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USSOCOM Appointment
In 2024, Tim was appointed an Independent Consultant with the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
Tim draws on his ten years of experience fighting a vicious counterinsurgency war in Africa with the legendary Selous Scouts to speaks on the leadership skills required to command a composite group of heterogeneous irregular soldiers and captured terrorists and have them unhesitatingly follow you into battle. Tim's experiences resulted in his being appointed an Independent Consultant with USSOCOM in 2024.
Defeating an Insurgency by Becoming the Insurgency
Every foreign conventional force sent to crush an insurgency has only served to make it grow. Tim challenges commanders to ask the question no doctrine manual dares to answer — what if the enemy's greatest weapons could be turned against them?
Redefining the Conduct of Counterinsurgency Warfare
Tim details the three critical pillars upon which a successful counterinsurgency campaign must stand, warning that the collapse of one will result in the collapse of all. The collapse of the campaign will quickly follow.
The Hunter v the Hunted
The line between the hunter and the hunted in insurgency warfare doesn't just become blurred, it completely disappears. Tim explains the brutal reality of destroying evil from within the lair of evil. It is a doctrine not found in any military training manual but has to be taught by those who dared to go and lived to return.
Survival, Escape & Evasion
Advanced wilderness survival and evasion techniques refined through years of training the world's most elite Special Operations warriors.
Gaining the Support of the Indigenous Population
It is the indigenous population which holds the key to which side wins an insurgency war and which side loses. Without it, a counterinsurgency campaign cannot succeed. Tim challenges the concept that it is the insurgents who hold all the cards and asks, "what if the insurgents two primary weapons of time and fear can be turned against them?"
Lessons from the Selous Scouts
An insider account of one of history's most effective counterinsurgency units — their methods, their ethos, and the lessons that remain relevant today.
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