Category: Training
Examining GW Tactics: Fire and Maneuver in Urban AO’s
By Hammerhead In a recent Article, Law Enforcement told how they found a very large collection of ‘tactical writings’ in the home of Dallas Police Shooter and Army Panty Bandit Micah Johnson. According to Police, the tactic of “Fire and Maneuver” or “Shoot and Move” was the tactic seen most often in Johnson’s “voluminous” notes. Since…
Prepping 101: Creating A Working Inventory For Living in Dangerous Times
Not a bad primer to help get your mind in the right direction when it comes to preparing for when the Hammer drops. Remember, in Prepping, just like in Firearms and Combat Training, it is Software before Hardware. The Mind is the Ultimate Weapon, all else is Supplemental. -SF I have been reading the excellent…
Crusader Corner: Killing The Terrorist Before They Can Kill You
This is not just great advice for LEO but also for Armed Civilians. Everybody say with me like you mean it: “Cut the Head off the Snake before they DETONATE!” -SF The video footage of the terrorist attack at the airport in Turkey will have to be developed into a police training tool. A new…
Practical Skill-Sets: Trapped in a Crowd – Why Crowds Get Dangerous & How To Survive A Crush
I used to lovegoing to sporting events. I regularly spent Saturday afternoons in a football stadium with 65,000 other fans, or in a basketball arena with 23,000 other basketball crazies, or a Friday night at Disney World with 80,000 of my newfound friends. I had no problem with large crowds. I loved the lack of…
Armed Citizen Training: CR Williams Releases New Firearms Training Book
My friend and contributing author to the blog, CR Williams, just released his new Firearm Training Book: Gunfighting, and other Thoughts about Doing Violence: More Musings about the Means and Methods of the Counter-Offensive Fight (Volume 4) It can also be had on Kindle. You can reach CR Williams for Training at his website InShadowInLight…
The Warrior Ethos
Zachary Mierva July 1, 2016 This essay was written in 2012 en route to my second deployment to Afghanistan with a reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition squadron. A family friend and Vietnam veteran recommended I keep a journal to remember my deployments. I used this journal to create “dispatches” that I sent to my family…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: The Bangladesh Attack
It was recently announced that an American Citizen was Killed In Bangladesh Attacks. -SF Read these two news articles: Bangladeshi police prepare to storm restaurant where Islamist terrorists are holding 20 hostages Dhaka hostage standoff My cop friends really need to pay attention to the international news. Take a look at this attack. Nine Islamist militants…
Armed Citizen Corner Video: Off-Duty Cop ECQ Shooting
Several Things to Highlight Here: Extreme Close Quarters Shootings (Bad Breath Distance Encounters) are more frequent than most civilians or even Law Enforcement train for. Make it a point to make this part of your training every time you hit the range. A Smooth Presentation of the weapon enabled the officer to put rounds on…
Armed Citizen Corner: 6 Lessons from Orlando
By Greg Ellifritz Early Sunday morning on June 12, a murderer (who won’t be named here) pledging fealty to the Islamic terrorist group ISIS, entered an Orlando gay nightclub and shot more than 100 people. Preliminary accounts indicate that 49 innocent victims were killed and an additional 54 victims were hospitalized with injuries. It is…