Combat Patrol: Warning Order

COMBAT PATROL Warning Order Area of Operations: Ops Box ‘Tiger’: approx. 5 miles to the west of Romney, West Virginia SITUATION 1. General: (This follows directly from the events recounted in ‘Patriot Dawn: The Resistance Rises‘). Following the failed assault on Washington D.C. by Southern Federation Forces, the Shenandoah Freefor Resistance Company has evacuated the […]

Arctis B110 Windproof Smock – Field Trial

HERE for  my previous post on this subject. Noting that there was a “Severe weather alert” out for windchill, I headed up to my training site Monday/Tuesday to get some work done on the ranges. I’m not one to usually be too worried about the cold, but was it ever cold! Colder than a snowman’s […]

Thoughts on Class Progression

I have been taking notes on the feedback people have been giving me in blog comments. I am now doing the MVT thing, as well as writing (Sequel to Patriot Dawn) full time, so there are no excuses. I am about to introduce the Combat Patrol Class (first class 18-20 January, 3 places remaining) which […]

Update on the ARKTIS B110 Windproof Smock

I just received my Arktis B110 windproof smock a couple of days ago. I have blogged previously about the smock concept HERE (which links to the other previous posts on this concept!). The smock is excellent quality. It is an improvement on the issue smock that I am used to. Below is a photo of the […]

Lo There Do I See…

Celtic Woman – The Voice  (H/T BattlefieldUSA) Lo there do I see my father, Lo there do I see my mother, my Sisters and my brothers , Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call me, they bid me take my place among them, in […]

Class Schedule Update + New Classes

I have updated the Class Schedule HERE to include more classes up to December 2014. The classes in the previous schedule are still there, and those of you that are booked on them remain booked. I have added: Additional Combat Rifle / Contact Drills (CRCD) Classes. Additional Combat Patrol Classes. New: Combined Five Day Classes. CRCD is a prerequisite […]

AAR on Snowmaggedon & Training/Gear Comments: Greg

Just received from Greg: Thoughts after participating in Snowmageddon CRCD class (Dec 14/15). This was my favorite class of last 30 years. I have no military experience so team training is hard to come by, but individual training is as easy as 1,2,3: Get out of bed. Socks, underwear, and camo pants. Camo shirt, elbow pads, […]