This is Jockel Podcast number 324 with Echo Charles and me, Jockel Willink.

Good evening Echo.

Good evening.

Also joining us again tonight is Jason Gardner.

Good evening Jason.

Good evening Echo.

Good evening Jockel.

So we rolled in, we're talking about this book and the middle of a dissection of the life of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain or General Joshua Chamberlain, the hero of little round top,

the 20th Maine who did a bunch of other things in his life.

And one of the parts of this book that Jason, we were talking about before we got started was this letter from Joshua Chamberlain to Governor Coburn.

This is from headquarters, 20th Maine volunteers in the field July 21st, 1863.

And here's what Joshua Chamberlain says and this gives you such a keen insight into his leadership and leadership.

Dear Governor, I embrace a rare opportunity, namely a day's halt within a few miles of our baggage to write you in reference to the affairs of our regiment in which I am well aware you feel the deepest interest.

In the first place, allow me to thank you for the honor you have done me in entrusting my care, in entrusting to my care this noble regiment.

I trust I shall be always worthy of the confidence you have thus placed in me.

I consider it an officer's first duty to look after the welfare of his men.

To this, he is bound no less by the responsibility which the arbitrary nature of his power imposes than by the regard he should have to the interests of the service in which he is engaged.

My experience in several trying campaigns has taught me that the way to ensure the efficiency of the army is to keep the men in the best possible condition physically and mentally.

So take care of your people and your people will take care of you.

So we used to say that about our gear.

Take care of your gear and you will take care of you because you know you have your parachute, you have your dive radio, you have your weapon, you want to take care of your weapon, you will take care of your people and your people are going to take care of you.

Without the people, there is no mission.

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