I’ve been off grid this week. I’m not yet back online fully – just popping up to get this shot off then ducking back into cover. I will be online next week. I have a couple of posts that I am planning. I noticed a comment on my previous post that mentioned a lot of back and forth about rucksacks. I missed this. Please […]

I will be pretty  much out of contact over the next week. I will moderate comments as I can and I will respond to some of the questions that are coming in when I am back in front of the computer. In the meantime, I read this blog post by mountainguerilla and loved it! Please read it. It unlocked a cascade of […]

I feel the need to follow up on the posts I have published about the potential to avoid Thermal Imaging (TI)/ FLIR and aerial thermal surveillance in general. To understand where I am coming from you will need to read and digest these two posts that I wrote on the subject: Countering Aerial Thermal Surveillance The ‘Thermal Poncho’ In the comments on the thermal poncho I published […]

Patriot Dawn; An Interview with Max Velocity HERE Thanks again to STEPHANIE DAYLE for writing the article.

I am now ready to offer the first two tactical self-defense training weekends at the Max Velocity Tactical training site in West Virginia: ‘Ricochet Ridge’ located in Hampshire County WV. I have availability on the following weekends:  11-12 May 25-26 May Focus: Combat Rifle, Contact Drills These are designed as two day courses, so preference will be given to those bookings rather than single days. The specific training schedule will be worked […]

I have had a lot of questions come in about the concept of the ‘Thermal Poncho’. I’m going to post about it here and I have also moved up my post on ‘Countering Aerial Thermal Surveillance’ from when it was originally posted back in October. That POST contains a lot of the detail on FLIR/ Thermal Imaging capabilities, along with a video of an Apache engagement. I recommend that […]

I have moved this post up from its October 2012 date due to the number of questions I have received about the ‘Thermal Ponchos’ that feature in ‘Patriot Dawn’ and Contact!’ I will be putting up a post about the ponchos themselves shortly.Following on from my comment in the previous post about having to hide from Drones, I thought it would be […]

Up till now  I have been posting with a tactical theme whenever the idea strikes me. Increasingly, those tactical posts are getting interspersed with political comments, it just can’t be helped given the situation we find ourselves in. So, the purpose of this post is to encourage interaction and  invite ideas from the readership for future tactical blog posts. Put it in a comment and […]

‘Patriot Dawn: The Resistance Rises’: I am grateful and relieved to see the overwhelmingly positive response to ‘Patriot Dawn’. I have not yet been able to begin the sequel, despite many calls for when it will be published. I have some projects I have to get done first and then I will get onto it. […]

I have been making some observations lately that have prompted me to write this post. It’s important that I try and get my thoughts across accurately because with all subjective tactical commentary there is a danger of being misunderstood, or alternatively egos and ingrained ideas prevent proper understanding of the point being made.  I have commented before about two related topics: 1) The prevalence of CQB and ‘tacticool’ firearms training, often passing for real tactical training. 2) The effect this has on what I see out there masquerading as tactics. […]