Title: Basic M4 Carbine Course- Lesson 3 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 6 X dummy 5.56mm rounds per student (72) Instructor Equipment:1 X M4 Carbine 2 X USGI M4 30 round magazines 6 X dummy 5.56mm rounds Assistant...

Our first TDG scenario, stripped of scene-setting color and context, presented the following problem: You are driving north from Laramie WY with your wife into a worsening spring snowstorm. On a snow packed and icy two-lane highway, an hour or more from the nearest town, with no other traffic in sight, you lose control, spin, and roll off the edge ...

"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...