Ranger School, No Excuse Leadership: Inspiring True Stories of Ranger School Graduates by Brace Barber

Author:Brace Barber [Barber, Brace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brace E. Barber
Published: 2020-03-28T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

RANGERS are INSTINCTUAL

DAVID STOCKWELL

The instant that Somali bullet shattered against the door frame, peppering his temple with fragments, Major David Stockwell was guided by his survival instinct. His instinct was not a simple fight-or-flight response. It had been trained through the stressful situations of his Army career starting with Ranger School more than 10 years earlier. With bullet fragments in his head and blood flowing from his wounds, he functioned coherently and moved swiftly.

Where training and education leave off, instinct begins. Even as a lieutenant, David combined his deep desire to succeed at Ranger School with a trust in his gut feeling. The situation was not life-or-death at the time, but it was critical that he pass his patrol. He rehearsed the plan with his platoon because he couldn’t think of a better way to get his message across, not because it was a checklist item. It worked! Lieutenant Stockwell was focused on function not fluff, substance not style, and went beyond the current doctrine to accomplish his goal. Do you have a deep desire to succeed that will activate your instinct and innovation? Where in your job are you ignoring your instincts?

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