Swift | Silent | Deadly

Swift | Silent | Deadly

About the author

Justin Fields was that weird kid that knew from five or six years that he would join the military. Sure enough, he enlisted shortly after high school and it was the best decision he ever made. The military sent him all over the world, including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. It enabled him with a myriad of training that would be nearly impossible to duplicate on his own. But it didn’t stop there. After leaving military service, he continued deploying to high-threat environments with some other government agencies. After the sun set on that period of his life, he moved into his second professional decade. This period, which he's still in, was about passing information along to others. For five years he taught special reconnaissance for a U.S. special operations asset. At the same time he began developing his own curriculum in digital tradecraft, which would come to be his livelihood, and is still his profession. And now here he is, with the goal of passing on some of the knowledge, skills, and lessons learned to YOU. Check out his blog at https://swiftsilentdeadly.com/

You were just involved in a shooting, now dial 911 properly

In my last post-engagement article I wrote extensively about the post-engagement search and assess. If you haven’t read that, I would encourage you to go back and check it out. Not to pat myself on the back but I think it’s about the most thorough treatment of the topic out there. Today I’m going to […]

The fundamentals of search & assess after a firefight

If there’s one technique in the tactical community that divides shooters into camps it’s the post-engagement search and assess. Yes, I’m talking about the, “look left, look right, look rear” after you’ve taken your shots, but before you tac reloads/holster/move/whatever. Some very knowledgeable shooters I know and trainers I’ve trained under recommend this practice. Some […]

Would you go to school for a Bachelor’s of Tactical Sciences degree?

I have been thinking a lot about my training goals lately. Because I failed to maintain my EMT certification, I am currently in EMT class for the second time. This class was a big goal but is consuming a considerable amount of my time and training budget. I’ve cobbled together quite a few classes over […]

How to shim a door…and protect your home from intrusion

Today I am going to present two techniques, one offensive and one defensive. The first is how to shim a door using the ol’ “credit card trick.”  The second is how to protect your doors from being shimmed. This is the first post in a series tagged Defense Against Methods of Entry (DAME). The DAME […]

Deadbolt security: Your guide to Forced Entry Resistance

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Justin “Graveyard” Fields for Swift | Silent | Deadly. This article contains affiliate links. In my last post on physical security I talked about improving the security of your locking knobset. This time I am going to talk about the real workhorse of personnel door security: the […]

A horror story from my state’s Concealed Carry Weapon class

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Justin “Graveyard” Fields for Swift | Silent | Deadly. This article contains affiliate links. I recently had to attend my state’s concealed carry class. Most concealed carriers don’t get to attend these classes too often. I haven’t attended one in years, but through a bit of a […]