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The Surveillance State: Cell phone Surveillance, Can They Hear You Now?

Posted on 4 February 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

CELL PHONE SURVEILLANCE: CAN THEY HEAR YOU NOW? It’s safe to assume our readers fall into one of two groups: you know your cell phone tracks you constantly without your permission, or you’re unaware of the potentially serious privacy risks from the neat little device in your pocket. Being in the latter category doesn’t make you wrong…

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On the Guerrilla, His Ecology and His Communications

Posted on 2 January 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

On the Guerrilla, His Ecology and His Communications The Guerrilla must recognize three critical points:   He, and his local network, are his own supply line. He fights with what he has, not with what he wishes. He cannot fight as a conventional force.   If you have not already, be sure and order your…

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The History of Irregular Warfare (Six-Part Series)

Posted on 11 November 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T WRSA   Irregular Warfare Six-Part Series   Superb series I recommend you put on your Reference flash drive. While you are it, Guide to the Analysis of an Insurgency is also worth downloading. Arm Up, Read Up and Train and Prepare Accordingly.

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The Surveillance State: Presidential Policy Directive 28

Posted on 9 October 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

Surveillance State USA. Biden quietly unleashes spymasters in dramatic Executive Order.   The collection of signals intelligence shall be authorized by statute or Executive Order, proclamation, or other Presidential directive, and undertaken in accordance with the Constitution and applicable statutes, Executive Orders, proclamations, and Presidential directives. (b) Privacy and civil liberties shall be integral considerations…

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The Surveillance State: Augury

Posted on 25 September 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

US military using tool that captures ‘93% of the internet’  Multiple branches of the US military have bought access to “petabytes” of American citizens’ private online data via a tool called Augury, giving them access to an almost omniscient set of data points, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) claimed in a letter to the Office of the…

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SOE Partisan Leader’s Handbook

Posted on 22 July 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

Partisan’s Leader Handbook   So many Pearls of Wisdom in these WW2 era SOE manuals. The Basics of Partisanship have not changed! Study Up and Prepare Accordingly! You can read and download the entire manual HERE.    

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Ukraine Invasion: Preparedness Lessons Learned

Posted on 19 March 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

Ukraine Invasion: Preparedness Lessons Learned   A good, practical read for the Armed Citizen. The bottom line is that we should not be wasting our time watching, reading and arguing about war propaganda. The Nature of War is Deceit and Lies. We should be using our valuable time to Train and Prepare so we don’t…

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The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender

Posted on 17 March 202223 July 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

  You can download the above manual at John Spencer’s Website. Highly recommend you bookmark this site as well, LOTS of good stuff there! I also Highly Recommend you read all of John Spencer’s Urban Warfare Case Studies over at Modern War Institute Via WRSA: You will see this material again. The only real question…

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The Political Soldier: Carl Schmitt’s Theory of the Partisan

Posted on 5 March 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

The Political Soldier: Carl Schmitt’s Theory of the Partisan This is an essay by Greg Johnson on Schmitt’s polarizing book Theory of the Partisan that is definitely worth a read considering the current geo-political situation. Arm Yourself and Prepare Accordingly.  

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Von Steuben: Light Infantry Load-Out

Posted on 26 February 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

Von Steuben: Light Infantry Load-Out   Really well put together series on a practical load out for the Light Infantry citizen ground pounder, aka Grunt.

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