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Retired Air Force Captain Says Pentagon Lied About Helicopter Crash (Extortion 17) that Killed 38 Including 17 SEALs

July 21, 2017

Inspirational, Intel & Opinion, LIFE, Memorial

https://youtu.be/gm6KChZqFs0 We apologize for our poor sound quality and are working to correct it.-Ed On August 6 2011, sometime between 0230 and 0300 hours, a US Army Chinook named with the call sign Extort... 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...

Hero SAS Drowns ISIS fighter in a Puddle

Michael Kurcina

July 2, 2017

Intel & Opinion, LIFE

A source reporting to trade mag UK Daily Mail stated 32 ISIS fighters were killed during a battle which lasted just over four hours. The remaining forces fled despite multiple injuries-including gunshot wounds... Read More...

Navy SEAL Vetrepreneurs You Should Know in 2017

Michael Kurcina

June 24, 2017

Business, Industry News, Inspirational, Intel & Opinion, LIFE, NETWORKS

I want to share some info on a few veteran businesses you should know in 2017. By the time 2018 rolls around I expect this list to be very long. Our goal today is to highlight some companies that you might not ... Read More...

The Angry Vet Hurts Us All

David Devaney

June 23, 2017

LIFE, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) By David K. Devaney SgtMaj USMC Retired Most people who are paying any attention to our military know that less than 1% of Americans serve in uniform. That means 99% need t... 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...

Six Lousy Minutes of Your Life Can Make A World of Difference for Others

Michael Kurcina

June 18, 2017

Inspirational, LIFE, Movies & Television, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

As movies go there are a lot of good ones and bad ones out there. Probably one of the most inspirational and underrated sports films to come out in the last 30 years is the movie Visionquest. It has become ... Read More...