No, I got faith, plus, your from Texas.:))
Thought for the day: Happy Birthday, Marines.
A special thank you to all the Marines who provided so much needed support at Camp Leatherneck.
10 November
The United States Marine Corps Birthday is celebrated every year on 10 November with a traditional ball and cake-cutting ceremony. On that day in 1775, the Continental Marines were established.
Thought for the day: Veterans Day. To all who served, past and present, thank you for your sacrifices.
Training:
Did the “Murph” in honor of Veterans Day.
Question of the day:
WW11: Do you know by name, any of the small arms issued to the American Solider during this war? Example: M1 Carbine.
Aside note, this is the slickest recruiting video, I have ever seen:
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Thought for the day:
“Unfortunately, there is no life coach at the gas station at 3 AM. You do not know who is waiting for you and what the rules will be when you meet him. In the words of the political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, the encounter will be “nasty, brutish, and short.” Your training should be in preparation for this reality”
Training:
Heavy bag, speed bag, TKD and Kali katas.
Question of the day:
Is your training preparing you for " nasty, brutish and short"?
Thought for the day:
I am not criticizing this young lady, because like the original poster, I don’t believe she knew what to do. That being said, there is no excuse not to at least have some type of awareness in your life. “catatonic” has killed many a person and that is one hell of word chiseled into your grave stone.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4FaYG4HJp3/
As soon as you see a situation start to escalate you need to act. Action can mean a lot of things. If you are in personal danger you can either protect yourself or remove yourself.
It appears this lady was more in disbelief of the situation which caused stagnation. Most likely she has never done any mental or physical training for scenarios like this. My advice is to always remove yourself from the situation first. Of course the man could have chased her down but she was a far easier target just standing there. If you look at the video closer she actually made a decision which put her in a worse place. What was it?
Training: Kill house with some of the worse idiots, I have ever been around. This is what they were like:
Question of the day:
Is idiocy a virus?
Firmly believe idiocy is a sexually transmitted disease. Idiots keep having babies and raising them to be little idiots.
Imagine being the brain dead phone addicted “father” that finds his daughter’s BBC video while scrolling through his porn hub
Not as much a virus as it is an affliction with little to no consequences.
Ha, never thought of that, but, I agree that idiots must raise idiots.
Not as bad, but, true story. In Kabul, we were trying to find this Afghan in a arms smuggling case. knew his brother was currently attending a college in the south. One agent’s daughter was attending the same college. Trying to find his brother, he went on the student’s FaceBook page and guess what? found a topless picture of his daughter. I was actually with him at the time and thought he was going to stroke out.
I never thought about it that way, but, you are right about the consequences. In my experiences, its the idiots that get good men killed. Like when you work the street and a DUI kills a family of 4 in a horrendous wreck and he walks out with out a scratch.
Right ? We’re an apathetic degenerate society.
He got off light, imo. Plenty of neglected by their fathers young girls end up way worse
Problem is, all the smart independent folks don’t have nearly as many kids as degenerates (generally speaking). So, society is moving closer to full Idiocracy with every generation… And the idiots generation is about a decade shorter than the smart independent folks.
I agree with you.
Thought for the day: Basic medical review. Seem to be encountering medical situations lately at work. (recent AD), yesterday a chocking incident. Take a minute to review these steps.:
I was sent this yesterday. I have not watched them all, just scanned a couple, seems to be basic information. May be worth your time.
Well, this week has had its share of idiots. Since I have been around them all week, I may have contacted the virus. We will see. It appears the virus has spread world wide, I have seen a lot of stupid shit done will vehicles, but, this deserves its own category.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4yg_DMnJiH/
Training:
Range work and sandbag carries, tire swings.
Question of the day:
Have you reviewed your current medical training? bleeding? choking? CPR?
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The Sunday Selection:
For our martial artists:
For Boatguy and other water warriors:
U.S. Coast Guard members sit atop a seized semi-submersible suspected of trafficking cocaine in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Oct. 24, 2019. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane intercepted the vessel the previous day.
