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The Basic Principles of Situational Awareness

Talyn

Talyn

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The principles of situational awareness are something that we have been taught since we were children. Don’t talk to creepy strangers, look both ways before crossing the street, pay attention to where you are walking, etc. Yet, as we grew into adulthood, many of us forgot the words of wisdom passed onto us by our elders.

Waysun Johnny Tsai Shares Basic Principles of Situational Awareness

The principles of situational awareness are something that we have been taught since we were children. Don’t talk to creepy
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Talyn said:
The principles of situational awareness are something that we have been taught since we were children. Don’t talk to creepy strangers, look both ways before crossing the street, pay attention to where you are walking, etc. Yet, as we grew into adulthood, many of us forgot the words of wisdom passed onto us by our elders.

Waysun Johnny Tsai Shares Basic Principles of Situational Awareness

The principles of situational awareness are something that we have been taught since we were children. Don’t talk to creepy
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I had a 5 year period when I lived in a rough neighborhood. It worried me enough that I'd roll into my garage and wouldn't turn the car off and unlock the doors until the garage door had fully closed. Even with that, I'd carefully watch to make sure someone didn't slip in while the door was closing. Then the house across the street was foreclosed upon. The people got sick of the crime in the area and just walked away from their house. I bought the house and then the one next door to it a few months later. I rented one to this huge, burly, scary looking dude thinking his mere presence would slow activity down. After 2 or 3 days, he found out I owned the house next to his and told me if it was up for rent, he had a buddy looking for a place. Short story is I rented it to his buddy. This dude was flat out scarry looking and he even smelled a little bit too. About the third weekend those two lived in the neighborhood, they had a small get together. That's when I discovered these guys were 1%ers. Their "club" members rented a couple more houses on the street. I'm telling you now, these were the BEST renters and neighbors I ever had. NOBODY messed around in our neighborhood any longer. In fact, I'm relatively sure our small town even got safer. I learned these guys "give what they receive" and they don't do stupid things where they live. That neighborhood in hindsight is probably the safest place I've ever lived. The only thing I didn't like was they always paid rent in cash and it was usually a wad of filthy, sweaty bills.
 
Situational awareness versus smartphones. I watched in amazement when the extremely popular Pokeman Go game app was released.
I was outside a museum right next to The Texas Longhorns Football Stadium eating lunch. I counted at least 30 people walk into things while playing that game on their phones.
I used the moment as a teaching tool for my Grandchildren. We turned it into a game.
 
Situational Awareness is defined as perceiving your environment, understanding your environment and reacting to your environment.

I'm absolutely convinced that you cannot teach somebody situational awareness. The only way that it can be learned is by personal experience. I also believe that you can't will yourself to increase your Situational Awareness. At least not for any length of time.

In the book Band of Brothers it's discussed that the general consensus of veteran members of Easy company was they didn't bother to get to know the new guy's name until they'd been with the company for a couple of weeks. The same practice was common in Vietnam.

The reason for it is because new, inexperienced troops make stupid mistakes and they die.

I also want to point out that the new guys and the veterans all had essentially equivalent training. The new guys and the veterans all had essentially equivalent knowledge that they were going to a combat zone (the ultimate "bad neighborhood") and they all knew they were going to be in combat.

The difference between the FNG and the veteran was having experience to recognize dangerous or developing dangerous situations.

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I worked as a Security Guard for almost 15 years. I spentb my entire shift watching people. Over time I noticed behavior patterns that were pretty consistent.

If see somebody just aimlessly loitering someplace where there's really no reason for them to be loitering they're almost always doing something they're not supposed to be doing.

I also noticed that as a security guard sometimes my mere presence would change people's behavior. When that happened I paid attention to the people.

This last lesson is IMO the most important.
The last one IMO is the most important. If someone is paying an inordinate amount of attention to you, you had better be paying attention to them because it's been my experience but they're sizing you up and deciding whether or not you're a mark. Even if it's just to put the mooch on you for a couple of bucks.
 
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The Night Rider said:
Situational Awareness is defined as perceiving your environment, understanding your environment and reacting to your environment.

I'm absolutely convinced that you cannot teach somebody situational awareness. The only way that it can be learned is by personal experience. I also believe that you can't will yourself to increase your Situational Awareness. At least not for any length of time.

In the book Band of Brothers it's discussed that the general consensus of veteran members of Easy company was they didn't bother to get to know the new guy's name until they'd been with the company for a couple of weeks. The same practice was common in Vietnam.

The reason for it is because new, inexperienced troops make stupid mistakes and they die.

I also want to point out that the new guys and the veterans all had essentially equivalent training. The new guys and the veterans all had essentially equivalent knowledge that they were going to a combat zone (the ultimate "bad neighborhood") and they all knew they were going to be in combat.

The difference between the FNG and the veteran was having experience to recognize dangerous or developing dangerous situations.
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The practice of pairing a FNG with someone who’s been “Outside the Wire /FOB” was something I pushed for. We also set up STX (Situational Training) lanes so the Vets could train the FNGs on what to look for. It works👍🪖
Being “Hyper Vigilant” is a lifelong thing for me now. It’s a byproduct of Prolonged Exposure PTS
( I don’t consider it a Disorder)
 
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I am situational aware(?) because of my life and experiences and living in a commie run State that protects/supports criminals and punishes law-abiding people, including hiding that guns can be bought legally if you have enough money and time.

And i agree with SA being something you live and learn or die not knowing what it is.
 
You also get a lot of situational awareness training while learning to drive. Also flying airplanes, among many professions with equipment.
Its why some people cant drive for 💩. Not aware of a damn thing

I learned head on a swivel learning to fly at 14. It translates over to driving and everyday life. You tend to always scan. Always.
 
Model 457 said:
I had a 5 year period when I lived in a rough neighborhood. It worried me enough that I'd roll into my garage and wouldn't turn the car off and unlock the doors until the garage door had fully closed. Even with that, I'd carefully watch to make sure someone didn't slip in while the door was closing. Then the house across the street was foreclosed upon. The people got sick of the crime in the area and just walked away from their house. I bought the house and then the one next door to it a few months later. I rented one to this huge, burly, scary looking dude thinking his mere presence would slow activity down. After 2 or 3 days, he found out I owned the house next to his and told me if it was up for rent, he had a buddy looking for a place. Short story is I rented it to his buddy. This dude was flat out scarry looking and he even smelled a little bit too. About the third weekend those two lived in the neighborhood, they had a small get together. That's when I discovered these guys were 1%ers. Their "club" members rented a couple more houses on the street. I'm telling you now, these were the BEST renters and neighbors I ever had. NOBODY messed around in our neighborhood any longer. In fact, I'm relatively sure our small town even got safer. I learned these guys "give what they receive" and they don't do stupid things where they live. That neighborhood in hindsight is probably the safest place I've ever lived. The only thing I didn't like was they always paid rent in cash and it was usually a wad of filthy, sweaty bills.
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Warrior9(Ret) said:
The practice of pairing a FNG with someone who’s been “Outside the Wire /FOB” was something I pushed for. We also set up STX (Situational Training) lanes so the Vets could train the FNGs on what to look for. It works👍🪖
Being “Hyper Vigilant” is a lifelong thing for me now. It’s a byproduct of Prolonged Exposure PTS
( I don’t consider it a Disorder)
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I lived in the projects when I was pretty young but you had to learn where you went and who ruled the different areas. When I went in the military my second year was in a expeditionary unit in the middle east. When I got out I went and lived in the high country away from people because the animals that lived there were better company. Over the years I have been homeless several times so staying alert was staying alive..
 
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