Author: Jim Gant

11 December 2006 About that day, Jim said later: “I remember Mack lying in the palm grove by this tree with bullets flying over, a few feet away from me. The look on his face was one of excitement and calm. I remember thinking, this second, this moment in time is what I’ve trained for … Continue reading Independence Day 2023

Matt Golsteyn would be his second-in-command, focused on the team’s strategy and operations. A 2002 West Point graduate and star baseball player from Winter Park, Florida, Matt was one of those rare officers who shone with both intellect and moral fortitude. He’d served with the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq and then tried out for … Continue reading From Student to Teacher…

"The first test is whether they are willing to get on the helicopter with you." Gant, James Karl. I Am My Son's Keeper (p. 178). Dearest Dad! There are a few tears rolling down my cheeks right now…Good. Most of the people in my life who I am closest to - no longer have their … Continue reading Jim Gant, the Elder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MsmdDEcGKw It was June 1999, and Prosser was about to leave Hawaii. He came to give Jim a gift, one that would change Jim’s life. He handed Jim a hardback copy of Gates of Fire, the historical novel by Steven Pressfield about the three hundred Spartans and their legendary stand against the Persians at Thermopylae. … Continue reading We are ALL Warriors…Gates of Fire.

Puddles? Hell, yeah. Good.... Live hard. Love harder. Much harder. (Thanks Chet). Jim 1COR13:1-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTMDpizis8 And Jocko and I agree on Steven Pressfield's book "A Man at Arms"...if you haven't read it. You should.

Dbow. I wouldn't be alive today to think about our fallen comrades had it not been for you. You had my back - always. You still do. I love you, old warrior, old friend. Jim 1COR13:1-2 Who is that dude watching my back as I hunted for IEDs? Saying "Good-bye" to you after one helluva … Continue reading My back…

Today is a somber day. I think of many people. I am thankful for so many of the relationships that I have. I am thankful for the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much - - - going back to the very beginning of our great nation. Today, I miss great warriors like … Continue reading Memorial Day 2023

Small Team? Nah…"The Few" is more like it. It is more than ever the task of the little teams and small flocks, to struggle most effectively for man and the spirit, and, in particular, to give the most effective witness to those truths for which men so desperately long and which are, at present, in … Continue reading As long as there are two of you…