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 […]

I received the following by email: I am not a warrior or want’a-bee warrior, too old at 67 y/o. However I have spent 34 years as a Professional Alaskan Hunting Guide. We use quality binoculars more than any other tool to get the job done. I may have missed it, but when you talk of […]

As I sometimes do, I am going to expand on two comments posted on: ‘The Ingredients for your Victory: Tactics + Gear.’ First one: “And how do you think the actual resistance fighters will feel about the fat-asses holed up in their bunkers, not doing any of the heavy lifting? Maybe they will do some […]

There was a very good response to my recent post ‘Realistic Rucking‘ some of which I want to extract and use to make some points in this post. As I progress with this blog and the training site, things are starting to coalesce. The method  in the madness is becoming more apparent to me.  What […]

LINK TO THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE Extract: The Hürtgen Forest occupies a rugged area between the Rur river and Aachen. The dense conifer forest is broken by few roads, tracks and firebreaks; vehicular movement is restricted. In the autumn and early winter of 1944, the weather was cold and wet and often prevented air support. Ground conditions varied […]

I was a little perplexed, but also (a little) encouraged,  by these news reports. They are both about 3 PARA on exercise in the UK, concentrating on conventional operations rather than the recent focus entirely on Afghan style operations. It was a little discouraging to hear both the reporter and one of the interviewed soldiers […]

I’ve seen some stuff around and about recently about rucking. I remember back in the day when I could ruck twenty miles carrying 150lbs in about an hour. Ooops – Bullsh*t Alert! Let’s take a realistic look at rucking. I did do an article not so long ago about extreme rucking on UKSF selection – […]