Sheepdog Tip of the Day

[qbz...@gmail.com]

And so we see that lack of sleep, lack of food, the impact of the elements,
and emotional exhaustion caused by constant fight or flight response
activation all conspire to contribute to the soldier's exhaustion. This is
a burden that, if not capable of causing psychiatric casualties in and of
itself, needs to be taken into consideration as being capable of
predisposing the soldier's psyche toward seeking escape from the
deprivations that surround him. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/During%20Combat/154

[qbz...@gmail.com]

You can teach people to die, to be helpless after they are shot. Don't.
Teach them to go on fighting so they won't get shot again. Teach them to
get into shelter so the docs can save them. We have true stories of people
fighting with a bullet in their heart. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, The Bullet
Proof Mind seminar (paraphrased)
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/Before%20Combat/96

[qbz...@gmail.com]

In continuous combat the soldier roller coasters through seemingly endless
surges of adrenaline and subsequent backlashes, and the body's natural,
useful, and appropriate response to danger ultimately becomes extremely
counterproductive. Unable to flee, and unable to overcome the danger
through a brief burst of fighting, posturing, or submission, the bodies of
modern soldiers quickly exhaust their capacity to energize and they slide
into a state of profound physical and emotional exhaustion of such a
magnitude and dimension that it appears to be almost impossible to
communicate it to those who have not experienced it. A soldier in this
state will inevitably collapse from nervous exhaustion the body simply will
burn out. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/During%20Combat/115

[qbz...@gmail.com]

The murder rates for the 2.6 million veterans who returned from Afghanistan
and Iraq is about a tenth of the murder rate for non-vets of the same age
and sex. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, The Bullet Proof Mind seminar
(paraphrased)
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/After%20Combat/158

[qbz...@gmail.com]

Think you know this? Why not take a random quiz at
https://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/quiz/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day

[qbz...@gmail.com]

It costs nothing to lock the back door of a school and have a single point
of entry. Keeping the exterior doors locked at all times in the
minimum "due diligence" that we should demand of our schools. Lt. Col.

Dave Grossman, The Bullet Proof Mind seminar (paraphrased)

http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/Before%20Combat/189

[qbz...@gmail.com]

Train to the utmost of your ability! Enroll in Grossman Academy today!
http://bit.ly/1wiCcq3

[qbz...@gmail.com]

World War II soldiers joined for the duration. A soldier may have come into
combat as an individual replacement, but he knew that he would be with his
unit for the rest of the war. He was very invested in establishing himself
with his newfound unit, and those who were already in the unit had equal
cause to bond with this individual, who they knew would be their comrade
until the war was over. These individuals developed very mature, fulfilling
relationships that for most of them have lasted throughout their lives. In
Vietnam most soldiers arrived on the battlefield alone, afraid, and without
friends. A soldier joined a unit where he was an FNG, a "f'ing new guy,"
whose inexperience and incompetence represented a threat to the continued
survival of those in the unit. In a few months, for a brief period, he
became an old hand who was bonded to a few friends and able to function
well in combat. But then, all too soon, his friends left him via death,
injury, or the end of their tours, and he too became a short timer, whose
only concern was surviving until the end of his tour of duty. Unit morale,
cohesion, and bonding suffered tremendously. All but the best of units
became just a collection of men experiencing endless leavings and arrivals,
and that sacred process of bonding, which makes it possible for men to do
what they must do in combat, became a tattered and torn remnant of the
support structure experienced by veterans of past American wars. Lt. Col.
Dave Grossman, On Killing
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/During%20Combat/183

[qbz...@gmail.com]

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman presents the Bulletproof Mind: Prevailing in Violent
Encounters and After in Albuquerque, NM on Friday, December 12! This event
is FREE for V-Academy partners and $20 for non V-Academy partners.
Cost can be applied toward our $99 online On Combat certificate. Register
today at www.bitly.com/GrossmanAlbuquerque

[qbz...@gmail.com]

The training should return to low intensity whenever a new skill or tactic
is being added, new equipment is introduced, problems arise and solutions
are required, and for warm-ups and cool-downs. This benefits all types of
shooters, but we're truly impressed with just how important it is for
tactical team members, who often train only scenarios and equally often
lose sight of the foundational skills and, with that, lose confidence in
their equipment and themselves. Linda K. Miller and Keith Cunningham,
Secrets of Mental Marksmanship
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/Before%20Combat/251

[qbz...@gmail.com]

[qbz...@gmail.com]

The U.S. Army, along with armies in many other nations, trains its Rangers
and Green Berets to execute a knife kill from the rear by plunging the
knife through the lower back and into the kidney. Such a blow is so
remarkably painful that its effect is to completely paralyze the victim as
he quickly dies, resulting in an extremely silent kill. This kidney strike
is contrary to the natural inclination of most soldiers, who if they have
thought about the matter at all would prefer to slit the throat while
holding a hand over the victim's mouth. This option, though psychologically
and culturally more desirable (it is a slashing rather than a thrusting
blow), has far less potential for silence, since an improperly slit throat
is capable of making considerable noise and holding a hand over someone's
mouth is not always an easy thing to do. The victim also has a capacity to
bite. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/During%20Combat/144

[qbz...@gmail.com]

Rise to the Challenge! Use discount code: RISE20 to take $20 off the 100%
online On Combat course from Grossman Academy this weekend!
http://bit.ly/1wiCcq3

[qbz...@gmail.com]

Ken Murray, in his book Training At The Speed Of Life, makes an excellent
observation about training warriors to give verbal commands. He notes that
we must program police officers to say "Drop the weapon" rather than "Drop
the gun" since officers will often order role players to "Drop the gun"
during simulations, when the role player is holding a knife or other type
of non-firearm. If this kind of mistake happens in a real, life-and-death
situation it can confuse the suspect and it may result in the officer's
judgment might be called into question in court. By thinking through
exactly what we want a warrior to do in combat, and training him say or do
exactly the right thing in training, we can insure that the right words and
actions will be there when lives are on the line. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman,
On Combat
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/Before%20Combat/13

[qbz...@gmail.com]

Many police officers have told me that they have done really stupid things
in high-speed chases, and every week we hear of another jurisdiction
somewhere in the country no longer allowing their officers to engage in
pursuits. Officers drive fast to hot calls all the time, so why do they get
tunnel vision and stop thinking when driving in a high-speed pursuit? If
you said it is the puppy's fault, you are correct. When the driver's heart
rate gets too high, tunnel vision sets in, depth perception goes out, fine
and complex motor control shuts down, the forebrain shuts down, the
midbrain takes over, and the puppy is driving the car! An excited little
dog is now careening that car through the streets, making all kinds of bad
decisions and scattering terrified citizens. Trainers of emergency
vehicle operation courses who have introduced tactical breathing into their
curriculum report that the quality of performance among their trainees have
broken all previous records. Charles E. Humes has pioneered a powerful and
effective training process in which police officers are taught to breath
automatically, as a conditioned reflex, in response to the sound of their
siren. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat
http://tipyomi-sender.appspot.com/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/During%20Combat/105