Chesapeake, Virginia. Prepper - SHTF Preparedness - Survival Blog - SHTF Blog - Off Grid Prepper Forums - Survival Forum. We didnt do anything else, no real hobbies, except what made us better. In my driveway Preferred handgun: Agency Arms Because what I see more often than not are the ones who suf- Fortunately for us, the community is so small that its easy to vet dudes. If you dont know that, youre going to walk into that room blind. Following the Jedi Approach, if youre not willing to sacrifice everything to be as good as you can be, stay home. For those concerned about Civil Unrest, if you were planning on buying night vision to save your life, Id say save your money and your time. That means less tunnel vision. Caribou Media Group earns a commission from qualifying purchases. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Ear pro mounted to helmet or under? By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Under, officers and army dudes wear them on their helmets. Although Im prone to hearing the full story before I decide on where to place guilt as Im sure Slade isnt entirely innocent either but that GBRS drama hasnt lessened a single ounce of respect I have for both dudes. Fusion (NV + thermal) The world is exploring what EDC means, especially in the wake of Civil Unrest and changes in policing. When alone, you see all the angles you wish you had a buddy to cover. For some people Night Vision is a novelty, for others, its for their job. DJ: Stop playing paintball. In cold weather conditions, when you enter a building, the condensation is going to build instantaneously and fog up the tubes. I read some comments and they said that he announced on instagram that he had left them and started his own business. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Favorite Quote: Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist. Pablo Picasso Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more. For some people Night Vision is a novelty, for others, its for their job. Youve been laser-focused on accomplishing two goals: actions on target, and getting there. Stop playing paintball. How did you approach training in the SEAL teams? We like to show what we believe to be the most efficient and best practices. We dont train with Red Bull Air Force so that we could look cool with wingsuits, Rather, when a guy is jumping at 28k, under night vision, with all that gear on, and he gets unstable, he can correct himself, pull safely, and fly his canopy to get on target. For someone who has never been in the military, what does that look like? Really interested! Where were you before starting GBRS Group? What are some reasons why civilians would want to own Night Vision, and what would you recommend? Instead, it fits into exploring new features of night vision by taking them into the world of extreme sports and practicing a skill until it becomes performance on demand. If you dont know that, youre going to walk into that room blind. Russia claims that the evidence proving the United States is guilty of the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines is more than a smoking Another large white balloon has been spotted hovering over Hawaii. Not tryna be a shit head I just actually dont have any background. You always need ear pro and comms, and its nice to take your helmet off when able. What skills that you train during the daytime can you translate into night vision? We started GBRS Group because the vast majority of experience got washed away too early when too many guys got killed or got hurt and had to step down. We started GBRS Group because the vast majority of experience got washed away too early when too many guys got killed or got hurt and had to step down. Because what I see more often than not are the ones who suf-, The people who get out of college, who struggle to find their. We can have them show us their way, we can record it, and show them where we need to make corrections. It gives me more options. At any moment we could have been called upon to pull off a difficult mission, and if asked, should be able to respond with a yes. If you dont train, you arent anything. Follow. Under. When you look at it, its all the little small things, and we looked at training that way. 240K followers. . We rep it out to show progression and start pressure testing. In contrast, theyre masters of the fundamentals, especially those that relate to night vision and close-quarters combat. Its better to be excellent with white light, than be okay with night vision. Choice of night vision? With Night Vision you can tell the emotion of who youre looking at and read facial features. Above: Entering a doorway can be practiced in the same way one learns to draw a pistol. We do stuff that people dont normally do with night vision. The person wearing NODs has to be very good at going from looking through the tubes, to looking underneath and around them. The Assaulters, the guys that were doing the training. What are things that you can do with night vision that you cannot do with Thermals? So its no longer a short list of two or three really good instructors. The repetitions matter. The person wearing NODs has to be very good at going from looking through the tubes, to looking underneath and around them. Even after the sun goes down you can still go out and enjoy the outdoors. You have to surround yourself with better people. Principles remain the same, tactics evolve. Recommended reading list: The Frontiersmen by Allan Eckert On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, 19 terrorists from the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four departing commercial aircraft. Some disappear almost immediately; others become the new standard. The Assaulters, the guys that were doing the training. Youre supposed to be confused right now. We just spent $3 million to build an operator up to make everything easy, and you want to make the one thing that should be easy, now harder. You see this often in junior levels of special operations who are going through some of the best training in the world, but theyre not there mentally. If you dont know that, youre going to walk into that room blind. What different types of environments have you used night vision and how do they affect the gear? Guys can fake the funk for a while, but the people who worked with them professionally can call out the difference. Medically Retired Navy SEAL Family First | Father | Husband @therootedmother @sc.irregulars. I feel like his story would be dope. fer the worst are the guys who gave a shit the most. On top of that, night vision technology. Everything we trained was a progression to doing it