- Comms
- Law
- Medic
- News
- Opinion
- Threat Watch
- Training
- Warrior Tools
- Accessories
- Ammo
- Body Armor
- Books
- Clothing
- Commo
- Gear
- Handguns
- Holsters
- Knives
- Long Guns
- ACC
- Accuracy International
- Barrett
- Benelli
- Beretta
- Blaser
- Bushmaster
- Custom
- CZ
- Desert Tactical Arms
- DPMS
- FN
- Forums
- HK
- IWI
- Kel-Tec Long Guns
- LaRue
- LWRC
- McMillan
- Mosin Nagant
- Mossberg
- Para
- Remington
- Rock River Arms
- Ruger Long Guns
- Sabre Defense
- Sako
- SIG Sauer
- SKS
- Smith & Wesson Long Guns
- Springfield
- Styer
- Weatherby
- Wilson Combat
- Winchester
- Magazines
- Maintenance
- Navigation
- Optics
- Sights
- Tech
- Warriors
Archive for category Training
How To Think About Security
Posted by Brian in Opinion, Threat Watch, Training on 5/May/2011 15:43
Bruce Schneier gives an excellent presentation on how security affects us and how we think about it.
Counter IED Summit
5th Counter IED Summit
July 25 – 27, 2011, Tampa, FL metro area
Training and Technology Advancements to Defeat the Device
Improvised Explosive Devices remain the largest threat to our troops as we expand into areas that previously served as insurgent sanctuaries.
– General David Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Forces, Afghanistan
“The Scrambler” at CSAT
Combat Shooting and Tactics Scrambler drill.
A firearm is only an instrument.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Training on 17/Apr/2011 13:38
“Firearms: Man’s ultimate tool, with a capacity for good and evil almost beyond comprehension, is the ultimate test of maturity and, indeed, wisdom.†– Anonymous
“From the time you pick up a firearm, you become a part of a system over which you have complete control. You are the only part of the system that can make a gun safe or unsafe.
A firearm is only an instrument. It contains no evil, no conscience, and no ability. It is strictly the intent, competence, and character of its user that decides the outcome of any and all actions taken with it.
Remember: no gun can be made accident-proof. A gun is just a machine, with no judgment of its own. It responds to your actions, whether wise or foolish.”
“The only truly effective safety device is the mind of a cautious person who never forgets that a moment’s carelessness can produce permanent tragedy.â€
– arukaen
Hyper-Realistic Warfighter Training
A marine is on the ground with a badly wounded squad member. He is yelling for a corpsman when another marine runs up and yells “This IS the corpsman”.
This video is just over 12 and one half minutes long.
Lone Star Medics
From: Lone Star Medics
Lone Star Medics: A Field and Tactical Medicine Training Company
Our goal is to teach individuals how to manage life threatening injuries until professional help is available. Lone Star Medics will teach you the tools to combat that feeling of helplessness when a loved one or friend is severely injured.
We teach individuals how to save someone’s life during those extremely critical moments while EMS (Emergency Medical Services) is responding to your emergency.
While most urban fire departments and ambulance services try to respond to an emergency in less than 10 minutes; during that time an injured person can become very critically unstable. That’s where your training with Lone Star Medics becomes a reality. The skills that you have learned will save the life of a loved one, a co-worker, yourself, or even a total stranger. As Caleb learned in the Army; “you train as you fight, and you fight as you’ve trained.â€Â With that mentality, Lone Star Medics has created courses on first aid and emergency medicine for the non-professional rescuer in mind. These courses are not designed to teach someone how to be the medic but rather how to perform aggressive first aid to those that may not live before professional rescuers arrive.
Dennis Tueller Interview (Tueller Drill / 21 ft Rule / Glock)
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Training, Training Videos on 26/Mar/2011 18:56
Tactical Combat Casualty Care
From: IDGA
LT Brian Ellis of the 3rd Medical Battalion discusses Pre-Deployment Medical Care at IDGA’s Battlefield Healthcare event. He details advances in pre-deployment medical training specifically relating to tactical combat casualty care. He talks about adaptability on the ground and teaching deployed medics on the ground to adapt training and supplies to get the mission accomplished. He gives experiences from Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Countering Global Insurgency
Posted by Gary in Threat Watch, Training on 21/Mar/2011 17:09
From: Counterinsurgency by David Kilcullen
Countering Global Insurgency
Since the United States declared a global “war on terrorism†following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, some analysts have argued that terrorism is merely a tactic, thus a war on terrorism makes little sense. Francis Fukuyama’s comment that ” the war on terror” is a misnomer… terrorism is only a means to an end; in this regard, a war on terrorism makes no more sense than a war on submarines†is typical. This view is irrelevant in a policy sense (the term “war on terrorism†is a political, not an analytical, expression) but nonetheless accurate. Indeed, to paraphrase Clausewitz, to wage this war effectively, we must understand its true nature: neither mistaking it for nor trying to turn it into something it is not. We must distinguish Al Qaeda and the broader militant movements it symbolizes—entities that use terrorism—from the tactic of terrorism itself. In practice, as I will demonstrate, the “war on terrorism” is a defensive war against a worldwide Islamist jihad, a diverse confederation of movements that uses terrorism as its principle—but not its sole—tactic.
