Tactical Skills for a Life Well Lived
I’ve written a lot lately about load carriage methods. Recently, reader and fellow blogger Sunshine Shooter competed in Desert Brutality 2019, a match that emphasizes physical toughness of you and your equipment. I asked him to do a guest post on what he used and how it worked out.
In this post, you’ll get a sense of what Desert Brutality is all about as an event, and some tips for competing in future iterations. [Read Full Article »]
I competed in a lot of local outlaw matches for years before finally going to a “real” one.
Excellence in Competition matches, or EIC, happen periodically at military bases all over the country. They follow CMP rules, with a few twists.
I shot this match with an off-the-rack M16A2 from my base’s CATM facility. I ended up winning a medal, but I learned a lot along the way. [Read Full Article »]
With my upcoming GoRuck Tough in April 2019, I wanted to turn the clock back and look at what happened at my last GoRuck event.
Set the way back machine to August 2016. I wasn’t far from leaving the Air Force, and looking for a challenge. The day taught me a lot about grinning through the pain and discomfort.
It also taught me the value of a team. [Read Full Article »]
While researching places to download fitness programs, I came across the Mountain Tactical Institute (MTI), run by Rob Shaul. Rob is a 1990 graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy. He’s an outdoorsman, but won’t admit to being a great one. In his words, he’s an okay hiker, poor skier, and terrible at fly fishing.
But he’s also a life long gym rat.
Waylon is a 7-week program focusing on work capacity, core strength, endurance, and strength. In this case, strength is given a slight priority over the others.
In all, I recorded a 12-20% increase in all of my lifts, a 12% decrease in my rowing split time, and a huge boost in performance during group workouts at my gym. [Read Full Article »]
There’s a list of gunfighting rules attributed to Drill Sergeant Joe B. Frick. It’s usually passed around the shooting community in jest, but some of the highlights including this one:
Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns
Most training courses offered to civilians focus on quickly and accurately running a carbine. The curriculum includes the mechanics and care of the AR-15; fundamentals of marksmanship; malfunction clearance; and maybe some elements of shooting from behind cover. Those are great for bringing your own gun…but what about bringing your friends with guns?
This course is all about small unit tactics, and it’s amazing. [Read Full Article »]
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