EPISODE 2
Using Rules to Manage Risk
It’s Your Platoon – US Army Lt. Dave
Jim interviews Lt Dave from the US Army about his experiences as a young officer and what it means to lead troops and face off the Russians in Eastern Europe. He talks about his relationship with senior NCOs, the differences between different commissioning sources, and how his job as a Combat Engineering Officer fits into the big picture for large scale combat operations.
How to think like a Tactician
episode 67 HOW TO THINK LIKE A TACTICIANWe've been building up to this concept to help raise the lowest common denominator in tactics, survival, and self-defense. At Tactical Tangents, we talk a lot about "People Ideas Hardware" and how to apply that formula to making...
You Can’t Handle The Truth! Going to court and public trust
episode 66 YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!What Police Officers Need To Know About Going to Court, and How Police and Prosecutors Can Restore Public TrustChief Criminal Deputy County Attorney Jonathan Mosher (Pima County, Arizona) and Homicide Detective Josh Cheek share...
One of the themes we discussed in our last episode was that just because something is technically legal, or not against the rules, that doesn’t necessarily make it a good idea. We build on that theme today and talk about how we use rules and guidelines to manage risk and shape our decisions. We talk about the risks associated with car chases, the 21 foot rule, and how some parents worry more about having a gun in the house than a pool in their backyard. We also share one of our guiding principles from Col. John Boyd about training and risk management: People, Ideas, and THEN Hardware, in that order!
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Links:
Boyd, The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision
Jim’s article on Lessons Learned from Tactical Aviation (also available on Facebook here)
Intro Music credit–Bensound.com
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