Prime Hall argues that having a backup plan during Special Operations selection can be detrimental because it provides an excuse to quit when conditions become difficult.

“if this doesn't work out for me then I'll go be on work on Wall Street or I'll go work at my family business that's really doing well right now and you give yourself that fall back then when it's a week with no sleep and it's the weather sucks again that day and you've been awake for whatever and yo”