# Bill McRaven

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mcraven/233618>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mcraven/233618 "2004-03-11T03:20:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Willmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ad7895/32.png) [@Willmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willmore)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mcraven/233618/1 "2004-03-11T03:20:23Z")

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Who is he ?

I know he’s a Rear Admiral, and a reported “killing machine” famous for disregarding an order in Vietnam.

So what else is there about him ?

What makes him legendary ?

What’s the fastest way of possibly killing a person with a knife ? It’s longer than a nanosecond I assume.

This is mainly about the Newsweek article about him heading the search for Osama.