The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL

When I was a child raised in Missouri I like to read stories about heroes like King Arthur, George Washington, Pellicle. Their life is full of action and courage, and I want to capture the same sense of adventure in my life. As I get older, great leaders and friends show me that adventure and purpose roads can be found in life that serves others.

These friends and mentors come from different backgrounds. I am fortunate to be able to work with volunteers teaching art for Marines who are searching for street children in Bolivia and terrorists in Al-Qaeda in Iraq. I found a poor nun from the house of Mother Teresa for the poor who died in India, aid workers who cured orphans in Rwanda, and naval SEALs fighting in Afghanistan. As a warrior and as a humanitarian, they taught me that I do not have the courage, compassion is diminished, I am not caring, and courage is not direction. They showed me that it is within our power, in fact the world needs us - each of us is kind and powerful

As these people inspired me, I hope the story told in "heart and boxing" will inspire you. They gave me hope and showed me the incredible possibilities for the rest of our lives.

Grotten, a senior researcher at the University of Missouri and the founder of the mission charity, faces the same dilemma as the US military, but the US military has a powerful deterrence against the world's evil while protecting patients and being helpless It is trying to become. . Although the concept of a strong warrior with a good heart is not ingenious, Epiphany of humanitarian soldiers became an idealist after work in Bosnia, Rwanda, Gaza, Kolkata. He used the philosopher John Stuart Miller's word as his creed: "There is no one who is willing to fight it, nothing more important than his own personal safety, which is tragic It is a creatures. " The severity and his development of naval seal training in Kenya, Afghanistan, and Iraq has been portrayed strongly, and the glitan has evolved into a spirit of slowly balanced people, sympathy and warriors. Greitens' book is a wonderful story about humanity, determination, and power, reminding us of how many things we consider as natural in a systematic life. (April)

Since its encounter, Greitens has continued humanitarian activities in places such as Rwanda and Gaza, and has a doctorate degree from Rhodes Island from Oxford University. After completing his study Gratens became a US Navy seal serving in Afghanistan and Iraq and "Mission Continued" working with veterans with injured or disabled for their home community and We formed a group called. In a new book donating, "Mind and Boxing: Humanitarian Education, Naval Seal Production", Gletan believes that humanitarianism and military duties need each other.

First of all, the story of Eric Greitens "The Heart and the Fist" is about life as a young Marine member, and before, after, and between them as naval seal. Hard work has been proven to be a common subject of the whole novel, and the hard work of the author usually gives compensation. For example, SEAL training is extensive, difficult and difficult, but this kind of training makes them safe, successful and safe. Seal training is difficult, but they still stick to it as they know that there are better conditions. Seal training is said to be the most difficult military training for all of them, but they acquired a high level of skills.

After graduating from SQT, the student receives the US Navy Seal Trident and designates it as a naval seal. Then they are assigned to the SEAL team or the SEAL Delivery Tools (SDV) team and will begin pre-deployment training for 18 months before being considered deployable. Training includes: SEAL, who received a medical evaluation, first participated in the Special Operations Combat Medical course in Fort Bragg, North Carolina for 6 months, then joined the team and became SEAL / Special Warfighter. People pursuing a military position will first participate in the Junior Officer training course to understand the operation plan and how to implement the team briefing. It may take a total of 2.5 years to complete the initial deployment of seal training.