“We’re going to compress the best information from 6 classes over three days of instruction.” Imagine hearing that if you’re a person with limited time to train. Training requires an investment of your time and that is a resource we all don’t have enough of. Personally, I’m a training junkie. From m …

Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Across all aspects of my life, I’ve done my best, with what I’ve had at the time, to be ready to respond rapidly to life’s uncertainties and changes. It’s through training, and a mindset to be prepared, that we may flou …

My first experience in understanding what it means to be a leader came as a result of my attendance at the Primary Leadership and Development Course (PLDC) or what is now referred to as the Warriors Leader Course (WLC). I attended PLDC in the summer of 2000, as an 11B Infantryman. By that time, I ha …

I remember the first military class I was ever called on to teach. Days before, my stomach was sick. I barely slept. It wasn’t the actual class that scared me because I knew the subject, it was public speaking and being judged by my peers. I was teaching individual movement techniques on the “method …

I spent most of my years in the military operating in the Recon genre of Special Operations. A job that had me living out of a rucksack for days if not weeks at a time. I learned very quickly in combat what optimization and efficiency meant, how important considering every ounce was, and how that tr …

I served 20 years in the Army as a Psychological Operations Specialist under Special Operations Command. I was kind of on my own from a tactical standpoint in relation to supporting ground commanders. I was the voice of leadership and the voice of whoever we were supporting at the time. I was able t …