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Herb was raised in a poor family in upstate New York near Rochester. He knew from an early age that he wanted to be a soldier in the U.S. Army. A few of his relatives had served in the military. His grandfather was an infantryman in the Korean War. Herb admits that he didn’t apply himself in school and and that his Father was very lax in allowing him to find his own path. Herb credits his success to some of his teachers who took the time to mentor him, including his Father.
Herb joined the Army right out of High School at age 17. Because of color-blindness, he went into Human Resources. He deployed to Uzbekistan/ Afghanistan in 2003. There, he had the opportunity to escort a lot of money around the country, primarily to Special Forces units, one-time he helped move move $8.2 million to a main Allied base in Afghanistan. Next, Herb volunteered to be a Drill Sergeant and he loved it. He won a "Drill Sergeant of the Year" competition which led him the TRADOC CG, where he did special missions for top Army leadership. A SF CSM mentor of his told him he should be in the Special Forces and that's where he went next as an E-7, one 1 of only 5 senior enlisted for that class.
After qualifying for Special Forces, Herb was assigned to 5th Special Forces Group. He had multiple deployments to the Middle East and one "great" deployment to Afghanistan, where he advised, trained and led Afghan Commandos in dangerous missions. His most rewarding trip was when he was in charge of over 200 Afghans (with less than ten Americans) on a 10-day mission in an area controlled by the Taliban. They survived 3 ambushes during that mission. On one day, Herb learned an invaluable lesson about the difference between courage and stupidity. Luckily, he lived to tell the tale. After that trip, Herb went on to conducted more classified missions in the Middle East.
Herb started SF2BIZ to empower SF veterans to seize opportunities in business.
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