– Excerpt from,  Counterinsurgency by David Kilcullen  -2010
Surefire Responds to Force Science Institute
From:Â Derek McDonald -Â Vice President of Marketing, SureFire
Dear SureFire Customers and Supporters:
Recently an article appeared in an email newsletter distributed by the Force Science News of the Force Science Institute, quoting its own Dr. Lewinski. The article and Dr. Lewinski make several troubling assertions that must be rebutted in the (long-term) interest of officer safety. The gist of the article and Lewinski is that grip-activated pistol-light switches are unsafe. I paraphrase (to clarify), quote, and respond to some of the more disturbing assertions below. Read the rest of this entry »
AK Lubrication
Posted by Gary in Maintenance, Training, Warrior Tools on 12/Mar/2011 23:43
AK Lubrication according to Rifle Dynamics.
Counterinsurgency
Posted by Gary in Threat Watch, Training, Warriors on 11/Mar/2011 20:11
Your company has just been warned for deployment on counterinsurgency operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. You have read David Galula, T. E. Lawrence, and Robert Thompson. You have studied FM 3–24 and now understand the history, philosophy, and theory of counterinsurgency. You have watched Black Hawk Down and The Battle of Algiers, and you know this will be the most difficult challenge of your life.
But what does all the theory mean, at the company level? How do the principles translate into action—at night, with the GPS down, the media criticizing you, the locals complaining in a language you don’t understand, and an unseen enemy killing your people by ones and twos? How does counterinsurgency actually happen?
– Excerpt from,  Counterinsurgency by David Kilcullen  -2010
Using the Evolved Cyber Range – Free Webinar
Posted by Gary in Comms, Threat Watch, Training on 11/Mar/2011 19:04
From: IDGA
Using the Evolved Cyber Range to Arm and Train U.S. Warriors to Win Cyber War
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Presenter:Â Scott Register
 |
How are military and intelligence organizations such as the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), and Northrop Grumman (U.S. and U.K.) deploying cyber range technology? What are these organizations doing to develop the expertise of personnel and then equipping them with the advanced tools needed to fulfill cyber security missions?
Join BreakingPoint Systems, the global leader in cyber range technology, and learn how U.S. government and military can properly train personnel with the skills to defend against cyber terrorism, espionage, and theft of intellectual property.
Listen to the best practice case studies of DISA, EUCOM, and Northrop Grumman as they use the latest technology and establish a turnkey system to deliver a complete, scalable, and operational cyber range.
Learn how to use technology to simulate Internet-scale cyber war conditions in a controlled environment in order to establish IT certification methods and curriculum needed for assessing, training, and qualifying cyber warrior personnel.
View the Whitepaper
After attending this webinar you will know how to:
- Deploy and use a modern cyber range machine to create an operationally relevant environment that precisely mirrors the Global Information Grid (GIG), enabling sophisticated simulation of real-world cyber conditions
- Optimize and harden the resiliency—the performance, stability, and security—of next-generation deep packet inspection (DPI) devices to carry out effective Lawful Intercept programs and related missions
- Model and research advanced cyber threats including Stuxnet and botnet-driven distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
- Implement a scalable approach for training and certifying cyber warriors in critical Information Assurance (IA), Information Operations (IO), and Mission Assurance (MA) skills.
- Establish centralized command and control to monitor and manage a distributed network of remote cyber ranges
Range Safety From The National Shooting Sports Foundation
Posted by Brian in Training, Training Videos on 10/Mar/2011 15:49
From the NSSF YouTube Channel:
GovSec 2011: March 29-30
Posted by Gary in Threat Watch, Training on 9/Mar/2011 14:48
The Government Security Expo and Conference
Tuesday – Wednesday, March 29-30, 2011
Washington D.C.
Gain valuable insights into key issues central to the protection of our nation through in-depth conference sessions and conference-only keynote addresses.
GovSec, The Government Security Expo and Conference, features an exposition with a full spectrum of physical, IT and cybersecurity solutions, alongside wireless and mobility communications equipment for federal, state and local governments. GovSec is a one-of-a-kind event that unites thousands of professionals tasked with securing our homeland, from the decision-makers at the federal level to the first responders, firefighters and police officers responding to catastrophic events in their hometown and every government security professional in between.  Attendance to the exposition is free for government, military, law enforcement and first responders as well as industry — new this year!
GovSec is co-located with U.S. Law, the U.S. Law Enforcement Conference and Exposition for federal, state and local law enforcement.