Following BUDS, Jocko joined which unit?

• A. Seal Team One
• B. Seal Team Two
• C. SEAL Team Eight
• D. Special Boat Team 12

Answer: (A)

After finishing BUD/S, a Navy SEAL typically reports to a SEAL Team for their first operational assignment. This step is the usual entry point into real deployments and leadership roles, rather than jumping straight to a specialized unit. In this case, the best answer aligns with Jocko Willink’s early career, where he is described as joining Seal Team One after BUD/S. This sets up his progression into later leadership roles and deployments with other teams, including his famous command with a different unit later on.

The other options represent legitimate units, but they are not the ones described as his initial post-BUD/S assignment. Seal Team Two and Seal Team Eight are separate SEAL Teams, and Special Boat Team 12 is a different kind of unit; none of these are the standard first stop after BUD/S for the particular career path in question.