Leadership in the Shadows is the name of Kyle Lamb's forthcoming new book. If you've been following us at all over the last couple of years, you know the Mad Duo are big admirers of Lamb. We've trained with him (not just our minions, but us), drunk lemonade with him...
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Your Weekend Read – Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget is a book by Leo Jenkins, an Army Ranger medic from 3/75. It shows not just what it takes to become a medic for SOF forces during a time of war, but what happens once you do – including pictures and first-person accounts from the search and rescue operation after Operation Redwings.
PTSD, Reading Comprehension and the Great American Love of Victimhood
Remember how Mad Duo Chris stirred everyone up with his post about PTSD, and how the fakers and bullshitters make it harder on those who really have it? Some people agreed, some disagreed, some engaged in intelligent discussion (a Good Thing), some acted like he'd...
Desperate times call for a mag bayonet
You read that right. A magazine mounted bayonet. Your final unfulfilled tactical need has been met. You can use this when you're fully jocked up in body armor and LBE or Ukrainian riot gear. You can use this if you're trench fighting on the Western Front. You can use...
Sochi SITREP Part 5
The Winter Olympics started last Thursday. We're 6 days in and (thankfully) there have been no terror attacks (that we know of). Is that because Russian CT and security efforts are effective, because the Jihadis are busy elsewhere, a combination of the two or...
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Review: the Voodoo Tactical SRTP
Today's review of the Voodoo Tactical SRTP (Short Range Tactical Pack) comes to you courtesy of guest writer Gregory Wong. As you can imagine, we do our level best to make fun of Greg. It's inappropriate and wong, but we do it anyway. Mad DuoVoodoo Tactical SRTP...
PTSD | Fakers and Frauds and WTAF?
Today Chris is going to rant a bit about how fakers and frauds engage in fuckery that further hurts all of those who really do have PTSD.
Barak Reviews the Skydex Battle Trainers
I knew that the chances of me liking the Skydex Battle Trainers were slim to none. I was, however, pleasantly surprised.
Double Taps vs. Controlled Pairs
Double taps...it's a great phrase, especially if you want to sound like a B grade 80s action hero. It definitely sounds cooler than "controlled pairs." Despite what some may think, the two things are different.This evening guest writer Jared Ross is going to explain...
COWAN! reviews the 5.11 TacTec
People has asked how we pick what we review - it's simple. Some stuff we choose, and buy, because we're interested in it. Some stuff is sent by the manufacturer. We always try to run the good with the bad, keeping in mind this filter: if we say something is good, and...