What you guys are doing is more valuable than you can ever know, never stop gentlemen. Been watching you since your first video, you'll be well over a million subs in no time. Keep up the amazing work, god bless.
youtube channel analytics has them at around 10-12k new subs a 30 day period which is solid growth for sure! So with current growth averages they should be a 1 million subs in about 7 years.
The single most valuable piece of “Home Defense” content on the internet is the one that tells you to get a dog before all else but these guys are doing a fantastic job and this video was fantastic as well.
The SF guy admitting his wife laughs at him while he practices clearing the house is hilarious, and puts a good perspective on things. Thank you guys for the awesome instruction and the video!
Everyone laughs,,,, nobody is serious,,,,,, all grab-a-- and haha,,,,,, until THAT day,,,,,, then they want YOU to go back over the "high points"..... quickly,,, and oh BTW ... "Got anymore AMMO on you!!!????!!!"
Remember my parents laughing as I learned the falling technique to my siblings from the moment they could walk everytime I came to their place (my siblings are 6, 13, 15, 18, 20 & 21y younger then me). Suddenly one day my smallest sibling fell down a tree outside. Both my mum n me saw it happen. I was like: oh, there she fell. Calm as like mentioning the mailman coming with mail, or deliveryfirm with a package. While my mum was at a complete panic just to relize she only manage to raise up from the chair and my sis already scrubbing the dust of her, just to get back up the tree... From then on our mum was really grateful I'd been doing those drills with them concistently, whenever I were there. Same will apply the time when it's needed to apply one of your sweeps in the house in a sharp moment. Hope it'll never has to come to it tho, and if so, that it'll end well for your part. /DBB
It's nice to see a video that strips away the battle rattle and presents the basics. Not everyone is a Navy Ranger Secret Squirrel Stalker, and the battle rattle is intimidating for beginners.
The phrase that comes to mind listening to this man is teach is “win with the basics.” All of this is just common sense and simple “plug and play” kind of stuff. Great teacher. Great information.
Nothing taught me all the secrets of my home so much as having kids did. Between nerf gun wars and hide-and-seek, I learned every blind corner and shooting angle imaginable. These kids are devious.
Closets are crazy good for hiding. Some houses just have closets with really deep or irregularly shaped corners, that you physically can't see into unless if you stick your head into one. If you're ever worried about someone hiding in there, keep things on the outside of the door that signify the closet has been disturbed, but cannot be set back in their original positions from the inside, where someone would be hiding. Just a chair would be a good example, or maybe an instrument propped up against the door.
Ever since I've bought my home 5 years ago, I've done this drill at least monthly. We don't live in a "bad" area, but there have been several times where our back door was left open by accident. When we come home, we don't realize it until we walk up. It's very unnerving when you have 5 kids and it's dark when you get home. The training I do has helped to curb the adrenalin that gets dumped and allows me to be able to make clear and consistent decisions. Responsible owners will train and train and hope to never have to use deadly force.
lol looks like a bunch of boot marines training at the barracks. People don’t understand just how ghetto we train because ammunition is expensive so we did a lot of fire and moving, cqb/ rock house drills, and gun drills up f%^&ing mountain 😂
I trained with Drew long before the he made the training fame. He was an excellent trainer . He tailored our class for ea student and we had a full array of students . We had SF guys working on stuff before entry into a CQB school , police officers , competition shooters , and a few regular Joe civilians such as myself. I can highly recommend him if he was that good back 7 or 8 yrs ago I am sure he has only gotten better.
You will notice that the best teachers of anything will tailor their lessons to those they are teaching. The sort of “my way or the highway” type teachers are not good. They were good at teaching themselves. Hence my way or highway,
Drew Estell is hands down my favorite person in this industry. The way he communicates things and gets a message across in a no-nonsense way is very appreciated. 👍🏻 DC is killing it with the guests they’re bringing through!
No clue why this is in my feed. But man that first talking shot tells a story... Just look at these two teenage twigs standing next to that guy. The muscle mass, thickness and bone density is just different. That's a man built to kill bears in the mountains with a knife. And the two twigs play videogames in their boyfriends studio.
Adding full length wall mirrors on the short wall helps with pieing a room. Bedrooms especially. They can be attractive and placed in a position that gives a visual into opposing corners
@@065Tim I strategically place C4 throughout the entire house that I blow up everytime the wind knocks something over in the middle of the night like a good paranoid little murican.
Seriously haven’t heard someone speak/teach so clearly and efficiently. Been a subscriber of Baer Solutions for a little over a year and every video they put out is nothing but that. It’s almost like every single word has been perfectly scripted, memorized and practiced but also not. Regardless, great video and even better information!
He's 100% on the response time considerations when it comes to rural parts of Kentucky. I've had this issue before. If they're really busy sometimes the police never show up.
Yeah, there is also the issue that the police departments are extremely under staffed. There was one point in time that there were only 5 State Police officers on shift for the entire state of Kentucky. Which is a total of 104,656km squared in size.
@@jorenprins5947 The state of Kentucky is is about 2.5x the land area(at about 40,000 square miles) of your entire country(about 16,000square miles). Netherlands has a population of 17.6million people while Kentucky has 4.5 million people, meaning your population density is much higher. Kentucky has the Appalachia region running through it's entire eastern third, which is one of the most remote and ancient wildernesses on the planet(if you don't know about Appalachia, you can't understand really just how wild large regions of America really are). This is a common problem with European perceptions of America and Americans. You people fail to realize most of our states are larger than most of your nations. For us, traveling from Kentucky to Missouri is like you traveling from France to Germany in a geographic sense. America is HUGE and most of it is rural and remote. We have 350million+ people spread across it. The things that work for you people in Europe do not work for us and some of it is outright unfeasible and wasteful for us to try to emulate. I don't think many Europeans actually understand and appreciate that.
@@Inquisitor_K It's generally a low crime state outside of a few key population centers. Local Sheriff departments are typically well staffed and equipped for their county, at least in Western KY where I grew up they were. It's true that you'd hardly see State Troopers compared to other states, but I see that as more reflective of the lack of need and the fact Kentuckians like to handle shit locally for the most part.
My worst nightmare in a situation like this would be friendly fire in any way. So thank you very much for emphasizing the importance of "not making a bad decision!" I would also like to learn how to "earn the shot", or in other words: how to clear with friends in a civil war type situation without accidentaly getting shot from my buddy. I have already seen a video from someone else. But I beleive I can learn it better with you guys. Thank you for the free tour!
I've done this with family and nerf guns, just for good 'live' practice. One plays home invader, one the homeowner, maybe one as innocent bystander. Great video!
