Changing military talent into something helpful quickly followed, and therefore the hope to transform it into a new direction to save life, rather than taking it. So, the driving force was, and still is, mainly to teach people self-protection. Violence in the hands of a good man inevitably saves lives … In 2007, myself and the late JJ Marè started a business then known as SOC Survival Training. At first it offered survival and adventure-orientated leadership and team-building training that was extremely valuable to the local schools in the area. It had very little revenue and resources but used what it had to its best capabilities, for example, in terms of its experience and human skills. Numerous
