Op-Ed

HOME DEFENSE HACKS

How the SOF Guys of ReadyMan Do It Visit just about any shooting school and they’re going to teach you how to “clear your house” in case of an intruder. But ask the guys who’ve “cleared houses” for a living, day in and day out, and they have some pretty shocking perspective. Talk to them […]

BLACK HORNET 2 SQUAD DRONE FROM THE MANUEVER CONFERENCE 2016

Brigadier General (Ret) Arne Skjaerpe showcased a palm sized drone from Norwegian company Proxdynamics at Ft. Benning’s Maneuver Conference last week. It was the only squad level aerial drone I saw. I thought this was one of the most sci-fi concepts brought to life at the whole conference. I left impressed both by its size […]

Should You Seek Shelter or Bug-Out During A Crisis?

(Originally published on Real World Survivor) Your ability to shelter in place will depend on several factors, including the severity of the crisis at hand and the impact that the crisis has on other locations throughout the United States and the world. The location where you live or take shelter can also make it easier […]

Shots Fired on Campus | What do you do?

Editors note: Early on the reports were an active shooter. It ended up being a guy using both his car and a knife to conduct the violent attack. Either way you still need to be prepared to react to these violent attacks, as they come in many different forms. Unfortunately we had another active shooter […]

Slingshots | A Primitive Weapon Still in use Today

There was a certain operations group down in Mexico that use to send an advanced group to scout out places for a raid in urban areas. One thing they would do days in advance was use sling shots to disable street lights in the area to make any night-time approach a bit more discreet. They […]

AERIAL TARGET INTERDICTION COURSE BY BAT DEFENSE

I had the once in a lifetime opportunity to sit through BAT Defense’s Aerial Target Interdiction Course last Saturday given at Altair in the Florida everglades. I probably won’t be able to do justice to the event. From top to bottom it was awesome. If you’ve “done everything” when it comes to shooting, put this […]

PREPARATION

Over the years I’ve learned a lot from my dad. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned from him, it’s that you must always be prepared. Be prepared? For what? Well, for anything and everything, really. I never took this lesson very “seriously” — my dad’s always been one of those people that says something serious in […]

BEING UNSEEN, WHAT ARE TARGET INDICATORS?

You’re never going to be able to look in two directions at one time. But you’ll be able to remain safer if you stick to some basic tactical principles. Sure, it would be best to have a partner or teammates, but sometimes you have to operate on your own. Clearing your house of intruders, entering […]

JTT: Making Them Wet

(Article originally published on Breach Bang Clear) Just The Tip: Making Them Wet Alexander Crown It seems even in this modern day of unprecedented knowledge being produced every second, there is still a concept that’s difficult for people to grasp: making a silencer wet. I have been asked countless countless times in so many different […]

TRACKING HUMANS AND RIDING HORSES

(Article originally published on MOTUS) One of the oldest forms of transportation is the horse. Since the invention of the motor vehicle most of us don’t ever really find any use for the horse except for recreational pursuits or taking a loved one on one of those sunset beach trots on some tropical island. In […]