Pushing content after content after another... While all of them being massively high quality. Just gotta love and appreciate the dedication. Keep it up! 🤜🤛
"There is a lot of good people in California and they are all moving to Tennessee." As a Realtor in Tennessee I can tell you this is absolutely true. 25% of my clients (month after month) for the last 2 years are from the west coast.
As a health inspector in West Virginia I can tell you we're getting a lot of people from the West Coast. I interact with them with putting in septic systems and wells. The culture shock between the west coast and here is hilarious.😂
@@camerongunn7906 All of us that are local to these areas being infested by the west coast should be be scared because of this, this culture shock won’t last long, they’ll do everything they can to turn our areas into California 2.0 or worse!
Got recommended this by happenstance but decided to give it a watch instead of dismissing it. I appreciate how this was both professional and practical. I also really appreciate that this was mostly apolitical and instead focused on good decision making to keep people safe instead of some ridiculous power fantasy. Thank you for producing this video.
I had a literal “oh shit” epiphany moment when watching this video when he talked about keeping the gun down when clearing. When he said having the gun up when clearing will lead to bad decisions I was like “what”? But when he explained when we’re on the range and our sights hit the target what do you do, shoot right? That blew my mind.
@@alternativeavenues76643k-5k isn't exactly out of the question after a few years lol. And yeah, maybe not everyone can afford that much ammo even over several years, but you should be dry fire practicing in that case. Which brings us back to muscle memory.
@@SuperiorITSyes it was the part with the KKK were preparing to attack Django and Schultz. Best part of the movie, especially when they would argue back and forth
This channel will absolutely grow to be one of the largest Firearm Channels on UA-cam, the message, the information, the Production Quality, ALL OF IT is incredibly valuable.
No training should ever be "mandatory" when it comes to owning a firearm. That would be a violation of the Second Amendment. Your firearm's ownership should not be contingent on any laws or mandatory rules or whatever. Yes, common sense would dictate that everyone would benefit from training, but it should never be MANDATORY!
Thank you all and especially Drew for sharing his experience. Here I just learned some real life situations and how to deal with them in a systematic way. You all may never know how many who watched this have to put it to use. Thanks!!!!!
Ill be honest, i have a hard time watching alot of channels that do the acting/ skits... This one was actually fucking hilarious! and i hate to admit it hahah. Good job gents!
Great video! As a retired LEO I can't tell you how many time my partners and I had to clear a house or business for an alarm call or searching for bad guys. All we had was basic training in the academy 100 years ago and thank God lots of experience (survived!) There are so many high speed videos out there. Your video breaks down the individual moves and explains WHY we do what we have to do. Your video translates well for a novice or someone with a certain degree of training and experience. I will definitely subscribe and check out your other videos.
Must be nice to have partners. When he was talking about response times in the country side I was laughing because that 3 hour repsonse time is better than my agency can manage sometimes in the middle of a city.
So, none of those 100s of Thousands of "newcomers" you have won't ever , ever enter your home w/a weapon because that would be illegal, right. Oh btw, your Ancestors were right.
Great tips guys, thanks. As far as creaky stairs go, use the outer most part of the tread (wall/railing side). Just a little tip from a carpenter that had a misfit youth.
This was by far the realest segment on UA-cam. As a Federal SRT Operator this is the most accurate and most educational video for our civilian populous. Well done!
Absolutely one of the best breakdowns of the facets of movements every civilian should know and practice. You guys really made it simple to follow and understand. Trust me you can make this topic DEEP. There’s so many levels of skills needed to do a one man clearing but you delivered a conceptual overview that most people will gravitate towards. I believe the lightbulb switched on in a lot of peoples heads. The “Oh, I get it moment”. I’ve cleared hundreds of rooms in my lifetime and I can tell you that each one is different and calls for a lot of on the fly decisions. I especially loved the advice of holding your weapon in a low ready position while moving and identifying the threat. If your weapon is in the “green light position” you’re more apt to fire without processing the info which can potentially lead to lifetime regrets. Going to share a little secret with you guys about how to get your wife involved. My wife thought I was crazy and just simply over concerned about being burglarized or having a home invasion. I told her we are going to play a little game and if you win I’m taking you shopping at your favorite store and you can pick out anything you want. From purses, clothes, jewelry, furniture, you name it. She was all in. We took turns being the bad guy. I played the bad guy 1st. After the 3rd engagement she looked at me with the most serious face and said “Oh wow! I’m not prepared at all and this is serious”. Sometimes telling someone is completely different than showing someone. I didn’t hold back either. When I attacked her I did it with a good amount of force and I was very loud. Her adrenaline shot through the roof. The real attacker isn’t going to LOVE YOU he’s going to harm you. From that day forward we worked together and had plans on what we’d do and how we’d respond. She got so good at it that she started anticipating my next moves and I with hers. We became a team. P.S. I did take her shopping and we had a great time together. She purchased a Louis Vuitton satchel, Johnny Was Shirt and a Sig365 custom works. Costs me $4,237.00 but it was well wort it.
I would love to see examples of how to clear going DOWN stairs. Drew mentioned basement stairs, however many people have master bedrooms on the second floor and will have the downstairs component as opposed to going up. Thank you in advance!
Great video, and greatly needed info. I lived in the city 6 years ago and me and my wife's house was broken into and we were robbed in broad daylight while we were both at work, but my wife came home during her lunch break and discovered this just moments after it happened. I rushed home and she had already called the cops. it took them an hour to get to our house and again, we lived in the middle of Fort Worth TX at the time. The cops don't care
I love this channel and all the spec ops and special forces, my uncle is a beret and what an articulate specimen, he’s grey and in his 40’s but is still a tank and survived 8 tours with the boys, respect, estell reminds me of my uncle, very smart very calculated
There's one thing that you should have covered, going down stairs. Drew very briefly mentioned having basement stairs but never said anything more. A lot of break ins occur through basement windows and you generally have an extremely limited field of view going down enclosed stairwells. My home has a furnished basement and my teenage daughter insists on staying down there. Potentially having to confront an intruder down there is one of my biggest fears. That is the one place in my house where I would be at a disadvantage. There's no way I can go down those stairs without anyone down there seeing me before I see them.
Would it be better to instead approach from a direction where you do have the element of surprise? Maybe a back basement door or even the window they broke in from perhaps? Im no expert just a regular joe trying to protect my family as well.
@@nicksshitbro If approaching from another direction is an option, for instance a back door, then yes, absolutely, take it. But many, if not most, basements including my own only have a single entrance. That entrance is a narrow, enclosed stairwell. To make things worse it exposes your legs and lower half before you can see into the basement. Anyone down there will see you before you can see them and there's not much of a way around that. As for entering through the same window that presents a lot of problems. The windows aren't in a position where you could just step through them. Entering through a basement windows is generally very awkward and if you were armed you'd probably have to put your weapon down in order to crawl through. Then there's also the fact that anybody in there would still see you doing that before you could see them. Hopefully, and most likely, that's a scenario I'll never have to face but I'd still like to know how just in case.
