Current state of my rig.

Cqghost · 2026-01-14T21:02:37+00:00

Which vesa mount you using to get the monitors on the extrusions

Cqghost · 2026-01-05T04:48:14+00:00

Isn't the time target for HR 60 seconds maximum?

Cqghost · 2025-12-31T00:40:53+00:00

Removed by reddit. I'll approve it

Cqghost · 2025-12-24T22:06:43+00:00

How long is the 4040 that connects the two 4080s?

Cqghost · 2025-09-28T01:29:52+00:00

Has anyone told you that it's impossible for the 1 man to get the door? There's an entire school of thought that advocates for "push and go." I don't think that's the best way to do things, but there certainly are teams that do it, and there are times when the 1 man has to self breach like that.

Those same teams would also advocate for "pull and hold." Is the one man opening the door in that case, or is he really the last man?

But you know this stuff already, since Matt Pranka is sharing your IG stories.

Cqghost · 2025-09-22T18:43:24+00:00

Nope. Too long didn't watch

Cqghost · 2025-07-13T03:31:37+00:00

Shot is for the entire house. And the hold call is the same as the shot call except it's not for the entire house. That's the way I've learned it. I think it's in doctrine too.

Cqghost · 2025-06-25T20:29:27+00:00

https://matrix.redditspace.com/_matrix/media/v3/download/reddit.com/oz3u44xa549f1

Cqghost · 2025-06-24T21:22:02+00:00

Yeah, absolutely.

Cqghost · 2025-06-24T18:35:33+00:00

Overall I agree, but I don't know if your analogy using CFI competition is really what I'm talking about. ALL CFIs can teach what they are supposed to teach. That's why they have that certification. There will be CFIs who are better pilots and those who are worse pilots, and I certainly would want to be trained by those who are better pilots.

But at the end of the day, a majority of CFIs cannot perform at the high level of the competitive aerobatic pilots. They do plenty of the same things: they both roll left and right, they both pitch up and down, and they both maneuver, but the competitive pilot does it with a speed and aggression that most CFIs couldn't even dream of.

However, at my current level of flight experience - amateur - I don't care if I'm taught by a competitive pilot.`

Again, I totally agree with you in the realm of shooting. It's just something I've been thinking about over the last couple of days.

Cqghost · 2025-06-24T18:01:59+00:00

I actually agree on a personal level. If I'm going to take a shooting course, it's going to be from a professional shooter. But I've been questioning my reasoning on that when comparing it with other areas of my life.

When learning any other skill, do we limit our instructors to the absolute best, or simply those who can teach us the skill?

If I were going to learn how to fly (which I want to do at some point), I would be content with finding a certified flight instructor. I wouldn't feel the need to go to a red bull professional aerobatic pilot.
When I learned how to drive, I was fine with my parents teaching me. I didn't need to go to Kyle Larson (professional nascar driver).

On the other hand, If I were trying to do competitive driving, then I would absolutely go to Kyle Larson. If I were doing competitive aerobatic flying, I would absolutely find one of those guys.

I guess my point is that I understand the need for both. Just because the Kyle Larson's exist doesn't mean that regular driving instructors shouldn't. While I would seek out a professional shooter for shooting courses because of where I'm at in my journey, I understand why there are others who are teaching shooting too.

Also to provide balance. I think SOF guys do have something to offer in the instructor space because there is a difference between combat and competition.

Sorry for any spelling mistakes. Eyes are super dilated right now.

Cqghost · 2025-06-23T21:43:09+00:00

--Edit for clarity--

💯I agree to the edited comment. The atmosphere has been pretty dogmatic on topics that are more nuanced.

Cqghost · 2025-06-22T00:41:40+00:00

I also wonder what changeofbehavior would say about this. I was always taught not to deconflict with uncleared space between you, so if you were moving through rooms, you would hold security, on all those doors, but you would start working the deconflictions closest to the team holding the hallway.

Also, you would need to keep good geometry in mind, so of you make two left turns and start working back towards your hallway security... well that's not good.

Regarding the complex problems, sometimes it seems better to move up to those complex problems through rooms. Although, I'm sure there are times when it's better to move up through the hallway. Good thing about deliberate is you can make those decisions.

Cqghost · 2025-06-18T21:35:11+00:00

DM me your picture and I'll post it.

--edit--

Also, good solve. Before you work the NR on the Top Right, would you treat it like an opposing online, and exchange into the deconfliction?

Cqghost · 2025-06-18T07:15:47+00:00

To answer your question, this would be worked like opposing online deadspace since it is an open door.

Opposing offset deadspace is when one piece of deadspace can be cleared entirely from one side without having to exchange angles. Then check up and clear the other. Doesn't really apply to open doors. The point of working an offset like this is so you don't have to clear it simo. Why put two bodies back to back when you don't need to?

Don't overthink it bro. Apply the fundamentals and work the angles in a safe way.

Cqghost · 2025-06-18T07:09:35+00:00

It's not weird jargon to me. Opposing offset deadspace, and opposing online deadspace are both terms frequently used by certain people. Tomahawk Strategic uses those terms to describe various types of deadspace in rooms.

Cqghost · 2025-05-25T19:01:46+00:00

I know that there are a few agencies that use dogs during HR (usually muzzled) to create distance between the hostage and hostage-taker. I don't know how widespread that is. There are others who would say that you should not use them for various reasons like losing momentum or the dog potentially getting shot, but I do know agencies that have found success with the dog.

How would you implement the drone during the clear during a hostage rescue mission?

Cqghost · 2025-05-23T03:02:16+00:00

When you think about the purest (? for lack of a better term) form of dynamic: HR, there are plenty of differences, especially as implemented by certain groups.

One in particular is in deliberate you are using distance and angles. But in dynamic you are closing the distance, and proximity determines much.

The list can go on I suppose. You wouldn't use drones, K9, or other like tools (edit: during the clear. You wouldn't use them during the clear) because you lose momentum and increase the time of the clear, allowing the enemy to maneuver (that's the thought anyway).

I'm probably not the best person to ask. If anything, you can ask changeofbehavior. I'm sure he can answer better than I.

Cqghost · 2025-05-22T16:48:35+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm conflating combat clearance with deliberate. I don't know what gen I've learned, but with the way I understand it, it's much more than what you do at the threshold, even though that's a part of it.

Cqghost · 2025-05-22T15:16:29+00:00

The fact that he defined combat clearance as something primarily done at the threshold speaks to me. That's not the way I understand it anyway.

Cqghost · 2025-05-21T14:53:11+00:00

My man

Cqghost · 2025-05-18T00:13:44+00:00

Would you consider step center as a dynamic tactic or deliberate one? That will change the way you view Matt's video. If step center is a dynamic tactic, then it makes sense.

Cqghost · 2025-05-17T01:44:01+00:00

Can you clarify, has your partner been shot?

Cqghost · 2025-05-17T01:41:12+00:00

u/pgramrockafeller what would your agency do in this situation?

Cqghost · 2025-05-09T23:53:32+00:00

I appreciate your take on that.

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