Cooper describes proper combative mindset to survive in a violent world (and especially the fields of work often associated with violence such as military and law enforcement).
I was very fortunate to attend Gunsite while the Colonel was still in charge . It was a great learning experience! I also went to Ray Chapman’s “Chapman’s Academy “ , two very different personalities but both legends in their own way
"A man who can hit a pack of cigarettes 9 times out of 10 at 25 yards misses at 18 inches, confronts an armed enemy at arms length and misses" Today, in the "Post Cooper era" The answer to that problem is increased magazine capacity
According to his recollections, the last time he was shot at was during the Korean War. While serving as a liaison in Thailand, a North Korean operative ambushed him using a 9MM Sten Gun. He returned fire killing his attacker
During WW2, he was assigned as an Officer in Charge of a Marine Detachment aboard one of the Pearl Harbor refurbished Battleships. His only "Direct Combat action" Consisted of going ashore as a Naval Gunfire support liaison and getting jumped by some Japanese Officer shouting "Marine you die!" It was the Japanese Officer who ended up doing the dying. According to his stories, this happened twice. The first Japanese Officer was killed by a revolver, the 2nd by a 1911
@Giancarlo Di Rosa - In case you haven't found it in the intervening two months, here is a link to the continuation of the combative mindset, which is known as Col. Cooper's color codes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_Yia8EJd11k.html