@@polly_sacharrideow about hidden home security IR camera facing the dead zone under the stairs? Or at least a PIR sensor. This is your house. You have time to harden it now before something happens.
This video was so great! I learned so much. I like how he emphasized low ready as the default, and not making bad decisions. Most of the time that you have to check out a possible threat-there’s not going to be one, and the worst thing that could happen is to mistakenly harm a loved one. Again great video!!
Came across your channel a few days ago and from what I can see and hear, you gentleman are providing a very much needed arena for like minded civies who don't have the benefit of a military cycle to draw on. Keep up the great work!
This was such a great video and people need to watch this. There’s not nearly enough training videos out there that stress the most important thing in this situation, NOT making the wrong decision. I’d say most of the time it’s probably not going to be a threat u find. So it’s important to IDENTIFY before shooting. Once that trigger is pulled u don’t get to take that back.
Whenever I watch these videos I love seeing all the differences from different groups. These were solid tips. Another group that has some great CQB knowledge is Project Gecko and they have about 4 hours of free videos on youtube where they really break down a lot of important topics.
Just wanted to pop in and say that this is probably the most simple, effective, and instructional youtube CQB video that I have ever seen. Yall are doing a wonderful job here and made me reevaluate my very limited CQB experience from the ground up, I will be implementing this in my everyday home scans for practice.
Even as someone in law enforcement for 15+ years, and having cleared many many houses/buildings during my career, I even learned stuff with this. Great works gents. God bless.
This video right here!!! Finally, some good common sense stuff for the regular guy. The vast majority of video’s on this topic, at least to me, serve no practical purpose because they are all “high speed, low drag” stuff which isn’t realistic for 99% of us. There needs to be more video’s like this for us common folk, lol. Was very impressed with Drew and his down to earth explanations and logic. I’ve honestly never thought of taking any kind of “formal” training, but after watching and listening to him, if he taught civilian CQB, etc courses, I’d take one. Thanks guys!
Would love to see more focus on defensive cqb. I think most people's plans for SHTF is to hold up at home and ride out the storm. Would like to see more content around setting up fatal funnels, using furniture, cover and concealment, etc.
Walls and furniture are concealment not cover, brick or concrete walls do provide some protection depending on the caliber of your opponents weapon but are not a guaranty. If shit hits the fan and you are going to hold out in your home for an extended period of time it is likely you will need to create your own cover inside of your home. This being the case you could create a sand bag or Steal pillbox at the end of an interior room or hallway but this isn't always a reasonable option. Your advantage in your home is your knowledge of the layout, your own mobility in it and tactics like the ones in this video. You don't want to pin yourself down in one spot because 2-3 guys using these tactics can pretty easily take you out.
This was so good..I've had to clear my house after I saw a backdoor kicked in..The way he taught pieing off the different areas was so good....I will tighten up all the areas he showed..The emphasis on not shooting a loved one is something people don't discuss...GOOD STUFF GUYS....
The moment I saw your mission statement in the “About” section, the moment I subscribed. Look how far you guys have come in just a year. You guys will have millions of followers before you know it! Bravo!
You guys have a legend teaching you guys....and us. I don't know how many times I've walked my house doing stuff like this but there's definitely certain details/lessons I'll be taking away from this video. Thanks for this!
Thank you for this. I had assumed most of this, but not all of it. I'm glad to have had an expert confirm things that I had figured were the right actions, and teach things I had not thought of.
I always questioned the best way to clear a set of stairs. I live in the basement and my schedule is very different than that of the rest of my family so I’m usual home alone or the only one awake. I was always a bit paranoid on the most effective way to clear a staircase to another level of the house and listing to a professional explain it and having people demonstrate is very helpful. I will sure try it this way instead of trying to watch all directions at once next time.
as an electrician who has ruined more than one tool biting into both a neutral and hot at once dont use bolt cutters on electricity if youre trying to be sneaky. it will pop and alert enemys. just unscrew the lightbulb lol. or find an electrical panel or take apart a switch upstream on the same circuit.
Drew seems like a solid dude. Really cool and very knowledgeable. As far as my home, it's so small and no stairs so it would be a lot different than this house!
Extremely useful and educational. The thing that struck me the most was keeping the gun at a low ready position and not having a sight picture. Never thought about that.
I am glad he said don't worry about crossing your feet. I consider myself to be very coordinated and actually find it more difficult and prone to making a mistake trying to focus on not crossing my feet. This is the first time I have heard someone not bash it.
People call me crazy or paranoid for dry training in my house, but I call it being prepared. None of the victims of home invasion ever thought it would happen to them, until it did.
Picking something with little probability out of so many things that could happen and worrying about that way out of proportion is literally the definition of being paranoid.
@@GoodLuck-rh8tbmy home has been broken into multiple times, specifically two times as a child. One on Christmas Eve and the other just after moving in. On top of multiple other broken windows and failed attempts. Now it's true that the environment plays a factor in the likelihood of home invasion, if someone in my family owned a firearm it would've only happened once...
For Stairs, you should also take into consideration the fact that the threat might not be upstairs, and here you are with your arms and focus constricted (remember 12:50 - 13:50) to focusing on the next floor, while you have your whole body exposed like that on the downstairs perspective. Just something to take into account.
15:00 Doritos speed! Also I just love the respect you guys paid to this man for his time here, no jokes no comments, just letting a pro do his thing and dump that knowledge on us for free. Fantastic video and an easy sub from me.
From 2:17 onto 2:30, I just realized that absolutely hilarious Django Unchained reference! You guys are doing amazing things on this channel, thank you so much for the hard work that goes into the epic videos!
Great video. Solid information. It comes down to the fact that everything is a compromise. Tactics, gear, time... I pretty much only practice single man room clearing from a defensive standpoint. Ie; from inside my home during a possible break-in. If I were to arrive home to a potential break-in and no one should be in the house, I'm staying outside and calling the cops.
Practicality? Professional consulting? This is a channel we needed for a very long time. But i like how there was some sort of message in the pretty hilarious skit in the beginning. That you guys were training for a "raid", but the former SF dude was like "what?" Its one thing that erks me a tiny bit. By all means - train on the cool raid stuff. I still do too with my group. But what goes into a "raid" is an unbelievable gigantic machine of things. Theres intel, theres logistics, theres planning. When we did raids, it took us sometimes a whole month to plan it if it wasnt time sensitive (in Afghanistan, most times it wasnt - it was rare for our team and if it was? CAG took over). The guys on the ground are just taking ACTION on the intel. Thats it. But as civilians? We need to play multiple roles because we dont have intel guys, we dont have long flight-time drones to recon the target and start to pick up patterns, we dont have humans around the target to give us more information of the situation on the ground. You cant just go "thats our target, lets do cool guy raid". This is deff a great starting point on "Civilian CQB". Start with learning on how to clear - your home. Good one gents! I am LOVING the content!
