"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see" - Henry David Thoreau Blisters Blisters are a common injury and can hamper a successful attempt to reach safety. Blisters occur when the harder surface skin starts to separate from the softer skin underneath. The warm and sweaty conditions inside our footwear while walking back to safety a...
Title: Basic M4 Carbine Course- Lesson 2 Type: Dry Practice (No live ammunition) Time: 2 hours Venue: Weapon Training Classroom Students: 12 Student Equipment:12 X M4 Carbines 12 X USGI 30 round M4 magazines Instructor Equipment:1 X M4 Carbine 1 X USGI 30 round M4 magazines 3 X dummy 5.56mm rounds 1 X M4 Carbine cleaning kit complete with solvents ...
This article describes an easy and effective technique for developing your ability to make good decisions under stress. Many of our previous posts have "painted the picture" of some of the challenges we face, and presented tactics, techniques, and concepts that can help you get through them successfully. But they're just words on paper. You need pr...
Title: Basic M4 Carbine Course- Lesson 1 Type: Dry Practice (No live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Weapon Training Classroom Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X M4 Carbines 12 X USGI 30 round M4 magazines 30 X dummy 5.56mm rounds per student (360) Instructor Equipment: 1 X M4 Carbine 1 X USGI 30 round M4 magazine 30 X dummy 5.56mm rounds 1 X Civ...
SIM stands for 'Subscriber Identity Module' and is the small removable chip card in your cell phone. Each SIM is unique and associated to a phone's service account. If you remove the SIM and place it in another phone, the account data moves with it. SIM swapping, also called SIM jacking or SIM hijacking, is a form of identity theft where a criminal...
"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser" - John W. Gardner Twisted ankle or knee According to a study of search and rescue volunteers, soft tissue injuries are the most common thing that people need rescuing for. An injury to our upper extremity might be inconvenient but an injury to our lower body joints can have serious impact on our journe...
Title: Basic M4 Carbine Course Overview Type: Lecture (No live ammunition) Time: 1 hour (30 minutes for presentation, remaining 30 minutes for ice breaker personal introductions and students retrieving any equipment for next lesson) Venue: Weapon Training Classroom Students: 12 Student Equipment: None Instructor Equipment: Coffee and donuts Assista...
INTRODUCTION In Part 5 of this series, we'll address some of the specific requirements of defending a community against violent threats in an uncertain future. These caveats apply: We cannot anticipate every situation and environment, so we will not descend too far into specifics, instead relying on concepts and principles that are broadly applicab...
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." – Samuel Johnson In part one we looked at navigating by what we can see in the sky. What if we are presented with a situation where there is no sun during the day and the moon and stars are not visible at night. There are still aids to navigation all around us. These aids require us t...
Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 11 Range and classroom Students: 12 Student Equipment: Instructor Equipment: Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of students: - Write lesson title on board. - Set up classroom chairs. - Layout NA - Safety check all we...
To guide, inspire and prepare Wyomingites and their fellow Americans to act against existential threats to their liberties and to Western Civilization from radical revolutionaries and Emperors who have no clothes.