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The Warrior Ethos
Zachary Mierva July 1, 2016 This essay was written in 2012 en route to my second deployment to Afghanistan with a reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition squadron. A family friend and Vietnam veteran recommended I keep a journal to remember my deployments. I used this journal to create “dispatches” that I sent to my family…
Cartel Corner #88: Cartels Near Texas Border Armed with RPG’s
The Mexican Los Zetas cartel controls portions of the Texas-Mexico border and has proven to possess Russian rocket-propelled grenade launchers and the grenades (RPGs). This is significant in that the Mexican transnational group has shown a willingness to fire upon U.S. aircraft, such as they did on June 5, 2015 in the Laredo Sector along…
Armed Citizen Corner: ZORE – The Future of Firearm Safety
Safety is paramount to every responsible gun owner. With that in mind, Zore, a Jerusalem-based startup company founded by a group of Israeli Defense Force veterans, has designed a gun storage system that prevents your firearm from being tampered with, but doesn’t impede your ability to neutralize threats quickly. And while it links to your…
Farnam Quips: The Negligent Discharge That Started the Fire of Freedom
The Shot “Heard Around the World!” 19 Apr 1775 (Wed) at the Bridge at Lexington and Concord, MA By April of 1775, just over a year after the “Boston Tea Party,” the entire Massachusetts Colony (outside of Boston) was finally declared by the British Crown to be in an open “State of Rebellion.” Thus, a…
Armed Citizen Corner: Real Ideas That Make America Safer
The mass murder at a LGBT nightclub was a tragedy. President Obama said the death toll would have been worse if the people in the nightclub were armed for their own defense. When asked about the Orlando mass murder, Hillary Clinton rejected armed self-defense and continued her call to disarm civilians. Why would…
Terror Watch: BOLO issued for ‘Former’ Gitmo Detainee
Notice the word FORMER is italicized in the Title Line…that is because I wanted to emphasize how STUPID our Government is for releasing these POS in the first place. What do you call it when your own Government is helping to perpetuate the cycle of terrorism and violence globally? Let us hope the next time we…
Military Weapons From The Past: Burton 1917 Light Machine Rifle
America’s first assault rifle? Well, it does meet all the requirements – select-fire, intermediate cartridge, and shoulder-fired. It was never actually fielded, though. The Burton Light Machine Rifle was developed during World War One, with the firing model completed in 1917. It was intended as an aircraft observer’s weapon for attacking balloons – a role…
You Owe Them Nothing – Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience
A Fitting Article for this Independence Day!
Texas News: Flesh Eating Bacteria Scare on Gulf Coast
As if the Gulf was not nasty enough from all the oil spills and medical waste that are dumped into it, now we have nasty bacteria that can eat you!? Sad. -SF At the peak of the summer vacation season, a flesh-eating bacteria has infected the shores of the Gulf Coast. From Texas to Florida,…