Readers;

Just returned from the NRA Show in Phoenix, it was bigger and better than ever. The turnout exceeded predictions by 30%. Membership is increasing, are you a member? They are doing fantastic work and we are going to need them to continue as we move forward as a country. Support the NRA!

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John Adams

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- Theodore Roosevelt

This week the ProShop is introducing the GTUL.

GTUL has developed an integrated system to disassemble and clean all 9MM/40S&W Glock magazines. For use by Law Enforcement, competitive shooters and all those who demand positive ammunition feeding. This system addresses an often overlooked area of firearm maintenance for your Glock, cleaning the magazines. You can now take apart your magazines without marring, gouging, or damaging the metal liner. Quickly remove dirt, dust, powder residue and grime that may hinder reliability and cause a failure to feed.

The Patent Pending GTUL minimizes wear and maintains the structural integrity of the locking tabs and notches, and limits the force that may be applied to the magazine. It can be used with Generation I, II, III and IV Glock magazines. The precise fit, and compact design allows the magazine to be secured with one hand and apply force to disengage the locking tabs. This allows the other hand to be used to depress the retaining pin (if present), and slide the floor plate off. The Mag Brush has a punch built into the handle to depress the retaining pin, the nylon bristles are used to clean the magazine tube.

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To Protect and to Serve

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is in the middle of a five-year hiring plan to increase the number of sworn officers in the department by 1,000 and achieve a force strength of more than 10,000 officers for the first time in its history. Thus far, working together with the City of Los Angeles Personnel Department's Public Safety Bureau (PSB), the LAPD is on track to achieve this ambitious goal. However, the personnel department and the LAPD have been operating close to the margin, often meeting their hiring quota at the very end of the month.

In addition, the LAPD is under consent decrees that stipulate greater diversity in hiring its officers. This book assists the LAPD in achieving its recruiting and diversity goals by offering ways to improve productivity and efficiency in the recruiting process. It begins by identifying potential untapped local recruiting markets. It also provides a model of viable candidates that the LAPD and the personnel department can use to target its recruitment and to prioritize applicants while still maintaining its diversity hiring goal. Finally, it recommends ways to improve productivity of the PSB Background Investigation Division.

The 9/11 Commission made the case that state driver's licenses need to become a more secure cre-dential. Congress acted--twice, passing laws to establish national standards. Now this common-sense initiative is under attack and may never be implemented. Congress and the Administration must act decisively to make the REAL ID program a reality. They need a strategy that encourages states with the capacity to implement REAL ID to do so quickly, demonstrating its viability and value. Once REAL ID is underway, momentum will build for other states to join; their cititzens will not want to be left out of a program that materially contributes to their safety, their prosperity, and the protection of individual freedoms.

Every time an American bomb kills civilians in Afghanistan, the U.S. loses another battle in the information war to the Taliban. And despite more accurate weapons, more careful targeting, and speedier responses to the press, the Pentagon can't seem to figure out how to stop the setbacks in this decisive struggle for influence. A former top military official believes he may have the answer, however: let troops blog in combat, so they can ward off the accusations of atrocities as they fight.

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited southern Afghanistan late last week not only to assess the American war effort, but also to showcase the kind of conflict he thinks the military must prepare to fight in the years ahead.

Mr. Gates predicted more of these messy, unconventional wars, and he argued that this kind of conflict requires America to shift spending to items like mine-resistant vehicles, surveillance drones and medical-evacuation helicopters, at the expense of tanks, bombers and aircraft carriers.

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Tactical Equipment Evaluation

No matter what uniform you wear, or if you don’t wear one at all but still carry a gun regularly, there is a large variety of training weapons you can choose from. There are pros and cons to all of them and truly nothing beats training with the weapon you carry – but force on force with live rounds doesn't usually turn out well. So you have to measure your needs, abilities, financial capability, and pick the training system or systems that work best for YOU. Here are a few you can pick from and ways to augment them...

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Recreational Equipment Review

This past week was Police Week here in the United States. May 15th is Police Memorial Day and on Wednesday, May 13th, the 21st Annual Candlelight Vigil was held in Washington DC. As a retired police officer and still-active police instructor, this week holds special meaning for me and I take great comfort and pride in the time I spend among my brothers sisters at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Here is a look at some of the highlights from the week.

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http://www.borelliconsulting.com/evals/other/policeweek2009.htm

Yesterday a law enforcement officer in our area died from the result of a traffic crash while he was on the way to a Burglary call. That's four law enforcement officers of whom I have received news of their deaths in the line of duty just this month.

I have seen officers crash into vehicles at intersection when the opposing traffic did not yield to the emergency lights and siren. I have seen patrol vehicles struck by other traffic when the patrol vehicle is sitting still and in a usually safe place. I have seen death and injury where it should never have happened. Sometimes the cause of these incidents is because the officer assumed something not true... Was in too great a hurry... Or, in most cases, someone else was not paying attention and not maintaining proper attitude and/or control.

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http://www.ustraining.com/btw2009/article/051809chaplain.htm

We're giving it to you straight: You're never going to swim like Michael Phelps. For starters, you're probably not 6'4''- and in the water, length means speed. Then there's your-by comparison-penguin like wing span. Phelps's span is 79 inches, and it propels him through the water like a nitro-fueled speedboat. And the 45 miles of practice he puts in a week? Great for him, but you have commitments.

Now, the good news: All of this had less to do with Phelps's six gold medals and three world records at the 2004 Olympics than one basic in-pool principle that anybody can learn: "The longer and more streamlined you can make your body, the faster you'll go," he says.

Here are some links for charitable organizations.

The Blackwater Tactical Weekly 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.

The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide

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