The Tactical Life

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*Thought for the day:

I stay ready so I don’t have to get ready.”

I am in no way disrespecting this man’s death, but, a valuable lesson can be learned here. Never travel in remote terrain without water, food, medical gear and spare gasoline. Your vehicle should be your mobile command center.

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Take a few minutes and read about an exceptional warrior:

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https://soldiersystems.net/2022/06/16/highly-decorated-eod-technician-retires-from-elite-unit-after-recovering-from-paralysis/

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Thought for the day:

In a truly violent encounter…

It’s not who’s right that matters…

…it’s who’s left.

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Thought for the day:

It’s Friday, time to wear a little red.

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Thought for the day:

In the desire to be safe, some people are willing to live like pets on a leash and give over to the state the right to make every important decision for them about their lives.

Never forget, you are the first responder, responsible for you.

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Thought for the day:

From Mike Pannone, one of the best instructors I have ever trained under:

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1. Emotional stability and self control
** Ability to control and compartment fear and stress*
** Ability to dispassionately apply extreme violence*
** Ability to process the collateral effects of seeing people injured and killed both friendly and hostile. Battlefield carnage

2. Precise cognitive abilities in lethal, rapid, and vague environments.
** Possess the skills to solve non-standard, unexpected, as well as predictable problems in a high-threat and time sensitive environment with limited and sometimes contradictory information*
** Decisively act based on understanding the time sensitivity of Boyd’s OODA loop*

3. Exceptional work ethic

4. Technical skills at a high level and being a repeatable on demand performer of those.

5. Extremely high level of functional physical fitness (think muscle to weight ratio)

*From my experience, and what I consider the foundation of all my successes … accept and embrace pain as a necessary part of life, and do not fear it. Turn it into just another sensation like warm or cold. Take the negative connotation off it and let it flow through you. If not, it will loiter inside your spirit and suck every bit of energy out of you. Fear of pain will defeat you long before you are actually defeated.

Be willing to suffer and endure in order to excel. That’s a continuous cycle for as long as you breathe.

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Thought for the day:

" If you face just one opponent and doubt yourself, you are outnumbered".

From: Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.

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Missed this thread in my hiatus from logging.

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Thought for the day:

Never stop fighting ‘till the fight is done.”
— Eliot Ness

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July 4th, Independence Day:

“Freedom isn’t free”

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If you are an LEO or martial artist, or both, take a few minutes and read this article. If inclined, post your comments.

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Thought for the day:

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

Aristotle

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Thought for the day:

Mr. Kennedy has a good set of rules to live by:

  1. Humans are more important than Hardware.
  2. Quality is better than Quantity.
    3. Special things (especially people) cannot be mass produced.
    4. Competence under stress cannot be created after emergencies occur.
    5. You can’t do everything alone. It’s not bad to need help or ask for it.
    6. Know how to shake a hand. Never do it sitting down, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
    7. Learn how to cook.
    8. Spend 30 min a day reading up on current events but know you aren’t an expert.
    9. Request the late checkout.
    10. Be a man of your word. Make a promise keep it.
    11. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
    12. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
    13. Whatever you do, do it with passion or don’t do it at all.
    14. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
    15. Stand up when she enters the room, hold her chair when she is sits down, and hold the door whenever she is coming or going. Do these things with humility and respect knowing she can do them herself.
    16. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.
    17. You marry the girl, you marry her family / children.
    18. Be an oak. Your strength lies in your foundation and roots.
    19. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
    20. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
    21. Have good breath.
    22. Dress above your station and a jacket always adds class.
    23. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
    24. Thank a veteran even if you are one.
    25. After writing an angry email or post, read it carefully. Then delete it.
    24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win.
    25. Manners make the man.
    26. Give credit. Take the blame.
    27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
    28. Write down your dreams and don’t hide them.
    29. Add value everywhere you go.
    30. Be confident and humble at the same time.
    31. REFUSE to be ordinary!
    32. Change the world, don’t let it change you.
    33. Only perfect practice leads to perfection.
    34. Run with joy.
    35. Always know I have your back.
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Thought for the day:

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

General Douglas MacArthur

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Situational Awareness, it is not some little catchy phase. Anytime you enter a gas station, especially with a high end sports car, get off your phone and start scanning for threats.

A follow up:

“Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.”

Jeff Cooper.

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Thought for the day:

From Warfighter:

Everyone wants to claim they’re the lion and the wolf.

The truth is, most people aren’t acting like the hungry wolf climbing the hill or the lion, the king of the fxcking jungle.

We are in hard times and everyone is acting like the bear.

Hibernating, hunkering down, hoping for winter to pass, hoping that when they pop their head up, the hard times have gone.

No matter how hard things are right now, you get to choose your mindset and your actions.

You can either choose to be like the wolf and the lion, staying on the hunt, looking for that next meal. Or end up like the bear, putting your head between your legs in hope that the storm will pass.

Hunt or hibernate? The choice is yours.

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Hard times don’t build character, they expose it.

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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

General Dwight Eisenhower

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