By Rob Shaul I suggest four distinct professional reading categories: 1) Wisdom Literature This is the philosophical, foundational ideas and thinking quiet professionals need to keep us grounded and reset efforts when our foundation gets “squishy” or when we feel spiritual unease. Ideally, we read snippets of this daily – and often from a narrow […]
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Arete 9.21.17
Military Reflections on Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Small Wars Journal McMaster on North Korea: ‘There Is a Military Option’, Defense Tech Marines want integrated suppressors, Marine Corps Times Russia May Send 100K Troops to NATO’s Borders, Defense Tech US has launched ‘more than 100 strikes against AQAP’ so far this year, Long War Journal […]
Advice to My Younger Self: Language School
By Jay Huwieler You are embarking on perhaps the most mentally-taxing endurance event in the U.S. Army – 63 weeks learning a Category 4 language at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey, CA. No, it won’t be physically tough, and graduating won’t earn you the same respect among your peers that Ranger School would, […]
Q&A 9.21.17
KUDOS ON HUMILITY “Just wanted to give you and your team kudos on Humility. After completing it the first time last summer, it sucked so bad I swore I would never do it again. Well after being at NTC for a month not doing any PT I decided I needed to get back in shape […]
What to Program for Just 2 Weeks with an Olympic Ski Racer?
By Rob Shaul US Ski Team member Resi Stiegler has been doing summer dryland, and late summer pre-season training at MTI for 3-4 years now. She’s a 2-time Olympian and will represent the US in South Korea next February. Resi was in Jackson for 4 weeks in June-July, then traveled with the US Ski Team […]
Arete 9.14.17
Military For Iraq’s Long-Suffering Kurds, Independence Beckons, NY Times America Needs to Consider New Ideas in Afghanistan—Including Erik Prince’s Plan, World Politics Review Retired But Still Flying, the F-117 Nighthawk May Soon Fade to Black, Defense Tech SpaceX Launches Super-Secret Air Force X-37B Shuttle Before Irma Approaches, Defense Tech Mattis signs orders to send about […]
Q&A 9.14.17
KUDOS ON HUMILITY “Wicked kudos on the Humility program. I just finished it (okay, I finished it over a month ago and I’m mostly through Big 24 now, but still), and I gotta say you couldn’t have picked a better name for it. Some background – I’m a 27 year old male, 6’0” 195 lbs, […]
Quiet Professional: Do Your Job With Dignity
By Rob Shaul “It’s funny how a simple task like making your bed can change the way you look at things.” I was eleven, it was bluebird July morning, and I was anxious to grab my fishing pole and bike to the kid’s fishing pond at the town park. But before fishing, I […]
Plan Focus: Top 5 Exercises for Military Athletes Training Plan
By Rob Shaul and Charles Bausmann Some training plans can use a wide variety of exercises to train the elements which we believe are criticial to the Military Athlete – Strength, Endurance, Work Capacity, and Chassis Integrity. This plan utilizes a simple list of five exercises inspired by one of our most popular articles, Rob’s […]
Arete 9.7.17
Military The Baldwin Articles – Leadership and Volunteers vs Conscripts, Soldier Systems A Funeral of 2 Friends: C.I.A. Deaths Rise in Secret Afghan War, NY Times ISIS After The Caliphate, Small Wars Journal US troops in Syria battle anti-Assad rebels once funded by the CIA, Intel News Anatomy of a Taliban ambush, Long War Journal […]