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OP-ED | The Ego and the Id(iot): Necessary Additions to the First Three Rules of Special Operations Forces There are probably as many sets of ‘Rules for Special Operations’ as there are special operators, but one set most…
OP-ED | SOFLETE Jiu Jitsu Detachment Lessons: Arm Bar From The Guard Alan beats up on Chris and talks through how to effectively get an arm bar from the guard... enjoy all…
OP-ED | Quitting: The Loudest are often the Biggest Quitters There is something I have realized over the course of my endurance career and time spent in the military, it…
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OP-ED | Is Quitting Genetic Or Can You Control Your Destiny? “Don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit” the phrase is repeated in the heads of some athletes only…
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OP-ED | Quitting: The Quitters Translation Guide As a military veteran and endurance athlete, I have heard a lot of reasons to quit over my lifetime. After…
OP-ED | An End To Child Soldiers: Mick Mulroy's Life Mission Michael Patrick “Mick” Mulroy is a man unused to publicity. He’s spent a professional lifetime expressly avoiding it. But…
OP-ED | Quitting: Why Are Members of Special Operation Forces Good at Not Quitting? Growing up I often look at Special Operations Forces (SOF) as larger than life characters capable of doing the impossible.…
OP-ED | Honor Your Brother's Memory By NOT Building Your Brand On His Sacrifice Soldiers often joke about the process of filling out a “death packet.” Doing so eases the tensions of pre-deployment anxiety.…
OP-ED | 5 Temporary Duty Station Watering Holes That Won't Make You Consider Penicillin The Next Morning Hopefully, you're past the phase where when you go TDY you run to the PX and spend all of your…
OP-ED | Quitting: The Loudest are often the Biggest Quitters There is something I have realized over the course of my endurance career and time spent in the military, it…
OP-ED | No Holiday in Cambodia for These Giant Rats Roughly the size of a domestic house cat, the African giant pouch rat has far superior olfactory receptors, making them…
OP-ED | The Ego and the Id(iot): Necessary Additions to the First Three Rules of Special Operations Forces There are probably as many sets of ‘Rules for Special Operations’ as there are special operators, but one set most…
OP-ED | SOFLETE Jiu Jitsu Detachment Lessons: Arm Bar From The Guard Alan beats up on Chris and talks through how to effectively get an arm bar from the guard... enjoy all…
OP-ED | Is Quitting Genetic Or Can You Control Your Destiny? “Don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit” the phrase is repeated in the heads of some athletes only…
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OP-ED | Nate Weber: Olympian and Subject of Best SF Deployment Picture... Ever I’m not an SF guy. Hell, I’m not even military. But one of the things I’ve admired…
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