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Patagonia Crucible Documentary

Sunday, December 11th, 2016

Self-Reliant Leadership studies the qualities of elite military units to understand the recipe for accelerated team development in all environments – from Patagonia to the boardroom.

Patagonia Crucible Documentary from Jan Rutherford on Vimeo.

In October 2016, a team of Special Operations veterans and business executives completed a 54-mile circumnavigation of Cerro Torre and Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Argentina. During the six-day expedition, the team tested audacity, adaptability, and compassion to determine if team development can be accelerated.

The team found that selflessness, positivity, and curiosity were the key ingredients to a team with an absolute commitment to achieve at an elite level. These conclusions created a “recipe” to develop your own elite teams that gel quickly, gracefully handle changing business conditions, achieve challenging goals, and perform with absolute commitment.

Watch the documentary to start your own journey!
Learn More – selfreliantleadership.com/course/crucible2016

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Victor App: Veteran Resource Provider On Indiegogo

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016

Victor is a project currently on crowdfunding site Indiegogo created by USMC-Veteran Greg Jumes, and is a Veteran-focused mobile app that is designed to assist with the transition from service to civilian life. It might be a bit simplistic to refer to Victor as social media for soon-to-be and recently-discharged servicemembers, but in a way it functions in a very similar manner. Those utilizing the Victor app can research communities and reach out to others to begin the planning stages of their post-military life, including seeking out Veteran-friendly businesses and active job listings looking to hire Veteran employees.

www.indiegogo.com/projects/victor-app-veteran-resource-provider-community

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Gerber Introduces Enhanced Pro Program With New Discount For Veterans

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016

Gerber introduces a new Pro Program that provides exclusive, discounted access to American made knives, tools, and gear. Learn more at Gerbergear.com/proprogram

PORTLAND, OREGON (Nov 17th, 2016) – Gerber, a category leading manufacturer of personal knives, tools, and gear today, announced the introduction of a completely refreshed Professional Purchase Program. The new program offers discounted access to qualified members of the Armed Forces & First Responder organizations, Outdoor & Tactical Industry professionals and now US and Canadian Armed Forces Veterans.

The new program provides exclusive offers and discounts on the entire American Made product line, over 120 products, through three programs: Service, Veteran & Industry.

Service
Military
– Armed Forces | National Guard | Reserve

First Responders
– Law Enforcement: Federal | State | Local
– Fire | EMS

Veteran
– Served in the United States Armed Forces
– Served in the Canadian Armed Forces

Industry
– Full-time employees of related industry product brands
– Members of related industry associations (OIA, NSSF, etc)
– Retail Associates of Outdoor/Tactical/Hardware specialty retailers
– Employee of National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey
– Professional Guides and Outfitters
– Search & Rescue Volunteers (NASAR membership)
– Volunteer Fire, EMS, and related

Qualified applicants can learn more and apply at gerbergear.com/proprogram.

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TNVC and Mitch Rossell honor all Veteran’s at Garth Brooks 2016 Word Tour in Richmond, Virginia

Monday, November 14th, 2016

This past Friday night TNVC and Mitch Rossell honored all Vets at a Garth Brooks concert where Mitch is currently touring with Garth on his 2016 world tour in Richmond Virginia. Two special Vets, Chris Corbin (and his service dog Axe) along Tyler Grey accompanied Mitch on stage during his special Veteran Tribute Song, “A Soldiers Memoir”. Here is a special video segment of Mitch’s performance Friday night where there was not many dry eyes in the audience.

The concert was incredibly special honoring our Vets, meeting and talking with Garth and his lovely wife Trisha. Garth who is a true gentlemen in the business who made all of us feel like we were family along with his wife. They both also performed some very touching tribute songs, and the “USA” chants from thousands in attendance during the show was deafening! A night to remember for a long time. It’s was the least all of us can do to honor such incredible sacrifices each and everyone of our Veterans have given back to all of us. Rest assured we will never, ever forget.

For those wanting to purchase Mitch’s song “A Soldiers Memoir” on iTunes www.mitchrossell.com , 10% of net sales go to these select organizations. greenberetfoundation.org & warriordogfoundation.org

I want to personally thank Mitch Rossell, his Manager Josh Logan along with Garth and Trisha for making us all feel like family and honoring our heroes! Thank you from all of us, it was a night I will never forget.

Victor Di Cosola
President – CEO
TACTICAL NIGHT VISION COMPANY

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UA Freedom x Project Rock

Sunday, November 13th, 2016

To keep our Christmas gift idea theme for the day, we’d like to let you know that the popular Under Armour Freedom line is conducting a collaboration with Dwayne ‘ The Rock’ Johnson.

The line includes T-shirt, hats and bags, emblazoned with a Stars and Stripes variant of The Rock’s iconic bull.

Through UA Freedom, Under Armour commits to a minimum donation of $250,000 annually to support First Responders, Military Personnel, Law Enforcement Officers & Veterans.

www.underarmour.com/en-us/freedom

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Heroes on the Water

Sunday, November 13th, 2016

This is the story of a 19-year military policeman, Jason Austin, who was injured in an explosion when his vehicle hit an IEDs. On top of the serious physical injuries he faced from the accident, he suffered from post traumatic stress. A phone call inviting Jason to go kayak fishing forever changed his life. He was able to leave his troubles on shore and gain his freedom back through nature.

Heroes on the Water helps our nation’s warriors and veterans decompress from the stresses associated with combat and the physical rigors of rehabilitation. The organization serves 29,619 warriors and family members and has reduced overall stress by 56%. To learn more, visit www.heroesonthewater.org.

Thank you to Wilderness Systems, a premium kayak fishing brand and a long-time supporter of the nonprofit organization, Heroes on the Water for sharing this story with us.

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Trending On GoFundMe: Teenager Aspires To Interview All Living WWII Vets

Friday, November 11th, 2016

This being Veterans day, this recent release from GoFundMe seemed more than relevant.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 10, 2016 — Rishi Sharma, an 18-year-old from Agoura Hills, California, has started a GoFundMe campaign to help fund his dream to interview all living WWII veterans.

“My biggest heroes are the combat veterans of World War Two and I am on a mission to try and meet and in-depth film interview as many of these men before it is too late so that I can gain their knowledge and wisdom and also an appreciation for how good I have it,” said Sharma on his GoFundMe campaign page. “These men are my kindred spirits. I want them to know how grateful I am for they had to endure and I am trying to be an outlet for them to express their recollections and thoughts of their war days in a censor free environment.”

Sharma films the interviews and gives a DVD copy to the veterans. He is trying to do one interview a day and has deferred college to reach his goal.

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Happy Veteran’s Day

Friday, November 11th, 2016

Yep, I said “Happy”. Today isn’t somber, at least not here in the US; not since we instituted Memorial Day. That is our day of mourning. Instead it’s a celebration of our collective service to this great nation. For our Commomwealth partners who observe Remembrance Day, we also want to thank you and those before you who stood in times of both peace and crisis to defend your land and people.

So Happy Veteran’s Day to my fellow Veterans. Today is our day, enjoy it with a smile on your face and think about the good things you did and the friends you made.

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