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Only Police Should Have Guns Because They are Trained

Posted on 28 June 202528 June 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Via: Miguel’s Substack   In case it starts at the beginning, just go all the way to 2:50 By my count, the sergeant shot 28 rounds at the suspect. From the video description (and you can see it in the video): The sergeant chased the car as Campos tries to escape, that’s when the sergeant…

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DIY Infiltration Tools: Press Pass

Posted on 12 June 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Via Big Country     I’m planning on doing some intel-gathering possibly on Saturday. For this, as mentioned before, those who might be interested in doing the same, I suggest checking out THIS website. It’s pretty damned cool. It has a interactive GUI (graphic user interface) that allows you to modify the pass so that you can buy it as…

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How to Use Cover: Tactics for Self-Defense

Posted on 5 April 20255 April 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

How to Use Cover: Tactics for Self-Defense   COVER=LIFE Cover is a gift from the heavens if someone tries to kill you with a long-range, portable hole puncher. Cover projects a literal blanket of security that sits between you and certain death. I guarantee anyone reading this owns a gun for self-protection and likely carries…

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Preparing for Power-Grid Challenges In The Summer of 2025

Posted on 24 March 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Preparing for Power-Grid Challenges In The Summer of 2025   Bracing for Blackouts As the summer of 2025 approaches, the stability of the U.S. power grid remains a pressing concern. With extreme weather forecasts, an aging infrastructure, increased cyberattack threats, and politically motivated sabotage, the risk of blackouts and brownouts is at an all-time high….

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The Prescience of George Orwell — ‘1984’ is Here

Posted on 12 March 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

The Prescience of George Orwell — ‘1984’ is Here   If you read George Orwell’s fictional novel “1984” when you were young, now is an opportune time for a second look. It’s the language of “1984” that’s of particular use. The book is perhaps most applicable for its exploration of the relationship between nuanced language…

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Bullets Follow Walls – Explained

Posted on 8 March 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

  I remember when I started MOUT training, I heard the phrase “bullets follow walls, so stay away from walls.” I heard it and did it, but I had to eventually ask what it meant. Why do bullets follow walls? At 18, I had no idea what bullets did. I was told to shut up…

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History of the MACV/SOG Knife

Posted on 4 March 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

  Conrad “Ben” Baker was a problem solver. When special operations troops during the Vietnam War needed a “non-attributable,” or sterile, knife for cross-border reconnaissance and irregular warfare, Baker was uniquely positioned to design and procure their plausibly deniable piece of kit. From this request were born the rare and legendary MACV-SOG knives. Background In…

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Drone Warfare in CW2

Posted on 11 February 202512 February 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Drone Warfare in CW2   Some of the most successful (and profitable) YouTube channels are devoted to what some may refer to as gun porn. So much so that this sub-genre is referred to as GunTube. Garand Thumb and Brandon Herrera are two of the wildly popular channels that I subscribe to.     Between…

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Tactical Saturday: The Shooting People in the Face Drill, Revisited*

Posted on 25 January 202517 March 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

  While training the other day I put in my customary 20 rounds on the tried and true Mozambique or “Failure to Stop” Drill. After I ran through the drill I realized something: I had been training myself to PAUSE between the transition from the two shots to Center of Mass to the shot to…

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Welcome to 4th Generation Warfare

Posted on 18 January 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

  Prepare and Train Accordingly    

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