By MSG Daniel L. Dodds, US Army On 11 September 2001, people all over the world watched as terrorists hijacked multiple planes that resulted in the Continue Reading
Law Enforcement
Death…the Game
Dust covering my faceMedevac just took offSoldiers deadI wonder, why not me My mind in a dazeWhat just happenedWhy did we switch roadsAt last Continue Reading
Bushido: Applying the Principles in Law Enforcement
I have been a student of Karate since the 5th grade. I remember the first time I walked into class and saw the students sitting on the floor of the Continue Reading
Nothing Less Than What Was Asked Of Me
I did nothing less than what was asked of me. I did my job nothing less than to the Ranger Standard. I applied all my training as a police officer and Continue Reading
Police Reform Requires Addressing Internal Issues
Ok, folks let's talk for real. We've all seen it in the law enforcement profession. A citizen becomes a cop. They barely graduate from the academy. Continue Reading
On Grossman: How a Pseudoscientist Pushed Our Understanding of Killing Back 20 Years
by Seth Allard This first appeared in Hosanna Fukuzawa's blog on September 10, 2022. It is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Law Enforcement Today: Who’s to Blame?
For the past decade or more, Law enforcement has taken quite a few hits. The profession has taken both external and internal hits. So, who's to blame? Continue Reading
Fellow Police Officers… It’s OK to Die in Defense of Others
“When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life’s preservation, Continue Reading
The Failed War on Drugs
It is difficult to write these words. But the War on Drugs has been a colossal failure. Recently reflecting on my own participation in this war, as a Continue Reading
The “Sheepdog” Analogy is Deeply Flawed
Everyone who reads this site is familiar with the sheep, wolves, and sheepdog analogy, as popularized by LTC (Ret) Grossman in his book On Combat. We Continue Reading
Veterans Treatment Courts: Ensuring Justice is Served While Vets Get the Help They Need
The veteran population in the United States continues to grow each year. Soon the country will have service members retiring who have known only Continue Reading
Total Resistance – When Your Government Goes to Hell
Imagine, you wake up one morning, turn on the coffee pot and look out your living room window. In the distance, you can see buildings ablaze, you can Continue Reading