If we have any women here:
For the LEO’S (train, train, train)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B43xLKAFxLq/
For the rest of us:
Train hard, enjoy competition:
Thought for the day:
When you do a least two days a week on a square range, long range, or even a kill house, you overhear a lot of crap. People have a tendency to just run their mouths on subjects they have no experience. I am not a construction engineer, but, I have a lot of experience in running into structures or houses looking for a bag guys. Unless you have walls that are 4 foot thick cement, sheet rock and two by four’s are not going to stop most modern rounds. Unless a home invader is carrying a pellet rifle don’t expect your bedroom door to stop a round.
Talk to your family about an invasion, discuss and formulate a plan. Know the difference between cover and concealment, exfils ,and most important, where you stage up if attacked. Don’t act you are John Wick , you are not, and even if you were, don’t clear a house by yourself. I totally agree with this assessment:
It’s not at all uncommon to find articles breaking down the proper techniques you should employ when clearing your home, just like it’s easy to find articles discussing and debating what the best possible firearms are for that specific (and dangerous) set of circumstances.
The truth of the matter is, if the extent of your tactical training comes from watching YouTube videos and occasionally going through the motions in your house with your kid’s Nerf gun, clearing your home during a break in is an absolutely terrible idea. You have no idea how many opponents you’ll be facing, what they’re armed with, what sort of training or equipment they may have, or where exactly they’ll be coming from (assuming your house, like most, has multiple entrances). Your home-field advantage dissipates quickly the minute you find yourself creeping through the kitchen and realize there are bad guys both in front of and behind you.
As for firepower, three guns almost always beats one, even if you’ve got a very expensive boomstick you’ve been itching to try out. While you’re engaging one target, you often leave yourself exposed to be hit by the others. There’s a reason the U.S. military doesn’t use the one-man Rambo approach to house clearing even when sending in highly trained special operators: numbers matter. The more support you have, the more likely you are to survive an encounter. With no support and an unknown number of assailants, your effort to “clear the house” is really just putting you in harm’s way.
Sometimes you’ll have no choice but to move from one room to another during a break in: You’ll need to get to your family and your firearm. Once you’ve got both, don’t bother moving through the house like Solid Snake trying to take down the bad guys one by one. Instead, put yourself in a solidly defensible position, keep your family around the corner, out of sight, and behind whatever cover you can find. Call the police and keep them on the line. Then, if need be, open fire to keep the home intruders from entering the room you’re all hiding in. The best place for you to take cover is somewhere that allows you as clear a line of sight of their approach as possible, while allowing for as little exposure to your opponents as possible. Stake out your house ahead of time and identify spots like that so you can more easily locate them when the adrenaline starts pumping.
Remember, drywall doesn’t stop bullets, and neither will your kitchen table, couch, or mattress. Real cover needs to be legitimately solid (steel, concrete, a stack of logs) — so if you’re lacking in real cover, do your best with staying low and keeping the intruders back until help arrives.
Stay on the line with the police, even if you have to drop the phone to defend yourself. Keeping the line open will help them to understand what’s going on in the room for when the responding officers arrive. Remember, in this defensive position, you really are fighting for your life and the lives of your family. Most intruders will run rather than get shot or arrested, so anyone that’s willing to exchange gunfire with you to get into your bedroom likely has something worse in mind than stealing your wife’s jewelry.
Training: Mountain trail ruck.
Question of the day:
What are you carrying?
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Though for the day:
The holiday season is here, probably , the most dangerous time of the year for LEO’s and first responders. The time between Thanksgiving and January 2 will be loaded with armed robberies, street assaults,and pressure cooker domestics. Watch everything. For those traveling during the holidays, especially out of the country, here is some good information:
Sign your passport, and fill in the emergency information:
Make sure you have a signed, valid passport, and a visa if required, also fill in the emergency information page of your passport or add another page if desired.
Sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program:
You may elect to let the State Department aware of your travel plans through the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, a free online service at https://travelregistration.state.gov. This will help them contact you if there is a family emergency in the U.S., or if there is a crisis where you are traveling. In accordance with the Privacy Act, information on your welfare and whereabouts will not be released to others without your express authorization.
Check for and Monitor Updated Travel Warnings & Alerts
The US Department of State publishes travel warnings and alerts that you to consider very carefully if you are going to a country in question. Travel Alerts & Warnings are published for events such as election seasons, unstable governments, planned demonstrations, health alerts, increased crime/violence or an elevated risk of terrorist attack.
Leave copies of itinerary and passport data page:
Leave copies of your itinerary, passport data page and visas with trusted contacts so you can be contacted in case of an emergency.
Check your overseas medical insurance coverage:
Ask your medical insurance company if your policy applies overseas and if it covers emergency expenses such as medical evacuation. If it does not, consider supplemental insurance.
Familiarize yourself with local conditions and laws:
While in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws. The State Department website at https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country.html has useful safety and other information about the countries you will visit. Check the Overseas Security Council for travel warnings-
Take precautions to avoid being a target of crime:
Keep a low profile but do not travel alone and avoid identifying yourself as a traveler, especially as an American. To avoid being a target of crime, do not wear conspicuous clothing or jewelry.
Be aware of what may get you detained or arrested in another country and know what to do if it happens:
One of the highest priorities of the Department of State and the individual U.S. embassies is to provide assistance to U.S. citizens incarcerated or detained in another country. The Department of State is ready to assist incarcerated or detained citizens in accordance with international law, as well as domestic and that foreign country’s laws.
Arrest or Detention of a U.S. Citizen Abroad
Contact the State Department in an emergency:
Consular personnel at U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad and in the U.S. are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide emergency assistance to U.S. citizens.
Contact info:
1-888-407-4747 – U.S. or Canada
202-501-4444 – Overseas
Health, What You Need to Know in Advance of Travel:
All travelers should familiarize themselves with conditions at their destination that could affect their health (high altitude or pollution, types of medical facilities, required immunizations, availability of required pharmaceuticals, etc.). While some of this information may be found in the documents listed above, the key resource for health information is the Travelers’ Health page of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website at Travelers' Health | CDC The CDC website also provides general guidance on health precautions, such as safe food and water precautions and insect-bite protection.
Keep track of your flight arrangements, gate information and itinerary changes.
There are several apps you can use, such as FlightAware and FlightView. These apps (or their webpages) give you updated flight information. Another trick to this is to simply google your flight number and the updated information is presented, (results shown). FYI, this has been the method which has been the quickest in terms of updating gate information, etc. Also, FlySmart is a great app for finding what is available in airports, such as restaurants, shops and it also gives you a map of the airport.
Sign up for Rewards Programs, VIP Lounge programs.
If you are a frequent flier, and/or plan on spending a lot of time in airports, frequent flier programs, like AAdvantage and lounge programs like LoungeClub, offer excellent rewards, free checked bags, free upgrades, additional privacy, increased security during layovers and much needed convenience which may be exceptionally useful, even if you would simply rather miss the traffic on the way to the airport and arrive early. Find the program that is most effective given your expected travel plans, most plans have websites or apps where you can find lounges at destination airports, compare rewards, etc.
Training:
heavy bag, speed bag, light sparring.
Situation Awareness: hard to beat a combination of experience and speed ( although, if this was in the US, questions will arise).
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5EXB-bHwMK/
Question of the day:
Are your vaccines up to date?
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On the subject of Holiday Safety, I’ll go ahead and remind everyone that the night before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest bar nights of the year. The most Roadhouse-esque bar brawl I ever had to handle was on this night several years ago. It’s a good thing my lifting partner was working with me that night. Good times.
Many drunk drivers will be on the road. Stay safe!
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