Brother

My Brother is still in the Navy. Making a career of it, he is. And just about everybody in the military has to take a turn in the "Sandbox." And his turn was last summer when I started this blog.

Back then, there was a LOT of boredom in the part of the country he was in. And he didn't have a combat role so he stayed ON the firebase the entire time. Never leaving except to catch the airplane home. He didn't even like to hand around the front gate. The only excitement was the regular mortar and rocket attacks. So he appreciated having something to read like these humble scribblings.

He had something to add after my Pistol Stance entry a few back. Something they taught him in the training leading up to deployment:

"More of a stance with the pistol close to chest for tactical movement in close quarters (i.e. urban), while moving. Not real practical for range work since you probably won't find many that allow anything but static stances. Basically, two handed grip, one around the other, elbows bent with pistol close into the chest pointing down. Ideally you would just have to flick the wrist up a short distance and fire faster than the person you come across. It also helps prevents the target from taking control of the weapon if within arms length such as pushing the palm against the barrel of a 9mm to prevent firing. One of the Israeli Special Forces guys taught us that on the close quarters range in Kuwait."