in this issue "The Marine Corps and Psychotherapy" by Fred Reed ARTICLES AND MORE BREAKING NEWS SPONSOR SECURITY NEWS WORLDWIDE COMIC OF THE WEEK SPONSOR MALL CHAPLAINS CORNER FRANKS REVIEW

"The Marine Corps and Psychotherapy" by Fred Reed

Tell you what; I've had it with whiners. Further, if I hear the phrase "self-esteem" again, I'm going to kill something. It'll happen. Just wait. Some New Age psychotherapeutically babbling little parsnip is going to gurgle to me about how arduous his life is, when he probably doesn't have a life to begin with, and about how it's somebody else's fault, probably mine, and his self-esteem is all bruised and rancid and has warts on it. And I'm going to stuff him into a concrete mixer. No, wait. I've got a better idea. I'll pack him off instead to Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, in the festering mosquito swamps of South Carolina.

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	ARTICLES AND MORE
Subject: EQUIPMENT TIPS Some tactical equipment tips from a recent SOF deployer. Thoughts on equipment and stuff: Armor Pointblank has gotten it right with Interceptor modular armor. You can set it up exactly how you need it. There is a pouch available for everything. It's light enough to wear all day but still stay manuverable. No more ungainly assault vests to go over your armor resticting you. Everyone here really likes it. And it will take hits and keep going. There are more extremity wounds now than ever before because it is saving lives by protecting torso's. The ceramic plates weigh 1/4 what the ones I got in 97 weigh. They are rated to 4 hits of .308. http://www.blackwaterusa.com/ btw2004/articles/0405tips.html Youth Gangs in Indian Country By Describes the nature and makeup of youth gangs in Indian Country. Drawing on research findings from a survey conducted by the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC), this Bulletin presents data regarding the presence and effect of youth gang activity in Indian Country and provides an overview of programmatic responses to the problem. http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/202714.pdf Decision navigation: coping with 21st-century challenges in tactical decisionmaking AS HE TUTORED the young Alexander the Great, the Greek philosopher Aristotle challenged Alexander by asking what he would do in a given situation. Alexander said that it would depend on the circumstances. Aristotle described a hypothetical set of circumstances and repeated the question. Alexander replied, "I cannot tell until the circumstances arise." Clearly, Aristotle's young student, who would become the most successful battlefield commander or "battle captain" in history, understood that no plan could fully anticipate or capture the unique conditions and circumstances surrounding every decision during battle. Alexander understood that decisionmaking must be intuitive and evolve as the battle unfolds. http://www.findarticles.com /cf_0/m0PBZ/5_83/111573646/p1/article.jhtml Top of Page

	BREAKING NEWS
Police Group Sues Bulletproof-Vest Makers A law enforcement coalition is suing the manufacturers of bulletproof vests that many police agencies believe lose effectiveness over time, failing to protect as promised. The National Association of Police Organizations is seeking up to $310 million and class-action status in lawsuits filed Thursday in Florida and Michigan. The lawsuits come five months after the Justice Department announced an investigation into the vests, which were sold to as many as 100,000 law enforcement officers. http://www.officer.com/articl e/article.jsp?id=11647&siteSection=1 Spy Agency Launches Recruiting Campaign The highly secretive National Security Agency is looking to hire 7,500 workers over the next five years in the spy agency's largest recruiting campaign since the 1980s. A release posted on the agency's Web site said NSA plans to hire 1,500 workers by September, and another 1,500 in each of the next four years. Those with specialties in foreign languages, especially Arabic and Chinese, were encouraged to apply. http://www.officer.com/articl e/article.jsp?id=11650&siteSection=1 Nationwide alert issued for mail traps Devices made to fit in corner mailboxes undetected Bags of undelivered mail found in a motel trash bin led to the discovery of metal traps apparently mass manufactured to fit perfectly inside street-corner postal collection boxes. Three people were arrested in what federal investigators say was an identity theft scheme that involved more than 180 pieces of mail intercepted from people in seven Indiana cities. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4704206/ More women join lawsuit against Hooters More than 40 women who had hopes of becoming Hooters Girls say they were secretly filmed while undressing, according to a civil suit filed against the national restaurant chain in Los Angeles Superior Court. http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/09/hooter s/index.html Top of Page

