Two Decades Ago Today: North Hollywood Shootout
Two Decades Ago Today: North Hollywood Shootout Fifty Shades of FDE Twenty years ago, on February 28th, 1997, two heavily armed, armored and masked...
JTT: In Defense of the Walmart Belt
Just The Tip: In Defense of the Walmart Belt Dave Merrill So there I was three beers deep in a Thai brothel at an EAG Shoot House class. Given the...
GOLOK! Thee Gerber Gator Machete
Those of you who've done any Brit military autobiographies, or about the Jungle Tracking School Brunei, know what a Golok is. In this article,...
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EDC-Survival | RE Factor’s Operator Band in Africa and Back in Stock
Once upon a time, paracord bracelets (with melted nylon holding a spare button off your DCUs to fasten it) were made by your friends and only people who were in the military, or who had friends in the military (with too much time on their hands) wore them. Now they are a veritable (grunts: veritable) fashion statement.
On the Edge: Behind the Scenes with MKT (and in South America)
We're not only fans of Greg Medford's work, we like the man himself. Here's a look behind the scenes at Medford Knife and Tool. Let us know if you want to know more about him. He owes us an interview (and some beer). {youtube}R3m_tatwu_M{/youtube} Here's a look at one...
Your Weekend Rant: Doctrine, and Why TRADOC is a Euphemism for Bad Training
Your weekend rant this weekend is by guest author Chris Hernandez, the newest 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...
Camouflage: What’s the Point?
This should certainly stir up some conversation. Pete wrote it after some thin-skinned folks in the industry apparently got butt-hurt about the April Fool's joke on Soldier Systems Daily on Monday (our word, and Pete's, not SSD's). We recognize SSD is an industry...
SOCOM College “Strategic Studies & Defense Analysis” A New Major from Norwich
Look at this. Norwich University, the oldest private military college in the country, has started a new program for SOCOM students - which is to say students who were formerly involved with SOCOM. Look at some of the requirements: The Bachelor of Science in Strategic...
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Minion Emeritus Dave Merrill
Minion Emeritus Dave Merrill (DFM)Dave Fucking Merrill - Writer, Photographer, Lover of Tacos, Great Dad, Kind of a DickMinion Emeritus Dave Merrill (DFM) wrote for Breach-Bang-Clear from late 2013 until early 2017, including a year as Managing Editor. He departed our...
Alone and Unafraid – In a Truck Along the Khasa in Kirkuk
Earlier today we ran an article by Breach-Bang-Clear Contributor at Large and Valued Minion Peter Nealen, author of Task Force Desperate. You know we recommend the novel. Here's an excerpt from the sequel, Alone and Unafraid, courtesy of Pete Nealan and American...
Human Terrain: TRIBES
by Breach-Bang-Clear Contributor at Large and Valued Minion Peter Nealan, author of Task Force Desperate. This one talks about human terrain and negotiating it for tactical and strategic advantage, if not operational survival outside the wire.TribesWhile it may seem,...
Dig it: Duo DIY Gun Case
One of our wretched, groveling minions handlers (we call him Hondo) was sitting around the beer garden with me a couple weeks ago, shooting the breeze and admiring fat chicks. Hondo told me he’d recently run across and bought some old NVG (Night Vision Goggle) hard...
Task Force Desperate (Hard Copy)
Alone, Outnumbered, Outgunned Jeff Stone and his team of Praetorian Security contractors are marking time on counter-piracy duty aboard a freighter in the Gulf of Aden when the boredom ends abruptly. A major US base on the Horn of Africa is overrun in a...
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