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First live fire with the @WerkzHolsters concealed rig. Worked a bunch of stuff on a pretty heavy volume day. Draw live is 1.3ish at 10. Dry fire will continue until performance improves.

@TequilaKid900 Hell yeah

I could have a 700 credit score by the end of the year.

@TheBuddyCSM I love NCOs. Genuinely.

I like to pull teaching points out of WTF posts (leaders are missing out if they aren’t): EVERY vehicle recovery operation needs a single NCO (preferably a platoon sergeant or squad leader) in charge so things like this don’t happen. Things need to happen in sequence. Do not disengage the transfer case before the tow bar is fully hooked up. This happens more often than it should. Do things in the intended sequence. There is a right way to do things and every other way—especially with vehicle recovery. These vehicles can kill you when you least expect it. Treat them that way. This is why standards and discipline matter.

@jammingames You'll never make everyone happy. Stick to your GDD, make something you're proud of, then make it amazing. If you build it...

To be honest, I don't really know how to set people's expectations accurately. Some people seem to want AAA graphics quality from a tiny indie studio, and they let us know that in every YouTube video comment they make. 😅 I think we'll punch above our weight, don't get me wrong. I brought on my brother just to improve visuals and that's what he's focused on. But I'm also much more interested in investing in compelling gameplay that stands the test of time, rather than just pretty graphics. And we only have the time we have. If this game is to ever come out, we'll have to make some tradeoffs somewhere. That's enough of that. Back to work!

@No1_ImPoRtAn7 I mean Geronimo isn't a marksmanship trainer by any stretch

@ControlledPairs Geronimo offers all of that for $17.99 and ACE Virtual Shooting just upped their prices to $25 per month or $228 per year...

VR game, btw.

Article version of yesterday’s story.

Peak

@TimOnPoint My c-spine remembers.

For a few years, I actually dreamed in green.

Check out this excellent video from @ControlledPairs youtu.be/LuYbqTZrtAY?is…

@ControlledPairs The shit this man has seen

@freshdonuts3 Geronimo. PCVR game available on steam. Launched yesterday.

@ControlledPairs What game?

@BieverSean 👀

@ControlledPairs Geronimo video when papi

@TheBuddyCSM @CynicalPublius @RobManess Major has its merits! (I'm over it)

@CynicalPublius @RobManess Sir first sergeant is like being a major. Platoon sergeant is where all the peak fun is.

Many of you know that I was a U.S. Army Colonel. My career was great and I loved it, but if I had it to do it over my goal and career peak would have been to be a First Sergeant in the 82nd Airborne for as long as they would let me. 1SG is the best rank in the Army IMO. (Somebody called me "Top" today and got me thinking about this 😉.)

@WEYU416 @ReynoldHughes He is literally me.

@ReynoldHughes Hate to dox @ControlledPairs like that but it works too well.

Keeping follows clean on this new account but gotta keep tabs on old moots

@RichS5182894026 It's a comp gun.

@ControlledPairs Not bad but why not run something more duty rated? Mr. Cowan at Sage Dynamics long since sold me on not getting anything but the rmr or holosun series with his exceptional testing standards. (Unrelated note: appreciate the videos)

Let's track the RMA process. Request submitted 30 May

@stormisacoming Shooting accurately is part of training. But their training is awful, they're frequently uninvested, and they're generally bad at shooting.

@ControlledPairs Most cops can't shoot accurately. Not part of their usual training. Specialized talent

There's some new LE body cam footage going around from Illinois. PD attempted hostage rescue during an ongoing domestic incident, shot and killed a 3 year old. It's awful. Recommend skipping it. Train harder.

@MAC_Arms For sure! Just find Facebook boomers much worse lol.

@ControlledPairs Have you seen how the humans act on YouTube? 😀

YouTube hates firearms content. They delete hundreds of our old videos, squash us in the algorithm, demonetize us, etc. FB on the other hand went from acting like YT to uncorking us and allowing our followers to actually see our posts. Same video post made at the same time:

@MisanthropicZo1 Shooting children during HR is unacceptable and inexcusable.

@ControlledPairs No amount of training can prevent this sort of thing. Stress tolerance from exposure is critical to being able to make the best call, based on training, on when to pull the trigger. You can do drills until you got a smoothbore, but the stress of the moment can end in a tragedy.

@baltsgauntlet 100%

@ControlledPairs IMO given the amount of hostage rescues patrol officers have to do I think they should probably have higher marksmanship standards than your average 11B