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Hi Friends,
Ahhhh, Yes ! "We were Young ---We were Soldiers." [from the true story--movie, with Mel Gibson about the first big battle in Vietnam that really kick started the War over there and go US committed, IMHO].
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We Were Soldiers
Release Date: March 1st, 2002R|2 hr. 17 min.
Plot Summary
Based upon the best-selling book "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young" by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and journalist Joseph L. Galloway, this compelling war drama depicts the true story of the first major battle between the United States and North Vietnamese forces. It is a film about uncommon valor and nobility under fire, loyalty among soldiers, and the heroism and sacrifice of men and women both home and abroad.
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Don Duong
Director: Randall Wallace
Genres: War, DramaDistributor: Paramount Pictures
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When I got home from the War in South East Asia -- Vietnam, in 1970, home to my parent's farm in S.E. Wisconsin, 30 march 70, I was age 21, and just put into two long tours of duty in the 'Nam, and felt that I was invincible, defied Mr. Death so many times, flying in helicopters 7 days a week, month after month, and seen just too much ! It was like 'getting off of a Merry-go-round, and standing STILL, silently looking at the world going by, but in slow motion !' The people back home, 'in the world' didn't know or care about anything except their own little cosmos/ world of mundane going to their safe jobs, and the goofy rat race of getting into debt, credit cards, making babies, etc. No one ever spit on ME, or gave me too much lip, and the other Veterans welcomed me home... but our war in Vietnam was a new kind of war, and totally different from WW-1 and 2 ! But the old Vets meant well, and the young ladies were happy to see us and meet us. The fact was, that many of us returned home with a healthy case of PTSD -- Combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and we were, indeed suffering, but the general population and even the VA didn't know much about it, nor how to treat it, or us ! ! And so we all struggled to eke out some kind of life, got married, drank some cold beer and wine, got jobs, and I think the smart ones went straight back to school... but that's just my personal opinion. I finally went back to college, but it took 17. 3 years later to get there ! I LOVED school, and learning great skills, and that is also when I found out more about my PTSD and how we were screwed -- BLUE -- by the Gov't, the VA, and too many others, but I went on. It is figured that, at that time in my life, more Vietnam Veterans died from suicide, than were up on the "Wall, in D.C. ! If was a big, bad, nasty secret, a failure of America and especially the stinking VA system and the Gov't ! There are STILL too many suicides by combat Veterans, RIGHT NOW !! Yes ! Now, when we are all dropping like flies and few of us are left !
And so, dear friends, especially my fellow brothers and sister from combat in Vietnam.... let me PLEASE reach out to all of you right now, you are in my pea pickin' heart of hearts, and if I can help you --- I WILL ! For the record, there surely IS a great God in heaven, who has a great Son, named Jesus Christ, who DIED FOR YOU AND ME, who loves you and has the POWER for forgive all sins and transfer you to heaven, and the RAPTURE is very near. Please contact me and we shall talk and reason. I will then give you my phone number and we shall talk, and I will help you as much as I can ! But for now, here is my email address: tschuckman@aol.com So, email me right now, or at least copy my address down on a piece of paper. I live in the UPPER PENINSULA of Northern, cold ass, Michigan, but I might move back to Wisconsin, to be closer to my friends and family, if I don't find a good, kind, smart, Christian lady U.P. before too long.... LOL.
Indeed, the good Lord Saved my worthless soul, and saw SOMETHING worth saving in me, so that I now know and understand the KJV Bible back, and forth, sideways, well enough to effectively teach it and help many others come to know the Lord, Jesus Christ, and how to get the Holy Spirit inside of you, and get to heaven, for sure !! Come talk with me -- and let us reason. Never take your life, nor despair, brothers !
Now.... we are happy and glad that Mr. Trump got elected, but as good, smart and savvy as he is, he just cannot stop what God has already ordained to be, in the future, according to His own Word, the bible ! We should pray for him and help him, but also PREPARE for the Rapture -- the coming of Christ, and all that it means. Because the life we have now on earth, is Temporary, and fleeting. Heaven and Hell are forever !
