As the Pentagon shifts its gaze from low-intensity conflicts to nation-level adversaries, the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is following suit, and the Navy SEAL teams are eager to prove their strategic utility in the rediscovered domain. SOCOM and the Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) are focusing their efforts on two underwater craft: a Shallow Water […]
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Naval Special Warfare reactivates stealthy SEAL unit on the East Coast
GULF OF MEXICO (Oct. 11, 2018): Members assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 conduct military dive operations. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialized skills needed during deployments across the globe. SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct missions from […]
As men, we’re bred to fight and hunt
In John Medina’s book “Brain Rules”, he claims that “The brain appears to be designed to (1) solve problems (2) related to surviving (3) in an unstable outdoor environment, and (4) to do so in nearly constant motion.” He calls this “the brain’s performance envelope.” Hunt and Fish Video A bulk of our time on […]
Photo of the day: Staff writer Nick Betts on set with Noveske rifle works at Area 20 Ranch
Area 20 ranch is just under 1000 acres of privately owned land outside of San Diego, California. They are quickly becoming the premier training facility for West Coast SEAL teams as well as a hub for photography and video productions. Photo by Matt Lingo
Resco Instruments Manus: Named after Resistance Fighter, Max Manus
The plan was to attack a large, heavy transport ship, ‘The Donau’. Max Manus met with his dock contacts and synchronized watches. The attack had to go off exactly on time in order to cause the maximum amount of damage to the German war machine while offering the shore-based saboteurs the best chance of escape. […]
Loadout Room Photo of the day | Frogman tools of the trade
You really can’t beat a photo of the Stars and Stripes along with an MP7 and elk handle Karambit. Tools for delivering death to those that threaten our way of life. “Nothing like getting pics from war zones from my Frogmen brothers. Mp7, elk handle karambit and in the shadow of those beautiful colors we […]
The Killing School | Inside The Worlds Deadliest Sniper Program
“You could say I had cheated death once again, but I didn’t see it that way. Orpheus may have tricked Hades; Ingmar Bergman may have had Max von Sydow play chess with death; but those are only stories. In real life death isn’t something you cheat or outmaneuver. Death is like the wind: it blows […]
Superhuman Performance – The New Standard
*Article courtesy of ericdavis215.com Have you noticed the trajectory of your income, your free time and energy slowly flattening out or maybe even declining? Does it feel like you’ve got less time for friends, family, fitness and fun? If it feels like getting things like, earning a living, saving for retirement and paying the […]
A Russki’s View of the Emerson Government Mule
(Article originally published on Breach Bang Clear) Review – the Emerson Government Mule Timur Aleksandrovich Ernest Emerson and Emerson Knives are well known for their folders; after all, Ernie is credited with creating some of the very first tactical folders, way back in the 1980s. Much has been written about his blades, from the custom […]