Destructive Devices Every time I see anything about Claymores I remember the scene from Platoon where Taylor in the stress of combat, forgets to click the Claymore safety off as they are getting way layed by Charlie. FYI Troop: Don’t forget to click the safety off or it won’t go bang! Stay Alert, Armed…
Category: Fieldcraft
Fieldcraft: Estimating Height and Width in the Field
From the Archives, 2016 How to Estimate the Heights and Widths of Objects in the Field A FOUNDATIONAL “Analog” skill-set men need to have and not depend on technology for. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Badlands Fieldcraft: No Matter What Happens
This appeared on 5 NOV at Badlands Fieldcraft. Man Up. -NCS It’s the morning after the election and there’s not a clear cut winner, and it looks like things will no doubt get messy as the results get ironed out. Whichever way the winds blow over the next week or so, I’m unaffected. Of course… Badlands…
The SPR: AR Guerrilla Sniper Rifle
Mean Streets: The Clash of Technology and Terrain in Urban Warfare
From the Archives, 2016 In urban environments, the playing field is levelled between the conventional armies and insurgents BE IT ALEPPO or Damascus, Mosul or Ramadi, or even Eastern Ukraine, combatants in today’s conflicts are frequently fighting in and over urban areas. The decision to wage war in cities is driven in part by…
Going Mobile
From the Archives, 2016 A learned a long time ago that when shit goes bad, it goes bad in a hurry. Very often you will have little to no time to think about what you really need to do, you are just going to have to react. The seasoned prepper knows from experience that there…
Urban Guerilla Sniping v3.0
“History is nothing else than a long succession of useless cruelties.” (Voltaire) When you look at the situation in Syria, you see the logic in Voltaire’s prose. I suppose it is the hopeless romantic in me that wishes for a world that is not filled with asshole tyrants and despots that take advantage of…
Ed Calderon Sheds Light on Kidnapping & Abduction Trends
ED CALDERON SHEDS LIGHT ON KIDNAPPING & ABDUCTION TRENDS This guy has been there done that when it comes to survival south of the border with the cartels. Great information. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
WATER PURIFICATION IN A GRID DOWN SITUATION – PART 2
Part One can be found HERE A Worthwhile read. Remember the Rule of 3: Three weeks without Food, Three Days without Water, Three hours without Shelter and Three minutes without Oxygen. Water is Life. This article is the second article in a two part series on water purification originally posted on December 11, 2019. The…
From a Student: Paradigm Shift
Good Stuff from my friend NC Scout. Keep Your training Practical and Relevant to your Mission. Don’t get caught up in the ‘Tacti-Cool” BS, it’s a waste of your time and money and will ultimately get you killed. Its always very rewarding hearing from students about what they learned in class- especially when it…