Daily News Feed: Friday, July 3, 2009
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Equipment Review:
Buck Knives' Vantage
Most of the knives I’ve had the pleasure to review have a decidedly tactical look about them. Of course, that’s kind of like saying “assault weapon”. If the knife is used for tactical purposes then it is, by definition, a tactical knife. That said, the Buck Knives’ Vantage doesn’t have that military / cop look about it. It looks more like the knife you’d expect your grandpa to have in his pocket to pull out for general utility use. Taking that into consideration I did the only thing I could as I tested it: treated it like every other knife and beat the hell out of it to see if it would hold up. Let’s see how it did…
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Equipment Review:
Three Book Reviews by Ralph Mroz
There has never been a time like the present for professional learning and development in law enforcement. Between professional organizations, professional conferences, police-specific web sites, and books, any police officer or trainer who wants to learn more and get better can easily do so. One of the largest publishers of law enforcement books is Paladin Press, and two of their new books are reviewed here: “Winning a High-Speed, Close-Distance Gunfight” by Lou Chiodo and “Tactical Perfection For Street Cops” by Steve Albrecht. Adam Kasanof is a retired NYPD lieutenant, lawyer and gunfight victor who has written a book titled “How to be an Expert Witness” which is reviewed here, too.
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Recommended Reading:
AAR Your OODA
Hopefully all of our contemporary warriors know what an OODA Loop is. Just in case: OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. It is the human decision making cycle first documented by fighter pilot John Boyd. Long time readers know that I have reviewed each step and all of the inputs / implications affecting each, as well as examining the hidden "O" (the "Oh, Sh*t!). Just recently I received an email asking me to expand on how we can perform After Action Reviews (AARs) on our OODA Loops (repetitive cycles of the process) to see if we can identify where we went wrong, or where we did exactly the right thing. Such intimate examination of our own decision making process under stress is critical if we're to improve our performance in such situations. Internationally recognized trainer, LtCol Dave Grossman, says that 75% of all combat learning occurs after the training events during the After Action Review. If that's true then we are clearly doing ourselves a disservice by NOT performing AARs on our own decision making process.
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 New American Truth
In the June '09 Issue:
- What Do We Want From Our Politicians?
- Go Bag Updates
- Women & Defense, Pt 2
- When The Govt Fears The People
- UN-Common Sense
- Chaplain's Message: Caution
- What's New
View the June 2009 issue of New American Truth
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