WEBVTT 1 00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:31.760 My name is Terry 2 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.800 Shepherd and I will be your guide into the world of closed quarter battle. 3 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:36.440 I'm a current U.S. 4 00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:40.080 Army Green Beret, and I have fought in two armed conflicts in the Middle East. 5 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:44.240 Initially, I was trained to fight in the European theater to protect the U.S. 6 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:46.280 and its Western allies from the Soviet Union. 7 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:49.200 During the heart of the Cold War. 8 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:52.200 As a Green Beret, I had to learn an Eastern Bloc language 9 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:57.040 and be prepared to infiltrate behind enemy lines, to link up with train and fight 10 00:00:57.040 --> 00:01:00.840 alongside Partizans to defeat the Red Army in their very own backyard. 11 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.600 In other words, I had to be really good at guerilla warfare. 12 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:07.640 Although the Cold War is technically over, 13 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:10.720 we now face a new global conflict terrorism. 14 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:12.760 To combat this threat, 15 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.880 I've got to be an expert in the techniques of close quarter battle. 16 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:19.720 Together, we'll explore how elite soldiers and police units use these 17 00:01:19.720 --> 00:01:20.840 specific techniques. 18 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:24.560 Weapons and technologies to defeat their enemies. 19 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.160 Very close range. 20 00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:29.960 The term close quarter battle is used to describe scenarios 21 00:01:29.960 --> 00:01:33.520 that police and military face in both urban and rural environments. 22 00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:36.960 Although the origin of close quartered battle goes back to sword fighting 23 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:40.360 and hand-to-hand combat, today's use primarily to describe the techniques 24 00:01:40.800 --> 00:01:44.920 when small teams are confronting an enemy inside a building or than a compound, 25 00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:50.600 stairwells, hallways and rooms always pose dangerous and unknown variables. 26 00:01:51.720 --> 00:01:56.280 From basic muzzle awareness, weapons transitions to silent team communication, 27 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.600 all police and military units need to be as good as they can 28 00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:02.000 possibly be at close quarters battle. 29 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:04.280 In today's episode, 30 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.920 we're looking at counter and anti-terror operations, which utilize 31 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.720 a wide variety of close quarters, battle techniques and technologies. 32 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:13.960 First, we'll take a look at a 33 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.600 terrorist operation that is happening in a civilian area of a major city. 34 00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:22.000 We will look at some of the basic kit of anti and counterterror operators. 35 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:26.880 I will explain some of the basic weapon techniques for close quarter battle 36 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.360 that these operators need to be expert in. 37 00:02:30.320 --> 00:02:32.840 Then we'll dove deeper into some of the equipment 38 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:36.200 needed for protection against chemical weapons, explosives, 39 00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:40.760 as well as the field medical kit of an anti-terror rapid response operator. 40 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:45.800 Finally, we will further analyze how that team of anti-terror police 41 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:50.480 respond to a terrorist threat inside a city metro or an office building. 42 00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:00.880 The attacks on 911 have brought the idea of terrorism into everybody's living room. 43 00:03:01.160 --> 00:03:05.000 But the history behind terrorist attacks goes back for thousands of years. 44 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:10.240 The ideas behind terrorism have roots in the basics of guerilla warfare. 45 00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:14.000 When a large military is fighting a smaller force, there are 46 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:18.000 some basic techniques that a smaller force can utilize to even the odds. 47 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:22.680 Although a large military has 48 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:27.440 seemingly endless resources and technology at its disposal, they're also burdened 49 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:30.000 by this infrastructure, and it can slow them down. 50 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:34.000 A small guerrilla unit, although lacking the technical 51 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.440 and resource support it, can operate in a clandestine manner 52 00:03:37.600 --> 00:03:41.520 and needs to utilize public opinion to sway support for their cause. 