Category: Security

I’ve shot a lot of rounds in my life.  I was a pretty heavy volume shooter in my teens, chewing through case after case of .223, 7.63×39 and 12ga as well as various handgun calibers.  After I joined the military my volume went up drastically easily pushing tens of thousands of rounds downrange annually.  I was well […]

To be proficient in any discipline you must train constantly and with vigilance. To shoot, operate, and fight well you must practice whenever possible.  Finding a school or program to meet your needs takes time and much research. Fortunately there are many reputable and top-notch schools that are taught by former SOF and Law Enforcement personnel that […]

An American F-16 fighter jet has crashed a few miles outside of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. The F-16 was part of the 113th Fighter Wing out of Andrews.  The pilot was able to eject and has been reported as “okay,” by Air Force spokesmen. Contradictory reports have surfaced regarding the exact distance away from […]

How do you define training? I see a lot of stuff out there, but not a lot of training. If you consider just shooting some drills training then you might need to rethink why you’re spending cash on these types of classes. What are the goals of the class? The terminal objectives and then enabling […]

There are many variations of this drill that are done all around the training community. If you aren’t familiar with the up drill, or my variation I’d take a moment to watch the following video. I also discuss increasing your reaction speed and then talk about a simple follow through drill to ensure that we […]

I am very skeptical about shooting without using sights, but I can’t argue that it can’t be done.  “Sight alignment”  can be accomplished without actually seeing the sights. The President of the Russian Practical Shooting Federation Vitaly Kryuchin is known for his “intuitive shooting” workshops. I wish I spoke enough Russian to attend one. I […]

When I was a kid, my dad didn’t talk much about Vietnam.  I knew that he served as a combat medic, and thanks to his customary plastic bottle of Black Velvet after dinner, I heard him mention the horror and trauma associated with treating American soldiers that had been caught in napalm strikes once or […]

The U.S. Army is always on the hunt for new and more efficient ways of conducting combat operations, and like it or not, casualties are a nearly unavoidable aspect of war.  Advancements that could buy a severely wounded soldier minutes, or even seconds, could mean the difference between saving a life and losing one – […]

Much of Green Beret training involves predicting the uncertain future with limited information. Special Forces operations may succeed or fail based on the ability the men planning the mission to predict and avoid danger. Last week, shortly before 3 a.m. local time, there was a jewelry store robbery inside the Bellagio hotel-casino complex in Las […]

The most common problem among handgun shooters is trigger control.  I believe that traditional handgun instruction creates this problem and traditional coaching perpetuates it. Most shooting instruction starts with the sight picture diagram.  There is one problem with this.  Unless you shoot off a sandbag or a bipod, you will never see this image.  If […]

So, this year marks five years of me being a concealed carry permit holder and almost daily conceal carrier, and in that time I have learned a lot about me, and a lot about other people, and I just want to share my experiences. So, first things first. Concealed carry isn’t something you can do […]

100 Deadly Skills, Book 1, Skill #8 If you haven’t checked out book 1 of 100 Deadly Skills then you need to remedy that NOW. This first book covers many skills for personal protection whether you’re a normal dude working a 9 to 5 job, a world traveler or you’re an operative for one of […]