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46 Things (and Counting) a Young Man Should Know

by Daniel Shaw | Dec 1, 2019 | Op-Eds | Featured Articles, Mentoring, Your Weekend Read

Daniel Shaw (Gunfighter Cast, Shaw Strategies) has compiled a list of mentor quotes for youngsters to know – young men and young women alike, honestly.

Preceptoring: 10 Things for a Would-Be Firearms Instructor to Remember

by BBC-Guest | Jun 3, 2017 | Op-Eds | Mentoring, Training Principles, Will Petty

Good advice is a Good Thing, though it does you no Good at all if you don't pay attention. It's also Good to spread Good Advice, so here we are, doing Good. Today's Saturday Screed is some advice on preceptoring (that's our word, we made it up), or being a Good...

So You Wanna be a Border Patrol Agent….

by Mad Duo | Feb 27, 2017 | Learnin' | American Defense Manufacturing, Border Issues, Mentoring, Nancy's Squat & Gobble, Propper

Once again Rocco joins us for a subject he's intimately familiar with: becoming a United States Border Patrol Agent. See his previous post about earning your Ranger Tab here. Catch him at the Nancy's Squat'n'Gobble buffet on Spaghetti Night for an autograph. Mad Duo...

Millennial Mentoring

by Jeremy Stafford | Jan 8, 2017 | Op-Eds | Jeremy the War Gawd, Mentoring, Propper

[Today's post was made possible by JTF Awesome Team Member, Propper]Millennial Mentoring Jeremy StaffordWhile the millennial generation is much maligned for being impatient, over-sensitive and narcissistic, if we give up on them we’re giving up on our future. Their...

New Year’s Resolution: Time for Mentoring

by Jeremy Stafford | Jan 1, 2016 | Op-Eds | Jeremy the War Gawd, Mentoring, ReederWrites

Know what time it is? Time for mentoring. We could write a doctoral thesis on what's wrong with the youth of today, but it wouldn't actually be what's wrong with them. It's what's wrong for them. You can't...

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A Rare Idea: Keeping Your Word

by Nate Murr | Feb 12, 2015 | Op-Eds | Mentoring

We found this entire article incredibly ironic, given that Nate literally has 'gear thief' printed on his business cards. That's a true story. Mad Duo A Rare Idea: Keeping Your Word Mad Duo Nate During the winter of 2008, in the middle of nowhere Iraq, I broke...

New Year's Advice from the Duo: Don't be a Dick

by Nate Murr | Jan 2, 2015 | Musings | Mentoring, Second Amendment Matters

Don't be a dick. There's some solid advice for you. Bring it in and take a knee, because we're going to lay some knowledge on you.Being a dick doesn't do anyone pro-gun any good. Plus, it makes you a dick.If there's one thing that drives us stark raving mad, it's...

Some MORE Advice for a Veteran’s Child

by David Reeder | Jan 1, 2015 | Op-Eds | Mentoring, Veterans

Successful veterans - entrepreneurs, politicians, artists...there are many of them out there, in as many industries. I am privileged and blessed to know some of them. A couple of months ago on Veteran's Day I wrote an article called Advice to a Veteran's Son (you can...

Let the kids go Conan – "Barbarian Night"

by David Reeder | Dec 23, 2014 | Op-Eds | Mentoring, ReederWrites

We like to crush our enemies, see them driven before us, and of course hear the lamentations of their women as much as the next guy. But that's not all that's best in life. Spending time with your spawn, the spawn of your siblings and your those of your friends should...

Advice to a Veteran’s Son – our 1,000th article

by David Reeder | Nov 11, 2014 | Op-Eds | Mentoring, ReederWrites, Veterans

Veterans and military personnel are all but a warrior caste now. They have a culture as frequently incomprehensible to those who haven’t served as any to be found in a foreign land. This could be a Good Thing or a Bad Thing depending on your perspective. If you’re one...