This is an extract of some comments I made on a forum and the follow up. The background is that the envisaged scenario is more family survival in a WROL SHTF situation, rather than resistance operations against enemies ‘foreign or domestic’. See my earlier post on ‘tactical overnighting in the woods’ for a more operational […]

I was just reading the article by Mosby “Bayonets, Bloodshed, and that Bastard, Reality…..”:Mosby on Bayonet Fighting HereI really enjoyed it, good article. A link to the story of the recent British Army bayonet charge in Helmand Province is here:Telegraph Article on the Recent British Bayonet ChargeMosby mentions: “If bayonet training was taught that way, and […]

Many of you will have heard of the phrase ‘crawl, walk, run’ where it concerns training. It is very true, and it is important to get the solid building blocks of your training in place, whether as an individual and then as a team, before you try and move on to more complex drills. I […]

  By Max Velocity  The purpose of this article is to overview tactics for movement in lightly armored vehicles in high threat and combat environments, such as the recent Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. These observations will have relevance in future conflicts where such movement will continue to be necessary. The background to this article is […]

http://youtu.be/Gy7FVXERKFE Looks good, I hope they make it. What will come first, the Movie or the Collapse? Apparently they made their funding target.

Please see this link to an interesting piece: AmericanMercenary: Julie’s view I enjoyed the article, although I am not aware of the full context of the story. There were a few interesting aspects to it that I wanted to comment on: 1. The mention of drones and follow up surveillance. This is not something that […]

In this article I will cover an introduction to tactical overnighting in the backwoods, by which I mean establishing temporary patrol bases for rest and administration. We cannot predict now exactly what conditions will look like after a collapse and as such I urge you not to make too many assumptions based on your particular […]

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The intent of this article is to act as an introduction with some thoughts and primers for moving your family or group in high threat environments. It is not intended to give all the answers and that would be beyond the scope of this short piece. The type of environment envisioned is a post-collapse situation […]