53 00:03:43.480 --> 00:03:46.800 Looking back to the Crusades, the colonial battles in Africa, 54 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:50.320 or even the American Indian Wars in North America, you can see 55 00:03:50.320 --> 00:03:53.520 many examples of guerrilla warfare where smaller groups 56 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.040 could win battles against very large, traditional colonial forces. 57 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.680 Using techniques we would refer to now as terrorism. 58 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:04.920 Terrorism is the organized, premeditated 59 00:04:04.920 --> 00:04:08.440 use of violence by non-state or state sponsored groups 60 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:13.560 against combatants or noncombatants in order to advance an ideological goal. 61 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:18.120 After the Cold War ended, the western world considered 62 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.480 Muslim extremism to be the biggest source of terrorist threats. 63 00:04:22.080 --> 00:04:25.640 The biggest of these threats being explosives and chemical weapons 64 00:04:25.640 --> 00:04:29.600 used on civilian populations or diplomatic stations around the world. 65 00:04:31.280 --> 00:04:33.840 The United Kingdom had the elite special air service. 66 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.640 And in the U.S., they created Delta Force to fight preemptive 67 00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:40.640 counterterrorist battles and eliminate terrorist threats 68 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.760 before they have a chance to make an attack or 69 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:47.000 to aggressively respond once an attack has been initiated. 70 00:04:47.520 --> 00:04:50.840 Antiterrorism refers more to dealing with the immediate threat 71 00:04:50.840 --> 00:04:54.400 to civilian populations and therefore falls in the responsibility 72 00:04:54.400 --> 00:04:57.440 of federal agencies, police and homeland security. 73 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.440 From the domestic terror attack in Oklahoma City 74 00:05:03.880 --> 00:05:06.520 to the global ideological threat of radical Islam. 75 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:09.360 Terrorism is here and we've got to deal with it. 76 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.360 There's two ways of looking at how to solve this problem. 77 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.240 Anti-Terrorism and counterterrorism both have to work together 78 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.320 to effectively accomplish their mission. 79 00:05:18.320 --> 00:05:19.920 Anti terrorism is more passive. 80 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:21.800 You're making the targets harder to attack, 81 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:25.320 whether it's a nuclear facility or exposed population at a metro station. 82 00:05:25.760 --> 00:05:27.920 Counterterrorism, much more aggressive. 83 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:29.760 I call it the leaning forward posture. 84 00:05:29.760 --> 00:05:32.160 You're going after the enemy. You're finding where he is. 85 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:34.160 You're collecting intelligence 86 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:35.760 and you're keeping him on the run 87 00:05:35.760 --> 00:05:38.200 so he doesn't have time to organize and attack you. 88 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.680 Whatever agencies are involved, local and federal law enforcement, 89 00:05:41.840 --> 00:05:45.000 the military or other government agencies, we need to be able 90 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:48.560 to share intelligence and operate together effectively to get this job done. 91 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:52.680 At the end of the day, any society that wants to survive needs to be 92 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:57.360 defensively, ready and offensively capable to prosecute a terrorist war. 93 00:05:57.520 --> 00:06:01.200 And any organization involved in that fight has to have people in it 94 00:06:01.200 --> 00:06:01.840 that are good at 95 00:06:01.840 --> 00:06:05.040 could be the psychological motivation of a terrorist 96 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:07.640 can be an extremely difficult thing to understand. 97 00:06:08.520 --> 00:06:11.920 Often a terrorist will use what's called a suicide vest, 98 00:06:12.200 --> 00:06:14.960 which refers to a homemade bomb strapped to the body. 99 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.720 And he essentially puts himself in the most vulnerable civilian area 100 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:22.920 and detonates the explosive, killing himself and as many surrounding 101 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:24.040 people as possible. 102 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:29.600 Usually a terrorist group separates into what are called cells or subgroups 103 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.200 which don't know the full extent of their mission, 104 00:06:32.400 --> 00:06:35.000 or even who the members of other cells might be. 105 00:06:35.960 --> 00:06:38.520 This enables the masterminds behind a terrorist attack 106 00:06:38.520 --> 00:06:41.600 to maintain control and prevents one group being able 107 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.240 to reveal information if caught and questioned. 108 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.560 The ability to blend into a civilian population 109 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.320 is where a terrorist group has an advantage over the military. 110 00:06:52.760 --> 00:06:55.880 They use the people and city both to conceal themselves, 111 00:06:56.200 --> 00:07:00.160 but also as a way to create maximum psychological impact on their target 112 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:02.720 by taking hostages. 113 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:05.880 They make it more complicated for anti-terror police to respond 114 00:07:05.880 --> 00:07:07.280 to their attack. 