Rudy, like the film.

I worked on one of the hardest engineering projects on the planet at one point. Some on the team would classify me as the bottom 10% but that’s beside my point. There was one guy who did virtually everything meaningful and significant about the work - an absolute genius, and I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with a few. Strange guy, came in to work at 1pm and had quintuple bypass at 37 among other things. When he was out (for 2 months) for heart surgery it was funny to watch the egotistical “80%” (I’d say the percentage was higher and skill range much wider) who were riding his coat tails suddenly become much more skittish trying not to be found out - hah! Especially the ones who were cruel to me, it was a very interesting situation to watch. The genius, Albert, was one of the few people (of 100 - I had a good crew) to respond to my succinct and heart felt going away message. Miss that guy. Didn’t interact with him a ton besides long meetings late on Friday (our work hours didn’t align - lol) but had tons of respect for him, and was glad he had some for me at the end of it all.

Great point. There's a 80/20 rule I've seen that applies to everything it seems. It's called the Pareto principle. 20 per cent of people, on average, are doing 80 per cent of the work. You can apply it to your output, relationships, security, anything ...

@@stevebean1234 Seen it happen. Funny to watch people squim sometimes. 😄

@@stevebean1234 In engineering, it's the geeks and bros. Geeks solve the problems because of their deep skills with math, while the bros do a lot of talking, boasting, and become the managers who know enough from associating with geeks to talk a good talk to people who don't know.

Spent the majority of my career in SOF and wasn’t the best, and wasn’t the worst. Worked hard, played by the rules and regs, pulled my weight and then some, and accomplished every mission the highest level I could achieve. Never worried too much about what guys outside my team thought of me, or being in the spotlight! That shit isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Work hard, and it’ll get noticed… Special Operations isn’t always about being a hero, or getting recognition. For every “rockstar” there were dozens of dudes who did the dirty work, and made the rockstars look good.. Being a “solid” dude, among some of the best there is, is still pretty damn good!! 👊🏼👊🏼

In what context or environment are you speaking of? I left a very good organization for a weaker one at much greater pay - they tore me to shreds. Probably ruined my career and certainly devastated my life (my fault, I have/had nothing else to fall back on). Many ways you could look at that situation, but it’s as if organizations tend toward being mobs unless there is strong leadership. And in a mob, they’re always looking for standouts to attack - either stronger than average or weaker than average. Ideally, a mix of both. Strong performer who is either too trusting or too weak to fight back

@@stevebean1234 In all contexts. Man is a jealous beast and if you are in ANY WAY better than someone (smarter, stronger, more efficient) they will do their best to shit all over you for it. Naval Special warfare is riddled with fragile egos that cannot stand to see someone do better at something than they do. Same with every job I have ever had. It is rare for humans to prioritize anything other than obedience. If you are the best at literally everything, you can still be recognized as a "dirtbag" by simply not sucking (metaphorically) everyone in a position of powers cock. The name of the game is blind obedience, and if you don't have it, prepare for this world to SERIOUSLY dock you points. Orwell VASTLY underestimated the sickness living inside of human society. A vast majority of men are not anything at all what they portray themselves to be. Their egos have swollen to such a large size they they are incapable of seeing ANYTHING they do as wrong. This process is usually solidified in men before they reach age 18 and it never fully leaves them. That's why the country is falling apart. We dont put the best person in the slot to do the job. We put the person that has sucked the dick of the one that chooses who gets the job. Our society LARGELY views Obedience as a FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR more desirable trait than merit. Thats why nothing functions properly. In the Navy, I would see two types of guys. The first type is constantly doing what needs to be done, and does it in an efficient way. This guy is so busy doing the right thing, he is never rewarded. The second guy is a piece of shit that tries to get out of all the work that they can. They use their free time (they have free time bc they are being shitbags and avoiding their work responsibilities) to take actions that make their superiors SEEM like they are doing work. They spend their work time orchestrating scenarios where it looks (to the higher ups) like they are being useful INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY JUST DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. Guess which guy gets the promotion............ ITS THE SECOND GUY EVERY TIME. Sources: "Behave: Human Biology at our best and worst (book) "Thinking Fast and Slow" (Book) "They Thought They Were Free" (Book) "You Are Not So Smart" (Book) "The Stuff of Thought" (Book) "Industrial Society and its Future" 6 years at NSW 7 years operating my own business

