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By Daniel Dumas I was riding the seat of Engine 6 with a 4 man crew as a Lieutenant in the City of Pontiac. Pontiac is a small inner city that suffers from all of the problems of a big inner city: drugs, violence, low education rates and high unemployment rates, vacant houses and free […]

By Major David Chichetti In 2013, I had just relinquished command of my Cavalry Troop, when I sat down for one last counseling session with my Brigade Commander. We spoke of a few things, in particular the situation with my “toxic” Squadron Commander. He then asked me “What was your biggest failure in command?” I […]

HOMELAND SECURITY & TERRORISM Why American Women Join Jihadi Movements, Vice News The Limits of Air Strikes Against ISIS, lawfareblog.com Our Counterterrorism Allies. What are they Good For?, lawfareblog.com Green Berets Fighting ISIS Frustrated with Command, Washington Times Trump’s Misdiagnosis of the Jihadist Threat, lawfareblog.com NATIONAL DEFENSE America Must Stop Losing to China, The National […]

By Rob Shaul and Charles Bausman   A conversation is growing regarding the rising sense of entitlement from veterans. What do we, as veterans, believe we are owed, and at what point does it become a crutch to self-development? Do public support and government program benefits create the over-entitled veteran, who believes he or she […]

  This was one question in a larger survey on how being an LE Officer has changed people. Respondents answers are below…. – Rob Shaul   I drove way too fast on my way to home-invasion burglary. I did a full 900 degree rotation in my Crown Vic – but didn’t hit anything. Don’t drive […]

By Charles Bausman   Updated April 26, 2017:  This article was originally published Dec 1, 2016. We’ve continued to receive feedback from the Law Enforcement community, and have updated the responses to reflect their answers and thoughts.  The feedback we receive from MTI’s questions and surveys is always well thought out and candid. However, the […]

I received an email from a close friend of MTI – full-time firefighter, and fit – about a fire his crew fought in a tiny house …. and how physically demanding this “average” fire was. His note is below… – Rob Shaul Rob – We had a good house fire this morning. Nothing to make […]

By Rob Shaul MTI has mountain and tactical athletes around the world follow our fitness programming and widely regarded as thought leader in mission-direct, innovative, effective and efficent program design. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be producing a series of programming design education courses accessed online for coaches and advanced athletes […]

By Rob Shaul   We received some feedback from Wildland Firefighters concerning the MTI 3/600/3 Wildland Firefighter Endurance Assessment. The issue wasn’t the assessment, but rather requiring athletes to run the first 3 mile event in their firefighting boots. Below is the back and forth between myself and the Wildland Firefighters with concerns. This general issue […]