Category: Security

When I was in training to become a SERE Specialist I was sent on a second solo evasion living exercise because I did terrible at my first one. The weather wasn’t terrible and I mostly had sun. The temperature dropped well below freezing at night but I was allowed to have a fire. Life was […]

A few years ago, Washington State had a severe ice storm. It had been raining, and suddenly the rain turned to snow. After about 3-10″ of snow accumulation (depending on where you lived) the temperatures rose and it started to rain again. As night began to settle, the temperatures once again dropped and ice started to form on […]

Jason Burton is locked and (un)loaded to offer up this week’s dry-fire drill for your practice and perfecting – slide lock reloads from concealment. All you’ll need to get started is an empty magazine in the gun and a spare magazine with dummy rounds in your pocket – emphases on “empty” and “dummy” – don’t […]

Last week, Sig Sauer announced a voluntary upgrade for their P320 modular pistol platform adopted by the U.S. Army, as well as multiple law enforcement agencies around the nation, due to the pistol’s apparent propensity to fire when dropped at a certain angle (beavertail first).  The flaw in the P320’s design was not apparent during […]

When most people think of special operations units, they tend to think of Navy SEALs, Delta Force, or Green Berets.  In the minds of many, particularly our nation’s enemies, America’s Special Operations forces have earned a reputation as the most capable war fighters on the planet, able to train friendly foreign nations, take on missions […]

There is a picture making the rounds that is getting a lot of comments.  It is more sad than funny and it is past time for the Army to get its act together as the new M-17 comes online.  Compare the picture below… With this video… The Army has plenty of guys who can shoot […]

Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse than they already are with Jihadists blowing up and attacking people all over the UK. A new trend of attack has broken out in London. Acid attacks in both liquid and power form have been reported all over the city. At the moment it seems to be […]

Weapon of opportunity. Sometimes this can be as simple as throwing your hat at someone to temporarily distract them allowing you to close the reactionary gap. In a recent training course I attended, our instructor, Kyle Defoor, mentioned something similar to this. A few of us were hanging out talking with Kyle after day 1 had […]

The tourniquet will save a life if used properly. Lets talk about the SOF-Tactical Tourniquets, since one of them is my personal favorite. SOF Tactical Tourniquets come in two distinct models, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. In this article I will cover the SOF-TT (Gen 2) (NSN: 6515-01-530-7015) and SOFTT 1.5” (Wide) (NSN: […]

Doctors don’t care about gun fashion or caliber wars on the Internet. They deal in science. Spoiler alert: Handgun caliber is largely irrelevant Below is a video of a doctor teaching other doctors and prehospital care providers about gunshot wounds in humans. Want to know about caliber and shot placement? Here you go. Doctors know a few things about gunshot […]

Sig Sauer dominated the headlines earlier this year when it was announced that they had secured a contract with the U.S. Army to make their new modular pistol system, the P320, the standard issue service pistol branch wide.  Other contracts with law enforcement soon followed suit, and with good reason.  The pistol has received good […]

I always get asked the question, “What’s the best laser or sight system for my gun?” I am a big fan of keeping it simple. Add too much crap to the mix and you may look like a tactical ninja on the range but you’ll look a different way when it comes down to shooting […]