From the Archives, 2017 Mob Mentality…Escaping from Riots and Flash Mobs Very relevant topic considering the sporky events. As a good friend always says to me: “This whole thing is a SHIT sandwich and we are all gonna have to take a bite; Just remember to take small bites and always bite the…
Category: Small Unit Tactics
Know Your Texas History: The Great Comanche Raid of 1840
The Great Raid With raids on civilians and hostage-taking back in the news, I looked up the Comanches’ Great Raid of 1840 that destroyed forever the Texas port city of Linnville, about halfway between Houston and Corpus Christi. As with many ethnic conflicts, who were the bad guys and who were the good guys…
Interview with MACV-SOG Major John L. Plaster
MACV-SOG Major John L. Plaster I have two books from Plaster in my Library that are dog eared, highlighted and just about worn out. The first is The Ultimate Sniper which I got many moons ago as a gift from a now departed friend (who was a better shot than me by a country…
Small Unit Tactics: Building a Fighting Position (Revised)
For the individual soldier, being able to build either a hasty or prepared position to fight from that will give you adequate cover and at the same time good fields of fire is essential for small units to be efficient in the field. All of the material I am covering here can be found…
Fast and Furious: The Philosophy and Mechanics of the Blitzkrieg Tactic
Fast and Furious: The Philosophy and Mechanics of the Blitzkrieg Tactic It’s the dawn of World War II, and the old ways of fighting aren’t cutting it anymore. Soldiers huddled in trenches, days turning into weeks with little progress—it’s a stalemate that no one wants to repeat. Enter the Blitzkrieg tactic, a plan that’s…
Times a Wastin’, Brush up on your GW Skills and SUT
Chaos Reigns: Modern Warfare in the West
Via: The Patrol Base Archives Disgusted by the latest news, I pushed myself back from my computer desk. “The country is going to Hell,” I declared to no one. It seemed like America was pulling herself apart. In this cold Civil War, the schism isn’t as evident as the Mason-Dixon line was. Instead,…
Because Now It’s Personal: Causes that Produce the Guerilla
Because Now It’s Personal: Causes that Produce the Guerrilla Most of the men who fought with William Quantrill didn’t own slaves. They were just Missouri farm boys who wanted to be left alone, raise families and run farms of their own. What caused them to turn into the so called “bloodthirsty savages” they later…
The Sniper Big Four
The Sniper Big Four This is from the former Patrol Base blog. Highly recommend you bookmark.