It turned out to be a great weekend, despite some challenges getting everyone up to the site on the Saturday morning. Here are some far from professional photos, to give you a flavor, taken on phones. We can, and will, train in bad weather! As usual, a great group, several of whom were returning students. […]

I’m out at the training site, posting by phone, in preparation for this weekend’s CRCD class. Full blog service will resume on Tuesday. Or maybe sooner if I get a burning urge to write on a topic. In the meantime, after our little foray into paranoia, let’s get back to tactics. I invite you to […]

Yes, I know. More on Rhodesia. It’s only because I wish I had not been born too late to enlist in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. However, be careful what you wish for, because I appear to be just in time to enlist in the Free American Light Infantry (FALI). Coming soon to a neighborhood near […]

Not a racial war, a war against international communist terrorism:   Live Hard. Die Free. Max

I posted HERE about ‘The Squad – Size & Organization‘. I advocated for a squad size of twelve or thirteen, with three four man teams. This generated a healthy discussion in comments. I am following up with this post in order to give you more depth on the WHY. There is a method to the […]

A reader sent me this link to a long thread at Small Wars Council. Honestly, I groaned inwardly: I haven’t read the thread in its entirety. However I’m going to take the opportunity to comment on squad size and organization. The topic of squad size and organization is a big one, with lots of opinions, […]

The December 14/15 CRCD class is only half full, in part due to some rescheduling that went on. I am currently sitting at 6 students out of a max of 12. That is fine, the class will run. However, ideally I would have 8 – which is actually a great size for a class. If […]

Partially due to some rescheduled bookings, I have some spaces available on the December 14/15 CRCD Class. There is still plenty of time to book. While I am announcing that, here are a couple of additional updates & information: 1) I am continually improving the ranges at the training site, clearing fields of fire and installing […]

Just for interest, while we are discussing ‘old school’, this TV series came out in the UK in 1983. It is about Para recruits going through basic training: This is so old school, I doubt a tacticoolie would be able to bear to watch it! (You may actually learn something, for the fieldcraft parts!) Episode […]

WWII Urban Combat: Marines Urban Combat , Fallujah 2004: More Fallujah: By comparison: SWAT – from 1:20. With the exception of one man, watch the rest of the stack: SWAT In Action: notice the inward target (house) focused conduct. These guys would not survive, conducting themselves lie this, in high intensity urban fighting – but […]