I spent the last week at Disney World in Orlando, FL and… since I’m me… the trip afforded the opportunity to pause and reflect on what would be the best bag to take on an amusement park vacation. First off, some background. I’ve had plenty of park experience from which to pull from. This was […]
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Vehicle Key Fob and Car Alarms | Quick Tip
When staying at motels and renting out multiple rooms my team use to have a night time watch to look for any activity around our area. When comms were not an option or things just got hectic fast, all of us would activate the car alarms. It’s good way of alerting everyone around the area […]
Message for U.S. Citizens | Traveling Overseas in 2017
The Scene: This week while traveling OCONUS, I was staying in a majority non-Caucasian and heavily Muslim area of the city; an alarm at 0-dark-30 proved that having an EDC kit, pre-staging your gear and performing rehearsal works. As the other sleep-deprived guests emerged from the hotel and began to cluster and loiter, waiting for the […]
TRAVELING WITH A FIREARM | EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO FLY WITH A GUN
There is always a lot of questions when it comes to flying with a firearm and how to ensure compliance when doing so. Below is the all of the information you will need in order to travel with a firearm, and successfully check a gun within TSA’s rules and regulations. As per the TSA, you are allowed […]
10 QUESTIONS: RANGER MEDIC AND AUTHOR LEO JENKINS
There are a lot of people who talk the talk, but very few walk the walk. Enter Leo Jenkins. He’s a veteran of 3rd Ranger Battalion who has deployed multiple times as a special operations medic, and even been awarded for valor. He went on to leave the service and eventually be attached to a […]
HANDLING A DISASTER ABROAD
Before I go out the door, I like to know where I’m going. When people travel, some like surprises, such as discovering a shopping district or restaurant. but no one likes surprises that are in the form of a disaster. When I travel locally, like on my mountain bike for a ride in the foothills, […]
SURVIVAL TIPS: PREPARING YOURSELF FOR TRAVELING OUR NATION’S HIGHWAYS
Many years ago I was traveling back down to San Diego with some friends, and we were ‘yucking’ it up in the vehicle. We were a convoy of three vehicles, on our way down Interstate 5, and cruising straight down the road and into Los Angeles. Humor turned into confusion as I looked out the […]
Watch: Tips For Traveling With a Firearm
Here are some tips from Rob Pincus of Personal Defense Network on how to make your trip with firearms go as smoothly as possible. If you are thinking of traveling to a firearms training course or for a big game hunt, but have not done so due to all the red tape with TSA rules […]
The CIA operative’s guide to safe travel
Like many of you, I’ve had my fair share of foreign and domestic travel. The world is on edge today with the anticipation of another terrorist attack. Even in the most hostile environments, you can make yourself a very difficult and less attractive target by applying simple preventive security measures. Terrorists and criminals will always conduct […]