Robert Cascella; phony SEAL meets real SWAT
In Churchill, Pennsylvania, Robert Cascella met officers at his door when they responded to a call for medical help. He told them that he didn’t need help, but as officers left, a woman ran out of the residence yelling for help. Cascella barricaded himself inside.
Police officers then returned to the home and tried to contact Cascella, but he did not respond. A SWAT team was called for assistance because officers knew Cascella had a number of firearms inside the home.
The sound of gunfire was in the air as SWAT officers tried to get Cascella to surrender.
“He is a Navy SEAL war veteran. They said he had high-powered weapons in his home,” said neighbor Tami Warfield.
SWAT formed a perimeter around the house, and multiple police agencies were on scene trying to get Cascella to come outside.
However, he didn’t listen to officers, and officials say he ended up firing at officers twice.
“At about 6:57 p.m., additional shots were fired. Eventually, he did show himself to officers again, they fired and did wound the subject. They cautiously entered and took him into custody,” said Allegheny County Police Superintendent Coleman McDonough.
The SEALs at Military Phonies tell us that Cascella is not a SEAL, former or otherwise. He can tell the nurses his tales now.
Category: Phony soldiers, Valor Vultures
Now he needs to place a “seal” over those puncture wounds he has.
(^__^)
There was something in Shooting Illustrated about an additions to one’s EDC FA kit for sucking wounds.
That, the speed tourniquets, and some QuikClot probably ought to be at hand in a first aid kit at all times.
Along with a bunch of other stuff.
Still, the best thing to have in a first aid kit is plenty of training.
I’ve discussed at length how best to handle first aid in an active-shooter scenario on a SWAT-type unit with a cousin of mine who does that kind of thing for a living. He initially favored having firefighter-medics with the entry team, with which I disagree. I am no expert on the LE side of the equation, but since the FF-medics wouldn’t be armed*, they would be needlessly exposed to fire with no means of defense, and would be just one more thing for the trigger-pullers to have to worry about. On top of that, such first aid would be primarily triage and rapid treatment of major bleeds, BLS-level stuff for which you don’t need a medic. I feel that it’s a better idea for the last officer/deputy in the stack to have a pocket full of quick tourniquets and another full of triage tags. Even if they don’t do rapid triage, he can at least throw a tourniquet (which any SWAT-type guys should be proficient with anyway) on any major bleeds as they sweep each room, then Fire/EMS can enter and work in rooms that have been cleared. This way the cops can do their thing, we can do ours, nobody is placed needlessly in the line of fire, and victims are less likely to bleed out while awaiting care/triage.
* I have a hard&fast rule that nobody gets to shoot at me unless I get to shoot back.
The best first aid item to have in a SWAT-type unit is Richard Carmona.
Richard Carmona:One of JSOMTC’s most Distinguished Alumni
“I feel that it’s a better idea for the last officer/deputy in the stack to have a pocket full of quick tourniquets”
Because we all know that the last guy in the stack NEVER EVER ends up being the first guy through a door when clearing a structure.
“Better Ideas” tend to get raped and murdered with unceremonious quickness.
Cops have assault approaches measured in feet, not miles, so why not strap a med bag to each of those lazy swat dudes? Amiright?
I love you for worrying and thinking about it, but let swat guys be swat guys doing swat guy shit. They are not and should never be a fire team or squad. The ambulances are literally feet away from the incident. You don’t have to nuke this shit. The layers of humanity expressed by your concern is wonderful even if I believe it misplaced.
As I said, my thoughts on it are more or less in response to my SWAT deputy cousin’s idea that came up when me and him were talking shop. His take on it is that clearing a school or commercial occupancy in an active-shooter scenario takes time during which there may be victims with serious injuries whose “golden hour” is ticking away. And that concern is not without merit.
Why not every guy in the stack? As I said, not an expert in SWAT stuff. If all of them carry some quick tourniquets, cool. Not saying they should play medic, but while you’re right about us not being far away, I’m not exactly going to rush in with my guys until I’m damn sure we’re not running the risk of getting shot. Like I said, nobody gets to shoot at me unless I get to shoot back, and nobody wants the firemen to play cop any more than vice-versa, so there’s that.
If the SWAT cops can do something quick that slows a major bleed, then they increase the chances of that victim surviving long enough for us to do something to actually stop the bleed and get them to the ER. If they don’t see anyone with arterial spurt going on, then they can move on and keep doing the cop thing.