If civs did have an intel guy how would that change things? As I continue to realize that I'm more of a nerd than a door kicker my role changes. I'm focusing more on providing comms, drones, sigint, observation capabilities, and other things that are less sexy than raiding. I think this is something we need to seriously consider especially seeing how Ukraine is going and how augmenting teams with relatively cheap consumer products majorly their effectiveness. ATAK, Google Maps, CHIRP, SDRs, direction finders, drones, and on and off grid communications are things most groups would majorly benefit from having even one person proficient in managing these things.
@@ImperiumLibertas This would not only change your role but your entire groups role greatly. If a group werre to have what you say is a "nerd" (i kinda am myself haha) I think you have a more effective and more capable group. Learning to fight, shoot, move is only one part of a giant machine. I have tried to encourage under a different alias of training that some should focus alot more on other things as "modern minutemen". This isnt 1776 anymore, we have technology and so do many other enemies. China, Russia, possibly even domestic enemies - we need to counter that. We need to have a capability similar to that. A group with that capability is a group more capable than one that doesnt have that capability.
@@ImperiumLibertas idk who to ask about it but do you have any recommendations for drones for the prepared civilian type of use? The whole gear and prepping concept is not very common in my area so it's hard for me to figure out how to get into the more niche concepts like coms and drones and such.
So just to be clear (since it was said a lot in this video), you aren't really getting behind "cover", you are concealing yourself. Cover implies that you are safe from incoming fire, whereas concealment implies that you are simply hidden. In other words, walls/doors aren't going to stop most bullets. GarandThumb has a great video on that. Other than that, this was yet another fantastic video!! Please keep them coming!
I’m someone who’s hobbies both include real steel and airsoft. I thought I was absolutely ridiculous for using my airsoft guns to “clear” the house when I got bored…. After reading through the comments, I’m glad to know I ain’t the only one 😂😂😂
I had a teen with a knife running around my small town after stabbing another kid in our yard (the 1 of 2 cops we have were on their leave/ off) it took 25 minutes for the state troopers to make it and even they were beat by a DNR officer. Me and my neighbors loaded up and cracked down the streets to stop the situation. - You can not rely on the cops being there when seconds count.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m so glad you guys are creating real “content” and instructional videos for the every day person! I love the intro 😂👌🏻
What you guys are doing is more valuable than you can ever know, never stop gentlemen. Been watching you since your first video, you'll be well over a million subs in no time. Keep up the amazing work, god bless.
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youtube channel analytics has them at around 10-12k new subs a 30 day period which is solid growth for sure! So with current growth averages they should be a 1 million subs in about 7 years.
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@@RonnocYad That would be for linear growth, subscriptions tend to grow exponentially
If you can't refrain from clearing your house anytime you simply move or pick up your AR, go ahead and hit that subscribe button
Hell… ar? I do it with every gun I own, when touched.
The only time I won’t is when my parents are home lol
I do it with air guns given what room I’m in it could be any gun in my imagination 😮
Garand Thumb style opening.
Facts!!! 😂
This is possibly this single most valuable piece of "home defense" content on the internet.
The single most valuable piece of “Home Defense” content on the internet is the one that tells you to get a dog before all else but these guys are doing a fantastic job and this video was fantastic as well.
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What you doing here ?
Love your videos bro
By far the best video I’ve ever watched. Thank you.
Wow wasn't expecting to see you here Pairs, I've been watching your vids for a while!
Oh hi there
The SF guy admitting his wife laughs at him while he practices clearing the house is hilarious, and puts a good perspective on things. Thank you guys for the awesome instruction and the video!
my wife thinks im weird when i do it too lol
@@Mirthy That's probably why you made the cut. Competant provider. Competant protector.
Everyone laughs,,,, nobody is serious,,,,,, all grab-a-- and haha,,,,,, until THAT day,,,,,, then they want YOU to go back over the "high points"..... quickly,,, and oh BTW ... "Got anymore AMMO on you!!!????!!!"
Here for the larp too lol
Remember my parents laughing as I learned the falling technique to my siblings from the moment they could walk everytime I came to their place (my siblings are 6, 13, 15, 18, 20 & 21y younger then me).
Suddenly one day my smallest sibling fell down a tree outside. Both my mum n me saw it happen.
I was like: oh, there she fell. Calm as like mentioning the mailman coming with mail, or deliveryfirm with a package.
While my mum was at a complete panic just to relize she only manage to raise up from the chair and my sis already scrubbing the dust of her, just to get back up the tree...
From then on our mum was really grateful I'd been doing those drills with them concistently, whenever I were there.
Same will apply the time when it's needed to apply one of your sweeps in the house in a sharp moment. Hope it'll never has to come to it tho, and if so, that it'll end well for your part.
/DBB
It's nice to see a video that strips away the battle rattle and presents the basics. Not everyone is a Navy Ranger Secret Squirrel Stalker, and the battle rattle is intimidating for beginners.
Ur a NavyRanger too! LoL
That was terrific ! Appreciate someone that can notice and speak to the rattle!
A Navy Ranger? You’re talking about a SEAL back in the 90s who got a DUI and got sent to Ranger School for punishment and has a tab, right?
The phrase that comes to mind listening to this man is teach is “win with the basics.”
All of this is just common sense and simple “plug and play” kind of stuff. Great teacher. Great information.
Nothing taught me all the secrets of my home so much as having kids did. Between nerf gun wars and hide-and-seek, I learned every blind corner and shooting angle imaginable. These kids are devious.
Closets are crazy good for hiding. Some houses just have closets with really deep or irregularly shaped corners, that you physically can't see into unless if you stick your head into one.
If you're ever worried about someone hiding in there, keep things on the outside of the door that signify the closet has been disturbed, but cannot be set back in their original positions from the inside, where someone would be hiding. Just a chair would be a good example, or maybe an instrument propped up against the door.
You merely adapted to your home. They were born in it, molded by it.
Check your corners like they did in the video.
Absolutly true
kids have smaller bodies too lol
“It’s not always about shooting” is a fantastic point
“It’s not just about shooting…” The most important line is easy to miss in all the other great advice.
Agreed. Glad you think so too.
it is all about the shooting. movement etc comes with it , why else u think they armed lmao
also this OP is a bad troll
@@roberttange805it’s not all about shooting lmao wtf do you know that any combat MOS veteran wouldn’t? Nothing.
