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Becoming an instructor
Thirty years in, and he still rehearses every lesson out loud. The staff at the next camp thought he'd lost his mind. He hadn't. Why instructors have to master the subject, the structure and themselves before they can master the room, and why that order is what it is.
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The South Rift: 12,098 students in 21 days.
Two teams of seven instructors, 57 schools, 21 days: 12,098 students taught to evade and avoid elephants. How SORALO's LEAD-certified instructors rebuilt a ranger's training for the children who meet elephants on the walk to school.
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From attrition to evidence: why we should rethink how we select rangers.
The U.S. Army tracked 1,321 Ranger candidates. The fittest at entry were the ones most likely to quit.
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Daily TRACK: a briefing format built for purpose
Thirty minutes to prepare, ten to brief. Map Talk, Threat & Terrain, Role & Result, Approach, Carry & Care — the five parts a ranger team leader works through before the team steps off.
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Effects-based tasking: a practical step forward
Detect, deter, disrupt, reassure, secure, investigate, influence, resolve, prevent, interdict. Ten effects that tell a team what must change today, and let them choose how.
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ITR recognised by the ASU POP Center
Arizona State's Center for Problem-Oriented Policing now recommends Integrated Threat Reduction: 64 pages, written by Andrew Lemieux and Boris Vos for rangers, free to use.
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