Excellent article for it's intended audience.
Found the section on sights very interesting. Will be trying some day-glo yellow tape on my front sight soonest!
I am involved with the training of a large group of people for such encounters in an environment where 99.99% of them will hopefully never experience such an encounter, and often wonder how they will react if / when the time comes...
I believe there is only so much that DT, dry work, range time, scenario and force on force training that I can give 'em. Hope they are never tested!
As an aside, two of my troops were holidaying in Thailand and escaped the tsunami through (what I think) is the enhanced sense of self preservation that comes with such training.
We constantly hammer our people to "trust your gut" and "if you think something is wrong, the worst thing you can do is nothing".
The two were leaving an island on a longboat bound for Phi Phi island when the tide went out from under them leaving them on the seabed. They were pushing the boat out toward open water wondering what the hell had just happened when they noticed a white haze heading at them from a distance. While others stood and watched, my guys shouted "run", grabbed their backpacks and hightailed it back to the island. They had no real idea what they were running from, but "felt" that things weren't normal.
The water did catch up with them, but they had made it far enough inland to be able to stay on the feet while the water washed around them, and were then able to return and help rescue survivors.
Many who did not heed their call to run are no longer around.
I'd like to think that our training had something to do with their survival.
Take Care...
G