Life and Family

It’s OK to take a break!

May 25, 2019

It is ok to rest; it is ok to take a break, slow down, take a load off... The military has never been an environment of “slow down and take a break” and for good reason. Police, Fire and Rescue run 24 hour op... Read More...

Ep2 John Correia Active Self Protection

Michael Kurcina

May 25, 2019

Home Security, Interviews, Life and Family, Podcasts, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Spotterup Podcasts, Surviving on the Cheap, Tactics, The Team Room, Wisdom

Listen as host John Valentine speaks with Active Self Protection founder John Correia. John founded Active Self Protection in 2011 to teach people in all walks of life to develop the attitude, skills, and p... Read More...

Goldilocks of Giving

Mandee Ramella

May 1, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Mission Health, PSYCHE, Wisdom

Once upon a time, I gave my all. I gave my all to everyone and everything in my life. My eagerness to drain my own well came from a place of deep insecurity. I’d been left before, abandoned by both family, frie... Read More...

The Forever War, Living with a TBI: Part 2, Transitioning

Jordan Laird

April 5, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Memorial, Opinion, PSYCHE, War Punk, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences, Wisdom

“These two things fight together in me as the snakes fight in the spring. The water comes out of my eyes; yet I laugh while it falls. Why?” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book How do I not take this home... Read More...

The Forever War, Living with a TBI: Part 1, Relationships

Jordan Laird

March 29, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Memorial, Opinion, PSYCHE, The Team Room, War Punk, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences, Wisdom

"Memories are just where you laid them Drag the waters till the depths give up their dead What did you expect to find Was there something you left behind Don't you remember Anything I said when I said, ... Read More...

The Forever War, Living with TBI : Introduction

Jordan Laird

March 23, 2019

Inspirational, Leadership, LIFE, Life and Family, Memorial, Opinion, PSYCHE, War Punk, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences, Wisdom

"Hi, my name is Jordan and I am about one IED short of being fully retarded." Anyone who met me or knows me will attest to the fact that when you meet me or we have known each other for a period of time, a... Read More...

Spotter Up Writer and Deputy Sheriff Bill Farmer on SROs

Bill Farmer

February 12, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Planning, Prepping & Survival, The Team Room

After reading the debrief from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting and the failure of law enforcement, Deputy Sheriff and SRO Bill Farmer did what he does. He wrote. He expressed his disappointment and concer... Read More...

An Open Letter From Your SRO

Bill Farmer

January 11, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Memorial, Opinion, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences

To My Community, My Parents, My kids, As I’m sitting down to write this, I’m fresh off of reading the comprehensive break down of the mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I’m sittin... Read More...

What ‘Being A Father’ Means To Us from Arminius Tribe

Mark van Riele

August 25, 2018

Camping, Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Mission Health, Prepping & Survival, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences

This year Robbert, Robin and me took our kids for the second year on a 3 day hike in the mountains of Andorra. Nothing Useful Is Taught The Army Or, ‘I will not be able to use any of these skills later ... Read More...

A Walk in the Park

Rab

July 29, 2018

Life and Family, The Team Room

The other day I was walking through a park. It was just after sunrise, and the pooch needed water as we finished a few hills. I approached an area with a sole picnic table, which overlooked a small lake an... Read More...