We live in a techno-centric age. Everything is at our fingertips. We have cell phones that can navigate our roads from point A-to-point B. Our phones also have GPS grid coordinates at the quick typing of an app, that can pinpoint your exact location. But what happens in the … [Read more...]
Training
Op-Ed: Stop throwing gear at the things you suck at and train instead
"There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself." -- Miyamoto Musashi, "The Book of Five Rings" Getting "cool guy" gear and tricking … [Read more...]
Rucking for the SOF Candidate: ‘Wear it Until You Love it’
Recently we have revisited some of the basics of Land Navigation, one of the trio of the biggest obstacles that Special Operations candidates will face in their individual Selection courses. And now we’ll move on to the next one, and one we always get a lot of questions about. … [Read more...]
Former Delta Force operator: Why the 1911 is still my favorite sidearm
I’m a gunslinger by background, or at least I fancy myself the sort. I still wear my pistols low these days, just not quite as low as in the day. l live, nonetheless, today as I have always lived—by the sword. And you know what living by the sword means. That’s right, it means … [Read more...]
How To Improve Your Ability to Hit a Moving Target
One of the best lines about SOF I ever heard when I first made it into CSOR was from the RSM (Regimental Sergeant Major) when someone asked if us new guys would be on probation. “You’re on probation your entire career here.” That always stuck with me, that just because I had made … [Read more...]
Wish I was kidding: Hi-Point set to release their new ‘Yeet Cannon’ later this year
HiPoint's C9 9mm pistol is already a favorite among drug dealers and that fat guy you know that wears a load bearing vest to the grocery store. When I say that it's a terrible pistol, I want to assure you that I'm not just jumping on the internet hate bandwagon. I actually bought … [Read more...]
SWAT Officer reviews the ASP XT DF Flashlight
ASP has been stepping up their game to compete in the first responder flashlight world, and I must admit I’m not disappointed with some of their new products. The XT DT being one of them. The XT DF is a primary duty flashlight with a max output of 600 lumens and the ability to … [Read more...]
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