Every year, first responders and citizens are needlessly lost due to flash floods or while attempting to evacuate flooded areas. Most could have been saved if they had a personal flotation device available. But even those who had access to PFDs had become separated from them, usually, because they were stored in a trunk, back […]
Jun 7 2018
Survival Tips for Emergencies
Surviving a day in a ship is tantamount to miraculous. Every single day is full of new and unforeseeable occurrences that can potentially kill a sailor. As such, sailors train on different survival tactics and safety measures on a weekly basis. However, the survival tips that we are trained don’t simply ship specific and can […]
Apr 29 2018
Soldier Scientists – the Hidden Conflict Behind the Human Terrain System
Although at its time touted as a new addition to warfare, the Human Terrain System, or HTS, follows a history of the military’s tenuous relationship with social scientists. The subject of anthropology emerged from its relationship with renaissance imperial conquests, continued well into the 20th century with ethnographic research conducted in support of World War […]
Apr 28 2018
Stop the Bleed, Save Lives
Every time there is a mass shooting, bombing, natural disaster or even traumatic accident people ask ‘What could I do if that happened where I live?” Some suggest higher levels of security, others tighter borders or even gun control. Although these may or may not impact specific types of events, no magic wand can make […]
Apr 3 2018
Your Clearance and Your Mental Health – Don’t Let the Former Interrupt You from Addressing the Latter
It’s no secret that a clearance is required for a large number of jobs working in or around the US Military. Information is often sensitive and, as the Manning and Snowden cases show when the system fails it can fail hard. The single most important aspect of maintaining a clearance is honesty. This means having […]
Mar 30 2018
Have You Become an Ineffective Leader?
Not everyone is capable of being a leader. Not every leader is able to be a great leader. But it is possible for any leader, even great ones, to become ineffective. As a leader, it is your responsibility to constantly review your actions and those of leaders who work for you for indications of ineffectiveness. […]
Mar 5 2018
School Safety Starts at the Front Door
Schools have gone out of their way to proclaim they are “safe spaces,” enacting a wide range of misguided and often useless programs to protect students from perceived threats. So why haven’t these same schools taken the steps necessary to protect students from real threats, threats that hurt more than their feelings? When a school […]
Mar 2 2018
Punishments of the Forces: Special Warfare
These punishments are by a little less out of the box and extremely trying. They are designed to weed out the weak. Fewer eyes watching means NCOs can get away with a little more than usual. Everything about special forces units is special, even the punishments. If you’ve ever watched videos online, documentaries or even […]
Feb 27 2018
Last Minute Physical Readiness Test Preparation
Laziness is a particular burden that can affect anyone, even military members. However, for sailors in the United States Navy, becoming lazy carries the negative side-effect of procrastinating on their Physical Readiness Test (PRT) preparations. While it’s true that many sailors hate the PRT, and that it isn’t particularly hard to pass or prepare for […]
Feb 21 2018
Which Leadership Style Is Best? Maybe All of Them.
Every leadership expert and every leadership course has a theory on what works best. But after reviewing multiple programs, it soon becomes apparent for many this is nothing more than a hook designed to set their course apart. When it comes down to it there is no “one size fits all “ leadership style and […]
