DARE THE IMPOSSIBLE 59 were. However, there was something far more important than compen- sation. Don Oberg, the hard taskmaster that he was, had convinced his employees that if you managed to meet Oberg's difficult challenges, you were the best. 8 Clearly his employees were business commandos, a cut above the norm. They probably were the best. By the way, today, Oberg--which has an additional location in Arizona--has annual sales of $100 million. Ordinary People Ask Why--Commandos Ask ``Why Not?'' The difference between a business commando and ordinary individuals is that ordinary people seem to ask why (e.g., Why do we want to attempt this thing?) while commandos ask why not. Let's face it, an ordinary businessperson, even a successful one, would look at the Spud Gun opportunity and ask, ``Why attempt it?'' An ordinary businessper- son might say to Joe Cossman: ``Joe, this other company tried exactly what you want to attempt. They've been in business a long time and have the experience and the resources. If anyone could have made this successful, they would have been able to. They couldn't make a go of it. With all their knowledge, experience, and resources in this business, if they couldn't do it, what makes you think you can? Why not find an easier product, with a much higher probability of success?'' The difference is that commandos know that what happened in the past doesn't necessarily equal what's going to happen in the future. An Air Commando Repeats a Movie Stunt--in Battle Major Bernie Fisher flew the A-1E/H ``Spad'' aircraft as a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron located at Pleiku Air Base, South Viet- nam, during the Vietnam War. The A-1E was a single-engine, propeller- driven fighter-bomber that first saw service with the Navy in World War II. It flew low and slow in support of troops on the ground. More than twenty years after World War II, Fisher led a two-ship formation of Skyraiders to the A Shau Valley in support of friendly troops under enemy attack in Vietnam. Another ``Spad'' piloted by Major Wayne ``Jump'' Myers was hit. The airplane couldn't fly, and Myers was too low to bail out. He was forced to crash-land the airplane right then and there, and in the target area. Myers bellied in with wheels up. Surviving the crash, he ran for cover behind a nearby embankment. Unfortunately, while the closest friendly