Every Citizen a Soldier

 The best way to contact me “currahee(at)live.com" This article and the accompanying video were spurred by a similar video from Risky Chrisky on Rumble . It's a really good channel for this type of stuff and you should check it out. I've wanted to cover “skill areas” for the prepared. I think far to many folks probably collect gear and think that's good. But, its skills, experience and mindset that will keep you alive. I used Chrisky's term “modern minuteman” because it seemed appropriate. The Minutemen were the best equipped, trained and generally experience of the militia at the opening of the American Revolution. These are the things that will set you apart from everyone else. I'm mostly sticking with Chrisky's list but will offer my own take and suggestions on how to achieve them. I also think of them as “traits” rather than skills. Skills suggest something that can be objectively measured and is more specific, skills would be within these t...

  Video: The OODA Loop and Self Defense Application: The OODA loop is a formalized decision making procedure that is especially important when the decisions have to be made quickly, as in a threat situation. The development of a rapid decision making process can give you or your team huge tactical advantages. Most people, when confronted with threats, take a “chess player role” where they make a move and wait for you to make a move. You do not have to wait until the other guy makes a move!  Your moves should be as rapidly as possible to keep the threat off balance and keep the initiative on your side. Background : The OODA loop was developed by US Air Force fighter tactician John Boyd. It has been applied to business and computer programming as well as military strategy and tactics. My greatest understanding of the OODA loop came from reading Paul Howe’s excellent book Leadership and Training For the Fight. O-O-D-A stands for Observe-Orient-Decide-Act It is a “loop” beca...

I am writing this post to accompany my "CCW skills" that I will be uploading to rumble. There are several things a person must master before they can consider themselves competent enough to be a “good” carrier of concealed firearms.  First, and not really a “skill” is the ability to actually conceal their firearms on their person.  Second is the knowledge of local laws and the common sense to know when using deadly force is the right thing to do.  We can not address these in a blog post or in a video, there are far to many different variables and situations for us to discuss. I would like to discuss the weapons handling skills that I consider important for a person who wants to carry a firearm for self defense.  They are accuracy, the draw (or presentation), failure to stop, contact shooting situations, shooting at night, and unconventional draws.  These skills might or might not have been covered in classes you had to take to get your concealed weapons permit....

Our Video on Practical Shooting Practical shooting is shooting with a purpose, another end in mind than just getting hits on target. That end can be surviving a gunfight, winning a competition or putting meat on the table. In any of these practical situations time is just as important as accuracy. Distance, angle and position can vary from moment to moment in practical shooting. There are four principles that I have discovered are the key to success; (1) Safety (2) Stability (3) Sight Picture (4) Squeeze. Practical shooting is a “loop process” in that- as soon as you engage one target you start the loop over again with safety. I Safety Guns are dangerous, no doubt and safety comes from a rigid application of Colonel Jeff Cooper's four rules of gun safety. But strictly speaking, firearms safety is not the only concern here. Practical shooting does not happen on a square range. When you think safety you have to think about the positions of the other shooters, your buddies o...