The G36 could easily be pictured in the hands of a police commando resembling a stormtrooper who’s escorting Snake Pliskin to some wall of a prison island that was once a chunk of the United States. Instead, it’s finding its way into the hands of Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers on the front lines of a war where it’s muzzle thumping […]
Point A to Point B | Part 1
Been asked about bug out bags, go bags and just plain survival orientated backpacks and what I would put in them. Fist off, let’s get all these names out-of-the-way. For the purposes of these posts I will call them just pack’s. My own experience with preparing and living out of the contents of a backpack […]
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.11.2017
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.11.2017 Chest and Triceps day at the gym today to build upper body strength. Then a 5-mile ruck march with 45-pounds minimum. Remember to stay hydrated and mark your progress down in your workout log book. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 12 Bench Press 3 x 10 Dumbbell […]
Weapons of the Criminal Element
Recently I posted about the possibility of edged weapons attacks and hard skills. For those of us who work in the security field we like to have the best gear available. I work some jobs in low-income areas where the criminal element is less concerned about the name on their latest purchase just in the […]
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.10.2017
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.10.2017 Happy Hump Day, it is back and shoulders day at the gym. Then a 5-miler ruck march. Remember to stay hydrated during the ruck and mark your progress in the workout log book. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 12 Lat Pulldowns, behind the neck (go as heavy […]
Kershaw Knives RJ Tactical 3.0 Folding Knife
With all of the different loadouts, gear setups, and go bags it makes it hard to justify spending a lot of money on any one piece of gear that may be out of sight and out of mind until you need to use it. Like a quality knife for example, that you may want to […]
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.9.2017
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.9.2017 Tuesday is Leg Day but we’ll begin with pull-ups and towel pullups for those who don’t have access to ropes for climbing. Then we’ll do some shuttle runs and sprints to work on our cardio to break things up a bit this week. Training: Continue to prep for the UBRR […]
Kershaw Knives Flitch Folding Knife Review
So it’s been about a week now since I have carried and put the Kershaw Flitch folding knife through a few every day tests. The Kershaw Knives Flitch may take over as my EDC folder, relieving the Kershaw Blur which I have carried for several years up until now. I’m used to the SpeedSafe assisted […]
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.8.2017
SOF Selection PT Preparation 5.8.2017 Some good work for the Upper Body Round Robin (UBRR) with many of the exercises that will be tested. Always go for perfect form when doing the pushups, it will be an area that is always looked at hard during the PT tests in Selection. After the exercises a three-mile […]
Welrod: The Clandestine Killer
Great Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE), the unit tasked with conducting behind-the-lines missions against the Axis powers during World War II, invented many unique and deadly items for its jobs by utilizing specialists who worked night and day in a mansion called The Frythe near the town of Welwyn Garden City. To those in the […]