There were no fumes or high temperatures, so there must have been something else in the water. Rob filed a legal request for all of the Washington Works operational records, and DuPont sent them over, more than 60,000 documents.- A lot of folks would try to say, "Okay, you you want a lot of documents, we'll give you a of documents"
So at that point, I thought I had figured out what had finally happened to the cows. - Rob compiled all the evidence into a 900-page letter and sent it to the EPA, the Department of Justice, and even the US Attorney General. And just a few months later, DuPont settled with Earl Tennant and his family for an undisclosed sum, although they didn't admit to any wrongdoing.
Thank you very much. Rob is such a rude man.
We have the sponsors coming to see their beer. Rob , at some point, is going to try to get me to give him information.
It was like other forces were taking over. Rob , yeah, I think you asked me about directors.
Why is it that we don't see, we don't hear about these people? Rob Rubin, had never met him.
So this is another one. Rob Machado is a local San Diego surfer.We grew up together.
Next to him is me holding the boxes. Rob Kuntz at the far end, another one of the authors of D&D, and Steve smirking at the front.The worrying thing about this particular slide is the first three gentlemen to my right are all dead, and I'm next in line.
or of his education. Rob and I are old friends from Duke, and we've done a lot of writing together and a lot of writing separately.And our first book was a book-- well, it's a look at that ancient Roman senator, Cato.
Give you a little bit of background about Rob . Rob has more than a dozen deployments with over 400 combat missions.He was decorated with two silver stars, four bronze stars with valor, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, three Presidential Unit citations, and two Navy
OK, cool. So let's make Rob feel welcome. ROB O'NEILL: Thank you.All right, buddy. Thank you, sir.
All right, buddy. Thank you, sir. ROB O'NEILL: Thanks. Thank you very much.I appreciate it. So first off, thanks for coming today, Rob .
I appreciate it. So first off, thanks for coming today, Rob . ROB O'NEILL: Absolutely. The book, it's not just a story about the bin Laden raid, right?It's a story about a kid from Butte, Montana, and his journey with the SEALs.
Can you tell us how it all started? ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. The book itself is-- I was part of the mission to go after Osama bin Laden, but it came after a long career and a lot of stuff we did.I joined the Navy by accident.
OK. So as you start SEAL training, one of the major hurdles is BUD/S, right? ROB O'NEILL: Yep. So any TV show or book I've read, it's just a hugely demanding kind of a way to weed out some of the candidates earlyin the SEAL process, and the mental fortitude it takes is just so impressive.
So can you give the audience an idea of how intense that process is and what your mental strategy is to survive that? ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. BUD/S is the course that every Navy SEAL needs to go through, and it stands for Basic Underwater Demolition SEALtraining. And it's the one that you see on a lot of the TV shows, and it's in a lot of books.
That brought you to a couple of different deployments, and one of those was Afghanistan. ROB O'NEILL: I got there pre 9/11, so my first four deployments were actually to a lot of Europe, a lot of Africa,some of the Middle East.
Can you talk us through how you were able to make decision-making processes and strategy decisions in an ambiguous environment like that? ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. It was, too.We'd never really been to war as a nation since Vietnam, and we'd never been in a war like this, a certain counterinsurgency-type operation like in Afghanistan.
So by late 2000s you made it to senior chief petty officer, right? ROB O'NEILL: Mm hmm.Can you tell us what skills and leadership traits you feel like developed the most from when you first got to the SEAL teams against when you were a senior chief?
Can you tell us what skills and leadership traits you feel like developed the most from when you first got to the SEAL teams against when you were a senior chief? ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. What developed the most-- experience doesn't necessarily come from a classroom.It comes from on the job training, and it comes from watching both your peers and your superiors, how they're going to act.
I think a tricky thing to do sometimes is balance overplanning with micromanagement. ROB O'NEILL: Yes. The bin Laden raid, from what I read in the book, it seemed like every contingency plan and every detail was planned out.ROB O'NEILL: Yes. How do you balance planning a mission out with that much detail and not micromanaging your people?
ROB O'NEILL: Yes. The bin Laden raid, from what I read in the book, it seemed like every contingency plan and every detail was planned out.ROB O'NEILL: Yes. How do you balance planning a mission out with that much detail and not micromanaging your people?ROB O'NEILL: The first part is, with the planning, the realization that the only time the plan exists is while you're planning.
ROB O'NEILL: Yes. How do you balance planning a mission out with that much detail and not micromanaging your people?ROB O'NEILL: The first part is, with the planning, the realization that the only time the plan exists is while you're planning.And then once you go to do it, everything is going to change.
It's maybe the most important mission you've been on. ROB O'NEILL: Yeah, it was.In your career at that point.
In your career at that point. ROB O'NEILL: It was.Take us through your mindset there.
How did you manage the stress. ROB O'NEILL: This team that I was on, we were fortunate, right place at the right time.We were part of the coalition that rescue the lone survivor, Marcus Luttrell.
How did that go? ROB O'NEILL: That was like a 180 out from how we felt going in because you've got to figure, everyone from the governmentagencies up to the White House, especially, President Obama had to think-- he made the call, I don't care about who argues on TV.
Did he have some words about that? ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. That was really cool.He came there. Obviously, we wanted everyone to get along and have everyone in a room and have a great talk.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Yes. One of the projects that I have, I started a foundation to help special operators transition from the military to the private sector.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. That was part of the reason I initially came out with this story.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: I think people are.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Yes. There are a couple of funny stories in the book.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. A lot of special operators do have a good sense of humor because sometimes the training and the missions
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Oh. Sorry for ruining the book.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Yes. Again, I'm a big believer that failure is a learning tool.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Don't ring the doorbells.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Yes. As as someone who was there in person, what was your favorite book or movie of those events?
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Both "Lone Survivor," my favorite book and movie.
It starts off with, like I said, the human intelligence on the ground that led to-- there's a movie called "Zero Dark Thirty" ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. Google-- Google?
Let's sit here and have a baseline, hypotheticals. Rob Wolfe is a super smart dude.
knowing that people are still going to continue to go to the mountains, but to have the good training and allow people to have better skills. Rob . Rob , and Rob summited in 2012, the same year we were there, and on the 20th, and stormy weather, I remember.
That is not an excellent video game adaptation? Rob Kazinsky is constantly dissing that movie.And I think that's a little unfair.
Today we're joined by singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, and Grammy winner Rob Hotchkiss. Rob 's probably best known for founding the band Train, who released hits including "Meet Virginia" and "I Am," and their best-known "Drops of Jupiter,"which won the Grammy for Best Rock Song in 2001.
Can we hear it one more time for Rob ? Rob , thank you so much for coming and joining us today, playing for us, telling your stories.I guess my first question would be about what inspired the new songs.
There is now a very sophisticated theory of cultural evolution. Rob Boyd, Pete Richerson, and Joe Henrik are the main protagonists of this.And it's been modeled very closely to understand how culture evolves and whether it evolves and under what conditions it will show natural selection.
And they said, hey, we're just going to do this reading of this play. Rob wrote this place.He thought of you two.
Do it. So hold on. Rob wanted dick on stage, and I was the one that signed the contract that said, sure.
Do it. So hold on. Rob wanted dick on stage.
Rob , I hate to be the one to break this to you, buddy, but we don't actually have sex.
Rob 's just an artist.