Category: Security

Two American women who had been lost at sea for five months were rescued by the U.S. Navy’s Sasebo-based amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) some 900 miles southeast of Japan on Wednesday. The mariners, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba, as well as their two dogs, had been en route to Tahiti from […]

This is the last in a series of three articles on Next Generation Combat Medic (NGCM).  In the first of this series, we looked at the group itself and its mission to get civilians trained in stopping uncontrolled bleeds that occur in mass casualty events, or even in everyday accidents.  In the second article in the […]

When we think about fitness, we tend to think in terms of musculature.  Spend a few minutes with a casual lifter and the question is sure to come up: “how much do you bench, bro?” If you’re talking to a more seasoned lifter, the question tends to skew toward squats instead, in part because it’s […]

In a related article I covered some of the challenges with carrying pistol-mounted reflex sights by focusing on holster options – particularly when also using a mounted flashlight.  In this article I will focus on the flashlight itself. I’ll start by pointing out that flashlights for personal protection are extremely effective and valuable.  If your […]

This is the second in a series of articles in which we interview the members of Next Generation Combat Medic (NGCM).  See the first article in the series (here), in which we introduced the men who make up the organization, talked about NGCM, and delved into its mission to teach civilians how to save lives in […]

Fitness should be functional and there is nothing more functional than being able to move your body around, up, down, upside down and sideways. It’s time to climb. Endurance One of the beauties of climbing is that once your on the wall there’s no real way to take a break. Because of our natural desire not […]

A 9mm handgun less than an inch wide with 8+1 capacity.  This has become nearly the norm for those looking for an easily concealed handgun for carry in hot weather or when utmost discretion is required.  It’s easy to think of the 2015 Glock 43, the S&W Shield after its initial recall 2013, but with […]

Photo courtesy of GORUCK Instagram With the fall season upon us, that forces some of us indoors for workouts. For those of us without gym memberships or just flat out don’t want to go to a gym, there are options. I like the idea of working out at home with minimal equipment. I’ve done other […]

Andy Fisher is currently a second-year medical student at Texas A&M College of Medicine.  He is probably like a lot of other medical students, studying hard and trying to grind his way through a grueling four years of intense academia.  Unlike most other medical students, he served as a former physician assistant (PA) for the 75th […]

The shooter in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre “did not snap” and had methodically planned the attack from as early as March 2011, according to newly released Federal Bureau of Investigation documents. The FBI on Tuesday released hundreds of pages of documents related to the criminal investigation, providing new insight into the weeks […]

Having owned several Kershaw EDC knives designed by Ken Onion, I have a lot of trust in the higher-end products that Kershaw produces. However, in most cases you pay dearly for those quality American made knives, and for the average person looking to add a few quality options to their EDC it can be a […]

In many lines of work a small portable pocket flashlight with a couple of hundred lumens worth of capability is just fine, other times you need to be able to light up a large area quickly. The problem is finding a medium size flashlight that isn’t heavy and cumbersome but still has a capable lens set up. The balance […]