In the present day we hear a particular Fight Story of one of many army’s most revered leaders who many have by no means heard of (however ought to). That is the expertise of retired Colonel Invoice Ostlund, a beloved mentor and chief developer who served 35 years within the Army working his means up from a personal and rising into fight command in among the bloodiest preventing of any unit within the post-9/11 period.
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Invoice’s command in Kunar Province, recounted numerous instances in dozens of books together with Sebastian Junger’s Struggle and the documentary Restrepo, resulted in over 400 awards for valor and three Medals of Honor (all residing honorees).
This episode is a humiliation of riches for individuals who wish to know what actual management seems to be like; what the Burden of Command truly means; the way you present up after dropping a soldier six hours right into a 15 month deployment; or main joint SpecOps job forces with Delta, DEVGRU, a hundred and sixtieth, and different Tier 1 components over hundreds of operations.
Invoice Ostlund will remind so many listeners of Todd Opalski in how he cared for and handled his troopers and explains why, so a few years later, his troopers and officers nonetheless search his recommendation as they step into better roles of accountability within the army and their private lives.
I’m honored to have had an opportunity to spend this time with what so many consider as the head of battlefield management and hope you get pleasure from this Fight Story on management as a lot as I did.
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Intro Music: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Present Notes:
0:00 – Intro
0:40 – Visitor introduction (Invoice Ostlund)
1:31 – Interview begins
3:44 – The bounce into Iraq in March 2003 with nearly 1000 paratroopers
12:09 – Invoice’s perspective on the present battle in Ukraine
17:32 – Childhood and stepping into the army
42:19 – Fight Story #1 – Lightning within the Storm Air Assault and management classes discovered
1:06:49 – Instilling expectations in his troopers and his love of troopers
1:26:57 – Fight Story #2 – Troops in Contact 6 hours right into a 15 month mission after simply taking command
1:37:08 – Awards course of and the way fight supplies a singular alternative for leaning and progress
1:49:30 – Fight Story #3 – Battle of Wanat
2:08:48 – Emotions about now having a son within the army
2:10:09 – What did you carry into fight?
2:11:41 – Would you do all of it once more?
2:15:23 – Listener feedback and shout outs
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