“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…
Category: Practical Skill Sets
Front Toward Enemy
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…
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!
Interview with a Mountain Woman
All you Preppers and Survivalist out there, take 20 minutes and watch this Interview. 87 Years old and this woman could out work 90% of the millennial work force and survive on her own without a grocery store! If you ask me, these are the people kids should be listening to and not these self-absorbed…
Knife “Dueling?”
KNIFE DUELING? I have never been a fan of the term “Knife Fight” or “Knife Duel” simply because in all my years I have never seen one, except in Hollyweird. Anything involving a knife in the real world has always been Fast, Bloody and most of the time DEADLY, which is why I have been…
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…
Real World Shit: Surviving Inside the Kill Zone
ED CALDERON AND ERNEST EMERSON TEAM UP TO TEACH SURVIVING INSIDE THE KILLZONE Solid teaching from two instructors who have BTDT. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Guidelines for Integrating Inter-Team Communications Into Your Kit
Common Sense 101: Never Leave a Running Vehicle Unattended (With Kids Inside!)
From the Archives, 2018 Kidnapping, Carjacking Suspect Caught Thanks to 8-Year-Old’s 911 Call This could have been so much worse. In most States it is a misdemeanor to leave your car unattended while the engine is running (Especially with young children in it!) Come on people! Use that melon on top of your…
The CO “Blowout” Kit
From the Archives, 2013 For the CO to be prepared to survive in the battlefield we call everyday life, he must be ready to administer life saving first aid quickly and at any time, either to himself or others. To meet that need, the CO needs to have one or more “Blowout” Kits prepared. Simply…