Sheepdog Tip of the Day

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During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, a German SS unit massacred
a group of American POWs at Malmdy. Word of this massacre spread like
wildfire through the American forces, and thousands of soldiers resolved
never to surrender to the Germans. Conversely, as was mentioned earlier,
many Germans who would fight the Russians to their last breath made a point
of surrendering to the Americans at the earliest honorable occasion. In its
endeavors against Chechen rebels, the Russian army used video tapes of the
terrorists beheading Russian soldiers to convince their troops that they
must never surrender. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing
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Warriors do not flee their fears, they master them. Scared of fire? Ask the
fire department to train in their fire house. Scared of wild animals? Ask a
dog handler to let you train with attack dogs. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, The
Bullet Proof Mind seminar (paraphrased)
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With all the preparation that a military unit must do to get ready for
operations, the one that most often gets overlooked is confirming the zero
on all weapons. Most people in supervisory roles seem to think that if a
weapon has been zeroed once in its life, it will be zeroed for everybody
for the rest of its life. Linda K. Miller and Keith Cunningham, Secrets of
Mental Marksmanship
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The fitter you are, the greater work capacity you will have; the greater
your work capacity, the more controlled your heart rate and breathing will
be while performing strenuous fireground (or combat) tasks. In short, the
more fit you are, the more likely you are to survive. Christopher Brennan,
The Combat Position: Achieving Firefighter Readiness
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Fire is a weapon of mass destruction. Dump a 55 gallon barrel of gas in a
school cafeteria, light a match and you get hundreds of casualties. In
Beslan out of 314 civilian casualties over 200 were killed by fire. Lt.

Col. Dave Grossman, The Bullet Proof Mind seminar (paraphrased)

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When the real thing happens, it should be less stressful than the first
time in training. This is the very reasonable goal of stress inoculation.

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, The Bullet Proof Mind seminar (paraphrased)

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Swank and Marchand's World War II study noted the existence of 2 percent of
combat soldiers who are predisposed to be "aggressive psychopaths" and
apparently do not experience the normal resistance to killing and the
resultant psychiatric casualties associated with extended periods of
combat. But the negative connotations associated with the
term "psychopath," or its modern equivalent "sociopath," are inappropriate
here, since this behavior is a generally desirable one for soldiers in
combat. It would be absolutely incorrect to conclude that 2 percent of all
veterans are psychopathic killers. Numerous studies indicate that combat
veterans are no more inclined to violence than nonvets. A more accurate
conclusion would be that there is 2 percent of the male population that, if
pushed or if given a legitimate reason, will kill without regret or
remorse. What these individuals represent - and this is a terribly
important point that I must emphasize - is the capacity for the levelheaded
participation in combat that we as a society glorify and that Hollywood
would have us believe that all soldiers possess. In the course of
interviewing veterans as a part of this study I have met several
individuals who may fit within this 2 percent, and since returning from
combat they have, without fail, proven themselves to be above average
contributors to the prosperity and welfare of our society. Lt. Col. Dave
Grossman, On Killing
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Some people lose their desire for food when overly stressed, but the more
common response is to develop an enhanced appetite. The midbrain is a
simple organism, and it can only do one thing at a time. When anxiety eats
away at you, the puppy pokes his nose through the screen door, whining and
whimpering. So you eat a big piece of chocolate cake, which is the same
as giving him a bone to gnaw on for a while. While you overeat, the puppy
stays busy and you get a break from your anxiety. When you stop, however,
he is back at the screen door whining and whimpering, as once again your
anxiety gnaws away at you. It is a vicious cycle because not only are you
not dealing with the cause of your stress, your attempt to placate it with
food leads to obesity and the many health problems associated with it.
This is why daily vigorous exercise is so vital. Pumping iron, running, and
basketball burns off the stress hormones that motivate you to eat. It also
burns off a few calories, which makes the body healthier (or the "tub" a
little larger) so that you can more easily handle the incoming stress. The
better shape you are in, the more motivated you are to continue to burn off
stress hormones in a healthy way, rather than trying to appease it with
comfort food. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat
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Create an environment in which your people want to train and be inoculated.
Do not kill your warriors. Do not send losers off the training site. Do not
talk trash about your students. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat
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