The couple married shortly after graduation and have raised three children. He enjoyed writing and found the training in concise communication extremely useful in his military career. After exploring pre-med and accounting courses, he found a congenial major in journalism. After graduating from high school in San Antonio, he entered the University of Texas, Austin on a track scholarship and joined Navy ROTC. Given the military background of his father and his family’s friends, a career in the military was something he had always considered. He has often cited his high school track coach, Jerry Turnbow, as a positive influence. He played football for the Theodore Roosevelt High School Rough Riders and particularly excelled at track. An enthusiastic athlete, he competed in as many sports as possible. Young Bill McRaven was drawn to the sea at an early age and began scuba diving when he was 13. For each case study, he provides political and military context, a meticulous reconstruction of the mission itself and an analysis of the operation. Navy SEAL team-pinpoints six essential principles of “spec ops” success: simplicity, security, repetition, surprise, speed and purpose. Vice Admiral William McRaven-who commands a U.S. 1996: Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice by William H. His mother was born in Texas, and McRaven identifies strongly with the Lone Star State.

The family - including his two older sisters - moved to Texas while William was in elementary school and settled in San Antonio. His father, a career Air Force officer, was stationed at Pope Air Force Base, now known as Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg. McRaven was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

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