Inspirational

Information to Build Up Your Spiritual Base; we call it Life.

From Subject Matter Expert to Student

June 19, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Martial Arts, MASTERY, Mission Fitness, Planning, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO STUDENT In 2003, I was commissioned to develop a combative program for my Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha. The team was recently stood up and we were in the process... Read More...

Ep3 What is the Gunfighter Writer Wildman Monk?

Michael Kurcina

May 28, 2019

Books, Inspirational, Interviews, LIFE, Podcasts, Spotterup Podcasts, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

We discuss some of the Spotterup Whole Man concept. GUNFIGHTER WRITER WILDMAN MONK: Man of Action, Man of Intellect, Man of Emotion, Man of Spirit. We describe what these archetypes are and how they make up... Read More...

PTSD-Poetry from Angel Yalkin

Angel Yaklin

May 25, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Memorial, Poetry, The Team Room

They come looking for me to tame them, to dampen the nerve; Dip their bodies in a sea of gold, chant a wordless incantation over their darkest dreams, and so I do. Men ... Read More...

Ep1 Inaugural Podcast, What is Spotter Up?

Michael Kurcina

May 14, 2019

Inspirational, Interviews, Leadership, LIFE, Opinion, PSYCHE, Spotterup Podcasts, The Team Room, Wisdom

Our inaugural podcast. We talk to former Scout/Sniper Marine Jordan Laird, Sheriff Bill Farmer, Martial Artist John Valentine and myself (founder of Spotterup) Learn who some of our contributors are and we ... Read More...

Arming School Staff Members – Let’s look at the facts

Kevin Quinn

May 13, 2019

Escape and Evasion, Home Security, LIFE, Memorial, Opinion, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Wisdom

Ever since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and again since the shooting Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, there has been a lot of talk about school safety and how to prevent these se... 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...

I Had to Kill my Self, before I Killed Myself

Jordan Laird

April 27, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Memorial, War Punk

I speak not ignorantly, but with unfortunate intimacy. My father killed himself when I was 16; I have lost brothers from suicide due to the War and transition, I myself have tried and struggled with those demon... 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 Behavorial 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 Behavorial 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 Behavorial 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...