For all of the unfortunate and violent stories of incident’s I have posted of CO’s fighting for their lives to help us LEARN and therefore GROW as Civilian Operators, I think the above story can do the most good-by far. It touches on 4 skill sets that I have always felt are integral to staying…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Escaping a Wrecked Vehicle
Learning to fight in and around vehicles is a skill-set the CO’s needs to be intimately involved with. The reason being is that aside from our home or workplace, this is a place we spend a majority of our time. Now I could spend 2,000 words just on the subject of worthwhile drills pertaining…
Memorial Day 2014: Earning the Right
As a Vet, Memorial Day has always held a special place in my heart. Not for the sake of being recognized as a Veteran, but because it is so important to me personally that ALL AMERICANS recognize and remember all those who have served and pay special homage to those vets and their families…
Memorial Day History Special “The World Wars”
This Memorial Day, be sure to tune in to the History Channel at 8pm CST for their Premiere 3 Night Event “The World Wars”. It will track the History of WW2 through the lives of Roosevelt, Stalin, Patton, Hitler and Churchill and the pivotal decisions they made during WW1 that eventually shaped the world. …
Book Review: Rattenkrieg: The Art of ECQ Combat Pistol
Bob Taubert’s latest work, Rattenkrieg: The Art and Science of Close-Quarters Battle Pistol is a book that is right up there with Styer’s Cold Steel or Applegate’s Kill or Get Killed. The book reminds you of the hard fact that necessity is definitely the mother of invention when it comes to relevant and practical combat skills….
Neglected Skills of the Civilian Operator
“Habit hardens the body for great exertions, strengthens the heart in great peril; Habit breeds that priceless quality: CALM, which passing from rifleman to commander, will lighten the task.” -Clausewitz In the CO’s quest to stay tactically prepared for any eventuality that may come down the pike, taking a realistic, no bullshit inventory of…
Why the “Dumbing Down” of the NRA could be it’s Downfall
Consider the latest recruiting campaign by the NRA to try and increase their membership numbers with the “35 and under” demographic: [youtube=http://youtu.be/VButiaH4hu0] Now I don’t know about you, but after I watched this sixteen minutes of rambling non-sense, I had the overwhelming feeling I had been robbed, quite subliminally I might add, of both my…
John Milius Netflix Documentary
One thing that grabs my attention is anything and everything that pisses LIBERALS off… That is why I was so pleasantly surprised to see a Netflix Documentary on one of my favorite writers and directors in leftist Hollywood: John Milius. Milius is responsible for such awesome and timeless movies as Dirty Harry, Apocalypse Now, Jeremiah Johnson, The…
Netflix Flicks Worth your Time
Even with the recent Announcement that Netflix is yet again raising it’s monthly rate of $7.99 to $8.99 for new members, (current members get their current rate of $7.99 locked for 2 years) I still feel that a lot of you out there (me included) will continue their subscription. In that case, here are a…
Did the U.S. just get EMP’d?
U-2 Spy Planes, denials by the Air Force and the threat of a weapon being used on the U.S. that will send us back to the stone age technologically? Does this sound like 1962 all over again? I have been saying for some time we are in the grips of the Second COLD WAR,…