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14 Learning Mental Endurance for Survival

battlefield. Also, military psychologists have studied how intelligence affects the way people fight. They discovered that people who really threw themselves into battle were generally more intelligent than those who did not. They were also better at working out tactics that could win battles. In the elite units like the Marines Corps, an intelligent mind is a must.

Any breach of discipline is dealt with by “Incentive Physical Training.” This not only punishes recruits but makes them tougher, too.