How Aware Are You? - Situational Awareness - #1

This should be every day ! At least there is a national day for it. I still remember an acronym from my days at the school of wayward boys at Fort Benning, Georgia. SALUTE was used for accurate recon reporting . I still use it today and, it is easy to remember.

S= size. How many people observed, How many etc, etc.
A= activity. What are they doing ?
L=location. Where are they at ? Where are you at ?
U= Unit. This is where profiling comes in play but not always. biker gangs, gangs, Antifa, etc
T= Time. Time observed of activity and when completed. Other times may come into play.
E=Equipment. Cars, vehicles, bags, guns, etc. Anything !

.NATIONAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DAY

On September 26th, National Situational Awareness Day brings attention to personal safety.
Situational awareness is the foundation of one’s personal safety. It focuses on being aware and paying attention to your environment. Situational awareness is just another word for mindfulness. And developing it makes you more present in daily activities. In turn, it also helps you make better decisions in all aspects of life.
This day highlights the importance of using situational awareness skills in everyday life to stay out of harm’s way. Harm may come in the form of walking in front of a moving car or that of an assailant. Either scenario can happen from a myriad of distractions causing one not to be aware of the surroundings and situation.

In a dangerous situation, being aware of a threat even seconds before may keep someone safe. It gives them time to act instead of reacting. The lack of or inadequate situational awareness is considered one of the primary factors in accidents attributed to human error.
Although this skill is lacking in many of modern society, our ancestors used it to great utility to survive. For decades, the military and law enforcement have taught it to their personnel. However, situational awareness training is not exclusive to their training regimens. Most experts agree that situational awareness is the number one skill for the safety of everyone.
In World War I, Oswald Boelke identified the concept of situational awareness. He realized ‘the importance of gaining an awareness of the enemy before the enemy gained a similar awareness and devised methods for accomplishing this.

HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalSituationalAwarenessDay

Discuss its importance with those around you. Be human again. Pay attention to the people and events happening around you more than you pay attention to modern-day
Use #NationalSituationalAwarenessDay on social media.

NATIONAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DAY HISTORY

Pretty Loaded, LLC submitted this day in November of 2015. Pretty Loaded is an innovative situational awareness and self-defense enterprise that has inspired the personal safety of millions around the world. September 26th was chosen as the day because it is the birthday of Dru Sjodin, https://www.nsopw.gov/en-US/Home/DruSjodin one of the inspirations to start Pretty Loaded.