1. Reaching Beyond Boundaries Don Mann

2. My experiences and achievements pale to the experiences of so many other people.
Anybody with the proper mindset can achieve anything imaginable! And it is my great honor today to share my message with you.
This presentation today is on my own personal journey of; developing and strengthening my combat mindset, turning macro goals into micro goals and playing to win.

3. “Reaching Beyond Boundaries”
CBV Collection Services
CSX Transportation
Daimler Chrysler
Dominos
EnerSys
Fidelity National Title
Institute for International Research
Men’s Journal
Merrill Lynch
OTR Global
POTS (Part of the Solution)
Shannon Medical Center
Saint Francis University
Sterne Agee Financial Services
Swift
Wells Fargo
Wyoming Association of Physical Plant Administrators
XDIN (Sweden)
Personnel deploying to the war zone(s)
SEAL Training Academy
SEAL Adventure Challenge
Navy SEAL Cadet Program
Mountain Climbers
Extreme / Ultra Distance Competitors
Odyssey Adventure Racing Academy
Order of the Arrow Scouts
Washington Stealth Lacrosse Team (Professional 2012 National League Champions)
Countless athletes and government/military personnel
Allied Construction Industries
Arizona Association of Realtors
Atlanta Mortgage Banking Association
Bankrate.com
Broe Group
Carolinas Ready Mix Concrete Association

4. Seal of Honor A Navy SEAL respects teamwork over individual glory.
The SEAL is part of a unit and is not a single entity.
The heart of a Navy SEAL beats for his team mates.
The one thing SEALs share in common is loyalty.

5. Navy SEAL Values Flexible, ability to shift focus
Mutual trust between leaders and subordinates.
Belief in Mission and Mission Success.
Mission is always first.
Never accept defeat, never give up.
Select and retain the right people for the team.
Get rid of the wrong people.
Flexible, ability to shift focus
Takes care of the team, “go hungry so others can eat”.
Staying relatively calm in stressful environments.
Develop subordinates. Train the person that you want to take your place when you depart.

6. Navy SEAL Values Professionalism. The quiet professional.
Physical and Moral Courage
Humility. No elitism Do not consider yourself better than your team mates.
Trustworthiness. Share the interests of the team, Deliver on your promises, be consistent, be honest, and clearly communicate frequently and openly.
Accountability. As a SEAL leader, you can delegate responsibility, but do not delegate accountability.

7. Navy SEAL Values Empathy. Understand and appreciate your teammates.
Clarity. As a leader know where you are taking the team.
Competence and Confidence. You don't have to be an expert at every task, but understand the job and everyone's role.
Integrity. Act in complete accordance with our stated and implied values.
Honor. Stand up for what's right, defend your team's reputation.

8. Navy SEAL Doctrine People are more important than hardware.
The right people, highly trained and working as a team, will accomplish the mission with the equipment available.
The best equipment in the world cannot compensate for a lack of the right people.

9. Professional and Athletic Macro Goal Accomplishments
Navy SEAL Team SIX
USG
Hawaii IRONMAN
30 Marathons/ Ultras – 36 Months
Double IRONMAN
(16 mile paddle, 224 mile bike and 52.4 mile run)
RAID Ecuador - (9 days, 400 miles).
RAID South Africa – (11 days, 500 miles).
RAID ‘Patagonia – (9 days, 350 miles).
RAID Trans-Himalayan (Nepal, Tibet and across India) (10 days, 500 miles).
Climb Denali (tallest mountain in North America), and numerous others.
Work out everyday for over 20 years.
Compete in over 1000 endurance competitions.
Become an author
Professional and Athletic Macro Goal Accomplishments

10. Don Devereaux Mann Military Biography:
Navy SEAL/Chief Warrant Officer Retired
SEAL Team One
SEAL Team Six
SBU-26, Republic of Panama
SEAL Team Two
SEAL Team Six (Advance Training Officer)
Founder and Officer in Charge of SEAL Adventure Challenge and SEAL Training Academy

