‘Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide’ by Brandon Webb and John David Mann — Into the pool
on October 5, 2019
Read part one HERE, part two HERE, part three HERE, and part four HERE. The fifth excerpt from the upcoming book, “Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide” by Brandon Webb and John David Mann:
I grew up on the water. I love it—spent my childhood in it and a good chunk of my adulthood, too. But there’s a reason people use water when they want to drive you to the edge of sanity and break your spirit. If I say, “I’m going to drape a cloth over your mouth and soak it with water,” that doesn’t sound too bad, does it? Oh, but it is. It can push strong-willed men right over the edge. In my military training I became familiar with the process of waterboarding. In essence, you are slowly, methodically being drowned to death, engulfed by water. There is something primal about the terror this touches.
Read more here: ‘Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide’ by Brandon Webb and John David Mann — Into the pool