TRAINING LEAD-UP:
Monday, Aug 19:
No Fear Yoga & Yoga for Runners: 7 min Post Run Yoga with Adriene.
After dinner, HDT 31.1.2 (core) in 35:01, followed by 10 min of arm strengtheners with a 13#SKB
Tuesday, Aug 20:
18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 25:09, then Peloton 45 min Power Zone Endurance Ride with Matt Wilpers covering 11.5 miles, 280 cal, going 15.4 mph average. I went easy for most of it and picked it up at the end. I could feel some soreness in my core from yesterday's HDT workout, during the ride.
Thursday, Aug 22:
Glute nad pec PT v2 in 26:02, then 18A "Dip Abs" in 23:23
GORUCK COUNTER ACTIVE SHOOTER PISTOL DAY & NIGHT
During the day, we covered
- clearing and loading procedures
- fundamentals of marksmanship
- mag changes
- slow aim fire
- turn and shoot
- kneeling, seated, standing and transitioning among them
- prone right side up and upside down
At night, we covered
- shooting around a wall
- shooting from a VTAC
- shooting one-handed (including a fun drill with 10 shots alternating between 2-hand, left hand, and right hand, with a SB OH toss before each shot)
- shooting with a light at chest and a light out and up, with mag changes
- skills from the daytime, but at night
GORUCK COUNTER ACTIVE SHOOTER RIFLE DAY & NIGHT
SB and I picked up doughnuts for the group in the morning. I do enjoy doughnuts.
During the day and night, we covered
- Zeroing (I didn't make any adjustments)
- The Alt C drill at 40yd but this time, "supported" meant with a SB, and "unsupported" allowed the use of the mag. I was able to get 40/40 this time.
- Alt C but with prone, kneeling, and standing... only 25/28 attempted shots, and I timed out before getting to standing and didn't attempt the last 12 shots
- Turn and shoot
- Shooting from high and low walls, and from VTAC... learned about "junkyard prone" and "brokeback prone" for the first time... also, the rule "outside knee up"
- Rifle to pistol transitions
- Prone, seated, and kneeling from 100yd, 75yd, 50ydqz
- Tried different types of rounds through ballistic gel
- Walk, stop, and shoot
GORUCK TACTICAL DECISION MAKING
We learned about room clearing for corner-fed and center-fed rooms.
It may not seem to tie in directly with TDM scenarios, but those concepts do inform how you might handle positioning yourself or moving through a room, whether you're in the mindset of the assaulted-upon or role playing as the assaulter.
Scenario 1:
Carjacking, where I'm the participant's kid in the backseat. While as a role player you don't get to test how you'd respond, it is a unique experience to get to watch many others and how they respond. Some fight, some flee, some freeze. Others don't act naturally and deprive themself of the training experience. Some break the law without realizing it. Some are overconfident and make poor decisions.
Takeaways:
- There's no perfect answer, but find the best option among all the less than ideal options.
- Don't be afraid to make a decision quickly
- Training helps you make decisions faster and understand 2nd and 3rd order effects
Scenario 2:
Cafe... I did choose to act this time, and feel like it was appropriate, and it worked out.
Scenario 3:
School shooting scenario that you happen to come across. Non-threats. Dark room. It's tough to see well without lights, and with a lot of bodies and noise. I ended up as a casualty after waiting far too long at the door, trying to figure out who was who and what was going on. At least I didn't harm any innocents, though.
Scenario 4:
Cafe with a domestic dispute...
Jenny just walked out after getting her coffee... very Brooklyn of her!
I never escalated because the situation never warranted it.
Always a great group to hang out and learn with...
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