James 4: 14, "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that apeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." Death is no more than a door way, leading to everlasting life in one of two places. You need to get to heaven!
In the mean time, we must survive here on earth, and all 'Christians' are on a mission from God, and we were put here/ born here to do two things: Worship God the Father. And share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. All the other stuff is incidental, folks ! There is nothing wrong with having fun, pleasure, happiness, but the Bible tells us all how to conduct ourselves, what is right, and what is wrong. Satan is the god [small "g"] of this world, and can't you tell it ! No 'religion' that promotes rape, torture, murder of Christians and Jews, just because they do not adhere to the tenants of Islam, is truly inspired of the God of the KJV Bible ! It is, in fact, false religion, and will be totally destroyed by Father God, and His agents ! I think that we will all be drinking some wine in heaven after that all goes down, Bros ! But not getting drunk !
Right now, we hope that things might get a little better, now that Mr. Trump is about to run the store.... but as bible smart Christians... we KNOW that will be short lived... sorry. I just went to the local grocery store after a good breakfast in town, and spent $58. 51 of just a few things to make supper and lunch for the next day !! Dang ! Our American dollar is just about worthless, and so many other people in America have less than me, but are working their tails off, doing 2 jobs or more, and still poor ! I am not bragging, but after working very hard all my life, I enjoy a good retirement/ pension, having worked for over 30.5 years at Chrysler in Kenosha, WI. God has blessed me in so many ways, but I am 'RICH' in His Spirit and Grace, most of all. However my old bones and muscles feel every year of age 67, especially now near Winter and cold, U.P. And as I said in the opening of this blog post, I have many bumps, scars, bruises, both physically and emotionally, being a survivor of sorts, and I need to help my fellow brothers and sister, to truly make me whole. Don't be afraid to contact me, and I am also on Face Book, and a few other places.
Now, beware the violent times where the 'bad guys' [because Obama never wanted true law and order in the first place.... duh] just break in your front door while you and your wife are watching the TV, and take what they want, and do you wrong. I am a strict law and order guy, and hail, respect and champion the 2nd Amendment of our great U.S. Constitution. And the bible even says that it's your lawful RIGHT to arm yourself, to protect your family, hearth and home ! So... get with the program, train and prepare, now !
.... A side point, and so tender and full of anxiety for me, personally... My Mom who lives in Burlington, WI [Chocolate Town --USA. Nestle Company where I also worked for 2 years], just got out of the hospital for pneumonia, still weak and a bit disoriented, is at an advanced age, where I worry a lot about here.... and a close friend that always treated me right and loved me. We know, or have a special strange feeling, kind of like a premonition that they could die at any time.... makes me so depressed, and it hurts me so much. She always was a very kind, lady, and someone I love very much. But my sister said that she is slowly getting better --- but I still sorry about her. I guess that I am kind of bracing myself for that time when I lose my Mother, and know that will really hurt me a lot. And.... if you have a loved one who just doesn't "know the Lord" and you have tried every 'trick in the book' to gently convince that person, what else can you do .... except pray for her and treat her with kindness and respect. I just want to thank my good sister, Linda, who lives in the same town, who takes care of our Mom, all the time. Thank YOU, dear Sister, Linda !! --Love, Tom
And I love my well trained, Rotty male ! >>>
Warm Regards,
Tom Schuckman
Email: tschuckman@aol.com
The 7 Critical Survival Tactics for Home Invasion
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Home robberies are usually committed by individuals who have cased your neighborhood and know that his or her objective is to get into your home and out as quickly as possible with everything they can take and with minimum risk.
They normally choose times when the homeowners are likely not to be home, such as during the day. They normally work alone. They look for alarm decals, dogs, pet doors, locks and windows. And if they feel that the target residence is well fortified, they will likely choose another home.
These people will normally do everything they can to avoid confrontation and many times when confronted, will run. Bottom line: Most burglaries do not result in acts of violence.
Unlike the burglar, the home invasion criminal profile is quite the opposite. Indeed, they like to work at night under the cover of darkness, and on weekends when the occupants are more likely to be home.
