Tactical Tangents

Jim spends some time to define and explore terrorism, what is it? What are we doing about it? Why do the "bad guys" hate us so much? He will discuss radicalization and Islam along the way, but this is a much more fundamental overview. Who else do we consider a terrorist? Why or why not? On Guerrilla Warefare First In Jawbreaker Spec Ops Demon in the Freezer Pentagon's New Map Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

Mike uses three aviation emergency case studies to illustrate how human factors apply to real life situations, and touches on things like the importance of training, the value of good after-action debriefs and what makes them effective, and a little about interpersonal communication. Article on Flying Safety American 383 American 587 United 232 Book recommendations available here Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

Military, LE, and Concealed Carriers are armed for a reason - to reduce or mitigate risk. Jim breaks down what that means and how to apply risk management as part of your tactical equation. This isn't a safety class, this is a class on making the right call on whether that new gun, tactic, or training class is helping you or hurting you. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

The F-35 is our fancy new stealth fighter, and we got Justin Lee AKA Hasard to talk with us about what makes the new 5th-generation jet special, how we use it as a force multiplier, what John Boyd would probably say about it, the differences between a flying solo versus a crew-served aircraft like Jim is used to, and what kind of coaching he gives to new Fighter Pilots as an instructor. Justin is also the host of The Professional's Playbook podcast, which Mike was a guest on to talk about being on a SWAT team. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

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 things he would have done before the academy or when he first started on his path to becoming a police officer. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

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 directions to come up with new ideas and adapt to an ever-evolving world. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Start with Why, Simon Sinek (TED Talk)(Book) Destruction and Creation, John Boyd Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

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 incident and several talking points for public safety personnel. We also touch on security for large public venues or events, the threat of improvised or homemade explosives, and potential warning signs for an attack. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Photo credit and news article about the attack Brad's bulletin about Getting Off The X Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

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 pilot. MJ also went through training for an upcoming ground tour calling in air strikes and is a fully qualified Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC). She also touches on gaining credibility as a young leader in the US Marine Corps, mental toughness, and one particular life lesson Mike and Jim facilitated for her "back in the day…" Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

Brian Willis is a police trainer and speaker who founded a company called Winning Mind Training, which focuses on leadership and professional development for law enforcement but is also relevant to others in the military, public safety, or who are serious about survival and personal defense. He also did a TED talk which exemplifies what a good presentation should look like. Hear his thoughts on lesson plan design, use of visual aids, improving engagement, and the role of imagery and mental rehearsals in training. Lots of book recommendations in this episode, they are listed on the episode webpage! Thank you to our Patreon and GoFundMe supporters! Funds raised go back into improvements for the show. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Brian's TED talk Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds Resonate and Slideologyby Nancy Duarte Make it Stick by Peter Brown and others With Winning In Mind by Lanny Bassham Books by Dr Bob Rotella Imagery in Sport Hockey Tough Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Find us on social media @TacTangents, or email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com intro music credit bensound.com

Mike and Jim examine courage, bravery, and valor. Can it be taught? We go over a few examples and also discuss the element of choice. There are some leadership/moral courage lessons in here as well. Thank you to our Patreon and GoFundMe supporters! Funds raised go back into improvements for the show. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one-time contribution at GoFundMe. Story about Air Force Cross recipient Thomas Newman Sgt. Keaton's Pitsenbarger Award Check out our sponsors! MantisX - Using data to improve your shooting. Point 6 Merino Wool Mastered. Riton Optics for binos, scopes, and red dots. Subscribe for new episodes on the 1st and 15th! Leave us a review and share with your friends! Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @TacTangents, email us info@tacticaltangents.com www.tacticaltangents.com Photo Credit: army.mil intro music credit bensound.com