Cover and Concealment — A Missing Training Element

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Cover and Concealment — A Missing Training Element” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/cover-and-concealment/.

 

[powerboatr]

call me deranged or bored
but when i stand in a line at the grocery or lowes etc
my mind plays games about how i would re act to bad guy/gal, coming in and where i would take cover, make a plan to exit or get out of harms way to assess my situation
as to engage or get out

 

[trader]

diving behind the charcoal or bird seed displays are acceptable.

 

[The Night Rider]

Level 1 task.

I'm pretty sure I actually have one of these books in a box somewhere. I found this one online eBay wanted 65$ for this book. There is nothing in the world that I am that nostalgic for and even if I was my wife wouldn't let me spend that kind of cash on a book anyway

 

[The Night Rider]

call me deranged or bored
but when i stand in a line at the grocery or lowes etc
my mind plays games about how i would re act to bad guy/gal, coming in and where i would take cover, make a plan to exit or get out of harms way to assess my situation
as to engage or get out

IDK maybe it's PTSD, but I don't go anywhere without thinking about things like that

 

[Jester560]

IDPA solves this issue

 

[PAGunGuy]

We train on that every year at our agency. Only difference I see is we go about one arm's length back, not two. But it's part of every tactical training each year as well as part of our qualifications.

We do train the if you go back under cover, say for a reload or just because of incoming live fire, to come back out in a different spot. And we train to even switch hands on the gun if we have to to maximize cover. If your right handed and you are popping out of the left side of cover, it is better to take a left handed grip, then you don't have to expose yourself as much.