Close Quarter Battle - Train and Survive!

If you carry a gun to work - police & military, I'm looking at you - you've been trained in CQB.  Were you trained well?  Perhaps.  Were you trained badly?

I have been. 

Although CQB is subjective, we can learn from the mistakes and blood of others.  We don't have to get blood on our own hands due to poor (or lack of) tactics.

Unfortunately, most established units that have a way of doing things will not change until they see the failure themselves.

I'm passionate about CQB.  I've done an episode on complacency because I've seen it, and it's overwhelmingly visible in some CQB situations.

Let's get thinking about our tactics.  Are the tactics we're using just good in training, or will they work on the two-way range?  Are we training in a way that encourages target identification and reactions?  Are we building training scars?

The answer is yes, we are developing training scars.

All training will come with some level of scarring, and we have to constantly adjust.  

Become conscious of what you're doing, and be humble enough to learn from someone doing it better and personally evolve.

Stay smart, think fast, stay alive and keep your friends alive through a change of CQB mindset!

-LEO