Ever since I've bought my home 5 years ago, I've done this drill at least monthly. We don't live in a "bad" area, but there have been several times where our back door was left open by accident. When we come home, we don't realize it until we walk up. It's very unnerving when you have 5 kids and it's dark when you get home. The training I do has helped to curb the adrenalin that gets dumped and allows me to be able to make clear and consistent decisions. Responsible owners will train and train and hope to never have to use deadly force.
0:31 the fumble, the handgun pickup, the wiggles..... beautiful
lol looks like a bunch of boot marines training at the barracks. People don’t understand just how ghetto we train because ammunition is expensive so we did a lot of fire and moving, cqb/ rock house drills, and gun drills up f%^&ing mountain 😂
I trained with Drew long before the he made the training fame. He was an excellent trainer . He tailored our class for ea student and we had a full array of students . We had SF guys working on stuff before entry into a CQB school , police officers , competition shooters , and a few regular Joe civilians such as myself. I can highly recommend him if he was that good back 7 or 8 yrs ago I am sure he has only gotten better.
You will notice that the best teachers of anything will tailor their lessons to those they are teaching. The sort of “my way or the highway” type teachers are not good. They were good at teaching themselves. Hence my way or highway,
Drew Estell is hands down my favorite person in this industry. The way he communicates things and gets a message across in a no-nonsense way is very appreciated. 👍🏻 DC is killing it with the guests they’re bringing through!
No clue why this is in my feed. But man that first talking shot tells a story... Just look at these two teenage twigs standing next to that guy. The muscle mass, thickness and bone density is just different. That's a man built to kill bears in the mountains with a knife. And the two twigs play videogames in their boyfriends studio.
@@mysterioanonymous3206 weirdo
12:28 really made me realize how valuable this information is. The most important homework you will ever do.
First 3 minutes of this earned a sub. I love the PRACTICAL scenario stuff… then the AF1 bit sealed the deal. Keep it up guys, thanks.
Adding full length wall mirrors on the short wall helps with pieing a room. Bedrooms especially. They can be attractive and placed in a position that gives a visual into opposing corners
“Hey babe what’s that mirror for?” Uhhhhhhh interior decor?
I placed anti-personell mines in all the best hiding spots around my house.
@@065Tim "Hey kids wanna play hide n seek?"
@@065Tim I strategically place C4 throughout the entire house that I blow up everytime the wind knocks something over in the middle of the night like a good paranoid little murican.
Mirrors are indeed a phenomenal tool for seeing opposing angles without putting yourself in a physical threat zone.
Seriously haven’t heard someone speak/teach so clearly and efficiently. Been a subscriber of Baer Solutions for a little over a year and every video they put out is nothing but that. It’s almost like every single word has been perfectly scripted, memorized and practiced but also not. Regardless, great video and even better information!
He's 100% on the response time considerations when it comes to rural parts of Kentucky. I've had this issue before. If they're really busy sometimes the police never show up.
3 hours is crazyy, longest in the Netherlands is ig 20 min
Yeah, there is also the issue that the police departments are extremely under staffed. There was one point in time that there were only 5 State Police officers on shift for the entire state of Kentucky. Which is a total of 104,656km squared in size.
@@jorenprins5947 The state of Kentucky is is about 2.5x the land area(at about 40,000 square miles) of your entire country(about 16,000square miles). Netherlands has a population of 17.6million people while Kentucky has 4.5 million people, meaning your population density is much higher. Kentucky has the Appalachia region running through it's entire eastern third, which is one of the most remote and ancient wildernesses on the planet(if you don't know about Appalachia, you can't understand really just how wild large regions of America really are).
This is a common problem with European perceptions of America and Americans. You people fail to realize most of our states are larger than most of your nations. For us, traveling from Kentucky to Missouri is like you traveling from France to Germany in a geographic sense. America is HUGE and most of it is rural and remote. We have 350million+ people spread across it. The things that work for you people in Europe do not work for us and some of it is outright unfeasible and wasteful for us to try to emulate. I don't think many Europeans actually understand and appreciate that.
@@Inquisitor_K It's generally a low crime state outside of a few key population centers. Local Sheriff departments are typically well staffed and equipped for their county, at least in Western KY where I grew up they were. It's true that you'd hardly see State Troopers compared to other states, but I see that as more reflective of the lack of need and the fact Kentuckians like to handle shit locally for the most part.
My worst nightmare in a situation like this would be friendly fire in any way. So thank you very much for emphasizing the importance of "not making a bad decision!" I would also like to learn how to "earn the shot", or in other words: how to clear with friends in a civil war type situation without accidentaly getting shot from my buddy. I have already seen a video from someone else. But I beleive I can learn it better with you guys. Thank you for the free tour!
As a first timer on this channel,… I was relieved to find out you guys were kidding in the beginning 😂
I've done this with family and nerf guns, just for good 'live' practice. One plays home invader, one the homeowner, maybe one as innocent bystander. Great video!
Pushing content after content after another... While all of them being massively high quality. Just gotta love and appreciate the dedication. Keep it up! 🤜🤛
"There is a lot of good people in California and they are all moving to Tennessee." As a Realtor in Tennessee I can tell you this is absolutely true. 25% of my clients (month after month) for the last 2 years are from the west coast.
As a health inspector in West Virginia I can tell you we're getting a lot of people from the West Coast. I interact with them with putting in septic systems and wells. The culture shock between the west coast and here is hilarious.😂
@@camerongunn7906 All of us that are local to these areas being infested by the west coast should be be scared because of this, this culture shock won’t last long, they’ll do everything they can to turn our areas into California 2.0 or worse!
I hope you are right about "good people". It seems that a lot of CA transplants just move in and spread their cancer to the new state.
@Carl H they're all congregating around Memphis, Nash, Raleigh and Charlotte
I just hope they keep their politics in California instead of bringing it with them
Got recommended this by happenstance but decided to give it a watch instead of dismissing it. I appreciate how this was both professional and practical. I also really appreciate that this was mostly apolitical and instead focused on good decision making to keep people safe instead of some ridiculous power fantasy. Thank you for producing this video.
Thanks!
not sure what politics you're referring to that advocate for illogical action in room clearing scenarios
Snipping those wires at the beginning gave me a chuckle. That method frequently produces a large blue flash.
I had a literal “oh shit” epiphany moment when watching this video when he talked about keeping the gun down when clearing. When he said having the gun up when clearing will lead to bad decisions I was like “what”? But when he explained when we’re on the range and our sights hit the target what do you do, shoot right? That blew my mind.
It's called muscle memory.
