Military Archives

Stop Teaching Drawstroke First

Article 065 – Most agencies start by teaching recruits to draw from the holster. This corrupts shooting mechanics—and most officers never recover.

Does Your Range Training Make Bad Shooters?

Article 064 – As we work with law enforcement agencies around the country, it has become increasingly obvious that much of what the industry has traditionally done on the range really needs to change.

That Weems Guy Podcast

Podcast with Lee Weems, John Holschen, John Hearne, and Dustin. This one contains a lot of good discussion about training design impacts and the importance of visual processing, as well as John Holschen’s observations after using the NURO System in training for nearly a year.

Police Skills Matter

Article 062 – Police Skills Matter: Inadequate skills result in tragic outcomes. Officers need tools and techniques that work, training that produces competence, and effective accountability structures that work before things go wrong on the street.

Why There’s No Off Ramp: Police Firearms Training Prevents De-escalation

Article 061 – Traditional training methods produce skills that are physically separated from the brain’s ability to process information and change behavior. This is no longer acceptable for armed professionals.

Second Order Effects

Article 057: Second Order Effects: The Unintended Impacts of Qualification Structure. When looking at the establishment of standards and criteria for large organizations (and, particularly, for training academies) it is also important to look at the unintended effects of these requirements.