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    DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION Se Ps ANDJTRAINING FORTHE REALWORLD) Pei on A BUDGET biy NL) Seal ES ates | Saag Taya Bo . fata ema ag aan ty Tet aS ye rar iL Say cy Peet) Bes 1G RSCG | MU EE och Tg FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION SIG P229 and 357 SIG Cartridge BY GERARD VALENTINO HOT WHEELS, MAGAZINE MADNESS etic Survival Training At BSR Fusil USAs One-Piece 30-Round Magazine BY PATRICK A.ROGERS gs SKILLS FOR EMERGING UNCERTAINTY (other Than Shooting Training BY JEFF RANDALL ALL THE RIGHT ANGLES Four-Count Room Clearing Technique BY DAVID R. REEDER gs (| : Fl ‘pone, EXCELLENCE ON Frost ak A BUDGET Tain Smart, Buy Smart BY MIKE JONES. swat» sou 2m Ne er eer an cee coreery rere ate Seen Serre] 3 ae cerry at) oes tes ones eet the greatest threat to that person? Th ny, hat thr Perera cerns 5 » BY DAVID R. REEDER RIGHT ANGLES FOUR-COUNT ROOM CLEARING TECHNIQUE The identification of threat angles is the most difficult part of a tactical operation. his may appear most obviously in T soldiers new to MOUT (Military (Operations on Urban Terrain), but ve seen it in SWAT operators and snake caters as well, Unfortunatly this often eal inatraction is. method? because ta based rather than princplebssed, Le, the distressing predispesition to empha Size cookie-cter tactics, This methodol logy can be sgnilicantly improved upon by teaching problem-solving in a tactical environment. Four Count Room Cleasing Is viable and effective technique for the instruction of new operators or giving se soned ones anew perspective, eared this method when I joined the ‘dre ofthe Bold Lightning Usban War fare School, Camp Gruber, Okdahom I ‘watehed the Course Chet a grat snarling tno of a Master Sergeant, use it over and ‘ver again, and saw the light suddenly dave in the eyes of any number of st dents from all mitay branches’ numer ous police tactical urits. The technique is stating in its simplicity, which counts in is favor—and it works, ‘The Bold Lightning took credit for it nor sod where they'd Tearme it bt in the ena don't think the author matters if it makes our operat safer and more efectve. Here's the deal. It doesn't matter sf you're assaulting Fallujah in battalion strength, conon-and-searching in ak Thawra or serving a warrant in the Cass Corridor: ll room clearing comes down to just two things: ange intuition and or neting, every time. Everything relates to angles (operator's position-perspetive in relation to a threat) and comers (vertical and horizontal If you correctly intuit the angle or comer that concerns you, then identify hhow best to deal with it, you've increased the Hkelhood of successful mission completion. The parila acti you use to prosecute your operation don’t matter Slow and deliberate or violent and fast, Four Count Rom Clearing will @pply Te does not matter if you'e hookand: crossing oF crostandhooking, button hooking, moving tandem or bouncing ‘up and down behind «body bunker on 3 ‘pogo sick. can allbebroken down a the ‘mest fundamental level to four things that snus be identified. Those four things are 1. Where re we going? 2, Whois going? 3, What isthe greatest threat to that person? 4. Who is covering that threat? Te won't be found in any eld, technial ‘or SWAT manaals that, ' aware of, but 6B SwAx> Jur 2000 ‘swarwae.con it's prety good guideline fr leaning and conducting learing operations Then’ always more to a succesful ‘operation than ths, celinly more if you have to ross the street oF go from rooftop torontop unde ire, bat submit to you that iyo can answer these for questons—even subconsciously a you read the strcture and flow through St-then you are mote likey to kill or capture your opponent and keep fom spoting new holes while doing so rm not hereto argue the best method {or taking down this or any other room Tactics ate like bots, beer a ullets— everyone has favorite brand or elber. Bloeaholein the wall por the window ‘ordrop down the chimney like Santa in hvwy armor, Whatever Pm using the iastrations solely to dingrat the Four ‘Count Room Clearing method. ‘SuaTMARCON ey onto heats ets See pecerare pea eee H ing? The living rer res With the big houseplant behind Given this fouecount, see wind up seth Apone covering the main thet fara (in the coun), with Hicks moving up to pick up his Bank (# in the count) as depicted Ture. T's a big area and thas ational threats, so Frost can move up and help if need be. Probably Hicks will take a Look to clear behind the couch and then they'll move into the living room, 4 Whol ree (eee ere enn r eects eat ee est tlneal to that ees ns the operaton es eee en eee een lain discarded under stress Simpl they were touching shoulders. He has to be interposed betnveen the possible threat and his partner. fhe hasn't invuited the LEA and put himself there, he cannot effec. tively protect Apone. CUCL EEE br SCLC Le CO Mets | =] swarass.con SWAT.» JUL¥2000 71 Northern Lights Tactical |) wwww.northernlightstactical.com By no means am I suggesting you stop to tick off the four questions on your Nomexgloved fingers while a crank: stained scumbag is shooting at you dur- ing alive op. I'm certain, however, that if You or one of your students is having trouble with angle intuition, then do- ‘ng mumerous slow reps in a variety of threat aregs using the four-count will help. It is also possible that in a worst ‘case scenario, if you're confronted with ‘real-world problem so challenging that ‘you're wondering what the hell the next best move should be, perhaps running through the four-count will help you press on withthe mission, Ultimately the goal of every tactical 72 SWAT.» 1u04 2008 ‘sarias.con ALLTHE RIGHT ANGLES Sopa eae outed Stee aaserioenor call us today at 334-375-7153 or visit IREAGTTAGTICAL COM ervices selection and 9) ES a Instructor should be to teach foperators to problem solve Principlebased MOUT, ac- live-shooter response or SWAT is always {going to be better than method based Instruction forthe good guys involved, because i's impossible to teach every operator everything he needs to know, Instructing them on the best way to take down the local shoot house is not sutfi-

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