Korea’s army of senior citizens ready for battle. ‘I don’t remember the rifles being so heavy’ When I read this article it reminded me of a 2005 science fiction novel by John Scalzi titled “Old Man’s War”. In the novel due to a raging interplanetary war with an alien race for resources and a…
Category: Militia History
Every Man a Rifleman
“Make good scouts of yourselves. Become good rifle shots so that, when it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country, you can actually do it!”- Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts “The Rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power and thus dependent…
Clay Martin: Warrior Caste
For Further Reading by Clay: East Palestine as a table top exercise
Vigilantism as the Rule and Not the Exception
I have been chewing on this matter for a very long time. Before Marvin Heemayer or Cliven Bundy or LaVoy Finicum. Before Ashli Babbitt. Before Kyle Rittenhouse or Travis and Greg McMichael and William Bryan. Before Jake Gardner. Hell, even before George Zimmerman and the Trayvon Martin Case way back in 2012. As an…
It’s Time to Bring Back Citizen Militias
H/T WRSA It’s Time to Bring Back Citizen Militias My two cents on militias has always been PRACTICAL. The streak of natural disasters in the past decade shows this: Learn this Lesson Now: A Civilian “Militia” is more than Guys with Guns, It’s People that Help when the “Government” Could not Find…
The Gallipoli Sniper Duel
The Gallipoli Sniper Duel The “sniper exploits” that occurred on the Russian Front during the Second World War have become something of a legend, even breaking into popular culture. Yet, the famed duel involving Vasily Zaitsev likely never occurred — at least not in the way Hollywood would have you believe. However, a generation…
Minuteman vs. Jäger: A Tale of Two Paradigms
On the Guerrilla, His Ecology and His Communications
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…
SHTF Self-Education Series Book Review – “Winning Insurgent War: Back to Basics”
SHTF Self-Education Series Book Review from the Library – “Winning Insurgent War: Back to Basics” Note to my Readers: I had some issues downloading the .pdf version of this book with the links provided, so in prowling around I found this link which worked fine: https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/fmso/m/fmso-books/195392/download Study Up and Train Hard!
Food for Thought
H/T Raconteur Report “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” – Newspaper advice column “The way to a man’s heart is through his sternum.”– Military marksmanship briefing And here some folks thought they’d never use anatomy class for anything worthwhile. 😉