Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences

Countering the Communist Insurgency

July 9, 2019

Opinion, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences

FAKE NEWS If you’ve been following the news lately, you're probably overloaded and overwhelmed by the wealth of information about "Big Tech" stifling and censoring conservatives in an effort to direct the Un... Read More...

From Subject Matter Expert to Student

Andrew Curtiss

June 19, 2019

Inspirational, LIFE, Martial Arts, MASTERY, Mission Fitness, Planning, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavioral 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...

Ep4 Chad Lyman of Combatives for Progressive Force Concepts

Michael Kurcina

June 6, 2019

Interviews, Martial Arts, Podcasts, PSYCHE, Spotterup Podcasts, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences

Episode 4 of the Spotter Up Podcast brings Chad Lyman to discuss his life and work as the director of Combatives for Progressive Force Concepts. One of the nation’s leading defensive tactics trainers. Ch... Read More...

Monastic Neuroscience

Angel Yaklin

May 29, 2019

Mission Critical, Mission Health, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences

Experience changes you. It can be for better or for worse. You may not have had control over how an experience initially shaped your thoughts and behaviors, but if those thoughts and behaviors aren’t workin... Read More...

Ep3 What is the Gunfighter Writer Wildman Monk?

Michael Kurcina

May 28, 2019

Books, Inspirational, Interviews, LIFE, Podcasts, Spotterup Podcasts, Weaponizing the Behavioral 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...

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...

Golden Rule of Tactical Preparation

Thomas Leitner

February 4, 2019

Home Security, Martial Arts, MASTERY, Mission Security, Opinion, Planning, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences, Wisdom

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you have violence in mind. Statistically speaking, you likely haven’t had to experience life ending violence unless you’ve served in the military or a rough ne... Read More...

Ed’s Manifesto – Counter Custody

Thomas Leitner

January 22, 2019

Concealment, EDC, Escape and Evasion, Gadgets, Home Security, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Surviving on the Cheap, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavioral Sciences

Totally not a murder room...... On the other side of the southern border of our country, chaos is a part of life in some parts of those parts. The culture is rich and vibrant, but like any other part of the... Read More...