New York, NY (MMD Newswire) March 9, 2009 --  Afghanistan War Veteran, Ron White, earned the title of #1 memory in the USA this week in New York City at the USA Memory Championship. Ron defeated 52 other 'mental athletes' in what is described as a mental Olympics. To win the tournament Ron memorized a deck of shuffled cards in 1 minutes 27 seconds which set a new usa national record. . He also set a new national record by memorizing a string of 167 consecutive digits in 5 minutes and 92 names and face in only 15 minutes. When asked how Ron won the tournament he replied, 'Military training plain and simple.'

Ron worked side by side with a former US Navy SEAL, TC Cummings to develop the mental sharpness and toughness to compete under pressure. Ron and TC would meet weekly and review their goals and mental mindset, to insure that it was of military precision caliber. In the SEALS there is a saying, 'The more you sweat in times of peace...the less you bleed in times of war.' For Ron this meant making his memory training tougher than the actual competition. Ron memorized a deck of 52 shuffled cards more than 1116 times and ran through a string of 175 digits over 649 times in the 90 days preceding the tournament. In an effort to make his training tougher than the competition he even invested in snorkel gear and plastic playing cards eventually getting to the point where he could memorize a deck of cards underwater in 2 minutes and 4 seconds. This was 23 seconds faster than last year's champion Chester Santos completed the task above water. 'I know there are no underwater events at the tournament, but if I can perform underwater I am confident that above water at the tournament will be a breeze', Ron explains.

During Ron's deployment to Afghanistan he would work 12 hour shifts at ISAF HQ in Kabul and work security on convoys throughout Afghanistan and then at the end of the day spend hours back in his quarters running through playing cards and numbers. While deployed Ron's system earned the attention of his superiors and he was asked to train his military unit in Kabul on this system. Ron taught the techniques and explained to his unit how they could memorize routes while on convoys, descriptions of potential vehicles that were known threats, key information on terrorist leaders and other details that enabled NATO forces to operate more efficiently and effectively.

Ron's method is based on a 2500 year old memory method, loci. If you closed your eyes you could mentally walk around your home town. Therefore, take this walk and as you do number locations - trees, gas stations, mailboxes, bushes, bridges, etc. If your picture for the five of clubs is your friend Ashley (as it is for Ron) and the five of clubs is the first card played he visualizes this on his first location which is his porch.

Ron received special permission from his military unit to attend the 12th USA Memory Championship in New York City and credits his training from the military in earning him this victory. Ron shares, 'In the military I learned to remain calm under pressure, pay attention to detail and have a sound strategy for victory. I relied on all these skills I learned in the military to capture the title.' After winning the tournament he sent a text message to his mental toughness coach and former US Navy SEAL, TC Cummings that simply said, 'Target is Secure - Mission Accomplished'

Ron has recently released a new book, 'The Military Memory Man' where he details how he learned this system, taught it to the troops in Afghanistan and then lays out how you can memorize a deck of cards in a flash, 200 numbers in 5 minutes or memorize a chapter of a book word for word. To learn how to do the amazinf feats Ron did visit www.militarymemoryman.com and start tripling your memory TODAY!

Ron White 214-500-9382 rwhite73@hotmail.com www.militarymemoryman.com

GO NAVY!

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