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Mexico: 18 in grave are missing Acapulco travelers
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Nov/2010 01:59
“Relatives confirmed that 18 bodies found in a mass grave outside Acapulco are those of a group of travelers kidnapped in one of the Mexican resort city’s most shocking drug-gang crimes, authorities said Saturday.
The families identified the decomposing bodies through clothing and physical attributes, said Fernando Monreal, director of the federal investigative police in Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.
The 18 were among 20 men kidnapped while visiting Acapulco from Morelia, capital of the state of Michoacan, which borders Guerrero. Two of the men remain missing.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/06/international/i180625D65.DTL
My Lessons Learned From a Recent Tactical Shotgun Class
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Opinion on 6/Nov/2010 23:45
by Greg C.
http://www.survivalblog.com/2010/10/my_lessons_learned_from_a_rece.html
“I recently took part in a Tactical Shotgun class with the US Training Center and learned a great deal. I am obviously not an operator and have not engaged dozens of insurgents, but I feel the training I received was logical and correct. I’ll skip all of the obvious safety and protection comments which were part of the training and very well covered. I’ll also not discuss the media hatchet job performed on their earlier incarnation “Blackwaterâ€. Here are my lessons learned from the three day class:
1. Tactical does not mean cool looking, tactical means light weight, easy to manage and successful in your mission.
2. Equipment should be minimized. You don’t need a laser sight, a spare light and multiple side saddles.
3. Train the way you plan to fight.
4. Tailor your ammunition selection to your mission specific goals.
5. Pick at most two types of ammunition you want for a mission. In a firefight, time doesn’t slow down, it speeds up. Your skills diminish, even if you are an experienced gunfighter.
6. Learn how to reload quickly. With a little practice and discipline, you won’t need to look down to reload—just watch your target instead.
7. Diagnosing failures on the fly is critical. Obviously, the hard failures take a lot longer to overcome. Again, time, opportunity and cover are needed to defeat a hard failure. This also underscores the importance of a sidearm.
8. The fundamentals are key. There are seven: Grip, Stance, Sight Picture, Sight Alignment, Trigger Control, Breathing and Follow Through. These really apply to all shooting, but I think are especially important to shotgun work.
No matter where you are, find somewhere to train with good instruction. All of the magazine articles and opinions fall by the wayside when those shells are flying off to the side and you are suffering the weather, bugs and fatigue. As our friend Boston T. Party (author of Boston’s Gun Bible) says, “Ammo turns money into skillâ€.
U.S. Military – Forefront of Medical Research
From: Danger Room
… With more troops surviving devastating injuries, the military is fast-tracking efforts in regenerative medicine, investigating risky measures to prevent lifelong brain damage — even employing acupuncture in an effort to manage pain and mitigate post-traumatic stress.
Some of the Pentagon’s extreme medical innovations have already debuted in the war zone. And with myriad applications outside of combat, these advances in military medicine mean that revolutionary changes for civilian care aren’t far behind.
Suspicious Airline Passenger Results in Emergency Landing
Posted by Gary in Threat Watch on 5/Nov/2010 02:58
From: The National Terror Alert
Suspicious Airline Passenger Results in Emergency Landing
by National Terror Alert on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 9:49pm
An American Airlines flight carrying 146 passengers to Dallas was grounded in Salt Lake City after a situation involving suspicious acts by a passenger Thursday afternoon. No one was injured in the incident. About 1:30 p.m., the MD-83 jet landed at Salt Lake City International Airport on its way from Portland, Ore., to Dallas, said […]
This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s trusted source for homeland security news and information.
Suspicious Airline Passenger Results in Emergency Landing
“Diversity starts with the truth,” speaking the truth about jihadist terrorists like Major Nidal Hasan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Threat Watch on 5/Nov/2010 01:53
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
“One year ago on this day a Muslim U.S. Army officer known by co-workers for his militant Islamic views killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Ford Hood in Texas.
Now an association of first-responder officers who say the nation and its political leaders have ignored the lessons of that attack is sponsoring an alternative to today’s official memorial service.
