EMERGENCY SHOOTING POSITIONS: ARE YOU READY? Remember in a gunfight COVER=LIFE! DO NOT Neglect the ability to shoot from behind cover with either shoulder while keeping all appendages hidden! I have Always Began my Rifle Drills with the 4 Position Warm-Up. 4 rds from Each Position at 100 yds: Standing, Kneeling, Sitting and Prone….
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Basic First Aid
The Simplest Things can Save Your Life. Don’t Neglect the Simple Things. Learn. Equip. Prepare Accordingly.
Dealing with Molotov Cocktails and Fire Bombs
Your Tactical Training Scenario- Dealing with Molotov Cocktails and Fire Bombs Thought provoking article from both sides of the “insurgent equation.” Study Up. “Sometimes it’s useful to pay attention to even the most unlikely attack scenarios. Looking at them as a thought experiment will provide some insight into more mundane self protection events.”
De Oppresso Terminare (To Terminate the Oppressed)?
H/T WRSA De Oppresso Terminare (To Terminate the Oppressed)? He could have used examples like “Antifa”, “BLM” (“Burn, Loot, Murder” cuz they earned that moniker), “Crips”, “Bloods”, “Murder Inc.”, or even the Damned Al-Qaeda turd-burglers (And yes, the goats in that part of the world are always scared). But no, who did he disrespect?…
The Marine Corps SOTG M4 Qual – Get MEU Ready
The Marine Corps SOTG M4 Qual – Get MEU Ready 50 yards, 50 rounds, 2 Magazines, 2 Targets and a shot timer. This is a challenging dynamic qual to up your CQB shooting. If you really want to put some hair on your nuts, try running this with a transition to pistol thrown in….
Old West Advice…Lessons Learned from Wyatt Earp
OLD WEST ADVICE…LESSONS LEARNED FROM WYATT EARP 1. “No wise man ever took a handgun to a gunfight.” Earp obviously knew the advantage of weapon superiority. If you know your opponent is armed with a handgun, bring a shotgun, or rifle. Give yourself every advantage possible. You don’t want to fight fair. You fight…
DIY Hard Copy Maps
H/T BCE This site Lets you configure any location, and save it as a .pdf and then, download it for printing. You can add the symbols and whatnot on the right, as well as overlay the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) on the map itself. Even allows you to place sector boundaries,…
Lessons in Community: Preparedness is a Group Activity
SAFETY IN NUMBERS: PREPAREDNESS IS A GROUP ACTIVITY Lone Wolves get eaten. Enhance your preparedness by establishing a squad of like-minded individuals with common-core goals. Think LOCAL, LOCAL LOCAL! Because when the fecal impaction that is FUSA hits the oscillating device, that is all that is going to matter.
History of the Failure Drill: Mozambique Revolt Roots
HISTORY OF THE FAILURE DRILL: MOZAMBIQUE REVOLT ROOTS This drill is still as relevant today as it was fifty years ago, if not more so with both drug abuse and bullet proof vest becoming more and more common with criminal turds. “Two the Chest and One to the Head to Make Them Dead!” …
Ukraine Invasion: Preparedness Lessons Learned
Ukraine Invasion: Preparedness Lessons Learned A good, practical read for the Armed Citizen. The bottom line is that we should not be wasting our time watching, reading and arguing about war propaganda. The Nature of War is Deceit and Lies. We should be using our valuable time to Train and Prepare so we don’t…