115 00:07:09.080 --> 00:07:10.720 By choosing targets for civilians 116 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.880 are naturally found in large numbers like a transit system. 117 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.320 They can observe and plan their attack for months in advance 118 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.040 with little or no attention being brought to their activities. 119 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:26.600 The gas mask is a basic piece 120 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.800 of technology which initially saw action in the First World War 121 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.560 when chemical weapons like mustard gas were used by both sides. 122 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:38.920 Now it has become an essential part of any kit to be used in urban operations 123 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:42.120 from crowd control with tear gas all the way to a soldier 124 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.480 preparing for chemical weapons on the battlefield. 125 00:07:45.520 --> 00:07:49.640 Gas masks are great at protecting you, but they also make it difficult to see 126 00:07:49.880 --> 00:07:53.240 and therefore require training so that when needed, they can be used 127 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.440 without hindering the operator in any great way. 128 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:59.480 Gas masks, we call them pro masks for protective masks. 129 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.240 There's a couple of different models here. 130 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:02.400 They have a few different functions, 131 00:08:02.400 --> 00:08:04.480 obviously, to protect against chemical weapons. 132 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.440 For the average soldier walking around here. 133 00:08:06.440 --> 00:08:09.920 But these are also great for security purposes because you can use 134 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.760 non-lethal things like CS gas, tear gas, 135 00:08:13.320 --> 00:08:16.080 flood the target with that and then go in where it needs. 136 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:17.360 You now have the advantage. 137 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.840 You're protected from this tear gas. 138 00:08:19.840 --> 00:08:22.800 The guys you're trying to get are having a hard time dealing with a choking. 139 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:28.160 They can't see you got the jump on them that aids in your surprise for Kube. 140 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:31.040 Now, what's nice about these? They have to be ambidextrous. 141 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:34.200 I couldn't use the this one the way it's configured because I'm a left hander 142 00:08:34.520 --> 00:08:36.320 and this would get in the way of me using my weapon. 143 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.440 So someone thought this out. 144 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:40.360 You could remove it. 145 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.840 Take this section out and screw it in right here. 146 00:08:42.880 --> 00:08:43.720 Now, I can use this. 147 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:45.320 This doesn't interfere with the way I shoot, 148 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.120 and they're actually pretty easy to use. 149 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:51.080 You can also put inside these inserts if you have prescription glasses, 150 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:52.600 kind of important thing you would think about 151 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:54.720 if you have glasses and you've got to put this on in a hurry. 152 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.840 Now you're blind. Well, there's prescription inserts in here. 153 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.440 So if you're blind, guy like me are not wearing contacts. 154 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.000 That's what you use. 155 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.240 Important thing about protective masks and CQ 156 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:07.400 is that if you're going to use them, you've really got to train on them. 157 00:09:07.400 --> 00:09:08.960 They change the way you hold your weapon. 158 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:10.680 They change where you see the target 159 00:09:10.680 --> 00:09:12.880 and they change the where you kind of think and breathe. 160 00:09:12.880 --> 00:09:16.840 So like any piece of gear, it's not worth anything if you don't work hard with it. 161 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.880 But they have their uses and it will give you the drop 162 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:21.640 if you put tear gas into that building. 163 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:26.560 Coming up, we take a look at chemical weapon protection. 164 00:09:26.560 --> 00:09:28.400 Who chemical suits? 165 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:33.320 But also we'll go to the firing range 166 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:36.440 and I'll train up on some shooting drills and weapon transitions. 167 00:09:46.640 --> 00:09:48.840 Close quartered battle is a term used to describe 168 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.720 the training of combat in buildings, hallways and rooms. 169 00:09:55.920 --> 00:09:57.800 Today we're looking at the tactics 170 00:09:57.800 --> 00:10:00.920 and preparation of anti and counterterror operations. 171 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:07.840 The term weapon of mass destruction is often heard in the news. 172 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:11.520 And specifically, the threats of chemical or biological weapons 173 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:12.840 are often talked about. Where? 174 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:14.880 Referring to a terrorist threat. 