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Master Sergeant Thomas Saunders has been dead four years. He died as a member of a Marine Special Operations Team, training for war only months after returning from one. An internet search of his ...


Brutal Deconstruction of Self Will Drive Improvement and Success
I joined the Marines right out of high school fueled by equal parts patriotism, and the movies; Uncommon Valor, Apocalypse Now, and Platoon, (I was blissfully unaware that the last two were distin...

Cycling and the Beginner’s Mind
I’m a gravel racer. That means I ride for hours on dirt roads on what looks like a drop-bar road bike with slightly bigger tires. I can handle a bit of rough stuff, but the single track that moun...

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 of it.

Detachment is necessary for survival. It’s also as slippery a slope as there is.
