The Fortitude Frame from Frontier Resolve LLC
More than just an ALICE pack frame for the 21st century
The Fortitude pack frame is the result of decades of use and comprehensive study of existing backpack frames from both the military and commercial industries.
Early rucksack frames were originally made from wood or heavy steel, and had...
Shadow Box Solutions Introduces Suite of Integrated TAK Situational Awareness Devices
Shadow Box Solutions announces updates to its turnkey TAK server, the SB Alpha TOC-in-a-Box, with the introduction of the SB Bravo Micro Encoder that allows video from devices like tactical Rovers and EO/IR cameras to be streamed anywhere. The Alpha was designed...
I recently returned from a three-week trip to Mexico. I wasn’t teaching and didn’t have any holiday plans, so I decided to do some relaxing down in one of my favorite places in the world, Playa del Carmen.
I spent my 50th birthday, Christmas, and New Years down there. If you want to experience...
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The U.S. Army has begun development on the first Arctic-focused doctrine in more than 50 years, Army Techniques Publication 3-90.96, Arctic and Extreme Cold Weather Operations. The manual, slated for release in mid-2024, will provide Soldiers and leaders with the knowledge and techniques necessary to overcome the Arctic environment...
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.
Traffic and Truth
What’s going on with the move to change the regulations with regards to owning silencers.
Mastering the Bowling Pin Shoot
The very first handgun competition I entered was a police bowling pin shooting tournament. ...
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Background
As many of my readers know, in early 2020 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. For more details about my initial diagnosis, you can read this article.
To make a long story short, I didn’t like the long term consequences of the treatment options my doctor gave me. For me, being alive is more...
My first encounters with lunacy began long before I became a cop.
The year was 1989. I was a high school junior who worked part time at a nearby K-Mart store. Even though my friends and I were all three-sport athletes, most of us still had part-time jobs back in the 1980s to pay...
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.
Tactical Entertainment: When High-Volume Shooting Masquerades as Advanced Training
“True “advanced” work is usually exhausting because of the mental focus required, not the quantity of empty casings left lying on the ground.”
Detecting the Covert Accomplice
In...
Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download...
Here are my upcoming open enrollment classes for the rest of the year. I also have a new class in September for which registration will open soon. Here we go…
This month I have two classes at Karl Rehn’s place in central Texas. The first is a one-day basic knife fighting class. This one...