175 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:20.640 Chemical and biological weapons have a sinister effect 176 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.120 and that they can be unleashed on a civilian population or combatant 177 00:10:24.280 --> 00:10:27.840 that is unprepared for the effects. 178 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.120 In the case of both Iraq wars, intelligence pointed 179 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.680 to the possibility that the Iraqi forces would use chemical weapons. 180 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:37.360 As a result of this potential. 181 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:41.520 Every single soldier in the invading force was equipped with a basic chemical suit. 182 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:48.440 The suit essentially seals the operator ID so that no skin is exposed 183 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:51.400 and no air can get to the soldier from the outside. 184 00:10:51.920 --> 00:10:56.160 A more sophisticated protective suit exists for explosive experts or chemical 185 00:10:56.160 --> 00:11:00.000 weapons experts who have to get down and dirty with these kind of threats. 186 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:05.320 An EOD suit is a heavy armored suit that military and police use 187 00:11:05.560 --> 00:11:08.880 when approaching an explosive device to defuze or remove it. 188 00:11:10.680 --> 00:11:12.760 In the case of military operations, 189 00:11:12.760 --> 00:11:17.200 a common tactic is the improvised explosive device or roadside bomb. 190 00:11:17.760 --> 00:11:20.600 This is an explosive that is placed where personnel or vehicle 191 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.800 traffic will pass by and it can be remotely detonated. 192 00:11:25.760 --> 00:11:28.960 When these types of explosives have been discovered or even suspected, 193 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.960 they call in an explosive ordnance disposal unit or EOD. 194 00:11:33.640 --> 00:11:36.560 They wear this heavy armor to protect them if there is detonation 195 00:11:36.560 --> 00:11:40.400 while they're searching or diffusing the weapon. 196 00:11:40.400 --> 00:11:43.400 Just getting into and out of these suits is a time consuming 197 00:11:43.400 --> 00:11:47.480 and complicated procedure that often requires assistance from fellow officers. 198 00:11:48.760 --> 00:11:52.240 The suit often features its own air supply and radio communications 199 00:11:52.640 --> 00:11:55.600 so that all of the other operators can remain at a safe distance 200 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.280 from the disposal officer. 201 00:11:58.640 --> 00:12:01.000 Often other tools like metal ore mine 202 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:04.480 detectors are used to find a device that is buried in the ground. 203 00:12:05.640 --> 00:12:08.120 This has to be a patient and methodical process 204 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:11.280 and can hold up the advance of operations while it is being completed 205 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:14.040 in a successful operation. 206 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:17.480 The device can either be disabled or detonated in a controlled manner 207 00:12:17.800 --> 00:12:21.760 so that both civilian populations and military units can stay safe. 208 00:12:25.400 --> 00:12:27.240 When it comes to the close quarter battle, 209 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:29.960 all operators need to be experts with their weapons. 210 00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:39.440 Any anti or counterterror operator usually carries at least two weapons. 211 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:44.480 His primary weapon is an assault rifle or submachine gun and a secondary a pistol. 212 00:12:45.640 --> 00:12:46.520 Both of these weapons 213 00:12:46.520 --> 00:12:49.600 can be difficult to control in the heat of a secret situation. 214 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:53.360 This is why we train and drill with them over and over 215 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.720 until using them becomes instinctual. 216 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:59.520 Any time you're learning a complicated, dangerous task like Scooby, 217 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.560 you've got to start off with the basic building blocks. 218 00:13:02.560 --> 00:13:03.920 Right now, I'm in the Czech Republic 219 00:13:03.920 --> 00:13:06.160 at a training facility with some real professionals, 220 00:13:06.400 --> 00:13:09.440 and we've been on a flat range developing muscle memory 221 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:12.800 in a gunfight or any stressful situation. 222 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:14.920 You're not going to have time to think about your training. 223 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:17.840 It's got to be literally wired into your nervous system. 224 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:21.160 We're going to simulate what happens when your rifle goes down. 225 00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:23.480 You run out of ammo or there's a malfunction. 226 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:25.800 And to be you just can't quit. 227 00:13:25.800 --> 00:13:28.560 You've got an enemy in front of you, so you have to stay in the fight. 228 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:31.600 All of a sudden, I realized something is wrong with my rifle. 229 00:13:31.760 --> 00:13:32.600 It's not cycling. 230 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.960 I've run out of time or I have a malfunction in a close in situation. 231 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.160 I don't have time to fix this right away. 232 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:42.040 So what I immediately do without taking my eye off the target. 