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Gears of War Ad
- Jocko Willink was at a UFC event and an ad for "Gears of War" caught his attention.
- The ad featured a poem called "Rendezvous with Death," which resonated deeply with him.
Alan Seeger's Story
- The poem's author, Alan Seeger, joined the French Foreign Legion during World War I.
- Seeger was killed in action in 1916 and posthumously awarded French war medals.
Brutality of WWI
- World War I was particularly brutal due to limited individual control over survival.
- Soldiers' tactical skills often couldn't prevent their deaths in large-scale assaults.