Editors note: Drones have become widely popular in the civilian space for both recreational and professional use. Here are some tips for increasing your privacy from overhead drones. Drones are equipped with extremely powerful camera’s which can detect people and vehicles at an altitude of several miles. Most drones are equipped with night vision, and/or […]
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How to Live Out of a Backpack | Mobility EDC Pack
This is a series of posts about ‘how to live out of a backpack’ as a vagabond, minimalist, nomad, expat, traveler or for everyday life as a lifestyle. Depending on where I’m going, how I’m getting there, how long I’m staying and why I’m going to my next destination, the packing kits (luggage) I bring […]
Why I Strategically Don’t Drink Coffee
I’m in the extreme minority as I don’t drink coffee and have cut it out of my life long ago for strategic and practical reasons, this is why. “Disguised as an aromatic and inviting liquid, coffee temporarily empowers us with energy and clarity while seducing us as its slave. Ultimately weakening our actual energy and […]
Tyler On Training: Training And Distance
Today, Tyler talks about training and distance. In a civilian carry capacity, the one thing we have to recognize is the differernce between military, law enforcement and concealed carry. These all have completely different applications. Let’s start with shooting at 25 yards. How good are you at 25 yards? Now add in the stress factor and movement. […]
SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) Level C Course And the truth will set you free
Most of what we write here at SpecialOperations.com deals with the training side of the house. What you’ll need to do to pass the Selection and Assessment courses. But today we’ll leap ahead to the second phase of the Special Forces Qualification Course or SFQC for Special Forces students and talk about SERE training. Since […]
EDC Methods | The Pocket Tether
The pant pockets. Hand-sized internal pouches in the waist and upper leg area to carry small but important items. Reach in, grab, take out, use, then reverse. It defines convenience and accessibility. But that’s what also makes whatever pocketed item to be vulnerable to accidental loss and damaging drops. Some pants have velcro, button or […]
Language Lessons: TRACE
Courtesy of Breach Bang Clear Language Lessons: TRACE by David “Norseman” Williams cover photo from the Forensic Outreach Library TERM: Trace ALSO KNOWN AS: ghost trail, vapor trail, gas trail, frost trail, shock wave RELATES TO: Exterior ballistics, spotting and shot placement (calling shots). APPLICATION OF USE: Most handy in an environment when bullet impacts cannot be […]
3 DHS Agencies That Rely on the Sig Sauer P229
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) In the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, many in our nation felt that a porous patchwork of law enforcement and intelligence efforts left too many doors open for terrorists and criminals to exploit. In order to better coordinate and control that patchwork, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
How to Use Airports Like Free Hotels
In a perfect world, there would be no flight delays but there would be seamless transfer connections. However, that’s not the case so that makes most international airports ideal as a sort of “home away from home”. In essence, all relatively busy international airports are designed to be able to provide almost all the necessities […]
Road To ECQC: The Week Before D-DAY
My videos, posts, and reviews of the Shivworks Extreme Close Quarters Concepts course by Craig Douglas are some of my most popular content. Unfortunately for me, the video where I get shot in the groin 7 times is the most popular and most shared. ? Since I took my first ECQC in 2015, my friends, training […]