233 00:13:42.040 --> 00:13:45.440 This is key. That's your threat. You never want to lose sight of that. 234 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:48.320 I have a problem. 235 00:13:48.400 --> 00:13:49.960 I use this hand to sweep. 236 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:53.400 I go to my pistol drawer, get a good grip, 237 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:57.440 rail out, and engage that target until there's no longer a threat. 238 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:00.880 Now, when I have time and the luxury of it, I can put this back 239 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.080 a deal with this weapon, clear it, get it ready to go for a big gunfight. 240 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:10.920 She put a bet. Still in 241 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:13.800 today's anti-terror police and counterterror military units, 242 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.640 they used sophisticated versions 243 00:14:15.640 --> 00:14:19.800 of the M-4 rifle with many attachments, such as lights and scopes . 244 00:14:19.800 --> 00:14:22.520 Let's take a look at how these work. 245 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.680 This is an M-4 immediately. 246 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:28.440 You'll see it's a much shorter barrel. That's great. That's excellent for you. 247 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.960 Be working in tight confined spaces in vehicles as well. 248 00:14:31.560 --> 00:14:35.040 The rifling on these barrels is such now that even a shorter barrel is 249 00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:36.520 still pretty darn accurate. 250 00:14:37.560 --> 00:14:39.040 This stock is extendable. 251 00:14:39.040 --> 00:14:40.240 I like this plastic. 252 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:43.680 It's a little bit wider and enables me to just get a better better 253 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:44.720 what we call Chick Weld. 254 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:47.480 Where I'm married up to the weapon is very solid. 255 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.840 It's got a point on top. 256 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:50.880 Aim point technology came out quite a while ago. 257 00:14:51.280 --> 00:14:56.320 It's a red dot and basically you zero this to your eye wherever you point that dot. 258 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:58.320 That's where the bullets are going to go. 259 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:00.960 This came out several years ago. It's been around for a long time. 260 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.760 It's a really good scrub weapon. Great for short distances. 261 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:06.720 Very effective. Here again is the laser. 262 00:15:06.880 --> 00:15:09.320 Infrared visible, however you want to use this. 263 00:15:09.520 --> 00:15:12.400 And here is what I call a tac light. This is a white light. 264 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:14.040 If you're going to do seek, you be inside buildings. 265 00:15:14.040 --> 00:15:17.640 You need this even in the daytime, in a building, when the power goes out, 266 00:15:17.640 --> 00:15:19.760 which it will seal, it will go out in an attack. 267 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:21.840 You need to be able to spotlight who you see. 268 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.920 And also, this is great to put in someone's face and they can't see you 269 00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:27.840 pick it to any rail system. You come out whatever you want. 270 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.400 Also underneath here, you'll see the pistol grip. 271 00:15:30.760 --> 00:15:33.560 A lot of guys like this, they can pull the weapon hard into their shoulder. 272 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.440 I don't roll with that. 273 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:36.320 I tend to just have my hand underneath. 274 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:38.360 Slick, shoot a preference. 275 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:41.560 Something you notice on every weapon here. They all have iron sights. 276 00:15:41.560 --> 00:15:45.760 It's great to have fancy cool guy optics, but optics break. 277 00:15:45.760 --> 00:15:48.240 You need to be able to use these weapons with the iron sights 278 00:15:49.400 --> 00:15:51.720 as a last ditch effort or in a pinch. 279 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.080 You got to learn the basics before you put the advanced stuff on. 280 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:58.360 Coming up, we take a look at the field 281 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.920 medical kit of an anti-terror police officer 282 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:07.600 and further dissect how an anti-terror police unit responds 283 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.640 to a terrorist hostage situation that could have an explosive element. 284 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:25.200 Close quartered battle is a term used to describe 285 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:28.160 the training of combat in buildings, hallways and rooms. 286 00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:34.920 Today we are looking at the close quarter battle tactics of retired counterterror 287 00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:39.480 units and police and military from chemical weapons to hostage crises 288 00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:42.800 in all combat situations. 289 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:44.160 It's essential to be prepared 290 00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:47.560 for an injury to your team or civilians caught in the crossfire. 