Some of our most effective leaders have been bombastic. If you don't like Trump, you wouldn't like Patton, MacArthur, Andrew Jackson, or others. Their egotistic personalities aside, they shared an ability to focus on what needs to be done and overcome resistance to get there. This is how I...
LE is different as drawing down on a suspect can usually de-escalate by making the suspect understand resistance is hopeless. As a civilian now, I have always said I am unlikely to pull my pistol, but if I do I have probably already decided to shoot and you should put your fingers in your...
There is a wide range of training emphasis in different departments, and a range of interest within each department. At my PD, the last 5 chiefs were all SWAT guys so there was quite a lot of understanding of training needs. I worked with officers and agents who were serious gunslingers and...
My first thought when he said we are building new ships here in the USA was, wow, that's a lot of new jobs. Shipbuilding is a critical industry to have here in America, like food, aircraft, medicines, weapons, ammo, whiskey, and toilet paper......
When Glock came on the scene their goal was to capture the American CIVILIAN market because that's where the profit is. To get there they wanted to get those guns into as many LEO holsters as possible, which would lead civilians wo want them. They deeply discounted them to LE and even gave a...
We need a bigger Navy to deal with China in the future. I know little about ships but it seems to me survivabiliry and the armament on board are the important things