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Post by mynewunit on Sept 27, 2016 12:30:05 GMT -8
ah, Finally something I can answer. Get a 22 LR Rifle. They have the least number of legal restrictions, the cheapest ammunition, and the ones everyone knows are around $300. My recommendation would be a Ruger 10/22. It has a 10 round magazine. It is semi automatic, which means the fired round loads the next round, sometimes called auto loaders. The Ruger 10/22 has been made for 50 years. They are made in a dozen derivatives. Lots of upgrades. Made in the USA. Fairly simple operation and cleaning. Get the one with the iron (open) sights. You can always add a scope later. There are lots. Savage 64. Remington 597. Marlin 795. Hold them all. Might as well be Ford, Mopar, Chevy, Porsche. There are some good guys on youtube for operation, cleaning and reviews. Start with nutnfancy and hickok45. Take a class. Hey norrisbuffalo . Any Thoughts?
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 26, 2016 8:27:18 GMT -8
Your responsibility is the Chief and the Private, not the incident. If there is a real problem, there will be another incident. Your goal is to act, not react. AKA Prepare. Plan you action based upon a few situations you could see occurring and adjust as needed. Step #1: Know your men. Someone trying to create a physical altercation fits in one of a few categories. Where does the Private come from? Does he have any siblings? What kind of relationship does he have with his dad? What does he do/plan to do outside the service? Does he have a girl friend, wife, kids? Also learn all these things about your Chief.
Step #2: Have your Chief teach you how to handle this type of situation. He will have to double think every action. Listen inventively. Ask good questions. Also let him know what you will have to do "per the rule book" if it happens again (this means you would have to go look it up). Give him some discrete limits and what you foresee as an acceptable outcome. They are going to have to work together.
Think hard about the settings of these conversations. Specifically how you "look". Have personal conversations in T shirts over a meal or doing some PT. Have the conversations with the chief about the Army answer, in an office, with some level of formality. Maybe even an outlook meeting request.
Secondary resources: Talk to the other Privates. Find out about them and the Private in question. Then talk to the other NCO's. Not about the Chief, but about tension in the squad / Chain of command. Then talk to your superior (AKA Captain) about Tension in the Platoon.
Wild Cards: You are in the Army. There is a "theater" where the 2 of them could get in a pile of rubber chips and beat the heck out of each other. Obviously there are rules and supervision for this. I wouldn't put any build up into this, but I might create the opportunity. If your chief is humble, tell him to loose at least once. Then you can show the Private he finished his mission but did he get what he wanted.
What not to do: Administrate. No written anything is going to change them. I am not saying don't write this down. I am saying that Paper praise or Paper punishment is going to help this thing. You need a personal relationship with both Parties.
Little side note. Prepare for the worst case outcome, whatever that might be. That way when it happens, you can just say Good, and get back to work. All of this stuff is hard. The best way to get these voices out of your head is to fill your head with the voices of the wise people around you. The best outcomes come from knowing the most about the people you are dealing with.
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 26, 2016 7:11:43 GMT -8
Jocko takes questions from Twitter and Facebook for the show. If you have a question, power through jocko's twitter feed. You don't need to be a twitter user to read his responses. Jocko Twitter He gets the same 10 questions and just answers each one from each source. Also he did the Tim Ferris Podcast and only answered questions. Tim Ferris Jocko Pod #2The boards doesn't have an official place to ask questions directly. You could ask it here and we can give you our thoughts and maybe a reference to one of "the many fine Jocko works".
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 22, 2016 8:29:59 GMT -8
Had a Good Practice this week. Reviewed the rules. Didn't do the get back up drill, but might need to do it again. Last weeks shooting drill became a 1 on 1 drill. This lead to the realization that the kids run to where the ball is, and not where it is going. So, the kids heard a lot of run to where the ball is going, be between the ball and the goal. I couldn't be at the last game. I heard that we didn't score a goal on one of the 2 fields. Still need some work on all aspects of the game. Offense, defense and Side line. Thinking about a Team Bench. Something that norrisbuffalo or jd would call a Hack Job. Thinking 2x8 and 2.5 in star drive deckers. Spend all the time on the Paint.
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 19, 2016 17:15:38 GMT -8
Welcome Bobby. Drop some knowledge in the Jiu Jitsu threads. I am working on attending the muster 2017. Even though I am on the East Coast, I think I am going to try to attend in Jocko's native habitat. See Victory and get a break from winter. Probably have to drag my family with me to avoid the Dog house.
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 19, 2016 17:05:38 GMT -8
Interior design from the Mantra "Pack light. Freeze at night."