291 00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:50.600 Military medicine has made incredible advancements 292 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:52.920 during the two conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, 293 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:57.120 and the basic military and police field medical kit has kept pace 294 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:00.720 to have all these essential elements packed into one small container 295 00:17:00.880 --> 00:17:03.200 that each operator can carry on their vest. 296 00:17:03.880 --> 00:17:06.720 So what you're looking at now is an aid bag 297 00:17:07.280 --> 00:17:10.520 that a combat medic would have on him, either in a vehicle or 298 00:17:10.520 --> 00:17:13.760 in some sort of fixed location or even going into into a target. 299 00:17:13.760 --> 00:17:15.760 But this is very heavy. 300 00:17:15.760 --> 00:17:19.400 And while it's filled with really advanced life saving equipment, 301 00:17:20.040 --> 00:17:22.600 we had to distill this down and figure out what could 302 00:17:22.600 --> 00:17:25.800 every operator take out of the objective that would save lives. 303 00:17:25.800 --> 00:17:29.360 Then we could take the guy out and administer things like intubation, 304 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:33.120 all sorts of advanced lifesaving techniques from here. So here we go. 305 00:17:35.040 --> 00:17:36.040 Here's what we got. 306 00:17:36.040 --> 00:17:38.560 Pretty much what every operator carries in now. 307 00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:42.320 We we use these things, obviously, as medics, but every operator has this. 308 00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:44.480 So this is weird, absolute agreement. 309 00:17:44.520 --> 00:17:47.000 We have the exact same kind. This is a tourniquet. 310 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:50.800 It's called actually a cat tourniquet, combat applications tourniquet. 311 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:53.360 And this is key. It's so funny. 312 00:17:53.360 --> 00:17:55.320 The first thing we grab is this. 313 00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:59.800 At the Vietnam War, the US lost 2500 guys to extremity bleeds alone. 314 00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:01.400 This would have stopped that. 315 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:03.680 All right, so next they'll see the know. 316 00:18:03.840 --> 00:18:07.160 She was very important, Colonel. 317 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.720 We've got versions of Colonel X, which you think of as gauze. 318 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:12.880 And we've also got the pressure dressing. 319 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.680 This is the kind of stuff you can use to pack a wound. 320 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.680 A tourniquet cannot really apply pressure 321 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.040 if there's a wound like an armpit or up in here. 322 00:18:20.520 --> 00:18:22.160 So this can hopefully help you. 323 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:24.560 You could pack this into the wound, then try to wrap it, 324 00:18:24.560 --> 00:18:27.160 maybe even do like a girdle. Bandage is a lot of ways to do it. 325 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:28.840 But this will pack wounds. 326 00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.760 This can cover them. 327 00:18:29.760 --> 00:18:33.360 And then this is a combination of a strap and collects. Very important. 328 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.120 Next, some slacks. Okay, cool. 329 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.640 I don't have slacks to sell. This is great stuff. 330 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:43.320 It's a powder that you can pour into the wounds. This is the applicator. 331 00:18:43.320 --> 00:18:44.400 Actually. It's got actually 332 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:47.680 it's a tube. It's got the granules in it. 333 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:49.040 You can actually put it into the wound. 334 00:18:49.040 --> 00:18:50.280 It will let the granules out. 335 00:18:50.280 --> 00:18:52.400 Now, the things with cell locks, it's not a magic powder. 336 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.040 You've got to apply pressure. But this stuff really works. 337 00:18:55.280 --> 00:18:59.240 That's next. Dolce I don't have that in my kids tinier than his. 338 00:18:59.280 --> 00:19:00.920 This is actually more definitive. 339 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.560 This is what I call this a space blanket. It's a thermal blanket. 340 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:05.040 It's coated with this material actually 341 00:19:05.040 --> 00:19:09.120 reflects heat back to the person wearing it in a shock situation. 342 00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:11.400 When you've lost a lot of blood, your body's 343 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:13.680 thermal regulatory mechanisms are compromised. 344 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:16.880 You can't regulate your temperature. So that means you get cold fast. 345 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:20.720 And when you get cold, a whole host of new problems arise. 346 00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:23.240 This is going to help them. You just wrap them in this. 347 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:27.200 And again, it cuts down on the stress that the body is dealing with. 348 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:29.480 Look, it's bad enough if you lose a whole lot of blood, 349 00:19:29.760 --> 00:19:32.520 you're going to start getting hypothermic, losing, losing heat. 350 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:34.400 Your body's going to work harder to combat 351 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:37.160 that and you just start getting a bad cycle. 352 00:19:37.760 --> 00:19:39.080 Excellent. Really good idea. 353 00:19:39.080 --> 00:19:42.120 This is the kit that every operator has on him. 354 00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:43.680 We have more stuff. 