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  • Terrorism, Tactics, and Force Multipliers

    Terrorism, Tactics, and Force Multipliers

     

    Terrorism, Tactics, and Force Multipliers
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    I used to work as a criminal justice adjunct instructor for a a private college here in Nashville. I ended up teaching terrorism much of the time, and while going through my computer I found several PowerPoint files and lesson plans I felt would be useful to some of the readers of this site.

    Now this post comes from the terrorism course, and I have cut it down to discuss force multipliers, tactics of terrorists, and an introduction to WMD concepts.

    It is rather long – coming in at 30 minutes, but I saved you from any cutesy intro music, and all the nice to know illustrative stuff I would have talked about in a normal 3 hour course.

    This is a quick introduction to some involved concepts, and if you find it interesting let me know, as I would like to go into greater detail, but don’t want to bore anyone.

    This video discusses force multipliers terrorists use to become more effective so that smaller numbers can have bigger impact.

    If you understand the methods terrorists use then you can fight them.  If you have no idea of the enemy or how they operate you will never have a chance at stopping them

  • Terrorism: We play Checkers, They play Chess

    Terrorism: We play Checkers, They play Chess

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  • Public Safety Response – Sampling Techniques and Guidelines

    Public Safety Response – Sampling Techniques and Guidelines

     

    Public Safety Response - Sampling Techniques and Guidelines
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    I recently took some courses  on Public Safety Response classes from LSU and the Homeland Security Consortium,  This one is was this on Sampling techniques and guidelines.

    Awesome Class

    It was an awesome class, as are most of the consortium classes. You see my head a couple of times in the video.  However, many of my coworkers at my day job were featured. If you are a first responder, I would recommend looking into this kind of DHS training.  It is federally funded and does not cost your agency anything.  It greatly increases your response capabilities.

    They Made This Video During My Course, But I Was Deemed Too Ugly to Participate

    I post it here because the video was taken from the actual class I was in.  Many of my co-workers were selected to be interviewed on it.  I am too ugly to be on video that is not produced by me.  So I was not selected to Participate.  If you pay close attention you may see me running around in a hazardous material suit.  I really do justice to a full Level A suit.

    The class was very helpful to me as a hazmat technician, but also in my role as a resource coordinator for emergency response.  By knowing what can be done, the better I am able to get what is needed.

    I know a lot of preppers are concerned with the government, and are afraid of the department of homeland security.  While I understand (and occasionally share) those feelings, not all of the programs are intrusive.  the public safety response classes are geared toward providing life saving training to local first responders to make them more capable of saving lives.