Captain Phillips & Extortion 17 with Terry Houin | Mike Drop: Episode 65

About this video

Former Navy SEAL Terry Hewitt recounts his 26-year career with host Mike Ritland. Hewitt shares his path from farming in Indiana to SEAL Team Four and 17 years at DEVGRU, including his involvement in the Captain Phillips rescue. He discusses his transition to BUD/S preparation instruction, modern challenges in recruiting quality candidates, and his emphasis on accountability and using his experience to mentor others.

Key takeaways

• Hewitt attributes his decision to join the SEALs to a recruiter’s pitch rather than lifelong ambition, emphasizing he had no detailed knowledge of what he was entering in the early 1990s
• According to Hewitt, today’s BUD/S candidates are more physically prepared and informed than past generations, but excessive online information can lead some to arrive with unrealistic expectations or strategies to game the system
• Hewitt argues that modern Navy recruiting struggles with quality and standards, and he sees his post-retirement mission as holding himself accountable to pass on experience and make others’ lives better through teaching and mentoring

Episode details: published December 8, 2020 · 604.6K views · 2:19:10 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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