355 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:46.800 We've got these big bags. We've got all sorts of advanced 356 00:19:46.800 --> 00:19:49.560 life saving interventions we can do on a person. 357 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.640 This is the stuff we've distilled down. 358 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:53.960 Every operator has to have. 359 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:56.880 Like I said before, it's not something you like to think about. 360 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.880 It's not something we like to think about. 361 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:00.960 But it's something that we need to address. 362 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:05.400 So we train ourselves, not just medics, but we train everybody 363 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:09.000 on our team to do this because we could be one of the guys who's been wounded. 364 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:11.800 We might be the one who needs the help, and we better be ready for it. 365 00:20:12.800 --> 00:20:14.440 Let's take a look at our two terrorist 366 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:18.120 scenarios and analyze how the anti-terrorist police respond. 367 00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:22.400 Here we see that a hostage has been taken by a lone terrorist 368 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.240 who also has an explosive in his hand. 369 00:20:28.040 --> 00:20:30.360 Alpha team comes in from the Metro Tunnel. 370 00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:33.760 They place a distraction charge and move into a firing position 371 00:20:33.760 --> 00:20:36.000 just below the target and hostage position. 372 00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:45.440 Bravo team is the hostage rescue force. 373 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:49.440 And they move in from an above metro platform, clearing the remaining civilians 374 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:52.520 from the area as they go. 375 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:59.000 Charlie team moves in from a maintenance 376 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:01.360 tunnel directly below the target and hostage. 377 00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:11.680 Often distracting a target is an essential part of overwhelming it. 378 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.680 At the exact right moment. 379 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:17.160 Alpha team detonates the distraction charge while Bravo moves 380 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:20.480 to the hostage and Charlie team moves forward to assault the target. 381 00:21:20.520 --> 00:21:23.920 This coordinated surprise, speed and violence of action 382 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:26.640 with each team concentrating on a different part of the mission, 383 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:30.560 allows for a quick and decisive end to the hostage situation. 384 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:35.800 Coming up, we revisit our metro hostage scenario 385 00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:41.120 and also take a look at our office crisis and its conclusion. 386 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:51.440 Close quarter battle is a term used to describe 387 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.360 the training of combat in buildings, hallways and rooms. 388 00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:58.200 Today we are looking at antiterror 389 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:02.280 close quarter battle techniques of police and military, specifically 390 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:07.200 how to protect against chemical weapons, explosives and hostage scenarios. 391 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:35.240 Because of the cash. Closed. 392 00:23:32.520 --> 00:23:33.240 Let's take a quick 393 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.960 look at how a hostage situation is defeated in an urban office building. 394 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:40.840 A hostage and target are in the corner of a large conference room. 395 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.400 Several teams assembled just outside the target area. 396 00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:48.760 A team is the closest to the target and the most likely to make the kill shot. 397 00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:53.160 B team is situated in the middle and will be the closest to the actual hostage. 398 00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:57.080 Finally, C team is approaching from the basement and will distract 399 00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:58.080 and engage the target. 400 00:23:58.080 --> 00:24:01.640 Once the green light is given, when a target has a suicide vest 401 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:05.160 or explosive device, the timing of the attack is critical. 402 00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:08.280 And when the time comes, they have to move quickly 403 00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:12.240 to subdue the target, rescue the hostage and disable the explosive. 404 00:24:14.760 --> 00:24:16.800 Take your say. And I just have a dash. 405 00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:18.960 If I get my throat from. 406 00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:29.080 If I get drunk. That's a real. 407 00:24:34.800 --> 00:25:05.040 Maybe that. In today's episode, we showed you how 408 00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:08.840 anti-terror police have to be prepared for a different kind of sea QB 409 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:12.040 and how field medicine and weapons training 410 00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:15.160 helps keep your teammates and civilians alive.