It's something else. They bring a level of intensity and focus that is downright frightening. There's something special about rolling with a person who's most likely got several confirmed kills in conflict zones. They're not quitting, ever. They have insane focus and drive. When they catch you slipping, you're absolutely fucked. Everything is done with equal parts precision and murderous intent. They are far from the meathead stereotype, on the contrary, most are super humble, smart, down to earth guys you'll meet. They are also terrifying. I have crossed paths with members of: Serbian special forces SAS South African law enforcement (the equivalent of SWAT) US military, now DOD contractors. Scary, scary individuals.

You want to roll with a Special Operations Medic. Here is the reason, we go through many many months of, not only selection for elite combat units, but we go through (some of us) at least 1 year of medical training to treat any number of medical conditions in any combat or non-combat austere environment. This includes high-altitude, Airborne/Freefall, diving medicine. We ARE trauma gods! The good news is if we break you, we can also fix you, or set you on the path to recovery. Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman at your service (Retired) for U.S. Marine Special Operations, Marine Amphibious Reconnaissance, and some tier-one U.S.Navy assets. Our motto is: 'The difficult anytime. The impossible by appointment only. ' As I said, I am retired from the military and I am 46. I tap right after we bump fist, just to set the tone. I currently train at a BJJ gym in Florida that is literally full of Army Special Forces and Airforce Special Operations folks as well as conventional soldiers, airmen, sailors, and a few Marines (The few. The proud. A few good men...get it?). The instructor of our school is not of that background. He gives us the goods!!!! This is us, a link posted below https://www.reconcorpsman[...]n/mission/

Sold. Hope we get to meet sometime, on a mat, somewhere.

Every day, I'm in the Washington, DC metro area and very close to Quantico. This is one of the big reasons we added firearms training to the curriculum (which I leave to them as I'm a white belt with that stuff). Occasionally I will go visit with the FBI Training Academy guys as well and have taught classes there for the new recruits. We are even planning to do a free LEO/Military specific seminar here soon with retired UFC fighter Yves Edwards who is a close friend of the gym. For anyone interested I can post details when we get the curriculum hammered out for that class.

Some of the guys from my gym have started our instructor in some shooting basics.

I was stationed in Bragg, and there were a lot of SF dudes over there, purple belt and up. (I was a white belt then.) Really cool, chill dudes. It wad actually the Paratroopers that wrecked me with their intensity, but that was probably because most of them were on the younger side. What’s memorable though was training with Nick, who was able to triangle choke me somehow:

I was stationed in Bragg, and there were a lot of SF dudes over there, purple belt and up. (I was a white belt then.) Really cool, chill dudes. It wad actually the Paratroopers that wrecked me with their intensity, but that was probably because most of them were on the younger side. What’s memorable though was training with Nick, who was able to triangle choke me somehow: