Arkady Babchenko: One Soldier’s War | Your Weekend Read
This is a troubling, miserable, depressing, superb book. Arkady Babchenko gives one of the few first-person accounts of the Chechen Wars: One Soldier’s War.
Talkin’ Strayin’ Part Two: F-S
Today's article was brought to you in its entirety by EOTech, a member of Joint Task Force AwesomePart 1 of this series is mandatory reading. Mad...
Grenades, Machine Guns, and BreachBangClear
Grenades, Machine Guns, and BreachBangClearChris HernandezSo there I was, minding my own business in the post office...And this guy walked in. I...
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DVM – Making Bacon In Full Kit
We've been fans of Death Valley Magazine for a long time, and why wouldn't we be? Who wouldn't love a site that runs articles with such names as Survival Mindset: Dealing with Fuckups and Infidel Shirts are Fucking Stupid? DVM recently published an article entitled...
Why dots?
Here's another contribution to an ongoing debate about bullseye targets. Why not shoot dots? Must you shoot human shaped targets (or something representative of a human, like a face) to train effectively? One of our minions believes you should, but despite his...
Breaking Down AR 15 Folding Stock Options
The Law Tactical folder is one of the most popular ways of creating a folding stock AR15 - and was one of the first accessories to do so. LAW TACTICAL Folder AR15 Folding Stock Adapter Nate Murr The M16-M4-AR-15 is one of the most common family of weapons in the...
Weapon Trivia Wednesday: The AR-18
Today's WTW comes to you courtesy of Groz. We are confident it will create a furor of pontification. Mad Duo Weapon Trivia Wednesday: the AR18 Of all the designs that sprang from Stoners AR-15 the arguably most influential but least known is AR-18. Only...
Executive Order to Disband Guard and Reserve Forces by 2015
President Barack Obama (seen below with a number of legislators in his office) today signed an innovative (if unconventional and highly controversial) Defense Bill into law after a drawn-out bipartisan debate in Congress. Details of the legislation emerged just...
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Advice to Poseurs From a Combat Veteran
POSEUR: pō-ˈzər, ˈpō-zər Yes that's really how you spell it, though we'll let "poser" slide. A person who pretends to be what he or she is not: an affected or insincere person. Someone guily of stolen valor, or even less than an ersatz hero (grunts: ersatz)....
Apparel Review – the TAD Praetorian Hoodie
Apparel Review - the TAD Praetorian Hoodie Dave Merrill When I was first asked, “Hey dick, do you want to review a jacket?” my response was, “Sure. I’ve been wearing those most of my life” What immediately followed was the dark rumbling of dread from down deep...
OSI’s “Police” IFAK
If you’re on patrol and you’re rolling with no first aid gear, you’re wrong. Get something to carry now, and maybe get the OSI IFAK later.
Weapon Trivia Wednesday: the "Chauchat"
Today's Weapon Trivia Wednesday will be covering the Chauchat, one of the earliest weapons of the modern machine gun era. Used by the thousands by troops of many countries in WWI (including the United States and the AEF), the Chauchat interesting, in some ways...
Spring Training Week: A Primer on Using Airsoft for Training
Airsofters often take a beating in the "real world." Often this is a just and well-deserved mockery. Other times it's unwarranted, unnecessarily critical and even inaccurate. Several of us have used airsoft weaponry for training for years now, finding it to be an...
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