Doomed: Saudi Arabia Will Fail in Yemen By Asher Orkaby As the warring Yemeni parties gather for preliminary peace talks in Geneva, Saudi Arabia continues its unrelenting bombing campaign against the tribes of the Houthi movement. For two and a half months, the air forces of the Saudi coalition have targeted military sites, homes and…
Netflix Pix: Point and Shoot
For those of you out there that don’t mind homemade movies, you might like this quirky, offbeat documentary of Matthew Van Dyke, an American College Graduate who suffers with OCD who sets out to see the world and really experience life first hand. (WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!) He buys a Video Camera, a Motorcycle and a…
How the US Army Rangers the Became Bad-Asses They are Today
By Christian Beekman During World War II, Darby’s Rangers embodied the spirit of today’s forces: Rangers lead the way. June 19, 1942, is not a familiar date to most. But members of the Army’s elite 75th Ranger Regiment know it well; it’s the date of activation of the 1st Ranger Battalion, under the command of…
Intel Overwatch News Synopsis: 06/23/15
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3135242/Army-reveals-armoured-trucks-fitted-LASERS-blast-mines-ground-explode-stray-bombs.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Army reveals armoured trucks fitted with LASERS to blast mines out of the ground and explode stray bombs. Uses a laser to detonate bombs up to 300 meters away. Interrogator arm and manipulator claw can move 50 pounds of debris. Could be used instead of bomb disposal experts in body armour. Please do…
Putin’s Plot to Get Texas to Secede
For Moscow’s right-wingers, payback means teaming up with a band of Texas secessionists. By CASEY MICHEL Nathan Smith, who styles himself the “foreign minister” for the Texas Nationalist Movement, appeared last Spring at a far-right confab in St. Petersburg, Russia. Despite roaming around in his cowboy hat, Smith managed to keep a low-key presence at…
Studying Intelligence Tradecraft: The One Time Pad
Along with the Study of Insurgent Tactics series, I will be adding this series, which will focus on field Intelligence Skill-Sets/Tradecraft that would be practical for the Modern Guerilla to know. Since my knowledge of this is limited, I will be depending on certain friends to help me along. Thanks to Mr. A for this…
Don’t Say the “T” Word!!
In California, Diddy Is an Alleged Terrorist. Under U.S. Law, Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof Is Not. BY DAVID FRANCIS JUNE 23, 2015 – 5:38 PM DAVID.FRANCIS @DAVIDCFRANCIS In the wake of the Charleston, S.C., shooting, there’s been a lot of debate about who is and isn’t a terrorist. An unlikely person allegedly falls into the…
Every Mass Shooting Shares One Thing in Common & it’s NOT Weapons
By Dan Roberts Nearly Every Mass Shooting In The Last 20 Years Shares One Thing In Common, & It’s NOT Weapons AmmoLand Gun News Manasquan, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- Nearly every mass shooting incident in the last twenty years, and multiple other instances of suicide and isolated shootings all share one thing in common, and its not…
Why the Average Civilian should study Asymmetrical Warfare
From the Archives, 2015. I got asked this question the other day by a close friend and it occurred to me that I had never really plainly answered that question on this blog, even though I talk about the subject frequently. I think the best way to approach this subject is through historical precedent. It…
Happy Fathers Day!!
A Small collection of Fathers Day Cards sure to bring a smile……… No, but seriously, to all the Dad’s out there, have a great one! And Stay Dangerous!