Nick Lavery

It's like there are certain scenarios that most people can experience on an everyday basis. They can almost say with certainty, at some point during this window, something annoying or frustrating is going to happen. Take your commute to work, whatever that is, where you're walking, taking the subway, taking the T, driving through traffic.

You could almost guarantee at some point on that 15, 20, 30 minute experience, someone's going to cut you off. Someone's going to bump into you. Someone's going to do something silly during that window. And that becomes a rep. That becomes an opportunity to employ that skill, to sharpen that edge a little bit more. You just have to be deliberate about it and see the opportunity as it comes.

You could almost guarantee at some point on that 15, 20, 30 minute experience, someone's going to cut you off. Someone's going to bump into you. Someone's going to do something silly during that window. And that becomes a rep. That becomes an opportunity to employ that skill, to sharpen that edge a little bit more. You just have to be deliberate about it and see the opportunity as it comes.

You could almost guarantee at some point on that 15, 20, 30 minute experience, someone's going to cut you off. Someone's going to bump into you. Someone's going to do something silly during that window. And that becomes a rep. That becomes an opportunity to employ that skill, to sharpen that edge a little bit more. You just have to be deliberate about it and see the opportunity as it comes.

And hey, if you happen to go through that whole thing and Nothing happened. Like, okay, great. But you were prepared for it. And then when it hits, when the person cuts in front of you, gives you the bird, whatever it is, it's like game on like right now. And I got about five seconds to play this game. And if I play it right, it's going to enable me just that much more the next time.

And hey, if you happen to go through that whole thing and Nothing happened. Like, okay, great. But you were prepared for it. And then when it hits, when the person cuts in front of you, gives you the bird, whatever it is, it's like game on like right now. And I got about five seconds to play this game. And if I play it right, it's going to enable me just that much more the next time.

And hey, if you happen to go through that whole thing and Nothing happened. Like, okay, great. But you were prepared for it. And then when it hits, when the person cuts in front of you, gives you the bird, whatever it is, it's like game on like right now. And I got about five seconds to play this game. And if I play it right, it's going to enable me just that much more the next time.

And you just keep going on that cycle.

And you just keep going on that cycle.

And you just keep going on that cycle.

Yeah, so it's a 12-man model. which is built by design. 12 just didn't come out of nowhere. ODAs, which is an acronym for Operational Detachment Alpha. So sometimes you hear the term A-Team, although that's kind of an outdated term. I haven't heard that in real utility for many, many years. Operational Detachment Alpha, otherwise known as an ODA, is a 12-man team.

Yeah, so it's a 12-man model. which is built by design. 12 just didn't come out of nowhere. ODAs, which is an acronym for Operational Detachment Alpha. So sometimes you hear the term A-Team, although that's kind of an outdated term. I haven't heard that in real utility for many, many years. Operational Detachment Alpha, otherwise known as an ODA, is a 12-man team.

Yeah, so it's a 12-man model. which is built by design. 12 just didn't come out of nowhere. ODAs, which is an acronym for Operational Detachment Alpha. So sometimes you hear the term A-Team, although that's kind of an outdated term. I haven't heard that in real utility for many, many years. Operational Detachment Alpha, otherwise known as an ODA, is a 12-man team.

And the reason why is we are built to work in split team capacity. So six and six. That's how the team is built. So we can split up into two elements. You have your command team as part of that, which is a traditional officer, which is usually a captain. You have your senior enlisted leader, who's typically a master sergeant, and really he like runs the team.

And the reason why is we are built to work in split team capacity. So six and six. That's how the team is built. So we can split up into two elements. You have your command team as part of that, which is a traditional officer, which is usually a captain. You have your senior enlisted leader, who's typically a master sergeant, and really he like runs the team.

And the reason why is we are built to work in split team capacity. So six and six. That's how the team is built. So we can split up into two elements. You have your command team as part of that, which is a traditional officer, which is usually a captain. You have your senior enlisted leader, who's typically a master sergeant, and really he like runs the team.

All the guys, all the NCOs, they really work for him. And then you've got me, which is your warrant officer, otherwise known as your assistant detachment commander. So in a split team environment, which we're built to do, detachment commander takes one cell, warrant officer takes the other cell as the commanders. And then you've got the rest of the team. So you've got an intelligence specialist.

All the guys, all the NCOs, they really work for him. And then you've got me, which is your warrant officer, otherwise known as your assistant detachment commander. So in a split team environment, which we're built to do, detachment commander takes one cell, warrant officer takes the other cell as the commanders. And then you've got the rest of the team. So you've got an intelligence specialist.

All the guys, all the NCOs, they really work for him. And then you've got me, which is your warrant officer, otherwise known as your assistant detachment commander. So in a split team environment, which we're built to do, detachment commander takes one cell, warrant officer takes the other cell as the commanders. And then you've got the rest of the team. So you've got an intelligence specialist.

And every enlisted guy on the team has a specialty that they focus on, although we cross train amongst each other. So everyone has to have an idea of how to do everyone else's job, just not to that extent. You have your intel sergeant, and that is not a position you can take right out of the gate.