For those, like this writer, who esteem the arts of modern fortification, Metz is the Florence of military architecture. I greet the spring each year in Metz. This imposing city combines the dazzling, art modern architecture of the France’s Maginot Line with the pre-World War I older forts of the great builder, Serré de Rivières….
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Military Defense News: New Boomer Submarine Set to go to Sea in 2030?
Wow…14 years is a LONG time to build ONE missile boat. Maybe we should pick up the pace a tad considering the state of affairs right now with Russia and China? Just Sayin…-SF General Dynamics’ storied Electric Boat division is set to deliver its detailed design proposal for the new Ohio Replacement Program (ORP) ballistic…
Cartel Corner #81: Organized Crime and Narco-Terrorism in Peru Now on U.S. Radar
From May 8 through May 13, I had the opportunity to participate in the international Special Operations Forces exercise “Fuerzas Comando” in Lima, Peru. The event occurred at a pivotal moment, just after the first round of Peru’s presidential elections in early April. The exercise also occurred little more than a month after the terrorist…
Espionage Files: Documentary on CIA to Air on CBS Tommorrow at 8pm CST
“THE SPYMASTERS” REMASTERED: If you missed Showtime’s “The Spymasters: The CIA in the Crosshairs” when it aired last fall – you get another shot on Saturday May 21nd at 8PM CST. on CBS. The original documentary included interviews with every living CIA Director. It is unclear if they all will be in this version – since…
Schwag/Gear Review: Russian Roulette Clothing New T-Shirt Prints
My friends over at Russian Roulette Clothing have some new T-Shirt Prints that are pretty cool. Please visit their website today and buy something!! They are really good people who stand behind their products and strongly support the Second Amendment. 7 inch to 16 inch, barrel length matters. All barrel lengths matter. #BLM. Printed…
Obscure History: The Supreme Court Justice Who Shot a Senator
If, like me, you are dispirited by our national political climate, you may occasionally entertain the sense that you are witness to an era of unprecedented moral debasement. Creeping oligarchy, the re-emergence of an atavistic paleo-conservatism, the slow death-wheeze of the fourth estate, the rise of a relentlessly cheery techno-utopian Gatsby class—we’ve got a lot…
Profiles in Courage: Man Stops Knife Wielding Maniac in Target Store and Get’s Sued For It
Just one more sad example that the Target Corporation is nothing but a bunch of assholes that are NOT interested in the SAFETY of your family or mine. First they open up their bathrooms so grown men can assault/rape little girls and boys and now they decide to SUE a brave good samaritan who stopped…
Cyber-Security Threat Update: Don’t Get Juice-Jacked
You are racing through the airport. The low power light is blinking red. You are desperate to plug into any outlet you can find. Watch out. You could get juice jacked. Guess what? In every smart phone—no matter what the model—power and data flow through the same USB port and power cable. That creates a potential attack…
Combatives: From the IDF to Hollywood; Krav-Maga’s Meteoric Rise
The Israeli close-combat method shoulders its way into civilian life as the ultimate form of self-defense Krav Maga, the close-combat method conceived in secrecy by the Israeli army, has kicked its way firmly into civilian life and with Hollywood’s help, has become the ultimate form of self-defense. “The idea is to be able to quickly…
Learning From Terrorist Tactics: Preparing For Subterranean Warfare
I posted an article last year on Subterranean Warfare in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank and it now looks like this nasty type of fighting is definitely going to be part of the landscape in the battle zones in Syria and Iraq as well. -SF Last year, members of Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate,…