USMC Scout/Snipers, Lightning Bolts and Nazi Symbols, Part 2
One day “H” and then Sergeant Nathan Hunt (my replacement instructor) began to toy with ideas and drawings of an alternate symbol to the already controversial Nazi SS lightning bolts…
USMC Scout/Snipers, Lightning Bolts and Nazi Symbols, Part 1
Most units within the Special Operations Community have an informal symbol that guys either get tattooed or wear on some form of clothing. SEAL’s for example, have a frog symbol,…
Culture Firearms Fitness Movements LIFE Martial Arts Mission Critical Mission Fitness Opinion POLICE PSYCHE Tactics Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences Wisdom
Combatives Instructor on Police reform: “Bad Cops are NOT the problem.”
Bad training creates bad tactics and is the cause of most of the national backlashes. The good news is we can fix that. Backlash: The United States of America is…
The Price for Awareness
The ancient Greek philosophers argued among themselves over the idea of nature versus nurture. Meaning, are we born with a clean slate and what happens to us changes us in…
Awareness Bladed EDC Firearms Gadgets Knives Martial Arts Opinion Planning POLICE Prepping & Survival Tactics
Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight — A Force Multiplier
We have all heard it said “never bring a knife to a gunfight.” While there’s certainly truth to the statement in so far as always having a gun as your…
Tacticool: Don’t Let Your Desire For Awesome Outweigh Your Skill
Are you letting your desire for awesome outweigh your skill? In case you haven’t figured it out yet, we have a tendency around here to kinda not hold back. Such…
Where are we?
“Hello, my name is Joe Friday, and I’m a cop.” That’s how it starts, right? The movie line… It might as well start this way here. For one, I can’t…
The Game
Who am I to tell you how to feel, or you me? What’s right or not, how to stay motivated, or which way to go? I am a nobody. Or…
Stolen Valor, Narcissists and The Need to Stop Them
At some level every person feels the need to belong. People feel the need to be connected, whether it is being part of a police department, biker club, military unit…
Sheeple. The Manipulation of Words in Human Affairs
How crazy is it that China is called the Peoples Republic of China? Killing a baby is known as a woman’s choice. Tax is known as revenue enhancement. Illegal aliens…