Home fortifications such as gated communities and alarms do not deter home invaders. They can be very creative in gaining entry to your home and that includes following you from a point outside of your home, such as from the supermarket or ATM, or knocking on your door pretending to be the meter reader, delivery guy, sales person or a person in distress wherein they feign that their car broke down, phone died and they need to call a tow truck.
These criminals usually work in teams and use the element of surprise. They will use overwhelming physical force to gain initial entry to your home and employ immediate intimidation tactics to control you and anyone in the home.
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There will be no time to consider “what to do” or “how to do it” at the time of the invasion. No, you must start thinking proactively right now and take responsibility for your family’s safety.
To start preparing you for this type of violent invasion, I offer you 7 critical survival tactics that you can employ when you formulate your home invasion plan.
1: IDENTIFY
Be ready to identify potential threats. This does not mean you have to be paranoid or not sleep because every noise you hear at night may be a potential home invasion. It means that the faster you can identify something out of the ordinary, the faster you can enact your home invasion plan.
You likely already know the “normal” sounds you hear at night. These include all the creaks, pops and human sounds, such as your spouse snoring, that you hear almost every night. This establishes your baseline of what you expect on a day-to-day basis.
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Aside from the usual status changes, you may also identify a potential threat because of a motion-activated light or because your dog starts barking. Whatever the stimulus, the idea remains the same. You identified something in your environment that is the stimulus to flip that mental switch pushing you into the next level of readiness.
2: ESCAPE
If you are ever faced with a violent situation, your first thoughts should be to escape safely out of the residence if at all possible. The “safely” part is an important aspect to escaping.
If you are going to place yourself or others in greater danger by attempting to escape, then perhaps the next best thing may be to evade and fortify. If you aren’t there because you escaped, then you remove the opportunity the home invaders have to hurt you.
Perhaps the biggest rule of thumb is to never attempt escape if it means leaving family members behind. Though it sounds like a given for most people, when faced with decision making under extreme stress, people do not always opt for the best choices.
The key is if you are going to escape, then do so as a “team” effort. And if you cannot, then work together on your plan to find rapid solutions to evade, arm, fortify or, if necessary, defend.
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The other and more important aspect of movement is that you will need to make sure that escaping outside your home does not present equal danger. For example, you believe you have identified two home invaders by sound. But what if they are working in concert with a third or even a fourth person, positioned outside the home at another point of egress or somewhere on the street? You may be running right into them. So the key point to be made here is to move only as fast as you can determine you are clear of threats. Let the circumstances dictate your speed of movement, and therefore your escape.
3: EVADE
Evading here may be defined as simply whatever actions you must take to get away from the invaders or from an attack within the residence or structure. This could mean moving from the living room area to another area of the house such as a bedroom or the kitchen.
A big part of your planning should include thinking about the many situations that could occur during a home invasion and clearly identifying “how” you will evade and to where.
This is best accomplished by visualizing the scenario. Run through it in your head a number of times, changing variables. Write it down on paper and rehearse it in as many circumstances as possible.
One of the biggest challenges is to know when to evade and when to stay put. For example, if you recognize that one of the attackers is in very close proximity to your position and that by moving you would be forced in another direction, one that puts your back to the threat, then evading is not what you should do. This is then a situation where defensive tactics will likely play a role in your survival.
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4: ARM
There is the possibility you will have to respond to the attackers in a defense capacity to save your life or your family from grievous harm. It is always best if you are armed with a firearm, but being armed does not necessarily give you the skills, and more importantly, the know-how of when and how to use it. This requires training; so be sure to include that in your plan.
While having a gun in a bedside holster or staging guns all around your home sounds fantastic, there are numerous reasons not to do so, especially for those individuals who have children.
I usually recommend having your firearm with you as you move, holstered and concealed, unless there is an immediate threat.
Why carry concealed in your own home you might ask? The short answer is because having an overt holstered weapon while moving about may pose more danger to you should you find yourself ambushed within any area and whereas concealing that gun gives you the same defense power plus the element of surprise! And from personal experience I can tell you that if you are concerned about the time it takes you to draw your gun from concealed carry versus open carry, don’t worry about it.