12. Professional Biography
Director of Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race – “The World’s Most Challenging Human Endurance Competition”
Founder and Director of Odyssey Adventure Racing, Inc.
Producer and Director of Expedition BVI
Designed the world’s longest adventure race(s) for Warner Brothers and IMAX – Ecuador to the North Pole and Ecuador to the South Pole
Selected as Richard Branson’s North American Medical Coordinator for his Trans-Global Circumnavigation Balloon voyage.
Named Virginia Beach Ambassador Extraordinaire
Executive Board Member United States Adventure Racing Association (USARA)
Product tester/developer for New Balance footwear, Lava Gear, Master Foods, Mile High Muscle, SEDA kayaks
Masters, Management, Troy State University, Troy, AL
B.S., International Relations & Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
B.S., Liberal Science, State University of New York

13. Author Inside SEAL Team Six My Life and Missions with America’s Elite Warrior (New York Times Best Seller)

14. Running 75+ marathons and ultras Ran 30 marathons in 36 months
Mt Mitchell Marathon (America’s Toughest Marathon)
Black Mountain 40-mile challenge
Mt Mitchell Ultra Marathon
JFK 50-miler
24-hour running events in Guam and Panama
Western Pacific Cross-Country Championship Race
Sea Shore State Park 50K trail run, 4hrs 30 min, 2nd place
Guam 50 mile Ultra Marathon
Western Pacific 10K Championships- Philippines, 1st Place, (PR)
Sea Shore State Park Ultra Marathon, 50K, 2nd Place
Umstead NC. Ultra Marathon, 100K, 12th place
Running

15. Road Cycling Numerous (100+ ) mile bike races and centuries,
300 miles per day – 1500 in 5 days (Guinness World Record pace),
Around the Island of Okinawa, Japan 231-mile bike race (Course Record),
Tecate to Ensenada Mexico, 75 miles,
Knots Island, 100 miles, 1st Finisher,
Assault on Mt. Mitchell 100+ mile Bike Race,
Cannon Ball, 103 miles, 1st Finisher,
Culpepper, 100 miles, 1st Finisher,
Chesapeake Bay Bridge 112 miles, 1st Finisher,
Mountains of Misery Challenge, 100 miles,
Tour de Virginias, 5-day stage ride, 300 miles,
1st finisher in every stage,
Between the Waters – Onancock, 100 miles,
1st Finisher
Between the Waters – Cape Charles, 100 miles,
1st Finisher,
Dismal Dash 40K Time Trial,
Capital to Capital, 102 miles, 3rd place Finisher, 2nd place Finisher,
PLT Virginia State Time Trial Championships 23 miles, 58:56,
Tour de Lyon Century, 95.7 miles, 1st team
Mount Washington Mountain Climb “toughest climb in US”
Northern Florida MS-170 (2500 riders), 1st Finisher
Gran Fondo, Richmond, 102 miles, 4 hrs 43 min
Road Cycling

16. Professional mountain bike racer (mid-late 80s – 90s)
Virginia Beach Cycle Cross, 1st MTB / 2nd overall,
Shenandoah 100-mile Back-Country Mountain Bike Race,
24 Hours of Canaan Mt. Bike Race –16th place, team event,
24 Hours of Canaan Mt. Bike Race – 4th place, Solo,
12 Hours of Ivor Mt. Bike Race, Solo,
18 Hours of Ivor Mt. Bike Race Solo,
Fat Tire Duathlon – 2nd place,
Iditasport 100-mile Winter Mountain Bike Race, Alaska, 23rd overall,
William and Mary Mountain Bike Classic, 20 miles, Expert Category,
2nd place age group, 3rd overall, 2:19:45,
Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge, 12 miles, B. Masters,
1st place, 1 hr 09 min.
Billy Cross – Cycle Cross Race, Barnhamsville, VA. 13th overall,
Patriots Ride, Freedom Park, Williamsburg, VA,
JRVS Cycle Cross Race, Jamestown, VA, 1st place MTB cat.
EVMA MTB Race, Williamsburg, VA,
Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge – Mountain Critirium
50:00 Finisher
Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge and MTB Race
Patriots Ride, Freedom Park, VA, finisher, 2012
Patriots Ride, Freedom Park, VA, finisher, 2012
Patriots Ride, Freedom Park, VA, finisher, 2012
Mountain Bike Racing

