Tactical Priorities - Actions on the Objective

• End the threat
   
  • When you are faced with a threat to you and/or your family, the priority is to end the threat as quickly as possible. 
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  • This DOES NOT mean killing anyone. It may, but that is not our goal. 
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  • You can not end a threat that is armed if you are disarmed. Pet peeve is people dropping weapons in movies and shows when bad guy has a gun to their head. What would you do? Decide now, not in that moment. 
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• Secure the area
   
  • Security is the art of identifying threats and weaknesses in defense and fixing them. 
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  • Security is always an ongoing thing. Most dangerous time in any operation is after the Objective has been cleared. You drop your guard, and thus your security. 
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  • As soon as you end the threat (Objective) you immediately start looking for the next threat. Does the bad guy have friends? You can always tell when someone is about to get hurt in a show because they start chatting while outside a safe zone. Always be aware of your surroundings, especially when there was just a high risk threat. 
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• Reconsolidate 
  • Do not stop to focus on a loss while the threat is still a threat!!!
  • Do not sacrifice security to help someone. Secure the area first!
  • What is Reconsolidating?
     
    • Immediately prepare to fight again. Reload, check anything that you had to use in your fight. Fix malfunctions, etc
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    • Assist the wounded
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    • Resupply as needed. Ammo, water, etc
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Had a client come train with me last week with a male Malinois that is attacking people and is totally unsafe. Come to find out it has been trained in sport bite work with no stability. Fuck these trainers...in case you haven't figured it out yet, this is an epic rant and definitely E!

• Most of life’s disappointments are because we had expectations when we shouldn’t or had unrealistic expectations
   
  • Marriage - Focussing on the little things; Trying to change your spouse OR trying to change who you are (pretending for your spouse); failing to meet your own obligations because you are upset at your spouse; expectation that you can make your spouse happy (what they want is more important than what you want) AND VISA VERSA; 
• Tactical Applications
   
  • Expecting to defend yourself without getting hurt
  • Expecting things to go just as you planned them out
  • Expecting that no one you love will be hurt or killed
• Handling Applications 
  • Expecting your dog to perform to a level you have not trained them for
    • “Don’t be upset at the results you recieved from the work you didn’t put in.”
  •  Expecting your dog to understand a new situation immediately
  • Trying to perform for others instead of handling your dog

Interview with James Guthrie. James was attacked while working in his office along with another co-worker by a disgruntled part time employee… Hear James’s story directly from him and some of the things he is doing now because of his experience.

Links to the local news stories below:

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/police-suspect-shot-after-attacking-employees-at-orlando-business-with-knife

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/suspect-in-alleged-machete-attack-at-orlando-business-identified

Threat Preparation - Training

• Shooting Courses and Training
  • Rich Graham @ Full Spectrum Warrior
  • Pat Watson @ Uncensored Tactical - Restraint Escape
  • Find Instructors with Real World experience
• Dry Fire Training - All weapons systems
  • Fundamentals drills
  • Instinctive Aiming drills
  • Draw and shoot drills
  • Clear Malfunctions Drills
• Force on Force 
  • Unarmed Attacker
  • Home Invasion 
  • Armed attacker in house
  • Kidnapping Attempt

Threat Preparation - Preparation Equipment (Physical Preparation)

• PART 1
• Defensive Purchases
  • Cameras - ICRealtime; Ring & Arlo cameras
  • Upgraded entry protection - locks, kick plates
  • Landscaping - holly, briars, dense foliage, avenues of approach
•  Offensive Purchases
  • Firearms - pistols, rifles, shotguns - Consistency across platforms
• PART 2
  • Alternative weapons - tasers, stabbing, blunt, Byrna Self Defense launcher (byrna.com)
  • Protection - body armor (catiarmor.com, safelifedefense.com), helmets (hardheadveterans.com), bump in the night bag (check our Uncensoredtactical podcast for more information)
• Force Multipliers
  • Teams & Family - Shoot, Move, Communicate
  • Dogs - integrate them into training (fortressk9.com)
  • Gear - NVGs, lights (Surefire or Streamlight), lasers (recommend IR lasers with Night Vision over visible lasers), communication (Baeofang radios), prebuilt positions

Threat Preparation - Preparation Equipment (Physical Preparation)

• Defensive Purchases
   
  • Cameras - Ring & Arlo cameras 
  • Upgraded entry protection - locks, kick plates
  • Landscaping - holly, briars, dense foliage, avenues of approach
•  Offensive Purchases
   
  • Firearms - pistols, rifles, shotguns - Consistency across platforms

• Accept Reality
  • Accept reality
  • Do mental scenarios
  • Know when and how to use force - moral & legal 
• Mental Scenarios - before, during, after
  • Home Invasion
  • Attack at your vehicle, parking lot
  • Attack at your vehicle, ambush
  • Attack on handler, parking lot
• When and how to use force
   
  • Moral - theft vs life; life vs life; your life, your family’s life & bad guy’s life; using a dog’s force
  • Legal - understand laws, gun ownership & transportation, gun use, other lethal and less lethal use of force, dog laws, talking to police and lawyers

• Obedience 
  • Sharp and Quick Off-Lead Obedience 
  • Aware of their surroundings 
  • K9 Academy Online gives you this obedience 
• Stress Inoculation 
  • Agility - foot awareness, elevation, problem solving 
  • High stress bite work - fight and bite 
  • Exposure - weapons, firearms, explosions 
• Team Work Training 
  • Dynamic movement - what is it? How do you train it? 
  • Moving with and manipulating weapons - noise exposure 
  • K9 Combatives - fighting alongside your dogs 

Threat Preparation

• Mental Preparation 
  • Accept reality 
  • Do mental scenarios 
  • Know when and how to use force - moral & legal 
• Physical preparation 
  • Defensive purchases 
  • Offensive purchases 
  • Force multipliers 
• Training Preparation 
  • Shooting courses and training 
  • Dry fire training 
  • Force on force training 
  • Training with your dog