Breach Bang Clear

We have attended a number of different really good schools. Went to a course taught by Jim Cirillo (may he sit at the right hand of God), attended a lecture by Dave Grossman, Caliber Press Officer Survival, LAPD Advanced SWAT, all three levels of Combat Tracking from Scott-Donelan Tracking School, the USMC Combat Hunter course, JRTC Ft. Polk (where we learned Leesville is a lot like Mos Eisley), a training iteration with NYPD's ESU, a linear assault course with the FBI's HRT, BorTac's tracking course…you get the point. We've been to some cool places, and thus far have deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Ireland and Australia (and New Jersey, which was the worst place) with members of every service but the Navy. You know where we want to go though, what we really want to attend? The HoTac School For People Who Want to Shoot Good. We love the staff and…

This picture was taken in the last couple Rohwner Internment Camp, where many Japanese Americans were interned in 1942—among them George Takei. Mr. Takei is currently attempting to raise funds for Allegiance, a musical-themed telling of his families experiences. “I’ve had wonderful time here in Arkansas!” said Mr. Takei. “I’m reposting this pic, taken on a journey back to Rohwer Camp in this state, where my family and I were interned in 1942. I’m glad to have new happy memories of Arkansas.” Mr. Takei is currently attempting to raise funds for the musical Allegiance, a musical-themed telling of the story of his family’s experience during this internment. “There are 7 days left in my campaign to raise funds for Allegiance, which will bring this story to the stage. I’m thrilled we’ve met our min. funding goal, but I’m shooting for 6 figures! If you can spare a few dollars, visit…

Opening line of the movie: “The worst thing about growing old is that other men stop seeing you as dangerous.” Great line. Great way to start out. Warning: there will be vague spoilers, and this is a long one. Get an adult beverage, some aspirin and maybe a condom before you settle in to read. You know how much the Mad Duo hates to be interrupted. So, there’s been a lot of talk about Act of Valor. No shit you says. Most everyone seems to think it’s going to be really good. I went to see it last Sunday with Kennedy, and rest assured, those people are wrong—it isn’t just really good, it’s appallingly good. It is everything you hope it’s going to be. No shit we says. What’s not to like about a flick based on real acts of valor and heroism, starring guys who hang it out there…

Just a quick update, as we get ready for SHOT (well, I am. Slim is on a bender again. He went to visit some of the grunts at BAMC and hasn’t been back in a week…though I did get his pants and a half-empty bottle of “personal lubricant” in the mail). In the meantime, on the advice of a couple friends I’ve started reading No Other Option, by Marcus Wynn. It’s like an action thriller got really drunk one night and woke up really early in the morning having to piss and cracked its head pretty hard on the toilet when it puked. Then it woke up an hour or two later to stagger down to formation and PT, not quite sure what it was doing and where it was, and in a confused morning-after haze wondered if maybe it was a police/mystery thriller instead…but only for a few minutes,…

It's a little late for some of you, but we thought we'd post this review anyway. If you haven't seen it yet, you should consider Cowboys and Aliens. Yep, we said it Cowboys and Aliens. The name alone told us it had to be outstanding or a new monument to movie suckage. Worry not, if you have high hopes for it. This flick is outstanding. You are not only cleared hot to watch, you are hereby directed to do so. In the interest of full disclosure, we should make it clear from the outset we’re huge fans of Westerns. We like movies across the genre, from gritty films like Culpepper Cattle Company to classics like The Shootist. We went into the theater predisposed to dislike it. That was a mistake. The movie begins with a quintessential Western air. It had everything but the whistling theme from The Good, the Bad…

Before you comment; we’re not interested in any punditry about the tactics employed here. One of our own was killed. If you want to talk about it professionally in order to keep from making any mistakes you may glean from what occurred, we encourage it. This is not an invitation to Monday morning quarterback CPD or the officers involved. However. There are lessons to be learned here, and however much it might feel as though we’re being critical of Sgt. Chapin or anyone else, we owe it to ourselves and other officers to learn from what happened. “To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”  Voltaire We’ve received some information to flesh out what happened in Chattanooga a couple of months back and there are a couple of important things to take note of.  You may recall that CPD Sgt. James Chapin, 51,…