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	SECURITY NEWS WORLDWIDE
Security News Worldwide is sponsored by Blackwater Security Consulting. Check out their website here. North Korea says standoff with US at "brink of nuclear war" North Korea said Friday the standoff over its atomic ambitions was on the brink of nuclear war as US Vice President Dick Cheney headed to the region for talks with key Asian allies. The Stalinist state's official news agency accused Washington of "driving the military situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war" with plans for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/040409/1/3jdy5.html Sporadic battles amid Fallujah cease- fire U.S. Apache helicopter shot down west of Baghdad Gunmen shot down a U.S. attack helicopter during fighting in western Baghdad on Sunday, and the fate of its two-member crew was unknown. Insurgents and Marines called a cease-fire in the besieged city of Fallujah, though the fragile peace was shaken by a gunbattle that wounded two Americans. http:// www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4667742/ Pre-9/11 Secret Briefing Said That Qaeda Was Active in U.S. The classified briefing that President Bush received 36 days before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks reported that the Al Qaeda terrorist network had maintained an active presence in the United States for years, was suspected of recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York and could be preparing for domestic hijackings. But the briefing did not point to any specific time or place of attack and did not warn that planes could be used as missiles. After releasing the "President's Daily Brief" on Saturday evening, White House officials said that none of the information given to the president at his ranch in Texas on Aug. 6, 2001, was later found to be related to the attacks. But the page-and-a-quarter-long document showed that Mr. Bush was given more specific and contemporary information about terrorist threats than the White House had previously acknowledged. http://www.n ytimes.com/2004/04/11/politics/11INTE.html? ei=5062&en=9e7f143b787872cc&ex=1082260800&partne r=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position= Iraq Insurgents Threaten to Kill American Insurgents who kidnapped an American civilian threatened in a videotape released Saturday to kill and mutilate him unless U.S. forces withdraw from the city of Fallujah. Meanwhile, insurgents holding three Japanese hostage said they would be freed in 24 hours. The captors had threatened to burn the civilians alive unless Japan pulled its troops out of Iraq, a demand Japan refused. http://apnews.myway.com/article/2004041 1/D81SAERG0.html Top of Page

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	CHAPLAINS CORNER
CHAPLAIN CORNER    TO AND FOR PEACE KEEPERS OF THE MILITARY AND ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ALL LEVELS AND ALL OF THOSE IN   THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND ALL WHO CARE ABOUT      THEM AND THEIR WELFARE. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<+>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>                               "HORROR IN IRAQ"... SO READS THE HEADLINE IN THE NORFOLK, VIRGINIAN- PILOT,                      THURSDAY,  APRIL 1, 2004. IT REFERS TO THE ATROCIOUS DEATHS AND VICIOUS MUTILATION OF FOUR AMERICAN CIVILIAN CONTRACTORS... AMBUSHED AND MASSACRED IN THE STREETS OF FALLUJAH SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE... AND THEY WERE AMERICAN...  AND BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ISLAMIC MILITANTS! Read the rest.... »

	FRANKS REVIEW
PACA & Blackhawk:  Working Together I don't usually get to test more than one product at a time.  However, this week's review is going to cover a body armor system from P.A.C.A. Body Armor and pouches from Blackhawk Industries.  "What do those two have to do with each other?" you ask.  Well, let me tell you... Back in January I enjoyed the ASLET Conference in St. Louis.  The exhibitor's hall was the most fun for me (as well you can imagine).  I made the rounds, stopping at every exhibit to introduce myself, find out who was who and what they produced.  I was happy to find a familiar face at the Blackhawk Industries booth, and the gentleman that I knew there introduced me to another guy - who was the PACA representative on hand for the conference.  In conversation about both companies and what they were doing that was new and/or different, it came to light that PACA had begun manufacturing a carrier for a tactical body armor system and that the carrier accepted equipment pouches made by Blackhawk Industries. The vest from PACA is from their tactical line and is the Model SV-2.  Billed as having "more custom features than any other tactical vest on the market", the SV-2 must certainly match that claim with all the variations in coverage, fit and pouch configuration that are available.  Before we get into the myriad varieties of pouches that are available for operator selection, let's dig into the vest. http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/0412frank.html »

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