The Marine philosophy is to recruit for attitude and to train for skills. Marines believe that attitude is a weapon system. We searched for intangible character traits: a quest for adventure, a desire to serve with the elite, and the intention to be in top physical condition. The strenuous task of the recruiter was to find young men and women with the right stuff to send to boot camp.
Jim Mattis

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Jim Mattis
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Jim Mattis

Former United States Secretary of Defense and co-author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, ­Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.
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