Profiles in Resilience
The Profiles in Resilience series spotlights individuals in the national security community who have faced significant hardships or experienced especially challenging circumstances in the course of their work, and, importantly, what lessons in resilience they can draw from those experiences.
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Profiles In Resilience: The Marine
Marine Corps veteran and author Elliot Ackerman shares his story of resilience. Ackerman fought in the second Battle of Fallujah as a US Marine, and after leaving the military went on to become a successful author. He reflects on how he has used resilience tools throughout his career and life.
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Profiles In Resilience: The Activist
Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist living in New York. She shares her story of resilience, from how she has coped with being forced to leave Iran because of her outspoken opposition to the regime to surviving multiple assassination attempts while living in exile i...
