Scott Murdock cut his teeth as a shooter in the Marine Corps, where every Marine is a rifleman (even POGs like him). When he aged out of being young and hot enough to be a public affairs officer, Scott sought refuge in the more accepting civilian world. There he could freely binge-eat homemade brisket and grow his hair out in hopes of joining Ozzy Osbourne on tour. When that didn't pan out either, Scott fell back on military experience that includes a deployment to Afghanistan, wrangling belligerent media at the MCAS Miramar Air Show, and competing in the USMC's Western Division Matches to write about guns, gear, and fast vehicles. Lately, he's been leveraging his budding literacy into gigs with Task & Purpose, Outdoor Life, Free Range American, Pew Pew Tactical, and Breach-Bang-Clear.