17. Kayaking and Rowing Racing
The Great Nor Easter, Canoe / Portage leg, Woodstock NY,
1st place overall, canoe, 70 miles
Paddle for the Bay Kayak Race
1st place overall, Sea Kayak, 8 miles
3rd place, Sea Kayak division, 8 Miles
Buckroe Hampton Paddle Race, Sea Kayak division,
14th place overall, 9 miles
Colonial Williamsburg Rowing Club
1st place Open Masters D – 2000 Meter ERG Sprints, 7:05.2
Hampton Roads Rowing Club
1st place overall – 2000 Meter ERG Sprints, 6:56
Paddle for the Bay Kayak Race, Sea Kayak division
1st place, 6.2 miles,
Onancock Kayak Race
2nd overall, 1st place Sea Kayak division, 6.8 miles,
The Stephen Chapman Benefit Paddle
1st place overall, Sea Kayak division, 6.5 miles,
The Perennial Kayak Paddle Race, Sea Kayak division
1st place overall, 5.5 miles,
MAPA St. Patricks Day Race, Sea Kayak division
2nd place overall, 1st place Sea Kayak division, 5.6 miles,
Chile Andes Mountain Range to the Pacific Ocean (cross country),
Sea Kayak, over 100 miles, 5 days
Kayaking and Rowing Racing

18. Surf Ski Racing Annual Bennets Creek Bash, 3rd place overall,
2nd place Surf Ski division, 4.5 miles,
Lafayette River Festival, 2nd place overall,
Surf Ski division, 6 miles,
James River Paddle Challenge, 2nd place overall,
2nd Surf Ski division, 9 miles,
James River Paddle Challenge,4th place overall,
3rd Surf Ski division, 9 miles,
MAPA Race, 2nd place overall,
2nd Surf Ski division,6.8 miles,
Paddle for the Bay, 5th overall, 4th Surf Ski division,
6 miles,
Onancock Kayak Race 3rd overall, 3rd Surf Ski div.
2nd overall, 2nd Surf Ski div. (x2)
7.3 miles,
Paddle for Patriots 1st overall, Surf Ski,
5.44 miles,
New Quarter Park MAPA Canoe and Kayak Race
2nd overall, 1st Surf Ski division, 5 miles
Great Lock - Team River Runner - Benefit Race
Wounded Warrior Race
3rd overall, 1st Surf Ski division, 6 miles,
MAPA KIS Race, 2nd place overall,
1st place Surf Ski division, 6.8 miles, 66:36
MAPA Lock Ness Challenge
4th place overall, 3rd place Surf Ski division,
4.84 miles, 46:39
Everglades to Key West – 135 miles
Surf Ski Racing

19. Triathlons Former PRO Triathlete Hawaiian Iron Man – 57th overall
Super Frog Triathlon, Coronado CA,.
Otay Lakes Duathlon, – CA, 2nd place
Super SEAL Triathlon, Virginia Beach, VA,
Military Championships, Fort Story, VA.,
1st place, team event,
Perth Triathlon, Australia
Republic of Panama Triathlon
Odyssey Double IRON (16 mile paddle, 224 mile bike and 52.4 mile run) Triathlete Finisher –
and current Double IRON paddling record holder.
Williamsburg Sprint Triathlon, 1st place, team event
Triathlons

20. Captain, Trans-Himalayan (Nepal, Tibet and across India) RAID Gauloises (10 days, 500 miles)
Captain, First All-American Team
RAID Gauloises Ecuador (9 days, 400 miles)
Captain, RAID Gauloises South Africa (11 days, 500 miles)
Captain, RAID Gauloises Patagonia (9 days, 350 miles)
Captain ESPN X-treme Adventure Race
(4 days, 250 miles)
Captain Great Nor’ Easter (3 days, 200 miles)
Adventure Racing

21. Mountaineering Denalli (Alaska) Kilimanjaro (Africa)
Mount Whitney (California)
Cotopaxi (Ecuador)
Cayambe (Ecuador)
Grand Teton (Wyoming)
Cabo San Lucas (Mexico)
Longs Peak (Colorado)
Lovers Leap (California)
Seneca Rock (Virginia)
First Ascends: Devils Tower, Wyoming – “a Reach Too Far” 5.10, Red Rock, Nevada – “Jolly Roger”, 5.10.
Numerous climbs in the:
Himalayas
Rockies
White Mountains
Andes
Patagonia
South Africa
Red Rock
South East Asia
Ethiopian Highlands
South Korea
Yosemite
Aconcagua (Argentina)

22. Macro and Micro Goal Setting
Turning macro goals into micro goals has helped me in every aspect of my life including extreme and ultra-distance sports, SEAL training and SEAL combat missions.
The real tragedy for most people is not that they set their goals too high and do not achieve them, but that they set their goals too low and they do achieve them.
Know your own personal limitations and then simply defy them.

