<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1971</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Jocko Willink is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On September 8, 1971, Jocko Willink was born in Torrance, California.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1991</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Enters the United States Navy</div><div class='timeline-text'>Willink enters the United States Navy and serves as a Navy Seal for four years.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1995</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Deploys to Iraq</div><div class='timeline-text'>Willink deploys to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom with SEAL Team 3.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2010</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Retires from the Navy</div><div class='timeline-text'>Willink retires from the Navy after serving for 20 years.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2013</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Co-Authors Extreme Ownership</div><div class='timeline-text'>Willink co-authors the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2015</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Launches Podcast Jocko Podcast</div><div class='timeline-text'>Willink launches his podcast, "Jocko Podcast," which he hosts with Echo Charles.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2017</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Launches Leadership Consulting Company</div><div class='timeline-text'>Willink launches Echelon Front, a leadership consulting company.</div></div></div>
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