Maglite Tactical

Bryan McKenrick from American Tactical Defense discusses the urban and rural environments in terms of different types of defense, and what layers are necessary.   “Protecting an apartment is not the same as defending a large acreage property.”

Bryan McKenrick from American Tactical Defense covers the suburban environment in terms of different types of home defense, and what layers are necessary.

Bryan McKenrick from American Tactical Defense reveals the details of a home threat assessment. “Basically, that's what our risk assessment does, it’s a common sense approach on how you could best protect your family in layers, all leading up to, I'll be honest with you, to be ready for the ultimate protection.”

Bryan McKenrick, from American Tactical Defense, about the mass increase of gun sales and the desire for gun ownership for home protection.   What type of gun is best for what type of environment is important to consider.

Michael St. John is an expert in the field of recovering kidnapped and murdered persons.  He details his work on the case of the Trailside Killer who assaulted and murdered women hikers and joggers in Northern California and was eventually caught and exposed as a man by the name of David Carpenter.

You want to complicate an already dangerous search and rescue mission?  Just add darkness.  Michael St. John talks in this episode about the complicated arena of nighttime search and rescue and why you need a Maglite.

The story of the deadly El Capitan rescue continues as Michael St. John describes the dangers his teams faced as they tried to get frozen climbers off a rock face wall thousands of feet in the air.  Tragically, not everyone would make it out alive.

Mountain search and rescue is mentally and physically exhausting.  But someone has to do it.  In this episode Michael St. John talks about getting the call to attempt a search and rescue on El Capitan at Yosemite national Park and the approach his team took to accomplishing the mission.

Michael St. John reached the rank of fire battalion chief with Mill Valley Fire in Mill Valley California and is currently the unit leader of Marin County Search and Rescue.  In this episode we meet him and get the backstory of how he became one of the leading experts in the field of search and rescue.

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