Resiliency
Warrior Resilience & Thriving
Chaplain Keith Andrews
www.chaplainandrews.com
Task Force Ram
Presentation Adapted from Warrior Resilience & Thriving (WRT) 1

Thriving Through,
Not Only Surviving
Your Combat Deployment to
Return with Honor
2

Resiliency
Insight # 1
Expect and Prepare for
Adversity and Hardship
3

Resilient Character
Components

Endurance
5

Resiliency

Character

Thriving

Hardiness:
Victory is not always external,
but always internal. 9

Resiliency
Insight # 2
Combat Operational Stress
and Reactions are Much More
Common Than PTSD
10

20%
met criteria for,
Depression
Anxiety, or PTSD,
(2003&2007)
70%
will experience
some Combat
Operational
Stress
11

Resiliency
Insight # 3
Adversity and Hardship Can
Strengthen our Character and
Build Resiliency
12

Think like a
Classical Warrior
13

“Learning lessons in the school of
life is the antidote to feeling
victimized.”
--Dr. Al Siebert 14

Five Responses to
Coping with Crisis

Ineffective Therapy Focus
1.Kindling
2.Suffering
3.Surviving
16

Warrior Goals
4.Resilience
5.Thriving

Resiliency results from
self-motivated, self-
managed learning
18

Resiliency
Insight # 4
Warrior Ethos is Founded
on Character, Virtue and
Personal Discipline 19

The Warrior Ethos
refers to the
professional attitudes
and beliefs that
characterize the
American Soldier.
--FM 6-22 Army Leadership
20

Resiliency
Insight # 5
Applying Insights of the Stoics and
Self-coaching can Manage Combat,
Operational, Team and Relationship
Stress
21

The Stoic Warriors
22

Will and
Moral Purpose
23

Rationality
24

Adaptive
Emotions
25

Right
Actions
26

Warrior Self-coaching
• Activating Event
• Beliefs
• Consequences
27

Challenging
Irrational Beliefs
28

Replacing
Irrational
Beliefs
29

It is critical for leaders to remain
calm under pressure and
expend energy on things they
can positively influence and not
worry about things they cannot
affect.
--FM 6-22 Army Leadership
30

Resiliency
Insight # 6
Rationality Must be Practiced
Daily To Defeat the “Internal
Insurgents”
31

Beware of the
INTERNAL
INSURGENTS
32

Where Resiliency, Thriving and
Post Traumatic Growth Reside:
Suicide is not an Option
33

A
ASK
CARE
ESCORT
A

Resiliency
Insight # 7
Resilient Families and Teams
that Can Thrive Through
Combat Deployments,
Hardship and Adversity 35

Distribute work fairly
and lead by personal example
36

Tell the truth as they see it
37

Develop and share a family vision to
Preserve Family cohesion and pride
38

Connect, Clarify and Commit to what
is really important 39

Chaplain Keith Andrews
Task Force Ram
www.chaplainandrews.com