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The Terminal List Book Review

April 21, 2018

Books, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Product Reviews, PSYCHE, The Team Room

Introduction Throughout my time in the Marines and law enforcement, I have found that some of the most successful people have a few things in common. They take their job or responsibility seriously, they hav... Read More...

Learn to Put Yourself Out There

Michael Kurcina

April 15, 2018

Gunfighter Writer Wildman Monk, Leadership, LIFE, Opinion, Vox, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

I do stuff that I hate until it becomes something I like. I'm a genuine introvert that forces himself to be an extrovert. I work hard to build relationships and do things that I hate. I hate fear and I go he... Read More...

You Cannot Fight an Ocean With Iron

Michael Kurcina

April 15, 2018

Gunfighter Writer Wildman Monk, Inspirational, LIFE, Opinion, PSYCHE, Vox, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

The Roman Empire is gone just like many others before it. It's been a minute since I had the luxury of time to read The A very good book. Had I the time I'd read Will and Ariel Durant's the Story of Wester... Read More...

I’ll Keep My Violence

Michael Kurcina

April 14, 2018

Opinion, PSYCHE, Vox

I'll keep my violence even if you abandon yours because I've seen the evil that even "good" men do. We're raised on myth that if one man lives in peace that all men will follow suit but I've seen examples of th... Read More...

Principles of Personal Defense by Jeff Cooper

Will Rodriguez

April 10, 2018

Books, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Product Reviews, PSYCHE, Shooting Tips & How To

LTC Jeff Cooper is considered the founder and patron saint of the modern combat pistol school. Those who are serious students of the martial art that is modern defensive pistol (I call “gunjitsu”), are quite f... Read More...

Tyger Tyger Burning Bright

Michael Kurcina

April 8, 2018

Books, Movies & Television

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings d... Read More...

Do You Think Of That Other World Too? From Arminius Tribe

Mark van Riele

April 2, 2018

Gunfighter Writer Wildman Monk, Inspirational, LIFE, Opinion, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

F*ck The Dry Years! Sure, we had studied the maps. Sure, we had prepared for the Mission in the Isolation Phase. Sure, we had attended Intel briefings. Sure, we had taken an aerial reconnaissance flight over t... Read More...

TOOL IN A BOX – A TACTICAL FALLACY from Project Gecko

Guest Writer

March 31, 2018

Opinion, Planning, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

“The good training. Another tool to add into my tool box”. Introduction. When it comes down to the conceptualism of tactical techniques, methods or skills - The tool box analogy is by far an analogy which... Read More...

Wrong place at the wrong time from the perspective of a CIA Officer

Guest Writer

March 29, 2018

LIFE, Opinion, Prepping & Survival, Travel, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

We got off the plane in Tel Aviv expecting hyper security everywhere we went. Our situational awareness was high for our first trip to Israel. We knew that in general Israel was safe, but, as publicly ackno... Read More...

Divide and Conquer – The “But”-heads from GATDaily

Guest Writer

March 25, 2018

Opinion

It seems that after every high-profile shooting, amidst the inevitable calls for more gun control, there are always the voices which chime in saying “I’m an NRA member, BUT”, or “I shoot BUT”, or “I grew up ar... Read More...