6 Ways to Revolutionize the Infantry | #1 is a Top Gun for Grunts
The Close Combat Lethality Task Force is the mechanism by which the Warrior Monk SECDEF Mattis and Advisory Board Chairman Gen. Scales want to...
Gear Report | the Fenix HL60 Headlamp
The Fenix HL60 is made of high-grade aluminum. Multiple features make it useful to a wide range of people and conducive to a similar range of activities.
JTT | NODs Go Bag
JTT | NODs Go Bag Alexander Crown Night vision is becoming increasingly popular, and rightfully so. The capabilities that seeing in the dark grant...
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Independence Week | French Fighters in the American Revolution
Independence Week. We thought we knew the history: the French helped us during the Revolutionary War, but only their Navy. Right?
Independence Week | Chow Time! How Soldiers Ate During the American Revolution
Have you thought about what fighting men ate during the Revolution? In today’s Independence Week piece, John Marrs breaks it down for us.
Review: YETI Rambler
It's been said that what separates us from other apes are our opposable thumbs--but we know the real answer: The ability to keep hot things hot and cold things cold. You want to see a complete breakdown of society? Give us warm beer and cold coffee. Mad Duo The YETI...
Embattled Farmers – The Mythology of the American Militia | Independence Week
Friederich Steuben (1730-1794) wrote of what he described as the ‘American spirit.’ Emerson called hthis icon, the “embattled farmer” who left his home to fight the Redcoats. It’s a big part of Revolutionary War lore.
Independence Day, Fireworks, and Tradition
There isn’t much difference between these signs and one that says, “Burn Survivor Lives Here—Please be Courteous with Cookouts.”
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The truth about trigger weight: Part 1 of 2
Trigger weight - is 3.5lbs of pull an arbitrary number defined as competition? Is there any point to really have "duty weight" trigger pulls? Is a a 12lb DAO trigger pull, implemented for "safety", really more dangerous than something much lighter? Does anyone really...
The incredible battlefield imagery of Jeremiah Ridgeway
Jeremiah Ridgeway, a Cav Scout with 3-71 Cavalry (Tenth Mountain) was an amateur photographer without formal training in 2007. While deployed to Afghanistan he took thousands of pictures. Eight thousand of them made it home. He destroyed three cameras in the process....
Driving the Gun
Driving the gun. A lot of people use the phrase but what does it mean? Well, lucky you, we're going to tell you. Note: it has nothing to do with Grand Theft Auto, nor with midget strippers who carry a grease gun. We're talking about a method of weapon handling that...
A Medal of Honor "winner" (RECIPIENT) on video
This may be the only video we've ever seen of a fight in which the Medal of Honor was won (earned) in which the Medal of Honor "winner" (recipient) himself is seen. What do you say about a man who lays down in the the open in the middle of an ambush with a high viz...
Should We Award Purple Hearts for PTSD? Part II
Yesterday in Part I of this article Chris Hernandez wrote a response to Army Major Tupper's Daily Beast op-ed about awarding the Purple Heart to those suffering PTSD from serving in a war zone. Today he'll complete that response, addressing among other things the...
Should We Award Purple Hearts for PTSD? Part I
Recently an Army combat veteran, Maj. Benjamin Tupper, wrote an op-ed in the Daily Beast. In it he made the argument that veterans returning from war should be awarded the Purple Heart. We asked one of our better pontificationists, author and combat veteran Chris...
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