Games & Gadgets

ECOXGEAR EcoSlate Bluetooth Speaker

August 20, 2018

Accessories, Camping, Gadgets, Games & Gadgets, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Music, Product Reviews, Tech/Science

I recently received the EcoSlate Bluetooth speaker by ECOXGEAR for testing. It is designed to fill a middle market budget category for portable Bluetooth speakers, while purporting to deliver some decidedly... Read More...

Spartan Carton Product Review

Michael Kurcina

March 10, 2018

Accessories, EDC, Games & Gadgets, Mission Critical, Mission Fitness, MISSION GEAR, Prepping & Survival, Product Reviews, The Team Room

I've never been a big fan of goodies in a box because I believed they were gimmicky. You've seen them all over Instagram: Spartan Carton, BattleBox, Crate Club et al. I don't think too much of other people pick... Read More...

Triumph Systems: Threat Down Target

David Donchess

March 3, 2018

Gadgets, Games & Gadgets, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Product Reviews, Tech/Science

When it comes to training to defend yourself and others, you need to ensure that your training is as close to the real thing as you can get it. Triumph Systems is a company that is focused on providing a wi... Read More...

Maybe the Problem Isn’t Really the Problem

Clayton Pollack

December 10, 2017

Games & Gadgets, Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

This is one of my favorite quotes ever taken from a movie (and the more you read of my stuff, the more you're going to realize how much I love movie quotes). What an absolutely profound statement though. I'm... Read More...

Chess and Mental Butt Kicking

Michael Kurcina

November 22, 2017

Games & Gadgets, Planning, PSYCHE, The Team Room

Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering rele... Read More...

Spotter Up sponsors Kabul Half Marathon and 5K

Michael Kurcina

October 15, 2017

Games & Gadgets, Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, The Team Room

Kabul Half Marathon and 5K Guest article by SFC VanVoorhis Being deployed in Afghanistan for a year can have positive or negative effects on physical fitness depending on how down time is spent. While... Read More...

Product Review Sig Sauer Advanced Sport Pellet (ASP) airguns

Rab

August 18, 2017

Firearms, Gadgets, Games & Gadgets, Milsim, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Product Reviews, Tech/Science

I believe I'm pretty open-minded and outside-the-box when it comes to training, but when Shannon at Sig Sauer asked me if I ever considered training with an airgun, or have given their new ASP system a try,... Read More...

Wraps Wearable Braided Wrist Headphones

Michael Kurcina

August 5, 2017

Accessories, Gadgets, Games & Gadgets, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Product Reviews, Style

Wraps Wearable Braided Wrist Headphones The Wraps Wearable Braided Wrist Headphones is an item my wife discovered via reading a fitness magazine and after calling the company they were thoughtful enough to s... Read More...

Playing Pranks on Your Teammates Can Build Your Team Up or Tear Them Down

Michael Kurcina

July 14, 2017

Games & Gadgets, Inspirational, LIFE, Life and Family, Movies & Television, Opinion, The Team Room, Wisdom

One of the best pranks I've ever read about was the prank played on American anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon by a tribe of Yanomamo indians of the Amazon rainforest. I don't recall if I read this story in h... Read More...

Ultra Athlete at The Toughest Mudder

jordan mcdougal

June 11, 2017

Games & Gadgets, Inspirational, LIFE, Mission Fitness, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, The Team Room, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Toughest Mudder is a new competitive series by Tough Mudder. It is a series of 8 hour races taking place on a 5 mile obstacle course, beginning at midnight on Saturday night and ending at 8am on Sunday. Money... Read More...