Ranger School, No Excuse Leadership - Softcover

Barber, Brace E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967829208 ISBN 13: 9780967829203

Publisher: Patrol Leader Press, 1999

Synopsis

Experience the FIRST book to illuminate the best leadership school in the U.S. Army - Ranger School. "Ranger School" puts you at ground level and drives home leadership principles through impactful first person anecdotes. Learn what ranger school is like. Feel the claustrophobia of the first night, the frustration of exhaustion and the pain of hunger. Perfect in-depth source for tab seekers. Graduates will be reunited with their own extraordinary experiences and determintation. Leaders don't make excuses!

About this title

About the Author

Brace E. Barber graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May 1987. At West Point he was already a leader and a writer. He was selected as both the Company Commander for his unit and the President of the School's Russian Club. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Armor Corps of the US Army. At the Armor Officer Basic Course he competed for and earned one of the scarce slots to Ranger School.

After over nine weeks of intense training, on January 28, 1988 Brace walked off the bus at Fort Benning, Georgia, a qualified ranger, 25 lbs. lighter than when he started. The traumatic and life changing experience of Ranger School gave him plenty of material for his pen and he went to work recording his experiences. (None of these are included in this book in deference to the great stories chosen and to avoid any appearance of self-aggrandisement like you are seeing here)

Brace was in a command position as soon as his boots hit the Korean soil where he lead the first of three combat arms platoons. An M-60 tank platoon just south of the Demilitarized Zone was where he first faced real responsibility for others. His path took him to Fort Lewis, Washington where his success as the leader of a Humm-V Scout Platoon prompted his Commander to offer him the coveted Squadron Airmobile Reconnaissance Platoon. These experiences gave him the chance to study leadership in depth and see the results of practical application. Brace read more than just Army manuals, he delved into the corporate philosophies of leadership such as those proposed by Tom Peters in "A Passion For Excellence" and personal relations like the ones in "How To Win Friends And Influence People" and personal growth from books in the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" genre. What resulted from his reading and his down-with-the-soldier style, through his extensive leadership experience, was a unique melding of military and civilian philosophies that work.

He progressed through the ranks to Captain before attending and finishing near the top of his Armor Officer Advanced Course. He then lead two Armor Companies, one at Fort Knox, Kentucky and one at Fort Carson, Colorado. As the head of an organization of nearly 100 people, Brace had to use all of the lessons learned from his previous commands and continue to develop new ways to motivate people and accomplish the mission. After ten exciting and successful years of active duty in the Army, Brace left the service to take his experiences to the corporate world as a professional writer and consultant.

Review

A superb book for anyone about to begin an arduous training program. -- USMC Major General (Ret.)Ted Hopgood, Commandant, Corps of Cadets, Texas A & M University

Brace Barber has done a great job of capturing the essence of what Ranger School is all about. -- Major General Stewart W. Wallace, Former Commanding General, US Army Cadet Command

I would place it on the recommended reading list for those going to Ranger School... -- COL (Ret)Thomas H. Aldrich, Professor of Military Science, Norwich University

Edition details

• Publisher: Patrol Leader Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0967829208
• ISBN 13: 9780967829203
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304