55: LIVE Q&A with Medal of Honor recipient MSG Earl Plumlee
Feb 22, 2024
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LIVE Q&A with Medal of Honor recipient MSG Earl Plumlee covering topics like Special Operations training, leadership, and life. Insights on preparation, commitment, selecting for Special Ops, navigating friendship and leadership in military units, fostering humility, unique aspects of First Group in Special Forces deployment, brotherhood, toxic leadership, and encouragement to take initiative.
Building relationships with support personnel can be beneficial for future support and mentorship opportunities.
Keeping humility as a new guy is crucial to avoid appearing arrogant and seeking mentorship from higher ranks.
Embracing humility, commitment, and a focus on adding value to the team are essential qualities in special forces units for personal growth and team development.
Deep dives
Investing in Relationships with Support Personnel and Higher Ranks
Building relationships with support personnel, such as those in supply and maintenance, can be beneficial for future support. Befriending higher ranks by three or four grades can provide mentorship opportunities. Teaching new guys skills you have mastered helps sharpen your own abilities and builds relationships.
Maintaining Humility and Long-Term Team Commitment
Keeping humility as a new guy is crucial to avoid coming across as arrogant or cocky. Avoid openly expressing aspirations to join tier one units early on to avoid appearing like you're not committed to the team. Stay humble, focus on adding value to the team, and seek mentorship from higher ranks.
Behavior Expected in Special Operations Units
Demonstrating humility, commitment, and a focus on adding value to the team are key behaviors that senior members in special operations units look for in new recruits. Building relationships with support personnel, befriending higher ranks for mentorship, and teaching others skills you have mastered are ways to invest in personal growth and team development.
Importance of Humility and Continuous Learning in Special Forces Units
Being humble and seeking continuous improvement are essential qualities in special forces units. Success in these environments is attributed to individuals who strive to enhance their skills and knowledge. Embracing humility demonstrates a willingness to contribute more value to the unit and acknowledges the need for ongoing growth. Individuals who enter elite units with an attitude of expertise often face setbacks. To avoid spectacular failures, it is crucial to remain humble, build knowledge gradually, and focus on achieving small wins that lead to significant successes.
Uniqueness of First Group in Special Forces Deployments
First Group's unique geographic responsibilities in Indo-Pacific Command distinguish its deployment strategies from other Special Forces groups. Unlike many units that deploy at the company level, First Group often deploys its Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) teams independently. This autonomy fosters independent thinking and self-reliance in First Group ODAs. These teams rarely rely on command resources due to the vast operational area and the necessity to manage customs, shipping, and mill air arrangements internally. This self-sufficiency distinguishes First Group's ODAs, allowing them to reach operational objectives with minimal external support.
This exciting and educational episode features LIVE Q&A with Medal of Honor recipient MSG Earl Plumlee from SOCOM Athlete students and listeners from across the United States. The Medal of Honor is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration, and is awarded to recognize warriors who have distinguished themselves by heroic acts of valor. On this episode, Earl answers a variety of valuable questions from our listeners about Special Operations training, leadership, and life. A Green Beret of 1st Special Forces Group and a former Reconnaissance Marine, MSG Plumlee was awarded the Medal of Honor for extreme valor and courage in combat while risking his own life to save others in Ghazni Afghanistan, 2013. It's a true honor to interview one of America's greatest heroes still alive today, MSG Earl Plumlee. Get ready for another exhilarating episode of SOCOM Athlete's podcast "Send Me!"
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