at night, so everything we practice is exactly the same, day or night. Now theres a large pool of experience, and it creates the opportunity for end-users, but not many experts. If you could just get everyone in this country who owns a weapon to know the condition of that weapon is 24 hours a day, wed be better. Youve been laser-focused on accomplishing two goals: actions on target, and getting there. For solo movement with Night Vision, you can be as weird as you want. For all the times weve heard someone talk the talk on fundamentals, its refreshing to see that GBRS Group can pull them off, without a hitch, only to explore new options once the foundation is secure. Rain, sleet and snow make visibility terrible as well. With Night Vision you can tell the emotion of who youre looking at and read facial features. It gets really dangerous when do- ing things like breaching or skydiving, or riding a dirt bike under night vision. Train to be like Bruce Lee, and become a badass in multiple things, instead of only a black belt in one discipline. Following the Jedi Approach, if youre not willing to sacrifice everything to be as good as you can be, stay home. You good dawg. Stop playing paintball, because you can tell when someone is treating every run like it is real. That beret, pin, or hat doesnt make you anything. Another soldier killed overseas or another police officer shot. Just kidding, kind of. EDC: Custom TXC Holsters X1:Pro GBRS Variant, Agency Arms Sig P320 X-Carry, Name: B. Cole Fackler Go make your own tribe. Experience shows its face in the deliberate execution of minuscule details. At any moment we could have been called upon to pull off a difficult mission, and if asked, should be able to respond with a yes. Passive aiming is a good skill to have. I think back on all the time I wasted while in training because I didnt know the connection between what I was practicing and reality. That means less tunnel vision. Next, if people understood the why behind the fundamentals, that would make a difference. The days of the 90s and their concept stuff was over. Has your methodology of training changed since leaving the Military? Pretty much every environment: diving underwater with the tubes on, navigating, to jumping from a plane, to beaches, to desert. If you could just get everyone in this country who owns a weapon to know the condition of that weapon is 24 hours a day, wed be better. I dont get the drama that these silent professionals post about on the internet. If youre basing your actions off operating at night, you have to be just as proficient at manipulating that equip- ment as you are anything else you use. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. If you live like that, chances all of your friends are going to live like that. Chesapeake, Virginia. By stripping down a mission to its bare parts, we could accomplish it in the most efficient way possible. It sounds stupid saying that, but most people that carry a gun for a living are ill-prepared. If you live like that, chances all of your friends are going to live like that. An archive of photos for all Special Operations Forces units internationally and throughout history. Favorite quotes: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill That meant we were never in a cold-bore status. If youre not using a raised mount, its not even the same thing on the shot timer. Their silhouette is going to show. When youre looking through night vision, if an object is even slightly outside of that field of view, you dont see it at all. What are things that you can do with night vision that you cannot do with Thermals? The Art of War, that entire book can be summed up in one phrase: you must train. If those were actual 5.56 rounds hitting the wall, would they be dead? DJ: Lets be honest, Night Vision feels like a superpower. GBRS Group: Both. On the law enforcement side, unless your ROEs will let you do CQB under Night Vision, its better to spend the money other places. IG: @slayderaider And the training is definitely experiential since its so new to so many. Theres only a couple of units in the military that actually put in the work to be able to say that this is what they do for a living. Even if you have the right gear it doesnt matter if command will not let you do it anyway. If you could just get everyone in this country who owns a weapon to know the condition of that weapon is 24 hours a day, wed be better. To him, it seemed like nobody in the late 70s and 80s cared. Take a Civilian who has proficiency through Pistol and Carbine, and who wants to get into Night Vision, what would you recommend for training and personal practice? I dont want to see another ticker on the news. We just spent $3 million to build an operator up to make everything easy, and you want to make the one thing that should be easy, now harder. Just kidding, kind of. Theres always someone better than you, whos working harder than you, who more naturally gifted than you are, whos smarter than you are, whos faster, whos younger, who doesnt get hurt as easily as you do anymore, whos more serious about this than you are, who will not have that drink, who will not eat that whatever. Stop playing paintball. GBRS Group: When we would set up training, who was in charge of it? Experience shows its face in the deliberate execution of minuscule details. Lets be honest, Night Vision feels like a superpower. We look at ourselves as facilitators, not dictators. I'm vaguely familiar with GBRS and I don't follow drama so if you could explain to us the main parties involved that would help. Instead, we observe before we make any suggestions. When my wife first put on night vision and looked up at the stars, she cried. Why wouldnt you want to own it. I wasnt about the whole passive aiming thing until, I got out of the military. Unobtainium Gear Active Night Vision Recording System, Sionyx Aurora Pro: Not Just Night Vision , Book Review: The Velocity of Information by David P. Perrodin, Secure Messaging Apps: Signal, Keybase, Threema, & More, The Basics of Long Range Shooting with Apex Training Solutions. My father used to talk about when they came back from Vietnam. Childhood idol/hero? You have to surround yourself with people whos goals are aligned and are either struggling with the same stuff or have been before. Powerful must-watch video from the BBC looking at Russian propaganda about the Azov Regiment are they Nazis? Not everyone in the military does this. GBRS Group: Dont blindly buy equipment because you get a grant. GBRS is a private group made up of former Devgru dudes. We look at ourselves as facilitators, not dictators. But props on dj for being as