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Five on Friday – 28July2017

July 28, 2017

Photo Cred – DARC Instagram NASA Just Dropped A Ton Of Rare Footage Of Blackbirds Doing What They Do Best http://taskandpurpose.com/sr-71-blackbird-rare-video/ You Have Totally Earned This 4-Minute Video Of The Navy Blowing Stuff Up http://taskandpurpose.com/navy-weapons-test-range-video/ North Korea tests another ICBM, putting U.S. cities in range http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN1AD1ZB National Geographic – Among the Ruins of Mosul http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/07/mosul-iraq-ISIS-photographs/… read more »

Five on Friday – 21July2017

July 21, 2017

Photo cred – Centrifuge Training Instagram Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2017 Report on Russia Military Power http://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/Russia%20Military%20Power%20Report%202017.pdf?ver=2017-06-28-144235-937 The City is the Battlefield of the Future https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-city-is-the-battlefield-of-the-future-1500500905 DEA Warns of “Circle of Hell” in Mexico http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/07/dea-warns-of-circle-of-hell-in-mexico.html Some Beautiful WWII Color Images https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/beautiful-wwii-color-images-of_warbirds.html In Over Their Heads: U.S. Ground Forces Are Dangerously Unprepared for Enemy Drones https://warontherocks.com/2017/05/in-over-their-heads-u-s-ground-forces-are-dangerously-unprepared-for-enemy-drones/

Five on Friday – 7July2017

July 7, 2017

Apologies for the lack of FoF the last two weeks. I was either out of town or I had no internet/no power. *************** Why It’s No Longer Possible for Any Country to Win a War http://time.com/4826856/russia-trump-north-korea-china-war/ *************** How to Deal with North Korea http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/06/how-deal-north-korea/138850/ *************** Child Sex Trafficking and Cognitive Dissonance Child Sex Trafficking &… read more »

Grouping: the Baseline

June 29, 2017

Judge me by your group size do you? Grouping TC 3-22.9 states “The goal of the grouping exercise is for the shooter to fire tight shot groups and consistently place those groups in the same location.” Many talk of shooting good groups and even more, sadly, talk about their weapons advertised grouping ability. Rarely, do… read more »

P&S ModCast 103 – Gun Nerds 6: 5.56 Vs .308 (and Other Silly Interim Ideas)

June 19, 2017

Primary & Secondary ModCast New weapons and new calibers for interim options to be fielded by the U.S. Military. Is it a hardware solution for a software problem? How will that affect combat loadouts? Is it effective? Panel: Dugan Ashley: Carnik Con Jordan Bowles: Carnik Con Ash Hess: Author TC 3-22.9 Rifle and Carbine… read more »

P&S ModCast 102 – PatMac, Gun Rights, NFA

June 9, 2017

Primary & Secondary ModCast Panel discusses PatMac’s appearance on Comedy Central, gun rights, and the NFA (with a couple other topics). Seeing how the public responded to the Comedy Central video and noticing a lack of media sources providing an avenue for him to provide clarification, I felt it was necessary that I provide that… read more »

Semper Paratus Arms AR-15 Armorer Course AAR

May 25, 2017

Semper Paratus Arms 2 Day Armorer Course www.semperparatusarms.com May 16/17, 2017 Greater Seattle, WA area Instructor: William Larson I had seen the announcement for this course by watching Will Larson’s company’s posts on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/SemperParatusArms/ I was paying attention to this and was in the process of fitting it into my schedule… read more »

Five on Friday – 19May2017

May 31, 2017

Photo Credit: Alliance PD Instagram/Rat Mountain Photography https://instagram.com/p/4asMw6mng_/ Five on Friday is back. I’ll be collecting links and stories throughout the week to share with all of y’all. If you have topics, news sources, or ideas for future FoF’s, dont hesitate to drop a comment. 75th Ranger Regiment to Stand Up 5th Battalion http://soldiersystems.net/2017/05/17/75th-ranger-regt-to-stand-up-5th-battalion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Iran is… read more »

Trainers, Training, and Mindset

April 15, 2017

“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War This is an ancient piece of wisdom and is true today. But does it apply to the individual citizen or law enforcement… read more »

Sucked Down the Tube: A Failure in Training

May 31, 2017

Much, if not all training and practice is conducted on flat ranges under calm conditions with no surprises. We shoot steel and paper that we purposely place and identify. We have lanes and all sorts of safety considerations that make a day at the range a pleasant experience. This is fine for most of us… read more »

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