The time differential to get your gun out on threat is literally negligible. The more crucial issue and challenge is that the vast majority of people under extreme stress such as a home invasion are going to basically double their presentation times. So if at the shooting range you draw from concealed in two seconds or more, double that time.
Something to really consider is that there are a great many defense tools available to you other than that firearm.
Given that you are thinking about planning ahead as you read this, consider that almost anything can be a defensive tool if you know how to employ it. Books and coffee mugs can be used to strike with, baseball bats, canes or other long impact type tools can make good defense weapons.
Even your cell phone or tablet’s corner can be employed, and think of all the potential defense tools that we have in our kitchens! Everything from knives to meat tenderizing hammers to cutting boards and more.
Once you open your mind to the possibility of these weapons of opportunity, you will see there are defense tools everywhere in your home.
The reality is that part of your planning should be to walk each mature family member through your house to review potential defense tools; you may be surprised at what you find.
5: FORTIFY
If you are unable for whatever reason to escape or you are evading to a space or room, then you will need to fortify. Fortifying is finding a space that you can effectively put something such as a strong door between you and the invaders. It may also imply using furniture, desks, chairs or other heavy or dense materials to barricade yourself and your family members within that space. And it could also imply that you have found a nice dark area with a dense piece of furniture concealing you.
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When you are choosing a fortification point, there are several things to consider:
- Do not use closets, unless of course that closet was designed and engineered to be a safe room. Closets don’t leave much in the way of options should the bad guys penetrate your space. And secondly, such a confined space reduces the time you have to make a decision on what you will do, minimizes your defense options and decreases the distance and time an attacker can reach you.
- Always put as many doors, corners, rooms and hallways between you and the known position of any attackers.
- Whenever realistic, position yourself at a 90-degree angle to the entryway of how the attacker may approach. In this way, you will likely see them before they see you, giving you the potential element of surprise to launch whatever defensive tactics you employ, thus gaining a bit of a tactical advantage.
Communicating as it pertains to home defense has three facets. The first is communicating with family members. You should have a code word that is not commonly used that every family member knows.
For example, if you are separated at night from your family and you hear someone approaching your safe space, you should use the code word so as to not shoot or attack them by mistake.
Employing a simple code word such as “jellybean” or “Chevy” while in close proximity will immediately alert family members that a “friendly” is about to enter their space.
Secondly, you will want to communicate to police once you are in a position of safety, usually when you fortify. It’s best to hold your hand over your mouth and phone and speak quietly for noise discipline reasons. You will be pressed for time, so you want to get the emergency operator the most important information first and then work down the list. It should go something like this:
- Tell them your exact street address first.
- Tell them what is happening (i.e. home invasion)
- Tell them if you are armed and with what.
- Tell them the attacker’s description and if known to be armed. If you know the type of weapons the attackers have, it is helpful to police.
- Give them your description and how many people are with you. For example, after a brief description of yourself, you can say, “My wife is also here and my two small children.” If time and circumstances permit you can be a bit more descriptive.
- If time and circumstances allow, tell them your current location within the structure.
If the invaders do not know your whereabouts, I do not recommend you call out to them as it gives away your position.
If on the other hand the attacker is attempting to breach your space, then it may be a good idea to attempt communication.
7: DEFEND
Given that most home invasions are violent and can include murder, assault, rape and torture, you must plan for worst-case scenarios. This means you may have to use whatever personal-defense options are available to you at that time.
These incidents are dynamic and thus are constantly changing. This requires that you plan, train and rehearse for as many variables and situations as possible. In the majority of these cases, a firearm will be appropriate and even necessary but that does not preclude the use of any defense tool, including weapons of chance or improvised weapons. It also means you may have to employ your body weapons such as hands, elbows, knees and feet.
When you are fighting for your life or the lives of your family, there are no rules of engagement other than to survive!
Until next time, stay alert, check your six, put your back against the wall and stay safe!
Jeff
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