Growing up, Jack Carr had dreams of being a U.S. Navy SEAL and writing novels about the U.S. military. He's now successfully done both.

In this episode of "Veterans Chronicles," Carr describes the difficulty of BUD/S training to become a SEAL and the mindset he used to get past any urges to quit. He describes his work boarding Iraqi ships off the coast of Iran, and his work as a sniper in the war zones.

Carr also explains how he weaves his military experience into his novels, the lessons he still thinks the military needs to learn from our recent wars, and what it was like to go back to SEAL training at the end of his career - this time leading daily operations of the training.