When troops want to put themselves to the test and become members of the Special Operations Forces community, the Selection courses are frequently a source of treading in unknown waters. You’ll be asked to conduct exercises that may seem alien or unknown and you’ll frequently be in the dark until the last possible moment. That […]
Rucking Review, Doing It the Right Way is Very Important
In our Selection preparation, we always stress the importance of Rucking and the value that all of the services put on it in the Special Operations community. The services will all stress the 45-pound minimum in training and one of the frequent questions we get is why train with 45-pounds when in reality the amount […]
Triple Aught Design FAST Pack Litespeed: A trusted companion for adventures
Triple Aught Designs’ FAST Pack Litespeed is one of their top-selling items, and it’s easy to see why. My first thought when I actually got my hands on this pack was, “wow, this feels really durable.” After carrying the Litespeed at work for a while, including during a police driving course that put the water resistance to […]
The Urban Escape and Evasion Bag – Getaway Clean
I’ve been researching the idea of Escape and Evasion. There is a lot of information out there for traditional battlefield Escape and Evasion. Outside of military members that’s not super useful to us. With the realization that the majority of us live in an Urban Environment I wanted to specifically take a few looks at […]
Rucking 22 Miles in a Snap, The Green Beret Way
Here at SpecialOperations.com, we try to give our younger readers who desire to be members of the Special Operations brotherhood the tools to be able to navigate the rigors of the Selection courses and then follow on with their qualification courses. In our articles, we tell our prospective candidates to do everything the right way and […]
Crate Club | Prisoner of War Hero
I walked to the road and turned myself in officially becoming War Criminal 53. My new home would be a concrete box a little smaller than a dog’s travel kennel. I would crap and piss in a small tin can, luckily there wouldn’t be much of that because I was about to be starved and […]
Learn to Ruck Like a Pro Before You Get to Selection
Our focus here at SpecialOperations.com lately is getting back to the basics. For our readers who are attempting to become part of our Special Operations Forces, of course after volunteering, the first obstacle in your path is passing Selection. And the biggest key to that is being properly prepared to do so. We went back and recently […]
Curvature and Coatings in Body Armor
We evolved our line to include all the attributes that were needed from all the different sub-sectors or law enforcement and military. If you look at law enforcement, if you’re a SWAT operator, that’s a very different requirement from a patrol officer or a canine operator. In the military, you may have an officer and […]
Law Enforcement review of the Bravo Concealment Light Bearing Holster
As a Law Enforcement Professional I have seen my fair share of holsters and with today’s web accessibility there are many companies out there trying to make a buck, dishing out poor quality products. That is not the case with Bravo Concealment. They are a quality company that make quality custom Kydex holsters at some […]
Photo of the day | Rolex Submariner & Seiko Sea Urchin
Lume shot of a Rolex Submariner and a Seiko Sea Urchin. I spent some time customizing that Seiko auto into a classy(ish) / survival(ish) timepiece and it came out nice but after I put it on for the first time, I thought, “wait, I got a Rolex that this watch was copied off of, f*ck […]