23. Reinhold Messner - Mountaineer and Explorer First solo ascents of Mount Everest without oxygen. First to climb all fourteen peaks over 8,000 meters. Arctic, Antarctica and Gobi desert crossing . Lost seven toes and three fingers from frostbite.

24. As an athlete, I have competed in some of the
world’s most difficult competitions.

25. Although there were always so many athletes so much faster, stronger, smarter and more experienced than I have ever been – I still played to win. My mindset allowed me to compete in the same arena with them.

26. DAVE KELLEHER Moto-Cross Champion

27. Dave – Professional!!!
Don - Novice

28. Dave’s secret to success was that he never gave up his goal of becoming a Champion.
Run route, which he did 3 times a week, consisted of 10 miles around a mile loop.

29. I quit!
That day taught me my first valuable lesson in goal setting and developing a mindset – a lesson that has shaped my life and has lasted a life time...

30. Pro vs. Novice
Dave never lost sight of his goal and became a motocross champion.
I remained a novice. When things were hard, I would slow down or quit. I never had the goal of becoming a champion. Being middle of the pack was OK. If I had a bad race, I lost focus and ended up giving much less than my full 100%.
Some people dream of achieving great success and others get up every morning and work hard it.

31. COMBAT MINDSET
Competed in the Boston Marathon, as a non-runner, but with the right mindset.
Ended up running 30 marathons in 3 years.

32. New Goal! Work out every day of the year
(x22 years) always with a macro goal in mind.

33. 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike 26.2 mile run

34. Hawaii Ironman Studs
…blonde haired “super athlete”, CA model, wearing a tank-top, posing at the airport –very intimidating!

35. Surf was crashing over the sea wall.
scared, intimidated and way out of my comfort zone…

36. Bianchi value – priceless
Motobecane value $109
Bianchi value – priceless

37. Hawaii IRONMAN 535 of us on the starting line.
Out of the water in 275th, but with a developing and fierce mindset.
Rode with my head down -had only one goal - to pass 274 riders.

38. “so that’s a Bianchi-ha”.

39. Passed the original IM champion, Gordon Haller…

40. Gordon Haller The Inaugural Ironman Champion
Haller won with a time of 11:44.
Reached my goal of breaking 11:44 with an 11:41.

41. Double IRONMAN Ironman becomes a micro-goal and the
Double Ironman becomes the new macro-goal.
4.8 mile swim / 16 mile paddle
224 mile bike
52.4 mile run
bonked / passed out on mile 32 but woke up and finished the competition.

42. Triple-Deca 30 IRONMANs 72 mile swim 3360 mile bike 786 mile run
Turn those macro goals into micro goals!

43. Chet the Jet - “I am going to swim for a few days, ride my bike for a few weeks and then run for a couple of weeks”.
World record holder for doing 23 IMs in 12 months.
Afraid of being called Chet the “Jet lag” .

44. "A man must not withdraw from the sport, without having given at least once in a lifetime all what he had !" -Mark Allen 6 time Ironman Hawaii Champion

45. New Macro Goal! Guinness World Book record attempt.
Ride across the US on a bicycle- riding at least 300 miles a day /18-22 hours a day.
“24 hours in a day, there would be time to ride 300 miles a day”.
The greatest cyclists in the world hadn’t done this yet.
BUT- My mindset was not strong enough – I failed!

46. “It isn’t the mountain that wears you out; it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.”
– Robert W. Service
“It isn’t the mountain that wears you out;
it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.”
– Robert W. Service

47. The marathon evolved into the Ironman. The Ironman evolved into the
Turn those macro goals into micro goals.
The marathon evolved into the Ironman.
The Ironman evolved into the
expedition level adventure race.

48. Nothing can stop the person with the right mindset, from achieving his or her goal(s). Nothing can help the person with a weak mindset.

49. Strength doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you could not do.

50. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. - Vincent Lombardi

51. “You’ve got to live before you can afford to die.” – John Steinbeck

52. A person must constantly exceed his level. Bruce Lee

53. 100 - hour non-stop workouts
Bonking!
100 - hour non-stop workouts
Paddle in rough seas for 10 hours in the night.
Run 50 miles on trails with packs.
MTB ride 5 – hours on single-track.
Road ride 5 hours.
Run 10 miles of hills.
Gym leg workout.
Now into day 3 without sleep.
Final 3 mile run.
Hallucinations!
Bonk!
Woke up about an hour or so later / pants down!