With the theme “Diversity starts with the truth,” the event will feature former jihad terrorists Walid Shoebat and Kamal Saleem; decorated war hero Gen. William Boykin; Jihad Watch director and author Robert Spencer; and Maj. Stephen Coughlin, a decorated intelligence officer and noted specialist on Islam.
“We dishonor our men and women in uniform, and put them at greater risk by not speaking the truth or facing the facts about jihadist terrorists like Major Nidal Hasan, whose hidden agenda killed 14 and wounded 35,” the ICTOA said in a statement.”
Warrior Elected to Congress
Lieutenant Colonel Allen West (US Army, Retired) was elected to Congress on Tuesday. He will serve Florida’s 22nd district. Hooah!
From: Allen West for Congress
… Allen West knows that for our children to live their dreams, they need to be safe. He has served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was battalion commander for the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and in Afghanistan, where he trained Afghan officers to take on the responsibility of securing their own country. In his Army career, Col. West has been honored many times, including a Bronze Star, three Meritorious Service Medals, three Army Commendation Medals (one with Valor), and a Valorous Unit Award. He received his valor award as a Captain in Desert Shield/Storm, was the US Army ROTC Instructor of the Year in 1993, and was a Distinguished Honor Graduate III Corps Assault School. He proudly wears the Army Master parachutist badge, Air Assault badge, Navy/Marine Corps parachutist insignia, Italian parachutist wings, and German proficiency badge (Bronze award).
From: CBS4.com
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
After a sleepless and exciting night, Allen West is plotting his next move as the new U.S. Congressman of the 22nd district. He said his priorities remain the same as outlined on the campaign trail.
“That’s the fiscal security and the physical security of the American people,” he said. “So you look at right back here over my shoulder, the Winn-Dixie that has closed down. We’ve got to get our small businesses and corporations back open and up.”
Yemen parcel bomb ‘was 17 minutes from exploding’
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 4/Nov/2010 14:18
Police in Dubai said this printer sent from Yemen contained a bomb
“One of the two parcel bombs intercepted last week after being sent from Yemen was defused 17 minutes before it was due to explode, France’s Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux has said.
The two bombs were being sent via air freight to the US but were intercepted in Dubai and the UK and defused.”
US and Mexican police discover tunnel used to smuggle drugs across the California-Mexico border
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 4/Nov/2010 14:15
“US and Mexican police have discovered a tunnel used to smuggle drugs across the California-Mexico border and seized some 25 tonnes of marijuana.
The tunnel, equipped with ventilation, lighting and a pulley system, was 550m (1,800ft) long but just waist high.
Police said it connected a warehouse on the US side with one in Tijuana, the main gateway for drugs into California.”
Body Armor – Free Webinar
Posted by Gary in Body Armor, Training, Warrior Tools, Warriors on 3/Nov/2010 21:52
From: IDGA
Armor Up: A Coalition Perspective on Personal Protective Gear
This FREE webinar will be on: December 8, 2010 9:00:00 AM EST
Presenters: Carl Thompson, Cameron Finch, Dr. Kelechi Anyaogu,
Body Armor is one of the most important pieces of equipment a soldier has and can mean the difference between life and death.
Amidst the heightened tempo of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, body armor and personel protection equipment have attracted renewed interest. This interest has come from several sectors: military procurement, civilian defense production, operational units (regular and special forces), as well as command level strategists.
- Yet NATO and the US Military still face many challenges, including: The extremely high price of underperforming and obsolete technologies.
- The employment (or deployment?) of such systems in the field can have direct and immediate impacts on soldier endurance and performance.
- Aside from dollar cost per unit, the use of body armor exacts a certain physical toll—increased risk of heat exhaustion and reduced mobility and speed.
Body Armor in Action:
The first living Congressional Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War, Staff Sgt Salvatore Giunta can attribute his survival to his personal protective gear. In Afghanistan Staff Sgt Giunta was shot in the chest while braving enemy fire to come to the aid of comrades and was saved by his ballistics vest.
