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The True Story that Inspired ‘Fury’ : Your Weekend Read

by Mike Durand | Apr 9, 2023 | Op-Eds | Tank Week, Your Weekend Read

Is Fury a true story? We review Belton Y. Cooper’s 1998 memoir Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II.

Heinlein and the 21st Century Veteran: Starship Troopers Service Guarantees Citizenship

by Pete Nealen | Jan 29, 2022 | Op-Eds | Sci Fi Soldiers, Your Weekend Read

Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers is a thought-experiment of a stable republic able to withstand the swarming, dehumanized anthill of collectivism. It is more philosophical tract than science fiction adventure, a true “science” fiction novel revolving around political science and sociology.

ARMOR John Steakley’s Military Sci-Fi Gem

by Bucky Lawson | Jan 13, 2022 | Lifestyle | Sci Fi Soldiers, Your Weekend Read

Armor, John Steakley’s dystopian military science fiction story, is about a soldier named Felix who is at the same time uncommonly good at – and horrified by – what he does.

Mike Kupari: The Family Business

by Daniel Reeder | Jul 21, 2021 | Assorted Ramblings | Your Weekend Read

Baen Books has released Mike Kupari's latest novel, The Family Business. It's a dystopian (perhaps post-apocalyptic) tale of a Federal "Recovery Agent" on the job in a much-changed United States of America. As of this writing, it is rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon....

Violence of Mind: Trainin’ Via Your Ears

by Mad Duo | Apr 20, 2021 | Musings | Your Weekend Read

olence of Mind, by Varg Freeborn, is now available as an audiobook via Audible. Check out his description of how violence works.

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Your Weekend Read: The Kill List

by Yancey Harrington | May 22, 2020 | Learnin' | Featured Articles, Your Weekend Read

Your Weekend Read: Check out Harrington’s review of The Kill List, by Frederick Forsyth – a GWOT story that could be taken from today’s news headlines.

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.

Building Bridges

by Mad Duo | Nov 29, 2019 | Learnin' | Your Weekend Read

Building Bridges is a book for young uns written by one of our own – Daniel Shaw – and illustrated by his boy, Gunner Shaw. Do us a solid and check it out.

Bullets and Blood Aplenty for the Holidays (🚩HMW⚔️)

by Mad Duo | Dec 28, 2018 | Assorted Ramblings | American Praetorians, Your Weekend Read

He shook his head. “Never thought I’d see this shit here, man,” he said. “Grew up in Chihuahua, then went to Libya. This is fucking Denver, man. This fucking place ain’t supposed to be a war zone.” ALCON: Pete Nealen, former Reconnaissance Marine, ongoing...