by Mike | Nov 19, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN REMEMBER RICK RESCORLA For this week’s bulletin, I thought I’d share a Facebook post I wrote on Thanksgiving a few years ago. I hope you enjoy it. -Mike Today, and everyday, I am thankful for American heroes like Rick...
by Mike | Nov 12, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN LEADERSHIP IN TEACHING One of the first leadership opportunities I’ve had at any job has been some form of teaching, either in a formal setting like a classroom or one-on-one working with a new employee. I’ve also...
by Mike | Nov 5, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN WHY YOUR HANDS SO SWEATY? In his book about implicit survival signals The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker describes that your intuition is always right in two important ways: It always alerts you in response to a stimulus,...
by Mike | Oct 22, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN MICROMANAGING–PLEASE DON’T. Imagine I’m in the back of an ambulance with my Paramedic partner. As an EMT, I don’t have the advanced training that he does—but we’ve worked together for x months or y years....
by Mike | Oct 15, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN ARE YOU TEACHING TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR? A follower asked us a question on Facebook the other day about tourniquet applications. Are we supposed to apply it high-and-tight, or a few inches above the wound? The...
by Mike | Oct 8, 2018 | Bulletin
FAST TRANSIENTS THE TACTICAL TANGENTS BULLETIN GLOCK AND AR-15 CLEANING One of the “benefits” of working on a SWAT team is a whole bunch time spent cleaning guns. Some days, we have plenty of time to clean, and others, we do a quick “combat-clean” before we load up...
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