Welcome to 2021! A few updates... BUY HERE FICTION: I'm at work on Book #5 of THE REVENGERS: JEFF. I'm following the more expanded format I explored in MACON and digging into the characters a bit more. JEFF is a bank guard whose hobby is impersonating police, public...
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How To Kill With Social Media
I dumped social media over ten years ago. It was evident to me the direction the "surveillance economy" was taking. In exchange for instant connection with people all over the world we were giving up vast amounts of personal information. And we were accepting 24/7...
Building Hyper-Enabled Operators: Norway’s Viking Operators
Norwegian Marine Jaegers Norwegian FSK One of my best friends and colleagues who is affiliated with the units above sent me a fascinating article/interview. It took some doing to get it translated into English. You can read it here: The unknown action: When Norwegian...
Artificial Intelligence and Special Operations
The podcast below is one of the best overviews on the role artificial intelligence can play in special operations. General McChrystal and the CEO of Rhombus Power, Dr. Anshu Roy engage in a wide ranging dialogue that has huge significance not only for military use of...
How To Build A Hyper-Enabled Operator: Belief Systems
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."-- G.K. Chesterton One of my friends and students is a Sergeant Major in a Tier One unit that among other things conducts deep cover counter-terror...
Welcome to 2021! Updates and Q+A (updated to add video at bottom)
Welcome to 2021! A few updates... BUY HERE FICTION: I'm at work on Book #5 of THE REVENGERS: JEFF. I'm following the more expanded format I explored in MACON and digging into the characters a bit more. JEFF is a bank guard whose hobby is impersonating police, public...
Thought For The Day
Super Soldiers, Planet of the Apes, and The Future of Warfare
Chinese Super Soldiers French Super Soldiers These two recent open source articles caught my attention recently. Super soldiers, performance enhancement, the how to, the why, and the "what are the downstream consequences" are all areas of interest to me, and...
Emily Ratajkowski On Heart Rate Variability, Brain Waves and Training Race Drivers
Before you read the rest of this, please watch the above video. Yesterday's post again mentioned the use of music in environmental design for neural-based training. I've mentioned this before HERE and HERE so you may want to review. This video does an excellent job of...
How To Train A National Hostage Rescue Team
In a previous post HERE I introduced Clint Ootzhuitzen of the South African Police Service. In addition to his private training consultancy, Clint remains on active duty with the SAPS. He serves in a variety of roles: patrol commander, tactical team commander,...