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The Success of Failure

September 16, 2017

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Losing isn't an option, winning is everything. These statements seem to be everywhere in society. You can't turn on a movie without at least one of these statements being bandied about or read some cookie cutte... Read More...

Jack of all Trades Triple Aught Designs film Submission by Noble & Blue

Michael Kurcina

September 13, 2017

American Apparel, Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Movies & Television

Totally proud of these guys. Noble & Blue got accepted to the Triple Aught Design Fall Film Festival with this short film submission they did. Great job guys. Keep up the excellent creative work. https:/... Read More...

Aut Invenium Viam Aut Facium and What is Spotter Up?

Michael Kurcina

August 10, 2017

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Memorial, The Team Room

AUT INVENIUM VIAM AUT FACIUM-I will either find a way or I will make one. Legend has it that the military commander Hannibal said this to his generals after they told him it was impossible to cross the Alps on... Read More...

Playing Pranks on Your Teammates Can Build Your Team Up or Tear Them Down

Michael Kurcina

July 14, 2017

Games & Gadgets, Inspirational, Intel & Opinion, LIFE, Life and Family, Movies & Television, The Team Room, Wisdom

One of the best pranks I've ever read about was the prank played on American anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon by a tribe of Yanomamo indians of the Amazon rainforest. I don't recall if I read this story in h... Read More...

Dallas Police Department 1 Year On

Steve Rabinovich

July 11, 2017

Inspirational, Intel & Opinion, LIFE, Life and Family, Memorial, Planning, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

It is a logical anomaly that in this day and age our law enforcement as a profession learns mostly from tragedy. While not necessarily unique in that regard, we consistently prove that not broke-don’t fix it m... Read More...

Rituals Are are Important to Warriors and Doing Them Should be Important to You

Michael Kurcina

July 9, 2017

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, PSYCHE, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, 50 I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dy... Read More...

When it Comes to Skills Leave the Acting to the Actors

Michael Kurcina

June 20, 2017

Intel & Opinion, Life and Family, Planning, Prepping & Survival, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

Today one of my favorite actors announced his retirement from film. Daniel Day-Lewis is done. Sad for the film world and for fans like me. The actor was nominated for two additional Oscars for his ro... Read More...

Never Confuse a Single Defeat with a Final Defeat.

Michael Kurcina

June 19, 2017

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait... Read More...

Weekend adventure: Seitseminen National Park – Part 3.

Blue

June 4, 2017

Camping, EDC, Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, The Team Room, Travel

What did we learn? So, this is FINALLY the last part of long-ass writings about our adventure in the Seitseminen National Park in late August. This time we go through some of the things we learned about ... Read More...

Continuing to Serve, Mentoring Makes Men

Dale Swanson

May 30, 2017

Inspirational, Leadership, LIFE, Life and Family, NETWORKS, The Team Room, Wisdom

Every one of us will eventually, through age, injury, or life choices, cease being the focused, hard-charging warrior of our 20s and 30s. We will take off the uniform and never render a military salute; never ... Read More...