Sheepdog Tip of the Day, Before Combat tip 13
Ken Murray, in his book Training At The Speed Of Life, makes an excellent observation about training warriors to give verbal commands. He notes that we must program police officers to say "Drop the weapon" rather than "Drop the gun" since officers will often order role players to "Drop the gun" during simulations, when the role player is holding a knife or other type of non-firearm. If this kind of mistake happens in a real, life-and-death situation it can confuse the suspect and it may result in the officer's judgment might be called into question in court. By thinking through exactly what we want a warrior to do in combat, and training him say or do exactly the right thing in training, we can insure that the right words and actions will be there when lives are on the line.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Combat
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