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Truck Guns: Prepared Or Paranoid?

September 4, 2017

Concealment, CQB, EDC, Firearms, Home Security, Intel & Opinion, Mission Critical, Mission Security, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

The concept of having a rifle in our vehicle "Just in case" has caught on as a trend by alot of the gun community. I feel that it is born out of the idea that a good guy with a gun is what will stop a bad guy w... Read More...

TACTICAL THINKING – Are You a TEACHER or INSTRUCTOR ?

Guest Writer

September 2, 2017

Intel & Opinion, LIFE, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Shooting Tips & How To, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

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In the tactical world, the word instructor is widely overused and has become an over-saturated description for many people. The meaning has become null in the sense that instructing and teaching are t... Read More...

Your Military Training is Not Enough

Ben Johnson

September 2, 2017

Intel & Opinion, Planning, Prepping & Survival, Shooting Tips & How To, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

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How many of you would believe that a class taught by one instructor to 60 or more inexperienced students would produce quality shooters? What if the class progressed even if you didn’t understand t... Read More...

Firearms 101 Perspective from retired Special Operations soldier Emerson Bolen

Guest Writer

August 7, 2017

Ammunition & Reloading, Firearms, Home Security, Intel & Opinion

https://youtu.be/Vxkd1UwPmmU Here you go. Firearms 101 by Emerson Bolen. If you have 30 minutes or more give it a listen. Emerson gives viewers his perspective on gun control, weapons handling and ... Read More...

US special forces on the ground in Lebanon

Michael Kurcina

August 6, 2017

Intel & Opinion

Hezbollah fighters stand on their army vehicle at the site where clashes erupted between Hezbollah and al-Qaida-linked fighters in Wadi al-Kheil or al-Kheil Valley in the Lebanon-Syria border, July 29, 2017. (A... Read More...

Tom Hardy to Star in movie based on book MY WAR GONE BY I MISS IT SO

Michael Kurcina

August 6, 2017

Books, Intel & Opinion, LIFE, Memorial, Movies & Television

I am very excited to learn that Actor Tom Hardy is set to star in a movie based on the Anthony Lloyd book My War Gone by By, I Miss it So. I can't think of any actor better suited, can you? Hardy brings a deadl... Read More...

A Few Words About History by Newest Spotter Up writer James Slaughter

james slaughter

August 6, 2017

Intel & Opinion, Speeches, Wisdom

Many people are interested in history. Some people have a casual interest, some people obsess over it. Some people will walk through a historic building or take a battlefield tour, and it generates enough inter... Read More...

“The American News Media – A Marine’s Diatribe”

David Devaney

August 5, 2017

Art, Information, Inspirational, Intel & Opinion, LIFE, MASTERY, Memorial, Poetry, Speeches, Wisdom

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I wrote this poem back in 2005 while stationed with 2nd BTO Company, USMC, on Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia. The entire poem is still very relevant today; without any editing. Enjoy…… “The America... Read More...

Combat Kill House with Matt Graham: An AAR

Nathaniel Lindsley

July 27, 2017

Concealment, CQB, Fitness Movements, Home Security, Intel & Opinion, MASTERY, Mission Critical, Planning, Shooting Tips & How To, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Matt Graham of Graham Combat teaching the finer points of shooting during Combat Kill House I recently had the privilege of attending Combat Kill House with Matt Graham. I had been eye balling this class fo... Read More...

Top 10 Unwritten Rules of CQB Part 4

Guest Writer

July 27, 2017

Concealment, CQB, Fitness Movements, Home Security, Intel & Opinion, MASTERY, Mission Critical, Shooting Tips & How To, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

RULE 07 - THE POINT MAN WILL BE WRONG. The point man is never wrong – or is he? This is perhaps one of the most firmly entrenched, often repeated misconceptions to be found literally everywhere in CQB. There... Read More...