Tom Gerace

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tactical preschool 30

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 7:04 pm
Another fundamental….movement in formation. Military/Tactical formations are about as old as human warfare and many have remained quite unchanged over the ages. Military commanders have been con...
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AR15 CQC

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 1:58 am
Here is part 1 of a 12 part YouTube series showing Lenny Magill’s “AR15 CQC”.  
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Hooah

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 31, 2009, 8:01 am
Found this Hooah site: FM 7-21.13 – The Soldier’s Guide, dated 15 OCT 2003 Paragraph 4-27, Traditions, states: “Hooah!” This informal but always understood sound is less a word...
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the warriors song

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 9:23 pm
Another good find from Spartan Cops.
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reboot your OODA loop

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 5:43 pm
Go over to my brother in blue’s site SpartanCops and check out his post on scenario training and the OODA loop. He links to this video that shows what is called the “hooded box drill”...
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tactical preschool 29:line your enemies up as if stringing a line of fish

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 11:51 am
Musashi said: Waiting is bad. Always quickly re-assume your attitudes to both sides, cut the enemies down as they advance, crushing them in the direction from which they attack. Whatever you do, you m...
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the book of five rings audio

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 5:57 am
Follow the link to YouTube for the remainder of the episodes.
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sign me up….

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 8:55 pm
Coffee City Texas.
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for those who haven't met him already let me introduce Mr. Murphy

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 1:48 am
MURPHY’S LAWS OF COMBAT OPERATIONS 1. Friendly fire – isn’t. 2. Recoilless rifles – aren’t. 3. Suppressive fires – won’t. 4. You are not Superman; Marines and...
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tactical preschool 28

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 24, 2009, 1:26 pm
How to cross the street. Sometimes your team may have to cross a danger area like a street or yard. If the distance is within a 3-5 second rush what you typically do NOT want to do is cross the area o...
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yeah Im a Tolkien nerd….

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 12:37 am
Hello. My names Tom and Im a Tolkien geek. I have been a fan of Tolkien since I picked up a copy of the Hobbit at the local library when I was a grade schooler and have read the Trilogy every few year...
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tactical preschool 27: military field trip

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 4:07 pm
Image via Wikipedia While most of my “preschool” has been oriented towards individual, fundamental and mostly “concrete” concepts; in this lesson we are going to take a little...
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i pledge allegiance…

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 1:12 am
  I remember a teacher that I had, Now I only went through the 7th grade, I went through the 7th grade… I left home when I was 10 years old because I was hungry… I used to, this is true,...
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Paul Harvey..God rest his soul.

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 10:18 pm

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magpul facial recognition drill

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 9:49 pm
I just found a little vid from Magpul that coincides nicely with my last tactical preschool lesson, where I discussed developing  a scanning method for target engagement. What Magpul instructors have...
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tactical preschool 27

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 5:07 am
Watch the hands! A basic principle taught in law enforcement schools and in defensive tactics is to watch your opponents hands. It requires hands to operate a firearm or grasp a knife. If you cant se...
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very interesting Bullshido post

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 10:20 pm
Keith Schwartz is a 6th degree black belt in JuJitsu  and 5th degree black belt in Judo. He created a high quality instructional video series back in the 1990’s that was widely sold. He has rec...
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gear evaluation: the liger belt

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 10, 2009, 5:18 pm
For the last few years I have been wearing a Liger Belt. It wears quite comfortably, no biting, pinching or edges and for all appearances looks like a leather dress belt. I purchased the black/black c...
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Bas Rutten Workout

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 10, 2009, 5:00 am
   
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tactical preschool 26

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 5:28 pm
Back to vehicles. Sometimes your car may be the only source of cover you have available, but to use it you have to know a few basic things. By and large, most cars are constructed of thin layers of me...
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the art of war

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 5:28 am
Image via Wikipedia No blog about tactics, strategy or warriorship would be complete without a post about The Art of War, one of the oldest and most well known books on military strategy. The Art of ...
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tactical preschool 25

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 6:31 pm
The tactical world is full of various debates. .45 vs 9mm, 1911 vs Glock, point shooting vs aimed fire, you suck vs I am high speed. Another issue that crops up is how to engage multiple opponents. Th...
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full immersion training

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 6:59 pm
Image via Wikipedia The USMC has something interesting going here. Full Immersion Training It’s like” FATS on steroids”. Video simulations that can be “hit” and respond ...
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shotgun reloading techniques

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 7:33 am

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on rappel

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 11:55 pm
Rappelling or Abseiling is the skill of descending down a rope. It is actually a simple process, but is fraught with many hazards, some statistics state that about 25% of climbing deaths occur during ...
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tactical preschool 24