@@williamguillIIIpretty sure that stats are that it takes 3k to 5k near-identical repetitions in order to establish muscle memory.
@@alternativeavenues7664 Yep, pretty sure I've pulled a trigger 100 times more than that, LOL!
@@alternativeavenues76643k-5k isn't exactly out of the question after a few years lol. And yeah, maybe not everyone can afford that much ammo even over several years, but you should be dry fire practicing in that case. Which brings us back to muscle memory.
Yeah it definitely puts things into perspective
That reference to Django Unchained in the beginning was well used and I love it 😂
Lol the full regalia comment?
@@SuperiorITSyes it was the part with the KKK were preparing to attack Django and Schultz.
Best part of the movie, especially when they would argue back and forth
@@texaswolf4655 yes that was funny. Big Daddy played by Don Johnson was hilarious. I haven't seen him since Miami Vice and Nash Bridges.
I can't see shit outta this thing!!!
This channel will absolutely grow to be one of the largest Firearm Channels on UA-cam, the message, the information, the Production Quality, ALL OF IT is incredibly valuable.
This training should be highly encouraged. If not mandatory for home defence.
bro dropped his gun 30 seconds in......
No training should ever be "mandatory" when it comes to owning a firearm. That would be a violation of the Second Amendment. Your firearm's ownership should not be contingent on any laws or mandatory rules or whatever. Yes, common sense would dictate that everyone would benefit from training, but it should never be MANDATORY!
Thank you all and especially Drew for sharing his experience. Here I just learned some real life situations and how to deal with them in a systematic way. You all may never know how many who watched this have to put it to use. Thanks!!!!!
Intro was solid giggles, content is the real deal. Drew is on another level. Thanks for bringing this to us!
Ill be honest, i have a hard time watching alot of channels that do the acting/ skits... This one was actually fucking hilarious! and i hate to admit it hahah. Good job gents!
Hahahaha dude just wait!
Great video! As a retired LEO I can't tell you how many time my partners and I had to clear a house or business for an alarm call or searching for bad guys. All we had was basic training in the academy 100 years ago and thank God lots of experience (survived!) There are so many high speed videos out there. Your video breaks down the individual moves and explains WHY we do what we have to do. Your video translates well for a novice or someone with a certain degree of training and experience. I will definitely subscribe and check out your other videos.
Must be nice to have partners. When he was talking about response times in the country side I was laughing because that 3 hour repsonse time is better than my agency can manage sometimes in the middle of a city.
The best techniques are taught by the survivors.
As a German living in Berlin, this might be the absolute most uselessly fun video I've ever watched
Also from Germany .. just own guns 🧐
Same as someone in the UK
So, none of those 100s of Thousands of "newcomers" you have won't ever , ever enter your home w/a weapon because that would be illegal, right.
Oh btw, your Ancestors were right.
As a german... Russia isn't that far away.
@@cochoseable either we get nuked or Russia tries a ground invasion, which I personally think would fail horrendously
Great tips guys, thanks. As far as creaky stairs go, use the outer most part of the tread (wall/railing side). Just a little tip from a carpenter that had a misfit youth.
I did some training with Drew, he is a great teacher and person.
This was by far the realest segment on UA-cam. As a Federal SRT Operator this is the most accurate and most educational video for our civilian populous. Well done!
This is the practical content we need!... Great job!
Absolutely one of the best breakdowns of the facets of movements every civilian should know and practice. You guys really made it simple to follow and understand. Trust me you can make this topic DEEP. There’s so many levels of skills needed to do a one man clearing but you delivered a conceptual overview that most people will gravitate towards. I believe the lightbulb switched on in a lot of peoples heads. The “Oh, I get it moment”. I’ve cleared hundreds of rooms in my lifetime and I can tell you that each one is different and calls for a lot of on the fly decisions. I especially loved the advice of holding your weapon in a low ready position while moving and identifying the threat. If your weapon is in the “green light position” you’re more apt to fire without processing the info which can potentially lead to lifetime regrets. Going to share a little secret with you guys about how to get your wife involved. My wife thought I was crazy and just simply over concerned about being burglarized or having a home invasion. I told her we are going to play a little game and if you win I’m taking you shopping at your favorite store and you can pick out anything you want. From purses, clothes, jewelry, furniture, you name it. She was all in. We took turns being the bad guy. I played the bad guy 1st. After the 3rd engagement she looked at me with the most serious face and said “Oh wow! I’m not prepared at all and this is serious”. Sometimes telling someone is completely different than showing someone. I didn’t hold back either. When I attacked her I did it with a good amount of force and I was very loud. Her adrenaline shot through the roof. The real attacker isn’t going to LOVE YOU he’s going to harm you. From that day forward we worked together and had plans on what we’d do and how we’d respond. She got so good at it that she started anticipating my next moves and I with hers. We became a team. P.S. I did take her shopping and we had a great time together. She purchased a Louis Vuitton satchel, Johnny Was Shirt and a Sig365 custom works. Costs me $4,237.00 but it was well wort it.
DUDE! Well done. You’re my hero.
I just need your card number and billing address so I can train my wife too. 🤣
Great way to get the wife involved and also trained. Clearing with two is already miles better than clearing with one.
This is awesome.
I love methods to get your other half involved. Excellent contribution.
Thanks!
I would love to see examples of how to clear going DOWN stairs. Drew mentioned basement stairs, however many people have master bedrooms on the second floor and will have the downstairs component as opposed to going up. Thank you in advance!
Yeah that’s a great question would love some advice on this as well because that seems like a death well because your legs are exposed first.
There is no good way to clear stairs unfortunately.
Flashbangs.
Flashbangs, tear gas, and gas masks. Go boys, go.
And dont lightly gas it. Nah. Go full ww2 and turn it up. Make it gassier than snoop doggs basement.
PLEASE do more of these CQB videos! Go more in depth and breakdowns!!! Absolutely love you guys! Keep up the fantastic work!!
Came for some of the other videos, stayed for the lol's. The comic timing in this video is very good, keep up the great work and content.
Great video, and greatly needed info. I lived in the city 6 years ago and me and my wife's house was broken into and we were robbed in broad daylight while we were both at work, but my wife came home during her lunch break and discovered this just moments after it happened. I rushed home and she had already called the cops. it took them an hour to get to our house and again, we lived in the middle of Fort Worth TX at the time. The cops don't care
I love this channel and all the spec ops and special forces, my uncle is a beret and what an articulate specimen, he’s grey and in his 40’s but is still a tank and survived 8 tours with the boys, respect, estell reminds me of my uncle, very smart very calculated
There's one thing that you should have covered, going down stairs. Drew very briefly mentioned having basement stairs but never said anything more. A lot of break ins occur through basement windows and you generally have an extremely limited field of view going down enclosed stairwells. My home has a furnished basement and my teenage daughter insists on staying down there. Potentially having to confront an intruder down there is one of my biggest fears. That is the one place in my house where I would be at a disadvantage. There's no way I can go down those stairs without anyone down there seeing me before I see them.
