Heroes, Studs, Gunfighters & Champions

We spend a lot of time analyzing statistics and reviewing after-action reports and lessons learned.  It can be easy to only look for mistakes.  To find things to criticize, whether it be during preparation or execution, can be academically valuable as we pursue perfection in training.

But I’ve had people review my situation reports, planning, or actions on the objective.  From the perspective of the review-ee and not the review-er, it didn’t feel “academically valuable” it just felt like Monday-morning quarterback syndrome.  To make it absolutely clear, I thought it was chickenshit.

In order to avoid having to give myself that title, I’m going to devote some time to identifying and recognizing the Heroes, Studs, Gunfighters, & Champions of the professional military and law enforcement communities.

If you have a nominee, shoot me an email with the particulars and I’ll do some research, or write it up yourself and I’ll post it here.