54. I found the point of “over-training” and stepped beyond that line.
My body would eventually fail but my mind always strengthened.
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

55. “Race Pace” Train yourself at “race pace”.
Race pace hurts more but pain is okay and it makes the non-painful times that much more enjoyable.
Step out of your comfort zone and operate at your full performance.
Reach for that “line”.
Empty the tank.

57. Coach for the Washington Stealth Lacrosse team,
“Blood
from any
Orifice”
Daimler Chrysler still has signs up 7 years after my presentation regarding raises, promotions etc.
Coach for the Washington Stealth Lacrosse team,
“I just had a soda and a piece of candy and have just decided I will now spend more of my TV nights watching team videos etc.”

58. Don’t sell yourself short! Reach for YOUR full potential!
If I did not Occasionally bonk, Bleed, pass out and/or HaLlucinate , I would not known where my limits were.

59. Bonking the ultimate test
If still conscious I could go on. If the pain was too severe, my body would do me a favor and I would pass-out and would have some rest time.

60. Run a marathon – test your body. Run a 50 mile ultra-marathon
- test your mind.
Run a 100 mile ultra-marathon
- test your spirit.
Most people have not experienced the great pleasure of “testing their spirit”.

61. ANGELIKA CASTANEDA
Female on Team Odyssey in the Raid Gauloises, the 11 day- 500 mile adventure race that went through South Africa and Lesotho.

62. ANGELIKA CASTANEDA She bonked!
She did not eat enough in an Eco Challenge. She ended up on the ground,
crying, vomiting, defecating, had incoherent speech and did not have the strength to get back on her feet.

63. “My body will eat from itself…”
“Don, don’t worry about me.
I will be OK. I will not die on you.
I will feel like I will die but I won’t.
My body will eat from itself”.

64. Bonking – disability - death
Liver and kidneys shutting down.
Went from 175lbs to 138lbs.
Killing myself from “pushing too hard for too long”.
Skin a greenish tint.
Spine compressed.
Chronic planta-fascia in both feet.
Tore rotator cuff.
Tore quadriceps.
Frostbite both feet.
But, I knew I had reached (beyond) my full potential!

66. Toe nailectomy?
As my 7th toe nail came off in Lesotho South Africa, the mountain section, of the 500 mile competition, Angelika reprimanded me for not removing my toe nails before the event.
…”Remove them all and have the skin sewn together so they don’t grow back.”

67. It can always get worse…

68. “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” - Sir Edmund Hillary

69. Nancy Stevens Summits the Grand Teton

70. Compare extreme sports to a SEAL mission…

71. (now operating in 89 countries)
As a SEAL my deployments have been to places such as:
Philippines 
Somalia
Korea
Yemen
Afghanistan
Iraq
Serbia
Peru
Ethiopia
Israel
Thailand
Colombia
El Salvador
Panama
Bolivia
Honduras
Horn of Africa
Egypt
Bahrain
South Africa
(now operating in 89 countries)

73. COMBAT MINDSET It is so gratifying to know every cell,
and every fiber of your body, mind
And soul has given it it’s all in
achieving your objective
resulting in mission success.
It’s all the more gratifying
to know that every member
on the team has the same
commitment to the mission.

74. Navy SEAL Training Most difficult military training in the world.

75. “The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy, but where they are.”

76. Extreme pain is extremely good!
“Welcome the Pain”
If you’re training, racing, fighting, working etc… hard, giving it your all, and moving at “race pace”, then expect and welcome the pain.
Pain Breeds Strength
Pain is good
Extreme pain is extremely good!

77. There are Two Types of Pain: The Temporary Pain of Discipline, and the Permanent Pain of Regret.

78. Regret for the things you did not you will regret for a lifetime.
Don’t ever give up your dream!

79. Terrorist-Rich Environments
As a Navy SEAL, operating in terrorist-rich environments,
having the proper combat mindset is
not an option but a requirement.

80. “There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them
“There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”
-Colin Powell

81. SEAL Training …hands tied behind our backs and feet tied together…
“now tread water until we get tired”

82. Forward flip into the water
Swim from one length of the pool to the other, under water, without surfacing.
Don’t feel sorry for yourself by surfacing because you are uncomfortable.
If we passed out underwater, we would be pulled out of the water and it would be considered passing.