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 16, 2016 6:43:05 GMT -8
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 15, 2016 7:54:08 GMT -8
I think we can give some love to a few of the awesome tweets Jocko drops to separate the wheat from the chaff on jocko's twitter dumps. I like how he doesn't say not needed, or doesn't want to be emperor, just We can pick a day in say 2 months.
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 15, 2016 7:25:06 GMT -8
Okay. Kids Practice number 3.
The most successful thing we did, was a 5 minute talk. Explained the 3 rules. Helped them understand the what is right and what is wrong. Best thing, almost an entire practice with no tears. No one just gave up. I hope the game goes well.
For coaching, we didn't have anytime where the coaches were running off to do something while all the kids just stood around and looked at the ground.
Still need to figure out to have more kids involved. 5 year olds cant stand in line. Need to be able to have at least 4 kids moving at one time. Also had 4 or 5 kids developing their landscaping skills, pulling sod, mowing grass and playing in the dirt.
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 13, 2016 11:37:13 GMT -8
So, I have been drug into the darkness that is kindergarten club soccer. Watched 1 practice, and offered to assist for the second. My observations. 1. Coach is trying to do too much. In drills he is instructing one on one, chasing balls, answering questions. 2. Drills are too complicated. 3. They don't know why they are playing.
First 3 tools. Simple. Owning the why. Decentralized command. Being 5 year olds, I am trying to add repetition, structure, and get drills that you can explain in a sentence.
Trial, Wednesday. As Coach John Wooden would recommend, I have spent about 3 or 4 hours prepping for a 60 minute practice. A little too much getting after it?
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 11, 2016 13:13:31 GMT -8
I know a lot of you have thoughts about this anniversary. Start with where you were then, and where you are now.
September 11th, I slept in. I was in college, in Potsdam, NY, about a 7 hour drive from the World Trade Center. I ran into my RA who told me "the Twin Towers are gone". I told him that they can be damaged, but they aren't gone. Obviously I was wrong. An alumni had some of the beams delivered to the campus about a month later. We held a campus ceremony and that was the first time I remember crying over the specific events of the day. 2 years later we visited the site in NYC. The massive holes in the ground that still remained, were surrounded by chain link fences and plywood filled with pictures of the events and photos of those lost. On top of the tragedy, the remaining hole made it even more moving, solemn and frustrating.
Today I live a 3 hour drive away. I am still with the girl I was dating, now married almost 12 years, 2 daughters, a house. Went to the memorial about 2 years ago. The wound is still inside of me. I have lived my whole life in the state of New York. New York took it personal when they set off a truck bomb in 1992 and killed 2 people. We saw it as a challenge to us when they attacked us on 9/11. The other site attacked was a military target. They came after the People/City and State of New York.
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Post by mynewunit on Sept 8, 2016 12:45:50 GMT -8
Lost in "Adulthood". I like it. If you are anything like me, you see that all around you. And the WORST thing is all the people who don't see or feel that at all. I think this is why so many American Ninja Warrior competitors are programmers and engineers.
And the rest of us are obsessed with podcasts, military, fitness, personal improvement. Dave Ramsey says "Be weird. Have you seen normal? Normal Sucks".
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Post by mynewunit on Aug 31, 2016 5:09:04 GMT -8
I totally agree. My mother was a Russian teacher, so I met many Russians and read lots of books about their history and culture. Mostly because when I was in middle school, the USSR became Russia and a handful of other countries. Russia had a good understanding of how to make their people content. One of the other things they found was important was to make things feel like tasks. Bread Lines. Also, their entertainment was never individuals. Circus, Ballet, etc.
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Post by mynewunit on Aug 22, 2016 6:39:55 GMT -8
Ty Ritter sounds like an interesting guy. I would listen to him on a podcast.
Always appreciate bringing good causes to the front.
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Post by mynewunit on Aug 22, 2016 6:31:47 GMT -8
Yes. I love your picks of Dinner. Meat and peppers and always an impressive blade. It has been almost a year since I have "gone out" for desert. My circle of friends always think that I am joking when I say I have 2 hours free at 5 AM.
My habit is drinking coffee. I do it instead of smoking or chewing gum. If I am out hiking or even working on the car or house, I can go a day or more without a cup. I am interested in the Jocko Tea. I will probably also try giving it for Christmas, as a subtle podcast plug.
I also enjoy the picks from the machine shop. I did a little CNC and knee mill stuff in college. We have so much trouble getting contractors to do quality welding, I might have to go back to fabrication. I enjoy chatting with you. Nice to find guys with skilled hands and developed minds.
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