Smart Starts: Women and Firearms
That first pull of the trigger, when the round hits its mark, has a way of hooking people. That first pull of the trigger, when the round hits its mark, has a way of...
Tagged: training
The 30-min Barricade
Even some of the most basic and crude DIY skills can yield some interesting training opportunities
5×5 | Skills and Drills
The 5×5 is another “beginner” level drill, similar to The Test, that can be deceptively challenging. Shooters won’t need to change magazines, move, or even have access to double digit distance ranges to start...
The Test | Skills and Drills
“The Test” is one of the most popular handgun drills around. A quick search will turn up targets from nearly every major and minor figure in the shooting world. The Test balances accuracy and...
Tactical First Aid with Andy Snyder
People spend more time than they think around dangerous things. Although this might be more apparent to those involved in the shooting sports the reality is that even the most mundane of activities has...
Military Fitness: Getting Your First Pull-Up
The pull-up is one of the oldest exercises in the book. Since man has had a tree to climb, man has had the ability to vertically pull his own bodyweight, and that ability has...
D-FENS: A Guide to Field Static Security
As a “companion piece” for my previous articles, I decided to take a different approach at what tactics I write about in a semi simplistic way. Whereas there is a plethora of information on...
Military Fitness: How to Be Weak
As we all know, military Physical Fitness Tests (PFTs) standards are something that is supposed to gauge the general physical fitness and combat readiness of the individual. For those of you who don’t know,...
Military Fitness: The Training Mentality
Almost every single person who is halfway strong can tell you the difference between exercise and training; however, this article isn’t aimed at them, it’s aimed at your sorry ass. Yes, you. The new...
Basic Tactics for Basic Kommando Part III
For the third and final iteration of my “Tactics For Dummies” diatribe, we will look at combining all of the individual and Buddy Team tactics into Fireteam tactics, in order to maximize your little...