I've seen the conspiracies come true, where pathetic underperformers seek to tear down and destroy the guy who surpasses them by every measure. The conspiracy is denied by all afterwards until an adjacent employee brings up the topic and the retard blows the whole thing open and admits to being part of it. Envy and jealousy can undermine any team or organization.

I've seen it, and experienced it. I've seen people on the same team withhold info to cause a teammate to founder or even fail. I never understood the mindset. I saw it in the military, and I've seen it amongst retired military teammates in the contracting world.

@@james_hondo sorry you've seen and experienced it. i had a great early career and suppose i didnt realize how cruel people could be since i was surrounded by so many great people then. the system i invented there 10 years ago was recently funded at >$2B and when my new company - which didn't know it existed - received a large chunk of funding (for the system I invented), they retaliated against me when I brought up a valid technical concern. Destroyed my career. Funny, the retired O6 SEAL I worked for in the old days is now managing a >$7B program. The people at my new company won't even get what's coming - the bureaucracy tried to slow down failure. I am pretty sure that when it finally fails after years and hundreds of millions of dollars wasted, the folk who greenlit the poor decisions will be long gone. not quite sure how to recover, my field is too niche. the older i get the more red flags i see in people and you never quite can see betrayal coming.

I did 12 years in the 31st COD division. The nightmares never leave

I just retired from the VA and worked inpatient mental health. I see the dark side of vets who have deployed and been in the shit. Very few get out without serious issues. Everyone of them will tell you to a man, war is fucking hell and no one should have to experience it. From Vietnam vets to OIF/OEF, its complete hell in mental health. Hell, I was just a FMF Corpsman and shit stick with me. Cannot imagine what it is like living with the horror of combat.

It's the same as Olympic level athletes. 80% of them are there by sheer hard work. The 10% that have the genetics to go along with that work ethic are untouchable in a race. Those are the legends (eg. Michael Phelps)

@@chrishandsome4267 Yeah there is always one and then dumb people like it thinking you did something 🤣

@@JohnnyLightningV10 it’s a joke princess

Thanks man I appreciate it

yeah not surprised having seen 1st CAV

Ya 1st cav ain’t what it used to be but neither was 4ID for that matter

1st Cav is a complete joke of a unit.

step 1. stop putting them on a pedestal

A lot of Alphas catch a drug case and cant join the military. I wanted to be a ranger because I knew I couldnt hang with all the water shit the seals do but because I got a drug case 2 weeks after turning 18 no branch would take me, same story with other people I have met. Id argue that the military is the alphas of all the suburban kids and the real alpha's of the alpha's end up in prison.

You gotta realize these guys are just regular dudes that chose to do a certain job.

@@neildavid10 they are not normal dudes

Pareto

@@MB2.0 Thank you sir.

@@haveaday1812 👍👍

And there are a lot of "Spotlight Rangers" mixed in that are not necessarily trying to make the unit better...they're just trying to make themselves LOOK better. Narcissists, compensating for low self-esteem by trying too hard. SOF is a breeding ground for these guys, they can be surprisingly successful at fooling people into thinking they are 'better' than other guys. SOF runs on reputation; it's rather irrelevant if the reputation is deserved or not (good or bad). It just has to be believed. They tend to dangerously gather influence and rank and positions of power. They bend the narrative to make themselves look good, take credit for others' work, talk down the competition in quiet corners over friendly beers. They scheme against you if you are any kind of threat to their rep...then smile at you in the team room. Seen several of these kinds of guys meltdown when things go sideways, not out of fear of getting hurt, but out of fear they might have to take some responsibility for failure and their rep suffers. The whole 'sports team' analogy of SOF is itself very misguided. War is not sport. Killing is a nasty, nasty business. The real 'superstars' of that business tend towards murderous psychopathy. They're not just good at it, they really like it. We certainly have some recent examples of that. In reality it's the guys who work quietly, in the background, rarely get noticed and aren't working for themselves who get the mission accomplished. Too often they're labeled lazy or low effort or just weird. Meanwhile Spotlight Ranger just keeps getting the cred and the rep.