That’s just my two cents as somebody with expertise on the Fire/EMS side, in response to somebody else’s with expertise on the LE side.
My certification as an EMT-B ran out before a lot of our Troops were even born, but this I know:
If the guys who know first aid goes down, everybody is f*cked, and all they have done is add another victim that needs help.
If every one on the shooter team at least had a personal carry pack with stop-the-bleeding-now equipment, then they or a team-mate can give them a chance until the scene is safe for the first aid guys to do their job.
Exactly.
My daughter is an Army National Guard medic. Last year she did 8 months Active Duty taking out pot fields. They supplemented local and state law enforcement. Especially providing recon with helicopters.
So she was fully armed, wore Level IV plates but went behind the cops/SWAT and doggies.
Just like in a line unit, the point guys protected her.
Then after they nabbed the cartel Regional Recreational Pharmaceutical Agricultural Technicians, her team had to go do the dirty work, chopping down the crops.
The program isn’t really well known but it’s also not exactly secret squirrel since they have a website and FarceBook page.
Pretty cool stuff. I love helicopters.
http://ctrd.ng.mil/Pages/NGCDP.aspx
Found it:
https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2018/1/30/5-great-first-aid-items-for-edc/
Although I no longer support or endorse the Boy Scouts of America in its current state of corruption, the maxim of Robert Lord Baden-Powell “Be Prepared… for any ol’ thing.” is worth hearkening to.
Thanks for the link GB, looks like I’m adding to my car kit!
“the best thing to have in a first aid kit is plenty of training”
Timeless advice.
Win the fight. Help the wounded. In that order. Training aplenty for both.
Very true.
The only sucking wound he’s going to be looking at is a sore jaw.
Dickchops
WTF Army? You guys need more phonies…
I’m adding “Dickchops” to the now, new and Improved Mountain of Insults®™
When did it become Mountain of Insults®™? Last I checked the WOI became the Tower Of Insults.
This ended fairly well, and added another phony SEAL to the competition. Win-win!
Phony SEALs have surged out in the race, spurred on no doubt by this weeks’ early entry of more Army phonies. They have increased their lead significantly!
And we have our Combo post of the day:
A Feel Good Story + A Phony SEAL, that ought to get a real good multiplier out of Claw!
Whiz Wheel says:
Robert Cascella WRT and ending up with a sucking chest wound as a result of a DAM* 20×4=80.
*Dumb Ass Move by barricading himself and then shooting at the Police.
You’ve really got to wonder, did these kind of idiots think this thing through? “Let’s see, if I just shoot at them, maybe they’ll go away”
Suicide by cop?
Hmmm, could be.
But if he ends up DOT a little later at the hospital, you can revise his score to a BLDAM* and re-multiply by five instead of four.
*Bernathian Level Dumb Ass Move
Danny-boi’s legacy as a Claw Whiz-Wheel multiplier, just sings.
What, no Full Retard Points?
Almost a trifecta.
Just another case for increased police marksmanship training. This guy should have been DOT just like the sonovabitch who killed those 17 kids. What is with this wounding crap anyway. When we attended Air Police School, we were told if you really have to draw your weapon, shoot to kill because if you shoot to wound you may be shot to kill.
Seals in the lead now at the TAH starting gate. What a race, what a race.
lol
I guess Green Beret, just isn’t sexy enough for these dickheads.
But they do have a cool song, written, and sung, by one of their own:
Yeah, well the US Navy has their own song from the year that I joined … 1979, enjoy:
FFS Master Chief….
Maybe he can use an Asherman Chest Seal on his wound…Asherman was a real Navy SEAL and invented the device, so the irony would be perfect.
First I had heard of it, so looked it up and right away see why it would work. Have heard of cellophane from a pack of smokes being used for a pneumothorax.
The Thomas Splint and KED were also developed by Navy Corpsmen.
Originally used as sex toys, but I digress.
I’m totally suspicious of MAST pants now.
…and the Miller board 🙂
I keep one on hand 🙂
I just looked that up.
Shall I call you Mr. Grey?
Tourniquet around the neck for about 2 hrs should stop any bleeding, as well as any sucking sounds.
How come they never find ‘Low-Powered ‘ weapons???? When does one become High??? 😉