The Threat is Real—and Accelerating Every 4.9 seconds, someone becomes a victim of identity theft in the United States. In 2024, over 1.1 million identity theft complaints were reported, and nearly 30% of Americans have experienced identity theft at some point in their lives. Nearly 47% of victims who contacted the Identity Theft Resource Center had been victimized more than once, making this a recurring nightmare rather than a one-time incident. Bad actors are everywhere. Thanks to the world wide web, there is no limit to attempted theft, harassment, or being taken advantage of. The digital threat landscape has become truly global. According to the World Cybercrime Index, most cybercrime originates from just six countries, with Russia, Nigeria, China, India, and Romania leading in various categories of digital crime. Nigeria remains infamous for advance-fee fraud and romance scams, while Russia hosts some of the world's most skilled ransomware operators and banking malware developers. India has become a hub for tech-support fraud and fake loan schemes, with the FBI reporting over 88,000 complaints related to tech support scams in 2023 alone. Chinese criminal networks specialize in "pig-butchering" schemes—long-term manipulations that lead to fraudulent cryptocurrency investments—while Southeast Asian scam compounds have become industrial operations, with criminals earning $3 trillion annually from scams and fraud globally, far outpacing income from the global illicit drug trade. To say nothing about exposure to the less likely but far more disruptive devious methods like stalking, targeting for tiger kidnapping (where someone holds a friend or family member hostage, requiring you to do illegal activities on their behalf), or marking a member of your family for the globally expanding human trafficking industry. That's why in this article we're going to look at the main 2 objections that I hear most often and how to maintain more privacy, specifically protecting critical information without the overwhelm.

"Speed is fine, but accuracy is final." — Wyatt Earp That old gunfighter wisdom captures exactly why I teach the Mozambique Drill to every executive protection client who comes through Grey Man Academy. Two shots to the chest, one to the head. It's not about being flashy—it's about being final. The Mozambique Drill trains you for the moment when your "A-game" still isn't stopping the threat. Here's the tactical logic: It’s good practice to always engage center mass first—the chest presents the largest target with vital organs. Under stress, when your fine motor skills diminish and threats are moving unpredictably, you need the highest probability of effective hits. Simple physics and anatomy. But what happens when those chest shots don't stop the threat fast enough? Maybe body armor is involved—increasingly common in active shooter situations. Maybe the threat is chemically enhanced or is running body armor. This is where hope becomes a liability. The head shot isn't random. I'm targeting the ocular region specifically—the area between the eyebrows and upper lip. This provides the most direct path to the medulla oblongata at the brain stem. A hit here means instant incapacitation without muscular clenching reflexes. The technical execution matters as much as the concept. Trigger reset discipline, minimal travel between shots, and rapid target transition from chest to head. My cold demonstration time of 2.37 seconds isn't my best time, and it sure isn’t showing off—it's about proving the technique works under realistic conditions. For armed professionals and responsible citizens, the Mozambique Drill isn't about tactical theater. It's about building systematic problem-solving habits when stopping a determined threat becomes absolutely necessary. Because in a real defensive encounter, speed might get you started, but accuracy—at the right target—is what gets you home. Mozambique/Failure Drill Creator: Mike Rousseau (experience), popularized by Jeff Cooper Target Setup:

Implementing code words is a subtle yet powerful way to enhance safety within your family and business. By incorporating simple colors like blue or red into everyday sentences, you can discreetly signal a need for law enforcement or emergency assistance without alerting an aggressor. For example, asking someone to grab the blue file or telling a child to put away their red football provides a clear call to action while maintaining a calm exterior. The most effective safety plans are the ones that stay fresh in your mind so I suggest reviewing these phrases once a quarter alongside your other emergency protocols. Consistency is key to ensuring everyone knows exactly how to respond when every second counts.

When mastering your situational awareness skills use your "I"s to see threats coming- Irregular, Irrational, and Intentional. Irregular- look for rapid eye movement, fidgeting, rapid breathing and actions that just don't fit the situation. Irrational- look for odd language like yelling and speaking to nothing or making no sense, signs of fear, stress, or anger and generally overreacting to situations. Intentional- look for hyper-focus on someone or something, speed walking or running directly towards you and deliberate attempts to get closer to you. Remember you are responsible for your safety! #AddToYourTools

"Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion—you sink to your level of preparation." - U.S. Navy SEALs The SEALs understand a fundamental truth about human performance: when the stakes are high and time is short, all pretense disappears. You become exactly what you've trained to be, nothing more. The Bill Drill applies this principle with surgical precision—six rounds from the holster into the USPSA A-zone at seven yards, as fast as humanly possible while maintaining fight-stopping accuracy. This isn't just another drill. It's a pressure cooker that strips away excuses and reveals exactly where your fundamentals stand when it matters. In 1.96 seconds, everything you've practiced either works or it doesn't. The Diagnostic Power What makes the Bill Drill brutally honest is how it combines multiple skills simultaneously under time pressure. Your draw stroke must be crisp. Your grip must survive rapid recoil cycles. Your trigger control must remain disciplined while your brain screams "faster." Your sight acquisition must be instant and reliable. Most importantly, it reveals the weakest link in your shooting chain. A loose grip shows up as vertical stringing. Poor trigger control appears as horizontal dispersion. Inadequate sight acquisition creates random hits outside the A-zone. The target doesn't lie about your preparation level. The Standard Sub-2 seconds with all hits in the A-zone represents solid fundamentals. Anything under 1.8 seconds approaches mastery level. But here's the key insight: a perfect 1.5-second run with three misses is worthless. A 2.1-second run with six center-mass hits wins fights. The Bill Drill teaches the essential balance between speed and precision that SEALs know intimately. When your life depends on stopping a threat quickly and decisively, you'll sink to your level of preparation. Make sure that level is high enough. Train the Bill Drill not just for time, but for truth. Let it reveal your weaknesses, then fix them one fundamental at a time.