Magnus Ruppert

Magnus Ruppert Magnus Ruppert served on SFODA 153 B Co. 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) from 2004-2007 where he deployed three times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Magnus continued service in the brown-water Navy on an Expeditionary Intelligence Team deploying to Africa and the Mediterranean. After leaving the Military Magnus became a Federal Law Enforcement Officer. He currently works as a Firearms and Less-Lethal Instructor in the Pacific Northwest. When not spending time under body armor, Magnus spends his time under a ruck enjoying time hiking with his wife and son in the mountains of Washington State. He will occasionally play the gray-man as a GoRuck weirdo.

Magnus Ruppert’s Everyday Carry

I have two EDC loads that I default to: one for going to work, and one when I am out and about with the family. The biggest thing I change is my bag. After years of searching I finally settled on the 5.11 Bail Out Bag. I like the contoured shape of the bag. It […]

Hazard 4 Battle Axe Case

Before the dawn of time, while the world was still young, Odin All father wandered upon the land and saw that it was good. In time, Warriors came to fill the Halls of Asgard. To entertain these warriors Odin called to the Skalds across Midgard. With silver tongues they sang songs of battle and glory. […]

Hedgehog Leather Utility EDC pouch

A popular trend in everyday carry seems to be the survival tin. I am partial to them myself, they allow the prepared individual to carry everything needed for an extreme survival situation in a pint-sized pocket form. To be sure, my pockets seem to billow like a pillow the more I add to my everyday […]

GORUCK FAD Pistol | Counter Ambush Response

Odin All Father, King of the Aesir, in his quest for Wisdom drank from the Well of Urd amongst the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil. He whispered these words of wisdom into the ears of the warrior poet Archilochus that “We do not rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the […]

Hill People Gear Recon Kit Bag

For several weeks I have been traversing the trails of the great Pacific Northwest to test the comforts of the Recon Kit Bag. The Recon Kit Bag is different from a chest rig in that it is smaller, and allows for concealed carry instead of overt. With the Kit Bag I can remain armed and […]

Mission Workshop Rambler Pack

Beans and Bullets. The backbone of every good Army. Being a shooter, I am always more interested in the bullets. Give a shooter a bag to test, and what is the first obvious test? How many bullets will fit in this bag? The bag in question, The Rambler Cargo Pack from Mission Workshop. It was shotgun […]

NeoMag Review

With the alarming rise in number of terrorist attacks on US soil, I have recently delved more deeply into the realm of Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW). As a Law Enforcement Officer the fancy official term is Off-Duty Carry. On-Duty I wear around a weighty Bat-belt all day, which obviously isn’t practical in the CCW world. I […]