I’ve been told that as far back as Vietnam there were Green Berets being trained in how to crack open safes, pick locks, and other methods of surreptitious entry. Today the emphasis on low-vis B&E and technical surveillance has only grown of course. I’ve known a few gurus but this was always something I wished […]
How To
The CIA operative’s guide to safe travel
Like many of you, I’ve had my fair share of foreign and domestic travel. The world is on edge today with the anticipation of another terrorist attack. Even in the most hostile environments, you can make yourself a very difficult and less attractive target by applying simple preventive security measures. Terrorists and criminals will always conduct […]
How to Break Into Tactical Strength Coaching
One career area that has seen an increased focus on strength and conditioning is the tactical profession.
How to Cut Your Cable
For years I had been playing the cable game. I see a bill, which was larger than my plan’s rate, and I begin to go through the multi-faceted customer service system to try to correct the bill. Each layer of customer service there was an employee eager to tell me how my interpretation of my […]
Laser Ammo Smokeless Range Shooting Simulator
Shooting simulators have been around for years, but have always priced out the average person. Laser Ammo has developed one for much less.
Drill: Shooting the Wings Off a Fly
Unless you have the cinematically aggrandized marksmanship skills of the actors in the movie “Wanted,” shooting the wings off of a fly isn’t happening. But this target and drill will help you improve your accuracy and give you immediate feedback for a self-diagnosis of what your current limitations are. The drill requires you to place three to […]
The Two-and-done Training Scar
More often than not while at the range or working with students, I find that on the silhouette-target engagements, the shooter will shoot two center-mass shots and call it a day, returning to the low or high carry to repeat again. As discussed before, there may be times when the engagement will take more than […]
Muzzle Awareness: Hit the Right Target Fast
In police academies and basic training courses around the world, cops and soldiers learn to “cover” people by pointing their muzzles at them, center mass. Whether this is directly taught or is an uncorrected natural tendency makes little difference. Almost every story you have ever heard about a bad shooting has its genesis in this […]
A Ranger Never Gives Up
If this can motivate, help, or inspire just one person, it’s served its purpose. It could always be worse. This is a picture that I’ve held onto for personal reasons and will continue to hold onto for many years. Whenever things seem to be a little tough, I refer back to my time in service as […]
Do You Shoot With Both Eyes Open?
More often than not during a shooting course, may it be pistol, carbine or precision rifle, a few of the students will ask, “Do you shoot with both eyes open?” Before answering the question with a “yes” or “no”, I ask them two major questions before discussing something we all face in a life or death […]