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Captain Ed Rush is a decorated former F/A-18 fighter pilot who served two combat tours in Iraq, completing over 50 missions and logging nearly 2,000 tactical flight hours. Renowned as the Marine Corps’ top instructor in one-on-one dogfighting, Ed also played a key role in developing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s tactics. After leaving active duty, he became a 5-time #1 best-selling author with titles like Fighter Pilot Performance for Business, How to Turn Clicks into Clients, The 21 Day Miracle, Warrior, and God Talks.

Ed translates military precision and speed-of-sound mindset into business excellence—helping leaders and teams boost performance, communication, resilience, and purpose through keynote presentations and consulting for startups, Fortune 500 companies, sports teams, universities, and ministers.

Ed brings unmatched credibility—from an F/A-18 cockpit to boardroom—and delivers transformative, action-oriented insights in leadership, performance, and purpose.