Would it be better to instead approach from a direction where you do have the element of surprise? Maybe a back basement door or even the window they broke in from perhaps? Im no expert just a regular joe trying to protect my family as well.
@@nicksshitbro If approaching from another direction is an option, for instance a back door, then yes, absolutely, take it. But many, if not most, basements including my own only have a single entrance. That entrance is a narrow, enclosed stairwell. To make things worse it exposes your legs and lower half before you can see into the basement. Anyone down there will see you before you can see them and there's not much of a way around that.
As for entering through the same window that presents a lot of problems. The windows aren't in a position where you could just step through them. Entering through a basement windows is generally very awkward and if you were armed you'd probably have to put your weapon down in order to crawl through. Then there's also the fact that anybody in there would still see you doing that before you could see them.
Hopefully, and most likely, that's a scenario I'll never have to face but I'd still like to know how just in case.
@@polly_sacharride have a sled ready by the stairs and then get on and slide down. attach a bungee cord to help decelerate
@@polly_sacharrideow about hidden home security IR camera facing the dead zone under the stairs? Or at least a PIR sensor. This is your house. You have time to harden it now before something happens.
Flash bang first.
Honestly this is one of the best civilian CQB videos I've watched
I love that you didn't unscrew the light bulb and went with the Tactical cut.
This video was so great! I learned so much. I like how he emphasized low ready as the default, and not making bad decisions. Most of the time that you have to check out a possible threat-there’s not going to be one, and the worst thing that could happen is to mistakenly harm a loved one. Again great video!!
Came across your channel a few days ago and from what I can see and hear, you gentleman are providing a very much needed arena for like minded civies who don't have the benefit of a military cycle to draw on. Keep up the great work!
This was such a great video and people need to watch this. There’s not nearly enough training videos out there that stress the most important thing in this situation, NOT making the wrong decision. I’d say most of the time it’s probably not going to be a threat u find. So it’s important to IDENTIFY before shooting. Once that trigger is pulled u don’t get to take that back.
Whenever I watch these videos I love seeing all the differences from different groups. These were solid tips. Another group that has some great CQB knowledge is Project Gecko and they have about 4 hours of free videos on youtube where they really break down a lot of important topics.
Just wanted to pop in and say that this is probably the most simple, effective, and instructional youtube CQB video that I have ever seen. Yall are doing a wonderful job here and made me reevaluate my very limited CQB experience from the ground up, I will be implementing this in my everyday home scans for practice.
Even as someone in law enforcement for 15+ years, and having cleared many many houses/buildings during my career, I even learned stuff with this. Great works gents. God bless.
This video right here!!! Finally, some good common sense stuff for the regular guy. The vast majority of video’s on this topic, at least to me, serve no practical purpose because they are all “high speed, low drag” stuff which isn’t realistic for 99% of us.
There needs to be more video’s like this for us common folk, lol.
Was very impressed with Drew and his down to earth explanations and logic. I’ve honestly never thought of taking any kind of “formal” training, but after watching and listening to him, if he taught civilian CQB, etc courses, I’d take one.
Thanks guys!
Would love to see more focus on defensive cqb. I think most people's plans for SHTF is to hold up at home and ride out the storm. Would like to see more content around setting up fatal funnels, using furniture, cover and concealment, etc.
This
Walls and furniture are concealment not cover, brick or concrete walls do provide some protection depending on the caliber of your opponents weapon but are not a guaranty. If shit hits the fan and you are going to hold out in your home for an extended period of time it is likely you will need to create your own cover inside of your home. This being the case you could create a sand bag or Steal pillbox at the end of an interior room or hallway but this isn't always a reasonable option. Your advantage in your home is your knowledge of the layout, your own mobility in it and tactics like the ones in this video. You don't want to pin yourself down in one spot because 2-3 guys using these tactics can pretty easily take you out.
This was so good..I've had to clear my house after I saw a backdoor kicked in..The way he taught pieing off the different areas was so good....I will tighten up all the areas he showed..The emphasis on not shooting a loved one is something people don't discuss...GOOD STUFF GUYS....
Oops, someone needs a holster with retention 😂
Some lessons are hard learned
The pistol dropped it off his hand as a joke
That intro music is underrated 🔥😤
The moment I saw your mission statement in the “About” section, the moment I subscribed. Look how far you guys have come in just a year. You guys will have millions of followers before you know it! Bravo!
I feel like a kid waking up on Saturday morning for cartoons waiting for these to drop! 👌🏽
I almost rolled over crying watching the intro before I realized it was satire! That was some seriously Gucci Tacticool gear.
You guys have a legend teaching you guys....and us. I don't know how many times I've walked my house doing stuff like this but there's definitely certain details/lessons I'll be taking away from this video. Thanks for this!
Thank you for this. I had assumed most of this, but not all of it. I'm glad to have had an expert confirm things that I had figured were the right actions, and teach things I had not thought of.
This video is really appreciated. Helps me more in moving through my home more properly than I thought I was. Appreciate the time and knowledge!
Great video!
I do have to note that the "love begins at home" poster isn't hanging straight
the quick peaks after the pistol fell lmao 10/10
13:00 best advice I've heard about all this cqb/home invasion scenarios
Interesting point about the low-ready. Good way to add an extra safety between seeing something & pulling the trigger
Another fantastic video! Thank you for posting it! Some of your viewers may not know what is meant by "center fed" and "corner fed".
Dude that intro was Hilarious! 😂 this channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Great job guys!
Drew is the real deal. Glad to see him getting a fraction of the cred he deserves.
I always questioned the best way to clear a set of stairs. I live in the basement and my schedule is very different than that of the rest of my family so I’m usual home alone or the only one awake. I was always a bit paranoid on the most effective way to clear a staircase to another level of the house and listing to a professional explain it and having people demonstrate is very helpful. I will sure try it this way instead of trying to watch all directions at once next time.
4:00 6:40 deliberate 7:00 driving force 8:00 12:45 aim 13:30 gas break 15:40 no big jumps 17:20 dynamic sweeping 17:51 not make a bad decision 19:15 cross feet 22:00 23:00 know see things before they happen 28:30 cqb cover
as an electrician who has ruined more than one tool biting into both a neutral and hot at once dont use bolt cutters on electricity if youre trying to be sneaky. it will pop and alert enemys. just unscrew the lightbulb lol. or find an electrical panel or take apart a switch upstream on the same circuit.
