The Meaning of the WDT Logo

 

My Logo orginated using the NOUS DEFIONS logo of the United States Special Forces. The logo is used by the Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance and Target Exploitation Course (SFARTEC), also known as Range 37, which is offered at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School on Fort Bragg, NC.

Special Forces Operators are required to complete this course in order to be qualified CIF (Combatant Commander's In-extremis Force) members. I graduated this course and was assigned to the CIF during my service in Special Forces. This assignment helped me fine tune Direct Action (DA) skills.

 

We Defy is the english translation of Nous Defions. 

Definition of WE DEFY  

transitive verb  

1: to challenge to combat  

2: to challenge to do something considered impossible: dare

3: to confront with assured power of resistance : disregard

4: to resist attempts at

 

I replaced the Special Forces V-42 WWII Stiletto with the USMC KA-BAR to represent my service in the Marine Corps.

 

One arrow was replaced with a tomahawk, representing my time in 75th Ranger Regiment and honoring Rogers' Rangers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers'_Rangers

 

The second arrow represents my service in Special Forces and 3rd Special Forces group.

 

I wanted to replace the skull wearing the dive mask, but I also wanted to keep the angle of the skull as much as possible, to honor the original logo.

 

The skull represents my fallen brothers:

CPL Matthew A. Commons, 4 MAR 2002, 1/75 RGR BN
SGT Bradley S. Crose, 4 MAR 2002, 1/75 RGR BN
SPC Marc A. Anderson, 4 MAR 2002, 1/75 RGR BN

SPC Michael T. Gleason, 30 MAY 2003, 18th ABN Corps LRS

SPC Zachiariah W. Long, 30 MAY 2003, 18th ABN Corps LRS

SPC Kyle A. Griffin, 30 MAY 2003, 18th ABN Corps LRS

SSG Eric Caban, 18 JUL 2006, 7th SFG ODA 781

SFC Adrian M. Elizalde, 23 AUG 2007, 1st SFG

SSG Robert J. Miller, 25 JAN 2008, 3rd SFG ODA 3312  MoH

MSG Benjamin Franklin Bitner, 23 APR 2011, 3rd SFG ODA 3236

SPC Ryan J. Cook, 18 SEP 2011, 25th ID

CW2 Edward "Duane" Cantrell, 6 MAR 2012, 3rd SFG

CPT David I. Lyon, 27 DEC 2013, USAF

SGT Daniel T. Lee, 15 JAN 2014, 3rd SFG ODA 3235

SGM Martin R. Barreras, 13 MAY 2014, 1/75 RGR BN

 

​And lastly, I chose to use "tactics" because that is my ultimate goal, to teach students the ever changing tactics to fight back with any and all necessary force to subdue and/or eliminate an attacker or aggressor. This goal is never ending because we should constantly train and practice the skills and fundamentals and tactics necessary to protect ourselves and our loved ones. 

 

Paul Taylor

We Defy Tactics, LLC

 

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