The Benefit of Experience

When Peter Dyrud, a PhD candidate in public policy and president of the Harvard Graduate Council (HGC), organizes HGC events, he uses military mission planning methods. "We lay out the situation, the specific mission, execution, admin and logistics, command and communications," he lists off. These methods come naturally to Dyrud, a combat rescue officer in the US Air Force who served two tours in Afghanistan. "It’s definitely less stressful using them in a non-military environment," Dyrud acknowledges with a laugh.

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