My first thought on that was “just unscrew the bulb a quarter turn “ lol
Drew seems like a solid dude. Really cool and very knowledgeable. As far as my home, it's so small and no stairs so it would be a lot different than this house!
CQB as a civ.
Step 1: don't
Step 2: burn the building down
Scorched Earth Policy, BEEEE-IIIIIIITCH!!!
Might be an option depending on the situation.
Extremely useful and educational. The thing that struck me the most was keeping the gun at a low ready position and not having a sight picture. Never thought about that.
I am glad he said don't worry about crossing your feet. I consider myself to be very coordinated and actually find it more difficult and prone to making a mistake trying to focus on not crossing my feet. This is the first time I have heard someone not bash it.
Y'all have set the bar so damn high. Well done.
People call me crazy or paranoid for dry training in my house, but I call it being prepared. None of the victims of home invasion ever thought it would happen to them, until it did.
Picking something with little probability out of so many things that could happen and worrying about that way out of proportion is literally the definition of being paranoid.
@@GoodLuck-rh8tb the definition is an extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others.
Good luck protecting your family without training.
@@GoodLuck-rh8tbmy home has been broken into multiple times, specifically two times as a child. One on Christmas Eve and the other just after moving in. On top of multiple other broken windows and failed attempts. Now it's true that the environment plays a factor in the likelihood of home invasion, if someone in my family owned a firearm it would've only happened once...
@@kobiee2x137 A predator knows that people in rural areas will be easily caught off guard. Never assume you are more safe because of where you are.
@@stephen1137 my point exactly
For Stairs, you should also take into consideration the fact that the threat might not be upstairs, and here you are with your arms and focus constricted (remember 12:50 - 13:50) to focusing on the next floor, while you have your whole body exposed like that on the downstairs perspective.
Just something to take into account.
This isn’t only for citizens this is trained all throughout law enforcement and it is a good reminder to see this!
15:00 Doritos speed!
Also I just love the respect you guys paid to this man for his time here, no jokes no comments, just letting a pro do his thing and dump that knowledge on us for free. Fantastic video and an easy sub from me.
"See Those weights over there? You should use them " 🤣 Thank you for the valuable info throughout this video.
From 2:17 onto 2:30, I just realized that absolutely hilarious Django Unchained reference! You guys are doing amazing things on this channel, thank you so much for the hard work that goes into the epic videos!
This is awesome, Drew’s little tidbits of knowledge are fucking gold. He is so great at breaking down these concepts. Great work fellas.
Great video. Solid information. It comes down to the fact that everything is a compromise. Tactics, gear, time...
I pretty much only practice single man room clearing from a defensive standpoint. Ie; from inside my home during a possible break-in. If I were to arrive home to a potential break-in and no one should be in the house, I'm staying outside and calling the cops.
Very good point about the cross step, in a lot of martial arts, a good amount of time is spent on how to step and how to fall.
Great stuff guys! You guys are killing it with so much info packed in your videos!
Practicality? Professional consulting? This is a channel we needed for a very long time. But i like how there was some sort of message in the pretty hilarious skit in the beginning. That you guys were training for a "raid", but the former SF dude was like "what?" Its one thing that erks me a tiny bit. By all means - train on the cool raid stuff. I still do too with my group. But what goes into a "raid" is an unbelievable gigantic machine of things. Theres intel, theres logistics, theres planning. When we did raids, it took us sometimes a whole month to plan it if it wasnt time sensitive (in Afghanistan, most times it wasnt - it was rare for our team and if it was? CAG took over). The guys on the ground are just taking ACTION on the intel. Thats it. But as civilians? We need to play multiple roles because we dont have intel guys, we dont have long flight-time drones to recon the target and start to pick up patterns, we dont have humans around the target to give us more information of the situation on the ground. You cant just go "thats our target, lets do cool guy raid". This is deff a great starting point on "Civilian CQB". Start with learning on how to clear - your home. Good one gents! I am LOVING the content!
If civs did have an intel guy how would that change things? As I continue to realize that I'm more of a nerd than a door kicker my role changes. I'm focusing more on providing comms, drones, sigint, observation capabilities, and other things that are less sexy than raiding.
I think this is something we need to seriously consider especially seeing how Ukraine is going and how augmenting teams with relatively cheap consumer products majorly their effectiveness.
ATAK, Google Maps, CHIRP, SDRs, direction finders, drones, and on and off grid communications are things most groups would majorly benefit from having even one person proficient in managing these things.
@@ImperiumLibertas This would not only change your role but your entire groups role greatly. If a group werre to have what you say is a "nerd" (i kinda am myself haha) I think you have a more effective and more capable group. Learning to fight, shoot, move is only one part of a giant machine. I have tried to encourage under a different alias of training that some should focus alot more on other things as "modern minutemen". This isnt 1776 anymore, we have technology and so do many other enemies. China, Russia, possibly even domestic enemies - we need to counter that. We need to have a capability similar to that. A group with that capability is a group more capable than one that doesnt have that capability.
@@ImperiumLibertas idk who to ask about it but do you have any recommendations for drones for the prepared civilian type of use? The whole gear and prepping concept is not very common in my area so it's hard for me to figure out how to get into the more niche concepts like coms and drones and such.
You guys killed it with the vid!
So just to be clear (since it was said a lot in this video), you aren't really getting behind "cover", you are concealing yourself. Cover implies that you are safe from incoming fire, whereas concealment implies that you are simply hidden. In other words, walls/doors aren't going to stop most bullets. GarandThumb has a great video on that.
Other than that, this was yet another fantastic video!! Please keep them coming!
The fact that we get this knowledge from an expert for free is mind blowing.
I’m someone who’s hobbies both include real steel and airsoft. I thought I was absolutely ridiculous for using my airsoft guns to “clear” the house when I got bored…. After reading through the comments, I’m glad to know I ain’t the only one 😂😂😂
“Real steel” is one of the most laughable terms that I’ve heard from every airsoft person I know. Please do not say real steel. It’s very cringey
I had a teen with a knife running around my small town after stabbing another kid in our yard (the 1 of 2 cops we have were on their leave/ off) it took 25 minutes for the state troopers to make it and even they were beat by a DNR officer. Me and my neighbors loaded up and cracked down the streets to stop the situation. - You can not rely on the cops being there when seconds count.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m so glad you guys are creating real “content” and instructional videos for the every day person! I love the intro 😂👌🏻
The advice of keeping the gun down is great, something I didn't even think about for clearing your own home. Great vid!
I'm SOOO glad i watched past the intro to the video. I had so many comments and complaints until i watched the whole thing lol. Good stuff fellas
*1:20** LOL this is amazing*
*Virgin Larper* vs *Chad Veteran*