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,…
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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…
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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…
Why we are Killing Ourselves
Veteran suicide, 22 a day, PTSD, etc., aside from being blanket terms thrown out to cover anyone with a hint of struggle after their enlistment, these words don’t truly tell…
The Terminal List Book Review
I first heard about Jack Carr’s political thriller series while listening to the Higher Line podcast. To be honest, I was a little skeptical when I saw the description for…
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Violence of Mind, Newest “Must Read” for the Self-Defense Practitioner
There are a several seminal or “Must Read” books in the self-defense industry. De Becker’s “The Gift of Fear”, Samenow’s “Inside the Criminal Mind” and Grossman’s more recently controversial “On…
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…