candid as he was. By breaking down complex maneuvers into parts, each one can be individually assessed and optimized for when it counts. You would be correct. We had to strip away everything else that didnt matter and do things that make you good at CQB and one of those skillsets is shooting. DJ: I think a bunch of that is generational. If you have to change the way you hold your rifle to shoot with night vision, youre doing it wrong. For solo movement with Night Vision, you can be as weird as you want. I read some comments and they said that he announced on instagram that he had left them and started his own business. Fortunately for us, the community is so small that its easy to vet dudes. Now theres a large pool of experience, and it creates the opportunity for end-users, but not many experts. We can have them show us their way, we can record it, and show them where we need to make corrections. But GBRS was accusing Slade of stealing tens of thousands of dollars in gear including NVGs and IR devices etcSlade showed up to get his stuff and GBRS called the police on him and even contacted Swat (who they trained) to try and come swat Slade outside their building. What it looks like from a day-to-day training perspective is this: X weeks per year of a mix of range work, live-fire CQB and explosive breaching, MFF iterations, Maritime insertions, on/off-road driving, Dirt bikes and UTVs, combatives, etc There was no down time, if you werent overseas working, this is what you were doing stateside. They thought they made it, and got lazy, then 9/11 happened and we saw the military tighten up again. By breaking down complex maneuvers into parts, each one can be individually assessed and optimized for when it counts. What lesson have you learned that you would want to pass on to those using night vision? DJ: Stop playing paintball. Theres only a couple of units in the military that actually put in the work to be able to say that this is what they do for a living. The guys who wanted nothing but to be a Green Beret, Ranger, SEAL, name it, and had it taken from them in an injury or they got to an organization who let them down. Their silhouette is going to show. Remember, the enemy always gets a vote. We push students to the point where we see the performance bubble slip. You see this often in junior levels of special operations who are going through some of the best training in the world, but theyre not there mentally. In the same way, Slade, DJ, and Cole of GBRS Group bring that mindset not only to survival training, but to their work with night vision, tactical gear, and firearms as a whole. Advertisement 1990 marvel hologram cards value. Favorite skate shop: Tribe Sk8z If youre not using a raised mount, its not even the same thing on the shot timer. When you look at it, its all the little small things, and we looked at training that way. Its a balance that very few units actually attain. The guys who wanted nothing but to be a Green Beret, Ranger, SEAL, name it, and had it taken from them in an injury or they got to an organization who let them down. Its better to be excellent with white light, than be okay with night vision. Name: DJ Shipley The repetitions matter. If you have to stop and get a white light out to do anything, then you dont know how to use them. A basic Special Operations veteran knows so much more than what was common a few years ago. Recommended reading list: The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle, Legacy by James Kerr If youre going to carry a lifesaving/life-taking tool, you should be exceptionally proficient with it. It would be pretty difficult to talk about the best way to run your gun in a gunfight, if youve never actually been in a gunfight. What skills that you train during the daytime can you translate into night vision? You saw it with Crye, you saw it with London Bridge Trading Company. is getting cheaper and easier to acquire. Even after the sun goes down you can still go out and enjoy the outdoors. If you have to change the way you hold your rifle to shoot with night vision, youre doing it wrong. Why are we playing paintball? At the same time, you can defeat Night Vision with a $2 flashlight. Press J to jump to the feed. I think back on all the time I wasted while in training because I didnt know the connection between what I was practicing and reality. If you bring those optics higher, it makes you shoot from a heads up posture. Everything you practice during the daylight should be able to translate directly to shooting at night. Instead, go to the flat range and get a coach who you trust to teach you to become extremely proficient. For solo movement with Night Vision, you can be as weird as you want. Without understanding this, you can have the best training in the world, and it all be for nothing. Age: 36 For someone who has never been in the military, what does that look like? GBRS Group: Both. Copyright 1996-2023 AR15.COM LLC. Theres someone out there whos going to be better, so you cant slip, you have to care more. GBRS Group: Find a coach who has the experience base you wish you had, and then validate him by asking other people who know him personally. In contrast, theyre masters of the fundamentals, especially those that relate to night vision and close-quarters combat. When youre with other people, your head has to be able to spin and see where theyre at. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. This flexible approach works to their advantage, as the tactical training industry can often become hyper-focused on trends. Another is when students turn CQB into this two-way paintball match where theyre just slinging sim rounds back and forth. Digging into the history of combat footwear, for years those engaged in combat looked outside traditional military supply lines for anything that would give them an advantage. GBRS Group - CQBThrough hard work, consistency and discipline, we can achieve mastery in any field and the GBRS Group is proof of that. Youll see guys with paint up and down their legs. Respectful of the old ways and focused on breaking problems down into their parts to comprehensively solve them, their approach to training isnt as simple as a mere maxim. And the training is definitely experiential since its so new to so many. Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited. None in particular; Jeremy McGrath and Vietnam-era SEALs would be the closest thing. Early on we had two different lasers: one for IR and another for visible. If you could leave a student with one vital habit that you wish you had learned early on as a SEAL, what would it be? 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