I received the following comment on my recent post ‘Field Sleeping Options – A Discussion‘: “I own and use a FLIR device for hunting, I understand the idea behind blocking the hot spot from showing up on observation devices, but won’t the use of a thermal blocking tarp create a square “hole” in the natural […]

Yesterday I posted some thoughts about weather, wet/dry kit drills and some related stuff HERE. I am following up today with a more detailed discussion on options for sleeping in the field. There are two main areas that this relates to: Firstly, there is living light out of your patrol pack, the ‘travel light, freeze […]

My dad and I just completed the Combat Rifle course with Max Velocity Tactical last weekend.  Let me start off by saying that this was an amazing eye-opening experience that was truly a blast.  Max is a true professional and an excellent instructor.  I’m active duty military and the training I received with Max this […]

As they come in from Sam, here are some photos from the training weekend. No faces mostly (for anonymity), apart from mine:  Above: Individual debrief day 1: Reaction Drills (RTR).  Above: Day 1: Individual Reaction Drills: Contact Front  Above: Day 1: Individual Reaction Drills: Contact Left: Return Appropriate Fire after taking cover (simulated by kneeling […]

I’m just back in front after the computer after an enjoyable training weekend with, as usual, a great bunch of people. In fact, it’s never been any different; at no point have I had anyone attend the course who was not a good decent person. I just posted a couple of AARs from the weekend, […]

Company: Max Velocity TacticalCourse: Combat Rifle / Contact DrillsInstructor: Max Location: Romney, WVDates: July 20-21Website: http://www.maxvelocitytactical.com/Consultancy.html I recently attended Max’s Combat Rifle class in West Virginia with 7 other patriots.  The class was a representation of what makes this country great.  Ages of the participants ranged from late 20s to early 60s, and professions were just as varied (everything from active […]

First off, I’ll say that I decided to write this post because I was looking at WRSA as I do every day and saw a link over to a post by Mountain Guerrilla HERE on ‘Patrolling for Preparedness’. It’s really good stuff and I could not agree more. (Along with the video of Civil War veterans doing […]

I wrote a post titled ‘More Detail on Rucking Fitness’ which ended up devolving into a series of personal experiences on UKSF selection. Given the interest in that post and the general interest in the topic of ‘rucking’ and fitness it was suggested that a more objective look at these standards and techniques would be useful: […]

I posted previously about ‘Tactical Mobility – How it might affect you’ and I have also written about realistic PT for light infantry style operations. The Tactical Mobility post led onto another discussion, carried on a little in comments, about realistic times for ruck marching and similar. I am writing now to clarify that a little. […]

This post is gong to be deliberately simplistic and lacking in ballistic charts. The purpose is just to advocate to you the benefits, in my opinion, of the 100 meter (or yard if you insist, as it does not make a world of difference in practical terms) zero for a 5.56 AR style platform. I […]