Al Qaeda Unlucky Again in Cargo Bombing Attempt
Al Qaeda Unlucky Again in Cargo Bombing Attempt is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
The Oct. 29 discovery of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) inside two packages shipped from Yemen launched a widespread search for other devices, and more than two dozen suspect packages have been tracked down so far. Some have been trailed in dramatic fashion, as when two U.S. F-15 fighter aircraft escorted an Emirates Air passenger jet Oct. 29 as it approached and landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. To date, however, no other parcels have been found to contain explosive devices.
The two parcels that did contain IEDs were found in East Midlands, England, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and both appear to have been sent by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al Qaeda’s jihadist franchise in Yemen. As we’ve long discussed, AQAP has demonstrated a degree of creativity in planning its attacks and an intent to attack the United States. It has also demonstrated the intent to attack aircraft, as evidenced by the failed Christmas Day bombing in 2009 involving Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to detonate an explosive device concealed in his underwear on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
A tactical analysis of the latest attempt suggests that the operation was not quite as creative as past attempts, though it did come very close to achieving its primary objective, which in this case (apparently) was to destroy aircraft. It does not appear that the devices ultimately were intended to be part of an attack against the Jewish institutions in the United States to which the parcels were addressed. Although the operation failed in its primary mission (taking down aircraft) it was successful in its secondary mission, which was to generate worldwide media coverage and sow fear and disruption in the West. Read the rest of this entry »
US Frequency Allocations – Radio Spectrum
US Frequency Allocations -Â The Radio Spectrum
From: NTIA Office of Spectrum Management
Graphic representation of frequency allocations in the United States – (PDF)
U.S. Frequency Allocation Wall Chart
Super Soldier Exoskeleton
Via Wired’s Danger Room: Lockheed Martin has developed an exoskeleton for the troops:
Mexico: 4 U.S. citizens killed in separate attacks
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 2/Nov/2010 03:24
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — “Four U.S. citizens were shot to death in separate attacks in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexican authorities said Monday.
Chihuahua state prosecutors’ spokesman Arturo Sandoval said Edgar Lopez, 35, of El Paso, was killed Sunday along with two Mexican men when gunmen opened fire on a group standing outside a house.
On Saturday, a 26-year-old U.S. woman and an American boy were slain shortly after crossing an international bridge from El Paso. Giovanna Herrera and Luis Araiza, 15, were shot to death along with a Mexican man traveling with them just after 11 a.m., Sandoval said.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-11-01-Mexico-drug-war_N.htm?csp=34
SOCOM Wants Android Devices
Posted by Brian in Comms, News, Warrior Tools on 1/Nov/2010 17:04
SOCOM wants to use Google’s Android devices instead of developing a proprietary system:
From Danger Room:
SOCOM calls it the Tactical Situational Awareness Application Suite, or TactSA, and it has to work in low-connectivity areas — the middle-of-nowhere places you’d expect to send the military’s most elite troops. It’s got to be peer-to-peer, encrypted “at the application level†and able to recover from “network outages and substantial packet loss.â€
WikiLeaks and the Culture of Classification
WikiLeaks and the Culture of Classification is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
On Friday, Oct. 22, the organization known as WikiLeaks published a cache of 391,832 classified documents on its website. The documents are mostly field reports filed by U.S. military forces in Iraq from January 2004 to December 2009 (the months of May 2004 and March 2009 are missing). The bulk of the documents (379,565, or about 97 percent) were classified at the secret level, with 204 classified at the lower confidential level. The remaining 12,062 documents were either unclassified or bore no classification.
This large batch of documents is believed to have been released by Pfc. Bradley Manning, who was arrested in May 2010 by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Command and charged with transferring thousands of classified documents onto his personal computer and then transmitting them to an unauthorized person. Manning is also alleged to have been the source of the classified information released by WikiLeaks pertaining to the war in Afghanistan in July 2010.
WikiLeaks released the Iraq war documents, as it did the Afghanistan war documents, to a number of news outlets for analysis several weeks in advance of their formal public release. These news organizations included The New York Times, Der Spiegel, The Guardian and Al Jazeera, each of which released special reports to coincide with the formal release of the documents Oct. 22. Read the rest of this entry »