The Legendary Green Beret Who Lives Like a Modern Samurai
Tu Lam experienced war at an early age. Born during the Vietnam War, he was just a year old when his family was dragged from their home by North Vietnamese soldiers.
His mother managed to escape with him to the United States, where he was raised outside of Fort Bragg, with a stepfather and uncle who were members of the elite US Army special operations force, the Green Berets. Over time, his destiny felt clear: enlist and protect those who felt helpless, as he once had. But that path truly came into focus when a young Lam was introduced to the ancient samurai moral code of bushidō.
Lam had a natural interest in learning the “Way of the Warrior,” which was developed in feudal Japan. Thus began a lifelong commitment to self-improvement and discipline that ran through his 23 years in the US Army, starting with the 82nd Airborne Division and ending with the Green Berets.
Following his military service, Lam created Ronin Tactics, embracing the term for a samurai warrior with no master. Through this company, he distributes gear, instruction and training videos to a worldwide audience. The tutorials became so popular that Activision recently tapped Lam to have his own character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 called Ronin.
