Travis Pike

About the author

Travis Pike is a former Marine Machine gunner who served with 2nd Bn 2nd Marines for 5 years. He deployed in 2009 to Afghanistan and again in 2011 with the 22nd MEU(SOC) during a record setting 11 months at sea. He’s trained with the Romanian Army, the Spanish Marines, the Emirate Marines and the Afghan National Army. He serves as an NRA certified pistol instructor and teaches concealed carry classes.

The SIG Romeo5XDR – Red Dot Ready

SIG has a new motto proclaiming themselves a “Total Systems Provider.” They seem to be living up to that name by making not only handguns and rifles but also optics, flashlights, lasers, sights, suppressors, and more. The SIG Romeo5XDR is just one of many optics on a long list of them. Numerous forces, including the […]

Meet the 5.11 Operator Axe, Spec Ops approved

Sergeant Major Kyle Lamb is the man. He served in Special Operation, primarily Delta Force, for 15 years of his 21-year career. After leaving the military, he formed Viking Tactics or VTAC. VTAC is a training company that designs and even produces numerous pieces of gear. In the design realm, they team up with more […]

Are Special Operations units going to adapt this SHOT Show machine gun?

Machine guns are tricky beasts. They are entirely necessary for modern combat, but they tend to be heavy, and not exactly easy for Special Operations troopers to wield in their fast-paced environment — especially when it comes to medium machine guns. The current Big Military General-Purpose machine gun is the M240B and M240L. These 7.62 […]