Closing the Gap More Even When it’s Crowded
Airports are strange places. A somewhat representative microcosm of society forced to be in the same place out of a need to get to a different place. People who have…
Culture EMS LIFE Life and Family Mission Health Opinion PSYCHE Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences Wisdom
Low “T” vs. PTSD
When I was soldiering in the 75th Ranger Regiment, they said there were only two kinds of Rangers – smart ones and strong ones. And my superiors never let me…
3rd ID Soldier’s Nightmares and the Jarhead’s Solution
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 160115 During 2006 I was assigned as the Marine 1st Sgt for the Inspector Instructor (I-I) Staff on Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah Georgia. I was also…
Firearms Fitness Movements LIFE Mission Security Opinion Tactics Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences Wisdom
Train for the (Gun) Fight of your Life
Our society is enamored with success. We love winning. Each of us measures success differently based on our vocation, hobby, or passion. The common denominator among people we deem to…
The Changing Nature of the Modern NCO
We hear it a lot these days, especially from a generation of warfighters who weren’t just preparing for war, but went to fight it. Those who were accustomed, by some…
Culture EMS LIFE Life and Family MASTERY Mission Health Opinion PSYCHE Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences Wisdom
The Few, The Weird, the Uniquely Wired
It took me a long time to decide to write this. Partly because I had to put some personal things into words. Things which I, like many of us, almost…
The Dark Side of Contracting Overseas No One Will Tell You & It’s Impact On You
Imagine making $30,000 a month or more, and tax-free, I remember those hay days and remember some guys making upwards of $1,250 a day. If there’s anything we’ve learned both…
Awareness Escape and Evasion Martial Arts MASTERY Mission Security POLICE PSYCHE Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences Wisdom
Re-Engineering Situational Awareness
After 24 years as a combat soldier in the Australian Defence Force, and years in the private security and the self-defence industries I have been “blessed” with just about every…
American Brands LIFE MASTERY Mission Security Opinion Planning POLICE PSYCHE Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences Wisdom
No Duty To Protect
In Warren V. District of Columbia (1981) The Supreme Court stated, “that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection,…
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SLEEP. “No Man Knows But a Soldier, How Sweet Sleep Is.”
SLEEP. “No man knows but a soldier, how sweet sleep is.” So the Iraqis are raining down RPGs like mortars on us and one of my Corpsman tells me, “First…