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Delta Force Sergeant Major Chris Dutch Moyer with his K9 in Iraq, 2005

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Finnish and Norwegian K9 handlers during the NORDEFCO Military Dog Handler Course in Pori Brigade, Säkylä, Finland

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*A story of a distant past I remember while reading the manga where the last post came from*

I once used the cotton ball as an example in my teacher’s class that I assist in sometimes. I was teaching the lesson that there are no weapons aside from your own mind. From your mind comes intent, and from intent anything can be weaponized. I said a hammer can help build a home but can also break a body. A blade can help a surgeon save a life or somebody who is stranded in the wilderness to survive, but it can also separate one’s spirit from the body. With enough creativity and the proper mindset, even the most “harmless” of items can be made useful. I then gave them a few examples. First, I placed the cotton ball in the palm of my hand and did a variation of my teacher’s technique as a defense art by palm slapping the volunteer on the forehead to stun him as the first step. The second example, everyone was focused on the cotton ball and the hand it wad held in. Used my other hand and body parts. In both examples, I made sure to make the volunteer show visible signs of suffering. For the third example, I simply held up the ball pinched with my thumb and forefinger to the group and said “this third example will potentially cause the longest and most severe negative effect. It may carry on past this class and stay with you a while. Who wants to volunteer to stand next to me ?”. Everyone hesitated and didn’t really want to volunteer. I said that is the third example. Fear and the target’s mind. When using something on someone, nothing is scarier or more effective a weapon than the imagination of another. They can always think of much worse than you are ever capable of doing to them. The fear of pain. The fear of death. The fear of loss and living on past that permanent loss. That is how a few men can hijack an entire plane full of people, how a someone with a knife can control an entire situation against multiple untrained police officers, and in this case this is how I intimidated you all and made you feel fear.. with nothing but a cotton ball. I honestly have no Idea what to do next, but you all have thought of the worst. With the right mindset, you win.

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Delta Force K9 handler and his sidekick in Iraq, 2008

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