Isaac: Less Sheepdog, More Golden Retriever

Isaac: Less Sheepdog, More Golden Retriever

EPISODE 45  Isaac: LESS SHEEPDOG, MORE GOLDEN RETRIEVER Isaac the Rookie Cop joins Mike back on the show for an update on the beginning of his career. Isaac is going to share some thoughts and lessons on being the new guy in Law Enforcement and reflect back on the...
The Intersection of Art and Science

The Intersection of Art and Science

EPISODE 44 THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND SCIENCE In many areas there is both an art and a science-tactics, training, leadership, music, sports, and so on. In this solo Mike rant we’ll cover Boyd’s paper “Destruction and Creation” and how we need to look in two different...

Attitude and Survival

FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN ATTITUDE AND SURVIVAL  I ran a group of brand-new police recruits through an imagery/thought experiment that led to a conversation that I think is important. If you listened to our podcast episode we did with Brian...
Boston Marathon Bombing

Boston Marathon Bombing

EPISODE 43 BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING Two radicalized brothers built several bombs out of pressure cookers and other readily available items and detonated two of them near the finish line of the Boston Marathon back in April 2013. Mike runs us through an overview of this...
MJ the Marine

MJ the Marine

EPISODE 42 MJ the MarIne (PIlot, Naval Academy Grad, JTAC, BAMF) MJ the Marine talks to us about her time at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, her path to becoming a Marine Officer upon commissioning, and some lessons learned while become a helicopter...