Reframing Organizations, 7th Edition

Chapter 13Culture in Action

The public has been fascinated with the U.S. Navy's secret SEAL strike teams ever since one of them, SEAL Team Six Red Squadron, tracked down Osama bin Laden in 2012. The public eye typically focuses on the modern weaponry, awesome firepower, and sheer bravado of the SEAL operators. At least three books and a hit movie, Zero Dark Thirty—each with its own interpretation of that operation—came out in 2013. But lurking beneath the surface of Red Squadron's successful foray is another interesting story about the culture of SEAL Team Six, which has not yet been fully told.

 

The books written by Seals underscore the important contributions of a tightly knit culture. The members of Team Six “are bound together not only ...