On Identity: Loving The Part Of You That Isn't Dutch From Predator
MINDFULNESS

On Identity: Loving The Part Of You That Isn't Dutch From Predator

I never meant to be a lifer. My father was a Marine Captain. He joined, served, and moved on. My Grandfather was a Marine PFC machine gunner in G/2/29. He took three bullets at Sugar Loaf Hill on O...

FITNESSThe Importance of a Good Aerobic System: Achieving the Anaerobic Threshold

The Importance of a Good Aerobic System: Achieving the Anaerobic Threshold

In the last blog I wrote, The Importance of A Good Aerobic System: Keeping You & Your Teammates Alive Longer, we talked a lot about how the aerobic system is vital for the SOFlete Athlete, as ...

MINDFULNESSLemmings Aren't Lions

Lemmings Aren't Lions

In our technologically advanced and interconnected world we are constantly bombarded with an endless stream of information, much of which is flat out wrong at worst and a partial truth at best. Of...

OP-EDThe Ego and the Id(iot): Necessary Additions to the First Three Rules of Special Operations Forces

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 of us have probably heard goes like this: Rule 1: Look cool Rule 2: Know what you...

OP-EDThe Road Less Travelled: How "Die Living" Saved Me From Myself

The Road Less Travelled: How "Die Living" Saved Me From Myself

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost My name is Paul and I’m an alcoholic. I have been in recovery for roughl...

NUTRITIONFasting Diets

Fasting Diets

Fasting diets have been lingering around as fad diet trend for some time now.