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Spotter Up Review: ALPS OutdoorZ Commander and ALPS Mountaineering Mystique

June 19, 2018

Accessories, LIFE, Mission Critical, MISSION GEAR, Opinion, Product Reviews, Style, Tactics, The Team Room

A Spotter Up Review and Adventure! Months previous, we started planning. We gathered our gear, planned our route and as the weeks crawled by, we drew closer. My favorite time of the year, early summer, is ... Read More...

Fire in the Combatives Community

Guest Writer

June 12, 2018

Combatives, Escape and Evasion, Fitness Movements, Mission Critical, Opinion, Prepping & Survival

In 1919 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote in a United States Supreme Court decision, “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic... Read More...

Are Our Active Shooting Response Models Viable?

Guest Writer

May 28, 2018

Combatives, Home Security, Mission Security, Opinion, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

With active shootings seemingly reoccurring on a weekly basis, we need an analytical approach that removes certain emotional factors from the encounter to determine the effectiveness of the training that is bei... Read More...

How To Increase Your Situational Awareness: 6 Tips To Be Safer from Arminius Tribe

Mark van Riele

May 26, 2018

Escape and Evasion, Home Security, Mission Security, Opinion, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences, Wisdom

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So you know how to fight? That’s just great! But as Sun Tzu said: ‘The Supreme Art of War is to subdue the Enemy without Fighting’. Only fight if you have to. Being Situational Aware will make sure you will ha... Read More...

Have we Pedestalized the PTSD diagnosis?

Meaghan Mobbs

May 16, 2018

Mission Health, Opinion, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

When it comes to Veterans and mental health, I’m usually the first, and loudest, to argue that it’s rarely PTSD. Methodologically rigorous studies consistently document PTSD rates under 10%. That’s still ... Read More...

Say Hick’s Law One More Time:

Guest Writer

May 3, 2018

Combatives, Opinion, PSYCHE, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Say Hick’s Law One More Time: The shooting community is riddled with emotionally charged terms and catch phrases like; tactical, dynamic, operator, tier 1, and the like. But the shooting community is not the... Read More...

DOK: PTSD the New Badge of Honor

David Devaney

May 1, 2018

DOK, Mission Health, Opinion, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

PTSD the New Badge of Honor (DOK) Diatribes of a Knucklehead 180501 This weekend we lost another Marine to PTSD. This was the headline of a Facebook Page post from this last weekend. This is a FB page I... Read More...

Active Shooting: An Evolving Threat Requiring an Updated Solution

Guest Writer

April 24, 2018

Concealment, Escape and Evasion, Home Security, Mission Security, Opinion, Planning, Prepping & Survival, PSYCHE, Tactics, Weaponizing the Behavorial Sciences

Active Shooting: An Evolving Threat Requiring an Updated Solution By: Ben RBC I. Summary With an increase in active shooter incidents comes the inevitable evolution in the shootings themselves. Unfortunately... 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...