Dick Hill

No Excuse Leadership Dick Hill

... Brace Barber captures the commitment required for this hard and painful challenge of becoming a U. S. Army Ranger and the leadership value the training provides our officers, NCOs, and finest enlisted soldiers. He covers the essence of Ranger training in his comprehensive book No Excuse Leadership: Lessons from the U. S. Armys Elite Rangers. Ranger training has never been easy, and Brace explains what it takes to become a Ranger in todays forces. He highlights the essential componentstressin training a leader to survive and to ensure his troops survive in combat; and why lack of food and sleep, continuous mission requirements, physical exhaustion and mental anguish, peer pressure, and teamwork integrated throughout Ranger training provide everything a soldier needs for war. Ranger School provides it all, aside from maybe the true fear that one must deal with under fire... Brigadier General David Grange, retired