Why Room Clearing is a BAD IDEA

SFC Pete Kain LCDR (Join to see) SGT James Murphy Sgt (Join to see) SGT Mark Anderson SFC(P) Palmer Utley SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SGT Steve McFarland Maj Kim Patterson SPC Michael Oles SR SSG Michael Noll ] SGT Joseph Cabra SPC Jon O. ] MSgt David Hoffman Maj Robert Thornton Sgt John H. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SSgt Terry P. 1stSgt Glenn Brackin

TSgt Joe C. PO3 Steven Sherrill CW3 Kevin Storm SSG (Join to see) SGM Steve Wettstein SMSgt Thor Merich MSG (Join to see) PO1 John Johnson MAJ Ken Landgren LTC Greg Henning PVT Mark Zehner MSG Tom Earley Alan K. SPC Mark Huddleston PO1 H Gene Lawrence SGT Elizabeth Scheck Sgt Deborah Cornatzer SSgt Boyd Herrst SPC Diana D. SPC Nancy Greene

As vets, we sometimes fall prey to two fallacies regarding self-defense: First, that our previous training is a "good fit" for civil self-defense; Second, that these are not "perishable" skills that become less effective over time without recurrent training. "Room clearing" (if not the compendium of CQB itself) is geared towards small unit tactics / direct action, and precludes the most obvious choices for a private individual. My sense of it is that in most cases (there are always exceptions)...it would be best to let the "bad guys" worry about which "fatal funnel" I may be set up behind. A little forethought...like understanding the routes someone entering my house in the dead of night would logically take, and ensuring they're not getting between myself and a family member...goes a long way.