US Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command

U.S. Marine Corps Forces,
Special Operations Command
(MARSOC)
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SPIRITUS INVICTUS
The Mind/Body/Spirit concept of
Warrior Resiliency at the
Marine Special Operations Command
LCDR Dana (X,Y) Onifer, MC, USN
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DISCLAIMER
• I don’t own this content, but I have modified some
of it.
• These are not the official views of DoD, MHA,
SOCOM, MARSOC, DoN, BUMED, NHCL, or
anyone with UCMJ Authority.
• I am not an official spokesman for MARSOC. Or
anybody else.
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HISTORY
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• Mar 02: USMC Detachment-1“Proof of Concept”
• Mar 05: SecDef requests Marine Corps SOCOM
proposal
• Oct 05: Foreign Military Training Unit (FMTU)
activates
• Oct 05: SecDef establishes MARSOC
• Feb 06: MARSOC activation ceremony
• Jul 06: SecDef designates MARSOC as a
Special Operations Force
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SOF COMPONENTS
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USSOCOM
United States Army
Special Operations
Command
Naval Special
Warfare Command
Air Force
Special Operations
Command
Marine Corps
Special Operations
Command
Joint Special
Operations Command
Special
Operations
Command Joint Capabilities
FT BRAGG, NC
NAB CORONADO,
CA
HURLBURT AFB, FL
CAMP LEJUENE, NC
SPECIAL
FORCES
SEAL TEAMS
AVIATION - FIXED WING
& ROTARY WING
SPECIAL TACTICS
MARINE RAIDER
REGIMENT
RANGERS
SPECIAL BOAT
TEAMS
MISO
SEAL DELIVERY
VEHICLE TEAMS
CIVIL AFFAIRS
NAVAL SPECIAL
WARFARE CENTER
JFK SPECIAL
WARFARE
CENTER
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AIR FORCE SPECIAL
OPERATIONS SCHOOL
MARINE RAIDER
SUPPORT GROUP
Joint Special
Operations
University
(JSOU)
FT BRAGG, NC
JOINT STANDING
DEVELOPMENT,
TRAINING
AND EXERCISES
MARINE SPECIAL
OPERATIONS
SCHOOL
SUFFOLK, VA
Train Conventional
and SOF
Joint
TAMPA, FL
SOF EDUCATION
AND
STAFF TRAINING
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SOCOM MISSION
• Provide fully capable Special Operations Forces
to defend the United States and its interests
• Synchronize planning of global operations
against terrorist networks
• SOCOM Commander's Lines of Operation
1.
2.
3.
4.
Win the current fight
Expand the global SOF partnership
Preserve the force and families (LOO 1.b.)
Responsive Resourcing
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MARSOC HSS MISSION 2013
• Globally Deliver Leading Edge Health Services
to our Warriors
• Provide Holistic Agile Patient Centered Health
Care
• Train, Develop and Equip a Medical Force that
Supports Full Spectrum Special Operations
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MARSOC HSS VISION 2013
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To be considered the Gold Standard of
Medical Care for all of SOCOM.
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MARSOC HSS MISSION 2014
Globally deliver innovative, holistic
health services to support and sustain
full spectrum Special Operations.
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MARSOC HSS VISION 2014
A fully enabled, capable and resilient
MARSOC Warrior.
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THE 5 SOF TRUTHS
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INTEGRIT
Y
1. Humans are more important than hardware.
2. Quality is better than quantity.
3. Special Operations Forces cannot be mass produced.
4. Competent Special Operations Forces cannot be created
after emergencies occur.
5. Most Special Operations require non-SOF assistance.
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PRESERVATION OF THE FORCE AND FAMILIES
POTFF
USSOCOM LOO
MCCS
USMC Programs
Combat Operational Stress Control
MCCS
Transition Managment
Behavioral Health
Family Readiness
Force Preservation
Chaplain
Medical
Human Performance
MARSOC Performance and Resiliency Program
Suicide Awareness / Prevention
Sexual Assault Prevention
Alcohol Awareness / Prevention
Medical / Dental Readiness
Combining SOF/USMC Resources to Protect our Priority Assets – Force and Families
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Institutionalize Resiliency
Strengthen Force and Family
Maximize Readiness
Strengthen Command Communications
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SPIRITUS INVICTUS
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• MARSOC Preservation of the Force and Family
• MPOTFF  Mind, body, spirit, and family
• A culture of resilience – the individual’s and unit’s
capacity to withstand stress, remain holistically able
• Expert personnel, education, training, and
resources, integrated with intrusive leadership
• Embedded resources fosters trust, allows
expedited, proactive care
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HOW TO BUILD A RESILIENT FORCE
• Effective Assessment and Selection
– Placing the most suitable people in the jobs that best fit with their
talents and strengths “Get AND Keep the Right People”
• Rigorous Training
– Tough, realistic training to enhance strengths and minimize
weaknesses, provide skills to increase the likelihood of success
and survivability “Optimizing Performance”
• Holistically Monitor
– Assess, observe, consult, deploy with them to strengthen and
improve “Keep Them Healthy & Make Them Stronger”
• If Necessary, Treat
– Psychs are known entities, can be engaged formally/informally
– Psychs provide specific, focused care as necessary
– Embedded providers provide ongoing treatment with service
member and families “Help Them Up When needed”
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MPOTFF
Holistic integration of Preservation of the Force and Families
Critical Thinking
PFT/CFT
Sports
psychology
Combat Nutrition Athlete
Rapid
recovery
Strength/conditioning
Quality of life
Physical therapy
Warrior transition
(third location decompression)
Human Factors
Stress
coping
Stress screening
Dependency
avoidance
Family
readiness
Positive experiences
Life meaning
Personal quest
Esprit de corps
Unit cohesion
Marriage enrichment
Pastoral care
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Financial
security
Spirit
Mental health
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HUMAN FACTORS
• Collaboration between MPOTFF and Command
• Emphasizes & empowers small unit leadership
• Views the holistic influence of a person’s
life
– Operational performance at all levels
– Both short term and long term effects
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HUMAN FACTORS COUNCIL
The Human Factors Council (HFC) is a forum for
Command Leadership to identify and focus resources
towards at risk Marines.
