All I am gonna say about this for now is Discretion is Always the Better Part of Valor. You gotta be Smart in this struggle or else you wind up being nothing but media fodder and sound bytes for the liberals. -SF BURNS – The strangers carrying the whisper of danger arrived in the vast…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Texas: We’re Going to Arrest People Who Call the Cops to Report Legal Gun Carry
China’s Military Intelligence System is Changing
As American families dined on turkey and stuffing, China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) was hard at work in Beijing hammering out military reforms. These reforms were then announced to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) by President Xi Jinping, who also serves as the CMC chairman. The proposed organizational changes may make this round of reform…
Coolest Military Tech for 2016
America’s troops have cool gear coming their way in 2016. Here’s a look at some of it: 1. The first Ford-Class supercarrier will take to the seas Photo: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Aidan P. Campbell The PCU Ford will join the fleet in 2016. It will be the largest and most expensive warship to ever…
NO! You can’t have my Civil Rights, I am Using Them Right Now!
“The ‘looters’ credo’ has brought you to regard your proudest achievements as a hallmark of shame, your prosperity as guilt, your greatest men, the industrialists, as blackguards, and your magnificent factories as the product and property of muscular labor, the labor of whip-driven slaves, like the pyramids of Egypt. The rotter, who simpers that he…
Crusader Corner: Jihad in America 2015
Once you read this summary you will realize (if you have not already) the War is no longer “Over there” it is now HERE, in the U.S. and it is here to stay.The only real question then is what are you doing to keep YOU and YOUR FAMILY Safe?-SF “Geller: Jihad in America 2015: ‘The…
Mosul: Turkey’s Fulda Gap
With all the hoopla lately between Russia and Turkey, this is an interesting article to consider. As I have been studying the history of the Middle East this year, I have added The Fall of the Ottomans to my 2016 reading list. -SF “Our national borders pass through Antioch and span east-ward, containing Mosul,…
Cartel Corner #41: Inside a Mexican Drug-Evidence Warehouse
In this excerpt from El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency, journalist Ioan Grillo describes what it is like to step inside a Mexican warehouse filled with confiscated drugs. To a hard-core drug aficionado, the evidence room on the Mexican army base in Culiacan, Sinaloa, would be a wet dream; it has enough crystal meth, cocaine, grass, pill, and…
3-D Printing Will Disrupt the World in Ways We Can Barely Imagine
In the last few years, additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, has transformed from an interesting hobby to an industry producing a wide range of products. It is on the path to causing major disruptions in global trade — and changing the international security environment. The explosion of additive manufacturing means it is virtually…
The Lessons of Debaltseve: Armored Vehicles Still Matter
After nearly fifteen years of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, American advocates of heavy armored forces interpreted Ukrainian forces’ defeat at the battle of Debaltseve as an indication that “tanks still matter.” But the key lesson of the Debaltseve fight is a broader one: Combat vehicles of whatever kind must provide the mobility, protection,…