In Episode 3 of ZEROED IN, I take you back to Fort Lewis, Washington — the years that quietly shaped everything that came after.

At the time, it felt like just another duty station.

But looking back, those years built my confidence, tested my limits, and taught me the true cost of leadership — both good and bad.

From arriving as a brand-new private…
to being broken in by Ranger-tabbed Specialists…
to training in the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest…
to serving as an RTO and SAW gunner…
to earning the Expert Infantryman’s Badge.

These weren’t the loud years.
They weren’t glamorous.

They were the years that built me.

This episode is about pressure, accountability, and learning what competence really means — long before titles or rank ever mattered.

🎙️ Episode Title:
Fort Lewis: The Years That Built Me

📌 In this episode:
• Life in a rear-detachment Infantry unit during Desert Storm
• Learning under intense junior leadership
• Field training in the Pacific Northwest
• Becoming an RTO and SAW gunner
• A defining EIB testing and pinning moment
• Lessons learned from both strong and failed leadership

If you’ve ever gone through a season of life that didn’t feel important at the time — but later defined who you became — this episode is for you.

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Stay Accountable.
Stay ZEROED IN.

Episode 2: The Structure I Needed

In this episode of ZEROED IN, I walk through the moment when environment alone stopped being enough—and structure became unavoidable.

From arrival at Fort Benning to the controlled chaos of Basic Training and the discipline of Airborne School, this episode explores what happens when freedom is stripped away and replaced with standards, accountability, and purpose.

This isn’t a story about toughness for toughness’ sake.
It’s about how structure reshaped direction, discipline, and identity.

If Episode 1 was about how environment leaves a mark, Episode 2 is about what happens when structure begins to define it.

New episodes explore lived experience, earned perspective, and the cost behind growth.

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Stay accountable.
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In Episode 0, I talked about focus, accountability, and how perspective forms over time.

Episode 1 goes further back.

Before titles.
Before decisions.
Before structure.

This episode traces the environments that shaped who I became—growing up in Marshfield and Pembroke, Massachusetts—and how family, community, discipline, mistakes, and loss quietly leave their mark long before we understand their impact.

This isn’t a highlight reel.
It isn’t polished or compressed.
It’s told the way memory actually works.

Episode 1 explores:

• How early environments influence behavior and decision-making

• The role of structure, accountability, and belonging

• Lessons learned before they had names

• Why some patterns repeat until we recognize them

This episode sets the foundation for what comes next.

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ZEROED IN is about perspective earned through experience—not performance.

Stay aware.
Stay accountable.
Stay ZEROED IN.

Zeroed In isn't a highlight reel, but an honest record of experience, perspective, and lessons learned. Focus under pressure. Clarity when it matters most. Decisions with real consequences. This is the origin story. #FocusUnderPressure #accountability #leadershiplessons #mindset #personalgrowth