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 5:59 pm
This is another “well duh” point that few people seem to remember when the SHTF. Someone has to be in charge. This is a “no-brainer” for the military or LE people out there be...
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tactical preschool 23

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 12:29 pm
When engaging a bad guy, showing up with friends is always a good idea. To maximize your advantage, you should be striving to make your job easier and his job tougher. A basic way to do this it to str...
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victimhood, revenge, forgiveness and mindset

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 1:45 am
Image by syvwlch via Flickr Published in the 1920’s, The Tales of the Samurai was a collection of stories transcribed by Asataro Miyamori and was subtitled “Stories Illustrating Bushido, ...
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tactical preschool 22

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 7:37 pm
When dealing with structures that have bad guys in them, sometimes you need to secure the outer perimeter to prevent anybody from getting away or to keep people from getting in to help them out. A sim...
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USMC Combat Fitness Test (CFT)

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 11:32 pm
Leave it up to the USMC to be on the cutting edge of Combat Fitness. Especially if it involves running the hell out you. Good for them, THIS is what Combat Fitness is all about. It’s not about b...
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tactical preschool 21

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 2:56 pm
Today’s lesson is a little more advanced…not much, but a little. Sometimes when you are working with a group of friends it is common to move in a column. This is a good technique for movin...
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ning

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 4:00 pm
Just for the hell of it, I started a Ning site for my blog. Ning gives members the opportunity to add their own content, start discussions or start their own blogs. My intent is to give readers with a...
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tactical preschool 20

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 5:26 am
Remember that cover works both ways. If he can’t hit you through it, you can’t hit him either; and while cover can offer great advantages to you, if you don’t maintain Observation (O...
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tactical preschool 19

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 4:31 am
When utilizing cover it is better to fire from the side than it is from over the top. Firing over the top of your cover exposes your head and neck to enemy fire.  Firing around the side exposes much...
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know what you have to work with

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 1:09 am
While reading the Hagakure I noticed this passage: Lord Katsushige always used to say that there are four kinds of retainers. They are the “quick, then lagging,” the “lagging, then q...
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tactical preschool 18

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 4:27 pm
For today’s lesson I would like to draw upon the principle of displacement, which we have discussed before. If you have detained an opponent at gunpoint it is wise to displace yourself a few tim...
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Video: Firearms Training for Contact Shots

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 3:41 pm
Another fine post from my friends over at Spartan Cops. This post shows a nice technique for placing your pistol into battery if it has been jostled out of battery during a CQB struggle. Video: Firear...
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tactical preschool 17

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 7:04 pm
When you are pieing a corner, a thing you should keep in mind is the relationship between your cover and your engagement area. If you can see daylight between your opponent and your cover then you ar...
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tactical preschool: homework

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 4:23 am
Read THIS. That is all.
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jack of all trades?

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 2:12 am
I just read this passage from the Hagakure: There are many people who, by being attached to a martial art and taking apprentices, believe that they have arrived at the full stature of a warrior. But i...
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weapons for reporters…get it right for once

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 6, 2009, 2:38 pm
AKA: “OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!” I cannot stand it when the news reports: “drug dealers home raided…machine gun found” and they show a table of dope w/an AK47. Or when hunt...
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tactical preschool 16

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 4:00 pm
A fundamental tactical concept when working with another person is that of Areas of Responsibility. When you are under stress it becomes harder to deal with large areas of possible threats. It’s...
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tactical preschool 15

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 9:39 pm
A short tip… If you are actively engaged and are  moving up to a position of cover, get your weapon up and on target before you arrive. Many people run up to a barricade with their weapon in a ...
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tactical preschool 14

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 8:19 pm
“Uhhh..where?” In tactical operations it is vital that EVERYONE knows exactly what is being talked about. Saying “there’s a bad guy in the second window from the left…uh...
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magpul-drawstroke

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 5:15 am
  Nice little vid on drawing the secondary. I really like these Magpul vids if you haven’t noticed.
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tactical preschool 13

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 7:17 pm
While many people think of “tactics” as pertaining primarily to armed confrontations “on foot”; many of us westerners spent far more time behind the wheel in dangerous areas th...
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reader opinion poll

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 12:28 am
 
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tactical preschool 12

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 3:30 am
When you are dealing with doors there is a rule of thumb you can use to avoid breaching snafu’s and simple embarrassment. Nuff said….?
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tactical preschool 11- "knock knock"

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Aug 30, 2009, 5:06 pm
Well…now we are starting to move into kindergarten level material, but since I kind of like the “tactical preschool” title I’m going to leave it as is. Today we are going to le...
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tactical preschool 10

Tom Gerace posted an article on - Aug 29, 2009, 3:45 pm
Today I will teach you a lesson in what NOT to do. Perhaps the title should be…“Guns, Common Sense and being a Good Neighbor”. When you are out with your friends playing with things ...
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