Physical Fitness

Goal setting is a topic I have discussed many times, yet many people still haven’t grasped its importance. Setting goals provides us with a framework for navigating life’s challenges, whether they are highs or lows, good times or bad. Don’t just drift through life aimlessly, wasting time, being average, and not fulfilling your true potential. […]

“I don’t want to die here,” are the words that I told myself in the fall of 2007. In the summer of 2007, my unit was on a year-long deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom when we got word that our combat deployment would be extended three more months. We were totaling 15 months […]

Most Airborne Operations are conducted at night under darkness, almost 90 percent of the jumps. I enjoyed jumping at night because I could not see the ground or anything else. However, seeing the earth, roads, open fields, lakes, and other stuff was incredible. On the one hand, jumping at night, I could focus on what […]

Being a leader is a privilege. People choose whether to follow you, yet, why should anyone follow you? This is a question where my values and principles are on display, where I hold myself accountable and take extreme ownership of my shortcomings to improve myself daily. Leadership is a privilege that carries with it the […]