by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 28, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, De-Coder mystery
This week’s de-coder puzzle comes from our good friend Jerry Amstutz. Jerry shares with us the following: When I was an MP in the US Army in Frankfort during the early 1980’s, I was dispatched to an assault upon a young lieutenant that had just recently arrived...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 21, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt
Small bookkeeping item. We send every new member and renewal Snub Noir member, in additional to his new member welcome letter, and invitation to add is shooting score to our seventeen round EZ Qualifier, his Snub Noir message decoder. Currently, the de-coder is...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 16, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, Secrets of the Conceal Carry Snub
Skills The cost for effective martial skills is a consistent expenditure of time, effort and energy. For the handgunner, the martial skills necessary to respond to a lethal assault is made up of several practiced sub-set skills including: draw stroke, acquiring...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 13, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, De-Coder mystery
‘Twenty-two days of this hot, dry spell,’ groaned Professor Fordney. ‘I can’t remember a stretch like it.’ ‘Tell us about the Greer case, Professor,’ urged the rocking-chair brigade. ‘It’ll take your mind off the heat.’ ‘Well, you know the salient facts. The body of...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 1, 2025 | Blog, de Bethencourt, De-Coder mystery
This Week’s De-Coder Puzzle – Feb 1, 2024 Witness: I knew the old sailor was in trouble. I could see the flag was upside down at the top of his ship’s mast. So I rowed out and that’s when I found him, he was dead. Officer: There’s a lot about that story...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 29, 2024 | Blog, de Bethencourt
If in pursuit of your goal (to be safe) one of your strategies (relaxed alertness) has helped you identify a possible threat then it is time to determine your best tactics (actions) for responding to a possible problem.  Tactics evaluations can include a series of...