The rabbit hole just got deeper at Breach Bang Clear. There is a link to a twitter thread where a poster is alleging that criminal activity was being systematically covered up in Broward county, and that the most corrupt deputies were being assigned to the schools.
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Thought for the day: Wise words from John Chapman. John is a professional tactical instructor who knows his stuff. I know. He echos what we all do on this thread: train to the best of your ability, always be ready to respond to whatever situation occurs. His comments are directed at LEO’s , but, whenever you accept the responsibility of your own survival and those ones you care for, then it applies to everyone. My 2 cents.
You do you:
We’ve all seen the endless talk on social media this week about the issues spinning off the cowardly scumbag’s rampage in Florida. We seem to be spending a lot of time yelling at people who agree with us, on everything from gun control, mental heath and anti-depressants, Trump’s waffling on the 2nd Amendment, to former Deputy Scot Peterson’s refusal to close with and destroy the enemy. While the vomiting of emotion is certainly understandable, especially given that our culture now seems to encourage our belief that others should care what we think, it doesn’t accomplish a damn thing.
The only thing you can control is you. The way we solve this problem, other than letting it burn itself out or waiting for the next big problem to divert our controversy-addicted brains, is for each of us to get our own house in order. I’d suggest, as a starting point, taking two simple steps: get your mind right, and improve your skills
These are two steps you can take right now, today, that you have complete control over. Not only that, but these are the two areas that directly effect your ability to protect yourself and / or fulfill your oath, and no one else can do them for you.
If you’re not already doing so, take some of that social media time and invest it in dry fire, flow drills, range or shoot house time, or talking to your wife about what to do if you’re killed. Maybe a little time understanding your own weaknesses, whether physical, mental or emotional, and dealing with them head on, would be in order.
Let the politicians argue, the internet trolls participate in meme on meme violence, and the weak complain that others should be “doing something”. Now is not the time for weakness or navel-gazing. Now is the time to get ready for your turn at bat.
You’re the only one in control of you, so focus on that. We may all be counting on you some day.
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Thought for the day (2): I ran across this yesterday. Look back over your life and really examine if you have “stepped up” during a time of crisis. I am not talking combat, I am talking about taking care of a dying parent or sibling, protecting your lover during times of distress, going out of your way to do what’s right. Being the one who may have numerous flaws (me) ,but be known as the one person you can count on when really bad shit happens.
What triggered this comment was yesterday, a man who I know is solid, is leaving because his mother has cancer and his brother is “so distraught” he is staying drunk 24/7. If your mother is dying, yes, that is horrible, but, you have to step up and be a man ( or woman). If you are lucky enough to have never experienced an event of extreme personal loss or stress, then its coming. How you act will determine what type of person you are.
There is saying that we all go by: “Would you go through a door with him?” because you never know what’s on the other side. Look at yourself, look at your lover, spouse, brother, sister, friend and think “can you ride the river with them”?
In the southern part of the USA, this is called “getting on your soapbox”…LoL…
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Thought for the day: When it comes to survival, know the importance of movement.
Every time I go to the range to train someone, I am reminded how the “square range” is both a blessing and a curse. It is great for fundamentals, horrible for lethal force encounters. I am not claiming to be John Wick, but, I have some experience and I have NEVER fired a round in a lethal force situation, standing square to the target, using a perfect grip, and solid sight picture.
The closest thing I can think of is lying behind some goat mud berm, with just a barrel shoved through some peep hole.
Two examples:
While a rookie, I answered a call concerning a “loud party”. Arrived on location and this drunk female opened fire on my unit, shooting out the top blue lights. When I rolled out the driver’s door, I crawled to the trunk and fired a few rounds one handed from under the trunk.
When making entry on a structure and cut right through the doorway, there was a large amount of motor oil spread on the floor. I slipped and fell hard about the same time we came under fire. I fired a full mag one handed lying on the floor. Accurate? No. Fucked with the bad guys mental state ? Absolutely.
The moral: learn to shoot from the worse positions you can think of, it may save your life.
Another view:
A discipline in dynamic shooting that involves acquiring multiple hits as quickly as possible on one or more human adversaries, most likely from behind cover or in an odd position or while on the move in order to avoid being hit by incoming rounds from said adversaries.
That fact that combat shooting is inherently dynamic and takes place within a compressed timeframe combined with the part in bold it becomes apparent that a natural point of aim is near impossible to achieve. That being said however practice in shooting from cover and odd positions can help the body get used to those situations and can help a shooter get somewhat close to the actual natural point of aim in combat.
Flashback Friday: World War 1
As an admirer of T.R., I have not had the time to research and check if this is accurate. I knew his son fought but not the aftermath. What I find astounding (if true), that a nation we were at war with, actually demonstrated some sense honor. In my lifetime its been nothing but terrorists killing the innocent, ethic cleansing, mass graves and the unspeakable ISIS like brutality. Honor on the field of battle was something that died in the dim past.
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Flashback Friday (2): World War 11:
Pictured above is a British commando putting away his special Commando Knife in his self cut trousers just before he disembarks off his ship for the coast of France on June 6th, 1944. The Commandos of WW2 were a special and very elite unit which comprised of men from all nations, including Norway. They took out some of the most high risk targets like German nuclear facilities and dropped being enemy lines for espionage and intelligence.
On D-Day they stormed the shores of Sword Beach in the early morning hours under the cover of fog, quickly neutralizing the German defenses. They then road on their small and portable bicycles to bring the fight further inland to the Germans. Their knife, the F-S fighting knife was one of their most famous articles of death, being issued to just about every elite British unit and SOE operatives. They were used extensively by the British on D-Day and are still being used by multiple military’s to this day.
Flashback Friday (3): World War 11: Your brothers before you:
This thread has been going on for a long time and I don’t want to jump into the discussions about the Broward county PD and the goings on surrounding this school shooting because my… theories, will likely be unpopular. I know better than to get political around new company.
I’m a veteran and LEO. I am not SWAT but when I was active military I attended the local PD where I was stationed SWAT course with their newest SWAT officers. I have a decent amount of tactical experience. I have a good deal of wilderness survival and simulated captivity training as well. I have recently taken up Krav Maga with the intention of eventually getting into some amateur fights (long term goal, still a beginner) and, of course, I am constantly training to become stronger, more athletic and harder to kill. I’ll be following this thread from now on.
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Welcome aboard. You experience is more than welcome.
Saturday Morning Coffee Break:
Devils Tower:
Coffee Break:
Coffee Break:
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TwoJar Slave, Zcarlo, and Sento,
You are the only two guys I know in the path of that storm, you keeping your head down? Z. I know you are in CT, but, don’t you are in the path. All of you stay sharp.
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Thanks for the concern but I’m north of the bad stuff. Just a little windy here. Looking forward to making myself a little harder to kill on the mats tomorrow.
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If it weren’t for the news telling me I wouldn’t have known there was a storm. Thanks for thinking about me. Massachusetts is getting it bad though.
Thanks, glad you are ok.
Good to hear, I am not that familiar with the New England area, just know you guys get pounded on a regular basis.
Thought for the day (1): Rest easy, brothers. You died serving.
Thought for the day (2): For any women shooters on here. Sig has an excellent group of instructors.
Motivational Monday: Michelangelo died in 1564. What he said then applies even more today. Train hard, always be ready.
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