Devil,
I was with the 10th Special Forces Group, and we used to train some local SWAT teams. We could train them, but we could not perform their missions. As far as skill sets for shooting between LEO vs. Military, they are about the same. The difference is in unit operations and tactics. Offensive operations are more difficult than defensive operations, as a rule of thumb it takes 7 offensive troops to get 1 defensive troop that is dug in. Building clearing is the perfect example of that, and it sounds like you have had your fair share of that. I know enough about building clearing that I am not going in unless I have to. And then it will be a take no prisoners operation. In a military scenario that does not involve hostage rescue, our "flash bangs" are hand grenades, and we count them down before we toss them in. Anyone still alive when we come through the door will be shot. Where lethal, offensive force is justified, it is far easier than what the LEO people have to contend with... defensive shooting, and then get screwed by the department after the fact.
Mike
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You are right Mike, in that what you military types call "Building Clearing" we LEO's do daily (sometimes multiple times a day) & call "Serving A Search or Arrest Warrant" an obviously we can't go int with the intention of killing everybody! (you guys have it easy......We have to "Take prisoners" )Complete Heat wrote:I know enough about building clearing that I am not going in unless I have to. And then it will be a take no prisoners operation. In a military scenario that does not involve hostage rescue, our "flash bangs" are hand grenades, and we count them down before we toss them in. Anyone still alive when we come through the door will be shot. Where lethal, offensive force is justified, it is far easier than what the LEO people have to contend with... defensive shooting, and then get screwed by the department after the fact.
Mike
The amazing part (to non LEO's) is how routine these raids become, & that is when agents get hurt! (After kicking down hundreds of doors with no gunfire or serious altercations occurring, it'll be the fairly safe raid where an agent will be shot by a drug dealer's terrified wife or girlfriend, thinking we are a rival gang)
I guess there is no two ways about it.......We have totally different goals & objectives:
You military guys have a goal of killing people & breaking things while us LEO's are supposed to "Mirandize" people, Find Things & put them into glassine "Evidence" bags!
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Devil,
If I came home to find my house broken into, and my family was not inside, and if I were armed I would NOT enter my house until after the police show up and clear the house. It is just too dangerous.
Mike
If I came home to find my house broken into, and my family was not inside, and if I were armed I would NOT enter my house until after the police show up and clear the house. It is just too dangerous.
Mike
So we LEO's have hold your hand & make sure there are no "Boogiemen" in you house??Complete Heat wrote:Devil,
If I came home to find my house broken into, and my family was not inside, and if I were armed I would NOT enter my house until after the police show up and clear the house. It is just too dangerous.
Mike
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maybe this is wrong thread for this but also maybe a good reason to practice,practice,practice...
kinda scary
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kinda scary
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Sorry....As soon as I saw it was Sean Hannity, I simply discounted anything he reported. Hannity has about as much credibility as OJ Simpson or The Enquirer magazine.Poconoeagle wrote:maybe this is wrong thread for this but also maybe a good reason to practice,practice,practice...
kinda scary
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Have anything from a reliable source?
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Hmmm didn't know that. we did have a group training near by here tho...
I do not listen to anything reported by someone/something with a known agenda or bias, unless it can be independently verified by reliable sources.Poconoeagle wrote:Hmmm didn't know that. we did have a group training near by here tho...