I’m just back behind the keyboard after a very enjoyable CRCD training class this weekend. I spent Monday rebuilding my target pits after they were shot up a little on the weekend. Also digging some new ones in preparation for the Patrol class – this will be an entirely live firing class, so I managed […]

I have been working on a second edition of ‘Contact: A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival‘. It will include a smart looking new cover by Tony Mauro, who did the cover for Patriot Dawn as  well as a couple of Rawles’ books. Here is the current book: Before I finalize the updated manuscript, I […]

A couple of points to follow up on this topic: This post isn’t about camouflage pattern clothing. So long as you are wearing appropriate camouflage or earth toned clothing, you are mostly good. I mean, for example, don’t wear desert camo in the woods, etc. Other than that, if you start getting into detailed discussions […]

Following all the recent bogging about fitness and rucking, here is a video of the ‘Paras 10 Challenge’. This is an event that is open to civilians where they tab (ruck) or run  the route of the 10-miler around Catterick Garrison.  The actual 10-miler is the first event of test week on Pre-Parachute Selection (Pegasus […]

I just updated my standard Class Schedule Post. I have one spot left on the Oct 26/27 CRCD class, so please email me before hitting the Paypal button to check current availability.  I have no classes scheduled between the November 9/10 CRCD and the first Patrol Class on January 18-20. If I get sufficient demand, […]

Love this: H/T WRSA Live Hard, Die Free. MV

I feel it would be useful to post a comment about the purpose of the training videos that I have put up recently. I want to make it clear that I use them to illustrate specific points or training objectives, and not as the all encompassing answer to tactics. I’ve posted videos from the 1960’s, […]

SP sent the following videos, with this comment: Thought you might find these OBUA (MOUT) videos interesting. From 2005 so somewhat old by today’s standards. Each video is quite long but gives a fairly good insight into how urban ops are conducted and serves to illustrate just how slow and disorientating it can be. Certainly […]

I published ‘Patriot Dawn: The Resistance Rises’ in January as a companion ‘tactical fiction’ to the manual ‘Contact: A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival.‘ Reality, current events, seem to be eerily headed in the same direction…. If you haven’t read it yet, I urge you too – it should paint a picture of small […]

Recently, I did a post called ‘Realistic Rucking‘. I am spurred to write again about operational fitness, or realistic SHTF fitness.  My intent is to cut through the one-upmanship, the unrealistic goals and give you some tips about real operational fitness. Please have a read of the ‘Realistic Rucking‘ post and take note of its […]