Well, this is interesting, but highly predictable. Forums! Oh yes, Forums! Aren’t they wonderful places, that develop little hierarchy’s of their own, with certain posters establishing themselves and controlling the groupthink. ‘F’, otherwise known as ‘BlueZ’ on the preparedsociety.com/forum, sent me an AAR after he attended my latest CRCD class (HERE for the AAR). As ‘BlueZ’ […]

So, over a pleasant lunch I was informed that I am being ‘transitioned to  a new opportunity’ at work (to paraphrase SultanKnish), beginning after my two week notice period, so effectively after Thanksgiving. This is excellent news for Max Velocity Tactical. I intend to do the following: 1) Ramp up the writing of the sequel […]

The ‘SAS Windproof Smock;’ is an excellent piece of equipment. The ‘smock’ concept does not seen to have penetrated the US military world as thoroughly as it should. There have been many times that I have wished I had my smock with me. The SAS windproof was made of tightly woven cotton material, making it […]

Back to basics. Good solid basics. There are so many reasons for this! In some sort of collapse situation, you may not have any electrical power, and most likely not any modern forms of communication, save perhaps battery powered radios. Internet? Forget it. You are not likely to be printing operations orders off your laptop. […]

Having just taken Max’s CRCD class. I wanted to take a few minutes and write my thoughts on the weekend of training. I’ll say this right from the start.  This class was everything that I had hoped that it would be and then some.   I had been hovering on the fence about taking this kind […]

AAR Nov 9/10 Training  follows: 1.  You will not be coddled.  Tested? Yes.  Challenged? Yes.  Overwhelmed?  No.  Unable to meet the challenge?  Not at all.  Walk Then Run is a valid teaching concept.  The tactics taught are simple to execute and will work in almost every situation- you react and then either fight through or […]

Just got done with a weekend at Max’s CRCD Class. Thoroughly enjoyed myself and I am sooo glad I overcame my workout injuries in the last couple of weeks to squeeze in some leg work outs before I came. but  I get ahead of myself, let’s start from the beginning: I had been in the […]

Link to SP in NC’s blog post HERE Text: Date: 9 and 10 NOV 2013. Location: Somewhere around the 39th parallel in the hills of Appalachia. Purpose: Refine combat rifle / carbine skills and learn to shoot, move, and communicate with another shooter, a fire team, and a squad. DAY ONE Time: 0645 Weather: 22℉, breeze approx 2-5mph, clear sky […]

It’s always a good topic – gear! I recently posted about how I had been making up my battle belt with a mixture of purchased, re-purposed and acquired pouches. HERE for the original post. There were a number of things I didn’t like about the old set-up, so I have amended it. I bought a couple […]

Posted on Reddit: HERE Text: Shoot, Move, Communicate Three simple words — it couldn’t be too difficult. I mean, we all know how to shoot, right? Our daddy or granddaddy taught us when we were a whipper-snapper or even if that didn’t happen we attended an [Appleseed](http://appleseedinfo.org) or three and learned how to shoot. So, we […]