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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
ODNR Adds 10 Cadets to State Park Ranks - News from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Three, Deblo, Grycza and Mack, are RAP grads. Well done, now don't screw this up.
ODNR Adds 10 Cadets to State Park Ranks - News from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
ODNR Adds 10 Cadets to State Park Ranks - News from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
National Forensic Science Technology Center » NFSTC’s live exploitation demo at SOFIC
Demonstration of battlefield forensics, that could work anywhere. The takeaway for me is the speed with which this can be done. Obviously, the military has a vested interest in not taking a week to process a crime scene, which tends to attract snipers and secondary devices. But a very reliable source told me that the Israeli model to a bombing or mass killing is to have the scene processed and opened within two hours, bloodstains washed up and all. From a psychosocial perspective, getting back to normal at the scene as quickly as possible may help get things back to normal on a larger scale. There's thorough, then there's thorough.
A second point is the amount of forensic and incident scene work being done by the military. With withdrawals and drawdowns, i don't know how it looks as a career field, but I sense that the days of checking vehicle passes at the base gate are going away, or getting subcontracted.
National Forensic Science Technology Center » NFSTC’s live exploitation demo at SOFIC
A second point is the amount of forensic and incident scene work being done by the military. With withdrawals and drawdowns, i don't know how it looks as a career field, but I sense that the days of checking vehicle passes at the base gate are going away, or getting subcontracted.
National Forensic Science Technology Center » NFSTC’s live exploitation demo at SOFIC
Monday, May 20, 2013
Fortress of Solitude Critter Census:
6 Ticks
Toe-Biting Spider
The Chupacabra that ate my bluebirds.
This 2-footer that needs to be a little quicker if it wants a piece of me:
Toe-Biting Spider
The Chupacabra that ate my bluebirds.
This 2-footer that needs to be a little quicker if it wants a piece of me:
Battelle to Upgrade Pickup Trucks for Special Operations
Battelle to Upgrade Pickup Trucks for Special Operations
I doubt it's the division of Batelle that is located in and outside of Columbus, but this seems like a smart move. The Toyota Hilux/Tacoma and old Land Cruisers are as ubiquitous as AKs overseas, though I wonder how much armor they could, or should carry. And while they aren't going to win too many highway pursuits, if I was responsible for a LE fleet in tight, rugged country, I certainly give them a thought. There are places they'll go that a Suburban or F250 isn't going to squeeze into.
I doubt it's the division of Batelle that is located in and outside of Columbus, but this seems like a smart move. The Toyota Hilux/Tacoma and old Land Cruisers are as ubiquitous as AKs overseas, though I wonder how much armor they could, or should carry. And while they aren't going to win too many highway pursuits, if I was responsible for a LE fleet in tight, rugged country, I certainly give them a thought. There are places they'll go that a Suburban or F250 isn't going to squeeze into.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Inside The NSA | Armed with Science
An agency with an interesting history, if you are a math/stats/computer geek, it might be the place for you. They actually have a small museum, outside the secure perimeter, of course, about the history, science and technology of cryptoanalysis. It includes a couple NSA aircraft, a number of which have been lost along with their crews while flying missions that never made the news. If you are near DC, it's worth a look, and in need of some serious redesign and interp work. I believe that there is also a NSA Police, fire and ems, because of the tens of thousands of people who work on a huge campus that no one enters without clearance. Even waste and garbage disposal is done on site, or separated out so a contractor hauling junk away doesn't find anything they shouldn't.
Inside The NSA | Armed with Science
Inside The NSA | Armed with Science
Thursday, May 16, 2013
FBI, Mass. State Police investigate case of trespassing at Quabbin Reservoir | Central Massachusetts - WCVB Home
Odd - If they'd been smart enough to carry fishing poles and licenses it might have ended with nothing more than an FI and a warning. Which isn't necessarily good. Water supplies have been a high-value target for terrorists since someone came up with poisoning the village well by dumping a rotting animal corpse, or other, into it.
FBI, Mass. State Police investigate case of trespassing at Quabbin Reservoir | Central Massachusetts - WCVB Home
FBI, Mass. State Police investigate case of trespassing at Quabbin Reservoir | Central Massachusetts - WCVB Home
Blue Force Gear Introduces Urban Wolf : The Tactical Wire
I use a lot of BFG equipment, and have always found it to be high quality and very well designed. Arctyrex (sp?) introduced Urban Wolf, which is a lot like a Maritime Gray, and people saw early on that it was an excellent camo color that didn't look like camo. It really seems to blend into a lot of environments, and if your uniform is patterned after an Ohio State Trooper's, or National Park Service Ranger, it'll be a lot lower-visibility than anything else, and will blend right into your shirt.
Coming from an urban environment, most of my stuff was solid black, until I learned the value of spray paint. Now that I have more experience, and now that a million more people have centuries of experience working in multiple environments ending with consonants, solid black is arguably the worst color to wear, unless you are infiltrating a black licorice factory or asphalt plant, which I've actually done. The more solid black you wear, no matter how dark, you look like a cop wearing solid black. It blends with shadows, and black paint, but nowhere is solid black, and the failure to break up against a light background, even a glint of crescent moonlight, just kills it. Or the wearer.
Blue Force Gear Introduces Urban Wolf : The Tactical Wire
Coming from an urban environment, most of my stuff was solid black, until I learned the value of spray paint. Now that I have more experience, and now that a million more people have centuries of experience working in multiple environments ending with consonants, solid black is arguably the worst color to wear, unless you are infiltrating a black licorice factory or asphalt plant, which I've actually done. The more solid black you wear, no matter how dark, you look like a cop wearing solid black. It blends with shadows, and black paint, but nowhere is solid black, and the failure to break up against a light background, even a glint of crescent moonlight, just kills it. Or the wearer.
Blue Force Gear Introduces Urban Wolf : The Tactical Wire
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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