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Know Your Military History: Night Jump into Dien Bien Phu

Posted on 16 March 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Night Jump into Dien Bien Phu: An Eyewitness Account From A French Paratrooper Captured by the Viet Minh   Pierre Fauroux was born in 1921. He graduated from the French Military Academy at St. Cyr in 1942, when France’s Vichy government was dominated by Germany. In 1943 he escaped from France via Spain and joined the…

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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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On This Day in History: February 1, 1968

Posted on 1 February 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

  1968 Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to the head.    

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Asymmetrical Warfare and 4GW: How Militia Groups Are America’s Domestic Viet Cong

Posted on 2 December 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

*From the Archives   Asymmetrical Warfare and 4GW: How Militia Groups are America’s Domestic Viet Cong   Civil War 2 appears to be the new buzzword among both sides of the brewing conflict in the US, no longer considered some fringe notion. The Right and the Left find themselves at an impasse, and its rapidly…

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The Bad Ass Files: Robert “R.J.” Thomas – The Story of a Real American Gunfighter

Posted on 24 February 202424 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

A REAL AMERICAN GUNFIGHTER AND HIS GUNS   When those who grew up in my era hear the words “gunfight” or “gunfighter,” we immediately get a vision of something that never existed. Spending many of my Saturdays in the late 1940s at the West Theater to watch western movies with the likes of Roy Rogers,…

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In Memoriam: Sgt. Chuck Mawhinney, USMC Scout Sniper

Posted on 17 February 202417 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Legendary Marine Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney dies at age 75   Over at Sportsfirings there is another excellent article with links to the NY Post Obit. Thanks to my buddy Wynn for bringing this to my attention.  

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Last of the Cold War Gunfighters: Vought F-8 Crusader

Posted on 4 February 20244 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Vought F-8 Crusader: Last of the Gunfighters   The Vought F-8 Crusader was a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based, high-performance jet fighter that first flew in 1955, a mere decade after the end of World War II. The Crusader was the first American fighter to break 1,000 miles per hour. The F-8 earned its testosterone-besotted moniker because…

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Diversity Shuts Down AZ Military Museum

Posted on 29 December 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Arizona Military Museum ‘indefinitely closed’ after Vietnam vet head says he’ll be replaced by diversity hire   So a Military Museum get’s shut down and a Vietnam Combat Veteran loses his job. Tell me again how all this Diversity horse shit is our strength?              

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In Memoriam: Robert “Bob” Pardo

Posted on 18 December 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Air Force legend Robert ‘Bob’ Pardo, famous for ‘Pardo’s Push’ maneuver, dead at 89   US Air Force legend Robert “Bob” Pardo, known for his selfless action known as “Pardo’s Push” during the Vietnam War, has died Dec. 5 in College Station, Texas. He was 89. On March 10, 1967, Pardo, then a US Air…

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Booby Traps 101

Posted on 1 December 20231 December 2023 by The Tactical Hermit
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