Training and Tactics: Go for the Throat
Many predators go for the throat. Usually deploying their fangs, damaging or destroying an animal’s throat rewards the…
The Missing Chapter | Louis Awerbuck
The textbook is not a Bible—it’s a guide. And the reason people pray to a higher being as…
Training and Tactics: The Final Chapter
The textbook is not a Bible—it’s a guide. And the reason people pray to a higher being as…
Training and Tactics: The Close-Quarters Conundrum
Close-quarters gunfighting is much like boxing. As long as your opponent doesn’t bob, weave, duck, and/or slip your…
Training and Tactics: Twenty-One Feet Is Not Enough
There are two definitions of feet. One is the plural form of an ambulatory organ; the other is…
Training and Tactics: Holy Sights, Batman!
Bats generally veer to the left when they exit their caves. But that doesn’t mean you bet your…
Briefing Room: A Soldier Died Today
A soldier died in battle today. His mutilated body was assembled into a pile of human offal and…
Training and Tactics: Episode of Enlightenment
For me, it happened about 20 years ago. Older readers of this column will remember a similar experience,…
Training and Tactics: Don’t Be A Zero When You Zero
Zero can mean nothing. Or it can mean everything, relative to the point-of-impact precision desired by a shootist.…
Training and Tactics: Shot But Not Stopped
Many people are already familiar with the legend of Death Under The Desert Sun. The incident occurred several…