83. Student drowned… 8 out of 125 passed.
“They, the weak, will be the ones to quit once the shooting begins” – SEAL Instructor.
Another lesson that lasted me a lifetime and saved my life at least once.

84. The most powerful weapon on earth is the Human Soul on FIRE!

85. HAHO
17,999 feet, night jump, full combat equipment, bad exit, O2 mask knocked off, dislocated jaw, cut away…

86. Ship Assault Mission: Four- hour assault team night combat dive
CT mission
Hostage Rescue
Extract via helicopter
ROEs: Do not get compromised…

87. De-rig and hook dive gear.
On signal surface.
Raise telescopic pole with caving ladder.
Hook ladder to top deck of the ship.

89. diving rig malfunctioned
could no longer breath
performed emergency diving malfunction procedures x3
reached for buddy’s mouthpiece
swam up to hull of ship
could not surface
swam under ship
“One quick breath- and the pain would be over”.
“Where and how would they find my body?”.

90. Not giving 100% not an option
As a SEAL, not giving your 100% is never an option..
It should never be an option in any reputable profession.

91. under the cover of darkness
SEAL squad parachuted
under the cover of darkness
Night water jump
Sunk parachutes
Swam to shore
Beach recon
Motored in to shore
Buried the boats, motor, Ops gear
Lived in a hole for 3 days

92. Every high tide -twice a day, our hole filled with water.
Sandstorm
Food water-logged
Food poisoning from eating snakes and frogs
Vomit, defecation, urination – in hole

93. Captured 14 assailants armed with AK 47s… Held at gunpoint overnight
They were going to shoot us in the backs for trespassing

94. COMBAT MINDSET We completed the mission and got out alive.
We never thought about giving up because it was too hard.
* I am very fortunate because I have been captured and released twice.

95. It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle Onassis

96. SEAL Team SIX parachuted into Somalia to rescue two aid workers
from their three-month captivity in Somalia, killing 9 Captors (Jan 26, 2012)

97. SEAL Team SIX 6 Snipers Kill 3 Pirates and Rescues Captain
April 2009, SEAL Team SIX snipers on the USS Bainbridge, from75 feet away, from the deck of a warship simultaneously shot and killed 3 pirates in a lifeboat.
The snipers rescued the American cargo ship captain unharmed.

98. The Osama bin Laden Raid
SEAL Team Six killed al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Under the cover of darkness on May 1, 2011, SEALs killed UBL and several OF his followers.
The team returned to Afghanistan with a wealth of intelligence information. .
The Osama bin Laden Raid

99. The UBL Raid “It was like shooting paper targets, no resistance at all
The UBL Raid “It was like shooting paper targets, no resistance at all. We never had a training mission that easy”.

100. “The more sweat and tears shed in training, the less blood shed in
COMBAT MINDSET
“The more sweat and tears shed in training, the less blood shed in
war”.

101. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
It is the
courage to continue
that counts.”
— Winston Churchill

102. Navy SEAL Chris Campbell One of 17 SEALs killed Aug
Navy SEAL Chris Campbell One of 17 SEALs killed Aug. 6, Helicopter shot down in Afghanistan. It only strengthened the resolve of his teammates! They all became stronger and gained strength from this incident! The worst single loss of life in the history of the SEAL Teams RIP

103. If you're going through Hell –don’t slow down – Stay focused on the mission!

104. COMBAT MINDSET
I never wanted to be the person who ended up saying, “ I should have done this, or should have done more, I should have tried harder, I should never have let go of the dream.”
I want to be and will be the person to say, “I did all I ever wanted to do and more., I accomplished all I wanted to accomplish and I pushed myself to my full potential and achieved all of my goals. I absolutely had nothing left at the finish line.
Don’t let time take your dreams away.

105. “Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting... ‘Wow...what a great ride!’”

106. My wish for you is that this light
Once in a lifetime a light shines so bright, so pure…that darkness is defeated in its presence. Once in a lifetime will a team, beyond all odds, rise to meet the challenge. Let us all remember…that within the human spirit lives the ability to rise up and overcome all odds.
My wish for you is that this light
continues to shine on all of you and that you reach beyond your boundaries and achieve all that you set out to do you.

107. Thank you
Don Mann