From the Archives, 2014 The following video was sent to be by a good friend who routinely trains with a former Spetsnaz member. At first glance, most people’s reactions are the same “This is CRAZY!!”but not until the end where Larry “arfcom” Vickers explains these are extremely advanced RUSSIAN FSB MILITARY…
Category: Small Unit Tactics
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…
Be Fight Focused, Not Gear Focused
A Top Marine Corps Scout Sniper managed to sneak up on his enemy completely Naked except for a pair of Boots Sometimes we need to be reminded that it is raw FUNDAMENTALS and AGGRESSION, not GEAR and TECHNOLOGY that make us DANGEROUS. Make it a point to always be FIGHT FOCUSED and not GEAR…
Lessons From The Warsaw Ghetto
Great Read. Be sure and read the two links on Lithuania. Highlights from Part one. Staple this to your Brain. 1) Government identification records are the clerical basis for mass murder and other atrocities: No, not every government ID scheme leads to genocide and expatriation. But for the collectivists of both the German Reich and the…
Common Infantry Tasks Testing-The Basic Requirements Applied To Survivalists
A Great Outline for INDIVIDUAL Task. So often training of this type focuses on SUT (Small Unit Tactics) without first addressing Individual skill-sets. I have selected what I believe are the realistic tasks that a Survivalist who mean to go into harms way should have a basic understanding of, if not at least a…
Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since World War II
Shots in the Dark – Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since WW2 A Great read both from a historical point of view and practical, Civilian Operator POV on the RELEVANCE of Guerilla Warfare in the 21st Century. You have to Understand the Lessons of History in order not to repeat the…
Urban Warfare, Back in the Day
URBAN WARFARE, BACK IN THE DAY Current headlines are replete with stories of urban warfare. Be it Aleppo, Ramadi, Tripoli or some Ukrainian city you only learned of last year, there appears to be no shortage of combatants that want to fight in/over/for some piece of urban terrain. Perhaps a brief step back in to…