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01-19-10, 09:05
Tom Di Tomasso from Viking Tactics will be presenting his Mindest and Leadership seminar at the Cary Police Department in Cary, NC. The seminar is open to Law Enforcement and Military only.
Leadership in the Shadows: From My Foxhole - Battle of Mogadishu / Blackhawk Down On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger launched an operation in Mogadishu, Somalia aimed at capturing key members of the Somali National Alliance. The operation succeeded in apprehending twenty-four suspects, including two key aides to General Aideed. During the course of the operation, two U.S. helicopters were shot down igniting an eighteen-hour firefight that would leave eighteen Americans and hundreds of Somalis dead to include two Medal of Honor recipients. The tactical success of Task Force Ranger against a numerically superior enemy can be attributed to their initiative, training, endurance and valor. Although a strategic failure, the tactical and leadership lessons from the Battle of the Black Sea would serve the US well in our surprisingly new fight against terrorism in the upcoming decade. As a participant of and leader in the Battle of Mogadishu, recently retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Tom Di Tomasso describes enduring leadership lessons useful to current and future small unit leaders of any organization. He describes what it takes to lead men in combat - the greatest responsibility any man could have - and how that leadership model can be used in any organization. Although this battlefield vignette concentrates on the Battle of the Black Sea in Mogadishu Somalia, he also draws on personal lessons learned from recent battles fought in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Lieutenant Colonel (R) Tom Di Tomasso served in the Army for twenty years leading soldiers in combat and training. His assignments include the 10th Mountain Division, 1st Infantry Division and the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment where he served as a member of Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu Somalia in 1993; later depicted in the movie Black Hawk Down. In 1998, he was selected and assigned to the United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, where he served as a Troop Commander, Operations Officer, Squadron Commander and Deputy Commander. He has multiple combat deployments to Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Most recently, LTC Di Tomasso served as a Joint Task Force Commander in Iraq responsible for more than twelve hundred special operations forces and government agency personnel. Upon retirement, LTC Di Tomasso joined Viking Tactics, Inc.*where he provides tactical firearms instruction, leadership training and consulting services.
Date: Wednesday 10 FEB, 2010
Time: 0800 - 1200
Location: Cary Police Department, Cary, NC
Price: $75
For more information or to register, contact:
Sgt Bruce Dale: bruce.dale@townofcary.org
or
Jack White: jack@TeamVTAC.com
Leadership in the Shadows: From My Foxhole - Battle of Mogadishu / Blackhawk Down On October 3, 1993, Task Force Ranger launched an operation in Mogadishu, Somalia aimed at capturing key members of the Somali National Alliance. The operation succeeded in apprehending twenty-four suspects, including two key aides to General Aideed. During the course of the operation, two U.S. helicopters were shot down igniting an eighteen-hour firefight that would leave eighteen Americans and hundreds of Somalis dead to include two Medal of Honor recipients. The tactical success of Task Force Ranger against a numerically superior enemy can be attributed to their initiative, training, endurance and valor. Although a strategic failure, the tactical and leadership lessons from the Battle of the Black Sea would serve the US well in our surprisingly new fight against terrorism in the upcoming decade. As a participant of and leader in the Battle of Mogadishu, recently retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Tom Di Tomasso describes enduring leadership lessons useful to current and future small unit leaders of any organization. He describes what it takes to lead men in combat - the greatest responsibility any man could have - and how that leadership model can be used in any organization. Although this battlefield vignette concentrates on the Battle of the Black Sea in Mogadishu Somalia, he also draws on personal lessons learned from recent battles fought in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Lieutenant Colonel (R) Tom Di Tomasso served in the Army for twenty years leading soldiers in combat and training. His assignments include the 10th Mountain Division, 1st Infantry Division and the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment where he served as a member of Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu Somalia in 1993; later depicted in the movie Black Hawk Down. In 1998, he was selected and assigned to the United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, where he served as a Troop Commander, Operations Officer, Squadron Commander and Deputy Commander. He has multiple combat deployments to Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Most recently, LTC Di Tomasso served as a Joint Task Force Commander in Iraq responsible for more than twelve hundred special operations forces and government agency personnel. Upon retirement, LTC Di Tomasso joined Viking Tactics, Inc.*where he provides tactical firearms instruction, leadership training and consulting services.
Date: Wednesday 10 FEB, 2010
Time: 0800 - 1200
Location: Cary Police Department, Cary, NC
Price: $75
For more information or to register, contact:
Sgt Bruce Dale: bruce.dale@townofcary.org
or
Jack White: jack@TeamVTAC.com