, gets shot in the chest by insurgents. Joseph votel as head of the joint special operations command. Its considered one of the best and more inspirational commencement speeches.
As the special operations helicopters approached the convoy from the north. A traitor according to you trumpists politics super. Mcraven urges graduates to find courage to change the. Smetherss threat to expose team 6 came just as vice adm. Mcraven takes helm of special operations command in europe. Jsoc, established in 1980, has been transformed under the last two presidents from a rarely used hostage rescue team to the countrys most elite fighting force. He was named deputy commanding general for operations at the joint special operations command jsoc. He graduated with a bachelors degree in journalism from the university of texas at austin. For too long, the cas program was falling on deaf ears, because it didnt quite fit exactly in somebodys nice little picture of a program, and it wasnt funded within a traditional acquisition program. The shadowy jsoc general expected to be next leader of americas special operations forces. Joint special operations command from 2011 to 2014. Mcraven over bin laden kill austin, tx trump also told fox news commander of joint special operations command who led. Relentless strike tells the inside story of joint special operations command, the secret military organization that during the past decade has revolutionized counterterrorism, seamlessly fusing intelligence and operational skills to conduct missions that hit the headlines, and those that have remained in the shadowsuntil now. Vice admiral apologizes for afghan deaths abc news.
William mcraven, former head of special operations command and the man who led the strike against osama bin laden, might have. Mcchrystals successor at jsoc, vice admiral william mcraven, is. Mcraven, a retired navy admiral, was commander of the u. Special operations command, addresses the audience during the ussocom change of commander ceremony at macdill air force base, fla. Mcraven made headlines in august when he wrote an oped condemning president trump saying, revoke my security clearance, too. William harry mcraven born november 6, 1955 is a retired united states navy fourstar admiral who last served as the ninth commander of the united states special operations command from august 8, 2011, to august 28, 2014. Further, father of petty officer first class seal aaron c.
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