Readers;

New Management at the Helm ("In Command" from an Army viewpoint), the management team at Xe has been seated this date. It is a historical time for the company to move to the next level. Joe Yorio (former Army Ranger and Special Operations) addressed approximately 500 employees at the U.S. Training Center dining facility this morning. Joe reminded all what a great American company we have here and that the next phase will be just as exciting as we continue to support the U.S. Government in all endeavors globally.

Stay safe.

John Adams

Managing Editor, U.S. Training Tactical Weekly
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New Challenges for Law Enforcement; Professional Standards Officers

Typically an Internal Affairs (I-A) investigation concludes with one of four findings: "Sustained," "Not Sustained," "Exonerated" or "Unfounded." If an officer is cleared, the inquiry usually ends and a lawsuit might begin.

What if an officer, who is accused of misconduct, has acted within the agency's policies, but harm has resulted to someone because of a policy deficiency? Similarly, what if that officer performed within the agency’s training guidelines, but harm resulted because of a training deficiency?

Violent extremism is the most likely and dangerous threat the Nation will face between now and 2020. U.S. superiority in conventional warfighting has driven our adversaries to avoid direct military confrontation. The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) began with the recognition that irregular warfare (IW) has become the "warfare of choice" for our adversaries, who employ a strategy of physical, economic, and psychological subversion, attrition, and exhaustion to undermine and erode the power, influence, and will of the United States and its strategic partners. They fight us among the people in protracted struggles for popular support and legitimacy, limiting the utility of conventional applications of our military power.

Our adversaries are unconventional, and so our approach for defeating them must be unconventional as well. We cannot defeat them solely by force; we must use a blend of political, informational, military, economic, and sociocultural approaches, in combination with foreign governments, security forces, and populations.

"We rely too much on others to bring information to us, and too often don't understand what is reported back because we do not understand the context of what we are told."

Since October 2002, over 40 brigade-sized U.S. Army units have deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, with most deploying two or more times. The experience of hundreds of intelligence analysts from those units should make each rotation more beneficial than the first. On the contrary, the brigades did not occupy the same locations as before and analysts rotated to other assignments or opted to leave the service. The Army Times reported that by late 2006, less than half the deployed Soldiers in Iraq had greater than four years experience. (2) Less than half the Soldiers that entered the War on Terror are still fighting it. For the analysts who left the Army, or those no longer deployed, their knowledge is misplaced and largely unused. The new analysts have little means of knowing who is the most knowledgeable in any subject and would have few options for contacting them if they found out. Current knowledge management (KM) lives on PowerPoint, dumped in databases, or otherwise lost to the world of zeros and ones. This system fails to capture the experience of individuals and falls shy of maintaining the tacit or anecdotal knowledge that survives in context in the analyst's mind. The individual is ineffectively

More than a decade ago, Army force developers recognized that as an instrument of national power, the military may be used more frequently in complex environments characterized by high urban or rural population densities, developed infrastructures, cultural sensitivities, the rule of law (ROL), and proficient information capabilities. The Army, which is maneuver-centric and typically verse to nation-building or constabulary operations, was without many formal references for operations in these environments. Because the manner in which military forces conduct sustained operations in complex environments may be fundamentally different from war- fighting elsewhere, the Army responded with a host of tools designed to assist military leaders in the planning and execution of operations in complex environments. “Civil considerations” was added to the hasty planning term of METT-T—resulting in mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, and civil considerations (METT-TC); and new manuals were drafted on domestic-support operations, peace operations, force protection, and other nonstandard activities that may be conducted in complex environments.

With all the think tanks in and around the Beltway, the shear mass of reports, position papers and policy recommendations is leaden, yet every now then there's a vein of gold. In this case, we have a paper that examines the federal homeland security apparatus and makes some very specific recommendations that are relevant to all: Wormuth, C.E., and Witkowsky, A., 2008, Managing the Next Domestic Catastrophe: Ready (or Not)? Center for Strategic and International Studies, 85 pp. Free download here.

Tactical Equipment Evaluation

I was surprised not long ago by the delivery of a box from LaserMax. Inside was their new Sabre Laser Aiming Device (LAD) in the proper size for my Glock Model 19 9mm. I had a couple of thoughts immediately upon opening it: how easy would it be to install? Would my holsters still secure the weapon with the LAD attached? Was it adjustable for windage and elevation? These questions and more were easily answered as I went through the evaluation process. Here's what I found out.

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Recreational Equipment Review

I just recently began doing research for a project that has to do with the evolution of 5th generation warfare and how it may impact our domestic law enforcement professionals. To understand the evolution of a generation of warfare one obviously needs to understand the previous generations. To have insight into WHY some of those generations evolved the way they did, one has to understand the evolution of weapons. Enter this book. Subtitled, "An Illustrated History of Weaponry and Warfare from Prehistory to Present", it's easy to understand how interesting this book can be if you have any interest in military history or how it has evolved.

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http://www.borelliconsulting.com/recevals/recreading/soulofthesword.htm

Psalm 145:8-18 (Amplified Bible) (Emphasis and italics are mine)
8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness.
9 The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].
10 All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]!

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http://www.ustraining.com/tw2009/article/030909chaplain.htm

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Here are some links for charitable organizations.

The U.S. Training Center does not endorse any organization over another nor encourage charitable contributions, we provide these links as a public service, and take no responsibility for the actual sites. Although we strive to validate the sites before linking we caution you to do your own research, as the internet is ripe with scams.

Founded in 1904, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society is a private non-profit charitable organization. It is sponsored by the Department of the Navy and operates nearly 250 offices ashore and afloat at Navy and Marine Corps bases throughout the world. The Society was incorporated in the District of Columbia and has its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. It is managed by a Board of Directors whose members are active duty or retired members of the Naval Services or spouses of active duty or retired members of the Naval Services.

What we learn from history is that we fail to learn from history

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