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POST-TRAUMATIC
GROWTH
MARSOC
•Individual Training Course
•Special Operations Training
•Assessment and Selection
•Medical history?
•mTBI, PTSD?
•Psycho-social stressors?
•Previous Treatment?
LIFE
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•MPOTFF
•Human Factors
STRESS
EVENT
HFC consists of:
•Unit CO/Deputy/XO/SEA
•Subordinate Command Reps
•Special Staff
•Medical, NCM, BH, Chaplain, FRO
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DYSFUNCTIONAL
BEHAVIOR
DESTRUCTIVE
BEHAVIOR
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PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE
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Mental Toughness
& Resilience
Mental Toughness
Control Skills
•Control - focus on things in your
control – internal locus
•Commitment - give it your
absolute strongest effort
•Challenge - expect life to give
you problems you don’t deserve
•Social Support - seek the
support of others and give them
your support
•Transformational Thought envision a new positive
objective that incorporates your
adversity
•Calmness - manage physical
and mental reactions to stress
•Listening - active listening to
influence interactions
•Emotion - emotional intelligence
to build personal strength and
influence others
•Assertiveness - effectively
shape relationships and improve
cooperation
•Realistic Thinking - increase
determination, problem solving,
motivation, influence on others
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PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE
• Pre-habilitation, progressive strength and
conditioning, increased baseline fitness
• Operational fitness programming, nutrition
• Physical therapy, sports medicine, pain
medicine, acupuncture
• Long-range Outcomes:
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Optimize physical performance attributes of MARSOC Marines
Reduce acuity of injury
Increase return to duty rate
Reduce disability and improve career longevity
Reduce attrition secondary to injury
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SPIRITUAL PERFORMANCE
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• Develop meaning, purpose, and responsibility
• Build healthy interpersonal connections
• Introspective disciplines include:
– Conceptualization: ability to take our thoughts captive instead
of letting them captivate us
– Imagination: the wargaming arena of our mind; allows us
various courses of action for review
– Meditation: takes the imagined course of action and compares
it to his/her life code to make a decision
– Ritualization: allows us to mark an internal decision publically
to gain support from others and hold us accountable for our
actions
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FAMILY PERFORMANCE
• Integration of MPOTFF into Family Readiness
– Supporting the Marine as an integrated member of a family
– Growth and development of mind, body, spirit of the family
• Family Education aimed at MPOTFF Skills
– Utilization of MPOTFF resources to meet the needs of families
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MPOTFF IN THE RAIDER LIFECYCLE
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A&S
‐ Physical performance data collection
‐ Psychological assessment and analysis
‐ PT support to A&S for injured students
‐ Full time Strength and Conditioning Coach and Physical Therapist assigned to MSOS/G‐9 Assessment and Selection
ITC
Advanced Linguist Training
Individual Training Phase
ITP
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Warrior Transition
Nutrition
(third location decompression)
Strength and Conditioning
Sports Psychology
Combat Athlete
Rapid Recovery
Human Factors
Quality of Life
Stress coping
Physical Therapy
Stress screening
Dependency avoidance
Mental Health
Family Readiness
Positive Experiences
Life meaning
Personal Quest
Esprit de corps
Unit cohesion
Marriage Enrichment
Pastoral Care
ALC
‐ 36‐52 week strength and conditioning program for ALC students
‐ Duration of school affords long term strength and conditioning development
‐ 6‐8 hours of language training plus 1‐2 hours of strength and conditioning 4‐5X week
Unit Training Phase
Further education
PFT/CFT
ITC
‐ Functional movement screen, baseline nutrition, labs, assess functional fitness, body composition and bone density
‐ Initial resiliency profile conducted
‐ MCFTB family readiness engagement conducted
‐ ITC family social events conducted
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Spirit
Development
‐Conduct family stress management sessions
‐ Provide strength and conditioning fly away kit In theater ‐ Operational Stress Control training
‐ In theater MPOTFF training conducted by team level SME
‐ MPOTFF contact team support to deployments
Deployment
UTP
‐Company level Strength and Conditioning Coach programs and monitors individual and unit level performance programs based on mission analysis.
‐ Family readiness cycle begins: social function for families, Marines and Sailors
‐ Conduct pre‐deployment operational stress control. Post‐Deployment
Post‐Deployment
‐Thrid Location Decompression
‐ Returning Warrior EventS
‐ Family re‐deployment brief
‐ Family, individual, single Marine retreats
‐ Post‐deployment resiliency effort
‐ Post‐deployment physical, mental, spiritual support
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Invictus
William Ernest Henley, 1849-1903
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the
scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
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