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“Leaders must be able to master four major tasks. Firstly, they need comprehensively to grasp the overall strategic situation in a conflict and craft the appropriate strategic approach–in essence, to get the big ideas right. Secondly, they must communicate those big ideas, the strategy, effectively throughout the breadth and depth of their organiza
... See moreSome trainees use the minimum doses for certain exercises, and max sets/reps to target problem areas.
K. Black • Tactical Barbell: Definitive Strength Training for the Operational Athlete
Levi Hunt had survived Special Forces training, which made SEALs’ Hell Week look like a tweens’ summer camp. He’d lived through multiple tours of Afghanistan when it seemed that everyone and his aunt was trying to kill him in wildly inventive ways.
Kate Meader • Good Guy (Rookie Rebels)
Sun Tzu wrote that speed, surprise, and deception were the primary essentials of the attack
Zedong Mao • Mao Tse-Tung On Guerrilla Warfare
Special ops are extremely organized, well-trained, committed, laser-focused on the mission, and extremely swift.
Maja Voje • Go-To-Market Strategist: Everything You Need to Reach Product-Market Fit
Now, there are certain things you can always count on with a Ranger. A Ranger is a man of action. A Ranger does not hesitate and he knows when it’s time to execute, and a Ranger completes the mission. Another fact about a Ranger is that he never operates alone, so when he gets a random call from another Ranger, you can rest easy knowing that one wi
... See moreMarty Skovlund Jr. • Violence of Action: Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror
Zarqawi’s lieutenants. I come to know them better than I know most of my friends—to understand what still haunts them about their childhood, how a particular string of numbers holds emotional significance for them, the different reasons each gets up every day to fight.
Amaryllis Fox • Life Undercover
Special Forces soldiers are trained to operate between the tremors of the clock’s ticking hand,
Ant Middleton • First Man In: Leading from the Front
The Marine philosophy is to recruit for attitude and train for skills. Marines believe that attitude is a weapon system. We searched for intangible character traits: a quest for adventure, a desire to serve with the elite, and the intention to be in top physical condition.