Stolen valor…keep dreaming!

Someone call don shipley

@@Seasniffer69 Be my guest. Or Google and call one of the SF associations and give them the info. Simple.

Stolen valor glowing so bright

@@thomasjefferson7584 What's your REAL name? No conviction to stand behind it? The mark of a coward.

We had a bunch of those guys come back in, in the mid-2000s. They allowed those guys to come back in with no penalty.

I remember those early out deals. They did a big one back around 92-93 after the Gulf war, and so many people got out that even the SFC's where having to get their hands dirty again lol. There was not enough Joe's to do the mission.

@@james_hondo that's funny because all the people that came back in were SFC or MSG. I guess because they were all close enough to retirement to make a few more years of service worth while.

I remember that also. Dudes were getting walking papers on like year 12 or 13 with no retirement, just a severance pay. Mainly those dudes were stuck in like E5/E6 for "too long" and were asked to leave early. Lots of dudes planned to make it 20 and were devastated. At least that the way it was in Navy. I was a FMF Corpsman out out processing some FMF Corpsman and Marines that had no idea what they were going to do. Over 10 years in and now see ya! I don't recall anyone telling me they got early retirement. That was tough.

75th Ranger Regiment was stood up in 1974, built from the LRRP Companies coming out of Vietnam. How old is this sheriff?

@@LRRPFco52 This is not the place to have this discussion. Warmest regards...

@@Rocketrich88 Ah, that SGM Greg Birch! I thought you meant the modern organization dating back to 1974, not post-9/11. When they formed 1/75 & 2/75, a lot of the leadership came from SF, LRRPs, 173rd, dudes who had SEA experience. Since that time, a tradition of maintaining PSGs with real world experience has been the norm, along with 1SGs and CSMs. The senior NCOs were all combat-proven, whether it was the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s-present. Grenada scrolls in the 80s, Panama guys into the 1990s, with the few from 3rd Batt who were in Mog. I've never seen a unit where E-7s through E-8s are respected as much, far more powerful than any Lieutenant.

SGM…? Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Greg Birch*

Lmfao

The gentleman you're referring to has been speaking regularly to Mac on these Zoom calls-4-6 hours per month-for over two years, and twice has flown out to see Mac in person at his own expense. There are others on this Zoom call who are also doing chores while they listen in, or cleaning guns, or sitting with their kids. Mac created a relaxed environment for his Tier 1 Squad members, and it's the way he prefers it.

Its basic dude stuff 😂👍

WTF Is he supposed to be doing? Standingf at parade rest? LOL. Life never stops.

@@jrc0004 un-divided attention comes to mind…

Thank you Pat

Bet. are you the middle bot smelling me out?a

Their dipcrap leadership (including that idiot Boykin) put them in a bad position too. Then skated while throwing the LT who objected to their orders under the bus.

@@BadMuther Did 4 years regular army and then 4 years 160th. Do you want my DD214? If I was going to lie id pick something cooler than a comms guy.

Earth runs on violent Maximum Security Prison rules if you haven't noticed yet. Big boy (USA) gets all the snacks.

Bigger topic nobody wants to talk about.

What he's doing is the norm. There are 40+ people on this 2-hour Zoom call and a lot of them are tinkering in their garages, sitting with kids, cleaning their guns, and the like. It's a relaxed atmosphere, and that's the way Mac likes it. This particular gentleman has been participating in these calls twice a month for over 2 years and has twice flown out to spend a few days with Mac and the other participants at his own expense. He is one of our most active Squad members who devotes himself to helping out other Squad members frequently. Remember, you're being shown clips of the private content of paid members. And if you respect Mac so much, maybe you should join.