Category: Security

Do you know how to survive a street fight? Let’s start with the need for training. You should be in good physical condition, but face it, in a real fight, you don’t have time for a stretch-and-flex program. It’s now or never, no matter if you are in great physical shape and stronger than your […]

A manhunt spanning at least five states is underway for Steve Stephens, 37, after he posted a video on Facebook on Easter Sunday of him executing an elderly man who was reportedly walking home from Easter dinner with his family. Stephens, who reportedly had no relationship with his victim, uploaded a video to Facebook at […]

I am James “Smokey” West. A little about myself. I am a retired Special Forces Operations Technician. I retired from 7th Special Forces Group. I am a combat veteran. I have been involved in martial arts and combat karate for the past 42 years. I have deployed on top secret missions, including work with the […]

By now, I can imagine a lot of you have seen the dramatic footage of a passenger being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in order to make room for United employees that needed to board.  According to United, the flight was overbooked, and they requested volunteers for anyone who would be willing to […]

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 – […]