In Part 2, Mark Watts talks about difficult recruitment, traveling for his own training, and adaptations to athlete programming.

“The Nation today needs men who think in terms of service to their country and not in terms of their country’s debt to them.” –General Omar Bradley

I sometimes hear parents talk about how they don’t have the time to get involved in their children’s activities because of work.

You need to be flexible and adapt your programming as necessary.

The fitness levels required for deployment life are much different than the PT test.

You must condition your body to handle the enormous repetitive loads that will be imposed on you long before you reach selection, or else you will almost surely break down with injury.

You’re not an expert just because your Under Armor shirt is a size small and you wear fatigues.