Talk:William H. McRaven

Moved note from reference section

This article includes text from McRaven's official U.S. Navy biography, which is in the public domain. Such text should be footnoted as such but does not appear to be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.142.213 (talk) 05:23, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

The Khataba Raid

McRaven personally apoligized for the Khataba_raid, which may have kept this from becoming a major public relations disaster. ( Martin | talk • contribs 23:55, 8 August 2013 (UTC))

Retirement and University of Texas Chancellor

Several sources are now pointing to Admiral McRaven being named University of Texas System chancellor on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Texas Tribune, a non-partisan, non-profit media organization, stated that McRaven is expected to be named Chancellor, according to sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2EC1:CF70:C8C3:3250:8CD1:3614 (talk) 04:19, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Health Issues

In 2017, William McRaven announced that he is stepping down as Chancellor of The University of Texas System in 2018, at least partially due to chronic health issues and a desire to spend more time with his family. [1] As some are looking at McRaven as a possible presidential candidate in 2020, his health issues should probably be mentioned in the article. Jerry Stockton (talk) 16:35, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for adding this information, Jerry Stockton .--FeralOink (talk) 09:01, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

DEVGRU (ST6) Command

McRaven commanded a squadron within DEVGRU, he was never Commander of the whole unit. He oversaw the Bin Laden raid as Commander of JSOC. He would have overseen that raid if any other unit, such as CAG had been tasked with it. 174.202.41.144 (talk) 02:44, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the issue here is. The claim that McRaven commanded Development Group was marked 2+ years ago for a citation. None was ever provided, because none exists. None exists because he never commanded Development Group. He was Commander at JSOC, of which Development Group is a part, but that's not the same as being the Commander of Development Group. A "source" was then provided that says that McRaven oversaw Operation Neptune Spear, which was carried out by Development Group. He did. He oversaw it. It was a JSOC Operation. He would have overseen the mission had it been carried out by any other JSOC Unit, like the Army's Combat Applications Group. There's a sourced list on the Development Group page of their Commanders. McRaven doesn't appear on it. The Commander of Development Group during the bin Laden raid was Perry Vanhooser, who in that capacity reported directly to JSOC. During his time with Development Group McRaven was a Squadron Commander. There are (at least) four of those within Development Group, who all report to the actual Commander of Development Group. We cannot simply leave wrong information in, with a source that doesn't say what it purports to say, that had previously been marked for verification for two years. 174.202.47.141 (talk) 22:22, 22 February 2021 (UTC)