Category: Security

This article previously published on SOFREP 08.15.2016 “Shots fired, active shooter! Everyone run for safety, run!” The officers called out last night as I deplaned Lufthansa flight 0404 from Frankfurt, Germany. I was waiting for my luggage, having just cleared customs and thought to myself, “WTF did I just step into?” I took cover behind a concrete pillar […]

One of the greatest challenges we can face in the firearms community these days is getting women to want to shoot. Though women are showing more interest in owning and carrying guns for protection, that doesn’t mean that they all are suddenly interested in becoming a master shooter and being gun nuts. Getting a spouse or […]

The word “hacking” can have a number of meanings depending on who you ask and how deeply entrenched in the culture they are. For most of us, it’s a generic catch-all term we use to describe the nefarious use of a computer to gain access to someone else’s data – whether it’s for financial, personal, […]

Sometimes you get lucky and your plan works just as you thought it would. Enjoy those days, because there will not be many of them. No matter how smart you are or how hard you work, on the battlefield, the enemy always gets a vote. The famous philosopher Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan […]

Nearly fifty years ago, the U.S. Army’s Green Berets needed a better option for Long Range Patrol (LRP) rations.  Team Green put out a contract and a company named Oregon Freeze Dry won that bid.  The LRP rations that were produced were freeze dried pre-cooked meals that could be re-hydrated by adding boiling water.  If […]

There are many voices with strong ideas about the best caliber for self defense.  TheYankeeMarshal has his own ideas about the .45 caliber. It is important to remain open minded.  When everybody thinks alike, nobody is thinking.   This article is courtesy of The Loadout Room.

The following case study is of a friend of mine (written with his permission) who was shot through the neck by an AK-47 during an operation from a range of about 150 meters. The bullet entered the back of his neck just right of the midline and then blew out the front of the left side of […]

Recently I read an article on surviving an edged weapons attacks, where the writer spoke specific to knife wounds as they related to unconsciousness and death. I found this quite troublesome given the fact that his numbers just did not reflect the empirical experience/data that I have witnessed over my 23 years of being a […]

It’s a quote often cited to soon to be Secretary of Defense, retired Marine General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, but I know I had heard the phrase before Mattis rose to the public eye. “Be polite, be professional, and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.” This is most often cited by those who […]

I’ve carried this knife for a little over one month and in that time I’ve come to trust this knife enough to carry it as a deep concealment knife during times when my life was going to be in danger. When it comes to self-defense knives, it’s important that it be simple, effective, and in […]

When you spend years familiarizing yourself with the mechanics of shooting, it’s easy to believe that the techniques you’ve become accustomed to are the only way to travel. In my case, the notion of ignoring a pistol’s slide stop/release in favor of “power-stroking” the slide—gripping the slide and pulling it rearward to disengage it from […]

Watch as  John “Shrek” McPhee and Mike Voytko from SOB Tactical talk about how to react to and treat injuries while under fire. If you are still in the military, law enforcement, or if you are a concealed handgun carrier, this is a great video to watch. If you carry a concealed handgun or duty […]