The Family Business: The Official-Unofficial Guide to Navigating Family Life in Special Forces Paperback – September 7, 2025

The Family Business is THE OFFICIAL - Unofficial guide to building and maintaining a relationship worthy of the Nation’s finest operators. For 75 years the storied Green Berets have served on the frontlines while balancing lives on the home front. This book is more than just a manual to describe what these warriors will go through on their journey to the Green Beret, this book is a guide to help you build a home life that supports them and builds strong families.You can build relationships that serve each other, serve the family, and serve the Nation. Written by the preeminent scholar practitioner of Special Forces preparation, Dr. David Walton, and Kristen his wife of over three decades, The Family Business is packed with practical and actionable tips to help you navigate this challenging environment.The Family Business is your ultimate guide for resilient families and strong operators.Discover the language and culture that makes that Special Forces teams special.Know what it takes to support your aspiring operator through his journey.Understand the pipeline and advance schooling.Discover what OPSEC is and what you can and can’t say.Learn to build relationships that can survive the crucible of the SF lifestyle.Recognize how to manage deployments and redeployments.Appreciate why men will die for points.Dr. David Walton is the leading expert on Special Forces Assessment and Selection with over 25 years of Special Forces experience. Together with Kristen, his wife of over 30 years, they share their experience with the challenges of balancing a resilient relationship and successful family with the Special Forces lifestyle. They share their journey from teenage sweethearts to proud grandparents and how they balanced the demands of a full career of service with maintaining a homelife worth retiring into. Their advice is practical, real-world, and focused on not just surviving, but thriving. We need good men to become Grenn Berets, and David and Kristen can show you how to support this journey from start to finish. Read more