Peace Officers Memorial Day

Today, May 15th, 2012, is Peace Officers Memorial Day.. Please take a moment to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and those families they left behind. Rest in Peace, Brothers and Sisters.

Here's a link to a video at Police One... Warning! It'll make your eyes get wet.

Quality time!

Got to spend some quality time the other evening with the good folks from US Night Vision Corp. They brought lots of good stuff to the range to get some video in the IR spectrum. It was a great time for a couple of us to get some hands-on with new equipment. USNV Corp. is a top-notch company supplying night vision gear to our war fighters and law enforcement. As soon as the video is up I'll provide a link. Their new PVS 14 / iPhone adapter is pretty slick.

A great time and some good training! Thanks guys!

Training is winding down... for the moment!

The first training cycle of the year is winding down with one more session to go. There'll be a break while we try to get caught up on some projects, assess training needs department wide, while still teaching training & qualification ranges (those never stop!) plus all the other things that go along with running a training unit. In the fall, we'll be off and up the hill for a repeat of the training cycle for another station.

Were we successful this year? Time will tell. We've gone back to foundational work in the weaponless defense side of the house... fewer techniques and many more repetitions. Seems to be working.

The patrol rifle training courses will be starting up again soon.

Trying to Get Back to It...

At least once in a while, I'll try to write something! Life keeps intervening...

Veteran's Day, 2011

To all our veterans, a heartfelt "Thank You" for your service and sacrifice. I would hope that every single citizen of this nation would stop for at least a few minutes and reflect on just what our veterans have given us.

Liberty and Freedom come at such a tremendous cost, and our vets have paid the price. The very least we can do is appreciate what they have given us and try to earn it, every single day.

Happy Birthday, United States Marine Corps

To all you Warrior brothers and sisters in arms, Happy Birthday! And thank you for your 236 years of service and sacrifice!

http://www.marines.mil/usmc/Pages/2011MarineCorpsBirthdayBall.aspx

Semper Fidelis!

Over at the Long War Journal...

Here's a great report by Bill Ardolino, embedded with the US Army in Eastern Afghanistan: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/08/us_troops_weather_ro.php US troops come under attack while searching a village in Sabari district. Bill was right there when it happened and gives us the complete account. Don't recall hearing about this (am I surprised?) anywhere else. Six troopers were wounded, but they will be okay. Thank you for your work, Bill!