How Do You Think Critically About These Subjects?

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The most important skill that anyone in the military could have is to not accept things that you're told or that you see at face value, but instead dig a little deeper and get to the real truth. I was just having a conversation with my son this morning on a run and he was asking me, why is everything so extreme and left and right? And we started talking about just that and like, well, let me give you some advice. Anytime you want to form an opinion or a strong opinion on something, look at both sides of it. When you get new information, you should reevaluate your opinion. So I completely agree with what you just said about critical thinking.

A no BS, thoughtful, yet entertaining conversation on the topic of Critical Thinking between SGM Chuck Ritter and LTC Charles Faint from the Modern War Institute at West Point.

LTC Charles Faint is currently stationed at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He serves as the Chair for the Study of Special Operations at the Modern War Institute. Before coming to West Point, LTC Faint completed seven combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and operational tours in Egypt, the Republic of Korea, and The Philippines. A career Military Intelligence officer, he also served in various units, including the 5th Special Forces Group, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and the Joint Special Operations Command. LTC Faint holds five college degrees, the most recent of which is from Yale University. He owns the popular blog The Havok Journal and is the Executive Director of the non-profit veterans’ advocacy organization The Second Mission Foundation.

SGM Chuck Ritter is a Special Forces Sergeant Major and serves as the Deputy Commandant at the United States Army Special Warfare Center and School Noncommissioned Officer Academy. He also co-produces/hosts the SWCS Pineland Underground Podcast.

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