The 5 Stages of Situational Awareness - Critical Mas EP 72
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Published 2023-12-06
Colonel Jeff Cooper, a World War II combat Marine, introduced a four-color set of awareness codes. Some instructors prefer a five-color code, which adds Condition Black for a lethal assault in progress. Knowing the difference between when to capture a threat and when to use deadly force is essential, given the legal implications.
Follow the "three stupids" rule: don't go to stupid places with stupid people and do stupid things. Pull your head out of your app. Colonel Cooper believed a well-adjusted person should maintain Condition Yellow throughout their daily life, without any adverse effects.
Becoming a people watcher can be an unexpected benefit of heightened awareness, allowing you to appreciate the world around you in new ways. Practicing common sense and planning ahead are essential for personal safety, ensuring that you can preserve your quality of life when facing danger.
Incorporate situational awareness into your life, even for those who don't carry firearms, as it enhances the overall quality of life and helps us recognize danger in time to escape it.
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Critical Mas(s) with Massad Ayoob is a show that provides expert analysis over a wide range of contemporaneous topics related to civilian and law enforcement self-defense, the use of force, and second amendment issues, provided by a renowned and established author with a career spanning decades in training law enforcement officers and the public at large, who is frequently called upon to provide expert witness testimony.
ABOUT MASSAD AYOOB:
Massad Ayoob has been handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement columnist for AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of some twenty books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including “In the Gravest Extreme” and “Deadly Force,” widely considered to be authoritative texts on the topic of the use of lethal force.
The winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year Award in 1998, Mas has won several state and regional handgun shooting championships. Ayoob was the first person to earn the title of Five Gun Master in the International Defensive Pistol Association. He is the current President of the Second Amendment Foundation. He served 19 years as chair of the Firearms Committee of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and several years as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. In addition to teaching for those groups, he has also taught
for the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and the International Homicide Investigators seminars.
Mas has received judicial recognition as an expert witness for the courts in weapons and shooting cases since 1979, and served as a fully sworn and empowered, part-time police officer for 43 years, mostly at supervisor rank. Ayoob founded the Lethal Force Institute in 1981 and served as its director until 2009, and now trains through Massad Ayoob Group. He has
appeared on CLE-TV delivering continuing legal education for attorneys, through the American Law Institute and American Bar Association, and has been retained to train attorneys to handle deadly force cases through the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. Ayoob served for two
years as co-vice chair of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also appeared in each episode of Personal Defense TV (Sportsman’s Channel).
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0:00 - Colonel Jeff Cooper's Stages
1:35 - Condition White
2:10 - Condition Yellow
2:30 - Condition Orange
3:10 - Condition Red
4:05 - Condition Black
5:15 - The "3 Stupids"
6:35 - Benefits of Awareness
8:00 - The Gas Station
9:05 - Part of Your Life
All Comments (21)
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Situational Awareness - It took me ten years after retiring from a State Prison in NJ to not scan every inch of a room when entering. I still won't sit with my back to a door while in public.
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As a new gun owner. Let me say this channel was worth a sub. I've learned a lot
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"Self defense ... begins with the idea you are worth defending." Rorion Gracie
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Common Sense, the rarest commodity in the world! Most people can't stay off their phones outdoors long enough to see a grizzly bear charging them in broad daylight.
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When my wife and I go shopping, she shops and I'm on light guard duty. She doesn't ask for that, it's just something I do.
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"When you're down on your hands and knees examining the thorns on the rosebush, you can't help but smell the roses." This man is a gem. Protect him at all costs.
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Am 68 and retired. We moved onto my wife’s family farm. I don’t leave the farm much. Got my CCP and carry everyday even on the farm. When asked why I wanted a CCP. Nothing against law enforcement but the response time is over 10 to 15 minutes. A lot can happen in that time. My wife talked me into going to Cracker Barrel. As we were leaving a young man followed us out and was walking closely behind us. I didn’t panic but was cautious. Like you I reached under my coat and put my hand on my gun. Never pulled it out but I was ready. We walked up to our car and the guy walked by. I didn’t want to pull my gun but was ready if I had to.
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Respect to all you keeping your head on a swivel out there!
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I always do a 4 point walk around my car when in a gas station ⛽️ always looking around
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I tell my wife and my kids, youngest 6, “keep your head on a swivel” be aware of your surroundings and who’s in those surroundings everyday. I never sit with my back to the door of any place. It’s important for survival!! Can listen all day to Mr. Ayoob, such a calming voice!!
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How can one not learn something when listening to this man. Thanks, Mas.
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I have a positive condition yellow story for you. I was sitting in the airport waiting for a flight, and everyone around me had heads in apps, but I was practicing my peoplewatching. A young family came walking by, and a toddler following his father turned and made a beeline for a downward escalator a few feet away. His dad didn't see. I jumped up and yelled and got his father's attention - for which he was very grateful - but I was the only one in the whole place who saw the situation develop. Being aware of people, for me, is also about keeping inventory of people I want to protect.
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"Don't go stupid places with stupid people and do stupid things." I'm going to adopt that phrase and pass it on to my daughter when the time is right
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I was at a big Mexican restaurant just last night with family. I scanned over the restaurant several times. Plenty of smiling faces abounded, the staff was waiting to close for the night, and I enjoyed feeling aware and present. Matter of fact, I believe the Dali Lama described meditation as s calm awareness, and that's how it felt.
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I have read and listened to this man for 40 years, and he usually 💯 $ correct !
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I cannot describe how good it is to see Mas still putting out content! Back in 1986, one of my first required courses in college was a firearms course, which was taught by an 'old school' firearms instructor. His name was Bob Sylvester. He lived in a house that had no electricity or running water, and had a gun collection that would rival most museums. He was also the first person I knew that could literally toss up a silver dollar, draw on it, and hit it. The required reading for the class, unlike most other college classes, wasn't a text book. 90% of the reading material was Massad Ayoob articles he had copied off. The other 10% was Col. Cooper! As he put it, there are no other more knowledgeable experts on the subject of handguns for law enforcement than Mas, and Cooper!
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Thank you Massad for sharing your wisdom with us. At 68 I am still learning new things to protect myself and my loved ones. You are appreciated Sir.
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When Massad cracked that little smile, I'd love to hear some of his 3:00am stories. ^_^
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Situational awareness is a habit. You need to practice it before it sticks and then it just happens. But you have to start practicing. If you carry then chances are you are the only one in a crowded room that can stop an armed person with evil intent.
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Ayoob is one of the most brilliant minds in gun craft. In the 90s I bought several copies of his book “In The Gravest Extreme” and have loaned them to any friends and family who were considering purchasing a firearm for self defense. It’s a must read. I’m aware that they say, “There’s only two kinds of fools in this world. Those that loan books, and those that return them.” I actually still have ONE book so I suppose I’m just a partial fool. This book is worth it.
