I am a firm believer in staying as situationally aware as possible wherever I am, but especially when out in public either alone or with my clan. Since I live in the Deep South, a large part of my time every month or so is spent in stores like the Redneck metropolis of Wal-Mart, Grocery…
Civilian Operator 101: Going Mobile
A learned a long time ago that when shit goes bad, it goes bad in a hurry. Very often you will have little to no time to think about what you really need to do, you just going to have to react. The seasoned prepper knows from experience that there are two basic options when…
Compromise
A New Blog and a New Direction
I wanted to tell you guys I will be shutting down the HCS blog sometime in August and starting a new blog with a new direction and feel. I really want to start offering more original and unique content to include more In-Depth Product reviews, More Original “Civilian Operator 101” articles and also some of…
Gear Reviews: 4 New County-Comm’s Prepper ‘Must Have’s’
Mike over at County-Comm sent me another batch of Four awesome pieces of Prepper gear I wanted to share with you guys. Titanium Maratac AAA Flashlight Rev 4 POLISHED For those of you that been around this blog for some time, you know how much I absolutely love County-Comm and Maratac Gear, specifically,…
Trauma Medicine: A New Way To Carry Your Blowout Kit – The Ryker AFAK (Ankle First Aid Kit)
We get it. Sometimes looking like a tactical turtle is part of life (See: Vacationing in Chicago.) Ballistic lids, plate carriers, mags, lights, pouches, drop-legs, doo-dads, gizmos, and thingamabobs that are needed for the mission get strapped to us in one way, shape, or form. Thankfully, regardless of the loadout in today’s age of playing…
RKBA News: Two Home Defense Shootings in Two Different States With Two VASTLY Different Outcomes
That is why I am PROUD to Live in Texas my friends. -SF On 16 July, a homeowner in Chicopee, Massachusetts was confronted with three men who were attempting to break into his house. It was an hour past noon, in broad daylight. He called the police to report the attempted break in. He tried…
Civilian Operator 101: Trauma Care in Active Shooter Scenarios
By Hammerhead I highly suggest you guys routinely visit sites like The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery for applicable medical/trauma care articles like this one. I first found out about this site Through Greg Ellifritz’ Active Response Training Weekend Knowledge Dump, which I highly suggest you guys peruse each Friday. The acronym T.H.R.E.A.T…
Applied Military History: Back to the Basics of Expeditionary Warfare
After more than a decade of expansive stability operations in the Middle East, the U.S. Army is embracing a more expeditionary posture. This shift finds America’s primary land power institution returning to its origins as a more modestly sized, but tactically effective, fighting force. During the final decade of the 18th century and throughout the…
Espionage Files: Brit Spies Used URL Shortener to Honeypot Arab Spring Dissidents
A shadowy unit of the British intelligence agency GCHQ tried to influence online activists during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests and the 2011 democratic uprisings largely known as the Arab Spring, as new evidence gathered from documents leaked by Edward Snowden shows. The GCHQ’s special unit, known as the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group…