Category: Videos

U.S. Special Forces Soldiers conduct Close Quarters Battle training at Panzer Kaserne, Germany, November 27, 2017. This was part of a month-long training event that finished with a culminating exercise and real-world scenarios.   U.S. Army photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Matt Britton   Watch U.S. Army soldiers conduct close quarters battle training in the […]

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 17th Special Operations Squadron light flares during a combat survival training exercise, Jan. 6, 2017, at Camp Hansen, Japan. Combat survival training is for aircrew members to retain currency on a course they are required to have every three years.   U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class […]

Drones have many uses, but recently they have been used to rescue two teenage boys that were caught in rough Australian waters well over 2,000 feet off shore. As they struggled with the waves, lifeguard Jai Sheridan noticed them and powered up their new, lifesaving drone. The drone flew to their aid and dropped off […]

The holster market is a busy one.  There are the name-brand giants with imported, Chinese made plastic for cheap, your friend down the road who does Kydex in his garage, and ultra-premium options that cost enough to mean you won’t be hitting the range anytime soon.  Somewhere out there is a Goldilocks brand.  If you’ve […]

An instructor with the Special Operations Advanced Mountaineering School navigates through a ridgeline on the side of Little Bear Peak during the alpine portion of the Senior Mountaineer Course July 31st, 2017 in Alamosa County, Colorado. The course is designed to build mountaineers capable of leading special operations missions in mountainous terrain. U.S. Army photo […]

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 am not […]

U.S. Army Special Operations Soldiers assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct urban operations training on November 11, 2017 near Stuttgart, Germany.   U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston   To see Marines conduct urban assault training, watch the video below.

Kyle Defoor is one of the few, if not the only firearms instructor that incorporates blade work and combatives into his training. We’re not talking about folding knives clipped to your pocket either. These are concealed fixed blades with one purpose. To defend your life with. Watch as Kyle goes over the knives he uses and a simple knife training method for practicing your […]

The British Royal Air Force scrambled fighter jets to intercept a pair of Russian Blackjack bombers as they encroached on airspace the UK considers an “area of interest” on Monday morning. Two RAF Typhoon fighters out of Lossiemouth in Scotland were launched to intercept and escort the two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack bombers as they […]

U.S. Special Forces soldiers, attached to Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, try to spot enemy fighters moving on a mountainside during a firefight, during an operation in the Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2016. The operation was conducted with the intent of finding an insurgent known for firing mortar rounds and rockets onto U.S. […]

Helmet camera footage of a firefighter catching a child being thrown from a burning building in Georgia was released to the public on Sunday. In the footage, captured in DeKalb County just outside of Atlanta by Capt. Jackie Peckrul, a desperate father throws his child to a firefighter from the third floor of a burning […]

A recruiter with the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) screening team wears the MARSOC insignia during a brief at the base theater aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) on Sept. 7, 2017. The MARSOC screening team visited MCBH providing information to Marines who were pre-selected or interested in becoming Marine Raiders. U.S. […]