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AKIM ODA, GHANA U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Infantry Division, receive a class of instructions from the Ghana Armed Forces during United Accord 2017 at the Jungle Warfare School on Achiase military base in Akim Oda, Ghana on May 20, 2017. The Jungle Warfare […]
A Reconnaissance Marine from 3rd Marine Division performs an operations check on his Binocular Night Vision System M953 at the Combat Center, Feb. 13, 2018, as a part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)
Meet Nate Weber, a bobsledder for Team USA in the 2018 Winter Olympics. What makes his story unique? Sergeant First Class Nate Weber is an active duty Green Beret. He has deployed to Africa and Afghanistan and during that time he has trained in order to vie for the opportunity to represent Team USA in […]
“Digital nomads are a type of people who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and, more generally, conduct their life in a nomadic manner. Such workers often work remotely from foreign countries, coffee shops, public libraries, co-working spaces, or recreational vehicles.” – Wikipedia One thing I’ve learned over the years is that there is no ‘one bag fits all’ when it comes […]
My Smith & Wesson 38 Special titanium alloy J frame; the gun I pulled on an attempted carjacker years ago. My first handgun was a Glock 19, I sold that and got a Glock 27. Didn’t like that so sold it and got this when I was promoted to manager. I didn’t want to look like […]
In my previous article, I discussed how visualization—or what I call “paradise from the pain”—can help us get through challenging or difficult times by allowing us to live in the moment that comes after the pain or discomfort. But how do we do that? How can we train our brains to focus on what’s up ahead and not […]
Triggers matter. A better trigger can make a firearm much more shootable. In the case of the AR-15 it has a pretty good mil-spec trigger. Many companies have come to the market with excellent triggers that significantly improve upon the feel of the AR-15 trigger (Geissele or the Larue MBT for example). Axelson has come […]
Here’s a secret, we like guns here at The Loadout Room. Unfortunately, there is a myriad of pseudo-experts in the gun community. We’ve all come across them at one point or another; they usually disguise their nonsense with technical terminology in order to sound more legitimate and lure more listeners. They are unlike those with […]
I was slouched over a stack of pancakes in the BUD/S chow hall, quietly experiencing the thousands of microabrasions that come with 48 hours of being wet and sandy. It was Tuesday night of Hell Week, and it was the first time the pain of it all had really settled in. It was the burning […]
BOEBLINGEN, BW, GERMANY A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1-10th Special Forces Group cleans his weapon after participating in a weapons training exercise at the Panzer Range Complex, Boeblingen, Germany, Nov. 08, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston) Courtesy of DVIDS
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