No Excuse Leadership: Lessons from the U.S. Army's Elite Rangers

"...Brace Barber captures the commitment required for this hard and painful challenge of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger and the leadership value the training provides our officers, NCOs, and finest enlisted soldiers. He covers the essence of Ranger training in his comprehensive book No Excuse Leadership: Lessons from the U.S. Army's Elite Rangers. Ranger training has never been easy, and Brace explains what it takes to become a Ranger in today's forces. He highlights the essential component -- stress -- in training a leader to survive and to ensure his troops survive in combat; and why lack of food and sleep, continuous mission requirements, physical exhaustion and mental anguish, peer pressure, and teamwork integrated throughout Ranger training provide everything a soldier needs for war. Ranger School provides it all, aside from maybe the true fear that one must deal with under fire..." -- Brigadier General David Grange, retired Brace E. Barber is cofounder of Tax Recovery Group, Inc. and The Tax Firm, Inc. He is a 1987 graduate of West Point and 1988 graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School. Through 11 years of distinguished military service, he led three combat arms platoons and two companies. He performed various other leadership and staff functions in locations as diverse as South Korea, Thailand, Honduras, Alaska, and Hawaii. He is a charter member of Worldwide Army Rangers (WAR) and a lifetime member of the U.S. Army Ranger Association (USARA).