MNKF: Kershaw Leek 1660
Most of the swag at SHOT Show consists of stickers, t-shirts, patches, and hats. Sooo many hats. There are exceptions, of course; one standout for...
Guerrilla Approach High Threat Environment Vehicle Tactics
Guerilla Approach is a training and “strategic advisory firm” helmed by former SOF soldier Aaron Barruga: “emerging threats require emerging solutions.”
The Breakfast Cereal Guide to Life (And Not Being a Dumbass)
Breakfast cereal. It's as American as reality TV, AR accessories, and overpaid athletes. In other countries, they don’t generally partake in it. In...
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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...
The USMC 3-Season Sleeping Bag: A Year in Review
Any clime or place huh? Sure, as long as that clime or place isn’t covered in fuckin’ snow. The new 3 season sleeping bag system has been in use by some of our handlers and their comrades now for about one year. Here's a review from Mad Duo...
Green Safety Dots: the Tyranny of Safety 2
This morning we bring you Part 2 of a wonderful diatribe by Chris Hernandez on the subject of risk assessments and the ongoing emasculation of the military. If you missed it, read Part 1 here. Grunts: diatribe In the Shadow of the Green Safety Dot Part 2 Chris...
Safety Tyranny: In the Shadow of the Green Safety Dot
Remember the rumor going around the at the Second Infantry Division had rethunk it's reflective belt policy, choosing to err on the side of common sense and normalcy? We wrote our own take on it here. As you may recall, we mentioned how disgusted we were that they'll...
BACK THE BANG:
A Winchester 1886 and a Crucifix
Pete Nealen, Breach-Bang-Clear contributor, laconic descendent of Dolorous Edd Tollett and former Reconnaissance Marine, is working on a new book. Actually, he's working on a couple of new books. What you'll read below is an excerpt from the first draft of what he's...
Tomahook: a ‘tactical axe’ worthy of Cormac mac Airt and Buliwyf
The Tomahook™ is a new BRWFFI (that's the convnient acronym for Battle Ready War Fighting Field Implement) by Boker Plus. It's from Max Venom and it is not your typical "tactical tomahawk". As such it's worth a look, whether you're a door-kicker deployed overseas, a...
Video & Audio – cut off and surrounded in Grozny
Some of us are old enough to remember when lessons learned in Chechnya by the Russians were first passed on for MOUT consideration here in the US.You can like the Russians or not, but it's hard not to sympathize for these poor bastards.Comms PlanPrimary: Subscribe to...
Training on the Cheap: Downtime Battle Drills
You guys know our opinion of Pete Nealen. He's written some great op-ed for us in the past, bringing his own mutant-like powers of observation and skewering wit to bear on things. This is one of his best yet. Sequestration and (lack of) money can be as much a drag on...
Breaching and Banging at HSGI
Last night we told you about an ongoing secret operation. He're is some footage from that mission. Perhaps you'll recall a few weeks back when we broke into a well known American gear manufacturing facility and "acquired" a brand new piece of kit they'd been making....