TexasSeaRay
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he has a point! They will never be Marines! That does not make them a reject just have not had the training we have. As for him painting with a broad brush he sure does. If he knew what it was all about he would not talk that way. I will take a Gunny with combat under his belt any day over Ayoob or what ever that guys name is. I know how the Gunny will act and he will be with me come hell or high water. I would bet my life on it time and time again. That is the guy i want to train from he has been there! Yes Military are different. We have to be.
I accompanied a couple, who are friends with my wife and myself, to one of these hotdog, expensive training schools. Couple of the instructors came out, introduced themselves and regaled us with all their qualifications, teaching experience and how many "SEALs, Green Berets, Delta operators, Air Force parajumpers, Rangers, SWAT teams, task forces, HRT, USMS SOG, et al" they've trained.
I asked them one question: "That's all fine and dandy, but what have YOU done on the battlefied or street when it counted?"
Silence.
Then the predictable "Well, that's not what's important, what's important is. . ." blah blah blah.
We left.
Good instructors impress you with good instruction, solid techniques and honest answers--even if those answers occasionally include the words, "I don't know."
Bad instructors try to impress you with fancy "tactical" words and phrases, name-dropping and credentials.
That's why if at all possible, I'll refer a military/LE instructor who's smelled gunsmoke and lived to tell about it over one who hasn't. They have a perspective that is simply not possible to have without having experienced what they have.
Jeff