III.

THE STALK

You will be asked to penetrate deep behind enemy lines, move through unsurvivable territory undetected, slip deep into their camp and deep into their minds, and survive to bring back what you see and hear and learn.

You will be expected to see the enemy where others see nothing, to hear the enemy when others are aware of nothing, to understand the enemy’s next move even before the enemy understands it himself; to sow fear and confusion among the enemy’s ranks while at the same time providing critical intelligence to your own forces. Your circumstances will require you to be invisible, unpredictable, and lethal.

You will find yourself in situations where you do not have the tools necessary to do your job, the resources critical to the success of the enterprise, and will still be expected to adapt, adjust, invent, survive, and prevail.…