Tactical Tangents

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50: Firearms Tests, Standards, and Context, with John Johnston Oct 01, 2019

Show notes

John Johnston is the host of Ballistic Radio and he teaches firearms with Melody Lauer at Citizen's Defense Research. CDR has a one-day shooting class called Tests and Standards which is an entire day of assessments. Mike and John discuss how we identify metrics for performance and how those metrics apply in context. Speaking of context, CDR also has a course for The Armed Parent and Guardian, which led to an interesting discussion about the dichotomy of taking training and performance seriously while also enjoying life and having fun. As John succinctly pointed out, everyone's math is different!

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Citizens Defense Research

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49: Terrorism 101: Why do they hate us so much? Sep 14, 2019

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Jim spends some time to define and explore terrorism, what is it? What are we doing about it? Why do the "bad guys" hate us so much? He will discuss radicalization and Islam along the way, but this is a much more fundamental overview. Who else do we consider a terrorist? Why or why not?

On Guerrilla Warefare

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48: 3 aviation case studies that show in a crisis, YOU are the most important variable Sep 01, 2019

Show notes

Mike uses three aviation emergency case studies to illustrate how human factors apply to real life situations, and touches on things like the importance of training, the value of good after-action debriefs and what makes them effective, and a little about interpersonal communication.

Article on Flying Safety

American 383

American 587

United 232

Book recommendations available here

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47: Risky Business - Doing dangerous work, safely. Aug 15, 2019

Show notes

Military, LE, and Concealed Carriers are armed for a reason - to reduce or mitigate risk. Jim breaks down what that means and how to apply risk management as part of your tactical equation. This isn't a safety class, this is a class on making the right call on whether that new gun, tactic, or training class is helping you or hurting you.

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46: America's New F-35, with Justin Lee Aug 01, 2019

Show notes

The F-35 is our fancy new stealth fighter, and we got Justin Lee AKA Hasard to talk with us about what makes the new 5th-generation jet special, how we use it as a force multiplier, what John Boyd would probably say about it, the differences between a flying solo versus a crew-served aircraft like Jim is used to, and what kind of coaching he gives to new Fighter Pilots as an instructor. Justin is also the host of The Professional's Playbook podcast, which Mike was a guest on to talk about being on a SWAT team.

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45: Isaac - Less Sheepdog, More Golden Retriever Jul 15, 2019

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Isaac the Rookie Cop joins Mike back on the show for an update on the beginning of his career. Isaac is going to share some thoughts and lessons on being the new guy in Law Enforcement and reflect back on the things he would have done before the academy or when he first started on his path to becoming a police officer.

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44: Tactics and Strategy Require Creativity Jul 01, 2019

Show notes

In many areas there is both an art and a science-tactics, training, leadership, music, sports, and so on. In this solo Mike rant we'll cover Boyd's paper "Destruction and Creation" and how we need to look in two different directions to come up with new ideas and adapt to an ever-evolving world.

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Start with Why, Simon Sinek (TED Talk)(Book)

Destruction and Creation, John Boyd

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43: Boston Marathon Bombing Jun 15, 2019

Show notes

Two radicalized brothers built several bombs out of pressure cookers and other readily available items and detonated two of them near the finish line of the Boston Marathon back in April 2013. Mike runs us through an overview of this incident and several talking points for public safety personnel. We also touch on security for large public venues or events, the threat of improvised or homemade explosives, and potential warning signs for an attack.

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Photo credit and news article about the attack

Brad's bulletin about Getting Off The X

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42: MJ the Marine (Pilot, Naval Academy Grad, JTAC, BAMF) Jun 01, 2019

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MJ the Marine talks to us about her time at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, her path to becoming a Marine Officer upon commissioning, and some lessons learned while become a helicopter pilot. MJ also went through training for an upcoming ground tour calling in air strikes and is a fully qualified Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC). She also touches on gaining credibility as a young leader in the US Marine Corps, mental toughness, and one particular life lesson Mike and Jim facilitated for her "back in the day…"

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41: Imagery and Instructor Development with Brian Willis May 15, 2019

Show notes

Brian Willis is a police trainer and speaker who founded a company called Winning Mind Training, which focuses on leadership and professional development for law enforcement but is also relevant to others in the military, public safety, or who are serious about survival and personal defense. He also did a TED talk which exemplifies what a good presentation should look like. Hear his thoughts on lesson plan design, use of visual aids, improving engagement, and the role of imagery and mental rehearsals in training. Lots of book recommendations in this episode, they are listed on the episode webpage!

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Brian's TED talk

Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds

Resonate and Slideologyby Nancy Duarte

Make it Stick by Peter Brown and others

With Winning In Mind by Lanny Bassham

Books by Dr Bob Rotella

Imagery in Sport

Hockey Tough

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