In our last installment, we discussed at length the “Hide n’ Glide” where Taliban and Iraqi insurgents/terrorist strategically hide weapons and at opportune moments, attack U.S. and coalition personnel and then attempt afterwards to blend back in with the general populace. Today we are going to discuss how the insurgents plan and execute the…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
The Enterovirus Wake Up Call
It appears the first tangible repercussions of mr. obamas “OPEN BORDER” Policy is upon us…anybody surprised? Unfortunately for the rest of America, liberals are not going to realize the damage they have wrought on all of us until they personally experience the ramifications of supporting Barack Obama.At this juncture, maybe an illegal-immigrant-caused m….
13 Hours at Benghazi
The disaster at Benghazi, Libya on 9/11/12 where 3 Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stephens, lost their lives was undoubtedly one of the worst failures of ANY presidential administration in the last 20 years. Not only the failure to ACT in a timely manner, but the extent of how far people have gone to LIE about…
Black on White Hate Crime Violence: The Unspoken Epidemic?
Two videos showing that Black on White HATE CRIME VIOLENCE is much more frequent an occurrence than most people realize or even care to admit. [youtube=http://youtu.be/a5TwYKM5moE] [youtube=http://youtu.be/ru8WTYB6qoY] It appears white people being brutally assaulted by black gangs in Missouri (only 3 hours from where the Michael Brown debacle occurred in Ferguson) and Memphis, Tennessee is…
First Rule: Always Assume they are Armed!
[youtube=http://youtu.be/wQIAFeC10cY] Today’s lesson boys and girls involves ALWAYS ASSUMING YOUR ENEMY IS ARMED! As we see in the above vid, these two “loss prevention clerks” did not, and it almost cost them both DEARLY. The only saving grace in this incident was that the alleged shoplifter with the knife was UNTRAINED and UNMOTIVATED. As CO’s…
Date Rape Detector Nail Polish in the Works!
http://www.cnet.com/news/this-nail-polish-may-detect-date-rape-drugs/ While Most “Liberal” Date Rape Prevention (and even Crime Prevention) methods could be termed “Impractical” and “Would not work in a Million Years”, every once in a while you hear about a “non-firearm solution” or “detection” anti-rape product that is simply genius, especially when you consider the company merged FASHION and RAPE PREVENTION…
Learning from Insurgent Tactics: The “Hide n’ Glide”
Since the War in Afghanistan and Iraq began, we have seen a multitude of different “insurgent” tactics come to light, the most notable (and deadly) ones being the use of the IED and VBIED (Vehicle Born IED’s) in ambushes, booby-traps and suicide attacks. But as far as actual ground tactics the enemy uses, there…
Virtual Kidnapping: Taking the Phone Scam up a Notch
http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2014/08/07/fbi-says–virtual-kidnapping–scams-now-targeting-doctors.html Phone scams are nothing new; they have been around about as long as the phone has been in existence. But criminals are an adaptive species of virus; constantly looking for new ways to exploit human frailties. In the savage and violent world in which we now live, FEAR can spread like a cancer, especially…
Beware: Firearm Ignorance Abounds
You know I have always heard the statistic that typically half the people you meet are of below average INTELLIGENCE, for a while I was somewhat skeptical of that stat, Now I am a TRUE BELIEVER. When you get confused in the Marines, you sung the happy song. 🙂 [youtube=http://youtu.be/4kU0XCVey_U] Gunny always explained things…
Gear Review: Cold Steel Voyager Tanto (Large) Folding Knife
The Knife I am reviewing today is a Cold Steel Voyager Tanto Large, Plain Blade. I specify Large, because this knife has a big brother in the XL Tanto,(a beast with a 5 1/2″ blade) just so you don’t get confused. I have been meaning to buy and review Cold Steel’s Voyager series for…