Small American Business: SOTech (So Tech Tactical)
In the southern California city of Carson, a veteran-owned company has been supplying our Special Operations warriors and law enforcement officers...
5.11 Tactical & Ubisoft — Ghost Recon: Wildlands
5.11 Tactical & Ubisoft -- Ghost Recon: Wildlands Fifty Shades of FDE Video games have gotten much more realistic over the years and with this,...
Press Checking Guns: Ammunition, Chambering, and Problems
Can press-checking affect firearms? Aaron Cowan’s research shows how chamber-checking guns negatively impact the chamber and bullets.
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The Truth About The French Army Pt III: The French Don’t Run
Read the final installment of Chris Hernandez’ series about the truth of the French military and common misperceptions about French Soldiers.

Zipper Suited Sun Gods: a look at Fighter Pilots
We like bashing on zipper suited sun gods, particularly the fighter jocks. This isn't to impugn (grunts: impugn) their ability or skill. There are some true warriors up there pushing a stick, and anyone who says they don't appreciate CAS is either lying to you or...
The truth about the French Army Pt II
As you may recall, we recently ran part one of White Flags and Dropped Rifles: the real truth about the French Army, wherein Breach-Bang-Clear contributor Chris Hernandez wrote about his experience living, patrolling and fighting alongside French troops while embedded...

Musings on the Zimmerman Trial from a Trainer – Too Much Training?
A couple of days ago we ran an article musing on the ramifications of the Zimmerman trial (well, potential ramifications) on concealed carriers. It created a lot of conversation. Today we're going to address the idea of too much training courtesy of Brannon LeBouef....

Fight Like a Girl: Tatiana, "From Fine Art to Firearms"
You guys know we enjoy hearing from proficient, intelligent females who talk tactics, shooting and other aspects of the "modern fighting woman". You've heard from many bad ass examples of this in the past (Kim, Ellen, Melissa, Ruthie and a few others). Not only are...
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White Flags and Dropped Rifles? The Real Truth About Working with the French Army
This morning's article is by guest author Chris Hernandez, another Texan member of the Breach-Bang-Clear team. Chris is a combat veteran (he takes great pains to make it clear he is not some kind of special ninja operations snake-eater) and in our humble opinion an...

Musings on the Zimmerman Trial from a Gun Carrier
Today we'll no doubt see more of the courtroom dog and pony show from Florida that seems to preoccupy every reputable news network in the US (as well as MSNBC). So let's look at that, and talk about a couple of things that could cause us some problems. In order to do...

Doorkicker Readin’: Safe from the War
What you'll be reading below is actually part two of the three book (so far) Proof of Our Resolve series by our friend Chris Hernandez. The first volume is a novel about a Texas Army National Guard infantry platoon deployed to Afghanistan. It does a great job...

Doorkicker Readin’: Mercenary Blues
As you may have noticed, we've added the Swingin' Dick Approved page to the menu. These are books written by our staff or contributors. Some are good, some are very good, some mediocre and at some point we'll probably have one that is terrible. That's okay though,...

Doorkicker Readin: 'Support Proof of Our Resolve'
Breach Bang Clear contributor Chris Hernandez, veteran and author of such articles as this rant about doctrine, has finished his novel Proof of Our Resolve. He's started a fund drive to get the novel into print; if you donate enough, you get a character named after...