The Guns of Faction: Part One My 2019 novel, Faction, was recognized by many readers as having weapons which seemed at first glance exotic, but were, in fact, rather straightforward, off-the-shelf weapons with slight modifications to make them more useful in urban operations. Let’s examine them in this series, one by one. The criteria for…
Category: Military History
Happy 250th Birthday United States Marine Corps!
“Suffering is our Leverage”
Senate Democrats BLOCK Bill to Pay Troops and Essential Federal Workers Working Without Pay During the Shutdown These pieces of political monkey shit don’t seem to have a grasp on political history as it relates to what happens to corrupt Governments and politicians or the fact that there is a very large…
On This Day in U.K. History Twofer: Battle of Hastings in 1066 and Scottish Independence Won in 1322
1066 Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II, who is killed in the battle. Check out the TV Series King and Conqueror. It is based on this very integral period of British History. 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats…
On This Day in WWI History: The Third Battle of Ypres – aka The Battle of Passchendaele
What You Need to Know About the Third Battle of Ypres The Third Battle of Ypres – also known as Passchendaele – has shaped perceptions of the First World War on the Western Front. Fought between July and November 1917, both sides suffered heavy casualties and endured appalling conditions. The name Passchendaele has become synonymous with…
Know Your REAL WW2 History: Katyn (Full Movie w/English Subtitles)
The Katyn Forest Massacre An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
Resource Library: Seven Pillars of Small War Power
Seven_Pillars_of_Small_War_Power THE WORLD SEEMED to breathe a collective sigh of relief at the end of the long Cold War. That momentous event, however, did not mark the end of global armed conflict. While the number of armed conflicts worldwide has been declining since peaking in the early 1990s, and a conventional war between two…
Young Men, Political Violence is Your Obligation
Young Men, Political Violence is Your Obligation Young Men, We Need a Factory Reset For our entire lives we’ve heard schoolmarms, the media, liberal Christians and other subversives lecturing young men that “violence doesn’t solve problems.” Every time we have a public killing, we are told “political violence isn’t the answer.” Now, anyone who…
Shoot & Scoot
Lessons: Windows and Doors “Frame” you as a target, AVOID standing in them. If you must shoot out of a window or door, lower your profile. OODA Loop 101: Never Stay in one place too long in a gunfight; ‘Shoot and Scoot’ or ‘Get off the X’ and force your enemy to re-calibrate. Success…
Living In The Past: The World War II Hangover
Living In The Past: The World War II Hangover “This watch I got here was first purchased by your great-grandfather during the First World War. It was bought in a little general store in Knoxville, Tennessee.” – Pulp Fiction Every group has a story that defines them: the myth, the memory, the moment that crystallizes…